I=l Nr , vaits,mia uLtaaitrio—ao4 aa4 N:oA tz"e . . P ro. 'Ciiistables . dxbd by an net of the General Assembly of Penn bylvania, entitled' An act graduating the duties upon wholesale dealers had retailers of merehandize, arid prescribing the• mode of - issuing licences and, colleet- Ing 'said tluties,'! it is made the duty of the' Consta bles of the respective - townships within the County-of CuMberland, and they are .liere.by.required to make but, on 'oath .or affirmation and deliver to the Clerk bf the Court of cltiarter Sessions; a separate list of all the svholesaleand retail dealers in goods, wares, and merchaudize—wines or distilled spirits--drugs lir medicines—Ott:era those that are the giirivth or produce of the United States,'on or before Thursday the 14th 'of. January 7811... Merchants, Dealers, and others embraced in the said act, are also. notified, that the Associate Judges and Commissioners of said County, :will attend at the Conimissioners' office on Friday the. 17th of January 1841, at ten O'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of hearing and classi tying all *retailers' within said County,•agreeably to thesabtact, Whereall such as think. proper may at-. tend. : . . • ComrOissioners' Carlisle, Dec. 23, 1840.-- For Rent, The St . ore,..Poom, and Three Roma on the upper floor; at present in the Ocenpanej , of Messrs. Huller 1 7, 4 Mulvanyoext door_ to Simon Wenderlich's• ETo xhe Rooms hive noC .- ennui - ion with the Store: JOHN CREIGH, • . Agent for Thomas Creigh. 29; aQ)yteacoll.h. • , All ' perm:ins lactated tp :the. subscriber, a re ee .. questedto cnll.nud settle their accounts,-by the 15th of January 1841 Dec. 23, 1840 ~sICU~I'IIC~~o - Estate-grarehibaki-Peak•deceased-.-- jETTORS TESTAMENTARY oti OM' estate j. of Archibald Peck, late_ of thO borougli of Car lisle, Cumberland county, deceased,. have been grant , id to the subiariber residing in the Wrong') ot. Can'- lisle aforesaid: Notice is bereby.given to all persons • indebted to the estate of said decedent to 'Make mediate payment," and thosi having against ....said estate. to ...present them properly authentlCated - for - Settlement.. • CYRUS RICHARDSON,ExecuIor. pee. 28, 1840.---6 t . Notice Au Creditors Take notice. that Ultace applied-to-the ',lndies ;of. the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county; for the benefit-of, the Insol'•ent Laws of thii-COM monwenith, Mid they ,littiVe appointed:.TUetiday the 6th day orjanuary 1$41; for bearing , Inc ;ny` creditortraithe Court House in - the'Borough of.Ciir lisle, when and where you may 'attend if you think proper. S.AiIUEL . Dec. 23; 1840 7'o all Cla4»ants and perspas_intilrPßlo4/ Notice is hereby giirt:ttturit'iCiit or Scire Facias --.-ito-Jnituary Term-1841;i° tire - directed,lit - b - rerili= sued out of the Courtof Common' Pleas of Cumber land countY; on the following "Mechanics Lien," .. , enterettnitrecorded in the Court of Common - Pleas - aforesaid, vm : • - . - , John Leblei, Sr. vs. Earl& Nelson ? contractor, 'kind the . Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church ' in the borough of Carlisle, owners. . Sci. Fa. sur. Mechanics Lien, No 16Nanuary, Term, 1841 • Sheriff's Office, Carlisle,,pee. 19; 1840.} PAUL. MARTIN, Sheriff:. Wil)1k1E011Q. The Stockholders of the "Carlisle Institute," are hereby notified, thatnit election will be held, agree , ably to the terms of oe charter, on the first Satur day (2d). of 'January /ilea, Gkween hours - of - 2 and 4 o'clock P. M. at the School room of-Mr: Rob.: ert Cameron, in' this borough, for the purpose of electing three Trustees to acetic for the ensuingthree years. By order of the Board, J. W. L•' 13Y, Secretary. Carlisle, Dec. 16,1840, .I,tesuivice. Pire . • BIC TIC' 'North a - merioalniairance Comp - any, - • Philadeldhia; . • 'CAPITAL $600;000. - HE above company through their Agency in Carlisle," still continues to insure all kinds of property ,in this and the. adjoining. counties at the loivest 'rates. —Tlie - ustiarrisk — oti 'Stone or brick houses averages aholqs4,peraniturn ott.each said insured, and a stock or merchandize consisting of dry goods, groceriesoind the 'usual. assortment of country store, will be insured at the "siune - rate: Property holders, And merchants generally throughout ,this and the Adjoining counties, will pleaie, give the above notice attention. ••,Applicattot4 - .4sn.be made either by letter or in person to the sub acrdier in,Carlisle. - DeR-3,1,446:L ' Orphans Court i rx 'pursuance Oriel order 6f Alleorpriane Court pf. Jt'',Curnberhand county, will be eitposed, to public salo,,on. Abe ,prernises, on Wed/teat/4 the 20th , of .Japu4 6 .:y; 1841, at lit' o'cloelt % A. the 'following 'described real estate, late the property John Do vidscio;pq.Aleee'ase,d, ' . A . Tract • .of-Litri,estoo Land;. in WesipennsbOeMigh tOwnship,abeut two miles east. ollsiewville,boupded by landd of.Saninel 'McKeehan,. Sites, Jacob' Lehman sod Johri-Myers, contain-. 'IRIFTIE r rSIX . mtore,..ooo,si:. • Abtiut forty acres are cleared, the rest!: .414 , 6 - . -Virieirig ti dibcr,about :twenty: acres sown fileNea:sced last-opringv There is tt .well on the 'premises, N.:ldol' tifford - a mttnstantsapply - Of..4ater. The soil goad and pro:- mluottitspusl: to:any in the neighborhitoil.:: • : • • .o.olhs seine clay, ata o'clock, y.: M. on .the :Premises,- , . , . '4 Lot :Yl:Rtret . rate VINGT. tOptitinitifr4 , o 4 l44.fl‘..fuitess ,,, oo„t4...:l4oot. liook-Spflogitilidod lands/'of tokk:Sicmoel. odd. Rbbert h; aid thd kin Osiott • - - Thurodo!i the 21st qffaituary);;l4l4l - ; - nt I I . of COI; W0i..4.1: iVoOtl. -buist"iolqd4llll4 , wlll-bd ofFered itt iolept .. "`Tot o k t .I %eittrow' Cron 'id . . . about three - f ourths Of it 'mile north-west of Newv ilk, obOundeilli,filittiddinVWoottlittitti, %Volker, •ond 'the Conuodogortiet , creek, ecoilititilog . 