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I'.Dlrrtr isv tiiomas is %tm:s VOL. S’# . NO. i? 3 (jjJj’e .s.>tanbfttb of 3EV.P. 3« AW.B.CCVoOdT, A' 7. i r»: t*iei.vrzst, AND Publisher (By Authority,) of the Laws \ of the Lnitc.l Slates: Office on Greene Street, nearly oppo site the Market. IssiteJ evei v Uu-sLiy morning, at $3 per annum ! No subscription taken for less than a year ami no paper discontinued, but at the option 01 . <hc puulislier, until all arrearages are paid. Advertisemests conspicuously inserted at the usual rates —those not limited when handed in, will be inserted ’till forbid, and charged accord- ■inelv. CHANGE OF DIRECTION. 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TO ADVERTISERS ABROAD. Persons, at a distance, who are desirous of giving their advertisements an extensive circulation, are respectfully informed that THE STANDARD Os UNION presents the means of spreading them before a larger number of readers than any paper in Geor gia, or perhaps in the Southern country, with but a single exception. There is not a State or Territory in the Union, to which it lias not found its way; and scarcely a Post Office in this Slate where it is not ta ken. ■, Kew goods. ——•• —— FIN HE. subscriber has received a part, and is ■ M rtpw receiving his FALL AtiD\ H'l KTEii STOCK OF Lit 1 'GOODS, among i xv ich may be found the following articles, viz ; 1 Superfine Broad Cloths; different colored Cas- 1 simeres; do. Vestings; Rich Embroidered and J Fig'd. Satins; Silks, do.; a new article called \ Reps, fig’d ami plain; plain black Isabella, do;' Black Silk, fig'd. ami plain, of the best quality— some 40 inches wide; India and Saisnett do.; Parisian and Hermann Gause; Plain Satin check end fig’d Shallys and Shallyetts—a new article; ' the French Brocade for the head; Get man and English Merino’s and Merino Gross De Naps, j; ; Circassian, Jaekonct, and Cambrics of different i qualities; plain, fig'd.. .lotted, and check'd dotted Swiss Muslins; Irish Linen Sheetings 12-4; Lawns and Diapers; Superfine Linen Cambrics; • Pongee; Ladies emhioidered Linen Cambric Capes, and Pocket Hdk’fs; Muslin Capes and : Collars. Fur Capes; Boas and Ruff's Down do. ! Ladies finest Kid Slippers, bl’k. and col'd.—new- I est.style; Gold. Silver and Bronze do.; White j mid black Sattin do. ; Kid, Calf, Morocco and Seal, Village Walking Shoes; Water proof do. n new article of French do. : a general assort- I ment of Ladies, Misses, and Childrens Shoes; Gentlemen's and Boys do.; Gent’s, fine Calf skin Boots; Opera and Navy do.; Kid. Morocco and I Dancing Pumps. CROCKED Y. HARDWARE £,' .S' A DDLER Y, each a good assortment. PERFUMERY If■. ST A TIGS AR Y. BRUSSELS f,- SCOTCH CARPETING. Ready made Clothing. A large and extensive assortment, among which rnay be found. Gent's. Cloth Cloaks; Cloth. Mo hair and Markina Over floats: Frock and Dress j Coats. Pantaloons and Vests. Shirts, Bosoms, j nnd Collars: Merino and Cotton net Shirts and j Drawers; Flannel do. STOCKS— a good as i aortment. Ladies Cloth, plain and fig’d. Merino • Cloaks. He w ould respectfully ask the attention of Plan ! ters to examine his assortment of NEGRO SHOES &■ BLANKETS, ns he has a large as- ! aortment of each, and WILL SELL THEM i AT AUGUSTA PRICES. To those who vi it Milledgeville, for the pur pose of buying their Fall and Winter supplies of i Dry Goods, he would, with his friends ami the 1 public, most respectfully invite them to call and i examine. JAMES 11. SHAHAN. October 11. 31)—if. Il & j. shotwellTJ Haco2i,<jJa. FWNHE St BSCRIBERS (former partners of -®- Ellis Shotwell, Zt Co.) have resumed their business under the above firm, at their old stand opposite the Erick Tavern, and will keep a -e.ier a| assortment of Drfigs. Medicines, Surgical and Instruments, Paints and Oils, of all kinds, Win dow Glass, assorted sizes, Glass-Ware for shop furniture. Perfumery. Fancy Articles, Brushes of every description, Botanic and J'a'< nt Medieim Carpenter's preparation -, also In I - ■>} > .’!• dica. Dye Woods, air! Dye so Cis, and a groat variety < f Miscellaneous Articles, w hich they have v.I a large supply of, and intend keeping their s'o< k constantly repletii-iied, so as to lie aide at all times to supply lie tiers, i'by i' i in-. i’lnit'T and others who may favor them with t’l'-ir <-.tom. Intending to he permanently mgaged iu this business, the subscribers from their long ■ xp • i ence, hope to render it worthy the pa'i-on"f: of obi and new customers. Orders by left r will meet the same attention as if made in p.,-on. N. B-Gard'll 1-,. assorted, wtrrenli.d f.Mi \ liberal discount mad ■ to country < ah r-. IL &, J. S. Oct. 11 -ts THE subscriber having pnr<hi. ;d th.