The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-08-23
TAE WHINING GTONIAN
AND
DELAWARE ADVERTISER.
Thursday, Aug. %, 1927.

Thursday, Aug. %, 1927.
| QJThe Wilmington Society for the Suppress
ion of Intemperance, have just received sup
| ply OF DIR. Chambers Medicine, which may be
Watson, or at this Office.
The communication Of a"Citizen of Will
mington," has been received. The cordial
invitation which the writer gives to the cit-
zens to attend the theatre, would, were we
to publish it, be rather out of season, as we
have been informed the dramatic corps
closed their performances for'the present,
last evening. We would, by the bye, IN
form our correspondent that we are not in
the habit of admitting writer's to our col
umns "whose style is unexampled in the an
nails of Billings-gate abuse"
A correspondent in Poulson's Ad vertiscr,
states that lie has received a letter from
the Canal, in which he says the Contractors
are making rapid progress in waling the
canal with stone The wall is said to entire
ly arrest the progress of the running sand
near the bottom of the canal. The stones
are brought from Port Deposit in sloops, to
the western point OF the canal. and are then
carried to the places where they are wanted
on the line, in Wagons. Seven vessels and 40
teams Of four horses each. are employed in
bringing and distributing stone. The work
is also said to progress with great facility and
the most sang uine expectations are enter
tanned Of It's early completion.
4 The three pirates. nehe, Couro, and Fe-
liz, who were convicted of having murdered
a great part Of the crew OF the brig Craw-
ford, and sentenced to be hung, were on Fri
day last, pursuant to their sentence, exc
cutcd at Norfolk, in the presence of an i'm
mensc number Of spectators The prison
ers, clad in purple robes. were taken from
the Jail about eleven o'clock, and escorted
by the military to the gallows. when in the
face of the multitude they acknowledged
that they deserved the fate that awaited
them; they asked the forgiveness of the
people, and begged that they would join
in prayer for their salvation. The gal
lows was so constructed that all three
were to be fastened to as many staples
in the horizontal bar above at once; and the
platform, by means Of hinges, was to be sud-
denly removed from under them. The
ropes had been fastened about their necks
before the removal from the jail aud only
required to be fastened to the staples. This
was soon done by the Deputy Marshals, who
descended to withdraw the support, and al
low the platform to sink, and leave them
suspended. Daring the whole Of this ope-
ration, (Which required several minutes, as
all three had to be fastened to the cross bar
at the same t,mc) the prisoners continued tt
pray aloud. When the prop was withdraw
they tell so suddenly, that the ropes by whlcl
Pepe and Couro were suspended, broke
and they fell to the ground. Felix. being
not SO heavy, remained suspended. The 9th
ers were much injured by the fall, and ths
!, pressure of the cords around their necks
They struggled upon the ground for few
seconds, apparently in great pain Pep'
soon osc upon his feet and threw himself il
an attitude of supplcation to Heaven
Couro remained ON the ground. As soon a
possible. the Deputy Marshals had the plat
f form again raised, placing the legs of Fe
! lix (who, by this tine, was deatD upon th'
top OF it, his body remaining still suspended
| Pepe was again conducted up, and ascend
ed the steps with apparent strenth and res
o1ution. Couro had only the appearance o
life, and was carried up. The ropes wer'
again fixcd-Couro was able to stand afte
being upon his feet. Neither spoke. ane
: pepe remained in supplicatins attitude
The prop being again removed, they wer'
{ left suspended, and soon breathcd their last
; For the Wlmingtonian.
1t was not my intention to appear again il
your paper as the advocate of differcn