The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-11-06

iiit lie WAS among the lilly persons saved
from the Ccnirial America and brought into
Norfolk by llc bank Eloise. Tie dispatch
further stated that the writer had lost
Sl5O,o0O in gold, wli,l, was in the hands
cf the purSur. hut that ii was luckily ins,r
ell Tor full valuuc in a London Office. We
learn that the lady to whom he WAS cnra5.
cd Is still unmarried, and it would not be
strange It, III the cpnrsc of human event, we
should he called npnn to inditc a pararrapl,
with that fashionable heading s.Malriarc
i'll High Tifc."-N. o. Zee.
ArnrnoS - Audubon states that lie was
torty-five years old before lie WAS aware Of
l,clng more than an ordinary man. lie
then fell in, at Philadelphia, with Charles
l'onarartc, who said to him .'l,o Won
know, Mr.. Audubon, that YOU are Il very
great man 2 To which he replied tla:
he did not, and asked what he meant! 81
consider YOU the greatest oru,loIoci>t in
the. world," was the answer. Bonapartc
then took him in his carriarc to the
l-yccum Of Natural History, and formerly
introduced him by = complimentary speech
lie was subsequently proposed as Il mem.
Der of that body, aud rejected lie asked
Charles l'onapartc next day what he
meant. lie replied, "Oh vou know TOO
much for th"m-tl,cy are afraid Of Won.
and want TO break you down. You must
take your drawings 10 Europe" Follow
ing this advice, Audubon was received with
/; the greatest Kindness, and was entertained
by the noble and lcarnc,! will, every attcn.
ton.
! lie was also male member Of the Rny.
; al Sorir,ics Of London and Edinburc. lie
says when he returned to America the Phil
alrlrlia Soricy, which had formerly r..
| fused 10 admit him aS a member, immch-
atcly forwarded linn Il diploma. with n
highly complimentary letter. The diff.
cullics he had to contend will, were very
great, and Of Va, ious kinds but to use
his own words, II male up my mind to
meet them, and by n strong effort over.
came them" Ilc told inc that to publish
his great work cost i'm one hundred and
thirty thousand dollars, he earned it rs lie
went along. In England l'c WAS constantly
employed to write short articles for the pc.
riolic.Is Frequently after painting ail
day, he would sit down at sht to writc,a
page or two, for which next ,iny lie would
receive eight or ten guineas. once asked
him how he required Ills facility Of compo-
si,ion. lie said he supposed it came from
keeping n regular journal, Which lie. had
done from the age OF seventeen years, put
ting down all occurrences Of the day, with
whatever observations he thought proper
1t was thus he Ihoughia niau should cdu-
cafe himself Look at facts aud truths for
yourself, he would mediate and reason
thence. .n. ' -3'-ar.--r 50 '''.'. -r d.
PErrEn.-7prpper is I'M almost universal
condimcnt. Black pepper irritatcs and il
flames the coating of the stomach, red pepper
does not, it cxcitcs, hut docs not irritatc,
consequently it should iibe used instead OF
black pepper. 1t Was known to the 70.
mans, and has been III use in,Iie East Indies
from, TIME ,I5plismofial, asGit ,corrects that
flatulcnee which sateuds Il,c large use Of
vegetable, .foed.,a; l'erson u health do not
need any pepper in their food. But to
those ,of. weakan,l alaBguii, stonacl,s, ,s.it.is
m6hifold.; more 1l,ealtlfiil to use cayenne
pepper at tneas.tban fhyl form of tie wine,
bfana1 or beef tlwt can abe ba,nel, berause
iGstiIbnlatGs without. lie reaction Of sleepi.
ness or dcbilty.-HdffsJ Journal of HeatlA
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