Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-07-28

lations of Germany, and especially gave
the merchants aud manufacturers OF Aus.
tria occasion 10 take into consideration
The depressed state at trade, aud the
means Of improving it,"
GERMANY.-The execution of Sandi,
the murderer of KoIzebue, took place on
the 20ili at May. A great multitude as
sembled 10 witness The execution. II
took place not at ten o'clock as was all
nouDced, but at SIX. He Was DESTROYS al
addressing The populace, but the presi.
dent of the Court of Justice, To whom
he had given his word not To do 80, re-
minded him, That doubtless he did not
wish 10 perJure himself Immediately pre-
vious TO death. lie therefore confined
hinseltio merely declaring tina, lie " died
tor his country" He evinced much
calmness, and did not accep, the assis-
lance OF a minister of religion. a great
number OF students from Heidelberg, who
travelled with all speed, 10 be present al
iiis execution, only arrived al The moment
when the execuiIOuer VAS exhibiting the
severed head. Several stepped their hand
kerchieis in his blood. Sandi wore the
Germanic costume.
A letter from Mannheim, 10 The editor OF
the Brussels Oracle, gives the iollowing
account.
Sand,, the assassin Of Koizebue,
was executed this morning al 5 o'clock.
So early as half past three o'clock the
infantry and cavalry, and almost the
whole population OF Mannheim, were IN
mo,iou. Sandi Was brought from the
prison in AN open carriage. His coun
tenance, which was very pale, had in
/, something extraordinary. "A smle
"a La. IN
,death as wc should 90 to a Jete.
He bowed with much grace 10 some
ladies al window, and who returned his
salute with very eviden, marks of infer
est. When he reached the place Of exc
cuiion, which was ia "A very large plAiu,
he INQUIRED the scattold Immediately
HIS sentence was read 10 him after
which he made ID speech. Not under
standing German, cannot mmunicatc
10 you what he sad. observed however,
that he SPOKE with great energy, and AT
The end. raised one OF his hands 10 llea-
ven. The eXeculioner took hold OF lim,
AM made ham SIT down on a chair fastcn.
ed 10 small posi-; he lied his hands,
cut Oft some OF his hair, and put a ban-
dage over his eyes. Ia mo minutes alter
be was no more. All The preparations
FOR the execution were made ve:y slowly {;
twenty minutes were employed; and ten
would have been sufficient, as The read
Ing OF the sentence aud lls speech did
not lak five minutes. Though al first
intended only TO see him pass, was car
ried forward inv oluniarily, constantly
looking al him. He was dressed in " li,r,
but wearing black great coal, lis shir
collar turned down, and his barr fell in
cuTls on his shoulders. For Is months
past, his life had been preserved bv the
most strengthening regimen. Every eff.
fort was made 10 prevent his sinking I'M
der The effects OF the wounds which he
had Inflicted on himself he was In fact
very weak, SO that he could not mount
the srailold without supporting himself
Oh The shoulders of Two persons, which
makes The courage that he showed at his
death The mere extraordinary. He was
btheadeG with sabre and The execu-
toner being Obliged 10 make a second
str0Ir, general cry arose"
We are led TO infer, from the foregoing
accounts, that Sandl, like some convicis
IN Tins country, in The opinion OF the po-
pulace, died more like a martyr, iban a
maIeiactor who had justly forfeited his
lite. Another account thar we have seen,
states thai those who dipped their hand
kerch!e!s IN his blood, as it flowed from
The scalE"id were students of Heidelberg.
An account from Scliwerin mentions,
that Two large chests full Of antiques have
been found III The Grand Ducal Palace.
III a wing which vas built by the cele-
bra'ed Nailedstein, during the thirty
years war.
They write from Frankfort, that per.
son who has had an opportunity of see.
Ing Sandt sometimes, asked him how he
was " Alas y he replied, the thread of
my life seems 10 be formed of such a
tenacious substance, that II cannot be
broken unless by forcibIr means"
An article from Milan announces some
interesting discoveries III literature. IL is
said that Mr.. Pfyrob, Professor OF the
Oriental languages III the University of
Turin, has lately discovered some hiiheT.
10 unknown MSS. of Cicero and of ST.
Madame Caialini is on her way to ST.
Petersburg.
fair, al Leipzig, The quantity Of Englisl,
goods there may be inferred from The
tact that 10000 cwt. of English warns
and calicoes have come by way of I.une-
burg alone 10 Leipzig for the Eastern
fair. A still greater quantity of Other
goods, for instance hardware, japanned
articles, &c. goes down The Elbe TO Maggie.
burg. aud so To Leipzig d single house
here has now received 500 cwi. Of English
Tin Tor japanned) goods, which still MAIN
tain tie superiority over tlc German.-
Que Hambureh house alone made sales
OF English goods to the amount of
El30.00O. The Fair also passed off with
Out auy ImUOriAnf haukrupfcy from,
which it would appear, that the favora
bic change in The German matkeis is NOT
the result of occasional speculation, or
over trading; but the natural consequence
OF lie general ecoyery OF The Continent