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CHRONfOLK AN!' SENTINEL. A U G U ST A. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 13. FOR GOVERNOR, c ii a rlr: s i» o f <; ji i: it rv , or CL*UK COUMTT. We have ouiilt'd to slate that the Georgia Jour* xial came to us this week greatly enlarged and in new type. It is one of the most interesting pa pers in the State, ami we have no doubt will re ceive an increase of patronage commensurate with all its recent improvements, A number of communications, speeches, cele brations, &c., have poured in upon us for two or three days. We shall gel through with them as soon a* possible. We are purlirulatly requested, by Michael, to call attention to his “advertisement extraordinary,’, which will lie found in another column at the same time not to forget hit Barbecue which takes place at 1 o'clock this day. in some of the Western tribes of Indians there is a functionary called the Raiu-miM>r, whose business it Is to conjure up showers in the sum mer season. The manifest utility of this office has suggested to us, in the present alarming death of news to employ un anecdote-maker, in order to amuse our readers and enable them to while away the tedious hours of a dull summer. A candidate for the newly created Office, hands in the following as a recommendatory specimen of his abilities in that line. The wit is not altogeth er original, but the literary finish of the article, which wc uublish verbatim el literatim etpane • tuatim will make amends for such a trifling de ll cl. Here it is • al the great Halle that was faught between Gen Jackson and sir E. packingham there was two Irish men a bool to lull in Ranks and one said to the other stop he said what do you want to slop for he said to pray his companion said it was no time to pray now hut ho said I will pray and said 0 Lord he on our side and if you ar nut disposed to bo on our side do not help the Urctish but ly nutreal for in a few minutes you will see one of the Damdest lights you Ever did see.” From He Wilmington Chromirle. Judge Morton, the twelve times defeated can didate of the administration party, for the Guber natorial chair of .Massarliusells, has, but with a great sacrifice of modesty, consented to run again for the same oflice. His case is well described by HudUtriis: “ Some have been beaten ‘till they know What wood a cudgel’s of, by the blow — Some kicked, until they can feel whether A shoe he Spanish or Neats leather ” ( Fur the Chronicle and Sentinel. Celebration of the Fourth at Jackson boro. Tito anniversary of American Independence was celebrated on the 4ih hist., al Jaeksottboio, where a lyirge and respectable body of people were assembled to participate in the national feast. At 11 o'clock all repaired, en masse, to the church. The Itev. Mr. Clark having made a very appropriate prayer upon the occasion. Major Win. A. Hotchkiss arose, and having made a few preliminary observations, preparatory to the rending of the Declaration of Independ ence. in a hold an I manly manner, reiterated those sentiments, which were framed upon that trying occasion, when those gallant martyrs to freedom, sung the death-knell to tyranny. The Orator of the day, W.J. Lawton, Esq,., then arose and in a placid style commenced ii» ] address, informing his audience, in his prefatory remarks, that his should he without a precedent. j “We have,” said he, “ congregated bore to-eiiy I persons of every class and sect that, our com nu llity alfords. The sparkling eye of beauty, tlut in liU'erelil countenance of unheeding youth, stem middle age, and the silvery blossoms of our vete ran fathers—all uniting with one heart to vene rate that document which has just been read in y nir hearing, t i tty-three years have elapsed since our noble ancestors shook off the ma nacles of oppression, and erected the proud standard of liberty. Long and arduous was the struggle in which they were engaged, but 'twas j far freedom that they fought, and that Power which had emboldened them to declare their sen timents. did not desert them wht.ii they were driven to maintain their principles even at the point (il'ihe sword. Then's was a trying situa tion : all with emotion rising high, stood listen in ; for the voice of eleuieucv—when this •• hea con-light to other lands” was presented as the antidote. Read it, mv fellow-eiliions! honor it through time I 'twas the forerunner of your boasted liberty,” lu this manly strain of eloquence he proceeded, and the loud roar of applause which hurst from the crowded throng, told the feelings which his words occasioned, and now and then was seen the tear stealing in silence down the check of the more sensitive, who felt deeply the force of his impassioned eloquence. Air. Lawton is evidently anauirul orator —his style and manner peculiar to himself. Bold and ardent in his manlier, he sweeps down all oppo sition. and scents to delight in Idling his coun trymen, that though oppressed, they an- still free men Having passed over historical points, he then descanted upon the most important political top ics which concern as—abolitionism, that “ many he dtd Hydra," was crushed ; the Sub-Treasury and its objects were pourlrayod an I ably defined. The cause of Texas was espoused—they were our sons and brothers —and shall we raise our voice against her when she cries aloud lor suc courl This gentleman is a young man, sranclv t vcnty-lw o, of fine talents, nice perception, and is evidently apoetol ilia fust order. In speaking of toe dark hoar which brooded mer our ounlrv during the Revolution, he says— “ . tar of the bravo, thy ray is pale. Vaa darknc.s must ag on prevan.” A j Again, in ipeaking of the South ami her noble 1 institution^— “Dear native land! the good and wise, Thy clime and countless blessings prize.” , These quotations arc made merely to show the j neatness and simplicity of his style. In fuel the I whole pirre was filled with the most Infly sent!