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! I r ' ' ! ' f I ; ' . , . ' y : .' . . ' ! 1 ' JU 1 - ! ' -. v . ' I'll! 1 - - ..' - J- . ' . - y"; ' " ' ' '. ' ' - . ''; : 1 ' ' f::'' y ':-'-v- ' i - .-'.-- 1 ! : ; '- .'-..' -.'. i- 'y.y y -rT"T y--u-y :7V---y"--. . , .-' ' - vyydi; - i. .!. : ::- :y ''7:'7:-;.;--;':":,;v7 y y-ICy" :, '':! V.' ASf , -- . " '-'.. i - ' ' . .1.' ,: ' i i- . " , . ' !'-. i . i . i 3 " f : IS O 29. C. WEDNESDAY JULY 24 1833 VOL.1 : , h i. a; : 151HffiM(tff(!M I 1 1- Vi .'' 'I by Three DoLLAns per anncm, in advance. Idvitisejiexts v - v.;,,iU,rarc inserted at' ONE DOLLAR l.e nrs, and TWENTV-nVE CENTS sub- fluent TuM-rtiwi. A IHhJ a.scuu v ... ' ''StG--o'FFICE'pn the South side of Market Street, be :: low tlic Court Jloaso. ; WITCHCRAFT. ; A STORY OF THE LAST CENTURY. I cxuiot tell Iiqw UiCftrujih may lie, ' fc ! I suyj the talc? as 'twas saiil to inc."- y i livrfv body knows, that since 'the mid- U: 0 f the lust. century, a beiiet in the in- lerOuce of f; miliar spirits with the af- f ,ir.s ef men has' greatly. subsided; and in cioijortion as Xjna credence oi the people uas withdrawn .from the supernatural . arencies; the recurrence ot such cases ot .supposed lnterlerence became less com niyu. ' Whether faith in the people is ne rr.ary to keijrp alive those supernatural vibtants," or whether they have found sijiiic new and. more profitable harvest to compensate thir labors, is a 'question I - a in entirely- incompetent of determining, lie this as it rfiay our wives arid daugh ters' at; this liuy, see fewer ghosts and v. iiciie's than their 'grandmothers did. T heard the fallowing story related about. twenty five years ago, by an old lui nter. I give it as nearly as possible in 'iiis. 'own words. ; I'he nar rator was pro ial'jly at that ime nearing his allotted 'three score and 'ten" stood fair among his neighbors as a man of veracity and very serious, 3. .while he was telling rullislcd every Wednesday MorninS) h it. - All ' I ci j " close t.d: &ii in say is. if he did -not st ick truth, it' wus his fault uot mine. i y i . y. '.My brother Ned and I" said my in 'ib rmaMj whvn we were chunks of boys, vr nearly men',; were ';the . greatest hun ters' ia- all the . parts where we lived."' There was. a deep, rocky ravine, about J- i- 1; i" uu(v.a iiuiii- I Ui ;-d?es ol which g I t f I'luiti and other tun miles from : whore we lived, on the grew Vow, bushy trees, of small growth, overrun wim immense quantities, oi mountain j ape : Wkies. Large flocks of turkies , sometimes roosted there, and we used tb hill :ri umbers of them. After a while, N' i'd took to going there alone after night, v lor L had a lame ankle and was not able to "accompany him. lie came home se veral times, and told me he saw lots of talkies, but they always flew before he .'.;.ul'd "get a shot at. them.5 I Itold.him it vVas strange; ''but Ned,"' says I, 'as soon .Vs, I'm able to walk I'll go along with n, and see if I can't get a shot.' Well, ij,a lew days I got well enough to go. yve went straight to the turkey roost; and -jj jy enough, there was a -monstrous large' turkey, perched upon a grape vine; not more than a hundred feefor so from where we; stood! The' mobn'-was shining as ' bright as day, so I could see a: plumb '.' tiireuglKthe "si'ghts of ray rifle, and she was as good a piece asy ever-Vas -.bored, Well, I ' pulled the; trigger and she snap ped riiever snapped before since I got u.rdid'nt guess the reason s' posed the . frizzon was wet rubbed it with my hat bri'i;, and cocked, her again: 1 looked, ' a ) behold ye! the turkey was ten times : large as it was when ! first raised my m..' I was not easy scared in them days; ' j4t mind;! 1 tell, ye, my hair, bristled at it. .'Why' sa.vs Ned, 'that turkey's big as a cquy Well, thinks I, big or no big, I'll fire at it so I drawed a bead Ion it a se- ' ;ond time anil pulled trigger my gun gapped agaiii! I threw oit the powder ' Irbin.the pan, picked the flint, and primed, afresh. ; Now thinks I, if you dont go it must Je strange. I looked again for tle turkey-U-and my name isii't Haines . -i it was not as large as. a common barn. 'Lit us go1 sas Ned--'tHe re is; witchcraft -i it!' But 1 was not born in the woods to U: -scared at trifles, i took aim. and pulled 'rigger a third time.5 At that inst mt, I whether it was the gun that fired, or what I could not tell, and had no time to tink- :bUt'tbe whole forest seemed to be en fire, and something like a heavy clap of thunder instantly followed,' that shook The ground under my feet, and tumbled a great pile of . rocks from the steep preci pices headlong down to the bed of the ra vine below. I thought of it when the! cannonading jcommenced . at the battle of Brandy w'ineliAh! that was as bloody a day as I ever saw! General Washington Udiaved like a hero and so did La Fay ctte butf we iould not stand a regular en- -gagement wijh the British regulars. That same day my rifle sent more than one British officer to his long home: and I would shoulder my rifle agaia any day m such a cause. But i forgot to tell you about the turkey, h spread out its wings and flew: and we ould see it flv- ih g along through , the long valley to the J cat of us, for five or six miles, till it went out of sight- and as if a great hurricane I vas rising. As soon as the turkey was gone out of sight, : I turned to look for i.Neci and before I could find him, it be W ame Pitch dark! I The whole woods then seemed to be alive and swarming -wnn cats that squalled around us in every Section. We had travelled every foo't : pf the ground over a thousand times, or I ir ?on 1 7nk should have found our way f home that night. V - ' " my gun: the same bullet that I put in her j was there still;' the patching was scortliod. a little, and the powder, both in the pan and in the barrel, was reduced to a sort of cinder. Ned ani myself thouhtltriis" night's adventure' so strange a thing? that nobody would believe it, and so we agreed never to mention it to my. body.. A' 'few days afterwards, however, an old woman in the settlement that had been often accused of the: crime of bewitching her neighbor's cows, giving' them the hollow horn, and making them give bloody milk, came to our house. She had not been in long, till she said to my mother, 'well, I tnide :stand your boys got badly scared the other night.' My mother had heard nothing of it. O,' said she, 'it was nothing, only they saw a big turkey and could not get their guns off.' ' When I come home at night, iny mother told of what had passed and so the whole story came but. When I tried, my srun .again; I could not get her to "go off. I knew the old ha g h ad o lace d a sp ell on Eer; so I bo r roved another gun and put a silver bul let in. I went and told the witch to re move the spell' from my gun, or I. would draw her iigare in the sand, and shoot at it with my. silver bullet, which they say is sure death to a witch. ; V She took my gun, mid blew her breath in it three times. At the last blast I heard the same kind of noises that I heard on the night of the turkey hunt, only not so loud, for about five minutes, wnen theyv gradually died away. j .My gun was always sure fire afterwards and the! best gun, too; - that ever shot a buck from the top of one-hill to another have got her yet, and will keep her to the day .of my death." Pioneer., PEPITA: A lEXlCAN ANECDOTE. By the, Miirquis de ChaUcCugiron. ''The Marquis de Bevenucehb, his wife, ; daughters,- Don Caisar his intended son-in-law, a femme-de-chambre, and two male servants, occupied one of those huge coaches drawri by ten mules, arid guided by two postilions, which are frequently to be met with on the road from Vera. Cruz to Mexico. While this lutabering vehi cle was descending one of the roughest defiles of the Pinlo, a violent jerk put its construction to so severe a- test; as to threaten ilits entire ruin, unless repairs were immediately made. The travellers were, in consequence; obliged to alight. What was to -be done? The coachman' L. formed them that they could reach, at a short distance from the spot, a posaJa, which, though certainly not mucht fre