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- . THMSSDAY. JUKE 27, 1830. ' ' ' Ao. 070. ;
tao Jsw Twk tltraJd.
THE JEALOUS WIFE-A SKETCH.
- Tnit light aa air, . -
Arc, tfc jelM,ckfiraMi4aa mnmt
,' ! ill-IVm."
Arthur W. hsd been married two vesrs
Jane B . lie telle of W . PUee.
II was o"f ri h. handsome, eecoot
S-J. ami, in fact, ail Utl a tmnm
t m& leire. J ne IL waa tht ooly child
of a Iuf i Jawed father wealthy.
fca-hiy, I'rou J a Lucifer, and one
f ! boa.te . that no etaia
,. J:!iiifr had ever Jfi blotted bit ei
ru i!ien. When Arthur W. eought bia
d.ufVrr" hand, hi consent was fully
gci L liia character wee above re
jir'li. u J lut sendmg unexceptionable.
Wrll, ibey h4 beta married st i!ie
lime mf ule co-amentes two jure, and
U I cause lo w itb far nothing but aa heir,
with which Prowdrnre bad not aeea fit
u hle.s i't. with thit exception, thej
were u their hearts could desire. m
0 te dark, stormy night ia September
li.i. Arthur was out npon so to a urgent
but.tr, wlt-a bit wife, who wis just
preparing to rrtirt (the scivanu having all
irvrrJid her.) as startle J by a tioleot
tapping si the door of their boute ia
V unci. Thinking it might be Ar
thur, oho luJ, perhaps, forgotten bis
ri't'.t key, she ro dawn suirs, and open
rj the Hour, but asw no person. On
looking around, she r erceivrd something
on i'ie sloop, which she picked up, and
retiring. riard l'ie dour. It wss a baa
Le, needy tied dawn, and in the handle
a fa'rnrd a note, addressed ia a deb
ea-e frmaU hand to Aithur W, She ran
ep to her rowns, and laying her burthea
s;n the uble, examined the aote more ;
ci.rjf. it was certainly addressed in a
Usui hand, and she bandied it with all ,
pottiblc uetterny, Irjmg to peep into its
conical. All she could make out were
the words M deluded" r leJa" be
loteJ."
What could litis mean? She trembled
in eery limb, but not with curiosity
she trembled aider own imaginings; and
for the first time since she first saw Ar
ihur W. a pang of jealousy shot sent
her mind. Wbde deeply engrossed with
there feelings and thoughts, a faint cry
ss of a child, made her strt from her re
verie, and fate about the room ia tenor.
What could it be! Where did il come
from! Ii was repeated more distinctly;
it was a child's wsil, and it proceeded
from the basket before her.
It was the work of aa instant to tear
nff the fattening of the basket, and as she
gited within, site ssnk back ia speech
Irs horror for there, with iie innocent
face upturned, lay a eroding cherub of
some fw months growth. Without ha
xuJing another look, she tore open the
aote attached to the basket, and with feel
ings of indignation too strong to be here
eipresied, ahe read as follows:
Usloved Arthur fur you are stilt first
in my hesrt your pour, ruined, lost
Louits sends this pledge of our love snd
of my shame lo you; trest il better than
you have your " UevoTto Ioiit ,
Horror, anger, vengeance, and jeaN
nu it were the feelings thai lore the hith
erto peaceful bosom of Jane. She seal
ed herself mechanically. She eoul.l not j
sleep; but with the note in her hand, she j
rated upon lhe backet with a vacant atare.
Ilaw lmig thus occupied. I know not; but
ahe was aroused by feeling sn arm round
her neck, from the touch of which she
started aa if a viper were there.
" Why Jane, what is the matter with
)u!" said Arthur: for il was he who
had stealthily eutered, intending to sur
prise her.
She stood from him one or two pace,
anJ after gating at him for a full minute,
with a look that. struck, him dumb with
horror, so wild, so unearthly wss it, she j
t-lowly raised her band to Ins lace, and i
'er form swelling with every conceive-j
b!e emotion, ahe aald in m voice that
went io bis very heirt, M Villain lying,
perjired villain." And now the woman
rote within her, superior to all, snd, as
suming a ralmr.eis which waa perfectly
terrible, ahe added, Read thai."
He look the note, halily perased it,
snd looked into the basket; but he saw
nothing there, M cause such dreadful feel
iog in him. as he had seen exhibited by
bis wife. " Why Jane! surely is il ibis
(hat has disturbed yu! Do you not
know me loo well lo believe, for an in
siant, that thia is aughl but a conte in pu
bis trick to foist this brat upon me!
" Oil, very well, sir. so be it; I shall
not botfly words with o-i. I thought I
knew yuu; but how have been deceiv
'I! Il is a very extraordinarily good
trick very Unliable- ha! ha! ha!" and
he laughed auch a laurh as made hia
hloml curdle--"I believe all you say-
perhaps my lather will loo at all events,
he had better know it, had he not! You
know he will enioy the joke so much!"
id here ahe laughed again, ao long, and
so loud, thai Arthur, who feared she had
Roue insane, rots to lead her to a chair;
but she waived him off; and with a look
that waa almost Medusean, aha turned
snd left the room.
Anhur did not attempt to follow her.
or he know il waa useless; ao, aeating
himself, he re-read the note; anJ, after
uting another peep at th, m9 mpotk.
sibilny lh. afuUri7 ihraat ,p0a him.
he aeaud hi-osslf. .od th.a communed
iU biaelf: - Well, thia ia a pretty
predicament indeed! Who th, deiil t'm
ihts Lowee be! Jaaa certainly takea it
a earnest. lhe d,, uU j
out of ii-D athabraL' Alibis soo-
saeat tho infant set op a regular a quail,
bicb ao disturbed Arthur, thai, rather
than bsiea to it, bo took op tho child,
which wsa re sl!j a beautiful one, and b
g sn to caress it, railing it by etery en.
dearing nana that be had ter bard
niong bis feraala acauaintaaces. and hm
succeeded ia stopping its cries, and was
about to drposite it in its wicker recep
iwle, when bo heard his wife's toica at
tht door; and, on looking op, be there
saw brr gzirg at trio with a eouute
aanco faiily drmoniscal ae she said.
What a espiui joke Uiis will be to tell
wr father ! and with a brsteriea! ,0jf,.
she fall senseless on the floor. He rang
op bis erraots, lo eono ol whom lit
committed tht earn of bis wife, anJ.
pointing to the basket, into which he had
deposited bia burthen, ha bsde the old
house keeper to take charge of il for the
night, and aha eery directly obeyed, with
out asking any questions. 1 must pass
orer the scene ia the bed-room that night
The nett morning Jane did not appear
st the breakfast table, and Arthur, know
ing that ia her present elate ol mind, it
would ba useless It asy anything, forbore
lo trouble her with any message. The
meal finished, ha bade the housekeeper
bring the child, and proceeded to the
Alms House, where he gate op his little
icharee, just fitine strict orders that he
should be informed of its future fate. As
he wss leaving the room, the house-keep
,cr, einppmg lum, handed him a gold lock
el with some braided bsir in it, snd on il
were engraved the leliera " A. W. to 1
W ., which she said ahe bad Inkeo from
the child's neck. Without makirg any
reply, he proceeded lo his business: but
not with a mind at ease. Something
seemed to hang over him; and, ss he
wended his wsy homewards, al dinner
lime, a foreboding crept over him, that
something wss wrong. On reaching his
house, every thing was in the utmost
confusion; and uh a drcsdful feeling at
his hesrt, he rushed up lo his wife's bed
room, and be actually felt as if a load had
been taken from his heart, when a glance
told him it waa deserted. He had dread
ed the worst; and. bad as it now wss. he
was plessed to know that his (ears hsd
not been readied. He did not conde
scend to ask any questions of his ser
vsni. He had no idea of exciting their
sympathies; but, merely siring he would
dine out, he proceeded to the house of
Jsne s father. Dut be waa here denied;
and, knowing that it would be folly to
parley wih him, he turned awsy; and.
with feelings which may be imagined but
not described, he went lo sn eating house,
and eat his aolitaty dinner.
