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THE BANNERS ' 'G I [WEEKLY.] / ? . # - ^ - =* Vol. III. Abbav^le C..H, S. C. July 22. 184?> .No. 21.1 ?????^??^?? Published every Wednesday Morning, by ALLEN & KEKK. ilrto 2Tcrms. ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS p-r annum, if paid witlun three mont li.> trom fh- tinir of subscribing, or TWO DOLLARS atW that nm , No subscription r?;C?'l??d for as than six mtHHhsi it mi no pap?*r aiscontinu* <1 m.til ..II .... - : i ... Oil on aia-vn iir1 Jin HI, XH'-pi Ml " fl- ?>{)?u?*-of ?'t ditor. Sti'f ript-oiif will t > continu-' . ??' I *fl? fioiif* I)* .iv ii otli.r v.8. ur? v .ouh ?i? tto? <;N h- of h'- volutin j F/Ofk N>'iPs Sit'/'Jiy G izrtte THL LIVING SKELETON' The people, of the pr-'S'-nt lay .ire prone to excitement. Every bubble that glitters upon the running stream of Time, finds thousands of weak, but eager minds, willing to be led astray by its fickle, but shining course: even as tho c^hnolKnir ic tori fViA K??* %uv uvMvvawwj ?w tuu UJ illU Ul I^Ul UUl" terfly, as it sports its brief hour, amid the golden sun-beams of a summer's day. Almost every turn of this old Earth in its diurnal course, brings up something new and exciting, to lead the mind of man away from the beaten track of the wonders that were but yes terday. It is truly wonderful, to think of the manifold wonders which have been cast forth from the deep and furrowed bosome of the present age. There has been the iron age, and the silver age, and the golden age?but this age may truly be called eecenlricus, for never has 4Via eaon o /rn oa iitvy UUIAU guvu ugt. ou |7i UUUL 111 JJI UUU* cing those things which are marvelous. Almost every mail brings us the wonderful news, that the eighth wonder of the world has just been brought to light, in some remote corner of the globe, and thus the inquisitive mind is kept in continual fermentation. However, it is not within my province, at the present time, to write a labored dis sertation upon the proneness of the present age to marvels; but merely to write a short sketch of one, whom the press have seen fit to notice, and who is destined to become celebrated in his own sphere. Alexander Edson, the living "skeleton," was born in the town of Randolph, Vermont, Feb. 2, 1804. His parents were rather above the ordinary size, and so were some of the familv- whil>h rnnsisfpH nf nino cnne and two daughters. The oldest daughter weighs at the present time upwards of two hundred pounds, and the oldest son weighed before his death less than forty-six pounds ! The subject of this sketch weight, at the age of eighteen, one hundred and thirty-five pounds, and had a strong active frame, with a countenance pleasant and agreeable?since, however, he has gradually decreased in flesh, until he has become a skeleton: a mere mass of human bones, almost as fleshless as those which have been polished and wired together bv the hand of man. At the age of twenty, young Edson commenced the study of physic in his native town, where he studied two years, after which he went to Northfield, (Vt.) and completed his course of studies. He continued the practice of medicine several years. He has also taught school fourteen winters, both in Vermont and New York His education is very good especially in M-?ihf'matics?but ol late his chiel employment ; has been in making rhymes, some 02, which are quite passable. L have in 1 my possession sever.il articles of u? j composition, which aire written wita ' ~ ?i.ni ? 1 1 ? ' I ouiuc uuisiibiki skiiij >nu u yrtai ti >>i oi ] force. His mind is active, rather witty j withal, and his intellectual powers art- | as good, as when his irume was girt j with tne firm muscles and strong j sinews oi lusty life It is iar beyond] tne Ken 01 man, lo tell tue true cause ui ; his gradual wearing away oi the flesh: i ?it appears to be a freak of nature, and j has no remedy. His breatti is good, and he eats and sleeps well, though his appetite is large in comparison with what it might be expected from his small capacity for the good things of this life. I was present during on examintion of him, by the faculty of the Medical College m Woodstock, (Vt.) but they could discover nothing that indicated internal disease. It was supposed by some that his lungs were affected, but thev were at that time sounded by professor Child, and Eioriounced in a healthy state. His eight is five feet six inches, and weight fifty pounds ! but his strength is vast in proportion to his size. (He has frequently raised me from off the floor, my weight being about two hundred pound?,) , . Where is there ? person who has ever looked upon the fleshless bones of' a dead, human being, without strange feelings of awe and dread, such as chili the warm blood, and seem almost to tturfke the heert stand still? I, too, fcava trembled, as I looked upon ihe > ?"