Western Statesman, Volume 4, Number 9, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 10 May 1833 — Page 2

Mental Remarks on the Influence of Ouhivation on Health. A work under this title has been printed at Hartford, l)V l 1 MnnlinnlAn lie . imo' r . , the author, Mr. Bngham, in his preface, -j . ...,.....v... is to awaken public attention o the importance ol making some modification in me meinoa oi educating cniluren

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which now prevails in this country. ItlrbiU rmomKr or, j .7.j

is intended to f-how the necessity of fir. - in more attention to the health and attention to the health and growth of the body, and lets to the cultivation of the mind, than is now given; o teacli that man nt every period of hi existence should be considered as a spir itual, and material being as influenced both by physical and moral causes; and that therefore all plans for his improvement should be formed, not from a partial view of his nature, but from a knowledge of the laws of his moral, intellectual and physical developement.' Philosophy,' exclaimed Pup fity on tcring the magnihcom anatomical muse urn at Florence 'Philnsonhv ha Wn iii i iic niuiigiim 10 aescenu more orep-; il.. ... a a i t i ... . . . .

ly into physical man; it is there that inclination to read the news than is witthe moral man lies concealed. ncsse'd in a time of tranouilitv. When Mr. Brigh am is of opinion, and ve J a bitter canvass is over, some suppose entirely ayree with him, that the peo- the papers contain nothing worth seein pie of the United States 'ought to be- and order their discontinuance. Thisf come the most vigorous and powerful we think, is a false estimate r( things, race of human beings, both in mind and When party spirit runs high and evebod v, that the world has ever known.' j ry editor has entered the lists, and asVEnjoyine: entire freedom possessing ; sumed the red or the white rose to his an abundant supply of the best nuluaiCi.i badge, a degree of zeal is felt, which ofnnd of every thing necessary to promote ten carries men beyond the bounds of the increase and healthy action of their truth and reason. Moderate censure, physical powers; free from any of those: and moderate praise will not answer! influences which tend to repress the Column after column is filled with false

moral and physical improvement of the j people of most countries, they certainly ought to reach the hightest perfection of which humanity is capable. But to effect this, all that is inhuman nature should be regarded as education; the whole man should be improved. Not only should all his powers be developed, but they should be developed harmoniously, and at the proper time.' lie thinks, nud in our opinion justly too, that, an improvement h;.s become necessary in female education in this country; he asserts that the fomalrs of the United States, and most especially those of the more wealthy classes in cities are in general more delicate and feeble, than those of many countries in Europe; that from his own observation " a far gr eater portion of them are pale, slender, and apparently unhealthy, than those hi the largo towns of England and France. That this is in a great measure owing to there being no other country where females generally receive so early and rs much intellectual culture, and where po little attention is paid to (heir physical education. He believe that there is danger that the general feebleness of females of this country will be: increased; that extreme delicacy will ! e considered as requisite to beauty, and thus a fnlse and most dangerous error maybe encouraged; and he affirm thayno people will lone hold a hitrh rar.K amor.g the nations of the earth where such an opinion extensively prevails, and where females are generally delicate and feeble.' 'This prevalent eagerness for intellectual improvement, in a Republic like """i iKrtuf io u consiani search aller new and short methods by which the education of children mav be promoted. Consequently we very frequently hear novel plans proposed lor the earlier and more rapid developement of the infant mind, and see machines invented for accelerating the progress of babes in the acquisition of what is called 'useful knowledge.' IW.kstores are filled with innumerable works of ins;i uction for children while in infancy, and parents anxiously resort to every method which will enable their offspring to become prodigies in mental endowments, while in every other respect they remain weak and delicate infant".' 'Many phv-if iannfgi eat experience," : continues Mr. Brigham, 'aiu of opinion that early ellr."; to dcvelopc the minds of yoiins children are frequently injurious, and from irsiances of disease in children which I have witnessed, I am forced to believe that the danger is indeed great, and that very often, in attempting to call forth and' cultivate the intellectual faculties ofchildif ,, before they are live or six. or even seven years ofagp, serious an. I lasting injury has been done both to body and mind."' The danger arises from parents and teachers' forgetting ordisrrgarding thoimportant1 fact, that though the mind is immaterial and indestructible, it is yet allied to a material body, upon the healthy Mate of which it is dependent for vigour and power.' After lading it down as an axiom that the brain is Ihe physical organ on the exercise of which all intellectual exertion in dependent, lite author proceeds to analyze it nature and properties. 'The brain of a new born infant,' he states, "weighs only about ten ounces; that of an adult generally three pounds anil a hall, apoth- canes weight, frrquen'ly a little less. Intense thought and constant study usually increase thig; weight, 1 he hram like every other organ of the human form, increases in vigor and capacity as we grovr up to

