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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1866. VOLUME XHI. NO. 43. ,
HIOKSITB QUAKES WEDDING.
On entering the bouse we found the
"Frienda" seated on benches, arranged as i
usual to run the lengthway of tho house, i
part of which on the opposite aide from tfln <
entrance were elevated a step or two av<JW
faced the door. These were occupied by I
the dignitaries, "ma and pa," Quakers and i
Quakeresses, the former with their broad*
brim hats and straight-breasted coats, and i
in? iauer witn ineir inverted scoop shovel, J
d*ab^colored bonnets, and usually plain i
, gdlefel attire* ]
* WjB took our seat midway from the door ]
?4n the "Male Department," and, to observe t
the strict order of the meeting, we had to j
W irreverent enough to keep Our bat on, <
w &f u in ui iftj, put -on a nolton <
v coajr nance, in'wli'nposition weljeldonr- t
Him foreometbing ^ke an hour, when a t
'MP^Ttd the eQd of the house opened, and J
/" "ah came a lady and gentleman, followed im>
* mediately by another lady and gentleman, \
rhnm WA ?nnti (ntlhd tr? V?o tTio "ltnhnn />?"- i
""I'lV g.
aQd a" whom wero, quite to our a
' ?prptfoe, very fashionably dressed, and in i
-_ tjjfc Regard reseaibjed the world quite as ii
*: much aB either myself fit any of our com? s
p?2'
r^?e bride's dress, bonnet and all, VT53 1
' naaitfe up of a kind of snuff-colored silk-?
f Hmmarl in nrkifA iU/> r?M/% ~.C 1 ? I a
iiiuiuwu iu nmw""CUO IBUQ llUIIlg UI litjr v
bonnet also being while artiSoiala and ilia- t<
sions. t?
The groom was well and sensibly drass- p
ed and might have passed for a country p
store-keeper instead of a Quaker farmer c<
After the bustle and somewhat ostentatious if
ceremony of getting seated?with their ct
backs toward the dignitaries, and faces to- w
ward us commoners?was over, then came if
the tug of war with them?and tug I real- d<
ly think it was, from the very evidently to
embarrassed air of both parties?I mean tn
now the waiting till the Spirit should move w
them. On this point there seemed to be ;t
some difficulty; at least it required about i6
three quarters of an hour to make the ar- N
raogements. But it seemed at last to be
reached all of a sadden, for The groom ^
giving a kind of spasmodic jerk, as if reminded
of what he had come for, and turn- ^
ing to hisblushing bride, took her by the
hands, and, both rising to their feet, said : 61
. "Friends, in the' presence of the Lord 03
iU:- r u:..T> i 01
^ auu i/Uio aoo^tui/ij j JL IOIVO wiIM iJ? W UO UJJ ^
lawfulwife, promising to be to ber a faithfal
and loving husband till death do separate
us."
* A!
The bride then said, "In the presence of ^
the Lord and this assembly, I take Mr. G.
