The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-12
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Vital Htayiy3ics Of Mas saclvsctts.

Vital Staoy3ics Of Mas sacEusotts.
Thc reror .! iion. Oliver Warner, Sccrc
i"ry ., STATE. on ;hu returns Of births, mar.
nagyN aul a.tlms IN Mlsaachu:ctts ror the
year :'t, has Acyn li;l hcto,c the Logisla
,nrc Trcn'.nhCl OF births anh drnti,s ar.
loss IhH4 'h"sC III 1851, hNt tho Number Of
mAriiNgts was largely increased The
decrease in tho WUr,h2r Of births was
"ouWirH' owing. 10 tho ah>cucc of 30 coo
mcn IN Tee "rmy the year before, and the
ch3'n@c the c"iurnS Of the comparative
nNmper rI marriages and deaths was rs
clearly 'lc 90 q lie rcIurn Of - LARGE proper
b"n"i T." soldiers before the wear was
'E"r. !nnc tEickly populated towns ana
c'l.r& hH' alto %! births to the whole nam.
hor q inlahitants was greater than in the
'"i"' 'i5Nr'S, amt of purely American
r',H'un&ti acre was 1870 ciiilron born,
n!dHi nnl $ i0r,iSn 1870. The relative
Horras~- o' foreign births is. however. less
at 'HN rrefmt time than for the ten years
pre-. ding An vncCt to some extent Of the
c"2os,. oi o. "ar Oh immigration. Tho re-
HE.t" 'h"N clearly the superior focumhity
"i 'hH i"f'l u cicmrH., in our population.
~ 1850. i'm ,hc HID."j! natives in The
i"w"no"' hi'h l"@HH rtl!drcn was born
ami h"m 20 2jpl!l Foreigners lI.75@
"hii"I'N !" i@N1 tho relations were re
T"ff'h NJ. .wtiGu yu,'d en- numbered
ir.l3S uuN B nuaIvy uu!ylt.aH|. thou
'h'fn was y .stv't 'Esr~# a. !nr ~ -,
rI"n"n' III y aggregate popIIrG i. it.y-.
HG"tc& i"rl"'r i"r biN'Hs from n.iXcj ai...
"n"' stated har"niag', which ave aviUrI
hct""ch ING i.rc!y native Nmh ruyrir i,r.
ciGh, h"G'r'iit; To til" ratio ri ,i,rsr c.nsys
The "ecrc@J cmarks that il Should ro'
he inferred itNt he ratio "i' cv cess # 6hi.
n. / no In -, Il,
towns over The natives Of massachusetts iu
likely to led ijnllly 20 an extinction f the
American sspn2nt, since il is extremely
NroHohs".l q, ihrinrc,gm deaths also arc in
similar raU'. The whole number Of births
IN 1860 wnN30,3io, or one rhitd TO every
~ ~ ror,)ns. Twins born ducing the
yenr, 3liG 'rip)ets, Is; il!egi,ima;c, 27;
,and sti!hon, $50.
The iAV 'inge returns show that not only
did ihe 'ctnrning soldiers mako haste to
we'd, fut that III unusual number of YOUNG
wilo1$, rc.icis OF men who fell carly in Tho
war; %erc married second time Tho
Wioc nuinnor OF marriages was i3.05l or
TIC parties lH,5SS were bachelors aud 979S
lhius, 25SI wdowcrs and iE!3 widows
he aNeIagc ago Of he first marriage with
Nm was 2j.4 years, and with women 228.
l'q!c man was married for the 9Th time, and
4
'5iral lottery.
The anmhcr OF deaths was 2G. l52. This
2oii less than in 1864, and 500 less
ian in 1853 though Still above the aver
fc for the five years from 1880 to 1868.
he whole number OF Massachusetts sol
lcrs who arc known to have died in rebel
|, ,1iSons is 2'32. This, probably, IS not all,
tic names ormauy soldiers thus perish
4 were not recorded. Among causes Of
| gath, consumption still heads tho list,
! dti, or lT.G9 per cent of all the deaths
| lppening from it. \ scientific classified.
| tln OF the diseases shows that zymotic dis
cEcs stand first, with S2l0 fatal cases the
Icfssitutional G5il local GA35; the Gevel.
! ohentnl42l0; ; and Of violent deaths ,here
We .93o. In relative hcalthtuncss Barn
! sPlo is first OF The counties, Berkshire
nft, then franklin and lIalppdcn, IIamp-
site eighth, and Suffolk last. From limit
e9eturns of tho CITY Of Boston, the Score
Ia Concludes that tho mortality ticro
airing the foreign class is as excessive MS
the fccundity, and thet the Same fact can
beEovcn. OF MI tho cities aud towns Of the
ce4lonwcal,h.
Iat Liverpool is grcatcommcroal cen
tre cosmopolitan port, the greatest cotton
malot in The world, our readers allknow
bnthcy may not know the cxtcnt and mag
nlhhcc Of her facilities az IL roatlsi cad for
thcrgpSt vessels that sail or steam up the
Nelly, TO seek anchorage in that world
ren'Woi haven. \ recent visitor says
"folt"Ict and accommodate the commCr rec
OF th%orld these splendid works were re.
co:TN They arc buiitin the water, and thc
waiifakiuS up largo part Of tho fropt of
the eGScy, upon which Liverpool stands,
IL a. ,y a i,,l l., ~. -,
gn'cSl lG shut Gown they hold the yesscls
that ~ got inside at high.water mark,
ever, ben the tide hns fallen 10 its lowest
ebh. |pOn the ground tuS recovered from
the TEr for the walls Of these tremendous
docE1nnd rows and rows of immense
warc(acs As We steamed along tho
Ncrs'( liverpool looked 81 good deal like
rhi!at'hin, on tho Delaware; but the
shpptIh the docks seemed to.lic anchor.
cd alma in The heart ofthc city There
arc inpl les Of these docks seTen miles on
he Lislool and three on the Blrkcuhoad
-siddsoDA Mersoy. They cost moro than.
one bptld millions OF dollars. From this
siatcmt{you can form somo idea Of Tic
maghi'f oftEo commerce Of this great
!, pori"r {y are built rs ifthey were in.
'ehoeu endure as long rs tho pyramids"
SIxaap F,cr.The No,,bwo.i 10 .o'
y oa[g-ol eadstuits that tho surplus, stock
~ NH% TX ist'now sent for lo supply OF
hcr ehleAwns. It7is yet to DO proved
whetherf Northwestern sSt a, es ,can pvo..
uece ''le surplus of tbreadsniilsi.s More
'ina"stflwiil beinccessary for tho pur.
pose, ,ahunch less ofsspeculation ,and Of
po'''ics. est Of Missouri tits quite Ger.
tain Inat her the climate, nor. Roil favor
cereai prdcts Tho South must hereaftcr
cease TO dfnd upon the West for flour and