The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-12-31
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TIONs.-We CLEAN from the census of 1850. some
interesting facts in relation to the number Of
males and females of different ages. Classify
ing the population by ages il appears that the
number of females between fifteen and twenty
is somewhat greater than that of the males, but
that the males exceed the females of fevery other
age from one year up to eighty. Beyond that
age the number of females between eighty and
ninety. from ninety to one hundred, and over
one hundred. is SO much larger than that of the
males as to show that there must he some law
Of the female constitution that renders it more
favorable to extreme longevity than that of the
other sex. The same phenomena il observable
among the statistics of the colorcd population.
Did our readers ever reflect upon the fact that
while there seems TO he no rule us TO the nutfi>
Der of males and fclnacs in particular families,
the two sexes are kept very nearly equal. tax.
ing into view large masses of the community.
Where, from accidental causes. the number Of
either sex has for time, in some particular
country. prcpondcrated very greatly the equal
ity has been uniformly restored. Thus, three
millions of Frenchmen fell in the wars Of the
French Revolution and Napoleon. vet now the
sexes are about equal IN number. Ii is stated
on good authority that during that period the
number of male births increased in France.
Can We account for this fact that perfect con-
stancy of proportions on large scale should be
maintained in the midst Of the utmost apparent
irregulariy in the families which make up these
large masses, on the hypothesis that this world
is the sport of chance, and Of some force desti-
tutc OF intelligence and bcncGcent purpose!
Men may talk about the laws of Nature, but
how can We conceive OF laws without u law
givcr.
A DKfIH!ricy.-"Bill Tompk;ns, what is q
widdcr.
"A widder is a married woman that hain't
got no husband cause he's dead"
NApx- .-,,h .t,.,fs Il
a widdcrcr is q man that runs artcr wild
ders.'
We'll, Bill. that not exactly according to
Johnson, Lut it will do
THE WoHsr OF TT DO you want nv berries
ma ann" said poor little boy to lady, ons
day. The little fellow was very shahbily cloth
ed. and his feet were bare ard travel-stained.
In both hands he held up tin pail. full Of ripe
raspbcrrics. which were pTcttily peetihg out
from amid the green leaves that lay lightly
over them. The lady told him she would like
some aud taking the pail from him, she step
ped into the house. He did not follow. but re-
mained behind whlstling TO some canarics hang
ing in their cage on the porch.
""h by do you not come in. and see if / mea-
sure yOur berries right - said the lady "how
do yon know but what may cheat you -
The boy looked archly up at her and smiled.
IL am not afraid, said he, " for you would get
the rorst ofn ma am
Get the worst Of - said She, " what do
You mcan!''
"Why, ma'am, | should only lose my ber-
rics. and you would be stealing: don't you
think you would get the worst of t?'
SIsTEELY AFFECrIoN.-A FAcT-At "pro-
tracted meeting" held whilom not a thousand
miles from BallstOn Spa, an ancient sister in
the church arose and relieved herself as fol-
lows -
g. see young ladies here that think more Of
Their gewgaws. furbclOws. ribbons and laces
than they do of their Creator. | loved them
once and adorned my hat with French artifi-
cial flowers. bright-cOlored ribbons, and sky
blue trimmings, but l found they were drag
ging me down to destruction, and took them
off and garc than to my SISTER,"
COUNTERFEIT BANK PLATES DsCoyEREp.-The
famous counterfeit bank plates tens of the Or
hiO State Stock Bank, at Pickaway, and the
fves OF State Stock Branch at Franklin, have
been discovered, through the unremittiag exer-
tions of Marshal Ga1laghtr, and officers Hay
man and Williams, of Cincinnati These are
the plates which have caused SO many losses to
the business community for the past year
being so accurately engraved as to deceive
even the best judges. We are not now at liber-
ty to tell how and where they were obtained-
Ciere. Plain Dealer.
Chief Justice Taney has recently decided in
admiralty, in the United States Circuit Court,
that lumber RATS wrecked on the Susquchanna,
or any public navigabls river, while being
1Oatcd down or anchored in the river are not
the subject of salvage; that they are not sab
Ject to admiralty jurisdiction. as they arc not
intended for the navigation Of the sea and that
any assistance rendered TO such RATS, when in
danger of being broken Or swept down by the
current, is not a salvage service, and makes no
liability to a rccOmpcnse, that all intermed-
ding with such property in such cases is at the
risk Of those intcrmeddling.
MuRDER AND SuIcIpE.-A runaway negro
killed John Myers at Natchez, a few days ago,
and afterwards secrctcd himself in mill ON the
bank of the river, where he remained several
days, Being discovered, he jumped in among
the working machinery Of the mill, and was
Immediately torn 10 pieces.
"WHoSE WIFE SHALL SHE BE ?':-One year
ago B. W. Irwin. of Cincinnati, left home for
California. During his absence his wife applied
for and obtained divorce. The day after it
was granted the husband returned, and after
wards succeeded in getting the decree of divorce
set aside. The wife, however. had married @
second husband by the name of Weaver, in the
meantime. The question now comes up, who
is Mrs. Irwin? Is she Mrs. Irwin or Mrs. Wea-
yer. And having been lawfully married to
both husbands, is she guilty of bigamy?
UNCLE Ton DOwy SorTm-The Savannah
News Of Nov. %, says -
Tonight, introduced for the first time, be-
fore Savannah audience, the comic and caus-
tic Burletta of Uncle Toms Cabin This re-
presentation. comprised in two scenes is in
tended to illustrate negro Freedom ut the
North and Service at the South Among the
personagcs who figure in the scene, which is
laid the other side of Mason and Dixons line.
Aunt Harriet Beecher Stowe, and her Non
Free in sable sympathy, Horace Greeley, are
most prominent
Last Sunday fugitive slave, belonging to
Judge Fitch, Of kentucky, was captured in
Jackson county, Indiana, and given to his own
er. There was with him at the time he was
taken, white girl, his paramOur, who had in
duced him to escape, that she might join herself
for life TO his dark fortune.
An Irishman employed at Reeds brewery in
Troy, on the Sd inst. fell into vat Of boiling
beer and was not discovered until tbree hOnrs