? WJC- ? -1 * BWWHj wuwvt ? UHVMU ah, never have I felt that dread?that something terrible, which gripes the ln-art like, an iron vice, as wh<-n I have siooil in the pr**6ence. of him, whose Trail casket ol clay contains the elements of life and death so strangely blent, as to cheat the lancy into a faith, that it is death alone, while within, calmly beats the warm blood of life. When I stand before him, I almost fancy that i look upon the shadowy ghost of one who has passed the bourne of life, and that I can hear th. creaking bones, and the horrid nestle of the red, creeping worm, that plays in the heart of the silent dead; and all there is to admonish me that I stand not in the presence of the dead, is the moist skin, and the strong and steady beat of the life pulse. This may seem an idle sketch, but those who have seen its subject, will bear witness that I am true, in what I write. Those who have looked upon the " living skeleton" once, will remember him forever. The picture of that emaciated form, will haunt the brain for years?casting & sickly glare over its hours of quiet, like a lamp that is hung in a tomb. From the Buffalo Com. Adv., of July 7. A DESPERATE WOMAN. Readers of newspapers have doubtless noticed, within the year past, occasional allusions to a woman in the western country, who complained of tcrri-; ble wrongs she had suffered at the hands of a man formerly resident in this city, and threatened some dreadful retribution. The last notice of her stated that she had left Lafayette, Indiana, in a masculine attire and armed, and had made her way to some town in the interior of Ohio. Last Saturday morning, while the Great Western was lying at Mackinaw. it was whispered round that one of the passengers, who seemed a trim boy of some sixteen or eighteen years, was in fact a woman. Captain Walker invited the youth and one of the principal citizens of Mackinaw into his office, and there being ' questioned, the suspicious passenger declared herself a woman, and gave her reasons for assuming the dress she wore. She said she was mar ried, as she supposed) a few years ago, in this city, to a man whose name our informant was unable to give; that after living with him some two or three years and having two or three children, her husband told her the marriage was all a sham, that he had another lawful wife, and had contemptiously cast off her and her children. Under these circumstances, she had sworn to have revenge or justice. She had ascertained that the man who had thus deeply wronged her was living in Mackinaw, and she had come there to ilKciirt !1 runfiiirn iti. ?n nC - " ?' vengeance in default Upon which she exhibited two loaded pistols which she carried about her person. Alter me further conversation she gtive up sh<- pistols, and a messenger was d~* patched to the husband with an intimation 'hat a p cn'jer on the Western wished to se?* him. He soon came on hoard, and the two parties met face to Pice The woman upbraided him with all the wrongs he had inflicted ^pon her, and dcrn.inded ronaratiun far h*?rs*df and children by a legal marriage, at i ie sam?