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jj TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.] '' thu x>niozi or libbrtt is etexunt a x, vicniiakf dm,*' - [pava^g rw J BY DAVIS &: HOLLINGSWORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1856. \ . VOL. XlII........;. .XO.:8SE?tllllH vHJu ll 'ci 13 Ob {L ir\ u J Hi ? (0 i3 > From the Valley Farmer. E33AY ON HEALTH. 'PARTICULAR CAUSES OF DISEASE MENTAL "* - -v DISQUIET. Among the particular causes of disease should be enumerated those of a menta] " character. The body bears relation to mind. It is Jinked with mid subject to mind; the taind rules it with an iron tyranny. Either the intellect, the passion*, the affections, or all. bear a tyrannous sway over 'it. Sometimes the intellect, atbirst for knowledge, ambitious of scientific gain, greedy in tlie pursuit or its wealth, subjects J the body to, all kinds of hardships, drills it, works jt, wenriea 1t, clients it of rest, sleep, j 8?d nutriment through years of research* , study, business or toil, till thv body is worn, , emaciated,, robbed of its life-principle, and j only fit to die. This process of feuding the I mind at llie expense of the body, is one of wliicU" nftirly all schools and colleges are guilty, of jv'liicli most of ihe professions arc guilty, aud Concerning which charges can '^latid.At the door of almost every kind of business; It is an evil especially peculiar! -i- ? i w vur iouiig .vinenca loaus uuwti "^trtelf^ct, puts on all the power ami j Lfreaks down the bodilv car in the morning "1tfc 'r ' 1 Our country is all strewn over wily/the wrecks of this evil. It is a hot- i lioutfb culture of the mind ; a kind of electrWl application of power to develop mind ! nnq secure resnlts before their time. We do^niot object to hard study ; it is the ma- j king of minds. We approve of strong ; nna continuous cfFoli; it strengthens the; * nerves and hardens the muscles of mind, j reebmmend vigorous mental nppiiea- : tioVi; it gives stature and power to the in- j ner man. But we object to doing it at the ; \ -r . I > expense of the body. We object to wear- i < V" >?S out body before it is time, in this | i process. The mind should always be used with a view to its relations to the body ; and ^ *s the body is formed with relations to j < --.j " 'J' '""' f T!Ct n rii'll llli-lltal Clll- i I ft: * me.n. often wear the frost ot four-score | , >'* years. > / For strong hca'ih, fur vigorotn physical ! ; powers, mind should receive a wise and '< vigorous culture. The nervous system acquires strength by tlie judicious cukuic of; - ' the mind. Schools, j-tti?ly, hook*, learned j ! profession*, mental pursuits arc favorable j to health under the direction of enlightened ' judgment. But all mental exercise should \ be so ordered as never to exhaust the physi- 1 : veal powers?as never to pale the cheek, * Vivithor the muscles, oppress the spirits or ' V 'interfere with the health ope ;tiutis of the , body. \ Beyond actual mental exertions, there - SIR -'arc many mental c.iusesof ill health. lJis'tjli ^"ietude, despondency, care, anxietj*, all'ecJtionate solicitude, wounded pride, wounded '. .^Sections, disappointment, sorrow, grief, fib* many other stales' of mind l&ng suf- i . -fered actually derange the h-althv opera. 'r*- tion# of the body. They lower its tone and weaken its powers. 'jg--.':' Mental cheerfulness?a free and easy spirit, is the great antidote to all maladies from such causes, one absolute essential to liealth. The burden of a heavy heart is v very great. From observations of many j cnia iiionui^f vaiiwuv uvib uiiiitv mill , ' > mental unrest and over-exertion in all its various forms, is one of the primary causes of "the present Jow stale of heullli and short ness of life in all civilized communities.? One fact bearing on this point is worthy of _ S'; notice. Jt is, tlmt the average age among .yrv-~ the Society of Friends, or Quakers, is said be one-third longer than among other l^ftepplo- The great distinction bctwen them the world at large, is their superior in%-^!'^ence aM<^ cahnness of mind. Though rfepeople. of thought, they are proverbially ^vfyjpeople ot calin and cheerful spirits. WANT OF REST AND SLEEP. ^A? intimately connected will) llie cause il ('health we have just pointed out, we ^'^oijjd speak of a want of suflkicnt rest 'steep as a frnitful cause of early decay. w a fast age. Wisdom, wealth, faine? J^S^/ortupe aj)4 many other things rp^st he oj) re^ 'lot haste. Long days and ^^^jgborv'pights, many working and few resting *'JC or^cr of our time. Pleasure) <Jpd Stadv. a,u reach far into the night, of day and night is materially -in all towns and cities, and too the country. Late hours and little ' ?ny ft strong farmer.? nature's great restorer" .of the powers. Let tUp night be * 7 and sleep, and the day to its ?