The New York Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1855, Page 6

6 ‘ larceny, revclt, asesalt with a dangerous weapon, pie Py unusual punishment. For having an ex- cees Of passengers, avd resisting United States offi. vers in serving process. UNITED STATES DISTRICT couRT. Distwict Judge... .. -Hon. Samuel R. Betts, Clerk..... Geo. W. Horton, Esq. Deputy Cterk. . .... Joseph Bridgham, Esq. From the Ist of Janoary, 1864, to the 3lst of De- tember, 1854, five hundred aud ninety-eight suits were instituted on the admiralty side of the District ‘ourt. q These suits were On b.ttomry bonds, bills of la- divg, charter parties, marine hypothecation, sea- men’s wages, collisions, personal losses at sea, aud salva; Of the above numbsr instituted there have been heard and finally ‘isposed of one hundred and eighty one; and there are yet remaining oa the dock- et, audmnot brought to a bearing, four hundred and During the past year, and owing to the accumu- lation sad pressure of police businesa and th» sit- ting of the Circuit. Qonr:, to» Hon. Nathan K. Hall, of the Northern District ‘ew York, and the Hon. eticut, was di ® Distriot Court ander April, 1852, the Hon. oe Circait Court, and uring Judge Nelson's ab- of the District Court be acts of Jaly, 1800, an Samuel R. Beebe bo Gis posing of the busaess sence. On the Common Law © there were instituted one dun‘red suite. Of these seven Wee eee M, and aimety-three are still ir a bi crimins! gids of the District Court there were forty-nice indictments. Of these nineteen have been tried and | 'spowed of, and thirly remain to be tried. The Hon. Charles A. [ngereo!! will hold the Jauc- ary term of the District Court, and Hon. Nathaa K. Jtall the Febri era. Jndge Betts will oontinne the business of the Cir- utCourt while Jnd.e Nelson is in attendgnce in weSupreme Conrt at Washington. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT, George W. Morton, Esq, aod Jozoph Bridgham, 4q., United States Cow aissioners. Tbe Commissioners, Mess s. Morton and Bridg- ‘ham, issued one buodred sad twenty-five warrants during the year. ‘These were on complaints of murder, manslaugh- ter, slave trace, smaug sling, counterfeiting, assault with dangerous weapon, cruel and unusual panish- ment, endeavor to make revolt, larceny on the high peas, kc. Many of these cases were taken before the Grand Jury in session at the tims of issuing the warrants, acd were disposed of oy indictments being found, or the complaint dismisrrd. Of those heard snd determined by the Commis- Biouers, twenty two wsre committed for trial, andia twenty-cight cases, the evi lence on the part of the Unated States being deemed insufficient, the com- plaints were dismissed. ONITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. Hon, Jobn McKeoa, United States District At- torney; appointed Juy 20, 1854. Philip J. Joachimesen, Esq., Associate United Btates revered appointed September 5, 1854. K. Elmendorf, Jr., Wi lian 8. Stilwell, Clerks. STATISTION OF THE OFFICE SINCE MX. M?KXO! Nomber of revenue causes instit “ common law and equity ¢ “ — crimina) complaints... “cases undisposed of by former incumbents “applications tor pardo: ‘ wt trials and conviction acquittals charges d y “pending indictments whi are out on bail.........6 the like where defendants have ni arrested, verdieta for xe ys verdicts against do. In the above are included the slave teade cases, emugeling cases, counterfeiters, Post Office rob- beriea, larcenies on the high seas, murders at sea and in foreign ports, assaults and batteries with dangerous weaposs, cre! aod unusual punishments, revoits and mutioies, embezzlement of public moneye, and all other cases in whish the United Btates are interested or concerned. UNITED STATES MARSHAL’S OFFICE. United States Marsha! for the Southern district of ew York, Abraham T. Hillyer, Esq.; Deputy Uni- od States Marshals, Joseph Thompson and C. A. iillyer, Eaqe. Orvicers or tas Unrten Srares Carcurt Count. —Orier, John V. Ke: ffs, appointed by the Judge; officers, Lather Horton, Wm. Phillips, Peter Miller, ny Stegner, Terence Quin, appointed by the Mar- Orrrcers OF THE Unrrep Srares District Corr. —Grier, Wm. E. K-effe, gage by the Judge: officers, Lorenzo De ange , Benjamin F. Ryer, George Nevins, Gilbert Weeks, Ji Helmes, ap- pointed by the Marsha’. oviminal warrants for singel crimes on the high seas, are executed by the United States Mar- shal and his deputies. Also, ail monitions against or versels for violation of the revenue and maritime laws. SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TRRM. Indges.