Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-30

| Dut there is no window, neither al this
side nor the other. A hole with graf
ing is the only approach TO window
that is visible. Moors are jealous, aud
10 appreciate their household comforts
you must first be able TO turn their
houses inside out. Those who have
dived into the recesses say the fruit is as
savory as the husk Is repulsive. have
not been in Moorish house, properly
speaking, though have entered two, but
one was the house Of Christian consul
and the other was in course Of construo'
ton. The windowless houses, with their
backs grudgingly turned to the lanes
which do duty for streets, are low for the
most part, and the lanes are not merely
narrow, but crooked, so zigzag, mp and
down, over hard cobble-stones, in a
drunken stagger, and generally lead no.
where. There are mosques and stores,
entered by horseshoe arches, a bazaar,
dotted over with squatting women,
hooded with dirty blankets, selling warm
griddlecakes; moving here and there are
the same spectral figures, in similar
dirty blankets yelling them from head to
foot; over the way are cylinders of mat,
with nets caging the apertures at each
end, TO hold the cocks and hens, rabbits
and pigeons, that are brought for sale
hy Rihans, descendants of the corsairs
Of that ilk, stalwart, brown, bare legged,
with heads shaven but for the scalp lock
left for the convenience OF Asrael when
he is dragging them to Paradise. Hebrews
have their standings around, and deal
in strips Of cotton, brass dishes, and
The wonders of the Grave.
From the New York SUM-
The tomb OF EDWARD the First, who
died in 1907, was opened January 2,
l77O, after 463 years had elapsed. His
body was almost perfect. CaHute, the
Dane, who crossed over to England in
l0l7, was found in l776 by the workmen
who repaired Winchester Cathedral,
where his body had reposed nearly 75O
years, perfectly fresh. In 1869 three
Roman soldiers, fully equipped with
warlike implements, were dug out of
bed of peat in Ireland, where they had
lain probably 1900 years. Their bodies
were perfectly fresh and plump.
In the reign of James ii, of England,
after the fall of the church at Ashley, in
Warwickshire, there was taken up the
corpse of Thomas Gray, Marquis of Dor
set, who was buried there the 10th of 0c-
tober, 1880, in the twenty-second year of
Henry VIII; and although it had lain
there seventy-eight years, the eyes, hair,
flesh, nails and joints remained as
though it had heen but newly buried.
Robert Braybrook, who was consecra-
ted Bishop Of London in 1881. and who
died in l4O4, and was buried in St.
Paul's, was taken out of his tomb after
the great fire in 1866, during the repairs
OF The cathedral, and although he had
lain there no less than 262 years, his
body was found firm as to hair, joints
and nails.
Pietro Rodriguez, Portuguese jeweler,
while pursuing his occuption in the city
of Mexico, was, in 1896, accused before
the tribunal of the inquisition, and after
suffering variety OF tortures, was con-
demneL to be buried alive in vault in
the Convent de st. Domingo, in that
city. He was then thirty eight years old.
The Convent de St. Domingo was lately
demolished in search of treasure sup
posed to be concealed there, and the |
body of Rodriguez taken out of the vault |
exactly as when placed there two hun
dred and seventy years before. His
daughter, two and half years of
age, was lying under her fathers |
feet, and as perfectly preserved as
himself. The evidences of torture
upon the body of the jeweler are
fearfnlly apparent. In one respect, how
ever, the appearance does not coincide
with the record which we have given.
The miserable man must have died in the
hands of his tormentors. The position
fhis hands shows that he was Suspended |
by the body and neck until he died.
Marks of the cord and of the burning
ron were deeply recorded on various
parts of his body His hair and beard
we're 6rm, bis skin natural in hue and
texture, without the least trace of decom-
position in any part.