Litchfield enquirer., 1829-11-19

While he was opening tho outer door, he
heard Il noiso inside, and ho supposed It
was caused by tho person who had just
been inferred. Though his hair stood e.
rect with alright, his humanity prompted
ing, and he unlocked the inner door, which
is Of iron. Ilc then OnScOnced himself be-
hind the outer door, and called to the SUPP
posed ghost within, to push open the door,
and thus liberaiu himself Tho confined
person did So--und on making his appear.
ance, he proved to be, not the dead mNn
no had been buried, but real living be-
ing, who, for some cause, had remained Ia
tho vault when 1t was closed, aud who,
had II not been for the fortunate circum-
stance Of tho sexton returning to get what
hc had forgot, would, very likely ,huve per-
ished in his gloomy prison house.
Albany .Adc.
Joseph BWrMhdm.-Wo stated few
days ago tho fact that much excitement
had prevailed in tho neighborhOod of
Woodstock, VI. on account Of report
that u convict by tho name Of BurMliam,
| said to have died in the State prison, whose
body after the supposed death was deliver
cd over to his friends, -had been recently
seen alive and we'll in ono Of our southern
cities. Tho Woodstock Observer says,
that, in consequence Of tho popular desire
to pry into every thing relating 10 this
BurnhNm, tho Selectmen of tho town d.
rected the Sexton to disintor the body,
where tombstone informs are buried tho
remains Of tho individual whose actual de-
cease seemed 10 be called in question. The
editor of The Observer remarks, I'VE were
present at the last diSinterment, as were
also very many Of our citizens, some Of
whom had been intimately acquainted with
Burnham from his youth up. To attempt
to stute what was tho general impression
and belief Of those present respecting the
identity Of tho body, might be hazardous
there were many who agreed with us in
believing that the trightlul and putrid OBJ
joct before rs bore strong marks Of resem-
blance to that Of BurnhHm-and there
were others who protested to be satisfied
that it was not the body of Burnham, and
on the whole We do not believe the disin-
termont has resulted in much good save
the qualification Of an idle curiosity
There were probably some who went "a
see the body with their minds made ~
that Burnham was now liVing--and others
determined that he was dead, and witt
such persons, " even any other persons
it can hardly b. expected ,hai body
which had lain in the ground for three
years, would afford any convincing proof
Of its original In active lite.
Sicges Of COaStantinoph.--Th ceiC-
brated metropolis, the ARthws0, or bloom
ing maiden, Of the Greeks aud the Ummed-
Wnj0, or mother Of tho Universe, as IL is
sly led by the Turks, has been visited with
the horrors Of nine and twenty sieges.
The subsequent enumeration Of their sue
cessive occurrence cannot fail to possess
something more than "a transient interest in
the eyes Of our readers.
BIC.
ATT. Besieged by Pausanias after the bat
tic Of Platea.
4lO. BY Alcibiades, in the beginning Of
the fifth century, ammo 41O Or All |.
s47. BY Leo, Philips general.
1877. By the Emperor Sep,imius Severus
313. BY Maximus Caesar.
315. BY Constantine the Great.
6l6. By Chosroes Of Persia, under Hera.
clius, emperor Of tho East.
626. By tho Chachan Of tho Avari, an ally
Of ChOsroes.
$50. By Moawia, the general Of Ali, an A.
raO sovereign.
600. By Iesid, a son of Moawia.
GA. BY Soian "Ben-Auf, one of Moawia''s
generals.
7l9. By two sons Of Caliph Merwan,
when AnthemiOS was emperor.
744. By Solyman, a son Of Caliph Abdol-
mo.ek.
764. By Paganos, the kral of tho Buls ari-
ans, under Constantine V.
7S6. By Harun-al- Raschid under Leo Nv.
79s. BY Abdolmelek, Il general Of Harun-
al-Raschid.
81. BY Crumus, the despot oftho Slavo-
mans.
$40. By Thomas, the Slovenian, under
Michael the Stammerer.
$50. BY The Russians, under Ascold and
Dir.
GA. By Simeon, kral Of The Bugarians.
IO4S. BY Tornicius the rebel, under Mi
chael MOnCmachos.
1851. By Alexius Commcnius, on Good
Friday.
1904. By the Crusaders, on tho 18th of