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wie prospect of brawls, “ alarums, excursio! ose ee, devils of refugees were never known to stop at the * was,” or * Three Kings.” ane they =e fain find fault ae the =e wre les om Our tavern sign posts. “ Away with tl and Jet ue have a full season ; let us keep a quiet so that our rocks and glaciers, our kulms, ‘and our horns be turned into bread !” Switzerland and Sardinia. The rumors of an urued intervention of Aus- tia, Or, ae itis slated, of f+deral troups in Switzer- land, and eventually in Piedmont, are varioualy disckased in the German journals. F Vienna correspondent of the Weser Zeitung mayer seems to be no doubt that av armed ioter- vention i¢ premeditated im Switserlund. Tne qu tion fs publicly spokem of io ministeria! and polt ite: & manner Dot Usaaliu Ausiria on questio policy, M, Bterger, the Swies representative received hints on the subject which cannot misteken, The ministerial jousnels pourtray thet Httle country, whieh iunpartial observer must allow is public of Europe, as a nest tens destruction to the art of the here, hi be Y jorid. Submission oo the rest of the Swiss Confederaticn is not desired, True to the War Baw stipulations, and obedient to instructions trom St. Peteroburg, Prince Schwersenberg ond: matters to as bi will that Piince Bohwarzenberg is @ soldier, 'y: d, like a lucky gamester, is emboldened by the success that hes eded his «xploite Nor must it be forgotten Francis Joseph is nut twenty years of age, is war- Hike incl |, and thirsts for glory his young Dlood Keeps time better with the bold s of a mill- tery premier, than with the cautious m: ti old dipicmatist like Metterniob or F icqueimo: be deterred by the possibility of a rupt id England. Austria has taken Prussiain tow. stande asa terrible reserve, and covers the rear. The minor States ot Germany must dance to the Austrian drum, wheth-r they like it or not. It feels so confident ie its strength, that not only has it Jost all fear ot the demon of revolution, but endeavors to conjure it up to measure its rtrength with it. Swit gerland isa ready pretext It isannoyed that Bwitz land took such prompt advantage of tne Kuropeat ‘woice of 1848 and 1819, to obauge Its old constitution dor a better one, with which the t majority of the ‘Swiss are ratisfied. by getting ups quesrel with tae Confederacy, it hopes to reinstate the old constitution and the A threat old governments of the Soudterband Cantons, is issued at the same time against Pied andabunmiliation for France coutrived, These = aoe towards which the Austro- Russian projects jend. The Cologne Gazette says :— It is Ruseia whish it driving t sures in Bwitzerland. The Kuseii rds coercive mea- Emperor tancies order in Europe. Carrying out his pleas with, vigor, but witheul mut his ple th vigor, but witheu Daste, westward. Like the blades of patr of scissors, Bussla stretches torth ber two protéy’s, Austria and Prussia, to cut off the buds of treedom wherever they appear. Already in 1847, before the warof the Sender. bund, Russian diplomacy guided the measures againet Switz erlang, whi ere frustrated by the slowness ot | Lord Palm the activity of M. Dufour. The is. that it has selected a consti- without payiog any regard to the reat powers thac sought to forca pr ry Ltis. therefore, caile@ a foous of revolution, the Alps are looked upon as voloano of insurrection, and the few refugees who have still an asylum in Switzerland are seized upon as the thread- retext to measures of coercion now in prepara- tion egainet the con! It is Sardinia, b which Austria has eelf completely into the arms of the radi The truth, however, ls that they arc angry at V! Sardivie has eman: a it from radi that the Azegiio m moderate Cbamber, constitutional system. nineula the abeolute power of Austria rules unoo 4. The hepes of the [teliaus are thus directed towards Bardinia, which they hope again, notwith- standing the failure of the last atcempt, to see at the head of the Italian movement to drive the Austrians e@ut of Italy. A reactionary crusade against these two prt oy on sequentiy, an object for Austria. Bar- to secure, in two great powers. ie tirst blow We find the following 1n the Constrtwtronnel A letter from Berne of the 18th ult. informs us thet the Federal Vouncil has just issued a decree of anatuce to put an end to the unvasiness felt at the resid French retugees in pl too near the tron’ have been hitherto r but this re; uded frequeatly Switze 1 4, Fribourg Valsis, Neutchatel, aud th- . It is also imterdicted to the above mamed cantous and to those of the Grisone and Tes wino to give an asylum to Ltaliea rejage 4 mee ve been ti ton of this Til be ath mot so great as to ny real causs for alarm to the neighboring Bistes. since it bas been re duced to lees than five nundred. in conrequencs of the numerous expulsions. and the large sume whicr the federal treasury hud expended in sending them to Eng Zand and to the United States These 500 refugess are distributed i antons according to their popula tion, and are ted to ths surredionce of the author ities, The iefe of the German insurrections have mn expelied; one only, Bamed Barbo. B wyer, bad succeeded in remaiving in the ca: ton of Bile-campagne under ® false name; he has, however, just been discovered aad arrested. Another, mamed@'Erter, had, from dif+rent motives, odtaine: delays, but they have both now quitted & All that has been said about mili the pure 4 was last xpelled from Switseriand, has furped ; all the search made after him had bi shout result Switzerland ha enjoyed the most perfect traoquility, under the happy Apfluence of her new constituiion; and people abroad her dignified and calm attitude Jame around ber. are too apt to when all was ino ‘The Great Exhibition in the Crystai Palace, (From the London Times, Feb. 25.) The spectacle which the interior of the crystal lace presents increases every day in interest. Sy Eepartment of the work is carried forward with an energy and rapidity which are ar sur- prizing; and when it is considered that each ope- Tation, which has to be eatended over eo greal surface, becomes of itselfa mos! arduous operation, the wonder grows that the whole should be con- ducted