-nand it would do much ted anergics and failing health fi*ed world. Sleep will often I rugs fend drams wjJJ flnly kill, en sleep, youth sleep, wid if ones sleep, as much ; as they jiya it to litem regularly, in its |^^^^^^one, and preserve A TOUCHING STORY. From tl?o New Yurk Five Point's Montli ly Review, wo sclect the following seen from real life: A few Sundays since at morning scrvicc one of tiie most degrading specimens c humanity that ever greeted my vision, cam staggering into the chapel of the house c industry. His wild and frightful looks an< ragged and dirty beyond description, hi face bruised and swolcu, rendered him ai object of disgust and terror. lie secme< to look at the children with wonderful in tcrcst, occasionally muttering to himsell " beautiful ! beautiful! Oh, that mine wen here!" He sat an hour or two more ant 1 then, with n limn- fitinotl ?! ?? /?l.?l then staggered out of the chapel, went uj to the dark " valley of the shadow of death1 ?Cow Day. As the bell rang for service in the after noon, and while the children wer clustering together, the same wild-looking man staggered in once more. He surveyed the faces of the children with the close.it scrutiny and at length liis eyes rested oti two blight eyed little girls, who were singing one o their little hymns. lie sat immovable as .1 statute during the whole service, gazing intently on the faces of these two chil (Ircn. The service closed, llie congregation dispersed yet lie lingered, and the tears coursing down his face thick and fast. l>r. S. asked him "what was the matter ?" " I am a drunkard ! a wretch?an outcast, homeless, and without a penny. Onee I had a home and friends?father, mother, wife, children and hosts of friends, who loved and respected me. Time passed on, and I became a drunkard ! One friend after another left me; still I drank on, and down and down and down I fell. Father and mother went down to their graves w ith Inokeu hearts. My poor wife clung to me when nil others deserted inc. I still drank on, pawned one article after another till all was <ron?\ when my wife refused to give me gutter. J'onntless, we neggeti our way trom Vermont to this city. Ilerc \vc hired a small cellar, in a dark and dismnl cliect, und scut our children out to beg. Many a weary day we spent in that dreary cellar, while our children were wandering in the streets, begging for their drunken parents. About forty days since, my little children went out to beg, ami from thai hour to this, [ have not teen them. Without food or (Ire, 1 have clung to the dismal abode, till hunger forced me out to search for my children. My degraded wife has been sent to IMack well's Island as a vagrant, and alone J went to the Island, to the House of lieform, to the. Tombs, and in despair I wandered to the Five Points, and for the last few days I have lived in Cow Bay, among beggars and thieves. To day I saw two children, who, if they had not looked so clean, and sung so sweetly, I would have called them mine. O ! would to CJod they were!" " Tell mo the name," said Dr. S?, "and I will see." Iii a few moments, two interesting little children wore led toward liim. At the sight of this fearful looking man they shrank back. The poor man sprang to his feet, exclaiming, "They are mine; my dear children, don't you know your poor old father ? come to me, my children ; father loves you, he won't hurt you." He reached out his arms; the little ones were timid at first, but they soon climbed up their father's knee, while the tears were streaming down his face. " Kiss your poor drunken father, my children." But the face of the man was sc black and filthy, not a place could be found Soon they forgot the dirty face, and re membered their poor, degraded father; ant! each entwining their little arms around hit neck, and fondly kissing him, the elder on< said, with a voice that touched every heart " Father, wo are so happy here that w< want to stay ; won't you come and live hen too, papa? "NVhat makes yoji drink bo Dear papa, do sign tlio pledge, and 110 drink any more. Mr. Pease found me ii the Bf.fact begging, nnd now we feel happy Do, pnpa, come and live here, and be a) good as you used to he." The father's heart was overwhelmed?hi sobbed and groaned Aloud. For more thai an hour (.hey sat together, till at last thi old man arose, still clinging to his children and exclaimed, "The pledge 1 the