Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-05-07

?" EXPECTATION ;or L1FE.'''-Mr. Charles
NJ. Which, Of london, has published a-sim-
pie rule for: computing the probabie value of
property in life at an. age from five to sixty.
His formula ,st;n.ds thus. s. E=25 49,
~, or, in PLAIN words, the expectation Of life
is equal to two-'h birds of the difference be-
tween the age Of the party and eighty
Thus, say man is now twenty years old.
Between that age and eighty there arc sixty
years. Two thirds Of sixty are forty; and
this sis the sum OF his expec alton OF life
If a man be now sixty; he will have IAN, ex-
pectation of nearly fourteen; wears 1nore.-
By the same rule a child Of five has a con
tingent lien on life for fifty years. Every
one can apply the rule to his own age. Mr..
Willich'S hythesis may he as easily remem.
bered as that by Dc Moivre in the last cen:
fury, which has now become obsolete, from
th;' greater accuracy CT mortality tables
The results o'tained by the new law cor
respond very closely. with those from DR..
Far's English Life Table, constructed with
great care from al immense mass Of returns.
Am ;rican. na g0rf,-
!. ,SIGN1rIcANr-TheN N. Y. 7iib ne advises
Senators Wilson,. Fessenden, Trum bulland
Wade to visit Minnesota the ensuing sum
mer." This is significant Of the fact that
tho Republicans will make a powerful effort
to carry the State at the fall election. By
all means let these biggun Of Republican,
ism visit Minnesota--the larger the OPPOSE
ton the greater our victory:-La Ores. Ban.
lEBukED.--Thes recent .atte,apt Of the
Rta1sl. Ro,S,Y61in ~ AZ e.
the name Of THOMAS JEFFERSON to their
dirty party uses, and the absurdity of the
claim that he. was, the father of their, Sec
tional principles. against which he, times
without fnunbcE dec:areds himself bitterly
opposed, met with the proper rebuke from
some OF the more prominent Of the, Black
Republican Sheets The Providence Or. ~
./o",nnl edited by United Senator Anthony,
has the following = a3=aF .
"The idea that the Republicans zI,nay a2-
propriate to thems Ives any portion Of the
reputation Of Jefferson, real and .fac,itious,
which the Democrats have 80 long appro-
priated to their own uses. is extremely DIS
tasteful. *es~ - Having alwa:s had i
strong prejudice IN favor Of Washington, we
arc not entitled to rank among the uncondi.
rGold, i being shipped Eastward in
aafge' ahsoahts to make exchange. EgThs. n.
Y. E:eriaa Pot ,ofa, recent date, notices
his etftux Of western gold. It says: =.
~ "The2 specie remittances from the West
are increasing: This morning, the Ameri-.
can express Company, tMesssrs. Wells, But
terrified q Co, brought down by their early
me sseager e A. Ny two tons of specie
Elhik;do4K not include The 40 AlA: 4. and
LOU +. ~. expresses, yet to arrive when we
write. Should they bring their usual aver
age, the amount received to day would reach
Two and half tons" s15euos ads 'rfa7i ~
1t is gratifying to know that the pinnacle
Of the ascending scale Of Exchange has near
ly sor sperhaps qpitessheen re.ched-in the
payment Of our Eastern debts.
11a = 81! 2 sc,>~-A>>-e1~l~b ga3 "a ,'-''
b weT A murdernccurred in tho town of
Sand Lake; abeot II miles from this city,
on Sunday. - An Old man named John
Bedding beat out his daughters brains with
q barnmer:r He WAS laboriog under fit
of In 'anitJ, aad imagined: that his daughter
was possessed of q devil; The murdered
girl was aqoyt 6ftecnr years Of age. Beld-
ing was brought % this City and is now ii
jail The Grand Jury is ii. il. session and has
already acted in the case.-1roy ~ "
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A IENEaABLE. Observation-Disclosures Of
Sky years ago. Rev. Ebenezer Price, Of
Bq'eavens y. II. WAS, settled at-Balfsst, Me-
and WAS the first minister of thar Place
Mt ehesmsmtef oa,ht parish that called
him is now living. but Mr.. Prizes, & the I'd.
Vanced age Of eighty seven years, Is still
living. and now resides with his soti in Boz
ton.