8 acres. and U 1 perches, well enelosed am' 'gthstl,giiiiitrland: • - Persons wishing to i ‘ purplutte , : tiroi iiiyited 'Us Oen!. tlte - uliotiefirepoity;,firevintle.t.ii . the-day, Of Terms orsall,pretioligell Jhe'eourery,One 18T1' thepurehhsi-inoney to 66,pai0 MrthAdosifi.rmlitinh . of tliesalev:thilt teatime Id two - 464 'Srpkr_l.l , .'; pnY i rdeOtS;' without IliterestAblin vettp',-The Vale -40111 . 1e,Yriadeltudjimistotsitiii'clelli-l' trpd•mktbetstAl.A.pyil,lB'4l:r 4l Court • , . . . : I'• :L ''' '.. r,' , "..- ,• ''t -,-,„. ~, ,-, .-- • .:, ~i;; ~, . ,:- ..../z,:. --" '- ' . - - • • . , 1-. .* : i ' - , ~;,,t: ,-,,-,.. ;;.,:::;; ~,'..:.', ,„.' . ~_ : .• ~ ;-- .k.„. ••,,,,,,. 4•,, , .. , ..,_ !; , r. ~.; *a' „........... , „ . . ... 1 .. x ,,, . li r---. (.......__ . ..... , ; -;. , •,. ••. . , ... , ....... ES Attest—JOHN IRWIN, Clerk to _Commissioners CHAS. OGILBY JQUN_J.: MYERS A VAIVIILiiNEWSPAPER:-D E VOTED TO NEW S ' , ' r_ o l4l' . lCS '" ,'6l"illA l TlLTßE,;iritt , AßTS AND SCiENCES;AGELICITVICIT FM AMUSEMENT, &C. &C. Public Sale. BY an order of the Orphans'Court of ,Currther ,land COunty, to me directed. I will expose to public sale, on the premities, otiWellnesday the 20th day'of January, 1841, at 11 o'clock•A'. M., • A. - • • • , . . —•• •A. Large Double' two .• e . " I Story • Brick House iJ. . . AND LOT OF, GROUND, situate in the, horotigh of .Meelianiesburg, CtUnberland connty;, - on the Main street, - adjoining: the 'Union: Church: Lot and a Lot of Valentine -Shook, being; the late Mansion House of John Close, dee?d.• • Also, one.other . • , . . •Ileiuble two 'Story and lot ofground in ihe same borough, situate on• the Main street, bounded•by Isaac Kinsey and liam Bigley. , santelf Lot .oC Ground;' .•: . ' • containing , abont 25 feet .front an the rail road, and . 80 feet in depth, bounded liy the rail roa&-•-by the first .described" lot and by Valentine Shock. - This , louwill be sold together' with the Mansion, House property abovedescribed. " Both properties are very advantageously situated for any kind.nt.business.___ _ • The-terms of-- sale are=—oneAtalf. the-purchase money . to be paid on the Ist of April 1841, when posiession.will.-beLdelivered--_,Subject to the present legscs , .--knd the residue iumie year, to be.seeured . On the property_ -' JOHN RUPP, . of John Close,-dec'd December 15, 1840 E . 'Btaie ,pf John Ocddis,-decea,sed. ETTERS TESTAMENTARY on - the estate 1 . 4 of :rohn 9eddii, late of Newville;-Cumberlaml. County, deceased, blab*: issued to the subscribers in due .form of. law,—NoTicn- is: hereby given to thosb having .claiins against...the canto of said de ceased-to .present for settlement without delay— . -and ' to those indebted to make immediate . payment: WILLIAM BRATTON,'NewViIIe, • '' -- 12ORDRT - L'AIRD,"7 - fir - - • - • - Executors,: December 16,-.1.8441—Gt- PROCLAMATION. HEP➢URN, Pre -V, sident Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the 9th District; composed of the comities of Cum-, ,berland, Perry, mut 'Juniata r_and the Hon.' JO/nt Stuart and Jahn Lefeyre,'Judges or the said Court of Common Pleas of the comity of Cumberland; have issued their•precept, •bearing date the 10th day of Not ember, -1840, and-,10-me-direeted r foc•-holding- a 'Court of Oyer and l'ernaner anti Geadril Jail Ire . - livery ' , and General. Quarter Sessions of the -Peace,, t;l'cat.lisle, - oti the . • Second . _'Mn ftsrmary, 1841, (being. the 11th day) at ten o'clock in the forenoon: .NOTICC is luiTeby given fo the'•Coroner, Justices of the Pence, and Constables of the said county - of Corn bet.land, tliat.they, , be then,. and. there in their proper persons, with them records, Inquisitions, examina tions and other. remembrances, to do those things witichio thdir, offices respectfully 'appertain. And those who are bound by recognizance ,to prosecute rat n oi L atrint i llgtßlti l teif Fik o d'e tt aki n Eu b illjP. t kr, -prOseetue-agtinst - them - asshitil bejult. ‘-* • Datcd at Carlisle; the 10th day, of December; 1840, and the sixty-fifth year of American IndePendence.. PAUL MARTIN, Sheriff. elitry List. • • 'GR'A'ND JURY, For January Term, 1841. .131/en-Andrew Chapman; John Coiner, Esq., Solo mon IVIONIer, John Oldwine, Daniel Urich. Dickinson---P eter' Camp, Edward Weakley, %Vil- liatn Woods. ' "Edistregnisborough-- - :- - Benjamin Erb'. • lloperiell—John Langlilin. • .• . allechaitirsburg--John Aloover. North Aftddieton.--Jolin Blesser. Xeltrollte,:-.loliti Bricker; Joseph Hannan. t ' .Newton---Isafio Kuntz, Hugh McCune, William • Parks, jr. .* SOuth Alidelleto'n—Jacoly Goodyear, Jr. Jacob Span . - gler. Southampton--Conrodblever, Abraham Mooney. Slappensburg Cobanh. • -. Shippensburg. B. —William B. Cochran, Adorn Co • • bough. • • En== Allen-- . -Jose . plt BrownliWell, Daniel Shelly.' Carlisle--Jos. Hersliy, Lewis Harlan, Ross Lamtler ton, William Leonard, Samuel Sipe. • Dickinson—Jalm Coover : Jacob Hemminger, Hen- . • ry Rupley;Samiiel Holmes. East Peansborough--,Gi_.orge , o %vim nth Jacob Elle berge, George • Gli me, - &mind, -George, Jacob. Frankford---sumuel &nyder. ; Hopewell—Adam A ught nbaugh. • J/lonree--Martin Brandt, Joseph Brandt. Jltechanicabur-WilliamHeney. • . • • ..Worth atiddigton---Abtrer, Crain, Philip Ja • .ttob llingwalt. . • .• • ... Alriurillc -- -AlwAbi.P. l ..grk.AP.O.NßOb.,.... • Xeivton,.