Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-11-18

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| tire. On arriving there, Runjeef
Singh, who was attended on the oc
casion by the whole Of his court, dis
mounting from his elephant, asked
me tojoin him. in examiningthe build
ing to satisfy himself that it was
Iclosed as he had left it. We did 50
There had been an open door on eacl
| of the four sides of the room, three
of which were perfectly clos with
brick and mortar, The fourth had
strong door also Gle osGd with mud up
to the paddock, which was seal ed with
the private seal Of Ruhjeet Singh, in
his own presence, when the falleel
was inferred. In fact, the exterior
Of the building presented no aper-
tpre whatever by which air could be
admitted, nor any communication
held by which food could possibly be
conveyed to the faketr; and | may
also add that the walls closing the
|doorways bore no mark of having been
recently disturbed or renewed Run
jeet Singh recognized the imp pression
of the seal as the one he had affixed;
and as hewas as sceptical as any Eu+
ropean could be of the succes kful re-
suit Of such an enterprise, to guard
as far as possible against any collu-
sion, he had placed two companies
from his own personal escort n ear the
building, from which. four sentries
we're furnished and relieved every tive
hours night and day, to. gu ard the
building from intrusion. At the
same time he ordered one Of tie prin-
cipal officers Of his court to visit the
place occasionally, and to report the
result of his inspection to him, while
he himself or his minister, kept the
seal which closed the hole of the
paddock, and the latter receiv ed the
reports of the officers oh guard morn
ing and evening. II
After oyr examination, and when
we-had seated ourselves in the We
randall opposite to thd door, Sc dme Of
Runjeet's people dug away the mud
wall, and one Of his officers broke the
seal and onened the paddock. On
the door being thrown open, nothing
but a dark room was to be SCI en.-
Runjeet Singh and | I hen entered it,
in company with the servant Of the
fakeer. A light was brought, and we
descended about three feet below the
floor of the room, into a sort of cell,
into which d wooden b bx, about four
feet long b y three broad, with a
square, sloBing roof, containing the
fakeer, was placed upright, the deor
of which had also a paddock and seal
similar to that on the outside. On
opening it We saw a igure enclose q in
a bag Of white linen, d drawn together
and fasten ed by a S tring over the.
head, on theexposure of whicha grand
salute was fired and the surrounding
multitude came crowding to the door
to see the spectacle. After they had
gratifed their curiosity, the fakeer' !
servant puttingh his ar Ins into the box
took the fgureto his master out, and and
closing the door, placed it with, hiSi ifSi
back against the door exactly as hs
had been squatted, like a HindoR
idol, in the box itself Runjedt
Singh and I then deacende&into thR
cell, which was so small that We verb
only able to sit on the ground ih
front, and so close to the body as tp
touch it with our hands and knees
The servant then began pouring warm
water over the figure but as my pb-
ject was to watch II any fraudulent
practice could be det4 4cted proposed
to Runieet Singh to tear open the
bae, and have a perfect view Of the
body before any resu$citation was at
tempted. | accordingly did SO; and
may here remark that the bag, whe
FIRST seen by us, looked mildewed, as
ifit had been buried for some tim
The legs and arms of the body were
shrivelled and stiff, Il fle face as in life,
and the head reclining on the shopl-
der like that Of a corpse.
I I then called to THE medical5gen-
tleman who was attending me, to
come down and inspect the body,
Which he did, but could discover no
pulsation in the heart, temples, or the
arms. There was, however, a heat
about the region Of, the brain, which
tno other part of the body exhibited
The servant then commenced bathing
him with hot water, and gradually
relaxing his arms ahd legs from the
rigid state in which they were con