Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-08-10

y seemed 70 shock al nature, and affordc
{ efand d'spias os he power and rnajesi
!, of s{r swbo u,skeih ,hs clouds his CHI
81 ,iot--and WHO walke,h oil the wings of,t
i wind" The cam ofrleetrir Huid seen
ed, bv it, elis cSs on different and di,,ar
quarters. c0exteusiye Wi ', our ciry lin tn
! OR expiosioD,: struck the presbyieria
, Nee tine,uouse, 10 Ea,t-str-et It ais
s,suck tiouse IN. Cumberland Row, an
swop; osf one SIDE OF The firewall the ds
mage IN both instances was but triaing
We like wise learn, negro man WAS kill
ed who was working on q house, nea
Charles and Pratt seets. Tbs body o
vivid H0id see ned 10 iii the atmosphere
and It's tertors operated SO violently on 4
number OF females, as to occasion some
of,beH 20 fs,ut awsy--iadeed, in some IN
stances. We have he ard, il proved difficult
to resuscItstc them. - Rais. inner.
A letter from Roocn,, (France) rienti-
ons the following shocking accident "A.
(; harvest. man was rcsping wheat III the
nelghborhood, accompanied with his wife,,
who sucked young child: when work.
! ing. she ,aidthc child down upon some
wheat. The hu band, tired of hearing the
continual cries of the child, repeatedly
(, told her to take il up and feed Il. On go
ing towards the child, what WAS her terror
on observing serpent entering the mouth
Of the innocent babe! She attempted To
| draw t out, but 1t was too late, the child
was already choaked. Az the cries OF the
mother, the father joined her, oy<rsheim-
ling her with repynsches, and in the anger
excited in bun by his paren' al tenderness,
\ he struck The uniortupatc won,ru with his
| sickle in such manner, that she fell down
dead gpon the CORPSE Of her child. The
wretched hsrvesi-man. in despair for the
crime disownsd by hishe&rt, went irnme-
diately to Rouen, and surrendered himself
a prisoner.--.joxrnat de PARIS.
Sfc1thrn Hrwoii.--It WIN be remember.
ed that, at the last Oyer and 'rcrnincr IN
tho county of t3eseso, ,f= urdcrcrnfthe
little girl, (vhose pecalirr suffering ex
cites such a lively interest, even e. this re.
mote distance from The sect, Of aeiion) re
ccived his trial aud condemnation. 1he
court appointed Friday, the roth inst. be-
I tween the hours Of eleven and two, as the
/ time tos his execution. We are Informed
by a gentleman, iasely from Cooperr,own,
that not less than Ten lhorsef,d people as.
sembied pD iast eeras,oR- B.twscn the
hours of eleven and twelve the prisoner
was aiken from the place OF his copinc-
tnsnt, with a.rope atound his neck, scat
| ed on his coffin, and conveyed on car.
10 the place OF execution. Il was with DIFF.
iculty that company of artillery could
sufficiently dispense the tiirong, TO enable
the criminal 10 pass; aud it was with C..
quail difficulty that q company of Infantry,
formed IN the rear and or each side OF The
i criminal, could secure him and The pro-
:. ccssian frnn The fs,essure Of he rauiti,
tpde. AFicr The process;on nod reached
the place ct .Srcd,ion. and The ci;r,.na
! had assembled She scaSuld. prayers wer,
~ attended snd sblen.n affecting serr3o,
) de.isered, by the Rev. MI. I.ew,,. Th,
: clergy, aud Others 10 were rea, the pri
: isoner, then took him by the hand, and *
/ commended him TO the mercy ard fayo
!. of his God.
Il The conduct of Arnold, ever .pce M
: srrest, IS SAID to have been decent, and -x
J pressivr Of the deepest conviction of hi
) CRIME, On this occasion particularly. hi
conduct was such as to excite very 1--we
y sympathyin the surrounding multitude
He seemed 10
"Walk thoughtful onthe silent, sole mn shore
"Of chat vast ocean he must SAL so soon "
After she prisoper had made shor al,
dress TO the people, and had informed the
Z cxecu,ioneriha, he might perform bis eu.
4 ~, the Sheriff rose. and read reprieyc
which lie had received from the Govern
or, after the solsmnities of the day had
commenced.--The crirninai vas SO over
come with the emotions which this unex-
peeled intelligence produced, that he fam.
ted, and fell senseless from his seat.
4 When he had a little recovered, he wa.
re-conducted to the prison, with the same
ceremony with which he had been con
yeyed to the scaffold.
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