Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-05-15

m MOUSE wy 80
d.y.Of the election, as did good nhig
|, Of that city; and therefore they can
longer do public printing.
\, prescription for OPINIONS sake.
r.ovp OF Preachers. The Bal,
,or, Saturday Visitor Of the LIST ins'.'
\. ,ba, there was assembled 10 that
several hundred Baptist Ministers, in
tendance at tho Triennial Convention.
Tar Execution or MuDERER-Hrs
.r.AonprsARy REsUsclTATroN.-The
oui,yille City Gazette, relates the an.
xsd extraordinary circumstances attend
. an experiment, with the galvanic bate
on the body Of John White who was exc.
cd 10 Louisville, KY, on the 9Th instant.
Whites Resuscitation, or Wonders of
lagsetism 1T is generally considered
al Whites execution yesterday, was no.
tho most approved style, for the mere
leasure Of tho operation. The knot, by
Oms msneuvre, instead Of being fixed by
10 car, where i, would have facilitated
be breaking Of his neck, happened to
tome 10 his face, by which means the
choking was Of the most imperfect sort.
he hung squirmlng & kicking long time
before he surrendered, and occasionally
PAVE forth blastfrom his mouth andnostrils.
After hanging about twenty two min
ues, he was cut down and conveyed away
10 be Experimental upon by philoso-
piers ard anaiomisss.--H He was an excel
lent suffice, for experimenting upon, as
. ,he execution was such that no disorgan.
&;zs,iOO had taken place. Tho face If the
corpse did not look half 30 bad as they
generally do, and in fact he was consider
ID not much different from man twenty
minutes drowned.
The poles Of powerful g,lvanic pile
which had been prepared for the occasion
were Immediately applied 10 him, and
% the unuterabls joy Of all present, with
The most perfect success. On the appli-
cation Of the fluid to his body, which wal
'yet warm and trembling, universal TIRE
NOR seemed to pass over his frame; ant
fancy, Infancy, you can, the surprise, thu
astonshmen. OF all, when Of sunden hi
arose upon bis bench to sitting posture
and with great eagerness and impatienc,
raised his hands 10 his neck trying 4
grasp the scarf in his fingers and tear
from his throat! He 6rst snatchcd at
with great rashness, as though the rop
wa. yet around his neck, and then coctiu
ued some moments picking at the sean
with bio fingers, as though It vas som
thing that adhered TO his throat giving hin
great uneasiness. But this symptom wa
soon forgotten, for almost the next me
ment he arose upon his feet raised his arr
i:wl with his breast, and opening hi
o'ood'shot eyes, gave forth from his mout
: most terrific scrcech, after which hi
cheat worked as il in respiration, in a yer
VIOLENT manner. Every one at this min
ute was 40 mute 90 death, every brea,
vas Tor moment suspended when ID
u exclaimed, "By heavens he's alive
400 great was tho excitement, TOO in
en'e and absorbing was the interest an
wonder, enjoyed and felt by all, to allo,
rme Or attention for reply 10 the remar
Every eye was rivited upon the agitate
sua shaking corpse. The operator COZ
uuued TO let upon il a full quantum Of ii
salvenIc fluid, till the action upon i
nerves becoming 90 powerful that Il mad
Tremendous bound, leaping by. sort
imperfect plunge, into 4 corner Of ii
'OOm' d'sengaging itself entirely from III
ian. 80 s''a'
- All immediately drew around his bod,
FORA momont after lie fall il seemed peI
'se'y mo'ionless aud dead. DR.. b al
r'Oached and taking holt Of his arm
announced that ho thought he fell
% S"sn'' though single beat Of The pulls
me gaIvanic operator was just going
strange his machine 10 give him anosh,
.sIn'ee, when nr ID again excIaima,
no 's-he 10 alive! he signs !! Ne breashsI
"sd 'tue snoughI, he did sigh; ne gas
'Ong gasp at the same time raising "a
s'n.!y waving his right hand. His blu
~'a''OScd Ter couple of.minulss. vida