Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1856-09-06
NO. VII.

.,;,, and pertinent to our observations
We invite attention to the probabilities
tstsnISS The following views are based on
81, -. Tubes of the Siaoe population:
~ ~. - rerur 10 the life tables of the strre
" -, or Mary land, which nave been completed
ss''", - the printing of the quarto report
-ssaeI.t I'D Ills comparatively new and uueX-
ave ,I,. prcscnt Ia lie being the first of its
~ hT'H' country prepared from sufficient data.
% ~, ,,osently be seen, these results likewise
uE'n Ersrv favorable standard of life, whIch'ap-
% LORE reasonable since most OF tie ayes
The w. =, The healthy agricultural counties OF
and engaged in regular employmeniE.-
SNS rorc IN daily contact with the highest
A'ri'"I the superior race, has undoubtedlv
Ii progress during a century past. The
= 5,r,;lrrant returning TO Africa finds himself
~ liz SUPERIOR TO the native Inhabitants of
81 ancestors This advance will appear
ih' striking and important when the hisiori-
{ !, COZ. nnsiie:ed that progress in civilization
g % heen slow the inertia of the mass bSing
& sL@,'s only hv gradual and long-continned eff
s'' oil We doubt not that 10 the severe training
"a =: I'm in America the ph ilnsnphers of future
1. iat -. +-,re back the regeneration Of Africa.
e :. "' a.,tr.ls Of the Marylnni returns has been
p lsf - ,hro.ch the medium of iie-tables, as the
l,:.;l,p mode Of avoiding the 'rrors TO which
4 .'''l irrpmiar researches on this subject age
4 G-..-7rry liable Mr. fnrr G"hoSe able inTesiiga-
s.' IN. REPORTS of the English Registrar are
., .Lnoyn in this country very justly observes:
:: Civilizations and uses of national life-tables
4 IE 80, innumerabc. Without an intimate
e o3ge Of their properties it is impossible TO
: ,i,r the laws Of POPULATION. or TO reason wPon
'rg,rs-s without falling into great errors, OF
- If !, we're not invfiOUs, 700 many instances
~ ; ? ri'eA from current works on population
i.5-,.,Iic health" Besides Mr.. Fnrr's researches
i-- 20 method of investigating vital statistics has
re Than two Centuries heen perfeclng bv The
size IaNurs OF HALEY, Dcm0ivTe, Price, Com
= Win. and uiher eminent actuaries. The strict
81, -. Of The proper data is found 10 he long and
-',5f.,-.,l: bat the most important results when
,focl arc simple and easily understood, eyen by
.,.. uI0 have not previously given attention To
> contingencies.
-. .f severe! ,,rars OF Iire-tab!es no one is more
ole or more interesting to society," than tho Crpec-
-,fsrs ofHjc aud with an eplJnle Of those Dc
I'D rom the Nary land returns shall close the
.sui article. ~ expectation of lie IS understood
,..u future lifetime which person MAJ nc e.
,s..tl 70 live an Average" after II i"en t-sessue
IN ufiiCT WOFf!1 il epErrssts tile most Accurate
,...s,i..I satanic of the tuJUTr length Of life.
L.: ;s- inquiry now be made, how long TerSon
81 i..euty may he expected to live? In reply if
- ,e,sou he such IS the generality % tie y Ille in
..i.nls of MARYLAND, his average: future length Of
SD. ~, b. the annexed table, 1913 years, OF II
-,u traction over - years longer. But a slave
ii twenty may lie expected live forty years and
action longer if male, aud forty wears and IL
-arvhlt larger fraction Of year if female
81 ia.c "i li:tT. tie expectation of life for white
sr. and females collectively is twenty-five years
mi upwards; which is very nearly all ariihmeti-
n aaaG rctwreu tle values for male and female
,g,s NJ r;.lt age. The fact will lie observed. NJ
...rw sit, interest, rhNt throughout nearly .,ii tile
.r, ;.uai,; have greater expectation lie than
a.t'.
On arriving At the age OF eighty, the expected
1mrc Il e-tiruc has decreased 10 little more than
ven ycar longer for white persons, and NJ DIS
. six tui scv-n years respectively for the Stare
grult'ion as 'u!!nws: