Show of lie grave body had entirely decomposed with the exception of one ot the limbs from tho knee down when this was raised tho bones of ho lc dropped out as if from a sheath and tho alch was found to be turned to stone the outer part was ot a dark brown color but when broken i the inner portions were of a material as white as chalk aud quite hind the rest of alio llio body wilh alic exception of the hair which was perfectly preserved and retained ts color had yielded to alio llio hand of lime the second case was that of a couii man named mor alson who was a bravo soldier of alio union and was killed in b iello about seventeen years ago this body was completely petrified and perfectly pro As in alic case of the childs limb alio body was of a dark color and the were somewhat the figure wa in a perfect stale of preservation tho body broke ap somewhat in the removal as alio substance wai not anilo as liard as itono stono and showed the same chalky substance 03 that af tho child the coelln had not decayed in the least and held a nail nearly as as when placed in tho hurled near the son was the body of tho father who had been in tho bravo pravo nearly forty acus and did not chow any signs of petrifaction oswego aa 1 limes A woman u mecklenburg va lost bolh handi by an accident sixteen years KO but lias practiced willi the sinews which boio once used to open and close alio llio ringers until they do all that alio cn sars to do holding objects at will detroit boft |