remarkable for any personal peculiaritv. His father is large man, his brothers are some above and others below the ordinary stature. Although it is manifestIy impos. sibIe to assign for his emaciation anv sne- cific cause, yet he assures us it commenced just after the exposure at Plattsburgh, and has been gradual ever since; within the last year even he has lost flesh, and at present we'ghs but % pounds. His proportions are good, his intellect is wholly unim- paired, and his spirits are in no measure de- pressed.

 This singular individual has been visited by many of the Faculty, as we'll as crowds oi the curious,-and all agree inrcgarding him as a phenomenon truly wonderful, and, we must add, wholly inexplcable, in the present state of our knowledge.

 In the general appearance of Mr. Edson there is nothing revolting. He is neat in his person, rather gray for his age, and dresses quite la mode, in tights.-.Boston Medical InteH.