Columbus Democrat., 1841-02-06
THE REMAINS OF NAPOLEON.

IllE NEMAlNS Ut NAIVLEON.
Dr. Guliaged, who accompanied the Puuce
De bonneville in the expedition to ST. Helena,
has published an account u the eXhumaton Of
Napoleon from which The following arc extracts:
"Iho upper pul Of the Ieoden coffin was ;hen
cut aud raised with the greatest precauuoni with
IN II was found a coffin Of wood, N very good
state, aud corresponding to the descriptions aud
recoIIectIons oi the persons present who had as
sisted at the burial. The I'D Of the thud coffin
having been raised, there was found "a hnng OF
TN slightly oxydsed, which hayng also becu cut
through aud ralsed allowed Us 10 see sheet OF
of white satin. THIS sheet was raised with the
greatest precautlon by the hands Of the doctor
only, aud the entire body Of Napoleon appeared.
The features had suffered so lute as to be M
medlatcIy recognised. The dlferont objects de-
posted IN the coffin were remarked IN the exact
positions where they had been placed the hands
were sInguaIy well preserved the uniform, the
orders, the hat, but little changed the whole per-
sou, IN Iact seemed 10 indicate tecout mhuma.
ton. The body renamed exposd 10 the ar for
only, at most, the two minutes necessary for the
surgeon to take the measures prescribed by his
nstrucuous IN otder to preserve Il from ell fur
ther alterations"
"Somethlna white, which appeared 10 have be-
come detached from the hang, covered, as u
with d thin gauze, all lhat the coffin contained.
The cranum and forehead, which adhered .lroug
ly to the satin, were particularly sau,d
with it, but very Uttlc Was seen on the lower part
Of The face, on the hand, or on the toes. The
body Of the Emperor was IN an easy position, as
when it was placed in the coffin the upper mGrl-
bets were land at length, iEo leil arm and hand
resting on the left thigh the lower limbs were
slightly bent the head, d lIttIo raised rested on
a cushion. The soumlnous skull, tho high and
broad forehead, presented themselves, covered
with hard aud yellow tegumenla closely adhered
to them. Sucn appeared also the contour # the
orbits, the upper edges Of which we're furnished
with the eyebrows. Uudel the eyellds were st
10 be distinguished the ocular globes, which had
lost very lIllle Of lhelt volume o. form. The
eyehds were completely closed, adhered to tic
subiaccnt parts aud were hard under the press
ure Of the finger Some eyelashes were to be
seen on their edges. Tho bones Of the nose and
the tegument winch covered them, were well ple-
served the tubes aud noslrs alone has Suffered.
The cheeks we're full. The tegumenls Of thls
mart of the face we're remarkable for their soft
ness to the touch and then waIteness. Those oI
The cha we're slightly blue a tint they had bor
rowed from the beard, which had grown after
DEATH The chm itself had Undergone no change
aud shl preserved tie peculiar type 9t the face Of
Napoleon.
The thin lips were parted, and three of the IN
cisve teeth, very white appeared under the u9-
per lip, which was little raised toward the lelt'
The hands were perfect, not hayiug undergone
the least change. Although The joints were st'ii
the SKIN preserved that peculiar color which Is
only 10 be found III the living man. Inc naiis oI
the fingers were long and adhcreni' ana very
white. The legs were n boots but IA conse-
quence Of the opening Of The seams' the last iouI
toes we're out on each side. The SKIN OF THESE
toes were ola dead wnae, aud furnished with
nall.. The anterior region Of the throat "as
much Depressed IN the middle, and Tie SIDES d
the belly hlid and saaa. 81! Ao members cover
edby the clothing appeared to have preserved then