- ' tnenls. as well as the soundest logic, of anything i of the kind that I have ever heard. After the oration, we sat down to a sumptuous ] dinner, prepared by Mr. Joshua Perry. The I cloth having been removed, the following Regular 1 Toasts were given: t 1. The State of Georgia and her rights—May every son of her soil tic ever prepared to protcrj ! them. “. The downfall of tyranny and the, universal | extension of liberty. | 11. Texas—We respect her inhabitants, we ad ! mire her chivalry, and we prize her form of gov * eminent. 4. Tims. Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sher man, Philip Livingston, and IJenj, Franklin— The framers of that Declaration which gave us our liberty. | 5. The United States—When she nets ns a ( protector we respect her authority, but when as usurper we will resist her power. 6. Envy may aim the arrows of satire, malice may weave the tissues of falsehood, hut the points of the one shall not enter, nor the wch of the other fetter our buoyant wings. 7. The Constitution—A guaranty to our re publican institutions—its violation deserves our execration. H. May the spirit of the Fathers of '7O be the permanent inheritance ot their sons. !». The Hon. Edward J. Iliack, the Represent live of Georgia—The able jurist, the accomplish ed orator and profound statesman —the free choice of a free people. 10. The Abolitionists of the North—Political hypocrites who would rob us of ourdenrest rights and privileges—assassins who would stall n brother or murder a patron—let them dare, how ever, to pollute our soil, and they will find that every scythe is a sword, every staff a bayonet, and every heart nerved for victory. 11. The return of the Fourth day of July hr tigs to the mind of American patriots the struggle of ’7fi. 12. Ileauty— The smile of joy that 'lglits her face, The love that sparkles in her eye, Bids us strive in freedom’s race. And tells us light for liberty ! Ul. The Central Rail-Road—Let its march be onward, and may the achievers of that noble work be honored with the thanks of a grateful ; people. VOLUNTKKtt TOASTS. By Mr. Scarborough, Judge Dougherty— Patriotic, firm and honest—when commanded by the authority of the Federal Court, to reverse the decision of the State Court, fearlessly dared to do his duly, and disobeyed the command. This one act is culhcienl to endear him to every true Re publican, to give him their vote next October for the Executive chair, in preference to any Fede ralist in the stale of Georgia. liy John Meicer. The Constitution of the State of Georgia—Adopted upon true ropubli. can principles—may the good people of this state I ever support the same without distinction ot parly lly Wm. 11. Bryan, Fsip Charles Dough erty—That independent statesman who could never stoop to vassalage—let the free votes ol Georgia show at the next election that they know how to appreciate his merits. I By Edmund B. Gross—The proud sons of Georgia—May they forever combine within them selves the elements of terror, nerve, body and in tellect, with hearts that never molted and minds f that never wavered from n correct purpose, be found in allaying abolitionism. By T. Dehon Mathews, lion. John C. Cal houn—The bright palur star of American liberty —may his uuremitted zeal in the cause of freedom lie crowned with ultimate success. By K. .1. Allen. The Orator of the day—llis talents arc of a superior nature, his acquirements extensive, and his zeal patriotic; active and in dustrious in the pursuit of his noble profession— | he richly deserves the patronage of the people. Bv L. M. Strickland. Maj. \\ .A. Hotchkiss —The firm patriot and learned jurist—talented | and industrious us a lawyer, undeviutiug as a statesman. By Mr. Scarborough. The State Rights party 1 of Georgia—May they fisc anil shine bright, r 1 ami brighter, until Van Bureuism, and Federal j is.n, and Unionism, and Toryism shall all be sunk' into the sea of oblivion to rise no more, and no more i.v/ns to rise up among us but true llepubli : ennixm. By John 1). Conner Andrew Jaikson—Our 1 brave and venerable patriot—true to bis country's I cause, foremost in the battles ranks, and first to 1 reconcile matters in peace. By A. B. Robbins. The fair Ladies of Geor gia— W it'o pure and uncontaininated hearts that throb with zeal, and who are always, at a mo i menl's warning, ready to rid the sou! when op i pressed with cure and dissatisfaction—may they j be first in Heaven. By the orator of the day. Honj. W Green— j The faithful statesman, who once proved true to j his trust' and who will never desert his eouutry j men. I By T. Dehon Mathews. ( ( ur country’s banner flutter* still o'er freedom’s haul, And waves in ptoud defiance o'er the sea ; j It tc Is the stranger from afar, there's a patriot band (an t'gin the light of liberty. Soar on proa 1 firs', ! you dyed your talons ouee j ' in Mood, Upon a nation’* stand rd perch'd triumphant y have stood ; thi in on, glitt: . bright e entry’' honored star, In peace yc g'ow, and bright* r {listen In the war. t - tow on yc r c.v.'