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Those published monthly. or quarterly will be cha $1 per square for each insertion. vertisements not having the number of ifsertious' marked on them, will be continsued until ordered oat, and charged accordingly. All communication addressed to the Editor, pit paid, will b promptly and strictly attended to. Candidates. For as1m,-Maj. J. B."Jeter. T. J Hiler. Esq. For HMus of rnanutu. Col Joka Mai t, Maj. Tiuusn.Wawsoa. Dr. J. O.'Nicholson, Maj. George.Boswell. Col. Janwse Tompkins, Dr. A. C. Griffin. Wiley Harrison Ewg, Dawson Atkinson. tq. 8? The friends ofa. R. WiLLIAMS, announce him as a candidate for the Office of Sheri. june 15 tf to 02; The Mrends of Capt. J. J. tENTELL, announce him as a c-indiante for the olice of Sheril. mach 28 9 C? The friends or scar. BOROUGH ISIOAWA rLit, announce him as a candidate for the office of Tai Col lector. marrh 9 6 07iThe friends of Mbubel AWAY. announce ama apcmdidate f6r W. L COLMAN. annotonce hint as a candidate for Ordinary of Edgefield Dis trict. Jan 19 tf 51 a7tThe friends of Win. J. SIKINS. Esq.. aasounc.- him as a caudwnate for the office of Oidinary. of Edgefield Diistrict. September 2. tf 31 The friends of Colonel J. HILL. announce himn as a candidate for the of 6ce ofOrdinary, of Edgefield District. 26 tf 30 The irienisof Col. W. H. OSS, announce him as a caudidate for the office of Ordinary of Edgefield Dis trict. Sherf's Sale, B Y virtue t sundry wris of Fieri Fa ecia, I shall proceed to sell a' Edge field Cou rt lloue. outhe firsi Monday und Tuesday of July next, the following poro. perty : Daniel Bird vs. Mary Hill. one h- use and lot in the Villageof Edgfield. adjoin ing lots of Dr. E.). Mims and S Leqiueuix. Abner Perrin vs. James Beauford. one sorrel horse. Daniel Boone v.s.John McCrary, Samu el McCrary, an I orhers, one hay horse, the property of Samuel McCrary. Bryan & Minor vs. Richard Key. one negro girl Jiney. G. L. & Et. Penn & Co. va.. Rolina Rhodes, one hundre d aeresot land more rt less adjoining Jatmes Golemn, and others. D. Morrison,. tar. vs. Catherine Cobb. oxr. Joseph Woods. hr. vs. the mn, ene house and lot in the rowoof Hamburg. known as half of lot No. 120, cornering on Mlarket and Mercer streets. Abner Perrin, vs. John G. Stalnaker, and David Stalnaker, the tract of luand where David Stalnaker lives. Landin Tucker, br. vs. Margaret Ogil vie. Hlugh M. Quarles, hr. vs. the same, the tract of land wirere defendant lives. Penn, Rogers & Co. for Penn & Bran non, vs. John S. Bardena, one gray Horse. Charles Lamar,'. Julius Hloward. John Howard. and Rudolpn Carter.200 acresof land, more or fees. adjoining J. Benson, -Mrs. Lamar, and Rambho, levied oan as the properly of Julius and Johnr Howzrrd. WV. J. Glover, vs. Clenm Mitchell and John Boyd, the tract of land where John -Boyd lives. - attie R. Fuller, vs. Benjamrirn Cato. -Sear., thirty-five acres of land, more ot less,' adpginu lands of Henry Caito undt 1i, vs. Thomas Oliver, t a fland1 more- or less, 'ys. Frances 6u0B!y acres of ajiig John 21. k~~ed anes Jgrcultral. 1N6NUA, gi-TNU oF THE UN5TKD !TATES AGRICULTURAL 5solCKTY. rashington. May 4. 1842. The Society net to-da. at the Patent Office, when a uumber of delegates liromu the severul States, appeared nith their credentihal, auni the Hon. J. M. Garuels,of Va., at I I A. M1. took the chair, and J. F. Callan, Secretary. On motion of the lon. 11. L. Ellsworth. a committee of three was appointed by tle Chair, to inquire into the expediency of est blishing in this city, a periodical. to be devoted to the caue of agrieulture, and to be the official organ ol this Society, riz: lien. H L Ellsworah. D. C., Dr. Ell Ives, Conn., and Rev. J. 0. Choules, N. Y. Rob't. E.Horner, N. J., T. B. Wake man, N. Y., Rev. 0. B. Brown, D. C.. Dr. G. It. Smith. Md.. and lion. If. L. Ellswurnh, D. C.. were appioteed a com. mittee to report the order of business for the future action oftshis meeting, and the Society adjourned until to-umorrow worn inc. Thursday. May 5. 