The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-10-21
THE RESURREcTIoNIsrs.
OR, Tile DOC ron DEcEIyeD.


OR. Tile DOCTOR DECEIVED.
II 10 wicked 10 disturb The hallaw e,l re
mains &c The dead. After being persecu-
isd on This earth by Ill The tolls To which
poor erring mortal. are esersuhjec,; hsr-
rasssd by care. poverty std disease. .
man should al least be suffered, whrn
his 'nl lsaEss iIs earthly Iensmeni, quiet
" Ia rePnsr in its narraw and silent grave.
Yet re The tnr is green above him. ere
the snrms have commenced 10 luxurlale
On his dera.ing bady, snme young Sun
oi Esculapin, must needs hoisl him onre
more inIn the world. and with iaud.ble
emit prise strip HIN Of bis flr.h, and re-
duee hin TIA grinn,ng skeleton, sad thus
sxp"se hIm 10 solne Garner Of his studio.
10 adrOcais science. aud friehien children.
Like the hyena. thes prowl II midnight
ahnni the grave yarl, eagerly seeking
i"r their prey-buI they ATE not always
suceessiul. An instance 10 whirh their
attempts were co pplc,ely io;led may not
be ut 81 place.
A snrallcampany NJ Soldiers were OUR.
tered. in The fall Of 1860. near the village
ii II -, 50 beautifully situated on The
romantic banks Of the Junisla. They
were merry aud roislering, yet 4 war.
like band. and among them ell. nnne
m0fe than their mater spirit. Joe Hell
Fighter. Tie was their oracl---ind no
trick Gould be played. M haz,rd"us en-
lerptiss accomplished. unless Joe &c.
rupied promiaent part. One evening
while he, with several others. were sit-
ting around blazing Gre, their attention
was attracted By sudden siillaess in tile
sdjoining room. quite unusual, as msiari
" nf the soldiers were there, ahose spirits
we're never cslmed TO res, al such an ear
Nv hour. They listened, and were soon
Ie, into the secret. A h,le doctor from
the village. IN an under tone Of voice.
vas bargaining with the soldiers 60 pro-
cure for HIN the body 81 man who had
lately died. and vas consigned ~ the
grave ward. situated an Tie sUmmi, Of a
hill beyond the village. Upon The deli
very of The bndy al his Office, he ptomis
ed 10 reward them with Reg Of brandy.
I, was an unpleasant and difficult, UNDER
taking TO ransack grave yard in the dead
hout Of night. for the remains Of fellow.
mnrt.E Yet. stimulated by the thoughts
Of the brandy. an article unfrequen,ly
seen and tasted in those days, they
asieed, with one accord. To the proposal
nI the lille docinr. aud determined tn set
outnn their expedition tina. very evening.
joe listened aricnt'ely 10 the argu.
msn,. aud. no doubt mlle piqned tina,
he had not been The frs, applied To. pro.
pnsed ,ha, they should anticipate the "ther
soldiers in their movements. To this
o2osal they gladly ssssnted, aud by his
drec,ion. we're quickly provided with
sheets. sho.els and pick axes, and sailed
firth on their sxcur.ion. Following in s"-
Tenn silence their leader, Joe, they soon
approached the burial ground. the favor.
lie ham, Of ghosts anG hobgoblins. Ths
moon shone nv s,eriously from among the
gathering clouds-,he leaves. stirred by
The nj ght breeze. rustled InournfulIy among
the Of natures many WARM
inss ,o mankind, tina, every thing must
wllher and die-tha, our frall bodies, like
the faded leaf. will soon decay, and the
soul take It's upward high, 10 spend an
eternity in nther worlds. After snne
difficulty they discovered the grave oI
which they were in search. and imme
dia,ely commenced their lsbors.
The melancholy sound Of the pick'axes
striking sgains, The Irnzen earth somewhat
afler,ed the mind Of Joe, who. though
used ,u the din Of war, The shrieks oi the
wounded and the dying. Jet his consci
i euce smo,e him in The thought Of rob-
bine the grave Of ts victim. Stopping
. them therefore, he directed the earth Ia
be replaced, saying tia, he would c"un'
,er(rn the dead nah, most fortunate
. ule.! Having acquainted Them with hi'
plan. and The manner in which g. Pro
., ell. the grave was refllel: then wrap
ping him upin sheets. they placed hun
on the s,ound. p silently To await the cum
~, Of the other parry. After some ua'
aey hrIrd ,h"a 's'al'h'ly approaching