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Reavis, Turner...whw... Smithfield, North Carolina.....vol 4 Taylor, William C..
...Georgetown College.....vol 5
Riddle, Robert......wfr.... Vicksburg, Mississippi.....vol 3 Vanel, Andrew V..
..Georgetown College.....vol 5
Ryan, Charles E.....cer......Milledgeville, Georgia.....vol 5 Warren, Edward R....wfr... Vicksburg, Mississippi...vol 3-4
Sansuin, F. B.........cer. ..Monroe, Georgia.....vol 5 Wills, Miss Ann..........tww.
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Smith, James F......cer... Milledgeville, Georgia. ...vol 5 Woods, Dr. John R.. .lww.
Albemarle.....vol 4
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..Milledgeville, Georgia. ....vol 5 Wallace, Campbell....tlj......Knoxville, Tennessee.....vol 4
Southwark Library.
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Slocumb, rs. Cora A.......wfr.......New Orleans.....vol 5 Washington Lit. Society..Randolph Macon College. v 1-2-3-4-5
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Stubbs, James..
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Shotwell, J..
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Macon, Georgia.....vol 4 Whig Society...
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Satchell, Miss Susan..
Accomac...vol 3-4 Watkins, Joel T... Clarksville, Mecklenburg.....vol 5
Sutherland, S..
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Sturges, N. L......... Waynesboro', North Carolina.....vol 4 Watkins, Miss Elizabeth S..
.Tennessee.....vol 5
Seaton, Mrs. William W.
War Department..
Washington City.....vol 4
Wilmer, George T..
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Walker, Isaac W..
..Buckingham.....vul 4
Wiggin, Henry B.
.Glasgow Kentucky.....vol 5
Watson, Gillett..
Washington, Pennsylvania.....vol 5
Wilber, Perlee B..... Physick Springs, Buckingham.....vol 5
Wherry, Miss Mary E... ......Leesburg, Virginia.....vol 5
Wooten, Dr. H. V....... Lowndesborough, Alabama.....vol 4
Wallace, Campbell....cmm...Knoxville, Tennessee.....vol 5
Yancey, W. L...
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South Carolina.....vol 4
Young Men's Debating Soeiety......Lynchburg, Va.....vol 5
Young, Lawrence A....cer....Milledgeville, Georgia.....vol 5
Yeamans, Charles E...wfr...Vicksburg, Mississippi.....vol 4

Sass, J. K....

State Department..
Shaw, Jr., R. Blair..

Stewart, J. A...................
Sherman, Charles E.
Turpin, Jackson F.

.Washington City.....vol 4
Washington City.....vol 4
Buckingham C. H.....vol 5
..Illinois.....vol 4
...Mobile, Alabama.v 1-2-3-4
Augusta, Georgia...vol 4-5
Williamsburg.....vol 4
Washington City.....vol 4
.Brownsville, Tennessee.....vol 4
..Perry C. H. Alabama.....vol 4
.Tennessee...vol 3-4
..Petersburg.. vol 5
.Apalachicola, Florida.....vol 5

Tyler, Governor John.......ags..
Treasury Department..
Taylor, Howell..
Tull, Lewis C..

Taylor, George T..

Thomas, Gabriel J.

Thompson, Dr. T. H..

AGENTS FOR THE SOUTHERN

Hill & Dabney, General Agents for Virginia.
Thomas L. Jones, General Agent for Western and
South Western States.

Thomas Shore, P. M., Petersburg, Va.

Richard Northington, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.
Thomas R. Hampton, Georgetown, D. C.
J. D. Murrell, P. M. Lynchburg, Va.
Wesley Stevenson, Baltimore, Md.

Col. James Page, P. M., Philadelphia, Pa.
Chas. King, Editor American, New York.
Weeks & Jordan, Boston, Mass.

D. Bryan, Esq., P. M., Alexandria, D. C.
Geo. T. Jessee, P. M., Fredericksburg, Va.

Dr. Wm. H. Williams, Gen. Agent for N. Carolina.

R. K. Chamberlayne, Atty. at Law, Carrollton, Ala.
J. L. Bull, La Grange, Geo.

William W. Worsley, Louisville, Kentucky.
D. B. Turner, Post Master, Huntsville, Alabama.
James J. Kendrick, Washington, Georgia.
Andrew Coyle, Washington City.
N. A. Stedman, North Carolina.

Gen. James Hamilton, Charleston, S. C.
B. W. Huntington, Camden, S. C.

T. A. S. Doniphan, Natchez, Mississippi.
W. F. Ritchie, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
B. K. Hersey, St. Louis, Missouri.

George F. Baltzell, P. M. Apalachicola, Florida.

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John A. Settle, Texas.