—Hon. Wm. Mitchell (presiding justice), Hon. James J. Roosevelt, Hon. Robert H. Morris, Hon. Thomas W. Clerke. Wm. H. Dusenberry, Esq., acting Clerk at Gene- ral Term. Crier of the Supreme Court and Oyer and Terminer—Mr. Henry Bertholf. The namber of causes ar; and determined during the year 1354 (including non-enumerated motions) were as follows:— Number of students admitted q * 0 February term May term, September November term November term, Total. Vi....... 2¢¢ = Total Judge FAwards has, for the past year, been at the Of Appeals, bat resumes his place upon the of this Court, aad will be the presiding justice for the ensuing year, at the end of whisa his term of office expires, ni erro ja) e past '» SION) wi were the Heilbronn extradition case, the church case, tx¢ North American million and balf million Trost Fund case, tie Indiana claim, &c., &c. The November term lenot yet com- pleted bat has adjourned to the 3d of nero 856, for the purpose of hearing argument in cri: pal canses. cave of Dr. Graham, convicted of the homicide of Cul. Loring at the St. Nicholas Hotel, is set down for argument for a new trial, but we understand that Sheriff Orser is Gene! expect- ly in ing the order for the Doctur’s removal to judges of this Court preside alternated: the Oyer and Terminer—the Court of general jail delivery—-sud under the recent charter, the judicial id of two Aldermen is dispensed with in that tri- SUPREME CO SPECIAL TERM. ‘The rame Judges. George F. Aloen, bey Clerk. gnuary —Trial of issues of law and equity cases, 65 Motions beard and decided at Saturday special terns .., 83 Fobruary—No trials. March-—Trials and a nt. Saturday wotion Apeil~Teials and argument Saturday motions,. May—No trials. Saturday motions,,...ss0eees 9 a June—Trials and argoment 68 Saturday motions... Jvly—No trials. Saturday motions. August—No trials. No taturday mv motions being heard at Chamber September—No trials. turday motions ver—Trials and argements. Saturday movions..... ember—No triats. Saturday motions. Jeol at Chambers is owing to the rule permitting litigated motions to ‘be hoard at Cramsrs woich were formerly argued at Seturday special terms. Judge Morris, who from severe indisposition was nnable to attend to husiness from May to Septem: ber, is now perfeo'ly convaleecent. On ftho ith of Jaco. last the court rooms kvown as the New Ciry Hall (the old Almshouse) were by @ e, and for s number of weeks the business of theses sourts was greatly obstructed —the only rooms accessible being two parlors in Chembers street, opposite the rains. In April the Sapreme Court was scoommodated with apart- ments in the brown stove building, where the va rious breeches of the court are scattered about that build.ng from the foundation to the roof, Gemecf the roms are spacious, bat bring ovar Chambers -treet, basiacss is very mach retarded by the noles of rebicles, ‘The Counsel for the Corporation has obtained y’ders for opening a great many streets, which gives Clerke, NEW YORK HERALD, . loyment * to a vast number of clerks SUPREME COURT—OIRCUTY. The same Judges. Charles Grabam, Esq., Clerk. The number of causes tried in the Circult Court, includiag inquests and dismissals of comp)aiats, January ., Februar; SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Andrew C. Adams, Clerk, Attachments issued during the year 1854,. Injunctions issued duri ‘do. Orders of arrest made during — do. o o MOTIONS HEARD AT CHAMBERS DURING THE YEAR UT Mitchell, Justice 165 Roosevelt, «« Morris, ¥ Clerke, bi DIVORCES GRANTED DURING THE YRAR BY Mitchell, Justice , Roosevelt, “ Morris, SUPERIOR COURT. Justices—Hon. Thomas J. Oakley (Chief Justice) Hon. John Duer, Hon. W. W. Campbell, Hon, i sang ge Hon. John Slosson, and Hoa. Gin, George Hi. E, Lynch, Esg.; Depnty Clerk rk, George . Lynch, .; Depni and Clerk of” Trial Te: mar Comes fies Nien T. Maxwell, Esq ; Aseistant Clerk and Clerk of T'rial Term ( second), H. H. Rice, Esq.; Office Clerk, Jeese Oakley, Eaq.; Recording Clerk, Augustine Baow, Esq. TRIAL TERMS, The number of causes tried, referred complaints dismissed, inquests and cases settled, during the en year ia this branch of the Court, were aa fol- lows:— Term. porswsig January..4 weeks, 9 February .3 weeks. Fs ae March,...3 weeks.. 19 9 69 «8329 1 49 6 29 a 12 66 69 22 November.4 weeks.. 65 63 5 December.3 weexs.. 