Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-05-30
Singular Effect of Electricity on Ne.

ET0fss
During the thunder storm oflast Sunday. a friend
related the follOwing:
A gentleman residing few miles out of town res
Gently carried home a small electricity machine for
making some experiments As soon as he got home,
the negroes, AS usual focked around him, eager to
see what master has got There was a boy among
these darkies that had evincrd q strong disposition
90 move things when they wanted moving, or in
other words 60 pilfer occasionally
snow, Jack" saws his master, "look here this
machine is 10 make people tell the truth, and II you
have stolen anything, or lied to me- it will knock
you down"
"Why, master, says the boy, l never lied or stole
anything in my lie"
"Well take hold Of this, aud no sooner had the
lad received slight shock than he fell on his knees
and bawled OUT "Oh, masterl did steal your c.
gars; And little knife, aud have lied ever 20 many
shines; please 10 forgive me"
The same experiment was tried with like success
Oh half dozen juveniles. At last an old negro
who bad been looking very attentively, stepped
up.
Master" said be, "et die niger try. Dat ar
masheen is veil enuf TO scar de children wild; but
dis niger knows better"
The machine then fully charged and be r.
ceived stunning shock. He looked fr-t at his
hand, then at the machine aud at last rolling hi.
eyes "Master," said he, sit amt best TO know too
much. Oars many q soul gits 20 be- damned by
khoNiR' Loo mech, an It's NV pinioE dat de debit
made dat masheen jet 20 ketch yer soul foul some
how, an reckon you had bes jet take an burn il
up an have is done gone. ~ Montgomery Adpsr.
fiseT.
Track LAYING on the Memphis Charleston Rail
road was commenced last week al ruscumbia " esl
in the direction OF Memphis Il has also been CON.
meuced, We believe, at Poeahontas in the direction
OF faseumbiA. We hope the track LAYERS will meet
and connect by next January aRtsgals Ady,
IScREAsE OF PoPULArioS IN TExAs-The popu
lation Of Texas hss increased, according 20 The
very lowest calculations four hundred pc cent IT.
ten years. circumstance almost unprecedented IL
the South. The Increase Ia the population Of
other Southern States, srcoTdng 20 the last
Of the censnf, in similar period we're m Florida
2s per cent, South Carolina 5. Georsia "a Mary,
land 4 Alabama S. North CsIolina ?. Tennessee q
Kentucky IS, Louisiana So Virginia 20
A FAR REroRr la a speech lately Nr Cobder
said be once ked an enthusiastic American uds
Why her country could not rest satisisd with che
immense unoeeuped territories it alseaiy possesses
but ever must be lustng after the lands Of lie neigh
ooFA Her s0meuhat remarkable reply vas: Oh
the prospensisy Is bad one, admit; hut We come
honesty BY Il, for ne inherited it from y0ulN
sLrSP.-siI or seven hours Of every Day, men
are 6reathlng SoTss the iscs ciseha & . express
GA; me 6rsin gisss W thinking lie Is gone; 6ay
ee snimAi lies there. pulsating. hreathtne snOriag
helpless a. an iniant--uunotieea % = statue: ii
v4eant. empty. useless. Looked II wihoat edaca
ted associations. there is no aiiTsrsuos belussu
man Ia bed and 10 a cofBa
And ye, y i the power ofthe hesrs q r,d y a
an nal nIs. and elOths all u e and anoommos
tlmgsw with ts OEa leaf boaring bfanches that tisrs
Is nOthing more exquisite. rshned. and per-, and
bsaalifal than the chamber Of the house. Sleep
Ill has spsouled up with al the howeFs Of IN,
poets Toe coach - from the day thss the bride
saBcdhes it TO che day shat The aged mother !
borne from it--ssands clothed with diguits ana
beauty Cassed be tie tongue { a dare speak esi
Of the HOUSEHOLD bed BY ice 81 ie 0scAates tbI
cradle mot lar from Il . ths crib. II DIS sSersd
preeiBct. ihs moihsr's chamber, lies The heart a
the ,aniiy. Here the child learns is pfayers 4 lth
or, nisbt BY uight, angels troop,