In a few days. Arthur's furniture wss
sold ofT, the house closed, and he, with
an aching heart and a clouded brow, sad
ly pursued his sotitsry, daily routine of;
business; snd when any frivolous friend
would bring up lhe suhjeel, his counte
nance betrayed such intense sgnny, that
the speaker forbore to press it further,
In (his wsy had Arthur passed ait
months, occasionally healing of Jane
from s servant whom he had brtbaJ and
hearing tUA she was Ual fading away.
He knew nul what lo do; he would have
givea all he possessed to have cleared the
mystery, ami every e(Tari that he made
proved unavailing.
One evening while seated at his solitary
supper in W.'s eating hpuse, he heard
some person in the nett bos to whose
conversation he had paid no attention, say
1 tell you, Arthur W.' you have
behaved like
a d i d rascal to that
girl.
It was enough like a tiger he sprang
into the box whence thit voice proceeded,
snd in a voice low, but dreadful as the
mutterinas of lhe thunder, he asked.
" Which of yuu answers to the name of
aiiiiHi . i -
l.ll.n. W - T'
I do," promptly responded a tall.
stint and rather good looking young man.
who teemed lo be terrified at iha appear
ance of Mr. W.
Mr. W. changed hia tone st once.
and in a voice of pleading termulousnees.
he asked" Will you favor me with
your address! I wish it for no bsd
purpose; You csn make me the happiest
mortal in existence: Will you do ii!"
Willi! Thst 1 will." replied Arthur
V. but I can't see how"
No matter now. I will call upon
rou loinorrow al 1 1 o'clock: do not fail
to be at home, for perhaps a life hangs
upon juur iu.
I will not f.il."
Mr. W. was eone. Springing into
hack, he waa soon st Mr. B.'s door, and
it was ooened by that eenuemen himself.
How dare you, sir!" he begsn in a
voice of thunder. But. clasping his
hsnds, while the ware coursed down his
manltf cheeks. Mr. W. asked for his
... t .
Jane.
Oh! sir. happiness 09 ours again;
I hi) r.iund him lhe villain, the
infamous villain where, is Jane!"
Go sso her yourself." taid Mr;
,-aar - w
softened hr his Banner, and ia aa instant
bf was in J ana's room. But it was not
hie Janebia beautiful blooaiog Jane.
There ahe sat, ia a eick chair; pale, wan
faded and wasted till she was bat a
shallow of her former self. Waving the
serunt from the room, they were again
atone. I will aot intrude oa that holy
scene.
At 12 o'clock lhe nett morning, young
Arthur W., Mr. bis fs4ed wife, and
her now bsnpr father, were iiwmtil.it
Mr. lt.e turlor.
Adraaciiif to Arthur. Mr. W, without
sating a word, produced from bia pocket
lhe gold locktt given him by the bouse
keeper, on the dsy be gave up the child,
sad plserd it in hie hands. For aa
instant be gated at it, and bursting into
tears, he c.cl.imed Poor poor Lou
ise." It wsa enough: with a cry of joy Jane
sank into her bu.band's arms, sad all
was forgotten and forgiven. He wss
indeed lha father of the banless infant.
He confessed it, and asked ia the most
piteous tones fur bis desr Louise. Ia an
instant she wss io bia arms. I will add
no more now, except to state thst at the
time Arthur W. deserted Louise W
ho wss boarding to the very, house
sfterwsrds occupied by bis nsmesske, my
unfortunate hero; and she not knowing
that he had remsved, left lhe infant there
ia the full faith that it would reach ita
ainful father. The story of Louise and
Arthur must be reserved for a future dsy.
WOMAN AT THE FIRESIDE.
ar MBS. ELLIS.
I have said of Enelish women, that
they are the best fireside companions, but
1 am afraid that my remark must apply
to a very email portion of the community
at large. The number of those who are
wholly destitute of the highest charm be
longing to social companionship is la
roentably great, and these pages would
never have been obtruded upon tbe no-
lice of the public, if there were not atrong
symptoms of the number becoming great
cr suit.
