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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
usion coUssgLs.

The Hos. WIN. g. Hives, Of Yn-isia, 10
cut IN along and able letter sg.iss.ths sssth
Carolina Dsanien Cenvsntios. He says +:
How would the system Of absoIuts free
trade, Patrooired by the ect,on States, 40
cord With thi. cooditioa Of things in vir.
ginia' With eos Of her staples tobacco,
Dors heavily burtheued vita taxation ty
forsien Gosssunests than any knows pro
duotisn 81 the earth, asd vh,sh fsoe the
psesssitiss Of tbsr systems Of revenue will
e0osinse TO be 20 burthsusd, and sitL rising
aAnRfsetstipg establIsb n.ats of k~s sss.
could there be an act Of more suicidal rash.
meas than for NHg'n.s to place hersslf in q
situation, IN which king cotton By uneis.
frted Prepondsrance in tho councils Of Q
sep,rats Southern Copfsderaey, would be
enabled 10 .hrow h.r ports vide open to the
free aud iBdiscriminats sdnissiou Of ths
manufactures and production Of forsisn
countries. without soy regard 10 her distine-
tive aud vital iptetssts1
Il glance At these things to show that 10
the utopia Of . Southsra eoBfsdsracy. We
should have no moro harmony and onco I'd
in some things far le.s--thsn in the grand
eontinentsl temple dsdicstsd By our fast or,
Let Us be content With the noble structure
"hish they Lave bsqueathsd 10 Us dssiriog
neither . general eoDv.ntion " boteh il, not
sectional convention TO sabvert il. IL evil,
arise from time TO tine-and have % dis.
position TO sIt.nuate the msguitads Of thos,
which have fallen on us--lst Us Geek a
remedy foe them vi han tho Union ne 10 10
IL Is The peculiar flisity Of . federstivs
KsPublis lits ours, a. l have already re-
marked, that It affords remedies, within the
raie Of the Constitution, for the defence Of
the public liberty, uBkuown TO any oIher
system Of govern ment.'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

DEArH OF DK. II l. CorK.-Our comm.
nifty was grcn,ls shocked on Tuesday morning
at. al the sery sad an unexpected iut.lh.
genee Of the death Of Dr.. IL. l.. CooSg. sat,
Of the late John Il. Cooke, aud son,in.l Law OF
Andrew kennedy, deceased Dr. {. had
been resident OF this town for some .iI @,
eight ears. and by his u.baniy II manner.
aud his hgh-toued aud grBil-inAaly d,m.an.
or. had eud-ared himself 10 Ill ca,sr, Of
the community. q, = pbys cisn. DR.. Cook
bad few tqua!. OF hI. age IN Vug'nis, md in
his pioie>s'oa when cs.lei upon. knew no dis
unciiJn between the DOR mans Lo1rI and
ths T ch mans mansion. he VA. ever ready
TO respond TO the cal oi those sbo needed
medical Assistance. Ills loo, will te d.sply
felt, aud by none oil hi, deslh lie more so.
cere.y lsmsuted, ;lan ~ those in whose r,,ni>
lio, be prAe,iced. Whilst he ~. . II / lo,,
ed hy al, he va. particularly =, .tsd 10
those Who koew h,m bes,. and Who had IN.
mos, favorable oppor;unriie, Of forming en-
estimate Of his character. His body vas fcl
loved to IIi fnal resting place, by large con,
eour's OF tyTpathisi'g frirnds. Wbo we're
ready to shec the tear OF sorrow over h.. car,
" grave. ieas to the rsmAin, q HENRr
i. CUOKE -SpyIg
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
THANKS.

To JosErn HAcAs, . worthy eolored man
living near HarEer's Ferry, who serves bis
customers with choice meat aud marketing,
Ne are under obligations for beef Gsak, saus.
age and pudding. He is worthy sou OF
the late Anne Hsgan, who Vas m ueh este. n,
Cd by all who knew her a. an homes, aud
MON. woman
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
IaR.I-n.k.rl

CoNsaEss The Ssbsts vss aot 10 see.
zion Saturday 10 ths Ioos, NJ. GaTns,,.
Of fsginiA' 81 he rsqus't, YES creased
fro" stfving on tbs OOmmiuss 90 che Dis
t-io' Of Golsmbia TIE Ssssts susbda ssts
70 'he pesisl bill we're discussed b. The
Houss. AsssFs. BOsosE sod Gsfostt fsvos-
sd.ihe snsndnsBt abolishisg she habkiBR
privilege, sud AT Aillsop. u Virgins, op.
posed u The House sdjsurhsd ui,hoa,
any action 90 che bill
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
HOW TnE MONEY GOES,