pledge I will never drink again !" I gaye him the pledge, and from tha hour he has faithfully kept it. lie is no* a. man, engaged in business, earning tei dollars, per wj&pk, *W?d none could recogniz in the wcii'dresset} man?who still board in tho house?the degraded original, who* portrait can still be seefi at the ^oijse c Industry, daguerreotype*} ip it? strikin deformity and squalor. ^ Jlje Sunday Atlas, in ? fjt of revolutior ayy entbusiawn, says: u Hurrah Cor the girls of '70 T ? VmUXT: hmr mi, " that's Ux?4.iH ol^ fXo, voi hurrah ft MANAGEMENT OF 8TOCK. [We extract the following capital hints e as to the mnnngomcnt of stork, from a long article which we find in tho Valley Farmer, >, written by Mr. J. W. Faik. "Wo recoin?f mend them to the careful perusal of our c I readers:] if | " Where animals are habitually ovcri j worked, especially when at tlio same time, s subjected to a deficient system of diet, bad i J housing or the breathing of impure air, it J speedily mid certainly reduces their strength - and vigor, and becomes llie exciting cause r, of some dieense, and the predisposing cause e of others, the evil consequences induced 1 occasionally occuring during the undue ex ertion, hut more frequently some time after. ? The evils in over-work arc very remarkable ' in young horses, that is, in animals below tho age of five or six, because their strength - and power of endurance are not so great r i as in adult life, and their bones, muscles, - J and all other structures are still growing > 1 rapidly and want firmness and solidity.? , i On this account hard work or any other - j del uessing agent produces its effects more f | speedily and certainly before than after inai turity. In some parts of the country it is p ' the practice to put horses to work much too ; young, often many months before they are ] three years old. Those who ndont this . J practice, generally advocate it on the prin1 ciple that tlio animals require exercise, and ; that such exercise is beneficial to their ; growth. This is certainly undeniable, but ! tlie exercise to which the young horse is ; subjected, is constant and unremitting toil, ; and not the healthful beneficial exercise ; which he requires and which he would nat! urally take. In consequence of such misi management, when the animal is five years old, instead of being healthy, vigorous, well formed and full of animation, he is a mis' erable, jaded, worn out, (lull and spiritless creature, his limbs weak and probably misslinimn 4 1 j x.. ..v... ...juuiviuua ncui UUU ICrtr, IMS I spirit crushed by the hard usnge received I in urging him to tusks to which his strength j was unequal, niul if not absolutely unsound, I |". hit.! ' . . ' ' . J IM'."1 i! I la virtually ivnuvicu njjai uciuio icaumlg f maturity ; for certain it is that undue work i ihiring early life ar?u bu<x>re uie animal is m ! for it, biings on premature old age, nor do wc think we over estimate the evils when wo saj' that a year of future usefulness is ' lost for ever}* month that the colt works before lie is fit for it. j " Insufficient shelter acts injuriously 011 all ! animals, chiefly l>y exposing them to siul! den changes of temperature and to the inj fluencc of excessive coM, winds, rain and storms. Animals in good health and almti! dantly supplied with food, do not suffer | much inconvenience even from very great ' cold if unaccompanied l>v moisture. Of i this we have snnicicnt evidence in tlie fact ; iiiai norses, as well as other animals, living at liigli latitudes, and in climatcs much colder than ours, enjoy unimpaired good health. "The cooling of the body," says Licbig, " by whatever cause it may be produced, increases the amount of food neces' sary." Sheep exposed to the inclemency I of the winter weather, eat much larger quantities of food, and fatten more slowly than those in sheltered situations and receiving the same kind of food. The milk yielded by cows is often much diminished > ik uic niniiiiiit> arc txposeu lO C0IC1, CVCIl tor i A short while. Indeed, amongst all animals . the effects of cold are gradually aggravated , by insufficient food. Shelter may be in, sufficient either from the exposed position , of pnsture-landf, or of farm buildings, or , from the faulty construction, or bad repair of the stables or sheds in which nnimnls are . housed. Disease is tlius often produced in > small and badly constructed stables. These, . from being over crowded, and froin want of . appliances for efficient ventilation, often be1 come overheated, and to remedy this evil ? the doors and windows are thrown open, > admjtting currents of cold air. 