quented,' and greatly dilapidated, . was still habitable, and where they might I pass the night. This plan was accordingly a dopted, and the whole party, escortiugthe coach, and bemoaning their misfortune, reached the gate of the pasoUa' dt the mo ment o! sunset. It was a desolate habita tion, surrounded by broken walls,-! ruined towers, and glopmy pine's, which gave it the air of a chateau of romance.; Never theless, it occasionally served, as" a place of shelter for muleteers and their mules. The Marquis and his family took posses sion of a large chamberin which their ..beds' were prepared; the femme-de-cham bre nestled, as well as she could in a clo set which resembled the cell of a convent; and the servants siept just where . sleep happened to overtake them, find-wrapped up in their cloaks. . Ij. i I "But the heroine of our tale-, the feinme- de-chambre, Pepita, had, soriie suspicion that all was not right.! In passing before a grateb window, which opened Upon the CDurt, she fancied she had caught a glimpse of two flashing eyes, which .instantly dis appeared; andkhis incident was sufficient to' excite her apprehensions, j She retired, however, into her eij; she Jiad no need of a light to find the wooden bench; which had been prepared for her, and placing her mantle under her. head, br a pillo w, was about toxlbse her eyes, ! whenV cast- ing them towards the ceiling of heblittle dormatory, she remarked a ray of light, wliich glimmered through tlie chinks of a iT'-rk-?or elintror filjinnr tKl lllrTVti.tt nrr- wooden .shutter. . fusing thef iitriiost pre caution, she raised herself silently Upon a table which, stood beneath plhej' window, and half, withdrawing a curtain which hunar before it, her eye peerbd into an ad- loining room; within j.sne saw two men sitting near a table, uieir face? turned from her, and lighted by a lamp which burned in a corner of the apartment 'Pepita, a liuaaroon oy Dirtn, naa enougn ispanisn blood in her .veins to sire her erreat pre tensions among&t her ridian compatriots. I although skilful in the management of a She was intelligent, faithful,' courageous, well trained steed, was rjut iiale accus and as resolute as Judith herself " tonied to: the governmeat of a mule; and "With a glance1 she toot note of all the one oa which he was nbw, unhappily, things in the chamber. It .Was irn possi- mounted, was the most "obstinate of its i i ' i .i ' ' i -. j . tL ,1:1 u i.i a ble to mistake the profession of these men, for Pepita saw before them an open chest, which she at once recbgnizisd as betong ing.to her master, and fropi; 'which the bandits had drawn out the provisions arid plate which it contained. 'Both appeared to have done honor to the Alarquis's wine; and were so much intoxicated that she felt no apprehension of beirig detected by by them. She continued, therefore, to ob serve their movements wiA' anxious at tention, and at the same tirnear ranged the plan of operation, which she determined to pursue. For a moment she felt herself chilled by terror, when the words which she heard, conveyed to her the knowledge that the elder of"tbertvo was the famous himself. She remembered at once that he viras generally described sis richly clothed, and carrying an axe; and the man before-he? had an axe Testing be tween hijs lugs, and wore a silk dress. she learned, or rather half guessed. frorh the r broken conversation, thh't the band, of jwhich they were the leaders, a waited in the forest for the signai which was to recall them; that this signal was to be ojiv'en by a hunting horn, which she noticed, ia a corner of the apartment; and that, upon , their junction, the travellers were to be attacked. She saw, with joy, that the wine of the Marquis was gradual ly gaining the mastery ovr ?them; ahtj, soon aftejr, observing thattljey were bu ried in pfofouiid slumber, she quitted her cell, desc enued.into the court, found out of the robbers' chamber, and d softly, made good her entry with the door pening i admirab e courage and presence of mind.; ed possession of the cJoak, "the one Sfain hat, and