The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-29

/ most intelligent All respectable vonno
man he was The only one who seemed 10
possess sang 1roid; the Others looked and
acted as II neryously excited. Finally tbe
brave mercarial Bori,s asrended. / saw
MS Last look Of apparent triumph: he was
seiztd like The others by The cxeentioner.
1 faii lnta al inner apartment ,olleq
renctna'i shfiekol, Oh, Bories. Bories''
rushed through the rooan aud gcil hf,less Ia
tile passage Ii Was ali u,er.
From The moment of the arrival of tbe
eafalcade At the entrance 10 th. Pg,,re IA,
dft'e, seven inmates had only sl,pspd
and Bories, Gonbin, Raoulx. and Pomi,r
were dead. The priests were Departing
the crowd separating women lmrnos-
ed Ia tears, were making observations on
the bloody scfae--the cxecutionef and his
men were busted in dispuaing Of the loan-
gied bodies, ,and IN dismlnfiing the guilo-
t'ne--water was poured proliisrly on the
blood stained pavement, the soldiers pre-
pared To march in short at ~ minutes
past o'clock, the troops defled. with
drums heating and few remained near The
seilaotd, save the gems d'arme.
destruction u The cyhedral at Rouen.
A gentleman who arrived BY the Prince
Cehourg, Hayre Packet, this morning,
tyesterdhy,l hr.nss intelligence of the al
most total destruction of Rouen Cathedral,
ON Sunday last 18th inst.) It was set ON
FIRE by lightning, about 5 o'clock. in the
morning. and continued burning I'LL the T.
vcnlnS OF the same day, when the fire was
apparently extmsHahed, bat shortly after
broke out again with rcdoubled fury and
was still raging on Monday morniag, when
or informant left Rouen. Al that time
the flames had extended themselves over
the greater part of this once splendid edi-
flee, and the great dome had fallen in with
tremendous crash Several houses in
the vicinity have also been DESTROYED
The most strenuous efforts Of the liremen
could elect noriing against such mass of
fire and, indeed, the melted lead, which
ran in torrents from the roof, rendered
near approach 10 the building very haZhr-
dous. Ills said, that several persons lost
their lives, though nothing ccrtiin as yet
has reached lis. The storm OF thunder
and lightning, which WIS the cause Of this
catastrophe, was one of the most terrible
ever Witnessed. 1t afterwards visited iia-
vre de Grace, where il is said to have done
some damage. %
The. following historical particulars, re-
speeding Rouen Cathedral, may not prove
unacceptable 10 CTR readers 1t was found
ed A, d. D90, by Robert, Archbishop of
Rouen, brother of Richard the Second
Duke Of Normandy, bat was not finished
till the year lG62.-It was 40 feet H.
length, So 10 breadth, the length of the
cross-aisles was 16! feet, and the height OF
the spire 595 feet. There were seven en-
frances to it, and hundred and thirty
windows. il was one Of the most costly
aud magnificent Gothic structures ever
seen; il was literally frosted with orna-
mentS there WAS not the smallest piree of
stone, not the back ola niche, nor the base
Of figure, bur was covered with he liarst
Gothic work. In il wrrc Inferred The ba.
dies Of john, Duke of BEDFORD, Regent of
France; licnry, brother of Richard | and
the heart of Richar CHur del .ion, together
with many other iIlust,ious men.
.southcmytoa County fhr1ajClt.