-, entire interest of Col fl. It. V» ;.r lin the stock of goods belonging to Cowl s K Ward, the busi ness will be conducted horeafo r Ly him alone. The subscriber thankful for past patron i, a hop-x that by a strict attciiti >u and cxe, ffmt to ph ;>se. to merit a continuance of the same, L. C'nWLF.S. July 25 25 --ts. | Milledgeville Clothing Store. GEORGE E. O'BRIEN, (Successor to 4. C. Fm'Z.J ESPEC TIT LJLA informs his friends j .tJV* ami the public, that lie bis reeqptly re turned from New York, aftqy selecting a new j and elegant assortment of Spring and Summer ! Clothing , has also every article connected j with his line of business, w hich he expects in a i few days. lie lias also on hand, an extensive assortment ' of Cloths, Cassimers, Vestings, Hats, Hosiery, ype. some of which are of a very superior qual- ' itv. ASso, A general assortment of Ready made Cloth- ' ing and Linens, all which he will dispose of on , the most accommodating terms. Having marie arrangements w ith Mr. Josiali i i Doles (of the late firm of Doles «fc Choat,) to : ■ superintend the Tail- ring Department, w hose : celebrity iu the art of cutting is well known to \ the citizens of Milledgeville and the public gen- ■ I erally, will ensure in every instance first rate ; ! and fashionable fits. To those who may wish to have Garments made to order, he feels confident of giving en- I tire satuf:i«tiqn. orders punctually attended to. The Subscriber having engaged in the cut- i ’ ting department of Mr. George E. O’Brien, I pledges himself to use his utmost exertions to ! please all those of his friends and sorer custo- | mers, who may favor him with a call. JOSIAH DOLES. April 11, 1837. 13—ts. N lav e:-. r rm HE ,%T \ND formerly occupied by Mr. : _£L John IL Ware, and recently by Mr. J. J Dales, in this city, has been fitted up and furnish- I cd at considerable expense, and is now open to 1 customers. In the arrangement of the establish- ■ meat, the Confectionary department is entirely ' seperate and distinct from the Bar and Billiard ; Room. To this arrangement the attention of j the Ladies of Milledgeville and the County ad jacent, is respectfully invited ; having adopted ’ the plan with a view to their accommodation, the proprietor hop?s to receive a portion of their 1 patronage. The stock now opening is large, | well assorted, and of superior quality ; a few of j the leading artclcs are subj lined. Candies, assorted, liaisons, Almonds, Pre serves, assorted, Jellies, assorted, Jams, assor ted, Perfumery, of various kinds, Dried Cif- ' ron, Currants, Prunes, Pigs, Cordials, assor ted, Champaign, Madeira, and other wines. Ca/rrZZcs, Sperm and Tallow, Loaf Sugar, Tea, in Caddies and Boxes; Old London dock ilrandy, Monon. Whiskey, Yellow Spanish Segar's, Principle, do. Pepper Sauce, Ketch up, Pickles, assorted, Capers, Olives, Crack ers, Cheese, Chewing Tobacco, Snuf, ff-c. A-c. ; all of which will be sold at a moderate profit for i cash or approved credit. Milledgeville, Marcies 22d, 1837. March 21 10—ts. Troy Hill, THE undersigned informs his friends and those of the late firm of Cutter fy Cornwell, that! he intends resuming the Warehouse and Commis sion business at the store next above the one rc- , cently occupied by T. J. Chace. on the margin of EastMacom known as the town ofTroy. Hefiir ther informs the public that he has bought his Goods, &.c., and havinguow on the way, from New Yoik and other places, Drj- Goods aud Groceries, together making his stock complete, which will lie sold low for ready pay. fie will bo ready to receive Colton early in the fall,.and be prepared to make advances. Ils would particularly notice to his ' friendsthe great advantages his W arehouses have I over those in the dense part of the city w ith regard j to fire, they being detached from other building and at a distance from any street or lane and well en close. JI. S. CUTTER. The M aeon Messenger and Telegraph, Mil ledgeville Journal and Standard of Union, will publish the above until further notice.— Georgian. Capital Stock S5OO»OOQ>-AI1 p:u;l <n. IVERSON L. HAIIRLS, A GENT at Milledgeville, of the Georgia in- 1 I'SK surance and Trust Company, will takeFlre I and Marine Insurance out he most reasonable ; terms. THOMAS S. METCALF, Prcs’t. Wm. T. Gould, Seci'y- ! 1 I Directors of the Georgia Insurance and Trust Com pany, Novewbe.r Ath IS3G. ■ Samvel Hale. Benjamin It- Warren, I David H'. St. John, Elisha Morton, I Adam Johnston, Edward Thomas, I Jacob Moise, James P. Stuart, | Solomon Knetland, Samuel li Peck, j Hays Howdre, Isaac T. Heard, Pleasant Stovall, II illiam H. Morgan, ; ! Artemas Gould, Harper C. Bryson, I John M. Adams, John P. Cowling, Andrew J. Miller, Edward Padelfoi d. Nov 17—14 40 IHiD'S St. Croix Sugar, 20 “ I’orto Rico “ 10 “ New Orleans “ 40 bbls double refined Loaf “ 25 “ single ’• “ “ 10 Boxes W bite Ilavannah “ [ 150 Bags Green Coffee, I 50 “ Java 10 Casks Rice, | 50 bbls N 0.2 Mackciell, 50 •• No. 3 50 half bbls Nol&2“ 150 bbls I’hclps Barbers Gin, i 100 “ N.E. Burn, 75 “ N. Whiskey. 20 Mommg. “ 3 Pipes Cog. Brandy, 5 “ II Gin, 2 I’unceou. Jamaica Rum, 20 half -N. quarter Cask Wine (various kinds) 50 Baskets Champaign *• (Fancy Biands) 50 <iuz bottles choice Mada. Port Cc- Claret Wines. 10 ) Dhii'jolms r.r-s'd. sizes, 250 Kegs Nails &. Brads a.s'd. 100,0 )0 Pounds :-v.c ds Iron, well assjd. 