the well known hatchet df the chief, and also of the hunting horn, and carrying with . hr the lamp and her pre cious booty, contrived to eiiect her retreat into the court without accident. She now ' fastened the bolts he chamber of the bandits, with which are often placed outside the doors, of Mexican houses;-and then flu ng o er her the cloak of the brigand, placedrhis hat upon her head, and resting the hatchet upon' her left shoulder, took in iier right hand the hunting horn; ' and thus" equipped, she sallied fjoui the court; The nigiit was utterly dark. She reach ed the border of the pine wood, and drawing !a few low tones from the hunt ing horn, was immediately a prolonged whistle. The answered by moment was now come in which it was necessary for her to muster all her courage; for she saw a band X) from ten to tweive men issuing from among the trees, and advancing in her direction. She retreajted before them towards he house,; contriving, with much address, :o keep herselVnearly hid within the shadow of the bunding, and letting herself be seen no more distinctly than was necessary to enable the robbers to follow hjr. When they were sufficiently near, she contrived to exhibit the glare of the axe whicii she carried, and enjoining silence with the motion of her hand, led the band! into the court. In obedience to ner sign, tney enterea snemiy into tne large chamber adjoining the stable, and i .i . i -i . i . i closing the door upon" them, she drew the bolts so arently that the bandits could have np suspicion that they w i impri- soned. '-. . : ..." -. ' - y y Then, without a moment's delay, the Pepita ran to the ! apartment of intrepid her master, arid related to him the whole of her proceedings. . AVe -will not attempt to, paint the surprise of the Marquis. Guided by the counsel of Pepita, he a-i .i.i; i! n... '-' ..: ! - J. i i t one of the best mules, set off instantly for Acayettei to procure the assistance; of a '(detachment' of cavalry which was station ed in that village. ! i "Duripg his absence the Marquis, and Pepita dkermined to watch' their prison ers, and jict ,as circumstances iriight re iiuire. They awakened the two domes tics and armed them., returninr to the arjartmerit-tf Go mez, arm listening' at the dolor, they fodnof that the two chiefshad awakened, arid vvere encOavoring to escape from their confinernent. .The scene now became one of intensevanxiety. Shortly all in the inn were roused, and a confusion of voic es arose on ail hands. Gomez and his lieutenant uttered shouts of rage; and their appeals were answered by kheir compa nions, aspthey , exerted themselves to break the door? of their jprison. The Marquis, Pepita, and the servants shouted likewise, in every tone which they could.assume, threatening with death the first,, who should oiler himself to theiy aim, anH af-j fecting to present a force far beyond their actual number. But the door of the room which confined the troop was now begin-' ninar to tremble before their efforts, rhev i nad louhd some heavy losrs ot wood, which served as a kind of battering ram: while others hacked at the dnnr with their ! swords. "Gomez and his companion were! also very busy after their 'example; and exerted every means in Jthejr power to ef fect their del iveranoe. But jwe must leave the pasotfa and its inhabitants for a mo ment, mltpis posture of affairs to follow the track of Don Caisar. ! This younsr man, oriel of the most brilliant, iamong tne cavaliers ol Mexico, kind. . In vain did he apply the argument of gentle terms,, and equally in vain that pf the spur, nothing could prevail upon the cursed' beast to hasten its pace, or -lose the jernemhrance of the friends it had left" behind ib the stable. He was in despair at the slowness of his progress, and over whelmed with the most sinister presages. What would become of his friends above all;-of hjis betrothed, the , pretty Donna Franceses if. the brigands should escape from their confinement before hb return? He trembled for the consequences. The day began to break before he could gain tRe