Women have the choice of many
means of bringing their principles into
exercise, and of obtaining influence both
in their own dome tie sphere and in so
ciety at large. Amongst tbs most impor
tant of these it conversation an engine
ao powerful upon the minds and charac
ters of mankind in general, that beauty
fades before it, and wealth in comparison
is but leaden coin. If matchmaking were
indeed tbe great object of human life, I
should scarcely dare t imk this asser
tion, since few men ciuoas women fur
their conversstion where wi.lth or beau
ty are io be had. t tuu.-i however think
more nobly of the female sex, and believe
them more solicitous to maintain affec
tion after the match is made, than aimply
lo be led to the altar, as wives whose in
flueuce will thst day be laid aside with
ihs wreaths of white toses, and to be laid
asiJe forever.
If beauty or wealth have been the bail
in this connexion, the bride may gather
up the wreath of roses, and place them
again upon her polished brow, nay, she
may bestow the treasury of her wealth
without reserve, and permit the husband
of her choice to " spoil her goodly lands
to gild his wsste, ahe may do what she
will dress, bloom, or descend from af
fluence to poverty, but if she has no in
tellectual hold upon her husband's heart.
ahe must meviwhly become that most
helplesa and pitiable of earthly objects
a slighted w ile.
How nleassntly the evening hours may
be made to psss when a woman wboean
cenverse will thus beguile the time. Dut,
on the other hand, how wretched is the
portion of thai man who. dreads he dull
ness of his own fireside! who sees the
clog of bis existence ever seated there
the same in the deadening, influence she
lias upon hia spirits lo-day as yester
day, to-morrow, and next day, and the
next! welcome, thrice welcome the of
ten invited visitor who breaks the dismal
duloeec of the scene.
THE
WAY. TO SETTLE, DIF
FICULTIES, t
Two neighbors f who, were ireihsrs
by marriage.) hsd a difficulty. respecting
their partition fence. Alibongh they
had mutually ererted a eubslantul fence
four and one half feet in height on the
line separating the sheep pasture of one.
from the grain field of the other, yet the
lambs would creep through the crevices
and destroy the grain.
Each asserted it lo be Ibe duty ol tne
other to chink the fence alter the usus
preliminaries of demands, refusals, threats,
challenges.and mutual recriminations, they
resolved to try the glorious uncertainty
of tho law" they were however persuad
ed bv their fnende to the more amicable
mode of submitting the difference to tbe
final determination ol a very, worthy and
intelligent neighbor, who was forthwith
conducted lo the acene of trouble, and
in full view Of the otomisei.each party io
turn, in a speech of some length, urged
his claim, asserted his rights, and act lortn
the law and the facta" st the conclusion
of which, the arbitrator very gravely re
marked: Gentlemen, lha case involves
qusstiom ol great nicety nd imporlsnce
not only lo the parties in interest, hat to
the community at Urge, and it is my
desire to lake suitable time for deliberation
and also for advisement with those who
are learned ia the law and versed ia the
customs of good neighbors: in the mean
time. However. 1 wiil just clsp a billet or
two of wood into the sheep boles," and
ia tea minutes time with his own hands
he effectually closed every gap.
I ne parties silently retired, each evi
dently heartily ashsmed of hia own folly
ua eDsunaey. j ne umpire naa never
been railed upon to pronounce final judg
ment in ine esse so mo law reniaias
unsettled lo Uiis day. Vermont Pat.
THE NEWSPAPER.
Von will find nearly as msay definitions
of what a newspaper ought to be aa there
are readers, rbis resulta from differeat
tastes, different principles, aad different
interests. 10 piesse ail, t&en, al the
same time, it is readily aeea, ie out of the
question. fJnn would have it all foreign
another, all domestic news. One would
have it all polities, another would almost
wholly discard these wranglinr matters
Tbia one wsnts nothing but commercial
intelligence price current marine news
state of storks, die. thai, wonderful and
strange events and things awful disasters
and horrible catastrophes, iie. One
would have this cause and these principles
advocated. another brings furth another
list lor your support; and ao on with
long chspter.
A aewspsper should be just wbat it
seta out to be, what il purports to be;'
please who it may. Precious few, we
are aware, fulfil this. If it be a political !
psrty psper, it should atick to its sid !
snd its creed; edvncste and austaia both
with all its might; keeping within the
bounds of decency and truth, the while:
but, unfortunately, very many overstep
these important landmarks. If sectsrian,
let il be sectarian up to the hub; remem
bering, at the tame lime, that the interest
of a good cause are never promoted by
falsehood and aa unholy temper.
