The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-11-11

,,or work Just from the press, we extract the fol-
Irh. drilling sketch .aes sae ,e.r
FLoRBNcE, May, ls43.
Tcday entered this city was one Of tho festival
orhe church. Leaving Arezo this previous af-
,.,ooo later than we ought, We were compelled TO
,,O nr the night at Il country inn entirely removed
t,o m, settlement, and with no houses in sight of
A, retired to my bed but not TO sleep; the busy
i,,io and buster heart drove slumber away. A,
,,odh there grew sense of pleasure in my bosom,
md rose and opened the window and leaned out
,ho cool air for relief All was quiet, within and
without As stood looking Off on the sparkling light
and dccp shadows Of the uneven surface before me-
suddenly from ont Il groo Of trees, whose tops alone
fine moonbeams could find, came the clear voice of a
n,htngale 1t was like the voice Of spirit to mo
msnnge and mysterious. Unconscious'or any listen
o. Il looked out from the chick curtains OF leaves and
sapr on to the moon. Its wild MARBLE was like the
.npmu 10 ones dreams and the music seemed half
repros,cd its troublesome throat. listened ms it
pe and died away and rose again, till | feh that the
sweet bird was singing in IFS happy dreams. How
long listened know not and what the strange fan
ees that spe.bound me were, cannot tell.
Ihemornng came, and we started for Florence
While the driver was Harvesting his tcam,l set Off
foot and walked on for miles, while the quietness
around disturbed only by the mournful cry of the
ockOO. We at length entered upon the Val d'Arno
nl wound along its beautiful banks. In the distance
m,hC right, was the voiambrosn, immortazed by
Milton, and the convent in which he dwelt. The
f.l.. =. :,
yHwGr from beautiful TO beautiful.
henglh we entered the little town Of San Govan-
4M John, )and after strolIing over the cathedral,
fg for the woman who keeps the key Of the door
tina, shuts over the whered form of n man
clsed in the church wall Of Lorenzo. AS the door
swung OPEN ccoiled step in horror, FOR there stood
upright human skeleton perfect in all its parts
mg upon me with its dead eyc-soctes; no coffin en-
closed it, no mason-work surrounded it, but among
the naked, jagged stones, it stood erect aud motion
ls,
IbeChurch had been hult centuries ago and had
remained untouched Till few years since, when in
making some repairs the woTkmen had occasion TO
pierce the wall, and struck upon this skeleton They
uncovered ii, md the priests have let it stand unmo-
Tested. A narrow door has been made TO swing over
1t, protect from injury and shield il from the eyes
Of those who worship in the church. The frame in
dcalos powerful man, and though il is but n skee-
'On' the whole attitude and aspect give one the i'm
preston Of a death of agony. The arms arc folded
across the breast in forced resignation tho head is
slightly bowed, land the shoulders elevated as if in the
effort to BREATHE while the very face-beref OF mus
Giles as it s-secmed full Of suffering. An English
physician was with me, and Injured TO skeletons as he
was his coupienance changed he gazed it, His
eyes seemed rivted on il, and he made no reply TO
the repeated questions put to him, but kept gazing
as in trance 1t was not ill after wc left, that he
won" speak of it, and then his voice was low and
solemn, as If he himself had seen the living burial
SAD he, that man died Of sufiocaticn, and he was
o"' up alive in that wall In the first place it is ev-
Ie0' was case of murder, Tor thore are no grave
,O'"es' no coffin, and no mason work around the
UOuy' The poorest cvility was not shown in knock
"5 U" the points of the stones to give even the ap-
''',aNce oireguarity to the enclosure. He was
packed into the rough wall, and built over, beginning
d. Tue eet 1t is extremely difficult to tell any thing
" ''' manner OF death whether painful or peasan,
U! any skeleton, for the face always has tho APP
r''''0Ce OF suffering; but there are certain indca-
'O's ABOUT this which show that the death was a
r''.u' ono' and caused doubtless by suflocaton. In
"S' pace The arms are not crossed gently and
l,9 !" The composure OF death, but far over and
~. ~" painful effort, or by force. In the second
rIe' INC shoulders elevated as rthe last effort
VIC "lan was Tor breath In the third place, the
,'"e' OIL The toes curved over 1.-The edge of the
,"' VI which no stands, as if contracted in agony
""'" ''o parted 'And,' continued the doctor with
WV professional details, she died hard, for he was
s"V''0 man, file was full six feet high, with broad
,nn. ana shoulders, and strongly limbed' Il knew
IL. "'' 'e'ore Tor felt il. There was no mstaking
Oh. manner OF that mans DEATH could tell every
,,. r " "'e process. Doubtless there was originally
,n hanging or church furniture in this part OF the
.ho s 10 conceal the displacement Of the wall In
k,.. I'" night the unfortunate man was eutrapped,
emily ana brought into this temple where he first
c.,,a, .U'u'ed to death, and then the crime con
Ob,,a.. wen OF rank were engaged in it, for none
s'SOud have got the cou,roI of a church., and
anal Ou' a distinguished victim would have caused
iaE great precaution in the murderers BY the aim
~ amps whose rays scarcely reached the lofty