Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-04-24
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ign Journal mentions q remarkable case Of
: f male supposed to ho dead, md who
came near being buried alive. but who
was saved fion premature internent al
most ~milaculously. The girl had sicken-
ed and died (as her frienda thoughtl, she
was laid out 40 usual, and remained 10 all
as a corpse for three days,
when the time arrived which was appoint
cd for the burial. When the undertakers
came to screw down the lid Of the coffin,
a slight ~perspiration was notiee3 upon her
skin, which being Immediately regarded'
an examination was made, life was 500
found to be in the body, and she vas res
tored to health. The most interesting
part Of The circumstances is the account
that the girl gave Of her own experience
during her inanimate state. She said she
appeared 10 dream that she was dead, but
was sensible to every thing that waspassing
ABOUND her, aud distipc Iy heard herlrirnds
bewail her death; she felt THIN envelope
her in the shroud andplace her nthe coffin.
The sensation gave her extreme agony,
and she attempted to speak, but her soul
was unable to act on her bodY.-She de-
scribes harsensatiohsasver contradictory,
as II she was in and out other body ut the
same instant. She attempted to move her
arms, to open her eyes, to speak. The
ago ny was at its height when sic heard
the funeral hymn, and found they were a.
bout to nail down the coffin. The horror
Of being buried alive gave a new impulse
to her m nd, which resuned its powers over
its corporeal org, ni2ation, and produced.
the effects which excited the n,tice Of
those who were about d convey her to a
premature grave.
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We copy the following from the Hick-
man (Ky.) Standard:
The EXISTENCE OF Guosrs FULLY
PRoyEN.-We understand that on the tai
al Of Smith, for murder, one of the counsel
held up lis hand and called God 10 witnt IS
flat ae had repeatedly seen tho gbot Of a
man whom he had pr, secuted, and WHO
was afterwards hung. $50 Arlp me- GoI
Ihave seen The Ghost Q Dauid Gibbs, md
tailed rith often in The silence Q The aigatp
The existenca Of visitors from the spirit.
ual world has thus been proven ~ open
court, and in due form Of law. The world
will rejoice at The settlement of this yexed
question.
jon Muller gives a much stronger proof
o fthe existence Of ghosts, by an Irishman
who said that he saw one at mil-pight, on
the top of a church yard wall. "And
what was it like?" inquired The person to
whom Pa dy was telling tho story. "Wby
it WIS just ike a BIZ tom cat" Well,
suppose it lras a tom cat, .henl" Arrah,
now saij Pat-"jist TIL me what a tom
cat would be doing out of his warm bed
on the top Ola sail at night"
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Coon. A profession IL usually ~advcnti-
! tious, made by chance views or by ftmily
arrangements. Oar most poplar writer
has happily described th:serro. Alaueh
ing philosopher, the DemocTit1s Of our day,
once compared human life 0 a table pier.
ced with a number Of holes. each Of Which
has q pin made exactly to Ct It, hut which
pins being suck in ig3stily, and witaopt
selection, chance leads inevitably to be
most awkward mitfkes. f2r how oaen
do we see the orator patheticafly coacfu-
ding--how ofen, ] say, do W. SEE TIE rolul
man stuck into Che three-cornered hole.
There is a story ahoat trial At the open
ing OF Parliament a certain Irish noble
man, formerly Up. for Carlow Introduced
a lady to the benches o]ccuoicj Ivy the
Pceresses in the House Of Lords da ing
the ceremony as the wife of q Peer, and
that the imposition was not discovered I'M
til the Queen, who visited the Hayn rkc,
Theatr the same Jev ening, identified Jul,
Bennett, the actress, Who appeared as the
heroine in the play, az the party who had,
but a few hours before sat neart to her while
she wa sending her 'most gracious speech
from the Throne, The enamored and in
discreet Peer, it is said, is in digrace at
Coult, The Queen being highly offended by
his conduct.
INGENIOUS METHOD OF SMUGGLING To-
BAcc t.-Syreen, a custom house off er at
Liverpool, apprehended a wo nan named
Eliza Smith, o passenger on board an
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