The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-01

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/ For the information OF your readers who love
books which books, send herewith list of some of
the works in course OF publication from the busy
press the Hapers, who. their credit be written are
crupulously careful to throw silly demofaizng
trash" upon this book dovouring community. Bytheby,
they poy three hundred hands constantly and il
has afforded great pleasure notice that their work
people of both look happier cleaner and more
tented than the number OF laborng persons have
elsewhere collected in manufacturing establish
ment.
Fifty thousand dollars worth of California gold dust por-
ton of that brought Boston very recently reached this
city this forenoon route for the mint at Philadelphia
Within the last three months twenty five thousand
packages OF imported goods have been appraised in the
appraisers office of this port This is work-rea. right
down hard works. it not
The charter for this city, which, by this time to-day
has passed both branches of the legislature, will prove
cepabe take it, majority of the people OF New
York. Among the many Improvements it embraces is
decreasing the frequency OF elections for corporation
ofiices--an admirable change, indeed. The new aims,
house project of which wrote you time since, has
become a law.
| The whole number OF patients admitted into the New
York State Lunatic Asylum Utica, since January 10,
lSi3, LIST December 1913, 20l4S4 discharged,
covered 1853 improved l52 unmproved 200 dead &c.
OH 997 women 9j7 single 937 married 50
Widows 80 widowers Last year the proportion Of deaths
large owing to the prevalence OF dysenteY, OF
which 80 of the patients died There II other deaths
among the patients in the year. The superintendent
plains that sent too early-while the pa
tent suffering with fever other disease unuing him
or her travel the and trials of the journey TO
the hospital frequently confirming insanity that might
otherwise be cured Others of the ncurabes from
the ranks of those kept home long The super
nendent (rom whose report gather these fac) recon-
mends that they should be before expert
enced physician recommends it, and that they should be
without delay whenever in his udgmen they require
hospital OF the 2,0li patients, ISL or nearly
one-eghth, disposed to suicde-l0s men, and li3
women Many OF the most remarkable from
Eyr.
relatives, of whom 27s have had the other
parent insane. Four and five women inherited pre-
disposition to insanity from both parents.
The superintendent, from of facts concludes that
insanity is little likely be transmitted from the
mother than from the father-from the former espe
cay daughters and from the latter to He con-
cues that liberty and high of mental cultivation in
community increases insanity rata with the
mental activity He says insanity is fearfuy the in
in the northern and eastern States He further
down loss of sleep the effective of insanity
He objects to study in the evening.
The penitentary BlackwePs island Just contains
convcts, vz 400 white and 800 black 500 white
and 200 black These facts will give you in
sight into the condition of New York in relation the
criminal calendar.
There are thirty licensed pawnbrokers in city,
whose loans the poor and the vicious
aggregate of 100000 yearly, which their profits
about $4,000.
Gov Marcy, Senators Dickinson Hale, and Walker, and
Mr. Gales of the Inteligencer, i'll this city w.
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