Daily national Democrat., 1860-02-28
Deaths. Divorces, &C.

We acknowledge the receipt of the annual
report Of the State Registrar, Edwin H.
Campbell Esq, for the year 1859. lie com'
plains that the people at large still manifest
an obstinate prejudice against the law oil reg
istrotion. very many refusing to comply with
its provisions Thus, the report which he
mikes of the marriages, births, deaths, dvor
ees. and registration Of names of executors
and administrators, is far from complete.
Despairing of the ability of any one to carry
out the provisions of the Registry Law, Mr.
Campbell recommends its repeal. We can
not agree with him in his recommendation.
We believe that the law ought to be and that
it can be enforced. Mr.. Campbell, out of the
acknowledged kindness Of his heart, and per-
haps from false pride in the matter Of in
creasing his own fees by making an example
of such as refuse to comply with the law,
has probably been too lenient. But this
kind of leniency will not do. II is to the in
terest of this State to the interest Of science
and the general progress civilization, that
the statistics contemplated by the enactment
under consideration, should be collected
Men have no right to set up their individual
judgment against the policy Of the State and
to disoUey law on the ground that it is in
their opinion humbug. If they have not
the comprehension to see its utility, this cir
cumstance does not affect the wisdom of the
enactment The most advanced nations pay
strict regard to the registration Of marriages,
births, deaths, divorces, &c. The Registrar
GeneralI of England annually contributes
vast amount of valuable information, not only
for the statesmen Of Britain, but for the
world of science, and his reports are looked
for with very great interest. The English
Government does not care much whether
people think the law q humbug or not. 1t
takes very good care, however, to make them
comply with it.
OF the marriages which have happened in
this State, during the year just ended we
find the following number recorded: l,744
Thirty-six are set down for Yuba county
eigners The recorded births are l6S. The
parents of the children are Americans LOG,
foreigners 40. Births in Yuba county 2S
Total number of recorded divorces 65
The grounds for these divorces are set down
under the heads of habitual drunkenness
cruelty and desertion, desertion and adute
ry, desertion alone, i'll treatment and adulte-
ry, i'll treatment alone. adultery alone, intem.
ptrance, cruelty, felony, misrepresentation
and Fraud. No divorces are recorded for
Yu6a county. Twenty-four are recorded
for Sacramento and fifteen for San Francisco
The number of recorded deaths is 1921.
Of these 81 were males and SO females. 46
were Americans and l6 foreigners Number
of executors and administrators l2s.
Thirteen counties have made no registra.
tive returns at al
ltappears from the Report before us that
more deaths are recorded under the head of
consumption than any other form of disease,
although as general thing, the disease has
been contracted in other parts of the world
1t appears also that diseases of the heart have
been quite fatal during the past year. Dis
eases of the throat have been extremely fatal
to children, sweeping off whole families at
time. The complaint is incident to the val
leys; the mountains are almost entirely free
from it. The State Registrer is of the opn.
ion, from an examination of his statistics that
disease is of a very rapid aud violent charac.
ter among US, when once it takes hold upon
the system
We have perused the Report, above glanced
at, with considerable interest, and regret
that the system Of registration could not have
been more fully carried out. We still hope
that, for the good of the State and the bene-
fit Of general knowledge, it may be done
The MINES NEAR JACKsoNvtLLE.-The gold |
excitement around jacksonville, Southern
Oregon, is great. The quartz leads are per-
haps, as rich and extensive, as any yet dis
covered Some correspondent writing to the
Alta from Jacksonville, February l4th, thus
rates the discovery of some new diggings
Last Sunday new diggings were discovered
on Wapnor Creek 6fteen n,iles southaost oe