with such regularity and despatch. Already the entire space east of the transept has its fittings in an advanced state. Stalls and tables spring up with magical rapidity; and the whole of thi ‘of the building begiae to present visibly the system of arrangement and distribution which the L.xecu- tive Committee have laid down for it. In the compartments of each nation, one can now see the character and limits of the accommodation pro- vided; and with no great stretch of the ii tion, those points where the effect will be an already be detected. But without anticipating | the future, there is much in the progress of the work which deserves notice. The interior piint- ‘ing progresses steadily, and gains daily upon the ——- of all whi it. Ina very few days southern half of the building will be completed. Mounted upen moveable platforms, bands of pain- ders carty forward their work out of reach of the cro tradespeople, who, on the ground floors and m the galleries, push on their several taske. Amidst this ecene of well directed labor, the eve catches occasionally the Sesree of men crawling yy the glass roof, aad plying in apparent security iheit wor that briitle and frecarious resting place. While the upper regions of the buildin; ted by glaziers and painters, below masses icraftemen are busily engaged. Carpenters are laboring away at hundreds of benches, the and water pi ters, too, are bur and the Tapgements, both for lighting the interior and pre- serving it from accident by fire, are in rapid pro- gress, The great amount of valuable property at stake mak ecessary to take every precaution ; but the ich has been adopted by in pl Gibbs, of the Royal Engineers, leaves little reason for apprehension on this score. Amidst the work- move the different officers of the executive and the working staff of the contractors, answering questions, issuing instrscti and euperintending Antending exhibitors are seen surveying their allotments, and examining with wistful eye the boundary lines beyond which they dare not ya ‘The red coated Sappers and Miners form prominent objects in the animated scene. Their work is prin- cipally to facilitate the reception of goods, and they get through all they have to do with great , and with a certain observance of military precision which fs not without ite interest to the on-looker. Castom house officers, with yellow colored tickets fastened at their button holes, watch the arrival of each van of goods, and jealously examine the contents of ever e. Over the safety and order of the whole establishment a body of police presides; and ‘thus the crystal palace forms within itself a little anode! of the world, the industry of which it is des- tined to enshrine. Within the offices of the Exe- cutive commitiee a not leas busy performance is enacted than without Constant communications are pasting between the differeat departmente, con- multations are taking place, interviews passing, ap- | plicavions granted or refused, clerks and assistante flying about from point to potnt, and all the stir of @ governing power visible to the eye. Tn one large room strangers and exhiditors are received and directed how to proceed in getung what they wich accomplished In three small closet like apar'- ments the members he executive committee trensact their mu ous baviness. Another large room devoted to the drawing of plans: and here emidst @ little groop of dranghtamen, M Cowen Joves presides, directing and completing his arrangements inthe decorative department of the veahthition. aplen of formation pregeat will thodimcnton ‘epace eeu the view which it presents high expectations of the ordewy and well di -d method in which our native 18 especially will be |. The nave of the building, when furnished, will be a maguificeat sight, «mbellished, as it will be, and most remarkable thirty sections into wh rn Classified. Coloseal etatues—great fountains— a gigantic teleseope—pillars of granite and coal—an extraordinary dome of glass and iron, cast at Coalbrook-dale, and forty feet high—crystals of spermaceti oil, as representing animal substances, and which cost their exhibitor £1,000—crystals o alum, several feet high-~models ot the Britannia bridge, and of the great Russian chaia bridge thrown by Vignolles over the Daieper--a model of the glass palace itself—a model of Chaince’s light house--a display of feathers by Adcock—a clock by Den!—a uophy of silk manufacture from Spita- fields—such are among the objects with which the western, or British, half ot the lofty centre aisle is to be adorned. To this list will no doubt yet be added many other attractive contributions, and as an ulustration of the desire which 1s felt to coacen- trate on this point the most remarkable things in the country, We may mention that a hope is eater- tained that the eection of precious stones may be represented here by Ruojeet Siagh’s great dia- mond—the Kohinoor. It is intended that all the stalls shall be covered with red cloth or pink calico, by which means not only will the uusightly wood- work be concealed, but a warmth of coloring will be imparted to the whole ground area of the buila- ing, which, combined with the great mass of blue overhead, and the yellow stripes 02 the columns, will produce a most harmonious and brilliant effect. The arnvala of goods at the building increase daily, aud now the piles of packages collected in some of the compartments present a very respecta- ble eppearance. This is particularly observable in in the space fer the Zollverein The consigaments of native industry come in rather slowly sull, those connected with the fine arts department bei principally deposited in the transept, The agricuk tural implement makers have been first in the field; having sent in 72 contributions. Of machines for direct use, such as carriages, and railway, and naval mechanism, 59 consignments have been re- ceived; ofmining and quarrying products, 45; of manutactures in mineral substances for buildin; and decoration, 55; of general hardware, 23; o| miscellaneous manufactares, 21; of contributions in the fine arte, 17; of manufacturiog machines, 11; of manufactures in silk and velvet, the same number. The arrivals in the other sections do not exceed 10; and