; maturity, unless ease, or des'r --" Brigham ob-i.; yi

counteracted by disby overexertion. Mr. s on tlr 'A narent would be rreatlv alarms: if hia litli rhiM In- rnni:,i0 n i 1 chi d by continued encouragement and i . . : 111 . iiuiiunir. nan leamea to eat ns much ! food asa healthy adult. But such a prodv of irhittonv mi-ht nn.lnnhtndlv h found. The method to effect it. would rr, 4i.j - ... J ,,! be somewhat ike that of On n M 1 nnr 1 ....vi v n iiiLiiiwvi t.iivj I CflSU . rtlMI 9 11,;k iU K;i;t r .. i Y wun the abilitv and consfanrv nfanlr

! adi.lr. Fr,rh mnthn-t u A..n , k,.l,ouow ,,m' ana saia lie woum satisfy

! adulf. F ifrnnrtii." huf I probably the latter is mot so, because the brain is a much more delicate organ than the stomach. While people Ire exceedingly fearful of enfeebling and destroying digestion by excitine and

'overtaking the stomach, they do not!, 110 rCS?!Ved l 'ol,ow UP ..r tra.l; appear to think they may enfeeble or i 1,6 P.' ' cross U,e P-""r until he derange the operations of the mind by ! reac ,e? ?T un:c" , groUnd ,:vhere il

by exciting the brain, by tasking it when it is in a tender and imperfectly developed state, as it is in childhood.' A Ni . . . . U C,rt H.-.t ; - r . I i EVSPPEIl. It lc. Wit hmit l.Tlihf excitement, theri .. . o i excitement, there is a mnrc o-pnnml ; ' - - w v statements and lying hyperbole. One is eusogised to the skies, while another, qui teas good.is consigned to infamy. It is then that to "sober sense"' it would appear, the papers present rather a repulsive F.nd unedifying sameness. The case is otherwise when 'the contest is over. The room is left for an interesting varity. The lover of poetrj and anecdote is furnished with hismorceau the admirer of rom ince with a tale untold to him beforethe politician !

wun ins ciimi; ana me i.irmer with his try; nor, until lately, has it been much portion. The editor caters for the diversified with incident. She is a detastes of ail. scendant of the Neapolitan branch of We lay li down as an incontroverti-i the house of Valois, and consequent!'', hie proposition that the head of every j the relative both of her deceased . bustamily ought to takea newspaper. The ! band and of the piesent Royal family price will be money well spent. Un- j of France. In earjier life she was gay, fortunate, indeed ; must be the man -who i frivolous, and eager in the pursuit of Iricar.notgive four cents a week to know jiling pleasuresrb.it when the misfor-

