The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-10-26

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first instance, The medical men nattendapce
are admitted 10 have been betrayed inlo an]
error by this circumstance, and 10 have as,
cribed The prosifaiion, yomilings, and oihel
symptoms exhibited by The Duke, TO cholera,
brought on by the high mental excitement
consequent on the catastrophe, On The |
morning Of tho 2lst, between four and FIVE \
o'clock, ,hc Duke was removed 10 The prison
Eof flte Luxembourg, the evidence being suf-
iccnt 10 establish charge ofmurler against
him. The Chamber Of Peers was eonslitu-
ted into court ofjustice by royal ordinance,
and a committee appointed by il proceeded
on that day ID, examine the Duke.
| Various reasons are given by The medical
men for the slow and inlermiling. effect of
the poison; but tie highest authorities in the
faculty agree that there is nothing excep-
toHal in the case, and that the poison might
remain in the system for several days with
out producing death. In fine, The duke be-
came gradually worse on the 22d and 23d,
and on The morning Of The 24Ili his approa-
ching dissolution became evident, the cui-
ate of the parish was called 10, and, after an
agony of filiy. .6iinotes he died at thirty-ise
minutes pas: 4, on the afternoon oflhe 24ih.
The populance, highly exasperatcd at The
atocity Of the deed, and believing in stbo
possibility of the victim being snaiched from
Justice through the influence Of his rank and
wealth, crowded round the prison in large
numbers, and the authorities apprehendcd
that hisremains might even be violated
After the body was examined by anatomisls
employed for The purpose, and the vicefaS
brain, aud other necessary Ia,ts were taken
/ away for analysis, it was determined to inter
| The remains in the darkness and silence of
night The keeper ofthe cemetfy ofMount
| Parnussc, situated iul the neighborbood oil
The Luxembourg, was, accordingly, ordered
10 cause grave TO be- dug in retired part
of the cemetery at midnight ON the 25ih, lie
grave.diggeis being ignorant for wbom(ii
was intended, the secret being confdcd on
i ly to the keeperof tho place, who was an
old fetted soldier Of the Empire, long accus-i
toned TO strict obodieace 10 orders. Mean
while, van, accompanied by a mourning
coach, was brought into the garden sflhe
lLuxeHlbourg by gate remote from the pris-
4 on, soon after midnight. s Nf3s,s
/ The chancellor, The governor Of the prs-.
on, the commander Of the troops, and the
commissary Of police, were assembled in the
chamber OF death, and formally identified the
remains, which wers then wrapped in a
sheet, and deposited by the employers Of the
undertaken in plain oak coffin, bearing no
; Inscription, which was forthwith introduced
Into the van, and followed to the cemetery
by the four individuals above named, III HE
coaclg Ii arrived at tho. grave before two
O'clock, where il was deposited, without any
religious cere mony, and where It lies without
any mark TO indicate The spot. Thus termi-
mated the mortal career ofIhe representative
Of a long line Of anceslofs, holding the high
est rank and enjoying the greatest affluence;
Grated by no religious Observance, followed
by no mourner, and unattended by a single
: relation or friend, being considered a dis
grace or stigma, the surviving family oflhe
4 deceased consider themselves only too for
u tunaie in having escaped the terrible mani
4 festations of public cxecra.ion which would
1 have followed this enormous criminal bad
he ended his days, as be must otherwise have
! done, on the public scafold. ssaa
Connected with this, curious polemic
has arisen in Tie press. One Of, the journals
has unexpectedly raised The question of The
right 10 deal thus with the remains ofthe
Duke de PIaslin. In all countries where
Justice is respected, men are regarded, ,in the
eye Of the law, as innocent until they are
convicted Of guiltby a competent tribunal.
The Duke de Prssin, then. died legally in
nocent. BY what righr, then, il is asked,
are his remains thus grossly outraged
Why is guilt tassufned after death, when in
! nocence is The legal presumption before il !?
His burial, therefore, according 10 these rem
! soners, should have been conducted with all
the observuncss Of high noble, "a peer Of
! The realm, chevalir d'honneur Of the
court, and a christian. This curious ques-
!. ton, however, we must leave to be debated
J by the casuiss s
! The financial world look 10 new loan
10 carry on the war with Mexico. The
}, Washington correspondent Of the Baltimore
Sun, generally good authority, says that
"there will not be any necessity for a new
loan at the next session, as has been imag-
J, ined, Tor the revenue is likely 10 be ade-
lquate 10 the necessary expenses OF the gov
ernment- -army, navy, and interest on the
public debt iEclpdcd--not only for The year
ending June 30Ih, lS4s, but for the year en-
ding June 80, lS49."
II {. .Ican't boar children, said Miss Pfn,