The Weekly Comet

The Remains of Madame Sontag. It will be remembered that soon after the death of Madame Sontag in Mexico, her husband returned to the United States and sailed for England, expecting her remains to be forwarded in a ship to London. A letter dated Vera Cruz, October 4, says: "The coffin containing them has been brought to this place by one of the ordinary carrier's carts, like any common package, having been valued in the carrier's invoice at $200. On its arrival here it was placed in the Church of St. Augustine, but being offensive, it was taken, without any ceremony, religious or other, to a deserted church outside the town, to await the consent of some ship's captain to convey it to Europe. As yet none has been found who would admit it into his vessel. Assuredly, if this poor lady did not anticipate in her childhood that she should one day be a grande dame of world-wide celebrity, she can have dreamt still less of the indignities her remains have been subject to, such as the poorest peasant would sacrifice everything to spare any member of his family."