. set. high pi cod bird I , dumb fit’s banner wave, And when she 'leers, so 1 her in a soldier's grave e By Joseph L. Black. The Orator—The stren uous ailvocatc of our political tenets—may he share public patronage, and the greatness of his plans defy speculation, and the rapidity of his execution outstrip prophecy. By Benj. W. (Jieen, Esq. George McLluffy— -1 Tlie patriot statesman, the sound politician, and the accomplished gentlemen. By R..1. Allen. The foundation of American liberty—So true it is said— s Her birth-star was the light of burning plains, e Her baptism was tlic blood that Hows r From kindred hearts, the b ood of British veins, And famine traced her steps in pestilential pains. y By Elijah Oliver. May Benjamin Prescott he I elected to the next Legislature in spite of the Old Boy. I By John F. Freeman. Joshua Perry, our next expected Senator from Striven county, and - Benjamin Prescott and Wilzon Conner, for Re - presentatives—three honorable and worthy citi zens of said county —their talents and wel* - known characters deserve the emire support of - the good citizens of said county, s By a Spectator. Striven county— (lophers and gopher-ridges, i Salamanders and pine pile bridges. The Man-Wolf. 5 A “iionmn noon” DEIIMAX MKIIICAI. STOlir, s Tn be read before candle light. “Immediately there met him, out of the tombs, a man witli an unclean spirit, who had Ins dwcll • ing among the tombs.” It was in Germany, about the 17—, that I first commenced my studies in anatomy ; and at that i period, enthusiastic in my temperament, and sanguine in the expectations my friends had in duced me to entertain of ultimate success in the path of the profe-aion they had chosen for me, I pursued the knowledge of the developemrnt of the complicated ininu'i i of the ail, and the mid i plied relations which the various organs hear to each other, with a devotion and industry that, in a short period, laid the foundation of a slow and painful disease, which has since preyed upon my frame, and rendered existence, not only a nega tive, but a positive evil. Night after night, the flickering li true fell upon the abstruse pages of Malpighi, Suuvuges Alhinius or Haller, the lat ter ol whom, at the time ot which I am speaking, was just beginning to render his name immortal; and often, too often, the unwelcome beano of the rising sun illumined the hills and the dales, ere th t ;oil of sleep had set histeaden seal upon my unwearied eyes, and steeped my senses in for getfulness. Nay. even in sleep—when sleep did visit a fevered and distempered body—the busi ness of life obtruded itself upon my f.te, and i saw again by the magic aid of dreams, in all the vividness of reality, the nerves and the vessels, the tissued, and whaiever organ of the human machine had engaged my attention and delighted my mind during the wakeful period of my being, while imagination distressed me with difficulties which no industry could expect, till, starting from a restless and unquiet couch, I stretched my arms, and found it hut a dream ! Such unremitting application could not fail in its ultimate object, i attained some eminence among my companions, and a vacancy occurring, I was chosen assistant to no less u man than Al bert de 11,dler. professor of anatomy, at Gottin gen, who had recently obtained, through the in terest of George 11., letters of nobility from the Emperor. It was during the peiod of my life . and previous to Haller’s departure for Berne, that the following shocking and mysterious circuim ■ stances occurred, which I shall endeavor to re late in the ensuing pages, ami which have nevci since been absent from my mind for one mo ■ ment. it was my custom to prepare my Suiuf.ct s for demonstration over night, as thereby I gainri 1 | a brief hour in the morning, set apart for cxer - t ises, w hich, ns I have before mentioned, a de • hllited state of body, from severe study and con - sliluiionnl weakness, rendered absolutely neccs - airy. The room, or theatre, in which I dis sc led was of considerable extent, lighted by ii common lamp, such as the poorer classes of pen pie use; the feeble rays of which falling upon the walls and ceilings, were reflected back in doubtful rays, rendering (he deep gloom, and deeper darkness, of this charnel-house more vi sible and appalling. Nor were the furniture or hanging. - ' of a description to dispel deepened and superstitious thought. The walls were hung with large engravings of the muscles, bones, and viscera of the body; and from the ceiling, de pending from pulleys, were skeletons, and pre pared specimens of men and women, two of whom had been hanged for murder; while, iu appropriate glass cases around, morbid prepara tions, explanatory or initiatory of the dirterent diseases to which humanity its malconforrnations, distortions ol the spine, varieties of human crania, and in short, all the available means to acquire, and improve the student, in the knowledge of anatomy anil pathology, were there in abundance. My EMU-medical readers will probably shudder at the idea of a lone maij. in a lofty apartment, engaged during the murky'hour of midnight, iu assisting decay and quickening dismemberment, surrounded by the