The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-10-20
LOCAL NEWS.
NEW YORK AND TIE VICINITY.


SoMEInINo IN ruE MEDICAL WAY.--H
therc Is one clasc II human beings more fully
charged with "dcv1lment " than another. they arc
medical students whether this is owing to close
study during certain hours, or to some uneA pa'n-
able oautH, Il is dhcut to tell but their pr Iensi~
~ for practical jokes has become proverb.a. Won
knowing that oil humanity contains sn element of
superstition. they delight In taking advantage of
their profession and iE concomitan,s to mauut1'
ture tricks for hosxing ,nsuspcious people In
this city, particularly, tho medical students arS
notei for uhe.r tricks, aud they have the power so
carry them b. almost any extent. 10 show how
essly they might hoax the whole community, 'ce
us suppose a cass A lo; nj student" have procurcf
. subject for dissection. After examining such
parts as they desire. they ATE resdy 10 dispose ~
the body. This they do In the usual manner.
tut an idea strikes one of them. moro N .
rc-dcv'l than the rest; lie conhdcs It to bis cou-
r,des They scauiesce, and the execution Of tho"
plan. which is sinlpy to p,rpetra,e a grand hoar
upon the people Of Nou York. is commenced. From
their of clothing they s,urc the body IN SUIT
They mex, sever 1t into parts, cutting through tho
clothes n help the deception. Tho frs inc'sion
,,.o. ~ the head another the then the legs
and 90 on until the BODY hss been cut into half .
dcr.n parts--usng IN the operation the hne ssws
AMI sharp knives which they employ for dissntsng
purposes AZ other sds to the deception, they ie>
t.rrnine to put something into the pocket Of the
victim" What shall 1t bes All . latch key.
And thcreupon the pockets n the students are ran,
sacked for An unused latch key. It is found. and
como other worthless keys are aided. But another
idea occurs u one. They mus have = wound
? .,,I stzl han
! is therefore fired into the skull Tho parts
must mex; be dispo-e1 of. There is the
worn -out table cover that they have used on tho
diss'cting table, and they cut II up, wrap tho
'rcmAins" IN different parcels, put with them
! light weight. teing careful not " make Il hoSvy
enough 70 sink the bundle, and thereby prevent
! it's discovery. The next point il to place tie 're-
mains" in the water at different places, being carcha
10 have them tsT apart Us coAvouent, and yoa 10
placing them that they will certainly he discovered.
/ This is oasi y accomplished. Each sp.lent tales
one OF the packages, all OF which, TO avoid sns-
| r.ciop, done up in common wrapping papnr.
and they seIar ,te One two, to help along tho
deception, tale a carriage and proceed several
miles away 10 deposi, their portions of tie ''r--
mans" All tbs done, the fun follows o. course,
they have 20 arranged the parcels with regard 70
tides, that they must necessarily all 10 found, and
n humbusgci press, doiuded public, and q tckled
batch q students Is tho result. And how tn"
nick-'crs enjoy the flaming headings and the long
| einied articles IN the papers, which announce tnH
finding of the ''mut.la'od remoius." How they
chuctle over the 'rark mystery" snd 'Ihe ins"-
curly II lie" To them IL ia the height of felicity
all other enioy ueut il dros. OF course. such
Circumstance, II rnny hc, never did happen nus
OILERS equal n, dosilment have been porFcirs,ef
hy mriical t.udeuis, and We merely show how
th.y p.gL hunlbus folks II u4cy wanted 10.
MEETING OF TIE NATIONAL BANK OrFr-
oras A mecung oi National BInk officers, COM
o red Of dccg-tcs from one hundred and thr'ecn
u.uk,, .n nearl, III parts O. tie country, w's N
10 On at tie As:Ir House, yesterday. So.Ac -
these l.iL- "cfc represented py ou, dulela;e .ui
others IS t,,o delegates . aud the gyrtgGle capital
- tie auks exceeded rhirty ullhous OF collars
The mcotiIl., held for Ii, pstpose u scurrs'
eunsu'tl,ion aud s,rL intercourse, and "A oTior
shat the bank Ulcers who were work ng under ne
new system might became acquainted with each
others views a prup'sition to form an orsaniza
,ion, with the obJcct Of fur,Aerng the inter. st' n
the National BanEs, ~ss discoun,onanoed. 1t was
held by the meeting shat the National currency
would niccecd OF itself, aud needed no sIo'isl
sssistsncc. NJ business WAS dono further hau to
appoint a coinmitce ~ call another meeting II A
becomes necessary, in consequence OF HlV'rS''
legislation other unexpected causes, 80 pr t'''
tie rights and interss OF the banks, No action
against the state banks Ia prol osod by the Va
D uonal banks, nor any o,hor movement oi puoli
concern
REGISTRY OF Vorrs Yesterday and the