H. B. Gwathmey, Mobile, Alabama.
George W. Baynard, Clinton, Louisiana.
Joseph W. Carroll, Columbus, Mississippi.
Thomas Booth, La Grange, Tenn.
James P. Waddell, Athens, Geo.

John Parkhitt, Tallahasse, Florida.

Robert R. Stafford, Providence, Rhode Island.

L. B. Landry, Post Master, St. Francisville, Louis'a
James D. Tradewell, Columbia, S. C.
Charles E. Ryan, Milledgeville, Georgia.
Charles S. Leckie, Alexandria, Louisiana.
M. M. Strong, Macon, Georgia.

Prof. Wm. H. Owen, Chapel Hill N. C.

George W. Granbery, Sunsbury, Gates Co., N. C.
C. W. Everest, Fayetteville, N. C.
Prof. Landon, C. Garland, Boydton, Va.
A. G. Southall, Williamsburg, Va.
Rev. H. Ruffner, D.D., Lexington, Va.
J. N. Armstrong, Nashville, Tennessee.
G. G. White, Oxford, Ohio.

E. Burke Fisher, Pittsburg, Pa.
E. D. Anderson, Maysville, Ky.
R. J. Garwood, Wheeling, Va.
J. W. Wilde, Augusta, Georgia.

Rev. Gen. W. Charlton, Greenville, Va.
George Belfield Saunders, Tuskaloosa, Alabama.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE MORRIS HOUSE, No. 188 Chesnut Street-south side, between seventh and eighth streets, Philadelphia.

MRS. S. HOWELL begs leave to inform those Ladies and Gentlemen who have occasion to visit Phila

delphia, that she has taken and fitted up in elegant style as a genteel private BOARDING-HOUSE, that spacious and central establishment called the MORRIS HOUSE, situate at No. 183 Chesnut Street, between Seventh and Eighth Streets, opposite the Masonic Hall, and extending over the stores of Messrs. Van Harlingen & Co. and Fletcher and Bennett.

This House is well adapted to the accommodation of Family Parties, having suites of apartments communicating with each other, together with Baths and other desirable conveniences.

The ordinary dinner table will be always ready at half past two o'clock, which is the usual hour of dining in the principal hotels of this city.

Private tables when required, will also be spread, and like the public table, furnished with as great a variety as can be found in any similar establishment in Philadelphia. The best WINES kept constantly on hand.

J. W. RANDOLPH & CO. BOOK-SELLERS, BOOK-BINDERS, STATIONERS, And Dealers in Music and Fancy Goods, Main Street, Richmond, Va., seven doors below Earley's Hotel, terms, a good assortment of Goods in their line, emKeep constantly on hand, and for sale on moderate bracing the usual variety. Having purchased Mr. Mayo's BINDERY, they are prepared to execute Clerks' Books and every other description of Book-binding, in superior style.

J. W. Randolph & Co., will purchase or give new works in exchange for any quantity of old or second Richmond, Jan. 1839.

hand books.

CONWAY ROBINSON,

HAS resigned the Office of President of the Richmond and Fredericksburg Rail Road Company, with the purpose of devoting his time entirely to his profession. He will regularly attend the Court of Appeals and Federal Courts, and also to chancery causes in the Circuit Court of Henrico. His office is at the house lately occupied by Judge Daniel. Richmond, Jan. 1839.

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FROM THE FOURTH OF NOVEMBER, TO THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF DECEMBER, 1838. All persons who have made payments early enough to be entered, and whose names do not appear in this published receipt list, or in that of the next number, are requested to give notice of the omission immediately after receiving the February number, in order that the correction may be forthwith made.

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Erwin, E. J.....whw....Morganton, North Carolina.....vol 4
Edgar, Thomas.
..Monroe, Virginia.....vol 4
Foster, Mrs. P. H ..tww.....Bentleysville, Va.....vol 4
Furlow, Thomas M.. ..jlo.. .Macon, Georgia.....vol 4
Fox, Charles James.
Williamsburg...vol 3-4
Franklin Literary Society..Randolph-Macon College.....vol 4
Gifford, L..........tlj. ..Jonesboro', Tennessee.....vol 4
Gibson, Charles C............... Abingdon, Virginia...vol 4-5
Gettings, John S...
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Greenhow, Robert..
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Garvin, J. P..
Waynesboro', North Carolina.....vol 4
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Heth, Capt. John........ .p&l.
Hunter, William..
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Hampton, Col. Wade......Columbia, South Carolina...vol 4-5
Hoke, Michael..... ..whw..
..North Carolina.....vol 4
Hampton, Joseph W......whw...... North Carolina.....vol 4
Holt, Hines...
Holt, William A...
Hawley, W. & B. S.
Hobson, John C......

