The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-12

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Bos1os Feb. Q, 1855.
B;yns Deafs aad Marriages in Bostom in 1865 EiHoa
tional STATISTICS Of Hs-kr. Banner ELctio~-
"7inkzirg' As Ct~asttios- soly If Railvoad Diree-
tors-Pelom Favor Of TIE Rsstorati of Lix0 kaury
CuYssas frtais-0asc Of Ass 5obss, Of AeNauy aadef
NevtN
Apvoonio our excellent Rsgtrar, made his report
OF the number births, deaths and marriages In Boston.
n 1850 st meeting Of the Common Council. The
whole number Of births $780, beinsan increase OF l2s
ever the number 1854 but differing materially from
the average the ysas srdns 1904 The aggregate rA
TO was birth every 90 Inhabitants Thsre were %
coiorsd children born IS Of that class Of our
population. OfIsh the Per centsgs b03 81; and OF
Americans "a par cent The greatest positive nanbsr of
Dir tbs in Ward l. bsng 764; and the greatest
paratve decrease In Fast Boston. There We're 80
cases OF twin brtns u Of which the ca1ren were
males, and in IL females.
The number ~ marriages solemosed acss1ding to Ghe
record 1850, decrease Of ga in year. The
number dc@rafcates ssueo Sool decrease OF 1885,
There So coored couples married. which
the gvcoms oscs Ladies' white the Oldest
couple was composed Of Of 81 and woman
Of n, the parties b-i1g = Whoever and ancient
laay, VA changed her ueideu SAFE, " made
effort" 10 hat emo, one year after Soat
time when, accosdtag 70 Mr.. Jonas Chaxxewi-,
s ,persons who have any regard 10. toe Scriptures
fheuN have beaksr vhemse their graves without
making any fuss about it, thai picus youth taking toe
s.csIarion that tbs years OF The life of three
| rcere and ten in iss $e-4 Ons gent
of "a gave his hand 10 sdy Of A; but this ju
yeIie indiscretior compared with the just men
oned. wido took for his 6fth wife lady of 20.
She probably took him the that ord
ing Scott Godfrey Be trans Wis married MIN namely,
that the had arrived st the redec Ing age 4 twenty
eight. TIE of youngest marriage that Of boy
OF Is to girl of 49, They viii have ample time to ere
pent at leisure" ans, me divorce business Is
easy, GET rid OF The chains of matrimony' WHOM
they shall have arrived years Of discretion The
| .bid marriages. numbered a. ana there fourth
| marriage, sna one hfth
S6l, compared win 1853, zo4. Tee Creates. nu@oe-
| was in ward l. being .S1. Tue average age 10 IS
years There died Of ma es OS4 OF 10 nnes 99S; Of
cooi ed males, 80; II cloeo females, 81 Of lung
plants there dieo 2.s Of npnop 1856; Of unAp,x,
is2; Of casualties 1885, o. OLD age 81 $50 VI the ourias
| and 8 $50 cut u 1t
The number of deaths neFs in January, 1856. WAS
3s2-le4 males, 16s 'enaes, There 80 DE- tus from
copsumpts 80 from il fammatioa IF the angs II
meas es Is tom smallpox and 10 by accidents Four
peIs,ns died from Old age egt and six
os.ps we're 20 and IS ss was
solitary case OF ~ nus fever anc bat fvs If typhoid
30 Of wL,cn are common here in winter In January,
1885, there two ceaths from scarlet fsve..
| in Boston, but il January, 1886 there but two
deaths CAUSED bs it The sho.e number Of a-a his
three les thsn in the mouth o. 1855. ana
Jet the nth ha. ce-n the 10 weather kno
here in The memory o. most persons now living
lhe nineteen annual report OF Ehs Bard Of Eiucs
tion shows that ,he lumber pubic schools in Ma-ss-
chuetts ia 42l5; % person bet1eeI five AND afeen
lie .ehoos il snmns iss ss7 il wi@tsr, a2 7os. Of
children uDd.r five years a;reSdiag them Is COL
ff.e,n, 2ls77. he female teachers were $685. a:
ST. 90 psr month in,ludDg ,ard; Of male tescnsrs.