38 18 1 In the year 1853 this branch of the court disposed of 867 causes. Tbe above statement furnished to us shows an increase of 238 causes over last year. The judges bave been engaged curing tne last term in trying several long and um} t causes, of which each occupied the attention of the court several daye. The old actions of Guion vs. Allaire Works, and Allaire Works vs. Guion, which have been on the calendar for a number of years, and postponed by the parties, were eventually tried and verdicts rendered before Justice Bosworth at this term of the court. The Tris! Calendar for January term contains 1,200 causes. SUPERIOR COURT—GENERAL TERM. The same Judges. Clerk, Robert D. Livingston, sq. The follow- ing is the amount of business transacted in this branch :— Argued. Disposed, et) baa 12 21 8 none 9 4 18 20 18 18 10 9 16 12 December. 22 72 motions heard—63 decided at General Term. ‘Tbe number NaP a pede envered up 1m the Su- perior Court Clerks’ office for the year 1854, as ap- pears by the Docket. book, Kept by H. i Rice. amount to 4,197 exclusive of equity jadgments, de- crees of divorce and foreclosures. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. ‘The number of arguments and demurrers disposed. of in Special Term and Chambers are as follows:— Months. Argued. Disposed af. January 227 220 180 158 216 219 183 105 80 152 206 194 December. 180 ‘otal. 2,100 GUPERIOR COURP—NATURALIZATION OF FICK. Clerk, Peter Lemon, Esq. NATURALIZATION PAPERS OF ALL NATIONS. January 6 August. 201 Febru: 94 Septem! a1 Mareh 169 October. » 170 November, + 172 December..., . 169 + 160 RATION OF INTENTIONS IN THE PAST YRAR. Great Britain and Ireland, All other nations Total..... COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Judges—Hone. D. P. Ingraham (First Jadze), Charles P. Daly and L. B. Woodraff. Clerk—Benjamia H. Jarvis, Esq. By an act of the Legislatare, passed April 12, 1864, ac was made in the of this court, by h the appointment of the clerk was conferred on the juiges. This was an alteration which the judges themee!ves, as well as the bar, had leng desired, and ita practi al operation has show: the great Propriety Cy Jarvis, Keq., is the clerk aypointed by the and the duties of his«ffice are now discharged en- tirely irrespective of the County Clerk. Me: Jarvis has succeeded in not only having tae courtrooms of this tribunal, but also the clerk’s office, fitted ap in such @ Manner as at once to promote the comfort and command the re+ pect of those woo do busiaess in the Common Pleas. In this country, the p! where justice is admiuistered should have times am appearanc: calculated to excite, at decent regard; and we hope that, ere long, court rooms and heir adjunct offices may 88 appropriate ana testeful as those by the Commos Pleas. It is Ciezk (R. B. Connolly, Exq ) to every aid in bis power to carry the Jaw which civested his office of Common Plear—ia the por ormance which Mr. Jarvis is fortunate i his gentlemanly and attentive assistant. At a Special Term for the trial of law and hearing of motisns for new trials, the number of motions and issues of law arguad and determined, from January 1, 1854, to Decem ber 00, is 1,453. Tais does not iaclade the arga- ments and decisions in uader the supplement proceed orders tereupom, which great the other motiors; nor the decisions or ments, or proceedings on habeas corpus. NATURALIZATION, ersons naturalized in this court ee i 3 3e8 & Es ize Ha F fay F E 5 z & geen i Common Pleas for the trials of issues of fact, for the year 1854, the whole number of cases placed on The calendar were. “ ‘Tried by Jury. Court without a during tie past year, among which wore tbe Walk: a e , among which were = or divercs Caee, Ocoupying seventeen days; Keeler against Charch for slacdor, seven days, amd Bart against Erben for libel, seven days. Number of causes decided, submitted and argued at General Term, is oo 463 MARINE COURT, Jostices—Hon. Alfred A. Phillips, Hon. Florence McCarthy, and Hon. Albert A. Thompson. Clerk—Moees D. Gale, Haq. The whole number of processes, taclading sum- monses, aliases, atta :hments and warrants, feaued by the court from lst January, 1354, to 30th De- commer, 1554, is... Number of judgments readered. . Settled, Cismissed, or discontinued by the parties 5,672 Since the increased jurisdiction of this court to ruita involving #00, the buses het sagmented | Rearty Coartord commissioners and | THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK. 165461855. New York has undergone mavy changes in its rega. lations. The number of mon has been increased, anda number of new and excellent appointments through the honesty and intelligence of the Com- missioners have been made. Since April last, the new and handsome uniforms has been adopted, and the men have undergone drilling exercisas, under the tutorship of Sargeant-Msjor Ricard, ani to such ® proficiency