are in some as low as one; while in two sections nothing has been received. The whole consignments of native produce that have come in are With reference to this point an important question will soon arise. The 28:h of lebruary has been appointed by the Commission as the last day for the reception of goods, unless parues have a special permission to delay sending in. It is necessary, therefore, that, without delay, each contributor ‘should give some practical guarantee that he intends to make use of the space allotted tohim. The allowents have been given, but unless the allottees confirm this by some act, doubts must exist as to whether they will avail themselves of the privilege thus granted to them, and the result would be that others would be excluded from the Exhibition who are desirous to become contributors. Itis, therefore, indis- pensable that exhibitors not ready to bring in their goods before the day appointed, should give the Executive Committee some positive assuraace that they mean to come forward, for otherwise the space assigned to them must be disposed of to others. The Executive Committee have come to the conclusion that the exhibitors who do not take their places in the mera on or before the 23th of February, either by actu: sending in their con- tributions or by erecting the necessary fittings for that purpose, and getting leave for delay, or who do not send in the description of their articles to the catalogue compilers, must be considered as abandoning their claims to epace. In accordance with this decision, a notice will be issued on the lst of March. Another pout which 1s deserving of notice is, the difficulty which the Executive Committee have had in dealing with one or two refractory re- preeentatives of foreign countries. They ar to ave had a serious disagreement with the Commis- sioner ot a foreign power, because they would not allow him to block up one of the ccntral passages 1,000 feet long to the obvious detriment of other foreign countries in thas part of the building. We are sure that the gi sense of the represen- tatives of other nations who are contributors to the exhibition will enable them to see that gene- ral rules which have been laid down for the man- agement of the extire show, and which are bind- ivg alike upon all parties, whether natives of the United Kingdom or not, must be impartial, and ought to be bs gad followed. Unless some ays- tem of general arrangement were adhered to, the exhibition would be a complete failure, and we are happy to hear that the commissioners for for- eign countries generally have readily acceded to the views of the executive committee forthe jer and suitable accommodation of their contribu- tions. There is and can be no desire to do injus- tice or to treat inhospitably and unworthily those whom we have invited to our **world’s fair” 8 In the Times of the 23d of Dec. last, we gave acopy of the address sent by the Mayor, corporation, and burgesses of Southampton to the President of che United States, through his Excellency Mr. Abbott Lawrence ‘e now subjoin a copy of the corres pondence which has passed between the American minister and M1. R. Andrews, the Mayor of South- ampten, with the reply of the Hon. Daniel Web- ster, the American Secretary of State, to Mr. Lawrence, reciprocating the friendly sentiments expressed towards the President and people of the United States by the inhabitants of this town :— Lecation Or tHe Usiten Brates, Lonnon, Feb 18. Sir:—I have the honor to inclose for the Mayor. Aldermen, and burgesses of the town end county and port of Boutbampton a e of a letter I have receiv. ed from the Seoretary of State ited Btates, with » copy of a letter from th tleman to the consul of the United States at Southampton, from which they will perceive that the President of the United Btates reciprocates the friendly sentiments ex- prersed in their address to him of the 20th December. aud bas met their wishes by Southampton to be made the port of landi: articles to be sent from the United States to the Exhibition to be held in May next. T have the honor to be, sir, With great consideration. Four obedient servant. ABBOTE LAWKENOCE Tre Mayon ov Bovrnamrton, D TMeNt oF Braty, Wasminoton, Jan, 28, Sin.—I have been instructed by the Presi acquaint you, for the inf n of the Mayor, » and burgesses of t) eee of im pton, whose address to ult, you a few Ceys afterwards forwarded to its destination. that, reciprocating the friendly sentiments therein expressed towards the government and people of the United Btates. as well as tow himeelf, he is m y im being able tthe wishes of thet b by causing Bouthampton to be made the port of landing of the articles to be sent from this count; tothe Exhibition of the Works of Indastry Nations, which iste be held in London in May as will be th losed copy of a letter thin depart: tl ul of the United Btates at po ro a pa under date of the 20th instant, on the su eo 1 am, sir, respectiully ag { ng Annort Lawnencr, Beq., &¢.. London, Our eccounts from New York by the Franklin steamship announce the sailing of the United States frigate St. Lawrence, 50, Commander J. R. Sands, on the 8th inst., for Southa: having on board the American contributions to the great exhibition. On the 7th inst, the inhabitauts of Brooklyn ¢ limented Commander Sands by nving @ bali, at which a dress sword, epaulette C., Were presented to him, in commemoration the interesting service on which he was about te be dispate! The St. Lawrence will probably reach Southampton early in March; her cargo is a = one, as it is understood there are 500 con- tuibutors. A public banquet is to be given om the 19%h of Mareh, by the Corporation, to Mr. J. R. Croskey, the United States Consul at Southampton, jor his exertions to promote the commercial interests of the , not only in reference to the visit of the St. Lawrence, but in connection with the two lines of American steamships making South- ampton the port of call under contract with the American government, The commander and offi- cers of the St. Lawrence will be invited to attend, and the American Minister will most likely be pre- sent, as well_as several members of Parliament end others. Taken in connection with the arrival