A bill passed the House Of Delegate. Of
Virgins, on Saturday Last, for the piy psnt
Ct e933. IS to John Z. 81 Thomas L. Bal
lard, for the sntertsinuent OF Col Mem,
niger, the Guest Of tho State, from South
CArolins, At the Ballard House 10 Rich
nand
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
TIE LEGisLArURxAsD rHE. voLuN.

The action Of the Legislature with re-
gard TO the volunteers called toto service
during the late disturbapee. on our frontie
10 worthy OF al praise. Ii has been not le.s
wise than II was prompt aud timely Ne
economy Is 80 bad az lhAi which stints the
public erVies in al Tvs Of she last moment
TO the State. Nothing encourages the pub.
lie 'eryatt 90 much as the acknowledge tLa,
his ssI,iTe will be appreciated by his oouu-
try Especially Is this true With those call
ed upon TO serve 10 a military capacity
State so liberia and 80 capable Of appre.
eisiit & the 'erviees Il her sous a. Virgins.
will never Wart defenders Rub D.spateh
This is al very veil, bat Why did the Leg.
islAiurc overlook the claims Of COMPANY
(CaPt RowAS's) that hs, been iu .sr vice
for fur months It i, imposed mainly of
hard working men who cannot suppor, thsir
families 90 a soldiers pay, and mos, Of them
are non-slIveboldsrs, too. Have our dole,
gates been mapping whilst this ,ubjsc. va,
under consideration
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

hTAt oos Of ths Tsssbt wbiE mss,inss
20 Nof'hs CsToliss 20 fello~ifK q. ois,ioa
uss sdsPtsJ -'Thss To fsfmatiss q " ,tb
era ,nd soulbsru sectisssl psftiss give. tbs
Moth the sdVagisEe 10 uuusr CO.. u,,j f,ty.
sbd hat the ssisty u The s,uth atd n he
tnion fsq1 re thst C9hssfvativs Natossl
P-f'J shoaid b ffmst aDss bsss broad
soeugh iof svs'y ifas patriot % tvsfJ see.
toe 70 stand sids ~ ,iIs
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

- = letter fOa Epslsss sayS 81, -
80 ''f'Vps fssi, that - this season 60 ts5g
Ieo0 - bsrs bed tbs HOTTEST rsata., an,
$3.50" "esiheF, The vettss wsstbsr ths
s'ssis'' ues.bsf, I'D pOv t3s foRs,ss, So
.... . zoe, :. E's0'dsa for stoas gs,usr . {
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
PUTTING Down THR rRxs..


The sutudssnt " the Senate TO the bill
.pprepristius asosy for the Psss Z fios ser
Wee ,,eposss to repeal "sll laws aud parts
Of laws sutboriIiug the resolving or send.
lag any matter through the mail free Ct post
age"
Thi, proposes to destroy the free .Iehaoss
lis, which ps-,pspsr Publishers have bad
for more than 6tty yesrs, sod the ehsspos's
Of ps.spspers has been based upon this
privilege IL destroyed, . eOuatry editor
vill 10, be able to exchange With bis neigh
. bors At oil. He will be eophDsd to sas paper
from each city, and will haze hard work TO
pay for them The ei,y paper will not take
his AZ all Ag,io, the papers no~ -sni free
to subscribers in the county az publication
will b. uI.d, whist The city daily papers
are seat on mail routes A. frsigb, for very
uifing compensation.
Al pre.ent such town, ~ Cbarlesiown are
b, ssburbs Of Baltimore, 40 d mechanical
labor ss veil 80 printers, vii be driven
10 seek their bread elsewhere. We rely
spen our ,igil.nt representative TO throttle
this movement.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

LiTFsasr ADDEE'' The literary soeis.
tee q tbs University q Vraiaia have inVi.
ted ths Hoh. ID. ". Voofhiss, q IsSisns
lsho vas tbo soanssl Of Cook. husR 81
Cesriesiovu 20 deliver ibs anbiversafy I'd,
dress oa ibs Sd Of Jolly seat, sd ths iaVi.
iatign bss been sssspisd
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
IsIr CoNsrITUTI0N1Lt

