The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1856-05-03
BURIED ALIVE.
A TRUE NARRATIVE OF rACrs

ny, VINO mas beeh ior many years pfacti
/ cihg physician, says that he has seen during
the last few months sundry sketches OF per
sons buried alive and always feeling a
deep interest IN the subject from an occur
renee tina, took place some twenty year,
ago, he sends tia, journal the following ae'
count OF II Tor publication. lie adds thai
The narrative is a true Que --unadutera,ed
with particle of fiction. II WAS written
out by a near relative OF his, and is given
IN tho parrators own words. 1t should
serve Ms warning to those who hasten 10
bury their dead out of sight
have been suffice, to epiep,ic fits iron,
my youth upward which, though they did
not deprive me OF animation IN the sigh, oi
those about the, completely anuihllated my
own consciousness used to be attack cd
at all times aud seasons, but most common
" about the full OF the moon. | general,
had warning OF peculiar nature when
: these attacks were coming on that II would
be difficult TO describe. twas a sensation
that to he known, must be experienced.
VI, excellent wii. Nartha-I m.sn my first
wife, who has been dead now Tor the best
par: of forty years used TO say that She
always observed an unusual paleness over
my complexion, Otherwise rudds, ioT n day
or two before the ut came on. Bes. her
soul she never let III, be one moment out
Of her SIGHT, from the instant she had sus
plciou at my approaching malsdy. This
benevolent csutiou GA her part was great
means of enabling her to subdur the vlo>
lenec OF the III When II came, for which pur
pose her experience had pointed out 70 her
several useful Applications.
married again after her decease, because
| was opposed be, onj bearing b, my lone
liness, which none but persons IN such y
situatun--l m-sn a Wtdaucrs can tell
VI, second wife, whom | hss. also burned
MS not So penetrating IN tue faculty OF ob
setvhttou. She WAS woman OF All sdml,
rsbIe thtiH. sud to her economy II was that
| owe my preservation Ia To. terrible event
that | am about to detail Had been ia.
tered IN lead 1t would hase been all over
with ne. " itlus to save A. much nIOhev
- possible At my tuuefsl, Sue had uls b0d,
with all the usual aud proper gflei .uend-
sBt on the ceremony, put INTO stout wood
eu collin. the weight ui which MAS ia,
creased b, 4 couple 81 old hundred ight.
placed one at ~, hesd, the other At nv
lrei lhus the th.ug psssrd N we'll, aud
money WAS sawed TO nv heirs hereby
cast 10 reflections upon my departed "Iic .
regard iot me ! WAS convinced, ~ todd
her that acr motive Ma good, sud well
d,d It turn out lnt me that -he MAS 80 thrifty
aud con sldetatt. She MAS true woman,
snd WA. plan ~ her person, but wsad-r
again from IN, starry
had made 4 most excellent diauer--o i
this have a perfect recollection 81 more
than lh. can frcullect uutbing until CON
ug uut OF ~, TITS, =. | supposed tor !
quickly imagined feeling the usual SENSES
tous, that ! WAS recovering itom one OF
them say that, GA coming to mN-eli !
wss surprised to leel lluloued and IN utter
darkness had 10 space TO sIir It would
~ soon found. while | struggled to loosen
!, sheet. OF some such thing. IN which ! vs.
scaut,i, pn,eioped Wy hand would not
reach m, hesd when ! attempted TO make
It 10 -, by reason OF my elbow touching
the bottom, aud m, hand the top Of the en-
closure ruuuc me.
u WAS 'ne a"''"p'"s W Wv US "''' ~,
ING my self naked except WIZ" "' MO- e'"''
covering, that sfuoh NE "s' w." "''
en'omoen awe ne '"'"s"' 'u'"''
dent, upon me. Ms first sensations were
those OF simple surprise. | WAS like child
aroused ou, %, deep sleep, and not sur,'
elenH> sNsse 10 ''V's ''''' I've :"
Nhrh tue "u'n "'s"'' ~ Wv ~ ,..,I,
'eaflul "hets never ~" Wv
OF horror '"s' '""0" '''''- WV.
u...,,.,h
o. ~, u.',,rc.n h.u H.. mar.
,"..,J.,nao ,ba sen,,,ioos of thu, momen,
n,a,.',,l,.. fot time pe,r;ned with
,.a. rh.n cl.mmv d,mpue.. hurst,
,.,l ,a' ..,, o.,, a, nv bod, Nv
L.,,,,J. .Ja.,n, ..,.'n.d nnsyit.ble. and =,
.troor At length became thu. impression, 40
h.r.n NJ hop4 sppeafed my situation. that
| intimately recovered rom it oaly to
nlnnr. m I'M. drpth Of calm. resolu,e des
mir As no, the i.,ntest ray OF nope could
peue,rste the darkness around my soul. res
,gnst,on ia my fate followed. | began to
think of death coolly, and to calculate how
l,r, | might .nryiye before famine closed
the hou Of ny existence. prayed thu, |
,,,,,h, h,y, fot,,tnd. Ia die without rep,uinv
Calmly AS then felt. | tiled II | could re-
m.,nber how long msn could exist without
food Thus the tranquility OF my despair
made IN, comp.yauvely easy II contIasted