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isoat ~hem eatioan. ' rc eor ow S-tate 11 them. It-mnsthe borne a Giiiness is unpleasant, M uee ild. it be if the tI hdddollars would e mciefiffltpersons.* 'al n of tbe patients .v auch insisted on. Our Asy-- ei (steerfhue and'bado of char- if tueet in imiutate union, the tc Ryadbe grave, the educated and igno- a the virruous and profligate. In the ti '.. nwral treatment of the Insane, solitude is ci abolished. ' The Lunatic mast have his w society. The pauint who pays the max- cc !mum price of tis Institution, and thus A, purchases all the accommodations which iI It afords, is doomed, either to the society of i his keeper, or to improper association. in But both are evils, and ahisld be remedied fr as speedily as possible. No considerations al can justify the preseot state of things, No at care, no foresight on the part of the Super- m intendent. can prevnt the most exter.sive it; and lasting miscief. When the evil is os considered in reference to the class of fe- at males from the high ranks of society, ma- pl ny of whom are vow in this Insoitution. it ol is peculiarly revolting. Can the society at of the lowest women, whose lives have ma been lives of infamy. strengthen the virtu- re eus impulses of the youthful girl. who has ai boeneducated with greatest care? Rather, T will it not operate with the most destrue- au - tve e . and soon drive from the bo- pt som thesemblance even of that chaste and ei modest virtue, which once was so conspi- he - cuous? The practice of herding together or large siumbers of the Insane, belongs io hi the oldisystem, and should be exploded hi with is. It is obviously connected with ru the ides, that the insane are incapable of te thought; and wholly insensible to those w upressons and influences which operate G with meh power on other winds. We are ab awaroaf the fact, that the evil yet obtaiss pc in may institutions; but it must be re- be membered, that the moral system is of re- Iii cent adoption, and the construction of ma- at nybuildings will not allow a proper classi- ed eatiin. But on no question concerning su the Insane, is the testimony more dccided. tih In Tubs's lntrduction to Jacobi, the mat- vi * ter iselrongty set forth, But why quote io this Institution continues to hi -he, ast was intended, an Asylum for all a clases, the obligation is imperative to a place it in a proper wunditiou; and your m Committee, cneiving that no considera- m tions should prevent theta from expressing fgi their real opinions, are the less reluctant to re do s9 in.this instance, as they believe it the ist enly means of removing the evil. With pf the full bIse of light around us, it cannot th be blieved that it willbe permitted tocon- si' sine. The day hass passeat least in this m country, when the opinion of the Ancients vi Is to be received, that insanity is a special Ion cure of the Almighty; that nothing but p, .-.en punishments await the un- in .ance ,er clasification, and we recommer, p -.at an your most erous coosideration.t 'Tbe question of Rd~igiu nucini (ally settled by the testimony of experi re ence. It is a most gratifving truth that Iu Religion carries its saving m(unces to ihe r poor Lunat.ie, and shed. its precious li-ht A unto the gloomy recesses of his soul. W atet a triumphant illustration of its wonder- w workitng power, and what new cause of in thankfulness for the greatest gift of Ilea- ni vea! We are aware that many sell dis- ini posed persons, embracing some of the most N religius, doubt the policy of all attemts fy to Ive instruction of this character ; but te we are rejoiced to have it in our power, y frmthe abundant evidecce before us, to er as experience, is in favor of moral and re- it ligious Instruction. What right have we p to assume, that a Lunatic is beyond the e, reach of moral motive? Is the moral sense n' * necessarily extinct in himi It may be on- ei * injured, or slightly impaired, whbile his on- c derstandhi istbe subject of illusiotn. 1t is n, not geriy the case, that ihe uanderstand- oi in and moral nature are wholly i:: ruins. et -T e subgeut is still the creature of imohive, it and through the healthy channels which gi are lenl, iessnsmay he made which di will control the conduct. The testimony at efexperienc, however, is most conclusive. w D~r. Awal, the Superintendent of the Ohio 'y Asylum, speaks strongly in favor of relh- gi *los exercises, and beautifully remarks it - that " in the wreck of mind and loss of & 4 - reason, perhaps the very .iast idea which al reunas, will be something of the rever- an enee due to the Maker of our frames; and g t is not at all uncommon to see the aged r~ -and dememted Cbita reverently bend a the knee, when years of darkness, to sa p - human appearance, have shut out all cor- j - rect knowledge of earth and Heaven.'' 