New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-28

and observed, \ thought had slept longer
the oeh has not yet ceased ringing r
He was unconscious that whole week had
elapsed since its tones had soothed him TO rest.
The wife tainted, and was conveyed from the
chamber. The doctor was sammened he found
his patient weak, but not otherwise ill., A sin
more extraordinary mental cure had been II
fected by the genius Of Sleep he had totally
forgotten his threatened difficulties. and g.
that hour recovered rapidly Lord E. -.
ferred living Of some value on him and Wa
be was strong enough to bear the disclosurs, his
wife informed him Of the loan 50 nohly boseowed
on them, and the suffering from which ~ ~
been so marvellously preserved The leeo1A -
not lost. The new rector henceforwsvd spye
to unite prudence and generosity; and sassG
Of worldly prosperity, as well as the far greatof
blessing Of an implicit and cheerful faith -
Providence, attended the renewed life Of the
sleeper awakened.
In TINS instance, the sleep or trance was
dresmless and unconscious. But there Il one
remarkable case on record in which the BODY
only Of the sleeper was subject to this death
Ike thfaidom Of slumber, the mind remaining
awake; and the account given by the individu6l
who entered this interval Of life in death, u veFy
singular and interesting. Shevas an atteudant
on German princess; and, AfksF being conGnsd
to her bed for q great length Of time. with
nervous disorder, to all appearances died. she
was laid in coffin, and the day hxed for hsr
interment arrived. In accordance with the
custom of the place, funeral songs anA hynmg
were sung outside the door of the chambse -
which the fair corpse lay. Within thsy uups
preparing to nail on the lid of the coffin, whea .
slight moisture was observed on the brow q ~
dead. The supposed corpse was Of course i'm.
mediately removed to different COUCH aod
every means used to restore suspended vitality.
She recovered, and gave the following singular
account Of her sensations = Y -. ~ -. =.
"She was perfectly conscious cf ~ that p6ss-
ed around her she distinctly heard hW fdondg
speaking and lamenting her death ~ ~ thsu
ciothe her in the garments d the gzHsas -
place her in the coffin This knowleags pes-
duced a mental anxiety she could not dessFiba
She tried to speak or cry, but vainly; shs had
no power of utterance; it was equally impognf-
Bile for her to raise her hand or open her eyes,
| as she vainly endeayored to do. She felt q IL
she were imprisoned in dead body. But when
she heard them talk Of mailing the lid % her,
and the mournful music Of the fdneral-hymns
reached her ear, the anguish Of hw misA -
tained its height, and agony mastering that
| awful spell of unnatural slumber, produced he
moisture on her brow, which saved her from be-
ing entombed alive Tsr asss
| One more little anecdote Of somewhat SINH
lar kind, which was related to us ON the author
| ity Of o Hastings fisherman, and We viii close
our paper. 1t occurred during the cholers.
The people Of England have an especial horror
Of this terrible scourge, and nothing will induce
them to believe that the infection = il the aix,
and not in the person affected by thscomplAint;
consequently it was difficult, in some Places 70
persuade them to perform the last Offices for the
dead, and they hurried the intermsnt q thsvis-
Tins of the pestilence with unseemly precipita-
tiOn. ,ss .ssssa s,.s1r 81 ~ = I
| A poor seafaring man, who had been long -,
sent from his native land, returning home Ai
the time it was raging, found that his wife he'd
been dead about three days, and that her c0fir
had been placed in q room with those of 0therB.
who, lodging in the same dwelling, had alsf
perished of the disease. Greatly afflicted, ths
sailor insisted on seeing his dead wife, Th<
neighbors would have dissuaded him, but his Is
fection and grief disdained all fear, and 4,
rushed into the chamber of death. There
forcing open the lid of the coffin, and bending
over the beloved corpse, the rude mariner shsd
tears, which fell fast upon the pallid face, when
suddenly sound, something like sigh. VA
emitted from the white lips, and the next min
ute the exhausted and death like sleeper opene
her eyes and gazed upon his face! The joy 3
the poor fellow may be imagined. ~
We might multiply instances Of this phenon
enon, but as they would probably be famills
to the reader, we shall but add q wish that.th
old adsge, s too much Of a good thing, !" ma
not be found practical truth with regard
his sleep; and wish ss =
To all and each fair good night, y
And pleasing dreams and stumbsR light