The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-07-14
mo. 4
Buried Alive Strange circumstances.


Of the Second District was thrown into
a state ofexritcnent about the mvste,
rious circumstances indcr which Young
lady of that locality, and very well con.
nccted had been buried and yet no deti-
mite mlornialon could bc gathered to
authorize publication IN the papers
Since that time, however, we have
been enabled to obtain The following
facts: The young lady, whose name it
IL unnccc sary to mention, upon return.
ln& from early mass on Sunday morn
ing VAS suddenly taken i'll Of disease of
The lscart, and, as was supposed at the
time, was sutlocatcd TO death, owing to
her unusual iieshincss. a physician,
her own uncle, had attended her in her
last moments, and pronounced her
dead
The death Of this young lady IN the
bloom OF lir, (a, tie age of ,wcnty,)
caused much sympathy in the neighbor--
hood, and her funeral, which took place
IN the evening OF the day Of her death.
attracted large concourse Of people.
She had died at | in the morning and
the funeral occurred at in the even
ing. .Il gu S..
SO far there is nothing remarkable IN
THIS account except probably the short
lapse Of timc from tho time OF the ladv's
death to that Of her intcrmrnt in ono of
tho Catholic cemeteries OF the Second
District.
| but The report goes ON to say, that
on that same evening the sexton Of the
grave yard, having some business to
attend TO IN town, left his son, OF mature
age, in charge of tho keys, with tho
instruction To- close the gates at the
usual hour, nter making bis round
through tho cemetery, IN order that no
visitor might be accidentally Confined
Inside. About dusk ,hc sections son,
while going his round, passing near the
tpmb in which tho young lady had bear
buried scarcely an hour before, heard
low and kcart-rchding meanings COM
ing from Behind The marble slab. Los
ing his self possossion and overcome
with fear, no hurriodsy lett the scene.
and closing the main gate Of tho cen,ete+
1ry, went, homc,, and it was not until
morning that he related the circnmstan-
COS to his hotrorstrickcn family. In
formation of the facts was immediately
sent to tho bereaycl family OF the de-
ceased, aud workmcn wcro soon onene.
cd IN opening The tomb and breaking
open to coffin enclosing the remains 81
tho young LADY, - d' adlt''
The spectacle was too horrible TO de-.
scribe. Her face and body were in
terrible state Of distortion, her hair torn
from The roots. '
In tho terrible convulsions which had
preceded her death, sno had literally
narrowed her beautiful face with her
nails, and her clcnched fists in contact
with her ioa'ning lips showed tho traces
Of her teeth. It is unnecessary 10 say
that lilo was entirely extinct.
p We will not relate the terrible inY-
pressions which this awful circumstances
produced on the minds Of those present,
Tor It can be more readily imagined
than described. Tho coffin and tomb
were closed onco more; this tfmo for.
over upon the victim Of fortr.ne, and
the story went out but indefinitely, as
wc have already remarked.
1t is due to The family oflhc deceased
to say that thoy deny the statements as
noted above, but as Tho ,atts hnvn bn'
como street rumor 700 Lavo thouohp
proper 10 eivo them as thew hovn hron
givcn us.--New Orleans Pitauune,
-. -. o - :
2 SELr-MADE MEN.-Wc do not Won.
der that great men llavc been born ME.
ohahics for those who hayo bcon
brought up exclusively IN lrawino
rooms intoiliacnce is n onmc q recre..
ton: for those WHO Iayc hold ia
sword and tho helm. wbo havc Sr;v"m
the pow or worked with The chisey IN.
tclligcnce becomes passion, q force, n
beauty, worship, and love divine
u is from Inc s(alf, thc ahob, Tho work.