Washington telegraph., 1853-08-10
influence Of lhe Mind upon The podx

"A lsge body Of sail5r. fe.orted 10 Sad
lar's Wells ihonire one night. aud Among
them man who was deaf and dumb. and
bad been "a for many years 'i'his man Was
placed by his shipmates in the front row in
the gallery. Grimaldi was in great iarcc
that night, aud although the audience were
IN a roar Of laughter. nobody appeared To en-.
joy the fun aud humur more tlun this poor
fellow, Asthe seenr progressed. tilimaldis
tricks an joke, became still more irresistible
aud at length after violen; peal oi laugh.
Ter aud applause, which shook tue theatre,
in whiehthe dumb nan ioinei mul heartily,
h. suddenly turned tn his mate who ,at next
him, and cried out with much ulee-'Whn,
a damned funny fellow why Jack
shouted the other with surprise. 'ran You
speak - Speak. returned the other. 'ay.
that | can aud hear iop The man, who
appeared an intelligent aud well behaved
fellow. said imi in the carlicr part of his
life he could bath speak and hear very well.
aud thai h. atlrihutel his deprivation oi the
two .euse, Ia the inicnse heat of tue run in
the quarter # the world from which he had
rrccutly returned. lie added. that he had
iur long time Il powerful anxiety To eA.
pre,. his delight at What was passing un the
Stage. aud that after sumn feat uf Grimalli's,
which struck him a. particularly amusing be-
hal made strung effort to deliver his
thoughts in which. to his great a,tunishmeni,
no les. than that Of his comrades, he sue.
cteded q
When Grimadi. worn unt ~ premature
al ,.. ,,a7 .iuiust ucIriNed uf tue use of
lis ilmh., 20 as To be- scarcely able 10 stand
= 1T. hn sss listed u t.;s,.I -
ul.u v'ih ? ei iIfienlty. /. ba5 "u, 'la'.a.S anu
al fam a b7dnlUm To Tue parl.r M, ,,i.1 r.i,.,I
4 H Z, +. Ni,h great eare aud delicaey
~ n. every feeling Of dcercp.
inie ni. weakness leit him. hi' lmb'
reeoyercg licir original vigor' all h's lass',
iude and Debility vanished, q difficulty OF
breathing under wliirn nr nau i,ng alnfea
disappeared, aud starting from his seat h"
rushed 10 lis wifr's chamber tearing. with.
out the smallest difficulty. upa Eight Of stairs,
which, qnarcr Of mn hour before II had
taken him ten minutes Ia climb lie hur.
ried to her bedside. told her that her
son was dead, heard her first exclama.
iion of grief aud falling into q chlir was
once again M onfecblcd and crippled old
man.
AT the siege Of Budn, that city had sui.
fcrcd from the effects OF Il long conflict, and
the inhabitants bud experienced the mise
rics Of fatigue, bad provisions, aud anxiety
Of mind The scurNy had al.o made great
progress among the besiegcd the place was
on the eve Of being surrendered 10 the enc.
my. When the Prince of Orange introduced
letters 10 the men promising them speedy
assistance, a medicine which was presented
to posses, wonderful efficacy, and to be al
most beyond price, was forwarded for the
use uf the garrison. Three small Vials con-
taining this precious panacca were given to
each phy y,ician; this siratngcm was COM
plctely successful Il was stated that three
or four drops were sufficient to impart a
healing virtue 10 gallon Of liquor. lnynl'
ID. noekcd in crowd. to the physicians, ma
nv who had not moved their limbs for month
before were seen walking the sirceispcriectly
well"
Hyd,omiLy e. HomqpdthH Jg J. Ire,