The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-09-09
Death of George Combe.

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philosophical phrenology, and author of the
Constitution of Man." work exceeded in
circulation, it is said by only three others
in the language-thc Bible, Bunyan's " Phi
( grim's Progress" and Robinson Crusoe
died at the hydropathic institution at
Moor Park, Surrey, on the l4th ult. From
the obituary notices published in the Eng
lish papers, we learn that-he was born In
( Edinburgh in 1888, where he has always
/ resided. He was educated for the law, be-
came a writer to the signet as the Scotch
attorneys are called, and practiSed for twen-
! ty years. The opinions 0fS;ail and Spurz-
/ helm attracted his notice he studied them.
( and being convinced that they had q basis
! in nature, he pursued the subject, and in
/ 1919 published his observations in Essays
( on PhrenOlogy," under the title of a "Sys-
J TEN of Phrenolgy," in two volumes. lie
and others founded the chronological jour
nal, which WAS afterwards conducted by his
relative Mr. Cox. In 1923, he published
" The Constitution of Nan, Considered in
Relation to External Objects
This attracted great attention, and Mr..
Henderson thought so highly of it that he
subsequently bequeathed a sum of money
to be expended in the production Of a very
cheap edition of the book. The novelty OF
the circumstance drew TO the subject an adj
ditional amount OF attention; the cheap edI-
ton sold almost without precedent 90, 800
copies of il having heen printed in Great
Britain, besides large sales in the United
States. TranslationS have also been made
into German, French and Swedish.
In 1893 George Combc married Miss Ce-
ella Siddons. Four or five years after, he
. quilted the practice of lis profession, and in
1893 went, accompanied by Mrs. Combe, to
the United States, where he remained, lee
turing aud preparing his journal, till 1910.
DIR. Spurzheim had visited the United States
| in 1882, and died there in few months;
and the disciples he had obtained, wishing
for another master, invited George COmbe
| to visit and lecture TO them. The years al-
ter his return were varied hy continental
Journeys, too Often rendered necessary by
failing health. The latter period of his life
waS one OF very infrm hca!th-the result,
as he believed, OF the early adverse iniiuen-
ccS which turned his own aud his brothers
attention so strongly to sanitary subjects.
\ WARRIOR QUEES KILLED IN INIIA.-
An Indian letter i'm the London Times an
. nuunccS the death of the Rance (QueepD OF
ihafISi. at the hands of the British, before
Gwalior. Though hut twcnty-thrcc years
of ace she is said to have rcsembed the
great Russian Cathariuc in her Administra-
tive powers, and upon the death of the late
rllcr If Jhmsi, was call, d t. The throne. Tie
/ writer adds:
| Not lacking either spirit or ambition, she
accepted the offer, and for a time ruled well.
I But the spark had touched the train--Bcn-
/ gal was in flame, and now or never was
/ the time for her to regain that independence
1 from the British yoke which her ancestors
/ had lost We know what her first steps
/ Ewere-the blood of our fellow creatures bears
I witness to ihemi and thuggh well mean
| ing men nave cndeavored.to show, and
! sincerely hope with truth, that the atrocities
attributed to her were greatly overratcd,
they still admit, reluctantly, that these poor
creatures were only cut TO pieces. Hence
I forth, of course, it was waf to the knife
She became the very soul of the move
mcnts in those parts. Tier forts were
strengthened; her men gathered together in
masses stores laid in, and every prepara-
tion made for scige or fight. For herself,
she dressed in male attire, for greater con-
venience in the saddle, or the fight; was
armed to the teeth formed Il small but de-
voted body guard of picked horSemen, at the
head of which she appeared to be almost
ubiquitous.
Was there tagging Of the necessary fer
,or she was om the spot to rally and To
rouse Was the voice o. diSaffectiou heard !?
she by her presence turned it TO a shout
of Joy. Was there danger on the rampant
wall AMI men lung back in fear there
sword in hand, she led the way, and braved
the fury OF the fiery storm.
JlHmsi overwhelmed, she found her way
with her body guard to Caipee. Here the
same determined will was Scen-the same
spirit shown Bcatcn. but not conquered,
she rapidly followed the clever move of
Tantia Tapee on the Gwalior, previous To
which, from the attack on Jhansi to the fall
of Calpce, she had fought no less than six
actions ag:Iih.t our forces. AS before at
Jhansi. she was always first nj Gwalior. and
even ut the last fell sword in hand, struck
by she'll from Smiths battery.