New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-18
SAMSON. TRk Ill tD>HAN

SAMSON. TNE Ill AD>htN
We translate from Gcrm,n PAPER. he 'Gi.h
81 /citung, the following ,hctch OF Samson, ;ie
Partisan cSccutisner. Who certainly has some claim
to be regarded a. hero. History cannot point 10
another who has beroft 10 many OF hi- fellow crca-
lures Of life. Slaughter the onl trade lie |ne"
and il wa. hi, fortune 10 Weld the axe N tunes
when scores of heads fell OF q morning. IL" "a'
no vulgar Jack ke,ch To stranglo thieves and as
-assns. kinc., queens. princes, statesmen, l'on-
ticians. dcnacogues. all ranks of society, bowed
before bi. f,Ial presence and never rose again.
Have yon read the French papers! Do lou
know who !. dead Let me euhghtcn ,ou. here
died in Pan. on the 20th Aagu.r last. an old man
Of 81. named Hem Samson. licad,man OF tho
Department Of the Seine. Methlnks ! Won
turn 10 yDi!r nose. and wonder OF what consc-
puonce whether there Is one .XccutiOner more oI
less i, the world. But TN. Henri SAMSON ny in
different reader, was no commoa de-patci'r ct
low a,.as.ns, lnccndaries. coiner. and such rab
bic lac was the h,adsman par eTccH'Hce. III"
Neme,i. Of the French naiion. the lat act ct the
bloody drama Of l13s. In hiis ha' portion Of
Frances bloos-iu,crbed story sunk 10 the gave:
for he was during the first Revolution, the LrccH-
tcur dcs Laid,S rHcrcs, through whose hands
passed the head. OF nearly all those who at ihii
period persisted by the gIillOtlnc ia the PI3ce de
COncOrd Hem Samson wa Al that uHe an ac-
tive young man,nt 20 years, attached 10 no panty,
and he struck oil to-dayihe head Of III arfent roy
alist. with the same composiuc that he word lh'
next day that Of Il suspected republican. STORY
can tell of no second execut,oner VINO has '"PiIa-
Ted from their shoulders nanv wor'd-Icnowncd
be,d O, ru,fshal;cd 20 much Of lii,, " the way To
dusty doaih." Ia the times when the guillo,lrr-
en- psrmancnce held the French poruace IN check.
from thty 10 forty heads daily have been known
10 fall beneath hs axe-it i not therefore to be
wondered al tina, he should have acquired an M
.rring skill in his bloody art. Lr' rs take ha,tt
peep into his day book of lerror-, and let pass III
review the bloody ghos. which rise ont al the CT
,as,rophc %. that time, to remind H. OF TIE nor
rors Of the past.
First meet. our eve the shade OF the 2lth jar
uary. 1871. 1t bears broken crown, and what J.
-adder .till, broken heart. Thi. crowned -iiadc
is Louis XVI, King by the grace of Gad, who
stalks warning example through the ranks OF
Gods anointcd, and calls to them" BE Just and
firm ~
Next rise the pale names of the 10Th October,
1893. The palliJ features marked by sorrow,
deep indeed. but which still has not been able 10
cxiingui,h the brightness of their beauty. On the
snow h;te neck rests tine blood drops Of the siii-
loinc. The lovely head, which, once adorned with
a diamond crown, now bears one OF ihDrns, l. that
Of Maria Anionetlc, daughter of Maria Theresa,
sister of tn. Emperor Joseph, and the unhappy
LON. $ consort
"Now fit. acros. tho scene a shade wh hose aspect
fills rs with disgust. The bald head, with It's load
of sin. Cll on the 9th November, 1893 1t i Philip
d'Orlcan,, Philip Eealire, the aimrr at h' brother
Crown Two years before, "a l.oIHs lost ms crow
upon the ,caaold, Philip had from hi' cabiio'ct
gohed through hi, opera glass upon the execution
of his ROYAL brother. a. mn opera dli'tlanc would
view the pas.Nul Of Il Fanny Elsssr His shade
also NAV serve IA. a warning beacon through cen
iurics To come reminding rs OF the fowler caught
in his own SNARE.
Next ,ses from tho darkness Of the grave, III"
giant shade Of the 18th April, l7Ji. III, powerful
frame, and fierce aspect, which even IN death stu
startled al around point oa To the lupiter FuIni-
mans OF the revolutionary Olympus the hclcuIc"n
Dan,or. whose voice has been compared to tn
,Lu,dcr's rear and is oratory To the sc"rchihs
ligh,ninc's flash. Man of terror vino brought thee
TO the AK
Next follow. the shade oi the 2@th July, h9l.
,ha, of MAMMALIAN Robc.picrrc, and close upon
III. heel. those oi h. brothers augu>tln 81. just.
Couthon, Lcbas lieDr0t and seventeen others OF
their associates. The ninth Thcrmidor, the holy
,iay.eve OF the French Revolution was n band day
for our hcadsslnn. As he had once -hown to thcm
the fair Lea OF their king, 80 did he on TIN. day
exhibit to tie eNulting populdcs the distorted tea
lures Of the DICTATOR; aid i, they shouted their
appreciation each one thong hi 10 himself: Now can
we sleep il peace without thc fear Of being awak-
ened Lv the hangman." But that night when
exhausted Paris gave itself uP TO sweet repose
could Samson who had annihi!aicd the head at tn
reign of terror. close no exc. tr Robcsplcrrc. and
the whale train oi revolutionary victims saihcied
in bloody circle around his bed ans chased tn"
sleep from his cyc-lid. then did he told hl- ntp>
and pray:--" Father in hcavcn, forgive MI Ma
bu, the instrument :" From that day the Er,ca
fcur dcs hautes ourres rested from 81, ahof,; hc
wiped the blood from his Ak, and with sigh, laid
his hands IN his lap.
AtIcr lapse Of torty-two Years during which
le had .ucces,vely seen Use and pass away, Mr.
Directory the Triumvirats the Consulate, the Inn
peror Napoleon, Louis XVIII. aud Charles \, b."
was again called by Loui. Philippe to the place Of
execution, to try his AIS edge anew fic,ci and
his conicdcrates. and shortly aiterward's on Young
Alibaud. He brushed the rust from h- guiiloriuc.
aud carried int effect with the same importantly
~ heretofore the DEGREES of the law. LOUIS
ANIs head was one n the first. aid Albaua
tho las, which fell beneath his hands.
The Ncme.i- of France. Henri Samson. now
sleeps TRANQUILITY in the church yard.
THr Ball THAT KILLED NEIsoN.-fhe mu,kct
isll which robbed Eaellud Of hcr great naval com
maader. the immortal Nelson. say. the Bath Her
adj, is now in possession OF Rev. +. W Baker. OF
Bathwck. IL was fred it seems, CONTRARY To the
received accoun,l al random from the ,sp of the
Nedoubtablc, by f,cuch soliicr named Robert
Gulllemardc, who escaped swouudcd and when
his ship struck taken on board ,he Victory,
The fatal bullet was not discovered till the iIc,or,
arrived at Spithead 1t had struck the fore part
of ,b.. h.-,'s epou',tc AMI c,tercI hi. l,tt .oul