Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-06
EXECUTION
OF MARSHAL NEY.


Paris, Dec. 8.
The sentence was carried into extcu-
ton yesterday morning at 20 minutes past
nine o'clock. From three in the morning
the guard of the condemned marshal had
been given up to the count de Rochechou-
art, commandant at Psris, who had been
charged by lieutenant general Despinois,
commander of the first military division
by the orders of the kings commissioners.
to make the necessary dispositions for en-
suring the execution of the sentence. The
interior and exterior safety of the Luxem-
bcuTg was confided from that moment to
M dc Rochechou TT.
Marshal Ncy seemed to be in sound
sleep when the secretary of the chamber,
NJ. Cauchy, repaired to him to read his
sentence. Before he proceeded to read 1t,
he attempted to address some kind words
to him 10 testify how painful it was to him
TO be forced 10 discharge 81 SD an office.
Sir" said the marshal, stopping him.
do your daty /; every one must do his
duty-read."
Upon the preamble being read, he said
impatlently, " to the fact, 10 the fact at
once" When his titles were detailed, he
observed, What good can this do? Mi
chael Ney, then heap Of dust. that is
ALL" When NJ. Cauchy cane to that ar
t'cle relating to the succession to the
crown" That law" exclaimed the mar
shall, cannot be applicable to met is
for the imperial family it was made
After the reading NJ. Cauchy said, that
IT IN these last moments he wished for the
consultations of religion, he might send for
the Rector of St Sulpice. who was himself
come to offer his sevices-" that is suffici
emit" replied the marshal, {" / will think of
it. Upon M. Cauchy's observing, that in
case any other Clergyman should be more
agrs eable, he might send for him the mar
shall said, " once again, say. it is sufficient,
| want 10 priest to teach me how to
die
Upon its being observed that he was at
liberty to take leave of his wife and chill
dren, he desired that they should be writ
ten to to come between six & seven in the
morning. Il hope" he added, that
yonr letter will not announce to my wife
that her husband is condemned. / will
inform her Of my fate"
M. Cauchy then retired and the mar
shall threw himself in his clothes on the
bed lie soon fell asleep.
At four in the morning, he was awaken
ed by the arrival of the marechale his wife,
with her children, and Madame Canon,
HIS SotcIs ne unfortunate Wifes as soon
as she entered the chamber fell in a fit
on the ground. The marshal and his
guard raised her. To a long fainiing fit,
succeeded tears and groans. Madame
Canon, on her knees before the marshal.
was not ia a less deplorable condition. The
children, silent and sad, did not weep. The
eldest appeared to- be about eleven years
of age. The marshal spoke to them a
long time, but in low tone Of voice On
a sudden he rose and sntreated his family
to withdraw.
Left alone with his guards, he walked
up and down the chamber. One Of them,
the grenadier of Laroche Jaquelin, said to
him, " Marshal, in the situation in which
you are, should you not pray to God ? 1t
is always good to reconcile oneself to God.
have seen many battles, and every time
| could confess myself, and found my
self always the better for it."
The Marshal stopped, looked at him
with a certain interest, and then said
" You are in the right yes, you are in the
right we ought to die as Christians.
desire to see the Rector Of St. Sulpce -
The brave grenadier did not want to be
told twice. The clergyman was forthwith
introduced into the chamber of the CON
demncd. lie remained shut up with him
three quarters of an hour. When he re-
tired, the Marshal expressed a desire to