Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-03

MENTAL TAXATION 4 CAUSE OF DYSPEPSIA.
Mental anxiety and pccuniary cmbarrass-
mcnt such as loss Of property by fire: by failure
in business, or by bad debts, and domestic
troubles. disappointed affections and the loss
| or treachcrv of friends. will frequently cause
DYSPEPSIA too close and too active intellectual
| labor is also 4 frequent cause fultoTS' All
thor< and literary men often cn@cndcr dyspep-
sin in this way. Much brain labor requires
much blood at the brain; and an ovGr-wGrklng
intellect uses up 50 much Of brain blood and
nervous force that there is not enough rcmaln-
ing to do the work of digestion. On the other
had dcrangcd digestion is sometimes produced
by too little exercise Of the brain. Persons are
Frequently met with who have been III active
! business I:lc, and, having accumulated enough
to satisfy their ambition. have retired from
business Now. although the brain and body
| retire from active life. yet the poor stomach
very often has its task Increased. II l man
| has been for long time accustomed t. eating
heartily and working hard. either with body
or brains, he had better not relax his working
habit without at the same time having cor
RESPONDING relaxation i'll his habit OF eating.
Gle who WI not work. neither shall he eat
is not only Bible injunction, but law or the
human constitutions the dsnbcdicnce OF WhlGn
is often attended with such arrangement OF Ill
gcston. aud other bodily intirmtles, as to rell-
der either property or life OF little value.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. Albert Fortune, col
orcd. Il Gttcen-year convict, who sometime ago
cscaped from the Richmond, Va, penltcntlary
and was recenty arrested on iarln near
GEORGETOWN D. c., was yesterday taken back
IN his old quarters. tn serve the remainder OF
his tcrm some thirteen Years, Tor horse steal
NIr: Bella &. Harrows has been elected 10
FIJI chair of medicine in General y. y. How
urd's University, ut the same salary as that OF
the male professors
Mr. Corcoran. was much better Yesterday
and his physicians arc more hopeful OF check
;nr the progress of the cryslpclas, from which
he is suffering. ,
;oicing. Their new tonr.oared shell mas an
,r;vrJ II is Il splendid affair. and cost S4L".-
!. - rxnccird that the boat will bc made to
',;v,, Z good account OF herself during the com
ing season. Ir1
Tl,e flour inspections for the month of April
n.er, ,s follows Whole number OF barrels
;nsnected was SSH. OF the following grades
nniilv :. 81. extra, 3.S12 superior. 80
fine l57 first l,ridllings. IA ;'''.ond md
dIiug<. ~, anu Broad Arrow. u.
ElGH1, ACRES OF CYMlINs. -Thrrs Is =
s,.utane Gus cymlin patch i'll the Dismal
Swamp that covers EIGHT acres 81 laha Nnih
the veg etahle is in full $eashnablt CROWN;
The vine run UP on trees fifty 1cet lilsn, ailu
hundred: uf lumber getcrS use tlic I! in"n'
a. u. feat ,,re of their diet all during the <e'<on
a;tbo ls' the least perceptbc dimiuntion Of
the u,Iantity. The patch; it is said originated
from a single squash left on the GROUND
,cvcral years, ago by some OF tn, the swaIMp
s I.,'t snrcads out farther and farther in its
s srs Of the rich swamp territory
Nuf1K .joannmL
! hail storm yesterday and Sunday did i'm
,.nse damage to the crops and fruit IN Mlssls-
sippl. i
4 gang of fifteen countertsiiaI~ was captured
yesterday at PittsLurg.