| l,8t9, averaging s4l 40 per month The amount ex-
rereed on public schcsl., for ages fuel and ipe 10
rated academies seventy win 4,7ls scholars a.
on annual expense of So ,4so TO- y. private sch 'oIs
KEEP; up a, yearly expenditures Of s27l se o. The
tai amount txpe dec for educati purposes 10 tne
ssle is 81 go Z22 90. The ocrese of lions IN
one year has been about IL per There 332
scholars IN the normal schools all out AZ OF
| females
of people are Aboripg ve-y hard for postal
reorn.' The first thing TO he one IA tina way is 10
place the Cover Dment ia he hands of Of e,mmon
s-nse and not have ~ the head OF the
vice who treat il as If IL piece # money -nasins
business, instead of being great Instrument Of civiiza
ton, ant for tee promotion 1t mems happiness.
The whole pa lpers admitted state aims
houses since they opened 10 May 1854 Is ,2s5
81 81 per week Tne fans Of the m.nou.ss are ~
very poor that ont little Of the Land cultivated
con- d not have been expected to be moca.
We nave nothing Of interest ia politics, that the
American State Council At its lae m-eos adopted .he
Springfield platform without dlsss ntng As that
platform adopted a. time Sheo expected the
republican and Know Notbog parties to be-
| sp att slavery movement.
mr.. Banks friends nave bad good time for week,
|
uuph ia great ore and is al the more valuable from
having been so long delayed rns contest has mads NJ
Banks known to the nation, already hts name
been coupled with Presidential nomination OF his pas
~ They might have worse candidate
The Lesla ure is .pkering'' toe constitution, the
particular hject being to require twenty years
Of foreign born persons before they shall al
loved 70 vote The seoae passed the anendment
tiequires only ajoiy of tnkers in that body
n the House there must be twotords Of those disc
pies OF John Bunyan TO get it thu ough, and they
thought to be not quite 70 numerous there all that
| would to. The requirement. is altogether too
strong While most people would acqaesce in ten years
der to l the whole thing rhoald ever come before
| the people
last at which they have been going the dogs a.
Late, are getting up the steam at Inc that
Apolyon did the celestial railroad he took the
oDg train through the Valley OF the Shsdow Of Death
The price Of season tickets the Providence and Boston
railroad is to be advanced so cent and Of
travel 20 cent The Boston and Worcester Company
content themselves with rs per advance season
tickets while other rates to be cents mile. There
ard ether similar insane movements The ars Is oom
posed OF the owners of real estate in and around Boston,
where property must rise under their workings, rhe
second that class of peopleand very large 1t is
though somes hat decreased of late-who live IN the
country but most of whom will be residents of Boston,
or nf the towns hard by It, in twelvemonth The
third class is the railroad stockholders, who might
well 60 in search of the Great Crbunce to look for
another dividend their property it is facstiousy
called that being now compelled to pay taxes while 1t Is
endowed with rcalculable powers Of non-productcn.
| They may believe that the good times will
return, and there people who have .
lively faith in the return OF the golden age-but it
don't back to EARTH Isaac York said that he ex
pected to rec Christian pay debt to jew except
der coercion, in the same he expected to
rebuilding Of Zion and think railroad owners will
get DIVIDEND, Of Them with the increasing Of tho
Jews, the occurrence of the Greek kalends the
return Of The days when good Queen Bertha spun The
fact IL that the directors having with low
fares, making them high thus falling into
the chi dish of Initiating the reverse Of wrong for
right The end Of the business will be- that government
viii have to step in and regulate the whole msttor
petition has been got up among the merchants and
is very nunerously signed praying that Congress will
the action CT the Naval Board as Lieutenant
Maury is concerned in consideration OF his eminent SER
vces TO commerce ard navigation The entire dongs of
the beard ought TO be reversed.
Che Supreme Court Will the trial of capital
here next Tuesday The first Is that Ct young
man. named Ellen Tobn VINO stands charged with having