American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10


them, and drives about in his BRIGHAM
already.
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Buried Alive.
The following facts, showing the nu-
merous instances in which persons have
been buried alive, have been collected
by French gentleman: At Toulouse, a
lady having been buried in the church
of the Capucbin Friars with a diamond
ring on hel finger, servant entered the
vault to steal the ring; and, as the finger
was swelled, and the ring would not come
off, he began cutting the finger. On
heasing a loud shrek from tho deceased
the thief fell senselcss At the time OF
morning prayers, the mqnks having heard
some groans, found the lady alive and
the servant dead Ihus death had its
prey; there was but change Of victims
\ street porter Of Paris, having died st
the Hotel Deu, was carried, with the
other dead, into the same grave. Rec
covering his senses, toward eleven o clock
at night he tore opeu his winding sheet,
made his way to his hotse, knocked at he
door, which was not opened to him with
out some difficulty, and toek new posses
sion of his lodgings. At the close of the
last century, a woman in Paris was tho't
to. he dead, and the body was pat on some
straw, with II taper at the feet. Some
men who set up with the corpse, in a
Irolic overturned the taper. This set the
straw on fire. The deceased, whose body
the flames now reached ult,red piercing
shrek. Timely assistance was rendered,
aud she 50 yell recovered, that after her
resurrection she became the mother of
several children.
On the 2lst Of Fovembcr, 1854, the
Able P,eyot, well known for his literary
productions, was taken with an appopletic
fit as he was travelling through the for
ests Of Chantilly Being supposed dead
he was carried to the house Of the mayor
Of the village, and the magistrate direct.
ed post mortem examination to be com
menced. A piercing shrek uttered by
the unfortunate man proved that he was
alive lie died under the soalpel.
Dir. Deyeux, a surgeon Of st. Come
hospital, Paris, had q maid-scrvant who
had been three times brought to burial.
She dill not recover her senses the last
time till they were lowering her coffin into
the grave That woman having died
aneF, the body was kept six days, lest
they should have to bring her back
fourth time
A Mr.. Rosscau, of Rouen, had married
lady of fourteen, whom he left in per-
feet health, after starting on short jour.
ney. After few days, he heard that
unless he returned Immediately, he would
find his wife buried On reaching home
he found tine funeral ready. In an ago
ny of grief he had the coffin removed to
his room and uuscfewed. He placed the
body on a bed, and ordered twenty-five
incisions to be made it. At the twenty
sixth, probably deeper than the others,
the deceased exclaimed; chow severely
you hurt me-" Medical assistance was
Immediately given. The lady had after
wards six children.
The wife of Mr. Duhamel, celebra-
ted layer, having been supposed dead
twenty four hours, the BODY was placed
on the table for the purpose otpreparng
it for bsfi4' Her husband strongly y op
ro.,g ut clieti0 1icr deld 10 ~
&c go kpoUip- sue was very fopd
the c,nosi ped .ae tunes VII ci eymbal
players sing, he called one On hearing
the instrument and the voice, the deceas.
recovered motion and speech. She SUR
viyed her apparent death forty years
Andrew Vesale ply -iciaa TO Charles
V. and Philip H. after attending span
ish grandee, thapght him dead. Haying
obtained leave to examine the body, he
had scarcely opened the chest when he
perceived the heart paipitated The re-
latives prosecuted him as guilty of nluii-
der-the inqulslior as guilty Of profane
ness, Through the intercession Of the