V
nURLEV, A 00., late of the American
, Temperance House, Chicago, have taken
! l Vernon t House, corner of Lakeand
vr'
li ' ,nr" w,u DB ""I'PJ' ,0 acrvrtneir
anu ail nine rt who willfavor Ihrm with
.iaihebetttlyl Mar 1, 1810. 6-43
rnKJIUIllAI. UP SimDIX-.lb.lu.ur.
We have been favored by our tnenilicra of the
1 l.cgitdalure at Ppringfield, wilh several enpira of
the Memorial of Min 1). I.. Dix, relative to the
erecli'-n of an Innane Asylum in our Slate. We
regret that we ire unalile to publish the docu
ment ot length, but give below Ibe concluding
part of the Memorial, which, it will be aeen, re
late, to the condition of the Insane in tliia State.
Min Dix, it it pretty generally known, hat
been engaged f.ir a nu uher of yoara, in visiting
the varioua Hospital, Aaylumi, Ac. in the U.
Stales, for the roininendjhle pnrpoae of ascer
taining the condition .of their unfortunate inmate.,
and her rflorle arc for the purpnae ofeatubli.hing
nimilui Inatilutiona in thoae 8tules now deatilulu.
We hope her cliort will be crowned with sue
cess, and that our Legislature will seriously take
into cniisideration this important Dialler.
Of the urgent necessity for a hos
pital in Illinois, many are sensible
who will rend these pages ; but there
is perhaps a larger number to whose
minds this claim presents itself un
der the view of no serious and posi
tive obligation. A littlo inquiry
will satisfy all who doubt, that this
is either a great or an increasing
evil. Illinois, according to Hie years
since the country was settled, has a
full proportion of Insane. Idiotic.
