The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-09-02

condemned TO death. nc sCtlSAeS ""''
that they should be led through the street
i'll the day time, the bells ringing, to the town
hall, and there hear the judgment OF inc
court read from whence they were 10 DC
conducted to the principal church, theIe W
listen to a sermon analogous to the occasioh
after which they were to be confined IN the
house of correction. Ursula kundig, for SIN
teen years, Conrad Moser and John Peter,
eight years Susannah Peter and John Mos
or, six years and the other four, three, TWO
and ono year; and two of them only for six
months.--Thcy were to be put to laoour
proportioncd to their ages, sex and strength,
The seven men were moreover declared 10
have lost their political rights tor the rest OF
their lives.
The house of Jean Peter was ordered to be
RACED to the ground, the materials sold Tor the
benefit Of the poor, with the exception OF inc
timber and furniture otthe room in which the
murders were committed, and which were to
be burned. 1t was moreover expressly for-
bid ever to erect any building upon the site
Of the house of Jean Peter. The Cantonal
Consistory was charged with looking to the
support and condition of a child OF MorSuc-
rite Peter, the fruit of aniadultcrous COM
mcrce with Jaques AIorf.-Thc condemned
heard heir sentence with a resigned air, and
with some signs of repentance. Ursula run
dig and Conrad Moser appeared grateful fo
the clemcncy used towards them but old
Peter seemed inccnsolable when he heard
that his house was to be demolished. Since
their confinement. they have behaved with
dcccncy and docilty. Jacquc Mort, the man
BY whom Marguerite Peter, the lll-tatetl
heroine Of this tale Of horror had child, was
a shoe maker. She seemed to have been
devotedy attached to him part of one ct
her letters to him is as lollows:--" An, why
are YOU more dear to me than my mouth can
utters Why have ] vowed SO much to love
yous The Friday after your departure !
again assembled the hill where we took leave
Of each other ] kept my eyes for a long
time fixed upon the spot where you llvc. |
recognized the chateau O. kybourgc. SINCE
THAT moment ! have often fascii into my de-
licious rcvcries." And further on.-' Oh, my
soul Oh, my beloved child Oh, child oi
lovc--ycs, you arc born OF God. who is love
himself. Nothing can tear thee from my ten
tlcincss Oh, thou that love more than my
sclf"' &c. About ten days before the hnr-
rible sacrifice above described, Marguerite
Peter declared to her followers that she had
a new re. citation from Heaven which warn
ed her that Napoleon was about to revisit
Kind: and that after him, would cone his son,
the Young duke OF Reichstad, under the fig
ure the son of God, and that he would be
the real Anti Christ; that she was called TO
combat him, and prevent him from becoming
master OF the world; that the signal for the
rrcit fight would Shortly be given. This
was The habtual text OF her conversations
tInlins the last DAYS Of her life. Though
tile fNpntsa at Weldcusbuch excited ONLY hor-
ror amongst the great majority Of the pub
lie, yet were there many both at Urich and
other parts of Switzerland, WHO talked OF
these nlonstrocitcs with transports Of admi-
ration.
Numbers from various parts repaired to
Wcldcnsbuch; and one person in the ardour
Of his zeal, was seen to scrape the blood from
Of tho walls and furniture Of the apartment,
and bear it away as a sacred relic. Were it
not FOR the wise precaution Of the Mags-
tiatcs III exposing the bodies OF the victims to
public view, their promised resurrection
weul have been soon spread through the
country and credited by the fanatics. The
authors Of his narrative state their regret at
not being 1t liberty to expose to public indir-
nation, the measures put i'll practices to trou-
bic the pence of the Canton OF Zurich. and
excite a spirit Of fanaticism there. Thus.
they s;ly they have been ntcrdictcd from
doing, and must con.ine themselves TO stat
ing that the origin OF this fanatacism is verv
recent and may he dated from the period
when certain travellers, well known for the
eAaltation Of their religious doctrines, unfor-
tunatelv chose switzerland as their resi-
dcncc, and the theatre OF their religious cx-
hibitlons.