New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-15

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Inc moment they were gone Evans took screw
ariVsr from his pocket, and unfastened the lid OF
the box It was the work Of q few moments only.
s ana ' 1;t, Ia rel o Stewart and his companion
from the box and laid it ON the table.
" was tne Dody 81 strong, stalwart man; his
6laek congested features even in death, revealed
me hardened desperate villain he had been when
UNFAIRLY shuddered but ashamed Of his emotion.
by strong effort Of mind he overeame il.
:" The mans limbs are NOT yet stir said Evans
moving the arms and legs OF the corpse and the
body is even yet warm
So much the better for our experiments said
Stewart, in a hollow voice. g You are sure his
neck was not bT0ken? st s4.9.
. am certain Of that-the man died tie hardest
of all the three, Here, y0u can see for YOURSELF
said Evans, raising the mans head while Stewart
examined the cresical vertebrse with Lis fingers
-. = u is all right said the surgeon
stewart took up one of the sealpesy and began
carefully to dissect the back Of the neck laying
back the nerves which had their origii. from that
Portion Of the spind cord The battery was
charged, and the wire was brought TO bear on the
exposed nerves. Stewart had profound knowl-
edge Of anatomy, and he had been very careful in
m 1 ms dissection to avoid wonnding even the
slightest flament of nerve.
Inc surgeon took the wire in his hand and ap-
pied the end Of it to the part he had prepared.
I LIS naha was now as firm and steady as a rock.
Evans stood by with the utmost excitement de-
plcted on his features.
For moment or two the body made no yasuonse
10 me action Of the galvanic battery.
More acid 4 whispered the surgeon,
Evans went 70 the trough and poured in large
| quantity Of acid. At that moment the iecs Of lie
corpse were violently drawn up and the fr1xs beat
the air. Then commenced q twitching Of the n11s-
Giles OF the face, and in q minute or two the eve
lids Of the deceased opened and his eyes rolled
about in the most fearful manner. Evans made a
rush for the door, but Stewart did not move q
muscle, but with a calm hand continued to direct
the wire. His companion, ashamed Of his fears.
came back again, and muttered some excuses, to
which the surgeon made no reply.
The chest of the corpse now began to heaye
and it was evident that respiration had been reas
tablished. The blood, now being supplied with
oxygen, the blackness in the face slowly vanished
and his features assumed natural expression
:, :. He lives! he iyes!n cried the surgeon Al de-
light
Great God of Heaven - exclaimed the surgeon,
withdrawing the wire--a sudden thought entered
his mind when we have restored him to lfe
what are we to do with him2r
never thought Of that" said the su1geon,
turning pale let US cease our experiments
But it was too late; the vital spark was already
reklnded. The man SO lately dead sat upright, and
gazed with bewildered air around him
Where am ls'' he muttered.s IAN Lin the other
He shook himself as a dog does whan he
comes out of the water, and deliberately got Cd
the board and stood upright in the chamber His
muscles by this time had regained all their power
and he appeared as strong as he was before he
was executed. M
Evans trembled with. fear, but Stewart stood
gazing on the resuscitated with steady eye and
unblanched cheek.
:" What is your name ?" asked Stewart
Harry Liscomb,' replied the man.
WHAT" shrieked Stewart, the name restoring
TO his recollection all the past, for what crime
were you executed ~
q You know, suppose, as well as do: it waa
Tor numbering Miss Emma Alston.H
Murderer! demon !Edevil q cried the surgeon,'s
and l have restored you to life-you who shed
g "y H"na's blood By heavens ! win avsass s.
So saying, he rushed on the murderer and siezed
MN with an iron grasp. Evans fed in dismAy
from the room. fearful struggle ensued, thel
trampl1ng of feet to and fro the chamber wan
heard for some minutes, and then all was still
Evans returned to the room and found the mn
derer dead on the floor, with scalpel through his
heart stewart was gazing stupidity on his work
and it was soon evident that his reason had fed. rs
That night he was removed to Bedlam. aH
The murderers's body was buried secretly by5
Evans, and the real facts OF the did not tram
pre until the latter was on his death bed, when Il
made the confession embodied in the foregoing
pages rs
A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE CoNsPIRAToRs. The
Harper's Ferry correspondent of the New York
Herald sends that paper the following:
send you copy of unfinished letter, which
was taken from the pocket of a man named Th0mp-
son, who was shot by young Hunter and others, -
was given in evidence on the trial. A gentleman
to whom the letter was given kindly gave me =
copy oft. There can be no doubt Of its genuine
ness. It has never before been published Ise-
cured copy of it for the Herald.
BLUE RIDGE Nd, October 4. 18so
Dear WE: This evening thought that would
improve the opportunity of writing few lines to
you, to let you know that have not forgotten you
You wrote that mother wanted you to live with
her; it is my wish that you should do so if she u
lame have nothing against Henry's folks in the
world They will not think so either. Show Ruth
w she DEc nh tyns
going there. | certainly feel as though it would
not be right if you did not 60 there. You said
that your father was in very poor health. What is
very much, indeed. We shall get to work by Mon
day think then shall not have the opportunity
Of writing very often. The vein that we struck
here is very rich one, worth about 81 600 O0O or
nearly that. The folks here say that it is curious
that them id Yankees should find anything here.
They have seen the drills and piekaxes, and they
know that there is something going to be did; in
fact, it IS useless to try to conceal it. Two men
master and Mr. Drenner-both good fellows to
work. Yesterday was in Virginia, and saw three
Of the girls. The photography. Amy can read
he is gentleman and judge of good whisky, too.
When think how the Democrats talk up there it
makes me mad. If should go back there, and
they talk to me as they have, we will have fight
that's the end ont.
A CLEVER GRooM-Mr. Rarey was recently in
roduced at Brighton to blind groom, whose
knowledge and performance completely aston
ished him. The man in question is in the employ
of the Perchell family, and has been bereft Of
sight since his fifth year, when he met with an ac-
cident which occasioned total blindness. He
knows the good properties or defects of horse by
merely feeling all over his frame. He gave re-
markable proof of acuteness to the member for
Lewis in discovering that fine horse was blind of
one eye, failing never suspected by his pur-
chaser. The latter had bought the horse at battle
and on his way home had met Capt. Perchens
groom. He desired the sightless fellow to ex-
anime his recent bargain, eXtolling the handsome
figure, the metal and doclity of the animal. The
man did as lie was asked and finished by saying,
&c the horse was all that could be wished if he
could see with both eyes" 60 How do know he
does not see?h said the owner /" have passed
my hand over that side Of his head,' said he,
90 and his eyelids never finch but on the other
side, they close instantly" The horse was found
to be really blind of one eye, and thus a blind
man was the first to discover the imperfection.
English paper
Dr. Cumming, whose last publication, The
Great TribnIation, is at present creating an excite
mcnt in the literary world, is thus described in a
late English review:
His singuary handsome person, his brilliant
flow of poetic thoughts, his striking talents and his
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