Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-02
CHASTITY Scenes at the Paris Morgue
PAris Correspondence London Times.

N "SS1SS 0S wv aL4o u4UIRU6
PAriS Correspondence London Times.
Yesterday l paid n visit to the Morgue,
where the bodies of the victims of the late
battles whose identity had not been proved.
had been placed. i experienced, tsrst of all,
some difficulty in getting into the building.
on account Of the crowd, consisting PRINCIPAL.
ly of women with children in their arms as.
sembled outside, and who hang about the
doorway from morning TO night, notHithstand.
ing that they have been told that all the bod.
les are now claimed. After some trouble |
found the guardian, Il man about 40 years of
age. impossible to let VOC in, sir" said the
man. why, look at the crowd they will be
bowling all day it they see you go in and are
Obliged to remain outside" o. course knew
perfectly we'll that things of this nature are
never impossible in this world. so ] slipped a
coin into his hand, and obtained the following
answer: well, sir, come around again a; )
O'Clock, md I'll see what / can do Tor YOU"
At D O'Clock | returned. Follow me in a
Negligent sort OF manner, as il you were mere.
ly strOlling about" said the man, land III let
you in. The crowd had considerably dimiu,
ished. | followed the guardian up flight OF
stone steps On the left hand side Of the hospi.
tai until We reached a wooden doorway on the
left. As SOON as this was opened. three nr
four people managed to thrust themselves in.
| amongst them, and the door was then slam.
med to aud locked on the inside. We uocn.
ted another flight of stone steps. eight or ten
in number, passed through = second doorway.
aud found ourselves in n lofty bare wall room.
nine yards broad by sixteen yards long, which
is, am told, the ordinary Gnpntating hall of
the Ecote de Medicine. for Marseilles has no
regular MOrgue. AT tho end Of the room on
the left was a cabinet, through the glass doors
Of which one perceived skeletons, skulls, hu.
man bones, human brains prcserved in glass
bottles, works on anatomy, and all manner of
surgical Instruments. Before me YVES a wide
passage, on either side of which we're iour
marble slabs, that is to say, the hall contained
eight slabs with a wide passage passing from
side to side, and another from end to end
There were now only three bodies in the room
out of tho nine which had originally been
placed there, the others having been claimed
and taken away. The whole of the corUses
were lying on the slabs in deal bOxes-ihey
could hardly be called cofins-made Of wood
a quarter Of an inch thick. In the box on
my left vas an artiIleryman still in uniform.
l removed the handkerchief that covered his
face. His features were those Of a young man
scarcely two and twenty years of age: they
were perfectly quiet and composed. Just a
little blood had run from his ~nostrils, and had
trickled down on to a slight downy moustacle.
GLOW was he killed" said |, turning to the
guardian. He is shot through the breast"
was tho nswer Beside him was an Italian
in q blue woOlen shirt; he was a man over
thirty. He had been killed in the same man
ner as the other, but in his case the blood had
rushed to his head, aud flowed from his ears
and rose over his fGce and mock, completely
dIshSurlng him. On Que of his fingers was a
plain gold ring perhaps his mothers we'd.
ding ring. The third body was that of a
child scarcely nine years old. lie was dres.
sed IN n pair OF blue cotton trousers and a
blue check pinafore or blouse. His li,,le
hands we're open, and we're soft and clean.
like those of a child who had never worked.
lie was not a street boy Ills plump little
face was slightly bronzed by the southern sun,
but looked as pretty and innocent rs If he had
been alITe, save that it was deadly pale. A
ball had entered at the top of his forehead
just where the hair commences. and. knock.
ing away a large piece of the skull. had come
out at the top Of the head. on the right hand
side. n piece of white paper was rinned to
his breast, on which was written "Une vic.
time des partisaaS de rornre -
The New York ErVjug Past. after
showing how the State of South CaroIina b,,
been robbed TO bankruptcy by an ignorant
mob Of negroes led by Northern scoundrel..
suggests that if Federal interference with the
domestic concerns OF States could possibly be
justified, it would be in such n condition of
affairs as that which South Carolina prescDts
But unfortunately. adds the Past. the inter
ference now proposed is to be on the side Of
the thieves and scoundrels in this case. THE
Federal Government is to be used. under the
Nu'hIux bill, not to redeem South Carolina
from its robbers, but to Hasten upon the tax.
payers the rule of the scamPs who are plum
derInG It. The Federal po,rsr ,rjW appear in
the Southern States, Tnder this Ku Ki.r iii.
as tic ally Of There's, The protector of s,cind-
'e''' m' g"dr"ia" of their pIunder."
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas rail-
road will reach the Arkansas river in june.
and "y early fall will be near enough to the
Texas line to control the cattle trade. which
will probably reach 500. 900
Kcmp's stables in Winchester with
harness. corn. hay 70 war -.