0 The Vermont Asylum has regular dail y e exercises, and a short sermon on the Sab- I batb, and thbe effect is pronounced highly o; salutary. Dr Woodward, of the Worces- a ter State Asylum declares that, " we have n - had religious worship on the Sabbath, for C more than three years-tatno congrega- d tion is more orderly and attentive, and tht ci the expectations of benefilhbuke been morn a! -- -than realized". .t -The strongest testimony is borne to the * same point, by the Directors of the Retreat for the oInae, at Harford, inthe Report a - ~,--*~of the Resident Physician of the Bloom- tt :y.<Ingdale Asylum; by Dr. Bell, of the Me- d 14..*The Law of France requires one attendlint ,i tes~n ties but Esquirol sa~ that the best *yor -sisty was most usuaL. laI we have one to fiften. e Asylum, one. of the best In- 01 ~5utyissoarraned, that di iekbted into more thana pl ~*diO sob sex. wholly di- s disimin eI'casins at, metandj b r. Earle, of Pennsyl examined particularly the com ition of Asylums in this coung and u pe, and by many others. truth is, iat the practice has become general, and 'e. have seen it stated that there are bL sor, nstitutions In this country where iere exists not some form of devotion-' l exercise. A feeble attempt was once ade to istroduce it into this Asylum, and eugh theeperiment was abundantly sue eral, from some cause or other it was madoned. Your Committee earnestly ad se that the effort be renewed, and to this d suggest that an arrangemmnt be made, practicable, with the Clergy ofthisTown, officiate alternately at the Asylum on rery Sabbath. From manifest considera )as, it would be better to confine this sa ed duty to one Clergyman, but we see no ay at present, by which this caube ac implished. Man is made for activity, mod the mind, ge the body, to naiutaia its proper mo :n, requires its stimulus. A condition of action is unnatural, except from the re eshments of sleep, or in certain accident states which may be regarled as violent I ad transitory. Who has not felt that his I ind must he ciployei, or sink into ian- I r? That it must have its proper exercise, I perish ? This is no less true of the Lun ac, than of the man of reason, and true ilosophy consists, not in the withdrawal the necessary stimulus, but in a wise laptation to the particular case. Take y number of sane men. and confine ther I r a length of time without employment, Ad they will become fools or madmen. be reasoning faculty must be cultivated, I d in Lunatics particularly, it is all im wtant. Every propet inducement fur its ercise should be presented, that it may strengthened. and the mind of the suffer withdrawn from the gloomy subject of s meditations. The suggestions on this ad by your Physician, should receive the ust serious attention ; and the Commit - a can but hope, that immediate steps I ill ho taken for laying off the ornamental I rdens, and doing whatever- else your ility will permit. ft isa mistake to sup se, that a Lunatic is insensible to the auties of nature and art. From the cul ated field, the beautiful flower garden, I d the rich sky above him, his enchant- t senses drink in the most delicious plea- a re. One of your Committee remembers r it many years ago. onl the occasion of a I it to this Asylum, he was met at the I or by a Lunatic who was a stranger to I in. and amid exclamations of delight I seauliful rose which he had plucked from eigboringbush. Nature should not be de to wear a livery of gloom, but ber < xt cheerful dress; and the Lunatic must -1 that he is still a human being, not be rt of comfort, but in a word ready to mi- I er to hIsgoys and pleasures. You must I eserve his self-respect, make him believe I at he is of some consequence, or he will I ak into fatuity, or under the influence of t orbid sensibility end his existence by a I )lent death. Some distinguished wrtter r a remarked, that if there be one princi in the muagement of Lunatics more i e... .ummuny . ...o great judge et and skill which most of them dis ayd, and their uniform cheerfulnesa of irit. According to Dr. Earle, the vastI aportance of labor or employment is fully cognised in most of the European Asy m, and in somne of them this labor is ye profitable. In the Middlesex Couunty ylum, England, more than two thirds the patients are engaged in brewing, shing, tailoring. shoe-making, gas-mak g, ud other branches of industry, and >acidetnt has ever occurred from entrust g dungerous tools to their hands. In our orhern Stales, howrever, the most grasi ig results are witnessed from the sys m, and particularly at the Asylumn in orcster, Massachusetts. That State ~joys the high honor of having within her I nits, perhaps the very best institutions for 2 e Insane, in the world. in the amplie ovision which she has made, and the en y which marks her course, she has set a hle example, which we trust will soon I end itas influence to all