Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-30
Remarkable Tenacity OF life.

The Rocky Mountain Ne1oS mentions
the following singulsr fact: A man
named Miles Maudlin was shot by bis sis
ter-in-law four months ago, at a farm
house on Cherry Greek, few miles above
Denver City. He had been attended by
DIR. McCleland, of Denver, who states
that the ball entered the body at the
fourth dorsal vertebI &c, severiug the spinal
cord entirely and passed into the right
lung, causing complete loss of sensation
and motion below that point, embracing
at least two-thirds of the body. In lhi-
condition he has remtined Wi n no notice
able change, except the formation of rev
eral ulcers upon the legs and hips. with
no prospect of recovery. Remarkable as
it may appear, he has all the time "A good
appetite, and also good mental ability, q"
that he has been able to transact any kind
of business. His Gaze i unprecedented
Az to the length of time he has survived
his terrible pi1ries. It has seldom been
recorded that similar cases turviVed the
Injuries more than thirty dAys. He liz
said TO be slowly declining, although the
wound caused by the ball healed week.
ago, and the lung which was perforated
il apparently sound How long he may
live it is at present impossible to proguos-
ticate.
THE FUNERAL RITEs OF THE GREEK
CHURCH Lieutenant Michel De-seatoff
of the Russian navy, was buried with
naval donors at the Brooklyn Navy yard,
recently. Lieutenant Desseatoff wss one
Of the Russian tffi GERS who l1bored 50 en-
ergetically for the rescue of the crew of
the eunboat Oneida, which was run down
by the Birth mail steamer B1mbsy eff
Yokohama, in 1870
Among the officers at tbe ntvy-y4rd
were some who had met Lieut. 'nant D q
seatoff at Yokohama, and who repaid the
services he then rendered by the most
assiduous care during the severe illness
which preceded his death. The body wsa
Inferred in the naval cemetery, aud the
funeral services were conducted accord
ing to the rites of the Greek Church.
Minister Cstsc4zy turred a shovel full
the shovel to Gen. Gorloff who did the
General Bodisco. and he to Consul Shultze
and the latter to Count Chirkof. the kec-
rotary of Legation. Each OF them turned
a spadeful of earth into the grave. This
done, Minister Cataoazy stepped forward,
and in loud voice said
officers, Soldiers and Sailors Of Anaeri
cain behalf If His Imperial NJ ,j-sty
the Emperor of all the Ruszi ~, have
the honor to most heartfully thank you
for your tender regard for. and generous
treatment of. the young officer whom we
have just buried. His Imperial M~jesty
will ever remember with gratitude the de-
votion you have displayed to one who,
though a stranger 10 you, had learned to
love you in his sff1ction, and who was
able to thai k you himstlf with his dying
lips.
ACTORs. 1t is not easy to write the
life of au actor; for, unlike other artists,
he leaves behind him no memorial of his
powers except contemporary opinion, Of
ten biased by favor or by envy, or ira
dition growing fainter with lapse af
time. 1t is indeed the hard condition
twiu-born with greatness on the stage to
become, when the actor quits il. 'indis
tinct as water ia in water Off the stage,
with rare exceptions, players are very
average people: some of them are taking
thought FOR the morrow; others think of
the good or evil of the day sufficient for
it; in netheir case do they have much of
anything worth recording. Mdgni n0nj-
ms una6rg alike are they, from Burb 4Qe to
the Kembles. The recollectious of Ed
mund Kean are With every year beeom-
ing more and more indistinct; and soon
M4cready's Vireinius and Lear will be as
a tale that is told. The flashes of genius,
the tones. looks. and gestures that once
electrified multitudes, are
"Ali periShable; like the electric fire,
They strike the frame, and as they strike expire;
tncer Sc too pure boiied flame to hear,
Its perfume charms the sense, then blends in air