1842. At 9 o'clock, A. At. the Society met at the Patent Ottice, and proceeded to the election of officers, and upon counting the ballots the following named gentlemen were declared duly elected, viz: 1lsn. James 31. Garnett. Va., President. J. V. Callan, D. C., Recording Secretary. Oliver %s hitlesev, Onio, Cor. Secretary. Edward Dyer. Treusurer. Board of Control. Hos. H. L. Ellsworth, 1). C. lion. Elisha Whittlescy, Ohio. John A. Smith, D. C. Joen S. Skinner. D. C. William J. Stone. D. C. Vice Presidents. Maine- lion. George Evans. New H ampshire-lIon. Isaac Hill. Massachusetts-Il. V. French. Connecticut-Dr. Eli Ives. Rhode Islaud-Uovernor Fenner. Vernont-%% illiamo Jarvis. New York-J. B Noti. New Jerme-N-E. S. Green. Pen.y lv ausa-lIon.,5G. 31, Keim. Delaware-Dr. J. W. Thompson. Mlaryland-Thoma. Emory. Virgmtiu-Ed. Ituttin. North Caroblta-llon. E. Deberry. South Carolna-Wade Ilanpion. Georgia-lIon. U ilson Lumpkin. MIsuabesrabewiaon. H 4Lewis-. L...,ei,..u--etumt Atexafler Moton.7 Arkanisas-kHou. A. Yell. Tenus"ace- F. H. Gordon. 3ii,sippi.-Hou R. J. Walker. Kentucky-Chiliton Allen. linsouri'e-Hsn L. F. Linn. lliaois-Tomas L. Iinde. Indiana-Solon Robinson. Michignau-Hon. J. C. Crary. Oh1io-Ilon. John Hiiting1. District of Coilumbia- Am..s. Kenlall. Florida-lson. C. F. Mercer. lownvi-Timothly Davis. Wi-sconsin-lienry Dodge. Thie Vice Ireideite of Virginin. District of Columbia. 1liry land.and Delaware, are, rX ociu. memier of wt Hoard of Con trol. The President addressed the Socicv in hi6 usual felicitous sianner. at the cioncln - sion of which, on mtmion of Dr. G. B. Sth I t 1 Md , the thanks of the Society wtere voted to Mr. Garnett. and a copy of tis adldre-% wan.' licited for publicationi. The cominittee so inquire into the expe diency of etibll..hing ns agricultural ie riodicil. reinert.d t'avoralvly to thist men sure. ansd the'ir reporI wa's, after some de bate, adoptede. ThIe commisit tee aln buiness, reported lihe order ina which the thu.incss. oft thec Suct-ty shouild be~ saken up ande aceted up-t un, asnd adv ssed t hie a msetnment sea the Cein stitussons as tfollsws, in Art. 19: " andl the Board sh~sll have powt er to pirescribe the nmode in whlichi it shall lie drawn,." atnd that a "draft friom the President. couniter signed by the itecording Secretary." as now required, shall no longer the necessanry The Beloard of Control. through its chair mans, the lion. Levi WVoodbury, mnade a written report, in which they state in cotn sequence of the se'vere pressure o~f the times. antd the Society's limited means, they had declined holdting a Fair in the present mnth, as required by the Consti tution; bus in the hope that they would find their pecunsiary condition much irm proved durinig she coming summer andi fall, they recommnen'l the holding an exhibition in thsis city, early in the month of~ Decent her next. T. B. Wakematn, Esq. of New York, fronm -the cottmmittee on business, made a repoert, concluding wish the Iollowing reso lution. w'hich it as adopted: Resolred. That withs a view to holding an exhibition under the auspices of the Agretiltural Society of the Untited States, in Decembser next, in the city of Washinig ton, a committee of two hbe appointed froma each State and Territory, and the District of Columbiaia, whose duty it shall he to as certain how far the agriculturnl and scien tific iocieties of the country w ill unite in the proposed fatir; and that thisecommistee as'et itn Philadelpihia, at the U. S. lintel, on the 6th day of July next, at 5 o'clock. P. M., to decide upon the expediency of huklding the constemplated exhibition. It shall also he the duty of this committe, in cooperation n ash the Board of Control; to make all the niecessary arrangements for this'rt anntual fair. and to associate with 1hem slack other rsn ste a think pc nifuerance of this object, all or whom together. shall constitute the Board of Managers to conduct the exhibi tion to its final conclusion. The Chair appointed the following gen tlemen to select ilth general commitlte above. viz: Dr. Eli Ives., Conn.; Thad deuis 11. Wakemnan, N. Y., Robt. E. Hor ner. N. J.; Dr. Gidron 11. Smith, Md. J. F. Cullan, D. C. ; Thomas Crux, Va. and Hon. It. J. Walker, bliss., who re ported the follnwing committee: Maine-Hon. F. 0. J. Smith, Hon. E I. Allen. Kewv 11ampshire-Hn. Isaae Hill, Hon L. Ioodbury. 