* tiin^, with all the recklessness of a woman troadfd to desperation, threatening his life vvith the most vehement asseverations it' he failed to do her justice. , At this point the door opened, and the man, who had cowed before her, shot out like lightning and escaped to the shore. She soon followed after, ascertained his place of business, and sought 0 O another interview. As she approached, doubtless supposing she had come to fulfil her threats, and that he must defend his life, raised a pistol and fired. The ball struck near her feet. She never blenched, but drawing a pistol in turn from her vest, took deliberate aim at him and then lowered the wnnnnn. saying as she turned on her heel," no, you poor contemptible wretch, it would disgrace even a woman to slay you." The affair, of course, made a gTeat noise on the island, but what was the issue we are unable to state. The.boat swung off soon after the events we have detailed, leaving both parties ashore. We have heard many stories about the character and relations of the parties in -this matter, but not enough that we can I rely anon to form a decided opinion as to 1 the merits of the case. It may be that the woman is profligate; but how often does the term abandoned have a strictness of meaning, not intended by those 1 who use it to characterise frailty, and a how many, now the scorn and outcast of society, desperate in vice and crime, and j degraded until they have lost almost all a semblance of womanhood, would be 1 happy, virtuous wives and mothers, bu; r for the foul abandonment ol which they have been the victims. There is a terrible wrong somewhere in the case we a have related, and our judgement, as well a as our sympathies, incline us to believe j that the unsexed woman is the sufferer t From the N. O. Delta. ? LOVE, WAR AND DUTY. t Jim Jewel was one of the precious s gems that, in all t. radiance of a red i nose ana a brandy and water face, glowed in the dock of the Recorder's g Court yesterday morning. Jim was evi- j dently a case, or, rather, a compound of f all the cases He was a nominative ^ case, inasmuch as had promised to give f Margaret Moylan, a pretty looking Irish g girl who was in court, a new name. ^ He had pledged himselt to make her Mrs. Jewel. He was a possessive case, ^ because he managed to become her sub- j. treasurer for twenty dollars; and do c what she could, she could not remove a the deposits. And he was an objective case, because his conduct to Margaret, and the watchman who arrested him, and objectionable in the highest degree. v Margaret sat some distance off from Jim, with her side far.fi tnwnrH? him Uo made great exertion, by divers hems! t and pantomimic motions to attract her ^ attention, but they all proved unavail- ^ ing. She seemed to say, " I've looked my last;" and Jim might exclaim, l " Her hair is braided not for tne, v She turn, her eyes away." T;^ ..... c 11 ?? j - 1 Jim ?vas KUMiiy caneu up, ana ne an- g swered the call like one prepared to make j, as strong a defence as his case would j admit of s " Your name is Jewel," said the Re- s corder, " is it not ?" " Well, as the vulgar phrase is," said Jim, " it aint nothing else ; and though ^ a lapidary might not be disposed to set l( much value on me now, there was a time?wasn't there, Miss Moylan?? a 1 1 r 1 wucii a bcnaiu young iaay 01 my acquance (he looks leering at Moylan,) ^ when a certain young lady of my ac- ^ quaintance, I say ; your honor, used to a call me the peerless jewel of her soul ?" ? " O, goody gracious!" said Margaret, ^ turning her eyes upwards, but taking in s Jim in their range?"Oh, goody graci- n ous, what a story! Why it would be n enough for a lady player on the stage to t| talk that way, and not u poor girl of v my sort that has nothin' but me place tj and me character, and?" " No matter, madam ; permit me to hear what Mr. Jewel has to say for himself,'" said the Recorder. r, Jewel.?" i your honor; let the lady Q proceed, if you do find me foul in her report, I shall abide the con. equences." HTsj nr r> rt -? /?/ <4 ah 'I""" u, juu uwa^vjii u<ai;H' guard, you ; that's the way you soothered me oui of my twinty dollars, that I u had saved to sind home to pay me poor mother's rint in Ireland, with your tillin' s me of your plantation in Texas, and all u the napgurs I'd own when you'd marry j me ; and now instead of that, I find you 0 goin'off a full private soldi *r, without t| P.VPn mfll/in an hnncot Iirnmon r\f mo " " Miss Moylan," said Jewel, assuming i< a dignified altitude?" Miss Moylan, s I'm a gentleman of nice sensibilities; my sense of honor is keen as ever was d blade of Domascus manufacture. Do not wound 3sone?not impeach the oth;;. 