Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-04-08

The seventeenth annual report of the Registrar of
Massachusetts,, for 1858, has just been printed;
The records for the year cover 54,4yI children
born alive 1887 couples married and ZO,f6
deaths besides TAI stillborn
There were. on the average, each day in the year,
81 births. So persons married and 81 deaths. be
sides these there was daily average OF two sun
births. June was as usual the least fatal month
and September the most fatal The average num-
Der of deaths IN June was As a day, and IN Septen-
Der II day.
As compared with the records Of 1851. the re
cords of 1858 exhibit decrease Of S29 births, lZlZ
marriages and 5O4 deaths. The financial disturb
ance and distress. which broke out near the close
Of 1857 chilled the matrimonial ardor of the people,
and hence this great falling off in connublalIty.
The number of registered births exceeded the
number Of registered deaths by 1919. This does
not give the absolute increase Of population from
this source from the fact that of the officers
and clergymen are remss in the duty of the regis
tration. The increase Of population by lmmlgra-
ton is falling Off The number of immigrants ar
irving at the port Of Boston in 1857 was not one
half great as during any Of the five years lmme-
diately preceding 1850 and not one third as great
as in 1850 There was also a considerable dlm1nu-
ton in 1853 the reported number of arrivals in the
United States being only 1883 against 1878 IN
1851
The record of births for the year 1858 presents
some points Of interest 1t is recorded that during
the wear 339 women bore twins and two bore three
7
of that year bore more than one child
There were 293 births recorded in that year
under the head of illegitimates, and OF these no
less than occurred in three State almshouses. The
number Ofiegitmates born i'm the almshouses OF the
various cities and towns is not givea.
The report says that among this class OF births
was one case deserving of especial notice, in conse-
quenoe of the extreme youth OF the mother Ellza-
beth D. was born of native parents IN the aims
house at Taunton, Nay "A, lS47 and at the same
i,,1o cEro no If a
the first day Of February, 1858, at the non-nublle
age OF only ten geurS, eight months and seven days
This case is well attested by the physician Of the
almshouse, Dr. A. Baylies who oticlated profess
ionaly at the birth of the young mother, and also
at that of her hopeful SON. This specimen OF
''Young America" weighed at birth eight pounds.
and at the age Of eighteen months 3I4 pounds, and
was in the enjoyment of robust health at the last
accounts.
1t appears that during the year covered by the
report, lO8 bachelors married maids and 45l
married widows OF the 9,l35 spinsters, or maids,
1907 were united to widOwers OF the l,o2O wild
overs, l,207 married maids, and only Glib selected
women who had been married before. Of the
I.0G4 widows 45l married bachelors, and 6l3 maTrl-
ed men who had been previously bound IN wedlock-
4 Ten of the widows married during the year were
under 20 years of age, half of whom chose bache-
lOrs, but tw0-thirds of the widows who were be-
tween 20 and ., made a similar choice, and the
proportion of widows over IS who married bache-
Tors was only ] TO f. Nine women over 50, and one
over IS years Of age, are reported to have been
matrimonialy noosed for the first time. The re-
cords show that one man over so years old commit
ted the absurdity for the first time. Ten females
were married at the age Of IA, and thirty Of 10
years.
The number Of marriages among the native
born was oneeighth less than the annual average OF
this class for the four preceding years, while the
number Of marriages among the foreign born was
one-quarter less than the annual average for the
of 1n1uTi-
ages between natives and foreign born was greater
and seems 10 be on the increase.