-.IIIOq,O S KQIIev. South slliddfeton 7 --Adam Lehman; Jaeob Raney, PAtterSlothowta'.. — Sangianspton 7 --lirbert Allen, John Bay; John H. Cressler. • .• , Shiplielisburg Crisswell, David Deal. Saver Spring- - --A,bralunn Bossier, John Eshelman, • ' John Swartz.. John Saxtonr William Trimble - , John Clendenin,jr. West. Pennsberon3l4......-)Villiana's Carcah4s, , James DaVidsOn,AV,illtam:Davidsbn,James.Lintlaev, ' p'hij.VRENCH BIANKEt SHAWLS of a newntyle, . sale, nt thq New'Stsre in ipensbun,.by .4Y;qc,OI,:AIP. days Liniment. PICT/O.N: Thisoftraord InOry, elioml cal composition, the snit oficience and the invention of a celebrated med ical man; the introduction 'of "WhiCh to thd pnhlio iWastuvested with- the . sole:Unity:Ora' death`-bed be- quest,'lma. since , gained• a reputation unparalleled; fully sustaining,tlin.correctuess of ; ;the .14mented, lest confes'aion,„,Mat.“ he , , 'without giving tO''pOsterity the ben,ii.fit'Of his knOwl-' edge on tl.is subjects" and he Aheiefore bequeathed to his friend andattendant ; Solomon Htiys,the secret Of Ms discoseryl" • It is.dow. in the. PriOcipal . hesPitaiS,:_sfid` thd private pmeticeln, our country; first and most 'cer minly' for the n eure bf,thd,P.ILES, andahsci extensisfe, ly.and.effeetpnlly;ae to tisMe Srednlity r uniess where its cfreets avdwitnessedi , -.lermtgy, - in- the • - • • Fov L/copsy7rprealing',ustvacallioary; abiorptiou • Itheuita4sni4.—.-.A.cute. chroitid, wing iiuick., , • 'Cleo Vhoo,iing 7 Coiigh 7 - Cough !nid Omer Abe 004 ., , '4 9- '• h 4 ' l ? rloB ° ° #' S Pr. 4 ! i lei 4 141 1 :9Ffis -- -ur4ojP.Are*. ' Soria iti` , .‘Uleetit•LlM'eliellier - fish y On s g • tit~iid- • prpoeimion upgn,OultkpiidsAildiOn.i.bi l it4tujip g ; ,',rlte.yrnaliri`swelkibipitind)oos . enitilg clughsuillt mPrk.'l9 l :l ll 9 l gMho:44rtllwi:kt" . .i9 • • 0 , ..•'• per 4 ii who. itl b ite • ' Edited:and Published for:the -P.rap rieto r 2 4 by' Gee*;oo . lo. (s;abb in' Carleile l lluniberla tad' County, a P. . , the .Piles, end return:. the emptrbottle.without eUred. These Are the positive orders of the proprie tor to the agents; and out of many thousands sold, not. one has been unsuccessful: We might insert • certificates to any length,' but prefer that - tliose :who sell the article, should ekhibit the-original ,taorchasers. Physicians and :Patients. _ • • The Blind'.Piles, said to be' inturable by ekfernal implications.---Solomon Hays warrants the contrary. His Liniment will 'cure Blind Piles. Factsare more , stubborn thad theories; He Solicits all respectable physicians to try it upon their patients. will , do. them no harm, and it is known that eVery 'physician . who has had the honesty to make the trial, has can-. didly admitted that it has 'succeeded in- - every.ease they have knoWn. Then why nob use it? It is the recipe of one of theirinost respectable members, now deceased. 'Why iefuse to Use it ? Because it is sold as a proprietary medicine?- Is this a sufficient ex.; cuse for suffering their honest patients to -linger. in distress? We think not. Physicians shall be con vinced that there Is no humbug or quaCkery about this article.--W by then not alleviate human. stiffer ? Thep . , 'won't try it befo're,let 'theta' after all other,prescriptions fail. - Physicians are respectfully requested to do therriselvesenitpatients the justice to 1 'use - this article. 'ltalian be taken from the bottles, and done up as their preScription if they desire. • SOLOMON HAYS. _ . --Soid-by Comstock- 11z7 Co. -- Wholesale - Druggistsi Ner. - 2; - Fleteher street; New York. .1 For sale • also by STEVENSON, - 4t, DINKLE, Carlisle, Pa, • "- - • - :'Decembei• 29, 1.840.-iy. 4 DR. WP 0111.V* HEALTH ELIXIR. There is not One case of Feyet in a thousand, but may bti'effeetually broken _Up.-and-removed--by : the use of this Elixir. - It'removesidl acidity indigestion, bilious natter and constipation from the stomach and bowels. It operates gently and eiTectuallyAn the bowels, and•powerfullz on the kidneys and skin. It removes all unpleasant feelings after a hearty meal, and promoteiricgoOirappktifeT to give perfect satisfaction.. It has becomea general practiceylli_untny_l9 use this article in all eases of colds, pains in the bones, or heavy disagreeatileieel: ing; tenderbig to headache or Chilliness: For hoarse: ness,lf taken through the *day, it icomplefely restores the-voice- without . - producing . sickness. - 'Whopping cougliond .coughs__9l cliblrenir_e_eured by it.— The stomach is kept in perfect order by it, it is quite impossibleAliat any disease should commence. while a person is using this Syrup. • . AZ" If taken dailyit produces rittlyilicaltity,and young appearance, by driving off all; the humorTiif the system. - Sold genuine at 2 Fletcher street, one door below Pearl .street, N. If. by Comstock &Co., and by-ill respectable Druggists. - • .Figs,iile also'by STEVENSON* . DIN KLE, Carlisle, Pa. 4 • . . DR. ' 11. I I I T THE CELEBRATED REMEDY-14 DISEASES OF THE LUNGS, . lilliaumeatttim_rementes:_tiave_:_been_tiffered_and ',l_ l ll puffed into notice . for. diseases of the Lungs, some of which has undoubtedly beentountrvery use ful, but of all that have hitherto been i known; t must be Universally acknowledged there:is none that has - ever proved` as - successfulits - the.'"TrALSOIVFOF. WILD CHERRY." - - - Such indeed are the astonishing' restorative and healing properties of this " Balsam;"that'even in the, worst forms of Consumption, whim the patient hai suffered with the most distressing cough,. Violent pains in the ehest;diflicUlty of breath ing, night sweats; bleeding of the lungs, &c. and when the most esteem ed remedies of Pliarmacopias had failed to