Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-12

10 ttt ElttOT or tlc DOStOH IleNlcul and
Surgical Journal.
SIR. The physical we. are of man
lind unques! ona5ly claims me frs, AT.
ention Of the phi anthropist. This DO.
,llion Is sustained by the fact, that The
nInd OF man carnot have a sublunary
existence independent of TIE boiv; and
that the intellectual charoc or generally.
'nd olien wholly, depends upon the CON
iItIon Of the animal system
The prevention Of u great propor.
ion OF the maIadies, 10 which human
beings are obnoxious, is no less an i'm.
PortanI consideration with the physiolo-
Sist, than he curse OF disease. Indeed,
II all possible precautions were used as
prevenuyes, 1t is confidently believed
there would be but little demand for
RENE lies.
As the energies Of a very large pro
portion of your readers are almost ex
clusively devoted to the '~lengthening Of
human !ile,' | am DESTROYS Of presenting
20 their consideration Il rev suggestions,
relating 10 the natural history of a Dor
ton ut the human race, which trusl
VIII not be wholly embarrassing to them.
and | am confident may, by their inlu-
ence, be n subject from which the people
OF n United States, at least, will derive
much assistance in deciding upon a ques
ton, which is nov being agitated with
intense interest through the whole
length and breadth Of our Union From
authentic statistics and extensive corrob-
Grating Information, Obtained from sour
ces, TO mo Of unquestionable authority
together with my own obSer vation, | am
led 10 believe that the following state.
mentS are substantially correct.
LIST, That the longevity Of tie pure
Africans Is greater han that Of the in.
haoiian's OF any other portion of the
globe.
I'd. That Mullattoes, lie. those born
OF parents, n being African, and the
other eau caslan or white. are decidedly
the shortest lived Of any class o. the hu
man ace.
Sd. The Mulattoes are no more liable
10 die under the age of25,; than the whites
or blacks; but from 25 10 50,their deaths
are as 10 TO | Of either the whites or
blacks between those ageS-rrom 40 TO
55, 80 to and iron 55 to 10, 100
to /.
4th. That the mortality Of the free
pc ple OF color, in the United States, i
more lnan 100 per cent. greater than
that of the slaves.
9th. That those Of unmixed African
extraction in the free States , are not
more liable TO sickness or Premature
death than the whites oftheir rank and
condition in society but tina, the striking
mortality, so manifest among the free
people of color, is in every community
and section of tho country invariably
confined to the Mulattoes.
As the above remarks relate exc.u
sively to PHI steal effects, their causes
are deemed a fiji subject for the invest
gallon OF he Psychologist. That the
causes oil such momentous effects may
be fully and satisfactorily suggested, is
the sincere desire OF u PHILANrH6oPIsT.
NoTE-l. The late and much lament.
ed DR.. b., Of this city, whose opin ON in
matters relating 10 natural history was
esteemed very good authority by those
best acquainted with him, and whose
correctness in the statement Of facts vas
never questioned ,ascertained that it was
not uncommon for African slaves in the
West Indies to live from 1875 to 100 wears
OF age-and frequently from $50 to I75
and there had been several instances re-
corded where they lived more than 200
years. DR. b. was of The ,plulon that
Inc lives even OF these were shortened
by change Of country and condition.
=. 1t was remarked by a gentleman
eminent for his intellectual a;iainments.
and distinguished for his correct obser
walton, and who had lived many years
IN The Southern States, that he did not
believe he had eyer seen a Mulatto 20
years of age.
3. From a correspondence published
IN the Boston Statesman in April LAST
is taken The following statistics In a
population (colored) Of 2,634,348,Gnclu-
ding the free blacks) thereare 1880 over
lOO years Of age whereas there are but
647 whites owes a hundred years OF ace
IN a population Of Ia ,58I ,OJO.' Sit so
happens that we have before US a pam
Phlet published in 1897, by DR.. Niles,
then a citizen Of New York, now resi-.
dent and we'll known in Paris, in which
he gave a comparative statement of the
mortality in the cities Of Philadelphia,
New York, and Baltimore, deduced from
the official reports Of the boards of
health Of the respective cities, from
which II appears that in the years 1923.
"a, %, and 20, the deaths were as fol.
lows:
In N. Y. 10 PbiiadsI. In Bal,
whites In 4O15, Lin 3IBz, 1in4 i2g.
Saves "SS<
4. The same comparative mortality
between the MuIaft,as and d. 49,