'fbe previ* , ously heated, and it inny be fatigued con5 dition of the aninjaU, predisposes them to j suffer from this mismanagement, and many ? serious and fatal catarrhs, bronchitis and t pulmonic affections aro traceable to such i errors. To conclude, we may remark, that . insufficient shelter mny be considered as the 3 special cxciting cause of all affections of tlie respiratory organs, and of all rheumatic 3 inflammations, and a powerfully predispose i ing cause of almost every disease. It caua ses an unusually great consumption of food, , and even witli the most libera) diet, good ! condition is rarely attainable". Not Afraid of Dignitaries.?The occcd1 trio Petor Gartwright, the well-known Metliv odist minuter, was once preaching, when - uenerai jacitson entered tlie church. A 0 pastor the pulpit gave liis brother Cart* wright a nudge, and whisper^ tha^ (be old 6 hero had jufct como in, a* rauch at to say )f " Be careful wbai ?ou say." But Cart. B? yrright, in a loud toice, Which Gould be-bean #11 pyer the ohurdi, ometiumcd lb respdtoM i. "Who cares for General .faclpjon I HeO be lost assoon as anyone, ifliadon'trepebfc! The General, whenaafced what ho thmioh {ptDBTrta-trfrom the X. Y. Knickerbocker. , MY WOKK. I linve a work to do, A work I may not uliun; One path I must |>ur?u? Until my life l?e done. "What others do I need not ask ; Enough for ine I know inj- tusk. * is noi iu bcpk lor wealth? I covet no man's sturo? I thank my Goil for hcnltlt; I usk for nothing more. My daily wants arc soon supplied, Or what 1 do not need, denied. Let others seek for fame, The homugo of un hour, I caro not for a name, For glory, or for power. The race I leave to others free? Such transient bliss is not for me. Pleasure, that syren fair, Has lost her power to harm ; Her joy9 are empty air? I own no more their charm ; For other accents seem to say, "Stay not, but work while yet 'tis day." To wipe the trembling tear, From the pale mourner's eye ; To soothe the anxious fear, Or hush the rising sigh ; This is a bliss for which to live, A joy that wealth cun never give. wrung. Which takes the name of right; To buttle with the utrong, And conquer in the fight ; nringH truer happiness than could The warrior's wreath, if bathed in blood. Work, then, from day to dny, Nor pause for praixe or blame ; Cure not for what men say, Duty is still (lie same. The rest which all at lime* would crave, To none i# die>tnt>!?in the grave WHEEE ABE THE UGLY WOMEN 1 1 This is a question which occurred to us ' more than onco at the F?ir, last week, when wo were wedged in the crowd?owintr to I ' the narrowness of the {passages; a fault we < hope the Committee oF Arrangements will i ' yen;, fot we intend to be I ' r.; k'- . /.iMting for the indies to I V .-. . jiij. not loot up with the ] tiip oyc > " r nnoisseur of beatity t ;ii ll'."1 elegance, to ae6 i ^ y > J* up of female love- < ;U .1 _ !i; i' i x-.'i cur 11ater to Btaro a I woman in the face, much lu&s five hundred t vrumeii j imv we pieau yu^t; ie 0?n?. -> be?to looking Buchanan-wise, (that is out t of the corners of our eyes?the way he looked wlifin ln? lomnloil ^ ni tlmm 1 j..? ~?j,/ "" ' sometimes. But?have you ever tried it? ? or rather, havn't you?when you get wedged in a crowd, where Indies are passing, i in or out, and you ?ee some particular point I of vacancy which yon wish to contemplate, i are you to turn away your gaze because the J ladies will be thrusting their faces across your line of vision 1 That's a piece of 1 Turkish tyranny which we could not think 1 of beginning to submit trt. 1 Well, as the ladies passed, our eyes were ( dazzled and our brain was bewildered ; our | i gaze wavered from its Gxcd point in search ' j of something ugly to rest on for a few se- ( ? n/Mlilo if nttltr ia t\harv???a ' .. via,J tu J/IVJIKIO IIOCU IUI litKlllg | in another draught of loveliness. There | comes au ugly one, thought we; hut when ( she came near, her features faded into , comeliness, and, in one or two instances, ( subsided into something like actual beauty. , One woman, past the middle age, we < thought was ugly sure enough ; but as she | camo on, attended by two or three daugh- j ters?and not very handsome daughters ( cither?we could not help translating the \ expression of her face into " my girls are ] not absolutely beautiful; but I know they are good; too good, indeed, for anybody 1 .1 1.? -1 - I iicio, iiuu v?o iiiougut sue wiis ono ot tlio j best looking ladies on the ground. Thus ^ wore wp again and agajj) disappointed?the | ugly women were not out. ( Now, female ugliness ia an old institution, j