painful wrecks of his species, and the sad relics of what were animated beings —b inge tike hmsetj —hut now dead, and mute, and motionless as the dread gave itself! But habit is said to be second nature, and so far from these objects inspiring disgust or fear iu those who make the study of the science of anatomy ■ the business and pleasure of their lives, they give birth iu the mind to vast ideas, and not impossi -1 Me hopes, (hat ivy the labors and diligence of ana j tomists, the maladies incidental to man may not | only he alleviated, but the seeds of disease eti . j lively eradicated from the whole human ra e. | Vet the philanthropist, dwelling upon sjxs nn ' | linrlx mcdicinie is too frequently cast down with i the almost e.cipes dciperriuler, when he secs the j decrepit and the maimed limp painfully under j his window, or reads in the journals of the day, i or the pages of travellers who have wandered t ! evi r the globe, the frightful narrative of the havoc ,j of epidemic disease. 1 have no time to pursue the subject, l.r rot s'aviferu. As the number of pupils who attended were ’ I very numerous, we required a largo supply of i bodies, and generally speaking, there were from _ ten *o twelve subjects on the table of a'l ages. ( and of both sexes; some upon wh so pal i i lips i the vestiges ol l,te were still seen hi goring—like " i the light of evening on tin distant hills; and others, on whose Mack and livid features the pro i gross of corruption was discovered, in all the loath someness of decay. On a memorable occasion, s however, from s uite unexpl.-.itied cause, a defi ciency of supply was experienced, and notwith standing the edic ts of the professor and mvselt, j but three subjects could he procured, viz. two fe * I males and a male. The latter was the remains i of a dark-haired muscular man, of almost gian* j mould, and herculean proportions; and in his I fixed ami motionless eyeball, there was a wild ex pres-ion ol coiiscimmcss, anil a scow) of con n j icnanec. as if the depail'iig spirit of a troubled ' i mind had stamped its last fearful passions on his face. i IhnJ often -hn, of !! often dissei t e.i the dead ; I h • n >t. and cannot lie supposed j m have had. any superstitious fears; yet 1 could I not look upon the iron-lined features of this | corpse, without experiencing that peculiar sensa tion. is it the Mood had suddenly become too thick and too cold for the body, which, in com- J I man language, is designated curdling- 1 j lere 1 was something horrible and ghastly in its fixed j , I and glazed eye-ball—a mixture and a mingle- , ] memos life and death —a mockery and a reality i ofvi'ality and corruption, that unnerved and op- , i pressed me, with sensations and apprehensions, to which till then I had been a stranger. I threw a cloth over the lace, and removed as lar from the body as the light of the lamp would allow. With regard to the females, the first was that of an aged person ; hut the second was the relics of a girl about seventeen or eighteen years ot age, j : the lineaments of whose face though steep. - d in the | I waters of death, had lost neither their loveliness ! nor semblance to hie. The glow ol health was still visible on her check, and her coral bps gent «,v parted, as if in | r iyer, seemed q ivei n g like tiie petals of the early ro<e. which the Persian poet savs move to the melody of the nightingale s gone. 'Her eyes were half closed. The serenity and loveliness of this beautiful hut forsaken mould of woman, was a striking contrast to the livid face and lund expression, ol the ehon-haired i remnant of humanity, and bom a widely differ ent feeling, I threw another cloth also over this body, (,'ont ary to ray usual habits, I felt har rassed and unfitted for study, and locking the door, retired to my own sleeping apartment. Here, endeavoring in vain to fall asleep, I took down a volume of Kant, and his deep and mys tc reasonings in some measure wiled away the time, which— Mi hi (juanenti spaliotam fallere noctem — would otherwise have passed tardily away, till about three o’clock in the morning, when I fan cied I heard a loud noise, as of the failing ol a heavy iron grating, [listened lor a few minutes, but hearing nothing more, and feeling drowsy, I laid my head upon my pillow, and soon enjoyed the sweets of sleep. By seven I was up again, and prepared for my daily walk. My hat had been left in,the dissect ing room, and 1 was therefore necessitated to go for it, and my surprise may very well he conceived when, on passing the table on which the male subject had been left, I found that it had been taken away, and the table itself overturned and broken! f\o reasonable explanation of the man ner in which the body had been extracted occur- I red to me. The windows were fast, and the door had not been opened since I locked h—the key had never been out of my possession: and altogether, thecircunistance puzzled and perplexed me. However, as nothing could then lie done, 1 pursued my walk, during which I came to the conclusion, that some one well acquainted with the entrance and exit of the room, had watched my hour of retiring, and applying a master key, had succeeded in removing the body. This view of the case was strengthened by the knowledge, that the porters employed knew the situation of the premises as well as 1 d.d, and doubtless owing to the scarcity of subjects, would have little