3assachusets.-B. V. Freech, Hon. 0 N. liriggv. Vermont-Win. Jarvis, Hon. Hilan< Hall. Rhode Island-Christopher Rhodes, S. Townsend. Connectcut-Dr. Eli Ives, lion. J. 1f lrockway. New York-Thaddcus B. Wakeman, F P. Prentice. New Jersey-R. E. hIorner, C. S. 01 den. Delawarc-Dr. James W. Thompson, John Jones. Pennsylvania-D. Landrcith, Geo. AI, Conies. Maryland-Hon. J. D. Jones, Gov. G, Iloward. Virginia-Rev. Jesse II. Turner, Thos, S. Plensants. North Carlina-Rer. S. Weller, Hon. E Deberry. South Carolina-Hon. J. C. Calhoun, lion. W. C. Preston. Georgia -Hon. Lot War-en, J. A. Afer. riweather. Ohio--lIon. J. Ilastings, Thos. Affieck. Tennesse-F. H. Go-don, Hon. W. B. Camphell. .4labama-HIon. W. R. King, lion. D. II. Lewis. Louisiana-Hon. E. D White, Hon, Alexander Mouton. Mssissippi-.1. W. Phillips, lion. R. . Walker. Kentucky-C hi lion AllenHon. P. Trip elt. Miisouri-lIon. L F. Lien, W. H. Saunders. Illinois-Thomas L. Hinde, Hon. Z. Lasey. Arkansas-Hon. W. S. Fulon, lon. 4. Yell. Micigan-lion. J. E. Crary, Hon. J. d. How ard. Florida-R. W. Williams, Hol. C. F. Iowa-Timothy Davis, A. C. Dodge. Dist. of Colubia-lion. H. L Ells vrth, J. Pierce. MIr. Adam Lindsly. or the District of Columbia, exhibited a piece of black Sati et, conteining 23 yards, manufactured in iis family in this city. Mr. T. U. Wakeman, off'ered the fol owitig resolution, which wvas unanimously ido pted: Resolred, That the thanks of this Socie y are due to the lion. Henry L. Ella. surth, Commissioucr of Patents. foie the igricultural statistics contained. ibhhis an ial report tr. Congress, and that.the cos. muance ot such statistics is worthy the tir .o.ig offit in 11i'mial government. ULD YIELDS. The Editnr of the American Farmer ungests the use of sainfoin in renovating ho4se desolate tracts of exhausted lands in he Soutis, pasing under the familiar name if old fields. lie recommends the ijillow iig is prubably the most advantageous nikle osf treatment. Sow a bushel of plas. er to the acre, turn under two crops of mekn h'-at the same seasoti, and spread Ieron fromtu twenty-Grvo to fifty bushels. r lime.; theno sow the sainfoin. This grass is highly estimated in En ;lanid, especially as a renovator. It will ;ow upon the poorest land, only requiring dr soil-its roots are great pienetrators, idtaihe grass, it is said, will afford good say and pasturage, whlen once Sel, l'or ten r lifteen years. The celebrated Mr. Coke stinsated it very highly, and used it most ztensively as a renovator. The day, thank God, is passed, when ur "old Ilelds" are deserted EL Dorados, ni oilher lands, and the greet question nows s. what is the most advantageous mode of mproveanent ?--Southern Planter. REcIPE For the cure of Fistula in Horses after it has broke and run. Sonmc time last summer, my father had Smare hat had the fistula very bad, and inally he concluded to try an experiment m thme disease. He first made a wash for ir shoulder out of elder. (aambuacms cana ini,) wild cherry tree, (prmamey bigewaan as,) sassafras root, (,:::aus sasafre,) equal arts of all. and bsoiled them on a hot fire or a half an hour. After zosding, he wash d the eruption and well filled sifull ofia eratus, working i: in with hisi fnggs. On he third day, under this treat ment, the dis as resumed a considerable change; caid the course of ten or twelvo day; ac :nre -vas cured. Wag. R. Tioursow. Greenup Go., Ky., Feb. 15, 1842. [(Kenaturb Farmer. Foa coiN. A aECIPE. Mix plaster, under ulcehed ashes, and quick lime together, in the following propotions-two parts plaster, two pi~rts ashes, and one part lime, andi apply a small gnatity of the mixture to each hill of corn immediately