The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-03-08

There is too much wealth about us ID 1,
stay there. We know what sacri6.
ces and exertiohs can do, md how
they are repaid. I.etoiifpas l,istioes
Ty be some assurance of lhe future. y
We wiU do, oar part. ssss
MIND and BODY
Dir. James johnson. in his essay
on indigestion" has the following
excellent remarks on the Influence
which the condition Of the body has
on the mind and heart:
"Many happy and lucky thought
has sprung from an empty stofna sii H.. rs
Many an important undertaking han
been rnihed by q bit of nndigested
pickle; many well laid scheme hab
failed in execution. from a drop ofss
green bile; many . terrible and mef
ciless edict hass sne forth in conse-
qnence of an irritated gastric nerve.
The character of mems mind has of.
ten suffered from temporary deraDges
ments of the body; and thus health
may make the same man d hero in the
field whom dyspepsia may render i'm
| beetle in the Cabinet
! Mr.. j., illustrates his subject lii /
the following manner: s3lss
! II lately saw q gentleman Of bril-.
liant talents and prolific genius who
could sit down and write extempora.;
neonsly whole pages Of superior poeitfs
cal effusion, with scarcely an effort Of
mind, and who would vel, from a
sudden arrangement of the digestiya
organs, be SO completely and quicklY
Frustrated in intellectual power
! not to be able to write three lines; on
! the most common subject. On d late
!. I5occasion, when he had
! Eeptn snnnisa
j q
I dozen lines in The plainest language.
ne could not put pen to paper, though
the attempt was made fifty times III
the course Of two days. AT length
he was forced to throw himself into 8
poschaise and perform long Journey
to deliver orally what might have
been done in one minute by the pen. 4
Gin half an hour after this task
was performed he sat down and wsots 3s
an ode descriptive of his own state Of
nervous irritability, which would not I
have done discredit to the pen of
Byron. s3ss
"The author of this essay has him
self been so enervated BY a Gt3 Of
what is called indigestion as 10 Be
utterly, incapable of breaking. theseaI
of a letter for twcnty.fou- hours.
though to all appearance In good j.
health at the time. Equally aston.
ishing and uhaccountable is tie Sle,ss
gree of timidity, terror, incapacity
or whatever other magic spell it IS, /
which annihilates for o time the
whole energy of the mind, and rem
ders the victim of dyspepsia afraid of
his own shadow, or other things moro
unsubstantial, if possible, than shad
ows.'
Again he says:
"lt is under the influence Of such
paroxysms as those, I am thoroughly
convinced that nine,tenths of those
melancholy instances Of suicide shock
the ears Of the public take place. &
! llicHLAsD PRIDE. The following is, j
an amusing instance of the tenacity
with which the Hishlanders hold to 4
tic honors and antiquity Of their kim.
drcd. A dspnte arose between Camp.
bell and Mclean upon the subject.
Mclean would not allow that the q
Campbclls had ahy right to rahk With
the McLeans in antiquity, who, helm
sisted, were in existence as a clan from
the beginning of the world Camp
bell had q little more biblical lore than
his antagonist, and asked him if the
clan of Mclean was before the flood:
| Flood what flood % said Mel Ieafi.
| @Ihe hood you know that drown:
| ed aliShe world but Noah and his filfns
ily and his focks )" said Campbell.
Pooh You and your Hoods slid &
Nc $50 sselan was afore the Hood,
u haSx$ Sad in my bible said
Campbell, ,''6i ls}gsfamc of Mel sesti gos )
ing into Noah's ark2 aNoah.s sstk ll,,
rctortcd the other insconteinpt, awlso
ever heard of Mclean that had not q
boat of his own g.
a FoRTuEE.--It is st7ted by the
Baltimore Sun that GolS CHRIsrr. o
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