have they arrived in the use of the club or baton, tha} it can be used with greater effect in suppreasing @ riot than any description of weapon heretofore in use. The magnetic telegraph connecting with all the various stations, and center- ing at the Chief of Police's office in the Park, is perhaps one of the most valuable and important additions that have been made, to increase the ef- fectivenees of the police department. By this use- ful improvement, five hundred men can be collected at any given point ia the city, below Forty-second atreet, within the space of twenty minutes, so that any turbulent mob can be easily dispersed before they can proceed to any act of violence of a sesious nature. ‘The expenses of the department have, of course, been increased, but that matters nothing if the peo ple can be aseured it has become twice as effective as it ever bas bsen, for it is certainly more economi- cal to pay cight hundred thousand dollars a year for & good and reliable police force, than to pay five or six hundred thousand for a bad and almost useless one, The inhabitants of the metropolis, we are sure, will not grumble at paying even a million dol- lars per year towards the maintenance of an excel- lent police force, which they have so long needed and cannot diepense with. Another important change that has been made in the disposal of the force ia the establishment of the reserve corps, con- sisting of fourteen equads, each under the command of a sergeant, whose duty it is to report to the Chief of Police the number of arrests made daily, and make such commuvications to Mr. Matsell as they think proper. This ferce, consisting of about seventy men, appointed for their capability and in- telligence, are taken from the total force of the dif- ferent wards, and are, in point of fact, the picked men of the department. They are detailed to attend the law and police courts, to make arrests upo2 warrants, to be in attendance at the public places of amusement, to prevent the depredations of expert pickpockets, and to patrol the principal docks and steamboat landings, to protect strangers and immigrants against the ingenious ma ‘hinations of pocket book stuffers, patent safe game gentlomen, emigrant ronners and baggage ‘smashers, who hover around .our piers from morning till night, seeking by the most adroit measures to swindle the unwary. A portion of the reserve corps are also detailed to keep Broadway unobstructed, to keep the omnibuses im motion, so as to prevent any blocking up of this thoroughfare, and to belp the fair sex in making their crossings from one side of the street to the other. This latter duty, we must say, is performed in a very satisfactory manuer, for the men, dressed in complete uniform, are always geen at their posts, Indeed, the rest of the depart- ment might very well take pattern by tho reserve corps, for the minute one comes in contact with any of the éosumer In aay of the side atree's, a mark- od difference in their usefulness is clearly percep- tible. They will require a careful watching and no little reprimanding before they caa be made as ef- fective as the reserve corps. The following extract, made from the Comptrol. ler’s report, relative to the sum necessary to be raised by tax for the support of the Police Depart. ment daring the present year; also referring to the various duties they have been relieved fron, which has cost the city over one hundred thousand dol- lars per year to bave performed by other servants; ry effect of these theeo lierations, wil bo to show the were, ae praca poi ti TeANC bed uta inc ud cau y resolution o: ‘predeces: whieh sed thi * aries of captains, | ietemans, pollen and Tou nine pare also'beén considerably bo jlieémen rerd a which ‘by them previous to 1! but which lieve a Secaten devolved on otter 1 r: the act of 1844, ponyer RoW, road ve distri atreet inapec- t fire Neietcee ant dockma: ad in the Twelfth ward, superiatendent of roads; a: yy the police force, f all the duties pre- viously perfor Pye several, officers named, The policessen wern ht the lamps, and ring the Tlarm belly Rh authority, also, to detail policemen to attend the law courts. The ordinance relieved the policemen from the task of Jighting the lamps, and created reau to at- ie Or tend to this service, which onabled the lamps and gas department to em| a for this service, at an expenne thecity of 883, ‘From time to time laws or ordinances were passed authorizing the courts and the supervisors to select to attend upon the civil courts and to relieve the detailed policemen from this service. This has added some 9 