n s 1 me worm; nut still more unfortunate is n. wao wires not to know. In the family v. here n. ghetto is taken, the niaa of observation wiU at once discover a degree of intelligence, which is not to be found where one is not taken. Indeed the contrast is most striking. In the first case there is a spirit of inquiry, a hungering and thirsting after information, produced b the paper, which it cannot entirely satisfy. Books are sought and in time the members ofthis family become well acquain ted with men and things, and arc able to converse on the various interestin topies of the day in a manner highly! creditable; wniiein llie other tamily it is not known who is Governor of the Mate, or the Representatives of the country. Such grovelling stupidity can j furnish no adequate apology for itself, j and we fear is not to be discomposed by argument or reproof. j In this State there are about eighty I newspapers published, having subscri-j hers to the number of (10,000 as nearly j as can be ascertained. There are at ! least two hundred thousand families, i From this statement, which is not remole from the truth, it will appear, onoj hundred aivJ forty thousand families do j not receive papers: In this estimate no allowance is made for persons who j snbscribe for more than one each j Here is evidence of a most shameful j delinquency in the delightful employ- j ment of reading. Columbus Sentinel," ,.7 I SrORi:iM)IAN M' WUWIIF! i From the St. Lcwi.t Times. "We deeply regret the necessity of publishing the following extracts from letters received frorn the Rocky Mountains, on the '33d March. The gentleman whose death is mentioned, was one of great enterprise, courage and perseverance. His loss is one (hat will be felt by his employers; and much more by his immediate friends. The constant and ever imnendni danp-ors of; the trade recommended mosc engaged in it to Hip sympathies of the adventur-! ons men who are leaders as well as followers in all the scenes of peril. Missouri Establishment, Fib. 1 ( I "I havn in r.i.- j rdrnthorourold fri r He wa, killed by the Ularkfeet Indians i on the 1 1th of October last, on Jefferson's Fork of the Missouri, while he was m pursuit ot a large Indian trail, to discover who they were, with only 8 attendants; one of wlmm. lr P;iu killed with him. The 1ll,.tr.. ... i. his arms nt a tronbv tn ih m.f-i Fort on the Missouri. TIipp hr,-.ctt much of killing n white chief. Vanderburgh certainly acted with too much indiicretion h going out with seven or

right men, when he had a command of; upwards ol seventy. ! Extract from another Letter. I

1 u;cuii i.ipm came in wi n le Jet - ! . .... . . . . . . n.iu UV-tll ?l I I I T .7 Mr' a,.,dcrbur?' to kl11 buffl, . T "mp oi my persons; in a snort, time ne retuinf d, saying he had seen sure mw ltlif cl-i nrrKtcif nfl on1 : J O !t,1!lt lllclians were near. Mr. V. was ' I incredulous, but called on a lew men to i Irw L.. llJ r . ... . . ' I c1"1.. Kemains ot meat roast nfr.and ! uaT ,g " P0Wdcr j h?rn " t viiii-cu linn niai me inaians men were not very far distant. was iosi, nun sudoeniy a volley was discharged from an unseen enemy; a rush of near one hundred Indians suddenly followed. xMr. V's horse was killed at the first disrharnrp. ho it'iinnr-KTPrl .. r'"0"" i "imself ; levelled his riile; killed one man and while raising his pistol at another, fell dead from a ball received in his back. Alexis Pillon was also killed. Joseph Papin and four others escaped and found refuge in camp. The next day the party searched for the bodies, but could find no vestige of poor Mr. V. Mr. Pillon was buried by us, and the party then crossed the mountains to join Mr. Pripps and his pnrty. The Biackfeet showed the rifle and pistol of Mr. V. to Mr. Bird and boasted ofhaving killed a white chief and one of his men." The above was sent in by express to a gentleman engaged in the Fur business in this town. .Mr. Mini is an interpreter, and happened to be with thfl Indian? at the time. Puciiess of Berry. The avowei of this princess which has been filed among the archives of the Kingdom, has overwhelmed her in disgrace, and filled all Eurone with amazement. FTer norsonal history is little known in this countunes ol her tamily swept over them she displayed such fo. titudc and energet, of : devotion, as won the admiration Even her lat wild enterprise of another revolution, to place her son upon the throne sacrificing her comefo! I, enduring fatigue and privation exposing herself to ail the incidents of a wanderer in disguise, and hazarding her life in t he event of failure, was another lo ilhant exhibition ofmaternal lipinim. But the chaplct she had won is wither ed; and she is now an object of execra tion hy her own parly, and o! derision by th u oi'ier. The Princess is in the 4(iih year of her age, and was expected to become mother in the preset month. The declaration of her private marriage in Italy gains vcrv little credit among the iour nalists or the public. Indeed, there semes to be an anachronism in it which it is difficult ta accouot for. Her Royal Highness left Italy on the 2 lib of April last, nearly a year ago and if she has transcended the ordinary laws of nature in one particular, that circumstance does not increase the probability that she will in another. The Princess was accompanied in her fugitive sejoornings through La Vendee and elsewhere dy a Jew narved Deutz. He Was her constant companion; and we find in a Philadelphia paper of VVednesday, extracts of a letter, purportin" to be written by that individual to a gentleman of Ronton, in which he speaks hi familiar terms of the Duchess. Eve.PtisU Commodork Porter. This gentleman has been dangerously ill. He writes to a gentleman in this city: 1 have been exceedingly sick for some time past. 1 have just crept from the edge of the grave." It seems that the place of his abode is very unhealthy. He mentions in his letter that, from his window he sees a succession of corseg, borne to the jrrnrp. mwl :if iKc of writing (",,-... .... r.r. i i ? were l ing in his view at the place of interment. j It seems to us, that as the trade of the! Clack Sea is opened to American ad-! ven,ure ai d as the continuance of the advantages derived from our treaty with ll'e Purity of t.enend " ,l " 7. . iu. iiiuniiviiriLL. J I X lergcticand able minister at Constantinople, provision shwul l be made loanable the government to continue to avail itself of the services of such a man as Commodore Porter. We do not believe, however, that this distinguished individual can be induced to remain long in his present position, unless provisions is made to render his stay more comfortable or at least, more tolerable. Globe.