afford any relief, and even when Botanic, Hoinomathic, and' htrierous„ollier r,emedies,liad "been used for many monthsin vain, this invaluable remedy ., has checked every symptom, and been prOductiie . of the most as tonishing relief. -In the ,early' stages .of the disease, proceeding from neglected colds., termed Catarrhal Consumption, it has--been used-with- undiwiatingsuc- Vl5, and in many instances, when this disease ed to hive marked its .vietim for ,an early grave, the use of thia.medicine has arrested every, symptom, and restored the lungs to a state of perfect health. In that form of Conrsumptiogato prevalent amongst delicate young_fenitiles, commonly termed debility, or "going into a decline," a CompUibt with lands are lingering, it has4ilso been'used:wltlisurpriT. sing success, and not only possesses the power of checking the progress of this nlarmiag disease,but at the same time strengthens and invigorates the whole system more effectually. .than any remedy we have ever possessed. ri• LIVER COMPLAINT. r ` diseases of the Liver, particularly when attended with a cough, indi gestion or wandering pains in the side, it Bits also pro ved very nflicaciaus, antreured many' cases of than kind after the most poWerful remediei had_failed. l CKr EJ SIA.--4n this complaint - it hait'also been used in numerous instances - withr,the'r , most- singular success. It opens the chest, rendering. the breathing perfectly free, arrests the- cough, and will Teldoin fail to give,krnianent relief.: • : . BRONCHITIS.—As a remedy in • all Proni child affeetions of the.throat, attended with a hoarse- WedS,'Cintkli or, sore in the throat, it willidso be found a very effectual remedy; and will . mostly afford im mediate relief if used at • the - ociMineneement - of - ibi attaels. , • DP COUGHS & COLDS.---TO common coughs and Colds, that Kelvin so extensively throughout the it.will be found 'much more effectual.than any remedy in use, and;When colds settle upon the lungs, causing an inflammation with pains in the breast, dif fleulty or shortness of breithing . ,'4 , C. At t e use, of this Balsam Will suppress 'Such symptoms immediately, and at the same time prevent the lungli•Trom bectim-' ing , more seriously-- diseased. ; • r e TiOtig AisTO I ffincorptcriCOUGlio.7—ln these:cortiplaints.,:so.cinnnicitt Jo'yon 6 4 6 0 1 .$:00- 5 Hallam will be load 'Much superior to the Parego`- ric Elixir • Syrup. : of:Squilli, and the various eough mixttircein common use, as it is enkirOY free, from avything the least injurious, and tpay given' to cliililrenWith ! perfect safety, aMI with the cer tainty of its affording them speedy relief. • OZr ;A-:IeAMI LY .MEDICII4E for: many oth er complaints,this,Balsam_w ill also I)er,fouo.di,partic iilitrly useful. 'flUsitles liayuig:prosed , att,.invaluable remedy in all Pultnonaiy . .tiffecticins it exeritin 'pow erful influence over ,tunny: diseases:depending on a depraved condit ion 'o ilac ti):l3t9moptitipse , whe,hav e . suffered fionf,the indiscrinnintfe use .of Mercury, or other ileleteribui Ain - 0; that- are_ oßeecoMpthinded indifferent quack nostrums, will' find fiti: 7 'rettiedy,bf 'great value. p,osselsing ,th.e. ,, .PPW,P.r . of elrooltbentng and intigersting the whole system,. moro 'effectually' thalianyvtlier medicine ive postess.:' ; CAUTION; TO 'I'URCTIASERS.—.Ast us me - icine has already acquired great, celtibbitY;:th'ere'lnay. proliably..be some attempts to imitate.il,lutd,,ileceive the public with 'it' spurious yni t u re. to ; p revent:wiii ch ptirelmeers'te Observe the follnWifje marks oftlie genuine Balsam:3 ii,puvon le bottles of -two, . sizes .cttelf. havin.•- tbe..sords WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD . .NEATLY.- PHILABEL-, IF,HIA; blown in the glass, and filth& oitiliefibia , 'with the slettfore of • HENRY;;AVISTAR.,! - M., D. •withOul o yhtell;fooe4!gemlinti, Prepared . fcii propt letor, hr . ji r ILLIAM§, Co44.,henateth;No . ..l.2 commerce ittreil,.Phirade reineetitlan.tlinggititskint other', appointetl agents. iii all "the ' principal "towns 01!?M10914.ft1#1,F1,1teftS.C.gite•. tip piktila-tienuiqos4Plfia.ol :.„. : MR • , , i l 4ll. A ;00,.:0Aggar;.;;'!ti..ki::r5' , walvataimaz amaanzuguite itAntvaraw piege - 4 /8/4 SELECT, TALF,. THE .MAN Wol,lr, A "EOERID GOOD" GERMAN MEDICAL STORY, To be'read before going to bed. " Immediately theie met: him, out of the tombs, a man with an unelean split, Who had his dwelling amoug . thelombs." . • • . . It was in commenced about the year-17—, that I first .my studies in ana ' tomy; and at that . period,enthusiastic: in ''my temperament, .attd Sanguine ,in my ex pectations, my friends had induced me to. entertain hopes of ultimate success in the: path Of the professidri they had chosen:fur the,'l` Pursued. The knowledge of the de velopment of `.the. complicated - rninutize of the art, and the multiplied relifiOns . *hick the various organs bear to.each other,' with; a devotion and. industry - that, in a :short _period,laid_the_foUndation. of a slow and painful - diseaSe - ; — whiely --- has -- eioce` -- iieyet upon ,my' frame, and rendered existence not:only a negative, but, a positive , evll,—: Night after - night; :the flickering - flame. fell upon the abstruse - pages of Malpighi, fiau -vages, 'or :Haller, the latter of whom, at the - time of which I am speaking, wasjust_beginning_to render . his-name-im- Mortal ; .and often-,. too Ofteh, the unwel come beams; of the rising sun illumined the' hills and the dales, ere the - god 'of sleep had set hisladen seal upon my unwearied eyes;. tad - Steeped my senses•in:- forgetfulness. Nay, , even in sleep-when sleep, did visit a foireretr - atid - distemrie'rid'boty - the - busiz -- ness .of life obtruded itself ',upon my mind; and ',Saw again : bythc magic aid pfdreems;- - in all -the vividness of reality, the nerves and the vessels, the tissues,. and whatever • Organ of the human machine - hail engaged.' My - attention-and delighted my min - d.during_ the- wakeful.