attendants at an expense of some $26,000, There are now 12 Gre wardens oud a clerk, and the ewtimate for them is $6,500. There are 22 health wardens at $780 each, equal to $16,060, On the 16th October, 1853, an ordinance was passed (pore, 438, Joint Proc , volume 21) which declares that the Mayor shall appoint three bell-ringers for each alarin district, at $600 a year each. There are 0, and the sum required to pay them is $18,000, Although the c of strects is under contract, and although the ordinaney passed by tho present vem neem to contemplate that the Street Inspectors and captaine of e see that the contractors do their@aty, yet Com! loner of Streets and Lamps rerms to nupy ‘theta resolution adopted by the @onunon Council authorires him to appoint and keep under pay nineteen inspectors, at an annual expense to the city, according to his eotimates. of $17,784. It is thus seem that while the police force has been relieved from time to time, of duties, which it costs the city $100,000 per year to get done, they have had their own compensations increased over $200,000 per annum. It is now ten years since the policemen were substi- tuted for the watchmen, It may not be for the beat in- terests of the imbabitanta of the city that all the daties promised in the actof 1844 should be peatermed by the department of 1864, This wtatemagt ia made (or the purpose of calling attention to the Pecuniary eifect of theve changes, and to show how impereaptibly expendi. tures tide faereneed by every fom meager) ew Tarely changes are sought for or effected whieh produce a cur- ‘ailment of expenditure. ‘The following are the officers of the dopart- mont :— cumme’s Orricn. | Masterson, Night Sergeante. Francis Owens, Robert Worthers Telegraph Operators. .C, L. Caapman, James Crowley, Cletks of the Office.,.,Rome, Waod, Vothemus, Robinson, Herbst. Ward. Captains icutenante. 1-—M. Halpin, J. Dalton, T. Snodgrass, 2—3, Leonard, J. Finney, A. Keating, oJ. AD. Hopkins, M. Goodenow, JN. Cropsey, 4-3. M. Ditohett, W. Williston, J. Langdon, '—D, Carpeater, W. Martin, «=H. Hutohings, €—J. Dowling, » 2. Berty, TW. A, Haggerty, B. Benaett, J. W. Letts, §~—©, A. Turnbull,’ J. Waillow, 0—G. 11—P. 14—G, 7. Partor, j—d)¥. Raseel, 14D), Risener, 1G. @. Dike, 16—T. Stevensdn, 17—J. W. Hart 1s—GyW, Mabicg 9 Thig coast, whiok ig presided over by Justices | mortality of the males serves to counterbalance the Osborne and Bogart every alternate week, is per- haps the moat important police court in the city. ‘The number of complainte made is really incredible ; there having been no less than eighteen thousand made before this ccurt during the past year, oom- prising as it does the J'iret, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth wards, containing as residents the offecourings of our native and foreign population. It isnot to be wondered at all tha; this extraordinary amount of complaints should be made. The principal part of crime committed in the First district consists of assaults and batteries and petit larcenies. The offenders in whivh cases sperd but a short time in the penitentiary either a3 vagrente or convicted criminals, and on their re- turn, fearless of the consequences, commence at their old ¢ricka, and are again consigned to the Island. Poverty, the great impetus of crime, may be aseigned as one of the principal causes of this de plorable state of morals in the wards that comprise this district. Tne following tabular statement of the amount of business transacted during the year 1864 will give a pretty correct idea of the state of soclety in this neighborhood :— Number of complaints made before the court 68 recorded on the books................5 18,000 Number of persons consigned to the Peniven- tiary under the vagrant lew.............. 2,000 Sergeant Manafiela and his efficient squad are the detailed police force of this court, in atvendance to make arrests on warrants issued by the magistrates. SECOND DISTRICT POLICK COURT—JEFFERSON MARKET. This district, comprising the Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Nine teenth, Twentievh, Twenty first and Twenty second wards, hes the largest jurisdiction of any of the three police district courts, extending as it does over one-balf the island. During the past year tho bench has been presided over by Justices Stuart and Clarke, the latter being appointed by Governor Sey” monr to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Justice McGrath. The number of complains mode before the magistrates in this district will not fall much short of that of toe Tombs. Tne number of persons seut to the Penitentiary trom this court far exceed that of any cther court in the city. ‘The roral neighborhood of this district have sent in a fair share of troublesome persons, disposed of either by fine or imorsonment in the Peiitertiary. fhe following tabie, prepared by Ava Butman, Esq., Deputy Warden of the Jeffreoa Market prison, will give a very definite idea of the #mount of practical work med at the Second Durtiict Police Court:— Whole number of persons received from Jan. is TE eke sa cee > hae sac satismat: oar 8,112 Discharged and sent to the Penitentiary..... 