The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-13

The ORANGES OF LIFE.-Among the interes-
ing facts developed by the recent census are
ONE in relation to the laws that govern life
nd death, They are based upon returns
IN tn Stateo. Maryland, and comps
'on with previous ones. The calculation
: unnecessary toexplain, but the result is
-" e-'m which we gather the followin.
Illustration:
60 ,26S infants are born upon the same day |
md enter upon life spontaneously. OF these
,243 never reached the anniversary of their
birth; 9,025 commenced the second year;
out the proportion of deaths still continues so
great that, at the end of the third, only SlS3,
Or about four-ffths of the original number,
survive. But during the fourth year the .sys-
tenn seems to acquire more strength, and the
humber of deaths rapidly decreases. 1t goes
on decreasing until twenty-one, the COM
of maturity and the period OF
highest health. 7,l34 enter upon the activ-
tiles and responsibilities of lfe--more than
two-thirds fthe original number. Thirty
five comes, the merirlian of manhood, 6,302
have reached it. Twenty years more and
the ranks are thinned. Only 4.727, or less
than half of those who entered life ffty-fv
wears ago, are left. And now death comes
more frequently. Every year the ratio of
mortality steadily increases, and at seventy
there are not thousand survivors. A scat
tered few live on to the close of the centu-
ry, and at the age Of one. hundred and six
The drama is ended; the last man is dead"
CRUELTY ON BOARD THE Us. SHIP CYANE.
"A letter in the Norfolk Argus, dated Pen
'acola, April 25th, after stating that the U
States Ship Cyane, during her late cruise,
was three times hard and fast ashore,
and was with difficulty extricated from peril,
adds: ........ ... tr.p....... h.su-
"This morning, through very heavy rain,
for three or four hours, the squadron and the
citizens Of Pensacola had been treated by the
Cyane with the sight Of a marine hung up on
the inside of the main rigging by the 1oriSt,
md ancles--a sight little less painful than
hat of hanging by the neck, and torture
.reater to the individual soldier" ....u.
70 GENERAL LopEz STILL ALTvE.--The New
Orleans Crescent publishes the following:
"One of the returned Cuban prisoners
states that he is credbly informed and has
reason to believe, that General Lopez was
not garoted, but that another ndividual a
notorious criminal, who very much resem-
bled Lopez, was the sufferer in the tragic
scene ut the Plaza de Armas. Our inform
mt states that Lopez is confined in one ofthe
dungeons of Havana, where, without light,
without clothing, solitary, and scantily fed,
he is daily subjected to the most cruel tor
'urcs. Spanish invention, it is suid, has been
put to the rack to invent tortures sufficient
y refined for this scourge of royalty in tht
Antilles. Without endorsing the story, we
give it for what it is worth. -.....,..t. t...t.
SCARCITY OF SEAMEN. are in de-
mand in every port in the U. States. The
| Norfolk Argus states that recently several
ships and barks have been detained for days
at that port, because they were unable to
ret the complement ofhands to navigate
them. The Japanese expedition had to be
postponed in consequence of the difficulty O
shipping a crew, and the fleet fitting out loi
the Mediterranean will probably be detained
ior several months, owing to the same cause
| The officers of several of our United States
vessels have reported for duty at Norfolk
but have obtained leave of absence because
no seamen were shipped. .
AMERICAN BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
This body met in New York on Monday
when the annual report was presented, from
which it appears that the donations of the
churches and individuals are $8,O5l larger
than those of the preceding year. The re.
ceipts from all sources amount to $l43, ,459
06. Balance in the treasury, May lst, 1852
1886 30. During the year thirty mssiona
ries and assistants were sent out. .. u
YANKEE SwINDLERs IN CANADA.-Twt
Americans, named Bailey and Williams
pretending to be clairvoyants, who attempt
ed to form company in Canada, lately tC
search for silver mine, to be called the Ro
chester and Brighton Mining Company, have
been fined $l25 each and imprisoned one
month in the county of Hastings, for allcge,
swindling.
The editor Of the Crawford County (Dem'
Forum, does not seem to have the fear oftht
Legislature before his eyes. Hear him:
"The Ohio Legislature will adjourn OF
Monday next. Wewish the members saf,
passage home, and trust that some of then
live 50 far from Columbus that they may nev
ct find Meir way baci." ~" t'.'
And all the people shout---Amen! .".
CoNJUGAL AFFEcTIoN.-A woman wen
into an apothecary shop the other day will
two prescriptions, one for her husband, anc
the other for her COW, She inquired the
price ofthem, and the apothecary replied il
was so much for the man,and so much for the
beast. The woman, finding that she hat
not enough money, reelected for moment
and said, "Givc me, at all events, the cows
| can send for my husbands tomorrow"
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RAILROADS are productice of two goods
they increase the knowledge of surgery, ant
add greatly to peoples punctuality. Whcr
stage coaches were the medium of progress
iveness, an hour "too later made no differ
ence to any. A hour too late now make
the difference of whole degree of latitude
and would probably dcrange the business @
whole month.--New York DUtchmaa.
0JAtthe Temperance Celebration whic
came off at Mount Vernon last week the fol
lowing resolutions We're adopted
Resolved, That we rant the "Maine Law
ReSotUed, That we pW have it, . .l......
Resolved, That we will eNtorcei it when
is enacted. ....
The LANCASTER GAZETTE. I'VE hav
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