Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-26
STATE ITEMS.

The 23d Indiana 5ao a brilliant reception At
New Albany on "Wednesday last.
| The New ClsiIe Courier charges that Gen
/ Sol MEREDITH j. a defiulter 70 the Government
His friends do not deny it, but quote an iiIustri
Gus example in justification to vii: that JEFFER
son, who had done more for his country and the
cause of humanity than any other man, died a
dsfauLter and bankrupt. and hence they argue
tina, those who gave most attention to the affairs
OF the country. are most likely to suffer their
+ to go at loose ends. JEFFERSON and MEREDITH
/ There is but a step from tue sublime to the RI
+ dculous and in the mention OF those two names
il IS forcbly illustrated.
INDIANA Hospital FOR THE INSANE We have
receiy ell from the Superintendent, (Mr Wood
+ burn We presumed copy OF the annual reports
I tor 1903. Of the Commissioners Superintendent
and other officer connected With the iu.iiama
/ HO>ptabe Tor the insane The report OF The
Commissioners is very trief, aud is principall,
devoted TO lamentation over the failure OF the
last legislature, IN consequence of ian excited
partisan struggle for political power and mastery
10 make the necessary appropriations TO carry on
the institutional mlShap. however, which our
most excellent Governor partially remedie,i by
Experimentation his own private resources,
we presume-the sum of SID. 529 SO. TO assist in
bear n the necessary expenses
From the Superintendent report We learn
that there were under treatment during the year
491 patents, of whom $50 were males and 247
females. There have been twenty dea hs during
the wear. No Improvements have been made
about the premises. and the work on the artesian
we'll has been suspended The library now num-
bers some BOO volumes. beng an addition of
some 300 during he wear. DR. Woodburn bears
high testimony to the value OF good reading as 4
curative agent. and appeals to a general public
to assist IN increasing the library by donations OF
books
The financial condition of tine Hospital is as
/ follows: Receipts, SIS 47676; expenditures,
SIS ,39l w. showing balance on hand of 4sl "a
he cost per week of each patient. exclusive Of
clothing, repairs and improvements. is 81 10
The farm. il is claimed Welded net profit of
So 632 90 Ii is principally worked bv patients
The number OF patients admitted since the
opening of the hospital in Ie49, is 25s7 of
whom 2 1872 have been discharged: and of these
latter. .256 we're restored to health The mum
Der OF male patients admitted: il Dos. and of
females. ,219-lhe nearly equal number OF the
two sexes showing that both are equally liable to
insanity OF the patients thus treated in the
hospital, there were married ,34S, single 9S3,
wldowers 10, widows Ia, divorced 81 The
causes OF insanity very numerous-we enum.
crate few: Physical disease. 3l2; religious ex-
element and anxieties. 232; disappointment in
love. 50 males and 10 females 90: domestic
bereavenents. lo0; spirit rappngs, Il; domestic
dissensions. -; financial difficulties. 81; abuse
from drunken husbands. 80: political excitement,
Ia; tear OF draft. ); remOrSe, (both women
war excitement Al sref D. violent temper. IL
| 70 men and women; fright, 80; loss of pro-
pertv. As: excessive use OF tobacco 40, puerper-
Al. l26: &c
The occupations of the patients are also nu-
merOus: Farmers, I54 laborers, l42; carpen-
tiers. IS. students. IL; clerks %; merchants 26:
shoemakers. -; blacksmitbs %; physicians. l3;
teachers. %; tailors. IL wagon-makers. 10. cIer.
gymen. IL; coopers. 10: printers, 7; LAWYERS 3;
editors. :; sadders, 3; butchers 4; solderS. ~;
county officers. >; painters. s. aud several of
othes occupations. together with % Of mo occu
patton
The nativity OF the patients j. given: Indi ,na,
14O; OHIO, 354: kenrurky. 262. Virginia $50;
Pennsy lvana. la; North Carolina I0n: New
YORK. ia; Germany. 206: Ireland. l47r Eug-
land. %: aud other States anu countrie, >m Her
/ numbers
The religious professions OF the patients IRE
various: Methodist. 466: PsesbSrerian $50;
Baptist 1875: Disciples OF Christ l40; Catholic.
22l; Quakers. II; Lutheran. -: Eascoplian.
20; Reiormer. "a: United Brethren So. Uni-
Ntieailrt, H. NewlSht. ID; Atheists, y, Dun
/ kers. IL; Jewish =: Geruan Reformed. !; with
a few Others. together with OBS mak ing no pro-
/ feS>ion
/ While writing thi, summary We have no copy
/ of the census hand Ia ascertain now these
numbers viii compare with the aggregates OF the
respective sects Probably the representation IL
/ the Insane Hospital i about in proportion 10
their strength,
/ ia England il is said the proportion OF Metho-
dists and Quakers 10 the Insane Asvlums il
much larger than that of other secis. from winch
some writers hostile o. these ,ectS say that tie
one i prone IL indulge too much and the other
III too litte excitement Tor the health OF the
mind
The Superintendent makes the usual annual
complaint. that there l. lot sufficient room in the
present hospital buildings 10 meet the demands
made upon the institution Many who seek ad-
mission are refused altogether, while Others are
discharged uncured VINO might he restored could
\ they remain for longer time under treatment
his condition OF things l. deeply To be regret ed
/ nv every benevolent and manly dispose Ell citizen
Not only should the buildings be enlarge d To en-
able the officers Ia receive all patients seeking
admission. but provision ought to be made To
made To provide for all the insane of the State
whose friends are unable to provide them with
| proper homes IL would coat less AT Indianapo
lis than in the jails and poor houses ot the vari-
Gus counties. while the condition OF the unhappy
subjects of mental disease would be much i'm
proved and the anxetes and fears o. friends be
relieved MA Ledger