As the South always Claims . strict re-
gard TO tho Constitution Il the United
Ststss, 10 letter and spirit, il will be proper
for people before yi,liing to the extreme
propositions Of politicians, to inquire how
these meSsures square with the requirements
and restrictions VI tia; great instrument
10 addition to The suggestion Of non.ioter.
course with the North I'm one sense veil
enough, 30 far a. self-dependsBce eau e.tsb
h'h ~ We Lave propositions TO rAiss aud
equip armies for domestic purposes for con.
paeis between individual States, and for IN
ieT'Staie Commissioners TO calculate til.
value Of the Union aud how long ue shall
remsiD 10 u, " 1T sll Nov - the.- are
matters sbich the people Of several States
have not authorized the Legislature Co act
upon, tui Sre 10 direct conflict with What
the Constitution ioTbi1s. will those Who s,e
nov clothed With "a little brief authority. %
but profess particular reverence fr that
charter hitherto held saerei ponder upou
the follosing clauses before king tbs poo
pie TO follow tbem
Sc. 10 "NO STATE shall eutsr into sby
treaty. alliance or confederation" &c .
"No State shall. without tie c,b.spt If
Congress, 10y aDy day on tonnage. keep
troops OF ships Of var 10 tine q peace
enter into any arraasszsnf or com Pat uith
smother Safe, Or sith f,r 70 y or
ensags 80 Wsr, uoless aotusl iaY.t D.. ~
10 such imminent danger a. will uot simiI
q delay
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

TAErss ~ Hsap - NJ E'bsrifgs. n Toss..
- describing ibs eosdifioa n 10 Dsaasfsts
o. 'bs hoass, vbsa oompfiisd " vats f5f
NJ smuh, Hsag says ia ey sseat Ersat
afoPf q blood " "a artist hai dssirsj ~
lave 90 ora psl - jet Be sosli have fosnd
y % ihi' sceas II hsmas sgssy
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

b-CME ByTIs LrrrrE The Cbarlot,s.
VILE Aars,ai6 thus speaks d Mr Bo,is late
letter
Wssgrss vith Mr. Bolts tbattbo democrats
party .. IN very large degree responsible
for tho imminent dangers bos threatening
he psrpstuity Of ,bs Union that The tspesl
u zee Mi.soan CoWp,om,se sod ths deter
mipation 0f msoy Ssu'b-tb dem oerats 10
reopen the Afrieaa slave trade. sud tbs
immsnss oIUuptons Of the present dem
ocfsue Admtni,tratiob have dous mach 90
BALD up 70 Its present. dangsToa, poser the
ths hitet kspublicsn parry And va are
saiis6sd that Tiers can be o. psaes 70 the
souhify ahtil both demoeftoy sod black 70 g..
publiosbism are susps hen ihs political
sFens snd upou thsiT fuius there shalt b,
erected soond ns'ioual ofgsuiSsiioa whose
vitality shall ts the living spin, q the Coz.
stiiutigb, aod hot tbsi 4 ince.ssntsbd eoo,
sianiiy increasing sgiiation u .hs slavery
quttti0a.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
Speciat Notice.
nAYGENATEn nirrtR.

oNYGESATED HiTTFRS
Aprfsr Wy VII 80. sshsf' D,tsg,i,
bret eai aPf-bss,iss ts,ts - tb- slr,,.a. sa
80 shieh .h'st sbs 1anssh. I,st. go .
sbo,s bose s1ssem Caui ~ ores 10. 80
thv Obsg Gated Hsttsfs @sdissi % ssss st.s -
sal 49, sAh.sstsd itsslf 5aitisss shails 81 t.'
% ssssv. The Dtsvspfie Deed sga.s 81 .laf.r o ..
81 '.'s ih-t 10 sI~als Ta'afui. as1 If'4sss.t o.
shr.f
lsis uu.qsT srd P~r.!isr esapousJ sfsrs r
eafs 'he disvass % the 80 eal.ts us. sa
TFa"f s8.h iesttm0oy ioBs~, 500 =
g,ssu 10 90 fsysf
IalEab.s Isfftm0sv ~ 'aV5r efftI O.lss-
..gs.Y Tf.ffawu
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
IN nOTIa eRAnn

