Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-04-06

tina, no alteration may be necessary al'er my
are dead. and sometimes, by way OF voiun's'y
menace. they accus,om themselves to STAND ~,
honrs ;nsthese inches In the Protestant cnut."
ne 6, I'homss at Strasburg, are to De seen ~.
bodies of two noble persons, father anu n,s
dappbter. which have been preserved uP"a
Of 500 wears: they are haolted I'D 'he 80.
which thew wore Immediately previous 10 '"t
dea,hs.-A few years ago, when the!
| s,ec,ed, not hair or an eyebrow was "an' 10
,bs;r eyes were open, and they appeared 10 oe
Iii ~ The Minister stated, that the ca.
co, in which they were enclosed, were conceaieu
Jnr;no the period of the Revolution, ton as eacn
of them has valuable rings on the myers, ,ley
would in all probability have been mu'''a'ea
or des,royed. In the ruins of Herculaneum,
few yearsaeo, were found loaves, which were
baked under the reign OF Titus, and wh'ch sun
bear the bakers mark, indicating the quay
ofIhe -four, which was probably prescriheo oy
regulation of the police. There we're a'so
found utensils of bronze, which, instead OF pei"s
timed like ours, are well siiyerea' ils d"
clients doubtless preferred this method, as 'ho'e
wholesome and more durable
The process of enbalming the body aiter
death. which prevail on the demise OF members
Of the ROYAL Family, has been generally Pfac-
Used among the reigning dynaslles oil EeroPe
Cor MANY ages. and was in France frequently al
| rorded to illustrious personages who were MOI
of The blood royal. Al the proclamation OF inc
| cemeteries of ST. Denis, during me popular eA-
cesses Of the French revolution, several oooies
were found in state OF entire preservation, ana
among them was particularly ooverNe' 'i'a' "
Marshal Turenne, who was killed by chahc'
| shot while accommodating the enemy ana "noss
| features, il was said, bore, alter eXhnma'loh'
the exact expression assigned TO lhem ny 'iose
xhosaw him fall, a century before. Usurpers E.
ven have had the honour Of physlcal preSer'a
lion by-,his process: i, was expepsively bestow
cd on :our Cromwell, whose. head, some good
reople have said, is sti pres r'ed in an iron
case ifnot above ground now, at least 1t was
half dozen years ago, unless gross deception
was practised upon Mr.. Bullock, OF the Egyp-
tian Hall, who had such relic from family
in whose SoSse ssion, according TO documentary
,estimAy, it had lam for century.
In The process Of embalming, the object to
be erected is simple-,o remove IN the hrst IN
stance the internal paris most liable 10 deeon'-
position, and then TO dispose OF 'he body so as
to exclude air. In common church yards, IN a
! stratum of dry sandy earth, bodies have remain
ed perfect for century, without the advantage
Of any previous preparation. he artlhciai
modes employed for this purpose are various,
and their orig in is lost in the remote history OF
Epypt. in those tiuss when such magnificent
modes were pracised to commemorate the IL
| !usirious dead. In many cases the internal parts
were merely Withdrawn, and strong spices sun
sli,ured, when the body was wrapped IN linen
cloth, as we lind in the mummies) which was
A painted md Vanished wit,sSa preparation o.
*. n ! nq0id Of distilled spirits, mode uni
yersally used by chemists TO preserve animal
| In ,,f h,. iC 4
tious'of the continent Brydonne gives rsnar-
kabe example. that in Sicily the body is dried
| in Il peculiar manner, So as TO prcser'e the cha
racieristic EXPIRE ssion Of TIE individual, WHO is
| placed kneeling or standing IN some appropri-
ate place, attirrd in his usual costume.
| The two former methods have been most
practised in Eng land, and bodies have been cX-
hunr,! in the diiapidation of our cathedrals IN
perfccl preservation, after the laps Of ages -
Several were brought 10 light in Witc chester
aud Canterbury, during the sacriegc of Crom-
Wells soldiers, Oh whose prolanaiinn OF noble
cemeteries, horrid tales are reecr'ird II the
various alterations Of Windsor Castle, many an
csnt bodies. which were preserved by enhohn-
ing, have been success,vrly discovered Once,
The tomb of Saxon King was exposed The
body of Edward " was discovered, when an
excavation was made III one Of the reccssea Of
the features AID part If ine dress were perfect,
particularly leather sandals, and u girdte The
body was dry, but rapidly decaycd after few
| days exposure the air.
While the late King was directing the exca-
va,ion for constructing the present royal vauit
in ST. George Chapel three stone coflias were
found, the lio Of one Of which Was accidentally
broken by the workman's spade, and disclosed
an embaimcd body, immersed or floating, as i,
was described in a large quantity of nquid -
| Upon further EXAMINATION Of these collins, they
were found TO Contain the bode, Of Edward IL
his Queen, and one Of his children; The Queens
features anG figure were in remarkable prrsrr-
va'ron; and her long auburn hair was as brigh,
as al the time Of nsl interment In two or three
days the air operated prejudicially, and the 5o.
dies were re-in'errcd with pious care oy HI
late Majesty
The next discovery al Windsor occurred .,
bout elgh, or nine years ago, wnen the be adj aud
trunk OF Charles |. were discovered IN lead
en coffin. which was dug up during the rep IRIS
OF the chapel. The body was preserved b.
sIme liqaid preparation, which Sir Henry RI al
lord, who examined /, with his present MAJ
~, found 10 contain slrong saline favour; IN
| TINS case, likewise, decomposition rapidly e.