Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-16
Translated from the French.
APPARENT DEATH.

frequent instances of this error are recorded in
public journals.
Apparent death is state of the most extreme
letbarsy, state of asphyxia calculated TO impose
even upon the most skilful, and it Is so much
more distressing than the ordinary cases OF real
death, that the body is always removed as soon
as possible from sight. Among multitude Of
examples of this character we shall select the
mo.t striking The desire Of being useful to hu-
,uanity, and Of inspiring greater distrust IN the
judgments formed concerning those who appear
70 be dead, will lsadus to present indl>Puted
case, of persons who have been buried alive.
These cases are not % unfrequsnt as they are
thought 10 be- Here is one which took place at
Toulouse. A lady having been INFERRED IN the
C,urcb Of the Jac0bns, with . diamond ring up
ON her finger, one of her domestics shut himself
up in the church, and when the night came. de-
see6ded into the vault, where the coffin lay
Having opened it, and finding that the swollen
state Of the finger prevented him from slipping
pff the ring, he attempted to cut it Of. The pain
caused an outcry from the supposed dead person,
and the domestic, seized with terror. fell down
senssiess. Still the lady continued her cries.
Happily for her the morning soon arrived, and
her meanings were heard BY some monks, who,
guided by the noise, descended into the vault,
and found the lady in a sitting posture, and the
domes,ic half dead. She was taken up and re-
covered, but the shock which the domestic re-
cs,ved was 50 violent that he diedin twenty -four
hour.
In the eighth volume of Causes Celebrss, re-
surrectiou Of this kind is recorded, which gave
rise to very serious law suit, and OF which the
details would no doubt prove highly interesting
TO our readers. But we can only give brief
summary Of the principal circumstances
Two merchants of the street saint Honore, at
Paris, united 5y the closest friendship, BY equal
fortunes, and similar business, had each child,
the one sou, the o,her daughter, who were
nearly of the same age Those children, brought
up together. had the strongest affection for each
other, and this affection became, az they advanc-
ed in years, livelier sentiment, which was aP-
proved BY their parents. They were on the
point of being married; when itch hnancirr
became warmly enamorcd of the daughter, at,
tempted to transfer her affections, and demand
ed her in marriage. The prospect Of a more
brilliant fortune allured the parents, in spite of
the repusnance of the child. The latter was
Obliged TO Yield, and the fnancier married her
in spite Of herself The young man, her first
lover, was furbidden her house. This threw
her into fit of melancholy; after while she sank
into friyhful nalady, in which her senses were
suppressed, aud she was thought dead, and was
buried.
The young lover knew that she had been ex.
posed before to violent attacks Of lethargy, and
concluded that she must be in this condition
now This idea quieted all his grief, and stimu-
lated him to bribe the sexton, with whose aid he
went IN the night and disinterred her body, He
took her to his house, applied all sorts Of means
TO restore her to life, and was successful,
II is not easy to conceive the surprise Of the
restored, when she found herself in strange
house, and in the arms Of her lover, who explain
ed TO her all that had passed. She was deeply
sensible Of her obligations, and married him, az
soon az she became entirely well. fled with him
into England, where they lived together most
happily for many years. Longing for their own
country again, after ten years they returned to
Paris, aud not dreaming Of discovery, took no
pains to conceal themselves. By chance the f
nancier met his wife IN public promenade, and
Notwithstanding his firm persuasion Of her death,
and the Efforts made by the party to deceive him.
he was now convinced of her identity and life
He discovered her mansion, aud instituted suit
TO reclaim her.
In vain the lover urged his own claims. found.
ed on his cares; vain he represented that but
for him she would have died-that his adversary
had Invested himself Of all anxiety BY burying
her. and that he was liable to an action as a no.
rn,eide because he had not taken sufficient pains
10 establish the fact OF her death-in vain he urg-
ed all the thousand reasons which ingenious love
can suggest. He saw that the decision Of the
court would be against him, and without waiting
juisment. fed with his wife to foreign country,
where they passed the rest Of their lives happily.
An Eogl,sh prisoner in the hospital of Roche
fort, being considered dead, was carried to the
hall Of the dead. Here student Of surgery, BY
the name Of Moline, opened his jugular vein, with
a view Of practising snd acquiring knowledge in
his profession. Hardly was the vessel opened,
hefore the blood spsuted forth impe,uously.-
TIE soldier revived, threw himself furiousy up.
on the young surgeon. and clasped him so tight
" in his arms that the latter could not disengage
himself, but terrified aud senseless fell upon the
hoar, and drew the soldier down With him. The
latter weakened by the loss OF blood. which How-
ed continually, swooned, and would doubtless
have persisted. had not succour been afforded -
They we're both after while restored.
In the Journal Politique. for the year l77s.
very singular fact is related of an unexpected
surrection. solely By an efnrt Of nature. 1t is
we'll established. and was made subject Of in
vesfigation BY the Superior Counsel Of Clermont