The North-Carolina standard., 1847-09-15

From the Merchants Ledger and Statistical Messenger.
Supposed Population of the World.
Nine hundred and sixty millions of human be.
ings are supposed to be upon the Earth of which
Europe is said 10 contain 155,00O,O0o
Africa "# .~tf- l56,00O,000
Asia i".. g. SOC, 100000
America @ @r a, 10000 900
If divided into thirty equal parts five OF them will
be Christlans-six Mahometans-one Jews and
eighteen Pagans Christians are numerous in
Europe and America, and some in the south Of
Asia and Africa. Pagans abound in Africa, in
the south of America, some in Asia, and sma II
number IN the north of Europe.
Population Of the graue. From extensive
calculations it seems the average of human births
per second, since the birth Of Christ 10 this time.
is about 8-l5-which gives about lhirty-two thou.
sand millions and after deductng the present
supposed population of world, 960,000OO0i
leaves the number of thirty-one thousand and forty
millions thai have gone down to The grave: giving
death and the gravt. the victory the living, to
the number of thirty thousand and eighty millions.
OF the number in the grave, about
9000 900 900 huVe di,d by War,
7920OOOO0O by Famine and Pestilencc,
500 100000 by MartyrdOm,
$50, OO0. 900 by lntoxcating Drink,
$4,000, OOO, 900 Natural or otherwise
Thus it will be seen that and strong drink
premature grave. +
The calcu a,ions upon this subject might be ex-
tended to an almost indefinite length, and perhaps
too, with propriety. if thought and meditation
would dwell upon them, and deduce the morale
from each and every avenue. For instance, H
strong drink has now had its 5SO,OOOOOO OF VIC
Tins hot0 many more must 1T haoe before the mod
crate drinkpr will lay his shoulder to the pledge
Of reform2 Suppose but thirty days of intense
To he he lott Of dfunka
family of five each what is the amount in the
aggregate? Suppose it required no more than
ifiy bushels of grain distilled to make man
drunkard, how long would it last furnishing Eu-
rope ? nav, even The 1choLe unirersaL 1corlG 1t
would amount to ffy-eight hundred millions OF
barrels of -four. ..
Supposc-again that each drunlard loses or
wastes only ten years of his life, three shlings
per day, how many tons of gold would it $685.
OSO 900, O0OO) purchased Make your own cal
culatons, not only upon these supposed cases, but
any others of which this subjec; is susceptible, and
the result will astonish you. and perhaps lead to
somewhat different course in life. The above es-
Inmates are, many OF them, below the reality
The late Thomas d. Clarke. The Tuscaloosa
papers inform us of the death OF Thomas L.
Clarke, late Attorney General of this State. He
died at his residence in Tuscaloosa on the Gath
inst from attack os the typhus fever. 1t is
with feelings of sincere regret that we announce
his death. He had, as were. just entered upon
the active scenes of busy life-and the future
promised to extend his usefulness, and to bring
with it the honoTs of official station. He was a
native of North Carolina, whence be emigrated
to this State He first located we believe in Eas-
tern Ala, ia TaIiadego county, ln 1642 he was
elected by the people of that county TO the House
of Representatives of the State Legislature; and
blythe Legislature, at the SESSION of 1928, ne
was elected Attorney General of the State. In
assuming the important duties of that office, he
was, as it were, entering upon an entirely new
field of action but we are sure, that no former
Attorney General of this State won for himself, IN
so brief a space Of time as Thomas u. Clarke
filled that Office more enduring character Tor
ability and honesty in the discharge Of his public
duties In private life we knew him to be a
sincere friend and honest man. We can bes-
tow upon him no higher need of praise r 5.-
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