Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-02-17
VOL. LXXV.
THE SIAMESE AUTOPSY.

There are some Of nature 5 productions which
are 50 revolving in life that one mig ght hope III
death they would be allowed to pass out OF
sight. aud mingle as soon as possible with the
mother eaIth, out of which 1t Is POLITICALLY as
sumcd and Scripturally announced they sprang.
Of this kind, in an eminent degree OF revolt
ing nastiness, were in life the two human be-
ir~, whose mysterious union made them hide
Gus 10 Others, and we doubt not hateful to
tn, mscves OF some OF the rclatloUs and coH-
ditous of these complicated monsters. 1t Is ac-
lualiy impossible either to speak or write with
dcccncy, and hardly possible even to thluk.
We have to alude to them distanty and OBJ
scurcly. What priceless blessing would 1t
have been to them somttlues TO nave oecn
iouc? How hldcous Is 1t to think OF the en-
forced pauiouship OF two growu men under
all the circumstance aud necessities, aud pains
and pleasures OF life This was what made
their living existence SIMPLY horror. But IL
seems it was not intended to end here, bur that
professional curiosity Is doomed or ready TO
waste itself on a most worthless subject, aud
keep the dead and decomposed moustroslty as
long as possible before the world. Better
would it have been it seems to our unprotes-
sioual mind, to bury them 10 the North Caro-
iua barrens deny their joint widows any pecu-
mary em0ument out of such subject, and
leave them TO weep, if they could, over such
graves. We say advisedly, it is worth
less problem which Philadelphia science or
socialism proposes to solve, and IN no
sense iusti6es the parade and pother which
are made about it. The only question
OF interest, and that is very slight-for IN
the computation of chances such detormity
will never occur again-is whether the Connect
ing tendon is of such nature, such convolu-
ton of vital functions, as to have rendered sep
aration in lite fatal or peIllous. Decided either
way, il is Of no practical consequence. We cheer
fully grant it is great pity, II the result be 10
noyious, that the separation had DOT been made
ald society relieved OF such spectacle. But
il is of no moment, now that they are dead and
ourb, to bc buried. The converse of this will
bc equally imuaterial When the autopsy OF
a murdered or sick man is made, it Is to es-
tabIl>h some surgical or pathological prlnclple.
If these creatures had bred progeny OF twins,
bound to each other as they we're, then We can
understand the importance OF postmorteD.
Happily there is 10 such excuse as this. Ad-
mittng, however, for the moment, that the
ruzzIc is worth solviog, why IN the name OF
>clcucc is there such delay and parade about
it? 1t will not we imagine, take ten minutes
to disscct this ligament and know exactly what
it is The lithotrity of European Emperor
was less he1adcd than the cutting OF an inch OF
dead aud lutrid Asiatc i:sh. The bodies are
to be or they are already embalmed, all OF which
processes are minutey described, and they are
jointly and separately to be photographed, and
casts are to be taken possibly for preservation
for he centennial, and to prove that Individuals
ike or unlike communities, caDnot or can dis
solve the bonds which bind them together.
The whole thing does seem to US at once pre-
postcrous and offensive, and we shall reJoce
when it is over -BuH. Gazette.
ISslNUESpoEs. Es.-The South Carolina Legis-
lature has coined the word 'inslnuendoes, for
which the n Y Tribune is grateful. 1t thinks
the new word may be made useful 1t says:
There has been no such apt and clever lnVen-
tion for long time. Ii we may venture to DO
so without seeming obtruslvc OF advice, we sug-
gest to Congress, which has been wrestling with
The mother tongue for several months IN
a vain eudeavor 70 ge, hold of word suffi-
cently expressive OF its sense OF indignation at
the public press, that here is the word tor
tbem. lit de6ues the bruaties of the press
with great cearueSs. The Credit Moblller
statesmen we're attacked with ''insDueudoes.
II was with ''insinuepuoes" that the Salary
tirabbcrs we're pursued that Pomeroy and
Harlan and Caldwell and Patterson we're fol-
lowed. ''lnsipueudncs" are what the press
has been driving at the small pickngs and steal
invs with. Attorney General Williams was de-
tea,ed of the Chief Justiceship by "lnslnuen-
does and the Treasury Department has been
spattered with them in connection with the
Sanborn contracts. What word thus would
have been for Mr. BENJAMIN +. Butler S bulglng
cheeks when he lately wheeled W, his rhctorIl-
cal artillery against the forty JackasS power
OF the press How It would have helped Mr.
Conklinc when he sat down helpless aud heart
broken the other day before the enormities prac-
ticcd hy the press rcpreScntatyesln the Senate
gallery. who had actually drawn on the contingent
fund of that body for stationery to be used 10
manufacturing ''iusinucndoes agalnt Senators.
Ii Grops into the current of the language just
in time for Mr.. Stark weather, of Connecticut,
To use il in describing the conduct or the oppo-
>lton press of his State, which oveltlows with
''usinucndoes against him on account OF bis
lately discovered letter TO MIR. Huntington, OF
Washington, asking for money to be raised
without publicity for use in the Connecticut
election
PATRIOTISM AND POVERTY. There was a
little scene 10 the State Assembly yesterday
growing out Of the proposition to appoint
committee to represent New York at the Cen
teunial Exhibition at Philadelphia. Mr..
Beebc, of Sullivan, desired to have 1t embod,
led iu the resolution that the committee should
serve without pay. This called out the spread
eagle orators, who spurned the paltry idea OF
mere dollars aud ceuts when the glorious Am
ericau Uuion was about to become one huu
dred years old aud to flap her wings trium-
phauty 10 the astouished eyes of woDder
stricken world. But Mr.. Beebe iOslSted that
it was an outrage to thiuk Of squauderng
money upon itineraut Centennial Com mission
ers while the State Treasury was admittedly
bankrupt and while starving women and chi,,
drcu haunted the very Capitol and clamored
for relief The galleries appIauded the seutl.
uent and the Speaker put a stop to the un-
parliamentary demonstration by ordering the
galleries to be cleared. At the same tune the
House adopted the suggestion to make the
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