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'"!( fe:n " S- :t I ' 1 if Mpa.ioine microscope, me one n as flfreci oiiiig hihh body of tb&othert KiingulaffllpeatanSjare not matjters of i A UL '.i1' i. .... t-'.JiM'l-. .. jfi cjjnouj yuer.vauu. a n?y leau us to 4- 1 ft re parjs. are ; necessary lo produce AliMti wefnoticonclude thai these LresjiaTf itm,. arteries, veins, muscles, hi, ttidonf, Xijves, circAilating fluids, and .'KorfcoirrilaM japriara us ol a living or- led bady Vnd if sp,rhoy inconcei vably itmut potUioe par'N be ! If a globulo par'she ! If a globulo 9 iame proportion to their er bliKKi bears ih . . . I . . . l - 1 r ; i&aiaig bbu e ut our hlnnrl hnr In S.. S, prs -.1. fT -i ilj s. - MniHice. iviial Roiverjs f rnlrnlatinn can in aii? - t ' v. , if r T Xqtiatn()jion ot its minutenes." LARDNER. i'lect(' fqr the; Watchman. fieeparmeasuresleibn in almost every 7Jiiniicliiiient arid form. one of the ? national wealth and Je5! Inj;Eoslancl,' hot-Iess than G.0O0,. mti coa4Uro Yearly, raised from the ''fKirilmmlierlanand Durham! at ra,e! eX i'wfi be exhausted in about South Vales, however, is a square miles, with 2. lieds, NiiieiJ k feet ; and thisfwiU 0fiWodQ y'eirs more. In Great fUM jie'ajn engines are ir op; 3 HfV ;4(-cpM th a power elrjual 2.000,000 jof men TlMfma. 'JoviJ ilthfa nower haa heen siirsnns. thaUof between 300,000,000, and IM ir;3. -i i-i .i t ;-! i f J t Jlrejwpcld crtains coal fields so tVM-tnlied, tktes and the nrovin. H lire 3Tl"?teaod .Nw Bruniwicki-la i. . i -a . i- ivy" uviu. tuiciiui: iiiuid ,ti T? ar5i v.oaK Held, extending ffrom j VWWna-1720 miles long,, and LCWlfPfOO.iikre miles. The h. J l "'UT1U WIcn is oou mnes long, i, s.f'P'.siace miles. Another u'iM'iso!l5o:?ii)e$ long, and covers SeUH' further ' West in 2t - ' lie iRocky Mountaias, last fektent, not to mention ifri?Nu -fcriEastern Virginia, I 1 '1?-ra?chusetts land North W A? n cu e,,,H,B oeaa occur i.ell thicrl J0 whatever else, Sf-W coal can never We lift i?" roake U availab,e t&kllf7!?' -i H ! . i it 'N- rB is Mini, in riA, rkino i1 me.S ili800 ofilftAraftlit nf yfl f:rnchWmy are to he dis French Wliiff mled to the Rhine ; i Whil0?21 b' the possess- W WdJSi0 t Austria ; TMeck- onsianunoD e. to nt IS snlrl tA tiavn vfil- 1:1,1 : r-.- v.iu iy 1IU T y i . T ' AJfiUIU WW.) le cntry may at all Jus!'bhe acre. rNVticsecIobuteij'are, the animal king. - k'licflffs who whole bodies are t -t. i! ! r IxSmilniilaa hnVA hPPrl rtit. ufe; -iif.'"'-"'"-' l-i I t ! - 'I 1 ' 1 1 i j iii 'v4 " 1 iji ! i f , i I - , ft - .- - ; . - - .'I I.'.... ... T ' M -.:!.. f . '''fit' :l ' ' .j,. t 'i ' ' I ' ; ' L J j j j -.' ' , ; ' I ' ' " i I - ' , I- : s ' " ,. :.,!' ?.- : . - I i J . ' .-.'! : ! ' .1 ; : ' " f HP CAfiflMI A- ATOHMAIi: : I ,yj-rT ' ( - f ; ; ii , , , , ,,, ! - I J 'Mill i . J. J. BRUNEft, ) ! 1 tCT!is4? I ( NFW wrti? ! I Editor 6c Trf X ".ir4LT' ? rV .Doxei,iHoLni;.Ttri,sA N" OUftlliD. ! ) l "tl'il i ; I volume ixnumbeo - ;- !: - ; i !' : f ' ; ' M Major Jack fiownjng's Acouiit of the lleriiocrtic JfatJMal ConTention. f? . i Baltimore, A-nbiD Air night. June 5, 1852. To JosnuA DoWNINd. Esn: i 'maer, PowmngviUe, Slate of Maine. Deaf Uncle' Joshfia : The job is done, and; it s been about tbel toiighesk week's work that ever I did. I've Iswcal like a tigeraU the week, iand I'm as hifcingry as a bear; not but what there's been vittjes enough, plenty of it, and good too, and a plenty of liquor, too, more than the Maine liquor lawrcould upset and spill in six months; butUhe troubln i. much to do we couldn't get time to eat. I guess I've made out to ketch alunch of a few mouthfuls about twice a day, and got a dhance to sleep upon an average about two hours a right. After J've writ this letter; to you, I mean to turn in and sleepyover till Monday, and .then streak it home and help get up the mass meeting to the nomination the ratification of Downingville must be a roarer. You better be getting things ready for it till I qome I wish J could give you some idea of the week's work we have bad here. I've worked in the logging swamp, and know what 'tis, to handle logs, and pile em on the bank, and roll em into the river ; and I've worked on burnt fields in clearing up, and know xvhat 'tis to chop and