Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-07-27

biting the severed head Several .t,s,.,
their handkerchiefs in his blood; Sand, =, re'
the Germanic costume. y,
Alester from Mannheim, to the edit I,
the Brussels Oracle, gives the FOLLOWING F"
count. o.
Sandt, the assassin Of Kotzebue, ~,
executed this morning at five O'Clock 9
early as half past three o'clock the iOl..,
and cavalry, and almost the whole pon,,
ton of Mannheim, were in motion S..,
was brought from the prison in an oper ..
riage. His countenance which was ~.
pale, had in it something exlraordinarv
smile was on his lips. and he wen, ,or..
death as we would go to l,te. lie lo,
with much grace to some ladies' al Wind
and who returned his salute with verv =.
dent marks of interest. When he re,ch,.
the place of execution, which was in w..
large plain, he mounted the scaffold INN.
diately. His sentence was read to him ;,
ter which he made, speech. Not undo,
standing German cannot communicate -
you what he said. observed, bovero,
that he spoke with energy, and at The s,1
raised one of his hands TO heaven. Thu.
ccutioner took hold of him, and made Mr
sit down on a chair fastened to small po,,.
he tied his hands, cut off some of bis h,,
and put bandage over his eyes. In ~,
minutes after he was no more. All The n,.
paratons for the execution were made ysv
slowly twenty minutes were employed.
and ten would have been sufficient AZ II.
reading of the sentence and his speech did
not take five minutes. Though | at FIRST in.
tended only to see him pass, was carried
forward Involuntary, constantly looking Al
him. He was dressed in white, but wear.
ing black great coat, his shirt collar fun,
ed down, and bis hair fell in curis on biz
shoulders. For fifteen months past his h|
had been preserved by the most strengthen
ing regimen. Every effort was made TO pre-
vent him sinking under the effects Of th|
wounds which he had inflicted on hmser|
be was in fact very weak, so that he couE
not mount the scaffold without supporting
himself on the shoulders OF two person, which
makes the courage that he showed al hy|
death the more extraordinary. He was be-
headed with a sabre and the eyecutione,|
being obliged to make second stroke, a gel
neral cry aro@e."
1--WE are led to infer. from the foregoin;
accounts, that Sandt like some convicts ID
this country, in the opinion of the populac,|
died more like martyr, than malefactc|
who had Justly forfeited his life. Anotha1
account that we have seen. states, that thcs|
who dipped their bandkerchiefs in bis blood
as it flowed from The scatfold, were studen|
OF Heidelberg.
An account from SchwerIn mentions, tbaI
two large chests full Of antiquities hsn|
been found in the Grand Ducal Palace, 81
a wing which was built by the celebrate.
Wallenstein, during the thirty years war
They write from Frank fort, that pesa
who has had an opportunity of seeAg SanA|
asked him how he was ? "Alas
lie replied. " the thre ad ofmy life seems |
be formed of such tenacious substance
that it cannot be broken unless by forcibIs|
means"
An article from Milan announces some iut
teresting discoveries 10 literature. ltissald
trat Mr.. Peyron, professor Of the Orenta
languages in the University of Turin, hi
lately discovered some hitherto unknown
MSS. Of Cicero and of st. Augustine,
German papers state, that at the AP
fair, at Leipzig, the quantity OF EnsAa
goods there may be inferred from the Iat
that &c, 900 cwt. of English yarns and CALI
Goes have come by way of Luneburg alone
to Leipzig for this Easter fair. A still sFsa'-
err quantity of other goods, for instance
hardware, japanned articles, &c goes down
the Elbe 10 Magdeburg, and so 10 LeIP'y
single house here has now received wv
cwt. OF English tin for japanned) g'0n
which still maintain the superiority over ~
German. One Hamburg house alone nsu
sales of English goods to the amount Oh Is"
ooos
Attention.