'Tis true, I had some thoughts of wedding thee?of making thee bv .. name wliat thou art by nature, a Jewel, w and may ye do it"?but not now, Miss * MoyIan, not now. My country now de- [ mands my service, and shall have it ( To-morrow I go to the wars, and if with ^ my sword 1 crave for myself an honor*- r 'ble name?a name of fit association j with the Taylors, the Mays, the Wal- j kers, and the other worthies of our time ,, ?why, then, Miss Moylan, I may think * oi marrying you; but not before, Miss a Moylan.^ ' < "Ob, you smoothed tongue vaga- J bond I" exclaimed Miss MoyJan, " give 1 me twinty dollars; and I don't care if I 1 I never see your face again. . Sure, it was ? the unlucky day for me that I first laid ( me eyes upon you, you good for noth- t I ing blackguard!" ? w w ? ' - t ? - I V 1 l.j 1 ? " I have Borne with this," saicl the. Recorder, " till patience has ceased tf> be l virtue ; I'll bear no more of it." Mi. Jewel.?" I have but one remark, -our honor to make. It was by rfight, nd by day, that I first met Miss Moyan. 1 thought, then, and 1 am pretty nuch of the same opinion still, that "There was none moru ?air than she." " But, sir, it is at the '*rine of Mars, til not Venus, that 1 now worship I idmit that I owe the lady twenty dolars , but if she gives me ten more j?' o aid me in an outfit, I will give her an irder on the rptrimontoi ? * r paymusier lor hirty dollars And my word oi honor, hat if I return alive from the wars, she i 'II bo Mrs. Jewel?Mrs. General ewel, perhaps." The Recorder could not resist a mile at the anticipations of the sanguine Vlr. Jewel. MargaX* and Jim had a e\v moments private conversation, vhen the former turned around tnd courtesied modestly to the court, aying?I withdraw the charge, your lonor." On which the case was di. r.i.Sfd, and the embryo hero of a hunIred fights left the oflice, satisfied that, lowever he might fair with the M'-xi:ans, he had certainly made a conqum imong the Irish. A BUFFALO TALE. I had a friend ill the Indinn rnnnfru ...J vho was a rare narrator, but suspected if embellishment. He never failed in i story. He had one buffalo tale, ough as any that he use to tell with a '/livelle and earnestness, that made us orget its improbable features. "One morning when I was in the 3U?I, c? t- ? a-.s. "Vi 11I HI." riM won in ?av. " I J J T- | - J } vent out accompanied by an old Spansh hunter, ive call Ihe Mexicans all jpaniards, you know, to get a few buffa o stakes ; and seeing an old bull asleep, took a fancy to have a ride, without addle or bridle. So I crept up and prang upon his back." u The dev?" we would exclaim. " And off he went, full tilt, towards a lottom prairie, the Spanird running afer us as fast as he could." " And you on his back " we would sk ' i " Yes, sir?fact?and 1 kept beating tim with my gunstick on the side of the lead, until his course become circusar, nd he made several tours of the little rairie. I could have easily killed ;im with my knife, but I wanted to how the Spaniard, who had run to the liddleof the prairie, some feats of horse lanship, as he kept walking round like he ring-master of a circus. At length j /e came within two hundred yards of tie Spanird." Shall I shoot?" he bawled out. " No wait a little, said I." "So we kept on, tail up, at a liigh un, until I brought him within about ne hundred yards of my companion." " Now let him have it, said I." il In what part?" " RnliinH th<? fnrpctifmldor 9" " Well," said he raising his rifle, ho] ' up your legJ* - ' Then after our astonishment had been fficiently expressed, he would assure s that the Spaniard brought the bull own pursuant to order; and he had an Id pair of elkskin breeches, ripped on be nether edge of one leg by a bullet, /hich he tried to assure us were the ientical breeches he wore on that occaion. " And jrou see sir," he would add, u I id'nt hold my leg quite high enough." Reveille. A Squadron of Disappointed Loers.?The N. O. Tropic says :? Ve see it state! in some of our Sxchaneres. that tVip. rpasnu wKv Captain May wears long hair and eard, is on account of disappointnent. in love. We presume such s the case, and by a singular concidence, every man attached to Hay's command is afflicted in the tame way; as they, all have more r Innor KnS.p anrl wm. M***? M>I1U ^ IfCOrl US* >uch a brave set of disappointed overs