We So teddy 'bs ssrs fOr tbs sonsss,
is' as''''@ Is 'Ipsetsd By sstutdsy. W.
fall soifors.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
TINE SHERIFFAYIN
JLssyI EGHoys 4:

IIfiSTI. EaN0FI -
-. observe hsi "r.,, q,
uemrn have tssn namrd iut th- ne.
a. fhr Sptine election and wntl.' 49,.
Uacl irHm me sarth a5i staoG.rr .. .,....
msa usmei. i-el assutrt tLa.tts.u.r.,.
eu1niN a. Hr'ls~ he people, c... Of.
waco 10y chaGE- 81 fHs rres.r .t, So.
JAMES W. CAMPBELL e. IA.
h"aVy and ti'agtr-sb. re. puas,t .'....
ahd 'hrse he has eIsctsTgsa wub-.,....
lei snd 10 IUt'ic lslsr,l.r. DOL.
- Jsf,r.r 81 lI eDniiuur ir n
-. A Friend ~ "a -ur.l
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

IHroRrlsr DSosios - Il viii b seen by
oar Richmond e,fFespoBdsnss, that the
CeuEt Of Appeals o. tsis Sta,s have dsoid-
Cd the long pending suit u the n moud
Ffsdsf'ekshurg 4 PsirmAs Railroad Csa-
Pahy ~ the NHgiuis Csstfsl Oonpaay, f.
vofstls 10 tie f9rmsF; institatibs as ioiaoe.
TOO 90 faiurs travel over The so1sbiosd roe De
fofaisg che Central foats ffon Washis1toa
70 Ricbmood, ssd dsseFssius 40 sssoost 10
Be TsedtTed W the Csbifal Road Of All
mcnsy isosived thereon ffon ikFouah tick
sts % he prsssnt tiws, dsjuctinR ihs f.ys
rsesivsd 90 susb dafisg The dissba,ty Of
tbe FfedsrioksbuFg fOuts By ice 10 she Poto.
nae Also. decree sgsinst sash efshs econ.
bad Ccmpaniss Zoe its sbsrs q the pso.
sssd' sod saoh u The sombipsd roads s,s
eoaod for tbs ether u The dsorss sssias,
siitsf proves iosasstusi IL j. ssbo,tsa
that iha Csntf.l Rosd uill lees ksH = nj
lios u dsiisEs b shis decree
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

tfsa Hs.s ~
80 psoprisi8f. Hs l.ps be- tss 'sIsst. fsst'
~s1 - serssssis o. ..ifts -
F".l'@ e. p s,s.iss. it.s ss-aH
JssFsiusoss ss,..,s, Zoo 70
= A9stHtsr. 4 [, ,.ssiaf ssi .ofs''I s'''
80 ~ Eratrrk1
HAss,ts .a,as,I, o., o. RA... tss.
Wa gJssa.baa .s.a q assfa.r "a y fs ff.
Its sncs.ss severe e.s.s oI DssFsrs.s fssss
80 gsust-l b.a..tt .ftHs srstsa. f..... 90
Soc nrsi saalfflai st.f...-s "a. a..f..a. .f.
80 tNfa H frFa.s oct sr i-tssa sasf'a. a.
- fhete r.ft .lIats. .H sI. fhrf 49,. ua.
JFbs,aass n tis 90 s.-fss, rysat. 30
o1y s-sfrs Psfs 80 @sf.ras. hafar ltt 10 -
Of htfIs vri'iea sire . pc ed -
rsa- "a ihs p'.p'isls.s. tsssh
patsidr sfsIPff
p,sr.,ss b. " TowLE Co. b...' 90
sfait. 80 sTENErr. 'ai a. ,..,,.
HANCuCK SsssH Posi-
NAflH Il sFH lfddlfa-4t
ItahLaiAkE sUsLfffE. Riprs.
JusEFu ~ AsETT Hsras GfrF
~ Hot Lbts. stJAssosioss
40 ~ De- 80 sfsryHttft
lsn o. $50 --ff
'I'o rug PUuLtt.
Tee sa-,r..Ersf t-'sz ss1 ss-ss $50
CO. go afsr o. teftfss l8s.fss.
LITkRARY AID
bs wfI iarrtsh Afffesss. O.a.-.fs SEQ"
s-rfaitpHs sf~febFs arf H+f.ias L.rst
a -fas'i- 80 Pffrare maaff o. sr Pee.
fies go Hfiis Fsstfs ~ go satff
-, ptilI FINLEY JlHN
nr4ACOB A RUTHHAliF -
- irt Bs.1ntfs street ~ f.Bar
.tmu-l 20 % To- pfossfisg ttvsftr'a''N '"
fsfgtiass. -
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
FOR sHERIFPALIY

