Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-08-03

The Execution Of Barron, The Rochester .Hurderer.-
The Daily Advertiser of that city published the follow.
ing account of the last moments Of that criminal on
Thursday last
Octavius Barron, who convicted Of the murder
Of VIM Lyman, executed at the Jail yesterday a, 20
minutes before o'clock, in presence OF the requisite
number Of persons
The execution took place on the first aoor in the Jail
He walked down from his (Which was in the up.
per part OF The ja accompanied by the sheriff and two
minister's with fran step When he arrived at the
small platform upon which he 10 stand, he stopped,
and one Of the ministers repeated short prayer in the
Catholic form He then stepped upon the platform and
asked forgiveness of those he had injured and also the
forgiveness Of God While the officers tying his
he repeated his prayers in Latin and French He
stood firmly Though his conntenance betokeued great
horror there no trembln9no relaxation OF nerves.
lie died with very little struggle. holding Catholic
Cross in his right hand.
Hs dress was a white roundabout, white panlaoons,
white shoes, and rufl9 shirt.
The night before he executed, he told his mother
that he guilty Of the crime and deserved the punish
mrnl he was to receive he also told the deputy sheriff
tina, his sentence just one, but he made no formal
confession.
When the sheriff went 10 him Yesterday during
The afternoon, lie made the request that he should he
hung as possible after a got upon the platform
From postscript in the paper, we learn that
Barron made fuI confession, which is TO be published
hereafter.
Tar LIFE Boat "A striking instance Of the value of
Lie DOll. Dy air rfaHcs, ~ " h"h,
was shown in the bay of New York, on Tuesday. The
Express staPs that few after the sailing OF
The packet ship Louis Philippe, two men ATTEMPTED 10
overtake her 10 put board Life Boat, built Tor her;
but being unable TO do made fast under The guard OF
the Staten Island steamboat order TO be lowed aEeno
Of the ship 10 board her. The boat being made
fast too the wheels completely buried IN water,
and thrown about with such violence by The sra mat II
was thought best to cut her loose She was nov nan
mile from The shore full Of water, and heavy sea run
ming Notwithstanding this, she relieved herseit 81 W.
ter the surface, and the pulled hrr 10 the
shore in safely The boat is only twelve feet long,
bulk for the Louis Philippe for the purpose OF throw
ing overheard when man falls The men say, 1t
they had been in any other kind Of boat they must
have been drow ned The wind so high that sail
boat was upset short distance of at The same moment
No steamboat packet vessel ought 10 be without one
or more Of these valuable inventions. They are so con-
s,ruc,rd that it impossible 10 sink them with all the
weight Of human beings that can be crowded into them
The editor of the Boston Atlas has letter from Of
ccr in the frigate United States dated Trieste May 6th
which states that the Austrian Government getting
a frigate ready for TO bring Arch.Duke Of Aus
tra 10 this country. The officers Of The United STATES
had been treated with the greatest attention at Trieste
The United States sail from Corfu in few days.
and afterwards to Smyrna.
SPRING WHrar.-Mr. Smeltzer, Of Middleton valley
ia Frederick county planted Liberan Spring Wheat,
which Welded him from Is 90 bushels per acre. The
drought Of this month decreased lis Yield he thinks he
would have had IS bushels 10 the acre