Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-01-25
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mo n, nine o'clock, Pierre Theophle DE
roipne, Ambrose Sangunct, Charles San.
pu,net. Francois Xavier Hamelin, other.
wise called Petit Hamclin. ard Joseph
Robert were hanged IN front Of the new
uaol, in pursuance of the sentence Of the
Court Martial. Decoigne was notary al
Cha,eauguay. and was taken prisoner az
Napiervllle along with Captain Norm and
others. with whom he was tried. The
other four were found guilty of High Urea.
son and Of the murder OF Mr.. Walker,
under aggravated circumstances. De-
coigne addressed the assembled crowd as
his Dear brethren in Jesus" and stated
tina, had he taken the advice Of his good
PASTOR" he would not have come to an
unimely end. He did not confess that he
was n traitor, or that he was sorry tor
being go. although he begged that his
countrvmen should take his fate as warn
ing. The other wrelched criminals ap-
peared engaged altogether il religions ser
vices, and with the exception Of Jacques
Robert. met their end like men. Deco,gne
IN particular, was uncommon'y cool and
self possessed, and did not betray the
slightest symptoms Of fear, although what
was reported Of him during the past few
DAYS since his sentence was officially init
mated, led ia to expect very different
demcanor Jacques Robert was SO dread
tally overcome and nervous, that he reqii
red to be supported until the fatal bolt was
drawn which u,hered them into the pres.
ence Of their maker Their sufierings
were short. The bangman being more cx.
pert ut his profession than on The former
occasion. The gsllows was erected oC
the top of the gaol wall. Immediately
above the gate, and the bodies were sus-
pended outs ide of The wall, so that the
Canadians might be fully satisfied that
there was something more scrions than
hanging in effigy. as is currently reported
in the country parishes was the case with
| Cardinal and Duque,te. When these
worthless were hanged there were only four
hooks on the gallows. but they are now
! Increased TO seven, from which it wOu'd
appear that they arc to be used. An i'm
mense crowd witnessed the executions, It
being quite novelty 10 see so many indi
viduals hanged at the same time. There
were not many Canadians present although
| all those who were on their way to market
with their produce were stopped by the
crowd, and forced. to a certain extent. to
witness The proceedings. I, was not unit,
the actual hanging had taken place, that
the habitans really believed the sentences
would be carried into effect, and one who
was standing beside US exclaimed. "My
God. they are real men, There was
nothing in the appearances OF any OF the
unfortunate criminals which would have
led any person o suppose they were capable
of committing such barbarltes as were
proved against them, as detailed in the
evidence we this day publish Herald.
The Kingston Herald states that an at,
tempt has been made to poison The whole
militia on duty in Brockvlle. The baker
who supplies the troops with bread, dlscov
cred something singular in the appearance
of the punchcun of water with which he
was on the point Of kneadlng his dough
An examination was made by medlca
man, who pronounced it so strongly infused
with arsenic, that every one who might
have eaten Of the bread would have been
inevitably killed.
( Intelligence has been received at Mon
treaI from London. U. c. that of The prs
oners taken a. Windsor. one. named HIRAM
CLUcH, was hung on the morning of thai
day, another was to suffer on the Ilh, an,
whose execution Warrants had been re
celved. 1t was expected l2 or II more
would be exc culed The letter mentions
that another invasion from the American
, Frontier was expected.
The Toronto Patriot states that fv,
, men of the 34rh Regiment had deserted
from hmhersiburgh, three of whom wer,
, shot down by the volunteers while attcmp
, ling to cross the ice to the States. Th
, other two gave themselves up rather tia,
. be shot dawn.
The Quebec Gazette mentions The arri
val at thai place Of Two de,achmenls OF tn
65th and 93d Reg lmenls from New Bruins
! wick. across the "und'spued territory
\ The 9th Regiment from Jamaica, and tn
, eth and 69lh from other parts of tn
West Indies, are expected at Halifax fror
whence they viii also pass TO Canada owe
d the "undIspn'ed Territory"
f FROM PREscoTr Martin Van Slyke
e one Of The released Prescott prisoners, ha
e made the following statement:
c Having had nv ,r,al at Kingston an
having been acquitted. | avail myself ,
y my liberty to communicate through tn
|"'"'""S w s""' P"Pc' dh hCchunl, as 10
as has come to my knowledge, of sue
G facts as may have tendency to d,sabus
the pubic ear ] was taken at the wind
mill on the l4,h November. and carried t
j. Kingston: when first taken we wer
= roughly handled, and heard cons,derab'
is abusive language. After our arrival q
Kingston We were confined in a building i
the Fort. Our treatment was general
y Misunderstanding was taken from The pris
!, oners but money, which was put into th
u hands OF The Sheriff, Mr.. Mcdonald, fu
a The use OF the prisoners, and which, to
H. gelher with such donations as came to hi
is hands from this side, believe were hon
81 eslly and faithfully applied in relieving III