and ought not to bo allowed to fall into neglect. Who has not seen choicc Bpeci- , mens of it in the cities, braceletcd and neck* laced, bejewelled and befeathered, in token of the great estimation in which it is held ? Shall >ye, ft tisccpt pjty, be behind tho ancient corporations! No, let there be a prize proposed at the next^nnun] exhjbijioi) ?say a hundred dollar bonnet?for the best ugly woman.?Prairie News. ?i " Louder H?A man lately went to the post office, and putting his n)oi)th close up to the delivery boy, cried out, " Louder P1 The clerk supposing the man to l>e deaf, and that he was making a request of him to speak louder, so that he could hear, asked him in a very loud tone, the name of the person for whom he wanted the letter; f* l^ouder r cried the man. u What name f yelled tho clerk. M Louder P* again bawled the man, who ' now supposed the cleric to be deaf. The clerk took a long breath, apd with ail his again bellowed out in the ' man's face the tame question, "whet ' name ln Thia was dohe to so loud & ton#; . ?*??* - " ' > i mat uie cvw wjnaeu wrewrn irom tb? far 'UflTWIK . , I tfbe man ?tarte<i b^uyiJwm, shouting I * o J *'4i* . > v '4S THE GROWTH OF COTTON. Tlio attention of sagacious business men upon tlio other side of tho Atlantic is now earnestly directed towards discovering some mcane of supplanting the cotton growers of our Southern States. Algeria is said to promiso well for the spindles of France.? But as yet we have seen no substantial manifestation of tho power that region' may display in the production cf the raw material so much in demand for manufacturers. "VVe see by the English presses that the Australian island?or continent?has been broached as a proper field for the cul ture of cotton. It appears that in that portion of the world, the advocates of cotton growing trust to convict labor.? A communication from Australia thus sets forth the advnnhicws flmrn o~~ ~ ""W*" ' " Tlie soil is a light colored mould,, of great depth, and, in tho opinion of those qualified to judge, who have examined some that was brought to England, is of a rich quality. As to climate, the range of temperature throughout tho year is from 50? to 90? ; there is, therefore, no interruption to vegetation ; and from the report of Capt. Flinders, It. N., who was in tho Gulf from 4 th November, 1802, to 0th March, 1803, rain was frequent during the prevalence of the northwest monsoon from December to February, after which the weather became settled. Jtoth Capt. Stokes nnd Dr. Leichliardt, in different years, visited the plains in July and August, (tho close of the dry season,) and found them covered with long grass ; mere must, therefore, bo moisture to sustain vegetation fur six or seven months, a period sufficient to mature cotton. It therefore appears as if both the climate and soil of the plains of Carpentaria will bo better suited to tlie growth of cotton than :my country we arc now acquainted, with except the 6outliern districts of the United Statesof America." Further experiments arc suggested, by tho way, for establishing the capability of \ustraiin for the production of cotton. It has been suggested as a favorable field "or tho growth of cotton. Only think of hot, ye dreamers and others, in whose eyes Italy is a land of heroes, gods, goddesses, nrl ? ?- ' ...u uucurpnasuuie scenery. lixperimcrits 1 n planting cotton in the beautiful regions >nce trodden by the soidrgvy ofHbft Caeaara ( jave proved successful. Giuseppe Romano, , i Neapolitan correspondent of the Manches_?~ niiiniww, _ ???? m rarmAnM to*" lie culturo of cotton : " I thank you for the cotton seed which [ am expecting every day, and you may est assured I will make the best use of it. The Rev. Mr. Pugli, at the end of the south of May, gave me a little seed, but >eing rather late in tho season, I only saved v few plants, which have not yet produced iny fruit. "The confidence which your information ins inspired mo with, and tho thing itself las so much interested me, that I have bought about 500 acres of capital land on .he coast of the Ionian Sea (14 miles to lie south of Gallipoli,) in the province of Fcrra d'Otranto. The land and situation ?re both excellent for this species of producion, so that the common cotton of the counry, when it is cultivated there, arrives to i yard and a half in height. I will put your seed there with every care, and if it mccacds, as I am almost sure it will, I will not only cultivate m}' land, but I will enleayor to buy 1500 acrcs more, the price being only about ?2 per acre, there being i little malaria and no less than 20,000 and