A newspaper should be what the gen-
ersl term imports; a medium for the
promulgation of all news. Variety is
the epice of life; so is the sprinkled sea
soning of a newspaper. An Editor is
closely identified with a newspaper; and
there are vsrioua opinions in. relation to
w hat an .ditor should be. Una would
have him a passive peaeeabte body; an
other, a sort of gladiator, for public amuse
mem; ready to strip and fight aiany lime,
fur the pastime of his readers; a champion
for all, in all tons of quarrels; and then
beal hia broken bones at hia own cost.
A newspsper should be open to all for
lhe expression of opinions, and the advo
cacy ol doctrines, if they be not decided
y immoral and indecent. If they incul
cate error, there is understanding enough
in the community to detect it, and lhe
same medium is open for disproof and
refutation. Fiee discussion should be
always tolerated and eucoursged in the
columns of a newspsper; nor should an
editor be held at all responsible for the
opinions of otters on general matters and
things, which are communicated through
his journal. There ie no danger in thia
age: free discussion will ultimately end
in the disclosure of truth. Ditlerent
opinions will possess men's heads, let
them, then, give vent to them. Some
men will talk nonsense and sophistry,
let those then, who cannot ao well talk
these things, be allowed to write them.
Falsehood ie alwyas weakened by a de
feat; and trmh is slwsys strengthened and
brightened by a victory.
THE CHILD'S DREAM.
It is not a subject of wonder lo those
ho hate carefully observed how the love
of self, indulged for vests, hardens the
heart, and extinguishes in tl all regard
for the good of others, that those who
make no profession of religion (which in
cludes love to lh neighbor) should be
illine to set rich by selling intoxicating
drinka to suoh as have become enslaved
to the vice of drunkenness: But thst any
who did make such professions, and who
even held places of responsibliiy in lhe
church should thus sell themselves to evil.
is indeed surprising. 1 hey of course,
csn only, be classed witn nyposmes.
The office of "descon" in some ol lhe ess-
tern stales, has been'repeatedly aesridalit
ed in this particular. Most of our readers
remember Deacon uilea' uistiiiery,
and sundry aimilar stories founded on ac
tual occurrancea. Pure fiction naa aieo
been called in lo heighten the- effect in
some cases; lhe following, for instance,
taken from a curious little boolc, lately
published, called the History. of the
Striped Pig." is an amusing instance.
Good Brother M . after a hard
day's wort in retelling liqour, washes
his face and hands, puts on his sanctifi
ed manner and hia go-to-meeting coat.
snd proceeds to the vestry of bis church
to exhort his brethern to good works and
godly lives, and lo make long prayers.
We remember the conversion of a pi
ous deacon of this spiritual description
from hia delusions. It happened in this
wise:
Psna." aaid one of hie boya to the
deacon. I had a funny, dream last
night',"
Well Tommy, what was your foany
dream!"
Why I dreamed that tbe devil came
into your store
The devil!"
Yes. pa, the devil; and that ba found
yon drawing a glaea t-f gin for poor Ambo
James, who baa fits, and who broke his
little baby a arm lhe other day, because
she cried when be csme home drank.
And I thought that the devil came op to
the counter, and laid the end of Cia long
tail down on a cbair, and leaned over
towards the barrel of (in where yon were
stooping to draw it out, and asked iiyou
want a deacon. And I thought yon didn't
look up, but ssid you were, and then he
grinned, and shook bis tail like a eat that
bad a mouse, and eaya he to me 71.0
ere $ th atacon for mtrm ran out
the shop laughing ao loud that I put my
fingers ia my esre and woke up.
This dream wss mors than tho father
could stand; but ii pui aa end lo hie de
lusion, and to hia trade in ardent spi
rit." Halt. Jlthmmtm.
Religion need not lo be disjoined from
tbe innocent pleaso.es of life. Ita pro
vince is lo heighten happiness, as well as
to austsin toil, or to sanet.fy affliction.