6. to be my lawful husband, promising, by |(
\ . Pi vine assistance, to be to him a loving and
faithful wife till death do separate us." ^
They then took their seata again, before ^
them a roll of parohment on which wap
written the fact of their having appeared w
at a certain time, and asked permission of
that meeting to marry, and that they had N
. appeared, and, taking each . other by the it
. < - hand, promised as 1 have already stated, al
To this they signed their names, and as all fa
present who witnessed the ceremony were Bf
permitted to sign their names as witnesses, 01
the waiter, though no Hicksite Quaker, ap- ei
pended his name, and I presume the hpppy aj
couple whenthey fce^it, will wonder much 01
who -r? is. " .. ^ " - '
Tub Episcopal Church.?The New le
York correspondent of the Philadelphia tl
Ledger aaya: . . * jn
It is in my j^ower today to communicate c<
* pieco of intelligence which will gladden ei
the hWrt of everyfrleud of'unity1 in the a,
' ;\* Episcopal Church, indby all' who are anx-. g
'V" ious that th&re shouldbeat least one Pro- t<
isofiinf am.a -1---*
-< ?e?Miuv uuuiuu iu w?B uuiioq-owies pi88Cr;
' vedfromae<&i6nal 4iwr<LBishop Elliott,
% of-Georgia, has written'a communication ^
T ^ >v:"_ to Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, annonn- jj
V ^ cing that, in response- to the ,msnj fervent w
. appeals from Churchmen, in all parts of the ei
; South as well as the Nortb, he ha3 deemed tl
"I ^ ' /. WW. duty to withdr?w %hatevet objections
* ' . v he had heretofore urged to immediate and ^
, :-v-i > unqualified reunion.1 ' * > . * '; . ^
' ? .. V A; Bishop'Elliott farther, states that he has ti
v / - *^en in", communication *with Bishop 'WIN &
V 1' nier, of Alabama, On the subject, and that ?
: jf- - pre^itewaaao prpmptitoseootfd the desires >
of hift brother Bishop of Georgia,% that he t*
' : '< >*?11# dlBBOU #
HEW8PAPERS.
well con due ted Newspaper is n great
and good insttiution. It nerves the heart th
of the patriot; it cheers the Philanthropist; le
strengthens the arm of the Mechanic; gives h<
(Jftulonce to the Merchant; aid a the Pro- to
lewional map in his practice; the Student Sc
in his studies; promotes the interest of the nc
Planter, and furnishes useful information es
ind wholesome recreation for all classes, es
[n addition f/t fVii? it ?? ??L *L
? w laigQIJ tuiuugu toe go
DBtrumentnlity of Newspapers that our J"
Railroads are constructed, Cities built up,
Rivers made navigable, Commerce promo-- of
;ed, and the Arts and Scieence extended, w
good Newspaper always promotes the ?
sauae of true Religion, by inculcating its Tl
lardinal doctrines and principles, though qu
his may be done by inference and insinua- g?
ion frequently, rather than by direct and by
>lain teaching. po
If Newspapers do all these things?and ful
vho can say they do not?how important th
t becomes that every family should have to
it leasi one or tbe proper sort for their 101
ostructioD and improvement Id travelog
through the country, no discerning per. ne
on can fail to notice tbe great difference *8
a the. intelligence of those families that W?
ake Newspapers and those that do not. we
Jf vou want to know the price of Gold on
r I3ai& hills, !?ke the papers; if you want
> know the pnc? cottob, wheat or corn,
ike the papers; if you waCi to know Jhe 881
rice of butter, eggs, or chickens, take the 801
apere; if you want to know the price of oui
jflfee, Sugar and specie, take the papers'; ar
you want to know the price of cotton -nei
irds and yarns, take the papers; if you l^e
ieh to buy or sell lands, take the papers; t'01
you want to know who is married or w0
?ad, take the papers; if you want to know ma
i know of contagions, fire, or famines, *nJ
ike the paper; if you want to know of *n6
arslkand rumors of warstake the p&pers ;
i fine, if you want to know anytlftbg that '8 ?
worth knowing, take a good reliable ^bi
ewBpaper.?Rome Courier. ^re
?. cor
Forgot it wiien in a Fight.?Tim p0T
tcGowan had his limb crushed when ^un
uite a boy. He afterwards lost his life in r}
le Mexican war, and his surviving broth- 0f
*, Dennis, never ceased boasting of Tim's gro
jploits. "Och murder,"says he, you hav
light to have seen Tim at Rve-sack a dnl- i?
