Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-07-18

he must have alluded to some conversation he had
WIN his ConieSsor. lie was anxious TO have his |
hand tied in the posture OF prayer, but this desire
could not he complied with. lie ielired from the |
crowd with Priest TO confess himself in private
Inc officer commanding (Lieut Fraser) --aiTordcd
every facility procure the necessary secrecy i'm
this last rite of the Roman Catholic ritual Some OF
tne prisoners shed ieais and sobbed aloud. A few
Spanards, standing by desired them not TO disgrace
'heir country, hut to die firmly, aud like brave men,
as ihey could have no hope OF life that therefor
'heir thoughts should he another world. Whai,n
SAID their CONSIDER, " is death IL is but the pain
oi moment; why should we fear ii, when las hit
ierness Is so soon past ?" " Ah," replied culprit
you never felt us bitterness" The Priests assur-
ed iheia OF pardon through their ;Redeen,er, aud
maj as they sincerely repenied OF whatever crimes
they had committed a recapitulatirn was unnec,s
sary
Saragosan was ine looking young man, about
eighteen, and just before the drop FELL tu ming 10 his
cap'i'n Who stood next him, said, Adios Captain
tr aIewel my CaptlIn) AragoniL pray ed feryenIIy
o"t inandihIy the others were louder in their de
vo''ons Arasonz never lost his frames, not even
when tue zap was drawn his eyes did he shrink
from his fate. He met dea'h with "a heroic forIitu,le
worthy, indeed, of II nobler cause. He manifested
degree oi resignation as remote from fool-hard-
ness on the one hand ms from puerile tmidiiy on
the other Had not his gully deeds been 30 une-
quivocai'y proven, he would have induced the spec
taors tn imagine hiM II martyr.
The unhappy wreIches assembled the scaffod with
great irmness, and followed their captain. The IL
m'diiy al those who had been weeping seemed To
yield before the caimuess of hun who had once heen
their commander. Miguel higo requested the by-
stahtlers, that when the drop fell they would pull
him 10y The legs, TO put him oni of agony Aragunz
d,eh Immediately, the vertebrs of the neck being
disiocaIed
One OF the prisoners, Manuel Rebout had. in.
August last, been employed rs n seaman OIL board :,
Irogeng vessel, trading round This island, the Five
Sisters, Capt. MCaddiu. On that occasion he had
behaved most disorderly, drawing his knife on some
OF The crew OF the Five Sisters, and refusing TO
work.
The execution conducted with that solemny
winch should ever accompany the awful decree OF
the laws. The officers and soldiers OF the 9lst, who
guar ued the scene OF execution, merit the public an
probation for the decorum they preserved on this nc
easIon The commanding officer, at the same lime
ihai ne look every necessary precauton which the
case required, showed degree oC humanity 10 The
wreiohcd culprits which did honor to his feelings Ms
a man
| On the way down, the Dead March in Saul was
Played IN one oil the men of wars boats which added
| much 10 The solemniy Of the occasion.
The remaining ten prisoners, viz Josef Pastore
Joseph Hemenes, Pedro Mcdalins, Custa Fnsta
Antonio iole, Bariolome Castro, Miguel Palermo
Juan Perez, Raphael Victory, aud Joachim Martin
were carried 10 the place of execution Yesterday in
a similar manner 10 that which we have above de-
'ahed Ihe greater part wept bitterly, more partic-
| ularly Two young men.
| We never Witnessed more ardent relipious emo
tons than those which seemed TO pervade all the
prisoners Whilst they were circulating the name q {
'no'r hedeemer, almos, inaudihy from the convul.
sive soi's ol some, The drop fell. The ropes being
badly fixed, the execution was not so instant as ~,
| the previous day.