To confine it lo seasons of lonely medi
tation, or disrobe il of its Angel smile, is
a monastic error. Give it place by the
heanh stone, and in the walk among the
flowers, where heart answers to heart.
Let il have part in the music that cheers
the domestic circle, n l in the fond inter
course of sisterly and fraternal love.
Religion is humility,
' Ths levsliest habit of lha mind,
1is failh and hope and charity.
And gracious frails f evsry kind.
ANON.
From ths Uetperiai, or Western Monthly
Magazine.
NOTES ON TEXAS.
Climate DiicateiXtdicineiXigltlt
n i l ir 1. 1
-i rrvamng t mat uenerai ncaiin
of Texai.
The climate of Texas hat been com
pared to thai of Italy. As my experience
bss been confined to the former, 1 am not
prepared to ssy how far the comparison
is just. A pari of the year, the climate
of J exas, so far aa regards a clear heal
thy atmosphere, eon, constant, and re
freshing breezes, pleasant daya and de
lightful nights, ie equal to any in the
world; and durinr other portions, owing
lo constant rains, cold winds, and scorch
ing heat, ii would be perhaps difficult to
find mother so oppressive and disagree
able. The whole country, during the
months of April, Msy, and June, is fas
cinating beyond description. During
those months the water on the prairies ia
absorbed, or carried off by evaporation;
and the new grass having lakeo place of
the old, covers the whole face of the
country with Nature's richest and green
est livery. Flowers the most besutifut,
of every shade of color, stmd in clusteis
or are scattered over the plains in the
most wasteful profusion of nature.
One can sometimes scarce resist the
impression, as his eye dwells upon such
pro-pects, that jhe whole country is in
habited by genii, who delight to beauti
fy the earth, or that Flora herself pre
side over the scene. Every thing around
and about seems to exert itself to harm
onize with the beauty and splendor thai
covers the race of the country.
There ia always a constant cool breeze
from the ocean, which purifies lhe air
and tempera the' heat of the sun. There
is a clearness in the whole atmosphere,
and the heavens, that 1 never saw ia any
other country. It seems ss if nature had
selected he choicest besuties. and great
est excellencies, and blended them into
... - a.
one scene, that sne migni contemplate
the effect cf her collected charms ; as
Some virgin, aPer she hss adorned her
self with her richest ornaments, aurveys
herself in a mirror. The heart and mind
which are il wave under the influence of
the scenes around, are particularly so
here. Under the dominion of nature.
both are bound up by a kind of spell.
like' thaf which the grove of Calypso
threw around the hesrt of Ulysses.
At this aeaoon of the year, little or
no sickness exists in the country. To
wards the litter end of June, the heat
becomes more intense; I had an oppor
tunity of inspecting a thermometries! ta
ble, from the middle to the end of this
month,, which showed a range ol ten
perature from 10 o'clock. A. M between
85 and 83 deg., and, in some instances,
the mercury rose to 100 deg. As you
advance in the month of July, the heat
becomes more oppresses snd the atmos
phere wore sultry. The system unuer
long continued heat, begins to lose ita
tone, and both mind and body aiok into
a atale of debility and indiffereace. Ma
ny seek to overcome .thia , langoar by
stimulating drinks, which. like most
temporary expedients, only aggravate tne
disease, and often lead to the horrors, to
settled melancholy, or delirium, and o
ther morbid diseases, which indicate a
deraged atate of lhe system, and espe
cially lhe brain. Sickness no- begins
to show itself in the shape of intermit
tents, wbicb era narked with no parti
, -
eolisr violence, but aa the system. Is,
st this time, much cperhestedj and bss .
lost math of ita stamina, they are ex
tremely difficult to eradicate. Those
who sra attacked ia this month are ex
trsrarly happy if they do not suffer du
ring the whole summer, and even win
ten and still snore ao if the disease, in
the progress of the sessoa. dues not as
tome n more dangerous type, and end
ia desth.
