Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-08
The New York Grave aGHhhary.

The New York News Of lest evening gives
the following particulars Of the robbery of The
vault Of the late A. 7. Stewart
rhc robbers were evidently accompanied by
q two horse wagon, which stood % the Eleventh
street side oil tho ohurchyard, about seventy
five feet from Second avenue. The robbers
mus: have entered the grave betwecu midnight
and daylight, and had with them an India
rubber bag. Ia the vault. which is about
lOxlO we're five coffios. Oae was that Of q
child; the next that OF small sized person.
Then elmo ono marked "Clincb, /" buried 10
1886. This box was nearly gone, and the
thieves iu stepping over it had crushed Ii and
exposed the bopes Then there was we'll
preserved box, upon which the oakeu box con.
tanning the remaips of Dir. Stewart rested,
In opening this. they first unscrewed the lid,
and theo knocked out the foot cnd. This gave
them the lead c0hin to operate 90, aod With a
knife they opened this. commencing at tue
foot, and after having star;cdit, tore it open by
main force.
The casket was now ia sight. Tho stencil
must have been terrible, aud Il is thought that
some undertaken, medical student o. other per-
son accustomed to handling bodies, must have
been 10 the job, otherwise they could lot have
stood il. The gold plated ornaments Of the
oaskct we're very much dlScos0rcd.
The casket was opened, the screw driver or
knife having evidently been TOO large, as 1t
slipped on the head Of the scrtws. The body
was then exposed to view, and Inust have been
10 fearful state Of decomposition, notwish.
stapdiny the fact that it was 10 an air tight re.
ceptac!e for the Innings were very much satu
rated and diseoIored, and the bottom Of the
l. ll.l r,l Il l. M An
which had gone through toto tue lesden GOV
eriog.
Tie theory is that tie r1maiu5 were then
lifted cut and placed 10 an India rubber bag.
No stains were found upon the grass or the
in an ordinary bag. Il must !hcn have been
taken to some place prepared for il, as it could
not have been kept about a house.
MIR. Stewart was buried on the l3;h Of April,
1876, and his remains were Dramatically sealed,
so that it Was reasonable to suppose that they
would have been in q comparatively good state
of preservation, bat the condition OF the cotfi O
shows that such was not the case. There could
have been but ono object 10 the spolIation, and
that was the hope that reward would DC Of
te,ed for their returo. la order that the TO-
mains Of aUy decomposed person could not be
sent and the reward claimed the solid silver plate
on the collia was taken By the thieves.
History OF TIE CORSET. The corset had
its origin 10 Italy. and vas introduced from
that country into France By Catherine de Nc
dicis Mary Stuart AMI Diane PoilIcrs did not,
however, follow the fashion, but it was admit
ted by I'll the ladies' of the French court that it
was Indispensable to the beauty OF the female
figure, aud was, therefore, adopted by them
The corset was 10 those days 10 its infancy, and
it is assumed more Of the rough character OF
knights cuirass. The frame was entirely OF
iroo, and the velvet which decorated tho cxte
ror bid a frightIul and cumbersome machlnc.
This state OF things, so detrimental 10 health
and the cause of 30 much personal uconveni.
ence, not to say torture, could not last long,
and the srlizans OF those days contrlVed to give
more pliabiliy and lightncss to the metal, and
prepared the way by degrees Tor Whacbone.-
But, as relormerS arc always slow, the cold iron
continued to clasp the warm hearts OF the lair
wearess for long time in It's embrace, and
even contrivcs to the present day, under the
name Of basc-and who can blame its pcrlna.
city? The corset found favor 10 the Dyes OF
Louis XIV. In the following reign the corset
was threatened with baDishm ent from the toilet.
Fashion took rural and simple turn, and vas
almost guided by tic taste Of Boucher, in whose
pictures many Of the court celebrities figure as
shepherds and shepherdcsses. But tho painter
departed, and fashion returned to the rrm
eccentricitics of the former times. Duriog the
revolution the corsos were again forgotten,
and under the directory it was completely inter.
dicted by the fashionable world. The bellies of
the day took classic turn, the Roman dress
the toga, sandal, &c. The empire dcthroued
the classic fashion. but without taking the cor
set in favor. High waists were in favor, and
la mode revealed taste certainly the reverse
of prudery. With the fall of the empire fell
also the waist, and then came also as neces-
sity, the return to the corset.-Lonlom CHy
Journal.
For 6ne Underwear sec Dealham. G. King