more acres of the richest land, quite uncultivated. It would be a safe speculation* but no one there has the capital to undertake it." It will be seen that the cheapness of the soil, aud the success of the preliminary experiments, have induced Romano to continue Lhe cultivation of cotton. Shoijld he be so fortunate as he anticipates, lie will doubtless be followed by numerous others of his countrymen, and cotton will become a staple of " the hind of song and story." Id the meantime, West Africa looms up as a favorable held tor tlio cotton plant, it will be hard, indeed, if among all these experiments, l>y those who appear desirous of superceding the wealth of our Carolinas, they cannot find one country capable of doing as well in the production of the raw materia).?Philadelphia Evening Journal. ^ ? Official Atrocity.?A correspondent of the New York Times says that pne of the inmates of Blackwell's Island prison, at that city, having lately offended one of the keepers, was buried to his waist in the oarih, his hands tied behind his back, and there kept for two days without food, except a little bread wjiieh was put into his mouth by a poor .lunatic. i . ' " m ?? fhe servant Of a Prussian officer one day met k crony, who inquired of liim bow lid goi ?k?g with liis Aeffy i^fWter. MOb, excellent," aQftwered the servant; u we Jive on T?ry friendly term# ; every morning we beat mk coata; the odly difference J* he taftea hi* off to be beaten, and I keep mine on." :gm FARMING BY RULE. ' If farming is n science and a trndo as wo believe, tlich it bjight lo be done l?y rule. It lias a system in principle and it ought-to have in practice. There is a time, a'place and a way for everything connected with tlie business. And the best success is to be found in practicing the best system. Farming is like housekeeping or school-teaching, or manufacturing,in this respect, if it is noCdone system alien 11)', it is done to a great disadvantage. There is a waste and loss at all ends and all corners. The waste iri tiiiie is very great. Tlie was to in material is much. The waste in produce is not a little. How many farmers there are wlio do everything by guess or at random. They plow all soils alike for all crops. They sow whon they happen to get ready,' whether the season, the soil, or tho weather is right. TllCy have no idea of the size of their fields nor the quantity of seed they put on to tho acr?. They guess it is about right. They have no system of rotation of crops; no plan for saving manures or fertilizing their.soil ; no way of draining ; or of feeding to do their stock the most good with the least feed. The road is their cow yard and pasture. Tbe door yard is their hog pen. A rail fence is their only ,gate. Their fowls are everywhere where they ought not to be? dcstrovinor and waatinc. Their fords- cut riages and harness are always put of order, and generally exposed to the sun and rain. Their stock is wandering they know not where. Their fences are fast going down or last going to ruin. Unruly horses, hogs and cattle are oftefr breaking in where they ought not to be. Fence corners and headlands arc growing up with briars and brush. Orchards are untiimmcd ; gardens are neglected. Weeds grow ; crops fail; stock die ; tools break ; family gets sick; expenses multiply ; profits diminish; spirits flag; home becomes unhappy; "who can tell what does not follow that is miserable? All this may be avoided by systematic farming. Every merchant knows that if his busings is not done in order nud in time, lie is the loser. The mechanic knows the same thing. .The farmer obght to know it. In no businew it 5 system more requisite than in farming, < The farmer lias to do with fixed laws. They must be obeyed or be or his crppsjtuffer. Order is heaven's first law; so it should be the farmer's.? Valley Farmer. An Arkansas"*coir res ponaent of IBs iSfSsi? 3 Orleans Picayuue gives the following au- i thentic anecdote: ' You arc all fond of cracking jokes at ibe expense of Arkansas; now hero is one of i your State, absolutely true. I goi it from an eye witness : The district court in one of your northern parishes was in session?'twas ilie first day of the court; time, after dinner. Lawyers and others had dined, and were sitting out before the hotel and a long, lank, unsophisticated countryman came up and unceremoniously made himself one of 'em, and remarked : "Gentlemen, I wish you would go on with this court, for I want to go home ?I left Betsy a looking out." "Ah!" said one of the lawyers, "and pray, sir, what detains you at court?" " Why, sir," Eaid the countryman, " I'm