3,000 “ Plough Moulds, L0:)0 “ Nail Bods, I 1,500 “ Band Iron, I 000 •* Hoop “ ; 1,000 “ Scroll “ 1.500 “ German Steel, ' 1.000 •* Ca.,t “ l-li'D “ Eiiglisli &. American Blister Steel 10,000 “ Castings ass’d. 5 » Kegs White Lead, 500 Gal’s. Linseed Oil. •A)J " Lamp “ winter strained, 50 bhds. Molasses, 10,T)D Bu-i). Sail, 50 Boxes Sperm Caudles, 30' “ Tallow “ ID “ 8x 10 &10z 12 Glass, 50 Bags Shot, 1,00 1 Pounds Bai Load, I 'D Casks Dexter Lime, fresh 15) “ Thomaston *• •• 25 *• Plaster P iris, 4 J) Pieces Gdroys heavy II -mpT ig 'ing, 10,000 ; ’o;;u'is Gi ind am >.. SALT, Om: D,!l- P ba ' so cal-' - NiCi '■ oLi ■&• Li dI -G. I Juno 27 24-if. of. JbO/L-ELsCxIEVOziLE, yWOSJMT Sfe.'S'?. ’vi POST-MORTEM RECOLLECTIONS OF 1 A MEDIC AL LECTURER. “To die—to sleep—perchance to drcam— I | Aye, there's the rub." It was already near four o'clock ore I j : bethought me of making any preparation - i for my lecture. The day had been, through- i . out, one of those heavy and sultry ones- j ' autumn so often brings in oui climate, ami | I fi It fcom this cause much oppressed and ; dislni'lim cl to exertion; independently ol | ' the fact, that I had been greatly fatigued ! dining the preceding week—some cases of a most trying ami arduous nature having fallen to my lot—one of which, from the i importance of the life to a young and de pendent family, had engrossed njnch of my I attention, and aroused in me the nnrinest I anxiety for success. In this frame of mind - I was entering my carriage to proceed to the lecture room, when an unsealed note was put into my hands; I opened it hastily ; and read that poor 11—, for w hom I had felt so deeply interested, had just expired. I was greatly shocked. It was scarcely an hour since I ha 1 seen him, and from the apparent improvement since my former vi sit, had ventured to speak most encourag ingly; and had even made some jesting ; allusions to the speedy prospect of his once . more resuming his place at “ hearth ami board.” Alas, how short lived were my hopes destined to !;e ' how awfully was mv ■ I prophecy to be contradicted I No one but lie who has himself experi eneed it, knows any thinr of the deep and heartfelt interest a medical man takes in I many of the cases which profess!' Daily - come before him ; I speak here of an inte rest perfectly apart from all personal re gard for the patient or his friends. Indeed, I tltc feeline I allude to, has nothing in com mon with this, as will often be experienced i as thoroughly for a perfect stranger as for one known and respected for years. To the extreme of this feeling I was Over a victim. The heavy r< sponsibility, often i suddenly am! unexpectedly imposed—the struggles for success, When success w as al! but hopeless—the intense anxiety for the •arrival of those critical periods winch! change the character of a malady, ami di vest it of some of its dangers, or invest it w ith new ones—the despondence when that period has come only to confirm all the worst symptoms and shut out every pros pect of recovery—and, last of all, that most trying of all th- trying duties of my jj profession, the breaking to the perhaps nn- . i conscious relatives that my art had failed, ! my resources were exhausted, in a word, that there was no longer hope. These things have preyed on me for weeks, for months long, and many an effort have I made in secret to combat this feeling, but without success, till at last I absolutely dreaded the very thought of being sent for, to a dangerous and critical illness. It may then be believed how very heavily the news i Iliad just received came upon me; the, blow, too, was not even lessened by the poor i consolation of my having anticipated the ! result, and broken the shock to the family. I was still standing with the half-opened i note m my bands, when I was aroused by | the coachman asking, I believe for the third ! time, whither he should drive to? I be thought me for an instant, and said, “to j the lecture room.” When in health, lec- j turing bad ever been to me more of an a- ■ musement than labor; and often iti the bn- • I sy hours of professional visiting, have I ! i longed for the time when I should come! ! before my class, and divesting my mind of! I II individual details, launch forth into the • i more abstract and speculative doctrines of! :my art. It so chanced-, too that the late ! i hour in which I lectured, as well as the sub- i jects I adopted, usually drew to my class i , many of the advanced membt rs of the pro- j fessiou, who made this a lounge after tbef’a | tigties of the morning. ! ! Now, however, I approached this duty j i w ith fear and trembling ; the events of the • morning had depressed my mind greatly, I I and I longed for rest and retirement. The ! i passing glance I threw at the lecture room ! j through the half opened do. r, showed it to j be crowded to the very roof; and as I j walked along the corridor, I heard the name of some foreign physician of emi nence, who was among my auditory. I can i not describe the agitation of mind I felt at tins moment. My confusion, too, became greater, as I remembered that the few notes 1 had drawn up, were