the States of onr I ufederncy. While on this head, we can t fhrbear alluding particularly to the Inst I nunl Report of the Trustees of the WVor- I 'ster A-sylum. len the course of the year., er were 399 patients; and in the lan tage of the Report, "tey were an in astrious household, all busy, all having meting to do, and all feeling that they ere adding to the general stock ofgood." he patients were employed in farming. ardening. cabinet-making, basket-mak g, matras and harness making, tailorirng, ,c. The produce of the farm alone, nounted to upwards of 83,200. The nosements are various; riding, reading, ames, walks.ecultivation of flowers in their oms or on the grounds, dancing, singing, e. Arrangements for systematic em oymnt are in force in the McLean Asy a, the Western Asylum of Virginia, and ter lastitutions, and the respective offi ,rs bear the strongest favorable testimony. Ir. Bell of the McLean Asylum, speaks it "as an appliance of moral treatment hich baa proved superior to all others, as gards a large class of patients." Your omittee think that it is in the power of lis Board to accomplish much at an in nsiderable expense, and that it is due ike to the patient, and the public at large, at this institution should afford ever~y assible facility. The suggestion of a Li ary, is earnestly recommended to your loption. It is common in similar tasti tions, and has been found productive of eided benefit. Among the incurable pa mas we have one, who under the super sion of' the Superintandent, would make Sadmirable Librarian. A suitable eul tion can be procured at a very small rpense. The liberality of the conductors 'our press, the donations of charitable in viduals, and, if needs be, a trifling appro iton from the Board, will ensure, in aj ort timfe, all that is wanted. Tere is attached to this institution, a tract GO o7O acres. It isatruth which-cannot too solema ly imprissed uen the p all the uteans to cre mnsanity w -Nast 1a ority of cases, prove soa ustes the patient is removed to an .-in the irst sage of the diisase.I is irolly a curable disease, no the probria medierum. -Its ailo i sow well understood, and - favorable Arcumstasces, it is of easier emeni ban many affections cof y within he power of medical skil. he cases enerally presented here br- of recent prigi AMany have existed: years and it last, when all hope of -vanish hey are brought for trea Thisgrea irror of postponement. to a a extent crvades all classes or our unmty. rbe Commitee know of one where a nan of fortune was kept at forwthree or four years in a condition . In :acy, before be'was sent to Asylum; and of another, alsoa gentle wealth. who Ras conined like a wi tea ears in a log house co for that lurpose. The vast im f .send ng patients as early as an Asy un, is established most vety by be testimony of Physicians Su In endents. and the statistical to e found in the Reports of E ad this ountry. In the Vermont Iwo. at Irattleboro', during the last eatage of recoveries in recent asr y 91, and in cronic cases, lathe Rlate Hospital, at Worcester, ,, the oer cent. In resent eases, is 90 and in Id cases, 16 1-2. Dr. Bell, of eLean isylum says, that the extrao ' pro ortion of recoveriet. in that I for everal years past i basedon thefact, that ilmost every case oecurring ed nanife.statious, in e'rerygrade= alpo ition, is promptly stubmitted to '*6menL kt Dr. White's private Asylumntat If eud on, New York, of twenty rocenteases last ,ear, fifleen recovered. whileaejthronie ases. only nine recovered.T k4'Direc ors of the Ohio Lunatic Asyluq1iawa Co. umbus say, that the importa 'early idmission into the Asylum, heV be.too trongly impressed upon the p seeind. ['he Superintendent of trn auatic Asylum of Virginia, ~sthat hirty.were placed in the Instiattnmithin welve months or the date of theirjattack, iud of the number, twenty-Gve habeen esiored. More than 83 per ee*ta of all ocent cases have been cured, an 43 er cent. or all cases. For ' ve cts, we are indebted mainly to" Re o e of the Trustees of the State unatic isylum of New York, a docume plate rith information on the sabject 4o Luna y. In an interesting letter of Dr.Wilson If the Bloomingdale Asylum to 1J:7 s tes of the State Asylum of New.TW-' we perceive from one of the many- tiaiable aoular statements rurnished by that here were admitted into that min, rom its foundation in 1823, to t of he year 1841, 1006od cases, 265 ecent cases, and that of the old * y ecovered, and of the recent 974. Dr. Carle. whose authority we have naxjhnn ace quoted, and who is inettw .. .. ecn...senenus-e nany prove incurable. The succmbehw ver, in recent cases, is most gestifylg. o the last five years, there have heen re eived (Pay Patients and Paupers,)35 ye ent cases, and of these, 2y have been ured; 2 are now under treatment, 3 have een removed, and 3 have died. - From a areful calculation, the Committeelz5 1-2 ronths as the average timeofecure. There vere in the Asylum on the Ist:Jaasary 83y724 Paupers, and there have been eceived siuce that period, from the difere alt Dintricts 59; making a total' of 83. )f these, 12 were receut, and 71 chrese-. )f the recent, iI were cured, ad one dihd. 