pile from Monday WiOrnirig till Satur day night ; But I deelaie tolnanTthishas beerMbe tuffestweel if( log-rolling I ever see.j Hut I don't begttJge the work a bit, we've bade such ar nica jpb oif it, and saved the country ve put f life into the i Democratic payty again fhat we thought last fall was; dead as a door-nail. Weve killed off Abolition, tvo've choked to death Secession, and gin Freesoil the fits ; ahd I expect we've thunderstruck Whiggery so that itnever!! gefelover it. We've got the Democratic party! fairly on its legs again, standing on the good old platforrri that Gineral Jackson Uft it on ; that is, feigin the IJank, agin the Tliff, and agiri ihternal Improvements; and now we've nothing to do but go ahead. 1 But I must tell you something layout the duins. I couldn't get n as one of tne regu lar delegates from Maine, because the i President said mname- wasit bnHhe list. liut as soon as I told him I was thee dele gate from Downingville, he took me by the hahd, and s4ys he, u AH riglit,Major Downing, I'm vejry glad to see you here ; you can come in as a supernumerary, and you cart do a grat deal more good than if you Vas' a regtilar Relegate for you can go round quietly amojhg all the delegates and help to make em harmonize i there's a great deal of that work to be done be fore IwpJ. can get jalong, and I don't know of ahyihody that; can Jo more in that line than you can. In fact, Major,; if you hadn't hcen sent as a Relegate from Down ingville, you would jfeadilyt he admitted to take part in the proceedings of the Con ventibn out of .respect for ithf great servi ces that; you rendered Gfineral Jackson in the times that tried the souls of Demo crats."; So I went riht in and tqok hold and went to work. There was ah awful jam ; it seemed . most impossible to do any thing, But I off coaiijand elbowed my way through emjfromjione end of the hall to 'tothe ; and I prett oon ot the svjring of irso I iould jtell ivbere . to pull, and where jito pbsht 4nd' where to put under the' handspikes and lift. And when the members got up to make Speeches, and ! got to jtalkingntoo mtlh,! or talking !tbe wrong Way, 1 knew jest when to take bold of their coat tailsandpull down on to their seats. And sometimes I had to go into the gallery, top, to keeihe people straight upXthere, and irj spiietbf iall I could do they would sometimes'hoorah and hiss in the wrbnc nlace. So vou mav iudffe I've (T ."I' D " 4 j r ; had my hands full all;:the weeki But I was determined to hae ji nomination, if I vvorliiDd my hapds p ff up to my 'elbows. It wastery hard to gejia bomination this :ime, ahd if I haidn't been here, though I say it msefV4 dont EfeHeve they would algot bbe at.'afl ; ., Thejflrst real hkr Jiiiece of sledding we come across wat ithe4l atiform business; that isjio say, the quetUn whether we shobldigo to worjc andfnfike a platform first, or take right hold and to nominate first It was a knotty questioni and seem ed to bother some of the members, a good deal. Mr. Nabers and Mr. Wise, and some others, insisted , ;upon it thatNye should begin at the foundation, and make a platform first for the.Democratic party to stand on, andi then inake- candidate to fit to it. Ndw6rk jwould ever stand well unless you jbegin kt the bottom and layja tgood foundation first. Here's a dozen parties befe, every one fighting for their particular jcandidate, and one hop ing to get the nomination. As Jong as that hope lasts i will hold em all togeth er, and we can make em all work to help build a platform. But the moment one : gets the nomination, the rest will all fly on in a tangent ; there will be no more workiog on a platform, and your candi date Will be left standing upon nothing. But Mr. Soule, of Lousiana, and Gov. Floyd of Virginny, rowed jest as bird t'other wa. tfhey declared we neyer could make a platform first. If; we un dertook to go to! workj upon it now, every one of the dozen parties would be pulling i aim uaunng; eaca oilier, anu cavu SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1852. one hewing and! cutting and carving to maike the platforjn to puit his own candii dae. In that way we never could make a platform if wo should work from the first of June to tend bf time. The fact is the