5,868 Number of ce beget sect to the Penitentiary. 2,473 Sergeant Elder and equad are detailed at this court to make the neversary arrests, a large number of which bave been the most important ones ef- fected during the past year. THIRD DISTIMOT POLICE COURT—ESSEX MARKET. This police district, presided over by Justices Welsh and Wood, comprise the Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Seventeenth wards. The business of the past year shows a large increase over that of last year. 1 is in this Judicial distric’ that 4 large proportion of persons selling liquor without a license are arrested cally, and punished by smal! fines or imprisopment. The greater provortion of persons charged with crimes and misdemeanors tn this district hail from the Eleventa ward. The Seventeenth ward swells out the records of assault and battery to an inpredible extent. Riots batwoen the runners of some of the fire companies in this ward ars ment ge but never very serious. The fol- lowing tebie 1s indicitive of the amount of business traneacted a} the Third District Police Court through the past year:— ‘umber of complaints about..............- 10,000 pre stid ot persons commit ied to the Peni- shat For other offences "700 POLICK JUBTICES Fight police magistrates will proside at the benches of the different police, courts during the present year. Byarecent act of the Legislature the number of police justices has been increased from six toeight. A new court room will be esta- blished for the increased number of magistrates, but its location has not yet been fixed by the Com- mon Council. It is sup) , however, the Fourth Dictrict Police Court (the new one) will be situated somewhere in the immediate neighborhood of the ¥ Cryatal m will into office to-day—two, Messre. Connolly and Davi. the vacancy occasioned caused by the death of the late Justice McGrath. The fellcwing jotees will preside on the bench during the year i James H. Welsh, Barnabas W. Osborne, Mathew T. Brennan, Michael Connolly, ‘Wm. L. Wood, William. Davison, Abraham 1. Bogart, Jr. *Sidmey H. Stuart. *Justice Stuart, having heen elected to the office of Gity Judge, there will be # vacancy in his district which will have to be supplied by Gov. tat. VITAL STATISTICS OF THE METROPOLIS. Deaths, Marrioges and Births daring the Year 1854. We publish to day, according to our usual custom, the statistics of mortality for the year just closed, and the number of births and marriages for tho same period, with the exception of the months of November and December, the returns for which have not yet been made in full to the City Inspec tor. Alttough we are aware that an array of figures like those we present are not very inviting to the majority of readers, we still think the subject is of sufficient interes: to claim their particular con- sideration. Embracing as it docs the great ques- tion of the increase and decrease of population, and affecting the individual as well as the mass, it pos- seeses in our estimation an importance inferior to none other. The various diseases by which human life is destroyed are set forth in the subjoined tables, but in some cases their peculiar natare is not stated with that distinctness which is so necessary to the understanding of the medical practitioner. The gen- eral titles of “diseases” of the brain, stomach, liver, &c., are given in place of the particular names by which the different forms are distinguished. This de- fect is attributable to the ignorance or carelessness ot the physicians themselves, in making oat the burial certificates, which, in at least one case out of every ten, do not specify the disease of which the'r pa- tients died. As will be seen by reference to the table of mor- tality for the last six months, the numbor of deaths during the whole year amounted to 28,122, or about 6,000 more than the whole mortality for the year previous. It mus} be observed, however, that 2,249 persons died of cholera, while the deaths from the same epidemic for the preceding twalve months did not exceed 25. The