Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-17


the King This measure has spread consterna-
ton among many families. A great deal is
talked of here relative to a packet Of papers
seized in Biscay, which are said to disclose a
plot formed between the Constituencies OF
the Peninsula ard those who have taken refuge
in England and Portugal"
At Munich, on the 18th inst. the able natu-
ra!ist, DR.. Won Spix, whose name is well known
from his travels in Brazil, in company with DR..
Mlartius, died Of nervous fever.
On the 18th ult. fire broke out at the Great
Hungarian Market-town of NagyKoros. A
high wind prevailing, and the fire having COM
menced in stable in the middle Of the town,
where the houses were crowded together,
spread with such rapidity, that in few hours
above 1000 buildings were reduced TO ashes, IN
spite of all the exertions Of the inhabitants, al
though it was in the middle Of the day.
friend furnishes us with the following Interesting ex-
tract from the american journal of Education, Vol
LIST, No. s.
sit is also in the domestic sphere, that physl-
cal education generally receives It's principal at
teption. We know not why il should ever be
dsioned from intellectual and moral culture;
OF why il so often knows no longer date than
those anxictes which the help!essness OF lnian-
cv, or the dangers Of childhood create. Great
suferngs frequently ensue, from the neglect OF
those early habits which increase strength, and
fortify the constitution. The unfeminine cha
racter Of those gymnostic exercises, which III
Europe have been so successfully pursued by
male students, entirely preclude females from
their benefits. Yet regularity, or at least some
appearance of system, may be given TO those
exercises which are congenial TO their state
Health Of body has in their case not only the
same influence over vigor Of mind, as in that OF
the 'lordly SEX but is, moreover, enhanced by
that class Of considerations which constituted
their sole value in the scale ofbeing according
10 the gradaions OF the potitic Lycurgus. Re-
gular habits of walking, or riding on horseback,
should be encouraged as far as possible, and in
unfavorable weather their horses might be made
their gymnasia. Modern education might be
improved by Slight infusion of the Spartan
contempt of hardship. II is presumed that
young ladies would find their health promoted
by attending 10 the entire arrangement OF their
own apartments and that also by relieving their
domestic guardians Of a part Of their pressure
OF care, the better dispositions OF the heart
would gain sautary expansion. Were 1t
NOl lot Tue udiiStT VI utlnS dISoUntSd oONuo vi
Eandals, we should venture 10 recommend that
long banished article Of furniture, the great
spinning wheel. Should any sprightly young
lady honor these pages with her attention, we
imagine we can trace the sheer Of contempt az
ready rising over her polished brow, and curl
ing her ruby lip. Nevertheless, we proceed IN
our praises of this despised instrument, patron
Used in ancien: times by noble matrons and fair
l,,, {
most eloquent music to the ear OF the thrifty
husband, An antiqualed writer once dsnomi-
mated it { Hygeia's Harp, and our descan, upon
its merits is confined to its affinity with health
We have known its moderate use for few
summers, in daily lessons of an hour each, ex
ceediugy useful in counteracting a tendency to
pulmonary complaints, by the erect posture,
prominence Of chest, and general arterial Cir
culation which it induced. We are the more
sensitive on the subject Of physical welfare, be-
cause we are confident that the course oil city
education, too generally, nouriShes sickly del
icacy, " hich lift sooner orlater assume not some
form Of morbid temperament, will yet be sure
to lay its whitening hand upon energy OF cha
racler. While The daughters of our mother
country, their checks glowing in the brisk air OF
autumn, are performing what we should consl-
der equestrian feats, our own tairest and dear
est, may be found seated day after day, in alarm
ing proximity TO highly heated stove, while
they hang over the last novel, half in danger OF
the fate Of Niobe. Sedentary HABITS, and the
rust Of Incidence are permitted to steal over
those, TO whom education should give 'iirmness
of nerve, and energy of SOUL
Tie Indifference TO both luxury and hardship
which distinguish temperate and noble mind,
are best acquired in early life, and would be
best taught by parental guides, were it not for
that false indulgence which too often leads them
to yield their offspring present qualification,
at the expense of future good-that spirit of
Esau still lingering among us, initiating his
traffic but not edited by his repentance.
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