Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-25

I lcers, anu as De Steppeu tOMdIuS Ink
flag, said in a. calm and corteous man.
t nef to the captain. -. I. y ~
/ Il have come to borrow this banner
sir, to wear tomorrow, if you have no
the slightest objection. 20 :.
: who the devil are your ~
t What does this mean?' cried the cap
: tain, as he and his officers sprang upor
I their feet, astonished at the extraordina
: ~ proceeding. .-- ~.
Il am an officer, sir, of the vesseI
which is IN, yonder harbor,' said the
young man, who had now seized the
, flag, sand I mean to carry this to my
Z commodore - -...-.,
J, As he said this he bounded to the
cabin door, followed closely by bullet
, from the captains pistol, and ere the
: alarm became general, he stood upon
the taffrail of the vessel. '
Look out for me below he shouted,
and flung himself into the sea without a
moment's hesitation. His boats crew
recognized his voice; he was caught in
a moment and dragged into the boat,
while a volley of pistol balls was sent
down at random by those who were
above. The storm had now broken and
the wind began to come in with ftful
and fierce gusts.
up with the sail; be in a hurry,
lads, cried the young hero, as soon as
be could recover his breath after his
ducking. pa , q
The crew promptly obeyed his orders,
and the next moment the little boat was
flying in towards the harbor before the
blast, like glad sea-bird, winging its
way to its nest.
The enemy opened harmless ran
dom fire of grape shot in their direction,
but it only served to tell the anxious
watchers on board their vessel that
something had occurred, and they there
fore at once showed lights and enabled
the boat to be kept straight for her.
1t was about halfan- hour after the
gun had been fired by the ship at sea
that the boat of the young ad9enturer
rounded to alongside of his own craft.
Have you captured the flag cried
the young sonora, as Bennett bounded
over the side.
The only answer she received was the
banner wet as it was from the water and
cut into pieces by the balls which had
been fred at its captor. The light Of
the vessel beamed not half so brightly
as did that lady's eyes when She caught
the noble youth to her arms and kissed
him again and again. " a
PErRIFIED HUMAN BoDIEs-A YER
TABLE WoNDER!-Mr.7 George Lane,
who has charge of ..Woodland Cemete-
ry," near this city, was called upon,
the other day, by Mr.. G. p 10y, who
resides about three miles southeast of
Germantown, in this county, to remove
the remains of his first wife, grand
child, and other bodies, from family
burying ground upon his farm, and
inter them in his lot, in the "German-
town Cemetery" The burying ground
was made many years ago, upon the
site of little hill, in field some distance
from the residence of Mr.. L., in accord
anee with the custom in the Miami Val
ley, at that day, when almost every
property-holder had burying ground
upon his farm. t. ;.-a=
The first grave opened was that of
Mr.. Loy's first wife, who was inferred
about twenty four years ago. On
reaching the coffin, it was found to be !
perfect-at least to appearance
the men proceeded to unearth it, and
raise it, to the mouth of the grave
This they soon ascertained TO be diff
fcult task, and the small force engaged I
at it was compelled to procure assistance. |
The earth at this time was completely (
taken from around the coffin, and re- I
moved from under the coffin, as far as
it could be reached, bat still it was
found difficult to even move it. ~ a-f
The assistance Of six men was at (
length obtained, and it required all the
strength they were in possession of to
raise the coffin from its bed, and place
it upon the ground by the side of the /
grave! 1t was supposed, by those en-
gagged in the disinterment, that the cof-
fin was filled with water, on account Of
its extreme heaviness, but after it was
taken from the grave, it was measura-
bly, dry and no signs of water could
be discovered. The lid was then, with t
difficulty, removed, when it was ascer-
tanned that the body was in an excellent
state of preservation. Upon close ex
animation it was found that the re-
mains would not give way under the
pressure of piece of board which one
of the gentlemen placed upon the
corpse; and this strange circumstance
led to still further investigation. The
shroud, and, indeed, all the covering
which was upon the body at the time
of interment, twenty-four years ago,
had disappeared-not vestige Of
them remained. The body was per
feet, except the right leg, from the
knee to the ankle joint, where the flesh
seemed to have wasted away, and lay
at the bottom of the coffin in a SUBJ
stance resembling sand. With this exzt
ception of decay, the body and limbs
exhibited the same perfectness of ex-
terror they did when life and animation.
were in the body Tfay sa3 m hrs n
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