[S] The name of Yankee was first applied in derision, but the New
Englanders, thinking that they have ennobled it, have adopted it.
[T] Exports of cotton from the United States. (_Doc. 146, Ho. of Reps.
Sess. 24 Cong._)
Years. Pounds. Value. Years. Pounds. Value.
1792 142,000 51,470 1822 144,700,000 24,000,000
1793 500,000 160,000 1823 173,700,000 23,500,000
1794 1,660,000 500,000 1824 142,100,000 21,500,000
---- --------- ------- ---- ----------- ----------
Mean 766,600 237,000 Mean 153,700,000 23,000,000
1802 27,500,000 5,250,000 1832 322,250,000 31,750,000
1803 41,100,000 7,750,000 1833 324,500,000 36,000,000
1804 38,100,000 7,750,000 1834 384,750,000 49,500,000
---- ---------- --------- ---- ----------- ----------
Mean 35,566,000 6,920,000 Mean 343,800,000 39,060,000
The domestic consumption at present amounts to about 250,000 bales, or
about 100 million pounds, of the value of about ten millions. The crop
of 1835 was 1,350,000 bales or about 500 million pounds, of the value
of 60 millions. The yearly value of the wine made in France is about
twice that sum, but the value of the export does not exceed thirteen
and a half million dollars.
[U] [This French heroine distinguished herself at the siege of
Beauvais, in 1472, when she snatched a standard from the hands of the
assailants. Her real name seems to have been Fourquet, that of Hachette
(Hatchet) having been probably assumed or given to her, like those of
Wat Tyler and Jack Carter, of English history.--TRANS.]
[V] [If the author means to imply that it was so called by French
settlers he is in error, as it is well known to have been founded and
named by the first New England colony in Ohio. Neither is he correct,
if, as seems to be the case, he supposes all the _burgs_ to be German
towns.--TRANS.]
[W] In Massachusetts, with a population of 610,000 souls, the House of
Representatives consists of about 600 members; the most petty village
must have its Representative.
[X] At this time, for instance, ten Senators out of 48 are natives of
Virginia. Of seven presidents four have been from Virginia. Many of the
members of Congress are natives of New England, and particularly of
Connecticut, but they are generally laborious, second-rate men, rather
than men of influence and superior abilities.