Washington telegraph., 1849-12-26

"lt Is 1ofpyr gan Lttte u1HSfcL tnal
MI have 70 assert your iun0oeaeei sua
may be God Of justice make the trutl
appear
4 sigma. froIa the Judge accompanied
! tie words. end Son mediately door opened
and Ciodoaiir Feeuo,s the supposed ssh
+ eide, entered the court he advanced 20
+ the bar with a slow and deliberate step,
having MS ewes calmly, but irmiy fzed
on the prisoner his servant great
sensation was caused in the court by IS
+ appearances. Uttering shrieks OF horror
and alarm, the females ted from the spof.
The accused fell on his knees ia abjcst
terror. and shuddering confessed MS gU,t.
Eot une no voice was neard bat hl-.--
II as become apParent t.4ai lif-
iu 1a1 stood eIofe lhe -5'u the adva-
cate AZ. :. prisoner gained courag %
speak. He demanded that the identity
of the merchant be established, and the
existence be explained. He said that the
courts should not be biased by what
might prove mere accidental likeness
between a person living and one deceased,
and that such an avowal as that of the
prisoner, extracted III moment OF ex-
much weight.
Before being admitted here as an ac-
cuser or witness" continued the advo-
cate. addressing the resusltated merchant,
"prove who and what you are, and by
what means the tomb, which so lately
received your body, manged with bullets,
has given up its tenant. and restored you
to the world in life and health.
This firm appeal of the advocate, who
continued s:eadfast to his duty under cir
cumstances that would have closed the
lips of most men, called forth the follow
ing narrative from Clodomir Frenois:
"My story may soon be told, and will
suffice to establish my identity. When
[ discovered the robbery committed by
the accused. he had then tied from the
Island, and speedily saw all attempts to
take him would prove fruitless. l saw
ruin and disgrace before me, and came to
the resolution of terminating my life be-
fore the evil day came. On the night IN
which this determination was formed |
was seated alone in my private chamber.
[ had written the letter which was found
Oh my table, and had loaded my pistol
This done l prayed for forgiveness from
my Maker for the act was about to
commit. The end of the pistol was at
my head, and my finger on the trigger,
when a knock at the door of the house
startled me- | concealed my weapon,
and went to the door A man entered
whom | recognized to be the sexton ot
the parish in which | lived. He bore
sack on his sholders, and in it the body OF
a man newly buried, which was destined
for my nephew, the physician then living
with me. The scarcity of bodies for dis
section, as the court is aware, cOmpells
those who are anxious to acquire skill in
the medical profession to procure them
by any possible secret means. The SEX
ton was at first alarmed at having met me.
"Did my nephe w request you to brig this
bodyH' "No," replied the man; but |
knew his anxiety to obtain one for dissec-
ton, and took it upon me to otter this
body For mercy's sake continued the
sexton, edo not betray me, sir, or shall
lose my station and my familys bread" "
"While the man, was speaking,
strange idea entered my mind, and
brought to my despairing bosom hopes
of continued life and honor. L stood free
for few moments, absorbed in thou0ht;
and then, recollectiug myself, l gave two
pieces of gold to the resurrectionist-the
sum which he expected Telling him
to keep his own counsel, and that should
be we'll, l sent him away and carried the
body to my cabinet. The whole of the
household had been sent out of the way
on purpose. and l had time to carry into
execution the plan which had struck me.
The body was fortunately the same
! stature as myself. and like me in COM
plexion. [ knew the man; he had been
a poor offender, abandoned by his family.
"Poor relic of mortality" said I, with
tears in my eyes, ''nothing which man
may do, can now injure thee; yet, pardon
me, if rudelessly disfgure thy lifeless sub
stance. 1t is TO pervert the ruin OF not
one, but twenty families! And, should
success attend my attempt, | swear that
thy children shall be my children; and,
when my hour comes, we shall rest to-
gether in the tomb to which thou shalt
.. be borne before me.
At this portion of the merchants mar
rative, the most lively interest was excl
ted in court, and testified even by tears
from many of the audience. Frenois thus
! proceeded:
6. then stripped of my clothes. and
dressed the body in them. This accom-
plished, I then took up my pistol, and