platform !must be made for the cobntry ; that isi fbr the Democratic par ty, and not for a , candidate. As soon as the candidate is ketched and battered and tied to a stumpf we can all -set down calmly and work together, and make a platform to suit the whole Democracy. The dispute went on pretty high nearly; all (day, and was ot lover at last by a sort of compromise to have the platform and thenomination both going on together. So !a committee bf one from each State was appointed to goto work and build the platform while the Convention went on to nominate ; then, as soon as the candidate! was nominated, the platform could be ali ready o set bim right on to it. Then come the nominating, and that was all an up hill business for about three days and two or three nights. It was found on the first pull that the Old Fogies was a good deal too strong; for Young America, and there; hadn't been so many Old Fogies in the field we should a got a candidate the first haul. Giheral Cass and Mr. Buchanan each started with a very smart team. Mr. Cass was a little ahead and be kepjt the lead for about! twenty pulls, and we thought by sticking; to him like wax We might: be able to get1 him over the bill But his team begun to lag after ten or a dozen pulls, and now at the twentieth pull it seemed tQ be slowly backing do wn bill, and the Buchanan team struggled up and got ahead. Then we thought we .better hitch on to Buchanan, and may be we might fetch him over the hill. We spurred up for a few pulls pret ty well, but didn't get near to the top be fore the Buchanan team got stuck, and then begun to back down the bill, and all we could do we couldn't start it ahead again. But the Cass team, which had backed down almost to the bottom of the bill, after resting and breathing a little, now took a fresh start to come up. At that we hitched on again and determined if possible to shove him over this time. -We! whipped, and spurred, and; pulled, and j pushed, and hollered, and screamed, and the team hauled well; The old ox bowp creaked, and we began to think we should reach the top. ; But when we got about two thirds the way up, team got stuck agin ; and though it took eight or ten smart pulls after this, it didn't get any higher, but every timei backed down a little. 1 , It .was pretty blear after this that it was gone gooso with the Old Fogies. We hadn't bo hopes of em any longer If the Cass and Buchanan teams could a been hitched togethek they would a1 walked over the hill as easy as a cat could lick her ear. But there was so; much quarrel ling among the drivers that this couldn't be done. Every j driver jwas proud of his own team, and would stickjto it and have nothing to do with tother. IT be Virginny delegation went out a good many times to consider bf it and make Up their minds, and every time they! come in they march ed right up and took their stand by the Buchanan team.) They stuck to that team without flibching,! for thirty-three steady pulls ;! and for the last ten or fif teen pulls I couldn't think pf nothing else but " old Virginny never lire." But there was a good many others stuck it out full as long, and some a good deal longer than old Virginny,! before tbey ( gin Up. We tried a few pulls with the Marcy team and a few with the Butler team, but it was no go. We became satisfied there wasn't an Old Fogy in the field, who could ever reach the top of the ; hill. : We be gun to look round now to see how Young America was getting along. ' The Douglas team was made up most ly of young steers ; knd it) was', a pretty smart team, well trained, abd pulled well. But it wasn't equal to the Old Fogies for a heavy pull ; it fiadb't sio much bone arid sinew and bottom. Howsotnever, it made a pretty scratch of it, audi kept gaining gradually up the hill ; so we thought we would take bold and give Young Ameri ca a boost, and see if we couldn't get a candidate that way. To tell the truth, we begun to feel rather; streamed for fear we shouldn't get a banciidate at jail, and felt willing! tb hitch bn fa most any thing. But the best wd could do witJb Young America, we couldn't get only about half way up the bill before the steers begun to back down agiri. and we see 'twas no use, hbev couldn't come it. Well, there