left in the pocket of my carriage, which I had just dismissed, i intending to return on foot. It was alrea | dy considerably passetl the usual hour, and i 1 was utterly unable to decide how to pro i cred. I hastily drew out a portfolio that contained many scattered notes and hints for lectures, and hurriedly throwing my eye across them, discovered some singular memoranda on the subject of insanity. Ou these I resolved at once to dilate a little, and if possible to eke out the materials for a lecture. The events of the remainder of that day are wrapt in much obscurity to my mind; yet 1 well remember the loud *htinders j applause w hich greeted ltl e ; , n entering the ! lecime room., ,<nd how, ns I appeared to > hesitate, they were re ewed again and a gain, till at last, summoning resolution, 1 ! i <»!!<■< ted myseli sufficiently to begin my dis< oiirse. I well remember, 100, the diffi culty the first sentence cost m —the doubts, tiie Kars, tiie |:au;es, which beset meat eve ry step, as 1 went on. My anxiety to b < >< ar and accurate in conveying my mean ing, made me recapitulate and repeat, til' i I fi ll my elf, as it were, Working in a < ir- I < le. By degrees, however, I grew warm as I proceeded; and the evident signs ol attention my umlii n' e exhibited, gave me renew ed courage, while they impressed me I with the necessity of making more than a ; com.non vx-rtion. By degrees, too, [fl it ! i i 1 ui!'i l i- iriug from my brain, ami tiim, i even without effort, mv ideas cam • faster, I and my words leil from me with ease and Orrr OfMsrtT’Mrr ftuy Coiestlrtf —-Our K* err Os- rapidity. Simile and illustration came in I abundance ; and distinctions which had hi therto struck me as the most subtle and dif ficult of description, I now drew with rea diness and accuracy. Points of an ab struse ami recondite nature, which under other circumstances I should not have wish ed to touch upon, I now approached fear lessly and boldly, and felt that in the very moment of speaking, they became clearer and clearer to myself. Theories and hypo thesis, w liich were of old ami acknowledg ed acceptance, I glanced hurriedly at as I went along, and. with a perspicuity and clearness I never before felt, exposed their fallacies and unmasked their errors, j thought I was rather describing events, and things passing actually before my eyes at the instant, than relating the results of a life’s experience and ri flection. My me mory, usually a defective one, now carried me back to the days of my early childhood —and tlie whole passages of a life long,lav displayed before me like a picture. If' I quoted, the very words of the author rush ed on my mind as palpably as though the page lay open before me. I have still some vague recollections of an endeavor I made to trace the charncter of insanity, in every case, to some early trait of the individual in childhood, when overcome by passion or overbalanced by excitement, the faculties run wild into all those excesses which in af ter years develops eccentricities of charac-' ter, and in some weaker temperaments abe- ! rations of intellect. Anecdotes illustrat ing this novel position came thronging up- i on my mind ; and events in the early years ' of some who subsequently died insane, and : seemed to support my theory, camo rushing to my memory. As 1 proceeded, I became ' gradually more and more excited—the ve- • ry ease and rapidity with which my ideas' suggested themselves, increased my imagi- ! nation, till at last 1 felt my words come w ith out dibi t, w hile there seemed a co-minglitig of’ my thoughts, which lift me unable to' trace connection between them, vhile I j continued to speak fluently as before. I ( ! feit at this moment a species of indi-tinct • terror of some unknown danger which im • pended over tne, yet which it was impossi- • Lie to aver! or avoid. 1 was like one who, borne on the rapid current of a fast flowing river, sees the foam of a cataract before him, yet waits passively for the moment of his destruction, without an effort to save. The power which maintained mv mind in its balance had gradually forsaken tne, and shapes and phantasies of every odd and fantastic character flitted around and about ! me. Ihe ideas and descriptions iny mind • had conjured up, assumed a living, breath ing vitality; ami 1 felt like a necromancer, w aving his w and over ,the living and the dead. 1 paused—there was a dead silence in the lec tore room—a thought rushed like a meteor flash across my brain, anti, burst- i ing forth into a loud laugh of hysterical ! passion, cried: “ And I, and I, too, am a maniac!” My class rose like one man—a cry of horror burst through the room. 1 knew no more. * * * * I was ill, very ill, and in bed. I looked around me. Through the half closed cur tains there streamed one long line of red sunlight—l felt it was evening. There was no one in the room, and, as I endea- ! vored lo recall my scattered thoughts snffi- ■ ciently to find out why I was thus, there ; came an oppressive weakness over me—l closed my eyes and tried to sleep. I