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ment, he arose upon his feet, raised his
arms level with his breast, and opening
his blood-shot eye3, gave forth from his
mouth a m6st terrific screaeh, after which
his chest worked as if in respiration, in a
very violeat manner. Every one at this
minute was as inute as death, every breath
was for a moment suspended, when Dr.
D. exclaimed, 'by heavens he's alive
Too great was the excitement, too intense
and absorbing was the interest and won
der, enjoyed and felt by all, to allow time
or attention for a reply to the rewark. Ev
ery eye was riveted upon the agitated and
shaking corpse. The operator continued
to let upon it a full quantity of the galvan
ic fluid, till the action upon its nerves be
coming so powerful that it made a tremu»
lous bound, leaping, by a sort of an imper*
feet plunge, into a corner of the room, dis
engaging itself entirely from the wires
which communicated the galvanism.
All immediately drew around the body.
For a moment after its fall, it seemed per
fectly motionless and dead. Dr. B. ap*
proached, and taking hold of his arm, an*
nounced that he thought he felt a slight
though single beat of the pulse. The gal
vanic operator was just going to arrange
his machine to give him another charge,
when Dr. D. again exclaimed, 'he is—he
is alive, he sighs he breathes!' And, true
enough, he did sigh, he gave a long gasp,
at the same time raising, and gently wa*
vng
his right hand. His sighs continued
for a couple of minutes, when they ceas
ed entirely. His whole frame seemed to
be somewhat agitated. Hi* chest heaved,
his legs trembled, and he occasionally
raised his right arm. These effects were
^opposed to be caused by the powerful in
fluence of the galvanic fluid upon tbe
nerves. None of these movements were
'et supposed attributable to the action of
life. It
was
considered that the animating
Principle of nature had left his frame, and
could never be again restored. Why not
have been longer de-
sobriety, that he took
him in partnership aoout three years since,
and had no cause to regret his kindness.
From that period Mr. Ilowitt and Mr.
Pelsing were constant friends and com*
pan ions, and boarded in the same house
nntil abqut twelve months since, when
one day they were subpomed for a coro
ner's inquest which was about to be held
on the body of a man that had been taken
out of the Maiden Lane dock. The de
ceased had all the appearance of having
been a regular dock loafer, and it was the
opinion of all present that he had fallen
into the slip while in a stale of intoxica
tion but the verdict—which was given in
a few minutes—was merely found drow
ned."
The jury being dismissed, Mr. M. tur
ned .round to look for his friend and fellow
juror, who had been at his side till that
moment, but he was gone and he thought
he saw him running at almost full speed
up Maiden Lane. This struck him as be
ing curious and it also reminded hitn of
another curious fact, (at least curious as
taken in connection with his sudden flight,)
namely, that when Mr. Pelsing had first
glanced at the face of the corpse, he start
ed, and turned deadly pale. Mr. M. then
proceeded to his boarding house, and
thence to his store to look for his partner,
but he was to be found at neither nor did
he return that night nor the next nor
the next and two months passed away
without bringing any intelligence of him,
during which time Mr. Mowitt had fully
made up his mind that there was some
mysterious connection between his friend
and the man that was found drowned, and
that in consequence thereof, Mr. Pelsing
had in all probability made away with
himself.
Well, so mattets rested until a certain
day in last June, when a lady called at
Mr. Mowitt's store, and asked for Mr.
Pelsing. She was told the particulars of
his story. "And hasn't he been here
since," she inquired. Not since," re
plied Mr. Mowitt. I know he has,"
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rccessiorrrwui UiS^eOnfiscatioii
and sale of lands belonging to the church
and to the expatriated nobles, who follow
ed the fortunes of the Bourbon*.
To give a country the highest degree
of wealth and power, which it is capable
of attaining, agriculture must be sustained
O7 O
by commerce anil manufactures but it
may dispense with both the latter, and yet
retain its prosperity. The condition of
the United States is favorable to all lhese(
pursuits but whatever may be the fate of
our commerce and manufactures, we must,
as an agricultural country, rank among the
first natioi.s of the earth. The extent of
our territory, the extraordinary fertility of
our soil, the adaptation of our climate to
almost every species of production, our
distance from other countries ift which
agriculture furnishes a surplus for expor
tation, show conclusively that our vast and
rapidly augmenting population can, and
must, be sustained by the fruits of our own
industry. In this field of labor we fear
no competition. The productions of our
agriculture have but one limit—the demand
for them. Centuries must elapse before
they will be limited, as in the densely
populated states of Europe, by the powers
of the soil. We have not only the ability,
of expanding to an immense degree, by
means of our vast unoccupied domain be
yond the lakes and the Mississippi but
we have the ability of increasing to an in*
definite extent upon the surface we now
occupy. For centuries after the reaction
of settlement shall be felt from the west,
(an event too distant to enter into any es
timate of our future growth,) we may con
tinue to multiply, and yet be able, by a
more prudent husbandry of the powers of
the soil, to furnish the additional consuv
mers with the necessaries of life.
My dear," said a lady to a littfo fttK
what is the matter with your mother ?"t
She's got the rebellious fever, ma'am
A* Somewhat common disorder among
married women. 4
John Ili'Iiiiii!
George W Hawkfaw
Hall
John Hollingsworth
Alfred 11 i tics
Foiin
Wright
Hannah Walker 3
W S Wing
Abol White
Fernando Havcrstraw Joseph lffeet
W Ilewet Rev VWed
William lliggins George Vv fin
George W Hess Abraham Wood
Hrram Howard David Wray
Jas Jones 2 14 chard Witson
Robt Keiting Robt Waterson
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