aller the first hoeing, and see ifit don't go a "leetle" ahead of gny thin; you over tried to wnake corn grw,: to leave-ene row without the a jesi" to see the differ e I Farmer's Ga:cttc. OLOK OF TUE AIR. We look at the sky on a clear day, it op e a large light blue arch set ovet , and seen through the (sup poe ble substance called air. 1lu1 this is case; there is no blue done abv ~ -when the sky is viewed f oveated region of the earth, at -high mountain. or in a halloon, would expect that this, sup aul would be more di,:auct, and "i its blue tint more decidedly. I ap more blue. hut dark or black. In p n as the spectator rises above thes ofthe earth, and htas less nit abo 'and that very rare. lte blue tint liy disappears; and if he could atiuai i at which there is no air. the-* Id be perfectly black, there 'ia1 ital darkness all around, excepi in, tion in which the suit's rays fall Thi. leads to the infeience, telf is of a tile color. But how appen that wc see this blue color. Ihow does it happen that c see e color of the air onaly whet we look~i sky. or at a distant mountnin or ~ y is the blue color not seen in ounding us when we look to we use or wall not so for removed froeti even in the air in the room, or in th contained in what we call an cmp: vestel? A very simple expe ri I explain the, reason of this ap par oly. If we take any large ga. I which contains a liquid of a dp ,and have several glass tubes of di ' meters, from an inch to a 10th or an inch, and fill these inties %% ith liqt r the large vessel; though we h - e liquid in all. and hetce. in a ter which ea:used the col-or, it wilI a that the tint will become grad. nal faint in proporionias the dian eter. tube is less, until, in the Snal lest, id is clear and colorless like WO e intensity of the coler is just in 'on to the'mass a[ which the s ' looks, and a very small quan tdiy I which, in large quatiities. color, does not present noy al and thus, though the great air which is opposed to u, w :look at a clear sky or any dis ta)n t, trafsmits a snificiert quantity ofbi vs to produce an impression of hba o the eye, the small quantity in . -taom or even within the com o to produce the lor hih ei air as in a large body.-Chambers. T1tMB$E*T TREE IN NEW ECGL.ND. IA . irit of the forest, for many years the (requein subject oradmiration to the etnri one viuilor, has at length fallen. and nie are e dto give a more definie and certain deserupion of it, than has been giveri of any:6fie large standing trees in our coun try, The tree to which we refer is an in teral -id or Sugar Maple, which hai bee .staadingon the farm and near the reidenesofJoseph Hol'b. -sq. of Os..i pee,ic this State. The circumnference of tbe :jee'az giound was 08 feet, and cotinudf about the same size 17 feet. p=Wqd -straight and smooth as common b ' g bar steel. At this height it par ted 'iittio brancfes. -The s--ratd branch exteeded 31 feet, iteasuring at 51 feet frotn the grotnd four feet is di leter, or rather more than 12 feetin circumference: this branch theti di vied-intolfivebranches, which after run niigiSfeet were on an average,'1 feei in ciretsfetiuce. 'lIte second granad branch, after extend-. ing29, feet, from the tmaint trunk measured ilffet 6 inchis in circumference: it ahahen ~dir~Id info two branches. each of whichh at He feet (or 73 feat from the ground) mensnied 3 ft. 9 inchbes in cir cumference, TMt length to the top w as!4. (cet. 'Mr. Hobbs informs us, t hat he ha< made fortgls.. ot sugar in a year from :tis tree. It wasijured by tapplinig, butd partially decajed near the roots, but #as sound af ter a few' feet abore-the ground. In a su vera galo. of wind it was prostrated( to the ground, and'although much dilliculty at tended its pi-eparat ion for the saw-tmill, it is now mastered, and its product has jtust been ascertained to ho 3,300 fcc: or inch 'hoards, and nine cords of "ood for fuel. Thie tree was perfect in its symmetry, larger i6 circumf-erence than any tree ini the United States. A gentleman whlo has seen tho Osaipee Maple atnd the Ohio Syce amore, (which is a very low tree) p)ronoun ces the Osaipee as decidedly of the great est bi t k.