V -- ? " 1COO
r pole me (meaning Hesaca de la Falma.) whi
[e caught two Mexican black-guards by
le cuffs of their necka and kilt them both fiftt
i dead as kerrins by knocking their beads wai
>gether.,t ruo
How could that be," said the listener, rep
when your brother had but one arm!" a n
Bless your powl," said Dennis," one arm allc
ad he? That's true enough for ye, but erw
len, ye see, Tim forgot- all about that lau
hen he got into a fight." jag
An aconizinc ntnrw in Irwld ^ '
o O J ? ?? ? ew
York young lady, -who, dissatisfied
ith her good but irregular teeth, had them 'oa'
i pulled out to make room for a new and 1110
lee aot. In vain the dentist wished to
>are her eye-teetb. She.would have them l'c'
it* Nervous prostration followed the op
ation, and she died a victim to her pride,
id leaving the set of fake teeth she had 8uf
rdered uncalled for. " ^
? lar
' CNtVKRamr o? Georgia.?A business dU(
it6r from the accomplished President of fr01
lis institution informs the Columber En- >
uirer that this University, opened with a
)Dsid?rable number of students, and that
rerything bida fair for a most successful rej,
assioni This will be gratifying to Qeor Mt
iane especially,, who should all feel an in?
ireat in its success and prosperity. aQ(
. "* ".* . . ?
Fin* .ik ITamboro.?Afire broke out
iia morning, between 1 fend 2' o'cToofe, In Jl6
ie row of wooden buildings, situated on J
;iver street* Hamburg, near the bridge, ? j;
aicn destroyed, jd a Abort (iibe, seven or uo1
ght of tho buildings.?-Augutta Conttiitionalist,
2Qth. gj
. i, em
A despatch from Washington states Dej
lat the recbnalmotion cotamittee of fifteen cac
are agreed to report fa faror of a oonitStu- {? ,
late the elective franchise within the mo
tales. aha
. /' ^ i m r~- - ' . r*.
^ pnoges.oa me-western antf Atlan- ^
aJlailroadhaye been repaired. Care pas- IS
? through to OfaattanOoga ontbe^ and ^
alrw are no*running regularly ^hereto*- " i
V* ^ vf *?T r a * -*;?w '. -^Lv"v fL*+~ V#vPr
LIFE IK BRAZIL.
Immediately after tho termination o
e war, a number of Confederate officer
ft the South with the view of finding i
tme in Brazil. This fever of emigratioi
Brazil aiill exists in some parts of th<
idtb, and on this account the following
>tes of travel in Brazil, written by at
[-Confederate, possesses a peculiar inter
I at tbis time. The observations are a;
itbered in the country in the month o
ilv.
~
* * * We Lave arrived at our pori
destination, Rio Janeiro. We find th<
eatlier is not Very hot here, as we fearet
it ia about like that of Virginia in June
lere is a fine breeze here; the nights art
lite cool. Went to the police office anc
>t our passports, which was sent there
' the officials on the steamer ; all passrts
are required to be revised bj thes(
nctionaries. Last night we went to the
eatre. It was all in Language unknown
us, but the dancing and acting were in
'eating.
About two or three miles from Rio Jairo
is situated the Emperor's Palace. Il
on a high elevation with magnificent
tlks, arbors, etc., surrounding it. Ac
i passed a'ong we eaw coffee plantations
all sides. One coffee tree yields from
enty to one hundred pounds of coffee.
ie berries are green, red and black in the
ne cluster, which resemble our cherry
uewhat. The country is very mountain?.
The coffee, sugar cane and corn 6elds
i on biitb nearly perpendicular. They
7er use plows to tu'J th? land, but simply
i common hoe. Some of tlie plantais
turn out from $100,000 to $160,000
rth of coffee per annum, and have as
ny aB three thousand negroes. We see
r quantity of oranges and bananas growrbe
scenery going over the mountains
;rand, and tbe fine3t I have ever seen.
9 railroad is completed about one bun?
d miles from Rio, and to enable tbe
opany to use it, tbey have built a ternary
road over tbis mountain, while tbe
nel id building.
