Litchfield enquirer., 1831-08-25

.H.Sh '. tuS estdDllSHment Ot the Kingdom O
 Poland the Grand Duke Constantine made
 him his Aid-de- Camp, but all the person. al iavors of that Prince could not induce
 nun to serve the opprcssors of his country
 neither could promotion nor decoratiCns
 retain him under a standard odious to his countrynen. In this nation of l,orsemen
 te was the finest hoFseman. Atsthe can. ture oi SmoleRsk he alone was attacked by three Russian Hussars, whom he unhorse1l in the sight of the Emperor Napoleon and his whole army. General Henry Kamin- ski, another hero wllonl Poland deplores
 had from his boyhood served in different campaigns under Napoleon. Even at fIit commencement of his military career Iie added, to tho characteristic courage of his .countrymen, depth of military science
 rare even in the most powerful armies He was in tho habit of deyoting the ordi. nary hours of rest to diligent study. Hi. character was perfect ;. his, attachment oi
 abhorrence was always most marked. General kaminski married aMademoiseIIe
 hociianowska, who, for her talents and wifi.
 IS considered the Stael of her country. He never disgraced himself by even n mo- {
 The two Polish Generals who arc act ing in Litlluania- are Ci,lapowski and Giel- gud. The latter is a Polish nobleman of great influence in tho province, and the former (who has tlle principal command of the military novements) is husband of the sister of Princess Lowiez, the wife of the Grand Duke Constantine.
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 DISEASED AND DEcAYED TEETH-cAUsEs.
 IL unfortunately often happens that be- fore the regular period of decline in the or- gans of the, animal economy, the teeth be- gin to decay, and greatly deteriorate, in consequence, the functions of digestion and nutrition. Hufeland cnumcrates firm and sound teeth among the signs of long life. or good digestion. good teeth T says he. !. are extremely necessary and one, there- lore, may consider them among the essen- tial properties requisite for long life, and m two points of view. First, good and strong teeth are always sign of u sound, strong constitution, and good juices. Those who lose their teeth early, have, in certain measure, taken possession of the other world with a part of fheir bodies. Secondly, the teeth arc a great help to di- gestlon. and consequently to restofation.'' y
 The chief causes of decayed teeth arc, 1st, inherited infirmity 2d, dcprayed di- ftidbs, causing rlienmatic affections in gen6- ral, by which the teeth suffer; 4tfl, scorb- u;ic habit, kept np by cold and moisture, and imperfect food.
 In reference to the first cause, MT. Bell, an authoritative writer an the subject, tells us that hereditary predisposition is among the most common and remarkable of the remoter causes of decay or modification, or. as surgeons call il, gangrenc ofthe teeth. !" It often happens" says MT. D. :" that this tendency exists in either the whole or great part of a family of childretI. where one of the parents had been similarly af- fected; and this is true to so great an cx- tent, that have very commonly seen the same tooth, and even the same part of a tooth, affected in several individuals of the family, and about the same, age. In other instances, where there arc many children, amongst whom there exists distinct divi- sion into two portions, some resembling the father, aud others the mother, in features and constitution, have observed a cores bonding difference in the teeth, both as il regards their form and texture, and tIieil tendency to decay.'' N Under the head of deprayed digestion
 we may class those troublesome, and offer dangerous, infantile complaints of tn. stomach and bowels, during the formati0i of fthe permanent teeth; for it must be ro. membered, that these are formed befors the first sct come away. Not only the dis. eases, but the remedies employed for theil euro, may exert most injurious influence over the future constitution of the teeth. Among these is mercury in immoderate do- ses; and it is too often prodigally adminis- tered in early infancy nor is the evil con- fined to this first period of life; adult sub .jects suffer from the same cause. TO the profuse administration of this remedy in Tropical diseases, many attribute the inju- " which residence in hoi climates inflicts on the teeiIl. We ofien see children will very bad teeth. which were never of the full size and wliteness, who arc very fond of all kinds of swcetmeais and cakes; and whose teeth are said. by indulgence in these articles, to be readily decayed ; hence tho belief that sugar spells the teeth, Neither sugar nor it's combination with other matters for food, or ns condinlemt, di- lreetIy affects or injures the teeth but by being swallowed in excessive quantity, ei- tber aiter a full meal or at different hour, of the day, these things enfeeble tue stoilI- ach, bring on indigestion, and in this way