10 closing our description OF the execution of
| these guilty men we may he pardoned for commen,-
ing upon one circumstance, which, though no allie
walton OF their guilt before the tribunal of mam will
uoubiIess plead Tor them the bar of their Maker
Scarce any among them were aware of The otror,,
OF the crimes they had committed; they seemed 10
conceive that whilst they restrained their hands II ON
mufuer, ,hey aght commit any other criue with
'mpuniy; ihe ignorance of the of these
wretched cupiuts was depiorabe hut even This nal
iatIon of crime did not apply to their Captan He
WAS by no means an Ililerare man, and sona.
oy possessed talents which he had prostiiued 10 the
most horrid and airocious purposes
Henry Buche, who found gutItv of the crime
o. piracy, ana sentenced 10 death the last January
surrey AssiLe, hut whose execution had been s,,s-
pended on the petition of several me bants nG
ION, IN consequence OF a document from The Prus-
s'an wee Consul received by the Packet has been
granted "A free pardon by his Grace the Governor
ShOeIins.-We learn by the Gazette that ON s,,,rdo
last about one o'clock in the afternoon MAJOR Nathanis
his son in-aw, Alexander Duvai who resided AZ sbor
distance wa; violently beating his wife, went la to
al the interpoon declared that he would shaot The
}o, ana ran 70 neghbCrng house, where he procured
gun returned 10 his own house. standing in bis
yard, nenr the door called major Musgrove 10 come M,
the major out Of the door p,v,iI fen ou
odged tue contents OF the gun in Lody he fell in tIS
doorway, and expired shortly after. fBIH PA
We learn from Chicothe (ohio) panel t ria gobr
heese who had been committed to Jail on cbarge Of
having robbed the Mail the ofay last has been
the learned Judge BYRD for this second arrest Of G ha
oJsee Is that having discharged the prisoner he
would be Inconsistent with himself il he did not do il Sc
cond Time The argument Eay be used by The nail
ioooer VIZ as have robbed the mail once il would be
,eohsittent win myself i'll did not do again we
would recommend the iucumbents of tie Ohio bench To-
.e S lew lectures at our law school in baltimore, where
'e lheory OF law not only taught, but The pyacs he
ntonStrdfed We do not deprive mail robbers Of Eiy
hearing, nor meritcd reward. H.
More curious fo'siiiThe teeth found under ground in
RANK among the most aud singular OF the organic re-
mSIus that have been dsDterred in our courIry The
uns, or described in the books IL is exneceJ Ia, o
ures VIII be taken to procure, without DELAY from The
anu where the remainder Of the huge skeleton lies nil Thai
mas escaped decay and pureiaction. the specimens
under examination, there suppoe The
wa an nbabant of the land belonging 10 the Pachyder
oIerj ana VIII add another species nunier-
only by their bones and teeth yet wholly ecsmpoe1
anu anu rotten. IL WI probably rank With the Paootherums
Tue Chevaier Cuver, IN his great work. entitled osse,neDs
Paris, within few years We must wait ,iii nstis,r
for the solution OF curious probiem by the arrival of
explain this profound subject OF subterrauean and antiI
Wan zoology To which tue whole body ofour scavnns viii
Aneisnt Rsic-A curious stone, weighing about len or
twelve pounds with NO smooth sides it, as been found
~ tle river near indianapolis has several engravigs
on IT, apparently Of ancient date Some oftbem can
not be decyPhered The number ITO is as plain as IL il
hu Deel engs'ed Dut short time since Another word
part OF which very plain, is taken be julius Sew.
eral OF the letters are spread f the had grown
SINCE hey were engraved The letters in Roman
capitals There remains visible appearance of other en-
Cravings, WINCH cannot he made Hb.
The Napoleon PHiotu.-A pillow of curled bo; and
made TO resemble one always used by the late Emperor
Napoleon Is nav manufactured by f. b. Ruchefori 1913
William street IL has 0perng In The centre and if
construction IS admirably adapted the prevention Of
rheumatic pains and colds in the head which, We are as
sured, The French subject to- az they use hair in
stead Of feathers n warm weather. gentleman Of this
CITY, VINO sleeps ON Napoleon Pillow Informs US tia,
IS remarkably comfortable, and that he has been entire
~ Tree Oi cold IN the head since be used IT, M.
Sea SerPent-Our old friend the Sra Serpent has this
year delayed bis annual TO 50 lae period tiat W
suIiT Of lie