The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-10-19
s.Ihe I0aIng are eAtraeLs nom English papers re-

ceive<by &c last arrival
lettefW rom Stockholm. Of the Sd says: "Yester-
day the'exeeution Of man named Breitfeldt took
place, ior murder robbery, and incendiarism. Two
curlol sseyents marked this punishment. In Sweden
the pa8 Of death consists in deeoation with an axe
ana lot ms purpose the delinquent is placed on
olock, before which trench is dug into which the
mead ialls and where the body of the culprit is Of
forwards thrown, and then covered over with earth
mere mere exists amongst the common people strange
oenei tnatlhe blood Of decaptated person taken
lhlefhally Is sovereign cure for epilepsy, and the
custom, handed down from times immemorial is TO
permit the spectators to take the blood AS soon as
Brehleldt shead had fallen an elderly peasant woman
rushed forward with morsel of bread in her hand
10 so$ II ~ me sangunary stream, spoutng from the
trunk SeAt just as she stretching forth her hand
one oi-f9r hs seized her. and she fell dead into the
trene3A. The other incident which marked the day
was caused blIa quarrel which arose between por-
ter and q earRhter. The former at last gave the
atler bSw 1the face, on which the other, slipping
behind, struck him violent blow with an axe, and
split his Skull to thesneck. The murderer was i'm
mediately arrested and when Intercepted before
magistrate ecared that the execution of the day had
suggestedto him the idea Of asing the axe He was
previously noted for his goodSconduct" -'i--& =
A bear.leader named Circuit, having a few days
ago made his bear repeatedly perform bis antic dances
TO The inhabitants OF village near Pontarer in the
Doubs, without receiving what he conceived to be
an adequate compensation, turned sulky the ami
NAL itself, and left il to its own command Parta-
king Of the dissatisfaction of his MASTER Brun prowl-
ed about till he fell in with young girl washing lin
en- at retired spot, and wreaked his first vengeance
upon her, rolling her in the mud, but prevented
from doing her any serious injury, until another wo
man, hearing her cries came to her assistance Upon
her the brute turned his rage, and with his rress-
BILE hug, would probably have killed her, had not a
rural Postman, going his rounds, to her timely
assistance with stout stake. The noise of the battle
that ensued aroused some quarrymen, at work nigh
at hand, who, after reinforcing the postman, reused
the apathetic Orson from his sulks, and forced him
to resume the command Of his bear. This done, he
refused TO make any compensation for the injury that
had been done, and made off with his bear and dogs
The aggrieved parties, however, had him followed to
Vllleneuve d'Amont and arrested. Both the women
were severely torn, but neither is in danger
On Friday evening between nine and ten O'Clock,
a cloud of butterflies, driven by the wind that blew
with great force fell suddenly on the Rue Royale
and filled all the shops and houses from the Place de
la Concorde TO the Madeleine, futerng about the !
lamps and other lights in which they half burnt them
Selves and then falling npon the ices, shcrbets and
whatever happened to- be on the tables. Walters |
and servants were employed for nearly an hour in |
clearing them away and for the same time the Young
people in the street amused themselves with catching
the poor Volaties thus brought out Of their latitude
Further excavations have been made in the Forest
OF Bretonne, under the direction Of nj. Charer A |
bathng-room has been uncovered, with all the pipes
and furnaces necessary 10 heat il. The floor is in
mosaic, but almost entirely destroyed, except one
part, where two ducks are represented most admira
bly,. Twenty PAGES from the bathroom, vast cellar
of square form has been discovered about nine feet
deep The vault Of the staircase leading this cell
lar has notmore than seyenty-fye to eighty centime
tres of opening This agrees with the size of the !
vessels used Tor wine amongst the Romans, which
were, generally speaking, small. bronze axe was
found here and some pieces Of mosaic; also, dig
gIng near It, bronze cup, two rings, and bronze
brooch, with place for cameo or mosaic. Con
lectures were formed for long time respecting seve-
raj kilogrammes of light blue matter found in a
vase broken by workmans pckaxe. II was origin
ally to all appearance, in powder but the moisture
coaguated il On being ana yzed, it found TO be
cobait, mixed with carbonate OF
lime, usedcIor fresco painting. Besides those disco
'eries, many remains Of walls have been found, as
we'll as bones, pieces Of pottery, oyster and muscle
hells, &c.