, 1864-04-16


had much to forgive-implicitly believed
that statement. After the body had been
suspended the usual time, it was delivered
to her friends, who put it in coffin, and
sent it in cart to be inferred in her native
place. The persons in charge stopped to
drink a: publ:c-house on the way, and
while they were refreshing themselves,
Mrs. Dixon gave Indications to the by
stahders that She should like to take lit
tie something. or, 1t all events. to get out
also. Most Of them ran away in terror,
but one had the presence Of mind to bleed
her, and got her put to bed and by the
following morning she was well enough to
walk to her destination. By the Scottish
law, it seems that person upon whom
Judgment has once been executed cannot
suffer a second time, while. the marriage Of
the party supposed to Have boen executed
is held to be dissolved. All that The kings
advocate could do, therefore was 10 file a
bill in the High Court Of Justiciary against
the unfortunate sheriff for emitting to full
Gli the law, which was accordingly done.
The husband Of the revived lady married
her publicly within few days Of her re,
suscitation, and she was living SO late as
the year 1853.
In the second series Of Captain Gro
now's Recolieetions, just published, there
is curious narrative of escape from pre-
mature interment.
In the retreat Of the French army, he
tells us that General 0rnano, Corsican,
second husband OF the beautiful Comtesse
walewska, and distant relation Of the
Bonaparte fAlIily, received severe wound
from the bursting Of shell, which killed
his horse ard several soldiers who were
near him. The general a;de-de-camp, on
looking round, observed Ornano lying on
his back, to all appearance dead. with the
blood flowing from his mouth. A surgeon
S on arrived, and declared that life was ex-
t.uet. The aide-de-camp and few soldiers
commenced digging a grave; but the
ground was so hard, owing to the terrible
cold that prevailed, that they could not
make it deep enough to cover the body, and
being pressed for time, they arranged the
supposed corpse in decent order, aud cov-
cred it with snow instead of earth. After
this was done, the aide.de-cJmp reported
to the Emperor Napoleon, who was not
lar OF, the loss that the army lad sustained
in General 0lnaEo, who was only twenty
six years of age, and the youngest officer
Of his rank in tile army. The emperor,
who was very fond of Che general, was
deeply grieved, and exclaimed; "poor fel-
low! lie was one OF my best cavalry OIL
cers!" aud turning to one Of his orderlies,
desired him to 90 Immediately and find oit
all about. the wound which had caused his
death. The officer, in order to satisfy him
self on this point, had the dead MN taken
out of the snow, and on looking at the
wound, observed that the body was sill
waini. Furs and aannels were accordingly
hcapcd upon the corpse. which was placed
upon shutter, and taken TO headquarters.
After much care and perseverance, he was
restored to life, to the joy Of the emperor
and the whole army. i,
"General 0rnano," concludes Captain
Gronow, I" is now, (lS63) marshal OF
France and Governor Of the Inyalides, and
related the above anecdote to one Of my
friends last summer" n. .',e
The most striking Of all known cases of
lated in the Causes Celebres, and which
has formed the text Of many tale, and the
treliis-woIk OF many moving ballad.
Shelley, for instance, has enibaimed it in
Gihevra, and Leigh Hunt in his beautiful
legend Of Florence.
Two trad,smen Of the Rue st. Honore,
in Paris, being old friends; and possessing
Que son. and the other daughter, had
early determined, as their betters have often
done, upon the marriage Of these two
young people. They looked forward to
thus uniting their two establishments"
with the same pride that two country gen.
tlcmen sometimes feel in joining their ad-
jacent estates by the union of the young
gquire with the heiress, while they were
more fortunate thar, fathers in similar po-
sition sometimes find themselves, since
that which they had set their minds upon,
their offspring were equally anxious to nc
complish also. Not very long, however,,
before the time actually Fixed for the cele-
braticn of these nuptials, rich banker
took fancy to the young lady, aud having.
won golden opinions from her parents, OBJ
taiucd her hand, an previous promises and
contracts Notwithstanding. They discoy-
cred that uniting the. two establishments
was not of such paramount importance after
all, and that carr;uge-exercise was essential
to the health of their beloved daughter.
The dut full girl cbeyed their wishes with
out much opposition; but 50 far from i'm
proving her constitution, she fell into
state Of morbid melancholy, which resulted
in lethargy and apparent death; where
upon the banker buried her in msnaer
that leit nothing to be dcsiIed. Now, like
a virtnous young woman as she WIS, she
had forbidden her former lover eves to IRE
sent himself before her again, and to ,his
prohibition he had bowed; but since she
Was inferred, and given up BY her husband,
he thought it no harm TO bribe the sexton
Of the vault in which she lay TO let him
have one farewell ltok at her loved face
before lis beauty withered into dust; and
this the more---it must be conlessed-sinee
once already she fad fallen into a. pro-
lonsed trance. which gave him scintilla-
ton of hope that she might not be Gctu-
ally deceased even yet.
Having CARED the body to his own
house. and using every means of restora