-Pormouth Journalu. A Te-rie Time.-" Wal, there's a row over to our house." " What on air h's the matter, yoct little sarpint 7" * Why, dad's drunk, mother's dead, the old sow has got a calf,.8Sal's got married andl rain away with all the spoone. Pat has swallowed a pin, and Luke's looked at the Aurora Bo rax till be's got the delirium triangles. Thataint all unther." "What ehse uputn airth?1" "Rose split the batter pot and broka the pancakes, and one of the Mal tee kittens got her head in:') the molasses enp ad couldn't get it nut, and 0, how hungry I am." Liek out for Netle.-T he following leter Iately appeared in the Mobile Led ger. ?ass it round: Mar 3d, 1842. Ma. Eorroa:-I want to mnform you of my misfrtune I married Z. W. Net tles. oni the 16th of december, 1 married him alalutst ay fother and mother will he taken meoiTG0 miles from home and staid with me six weeks, then went off left me among straingers and since he has lef I has heard that he has two wives besides me and my wvish him to be publnshed in the papers and I hope that you will do hit for the regard tiat you have for the female race us I am a pure urfortunaie girl and is uot able to be at any expense and I will give hits name and the descriptions of him. Z. W. Nettles he is fair comptlction and ite hair blew eyes his right eye crost a down look about twenty five or under his -ith is al.,ut 5 feet 9 inches his wait i4 100: sixty potuds a very shorte neck and a tai lor by traid. 'MlAtY ANN NETTLES. Report on the Amylum. ILEPORT OF TIlE CO313111 TEE. Exti:act from the .linuics of the Board oJ liegents. Resolred, That a Committee of three Iegentshe appointed to report tothe Board. such matters and uggestions in relation to this Institution, as the said Comuittee mny deem interestig or important. Mles srs. Laborde. DeLeoti, and Shand, were appotiitedt 11he Commit tee. The Committee to whom was referred the above Itesolution, beg leaye ;o report : That they have given the subject all the atteniton which the titme and their other engageients would admit. Trhe Rteports of the Physician ared Sn perintendent, herewith submitted, will put in poissession of muany facts in relation to the Institution, while the admirable sug gestions in the foriner, will, if carried out, go far to develope still gre:ter usefulness, and! fullil the expectations of the public. Impressed by the inagnitude of the subject, the Consinwittee will attempt to defend generally by the proof, of experietice, the opiniot of your Ph, sician, and to add such other relectionis a,, by possibility, may benefit the mo~t unfor-unate of ior tals. It is not a fiction, that every age has its peculiar chatacter. Itemarkable as this age may be for its intellectual glur), for the dilfusion of intelligence. anld fur the various inventions and discoveries in the Aris and Sciences, it is not the less true. that it is the age of active, living benevo lence. The proof of this is to be found in the extraordinary efforfs s lich are now I being made toextend the benign influence I of Christianity, and in the unexampled pro vision which we see in progress for the poor and unfortunate or every class. But, confinin oursWres urhte cissr suM.m..u with which iee have to do, it is to be rc marked, that so erroncous were former notions of Mental Derangement, and so mischievous the treatmnent growing out if them, that better, Lir benter, would it have been for the miscrable suboject to have been left to the unaided operations of natu:. Instead of the pestiferous atmosphere of a dungeon, lie would have breathed the pure air of lleaven, and instead of the slavish chaiis, which in Cimmerian darkness lie was dooimed to wear. lie would have en joycil at least a meastre of liberty. No surer plan could poisbly have been devi. sed to desttrov the retimat if reawn, and it) degrade man to a level with the brute. The trcatmttent