'he per ceutage of recovery In clhromic ases, snall as it is in all Institutions, Is maller here from the causes allnedd wh'y sour Physician, and the peculiar diceities nder which we labor. Of the 71 chronic ases,22havoidied, 5 removed, 3e c ,. been cured, andl 39pare now rema at in incurable condition. A powerful e-gn neat in favor of immediato removal Ian sylum, may be-found in the economyof he measure. We take the following stat. neat from the report of the -Worcaiur loepital. The 25 old cases repored htive :ot $49 248, making an average of $1980, he 25 recent cases to recovery eost S13 i, making an average of $53 22. But ye are not without proofs of a similarkind lawn from this Institution. We ~v aken 10 recew cases from the list .. ?ay ~atients, and Gond thit the average espense . recovery, is $140; we have alsd taken [0 chronic cases of Pay Patients, which vere admitted during the same period of ime, and which now remain uneured in he house, and find the average expense to he present time $1680. Of course, the onger they remain the greater must he the lispropornton. There are three chutonie ases among the Pay Patients, not embra :d in the ten spokeu of above, which have :ot $11,520. The thirty-nine inetrable saupers received within the last fivejears, are now maintainced at an annual east to he Districts and Asylum, of *6,240 rhiere are now ten Paupers who have al eady cost 616000. The average espense o the Districts in recent cases, has netex eeded 650-and the whole espense not bove $60. But there are some other points besides a early admission, to whic'o we wol in rite particular at'en'ion. It is not unfre luently the case, that the patient is reasos id too soon by his friends. The recans o~f his Institution furnish many instances~and here is no doubt that inenrable manls or leath has often been caused by it. Friends hould not interfere in this matuer, hut the maient should be wholly committed to the udgement and discretion of ahe Offler, r'o send one here for a limited perist on nere trial, is trifling on a esost serious abb at. No one can predict the time macas ary for acure, and none hut those inost amiliar with the matter arq eompetest to lecide on the poriet of a' The nractice of ett ngnatit b~y Afageas is almost universal, Friends of-' ten believe that the only way of accom plishing their purposes is by falsehood and deception. This is. however, a great mis take. All experience proves, that truth loses none of its value in the maneoement of Lunatics, but that falsehood i6 followed by most mischievous consequences. When friends determine on sending a Lunatic to an Asylum, he should be dealt with hon estly. He should be informed of his ill ness, and of all the advantages of the In stitution. It is generally no dilficnlt mat ter to make a favorable impression in ad - vance, and he will go to his new abode in peace and contentment. The necessary conseqoence of an opposite course is to aggravate to some extent the character of the disease, and to add, in the end. much to the misery of the patient. He is indu ced from home on a pleasure excursion, with the promise to return in a fow days, The real intention is most carefully con. cealed by a resort to all the arts which fasebood furnishes. At last he is brought within Ibe walls of an Asylum, feels him self the victim ofa false confidence. and is left to mourn over the injuries which he has received. It is well remarked by Sir A. Halladay, that a Lunatic while deeply af fected by kindness, never forgets insult, in jaor imposion. e important question arrises, what can the Board do? The Committee would suggest, that the people are in ignorance; that they have not had the proper informa ion, and that immediate steps be taken to put them in possession. By the Act of the Legislature.it is made the duty of the Commissioners of the Poor of the reNpec tive Districts to send the Pauper Luna sics to this Institution. Somethinga4 may be done to quicken them in the discharge of this duty. by a direct appeal on the part 'of this Board. We believe that the Com missioners are not apprized of the great evil of delay, and we have sufficient con fidence in their humanity t) think that the appaling truth, when disclosed, will lave a salutary effect. Your Committee would not wish to make the impression. that none but recent and curable cases should be carried to an Asylum. It is the proper place for the in curable. It is not ono of Ith least recon mendations of this benevolent system, that it extends its blessings to all classes. A private house or