hesi tation in stealing what they had already disposed of, to vend to other anatomists, at probably an advant cd price. As I had heard of such proceed inas, I resolved to prevent a repetition of the theft, and delerrn.ned to lie concealed in the rooms that night well armed. During the day the porters underwent a strict examination, hut nothing tend ing to criminate them was elicited; in fact, so far from the scrutiny throwing light upon the . circumstance, it rather made the matter more mysterious. it was at this era of the science of medicine, that a very general opinion prevailed among the German Illuminati in favor of tuaxsfcsion, which is the art of transferring the blood of the youthful into the Ik dy of an aged or debilitated patient, by whh h now life and vigour arc obtained, its votaries avowed it had frequently succeeded when resorted to in eases ol extreme haemorrhage, and the apparently defunct had recovered and survived the operation many years. Knowing the prevalence of their opinions, and perhaps not a together free trom the influence of them my self. I pursued the train of ideas which they had ligl ted up, and concluded that it night he possi ble in most, if not all cases, to restore not only life and animation to the dead by the process— provided it was properly conducted and performed before decornpos lion had taken place—hut to lengthen life to an indefinite duration. I had re prate lly intended to make the experiment, hut iia l not been hitherto enabled to procure a sub ject earlv enough after death, and before decom position had taken place. An oppor.un’ty now offered in the female 1 have alluded to, and on the evening of my intended watch, I proposed carry ing my resolution into ellert. As the blood o' ) animals, said the Trannfunionists, answered equally well as that of man. I procured a goal a,id when the theatre was cleared of students for the day, 1 commenced my experimeni, assisted ihy a young man of eccentric character, but ol <: msidorable talent, whose name was Weimar.— ’ I he Mood of the animal was drawn off by means iif a brass syringe, and injected into the arms of l be subject so carefully, that scarcely one drop 1 ell upon the ground. Having exhausted the a dial fluid of the creature, it fell dead at our feet, r ind we then continued our labors, with the ml l ion of a galvanic battery, the wires of which \ vcrc applied to tie regions of the heart, lungs and throat, when 1 fancied certain spasmodic i novements of the eyes and chest were visible.— i iiieouragcd by these symptoms of success, I per severed and twiehes of the muscles of the face and neck were now certainly perceived. Our 1 loposof success were bounded here however, for j mo other eflerts were produced, and at the expira -5 t ion of an hour or more I desisted from further j iexperiment, and as was my first intention, con cealed myself in the room behind one of the cases, while Weimar retired to bed. lint being unable to sleep, he sought me in my chamber, and not finding me there, and knowing my habits, he re turned to the dissecting room, and said, “I know not why this experiment so strangely i j agitates me. I cannot sleep, or think, or do anv I j thing without its recurring to mind—recurring j | did 1 say—the recollection never leaves me. 1 | have attempted to read, but even the pages of I strange and wonderful ns are the sub ! jeets upon which he treats, have failed to interest me. That gill—l should rather have said—tile memory of the remains of that lovely form, tor ! menu, pursues, and prevents me from enjoying j sleep, or taking repose. Do you know, Kehlar, , 1 should like to renew the operation ; 1 feel an 1 ■ inexpressible anxiety to arrive at the conclusion j : of an experiment, from the fortunate commence- 1 ment of which so much might be augured. What 1 say you 1” Without making any reply. 1 acceded at once to his proposal,and advanced towards the subject; j we were both at the same moment deprived of I speech, by perceiving that it was sitting upright : upon the table, glaring wildly around! Surprise, awe, and joy for the success of the 1 experiment, rendered me motionless; but 1 was ■ recalled from this state of passive existence by Weimar’s falling heavily on the floor. His feei i ings had overwhelmed his self-possession and he : hud fainted. A jug of water happened happily | to be at hand and in an instant 1 hud dashed it |in his face. The shock aroused his dormant fae : n ties, and I recovered my presence of mind which I frankly confess had deserted me for the lime, on 1 the first view ot a htta's female, whom I had for i tunalely, or unfortunately, restored to life, pre senting herself, to my astonished senses, not as the palingenesis of departed incarnation, hut the ieal and palpable resurrection of corporeal exis tence. This creature, immediately became the ' ■ object of attention, and leaving Weimar, whom I 'i l ; niaced ii:ion a chair, his head reclining on Ills ■ hand, while his arm rested upon a table, 1 v.alku! up to it, raising the lamp above mv head to ex- : em ue the features more minutely, when I teas j shocked beyond explcssion to observe the awful change which a T.w short hours had wrought in 1 \ w the fair and faultless features of that beautiful be ing! The preponderating expression of her countenance, so different from what it had been previous to the experiment, was that of death — a deadly hue had overspread her face—the peach down of life had fled forever, to make room for the filthy traces ol the hideous work. "She was a dweller of the limbs.” I spoke to her repeatedly, hut received no an swer. She seemed unconscious of my presence, and the horrible idea, for the first lime, broke up on my mind, that it was possible that the body had recovered functional life, without the cores pondent consc ousness of existence; in short an animal machine ! The thought dazzled and ob scured my (acuities for a moment; but re-action coming on, I shook her by the arm, yet without any ostensible symptoms supervening to give in dication of inherent sensibility. Reflecting then upon the best plan of conduct to be pursued under such circumstances, my first impulse was to pro cure some sort of warm clothing for her, and ac cordingly I led t c roi m for my chamber, with the inlentian of proct r.ng a cloak or blanket, the only woolen clothing at that late hour available in such a case. At the same time I led Weimar gently away, and saw him safely put to bed in hts own room. On my return, which might have been a quarter of an hour after leaving the thcatie, conceive my consternation artd surprise, when 1 saw the monster, who hail so mysteriously disap peared, as 1 have before mentioned, from the rooms, bending overthe body of the re-animated ! Those who have rrot been placed in similar situations, can form no idea of the dreadful agony, doubt, and incoherence of thought under whii h the mind labors on these occasions. My biain seemed to reel, and my senses faithfully alive to the reality of the scene, yet unable to exert their wonted influence on my limbs, which remained rigid and immoveable, appeared to be about to leave the body for ever. I do not distinctly re collect what passed, hut I have some flint remi niscence of the man clasping his arms round the girl’s neck, and of his advancing towards me with a glassy wild, and wolfish eye, and that I seized a mallet, used in the rooms for opening the skull, to defend mpsclf. Further 1 know not. A few hours after I was found senseless, lying on the floor, covered with blood. Doth the sub jects had disappeared. To the inquires of the persons connected with the rooms, who,of course, were surprised to find me in that silua ion, I replied, as soon as my senses were properly restored, that Weimar and myself being engaged on the precceding evening inaseries of experiments in gaseous chemistry, we had imprudently inhaled too large a quantity •of a certain gas, which had suddenly produced letiq orajy epilepsy, during the convulsions of which I had wounded myself against the floor and the edges of the tahhs. As su-h experi ments are not unfrequent among students and lovers of science, the explanation was readily re ceived and credited, though there were one or two to whom this statement did not carry con vection. I next impressed upon Weimar the great necessity there was for preserving inviola ble secrecy respecting the occurrences of the pre ced ng night; reminding him of the serious charges brought against the professor himselfa few years before, for dissecting bodies in Paris, which had compelled him to leave that city pre cipitately, and that it would be perhaps perilling our lives to disclose the secret to a single soul.— He admitted the reasonableness of my caution, and the matter was buried in Gottingen. When alone, however, we frequently reverted to the suhje.t. and upon si c i occasions the wildness of eye, and precipitancy "of manner, observable in him, made me fear that his mind was permanent ly and irretrievably alienated. Time, at length, that brings the fulfilment of the most remote hopes, and developes the most improbable events, wore on, hut still no satisfactory denouement was alfnded of the mysterious incidents I have mentioned. But subjects had been frequently stolen, or removed from the rooms, without the slightest traces of the marauder’s having been discovered nay, even the extremities had disap peared, and still all was mystery and unsatisfac tory supposition, till a twelvemonth from the | time when the monster disappeared had passed J over our heads, when, contrary to invariable cus- i tom, emitting to turn the key in the lock of the j dissecting room door, some clue was afforded by which I unravelled the mystery. On ibis par ticu'ar evening I was extremely an' a s to con clude the perusal of a volume of the professor’s own writing, which, though printed, had not as yet been published, but bad been lent me by the bookseller, on the express understanding that I was to return it early the next morning. Anx ious. consequently, not to break my wo d, and fearful of offending one who could and di I confer many favors on me. in the way of lending works 100 ex pi n-ive for the small slate of my finances at that period of my life, I determined to sit up the entire night. I might have read about two or throe hours, when my attention was attracted by a no sc as of someone eating near me. I turned my eyes to the place whence I supposed the noise proceed ed, and beheld the subject that had so strangely disappeared ! From his herculean shoulders depended the same cloth I had thrown upon him the night of his disappearance, though much tittered arid in rags. His matted and filthy hair hung in clotted lumps upon his shoulders and down Ids hack, among the elf-locks of