Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-01


THE DEvlLMAN. The Liverpool correspon.
dent of the Boston Daily Advertiser gives the
following account of Il new necromancer who has
been astonishing the French, and is coming to
nstonish the Londoners:
The London swrl-, ever like the people of
Athens, craving for some new excitement. are ca
gerry anticipating the visit of SignAr Ragazzoni,
u magueiser If such extraordinary powers that
the Italians call him the "Alan Devil" or the
the "Devman," forget exactly which, nor does
1t much manner, The Signor. from an extreme
distance. or from another apartment. can, it is
SAID strike senseless any one whom he selects "a
his patient orperhaps should say. his victim
He j. TIE first whose power has been strong
en"dgh t. stop the pulsation of the heart At
~. Cloud in the presence of the Emperor and
large circle of visitors, he performed. the other
day, some of his surprising experiments. lie
placed himself at the end of long gallery in the
palnce. and upon receiving memorandum in
writing indicating the person chosen from among
the company n be an example Of his power, out
stretched his han1 towards the victim. who in.
s'ah''y iel'as struck by lightning, stiff and sense
Tess 10 the floor, aud thus remained To all APP
pearance deed, So long as the Signor willed.-
Another gesture on the part of the magnetism,
and the patient rites, stirring with ineliable
amazement around, ndwondering what the whole
thing is about, stoggers to his sent. The most
curious experiment at St. Cloud was made upon a
| young Italian singer (femae) Just arrived from
Florence, who wa. introduced under the aus pioes
OF the Princess Mathidc, and who sang with
! great ecfat the andaste OF Vaccai's bravura lie
Romeo" In the allegro, which follows, the singer
was IN the act OF executing some particularly
brilliant passage. when the Emperor, who was
seated at tho further end Of the rouu made Il
sign to Ragazzoni. The latter stretched forth
his hand towards the lady. when suddenly, as if
some internal power had seized her within il,
| grasp she stopped with staring eyes and mouth
wide open. The unfinished noi- died away, and
after two or three guping efforts she gazed round
IN terror, aud then fell forward on the piano aud
ours' INTO tears. Her voice was paralvzed. aud
IN answer to the kind solicitations tho SO around
her not in the secret, and who thought she was
III! she could onl point to her throat with pite-
Gus expression of councnance and shake her
mead IN despair. AT another sign from the Em
| peror Ragazzoni withdrew his magnetic SPELL
aud the cantratrice gave way tn her ptnt UP words
IN torrents OF thanks at being liberated from SO
distressing a bondage. She could not be per-
suaded, however, TO finish the piece
IT
AGulLTY CONSCIENCE. One of the most mem
orahle passages ever uttered BY Mr.. Webster
= was Ia vindcaton Of the authority of conscience
nd of Providence, on trial for a dark and
~! erious murder:
/, i g. Guiy soul cannot keep its own secret
HE imnnIoo "ee1l' UT rather u reels an lrresstl
-, IRe''o he true TO itself. 1t labors under
r;,SS 81! possI'sion. and knows not what TO do
,as;aan,o * TX huhan heart was not made for tn,
| sI 49, L'ch eh inhabiant. Ii finds itself
"p ~, ~ torment whichit does not ack
;n !, - ~, ~ :, oou VI "an. A vulture is deyonr
either from heaven Or osNSympa,hy or assistance,
( the murderer possesses soon Wv SWIFT winch
him. and. like the evil spirit of %s VIZ 10 possess
! oyercomes him, and leads him with We reau' IL
will. He feels it beating at his heart, 'nps < 1t