The system of slavery in this country is
the hardest kind. Yon rpa nil tlm na.
es that have been brought from Africa
re their fac?s horribly gashed more or
l It was done in Africa, to distinguish
it tribe they belong to. Those born
e have not these marks. It is some
jen or twenty years since the?lttve trade
i stopped here; but frequently they are
into the country. The worst and most
ulsive part of ihe custom is, that where
egro is found free or emancipated, be is
twed to associate by marriage and o?.hrise
with the first in the Empire. It is
ghable to see both sexes of negroes gothrough
the streets singing and talking
Lhemselves, generally in their native
nrlia Aon *l.i?? 1 * *
guv. iLo a general VUlUg, lUCy DSV6
da on tbeir beads, ranging from a dia
nd pin to a. Back of coffee, as well as
*e round baskets filled with various ?r~
69, or, in some in&tanoes, five or six empflour
barrels.
fhey bave extensive markets bere, well
plied with all kiods of .fruit, fob, poul,
vegetables, etc. The fowls are very
ge?ohickenS as large as our turkeys
ska as large as our geesev turkeys weigh
m 20 to 30 pounds.
rbe currency here i> called copper coin,
icb is forty reis, the size of a Canada
>per. Twenty-five dumps are one millj,
making 1000. reis for one millreia, A
itey is 10,000 mill reis, or say $600.
We had our hands full looking around;
1 expect to be kept busy while bereT
The Brazilian ladies, if suoh tbey can
called, go about in a balf-naked condi
J ' V' t
l uo auwoniies are Tery anxiou*, nod
d oat every inducement to emigrants.
Modkbk Wisdom.?I bar finally oum
' the konkluaion that there aint troth
iff in the world, just now, to do the biz?
with, and if turn kind-uv kompromise
it be bad, the devil mtgbt az well step
and run the consarn atonst.
Dont tell tbe world yure sorrows,- enny
re tban you would tell them yure
.me., >- 1
Philosopher* are like ghweyftrda-^-tbey
e all tbiDgs iu6t ?z they cum, and give
ro a decent Durial, and a suitable* doi
i. , 5?J - .* v
iony bwdj k?n tell wberV lightning
icV M, built smart tnejjtew
i out where it is^oing.to Urike-UQitiroe
tar "He can't marry"?and the liitli
* luscious, cherry lips playfully pouted?hal
in ecom and half in contempt?yet with ai
amusing earnestness that plainly showet
the /air speaker was interested. And wh]
not so ? but the speaker could not tell
* Now, Iatk, Why don't he marry? "Wil
not some ene give a reason f Only si]
hundred dollars a year, and not enough t<
struggle on! He prates of happiness aoc
* l T>
jovin iiulu x>yron?gives costly presenti
^ aod lavishes his little all on mere nothingstakes
bis Cuba* and his wine?and yet, h(
I can't marry. Cau't live for a? object
Can't have some one to take care of bin:
and bis money. Can't have the brigh
I eyes that he so much longs for, to watch liii
coming, and look brighter when he come9
No, no, it is foolishly ridiculous to hear i
man say so, yet, terribly cutting when spo
ken in contempt by r lovely woman. Bui
^ whv ? Rimnl? ** *? 1? *
vcmuoO lb IB lOO BirflD^O t(
believe when one, who pretends to be f
man, so speaks. Can't possess himself o
offered happiness. Cannot take a home
and an object that would make his darkest
' hours as sunshine. We don't believe it
Girls, let's put him {up at auction. How
much will you bid for him?only a button?
can't dwell?must sell?no rise?knocl
him down?who is the unhappy purchaser 1
Young man, take friendly advice. Dare
fortune with a fair being at your side, to
cheer and encourage you. You can, will,
and must succeed. Remain alone and
when age shall weary your now 6trong
limbs and the advernitien nf life ?/>...
spirit?then will you say .in the bitterness
of your soul, "Why did'nt I marry ?