we waiill in a fix. I We couldn't see no oth er chance!; we'd got to go without a Pre sident because we couldn't nominate a candidate. ' Oms of the members actually fainted away here, and all of us felt a good deal wombjecroptiarid. down in the mouth. But M old yirginny never tire V and. when wo was all hitchin ;bn round for the thirty fifth jpuli; j bid :Virginny marched into t ie field with a 1ran new team. Every body started, and cried but. What tearp is that ? Whapjteajb is that ? And wheb they heard Jthej answer, " The Franklin !ierce team, b(Ne Harop shirejtbey wouldn't hardl be jibve their own ears. But it was a fact, abd Virgin ny drove the team one jpijlj all: alone. Then one! or two others; hitched on with her and tried eight or ten steady pulls,- All of us looked on and watched-the work ing of that team. At last! folks begun to make up their mirjds that that was the team tc pull and straighten but the De mocratic traces, an?d with proper help it might bp got over jthe hill. Old North Carfiner-hitched onj and Georgia hitched on, and Tennessee hitched on, andjy-and by there j was a gebbral race all over the field to see wbb sbjuld hitch on first. It didn't make notods who, OJd Hunkers and Banjburneri arjd Free Sijers and Ab olition, ahd Union abd Secessibn,and State Rights, and Old Fogies and Young Amer ca, all run helter shelter and hitched on to the Pjerce teamii That team I tell ye wentup he hill tikebmoke. Some of the States run till thep was almost out of breath fqr fear theifshouldn't ihitch on be fore the team got tofthe top of the hill. But theyj all madbfout to hook on, and every Stjate was "in at the death" and ready to jine in the general hoo-rah. After this we hadn't no more difficulty ; everything went as regular as clock work. The master told us we had read and spelt well, and we might all go cut till four o' clock, gfo we went out and took a little bit of splee, and then come in and took hold andiworkeu together jest like broth ers, and hauled Mr; King right up to the top of the hill in two pulls, and made him Vice? President. Then te committee brought in the new platform, and we all danced on it. In the crowd arip confusion we couldn't see what it was made on, but We waitold it went agin the IBank, and agin the Tariff, and agin Intefbal Improvement, and was a first-rate jplatfbrrh j so we all jumped on and said it couldn't be no better. P. S. I!ve telegraped to Gineral Pierce to save the Donirigvllle Post Office for you; so you may feel easy on that score. I remain your Ipving nephew, - ;MAJOK JACK DOWNING. FAUST OF WITTENBERG, AND FUST OF mentz. It were well if writers on the origin of typography would obey the injunction of Sir Thos., Browne, who thought it pot1 in expedient for those Who seek to enlighten mankind pn any particular subject, first to acquire spme knowledge thereof them selves, softhat the labor .of readers should not so gerjerally be profitless. In an arti cle by Bifjhop Mcllvaine, and another n Frazer's Magazine, by an anonymous con tributor, he exercise of necromancy is imputed a Fust, the inventor, or supposed inventor, ff printing! ' Nine of every ten persons wfio write anything on the subject, fall into the same error ; they have some thing al vkys to say; of Fust and the devil ; curious anecdotes to rehearse pf the multi plication 'of copies of the Scriptures in Pa ris and elsewhere ; spells and incantations by the inventor of the " black" art to de scribe, ep. But this is all induced by ig norance df the facts. John Fuit, the putative inventor of print ing, was ja shrewd :silversmith, and we suspect a Iknavish oiiei for without having anything to do withithe invention of tffe "art preservative ofarts,"he managed to rob another of the credit and profit of it. He was, however never in Paris; he was never initfis lifetime accusedjpf the exer cise of magical arts ; he simply endeavor ed to make as much "money as he could in Germarfy by underselling the copyists in the book market. All stories in which necromancy is attributed to him or to any other printer ; all accounts of the opposi tion of thb priest.to.typography as an in jfernal indention in fine, the popular idea of Frist and the devil, is a modern contrivance, and originated