Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-10-12
VA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER IT, 1896

possessing the gift of second sight. To
geiher with the faculty of char ming
The one is a white man by the name
OF George Sha'tf, the other a negro
called Phil Peytoa, both remarkably
stupid and ignorant Sharll, who acis
as laquey or servant 10 Sheriff,
who lives on the opposite side of The
river TO him, can readily inform his
master of what is passing in the com
ty, and where goods are bid on which
he has levicd--and what is more
strange, give tolerable account OF
conversations which pass at a dis
lance, merely by the motions OF the
speakers lips.
He is well rewarded for the servi
ces he renders Mr.. IL. the sheriff, and
this has made him of late careless a.
bout accommodating others. Phil
Payton, the Negro, possesses tho same
faculty, ~ a similar degree, and Is
more accommodating, the is the most
intelligent of the two frequently graf.
lying strangers with specimens OF bis
occult skill, which sharif viii seldom
now do unless ordered by Mr.. II
who takes care OF him, (tor he is too
much OF al idiot o lake care OF him
self)
There is wonderful faculty pos
sessed by both these men as it respects
charms. Shartf can remove warts,
and other eAcFesences, merely by mo
wing hjs hand with circular motion
round them--and | have known Phil
10 cure the most obstinate op,halmy,
merely by blowing bis breath ia the
patients eye. THIS is strange, bat
true, and nothing More wonderful than
the fascination OF serpents, or the sub.
mersion of swallows.
These men cannot be impost0rs
for they are 100 ignorant TO carry on a
deception. The neighbors for miles
around can attes, TO their ignorance,
as well as their skill in the hidden mys
terry Of conjuration.
When Mr. II loses, or cannot find q
horse, he Immediately applicsto Shara
who Immediately puts bis right hand
before his eyes--panses Tor few
moments, then describes the identical
place where the beast i, al that tine.
II IS something curions lhat he cannot
see in this way by applying the left
hand TO bis eyes. From the RICH.
hand he has lost the sgiumb-- when Tbs
accident took place, ii greatly impro
we'd his occuil vision.
Ii would RE TOO tediou. TO 60 into
tul! details Of the wonderful gifts O
the &C men, though / as fully believe
that they possess The second sight as
believe that Paris IS in France, o,
London in England. Enough is here
written to excite the specuIatIon G:
the CURIOUS.
We record with the deepest regret The
demise of the Hon. WILLIAM CEArTs,
ct Charleston, S. G. a Counsellor at law,
aud q member of tks Senate OF that
State, aged 80. lie wss on northern
tour for the recovery Of his health, and
expired at New-Lebanon Springs on
Friday last His remains have been
brought 10 this city for interment in the
tomb OF his family. lie graduated at
Hartford University in 1905, and has
ranked among the ripest scholars OF
that ancient and renowned seminary.
Possessing sound and dis eliminating
mind, his acquisitions have been Of the
first orderin the forum, s. at the bar, and
b 10 classical attsinments were so emf
nently blended with even the ephemer-
al productions OF his pen, as to give them
the richness and perfection OF the most
elaborate essays. For many years he
has been the literary editor Of the
Charleston Courier, and we feel au-
thorized 10 adding, that as liberal poll
tician, an eminent counsellor, an indie
fatisable legislator and an estimabie
man, his loss viii be deeply felt and
universally regretted BY his fellow eiti-
zens OF Carolina We shall not pre-
sumo TO trespass on tie solitude 81 the
domestic circls--their grief can derive
no consolation from any exterior source.
His remains were entombed yesterday.
Best. Cent
We understand that Doctor Muse, of
Dorchester county, in Maryland, has
thirty acres of cotton, which has been
visited lately by several gentlemen from
the South, who all declare il to be not
e,,,.oosoed tf ao,taltad IN thar c<ufh