Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-26

OF The collin, or box. was half rouo1
bulb of similar appearance to th"s
on the ends of the rods. The c,d. "
the rods cane not immediately on,O
site to the centre Of the coffin hn. r'.
little below it.
Having thus endeavorrd to give vo,,
a description of this mysterious aa :S"
permit lie to add few remarks. snm,,
of which you yourself may have rr",
Mr.. A.-opraking to him as to tr
correctness of distance. color, &c. he
says, he never despaired of gainirs t "s
liberty, and of again reaching CIV;
lized world and from a convict;
that his health Was much impoiro5 -
not completely broken. so as to di..hl
him from severe bodil. labor, his rr;u
cipal object, after that of planniurr hi.
escape, was to store his memory ,;,L
such events and scenes as Womb mal" .
narrative of them useful to himS,IS
interesting to the common reader on]
valuable t" the historian. The nri,n.
ry object he had in view was obtained
not b! treachery. but by the derca, =
the army which he, in Common with
his fellow sufferer Johnson, had tLs
honor to command under Pesaulrou
Holkar, each being in the capaci.v n
brigadier general: the second, and +"
him no1c the greatest of the two. he !,
about to accomplish. Though uuIet
tered IN his native language, a pooI
scholar in the Hind ,stan tongue. h.
possesses one OF the most retrntivs
memories perhaps within the state Of
Maryland: and to the publication ol
his travels and sufferings. he is now
to look forward for a support.-Ano.
Their fact he statrs--when at Medina
he understood that himself was not the
only "European" who had visited the
vault; although from circumstance,
which it would be indecorous for him
to explain t" every person. he believe,
no christian traveller ever before wa,
permitted actually to enter the int.
rior. The vault is open only on part.
cular days, and few. even of the reli.
glon of the country, are permitted toI
approach nearer than the grand mosque
from which. through the aperture al
ready described. the visitors have ad
opportunity of seeing the coffin. BuS
MIR. AS curiosity was not so easily
gratifed number of imppdiments il
the way, he summarized them all, and
when in the interior actually pssse
his sword at either side of the cofff
which very sensibly vibrated as th |
steel approached it. He is of opina
however, that this coffin does not COZ.
tain the remains of the great Mahomt;
but that it is an ingenious contrivaEc.
to add to the religious superstition o.
that already too superstitious country
And. in charity, Mr.. Editor, let US pa- !
tiently wait the publication of this J
work, from which We are lead to eIi /
pect much; that companied by 4
drawing of the vault and coffin. We MAJ
have his own ideas on this "wonder o.
the world"
With these sentiments, it might bel
we'll to bid you alden for the paesent
But cannot close without requesting
you" permission to say that Dir. Ander
son is now in this city, ''poor indeed
employed in writing his narratlVe-dS
from him have understood, in few
days he will make an appeal to the q
bcrali'y of his countrymen. by sollcItl
ing adj, ance subscriptions for his wors
to enable him to go on with it. 1t WI
be an octave volume of 500 pages, ID
terspersed with engravinge and 'G
cost not exceeding three dollars; al
whole neatly bound, and will be reao
for delivery in September.