Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-03
From the albany ". Y. Nat. Democrat.
SOLILO0UY ON BATHING.


! refreshing tepid baths of pure and holesomc wa
ter, came to the sage conclusion that all sorts
ana sizes oi people ought 10 battle in this warm
season twice a week at least If not three times
foung women ought to battle To preserve their
beauty married women to preserve the alice
ton OF their hush.nds for Love at the least dis
gust, flies off like bird frightened by fowler;
and when once he takes wing, he goes To return
no more. Young batChelors ought TO battle to
preserve their vigour; and married men not on
~ for the same reason, but that their wives NAV
ENJOY the pleasure which all those did who ap-
preached the person of Alexander. Old men
and matrons ought to battle, to keep alive the
lingering sparks OF animation, to give elasticity
to their stiened limbs, and enable them to walk
with gracefulness at least, if not agility for
know OF nothing, wisdom and virtue excepted
which adds milder or more interesting charm
to the venerable aspect and impressive dignity
OF old age, than an easy and graceful walk To
my brother mechanics of all descriptions, and TO
all indeed who earn their bread BY the sweat of
the brow, there is nothing more delightful. or
more essential to their welfare, than frequent
bathing, that their skins may be kept clear of
that perspirable matter which their labour so
much increases, and which if not cieansed from
the surface by timely additions, induces feyers
and other fatal diseases. Three or four shiIIinrs
may save many more dollars, and length of life
in the bargain! Who would hesitate. that did
not ioVe SICKNESS better than health, and dirt
more than cleanliness, The great and nood an
thor of Christianity sent lepers, and the sick and
inhrm oil all descriptions, to the heath-inspirinr
pool of Bethesda; whereof the angel, who stirred
the waters, was the emblem oftcmporal rs we'll
as eternal life and how often did HE himself
hathe, and anont with arOmatics that preserve
the cleanliness and purity OF the BODY. Is il not
clear, then, that cleanliness is part of the di
VINE morality And can any thing stronger be
SAID IN Its fave
that would be neither sick nor sorrowful; for
bathing cheers the min;! well as the BODY
and to hard students, in Particular ii will answer
lhc same purpose as exercise, prove the most a.
greeabie relaxation, and enable them to return
to their books, and grasp with hero uIean virour
OF intellect the llnotty points Of Law, the pro-
ionnd aX'orns of Theolory and to solve with
aiacT'ty The mos; difficult problem in Mathcma-
'ics any tnrg, III snort. but the mystical iarron
OF the Metaphyscans, and Tie ney-li@ht ,onic
o' those posi;cai inagicians who make che yCrd
state in The federal constitution, signify the I,e
gisiatuTe and not the People
a veTysevar storm ofIhunlsr. lightning and
ram was experienced III the CITY of New Yor,
on FRIDAY afternoon. The stores of Messrs
Hoodhuc q Go. and i!oyt and Tom, Nos. Al
and 10, South street, were injured by the Iir,'t'
ning. I'm the latter a small quantity of Manila
heinpWas DESTROYED. Nearly all the cellars in
the lower part of Broad street were filed with
water, ana much damage was done to roods II,
the cellars in Maiden lane.
The Philadelphia National Gazette s,,s H.,
Murray, Bookseller, LONDON has given Wash
l1gton Irvine 5000. sterling for the conv rich,
o' his new novel Messrs. Cary and ga. will
publish the ncw WaycrIy y oyel in the course of
next week.
a detachment Of ono hundred and seventy
Chitch states tronps. LETT Albany onthc 2Gsf in
slant, by water trans port, destined for tho mn
per Lakes under the command of Capt,in W..
ger, accompanied BY Licutenants Harrison
Morton and Mo,is.
Lewis Young, a lad aged II. was Iatorv
drowned near Boston, by the oyersetting of a
boat.
CaPfd'n Pniri9@e's .1codeo,y.-A letter TO the
Editors OF the National Inielligcnccr from, Nor
wich' III vermont. SAYS, that Capt z. has recently
returned from "a Military Excursion tn Ru.l,ni
Whitehall, Burlington Plattsburg. ycrrc,nes, snI
Nlidhleburyt wlth about hundred and thirty oC|
MS pupils. Tie whole march eritrarcd an ,xtout
OF nearly three hundred miles, which they endured
WIN the brInucss OF vcter9us.-Cari. F. intended
l" nave VISITED Montreal. but informed that his
presence there, III military array would be go I'M
pleasant TO our Canadian neighbours That be ,I,.,
" pest TO remain on our own side Of the line II
docs not appear surprising that the Canadian Gov
eminent aud people should object to the march of
corps OF Cadets into their territory, however into
resting aud instructive such march might have
been TO the Cadets.
very handsome Subscriptions have beer made in
England for the widow Of Bowdich the unGo. funatc
traveller who lost his life in Africa portrait oi
he|"n' who lately prrislcd ~ the same service is
""n' 10 br published. from drawing of thar inte-
s.''% In'i'ihnai' by tho able maud Of Mr. Brooke
dom tOrr. G0S.
ItERCTLEAN STRENGTH.
MT ;. W Of This city, a few DAYS since. in
me presence Of several gentlemen. fo tbeir
great '''on''hfnent lifted with the little finger