- period of • being7tilfile imaglnatiOn.distresSed me .tvith:diffidalties which no labor could remove, or flattered Me-with discoieries which: no industry could expect, till, starting:. from . a restless , and unquiet couch, I stretched my armS,.l and found it but a dream ! . _ Such unremitting application could not fail in its ultimate object. I attained some eminence among my companions, and a vacancy occurring,J was chosen assistant to.no less a man than diteri de Ha!lir, igdrlgeTiti_ainNtiiiiAttingeh, who .. of George II.; letters of nobility from the• Erriperor. .It Was dtiritig this period of my life, and previous 'to Haller's dep_arture_for. 13 - 6 - HiCV- that: -th - e - -• felfew ing- shocking—and . mysterious circumstance occurred, which I shall endeavor .to relate in ' the ensuing pages, and which have never' . since•beert 1 absent from my mintlifor one npiment. It was .my custom( to prepare 'my sub jects for demonstratioi over night, as there by I gained a brief hour, in the morning, Set - apart-for -exercisei i which, - as - 1 have before • mentioned,. a ! debilitated state of body, from severe study,•and constitutional weakness,. rendered . alsolutely necessary. The room, or thentre,ln wiiirlf raiiigeefed, was of considerable octenti lighted. by a .common lamp,-such iti The poorer classes, of.-people use : the - eble rays of 'Which:; falling upon the wall; and ceilings, were reflected - back in .doq:tful rays, rendering the deep_ gloom atftleeper. - darkness, of Ahis_r. hornet house ''m re_risible_and-appal-, ling., Nor were the 'rniture•or hangings ..of . a ..-deieriptiou to is pel..deepetl..laritl superstitious though - The walls were hung with large engr ings of the muscles,' bones, and :viscera o.the body; d rid from Abe., ceiling„tleperli: Irom-pulleys-;:were- 1 skeletons,_and'_prepa d specimens or nieri_ and-women, two (WI om had-been hanged for -murder; while, appropriate-- glass cases around, morbi preparations, Cxpla= natory or initiatory; the different diseases -to I,' vhick humanity I subject,Avere.seigii tificallY arranged. • ousters—biephalauti and - acephaleus ,- .7-th; atiftirmations7distor _ lions of the spine, Istr-i — ntinet t ow -1 niu,;and in short ale available means to acquire, ant impro the student,' in the knowledge of anat.° and pathology were I tbere in ab_undance. My non-medical aders will probably 1 shudder at the ide l pf a lone man,:in a 4 16 apartment, en ed during the murky hour of midnight; i assisting decay qUickeningdismemrment, surrounded by the - painful wreeicij his species; . and the t. Sad relics of what , re animated beings-4= beings ..like brine but now , dead, and mutely rind rmotiOnl As the dread :grave Itself! apt habit i aid to beopme nature, and so-far fromill objects inspiring- dis-: gust or fear _in' tho who 'militia the study oltheir'scienca - of-a omy the business and , Pletacure orilieft- l s, 'the' giVe birth in 'themind to vast; id ; and . Hot happesible hopes, that by dig bora' and diligenee '6l-.. , anatemists, lite:tim iea incidennil to man May, not , only be: a iated,. but' the :see& 'of 1 disease ' 7mitirel eradicated "front the I Whole human:rape talbelphilintliroPist, ; dwallink upon the s'litiefioiis'Oedicik, 'is tori:frequentlys' t &win witlethe - al: 7 Brost eig i tes ((eve tee, vitheir,hq`petii the debrolifron&Tho kited' limp painftilly, tinder: his windOW reads. ihr the folirtialso cif,the-day; or ~the get of rfrifitite'rs'Whii have.wandered* thotlbbe;:th'er firht:c fulinsirstiveloftAlt 'Sync- er:opidin ti ta 'o'. g d4it ease.ll . .:have: nri. ' ,t 1 :, id :''Parti it e" the:'ihit ; left Le rots a era. _ Oe'lnuntel ;wept :vt'YE 1 1 91 1 01 supply :theiet# l lrt/frPill I thciabl,ccor TO , Eiume upoo 1 ,1 0 0 8 *llolatteiiiled xvw. re9ttirtid 'ti Irirge drgeneralik!3peikhigi , ,illOll-' cif "bottr' tittztitio; , tbti ves tigers MIME Of life-were •still,seen lingerint=like the' light'of evening on the distanthills ; and others, 'on'. whoge black and livid •features the progress oleorruption - was.llii3cotiered; in all the leathsoitisness of deCay I On a memorable occasion, - however:froth some unexplained cause, a deficiency of ,supply was experienced, and notwithstanding the efforts. of the- professor and 'myself, • but three subjects could be proeured, viz:, two females and'a Male: , The letter was the' remains of a dark-haired, - remotar man - , of almost giant mould, - and herculean proporz tions; ,and in his fixed. and motionless eye ball, there was.a wild expression of con sciousness, and a .scowl of countenance, as if the -departing spirit' of. a troubled mind had stamped its last fearful passions on - his • - I had often Seen, often handled, often dissected the dead; I had notoind -cannot be . supposed to have .had any superstitious fears;• yet I could not look upon the iron , lined .features of this corpse, without ex perieTeeiit thal peculiar sensation, as if the blood had Ouddenly become - too -thick and too cold fol. 