in this man-!ner:;- t i : i Some bookmaker, about the year 1880, bndertookito write a history of printing. He had an indistinct recollection of Prof. Faustus.iof the University of Wittenberg, and in hisc book blerjded as many of his adventures as he could remember with the memoirs of John Fust the printer ; and from that day a succession of ignorant chronicles )iave considered to men totally djffererft characters, living at dif-, ferent times, as one, individual; J I Faust, ipe necromancer, was born in the duchy of Weimer, in 1461, twenty five year.s after the primer is understood to have died. He lis mentioned by Me- lancthon, Wierusj arid many other eon tern poary writers, and jwas probably in his time not less distinguished as a magician than Agrippa or Ihertus Mugnus. It is related of him by Godwin, that he was in bis youth adopteq by , an uncle, dwelling in the city j of Wittenberg, who had no children. Here he was sent to college, and was soon distinguished by the great- bess of histalent, and the rapid progress he jnade iri every) species ;of learning that Was pu( before bi!m.' : He was destined by his relative to the profession of theology ; but he is said ungraciously to have set at naught his uncle's pious intentions. He went through his examinations with ap plause,; anp carried off all the first prizes among, sixteen competitors; he therefore Uhtainedlhe decree of doctor in divinity, 'but hisfsudcess only made hini proud and headstfong. tie1 disuainea ms lueuiugi cal eminehce, and sighed for distinction as a man of the world.; He took bis degree as a dbctr of medicine, and aspired to celebrity as a practitioner. About the same lime he ten in wua cerimn tuici.. poraris, pf tastes similar to his own. and associated with them in the study of Cbal ! czinnl- nnd Arabic Sfcience, of 1 Jul i ' 1 , . 1 i4-l-j ' . - '' : ! I strange incantations and supernatural jn fluences, in short, of all the arts of a sor- cerer. Having made such riroffress as he Jcbuld by dint of study arid intense application, he at length resolved to prosecute his pur noses still further by actually raising the devil. He happened one evening to iWalk in a thick, dark wood, within a short dis tance from Wittenberg, when it occured to him that that vas a fit place for exe cuting bis design. He stopped at :a: soli tary spot wjiere four roads met, and made use of his wand to mark out a large! Cir cle, and then two small ones within, the larger. In one of these he fixed himself, appropriating the other for the use of his expected visitor. He went over the pre cise range of charms; and incantations, omitting nothing. It was b dark night, between the ninth and tenthhour& The devil manifested himself by the usual signs of his appearance. Wherefore am I called?" said he, "and what is jtj that you demand ?" " I require." rejoined Faustus, "that you should sedulously at-, tend unto nje, answer my inquiries, and fulfill my behests." j i I Immediately upon Faustus pronouncing these words, there followed a tumult over head as if heaven and earth were coming together. The trees in their topmost branches bended to their very roots. It seemed as if the whole forest were peo pled with devils, making a crash like a thousand wagons, hurrying to the right and left before and behind, in every pos-. sible direction, with thunder and light bing, and the continual discharge of great cannon. Hell appeared to have emptied itself to furnish the din. There succeeded the most charming music from all sorts of instruments, and sounds of hilarity j and dancing. Next came a report as of a tournament, and the clashing of innum erable lances. This lasted so long, that Faustus was many times about to rush out of the circle in which he had inclosed himself, and to abandonjiis preparations. His courage and resolution,, however, got the better ; and he remained immovable. He pursued his incantations without inter mission. Then came to the very edge of the circle a griffin first, and next a drag on, which in the midst of his enchantments grinned at him horribly with his teeth, but finally fell down at hts feet and extended his length to many a rood. Faustus per sisted. Then succeeded a sort -of fire works, a pillar of fire, and a man on fire