a residcnce at home, is never a fit place for a Lunatie. Though in the unfortunate class of which we are now speaking, the richest boon, (the re storation of reason,) is of course thot con ferred, the effect perhaps, from that very fact, is the more striking. T, see a furi .us incurable maniac, soothed, and quie ted, and reduced to willing subordination. the long-lost peace restored to his agitated bosom, made industrious and useful, is in deed a spectacle to make glad the heart of the philanthropist. and which can be wit nessed in every well regulated institution. We believe that every degree and kind of insanity is aggravated by the associations of home, and that there is no case which cannot be benefitted, to some extent, in an extreme, under the Infiuence of morbid affection, he may sttein his hands in the blood of his dearest kindred. The School master in Hamburg, Germany, mentioned by Mr. Rush, who murdered his wife and five children in one night, the case uf Cath erine Zigler noticed by Dr. Gall, and ma ny others to be found in the records of In sanity, are melancholy pro'fs of the work inaiofa mind diseased when left aprey to its own Illusions. It has been well remar kod by some one, that insanity does nut msakeashbetter; that we are all the subjects of passion, and that if it is necessary to discipline the sane, how much tmore neces sary is it to discipline the insatne! The truth is, that the collisions and irritatiotts to which the Lunatic is subjected in a t hou sand ways out of an Asylumi, preclude the possibility of improvement. These re marks apply alike to curable and smucurible cases of every possible variety. No one can visit this Asylum without being satis fied of the eminent usefulness of such in stitutions to the incurable. Sonme of our unfortunate patients have spent 211 years in a prison, and been subjected to the great est cruelty, but they are now to be seen, cheerful, and useful, anid ha ppy. Many who were regarded as most danerous he fore their admission, anid wrhose very names inspired terror in thteir neighborhoods. now exhibit all the innocence aud docility of childhood. The Lunatic, whe ever h~e may be, and whatever the character of his hal lucination, here 'inds comfbrt and con solation. For years, perhaps, the victim of a most gloomy melancholy, and re garding the world as a common eniemy, his drooping spirits are revived, his scatter ed energies concentrated, and again he walks in something ofihe dignity of ration al nature. Under the old system, thte whole earth could not present a more re volting spectacle than the interior of an Asylum. It was the embodliment of the fabled Tartarous, encircled by its triple wall and fiery river, where no sound was heard, but the clanking of chains, and the wailing of miserable victims. Some of thesoggestions in this Report, and in that of your Physiciana involve an expenditure of money beyond the means of this Board, The building is deficient, and without proper archtitectural arrangement' a mnost imfportant suggestion, the sepera tion of the Patients cannot be carried nut. It is one of those mat ters of prime ntecessi ty, in which your Committee think that an appeal to the Legislature is not only proper, hot of binding duty. It cannot lhe believed that that body will wtthhaold the proper appropriation. This noble charity will not be abandoned, and our beloved State will not be found wanting in the honorable struggle in which a Pinel, an Earluirol and others have acquired im mortality, and in which so many of the government of the earth are now engaged. There are in the United States twenty six Asylums for the Insane. Eight of these. are known to have cost from j10. 000 to $50000 T or others is not known. The subject orgo nary is one of absorbing interest tbre out the whole country, and our State pnsf well make additional appropriationn yet fall short of many otlpr States. Noi'n surely can reproach hesbr past Legisla tion, but rather all will rejoice, that at so early a period she gave such signal proof nf her wisdom and humanity. The nam ber of lusane in the United Sintes, accor ding to the late census is, 18.000, and less than 2000 are under treatment. It is esti mated that upwards of 5000 persons be come insane annually. The present num ber of lusane in South Carolina is 513, and 376, of the-se are whites. Aslarge as seems the provisions for the Insane of the United States. it tnay well be said that the work has just begun. It is. we believe, a uni form law in the Asylutms of the different States to give preference to applicants in their borders. Each State has enough to do with iti own sufferers, and as the prejudices aganius Asylums are fast giv ing way. soon it nyay be difficult to get ac coinmudatiots abroad. While writing this Report. there are 65 potients in this Asy ium. a:al 52 of them are from our own