of the American frigate, this banquet will have semethiog of a national character. Several mem- bers of Parliament have consented to act as stewards. Oeneus Returns for 1950. NEW YORK. The following is the return from Albany county, including the city and the several towne: — 1830, 1835, 1840, 1845 624,298 108 = - - 8.712 1850 ls 4 City... — let war pebbateel 3,607 3,7) 6.961 10,146 1 f--4 3074 8,006 2: He has j 181 Siaishe}, ss far ag the va: | 19 towne wad wage. 58,600 60,756 08,606 77,900 po,anT THE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM. The Eighth Annual Keport of the Managers of the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, fur the Year Ending November, 1850. On the 25th February last, the directors of this interesting institution, presented their report to the Legislature, for the year ending 30th November, 1650, The asylum has been now in existence up- wards of eight 5 ears, aod from the extracts we give below, it will be scen that it has conferred benefits of no ordinary character, on a class of our fellow creatures the most to be pitied, because the most stricken aud helpless of the human race; and it is but justice to add, that the benetiis conferred dar- ing the puat year have been fully equal to those of a previous year. tappeais that from the 16th of January, 1843, when the asylum Wao first opened for the reception of patients, to the 30ch of November fast, the whole Lumber admitted was 2,743; of whom 2,314 have beendiechai ged, 1,168 sr vovered, 468 improved, 333 unimproved, and that 320 died. Italo appears that the whole number of patients under treatmeat dur- ing ure St )ear, was 516; of whom J7L were dis- charged recovered, 3 much imparpyed, 49 improved, 105 unimproved, and that 51 died, leaviug 429 re- maiping in the asylum at the end of the year ‘The following exvract trom the Treasurer’a Re- port, furnished lst of December, 1850, shows that the financial condition of the estabiishment is satis- factory :— Ameunt of receipts for the past year, Gncluding batance of $10,494 38 in the Treasury on the ist Dee 1849), $80,217 46 Payments For provisions, household stores, furniture, attendants, labor, fuel, &e . &e, 65,028 25 Balance in the Treasury on the Ist Dec, 4850, $15,219 21 : _——— $80,217 46 The duration of ineanity, in the 171 cases dis- charged as cured. was as follows :— Less than one yeer..124 Five years One year... 21 Sax years. Two years 9 Unascertained. Three year! 7 Foor yeare 2 71 The result shown by this table is very important. It will be observed that in 121 of those discharged as well, the duration of insavity was under a year, hence the necessity and importance of an early treatme nt of the direase. The following table shows the cause of death in the 51 cases during the year :— Chronic mania...-- 12 Phthieis pulmonalis 2 Acute maxia Diarrhara..seeseee. 2 Dysentery .. a Aneurism of the aor- General paralysis .. Brees coos cccecce Operation for stran- gulated hernia... Pleuritis.... . Acute gastrit! Typhus fever Acute dementia. Erysipelas .... * by the above table it will be seen tl died of chronic insanity, the powers of jife gradually falling under the wei At of mental suffering. Bi the report it appears these cases presented no evi- dence of organic disease. For months before their aiseolution the circulation became extremely fee- ble, the secretions imperfect, the elaboration and appropriation of food defective, and cunsequently emaciation ensued, the whole train of morbid phenomena being referable to insanity. Three died of acute mania, a very small mortality in pro- portion to the number admitted with this form of disease. Thirteen died of dysentery, a larger uum- ber than from eny other diseaee, though it was at no time epidemic in the institution. Under this head is included a form of diwenee very unlike dy- eentery of private practice, but which, it appe: i common in asylums, and which 1s not kno eny other name. It oocurs in chronic cases, where the powers of life have been long graduaily sink- ing, and in recent cases where they have become much exhausted by protracted excitement. The other cases require no particular remark. The form ot derangement in 816 cases in the house, during the year endiag:November 30, 1850, wae as follows :— 3 3 3 i 2 1 1 1 4 Remaining Admitted Nov. 30, during 1849. the year Total. 33 16 14 163 92 225 47 34 31 3l 2B 59 2 49 7 6 8 bB 105 12 117 General paraly: 1 2 3 Intemperance a 8 7 Mania-a potu . - 2 2 7 2 9 16 7 22 1 - 1 a 2 6 - 2 2 - 38 8 Grand total.. ay 367 816 The duration of insanity m these eight hundred and sixteen cases, 8 followe : Lees than one yeai Eighteen years Niaeteen yea Twenty years. Twenty-one yei peBesey eee eenmeocy Forty-two years. Sixty-five years. Unknowa.... . care; two of them have been admitted within the leet year. These cases present the various forms of derangement, from the mere rascally lite sinner (two were lads) up to the most agg form of the genuine disease. We have that a remedy not much known to modera science, but in vogue in the days of Solomon, commenced early, and faithfully persevered with, would have been eminently successful in preventing the de- velopement of the disease, or at least arresting its progress before its full establishment. One of our patients is the exact counterpart, if not the iden- tical fellow, seen by Mr. George Combe, in the Dublin Lunatic Asylum, who exhibits a total want of moral feeling and principle, yet possesses in- telligence, ingenuity, and plausibility. He has been a ecourge to his family from childhood, was gent to the ermy to get rid of bim, from which he was turned out a8 an incorrigible villain, always figh and getting druck, for which he was re- peatedly flogged. seclusion he became’ so savege ae to render the task of entering his room and supplying his wants by no means enviable, and when at large he often aesaults those around him. Hise chief enjoyments are eating and fighting, and although he is constantly endeavoring to “ get out of these barracks,” he seems to have no particular object in view but the more free indulgence of those propensities. In ail but this one case, moral treatment alone has accomplished our object, but on him little moral influence can be exerted. The eight cases of feigned insanity were all prisoners; the form of insenity aseumed varies. jy one ae vacuity was simulated, he being mute and motionlere; another presented the phe- nomena of epilepsy and hyd bia combined to a most terrific degree, which disappeared soon after admission, but returned with increased vio- lence after removal to prison The following table shows the admiseions for eight yeere, during winter, spring, summer and fall, from which it sppears that the disease is more prevalent in summer than in the other seasons: — Winter. a Summer. Autumn. Eight years 735, Last year... Lay 83 WOH si The following table shows the number of pa- tients from each county, and how supported: — By Counties By By Counties By or Towns, Friends. or Towns. Friends 44 Ontario.. 