The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-05-22

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ed the spectators, staggering to one side
Of the platform for th at purpose, when the
drums beat, and he was suddenly seized by
the exocutioners, and underwent the SEN
tence of his judges. 1t is said that the in
decent haste and eagerness OF these men
to complete their task, arose from orders
having been issued to the soldiers, in case
OF any attempt at a rescue, to fire at the
scafold, and that they were afraid Of being
themselves despatched if any alarm were
given, or there were any symptoms ofcom-
motion among the crowd. One person
tasted the blood, with brutal exclamation
that ii was "shockingly btter;" the hair
and pieces of the dress were sold by the
attendants. No strong emotion was evinc-
ed at the moment; the place was like fair;
but few days after, Paris, and those who
had voted for the death Of the monarch,
began to feel serious and uneasy ut what
they had done. Louis XVI. had occupied
his time while in prison, where his confine-
ment was strict, chiefly in consolng his
wife and sister, andinstructing his son. He
discovered neither impatience, regret nor
resentment The truth is, that great and
itryng situations raise the mind above itself,
and take out the sting of personal suffer
ing, by the Importance Of the reflections
und consequences they suggest. lie read
much, and often reverted to the English
history, whore he found many examples Of
fallen monarchs, and one among them con-
dcmned, like himself, by the people. lie
was attended during the whole time, and
in his last moments, by his old servant,
Clery, who never left him. The names of
those who are faithful in misfortune, are
sacred in the page ofhistory! The Queen
followed her husband 10 the block. after an
interval Of almost year. There were cir
cumstances Of a dastardly and cold blood
ed barbarity attending the accusation a
gainst her. But the revolutionary spirit
had then attained It's highest virulence and
iury.--She expressed her apprehensons
of being torn in pieces by the mob on her
way to the scaffold, and was gravely as
sured by one Of the gendarmes who ac-
companied her, that ".she would reach it
without any harm" II is On affecting in.
cident, that Just before she expired she
turned round her head to look back at the
Tueieries, and then laid her neck on the
block
TIGHT DREssING. In the course Of
lecture on the Structure and Functions Of
the Human Frame, recently delivered at
the Bjisto Institution by mr.. Estin, that
gentleman, after exhibiting in an animal.
the natural situation Of the visce contain
ed within the trunk Of the body, referred
his audience TO the skeleton, for the pur-
pose OF showing how easily and how inju
rlously as tight dress round the body must
affect the important organs within. Ifthe
ribs are prevented from freely expanding
during inspiration by an external pressure,
shortness Of breath on the slightest exer-
ton, and palpitation of the heart, are the
consequence. Any thing tight below the
ribs, on the part called the waist, is still
| more injurious, as there no bony protection
exists for the delicate organs within. A
great mistake, he observed, seems TO exist
as to the natural form of the body at this
part, it being usually supposed that the
disproportion between the circumference
Of the chest anu the waist is far greater
than it really is; he recommended bis audi.
ence to study Raly's beautiful statue Of
Eve, in the institution, for juster ideas OF
the proportions of the human frame.
A frightful train Of stomach and pulmo
nary complaints are the effects fthe mode
Of tight dressing of the present day; and
though to the customs o! society n degree
of Difference is due, he was convinced tha,
good sense enough exists to allow Of any
who wished it, to pay sufficient attention
to dress, without incurTing the charge Of
slngularity or aHectation on the one hand
or injuring health on the other. A little
anatomical figure, he thought, would b. a
good appendage to the toilet; it would LEAD
the votary of fashion to imagine that the
heart was praying for room to palptate;
the lungs for liberty to perform their i'm.
portant Office Of purifying the blood the
stomach would supplicate for space to ex.
ercise its necessary functions Of digestion;
and the thousands Of absorbing vessels in
the intestines would entreat the destruc-
| tive pressure might not disable them from
their indispensable duty of extracting nu
trinent from the foo, and carrying life
and strength, and energy to every part of
tho system.
ROMANTIC Love ADVENTURE. A love
adventure, which took place in one Of the
South Sea Islands, and which is described
in the Life and Travels Of John Ledyard,
| is highly interesting. "While," says the
author, "the ships lay at anchor in Queen
Charlotte's Sound, singular love adven.
ture occurred between young English
sailor and New Zealand girl, the partic-
uars of which are related in Ledyard's
journal, as they are also in Cooks voyag
and which prove the softer sex among saw
ages, even the daughters ofcannibals,t TO be
capable Of deep affection and strong attach
ment An intimacy was contracted be.
tween a sailor and q native girl about four
teen years Of age. which grew stronger
from day to day, till at length all the time
he could spare from his duties was devoted
\ tn her societv He furnished her with