The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-25
THRILLING STORY OF MEN BURIED ALIVE.

sympathy. Il is that of poor Graud
some three weeks ago he and fellow laborer,
near Lyons Owing to the peculiar nature Of the
soil, after they had made some progress 1t fell in
and so far immured them that the slightest possible
aperture was left to enable them to make their cries
OF help heard. Immediately neiehbors and friends
gathered 10 the spot but from the loose sandy quality
OF the EARTH every effort to extricate them only the
more endangered their position. At last one Of the
corps OF Engineers. Capt Robinet was sent for and
cation, contrived means of inserting some boards
between them and the sand, and at the same time
Introduced pipe through which food could be ad-
ministered to them. This has, however. been go.
ing on for more than three weeks, and every effort
at direct nterposition has failed the earth falling
In as fast as 1t could be removed A gallery has
now been constructed and carried to metres 10
centimetres. out Of metres 80 centrimetres and
is hoped that If all go well, poor Giraud NAV be
extricated from his dreadful durance to. morrow.
In the meanwhile Jalla has died, and his dead
body presses against his living comrade. Worse
suli It has began to putrity. and notwithstanding
raad to administer, from his position he can
scarcely use his hands, the vapors of horrd pesti
ience infect the little space left for him to breathe
Above his head and in various directions about his
body, net work of planks, of barred hoops, of
gravel and of sand. held together only by the most
artificial means and it is through this mass OF rub
bish that he receives what he wants. that he hears
what 10 said to him. and dimly sees a kind of
twilight.
On the 18th of April the sandy soil, 10 rushing in
upon the two unfortunate men, exactly like a tor
rent OF water, produced q large excavation, which
forms, az 1t were, sort of cell. with wide chin.
ney above. made by the bore OF the well. The
sides OF the bore were stayed up by pieces Of
planks arranged at certain distances and il is
these which, by crossing each other, loom over Gi
rauds head, sort of roof, OF which the slightest
shock may destroy the equilibrium, and bring
down the whole mass upon the unfortunate man.
To morrow will be the 22d day since Giraud was
buried The government caused able engineers to
superintend the labors of his extrication The En-
peror and Empress evince the liveiest interest in
his condition, cause daily dispatches concerning
him to be sent them, and sent him some good wine
as testimony of their interest. The soil where he
is, is composed of pebbles mixed with coarse sand
and crumbles with touch of the fingers.
ExrRICATIoN OF GIRAUD.
PARIS, May e.-The poor Giraud, of whom gave
an account in my last, has been emancipated from
his perllous position, after 90 days imprisonment
with every prospect of uninjured health Nothing
can exceed the interest he has occasioned, in ali
quarters during his nineteen days dreadful incar.
ceratlon. The Empress has settled upon him an
Photographic artist to bring her the exact particulars
OF the locality From the first the imperial lady
has evinced her wishes and sympathy for the poor
mems fate.
There has been general opening of purse strings,
ana considerable sums are daily being forwarded
to Lyons, for the benefit of tn sappers who so cour
ageously exerted themselves for his emaucipa
ton. Such was the stencil from the dead BODY
which for ten days had lain beside Graud that one
OF the sappers on entering it, after Graads's extri
catlon eil down IN stupor, from which he did not
recover for two hours.
Something similar occurred In 1886, at Champ
Vert, also near Lyons. Workmen were occupied
in sinking well in that commune, when they per-
celved that the woodwork employed to keep up the
EARTH bent beneath its weight, and they immediate
ly assembled. Dufavel, however the contractor de-
termined TO go down and examine the state of
things, and had scarcely reached depth of forty
feet, before the earth above him fell in He was
carried to the bottom which was sixty two feet from
the surface, and his retreat cut OFT. The woodwork
falling In, had made sort of arch on which the soil
rested, and in this tomb, without air. and without
light, he remained for fourteen days, supported by
some food which was sent down TO him He was
buried In sand up to his thighs, and stood ON part
OF the woodwork, the remainder of which, forming
precarous arch above him, seemed likely to fall
upon and crush him at any moment.
GIVING THANKs.- The New York Experss has an
interesting paragraph about the appearance ia the
magnificent Trinity Church. on Sunday last, of a
large number ofIrish and German emigrants. from
one of the ships stranded on the coast They came
en- masse into the aisles They were clothed rudely
some OF the women with caps, some without
the men In Jackets and trousers of blue freze-the
children were SO sun burnt and weather beaten as
to excite pity. Though they did join the exer-
nal ser vices it was plain that their object was deyo.
tonal-not idle curiosity. "And when," saws the
Express" the rich full tones of the choir breathed
forth the SO lemn "Deus misereotur," there was an
indescribaoe something in their faces which seem
ed to show that among all that throng of worship.
pers, there were none sincerely than they res
i,,f nair Sl(toy
u.s. and bless u.s. and show US the light of his eoun.
tenance." The perils through which these strangers
with little ones had but just provdential escaped
we doubt not, had brought them hther to give
thanks to the Father of ALL for Saving their lives
from destruction and "crowning them with mer
cy and loving kindness"
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STArRs-Our
dificultles with Great Britain are increased by
complaint against some OF our seamen for killing
wild hogs on some of the Falkland isles, of which
Great Britain claims the proprietorship. The kill
ing OF the swine took place before 1852. when the
law against killing them was passed 1t Is alleged
that the American seamen placed hoes on one
island and then French cattle on another for their
own use, and that it has been their custom for
years, while on the whale fishery, to kill them
England, by cunning mo vement got possession of
the isles, and claimed the animals. A friendly cor.
respondence will no doubt take place on the sub
ject between the two Governments
THE WARD TRrAL.-We are indebted to MIR. l.,
L. SMITH, {9th st. 3doors from the Monument Ho-
tel0 tor copy OF the Ward trial, reported bv
RIcHARDsoN,-t same which MATT. WARD refers
to for his yindication
Wehaye also from Smith the Ladies Book for
June
EMIGRATION AT NEW YoRK-From the lst to the
2lst of the present month there arrived in N York
from foreign ports, in ALL forty. eight thousand and
fifty four passengers, mostly immigrants The mum.
Der OF vessels they arrived in was 424 an average
OF a little less than ll3 to each vessel.
The AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF WAsHrNGros
County at late meeting was Addressed by THos.
l.. PRESTON, and he was listened to with evident
interest by the farmers. He demonstrated to them
that the farmers OF Washington County lost $780,