The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-04-23


them, it is not because they thirst for more Tree
dom, but, unlike the Gagged bird they thirst 10
"s,oeet Slave'y." -.Nothampton Courier.
EFFECT OF AN EARTHQUAKE in CA
.r ..t..... . LABRIA.
BuRYINe ALIvE.-After that the bodies OF al
the victims had been recovered, the melnncho'N
fact was proved, that full one fourth OF me mum
Der would have been saved had prompt means
been found to dsencumber them from their sit
untion. The men were found 10 have expired
in the act of making desperate efforts at Olsen
gagement But the women were generally II
an attitude of despair; their hands extended ov
err their heads, the fingers convulsivey entwinet
amongst their hair. Not so with mothers who
persisted with their offspring these all appenr
ed to have been careless rs to themselves, devot
ing all their thoughts to the preservation of the
infant, t..
With their bodies extended above their little
Ones they seemed to hope TO save them oil
with arms and hands extended towards the spo
where the child was found, it seemed that al
though unable TO touch it, because ot.the few in
tervenng ruins, they had the horrd conscious
ness of the vicinity. Many signal examples
were exhibited of the heroistn and vigor of men
and Of the indomtabe power of maternal affec-
ton. An infant was rescued clinging to the
breast of its dead mother, and perfectly recov-
cred after being three days under the ruins. An
uncle Of my old friend and comrade, General
4 lady with her child was liberated by the sole
labor Of her husband, after being two days bur
led. Three days aferward she was brought To
bed, and, together with her child and husband
lived many years. Being asked what sensation
she felt in her horrid tomb, she replied, 81 wait
ed with confidence, knowing my husband was
alive" A girl of eleven years of age was dug
out on the sixth day, aud lived Another aged
sixteen, named EIoisa Basil, remained eleven
days, with an infant in her arms, which on the
fourth day diet so that on their being deliver
ed, the latter was i'll II state of putri,lity. The
poor girl, Eloisn could not possibly Gberae her.
self from the corpse Of her little sister, being
closely hemmed in by the ruins. slight glim-
mer of light penetrated to her tomb, which en-
abled her to count the returns of day. But 9th
er authority irrefragaby established the fncts OF
this surprising case and those already mention
ed. Many cases of prolonged vitality in AMI
mails were more surprising than those OF the hu-
man species. Two mules lived undern noun
tain fruins, one twenty two days, the other
twenty three. a hen lived also twenty two days,
aud two fat pigs thirty two days. All of the
human species, as well as the bru;es thus usher.
ed again to day, preserved for length of time a
sort of stupid weakness no desire 10 eat, an III
Suitable thirst and an almost blindness. Of the
number saved, many men returned to their oc-
equations healthy and in good spirits, while DIN
ers remained ailing and melancholy. This diff
ference was supposed in great part TO depend on
the period of their inhunatlOn, and on the loss
or preservation OF hope in the different parties.
The girl Elosa Basili, although very handsome,
treated with every kindness and amusement by
her relations, was never after known to move
her lips into anything like n smile. All those
who we're buried for any length of time, when
Intercepted about their sensations, made for an :
swer So far as | remembers; further thought
not, and know nothing" Most of those persons
died at premature ages. Elosa Basili, oppres-
sed with melancholy, refused TO marry neither
would she retire to II convent, as recommended
by some of her pious friends. Her only pleas.
ure seemed to he in solitude. Seated under a
tree, she would sit for hours, her eyes averted
from every habitation, and fixed upon the sea-
On the appearance of an infant she invountari-
" turned her head as,le.-Colonel .Naccroni's
Memoirs.