'the body, which, in •iomMon: languege, is designated -curd ine:- 'here was something horrible-and its 'fixed and glazed eye-ball—a mixture and titingletnenl of life w . atldeatli—z mockery and a- reality of vitality end - torrtiption, that unnerved and oppressed . me, with sensa tions and apprehensions,- till which 'till then I had been a stranger. -Lthrew . a cloth • over the face, - and . , removed. as far r from - the - sbody as the light of- - the -lamp would allow.. -\ • • -- • • With regard to thefemales, the first- was -that of an .aged _person; but - the second-was --the-relies - -of-a-girl-of-abouti'seventeen-or eighteen years .of age, the..lineaments of; whose features, though steeped ln the wa ters of death, had lost neither • their loveli ,nees_ noritemblence. to* - life. 'The • glow - heath eheek - anJ her coral lips genlly, as if in:priyer, seemed quivering like the petals of -the early rose, which - the Persian poet says move to the melody. of the nightingale's song. - . Her eyes were half closed. The serenity and loveliness of this - benutiful but - forsaken mould ofwoman,-wait a • striking* contrast -to the livid - faceandlurid - expression, of the ebon-haired remnant of huriranity, and from .a widely different feeling,•l threw another cloth also over this body. Contrary to _rts_ual abito, I armee(' :-and-u n anu meting - me- wort.; re _tired to my own sleeping apartment. • Here, endeavoring in vain to fall - asleep,.l took down-a- volume - of - Kant - ;. - ata .his deep . and mystic reasonings in -*some measure wiled away the time, which •- - , Jllilu rixrenti anatiosamfgllers noctem- - would otherwise have passed tardily away, • till about , three o'clock in the. •moriiing; when I fancied I heard a roud noise, as4of the falling of a heavy iron grating. I lis -tened.for: a few Minutes t -but Thearing-noth - - ing more, and feeling' dreWsy, I laid my head upon my pillow; and soon enjoyed the-sweets of slumber. ••• • By seven. I was tip-again, and 'prepared for my daily walk. My hat had-been left . in the dissecting rooni, and I was therefore Anecessiated - to gd far it, and my surprise - 1 may vry well be conceived when, on pass • ing , the table_ on which- the-• male. subject had beenlel),l- found that it had been taken a Way , _ a nd_Th - e"_ - _,Tabliii tad fi_O-Vin'tiiiiiiill-Citil -1 broken! Ndreasonable explanation 'of the f _nvanner id _which _ the _boily-ltat,Llteen--ex-: - tractcd.:ocourred to me." The windoWs were fast, and the .dotir had not been open ed since I tonked it—the key had not been - out-26f-- my-Tossessiotq r and -- altogether, the 1 circumstance _puzzletLau_d_perplexed-me.- TrOwever, as - nothing.could th - en he done; 1 pursued my walk, during . which I came to the concluSion, that some one:well Sequalint ed With the entrance and exit'of the room ; had Watched my hour of _retiring, and"ip plying a master -key, had•suceeeded in re -movinethe-h;ody-.--Thia view•of 'the -case was strengthened - W - A - i - knoWledge,.that, the porters .employed' knew -the. situation of the_prentises as well as I did; aml,,dotibt::: Jess owing to the' scarcity- Of subjects; would liiiVe little, hesitation in ateathiovliat they plicady.dispOsed, of, to.-vend - to othci - anatomists,.at probably an advanced. price.- As I had heard'of..such . proCeedings, I re solved!to, *yen t- a, repetitiOwof the - theft,: and . determined to :lie --eonenaled-: in: the rooms that night:well armed. • Dining the day the poilero underivent,a :: strict- exami- -fiationilmt,nnOthing . -tending- to. , criminate them .was - elieiteth,iti,fact, so 'far from the scrutiny tbrowim; light tiptin tide earcum stoner, it. rath'prmatlerthe dilater more-mlye terioue, Was at 'this era of the . seienee, - or mid icine,ihat a very, leneral opinion rireifailed• among the German -Illuminati in favor of T.Rkrisrusiorw which is 'the art ot tikinsfer 'ring the blond of the youthful ;into the hotly of an aged or-debilitated patient; trt.prhieh new lifeqmd•vigor are' obtairied.'; Its' tioto... Ties avowed' it lied: freqoehtly -euereeded "when'. resorted tri in.easea of . fxtreme Inxi:-- rnorrhage, and thelifitiakeritlY-defonet had `recovered and'stirtirod theope thin 'dinky years. Knowing th&preirtilltp4W it6h , Vpinions,'and perhaps not -altogether front _the; in (I uetO ee thn*JitYself;' l etted'Ahe 1 -traii...or.idetie4hietViheY 'lighted pp; 'and oh eluded, that it :possible itt - inotit.'ir not noi,ntily , life and enintitild*llie;.delia' the :procetiprovided depted and:performed . befirtiVOOMfinbif diadritiken--Oliteebut•WlerigtheW-wW4 loclea r nitailiration ; led: to;:make: this ox eei,ii ni,•biit had net been liither'to enabled to procure a sub . ject 'early , enough after-death, and before decdnitiosition had 'taken place... An•op- . poitunity now offered in the' female I have alludedto, - and. on the evening Of my in tended , watch, I ritopOied.carryinginy re solution into effect. .As' the blood: of ani mals, said the Tranefusionists, answered equally well as thatiff man, I procured-`a ' goat, and when tlie theatre . was Cleared or students' fOr the day,l 'commenced my ex periment, acisisted by a . young, man of e-C.•:, centric charader, but of considerable tal -1 ent, whoie name was Weimar. The blood of the animal was drawn off byrneans of a brass Syringe, and injected . into, the arms -of the sUbjeet so carefully, 'that. scarcely. one'drop fell 'upon 'the • ground. ~Having 'exhausted the vital fluid of 'the creature, it' fell-dead at dui feet, and-we then continued our labors, with the'addition of a galvanic battery, the wires of .which were applied to the regions of the - heart, linigi - and throat,' .when fancied . certain, spasmodic -move-. _nrents_of_the eyes Encouraged by these symptonie of success,; I nerseveredi_ and twitches. ofthe tritiscies: _of .the_face--and--neek-wero-gory certuili!y perceived. -Dar - hopes -Of success were bounded.here,,hiimidver,sfor no other effects were produced, and'at the expiration of an, hour or more, I desisted. from firrthet:ex!.._ Perinient, and - as was ,firSt intention, _coneealecimyeelf iri'the room behind min:if the cases, while Weimar retired to bed. But being,. unable to sleep, he songht- inn in my chamber,. and ,net findinglite_Jhere;: - and knowing my habits„lie returned to the ilissecting know not. ,why. .this experimck-so strangely- agitatesrmer.