environs of 'Acavette; but what was his joy vvhen his ears - were assailed bv the bells of a conductarihal is, one of Capador those numerous caravans of . mules, j em ployed ifbr the service of government to transport gold and silver pieces from Mex ico to the coast, and which are always es corted by a large troop of soldiers. Don Ca?sar presented himself immediately be r ! .1. ' , -r. i ' i i i . fbrej the com jaruling offlcer,' and told his story in a few words, ahd'im assis- .ft . tance. i lhe onicer towhom he was knova,j drew his soldiers together, and leavinga few.behmd, for the safety of tne cani vaa. mounted Don Cassar on a horse, and stt j off with him towards ihe hills with all the rapidity that the wild -road WOU )d permit? . Their expedition wai nrjw'tn ejtanfi . JHru.'fJ Uir 2d by the hope of capturing le'irtiot less icceptablej because, ex: a lirtl e increased Goriez,' on whose head a pricej wasj and who had hitherto baffled; iallt set, the sche mes. which had been laid to surprise him During this time, affairs at tm pesada had! reached1 their most criticafboint. (The robbers; hd succeeded in shattering the door, oil their t prison so far that it was scarcely held by its hinges. Haying as certained th'e. small number of those a gaiiist whom they had to contend, j and with the view of securing for themselves a les dangerousforf, they had bguii to fire through! holes which j they j had ma4e in the door, upon the Marquis) and his servants. : Goiriez and his lieutenant had! likewise taken the same course,' arid there was every prospect that the brigands would overcome 'all the obstacles which had opposed their, liberation, when pepi ta, armed with a pistol, and concealed be hind a pillar in the court, took successful aim at the head of a brigand, which show ed through the opening. This incident had the result of daunting. the brigands. -It Vas evident that one oftheir leader was struck; and a deep silence succeeded) his fall; nor was it until after a considerable interval that their exertions re-commenced. Convinced,, however, that they had no time to lose, they once more returned to the attack. The door was on the point of yielding to their blows, and the Mar quis arid his family had determined to a bandon; the place and fly towards the road, in the hope of meeting the expected! suc cor Pepita had discharged her lat pis tol when thev cauo-ht the sound of the galloping horses on the road from Acay- ette. Their deliverance was now r sure. The noise of horses and arms resounded in f -out of the posada; and before, J Don Crcsar had embraced his future family, the soldiers had made themselves unre sisted masters of the hand of robbers. "But j if remained to secure the persons of Gomez arid his lieutenant, From the rash and desperate character of thej jman, it was not supposed that he would allow himself to be taken without, resistance. A council was therefore held to deliberate on the means; which should be employed to get possession pf his person without risking lives of greater value than his. own in the capture; It was proposed byf some, to force the door, and enter ia aibody, while ;others desired, first, to try . tbta ef fect$ bf a parley. This latter ad vici$vas fo 1 lo wed it being wished, above all thin gs, to deliver him. into the hands of.thej jMex- ican authorities;! but, upon drawing hside the other bolts, it Va's found that thfej'door was fastened within. p i ! 'Open the door to the Lieutenarit of the Republic' cried the commanding bf5 cerJ ' . U Hj; 1 . 'No answer, j ' ; fi' -.' : ''ilf you resist another moment;' ybu are a dead man,' said the Marquis.'