we think never before got ogether, they stand up against heir wounded hearts most manully, an seem likely to 'get hrough with them without mncfa Utimato injury. % k Advertisements WILL be conspicuously inserted nt 75 . cents per square for the first insertion, and 37$ cents for each continuancelonger ones charged in proportion. Those not having the desired nuraberwof insertions marked UDon them, will J ? ? wuilllUCU until ordered out* and charged according. )y. For advertising E strays Tolled, TWO DOLLARS, to be paid by the Magistrate. For announcing a Candidate, TWO DOLLARS, in advance. Q?r All letters or communications must ^beidirectrdto^h^gd^^po^a^^^Md^ tor is flowers n* B>o .M?<u ivllUVT ug, SHJIH " bachelor editor of the HarrfeUurg^le* ? former, and coming, as he says they do, * om one of the fairest of God's creatures. To prove that editors are not the miserable devils they are always reported to be, we copy this burst of sweetness into the Chronicle. And to prove that editors though umiserable devils," can appreciate a u gem}* from the sear, we transcribe it all into the Banner. Oh I turn those dear, dear eyes away, My cheek with love is blushing, And though a smile may o'er it Dlav. ,1 / ftly eyes with tears are gushing. Oh! look not in my eyes, love. . . They tell a tale too true ; See not my blushes rise love, Nor listen to my sighs, love, For blushes, siirhs and eyes, love, All speak?all speak of you. Different kinds of Religion.?? Rev Dr. Barnes, in his sermon before the missionary meeting at Worcester, Mass, enumerated the following kinds of religion as prevalent at the present time:? 1. There is the religion of sentiment that finds its enjoyment in 'he contemplation of the benutiful and grand, eith* cr on the page of nature of revelation ; delighted in the starry heavens and in the verdant fields, and in the story of redemption, wht-re the love of God isr revealed In these displays of Deity there is no attribute on which it does not love to dwell. This is the religion of poetry and philosophy. 2. The religion of forms, that began in the early ages of the church to intrn I dace the rights and ceremonies of heathenism, into the Christian church ; and despite of the Reformation, that for a season checked its tendency, there is a constant inclination to relapse into it again. 3. The religion of feeling that estimates the value of religion by the a mount of excitement it produces; it makes happiness the guage of piety, and *i_ . i- -M -. _ r ? i nit; lucimy 01 sneaaing tears the evidence of repentence, and joy the proof of conversion. 4. The-religion of Principle has something, in common with all these kinds of religion, but differs (rom them all. It embraces an intellectual adoption of right as a rule of action, and a steadfast adherance to it. It finds its authority not in whims or customs, or even the laws of men, and does what is right and true, come what mav. It malfpa greatest sacrifices, a ad performs the most heroic deeds, not to be emblazoned among men, or canonized when dead, but because it is right, and God wills it* And what Next.?-A gentleman riding near the city, overtook a well dressed young man, and inI Ulm ? - ? * L! VlbCU UiUi I'KM C4? ^Cdb ill U1S C&TriA^C* * And what (said the gentleman to the young stranger) are your plans for the future V* " I am a clerk," replied the young man,' and my hope is to succeed and get into business for myself,' " And what next?" said the gentleman, 4*Why, 11 intend to marrv and v?t> ? * -rf ?~ ? ?*r ?*** establishment of my own," said the youth. " And what next V* continued the interrogator. "Why, to continue in business and acca* mulate wealth." " And what next V' " To retire from business and enjoy the fruit of my labors/' "And what next?" "It is the lot of all to die. and I nf f*nwr?<? /??? not escape" replied the young man. " And wbirt next f** once more asked tbe gentleman; but the young man had.no answer to make?he had ..no purposes th*t reached beyond the present life. How mw young men ??'e In preoisejy .. the s*rae condition \? i their pians einbrace only thi* ! ?what pertains to creating wealth I and eniovintt life;- . 'Wb?Upertains i to the World to come, has no plaoef v I in all their plaJxa^?Traoctler. " ? *