Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1864-1869, 1865-06-10
How the Late President Locke
H... in His Coffin.

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Correspondence New York World
Death has fastened into bic frozenlaco
all the character and idiosyncrasy OF life.
lie has not changed one line Of bis grave,
grOIcsquc countenancc, nor smoothed CUT
a single feature. Tho hue is rather blood
less and leadon; but ho was always saIlow
The dark eyebrows seem abruptly archedl
the beard, which will grow no more, is
shaved close save tho tuft nj tho short,
small chin, The mouth is shut; like that
Of ono who had put his foot down firm
and 50 are the eyes, which look as calm as
sumber. The collar is short and awk-
ward, turned over the s.in' elastic crayat,
and whatever energy or humor or tender
gravity marked the living f0cc, is harden
cd into It's pulseless outline. No corpSeln
the world is better prepared, according to
appearances. The white satin around it.
reflects sufficient light upon the face to
show US chat death is really there; bu!
there are sweet roses and early magnollas,
and tho balmicst of lillios slrcwn around,
as if tho flowers had begun to bloom even
upon his coffin, Looking on unintcrrupt-
odIy, for there is no pressure, and hence
forward the place will be thrOngcd with
gaaers who will take from tho sight lis
sucgcstiyeness and respect, lhrco years
ago, when little Willie Lincoln diod, Doc
tors Brown and Alexander, the embamers
or iniectors, prepared his body SO hand
somely that The President had it twico
disinicred to look uponit, Tho same men,
in tue same way, have made perpetual
these beloved linoamcnts, There is now
no blood iH the body; it was drained by
the ingular yon and sacredly preserved,
and through cutting on tho inside of tho
thigh the empty blood vessels were chNrg-
eiwith chemicalprcparation which soon
hardened to tho consistency of Stone.
The long and bouy body is now hard and
siB, so that beyond is present position II
'con not be moved any more than the arms
OF legs Of a statue. II has undergone
many changes, Tho scalp has been re-
moved, the brain scoopCd out, The chest
opened, and the blood cmp,od. All that
we sec Of Abraham Lincoln, 80 cunuingly
contemplated in this splendid coffin, is II
mere shell, an ciigy, asculplure. llo lies
in sleep, but is tho sleep Of marble. All
tlnt made this flesh vital, scntCnt md ar
icciionatc, is goaoforeyer.
rltiow MlNts.- State rivalry IS work
ing wordcrs Of wealth. Iron and coal in
Pennsylvania copper in Miehigam salt in
Indiana; lead in Illinois; tin in Nqyada;
silver in Arizona; emery in Conneelicuti
pearls in New Jersey gold in California;
oil in Virginia and Ohio; wine IN Dcseret;
colloo in Louisiana, rice in Carolina; SUI
ear in Louisiana, and some Of all these
things found IN dozen different States,
with innumcrablo other riches lying loose
everywhere, do not sum tho whole dowry
Of the land, Nor docs tho wealth of tho
forest or tho product Of the fisheries com
prehend our natural resources. And every
/ day adds to tho great inventory.
The people of Connecticut, anxious Of
czcelling their famed product Of oak nut
lmcgt, tnwarc and "notions," have enter
cd tho competition, and in the town Of
! Windsor found mine Of tallOw BY that
system of analogy which fed our wells of
oil from submerged seas Of whales, it is
supposablo that pre.Admite bocycs lie
thick under Windsor, contributing their
fiat to the falness of the land, con James
Ilaryey's land, - sayst the Hartford Times,
sis q spring, on tho waters Of which, when
Tranquil, rises coating of tallow about
three. eights Of an inch in thickness. 1t
resembles, and will burn ike mutton tai
low. Near by this spring lnmps Of clear
talow hayo been dug" II has long been
known that sea wax, or tallOw, as well as
oil, is imbedded in the earth; but it was
in smnll amounts, Here is an undcyelop-
cd mino which is said to furnish better
Hight than petroleum, and emit a lees dis
agreeable smell. ........
lIcrolotus grows more probable daily;
nor in view Of current revelations, is it
quite safe to scoif ut Monboddo Or Nun
chauscn. We cannot long for moro dis
coycrics Of wealth. Labor only is nocd-
ful to gather and exchange what We have
The progress grows more elementary daily,
too. We FIRST found the mcterial for ex-
changes. Now We are finding the crude
article. That progress continued which
has led from coal to oil, and from iron to
talow, should soon lead to ronst beef and
trualcs, to pate dc toie gras and mulmsley
in one.quartcr, and boots and brceches in
another. This is aplothora of wealth, but
after the talloy we shall cape as moth
, ing Philadelphia North american,
april A.
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