was roused by some one entering the room—it was my friend Dr. G-; he walked stealthily towards my bed, and looked fix edly at me for several minutes. J watched him ck sely, and saw that his countenance changed as be looked at me; I felt his hand tremble slightly as he placed it on tnv ! wrist, and heard him mutter to himself in a low tone, “My God : hoW altered !” I heard now a voice at the door, saving in a soft whisper, “May I come in?” The doctor made no reply, and mv wife glided gently into the apartment. She looked deadly pale, and appeared to have been weeping. She leaned over me, and I felt the warm tears falling one byon" upon my ■ lorehead. She took my hand in hot!) of; her’s, and putting her lips to my ear, said, • “Do you know me, William?” There I was a long pause. I tried to speak, but I • could not —1 endeavored to make some ! sign of recognition, and stared her full in I the face; but I heard her say tn a broken | voice, “ He does not know me now j” and I then I felt it was in vain. The doctor came ! over, and, taking my wife’s hand, endea vored to lead her from the room. I heard her say, “Not now, not now,” and sank back into a heavy unconsciousness. I awoke from what appeared to have been a long and deep sleep; 1 was, howe ver, unrefreshed and unrested. My eyes were dimmed and clouded—and I in vain tried to ascertain if there was any one in ; the room with me. The acute sensation of! fever had subsided, and left behind the most • lowering and depressing debility. decrees 1 came to mysi ‘ four,; t j ia( t!l ' c ! dcictcr was ‘■‘.‘,',m<v [;,. sl( ie my bed—he bent ! ‘tver ;;ie ami said, “Are you better, Wil- ! 1 liam !” Never till now had my inability to : I reply given me any pain or uneasiness—! now, however, the abortive struggle to ■ -peak was torture. •! th' tight ami fell that the hand of d< ith was upon me. The ex ertion now imide to repel the fatal lethar gy must have been great—for a cold,clam my perspiration broke profusely over my liodv—a rushing sound, as if water filled mv ears —a succession of short convulsive spasms, as if given by an electric- machine, -hook mv limbs. 1 grasped the doctor’s ' hand firmly in mine, and starting to a sit ting posture, I looked wildly about me. Mv breathing became shorter and shorter—my grasp relaxed —my eyes swam—ami I fell back heavily on the lied. The last recol lection of that m nnent was the muttered , expression of my poor friend saying, “It is over at la t.” Many liottr- in e,t have cl .ipse ', ere I re i turn'd to any coiuciuusi.ess,. M , firslsen- sation was feeling the cold wind across my | 1 face, which seemed to come f rom an open I ' window. My eyes were closed, and my I lids seemed as if pressed down by a weight. ' My arms Jay along my side, and though the position in which I lay was constrained and unpleasant, I could make n > effort to alter it. I tried to speak, but could not. As I lay thus, tin- footsteps of many per- ■ sons traversing the apartment, broke upon my ear, followed by a heavy dull sound, as if some weighty body had been laid upon the floor. A harsh voice of one near cue now said, as if reading, “AA illiam 11—, aged 38 years—l thought him much more.” The words rushed through my brain ; and with the rapidity of a lightning flash, eve- | ry circumstance of my illness came before ' me, and I now knew that i had died, and i for rny interment were intended the awful | preparations about me. Was this then ! death? Could it be, that though coldness! w rapt the- suffering clay, passion am! sense ! should -till c ling to the cold corpse destined • lor the earth? O, how horrible, how m >re ! than horrible, the terror of that thought! | I hen I thought it might be w hat is termed i a trance ; but that poor hope deserted me, as 1 brought to mind the words «f the doc tor, who knew too well all the unerring signs of death to be deceived by its coun terfeit • and rny heart sank as they lifted j me into the coffin, and I felt that my limbs j had stiffened—ami i knew that this never ! < look place in a trance. How shall I tell ! the heart-cutting anguish of’ that moment, ! as my mind looked forward to a futurity ‘ too dreadful to look upon! when memory I should call up many a sunny hour of exis- • tence, the loss of friends, ti<e triumph of exertion, and then (all back upon the dread consciousness of the ever busied life the grave closed over—and then I thought that perhaps sense b-.it lingered around the life less clay, as the spirits of the dead are said to hover around the places and homes tiiey loved in life, ere they left them forever; and that soon the lamp should expire upon the shrine, « hen the temple that sheltered : it lay mouldering and in ruins. Alas! how fearful to dream even of the happiness of the past, in that cold grave where the worm i i only is a reveller !to think that though ! i ‘‘Friends, brothers auc) sisters are laid sidebyside, ' Yei none have e'er questioned, nor none have rc- ‘ ’ plied"— . . Yet that all felt in their cold and moulder- ! ing hearts the loves and affections of life, • , budding and blossoming as though the i stem was not rotting to corruption that bore them. 1 brought to mind the.