Lwette. No one in this country will read the following paragraphs, from the Paris National of the LJthult. with

: " "--s man uusu ui iungnauon: .-General Lafavetf r.omm .ni. ' J - - iitv.ivvu j.... . i . ... i . ' .Ch ." 'V "eivioiore 1 u ,"-,,,,- i"c pnnnc. i ime'ncr of the Polish Government, the urirnAccn n. : 1 1 , . -. . I . 1 1. . I I: 4 celebrated Lelewel, driven from Paris nt fhl irwlSmti.n rvf Kq 1?..-,; A i. 1 1 i r 1 . r .u iu..u i sj.um ai L.a"rrtge, in me nouse ot me General He has just been taken from it by gendarmes, who thus violated the sanctity of a dwelling, which even the restoration had respected, though Gen. Lafayette was openly its opponent. The pre

text for this savage step, as the General place to make them. At Hospital, tocharacterized it, was that this proscrib-j day, the parish priest and twelve of his ed man once had been seen in the capi-j flock arc dead of Cholera. Forty pertal, notwithstanding the engagement in-1 sons were attacked l ist night with the to which he had entered iiot again to i pestilence, out of which the above n urnappear there. The true motive is a her fell victims in a very few hours to its fresh injunction from the Russian Am- malignant fury. Poor Dr. O'Connel bassador recently arrived in Paris, and said mass yesterday, and appeared to who was unwilling to endure that one enjoy excelent health. The manner of the Polish heroes should quietly reside, of his death (being taken ofTin three or within fifteen leagues of his own dwell- j four hours) has created a general feeling ing. The imputaton cast npon M. Le-iof regret and consternation through the levvel ofhaving broken his word Gen. j surrounding country . Kilni allo.k. too, Lafayette and his son both repelled pre- is nearly as bad. llruree is totally deemptorily. Eve. Post. j sorted ; Fed.imore attacked at all points: j the Rev. Mr. McCarthy the pari-h.' Imporkant Ducovkry. Mr. JoVm C. Dons;-1 priest and his coad ju tor. been Tailed las, of New York announce,, that he has in-jOIlt cf bed to attend the sick and clvi-.g, vented a method of obtaining pure fresh water, ! i i. . , ', - from sea Water, at a small exe.-Shins i C.le Ven .n,"J,ts '"Succession. In short may be furnish.-d with an apparatus, which : lMe Pnic through the country far ex-