---I-cann-or-slierc-or , iltinki - or - clo any thin - g withoutits7rceurring. to my Mind—recurring did I say—the re ; collection•lever: leaves me4° lurve at 'tempted' to read, but even the - pages of Shenkins, strange and - Wonderful'as are the subjects upon which IreAreats;liav-e-failed to interest me. ',That girb - -I.should-rather have said--the.-memory of the remains of that . lovely form, .torments,, pursues, and_ prevents me-fromenjoying.sleep p or taking 'repose. Do' you .w", - lielilar„l should like to renew • the . operation; I - feel an in ,expressible anxiety to arrive at the coticlu 'sion of an experiment, from the fortunate commencement of which so much might be augured.--What say you 9" • Without making any reply, I.:weeded at - once to his - pro - pima - 1 and advanced towards the - al Olt yam° mo meal deprived of speech ; by perceiting tipon the table,- „ Surprise,'Me, and joy, for the success of the experiment, reklered me motionless; ' but 'I was recalled from this state of passive existence, by Weimar's falling heavily on' the floor.. His feelings had overwhelmed his self-possession and he had, fainted...;-.K jug, of water happened happily to'-be at hand, and.in.an_instant. IL had-dashed it in his face. The shock aroused his dormant faculties ; and .I recovered. thy presence of mind, Which "'frankly ccinfess had deserted 'tile kir die tinae, onithe'arst vicW of a nude tdmidei-whom Thad fortunately, or unfor tunately, restored to life, presenting herself, to mf astonished sense's, not as the falin genesis of departed incarnation, but the real and palpable resurrection of corporal ex istenee.. This creature immediately be , came_the : -ohject of attention i -andleavin, "eimar,ty tom Thad placed:ill - tone cliair, his head reclining on his hand, ivhile his arm rested:upon a table,-I walkdd up to it, raisin .the lamp above my Imsl_to-examinel the - fekures , :riore minutely, when -I was 13110( 361011 to-observe the few_ sh.ort_hours_hod wre - faiitletis - -featifres of that rhepreponderatiug expression of her countenance.. so different from what it had been preview to the eX periment, was that dealt--a deadly. hue had overspread 'her (ace—the peach down n lire hail .for .e.ver;'-to.fmakm.rootn.( or the filthyTAraitei-of-tite.-itideons--wormi,— " She was a divelter of the .tpaabs." tapoka, to _her repeatedly, but received no answer: li..She — Secnied unconscirms.of Preattl and'tho horrible idea, for the _first tjr4e4 broke - upon-my - utind,= - thatit - lv - av possible 'that the - body .!1 . :0 refivered. func tion-4.We; without the correspondent.con sciousness of - existence; iir s) . ort an:animal machine!' , The thought ,dazzled and ob scured my, faculties'. for a moment; 'but re 'eticip,Coining on, .shook her by the arm, anY.ostensible .'symptoms su pervening :to give, 'indication of .interent Reflecting then Mptl'n the best idakofs'onditet to be purswetT. under ..such circumstances, ,MY,first impulse was to procure.__ some Sort . of wart. , ,,,clothing. for - 11.0;'011d, t iie.qorilioil:$1 - "lef(!iie . room for my. ChaMber, Witkihe intention: of procuring cloak Or blanket,_ tiek.ottly'tivottileif clothing at 'that late . hoiti available, in. such :case At the, sante tiine.fleil -- ',Weinier and:Saw. hiniSafely-imt 'to bed; in hia. Own_ iny.return ti . : whieh havir,lfeeti..a 4u:titer, of an . , Itopr after June, i4tkr tit:entre ? conceive my consternation . j bal.t.illeponster;whp iy.o. - 0 - 6:looexiou'Oy,4l,OpOii,re4 as thaie lOirei.flientiOPe:4l * (P W OP;rOPMS, over-the hotly elthe.mmiiikillWli placed in si-! I,,lp i 'jilefia - orifie. I ji - odf i tE ogoOri, 'don lit„:6o4neoltOenee . 'of the ;f,tttiOd' labors ::no 0 1 .d.ap . Opplisi 4 tia.::Kv$0.4;•00ented. to.reel, s,lo,,#oliqr4l.l.liluily.,lll6l(o:thefe4itity or ; tlio:A0 - 0# ! .yoliiyoNoo:06t gAf•lT' .l 4WotvawfP;impeptP4 . 4o.. - btikabotit tO - lei 4,- ileo ll iiidi - coieuer; --- Vd 6- ilin - dis-- tinctly,Tecolfeet' What .pasictl;'bitt I.llaVe. 63alititaliat e 71)agto some faint reminiscence of ,the man - elarip in'g'his.arms around•the- girl's ireole' end of his advancing - iotkards the - with:4 glaieiyi•i wild, : and wolfish•eye,' end that I it - relied - Ir. mallet, used in the rooms for... Opening the - •skull, to defend tuyself r ~•ruttherj knoW not,. A few bonrs after I was fo und sense less; lying on'. the •floorf,-- covered witif '. blood. Both' thssubjects had diSappeared! To_the,inq.uiries of the persons corineet , :: . ed• with : the rooms,. who, of course, were surprised . tb find me in that' situation; I re; plied, as soon as My senses Were properly-- restored, that - Weimar 'tend mySelf being.. engaged. on the preceding evening in a set. : ': ice of .experiments in ganous'ellemrstry. . we had imprudently inhaled too large 'a 'quantity of a _certain gas;-which bad .snd. • denly prAduced, temporary- epilepsy, during the convulsions of which I had wounded 'myself against the floor and the edges of •• the table. As such experiments _ are - nor unfrequent. among 'Students, and lovers •of . •sclence , the-explatiation - • - was -,- reactily're.