- axful punish- I ' Ynent of the despot, who chained the living ! to the dead man, and thought it mercy when compared io this. H wv long I lay thus, I know not, but the dreary silence of the chamber was again broken, and I found that some of my dear est friends were come to take a farewell I look of me, ere the coffin was closed on "me • forever. Again the horror of my state i struck me withal! • -ible reality; and I like a meteor, she- I. my heart the i bitterness of years of misery, condensed • into thv year of a minute. And then I re- i membered how gradual is death, and how ! by degrees it creeps over every portion of I the frame—like the track of the destroyer, i blighting as it goes—and said to my heart, ' all may yet be still within me, and the mind • as lifeless as the body it dwelt in ; and yet | these feelings partook of life in nil tlx ir • strength and vigor. There was the will to move, to speak, to see, to live—-nd yet ! all was torpid and inactive, as though it I had never lived. Was it that the nerves, from some depressing cause, had ceased to transmit the influence to the brain? had ' these winged messengers of the mind re fused their office?—and tin n I called to mind the almost miraculous efficiency of ' the will, exerted under circumstances of gieat exigency, and with a concentration of 1 power, that sum- men are only capable of. ' I had heard of the Indian fither who suck led his child at. bis own boson), when lie had 1 laid its mother in the grave; yet was it riot 1 the will had wrought this miracle? I my - 1 self had seen the paralytic limb awake to ' life and motion, by the powerful applica- 1 lions of the mind stimulating the nervous ' channels of communication, and awakening the dormant powers of.vitality to their ex ercise- I knew of one whose heart beat fast or slow as hedidwillit. Yes! thought I, in a transport, the will to live, is the power to live; and only when this faculty has yielded with bodily strength, need death be the conqueror over ns. The thought of reanimation was extatic; but I dared not dwell upon it—the moments passed rapidly on, ami even now the preparations were about to be made, ere they committed my body to the grave. Ami how was lhe effort lobe made? 1! the will did indeed possess the power trusted in, bow was it to be ap plied? 1 had often wished to speak or move during my i!!: ie ss, yet nas unable to do eiti'-,-, ’ then remembered that in those ; cases where the will had worked its won ' .'lers, the powers of the miml had entirely [ centered themselves in the heart-filling de ! -ire to accomplish a certain ol jeet—is the ] I athletic in the games strain every muscle to I : lift some ponderous weight. And thus, I ! ! hnew, that if the heart could be so subject-, cd to the principle of volition, as that, I yielding to iis impulse, it would again trans j mit the blood along its accustomed chan nels, and that then the lungs shcm.’d be brought to act upon the blood, by the same •agency, the other functions of the body ! would-more readily be restore d, by lhe sym pathy with tiie great ones. Besides, I trust j cd, that so long as the powders of the mind existed in the vigor 1 felt them in, that much of what might be called latent vitali- | ty existed in the body; then I set myself to | think upon those nen es which preside ov< r . the action of the heart—their origin, their , course, their distribution, their relation, I their sympathies. I traced them as tlrnv j arose in the brain; and tracked them til ■ | ih 'V were lost in millions ol tender thread ■; upon ibeintuclc us the heart. 1 thought, too, upon the kings as they lay flaced ami collapsed within my chest—the life-blood stagnant in their vessels, and tried to pos- | sess my mind with the relation of these two , parts to the utter exclusion of every other. : I endeavored then to transmit along the • nerve--, the impulse of that facility my; whole hope rested on; alas, it was in vain —I tried to heave my chest am! breathe, ! but could not —my heart sank within me— j and al! my former terrors came thickening ! around mi?, more dreadful by Ar, as the ! stir and bustle in the room indicated they j were about to close lhe coffin. At this mo- ; merit, my friend B entered the room • —he had come many miles to see me once • more, and they made way for him to ap- ' preach me as I lay. He placed his warm ; hand ipon my breast, and, oh! the throb sent through my hr art. Again, but uncoil- • sciously to myself, the impulse rushed along—a tingling ran through my frame —a crashing, jarring sensation, as if the tense nervous chords were vibrating to • some sudden and severe shock, took hold on me; and the valves reverberated, clank, I clank!