30 ok 5 Orange... 9 6 Orleans 6 eo Oswego.. 5 » Oteego. . 12 1 7 3 82 : w 4 Richmond .... - 15 St. Lawrence 2 15 Saratoga... 29 6 Schenectady. 19 16 Schoharie... 2 30 Seneca it) 6 2 Stenden 3 6 1 Suffolk .. 3 Fulton lt 7 Sollivan... - Genesee...... 13 18 Tioga « 9 Greenies 13 Tompkine uv Hamilton. .... 1 Ulster... oy 6 Herkimer. . at Warten... .... 5 Jefferson . Washingt 16 Kings. . ! 2 Wayne.. ig Lewis . - 15 Westchester. . 2 Livingston... 33 Wyoming..... 19 be Madison - 49 53 Yates... - 10 13 Monroe ee 66 & State prisons. 44 = Montgomery... 24 Outofthe State — 102 New York. 6 — Niegera... w Total .... 1,622 1,121 Oneida. 54 —_— — Onondego ,,,. 6% Grand oral. oe. QT counties neareet the eayina ead tht largest nam ber of cases in to their Population. Thies may de 08 distance, from the difficulty of conveying patients a long j and in some measure on an unwill of to be £0 wisely separated from objecis of solici- tude; but mamly, we think, on the rance of those £0 located as to be out of of 0 Teach information as to the character and results of the institution, The following table shows the at which imsanity commenced in the cases mitted:— Under 15 years. ..... 9 From 50 to 55.. From 15 to 20.......300 60 2010 25. 25 to 30. 30 to 35. 35 to 40. Over 80 40 10 45. 451060. . Total..... Of the oceupations of the 2,743 patient previous to December 1850, there were 581 farmers, 179 laborers, 71 merchants, 65 scholars, 47 joiners, 42 clerks, 36 ehoemakers, 30 blacksmiths, 20 phy- ticians, 24 lawyers, 19 teachers, 18 saddlera, 16 clergymen, 15 coopers, 14 manufacturers, 13 cabi- net makers, 12 innkeepers, 1) coachmakers, 11 tobacconie's, 10 boatmen, 1,167 employed in house- work, 52 school girls, 35 tailoresses, 32 instruc- tresees, 28 milliners, 21 mantua makers, 10 factory girls, The number of persons of other occupa- tions range from one to seven Of the patients hitherto admitted, there were:— 1S MS Married 1,304 Widows .. us Sivgle.. +++01,275 Widowers 51 PLACE OF NATIVITY. New York.. - 1,982 Ohio .... 5 Ireland..... I9L Maryland. 4 Connecticut 118 South 3 94 Virginia ae 9L Sandwich Islands.. 3 54 Deomark... a @ Germeny. 39 West Indies 2 New Hampshire 32 Florida. 2 Scotland 2 Canad 1 Rhode Island. 1 Penneyivania. 1 New Jersey... 1 Wales. 1 Maine.. 1 France saris Total .. Pyrrrertr i 3 {t will be perceived that the inetitutioa receives a large number born in fereign lands, very many of whom, however, have been citizens of the State for years. The whole number is four hundred and nineteen. During the past year we have had seve- ral in the house who could not speak the English language. mostly Germans, one Swiss and one Sandwich Ielander. One Frenchman refuses to speek Enghab, but we doubt his inability to do so. The to!lowing table shows— Prorasce Causa or Denancement tn 2.743 Cases. Admitted Previ’sly. Admitted During to Dec. 80, 1849. the Year. Moles. Fem. Totad, Males, Fe. Tot. 4 ee se I health, oo 6 Dn a or) Puerperal oo 0 om Bichnerr and death * y of kindred - @ 6 8 oO 0 0 Intemperen -@ 6 at sw Buripersexcitem'nt. 61 14 65 FiMe KY Diexpp'mentinlove. 36 2 oF 3 2 & Excemsive study | ae OR ie Wie ames, Excerrive laboi S 2 a. fA ie Epilepey i ae lel sia i?” Millerism a a See es a Demestictrouble... 8 22 30 @ 12 18 Abure ofbusband.. 0 84 34 o 0 0 Injury ofthehead.. 2% 6 3 0 38 tos uw o 3 8 6 LL 6 1 at 8 65 @ 18 a C) 6 2 Buppres’n of “ Menorrbagia st the critical period. . . 3 18 Stromg hereditary predisposition... 6 14 Grief. ....6. lo 12 Btropg predispoi from prev 12 Imprisonment. 10 Jealousy 1 Anxiety Disapp’ed embition. Iliness of friends. . . Exposure to exces- tive heat Continued ver. Defective trainin; Political excite Opium esting....... Malformation of the bn LP Religious excitem’nt Infidelity ot wife... cBilgren . -. . Seen ee rat'r, o vonery... Want of occupation. Excitement of TOyKEe. False aceuration.... Ill treatment of pa- rents... : Violent temp Bearlet fever Difficulty w 8. ¥ Excitement of law- eult .. . License question Fourriexiam Bede ntary Nostal, Cow ‘eple! . Exeltem tof visiting Firmg ot cannon... : e smokin, SCH HHHO mEeScEoHeee © COS CO CHMMeCoRESS SHMECEM ROMEO Coco HHO eocco © SCSSSCCOMmMS Booe SocecemmBee © CSO Co CHmMeconcce COHeCHM COMMS coe ooo S SSSCCOSHEH HHH MESSE ERECO © COS CO CumECOCHCOS CHOHOESDH HONS COO Exporw cf charcoa) Ipbalicg acid ge Murder of son..... Beclusiontm society Burn of bead.. Study of phronole Unknown... . e MHOOH SO mere coeceo SOOM CHHSCCOONM H HEM CS COocHHCOOM pS COOHROm BOSOCE Hom ere co © cote ecoce cece © Grand total . of peculiar caves of insanity »-- Cause. Miileriem Domestic Trouble Abnee by Husbend. Masturbation Disappointed Ambition. lilfess of Friends. Defective Training. Political Excitement Opium Eating.... « Religious Excitement. Infidelity of Wife. Religious Anxiety Lose of Property. Intemperance.. Excitement in Business Disappointment in Love Excessive Study Excessive Labor Remorse. se Bad Conduct of Children. Going into Cold Water.. Want and Destitution Use of Snuff. Anticipation of Weelth wack Medicines Excessive Vene Wanting Oceupatio Excitement of a Se: I} treatment of Parents. t Infidelity of I License Question Fourieriem Preaching 16 Celibacy... Mesmeriom. . Excitement o! Firing Conon. *o Excessive Smoking. Severe Whipping.... ... Act rent Excitement Kechabiteiem .. Mormontem . : Murder ofa Son....... Srelusion from Society Stody of Phrerology itherto ad- | tory; most are it