which, the worms of the burial-ground, wrinkling and twisting inio groups, made the head appear one mass of aid malized corruption. The fore part of .the head was bald, and there was a long cicatrice of a wound, seemingly inflicted with a blunt instru ment. His eyes weie wild, blood-shot,andfierv, and from the sides of his head the ears protruded so far upwind* and forwards, as nearly to destroy all semblance of the human face. On his legs | and arms were innumerable ulcers, that dislrcss -Icd and almost suffocated me, even (hough ac j cur t med to the morbid atmosphere of a dissect j i rig-room. But even this hideous and terrific I apparition, with the sensations to which hispre- I senee gave rise, fell in intensi y of horror, when I I discovered that, he was in the act of devouring I the putrid extremity of an infant! j The truth flashed upon rne.— I was in the pre | sem eof a Lycanthropc—a deceased monomani- I ac, ‘-who had his dwelling among the tombs, ’ j and whose food was the flesh of the dead ! Ev j eiy fibre of my body stretched as it would break, ■ and my bursting eyeballs gazed upon lie dese j crated frame of this horrible phantom, with looks I scarcely less wild than his. From the scarce | ossified mass, he tore the rotting muscles, and his parched, cracked, and withered lips sei rned cooled by the putrid gore that trickled from them. He cat, or rather devoured, (he flesh with fero cious voracity, and, in his eargerness to fear it, clutched his fingers so tightly together, that his long nails were plunged into the palms, from which the blood oczed and fell upon the floor As be hurried over this inhuman repast, he ad van- cd towards the chair in which f was sitting. I shuddered—a cold damp sweat bedewed my forehead ; I experienced a sensation as ol shrink- • ing in all my limbs. [ pushed my chair hark as far as possible—file beams of the lamp fell upon • Ids terribie countenance, and, pleased wiih the flame, he suddenly checked himself and laughed! The hair of my head stood on end ; but. he pro ceeded no further; the light attracted bis alien lion, and absorbed all bis thought—if thought could be said to have an habituation in such a creature—till getting mere familiar v ilh it, i.e put his band out to clutch the flame. It produc ed the effect I most desired—he drew back— i looked around—thrust 1 rib his hand u ■ .in lo wan s the flame—again drew back—his eyes roiled—he looked around him. half in ten or, half lin anger—trembled, sobbed, and growling, or ■ « rather uttering a hoarse dull hark, like that of an embayed wolf, hastily fled the room. I felt—great God !—I felt as if a mountain had been taken off my chest! Stupor, and that aw ful sense of sinking, which all know who have experienced great misfortunes, or escaped immi nent peril, to supervene immediately after all fear of present peril or danger has been removed —prevented me even from rising, mm h less from following hin, as was my first intention, and I continued in a state of mental and bodily weak ness, virgins on inanition, until morning. I mentioned the partieulars just related In none hut We mar, who concurred w ith me in thinking that the apparition which I had seen was really a Lycanlhrope, and that there could he little doubt but that he was acquainted with some sub terraneous passage which communicated Iron) a neighliering church-yard with the dissector’s room, and had been formerly open, hut was now not gene a'ly known, and ce.tainly never used. \Vc searched the rooms, however, patiently and carefully, without discovering any outlet, hut ns the monster had disappeared, and through the rooms, we satisfied our minds that there was still some sec et, some unknown and rnnsequenl- \ ly some cunningly devised aperture, sliding pan el, or trap-door in the lui ding, though hitherto escaping our strictest seateh. and we proposed and determined to sit up the next night, in hopes mfct that he would nga n re-nppear. then to foil inf him cautiously, observe the outlet, and wait foi the meriting to take further steps. We carrier our plan into execution, hut the Lycanlhrope dii not appear, nor for one fortnight, and Weimar a! most began to doubt that I had in reality sen anything, hut that it was the vision or dream c a disordered mind, when, on the fifteenth nigh' H as we were keeping our nocturnal vigil, a soun of footsteps was heard, and directing my eyes tt wards the upper end of the room, I saw the I,\ canlhrope cautiously push aside a panel in the wall, over which one of the A litmus's plates of the blood-vessels was suspended, and protruded himself leisurely into the room, followed by the identical female whom our unhallowed experi ments had brought hack from the confines of the grave to the precincts of life. I pulled Weimar by the sleeve, and pointed to the figures. The effect was appa ling. He shuddered—turned deadly pale—quivered in every limb—then fixing his eyes upon the spectral figures before him, fainted at my feet. This aroused the attention of the maniac, and darting forward with the veloci ty of lightning, he plunged his eagle-like talons into Weimar's face, and applied his wolfish teeth to his hare throat. The act invigorated the fallen Weimar; he for cibly attempted to throw off the giant incubus from hischest, and struggling with him with all the preternatural strength which the fear of im mediate loss of life ever engenders, showed