—responsive to the stroke, at the | same time the chest expanded, the muscles I strained like the cordage of a ship in a i heavy sen, and I breathed once more. • While thus the faint impulse to returning life was given, the dread thought flashed on tne that it might not be real, and that to my own imagination alone, were referable, the phenomena I experienced. At the very moment the gloomy doubt crossed mvmind, it was dispelled, for I heard a cry of horror through the room, and the words—He is alive—he still lives—from a number of voices around me. Then noise and con fusion increased. I heard them say, carry out B before he sees him again—he has fainted! Directions and exclamations j of wonder and dread followed one after an- ! other, and I can but call to mind the lifting ! me from the coffin, and feeling of returning , life I experienced, as I was placed before a j fire, and supported by the arms of my j friends. I will only add, that after some weeks of i painful debility, I was again restored to health—having tasted the full bitterness of death. VISIT TO THE MOSQUE OF ST. SOPHIA. [by miss pardoe.] Hours passed away and other subjects had succeeded to this most interesting one, w hen, as the evening closed in, I remarked that Bey, the eldest son of the house, was carrying on a very energetic tw.e conversation with his venerable father; • and I was not a little astonished When he I ultimately informed me, in his imperfect! French, that there was one method of visi- • ling the mosques, if I had nerve to attempt 1 it, which would probably prove successful; I and that in the event of my resolving to ! run the risk, he was himself so convinced of j its practicability, that he Would accompa- j ny me, with the consent of tiie father, at- I tended by the old Kiara, or FloUse-steWard; upon the understanding (and on this the ! gray«l:eaigled Effendi had resolutely insis- j ted) that in the event of detection it was to ! be saute qui peut ; an arrangement that would enable his son at once to elude pur- • suit, i( be exercised the least ingenuity or caution. What European traveller, possessed of the least spirit of adventure, would refuse to encounter danger in order to stand be neath the dome of St. Sophia ? Amk ' above all, what wandering Giaour could resist the temptation of entering a mosque ! during High Prayer ? These Were tiie questions that I asked i myseli as the young Bey vowed himself so j gallantly to the venture (to him, in any case, • not without its dangers) in order to avert! from me the disappointment which I ('read- [ ed. j Int once understood that the attempt , must be made in a Turkish dress ; butt l .,is , fact was of trifling importance, as no cos- I tume in the wurld lends itself more readily' ; or more conveniently to the purposes of; disgui.e. After having deliberately weigh- i ed the chances for and against detection, I resolved to run the risk; and accordingly I stained my eye-brows with some of the j dye common in the harem ; concealed my ! female attire beneath a magnificent pelisse, lined with sables, which fastened from my chin to my feet ; pulled n fez low upon my brow ; and, preceded by a servant with a lantern, attended by the Bey, and followed by die Kiara and a pipe-bearer, at half past j 10 o’clock I sallied forth on my adventu-1 rotis errand. We 1 ad not mentioned to either the Y.ife J or the nwtheb of the Bey whither vve were ; bound; being fearful of alarming them un necessarily ; and they consequec.tly rem?.]u ed perfectly satisfied with tli<- assurance of the old gentleman, that I v, as anxious to see the Bosohorus by moonlight, hough a darker night never spread its mantle over the earth. I am extremely doubtful whether, on a less exciting occasion, I could have kept > time with i‘, ie rapid pace of my companion • over the- vile pavement of Constantinople ; las it was, however, I dared rot give way, I l?st any one among the individuals who ioll-w ed us, and were perhaps bound on the same errand, should penetrate my dis guise. “If we should escape from St. Sophia unsuspected, ’ said my chivalrous friend, we will then make another bold attempt ; we will visit lhe mosque of Sultan Achmet; and ns this is a birrli festival, if you risk the ad venture, you will have done what no In fidel has ever jet dared to do ; but I fore warn yon that, should you be discovered, i and fail to make your escape, on the instant ! yon will be torn to pieces. ■ This assertion somewhat staggered me, I and for an instant, mv woman-spirit qnnil i ed, I contented myself, however, with brief | ly replying : “ When we leave St. Sophia, . I we will talk of-this,” anct-continued to walk 1 4 1 av F. E. SIOHIASGN WHOLE beside him in silerwc. At k-ngth we enter ed the spacious com t of the mosque, and as the servants stopped Jo withdraw my shoes, the Bev murmured in mv ear, “ Be firm, or von arc lost !”—and making a strong effort la subdue the feeling of min gled aweaud fear .vbieh was rapidly stcal ingover me, I ptiiled tii?