New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-23

GrcncIlcs. Ills Grafton produced the effect he
desired. Henri " was. therefore. ANONYMOUSLY
consigned 10 the pit outside ana qnickiy DyeTcd
up with lime few minutes atcw"id Louis
XIII and Louis XIV we're thrown into The pit
Tie body of Louis NH was dried up like
mummy, but the face could easily he recognized
on account of It's curiously shaped black imperial
and mustachc. The remains of Louis XIV were
treated with the utmost dlsrespcct
On the l4th and 18th of tho month hundreds Of
bodies Of Industrious and also of unknown persons
were torn from the vaults and cast into the lime
nit Among them were those of Marie de Mcdcis,
Henrietta of England. Duchess OF Orleans. Maria
Theresa, wife Of Louis Nv, Anne Of Austria, and Of
the great Dauphin. The odor they emitted was so
dreadful that immense quantities of vinegar had to
be burnt in various parts of the church TO dsinfcct
the Ovcrcharged atmosphere. In fact, not few Of
the workmcn contracted maladlcS from the elects
of which several died. Very little jewclry was
found IN any OF the tomhS, but the hearts OF son
and daughtCr-in-law Of Louis XIV were discovered
enclosed in large vases of pure gold, inlaid with
splendid gems. As may wei be imagined. the
Commissioner of Jewels" sent them 10 Pans,
where they were appropriatcd-niost probably
not by the nation. On the 10th OF October the
elimination OF 81. Denis continued with undated
Vcor, hut "A most extraordinary coincidence "r-
cured which has been rarely noticed by historians
Antoineitc fell on the scalod, the body OF Ter
eldest son, the first Dauphin, was thrown into the
limc-pit at ST Denis A@ain, at the exact hour
when the mutildtcd body OF Marie Antoinctic her
sell WaS flung into the common grave IN The
cemetery of the Madeleine. the rioters al ST Dons
were hurting head FOREMOST into the imc-piiS all
that remained of Louis Ky. At o'clock OF the
same afternoon the bodies of the kings ana queens
OF the earlier dynasty were disturbed among theH
bcng thosr of Charles and Jeanne de- Bourbon
his WIFE In the collin OF this king we've his crown
and sccptrc, and in that OF Queen Jcdhnc " ring
and a dIstd1. The body OF kinr Charles IL was
covered with a quantity OF little spccHs oil quick
silver which had evidently been used i'm the process
of cmbalmmcnt The tombS of tuCsc earlier
kings, II Was discovered, had been pi'Nl"uNII
violated III the sixteenth century Inc cry P'
OF The NalOlS was nearly cmpij, i"cl ""l'n
created much sensation and con>ldeIdoiA annoy"
the rasca!ly gang, who were particularly ANXIOUS
II seems 10 secure the body ol LOUIS Al, sum-
body, however, remembered that thIs WHY h"''
arch was not Buried AT St Denis AT all phl "u
Notrc Dame de Clcry. He had managed 10 cheat
the ParisiaHs even IN death.
The mob next turned lis attention 10 Ac I'
mains of the greatest warrior That france hh
hitherto produccd-Iurnnc; lilS glorious mon mon,
umrLt was broken into, ana his hodN WH'"'''r"
10 Ne in state of almost perfect plcscI 'I"I
just as II WAS about TO bc thrown lu'" lhc PHI
with the other bones representative "l INC
medical faculty. of France stepped forward ana
demanded the body of the great soldier a. "a
magnificent specimen Of how mummy hh"Hlu
bc prepared g" lie intended IT, hc said, for the
new Museum OF Comparative Anatomy. me hodN
Of Turcnnc was. therefore. handed over l." ms
rcuteman who caused 1t 10 bc transported - uic
Jardin DIES Plantes. where 1t remained IN ran
AIRY for nine wears. stretched ont on the ground
between the skeletons OF "a monkey and "a camel
This scandal in the course of time bclnS rcp"I'rI
80 Bonapartc he ordered that the hodN Sho'H'
lee honorahY inferred az the lnValldcs. Inc re-.
mains of Du Guescin Armand dc Baihazan. ana
Of Suger the founder. after Charlem"enr' OF the