exceasive mortality among children, instead of being diminished, has increased to an alarming extent, at least threo fourths of the whole number of deaths boing among children under ten years of age. From a com- parison of the number who leave the world, with those who come into it,it would appear that the population of our city is rapidly de- creasing ; the number of deaths to tho number of births being in the proportion of about fourteen to nine. This appears so utterly at variance with the fact as presented inthe rapid growth of our city, that we can only account for it on two grounds: First, thet the requirements of the law in regard to the registry of births at the office of the City In- epector are not complied witb, or that the diminu- tion is made up by emigration. We are of the opi- nion, however, that the seeming disproportion is | caused by neglect in registering. A comparison of the births and deaths is pecu- larly interesting, as showing the difference in tne pumber of males and females, Of the for mer 7,869 were boys and 7,266 girls, while of the Iatter 8,128 were girls azd 9, were boys. The increase in the apparent increase in the births, and preserves a more perfect equality in the number of both sexes. The table exhibiting the number of marriages during the year is excecdingly suggestive, and we have no doubt will moet with a fair share of consid- eration. From the last column of figares {t appears that there were 0 males and 102 females who were either ignorant of their own age, or who were #0 ex ceedingly seneltive on the point that they refused to give any information abot It. It is renorally eapportd that thisig « peculiar weakness of the fair sex, but it woud seem that it is not possessed by them alone. While on this subjest we would call particular attention to the marriages of white and colored persons, of which not less than thirteen took place during the firat ten months of last year— thas ie, thirteen colored men were married to the tame number of white women. Our readers wil! also notice a fact with which they have doubtiess been previously acquainted—that the number of marrying females diminishes with the most marvel- ous rapidity after they have past the second decade, although it is still encouraging to know that a con- siderable number have left the single state of bless- edness after a probation of forty, fifty and even sixty years. 2 FIRST SIX MONTHS. Causes of Death. Jan. Feb. Mch. Apt, May June Total. Abdomen, dis. of... — 1 — — — — J 577 9 9 oR din Re Woe ae a wee Sera ea oe 5:8) we et he % 2% 33 % 33 175 8 16 9 2 4 & 47343 6 & 13 12 10 18 2 2 Of pacer eens tes Gee Be] 2 ee Ot os. IS Bleeding...... OS tie ee oe oe from stomach... 3 2 1 2 8 3 WM from lungs. 1 6 6 6 6 8 #8 Burned or seal 1 4 9 8 6 3 40 Brain, discaseof... — 1 3 2 2 4 12 27 2% 35 98 87 16 159 16 10 9 10 9 12 66 1 = 8 § = ma we a Re ee ae 1% 1 6 36 10 16 9 21S — 1m eB 5 8 5&5 4 1 5B OR 1 1— — 1B 80 54 Vee 8 ewe 2G 205 261 207 216 269 238 1546 162 105 197 200 145 167 1056 67 61 88 17 48 38 379 44 46 40 56 BT 82 255 % of 30 16 UM 17 148 AO Se be a 6 Ea oP yl ge omg 1 A AB 8 Gs BY 8S 18°23 3 2 ee coe ek ae ene 30 82 34 36 21 26 179 HN 10 10 6 3 15 (5% p ee ee ee 1.99 42 28 36 36 53 234 135 129 121 129 140 99 753 . 2 6 7 18 2 30 82 27 22 28 15 48 27 162 1 Loves ck syamty te sgh Elargm’ oe Tt, rea! af Seo of liver, Sage Mee Rc ae Mk Fpilep®; pe gt sgh ag ire OprwieS Exysipe 30 1 2 17 Ww 9 10 Eruption, Spee Paes Bt) Solhng ogg Exposure 21 = ao = 8 Execut he a a ae. Fracture, Br ap gee Que cami (ge Fever, bilious...-- — 4 3 2 1 2 28 Intermittent...-. — 2 1 3 2 2 ® Puerperal 19 17 8B UW BW 5 Remittent PROMS IUSIAS § 4 99 1 65 46 4 35 2 a17 — _-_ — _ 3 48 44 «37 37 30 50 246 eee ees Cay ee a a | Pea So ees ae | Rie aa Soke ‘hink Sele. Firtula in ano RT Ore ie Wei a SL Gout... Se ee 1 Gravel, 1—-—--— - 1 Heart, 1 4 17 % 2 116 Hip discase oe se) fargo 6 Hooping cough.... 38 32 22 14 2 143, Hysteria, a 2 Inanition 3 waters Se | A 22 ey 4 guiy® re tax Oy Ue 36 41 89 AR 08 28 9 45 31 23 26 182 apn “grinds qoget Xo Oplakae cag: vel” lig orig:: tom | qanagg So aresagen seg ag gis ai 20 111 147 158 99 62 GOT Sih, oe ae Oe 7 Mn ss 8 96 3 fortes $3 eek 2 Bb ss a Beg ase PR i pee ree MS ee eet i Oe I ee JBteaRIcepti intestines eS en -1t as OO tS ie Inhalation ae eee Gee | Jaundice... ape mame iad somes ibe en, aap Kidneys, disease of. — — — 3 — — 38 Killedor murdered. 39 4 2 2 2 1 Lues vencrea...... 