-. -- c eived' and .credited, though there. were one • • - or two to whom this statement did not car= -. -, ry -.- `conviction: --- 1 -- itextr:impressed opera' Weimar the great - necessity there was for •. preserving • inviolable - 'secrecy'fe-i-frielinirC the occurrence .of the preeeding•nightrre , .' . ,mincledirim-of-the-Serioiis- charges brought - 7 against the . professor - himself - .2 row - .years' .' - ' before, for dissecting boihes in Paris; which .• had compelled'himito leans that - city - Pre. : -eipliately i land - dim - It - would be perhaps perilling- our llves , to.disclose-diesecre.t-to-:- a single soul., lie _admitted. the -reasons. -bleness-of • my•.saution r _and the &atter. wad— ;never,bruited in Gottingen. When- alone, e lrel'il't - We - 11 --quently . reverted to the. - • subject, and upon such occasions the wild.. • ness,of eye, and' precipitancy of - manner,. • • observable in_ him, - made ine-lear:-that -his - • mind, tvas permanently .and _irretrievably alienated. • Time, .at length, that brings the • - fulfildient r- or - tlier - most- - -rernote-Jropes,-anik develops the ipoit•irnprobablsevents, more - enr, but still no satisfactory denouement was' - Worded of the mysterious incidents I have mentioned. But _subjects • had been fie ,- • _ quently stolen; or removed from the rooms, - • ' without the slightest traces. of the maraud- tee having been discovered, nay; even the: ' extremities: had ;disappeared, .and 414 all was mystery and unsatisfactlny •iitipfiCii- • lion, till a twelvemonth from_thifihne wheri _the,ritenstei• disappeared,_hadi assed-over- -- eel heads, when, contrary • . invariable— custonvoinitting td tutTik' in the,l4ek‘ ,t, p - -of thedissecting-roini do kW ine clue *as •• lillorded - by which 1- unrayelle - ctetemy_Ste.*. ; .• - my. --- On thie - pertieular evening I was el- - tremely anxious to conclude the perusal of a Volume ef• the professor's own writing, • which, though printed, had not as yet been published, but bad been fent-me . by the' ' . -----, bookseller, - on- the express understanding that I was to return it.early the next morn- - ing. ,Anxious, consequently,- not to' breakr my-word, and fearful •of•oirending one'whe Could and (lid Confer many fa'vors on me, In the way of lending works too expensive • : for the small slate of . My finances at..that. - period of my life, I determined to sit up the 'entire night. -, .. I : might have..read about two- or -thr ee hours, when mrattention was 'attracted by - a noise as of some one eating - near 'inc..; I .. • turned my eyes to the place whence - IStip-- pesed the •iiiiise proceeded, and beheld the' • subjeet - lhat - had - seLstrangeLy.:_ - disappearedl From his herculean shoulders depended' • the sanre _cloth • lila& thrown upon him the - . night of . his disappearance, though much' • I liatterelkatutin:_rags.---1-lis-metted-ratid- - --fil- - 7 ---. ~.. thy hair hung in clotted lumPs .upon his. - troulders - und - down - his - back - , - airatitg - thit^ ..elf.lucks_of_wb jell-the-worms- of ths•buriel-• , ---•-: I ground, wrinkling and twisting into groups ` ; . -made the head appear one mass oranimalk zed corruption. _ l'he fore part of the head • was bald, and there was a long-cicatrice of ''•:, a wound, -seemingly iiiflil;ted with a blunt , instrument. His eyes were wild, blood- shot, and.: fiety,-and--froin'•the T sides of-his-- - head - the - eats - protrtided - sa - far upwaads and forwards, as nearly to destroy all semblance ' - • of the human face.' On his legs and arms • _were_ innumerable .nleers, •,that . distreSse(P ' and . almost suffocated ;me; even though ac= • - cestrimd - t - o - dre - triveliill'Ttifiersplie re - or - se -- dissecting room. 'But even this hideous and terrific apparition, -with the' sensations - to 'which hiS presence gave rase, sell in- iv tensity ,of horror, when, I discovered . 401 77- - - ' lie 'was hi 'the . act of , :devouring fine , putrilli extremity. of an • .' ••' - ... , ••,••• ',, ••: The:truth flished upon mei•'--4-1-was:' in' •,-• the, presenee of a Lyearithrope , • - •-a deceased'-' monomaniac, - 4 . 1 .• w Ito bad liis dWelling "among the :tenths, " " and w hose -fond* , iirast•;: . • the flesh' of the dead !••••••,EverY fibre ot'rrit•' beily, Stretched as; It would -break;' , : end- mi.:, imp:sting eyeballs gp.zita upon the • 7 '• ed,,framet. of this. horrible pltuntorn:,•With. ioOks, , scarcel:y:lcei:Wild,.thatehis.• : Froni•L' : •' : the sOrcOssjoc 4. mass,,he '.tofe,tlie tott4ets•' .01 tIISCIAsi . And_ .trie: parched( -- - erricked';• and Withered lips seemed•eodled . hythe:. putrid gore that trickled , fiern,-,tlfetai . 11rien4 or , . • .rather •.de*.tiiiretlt'lliii..:;,fiveiiititlit-;firciticiiis - Ivoracity,,and, in Hhii eegerfiese iii - s• istit'liiV. , %.. eletchetl';lris;firgere„..soi;liglitlyi,,tdgetherl'i•':- • that; his;; Werev . plirngedlidto•il l er:-7 ,- • pahria;;lron!.*ltieb:lhe,irlOod,oriie4irtid'firtt ~--•,. • upon the floor. As he hurried':,Over Oil- •;-- -inhuman, repast.,AeAdvirticlicl'..towside i4t '_ • ,- eliaiCin:wlriehLtrerviittinfe.,, , fillitditettitifr.. , ---: . -h-colditoioP . l . 3.YlC4 I r i le*PgiliTlCoicquitlil:''-1:- • te,iper,feneed* - ednitiatien ;Sri ‘of••shiltiking ~ . h . Ai) i ..11* . „IinahS.••;• I• • pushed . nry:chilir'bnelt - , AS fil 4:ppiEole,r,=the beams of ;TheJame ' - Coll., 00,4 ,'•bis !.;;004,41', Conti-telinike; tind;:r, -_ .: '6l6ii, §.1 ,.. i 1 0111,;th - ti,ifimiti4iv;:siiiitifhly:9l;ickw -',. ' gl,( 1- 1)) 1 1 16 elf.;eikttihughOir TO'flttOrt4 kuie-',“: . ' keit! stood : 44 - end - j 4- birt --- he --- pipeeirdedvdr, further ;•; the light - attracted hii(:titteotii.4... - 11