New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-10
% Of II. The Oldest bridegroom wss between IS
snd 20, the oldest bride between 90 aud 3d.
or births, Massachusetts, numbered 5i,445 in

or births, Massachusetts, numbered I,4S in
1876. Out Of 900, the rule Is pretty constant that
1O3 are boys and 81 eIl. Ofthese childreu l5, ,903
were OF American parents on both sde. 10, l53 had
foreigner for father or mother, ard of 2c2i the
nativity sf tie parents was lot sscer'aiaed The
illeeiiiuats births were reported as only 2o7, OF
ubi.h lie were II ire two State Aims honaes. Bat
mi. natter has not been Investigated With Sufficient
accuracy: doubtless, tie number Of eI.ri-ms.rimo
uial bIth. is greater, though probably much less
ihsn in spy country of Chrstendom.
The proportion Of children Of foreign extraction
Is far greater 10 Boston than elsewhere in tue State
In the County Of Suffolk, Of 8 25l Children, only
1.634 had both 'aiher ,Dd mother Americao, wsle
1856 had both parents foreign; o0ly ISL tsd
American fathers, but 4,202 h,d foreign fathers.
Out of 5 SEQ births in Boston, more than 2,9OO had
both parents Irsh snd only 100 American fathers,
only 9O2 Massachusetts fathers, asd Only 42c Boe-
ton father,. No. liss tb,n30 pairs Of Irish twins
were born in Boston in le56 no. counting the PAIR,
one Of which wss bora in 1855, aud one ~ 1856;
ga case" the writer remarks, "thst could hap
pen oniy when both the parents were Hlbernian."
The whole number Of deaths in 1856 was 20, 73;
males 10 POI, females 10, 40l, sex unreported 49,
In the whole S.ste the average age at de,th wac
26 81; in Dukes County 1888; in Bristol, Essex,
Hsmrden. and Worcester, about 2S; 10 Franklin
81 "a: in Suffolk, O.. More than oDe fifth of all
deaths are Of hfsrts not year old; more than two
6itbs die before FIVE. In Boston, the number OF
tboss who die before FIVE is grssier than all the
Il tta NJ
Jesth in the f'st years greater tnsn IN the next
55. The average sge of als a. death 10 Boston Is
about 20, Of the native Americans about % of the
colored people 81 Of the foreigners IL. In one little
town in MidsleseI County of II men who set
tied there in the middle Of the seventeenth century,
the age Of 80 averaged little more 90.
The valuation of property in Massachusetts amount
ed in l94Oto s307 Os9 1876; in 1850 to S597 936 400;
and il IS now estma.ed at 81, 900 000, 600, exclu
sye of the property belongngto to public institutions,
which il reckoned al SlC0, o00 600 more This is
3. the rate OF $3.50 20 each psrson 10 the State. II
s more than dollar piece % the human race.
a. Less than $50 years ago, Massachusetts, started
with few Puritans and the wilderness for outfit,
aud now in eight generations she has accunulsted
60 much property that she could give dollar I,
each Of the thousand millions inhabitants of the
earth, and st have ali her schools, meeting houses,
town.houses, aims houses, jails, and literary, be-
nevoent, snd scientific Institutions left nest.egss
10 begin the world anew
We have 10 space 10 give the statistics ID regard
to The health of the people Of Massachusetts,, but
must mske room f,r portion Of the writer's 50 dis
L.. - - -
Tie fleets Of sickness on the hgher faculties Of
commonly qui.e baneful. II weakeps all tue spt-
tual powers tue mind ts activity; quantity
Of thought e less the qgsi poorer the nan VI bas.
carnot plan his work execute hs psni the scholars
genius K yaoished into ton air; the dtgent wife, care
u about many things Is now only troubled about her
self the moral faculty suffers much es the intel
ectual; the iauIdiced eye potbing OF its natural
color The SICK mans conscience IS abnormal a. his
digestion appetite; he csn take no just view OF
moral relations az well ms ht We expect lame horse
10 race vel. and lesp five barred gate, as ask SICK
man 10 have Just ntutsns Of the eterosl right, or
manly will to DO il; he would but how can he
sick Judge, doctor, minister schoomaster, editor. poi
ncisn-he does HARM and no good. so the alice
tonal end religious talents lose their value are chp-
ped within the ring, swested down. and cannot be
taken AZ their former worth. Spite OF bmset the sick
man becomes seistthe best Of sick men. II Is the
order OF nature; he should be selfish then. HIS body
IL sick it tries TO get well all ofts natural vgor Is di-
fected to that oh .c-ior the mGters basis OF human
i.y must be preserved. When chip at sea enc pun
teIs violent storm, leaks badly, is settling 10 tue
water, and Likely to PERISH men cut away the ma'ts,
LET the costly anchors and unfsstened chsn.csble 90
down with be run; the wealthy cargo Is cast INTO the
ccesp that they may save the ship and their o@n
lves So in the OF sickness long continued, na-
turs nspctvey throws overheard s the costly spir-
itual freight gathered II q lifetime. Ihe
eye whose bend did awe TIE wo'd
Doth cse It's luster'
The worlds great warrior cries.
Give drk, Tinius,
As "a sick gill"
There is little exercise Of the higher religious fac
uts of thsi aspiration 70 the seventh heaven OF
human devotion: no psalm OF lofty gratluoe no desP
con.ritions tnep 1T mos, only duh and humble,
massive ,ust IN (icd Even t1a. often fails. lne al
T. c,iors ere ofleu blum ed. In health now uany was
this mats philanthropy nov, dsarmea, l. does not
travel frth 10 look after the far OIL neet1en, the
rearec slsv.-or black wnitethe poor the friend
less or tie sick. Nay, the mother, tornented WIN
her ~n pains prophetic now Of Only desth-fo7gets
tie very children tnst she bore; much more does the
.s eff-ctionate forget the wife he loved ana tue
desr babies VINO climbed his knee and puned Ms
h.sithy beard Blame them not; tue SICK Das onIy
streusth 10 keep his soul ana body togetner AL
the Iver Of life uus then 90 70 turn he own T4.l.
We know yell THIS is not wnst ministers presch 10
books, and write in macy rom.ntic tale But We 700
have much OF lite, and stood 81 nsDy uss
bed-bssi1e noble zen whom sickness did ye. a.. IN
usn. Hsve not our Own experience a-o LAno
feet must hs and sick eyes viii drop their ids ia
stLc.iye, ana tufn from tpe eea! ueauLJ u In-
sur. Humanity lies low in the nsId OF sickness SUI
more commonly is the temper made sour Dy !or gc'u-
tinueo Illees. II hungry maa Ia 81 angry mSh, 50
i. lick man peevish one easily offended not ,pa-
bic Of controlling bis gra.tfdl emotions. scnoo
with the toothacne judge WITH the gout 'n
iOus doctor oyspeptiC minister sick hJrs-, u's
With wounded leg-we al kcow what these are.
This il-teDper is natural defense. II the aIm De
bicke, the iAio .be heah the bone liself else 60 IN
feeling ell become e1qlisey sensitive, go tnst pia
nav warn us sgsinst all things which would annoy
suG prevspt rOe restoration OF the limb lrTtsoity
ma fla,rl.. tLeE