Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-10-14

t:caiar description Of the appearance and
department Of each individual, from which
the following is extracted -
jean Joseph Dun,asstte, good looking
youth, not ye, IL, wept bitterly. lie said,
that his associates had persuaded him to join
his fortune with theiis and that he did not
know what their intentions were ill they had
Committed the chimes, for hich he was about
bo the son OF respectable parents, from whom
he had absconded and that af.er wandering
about some lime, he fell in with his fellow
culpiits, Who were one Of those gangs Of law
less ruftians who have 50 long perpetrated
their atrocities in the seas ofihe West Indies
Not having any mode Of obtaining his saLss-
tence, and being hunable Ur unwilling to re-
turn 10 the friends he had deserted, he al
lowed himself u be seduced to Join this pratt.
cal crew, for perpetra;ing which, they have all
suffered an ignoniniuus death. just before
this wretched youth ascended the sCaffold, he
requested drauSht of water, saying, it was
the last thiog he should require in this world.
A few moments before the drop fell, his
countenance depicted the EXTREMIST agony !;
his eyes were raised to heaven, and with a
voice scarcely heard, among the sobs which
involantarily burst from him, he exclaimed,
inaudible his voice became inat ticuate, and
the drop falling, the soul Of the misguided
youth, without one struggle, quilted its earth
Iy tenement forever.
Antonio Hernandez, the coloured Spaniard,
like an internal demon, stood on the platform
careless OF, the past, deriding the present, and
needless OF the future |; he joined in the pray
ers, but We fear, with his lips alone, for he
seemed obdprate and closed to every feeling
ofhumanity. Never can we forget the ex-
preston Of his countenance as he looked on
The surrounding spectators, for few mo-
ments before his existence terminated. He
looked the fiend whose delight bad been in
torturlns man. His physiognomy demonstra.
ted his crimes arose, not from the impulse Of
sudden rage or temptations but from the deli
berafe suggestions of a mind hardened in guilt
from long traffic in blood and murder. In
deed, never did i've before view countenance
so hellish-not that his features were in form
ed, but because the general expression was
particularly diaboIica'. His last words were
to the executiOner. whom he cursed as he
drew the cap over his eyes, saying to him,
" go TO hell"
Hernandez and Norriego, when suspended,
struggled violently with death. They evil
IDENTIFY parted with existence in great agony
their convulsions continued long after those
of their fellow culprits bad ceased. The rat
Ting in their Threats, and the evident gasps
for breath, almost ioduced US to consider that
they were not destitute of sensation. The
surerstiiious part of the spectacle RS, as usual
attributed this accidental differences in the
death OF these pirates, from that of the Others,
to aJudgment on them as the actual murder
ers: The case Of the boy alone excited COM
miseration.
Benito Cassel addressed the spectators, sa ".
ing, Hear nosv what say, for am telling
the truth before God it would be useless to
fabricate faisehood when am just about APP
peariDg before God aud his saints. The SEN
tvnce by which that poor man (Estevan Mar
:Inez) Is about to be hung il most unjust for
he had no concern with US, who were the pi-
rates !; he murdered no. one, and he robbed
no one tits most wicked TO hang an innocent
man. He s not guilty !; no, he is not /; by
God he is not lam guilty, and SO are the 9th
ers, but not Esteyan Martinez, who il unjust
ly judged. murdered the Officer, for kill
ed him after we took him, and had tied him
TO tree, and am suffering justly but poor
Martinez is undergoing this death for the
crimes of us. Now and ever I'll declare his
Innocence )" and again be invocated the name
ofthe Almighty in attesting the truth of this
statement of the innocence of Martinez, hop
ing that some good person would let his
friends in Cuba know, that he was not gull.
ty.
Jose Maria de los Santos also confessed his
guilt but strenuousIy asserted the INNOCENCE
Of Martinez.
Estevan Martinez was decent looking
man, and of rather prepossessing appearance
He several times declared that he was inno-
cent and when the cap was drawn over his
eyes,he beggedit should be Withdrawn, as If fear
ing that death would prevent the expression
OF his feelings. with rapid utterance, and shi-
vering, he exclaimed 8. An innocent man dies
for what he never dd-my last words is Oh
God :"
The drop then fell.
Calisto Morales also said he was innocent.
Presious to their execution, one of these
stated, that there were several hum
dred pirates on the coast of Cuba, and this
would always be the case while the Mer-
chants and stOrekeepers Of that Island pur-
chased from the pirates their plumber, and
various authorities permitted, and secretly
encouraged them in their nefarous acts
This was stated in the presence of the Spa
nish Priest.
LA FAYETTE.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 9.-At meet
ne on Wednesday eve<ing of the Citizens
Committee for making suitable arrangements
for the reception of Gen. La Fayetts in this
place, among ether measures adopted, it was