Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-29
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sss5s, - 2 Hllss DE1PfiIA. June rs. 1858
i 70 lie Editor ef he Standard
hissciiy has become rather too large 10 be shrowi
into general xcteuienib by any thing short OF
yolaiion. About in spots, il may be occasionally
/ moved, but even then, il is only for short while
AT this writing, something in the latter way is stir
ring up disconnected localities, and with rather On
usual success 1t is about Arthur Spring, the whole
sale murderer; and arose in the manner and iorm
following:
Spring was really executed ]; that is admitted, al
least among reasonable people, and some members
of the medical faculty. examined Ihs body after death
This, believe, was in reference TO ils chronological
developments. The learned Doctors found, of course
that the bumps indicated penchaDt for blood, and
especially TWO Jures had found him guilty oil
murder. After their examination had closed, one
hundred dollars were offered for the skull but refused
The entire remains were hen PASSED over 10 the Rev
John Street, rather 10 his order, for nerment In
the City burial ground From this point. there seems
to be some little fog over The transaction. Al all
events, disinterment for further examination, has
established Of two tngs either that Spring has
been executed, that he has turned log Of
wood which is, at this time, the only representative
of the body.
suppose the mystery admits of the usual solution.
You have, doubt, heard Of the multitude of uses
TO which the carcass of dead horse may be apPro-
pTiated. Well, the body Of human being is eqaal-
ly available. AS subject, ordinary diseased
body, is worth twelve dollars. A burked body, or
an executed body, is worth fifty. The bones of
eit.er worth about ten dollars if green, if dry,
IOeV al aOOut SnTty. w men SK6l6LOnlZSO, n6Y
worth hundred and fifty dollars: but bring
that, the work not only be done by skillful
hand, but the whole two hundred and fifty -four bones
must appear in their proper places. The body OF
Spring, have doubt. has glided into this
tile channel; but. By what means, ii is easy to
divine. The buTkers, or skeleton makers, wide
awake all night well as all day, and know their
business like book. Besides, these unearthly pro-
fessoTs for that IS what they call themselves occupy
places into which human being but themselves
will ever enter, except in bag. Fancy yourself
dark hole Two stories under ground, made darker
by a few dim tsPers. with large pile of red bones
in one corner, few mutilated bodies in the other,
and large kettle, boiling away in third. Would
not this he a safe retreat! Well, Spring is now in
place like this, and if he had gone there Utter his
last murder, police officer in America would have
troubled his head about him.
The old keystonei is getting ready for the Fall
election. The Pierce majority will be maintained,
and perhaps increased but there will be but iIils
excitement.
The season ls draining our city of its fashionable
society," The watering places attract many but, just
now, country cottages are the rage, and every veal
thy citizen has at least two for himself and
another for his horses The poor remain the city
and fare thousand times better
Another awful fashion has grown upon within
the lastfew years. In high life, whenever wedding
takes place the happy couple leave Immediately for
Europe. for years tour. If the law of primogeni
ture obtained among u.s. in twenty FIVE years half
real estate would be in the hands Of foreigners, at
least by birIh The practice, however. is too rdcul-
to last.
The thermometer is an hundred and something in
the shade, SO / will stop. S. II.