State. Thirty-nine are Paup, a. atnal twen tv--aix Pay Pati nis, and fifty six of the sixty-five are incurable. These facts are important. There is but one unoccupied room in the building f-r Females, and about thirty for Males. Nearl% 300 In sane whites among us are not provided fier. It is a fact not to be overlooked, that there arc more Paupers than Pay Patients. The Institution is becoming a Pauper In stitution. and it is owing to the want of prolier accomo dnciat ions fir the higher clas set. The pay for Paupers is fixed by law at 8100; a sam insufficieng1t to defrav inlis pensaile expenses. The whole co'st of a Pauper is $160. and $60 of this must ne ecssarily come ri om the Botard. The Pay Patients therefore, contribute upwards of 50 per ceni. to the support of the Pa':pers. and it will be seen at once that the Insti tution cannot maintain itself without them. The pay for a Pauper in this Asylum, is less than in any Northern Asylum with which we are acquainted. Some few charge S_ per week. but the pay generally is fruim $2 50 a.' S350. We have not the ftacis to nake a emniparitive estimate in re lation to the- Private Patients. We ob serve how ever that in many ofthe best In stitudns, they pay *-according to their ability and accoinmodations." and in the Retreat at flartford, a patiet in the cen ire buildin,. with a separate room nod at tendant. pays froi $10 to $12 per week. There can be not rcasonanble doubt, that if the Board had at its disposal a sum sul ':ient to enable it to classify the inmate', the lnstitution would be placed beyond the reach ofcoaitingency. It is most desirable to erect an additional building for Females. and this is not within the means of the Board. If this was done. the increase of pay patients from the higher classes would be certain It is for tie proper authorities to decide whether this Institution shall be put in a condition a mainani the or he at * -.-., 'r na i --. mhem in a healthy state; and that ine cultivation and extension of the remnaiuing healthy feelings and associations forms one of the mzost important poinats of moral management." It is not necessary to insist, that ott the Director of this lusai t utiotn has devol vedl a most sacred and hon orablc duty. T'he defe-cts whicht have been pouintedh out, and the difficulties to be sur mounted, should incitc tn greater exertion. Thtese have been remedied and overcome elsewhere, and a by not with us?! Let the Bonad do its duty. antd the blessing of Him who: delights in wiorks of charity waill attend its labors. M. L ABOR DE, Chairman A pril 1S, 1ti42. The Rightl af .searca and thieSlave- trade. -The Newt E xpress says; -It shotuld not lie overlooked that,while lie right of search has met with some advocaates even in our coutatry, oat the ground that i was the only method biy which the evils of the slave trade were to lie remedied, Engl.and is her self c.irrying on, at this moment, if we are not atinitformecd, a quasi tradle itt bunon beings,<quite as miucht fraught with misery us that designed to be eradicated. Ves sels, as late as the 7th oh February of the present year. were in the river Gamtbia. taking ont tboard what they call apprentices. for the useoftsh.ir colonies. Inna vessel of 500 tattl. 500 tae"roes were embarked; or for every ton, onte ne'gro, These poor wretches go through the ceremony of sign inig articles oif indenture, without knowing the tent: for which they bind themselves tecountry to whiclt they are going-or the language in which they are to be ad dressed. Th'ley are first wahollv in the power oft the cihiers, who band them over to the traders, and afterwards, for four teen years. they are the slaves in reality of those who take them away. It is by this evasion the English supply their flesh marts, and gave thousands of victims to the overseer. All this time, with consid e-rate humility. she asks to board the ves sels of the United States, who bring away (rout the coast of A frica neither slaves nor apprentices. Such hypocrisy deserves the contemapt of the civilized world." The Creole Case-The Richmond Ena quirer says--It is now said, that Lord Ashhurton is authorized to make some prospretice arrangements to guard against future cases. but nt to allow any indemni ty for the Creole. Great Britain wishes to place it in the predicament of the Enter prize." Tearas Huniers -From a private letter addressed to a gentleman in this city, by hts frientd in Camden county, we learn that Gen. Chas. Floyd, of Camden, has been invited by the'President and several lead ing men in Texas, to bring men and pro visions to join in the invasion of Mexico, that the military ardor of the General is highly excited, and he is e ger to embark eDGiifi Hon.. W. Pic our thanks. oy in consequene of the lent port of the Committee of Regents of die~ tic Asylum, we have been forced toomit a nau ber of articles