top, who leaped down, and there imme diately appeared a number of globe$ here and there red hot, while the man on fire went and came to everyjaart of the circle for a quarter of an hour. At length the devil came forward in the shape of a gray monk, and asked Faustus what he wanted. Faustus adjourned their further confer ence, and appointe(Tthe devil to come to him at his lodging. He in the mean time busied himself in the necessary preparations. He entered his study at the appointed time and found the devil waitirig for him. Faustus told him that he had prepared certain articles to which it was necessary that the demon should fully accord that he should attend him at all times when required, for all the days of his Jife ; that be should bring him everything he wanted ; that he should come to him in any shape that Faustus required, or be invisible, and Fau$lus should be invisible too whenever he de sired it; that he should deny him nothing and answer him with perfect veracity to everything he demanded. To some of these requisitions the spirit could not con sent without authority from his master. the chief of devils. At length all these concessions were adjusted. The devil on his part also prescribed his conditions. That Faustus should ad jure the Christian religion and all reYer ence for the supreme God ; that he should enjoy the entire command of his atten dent demonfbr-aeertain term of years ; and that at the end of that period the dev il should dispose of him, body andspul,at his pleasure, (the term was fixed for twenty-four years) that he should at all times steadfastly refuse to listen to any one vvb should desire to convert hhn, or convince him of the error of his ways, and lead him to repentance, that, Faustus should jdraw up a writing containing these particulars, and sign it With his blood, that he should deliver this writing to the devil, and keep a duplicate of it himself, that so there might be no misunderstanding. It was further appointed by Faustus that the devil should usually attend him in the habit of a cordelier, with a pleasing cobn tenance and an insinuating demeanor. Faustus also asked the divil his name, who answered that the was usually pbistopbiies. -Numerous adventures of Faustus Me- are in ihft German histories. Itissaid that the emperor Charlies V. was at 'Ins pruck, at the time when Faustus also re sided there. His courtiers informed the emperor that Faustus was Iti the town, and Charles expreesed a desireosee him He was introduced. Charles asked (urn whether hbfcould really perform such wondrous feats as were reported of bim. Faustus mbdestly replied, inviting the em neror to rbake a trial of his skill. "Then," cairl Charles "of all the eminent persona- ces I have! ever read of, Alexander the fin..it is the man who most excites my curiosity, bndlvhbSlt Would most gratify my wishes to see in the; very form in v. ! ' he lived." Faustus rejoined that it out of his power truly to raise 'the d: but that he had spirits at bis lecrr.rr. who had often seen that great conqyr: and that Faustus woald willingly p!--him before the emperor as he requirec!. The emperor promised compliance. A ter a few ceremonies, jtherefore. Fau.. opened a door, and brought in Alexanf exactly n the form in, which he had 1. ed, with (bp same garments, and eve: circumstance corresponding. .AIexrr' made his obeisance to the emperor, r.: walked several times around bim.: Tl Queen of Alexander was then intrcJuc in the same mariner. Charles just th recollected he bad read that ' Alexar.:? bad a wart on the nape of his neck ; r.: with proper precautions Faustus allow the emperor to examine the 'apparr.ii by this test, Alexander then vanUhcd. As Faustus Vas: approaching the 1 year of ibis term; be sermed resolred t pamper his appetite with every species c luxury. I Ie carefully accumulated r ' the materials of voluptuousness and rr.r nificence. He was! particularly apxir in the selection of women Avho shot:' serve for his pleasures. He had one E: -glish woman, one Hungarian, one Frer.c ' two of Germany, and two from dilTcrc parts of Italy, alt;of them eminent for t! perfections Which characterized their di: ferent countries.7 . ! 