The First National Bank.?The finit
National Bank of Charleston was duly organized
to-day. An election for officers to
serve For twelve months, from the 9lh inst.,
according to tbe provisions of the charter,
when tbe following gentlemen were elected
as the Board of Directors : Andrew Simonds,
W. L. Trenbolm, Archibald <3etty,
George W. Williams, E. W. Marshall, David
Jennings, M. C. Mordecai. This ie a
very strong board ; all of the parties well
known and of leading influence. At a sub
sequent meeting of the Directors, Mr Andrew
Sitnonds wait - unanimously elected
President, and W. C Breeze the Cashier.
The bank has already commenced business
end is iu active working operation. It
will bank according to law and the charter,
upon the United States currency. Every
dollar of the required capital has been paid
in, and from the acknowledged ability of
the direction and its officers, we have every
reason t? hope- that the institution will
most efficiently subserve the best interest of
the city and the country.?Gharltaton
News.
Importance or Family Courtesy.?
Family intimacy should never make brothera
and sisters forget to be polite and sympathising
to each other. . Those who contract
thoughtless and rude habits,, towgrds
the members of their oytn family, will be
rude and thoughtless to - all- the world.?
But let the family intercourse be true, and
the manners of all uniformly gentle and
considerate, and the members of the family
thus trained, will carry into, the world and
Booioty, the habits of tbeir childhood. They
will require in their associates,'eimilar qualities;
they wilt not be satisfied without matual
esteem and the cultivation of the best
affections, and tbeir own character will be
sustained by that faith in goodness which
belongs to a mind exeroised in pure and
high thoughts. ^ ;
Thaddeus 'STEVENS AND Tfl*HjiiPCBjJOiN
PiftTT.?Tj. ?? rtUin fr?m .
? ? - #?W?M IHUIIMblUfiB
that have reached us, that from soma caub?
the Ropublican party of the North ia not
yet prepared to follow the lead of Thaddeub
Stevens in his onslaught upon the reconstruction
policy . of President Johnson.
We notice that not a single leading journal
of Steyens* party is willing to give any thing
like an unqualified endorsement to hiq savage
speech of Monday week. On the contrary,
the Mew York Tribune, the New
York Times, the Philadelphia Pre&s, the
Washington Chronicle arid. the. Washington
National Republican, ail expr<?? dis;
gust form his -yiolent views, and ahow a
disposition to sugpoty the policy of the Pres
IUCII*,.XUC iiuiuoiiao,,j;ttvruu?{;o ywwu>UJ
tb* wedge bw oecaBion thto rather serious
Split RCQODgBt the JS&dicaliil^v
UHcoysnTUTioHit^ndM ? Bifertfcto
or DiiiKot
s Tub Bridal Wreath and the Sex'
*?
f ton's Shovel.?In Paris, Illinois, while
j the New Year was scarce twelve hour*
] old, a party assembled to witness the sol7
emn sacrament which united two young
, and loving hearts in the holy bonds of
1 matrimony. Robed in garments of spot*
c lees white?fit emblems of purity, inno?
? cence and hope?happy and joyous, but
1 with a timorous fluttering of the heart, as
s she made the responses which for all time,
. for better or for worse, inverted her with
t the iovs and Borrow* of wifnKr>r?
, . ?. (uuujj.io
her happiness, her very being, into anothi
er'a keeping, the young girP was wedded.
I Behind was tbe careless, light hearted gaii
ety of girlhood. Before, fraught with the
mixed ill and good of human life?the cup
t of wedded love filled to the brim with
. such happiness unalloyed as angelB feel, or
I the bitter draught of sickness, misery,
, death. Love threw a golden halo over the
i prospect, and tbe young bride's look into
r the dim future was a dream of roseeolorj
,ed bliss. All 41 went merry as marriage
t bell," and there was feasting and flirting,
, congratulations and kissing of the bride,
r In the adjoining building a human soul
. was passing through the dark valley in
: which flows tbe river of death, whose waf
tera all must ci-obs who journey to the
i bright land on the hither aide, where the
> weary are at rest. Full of years and honor*,
the widow of a pioneer, a devoted Christian
a mother whose children and grandchildren
; had grown up around her honored members
of society, she had fulfilled her misi
sion, "acted well her part," and was ready
.for the summone.