fotched here as a jury, and they saj* if I go home they will have to find me, and they mout n't do that as I live a good piece." " What jury are you on !" asked a law " What jury!" u Yes, what jury. Grand or traverse jury r " Grand or travis jury ? dad fetched if I know." " Well," said the lawyer, " did tbe judge charge you t" ' Well, squire," snid be, " llie little fellow tjmt Bits up in tbe pulpit and kinder bosses it over the crowd, gin us a talk, but t don't know wbetber he charged anything or not.'' The crowed broke ui> in a roar of lauorh ter, mid the sheriff called court. ? m Cotton in Middle Florida.?From What we can learn, the planters of Middle Florida )yill, with few exceptions, secure a very fair crop of cotton, notwithstanding tho disastrous storm of the last of A"gU6t- But for that mishap their crop this year would have been unprecedented in size.?Savannah Georgian. Setting J fan Right.? '? J stand," said a Western stump orator, "on the broad platform of the principles of '08, and palsied be mine arm if I desert 'em !" 44 You stand on nothing of the kind 1" interrupted a little shoemaker in the crowd; "you stand in my boot*, that you never paid mo for, and 1 want the money." ^ 0m 4 ;vy Over twenty Republican paperejn various sections of the country have already norai* nated Ool. Fremont for the Presidency jip. 1860. If the Union should be diudfcffi before that time, this early committal might j prove embarrassing. i : ;* rw P^PWBgMia A.o.ttra.W In r quiet littlu village oil the Wed t era t Reaervc, in Ohio, &aya the PreScdlt 'i'rau-? ; . Script, there lives a inan who, physiologically considered, is certainly otte of tUft >* wonders of tho world. iii? joints are cotn'*^' pletely ossitiuil, turned to bone, and ho i? 7>'^fS9HH| not capable of making the slightest (Tjove- - - liicnt, except alternately opening and ajm< miy mu uiigvrb 01 his ngnt liand. Ili^ body is ns rigid us iron, and it couldn't bl) bent without breaking soma of hi* bones. fliis singular process of ossification lias been going 011 in bin system* for more tbnr\ ' \ii$|?gp twenty j'ears. He is now about 40 years old and lias not lind I lie Use of Ills limbs so that lie could walk since he was nino- . teen. Ossification commenced first hi his" ankle joints, gradually extending Itself tiMuugu no siaivm mini HO WH8 eillireiy *. helpless; wnco tliat time lie has been vyJjpW ly under lii# mother's enre and she watclie$ .-J over him with an anxiety only a mother enn ; feel. When ahtiut 20 years old ho became entirely blind from some unknown cau^ nnd has remained so ever since. At about $Q *?ll|? he suffered greatly from toothache,aud final- * ly had them all extracted. A year or twoafterwards his finger and toe nails came 6(f, 1 and were supplied by others gro\Vitig out from liia fingers nnd toes at right ang^ and presenting the appearance of horna, What is still more singular in regard to Ills Ji& nails, if the end of tlid nail is-cut offit' ' T -3 will bleed froolv. Sti*1t !< iim ?nn<li(tAn,xf f. ; V.. P r this remarkable man nt the present iitnty,;. lie lias beeri visited by a great number of scientific men from nil parts of lire world, but all bavo failed to givo any plausible v. reason of tbe cause of bis taansformation " 1 * 1 i **203? '? from flesh to boiie. ^Singular as it may -*0$ pear* although4ij4 j^w bone Is firmly set in his head, he not ojily t'ftlks freely, but fhienlly converses with his friend* and those who visit him, On all oidinarv topics o?!t(|f) ; day, and he shows himself well informed, appeawTcontenled and linppy, aud it seems probable that lie will live many years,to nntl^iie pmk The napkins were of n fabric resembling "J>. cambric, extremely fine, nnd so silky that its surface reflected by the radiant-light of ' . _'? the lamps, presented the effect of silver tift * <1^ sue. There was one Turkish.custom which was calculated to crento an unpleasant iinr preSsibh In spite of all llie delicate courtesy tfrith wliieli we were treated. Every vessel out of which Christians, or,.as we'ftro enHod, V--jigjfl infidels, have eoten or drunk, is eondema*4 as impure, and is set Aside, never again.: to be used by Muhouiraedana. Accordingly we were requested to'carry, away wltli ut '' the plates, cups, Uhich we had used at dinner. We could riot take umbrage a? this little affront, concealed jts frttas undep a graceful veil of generosity. -. We acecpJcA the offering*", wlijch, indej>ertj3<J^^; ^ijjeir intrinsic v/iJue, wera objects of curi.osj|,V* 'v.-Jfflig and we promised to preservejSiera as meiao- %$Z' rials of our delightflll j a Greek Lady. _ iinnnHH r