The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-04

Tho report Of Hon. Oliver Warner, Secretary OF
State on tho Ieturn of births, marriages and deaths
in MASSACHUSETTS tor tho Soar 1862 has been laid
deaths Rrc rss than those ill 1SGi, but The number
of marriages was largely increased. Tho decrease
i'll the number OF births was doubtless owing to tho
absence OF 80 0D men in tho army tho year before,
and tho cllnne in tho returns OF tho comparative
number Of marriages and death! was as clenriy duo
before tho year was over. lii tho t,icly populated
towEs and cities Tho ratio Of births to The whole
number Of illnbitahts wns greater than in the
there wsIo 1327G children born. aud of purely for
oign 1t190. Tho relative increase Of foreign
brths is, however less ut tho present tinc than for
tho ten years preceding an effect to somo extent
OF tho check Of the war ON immigration. Tho
returns show clearly tho superior fccundty
from tho 0T0,052 natives in tho Commonwealth
1S 800 Children wero born, und from tho 2G0, Ill
Foreigners 17,752 children. In 1865 tho relations
H. 6S8 aud tho native only 14,6s1 though thore was
still o grent orcoss of the native element in tho
aggregate population. These figures include the
births iruni mixed aud "not stated" parcntago
Which arc d 'S:dcd between tho purely nnt:ro and
purely foreign, according the ratio OF those
classes The Secretary remarns TINT it should not
bo inferred that the ratio Of EXCESS of births
among tho forcignrrs settled i'll our largo towns
over the nniiyes Of Massachusetts is likely to lead
finally TO nn extinction Of tho American elomenl
since II is extremely probable that tho foreign
dcaths also arc in similar ratio. Tho whole NUN
bor Of births i'll 1868 was 30,2i0, Or one child 10
cfolS HOS peESo.!S 1WlH5 DOTfl uurlnE tho year,
317G rplote, IS; iilcgtimatc 2T aud a.illborn 8j9
Tho marriage returns show tlIat not only did tho
returning soldiers mako haste TO we'd, but That an
unusual number OF young widows. relicts OF men
who foil uariy iii tho war, vera married second
time; TheMIiole number Of marriages was 8 ,Ojl
or tho parties II, 5S3 were bachelors and 979S
maids, 1854 widowcrs and 172S widows. Tho ave-
rago age at tue first marriage with men was 2G.4
years, and with women 22.3. Ono man was mar
ried Tor tho 1fLll limo, and IS mado fourth OK
pertinent in tho hymencal lottery.
TlenhinbGr Of deaths WAS &C. 1I2. This ia 2571
loss than in 1864, and 1899 less than in 1863,
though still zoos bovo tho average for tho fivo
years from 1860 to 1866 Tho Whole number Of
Massachusetts soldiers who aro known to have
died in rcbcl prisois is 2133, This, probably is
not oil, ns the Enmcs Of many soldiers thus per-
ishe1 wcro no. recorded. Among causes or death,
consumption still heads tho lHt 1851 or II. SO per
cent. OF all the deaths happening from it. A
Hcioutilc classification Of the tiscascs shows that
Symotc dsaases stand first, with S319 fatal cases
tlio C0nsEtitloliaE G5iI local Gi35; tho doyclrp-
lnouta 1915; and OF violent deaths thcro were 930
III relative eathfnlness Barnsiabe ID frat OF tho
counties, berkshire next then Franklin md
IlaInplclI, hampshire eighth, md Suffolk Inst.
From limited roturus OF tho city OF Boeton, tho
Secretary concludes that tho mortality thero
among the foreign cnss is as excessive ns their
Ieouudity, and that tho sanlo fact can DO proven
OF all the cities and towns Of tho commonwealth.