me he was not disposed to sell his life too cheap. At this instant—lor all I have attempted to narrate was hut the work of a moment —I fired, and the Lycanlhrope uttered a hideous and fearful howl, quitted his prey, and darted upon me with the force and fierceness of a tiger. I fit his horny nails driven into my throat, and his giant weight crushing me to tho ground, chair and all, as if I had been but a reeed. I abandoned myself to despair; yet with an intermediate presence of mind which might rather he called instinct, I put my remaining pistol to his breast and fired. A gush ofhlood from his mouth upon my face and chest told me all was ovm . I shook the loath some carcase from my body, sore and bruised as I was, and got upon my legs, though with * erahle difficulty, owing to the strains my spin* had received during the fall. The report of fire arms brought the two janitors or porters, who slept in an outer room, to our aid, one of whom removed Weimar, while the other by my direc tions secured the wretched female, who, terrified and alarmed, had shrunk into a corner without the power to stif or move Silence and secrecy were strictly enjoined, and every medical and stir- k giral aid bestowed upon the remaining Lyenn thrope that humanity suggested, or knowledge I; could supply. The professor was forthwith in | homed ol the particulars of the ease, and he re j cognised in the man a porter much addicted to .ii ; liquor, who had been formerly employed as a re- tf' j surreelionst. It was further his opinion that Ihe • man had been sold by his companions when tin- Tu i der the influence of spirits or laudanum, and that j recovering from his temporary death, and finding I himself upon the table of an anatomist, had lost I (he few remains of intellect intemperance and a * j life of profligacy had left him. Instigated, per ; haps, by the instinct of former habits. he had en- S tered into the subterranean conduit which led to j thechnrnel-house, and there gratified the cravings tea [ of an indomitable appetite with the mouldering I remains ofhis fellow-creatures. The girl, it was V, I conjectured, had been in a swoon, hut was awa- I kened from her trance by the experiment ol traits- .■# ; fusion, which we had so thoughtlessly made, had j also lost her senses on her decidenee firm the trance,and being encountered by the Lyeanlhropo hail been lei or enticed away by him. These opinions are corroborated by the fact, that this disease, lye mthropy, or wolf-mania, is * peculiar to Germany, and was formerly, as may |»f: be seen by St. Marie; a prevalent disease in or BTv about Jerusalem. But our tale : As soon after this occurrence as our health per- #y| milted, Weimar and luyseh explored the sublet- M,;’’ raiieun passage, and found that a descent cl r " I I teen steps front the wall of the dissecting-room | led along a narrow, uneven alley, cut out of the solid rock, terminating under the cathedral church, Ki amidst the extensive vaults, supported by groined Kt| arches. Here, amidst decaying coffins, worm- w eaten skuils. and mouldering hones, on which the I dampness of the place itad caused to grow iimu- f merablc fungi, had the wietehed Lyeambropea fixed their internment) ala de; here, under God# g sanctuary, had they perpetrated their enormities, t and here it would seem, even in this place of fl death anil desolation, the ever-living principle ol ■ nature had demonstrated its oninipotelicy —had I triumphed over obstacles—had performed almost ■ a miracle, as if in derision, in the very palace otK death itself; for it was plain, tit lLi - voty pliant mH house itself, amidst the wreck of disease, and ‘''"Hf relics of mortality, in despite, ol tilth, vve, lit 1,1 wholesome food, alienation of mind— maditfo 1 • K madness! the most terrible that can attack an I man being, in opposition to probability, in di-frj mice of cold, hunger, and the <booking of this mansion of corruption where dissolute IB siit. regnant, and the earth-worm ministered to 1: 19 j will—the female had given birth loan inlinitl'HK j had brought a second principle of li/c into bei; K| I —had actually verified the prophecy, "Out Hi death shall come file ! - ’ There was litt e doubt but that this off-pri: ; of melancholy and madness had been devou j by its parents, for the thigh-bone, which he " . j with livid jaws the first night ofhis rc-appeara W , | was that of a child, and the sexton declared ||B a • the vault, which was only used for the wetty” HH | hud not been opened for many months. Sat’-'; I ■ J ! with our exploration, we returned.and the b J I at Weimar’s particular request, was cunt.', 1 " J | his care. She never spoke, h owever, and the- HB j her good looks, nay. even her beauty may lrK a jto have returned, still she seemed unconsciou- K p, | exis ence, and the only sign of active b 1 V S gave, was unbounded" aiimitation ol Soon after this Weimar’s mind, ami cren bis ‘"’EM n lions, hegan to exhibit a waywardness ami llll j' tj® sisteney that alarmed and distressed tne. am l BB frequently occurred to me, that the dreiulttn ■' ( j, dents of this tale l a ! tins, tried his intellects- • j, j was it iong ere he exhil bed unequivocal Mg J> j toms of confirmed monnmnn a. I 11111I 1111 I' 1 j matters, but the passion wh en had been i, burning in his bosom for the was correct, and even shrewd in bis waj, I bad now acquired an ascendancy that threat H