Another pioneer lady, accompanied by
her grand'daughter, sought the house of
mourning to comfort her dying friend in
her laflt HrfiAri trial. Airo Kod
? ? ? ? W??u OilfVlCU UVI
hair and dimmed tbe brightness of her eye,
but tbe fire of early friendship still burned
brightly on the-altar of her heart. With
slow and tottering steps she approached the
cfcor, behipd which her friend in calmly
breathing her life away. Iier trembling
bands grasps the knocker, but just about
the time the minister had pronounced the
last words of the ceremonv wlii??h mn<1?
Miss'Jennie Harty, n wife, and while the
spirit of Mrs. Alexander plume* its wings
for the celestial Sight, the aged and ejrapa*
thizing visitor Mrs. Sundford, falls dead at
the threshold, stricken by one of those mysterious
darts with which death delights to
surprise his victim.
Mrs. Alexander was the widow of General
M. K. Alexander one of the early
pioneers of Edgar county. Mrs. Sandford
was the widow of Mr. Isaac Sandford, a
wealthy and influential citizen, who. settled
in Edgar about the same time that Genl.
Alexander did.. The two deaths, ia con- I
nectioa with the wedding, from rather a
1 curious and suggestive combination of circumstances.
' ,
- FALsfc Rumor About Fbanox?tbk
Situation.?-Theintimation tbat?n understanding
had been effected between the
United States and France in regard to Mexican
matters is "wholly unfounded. The
last'phase qf the affair was the proposition
of the. French Empsierto our Government
to recognize Maximilian's Government as a
de facto one. Secretary Seward's letter in
reply, which the President endorsed, flatly
refused Buch recognition, and gave the reasons
therefor at length, bringing a rejoinder
from the French Government. Until it is
s j? "
rcuaiTfu, m?re win De nothing done by our
GtoTerjjmentbejomJ fittingout Mr. Campbell
ae Minister to the Republic.
A Western paper gives the followlDg notioe:
All notices of marriage, where no bridecake
is sent, will be aet up in small type,
and poked into some outlandish corner, of
tue paper, wnere a Handsome piece of
calce is sent it _will be put conspicuously in
large tetters; when gloves or other bride fc ore
are added, a piece of illustrative poety
will begiv^niri addition, When, however,.
" the editor attends the ceremony ia propria
persona, and ftsaes the bride, it will have
eHMJcUlnCtioe-^ysrri^ge. type.: *ndv$l?e
njbst appropriate poetry that can be .begged^
borrowed, stolen, or coined from the
| brainMeditdrifd.* J - ? , ;
1 u - uo uomDiDftUftn 01
letters in tha Eoglish language which ex^t^
i^oro plMkipg.und iutw#?BVj*ri3-.
-iiioos io,lh#'mind of m? tban tM word
'Wfei It preKnUi ioitivr
- chearfril:cotnpaiH6n,? dwiotvwt?d'^?Ui$r>
% nutrw in aickuws,^comforter lortUfor
FACTS AND FREAKS OF CUB&KKCY.
Many things have been uned hi diff.wnt
time* as money?cowrie shells in A Irion ;
watnpun by the American Indiaji?; cattle
by ancient Greece.
The Carthaginians used leather as moo
ey, probably bearing some mark or stamp.
Frederick II., at the Beige of Milan, is*
sued stamped leather as money.
Id I56?, John the Qoodf King of France
who was taken prisoner by the celebrated
Black Prince, and sent to England until
ransomed, also issued leather money, having
a silver nail in the centre.