by constraint, was, until I recently. univeral. '1'he poor sutTrcr, L from the very inoment ho was bereft of L reasort. wvas thrownt without the pale of ( hmtnan snipathy, tnd a, if to vi-it upon I him iil adivaitce, the puiimnie reserved for the fiiatly lost and coiidentied, the very imagin;tiolw Wa M xed for iew horrors arid tortures. It seemced to have been entirely overlooked that[i he had his physical neces- c sities; that he still needied food, nude rai menti, antd air; and thait thugh hi. reasonit was cloudted, still it w as there io mark himt I as the nioble-st of Gjod'. works 'in earth Ii and to link him withI the hi-shest inrelligeni ces in lie-avert. The fillowing extracts' fruom Dr. .len's "Travels in Tutrk.-y,'' which arc taken from a recent work o: iDr, IPlininy EaTrl, show that this barbarons sys-. tm is .vet practisedi in some regionis of the world. In speaking of the Asyluma at Grand Cairn, Iegypi, he remarks: "I he-. lieve that no age haiti witnessed elsewhere, such at meclanchoily spect acle as this place L attfords. I was led from one passage to anroth~er, dloor after door was unibarred, thei keeper armed himself with a courbashr or whip mades of solid hippiopotamn<, atnd wec at length got into an open court, rounid which the dunigeons of the Luniatics were situatetd, Sonic who wecre not violent, were walking unifetteredl; but the poor wvretchtes in the cellN, wsere chainied by the neck to the bars of the gratedi windows. The keeper wenit rountd, as be wn ould in a mnia--erie rof wild beasts. rat tling the chain at the windlow to ruses the inmates, and dra;;ging them by it when they were tar-r dy in aipproachitig. Onie mailman, who spat at mte as I passed is cell, I sa'v the keeper pull by his chanin, and kaneck his headl agatust the lhars, hill the blood issued from his nose. E ach of them, as we pas sed, called aloud for rood. t inqluired about their allowance-and, to may horror, was told that there was ntone, except what charitable people were pleased to afourd from day to day. T wo well dressed Tur kish women, brought in whilst t was there, a large water-melcan andi two cakes of bread. and this was broken to pieces and thrown to the famished creatures. They devoured what they got, like hungry tigers, some of them th rusting their tongues through the bars, others screaming for more bread. * * * * Some ofI their nails wore as long as the talons of a ha wk."' Sccnes enually revoltinS wero witnes. sed by Dr. M, at the Asylum in Constan tuople. A cheerless apartment, a jug;tor - contain water, a few boards upon the floor with a couple of blankets, no fire, [though in December, with a chair, upon every in mate except one, just long enough to ena ble him to lie down upon his hard bed, this vas the picture presented. It is one of the chief glories of our age, that this barbaroussystem has, in a great measure, been abolished throughout the rivilized world, and ror it has been substi iuted,'what may be emphatically called, the rational treatment. Just fifty years ago, the illustrious Pinel, who has been styled the Howard of the Imnne, proposed to strike the chains from lifty-three Luna ties in the Hlospital of Bicetre, near Paris. After many fruitless applications to the Uovernment, he was at last permitted to make the experiment, and he went to the zcll of an English Captain who had been in chains forty years and was the terror of ill the keepers, struck them off and gave ini his liberty. Tbe experiment of Pincl was completely successful, and in a few Jays the tifty-three manincs were released From their chains. Who can conceive the relingsof the French philanthropist amid he exciting circumstances which surround :d hini! Tbe scence before him, was a 'ich reward for his labors; but when he :ast his view upon the insane throughout he world, thought of their bonds and im >risnnment. and the liberty which he had aurchased for them, whit transport must tave filled his bosom! In the whole re :ord of benevolent emprise, there is not an ncident, perhaps, that possesses a more hrilling interest and awakens a deeper motion. It dates at the period of the iloodiest of Revolutions, and exhibits, in lelightful contrast, a spirit of mercy and >eace, which appeared, like x Guardian ingel, to stay the general havoc, ani 'oint to a brighter and nobler existece. 