During the months of Augnst, Sep
tember, October and November, the pme '
i-nous principle of tho atmosphere be
comes more highly concentrated, and
the diseases are of a much more malig
nant character. Remittents ol the most
dangerous types, esses of the scsrlet fe
ver, obstructions of the liver. neursTHa.
every disease, indeed, dependent oa mi-
asmaia, begins, at this time, lo make
its appearance. Bui eenerally aueakinr.
they all come to a speedy crisis.
At thia season, every now snd lien.
there ie a heavy Ml ol rain, but accom
panied with much leas thunder and liiht
ning than ia common at auch limea in
the latitude of the Middle States, and e-
ven higher.
There is somethinr peculiar lo the
thuni'er heard here, which cannot es
cape lhe attention of tbe most vnobserv
ing. A peal ia broken into several swells,
and rolla through the heavens like
park ol artillery, discharging1 at regular
intervals. Although the rsins serve to
cool the atmosphere far n short lime. '
the moisture which they impart to tho '
vegetable mould, inereasea the malaria
under the action of the aua. I do not
think that the heat at thia period, aa in
dicated by the thermometer, would vary
much from the latter part of ibe month
of July; but it ia certainly more insuf
ferable, aa the powera of endurance in
the system are much more reduced. If
the unacclimated escspe an attack at thia
time, they msy regard themselves more
fortunate than those who were in Texss
for the first during the eummer of 1837.
Very lew of such persons, ao far aa my
knowledge extends, escaped. ,
uurtng these four months crest sick '
ness prevailed in Houston, along the Buf
falo Bayou, as low down the San Jacin
to as New Wsshington, and along ibe
wtioie course ol tne Uratsoe.
The inhabitants upon the Trinity, and
ia the eastern part of Texss, hsd also
their full share of disease and "suffering.
Among the afflicted there was quite a
numbrr of deaths. In Houston there
were tnsny desth, bnt some of ihein
were owing to adventitioue causes, auch
as exposure, and the want of attention. .
A person cannot be acclimated, until af
ter a residence of three yesrs ; and if a J
writer who has written upon tbe South-;
ern climate generally, is correct, there ia
quite aa much danger .. of attack during
the second and third years, aa the first.
Calomel, in enormoua doses, is the main
dependence. In the levers of this country;
and so folly hss experience proved its
superior efficacy over all, other remedies, .
thst less prejudice exists spinal its use
among the uninformed,' than is common
in most other countries. Every old wo
man haa her supply of this medicine, and '
has acquired great knowledge from ex
perienco in ita proper use. " ' " '
The use of the lancet is not so mnch -relied
upon, as one at first view would
suppose, from the inflammatory character
of the diseases. It will net do here.'ae"
it does no where else to deplete very
freely, when miasm is the active princi
ple of the disease. Dr. McCnllough would
find a fine field in thia country to prove
the truth of all he haa written upon the
disessas of malaria and their proper made
of treatment.
The remarks which are here made In
relation to health, are not intended la ap
ply to that portion of Texas, which lice
to fir west aa the Colorado.! The great
scarcity of rain, and when we get still
farther west, even the absence of dew,
and extreme dryness ofhe atmosphere,
admit of no animal or even vegetable de
cay. , - ,
1 have spoken in another place of the
great health of San Antonio de Bexar,
from thia cause, and what is there said
will apply to all the wes tern parte cut
the country. 1 ahould add that the low
er country, from Rio do las Neucea t
the Colorado, ia more healthy than that
along the roast, from the Sabine to the
Trinity, and that the latter ia more ss
luhrioua than the coaat from the Trinity
to the Colorado. V
From December to April Is a period
of rains, high winds, cold wsather, and
of the eaoat opposite and unpleasant vi-
cissttuaes. ai wis season tbe plaint ia
the lower country.are covered with wa
ter, ao as to be almost impassable. The ,
weather is much colder, owing to the
north-west winds which, blow mm the ;
mountains, than would be sop posed, front t
the latitude f the country. The naercu- -ry
frequently falls aa low: as 82 der. of
Fahrenheit. If the feelings were to be
taken aa tha thermometer, it would ba
ael down much vcoldet than thst; for tho
rapidity with which the temperature
passea from 70 to S3 deg., as the wind '
shifts from the aouth to the north andJ
north-west, ia ao grest thst the system
if (scarcely able (9 endure the reverse.
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