by persons inde or about and frequently the patient ean give the most satisfactory cause of his insanity, and often the very opposite of attain eonect ly true of masturbators, whose i ip looked u friends as caused by by “ . us anxiety,” because the firat evidence of ty noticed was an extraordinary anxiety about their salvation, an inordinate fear of future punishment, or abandoning all occupation but that of reading, or holding a bible asif reading, or pray- ing, or mumbling over incoherent sentences in an atutude of prayer at improper times and places, or trying to ‘tell his experience” in a religious meet- ing, or joining in going to great lengthe in the excitement of protracted religious meeti or in such like acts, the person is eupposod to be made insane by “religious anxiety.” Of the eight hundred and sixteen patients ia the institution during the past year, the suicidal propensity existed in sixty-six: twenty.two males and forty-four females. There were twenty-eight— twenty-one females and seven males—in the house atone time. In twenty of these twenty-one fe- males, the propensity wes intense. To have at one time under ca.e, twenty-eight persons, bent upon destroying themselves, is a burden which they alone know who bear it, increased by the necessity of carrying at all times, amid surround- ing sadness, a cheerful countenance over a heavy heart. The successful attempt at self-destruction, before reported, was mede on the 12th of July, by a female patient of our most intelligent class Her melancholy end became known to her companions, with whom she was a favorite, and on the following day twe other patients on the same wall, were overheard devising a plan for their own death. About this time the suicidal ropensity prevailed extensively, and seemed to phe There were admitted, during the month of July, the large number of forty-four pa- tients, from different portions of the State, nine- teen of whom were euicidal. Several of these had attempted suicide conection previous to ad- mission. One by suspension, which was discovered before life was entirely extinct, to whom anima- tion was with difficulty restored. Another by cat- ting her throat inamost shocking manner; and oth- ers by poison Two patients, who had been long in the house, and never exhibited suicidal Boneasiting attempted it during this moath, though they hi no knowledge of the violent death that had oc- “ reli THE AVENUES OF THE CITY. The Conduct ef theCommon Council. J.G. Bennett, Esq. :— Dear Sin—As you are, generally speaking, muck: better posted up on city matters than most of your neighbors or cotemporaries, and far more truthfal and independent upon all matteis of a public cha- racter, won't you be good enough to tell us why, in the name of common sense and common de- cency, it is, that nearly every avenue and highway leading out of the city te the northward are suf fered to remain, by the powers that be, in the hor_ rible, impaseable condition they now are, and have been, for the last year or more. Take for instance the Third avenue, which, asa general thing, ise fair sample of the lot, and would be regarded as @ diegrace to the smallest specimen of a backwoods vil- lage to de found in the deepest swamp of the Misss- sippt, or even the notorious Five Points in its palm- iest days of mud and corruption, let alone the great eity of New York, the pride and boast of the West- ern world. And why is it? Why are the travel- ting and business part of community in the upper portions of the city thus angjoyed and put to this @reat inconvenience ? Surely, not frem a want of funds, tor five minutes at the books ia the Comp- troller’s office will satisfy any maa of common sense that full and ample provisions have bee made for these roads and avenues in sume of the people’s money sufficient, had it been in silver, to well nigh pave them with dollars from end to end, to say nothing of keeping them in decent order. Then why is it? It surely cannot be that the pro- per authorities are ignorant of the facts, or it 18 a subject of universal complaint, both loud and deep; besides, we see daily his excellency of the nineteenth ward, whose duty it most ,undoubtedly 13 to call for ii attention te these grievances, passing to and fro, with his loads of washed and unwashed liaen, over these shameful roads, or rather swamps, when he cannot but cee, if he can see anything, their impassable condition in shape of turned-over curred in another portion of the building. On the thirteenth of this month, ignorant of the occur Tences of the previous day, they attempted stran- guiation, and so persevering were they in subse- quent attemp's, that they could only be preserved by mechanical restraint. On the same day a fe- male attendant took an ounce of tincture of opium “because she liked it,’’ without, however, any apparent intention of gelf destruction. had been an active and faithful person, and still con- | bier in the service of the institution, useful and trusted. We have had during the year, ten homicidal cases, rine men and one woman; a part admitted during the year, a part previously. Of the latter, two are intensely homic' These two have been in: for many yea) ind the propensity seems to crease in activity with the duration of their ease. One, a very athletic man, shows a desire to kill by strangulation. He has often been seen, without any provocation, to seize another by the throat and arrest respiration, at the same time emiling with satanic pleasure. The oth- er desires to kill with a cutting instrument, and is rendered perfectly rabid by the sight of a knife Theee. though dangerous when at large, are, in our judgment, rendered more herce and severe by seclusion. We therefore give these, in common witb all others, much liberty. Unitep Srares Frigate Cumeertann, ¢ Bay or Nar.gs, Jan. 18, 1851 Crwise of the U. 8. Frigate Cumberland—Interest- img Vists to Renowned Places in the Old World— Life in a Frigate, §c. Thinking you would be pleased to hear from the squadron now in the Mediterranean, ! shall take the liberty of addreesing you. Your paper being more universally read than any other in the United States, and almost the only one we ever see here that is printed on the other side of the