American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-10-01

.STodness.-A commission of lunacv was lately
held in London to enquire into the sanity Of
wealthy old gentleman Of hgh family. named Jod-
areil. One of the facts alleged in proof of his
lunacv, was, that "he would sometimes begin to
read newspaper and presents throw it down
saving it Was all nnnspnse."[ To us, this would be
quite enough Such man. hn!dInc such opinions.
must be stark staring mad. His property ought t.
be Immediately spquestrated aud iii, ded among-
the tribe editorial The Commissioners did pot
think this fact sufficient and the, carried the
quiry still further. and the following facts came
out. He would sometimes he taken with cn
shivering fit without being able to tell what had
happened to him. So would it be with most men
in fsrpr ague. lie often spoke in an incohcl
rent and uninteghlc manner. So do nine
tenths of the more eminent Parliamentary and Con
gressional orators. Once coming from church, he
spoke strangely of the Clergyman, and said he saw
him go into the pulpit blindness in this cas-
would have saved him from one demonstration Ut
insanity. lie objected to pa, the Parish taxes on
several occasions The tax-gaherers could al
lcge this against half the people Of England.] H.
used to burn candles in the middle of the day
That is common in London. for the atmosphere is
so thick and yellow that it is impossible to read
without them lie has great dislike to clean
linen, and sery rarely washed hi, face and hands
r'This is evidence Of filthinc,s rather than mad
ness. He was not able to protect himself from
the iinpostors he met in the streets. who is
When he had money about him he did not like To
have any one near HIM. and was apparently care
full Of it. jury Of spendthrfts might call this
insanity, but DR.. Franklin would call it wisdom. |
lie once said he saw tW0 s,tns dancing before him.
1--WE have sometimes been troubled with this re-
duplication of the nhjects of vision ourselves vet
we were not :" mad" although incapable, perhaps.
Of" speaking the words of snberness." This doub-
ling and dancing often follows an, generous liba-
lions of Champagne, a. the Pink" can avouch |
He used to pour hot water in his cup and call it
good tea Who has not often drank what was
called TEA, but was in reality only hot water. Have
we not DIR. Jobnson's authority for it? Hewent
to the Theatre and came away before the first act
OF the play was over. Why. Thu is perfect SAM
ty-the effect of good taste. good sense. proper
notion ofnteectual dignity and the value oftime.
He once put on two pair Of drawers and two pair
OF breeches So did Captains Parry & Franklin. |
tie was incapable OF managing his own business.
50 are half the men of property in the Empire. ]
Yet on these data was the unhappy man pronoun
ced confirmed lunatic. We ourselves can detect
but single evidence of unsound mind. and that is
his calling newspapers I" all nonsense" In other
respects he appears to be on par with his country
men. These English have hereditary propensity
to call every one mad, and confne them in straight
waistcoats and lunatic As, lums.
~. T. Enquirer.
Newbold, the counerfeer has been tried at Princess
Anne Court House, Va and the 9TH nstan sentenced
10 Is years Imprisonment in the pentenary
A gentleman connected with the Navy Department in
Portsmouth, N. H. says, g" have traced up to the poison
Gus Of nebration. every of mortality which
has occurred among seamen since came here, with but
one solitary exception"
There 81 deaths in Charleston during the week
ending the Cd inst of which II were by yellow feverand
2 deaths by fever on the Sd.
3 polite orrespondent.-A gentleman at Paris,
writing few days since to a lady at st. Peters
burg. thus commenced his letter: Sc Madam, |