Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-09-25
LITERATURE.
FROM rHr LONDON ExAmIsEs

nence," &c. Hurst
Dr. MILLIssEs is Of very various experience and
knowledge and OF extensive reading in authors the
common place, and himself writer with good readable
STYLE He has given title to this book which will hardly
BEAR but 1t very valuable book as well as yery amus
ing
great part OF is occupied with evidence and reasoning
as TO the connexon and reciprocal influence the intellectual
and the material parts OF man. more particularly they affect
considerations of insanity and the commission Of crime The
law Of organization traced in series singular examples
and the passions-fo the most part transmitted as Dr. Mln
gen believes from father shown both in their nat
raj state and under the influence of civilization How MANY
solemn and important points of reflection in connexion
with such subject this, affecting whole theory and
practice OF criminal and sanitary jurisprudence, we need hard
y say The book is emnently suggestive on these points
but fragmenta and the reader not expect to find
any thing concluded in it. We suspect that Dr. MlIngen
HIMSELF indeed, far from conclusion as his readers are
likely to be- II is not little thing however, he furnished
with materials for thinking, though in this gossipng an
ecdoca shape by thoughtful and varousy informed man.
We take two extracts. They will show the kind of
anecdoe and illustration called in support the reasoning
HEREDITARY SUICIDE.
tDr Gall relates the case of Mr. Gauther owner of
several warehouses in Paris and who left his seven children
property Of two millions of francs They all resided in Pa
rs and Its environs, where they lived upon their property
speculation Not Of them visited by any material dis
aster, and all enjoyed perfect health They were highly
esteemed by their friends and neghbors yet all them labor
ed under inclination commit suicide to which thew WELD
ed in the course Of thirty forty years hanged
drowned and others shot themselves The but one nvit
ed on Sunday party Of sixteen persons dine with him.
When dinner was served the host suddenly missing and
having been searched for every where in van last dis
covered hanging in barn. The last of the seven who was
the of house in the Rue de Rcheeu having raised
by two oes conceived that the expense had ruined him
fbraa haa Itn,
however, he last succeeded in blowing out his brains and
his fortune was said to amount to 100000 frances
ASrIPArHIEs.
"Amatus Lusitanus relates the of monk who tainted
wher he beheld snd quilted his cell while that
flower was blooming Orla Ca less questionable authority
gives the Of the painter Vincent who was seized with
violent vertigo and swooned when were roses in the
Vaan gives the history officer who was thrown
INTO and lost his senses by having pnks in bis
chamber Oa also relates the instance of LADY, Of forty
SIX years OF of hale constitution who could never be
present when adecocon of nseed preparing without be-
ing troubled in the of few minutes with general
swelling of the face followed by fainng and loss of the in
eeciual faculties, which symptoms continued for four and
twenty hours Montaigne remarks this subject that there
were men who dreaded apple than a cannon ball.
Zimmerman tells Of lady who could not endure the feel
ing OF silk and san and shuddered when touching the veve
y skin of peach other ladies bear the feel of fur
Boyle records of man who experienced natural alb
horrence Of honey young invariably tainted when the
servant swept his Hppocates one Ncanor
who swooned whenever he heard and Shakespeare has
alluded to the strange effect Of the bag-ppe. Boyle fell into
syncope when he heard the splashing of waters Scager
turned pale the sight of Erasmus experienced
feble symptoms when smelling fish; the Duke dEpernon
swooned behoJng Ieveret although hare did not pro-
duce the same effect Tycho Brahe tainted the sight Of
fox; Henry Ill of France, that of cat and Marshal A
bret at pig The horror that whole families entertain of
cheese is well known.
MORAL AND PHYSICAL COURAGE.
Lieutenant W at he storming of Morne For
ne in the West lndies his behavior that occasion
cited general admiration He the first to ascend the
BREACH and plant the kings color the captured edoubt
His gaany recorded in the orderly book and he was
for immediate promotion Strange to say the
following morning he waited his commanding officer then
Lieut. Colonel Vd and requested leave of absence to
return to Ireland, his native country and to resign bis
mission IN favor OF younger BROTHER who desous of
entering the service The colonel surprised at this
nay request the pait the young officer with such bright
prospects before him. very naturally asked him what motive
Induced him to make singular proposal when the young
frankly told him, that when the troops moving
ward for the attack and the enemys fire had opened upon
hem, he felt a strong-amost insurmounablc-
fall out, and he believed that nothing but the rapidy of
he advance and the shouts of the prevented him from
himself; but after short tme he added his brain
found himself the summit Of the breach with the coors
his hand he knew not how but he added not without
hesitation that he felt that the profession of
lot his VOCATION and fearing that at future period he
night not have sufficient moral courage his fear
desrous to leave the service with honor while it was
till in his power.
HEREDITARY LIKENESS.
Dr Gregory used to relate to his pupils that having once
called to distant part of Scotland visit rich noble
man, he discovered in the confguaon Of his an exact
esembance that Of the grand chancellor Scotland the
eign of Charles recognizable in his portraits On taking
walk through the village after dinner the doctor recognised
in several individuals among the common peo
lie and the steward who accompanied him informed him
all the persons he had descended from the ma
nra children of the grand chancellor"
EFFECTS OF PEAR.
ssThe peasants Of Sardinia in the constant habit of
uniting eagles and vuures both for profit and amuse-
In the year 1899, three young (bethren) living
San Giovanni de Domas Nova having esped an eagles
in the bottom Of steep precipce they drew lots de-
ide which Of them should descend take it away The
anger did arise much from the depth of the pecpice
pwards OF hundred ebut the apprehension Of the nu-
birds Of prey that inhabited the cavern. However
ne lot fell of the brothers, young of about two
nd twenty, Of athletic form and of dauness spirit He
elied knoed rope round his waist by which his brothers
oud lower raise MIN will and, armed with sharp in
nty SABRE he boldly descended the rock and reached the
in safety contained four eaglets Of that peculiar bright
lumage called the light Isabella. The difficulty arose
bearing away the He gave a signal TO his brethren
nd they began haul him up when he fercey attack
by powerful eagles the parents Of the young birds he
ad captured The onset furoos they darkened
by the Tapping OF their broad wings, and WIS
hout much difficulty that he kept them off with his sword;
hen sudden the rope that suspended him swung round
nd looking up he perceived that be had partly
nth his sabre AT this fearful sight he struck with such
asen his delivery, although he still kept his fierce antago-
nj haul