Atlantic, a slight abstract of our voyage might got be unin. teresting. Our noble frigate left New York on the eleventh of August, 1849, and arrived at Gibraltar on the 13th of September. After remaining there a few days, we sailed for Naples, where we arrived on the 30th; from here we went to Spezzia, where we took in stores, and returned to Naples. On the 19th of December, we errived at our winter quar- tere in Messina. We passed the winter here very pleasan'ly; gave several balls on board, to the gentry of the city. A large number were given to our officers, on shore. We left here for Naples on the 10th of March, 1850; took in stores in company with the Independence, St. Lawrence, and Missis- i. We left for the Ad: c on the 19th of May, and after a pleasant — —— Gulf of Venice, we arrived at Trieste ont ih of June, tou chin; at Ancona on our way. Our fngate was much mired in Trieste. Our decks were full of all the time we remained here, the larger of which were ladies. Mr. Maxwell, our as in rere sense of the word a gentleman, showed all possible attention to our officers while here. We all visited Venice, and someVienna. We sailed from here on the 2tet of June; and on our passage down the Gulf touched at Brindici, (tne ancient Briodusium). We saw several of the cian islands, the islands of Candia and Cyprus, and arrived at Beyrunt, ia Syria, July 6th. Here dur officers omured themselves with excursions to the mountains of Lebanon. From here we went to Tripoli, a emall city some thirty miles further up the coast, si! dat the toot of the highest of the Lebanon mounts. From here we returned to Beyrunt, and from therce sailed for Jaffa, passing in sight of Tyre and Sidon, St. Jean de Acre, and Mount Carmel. While our frigate lay in Jaffa, all our officers and a great nuinber of our men visited Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the country arouad, We left on the first of August, and arrived at Alex. andria on the 6th. Our officers were not allowed to goon ehore here, as the cholera was raging We remained here eight days, watere i and sailed for Spezzia on the 1th. We touched at Measina afew how as we came through the Faro. We artived Spezzia on the 7th of Sep- tember, and took in stores. ‘Lhe Missiesippi, Tn- dependence, and Constitution being here also. Trom here we made several excursions into the country. We arrived at Naples again on the 7th of November The Cumberiend has outssiled every vessel which she has been in company with. She aaile the Independence hull down, ia eight hours. We pew aes oy we mage iv? he »y a Court of Inquiry, held on Ca, Latimer. (oy order of Charles w mander-in-Chief), to inquire into certain charges veferred against him by Lieutenant Henry C 1a) Tt i@ the opinion of all that he wiil be four "a, , and be sent home for trial by Court rtial. The names of those en the Court are Cep John C. Long, of the Mississippi; Captain William Jamesson and Lieutenant Francis Wins- low, of the Independence ; Mr. Francie Janvier, Judge Advocate. In consequence of being detaimed here, most of our officers have visited all parts of Ltaly, some venturing into Germany, and as fur Paris, and even beyond that. This has been a gay season in Naple our offieera, when sot engaged in their arduous duties, are to be found im poor of gay resort. The Opera of San Corlo is filled to over- flowing every evi to see that gifted and un- equalled danseuse Amalia Ferroris, and to hear that queen of song, Signora Tadolint. On the Kiog’s birthday the squadron hoisted the Neapoli- tan flag, and fired three eslutes of twenty-one guns each. An invitation was given to the officers to attend the opera, and boxes reserved tor them by the King. apices is crowded with Americans, and among them Mrs. Ann 8S. Stevena, the American a, and (the family of Mr. Pratt, of New York. should have written before, but have been antici- pated by 9 gentleman now attached to this ship. You will see by the above that seven-eighths of our time has been passed in por the other ships have cruised lees thin we have. It is the enera! opinion here that the squadron will be re- feved in the spring, and if 80 we would be pleased tojece it inserted in the Herald, which, as | said be. fore, is the only American paper we see here. iters “7 and “Exrtosion or Gas wx Bostox.—At tea minutes before twelve o'clock last night, many of the citt zeus of Sudbury, aud other streets adjacent thereto, were startled from their beds by a loud report, re= eembling that caused by the discharge of « can non. The cause of this alarm was the explosion of gas in the cellar of the ‘* Firemen’s Kesort,” Sudbury street, kept by Charles ©. Henry. It ap pears that for some two hours previous to the ex- josion, the place had smelt strongly of gas, the immediate cauge thereof being unknown. For the purpose of shutting off the gas at the metre, Henry and Frencis Chandier went into the cellar with a lighted lamp. Just as they approached the metre, the gas which had escaped into the cellar ignited and exploded, knocking down Henry and Chandler, and also protirating Leander M. Wright, who was in the room overhead. Atl the windows were smathed. The explosion was heard at the west end of Cambridge street — Boston Jowrnal, March 15. Jobn Fagan has been ose Neipator in th Soanty, Md. 4 in Queen Aane’s, Ma, Condon tragedy in Kent hay. wastns, mired carts and st broken down vehicles of every description, and deep cut sewer pits of long standing, to pass and repass which, is often to put life and limb in jeopardy; and yet, not a lisp or syllable is heard from this ambitious, fair promising alderman, in behalfof his patient, long sufiering constituents. There are, sir, in our quiet neighborhood, seve- ral barn ya ilosephezs and grimaikin astrolo- ers, Who profess to point out by straws the true jirection of the winds, and foretell the coming of a storm, on its arrival, by the altitude, &c., of puessey’s back, who are uncharitable enough to euppose a sort of aldermanic understanding be- tween the gentlemen of the eighteenth and nine- teenth warde, to maintain a studious silence and inaction in relation to these roads, and thereby ultimately bury Dingledimn, and his line of in the slough holes thereof; andthe