The North-Carolinian., 1853-12-17
iforma,ion-- n---.yfW0 DOLLARS IN AADVANcE,
) VOLUME XlV-NO. 772.
Caravan, the Murderer.
From the .NortA State WAfe, Dec

e
great excitement s0ccasioned by the attempt Of
the murderer Caravan to kill one of the couH-
sci who appeared against him on fthe trial. and
his shooting himself before the court and jury.
We presume the particulars of the transaction
will not be unnterestng to our readers.
On being told that the jury had agreed upon
a verdict, be simply renlarkcd-"They have
found against mc.o On passing out from the
jail he bade the wife of the jailor good by and
when he stepped into the street he was in tears.
This passed off instantly and he went into the
court room looking sterncr and more undaunt-
/ ed than usual. He received the verdict Of
..gailfy" without moving muscle. The first
that was seenof fhe pistol was Just as the crowd
feosnmepeed - to leavs the court room,
He ae Vas as po,atslt ass a1 Mr Warren
the pistol drop, thrust the hand into his bosom,
drew out another pistol, and was in the act of
putting it to his head, when Mr. Hinton seized
his arm and drew it down upon the railing,
Caravan leaning his head over till it touched
the muZze of the pistol, when he fired The
whole act, shooting both pistols wat done al-
most in second, How Mr. Warren escaped
with his life is miracle almost. He was stand
| ing within six feet of Caravan when he fired,
in the act of taking up his hat to leave the
| court room.
| For some hours after his death, Caravans
countenance bore IL E.ost demon:cal appearance,
but this gradually wore off, and when his face
assumed Its natural appearance, cast of it, in
plaster was taken, and Dagucrrcotype like
| ness to enable the publisher of the forth COM
ing volume containing the trial and sketch Of
| his life, to give an accurate portrait of him.
| On examination of his trunks, a curious med
! ley found--lifc of himself written whilst in
prison numerous letters, some of which dis
close damnlng tale !; packages of powder and
! shot, mixture just like that with which he
killed Lassiter being i'll one of the bags; arsenic
so carefully wrapped up not to lead to mis-
| take, and pbial Of medicine such as the Doc
tors say, would not dream of finding in the
possession of a clergyman.
| Caravan has for years been pursuing course
of guilt and crime, the evidence of which will
aston!Sh even the believers in human utter de-
pravity. The murder of the school master
| was not the first murder he has committed
| How he managed to retain such hold in the
confidence and affections of many friends,
some of whom the best men in the State,
is mystery to those who do rot know with
what fcartu! aud wonderful gifts he was en-
dowed.
His friends were here in strong force during
the trial actively eXertng themselves to pro-
cure his acquittal till the evidence of his guilt
became overpowering. They had regarded him
as Apostle suffering persecution for right
cOusness sake.
we learn that the Jury OH retiring to muke
up their verdict stood to 6. When the Judge
called them back to correct his charge they
stood to 5. the maj jority being for acquital.--
|
for acquital, then II to L. They agreed upon
the verdict early in the morning.
Caravan was buried in the old field back
OF the county aims house.. near the old
gallows.-His relatives in Hyde sent for the
body on Saturday, and it was disinterrcd.
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ISFLrENcE ELEVATION UPON CnoIERA-A
curious fact has been arrived at in England,
in connection with the prevalence of the Asiatic
cholera i'll that country. 1t is this-that in
elevated localities, the ravagcs of the disease
are much lighter than in those on level with
the water courses; and that the ratio of NOR
taty varies with the degree of elevation. The
existence Of this natural law has Eecn demon
Stratcd by thorough investigation by promill-
cnt medical men, which investigation showed
that i'll sites in London, having an average ele-
vaton of twenty feet above the Thames the
deaths from cholera were one hundred and two
in every ten thousand; at elevation from
twenty to forty feet, the deaths in the same
Ii number of population were but siXty-five; il:
localities from forty to sixty feet high, the deaths
{ were only thirty-four in ten thousand; where
$ the elevation was from eighty to one hundred
{ { feet the deaths fell to twenty-five in the Same
number, and where the heg hit was one hundred,
the mortality was seventeen; while at Ham
stead, lying about three hundred and fifty feet
, above the level of the Thames there were but
u eight deaths. This general law is, of course
uiject TO modification from circumstances more
OF II IS ldN OraDC W DECENTRALIZATION EfcC XTCSS
y
! SuIPHrRous.-A vertlant Irish girl, just ar
l. rived was sent to Intelligence Office by the
y Commissioners Of Emi grafton, to find place
of service. She was sent to restaurant where
"stout help" was wanted, and while in conver
: sation with the proprietor, he took occasion
to light his cigar by gnting locofoco match
on the sole of his Loot AS soon as the gir
u u saw this, che away half frightened to death
!. and when she reached the Intelligence Office
$ she was almost breathlcss
: 'Why, what is the matter with you?o said
= the proprietor, seeing her rush in, in such con
f fusion
: ''Och! sure, sar, but yes sint me to the ole
e. divil himself, in human form."
II '.What do you mean-has he dared to in
" " suit "a help sent from my Office 2" inquired thu
r. man.
d 'Yis, sir" returned the girl he's the divel
d What did he do to you?-tcI me- and II
"a "a fix him for it, said he quite exaspcrated.
as ''Why sur, whilst | takn to him about
se the wages, he turned up the bottom of his fn'
n and with splinter in his fingers, sur he jis
ID gave one strike and the fire few out of his fut
a. and burned the stick, and he lighted his sega1
nd wild it, right afore my own face. He's the divi
ay sure, sur."-New York Paper.
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