- J j "Still the same silence, j ; i ll ' "(By theMadbna of Guadaloupe! by the. t ousjy, you snail receive no quarter unless j .. ' i 11 i ! ' i you! at once come forth. : t; ; ! L. . . I. . . I' . : Not a sound was heard in reply. "At this moment the discharge of a pis tol resounded from the? interior. Ifljhvas followed by the faint cry of .a vvbrhan, which seemed to issue from the apart merits where the family of ithe MaSquis had passed the night. All hastened, in an. Instant, in that direction: and irifiier closet they found the intrepid Ijepita stretched on the ground, arid bathecl in 7 . i ; 1 ' her town blood. But when thev annroach ed her, she had strength to point jivith herj finger to the little window. I The commanding officer, raised his eyes, 'land perceived there Gomez and his lieuttjfiaht, the former armed with a sword, an the latter in the act of re-loading his pjstol. In an instant he fired on the - lieutenant, who fell; and regained the .corridor! -With n is soiaiers, me cnamoer aoor was at once forced. I Gomez fought with savasre des peration, but was at 1 en gth, . secured. ... .. a A" eyes were now turned on theintre pid Pepita; and they learned from herself the cause of the event which had sopear- ly proved fatal to her. She had, by show ing! herself at the little vvindowj intended to convince the bandits that their retreat ' ! ' ii t i 'i.i . .it . rwas on an sides cut on, ana men; m iur- ther resistance ion their part woujd be useless; when .the enraged Gpmmf had immediately fired at her. Luckily! her wound was slight, thbugh it had blej pro fuselyaor was it long before she was a ble to resume her service near the person of her mistress- ;7;. 1 -!-- I 4jThe journey of the Marquis o St Jean d' Ulloa, was postponed to a fijiture time and the family returned to Mejxico. The reward odered for the apprehension of Gomez was unanimously adjudged to Pepita who became the object of universal I- j Her intrepidity had so strongly exc ted the imagination of th" ybunr offi- cer 1 commandinar the c:uard that she be- c;ane his bride before thclos of the year; abthe Marquis, considering her the sa- ViO ol his family, ecured tb her a siderabie pension during her jifeJ-' 4 con-f j J FSOM tUB NSW ENGLAND ARTISAN. VVe fear that many of our workihi? fjriehds will take but little inferck in the rentarks of a rorres wndent ubpn the Laav ofj Evidence, w hie h are given in our first p3ge. ft is iiotwii hstanJind, an imnor- c,iuiea irpm pages wnere Lmocracy is treason, where dulness and motiotony have lp i since found a henne, and from whence at new idea, a spirit stirrinn thought. wojhu oe exciuueu as a sacrilegious m-tj-lijiion. We allude to the pages of the XKrth American Rpview. Ve wish that periodical much success, arid to its present adipirers, our remarks will prove its best rUJommendation. I- I v UUur correspondent is a lawyer, now in full practice and his opinion -where: lie takes the side of the people, in opposi tioji to the suppbsetj interest of his pro fession, is entitled to bur serious "attention, ami to our confidence. His jobjeetis to expose the absurdity and injustice of the present proceedings in. courts of law, and hi3 argument is calculated tb satisfy the lawyers no less thali the citizens that the prjesent forms and technicalities which pre va'il in courts of laA may be a matter of prjofit.to the attorneysand ofliiers of court, but have nothing td do with the just deci "'3111 I 1 l l sion of the case before them. He gives it as his opinion that the time is not far distant when the prjesent modes of proceeding in, pur courts of law- will be wholly abandoned,, and a more natu ral arid rational system be adopted fn'its stad.'-' . '"' ' , . .-j " . Vie agree with him in opinion and fur thermore, we say, that the laVs should be so .simplified that one small volume, placed in t lie hands of every citizen, should com- prise in a iorm to oe.easny unuerstoou, an that is required for ;the civil regulation of sojeiety. Until this; shall be the case the honest the'unsuspee'ting and the most de serving, must fall a prey to wickedness and craft. j . We have now among us, 14wyers, and 1 carried men, and ric h men, Soneofwhom te)l us that we the people are incapable of .,.1 I ,.. . i::. . -i J l - i, uiuej cjiunuiiig inos regulations wnicn are necessary for the s.jfety of their property. Ve do not doubt their word. But it may nevertheless' be for our inter, st and con vejnience that such laws should have no existence among us: ' Jaws which protect