will sunrrcede the necesity of IoatIin them with water casks. The salt water may he pTanorated with the sreatest faculty, and the deposited will more than pay the expense of labor and fuel. Louisville Herald. Samucl Houston, late Governor of Tennes-

see, tins heen elected a member of the ("onven- itants refuse to go to the hospitals M here tion, which met on the first day of April last, '. every necessary is provided, but perish in the town of San Felipi for the province of. in tU(Ar own mjserablc dwellings. Uplera. Louisville Herald. r i . . . .

American Gold. It is estimated by the Superintendent of United States Mint, that one half of the gold found in this country, coined at home; and that the amount of last years production was a million and a. quarter of dollars. This is estimated to be equal to one sixth part of the entire quantity produced in Europe and America; and as the amount gathered by us increases annually, the proportion will in all propahility, be for some years extended in our favor. Eve. Post. The Post Master of New York declares, that the mail which left that city for the South on the 3d of April comprised three portmanteaus and 12 canvas bags, together weighing pounds. The Christian Advocate alone weighing 1500 pounds. proprietor of a stage in .New ork, has beetl adjudged to pay 1G0 damage, on account ol an injury received by a lady, over whom the. horses ran, in consequence ol being left by the driver. There was a good deal of spo-t in ;w Orleans twenty-five days since. xew -r One of the nanprs came nut iviili an o,l

vertisment, that a living Mermaid wa!5i 'j110''? !ra""''p him under his feet

l l cn r , , . uv. , tu men. niuiuiiii;, ui h ccriain point near the Levee, having been captured in the Mississippi the day previous; another stated Siamese Twins had arrived the evening before in the stearn boat Tippocanoe, frorn Memphis, that they had engaged rooms in Canal stseet, and that the curious would have an opportunity of seeing them in their characteristic dress, as they proceeded from the boat to their lodgings, which would lake place immediately after breakfast. Thousands of people repaired to the respective places of rendezvous, and found that it was the first of April! One of the Editors offers 5J reward for the apprehension of the "Nullilier in disguise" who made him (he innocent instrument of the joke. American Advertiser. The distinguished Indian waniors, Muk-ka-ta-mish-a-ka-kalk, (Black hawk) Waw-ba-kee-shik (Prophet;) Na-pope; Iama-ho; Na-sin-ew-is-kuck, (lilack Hawk's eldest son;) Pa-wa- sheet, (adopted son of he Prophet.) have arrived at the seat of Government, fiom Jefferson Barracks. Thev we-e conducted thither by Lieut. Alexander, of the army, in, conformity with the in(ruc tions of the Government. We understand that these celebrated Chiefs of the Sac and Fox Tribes are heled as "hosages forthe future good conduct of the late hostile bands," in conformity 7 U"S maae ny these confed erated tribes, on the 21st ef Sept. 1832, and by Mai. General rntt L, r..J ernor Reynolds, on the part of the U. States. i nwe Indians are now on their way to Fort Monroe, with the view to their greater personal convenience and accommodation. Washington Globe. i ncpc i.--fye learn that the Befrom B.i.ta . Mr": terdav al 'half "p yesth. 1 XH 1 TSt ,wo ?clck. AIvnu ii iiir- wnrLr . i . . i - o "re nearly oesirovrd iy destroyed,1 that no lives' ...w .ouncu io learn were lost.

