Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-10-31

q 4 ne jamaica papers publlsh SoUlUfH
dofe Sl6at's proclamation 10 The ihhabl-
tdnts Of California, but we do not give II
heeaus it has already been published
hafp,
gou0ub FRtHND ttps.-W hather wo-
men are abstfaBtedty less formed fot
friendship then men, we cannot stop ID
inquire. When The lie dies operate upon
females, II certainly IL twhile II lasts)
more energetic aud trustworthy then a.
motia men. but, on the other hand, q WI.
man Ia usually 30 taken np and pfe.uoeu
pied by family dullos.-by the interests Of
her husband and children, that she has not
leisure for extra pafto6hiaI attachments.
II IL further 10 be- ubseF we'd that tho friend
ships Of women afs th6re frequently fofmd
with the Opposite sex than with their own
and IN The few cases IN which females en-
ter Into relations of peace and atnity with
cash other, ii is must commonly but The
prelude for n bitter aud ihtefneeine war
fare.
but without dwelling loo earnestly on
this position. the life Of school girls is so
much more tifeumstribrd than that Of
boys-thBir conduct Ia 81 CLOSELY restrict.
ed, aud their intellect go little called on,
that there IL faf less scope afforded for
selection IN the formation Of their friend
ships. and when they have lived q little in
tho world. their entire being aud affections
have become So changed, that identity 1t.
a1iE t1EakIt, 1fIarFrat. H. IlasH tIttE So,
ted ]ihtitnates At the boatdtng=stho0l.
meet in society with lh8 coolest indtfler=
enee; at most exchange a htsty feeogpi-
lion, and hurry EDWARDS in BarBb OF new.
and l~iyulier interests.
Hut though tho school friendships Of fe.
males Hfs thus iraiI and uhendurihg, and
yield but The perfume and tho snpplianre
If n minute, they are Notwithstanding.
while they last, exceeding exalted and ON.
crossing. The fcasons arc manifold. Girls
IN general nfe brought up In n denser AT
mos here of Illusions than boys, tho feaIi-
lies Of life afe moro sedulBusiy excluded
ignorance Ia made d substitute fnr limo
eshee, and female youth 10 prepared foi
doing It's duty in n world of things by n
guarded training in every tfiing That Is
not, The Judgment lhos thwafted and
grabbed, leaves tho Imagination unregulh.
ted, aud o,efy thing is excessive, because
nothing ig compared.
The friendships Of girls and also atg-
menled by the revolution which Ia going
on at the time in their own frame, the
consequent development Of naw ideas gives
birth 10 ondless self qn]esti6ntngs, which
lead 10 mutual revelations conbindtng tho
tho pleasures Of curiosity and tho ehhfm
Of secrecy. These Associations acquire n
Factions eyaltatiou through the exetlabIe
nature Of the subject. Such friendships IN.
deed are little less than misplaced love.
The adulescent stomach looks out beyond
ITSELF for something ct ne yet knows not
whar), aud II takes 10 chalk and scaling
wax. and induIRrs in warnings that ate
nal embodied in ideas. Thus nm unappIiod
fund of morbid expenstveneBs L. generated,
which ia vested in the first object Of sym
pathy nnata HE s~atririst may perhaps add
to those ubttsea tho more gafrulous and
communicative disposition Of fatnnlee-in
palmer Edgltsh, thcir love oGgoBgIp, which,
when all Is said in tho way or railing, IL
but the manifestation of more sensitive
and liant nature. Lastly, must be added
to. these yertous sources Of intimate asso.
citation, tho close cirGumvalla lion o fpr0-
h,bilions which environ boarding. school
existence, and which occasion d stranger
ru.h oftho impulses in those channels which
happen to be left free.
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