Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-03-11

MORAL. EFFECT OF MUSIC

/ MORAL EFFECT OF MUSIC.
! Major Davezac. in his chapter on Gar
Lcnlng. in the last number OF the Demo
cratic Review. specuates thus on the
eifrc, which the cultivation OF music has
upon the German character:
'sW hoover has solourned IN Germany
long enough 10 associate much witt, Ger
mans, must have remarked the SECULAR
mlidness. the pleasing simplicity, OF man
ncrs, toe elegance OF habi 5, and the gen
cral urb.ui.y OF department, forming the
characteristics OF a people which, IL or
der to hold first rank anon the grea:
powers Of the Garth, need only to be uni
ted under a single and na,oiat govern
menl. That 4 people so long oppressed
by Il multitude Of petty princes, doml
neeied over By numerous and heartless
aris;ocracy, nhabit!ng, too, a country al
ter desoIa;ed by the Invasion OF foreign
armies, which for centuries have made, j.
their battle ground, should have preserv-
cd nevertheless, the primitive kindiinsss
and unlenity OF their nature. IS mora!
phenomeuon whicil, while visiting in that
country both the palaces oil the greatest
and humbest aboces oil the peasantry,
| have been tempted 10 attribute more 10
| the love OF music that obtains through all
classes o! German society, than TO any
| other causc.-Ihare the tercer passions
k aided during Il day oil suiierlng and tri
al. instead o! being cxaspcratet1 by the
angry repinings OF The family circle, "hcn
/ the workingma returns home, are. OH
the contrary, iuiled to res; by the hurnao-
ny OF song. The ma ness Of Saul yield
cd to the harp of David. Poiybius says
that music sotencd the telccIly o. the
ircadians, who inhabiteda region Where
the c.imae was impure and damp; while
the people OF Cyuoesi:e, WHO held that
science III contempt, continued 10 be the
most barbarous oil the Greeks. In Gei-
many, music creates for the care worn
| labofer another and better world Ia mid
die region between this earth, where
wealth and the enjoynlents it procures
are allotted 10 the few; Whleto the many
are assigned prlyatio.s. conumeies. II
renieulai poverty, and that iuture world
where eqs:sity that banished exile from
enr,u--aas tixS>d lis only aad last abode.
IL is to that iaeaI .egioi that the German
peasants mind is gc,.fly wa'leu Oh inc
wings OF moody, by Inc >olt voices OF ms y,
~, -. daughters, and sons, tassi'iet "''i'
~, 49,, y. OIL, his own iiu,r or h,.'tboy.
!, !. !. fact, winch, wniie ~
Fyeach1n.o, Russians, .ad Ensl's4''nen
lord /, over ear.h ana seas. vs. gwen 70
Geiinans the undlsplcd sway Q.
less Imaginary space.
LIZ Hous.s-.l,loge is an Indifferent, !
coed bstter and best way u doing every
t.l!ug; and Judging iro!,l the success OF ice
Keepers, wc should sappo,e the test IN lie, /.
oil constructing ice aoi>es had not uni
!o.nis been adopted ~ this country. Il
is very often the case, that Ice IS nnt kept /
beyond mid summer. lu,s Is OWING 10 /
every Instance TO The want OF requisite in /
formation, iii building houses OF materials
which arc not too great conductors OF
heat. In beginning 70 pui!d. IL IS not on |
Iy necessary TO count tho cost bal ills
very important for every one ask hin
self what he wishes to accomplish before
he commences, lest his labor bl lost The
common plan is to DIG in the earth some
eight or ten feet. und Guild Il house from
the bottom exit ndi G from four TO ten fest
ABOVE the sun, CO.. The earth and all the
lnaieria|s, on tIi, plan. are too swift con-
!uc,ors Of heat to com eteiy secure the
ice The better plan is to construct II
hu.liins entirely above ground. Os'e
house should be built III another, the walls /
being eighteen or twenty inches assandcr,
AID This space filled with puiycrized char
coal or tan bark. The floor should be
filled some twelve or fifteen inches, aud i
layer at tan bark thrown over il 10 the
depth oil IL lew inches. This kind OF Il
floor wall completely absorb tie moisture
and keep the air dry. Rye straw makes
an excellent roof. We have for many /
years noticed an Old double walled log
cabin, filled as described between the I
walls, aud covered with rye straw, at JOHN !
Hardlng's, six miles from Nashville, and
we do rot recoIect the time iii the hottest
summer, that there vas not Il plenty OF
ice ia il. Ii ice houses are made, on this
plan, aud are large enough, thsre is no
danger, but ice will keep. The room
should not be less than eighteen feet
square in the clear Tenn. igr.
A MANS HEAD BITTEN OFF BY A TIGER
Among the local Intelligence received
from CAYENNE, we lind the iollow,ng:--A t
mulatlo ni,neli Polo Vluua uad st.yo.ai /