a portion of society in the. erijoyment of lajge possessions, apd give, them an oppor tunity to secure it tp their chiklren, whichj edable them to riot in idleness and luxury,; whilst the more-deserving multitude are left to poverty and riard Jabor, are not laws calculated to n.d enduring favor with a fre people. ! . y ISuccessful villiany. under color of the lap fortunate speculation- a life of mer cenary selfishness, are4 notso commenda ble, or necessary to the well beinsr of so ciety, that they should be encouraged by a permanent investment of 'property, which can.be enjoyed only by robbing the present' and coming generations of their natural rights.? . ' :- . ' : ? , Let U3, who wereiborn vt'wh iron spoons bur mouths think seriously of. these t in things. . y y y . Is it right, that we who work hard e- very day, should not receive ouf full share of 'the' good and desirable things; of this life. m - . ;';! jls it right that ithose who have had more good luck, -of more cunning' than their, neighbors, should remain, idle, yet; live better, and d ess better; that they should continue to enjoy I trie best jruits ofour labor, and look down uponusas too mean for' their gooi com pany i Hpwdoe3 it happen that these oatra- re put upon a free peo pl'e?-r-It is- by bad te. ' ". - awsr wickedly execu- And who is to re medy; the evil? Not thb.se, let us assure iniquity. We, the you who profit by the common people, must do it 'ou rselres a jpd we wi l l io! i t. " r&oss the fIxilt physician. INsiNTTY Insanity is geneplly diyidedvinto ma i, melancholy, and iaiocvv The. modi- hra ncations poiniea out oy xsquizei, un r. ! - l 1 '-. -r ' ': 1 der the denominations of mania, monpmi ni. dementia, and idiotism, are more dis-s tinctive, and better calculated. to display! tne duferent forms pf the disease. j?Iri mania, the intellectual derangement is! attended with excitement, and embraces siibjects of every description, I Monomania is that condition of the njind, in which the insane impressions are confined to a $mgle object, or to a smaJ number of objects, j j Iri dementia, the mind becomes incapa; citafed for "ratiocfnatlon, from disorder p; tile brain supervening at some time aftet birth. " v ,' i t ' '? '.."The term idiotism is applied to meafa' incapacity existing frin birth. Causes. Mental affections, such a$ lore, arrief, jealousy, enthusiasm inordi nate passion of any kind abstruse study -f-mtemperance. interest Mania may be either furious qr nudanV cholic. , ' ) '; It has been defined deliriumwithout fever: a definition somewhat objectionable' as a delirium may exist in other csi. without any excited action of the puUc a isom?times observed in hysterics?" iy y. " Amohg the causes may bo enumerated repeated intoxication, injuries to the i.eadJ-, fever, suppressed discharges am! secre- . tions, excessivx evacuations, mercury larfreJv and ihiudiciouslv ndminitr.. aralvtic affections, influence of I rartiru- ' ...'.. : . ' . -J . - -w. v v ; lai r s&isous.-hereditarv nrpdisirvit:nc . aeacutai.y. iuvoiisv excess in veiiery, jhcti tions passions,, mistaken views of religion, panuruion, errors m . education,!, intense i application to a particular study or object . j of innstigation, reverse of fortune. ! Children, and persons of weak;intellei" jtual powers rarely become manlacah-- 'The difference,'' says Locke, Vbet wen rt madman andafool is that the' former ren- sons justly from false data, and the, latter erroneously from just data." ' j Symptoms. Usually tlioughj not- aT ways, pain in the head, and throbbing w its arteries, are the precursors of an at tack: Sometimes giddiness js complainetl of (Haslam on Madness, p. 41.) j The as4 pect of the. eyes is hp wever ovor' of thV most remarkable symptoms, and is read? ly recognised by the experienced. There is a peculiar muscular action 'ofj.hpse or. gans iiri incessant ; wandering motion, which is disagreeable, and wearisome to the beholder. During a p;iroxysni, lt:y appear as if forcibly and fixedly pushed forward, and thc pupil js contmctetl. The eye, however, exhibits a .'dull, rather f than an excited or fierce character. Tim muscles of the face experience rapid alte ration and exhibit a variety of express ion i v 'f correspbndihs with the, ideas which in " - quick succession . occupy the mind. As t ; the disease progresses, thb patient .walks with hurried step every-, nation ris per- ' formed with violence; he frequently ttop. suddenly in the mjd.t of the most excitel T motion. The habits undergo sudden and -wonderful changes. The;j inert and list- 1 les's become active! zealous, and eager, in . the pursuance of some wild scheme; whil on the other hand those of a ty assume the opposite chaA moping, dull, full' of sad misfortune.: disease, and rurl ' This is soon succeeded b action of iriiud and body, and by the exertion of great- muscqmfstrent It is impossible to givo a gen era-l desc rip-f lion of the maniacal paroxysm;rspme talki ; incessantly and incoherently the reli gious and modest become blasp'hemo'nr aiid obscene loud and boisterous tone? are succeeded by soft and whispering ac : cents. Th. sulyects of their conversation -vary incessantly, and arennarked by won derful volubility and injeoherency; theyy ' embrace in the same breath subjects fetal ly disconnected, the "succession of which; can be explained orr no principles of qsse ciation. ( One sentenpe.is sometimes1 re peated an indefinite" number of times -. They converse with themselves, or with ; an imaginary second person, with vehe mence and great gesticulation. . ; M. Esquizel, of Paris, stands prorny neht among those who have devoted ay particular attention to the study and treaV ! rneht o. thg di fit; rent. species of mentiil aliv enatipri. , The following is an outline ct the treatment emplo)ed by tb eminent u- M-ytt pnysician.. - - .- y , .-i:-' f ' !.; : ;- MoHAL AND INTELLECTUAL TREAT-. ! U -';-:fp3; irxT.-r I his consists, 1st. In th scpara : tion of tthe insane from the objects. which'- y may hare a tendency to keep up the iria-.- ' -!. niacal excitement. , They should heepa- ' ' rated from relatives and servants to whom they entertain an aversion. 2d. T cy. ' .' , should be treated with gehtleness, th'origuT frequently with firmne??.' 3d, They- I should be classed in surh a manner as to ! avoid the possibility of their injuring. . ' I each other, and if ossible the Qrraugc merits, should be such' as -would mako: " them mutually eubservipnt to their Own ". recovery. The furious should' be placed at a distance from the other patjents--rCon- ,: fine,d in rooms djraly lighted or entirely dark. -If the temperature of the body irf high, or there i great excitcmeritTit f i improper to , insist, on clothing ' thenv warrhiy, even in winter. 4th Thexon- . valescejit" are to be separated from . the :: 'r rest, and .more private apartments are t " be successively aassigned - to them n th . term of their freedom approaches., ThosV ' who are not completely deraoged,f are . t"'. - " f. t be occupied with work or amusement, or . should be induced to1 take" exercise by walking, &q, No methods of fesiraint :" or punishment should he resorted to, ex ceLt the straight waisrtcoat, seclusion in a y cell 'douches: blows, arid similar harsh ' ..;'.? treatment are highly reprehensible 1 The P. first interviews with friends are to he con- , ducted with great caution. The, excite-. ;: menl .of lively moral impressions by a surprise.' analarm, or an ' unjust repri-, ' ' maod, is sometimes salutary "Unejpas- sion may sometimes whh advantage he opposed to another. ; s ; v ! '. Needless discussions with the insan' -are to be avoided, and it should be part z'r cularly remembexed that they: are nevet 7 y to be enraged by ridicule pr by. directly . " nrnntinor trieir laeas or ixuiuu -1 . j. . Those, who betray a disposition to" com mit suicide are to be regularly watched,, since they frequently exhib if wonder(ijJ it :W I--- iftrv f.-: -" tm i iH .- mm pSr-' I V )
The People’s Press and Wilmington Advertiser
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July 24, 1833, edition 1
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