/iz deeper upon my eye-brows, and obeyed. On passing the threshold, I found myself in a covered peristyle, whose gigantic col umns of granite are partially sunk in the wall of which they form a part; the floor was covered w ith fine matting, and lhe col ored lamps, which were suspended in fes toons from the lofty ceiling, shed a broad light on all the surrminding objects. Iu most of the recesses formed by the pillars, beggars were crouched down, holding iu front of them their little metal basins, to receive the paries of the charitable ; while servants lounged to and fro, or squatted iu groups upon the matting, awaiting the egress of their employers. As 1 looked around me our attendants moved forward, and raising a curtain which veiled a double door of bronze, situated at mid-length of the peristyle 1 involuntarily shrank back before the blaze of light that burst npou me. Far as the eye could reach upwards, cir ■ cles of colored fire, appearing as if sus pended in mid-air, designed the form of the stupendous dome ; while beneath, devices of every shape and color were formed by myriads of lamps of various hues ; the imperial closet, situated opposite to the pul pit, was one blaze of refulgence, and its gilded lattices flashed back the brilliancy, * till it looked like a gigantic meteor. As I stood a few paces within the door way, I could not distinguish the limits of the edifice—l looked forward, upward—to the right hand and to the left—but 1 could only take in a given space, covered with human beings, kneeling in regular lines, and at a certain signal bow ing their turban ed heads to the earth, as if one soul and one impulse animated the wnole congregration; while the shrill chanting of the choir pealed through the vast pile, and died away in lengthened cadences among the tall dark pillars which support it. And this was St. Sophia! To me it seemed like a creation of enchantment— the light—the ringing voices—lhe myste rious extent, which baffled the earnestneßS of my gaze—the ten thousand turbaned Moslems, all kneeling with their faces turn ed towards iMecca, and at intervals laying their foreheads to the earth—the brightand. various colors of the dresses—and lhe rich and glow ing tints of the carpets that veiled the marble floor—all conspired to form a scene of such unearthly magnificence, tluk I felt as though there could be no reality iu w hat I looked on, but that, at some sudden signal, the towering columns .would fail to support the vault of light above them, and al! would become void. 1 had forgotten every tiling in the mere exercise of vision; the danger of detection —the flight of time—almost mv own iden tity—when my companion uttered the sin gle word “G.Z—Come,” and, passing for ward to another door on the opposite side ol the building, I instinctively followed him, and once more found mvself in the court. , What a long breath I drew fistlie cold air swept across my forehead! I felt like one who has suddenly stepped beyond the circle of an enchanter, and dissolved the spell of some mighty magic? “AV hither sha'i we now bend our way?” asked my companion, as we resumed our shoes. “ i o Sn’.tan Achmet,” I answered briefly. 1 could <;ot have bestowed many words on tny b“st friend at that moment; the very ef fort at speech was painful. In ten minutes more we stood before the | mosque of Sultan Achmet, and, ascending ; the noble flight of steps which led to the ' principal entrance, we again cast, off uur ! shoes, and entered the temple. Infinitely less vast than St. Sophia, this masque impressed me with a feeling of awe,, much greater than that which 1 had expe i rienc.ed in visiting its more stately neighbor.. Four collossal jtihars of marble, five or six feet in support lhe dome,., and these were wreathed with lamps,.even, to the summit; while the number of suspended from the Ceiling gave the whole edifice the appearance of a space overhung with stars. We entered at a propitious moment, fgc the Faithful were performing their prostrations, and had consequently no time lo speculate on our appearance. Th® • chanting was wilder and shriller than that which 1 had just heart! at St. Sophia; it sounded to me in fact more like the deli rious outcry which we may suppose to hava beeh uttered by a band of Delphic Priest esses, than the voices of a choir of iminspir rid human beings. We passed onward over the jieldmg carpets, which returned no sound Lumen th. ! our footsteps; and there was something I strangely supernatural in the spectacle of' I several human beings moving along, with*- i out creating a single echo in the vast space ' they traversed. We paused an instant be side the marble-arched platform on whtcli ; the muezzin was performing his prostrattous I to the shrill cry of the choir; we lingered 1 another, to take a last look at the kneeling ' thousands who were absorbed in their de votions; and then, rapidly descending into ihc court, my companion uttered a hasty congratulation on the successful issue of our bold adventure, to which I responded a most heartfealt “Amen!” and in less than in hour, I cast off my fez and my pelisse in the harem of Effendi, and exclaim- ed to its astonished inmates, “I have seen the mosques!” JVzsZ Travelling.— The Eden Locorootiv® Engine, o i t'm Carlisle & New Castle Railroad performed, a short time since, 12 miles in JI nitn'uldf.—72 miles aft hour.