Me''rs Editors T. sAML. RlDENuJR 4.
." 'uprott'd not eaiy BY 'rth- -o,L.rg n.s
isIsOa County =" tut by al cis.... .r,I,,..
soDPst.si, practical tU.Hc. aaa
MANY worm
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16
BIRTH RIGHra.tt

- y 'rsa ihst Gfss. Mtitsty 80 Ciyi.
80 wi cone oast ne Wslsf Hooss. lI.rc,,..
F'uJ 10 wsssssesy ssIl
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

Bsrr's LErrEH - Copies Of tie Letter sf
The Hoo } \ Bsrrs nay 10 had ., th.
lhis osss, free gFsiis for sosbisF"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

We az suihoriE-d to auu,ur.- T..-s
CRANE a. q canit.a.c Tor ,be srst ia
Fcb.9 1850
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

Me EbiTua W. Gu'ic- IN the az, -.--t
W i.'e peacent Drmuctai.' acs.u,
:. V Lss r. % become eantia.-
npnStalihs Au0rney al our spr7,g
w iE.agI any dssFe 10 Tsn-r, ufsr 3. o..
hhich pave b-en presented. 10 biz -ts. 81,
Sc't DC name % Jess RtEs Jr -
cav 10 ihsi Fortioa .! be caupty n
phai'calIV seii-,aatr mar, srt ors .t..,. a..
toe Ont Of hunrst sf0u place. hir. !.
hon, 'ah'- position ~ our baf. -.,r.. :,
shai N'ii'hsJ eona'is The 10 .efT .y aac i.g., .
oqr < DriOSs cH s,ats 10 hi. k,.,,,v
JHa ~, i~bo- MANY VOTES
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

~ W. ar aHrhorizrd 10 srr. VIZ. e.,
q SHIRLEY Esq ,s,scsnaua
scrt Iiy 81 Jrtrlst1 cUuuy D.,
MANY N.I.
January 10 1850
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sbsphsrdstOWn Resisisr, writing from
Cbsrlsstows, after Noticing matters Of in.
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

Pause Ogg.--PsynsstsT, ,. NsvtsB
Bfosp, hes been 10 che discharge 81 bic la,y
70 paying 81 lss ,ssop she ksvs bees 10
SERVES 10 ihis ,sva
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-02-16

M EIaLE offered the following rssoluJion
Received, That the commiuee on military al
far. be requested TO enquire INTO the eIpeIebcy IL
prcseBtsOg 70 Thos W. Guar u me Cisrks
CHuoiy Gaa-i',a g1'i medal Tor his so.tier like
vigilance IN prrVrniing the escape 81 Cook shd
Coppoc from the Chari-stown iaiI
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-11-28
CITY OF JEFFERSON, LA, WEDNESDAY
Terms Of the Paper.

VOLUME III, of the sCarrollton SUM- will BEGIN
the 23d June, instant it will be printed as
heretofore, on good type and fair paper, and
issued to Subscribers at fUe dollars per volume
of l04 numbers, if paid for before the close of
the volume if paid for IN ADVANCE or before
the close of the first half-volume of 50 num-
bers four dollars will be received for the entire
volume; but if not paid before the end of the
full volume of l04 numbers, siE dollars will, in
all instances, be rcquird.
No Subscription will be received for a less term
than the volume, unless paid for IN ADVANCE
and so stated at the time; the paper will not
be discontinued until all arrearages are settled,
unless the publisher should choose to do SO.
Rates of Advcrfisings
All Advertisements will be charged 81 Gone. dollar,
per square of TEN LINES LESS, for the first
and fifty cents for each subsequent Insertion
All Communications on personal matters, if admit
ted, will be subject to DOUBLE the above rates,
and must, invariably, be paid for in advance of
. their publication.
Advertisements inserted by the month or for a
longer period will be charged according to the
rates square, of ten lines, Cor less) one
month, $4 months, Sc; and for
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
Giants are Short-Lived.

