Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-07-21

ed by the contents Of his stomach while pent up in
his narrsw grave; and moreover, he is sewn up IN
bag o. cloth, and the cell is lined with masonry and
hoofed with cloth, that the white ants and other IN
Scts may not be easily able to modest him. The place
in which ne buried at Jaisulmer is q small build
ing, about IL feet by feet built of stone; and IN the
floor was hole about three feet long, and TWO Ieet
and half feet wide, and the same DEPTH or perhaps
yard Deep in which he placed in sitting posture,
| sewed up in his shroud with his feet turned inward
towards the stomach, and his hands also poln!ed IN
| wards towards the chest. Two heavy SLABS " stone,
five or six feet long, several inches thcK ana broad
enough TO cover the mouth Of the grave SO That he
| could moi escape were then placed over him, and
believe little earth was plastered over the whole
as 10 make the surface OF the grave smooth and COM
pact The door Of the house was also built up, and
people placed outside that no tricks might be played
nor deception practiced At the expiration Of full
month, that is to say, this morning, the wang up of
the door was broken, and the buried man dug out of
| the grave Trevelyan's moonshee only running there
in time TO see the ripping open the bag IN which the
man had been enclosed He was taken out in per-
ecty senseless state his eyes closed, his hands
| eramped and powerless; his stomach shrunk very
much and his teeth damned SO fast together that
they were forced to open his mouth with an iron in
strument 10 pour little water down his throat. He
gradually recovered his senses and the use oil his
limbs and when we went 10 see him was sitting up,
supported by two men, and conversed with US in a
low gentle tone of voice, saying that we might bury
him again for twevemonth if we pleased He told
Major Spers at Ajmcer, Of his powers, and was
| laughed at as an impostor; but Corne Macnaghten
put his abstinence to the test at Pokhur, by suspend
ing him for thirteen days, shut up IN wooden chest,
which, he says, is better than being buried under
ground, because the box when hung from the ceiling
is open to inspection all sides, and the white ants,
&c, be easier prevented from getting at his body
while he thus remains IN state OF InsensIbllty. HIS
powers of abstinence must be wonderful TO enable
him 10 do without food for so long time, nor does
his hair grow during the period he remains buried
really believe that there is imposture in the case,
IL. l,l1 o,l,pOs la ntnd
in the way mentioned above" The above letter was
written by Lieutenant A. Ii. Boileau of the engi-
neers, first assistant of the rgonomotrcal survey,
who at that time was employed IN the survey OF that
part of the country. The gentlemen whose names
are mentioned in the letter Captain Treveyan, of
the Bombay Artillery, and Comet, now Lieutenant
Macnaghcn, of the 9Th regiment light cavalry as
slstant 70 the agent 10 the governor general in Raj
pootanah.
A COOP AND True JoKE.-For some months past a
person residing in the town of Armagh conrived TO
do an extensive business with the Agricultural Bank
but finding that the firm proposed coming down GU
him for the amount of some bills he got cashed, ne
and his wife adopted novel plan tor setting his al
fairs. They gave out that he had most malignant
fever and in three days after he expired coffin
was procured, and filled, not with the remains ofpoor
John, bat with mother I'll; and word being sent
to the priest that he would be inferred at two clock
his reverence attended, and having 10 all appearance
buried poor John, collected H. of ofierngsthe dis
consulate widow, having tle property LETT belong
ing her greatly regretted husband, actually admin
istered and from the pitifu story she made the gen.
temen concerned in executing the administration not
only gave Their services gratis but also raised some
money for her, poor John was general faverite.
"A gentleman belonging TO Armagh happened TO be
in Liverpool about three weeks ago, and 10 his great
surprise and terror observed poor John short dis
lance before him. Having summoned up sufficient
courage he went up to him; John at first denied he
the person, but on finding the gentleman world
not be further imposed on ne confessed ALL and pro-
ppisn IN nav "a
came home he went TO the widow and asked had ne
returned from Liverpool, on which she got very an
gry asserting that her poor husband had died of two
days illness. The gentleman persevering IN hls as
sertion, the widow said if he was seen must hav-
been his ghost However, 10 settle the dispute, the
grave was opened, when il was discovered that the
coffin was only filled with clay His creditors, we
understand, purpose giving him clear receipt for his
ceverness and he threatens To prosecute the priest
unless he gvss up the offerings, his soul or body
not being benefited by hU.-Dabiin Morning Re
giStcr.
BEET. ROOT SUGAR. Such are the great improve
ments introduced by the practical chemists OF France
such as the Says and the Delesserts-lnto the crys
Utilization OF the JUICE of the beet that in several of
the great manufactures that domestic pr duce is pre-
ferred 10 the transatlantic muscovado for the purpo
ses of the refner In this happy result all true phi
lanthropsts must rejoice nasmuch as the culture Of
the sugar cane as Ions, as lis produce continues an IN
dispensabe item Of European consumption, must
tend 10 perpeuate negro slavery, and To operate
premium on the arOciOus tfd1IlC IN human Nesn.-
The attention OF Germany and of the United States
of America has also been attracted 10 subject in
which the interests Of trade and humanity fortu-
narely found To afford each other mutual support
From our Paris correspondent learn that several
missionaries have arrived in France, from the United
States for the purpose Of studying the practical cul.
ture of the beet, and the profitable application Of it's
various products of which sugar Is, OF course, by far
the most important, although modern chemistry has
taught the means OF converting the refuse 10 most
valuable uses During the present season, large
Of land in the states of Ohio and Illinois, Ala
bama and Indiana, have been sown with the seed Of
the Sllcslan beet, imported from Europe and hume
lous specimens of the simple instruments employed
in French Flanders and Belgium, and especially in
the Grand Duchy of Nassau have been sent out 10
the free settlers in the far West, for the purpose ofen
aiding them, where manual labor is expensive, 10
prodace sugar 80 cheaply to compete successfully
with that produced in the slaveholdng states of the
South, abollshing the premlom on the further mpor-
ation of negroes and deprving the lash Of the slave
druer of lts incentive and its charm.
IaroRTAsT DiscovsRy.-Sir Everard Home in
delivering his Introductory lecture the phys ology
Of the blood, at St Georges Hospital, explained a
discovery made by him on the component parts of
the blood in the year 1854 fact which is known but
is that carbonc acid gas forms large proportion Of
the blood and that this fluid Is of tubular structure
The immortal Harvey, the discoverer Of the circula-
ton, and Hewson and Hunter, who have most stu
died the composition of the vital fluid, failed to make
this important discovery and should time, the only
test of TRUTH prove the business of this new theory,
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