Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-23


pressed down the lids over fts bstts r. W,
eyes. Never TIL thgt m5nasHf did I 4ges,,
INST a%ectrsed STOP, On which nv rare had besr
ilts'e5 for 90 many hours. could baeens dsse
- mo- Ihs tbnhthi that W. arc viswtev etg
"7Ject' be"svef mean, for NJ last time. AZ
ways raises y ~ importance. and give ts
fictitious charm. and nov Ills stgB h. trs .ea.
ING stFaW 70 . drefflhg 1tar, The silver No WI
sunlight n . PRISONS Eipom-tba iaaf tiak ~
Ibis yisibls earth. ! sifoys In vain 10 tsss ..
pen the ltds-sl9wly they yielded 10 tbe nsses.
sure 6f The fingers, and gradually fbs range ~
vision becaiDH inffh and t1dfa confined. anil
all vas ahntnuf. Never before fhd ill., feat
If being b0rifd afipe Fnpaastad ifsatf-.bn,
nov y came ngeF fBs Ike nnlphipa wspe,
thought That ] should be- laid down alive n tbs
Ghafhsl house among d~sfaylna e6g5shss ard
= fed if6fn The clear breath Of hssva1. faaisb.
I indeed ! we're mot dead then. M tie fgiybf,
HI si6tlHs q. rHeh occurrences tlat / had seer
rsHa fHma n my mind, and lie h6pe gf ujti4
mate recovery grew feebtsr and faebler.
wight cams. aha bow dfeafy and pnebdi6e
# seemed One after another I bagfd ne
hours strHfk bV Tho clock, until All from,
Bdfe exhaustion ! lost ny sensation. n must
have bsnn lais In tho mofujnp vbab reit
hands npon ~tns-tbey Wafg lifting ne ihfo
tbs eofid, ! heard iham turn in sfrsW sfiey
srFs@, nBtil ths I'D was fastened, and tbs or
y narrow spare oysr tha fare remained npsn.
felt the sides Of The coffin jar aud rph apsinst
my arms. md ! despatrsd tbat I should over
fef6vg my r6eraf n mdti0n.
The cnfiu was lifafed and PLACED upop a
table. 8offa one asked whGn J Vas 10 b.
buried : This afte -0oo1,'' WIS ths answer
-fbo has nov been dead two days"
bad then b9en unconscious for The ispath
Of . whole day. Now tbe tine. tnsfgad If
dragging q weary length, seemed n Nv with
b2h'nlhg-ltkg tspidtty. The future Waa fore.
shortened 10 h~reatif,a moment. TIE clock
iirfea t5slsr and fast6r. and time seemed 10
p1if itsslf aVag IN rapid moments, is i rising
thin fIt1d enpt tss its hergs baayv d,ons
mare and mGr8 rapidly.
n was afternoon ss.tbs e8rupsrv gatbsved--
the shutter cfeaked beside me, and tic win.
dow WIS 6pr1ad, I fait Tho warm breath II
fhe spring ajf steal Gvgr ny fire tiks 4 ietl/
ei5fs 0dor, / herd tho birds singing afosbg
the branches, and the gentle ~rustltng bf Tho
saving trees as lie wind stirred Among tbs
leaves. thought Of oil tho gladstone earth
-o' thg blue sky-6f The ripiibe bFgkea. half
sunlight, half s1ad6w-of tho carly eysaibg
eio1ds whose lia6s shift like the c6jgra in tho
doves nhek@6ft the st rs, oftha moon, Of the
s"@ling ana haa1tBg ocean, and glunR 10 tho
memory II tl6m with q mdls despair, loving
fratn the moro tlig nearer ! came 10 losing
hem.
At las. The dun hum shout Tho room ceas~
ad-ihc clock tifksd loudly, agd The clergy
mans voice repsatsd th5sg FIRST senteu ~ In
hg service FIR fha dgad-"I am the fesnfree.
Jon an the life" &c.
Ills Y5iGf c6asad-I gave myself NJ to des.
pair. ] tried b. risign myself 10 fhe dreadful
thought flf4f ! was 10 DO brriSd alive. gome
5ne lifted fbe lid 10 fcrew IL d9wn ere | should
be retn6god. | heard o faint exclamation
from s6gte ono bending over me-"GJod Ggdt
he mast be alive yeti there are dro6ps of per.
zpirailon now on his fersbga1t Bring 4 mir
Tor and place Il 70 bis lips; be may breathe
yeti II sogmed that the extremity Of nv A.
91ny bad wiring out a cold dew up0u nv skin.
No sooner had The words been spoken, than
there vac a wild hurry, an expressed ezcIa-
nations Of fear, and doubt, and surprise about
tho room, What 4 moment Of apoay was the
NEXT The fearful anticipation least, after slt
there should be no slRng N breath, vas wor@
20 that alI-Thc mirror was brought, aad
then ! knew by the sudden and fearful cry.
thattnY real state, that Of Catocbag, vas 10
'ast knowu,
I was bIed instantly; between my lipsa
few drops Of brandy were forced, and my
Limits and head were fomcnied with heated
>Iofha, . IT'D such effect, that 10 two hours I
fegalped my power NJ motion and aat up
thought weak from loss n bidUd ard entirely
exhausted ny the dreadful suffering through 4
merry ordeal Believe me-, those ps1ssT would
rot suffer again, 1tbe price should bo a aho-
wer ofail The wealth and glory tho world can
beafo#. Such sEGsftng DOS not leave 4 man
whore Il finds HIM. AROSE from nv bed an
altered man; e. til my mJral and mental cons
ttnflon completely changed.
The main incident Of this story, however
improbable il may seem, ~ founded ubou fact,
anil has occurFed within the range of fba wri.
fef's experience Calocbus IL only a peculiar
form 81 C1iaIep#g. IN which the patient retains
the use q htg varJoga seasea, while the power
gf motion i entirely suspended, and presents
~ appearance Is hret NAV be easily mistaken
Nor death. fu rcmegtug some bodies from the
Of a church in a neighb0rtag city, on tho
ofeFectiog a new church, ii waa Dis.
covered that ibetr bodies had assumed such n
40 COZ d only be accounted for On The
ihupp1sHion of their having been buried while
ia a state Of SUSPENDED animation Or stopper,
'theg having turned ogcr in their eafias Upon
l3be recurrence 81 onsciogsDesa-Ihe occur
Of such a fact alone, together with tbs
known existence If di8cagcs whtch assume
sthe setnbiaGce Of death should induce The err
tremest c]ap'i5n, and make IL MISTER II dnty
70 apply before burial, such tests ~ leave no
ofdJu5t and 80 room for mistake with
regard 70 the actual fact Of death.