Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
ELECTRICITY.

ELECTRICITI
A CuMous ASD Bra auTIFu1 szSr.-Ilie Phil
aeelpha Ledger speaks Of a beautiful and curious
Experiment. through the instrumentslity Of electricity,
which the editors haFe seen lighting gassriH fie Tip
| ef tAs finger. The Ledger says:
his experiment may be easily performed,
ana llsas been AlF. arles w,In of tbs eity
repeatedly IN connection with the beltinps of
Jne engine and slaftings Of the Philadelphia
Ledger press noonl, and 1t Is far more astonisl-
ing thsn the spirit Tappines, which are setting
SO many people cfazy Friction. III Isl yvtsl
knowli lFl produce electricity IN certain s,il,Z
stances and the friction Of a crs,tta t,sisl,a or
common leather worling belt upon. The fiy
wheel 81 Pplleys ct steam engine ana shaft
lngs proIinces # IN considerable ouantitiess-
II 2 person sill msulate himself by standing
upon boalSi tiSed upon GAS insula com.
mon porter bottles would answer and hold an
non paSs oF q number iron spikes IN his hand,
ne ne mays ~ H extending the eppposise hand toa
g'ss enllleE lielt t with the tip OF is tneer as
sssl1N as Wlsa z match, He vii feel a sensible
shock psss through hiEl, prick KING sensation
m ms hilger FONTS. and see a brilliant shark
pas eli with a, cracking sound to the Gas burn
er. The electric fluid VIII pass through several
persons Joining hands the saue as with an elec-
tTlc battery and the last may FIRE the burner.
We have heard that the sane thing may bo
done By rubbing the feet rapidly upon green
1alze so as to charge the body with electricity.
but cannot answer for is prac6cabiiity. Tho
experiment with the belts we have both seen
and performed. Any mandatory in the civ
where gas Is burned, may be lighted by the
workmen in tins manner, and the experiment
p worth trying as asingular and beautiful effect
OF a principle which man is destined to mako
yet more subseryient to his uses,
Ys HOW MURAT aTET mrs FATE.
From Ilaartiies TIiso+y Of Restoration u ,bs a,.
arcay IA France.
The sentence Of themilitary commission Ivss
read to him with due solelnnitv. He listened
to 1t as he would have listened to the cannon
OF another battle during his military life equal-
" without emotion or brayado. BE neither
asked for pardon, for delay, nor for appeal
He advanced of his own accord toward the door.
as If to accelerate the catastrophe The door
opened on a nurrow esplanade, yinD between
the towers of the castle and the outer wallss
Twelve soldiers, with loaded musEets. awaited
him there. The narrow space did not permit
them to stand. a sufficient distance to depriye
death OF part Of its horror. Murat in step
ping over the threshold Of his chamber. found
himself face to face with them, He refused to
ieG MS eyes pe Oandased: and looking at the
soldiers with firm and benevolent smile. SAfy
friends, !" said he, q do not make me suffer ty
taking bad aim. The narrow space naturaIlx
eompels you almost to rest the ruzzles cf yonr
muskets on my breast; do not tre1nblc. do NOT
strike me in the face-aim at the heart. hero
it is" a--'s.SS
AS he spoke thus, he placed his right hand
upon his coat to indicate the position. of his
heart. In his left hand he held small mo
dalion, which contained in one focus Of love.
the image of his wife and of his four children.
as If he wished thus to make them witnesses OF
his last hour, or to have their image in his last
look, rs in his last thought He fixed his ewes
on this portrait, and received the death blow
without feeling it, absorbed in conteinpIatior-
OF all he loved upon earth! His body, piepssdn
at SO short disfance by twelve balls, ieRdipeiy-
the arms open and his face to the earth. "a
still embracing the Kingdom which he had once,N
possessed; and which be had come to reconaner
for his tomb. They threw bis cloak upon III,
body, which was buried in the cathedral Of
Pizzo. Thus died the most chiYairous soldier
OF theimperial epoch; not the greatest but the
the new Alexander