7" Punishing of Gwblh'g m Ohin.- ' law has recently been pass d by ihc Ohio Legislature, against gam bling; ?ub-

lecting trie crsmmer upon to i namn j i fi f c-.iwi ,,,d i.- nnnr,,.-,!. , ... r r I I v .7-' , t i i .... - i . - ... , .... ' , . . '"capacitating tun, Irom afte" .van, f.ol- : tnng any omcc, or c -xci us.;.- r,gM of siiffrajre in tli.it st..!r. .hnnican .hlci-ri isir. Cholera Irelamk u Never," says a letter from Limerick of the 15th of March, "was there any thing likt the state of the surrounding country. The Cholera has spread all around. The Rev. Mr. Noonan, Curate of Jvnockan v, was here to diy to p.r:ri: there not beim; nands enough in that j ceeds any thing within the memon of man. Kilmurry, IbraVkanc, and Sea field, in the County of Clare, have been likewise visited with the disease, and as if 10 ProvKe Its rage, tile deluded Wlhabwarns oi uu oca ins outot.j attacked have occurred in Kilmallock. Of those who were affected spven remained under treatmenet. and only G have recovered. In several other places in that part of the kingdom the disease was extending. Evn. Post. Death bt an Eiefhant; molle d'jecic. Millie IVJeck the huee animal which tia been so frequently exhibited in Liverpool, nt the Theatre Royal and Ampitheatre, ha killed ono of her attendant!. The Frencli papers give the following; account of this catastrophe. On the 2t;th, the two elephant lately seen at the Cirque Olympique, were exhibited at Pacaudiere, in the department of the Loire, iu France. Two Englishmen acted as leaders to theso anirual", and at night they marched them on" to La Palisse, a small town within four leagues of that village. The owner having observed in the eyes of one of these elephants, named d'Jeck, that it harboured some ill humor against one of the leaders who had ill treated it some days before, and warned him ol lii fear, and reecoramended him not t.- acj attend to, but on the contrary, affected t. be ! "ore severe than usual aeains't the beast. They ' n n. .,n. T" I .1 1 ... i had, however, scarcely traveled a loajue, -when the elephant, stung by its conductor, who wished to forcp it on, turned round, seized tha niun with its trunk, and lifted him offhis horse flun-; him several feet above his head. The unfortunate leader, had his leg broken by the fall, was unable to cscare. and the elei-l:nnt laying hold of him a second time, threw him I "Hnia,:u nmmai men ran lowaru a carman, who was jotirneyirie alontr the road, fin ed turn and pitched him into a field. The poor man fortunately came off with a few slight bruises, but his horses took fright, and would have probably added to the confusion, had not the car upset in a ditch along the road where they were compelled to stort. All these misfortunes would have been but the prelude of others, had not the horses of the Paris mail coach, which was passing by at the monent, stopped in pood time; and the other leader, at the risk of his life, succeeded in calming and securing the elephant. The unfortunate Englishman was conveyed to St. Martin d'EUeax, where he expired in a f w minutes. The National Rpv-ublican Tickot for Congress in Connecticut has succeeded entire, viz. Jabcz W. Huntington, William W. Ellsworth. Noye3 Bvrber, Sam'l. A. Foct, Ebcneaer Young-, (reelected) Samuel T .reedy, (new member). There is no choice or Governor and Lieut. Governor. A majorifv of the Legislature are claimed by the Jnckson party. From a document issued at the last academical examination at the College de Propoganda da Fide, in Rome, no fewer than two and thirty different languages appear to be spoken under its oof. They consist of Latin, Hebrew ancient and modern Greek, Chaldrean, Syrine, Arabian, Persian, ancient and modern Ai menian, Illyrian, Ethiopuc, Georgian, Albanian, Bulgarian, Wal lachian, Coptic, Curdie, Turkish, Servian, Italian, French, English, Scotch, Irish, German, Flemish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Russian, and the wild dialect o f Candin. The pupils of the Collego who delivered orations at this examina tion, are mostly natives of the various regions in which those languages are spoken. Mr. Tlackett, the American comedian, h;i I been amusing Irft handed royalty, in London, , with the representation of Nimrort Wildfire,, the Kentuckian, at Covent Gurdon Theatre. Louisville Herald. ?.a-,.a r mat me mayor ol llusciiy nas caned a pnblicmeetingonMond.lv next, for ( he purpose of adopting measures to obti tin funds to alleviate the condition of tha

late sufferers by fire in Cumberland .