Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-05-21
No. fJ,

! governor Of New York, ho thua addressed The
, state Legislature, in ono Of his annual MESA,
|, ges 10 that body, m tho subject Of Education.
His words should ba committed 10 memory
by every andidats now up for Office in this
state. II M body else F~eeeised any benefit
from them, the candidate him elf nigh, AMI
If he had the address well 10 use them at all
proper times and places, he would be able 10
look back upon high bis electionsering tour,
even If ~doieated, will, the happy conscious
meas that he had been laborlng in n good and
vir tuous wotk, and that his lime and exer'icns
had no, been spent in vain.
We commend the words Of De Wit Gin.
ton to the solemn attention Of every father
and patriot.
"rbe FIRST duty Of government, and tho
s,rest evidence Of good government, is Tho
encouragement Of education. A general
diffusion Of knowledge j. the precursor nd
protector Of republican institutions. and IN
It We must ronfidc M The conservative pow
er TINT will watch over orr liberties and
guard them against frand, intrigue, co,rup-
ton and violence. Our system of i%nstrnr-
ton, with all its numerous benefits, is still,
however, susceptible ofgreat improvements.
In two years tho elcInents Of instruction
may ba acquired, and the remaining wears
must either be spent in repetition or idlencss,
unless the teachers of common schools ato
competent to instruct in the higher bra INCH
es Of knowledge. The outlines Of gcogrs-
ply, Algebra, mincrdloey, agricultural
chemistry, mechanical philosophy, survey.
ing, geome'rv. ASTRONOMY, political ecopn-
my, nnd ethics, might be communicated
IN that period Of time by able preceptors,
without essertial intcrfrrancc with the Gale
Of domestic industry. The rocn,ioa# Of II
feacher, IN IN Influence on the character apa
d"stnnies of He rising onf al future gre.
raaons, has either moi been fully underrood,
or dn'y es imafrd. Tr n, on OUGHT no HE,
RANKED AsoNs THE LEARNED rHorE%-
sioSs. | consider as the system Of our
common schnols rs the palladium Of frr
Freedom, for no reasonable apprehension
oan be entertained Of ifs subversion, as
long as the great body Of the people are en-.
frightened by education. To incr ed -e
the funds, 10 extend the benefits, and to
remedy the defects Of this excellent systf N,
il worthy Of your most d. llberate attention.
| can not recommend, in terms too STRONG
and impressive as mnnifcent appropriations
as the faculties Of this state will authorize,
for all establishments connected with ire
inter sts Of education, the eralfation Of IT..
e%ratnre and SCI ence, and the improvement
Of the human mind.
ttIha yrfcof h,I.t.t S rap,,iI,1an
government, Is the cultivation Of edu-
cation; for the right Of suffrage can
not be exercised in a saluatarv manner
without intelligence. Ten years ola chiid's
life, from FIVE 10 fifteen, NAV be spent in
common school, and ought this immense
portion Of time be absorbed in learning
what can be acquired in a short period
Perhaps one fourth Of our population is an.
nuaily instructed in our common schools.
and ought the minds and the morals Of
future generations. TO be entrusted to
the guardianship of incompetence The
scale Of instruction must be elevated the
sta ndard Of education ought to be raised.
Small and suitable collections of books
and maps attached 10 our common schools,
and periodical examinations 10 test the pro
Dfciency Of the scholars, and the merits Of
0s teachers, are worihg Of attention. When
it is understood that objects Of this descrip-
ton enter into the very formation Of u
characters, control our destinies through
life, protect the freedom and advance the
glory of our country; and that this is the
soil OF liberty and education, let it be Our
pride, asst IS our duty, to spare no exertions,
and 10. shrink from no expense in the promo
iion Of a cause consecrated by religion, and
e~njoined by patriotism.
De Writ CLryToS.
Or We copy the following from that
useful work, the New York Medical Gaz-
cite /:
Ueiirium 7rcmens.-M. Scarle, former
ly surgeon to the Carnaiic European vete-
ran battalion in India, in which cases ofde-
'Iium ,remens were very common, having
generally one or two on hand all the time,
states that the treatment by opium, stimuli
and nutriment was in his hands only sue
cessful in the milder cases, where exhaust
ed lTritabiltiy succeeds 10 excess Of excite
ment, cases characterized by damp skin,
soft frequent pulse, %giddiness, a slck ssom-
ach, tremoT and perhaps relaxed bowels.
In the seyereT cases marked by sleepless-
ness, wandering, excitement and mania, he
always found the sscretions of the liver
obstrueted or deEanged, the bowels for the
most part torpid. and the bfsin congested.
Here oaiomel, with occasional doses Of the
decoetion of aIoes, till the secretinns were
regular, evapt rating lotions to the head, a
blister between the shoulders, and ieeches
to the temple when the eyes were blood
shot and the pupils contracted, or when
pain in the head, was complained of, with
an occasional bleeding followed by the uss
Of calomel and opium in moderate doses till
he mouth was t~onched-this was the treat
ment on which Mr.. Searle reIisd.-Lancet
Marfb 5.
DIR, ciondenning whose clinical lectures
are now being publised in London, adopts
Inc practice first suggested by Graves Of
Dublin, OF combining tartarlzed antImony
with opium and ether in carnphor mixture,
His prescription is as follows:
r, Tart. Autlmon. grs. iss.
Spts. Eth. salph. zss.
Dig. OPP. Seda'. m. WI,
Mi.tura C~anphore zziss. VI. Fl.
Haus'. ada. q. q. bora sunenda,