.Monroe, Georgia...vol 4-5
...New Orleans...vol 5-6
..Apalachicola, Florida.....vol 5
.Richmond.....vol 5

.Columbia, S. C...vol 4-5 Oxford, Ohio.....vol 5

Hall, Col Addison......Kilmarnock, Lancaster, Va.....vol 5
Harrison, George E.. .Cabin Point, Surry co. Va.....vol 5
Hamblin, Wi liam B.. .Somerville, Tennessee...vol 3-4
Hampton, Mrs. Margaret..
Irwin, G. M..
Jones, William Albert..
Judson,, A. B....
Jones, Thomas S...
Jones, Meriwether, and A P. Fox.
James, Edwin..

.Perry C. H. Alabama...vol 4-5

...Indiana.....vol 5 .Pittsylvania.....vol 4 .Richmond...vol 4-5 ....fetersburg.....vol 5

Jones, George.........Marshall Theatre Richmond.....vol 5
Jeffries, W. A....whw....Louisburg, North Carolina.....vol 4
Jarrett, Dr. William A..cer...Milledgeville, Georgia.....vol 5
Jordan, John A......cer......Milledgeville, Georgia.....vol 5
Joynes, Thomas R...
..Accomac C. H., Va...vol 3-4
Jefferies, Nathaniel...wfr...Port Gibson, Mississippi.....vol 3
Jenkins, Harvey M....wfr....Vicksburg, Mississippi.vol 3-4-5
Kizer, Miss Sarah Ann....wfr......Falmouth, Va.vol 1-2-3-4-5
Kellum, Col. Thomas H.....Bell-Haven, Accom: c, Va...vo 3-4
Kerr, James..
Lewis, Dr. N. W..
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Lamar, John..
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Lumpkin, Mrs. Priscilla T.
Lewis, William B.
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Livingston, Edward P..
Lindsay, R. G..
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...Petersburg.....vol 5 ...Brunswick.....vol 5 ....Macon, Georgia.....vol 4 ..Macon, Georgia.....vol 4 ...King & Queen.....vol 5 Washington City.....vol 4 Washington City.....vol 4 .......Sussex.....vol 5 .Goochland. Va.....vol 5 .....Tivoli, New York.....vol 5 .Greensboro', North Carolina.....vol 5 .Point Pleasant, Mason co.....vol 5 ..North Carolina...vol 4-5 Milledgeville, Georgia.....vol 5 .Dandridge, Tennessee...vol 3-4 Quintana, Texas.....vol 4 F....Lynchburg, Virginia...vol 2-5 .Floyd C. H.....vol 4 .Princeton, New Jersey.....vol 5 .Newark, Louisa.....vol 5

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McSherry, William..
Georgetown College.....vol 5
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Washington City.. vol 5
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Navy Department..
.Washington City.....vol 4
Organ, Mrs. E. S..
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Overton, Mrs. M. A......
Pensacola, Florida...vol 5-6
Otis, James F.
Washington City.vol 3-4-5
Phifer, John F.
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Phifer, Misses Mary Anh & L..tli....North Carolina.....vol 5
Prince, Nicholas W.. ........Tuskaloosa, Alabama.....vol 4
Perry, Miss Sarah L.
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Pleasants, J. J.
Poindexter, George B..
Pickett, James..
Piggott, Mrs. Fielding D..
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1. Observations on the Ill Health of American Womenshowing, that they suffer much more from ill health than those of other countries, and the variety of causes tending to deteriorate the standard of female health in America; that the climate of our country is less favora. ble to robust health than that of Europe, being more variable and subject to greater and more sudden vicissitudes of temperature; that animal food is no inconsiderable source of ill health; that the practice of using hot unleavened bread is highly injurious; that all clas yes are deficient in the daily practice of ablutions, and that our national habits need a thorough reformation in this respect; that a system of dress for females could hardly be devised, which, in some respects, would more Infallibly produce disease, suffering, and death, than the one now in vogue; that the most prolific source of Ill health to females is the want of proper and sufficient exercise in the open air; that the habit of confining them within doors, to the certain and irremediable inJury of their health, is begun in early childhood; that the whole school system, as generally adopted in this tountry, with regard to the very young of both sexes, is absurd and vicious, and should be reformed; that there is no such thing as enjoying perfect, robust, vigorous health, without exercise-and without exercise in the open air; that the body, as well as the mind, requires test, recreation, and change, &c.; by Harvey Lindsly, M. D., Washington City...

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1. Recollections of a Retired Lawyer. Recollections Introductory. Recollections I-The Plea of Infancy, &c. 97 4. Babylon-a Poem; by C. W. Everest. Notice of this new work, with extracts... Inaugural Addresses. Notice of an Address delivered by Rev. R. H. Morrison, at his inauguration as President, and an address delivered by Rev. P. J. Sparrow, A. M., at his inauguration as Professor of Languages-in Davidson College, North Carolina, August 2, 1838.......

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VOL. V.

