--The number of newspapers and
periodicals in Pennsylvania in 1860 was 367, of which 277 were
political, 43 religious, 25 literary, 22 miscellaneous; and the total
number of copies circulated in 1860 was 116,094,480. (Census Tables,
Nos. 15, 37.) The number in Virginia was 139, of which 117 were
political, 13 religious, 3 literary, 6 miscellaneous; and the number of
copies circulated in 1860 was 26,772,568, being much less than one
fourth that of Pennsylvania. The number of copies of monthly periodicals
circulated in Pennsylvania in 1860 was 464,684; and in Virginia, 43,900:
or much more than ten to one in favor of Pennsylvania.
As regards schools, colleges, academies, libraries, and churches, I must
take the Census of 1850, those tables for 1860 not being yet arranged or
printed. The number of public schools in Pennsylvania in 1850 was 9,061;
teachers, 10,024; pupils, 413,706; colleges, academies, &c., pupils,
26,142; attending school during the year, as returned by families,
504,610; native adults of the State who cannot read or write, 51,283;
public libraries, 393; volumes, 363,400; value of churches, $11,853,291;
percentage of native free population (adults) who cannot read or write,
4.56. (Comp. Census of 1850.)
The number of public schools in Virginia in 1850 was 2,937; teachers,
3,005; pupils, 67,438; colleges, academies, etc.
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