Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-05-10

y Of occupations and amusemcnts. has
been productive of very happy effects.
Another m Obligation Of this principle,
IN infested in u sympathy for tho suffer
ngs Of others, by which we forget our
own, is sometimes brought into beneli
! cial operation among the inmates of an
asl lum. What lesson TO the pamper.
ei and selfish hypochondriac, who shuts
himself up in his owa house and sees
those only who Will minister 10 his NOR
bid peculiorries, is conveyed in the fol-
lowing passage ia Dr. kirkbrile's re-
port:
"lhe conversation and the PECULIAR
ties o his eigIbJrs have o. en- tended
TO Withdraw u monomaniac's attention
lrcn himself, and in few instances,
have seen striking goud effected. by ask
ing one utIent TO take special notice
aud care Of another. 10 two or three,
who have been under treatment this
year, can most truly and do cheeIfully
award very considerable share Of tie
credit of restoring more than one patient
and the most pleasant part Of these ca
ses was, that while benefitinc .heir
neighbors, their own deiusIous were
found 10 have vanished
TO the 81 nc gratifying purport is the
language Of DIR. John NJ. Cali. superin
tendent AMI physician 10 the Eastern
Asylum al VII iamsburg, Va. lie had
just been speaking OF am easements, and
then adds:
81 may mention another particular in
which think them OF use: lunatics are
IN general so much wrapped. "a It were.
IN their own delusive thoughts, that they
are inclined 10 have very IItiic inter.
course with each other; anus ements, by
orin glng them together. tend to break
own this morbid habit, and n mutua!
favorable influence is exerted. The
number and characle. OF amasements
should be varied according 10 the mum
bcr OF patients in an asylum and accor
ding 10 their previous habits, SO as Ia
suit each individual, or as many as can
be induced 10 engage IN them. In this
institution we have cards, drafts, back
CANNON, and pitching; we have also in
he female department, battle door, &c
hese we find sufficient. We have MISC
swings erected in the different depart
men'S. Many Of our patients read -
there has been scarcely Il patient who
has recovered, who has not been occu
pied Tor time in reading, and writing
letters to his friends al homo, whenever
he was capable Of doing so. For the
lew capable Of playing on musical in
sirumentS, we have them provided"
In the Penn ylvania Ito .pi,al, "the
library containing upwards OF seven
hundreI volumes has been much used.
and great variety Of periodicals have
been ia constant demand in every sec
ton OF the house."
DR.. Connolly, who, in his office OF
medical superintendent Of the insane IN
The large PauPer luuaIic asylum at Ian
we'll near London has been so largely
Instrumental in giving method, fixed
ness, and popularity 10 the amended or
non-restraint system, mentions, in his
last report, that IL now prevails at Lin.
coin where IL originated. Northampton.
Stafford, Gloucester, and the Rpya Ma
val Hospital at llasar. In other asy.
lums where restraints nrc not wholly
disconiInued,they are rarely resOrted TO ;
this Is The case at York, Ipswich, Dunn.
lries, Belfast, CIonmeI, and sever / in
the United States.
On other parts OF the treatment Of the
insane and of the relative success in Gu
ring them, we shall take occasion TO
speak at another time. Our object, a,
present, is TO point out a consnlcuous
feature IN tho treatment, and new
means OF success enlisted by the com.
bIncd efforts ola better philosophy and
more animated benevolence.
We earnestly request the press in and
out OF kentucky, to call attention TO the
provisions OF an act "a cspJ Of which is
IN our advertising columas) passed al
The late session Of the Genera, Assembly.
IN relation TO lands forfeited TO the
state Tor the non pay ment OF taxes. The
provisions OF the act are Of serious i'm
portance, not only TO the State Govern
ment, but to land holders. whether ci,i.
zens or non residents. 1t will DO seen
that while the act contcmpIates decisive
measures for the recovery of unpaid
taxes, It's provisions are .beral ana in.
dulgeni both TO citizens and non resi-,
dents. The following is a brief synop.
SIS: The Auditor may authorize agents
IN each county to sell unredeemcd for
ieltod lands to former owners. for the
taxes, interest aud charges due, aud 10
per cent. on the whole. lf no former
I owners, heirs or assigns arc willing In
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