'rom the experiment of Pinel, dates the eform in the treatment of Lunacy. Like ome brilliant discovery in the natural vorld, which dispels all former hypotheses, ind builds up a now and unchangeable ystem, this experiment developed a great Priuciple, changed the face of this de~part neat of knowledge, and furnished the only asis for a wise and successful manage neut, But truth generally makes slow idvances. We often cling to former opin )us for no bet ter reason, than because they ave long existed, and he is much mists en whodelieves it an easy matter to break; he chains of centuries. It was not at once liat the civilizd world availed itself of this 'real discovery. We are happy to know, hat in LuropA generally, and an to ksoun ry. the truth is makiog its way rapidly. tnd that the old system of force has, in a ;reat degroe, been abolished. It is mat er for sincere rejoicing, thatiwe are in ad rauce of the rest of the world. Our own Corth especially has sbijeeted the princi lie to the fairest test, and the extensive irovision which is made for the comfort ad accommodaiionof the iusane, is alike ionorable to her good sense and liberalitm. 'he Legislature ofour State many years go* made a heavy appropriation for this onevolent purpose, but owing to causes lludod to in the Report of your Phyri ian. his institution has nout answered the x ectations of its founders. Though it be rue that tile patients are treated with the .tnost kindnes and humanity, it must e coirfessed that there are some tadical efects in our system. In no lastitution as the new principle of management re eivcd a more hearty approval. Thepraisc vorthy vigilance of the Superintendent :s full protections against all unkindnss on btc part of the subordinate officers, and no euiplaint, eveu of the slightest character, urm a patient, is overlooked by him. 'he strung afiection of the inmates ti. utim atad ilae geueral contentment wrhichn , s apparent to the visiter, prove his po ubiar littness for his responsible stati. 'Iae enlightened views which have been ii warmly embraced by the Directors oft hais ILastitution, should be fully carrit o .1 Cuur Committee feel assured, that thec board is animated by a sincere desire to atake it as usefurl as possible,- and that no Ilort will be spared to accomplish the great ud of its creation. Agreeing iten, as all o, in the principle of maanagemeuit, ter annot he any serious difference of opin itu. Trho only question is, bow is the sys em of reason and mildtfess to be best arried out? Anxious as we are that t be uggesiouas generally, of yourr Physician. me adopted, we will venture a brief notice fsome of thtem, in the bumble hope that hey maay be strengthened in sumedegree. The cha racier of t Keepers is a matte: f fundamental importance, and has beent no much overlooked by us. It is a mis aken idea, thbat any one las sense enough a keep a Lunatic. The truth is just thec everse: that few have sense enough for it. Srequires a peculiar cotmbination of talent ud eharart-r. In our Northera Asylums rent care is exercised in the selection; and IIlexperience proves, that thec fate of the aticent nor Unfrcquently turns upon it. Sctter is it to have one good attendnt. han a dozen cheap ones. Let it not be upposed, that too great consequence is attached to the character of the Keeper. Jader the old plan, no qnlities were no essary but the purely yscl as the Lu atic was to be controlled atone by brutcr orce. But i't is now far otherwise. Wd nok to moral and intellectuaf glaalitui.. n the language of the Repiort of tI;6163 forlk State Asylunm, "none shot h5 sa loyed for the delicate aad ditt utr well educated persoes,ofst ctuated by a high sensof duty, a