1 ! ; " At length he arrived at the end cf il term foiUyhich he had contracted v. i the devil. For two or three years befc: it expired his character gradually .alter ed. He became subjeet to fits' of despc: dency was bo longer susceptible of mirt' and amusement, and reflected with bit! agony on the close in f which ihe v!:' must terminate. He assembled his frier: ' together at a grand entertainment, r.v when it was addressed them that this v, the last day of his life, reminding them : the wonders with which be had.frequc:.: ly astonished them,-and informing; the; of the condition upon which be had 1. ' this power, j They, one and all exprcr.: the deepest sorrow at the intelligence. They bad the idea of something unlawf: ! in hisrproceiedings ; but their, notions h been yery far from coming up to the trut! . They regretted exceedingly tfiat he l:r not been unreserved in his ! communic tions.it an earlier period. They vcu! have had resource in his behalf to' t! means of religion, and have applied t pious i men,; desiring them ;to etnp! their power to intercede with; Heaven i his favor. Prayer arid penitence mi;,', have done much for him ; and the mere of heaven'was unbounded. They advi ed him to still call upon God, and endr vor to secure an interest in the merits ; the Savior. . I k H ' Fabstus assured them that' it was r.! in vain, and that his tragical fate was i: evitable. He led them to their sleep!: apartment, bnd recommended to! them t pass the night as they could but by i means, whatever they might happen t hear, to conte out of it; as ttieir interf rence could; in no way be beneficial t him, and might be attended with the rr.c serious injury to themselvesL They 1 still, therefore, as he had enjoined them ; but not one of them could close his eye. Between twelve and j one in the ni;;!.. they heard first a furious storm of vi. round all sides of the house, as if it wcu! ' have torn away the walls from their foun dations. This no sooner somewhat ab-.: ed, than a noise was heard of discord:. ,, and violent hissing, as if the house v. .. full of allorts of venomous reptiles, L .: which plainlly. proceeded frorn FauJtu chamber. Jfext they heard the doctor' room door vehemently burst. open, a: cries for helr uttered with dreadful, a ny, but ip a half suppressed voice, whi: presently grew fainter and fainter, TL . everything became still as if the eve: lasting motion of the world was susp-i ded. r'i i - 'jj I h ! When at length jt became broad dry, the students went in a body to the deb tor's apartment." But ho was nowherc t be seen. Only the walls were fou: smeared with blood, and marks as if i. brains had been dashed out.; His I: : was finally discovered at some disfar;; from the house, his Iirnbs dismember, and marks oPgreat violence; about t! features of his face. Thestudents gat!, ering up the mutilated parts of his be ! afforded them private burial at! the tcr pie nf Mars; in the village i vvhero died. Sharfis. party of young !gentlcn; of this city started yesterday morninj five o'clock on a shark-catching excun: in the Harbor, and were fortunate encu between that hour and noon to take thr off CastlePibckney, while feeding on t! carcass of a dead horse. One measur nine feet six inches, another nine feet, r. the third eigh feet. The same party cr. tured also a clam cracker of unusua; large dimensions, CAar. Courier. Death from Lightning. Durinn: l' thunder storm that visited our city r.r neighborhood onMomlay afternoon 1 Cnnr nprrnes en?aed fin bribcinrr a f! of lumber through Wappo Cut, v.;; struck by tneilelectrtc fluid, two oi vri,: were stunned, while, the others were i stantly killed by the severity of the she ; . i Utar. courier. W. R. King,!lhirty si years ago, voted r. House of Representatives for a bank cl United Slates the identical monster which Nicholas Diddle f ojr a (ong tims : ded. Baltimore Pirio j- The Resolution! adopted at Balthmrc clare lhat Congress has bo power to clr.rl U. S. Bank arid that such an institution L of "deadly hostility lo the best interests t country." Gbr. Reid denounced th3 I with equal earnestness in bis speech L Which is the tr ie Uemcocratic doctrir.3 ? King's or GoV; Reid'i Fay. Observer.
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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