Conklin to-become, ia that event, the legitimate and sole | - the patrons and passengers of the afore- said line. Whether there be any truth in this queer sort of philosophy, or whether the unfair encroachment of Mr. Conklin upon the rights ot Mr. Dingle- dim, by the removal of his stages from Twenty- eighth to Thirty-fourth street, was with an eye to the ultimatum above mentioned, is for time to develop, and an intelligent people to deside. Much of the evil and inconvenience of which we complain, is, no doubt, the result of bad man- agement on the part of the departments, having charge of the employments of the city; several of which, there seems to be an entire lack _ of system and disciphne—an evident want of judgment and economy, or disposition to consult the true interest and convenience of the citizen or tax payer. Take, for instance, the street and Croton water departments. The former has be- fore it en application to regulate and grade, perhaps pave, half-a-dozen er more avenues in the upper part of the city—say from Twenty-eighth te Thre fits streets,—all are put under way at one end the same time, without any reference what- ever to the season of the year, or convenience of the travelling community; streets or avenues are no sooner completed, as per contrect, than the grade thereof is discoverred to be all wrong, and the whole concern must forthwith be torn up and re-graded. In this way, millions of the people's money is equandered ‘and fooled away, and not a few utterly ruined. Inthe midst of this second operation, along comes the Croton depart: with its sewers and water Fate taut can’t be de- Jeyeda moment, and the whole concern is put into full blast—wet or dry; fall or spring, winter or summer, just agit ppenss and, the result is, just what it bh been, for the last year or two, and what would naturally be expected from such a state of things—a shameful, impassable state of the streets, and nearly every avenue leading out of the city to the northward. And when, sir, are the men whom we elect and poy, and pay liberelly too, to see after our interests ip these particulars? 1 mean the Common Coun- cil. Are they discharging their eral duties fairly ond faithfully, in keeping a vigilant supervi- sion over these departments, and all other similar and essentia! matters that tend for the general good and well being of the city and an honest constitu- ency’? Nota bit of it. They have too many other and better fish to.fry. Among others, the celebrated gas fish, with | silvery scales, and filled with fine luscious eggs, of a yellowish tinge, is pecu- liarly rich end palatable to aldermanic stomachs, and much sought after. And then, foe reaee, Alderman Doolitile, of the Nineteenth ward, wants a job for a political friend; he has nothing todo but offers resolution to establish @ lamp district in some of the open fields in the ward, or perhaps to dectare open a street, neither of which was ever aeked for, or wanted, by those who have the billa to foot. Ard Alderman Do-less, of the Eighteenth, readily votes for it; and Ald. Do-nothing makes no objection, right or wrong, but sleeps on, ual some fet ges contract, or ferry privilege, comes upon the carpet fer consideration here are the minority members, in these Piping mes, not of , but of corruption in hig! 7 Flo along with the current, as nd joetasingifierent. And where is eloquent,” from the gallant Twelfth? like a book, and when he risea to question, he delivers himself like a book, a wher he concludes, it is closed like a book; and if you will examine the back of it, you will find in- scribed upon a pink-eolored label, “* For the May- or ly of 1852, like a Book.’’ Aid yet, sir, the good citizen who dares to re- bel, or lift up his voice in condemaation of this corrupt and disgraceful state of things, evther im re or private, is at once coerced mio silence y threats of proscription. If 4 poliician, be must yield, or ir erst aside ; if in public busin: politi- cal power and influence is brought to bs vdeo him, and that euflers. And has it come to this, that al] must bow in si of party, or sink in we left our hi ions—that we may not r their missiles. Itis high time, sit, the good and honest citizens of New York ehould rise up ia their majes dminister a rebuke to the insti- gators of t of things, no matter whom, or where found, that shall be remembered at least for a seasen. Tp to be quiet citizens, lovers of law r,in every sense of the word, and disclaim I) intention of disrespect to the honest and faith- ul ministers thereof, and yet some of us would certainly hesitate before they would refuse to ac company «n honest, sober set of bearded men to your City Hall, on some pleasant afternoon, when he Cot Couneil were in session, and there seize and n the party, and quietly parade them through enwe swamps aud slough holes that we have been obliged to wollow through for the year or two, with the Commissioner of Streets, and the gentlemen from the Eighteenth and Nine teenth, at their head, beari: ‘ull high, a banner nseribed all over, in great black letters of tarand chareoal »— THE Farturut Common Connon. or NEW YORK, In Committee of the Whole, ON GAS AND MUD’ Said banner, afier the parade, to be presented asa token ef respect and esteem, by said Common Council, to the Barn Yano Paiiosormens. New Yor, March 17, 1851 Commuamon On Caine avar 1861 —The board met according rept ali the bere. Ti Godfrey, claiming ed of him at Matemoras, 1850. 183) 883. c taken up for consideration, together with the cole and documents counested therewith. the board came to an opinion that the claim is not valld egeinet the tepediie ‘of Mexico, and the same was acoordi not silowed That of Benjamin Harrison, for {wo imprestmente into the Mexioan service, loas it of his wages, be- ether with the a Poe oe 1, arnment; pre- rial af Houjamia Polttioat [ntelligence. Gen. Wim. Culiem, was, on the lyth lust unanimous- J bominaied to rey it the Nashville District Im Congrers. by the whig district convention st Gallatin, e ‘ot Thomas Davidron # fow dayn since, at Gaine- ro’. while at court. Davidson bas rinos died. lem onee formeriy, had been shot rencontre in the the defensive and shot his antegon! distant, with» ride.