Salt is the common money in Abysinia;
codfish in Iceland and Newfoundland.
"Living money," slaves and oxen, passed
current with Anglo Saxons, in paj mont
of debts.
A dam .Smith says that in his day there
WAS ft villorra in ?1
? .mm uwtrauu nuoro 11 WU DDI
uncommon for workmen to carry nail* instead
of money to .the baker's hop and
the ale house.
Marco Polo found, ia China, money
made of the bark of the mulberry tree,
bearing the stamp of the sovereign, which
it was death to counterfeit.
Tobacco was generally used as money
in Virginia up to 1600, fifty-seven years*
after the foundation of that colony.
In 1641, tbe Legislature of Massachusetts
enacted that wheat should be received
in payments of all debts.
The contention of France, during the
revolution, on the proposition of Jean-Bon
Saint Andree, long discussed the propriety
of adopting wheat as money, as the measure
of value of all things.
But.the metals best, adapted and most
generally used as coin, are copper, nickel,
silver and gold; the first two being now
used for coins of small value, to make
change; the two latter, commonly detigna~
ted "tbe precious metals," are used as measures
of value and legal tenders.
On the continent of Europe, a composition
of silver and copper, called bullion.
una juug Deen useu tor small coins, which
are made current at a much higher value
than the metal they contain. Io China,
Syce silver is the principal currency, and
is merely ingot silver of a uniform finances,
paid and received by weight. Spanish
! dollars also circulate there, but only after
they have been assayed and stamed as a
proof that they are of the standard fine*
nesa.
A? *sia Minor produced gold, it? earliest
coin ^ was that metal.
aiy and Sicily possessing copper, bronze
was first coined there. '
Herodotus says the Lydians were the
first people known to have coined gold and
silver. They bad gold coin at the cloae of
the ninth century B. C.; Greece proper
o nly at the close of the eighth century,
B-C*
Serviiis Tullius, King of Rome, made
the pound weight of copper current money.
The Romans first coined silver 281 B.
! C., and gold 207 B. C.?Eoram on Monty.
m m
Large Men ow Western Vermont,
Ohio, and Kentucky.? Dr. O. W.
Holmes, the distinguished poet and author,
also endorses the limestone theory. He
says: MIn Kentucky, Ohio, and Western
Vermont, men grow to.larger size because
of ^he limestone under the soil."
The character of the earlier settlers of
these countries, and the habits of life which
they were necessarily compelled to adopt,
had much more to do with; their phyaioal
development than the limestone that ud?
derjies those States. Kentucky ,was first
settled by men from Virginia, the hardiest
among the inhabitants of the old Common*
wealth?men who pdsseased unusual rose*
lution and strength of b?dily constitution.
They traveled seven or eight hundred miles
niltinnt rna/lii (hrnnoh in nnKrnlran ->l
derness, inhabited only bywild Maiti and
savage Indians. Men of each a stamp, arriving
in a new and perfective, wild conntry,
were compelled to adopt the most
simple and mopt natural habits of life, living
in well ventilated -cabins, and whosa
daily bill of fare was. corn bread . and the
wild meat of the countryf and witb abun*
dance of-laber ih the- open air. These
aimpte, hibita of life, practited by. such a
bard^stock, cooid not foil to give to their
offsp ring great sice and the nfost psrfact
physic*! development.. for * two generations
the mbn.of Kentucky surpawed in
Biie and physical endurance thote of. any
other State. But at jtfria'ttoi* butfew of
t^1arg^ir^:t<r>? aewr-a^^ere
MWnanf * fnnn?? MnaMtUrf W?
IVUJUPIUII y* W IQHMIUOt
tli? English rscruite, and^jne *od a half
inches above that of the Scotch BighlAadera.
Of the two bncidred and thirty 5odividtiats
Uk?hwotoifl^|i?Ijfoflitt^rtm* ^' menc
fiay-Bito^Qo*fourth^ were_ejr