1 3 3 2 & & 18 Liver, disease of... 2 3 2 3 3 — 18 GS tok sks choco Oval dak: oilk all wal 87 98 100 101 113 504 3 30 36 M&M OT BN SS Sinko 0, oa cE ESS. ek AAA St. | —- 1=— 1 = 4 eis ia 16 18 1 89 haat ik 6 2 9 16 62 1 8 0 219 4 49 2 10 2 13 1 iu — 4 22 104 661 10 29 798 29 4 1 Lent la mSen88] wweeS! oat || HBS 4 1 lo ll — 2 4 1 37 47 «39 (6 6 13 6 5& a a 3 2 1 3 231— 2 —- — 1 3 uu Mw 2 166 99 4 52 . 23—- 2 = . 4 4 4 8 3 . 160 142 143) 9% 122 136 3 6 56 6 5& & 2 + —-—» -~-=--=--= 1 je ie 6 @44- = --- 1 1 a ei gee | 6 2 —- 2 3 = 1 1 a4noh 3 6 a bis ie Bs ae, By oe 1— . Cis oi ss. FS 4 6 1 pe - 1=- = 4—--— 38 Total 2122 2043 2117 1048 1779 1951 SECOND SIX MONTHS. Causes of Death. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Now. Dec. Abscess . 6 eee 8) b8 Albumina: of oy Be 8 A 4 Anemia.. -_- - 2&2 = - Aneurism 1 1 38 4 2 Angina Las bm, 2 ‘Apoplexy 3325 2B 19 Aspbyxia C- 9 or eB dk 2 Asthmi $! oS by oF iy Atrophi: 38 48 442 2 10 16 Bowels disease of.. — 8 4 L — 3 Bleed’gfromwomb, 4 & 2 2 8 2 Bleedinges.... = & 6 2 4 2 from stomach a ee ee ee from lungs. Ce ne a bey Burned or sea! Gide wae ae Brain disease 1 1 » het Tage Rae Bronchitis “ub Ww wM BH 30 -vVunreaaw ww 1 4 304 = 2 2232--+ 1 oo 232 4 wm 9 1021 414 120 2 56 613 218 68 10 7 1360 lon 40 14 1 1 2 oe pe re 4 16 227 254 225 218 257 1406 328 196 168 131 140 1298 37° (33) 38 42 4 229 71 65 48 3B OBR 13 Oil sok oH 9 10 6 — 1 6 1 oy 1 1 1 1 1 6 y i gee vee 3; 6 UD Cirrhosis of 1 SR fe Colorosis | Debility..... 41 2% 43 3 30 31 200 Delirium tremens.. 16 14 = ; 6 8 4 274 164 125 50 40 850 192 125 OT OF 114 1775 2 0 9 7 3 & 226: 116 103 4) «39 652 -_- = 2 1 1 6 ‘ 443279 @ id 3 35 2 3 1 WW $6 3 41 so 1 2 il ee a 7 a 7 ae ee 6 7 6 6&6 & 6 @ 3 7 Se oe ae 11 12 33 52 80 203 © 66 TL Sl 40 MT ee eee 3; 2 2 — 1 iW 6 13 0 7% 6 4 12 = = 4 --=--=--=- 3 38 ee ee | °®@ 8 19 32 1 115 4 1 — 1 32 2 -_- = i-—-_ = 1 36 14 4 @ a ee ga We ee oe toe 7 4 33 26 9 (Me 4 64 3 1s 36 Biv S eae 5 a ee 2 = 1 1 7 66 Gl & «82 1m 4 nau 6 8 val n 6 9 2 0 &% “= >— & #4 WW 6 & 8 4 7 8 i i— 1 4 i a 1 Causes of Death. July. 5 , Dee. Total. Inter. of intestines, 1 — — - =o ‘ Jaundice..,...... 4 3 4 8 8 8. D Kidneys, disease of. 2 — 4 4 8 4 @ Kiled or murdered. cs 7 6 5 4 2 23 » veneres 8.8.4 Se bom Liver, disease ee a, ee eee Lungs, ‘ — 3o-—- = 1 3 7 4 8 3 9 8 7 oe 90 252 104 152 9 68 BL 21 2% 2 9 6 30 WT 7 6 6 7 4 . 3T ey ee eo --- &= = 1 % eras er a 9 2 Bb MW 1 m6 , Hie ee ie gee eee 2% WM 9 wo oT Bib ahve we cl eae 42 50 60 32 36 SL OL y ee apy ee ae ee a | 1 so 1- =— 5 Rheumatism Pn Ss 6 hf Rupture... Bove: eB eGaeels | Sunstroke Shik A wshicmeed imine ale Serofula % 15 16 7 «8 18 (8h Small po: dt 8 Se Spinal di rte cel ae 8 1 12 6 6 a 5 70 184 127 133 115 129 108 9 4 9 4 4 1 aL Starvation kneget — — — 1 1 1 & Suffocation = 1— 1- — 2 s,s — aq so 2 12 ar a ge ee ae a 2 ”~ s BB Os Oct te SaKS 33 49 28 9 «MO BO 4 9 6 6 6 1 ol OSs Sel Pemrcnget wae ae 10 8 9 1 9 1B ey Cal Beh Br 8 a eer es eee | 2 W902 S444 1923 1868 1663 16482 MONTHLY AND TOTAL MORTALITY OF EACH SEX. , Men, Women. Boys. Girls. ‘utat. ' Ni 633° | 2,193 309730646 NOS B16 738676 308 = 6h HRC COMB 308 = 68052. 365 618 508 L93t if 1,165 9008632 f 741 1/281 1,120 8,95 635 1/068 '9865, 44s sat '590 550M 390 563 BS BBC 32 663 «4381663 rt 5,281 9,079 8128 «84a RECAPITULATION OF THE TOTAL MONTHLY RETURNS =, OF DEATHS FOR THB YEAR 1854, WITH THE AG& OS Om MEN me pRIpUNY 90 OF Ap>uIAr Led rcmb cl el wd sspsnadn puv poapuny aug z|: = 8s \ S| np emer eres 3| BB55S ™ 3| es Sl gesbse E| tabi Sleswkbiseuser “+ fpuomy of Mag ; Byte ae sie 2| gesueeugeuyy seer fauayy 07 Rpuoang ‘ S| eeeeeepeeeee f BT EBSLSRBRSSBS rere eres fysof 01 fraser 2| perp aretebreg. oe $1 SESSSESEESER.....- Mat on fuer ' os a El eeS888auszee- pe sl seasBeeseres sl eusceeceeses:: into di tag ghuitches ects “hpuyss oF BivOnr ' ale ‘wnowun voy he HE Fy cossensene sO HE + +3 Merereah i & 468 «70 3 4l 4TH ’ 19 «61606 «621 13 16 & 4 2 3 2 1 s 156 123 116 142 192 87 ww @ Ww Hh -. 3 1 2 1 2: :—- 2 3 2 1 nt Pte en ee \ 2-5 2 2 4 1 — 1=- = 2 3 2 3 3 3 = - - = i- 1 SS seveen Bile a a 1 4 4 6 : 9 4 5 9 5 6 2 & 4 3s - = 5 2 i 4 1 4 rr a ae er ae 1 1 1 — 3s 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 1i- — 1 a — — 1 2 — 6 Ww BW B @ ‘ 2043 2117 1948 1779 1931 3652 j 77 1812 1967 1103 1049 18130 603 «3TL «300 315 6885 70 5 42 36 663 a wy WY 1 fe 3 7 4 2 208 224 #179 «#179 257s Mu 7 7 2 16 5 5 2 2 2 - z:—_- =— B ; an | dale teal a } 1 1 1 1 2 1 -_- = 1 7 6 1 1 ‘ a ey i Se a 7 4 2 2 4 2 4 1 # - —_ — = 3 5). 2S |. eae 1. iS. ho | 6 se S| le ie - = 3 - 2 1 - 4 - a 1 = s 1 1 1 - -- = i— 7 2 1 1 1 * 2 i 6 s S444 1023 1568 1603 28422 STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF DEATHS AF TAB VARIO“ =. 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