The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-10-07
ers,ihea 10 learn tha, III. siIsins who had

uoneu IN our Iet paper, were exeCu'eu az &C.
ably to sentence--Ihey were principally Span.
is'ds and FrenchmeD. The following psr,ic.
ulars of the execution will be read with inter.
est:
Al four 10 the morning they were guarded
10 The wherfy WHAT by the Sheriff. Officers,
and a detachment Of the 92d regiment. They
were then embarked % board Q wher,y, which
was towed TO ssllows.p point by the boats Of the
men.of war, lyiog at Port Royal. During
their passage, several Of The prisoners prayed
most deyouuy, and continued with ,edoubled
energy, theii appeal 10 tho mercy Of their
Creator, when they bebeld The final scene
which was to close The bloody tragedy they
had so long acted.
The chief Of the pirates, (Frsncois Vale
b'onge) preserved the most determined 81.
Ience, and seemed Indifferent to his fate.
Jsan Joseph Du' arctic, q good locking
youth, not yet II, wepl bitterly He said that
his associates had persuaded him TO join his
fortune with theirs; and that he did not know
what their intentions were ill they had Gem.
mr,cd the c,imes, for which he was abou; 10
suffer with them We are informed By a
respectable gentleman, who conve sed vih
this youth in gaol, that he declared himself to
be the sun Of respectable parents, from whom
he had sbsconhed and that sfer wandering
obout somo lime, he fell in with his fellow
culprits, who were one OF those gangs oi law.
less ruifisns, who have 60 long pc peua,ed
their OF t,ocilies 10 The seas oil The West IN.
dies. Not having any mode Of obtaining his
subsistence, end either unable or unwilling 10
rerutn TO the friends he had deserted, he al
lowed himself to be seduced to join this pi.
ra,ical crew, snd to participate IN hose crimes,
for pc petralIng which, they have all sutfs'sd
all rgnominious desth--,he we'll me erited need
OF rheir dItelui deeds. jus, before this W. ech-
ed youth ascended the scaRod, he requested
d aught Of water, saying IL was the last
thing he should require in this world A few
moments before the drop fell, his counrensnce
depicted the exuemest agony: his ey;s were
raised TO heaven, and with O voice, scarcely
head, among tho sobs which Involuntary
burs, from him, he exclaimed, F'nnct--
my poor mothet !" the rest was ineudIbI,--
his voice become inar,ieulatc, and the drop
falling The soul Of this msguded d youth, with
put d struggle, quItted its earthly tenement
ia'eyer. The appa,ent sincerity with which
pe ,epented Of his im5,, has we trust, oh
talned him The lotgivness Of that Eternal BE.
ing, whose delight is in mercy.
F'ancoi, Valebrcrge, the captain OF his
,wless crew, prayed, but moi sudIbly lie
was a man advanced IN yesrs, and his counte
1ance strongly portrayed the wretch iamila
with, end reckless OF guilt. He suffered WIN
composed Indifference.
Antonio He nsndeE, the coloted Spsnstd,.
wnose hess hand had bereft the unfortu
ate Underwood OF his hie---a crime which
ae pc pc''sted with the most cold. blOoded
oCity--iike an internal demon, stood on ih,
pia,orm, careless IL the post, de idlng ID,
present, end needless OF he fu'.rc; he ilincd
u The prayers, bu, we fear With his lips clone,
iIr his heart seemed ubduraie and closed to
eve feeling Of human'y. Never can W.
forge, the expression Of hi, countenancc as he
,ucked 90 tho surrounding spectators, for
moments before his existence termin,,ed.
lie looked ths hend whose delight had been
go ,orurog man. III, phy,iognomy demon.
sta'ed that MS cImes arose, not from ths
,nupulsc OF sudden tsge, OF temptation, but
l-om the deliberate suggestion, of a mind har.
ened ~ Gu 1t from Tong traffic in blood and
murder. Indeed, never did we before view a
coun'enanCe so hEllish--not that his festure.
we've Informed, but because the gene'ol ex.
p ession was particularly dsbolicai. His las
ds we'e to the execuiioner, whom he
cutsed as he dew The cap over his eyes, say.
ing to him, go 10 heH'
Macello Nosriego, Nhe black ssmbo) with
stupid, or rather vacsn, look, survey the
scene Of his latter moments. This man had,
IN ,he.murder OF NJ Stephenson, emulAted
he bloody assassin, Hs,nands5.
Isrnsnd, z and Noruego, when suspended,
.Jugeled violently with death. They evident.
~ ps'ted wIth existence IN grcatagony their
convulsiors conunued long alter those oi their
fellow culprts had ceased The ret,Iing 10
thei ,htos's, and the vdsnt gssps for breath,
slmo,, induced us to consider that they were
no, destitute OF sensation. The supe,sti ious
part OF tho spectators, as usual, attributed ih's
accidental d, ference in tho death OF those p.
rates, from that OF the Others 10 q judgment
on them as the actual murderers. The case
Of The boy alone excited commiseralon. A
medical p sctitioner was desirou' TO obtain the
head OF Hernandez, but the .heufi's ofiice's