A part from the fact that the giant
is essentially short-lived, and that he is
ge1ierally poor, ci edulous, blundering
creature, he is the most unhappy of all
the tribe of wonders: The pig-faced
lady ntay hide her facial angles behind
u Shetland veil; the albino can dye
her hair ana Wett spectacles; the living
skeleton may now assume any Size he
likes, by the help Bf balloon sleeves
/. and pegtops; the dwarf is petted and
kissed, retires with q fortune, and
wife three times his size. To the giant
alone is denied alike the pleasure of
retirement and the bliss of connubal
life. He is interdicted from appearance
in public; except when there is no
public to appear in. He pines while
living, and dies of his own greatness
ere half the span of his life is run.
Tie ,tnnerited neglect of these emil
nent men has rendered it rather diff
culta to procufe authentic information
respecting thems Such little scraps
as have been gotten together are now
presented to the public.
Ireland has long been famous for
producing exotics of this kind; and
perhaps.: the largest skeleton to be
found is' that of O'Brien, or Byrne, in
the College of Surgeons. This ambi-
tious young gentleman came over to
England and exhibited himself as the
Irish giants and. having died, was dis
sected and labelled with this title. But
at the very time when he was being
converted into an interesting specimen
of ostoology, the real O'Brien and real
Irish giant was alive and as we'll as
giant can be,
His name was Patrick Cotter, which
he bore till some one persuaded him
that he was q descendant of the far
famed Brien Born, upon which he took
the name of 0'Brien, and agreed with
his friends that be very much resem-
bled his ancestor. His genealogy was
never very strictly inquired into, and,
as his father was a bricklayer, the
: family must have hest caste, as well as
changed their name. He was brought
over to England by rascally Snowman,
who, in order to coerce him into signing
articles of slavery for three years,
trumped up fictitious claim for debt;
and he would have been sent to Bristol
jail, had not an English gentleman,
seeing this simple-minded creature in
a state of dire bewildeEment and distress,
not only rescued him from the clutches
of the Snowman, but enabled him to set
up for himself, whereby he realized
thirty pounds in ten days. He
continued at this work from time to
time for twenty-five years, and then,
having realised a nice fortune, retired
to Bristol, where two years afterward
he died of disease of the lungs, in his
forty-sixth year-thus reaching the
extreme limit of a giants life. The
wonder is that he ever lived so long
as his huge frame seemed to be only
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kept him in awe by threatening him
with his dissecting-knife. Even this
gentleman never seems to have sue
ceeded Notwithstanding the dissecting-
knife) in thoroughly gaining his affec-
tions. Always cold and gloomy after
his illness, he grew moro silent as his
short life drew to close.
In january, iT47, Mr.. Dawkes
found he was i'll of fever, and kindly
sent him some medicine. This the boy
refused to take, and his biographer
heard nothing moro of him till June in
tho samo year, whom meeting DR..
Hoberdon, no was informed by him
that the poor lad was dying of consump-
ton. He accordingly went to SEQ
him. Two days afterwards, he quietly
breathed his last, having only grown one
inch in the preceding eight months.
His strong natural courage never
deserted him, and he viewed the ap-
proaoh of death with porfecly undis-
turbed fortitude; though he disliked to
talk about it, as he did about most other
matters. Some months prior to this ho
rejoiced in u thick pair of whiskers,
and he had u board. Old age seemed
to gather fast upon him towards his
end His corpse had all the appear
anoc, grey hairs excepted, of a man
who had died at extreme old ago: so tho
story told by Pliny of boy who at throo
years of ago was four feet high, and tho
story of the lad mentioned by Craterus
who married and died, leaving issue in
his seventh year are not so profoundly
improbable after all.
Mr.. White, an cmincnt surgeon re-
comfy dead, mentions boy who used
to como to his house, who was throe feet
two inches high when only two years
and half old, and was built like n
Farnese Hercules, and lifted forty
pounds with ense. NJ. Breschot showed
tho phrcnologist Spurzhoim q boy who,
at three years of age, was three feet
six and three-quartcrs. Mr.. South, tho
surgeon, had under his caro- boy who,
at n littlo more than thrco years old,
was throo feet seven inches high, weigh
ed four stone eight pounds, and had
splendid development of muscle.
In ovory instance this vast physical
development was purchased at the OK
penso of all that rondcrs life precious,
health, active energy, intellect, duration
of life, enjoyment. of society, and the
hope Of offspring. Evcn extraordinary
stoutness tends TO produce similar
results, with an instance of which truth
this paper shall close.