prepared for this week, among which, the remarks of the lion. F. W Pickens on tie Apponionment Bill, which shall appear in our next. T? We call the attention of our readers to the Report of the Conmaee of Regents of the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, which we pub lish to-day. This isa wel written Report, and gives a clear and samisfactory account of the condition of the Lunatic Asylum. This insti tution was established by the State, at Colun bis, in 1827. It is under the immediate con trol ofa Board of Regents. of which body An. drew Wallace, is now President. Dr. Damel H. Treavuan is Physician to the establishment, and Dr. J. W. Parke: is Superintendent and Resident Physician. As little has been known about this institution, by the commnity at large. we hail the publication of this Report with pleasure, and are gratified to find, that this estahlsstument is well managed, under the con trol of its highly respectable and able officers. Of tie eminent qualifications of Dr. Parker, the Superintendent, for his responsible station, we have been for sometime apprized; under hi. kind and judicious treatment, the siufferings or the unfortunate inmates or the Asylum, have been much alleviated, and their condition as much improved as circmastances will permit. We hope that he will long remain inhis present office, dispensing good to those who are placed under 1is charge. It is much to be desired. that the attentions of our Legislators should be awakened to the Lunatie Asylum. This noble charitv is an honor to South Carolina. The suggestions of the Committee of Regents meet our approbation. and we hope they will be adopted at the neat session of the Legislature. Ample and outual provision should be made for all the unfortunate Lunatics in our land. In this matter we are all interested, and it be comes us as Christians and citizens, to employ all proper means to alleviate the sufferings of, those of our friends and neighbors who are be reft of reason. Individuals may do something, but a mnuch greater amount of good can be ac etimplished in an institution expressly establish. ed fur the purpose. We therefore hope, that the Legislature will at an early day. give due at tention to the snggestion of the Officers of the Asylum, and place it on such a basis as may bo most desirable. Wkig Nomination.-Tim Whig Convention of Georgi., which 1,1111t, Clay, as a candidate for thePresideney, and Mesrs. Gamble, Habetsham. T. Butler K'q, Wilde. Smead. Wright. Chapell, and A. U. Kenin, as candidates for Congress. Virginia Uaieersity.-The number of ate dents attachead to this institution are 170, viz: Virginia 112. Alabama 10. South Carolina 8, Georgia 3, Louisiana 7. Mississippi 3,Tennes see 7. Marylan-l I, North Carolina 5, Peninsyl vania I. Kentucky 4, District of Columbia 3. Florida, 2, New Hampsbire I, New York 3. Rasmption.-The Kentucky Banks ont the 1st inst. resumed specie payments. thsus antici patinag by a fortunighut the time fixed for resump tion. New IlHampsAire.--The Hon. Leonard Wil cox has been elected by the Legislature of this State. to serve out the remainder of the term of' Mr. Pierce. as Senator of the United .States, to whic'h he had been appoinsted by the Governor. Thbe term expires on the 4th of March next. Erploring Expeditieu.-4)n the 10th inst. the U. S. sloop of war Vincennes, the flag bhip of' the Exzplorirng Expedition. arrived at N. York, after an .absence of nearly four years. The U. S. brigs Porpoise and Oregon, sailed from St. Hielena on the 24th of Ajpr', for New York, and may be ezpected to arrive about the last of this months. The Vincennes brought to this coun ry Vendoni, one of the prisncipal chiefs of the Fiji group of islands. as a prisoner, for having attacked and killed a part of the crew of an American vessel, after which he and his follow ra feasted on their bodies. Vendoni died a few ays since, at the Hospital. at New York. T1A Cearts--The Charleston Courier of the 13th Inst. says: " The Court of General Sea sions and Common Pleas, for this Distriet, ad journed, on Saturday last, after a laborinus ses sion of six weeks, during which an unusual mass of litigation was disposed of. A handsome tribute was paid by the Bar to Judge Ward aw, for the ability learnuing, dignity and cour tesy with which be dischsarged Ihis arduous du ts " The Court of Equsity, Chsanscellor 3. John ston, presiding, adjourned. on Thursday last, the snsaultauc'.us session of the Law Court pre enting the attndanco of the Basr on the Chan ellor." --- Taration.-The Charleston Courier of the'~ 17th inst. says: a " In lhe Pennsylvania House of R ives, on the 10tlis'ist., R .ning rernsor was received. in &vh-of sion for the ~'yment otthse the istt.frO ttom5niend that a tax of threepr ell he eal and perso1at uonwealth, would ut~bl more than munilcienld WJI Debt. -'~ " The Bill for he ~