The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-11-15

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and confess the joke
And the noble affected To laugh. None
however, responded, and Hartmann saw
with increased uneasineSs that he must now
take up the matter more seriously.
My friends, you cannot feel offended
when offer myself as the first person TO un'
dergo The ordeal, an ordeal | almost blush
to say we must all submit to. We must all
be searched None but the guilty can feel
annoyed at this PROPOSAL
Professor Leydeu started up. by tleaV-
ems I'd sooner die
Another was of the same opInon, and
objected to undergoing such an operation,
which a, the very least implied doubt.
Poor Hartmann looked like a ghost. He
glanced appeaIingly towards Leyden, who
now rose.
Let the door he lockcd,' he said in grave
voice; 'lct it be well sccured.' This was
done. Now, genllsmen, yon must either
acknowledge the correctness OF the meas
ure adopt, or !, the disciple of a Juggling
science. pcrishp and lie drew from his pock-
ct a small pistol. Nay, start not. my friends,
against myself alone mean to use this wca-
pom, and lha, only in case ] wrongluly ac-
cuse an individual now present. You may
remember bcfnre dinner | phrenol"ecally
examined YOU all. There was little 10 say
abou, you generally; but there was ono a.
mongst You in whom | could not he mls'a-
kcn-onc whom wished not to have nam
ed. whose presence ever since has made me
shudder. see The gentleman to whom |
alludc to already turn pale. Nay, attempt
not smile. am either villain for allow
ing false theory to mislcad me, or you.
Carl Hulenun, are both roJJer and nlur-
dcrrr
A thundcrbolt would have caused less
CONSERVATION. The baron started up in a
rage and agony. The prince believed the
professor had suddenly gone mad;' while
the other looked with searched 9 ances al
Tentatively at Lcycen and Carl. The '"r-
mcr had coollv resumed his chair. The
latter sal pale, Immovable; what could it
mean?
Old Hartmann was about to speak IN no
gentle terms to tho man who thus had insult
his future son in.law. when waving his hand,
Leyden quietly added, Search HIM.
The baron. in his cagerness to defend his
proicgc, al once flew to do SO. The wor
thy old man sank overcome in char. ln
the breast pocket of Carl's blouse he had
found the box, which he Increasingly allow
ed him to draw forth.
Fora few moments there was dreadful.
dcalh-Ilkc pause. The party seemed pelrl-
fed, while The trembling Carl seemed, 10
struggle whI, his feelings. AT length. as IT
suddenly ,awaking, he started up, and Inco-
herenlIy pronounced.
.'rhe hand of God is on me! ] would,
but cannot fly his judgement. Professor
Lcydcn speaks The truth. | am r"hber
and murderer Under the name of Graz
wocd and won tho peasant maid of whom
we spoke just now. In madness | cspoused
her. Tired, however, in a few short days,
Of being tied for life To one uneducatcd and
low born, hearing that Clara Hartmann pos
sesscd unbnunded wealth. and knowing that
my rustic wife alone presented an obstacle
to my wedding this fair heress. slew her;
ave, cruelty slew her, and caused her low
or to be Seized-lo turn the finger OF susp-
cion towards him. Had he not fled, to-
morrow he would have been stabbed. As
for robbery, can only say, ! long have
headed a bnid band. whom even now III
not belray, although they'll laugh at me
with scorn, when they first hear how io" lSh-
" fell into the hcllish net that Satan lad
for me, and call me fool for not having the
power to resist temptation. That cursed
box was too brilliant Let monks 90 pray.
it is too late for me; let common felons sui
fer on the block it is too mean 4 death for
me. Thus laugh at Falc--t'm never un-
prepared Aud ere n single arm could
move to prevent him, he had swal owed the
contents of small phIaI. which afterwards
proved to have been filled with prussIc acid,
The unhappy wretch who confessed l''m-
self to be the same who, under the assumed
name "f Sand had filled the country with
terror, died IN torlurcs too horrible to de-
scribe. The accused (but innoccnD youth
was liberated from the goal. and in three
months Clara Hartmann became the bride
of the professor. whose love of phrenology
had thus led to the discovery of guilt, the
manifestation of innocence, and the acqlls-
ton of tho prellicst girl in Germany.
INDIA RUBBER PAvEMENT.--The court
yard of the English Admiralty, Whitehall,
has been covered with pavement OF India
rubber. An experiment tried upon it result
cd very satisfactorily: 1t is laid down IN
pieces about twelve inches square and one
in thickness.
A Man ON FIRE.-During the thunder
shower on Sunday evening, the lightning
performed a very remarkable exploit IN
Rutland. The facts, as we have them from
Mr.. J. G.. Kendall of tins city, are that q
Frenchman in the service Of MIR. Fletcher,
of Rutland, having occas sion tu be out during