Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-02-24

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cam, he Inquired whether I Il Vas %
great misfortune TO be delivered from
| . troublesome husband Of sixty, whose
death would leave her at liberty to en-.
ploy her youthful charms more nsefuIly
To- the state ! . h.
l,s" Such reiteration Of insult reused
the unfortunate wife Of Lavergne TO dis
peration. She shrieked with anguish
MO insurpor,able to bear and rising
from the posture disqualification, she ex-
tended her oatstretchetf arms TO heaven
and in i phrenzied voice, exclaimed,
/" Just God !! win NOT the crintsofthess
attroeious men awake thy vengeance |!
Monster p she cried addressing herself
10 Dumas, Z. / 10 Hunger want Thy aid !:
no longer wiz ,I.deign % suppiicafe thy
pity away 70 the tribunal; there will I
also appear then shall Il be known, whe.
Their Edeserye the outrages thou and thy
base associates have heaped upon my
headg" h'->a',-' z ~
",From the presence Of the odious
Dumas and with fixed determination
TO quit a life that was now become hate.
full to her, Madame Laxergne repaired
to the hall Of the tribunal, and mixing
with the Inotieycroud, waited Impatient.
ly for the trial. The barbarous proceed.
ings of the day begins, and the unfortu.
nate Lavergne is called! The jailors con-
vey him thither on q matrass, and few
triAing questions are proposed, to which
with difficulty he replies, when the mock
trial closes, and the ill.fated Governoe
10 doomed to die - -: ~: - NJ
" Scarcely had the sentance passed the
Judges lips when Madame LasergnA
cried with loud voice Kipe4la Roii! In
vain the surrounding nnuititude endea;
voured to prevent the sound for the
more they tried to deaden its extensiaA,
the more vehement her cries and shs
continued exclaimins Vioe IA 1oi until
the guard forced her away. "
| So great had been the interest which
the distress oftfiis amiable young woman
had excited that she was followed to the
place OF Confinement by 4 nnmero1,
throns, who anxioasiy endeavoured q
avert the fate which awaited her by n
attempt 70 drown her cries. - ~ ::
When the public accnser interroSa,
ted her upon the motives Of her extraor
dinary conduct, she informed him, Oh.
was not aetuated either by revenge ol
1 despair but BY the LOYALTY which was root
ed in her heart. ~ adore cried shs
/" the system that you have Destroyed
and ! expect no mercy from you, 70,
am your enemy. ! abhor your repub
lie, and will persist in the confession
have publicly made rs long as / live.n
| =" To such a declarations no reply wal
made ,--but Madame Layergne's nam,
WAS Instantly added to the suspected lis.
and in afew minutes she was brought Be
fore the tribunal, where she again utter
ed her own condemnation and Was de
creed 70 die. From that instant the agi
tation of her spirits subsidized sersnit,
appeared to have repossessed her nainl
and her beautiful eontenance announc
ed the peace and comfort OF her soul.
4 - On the day Of execution, Mat:an,
! Layersne FIRST assembled the fatal carl
and requested that she might be place,
1 in q position TO view hcrhlsband.s face
that unfortunate husband had fallen int,
swoon and lay extended upon atruss b
straw without the slightsst appearances q
life. The motion OF the carr had loosel,
n edithe bosom Of his shirt, and expose
| his breast to the scofching fays Of 4 vel
Il teal sun, which the amiabls wife pei
q. ceiving. entreated the executioner /
take q pin from her handkerchief, an
unite his Shirt dadame LayerEnne'
i. attention wasneyer for one moment d
sec,ed the object Of her tenderness
and perceiving BY die change ofhis cout
tenance that his sensesreyived, Ia so
accents she pronounced bis name. A
the sound Of thar voice, whose melod
had so long been 4 stranger 70 his ear,
| he raised his eyes, and fixed them on d
| object ofbislove. with i look expressly