RICHMOND, FEBRUARY, 1839.

OBSERVATIONS

ON THE ILL HEALTH OF AMERICAN WOMEN.

By Harvey Lindsly, M. D., of Washington, D. C.

No. II:

struck with the fearful extent and obstinate nature of these affections-always difficult to remedy and frequently even to alleviate--and they seem confined almost exclusively to females and men of sedentary habits. They are always productive of great and protracted suffering.

The remark has often been made by Europeans, who have visited this country,-and the melancholy truth has been confirmed by Americans who have travelled It is important, if the existence of these premises be on the eastern continent,-that American women suffer admitted, to ascertain the causes which operate to promuch more from ill-health than those of other countries.duce them. There are, no doubt, some circumstances My attention has for some time past been particularly beyond our control, which may tend to render the directed to this subject, and I am convinced that the re-health of our country women inferior to that of females mark is undoubtedly true to an alarming extent, and that it is the duty of the medical profession to examine into its causes, and if possible to suggest and urge upon the public the appropriate remedies.

Not only is the average health of our country women much less robust than that enjoyed by corresponding classes in Europe, and particularly in Great Britain, but it is much more infirm than that of the other sex in our country:—I mean, after making due allowance for those diseases and afflictions peculiar to their situation and duties in society.

in Europe; but even if this be granted, there seems to be no reason why it should not be as good (with the qualifications before mentioned) as that of our sex. The deleterious effects of our changeable climate, is the only irremediable difficulty. It is a general impression that the climate of our country is less favorable to robust health than that of Europe: that it is more variable-being subject to greater and more sudden vicissitudes of temperature-and that this fact alone is sufficient to account for much of the ill-health that exists among us. This is perhaps partially true, although I am persuaded, at the same time, that a great deal more is attributed to the influence of climate than its impor

With respect to their inferiority in point of vigor, strength and robustness, to the women of England, as well as of the continent, I believe there is not one distance deserves. It is said that not only are our sumsenting voice among those who have enjoyed the most mers hotter and our winters colder than in correspondample opportunities for comparison, and whose atten- ing latitudes in the old world, but that the range of the tion has been attracted to the subject. The European thermometer within short periods is vastly greater here bas a much more florid and healthful complexion-a than there and that these sudden and violent changes much more vigorous person--and is capable of endur- are productive of disease in all its Protean forms. Someing much more fatigue and exposure, and of perform- thing must undoubtedly be yielded to this cause; but ing much harder labor. The slender, and delicate, and still I am persuaded that its influence both by foreignfragile form-the pale, sallow and waxen complexion-ers and ourselves has been vastly overrated. It is prowhich are so common among us, are comparatively seldom seen abroad. The feats of pedestrianism which are almost daily performed in England, even by ladies of rank and fortune, would appear almost incredible to our feeble and sedentary country women.* That the females of our country are likewise much greater sufferers from ill health than our sex, is a fact, which the daily observation of medical men has abundant opportunity of confirming-and the class of diseases, from which they suffer most, are precisely those which we would suppose would be produced by the peculiar causes operating upon them. They are, derangements of the digestive and nervous apparatus. Every physician of much experience must have been

As an illustration of this remark, it is mentioned by a recent traveller, in his letters from England, that while staying for a few days at the house of a friend in the interior of the country, it was proposed one morning that the family, including the ladies, should make a call on another friend, who lived about five miles distant. They accordingly started on foot, without any remark being made as to the mode of locomotion, as if it were an ordinary occurrence, and on their way home, were so little fatigued as to be desirous of making a digression of some two or three miles, in order to exhibit some picturesque view, which they thought might be interesting to their guest, as a stranger. Such a pedestrian excursion by an American woman, would be an event to be talked of for life!

bably true of Great Britain, which, on account of her insular situation, enjoys a much more equable climate than the rest of Europe. The extremes of winter and summer are not so great as with us, and the changes are much less within any given period. The mercury seldom rises above 80° of Fahrenheit in the shade in summer, whereas here it almost always rises to 90°, and occasionally to 1000.* This, and the corresponding mildness of winter, present a striking contrast to our temperature; but this difference is much less obvious on the continent, where, although the cold may not be as intense in winter, or the heat as oppressive in summer, as with us, yet the variations of temperature are quite as sudden and as great. I do not recollect ever to have seen a greater change than forty degrees recorded as taking place within twenty-four hours, in this country-while I have the authority of a distinguished

At Penzance, in the south-west of England, for several years in succession the mercury has not risen above 780 in the shade. The mean temperature too of our summer months, is much higher than that of England; and, of the winter months, proportionably lower. The mean temperature of the winter months in New York and Philadelphia is from 28° to 320, while that of London, for the same season, is about 40°. The mean temperature of the summer months, in the former places, varies from 72° to 760, but in London reaches only 620.

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