Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-06-18

Anthracite coal to the production Of steam for locomo,;v.
Engines aud has succeeded 10 degree above the
guine expectations with which he started With his ar
rsngemen oil the furnace and the ue, Anthracite may be
used Tor raising sesm more than the best
pine wood II sends forth sparks to burn or alarm pas
senge careful Of their dresses; and ems no
or perncous vapour and enables the director to travel
without the remembrance OF TENDER the fuel and the
water are both carried on the engineDaiiy Chronicle
The number of attempts upon human life which have
taken place within few months in this country have
been the subject VI remark poportion
OF these suicides What is the combination of physi.
cal ana moral causes which has produced this
oil unnatural crimes, how is TO be t,s
prevalence Of diseases which 10
ana how much OF it Is owing prevalent vices aud habits
OF thinking wound be curious but exceedingly difficult
subject OF speculation. In order arrive at any degree
OF probability in our results the kind of inquiries
should be instituted here NJ. Query is pursuing i'm
France; the annual number OF suicides in the couatry
should be ascersined different years sboL b.
WIN each other the proportion OF suicides to the popu
a'on, as observed IN cities and in the country in the
Northern and Southern. Eastern and Western parts
Of the Union, should be settled Mr. Query in his Es.
say on the Moral Statistics of France which report
has been made to the French Academy Of Sciences makes
The whole number OF suicides In France i'm the
tour years from 1927 1880 inclusive to say nearly
oOO each year, but as the judicial authorities only make
return OF such OF these crimes followed by DEATH
or give rise TO some legal investigation, the average
lSOO is probably below the real number OF suicides com
mued The annual number Of attempts against the lives
oil others in France is but 6O0 from which follows that
whenever man perishes in that country by violent
death except from accidental cause is ten to one thai
ne has lifted up his hand against his life. With re-
spect the proportion Of suicides the population APP
pears that the norhern region" Of France, there
nuaiiy committed one suicide in 1858 inhabitan in the
eastern quarter, in 81 1884, central ono in 81 $685.
in the WESTERN in 30 1885, in the southern one in 80 S76
In the department OF the Seine alone, which includes the
cy oi paris are committed onesixth Of all the suicides
which take place in the Sc but il is said at
the same time, that OF those who DESTROY
are strangers to the capital In this department the
nua average proportion suicide
while IN that OF the Hdufe Loire is only 1863 900
nbsbiant' From whatever point the observer out,
ne mas the number oil suicides increase regularly as he
advances towards the capital. greater number of
crimes OF this kind is committed in the contiguous
menso the SEINE ct Disc, of the Oise and of the Seine
et udrne than in the distant departments of the Nare
the Seine Iferieure, Of the dbe, and of the Loiref
he same remark applies to the Of arsees the
metropolis Of the South eastern the number
OF suicides being greater with regard the population In
the department which lie nearest to il. Some of the
causes OF this difference Obvious The unauet spi.
s, who are most likely to end their lives by their own
hand men OF excessive enterprise, whose hopes
high ever to be realized and persons
resort from the provinces to the large towns M Query
mas also acertained that murders frequent in
the departments they most distant from the cspI
and that in those quarters where suicides are INST
rous, attempts against the life OF others most
Fart o this effect may be owing TO the greater scnes
OF police in large towns and their neghborhood NJ
Query observes with justice, that the true motives Of
seIi-murder are known with certainty shan those of
most other crimes Most OF those who fall by their own
hand are so far sensible to the good opinion mankind as
10 leave some record in writing Of the for what
they have done M Query has framed table of results
from these posthumous papers which is said be very
curious but OF which the French Journal furnishing the
abstract Of the report, gives particulars.N Y. En-
Post.
The Oldest member of Congress now living is the Hon.
Paine Wingae, OF Stratham, N Fl. He was of the first
Congress, held in New York, under Gen. Washngion
administrations the eldest living on the Harvard Col.
lege catalogue, having graduated in l75s75 years He
married sister Of Col. Pickering whom he buried few
years since He still superinends his farm the age of
80 years, is old school gentleman wears his Reyo
ton hat and ruffles.-.Naf. Int
AT the close OF the Temperance Convention vote OF
thanks to General Van Rensselaer, for his aid being
propoed-a member rose TO suggest, by way Of amend.
ment that the title General be struck out and the Chris