Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
COMMUNICATED.


EXTRACT ofa letter, dated =.
uPARrs December /, 43
u,h,ve had the treat Measure of dining with Wash
;ogon Irving. had always heard that he was qule'
man-hut upon this and subsequent OCCASION ne
abounded in pleasant talk and anecdoie. lie was In
of visit he made Richmond and Williamsburg aoou
30 wears ago HIS recollection OF the iocaiiiies aho
nponle Of t5nt day was very vivid. His health, an
glad say, much improved that ne was ehaoieu
SET out list week for Spain
"Srol,ng day alone through Inc faais hoya''
met a person whose features we're perfectly ianiiai
to me we passed, but ! thought he d'd mol see me
took turn in the garden to get ahead OF nun -
he stopped at jewellers window, went ID, ana ASKED
the price OF some costly breastpins Now could swear
to the identity of GORGE JONES, the American ! fa-
pedian although he had no whiskers, ana was muc"
latter than when he cut our acquaintance No' ions
afterwards asked Mr.. -, II such person hao can,
ed upon him He took me TO his Library ana produced
handsomely finished qunro volume, with note nom
the author begging lis acceptance II Is enu'ieu
"History of Antent America, from the Iyrians, IS
raelltes, &c, by George JONES' r. IL. |. d. qua
F "" am not about the first lour letters, Out
the last three | am certain Of because, when asked
what was meant replied, that did not know, unless II
was "the fellow who sloped from Virginia. How
ever the book is most beautifully gotten up ana pup
lished by the first house in London The bust of the
author in the antique style accompanies ~ rs rs Tux
title pape He has managed TO get pun IN 1ai,gna-
nj 10 the amount that HIS work has been most kinuy
received and noticed in autograph l:lter from the
KING of Prussia 10 the author. But George Will make
himself heard without my aid-So enough.
81 was up Yesterday before daylight, and on my way
to the Barriere ST. Jacques, 10 witness public execu
tion Our party lucky enoughto reach the ground
in time TO secure the best stands The Guillone IS
erected the over night, and the execution takes place
early next morning. A strong body of soldiers, ootn
infantry and dragons, placed as 10 form circle
around the fatal instrument about fifty yards in dame
ter The condemned was led by escort OF dragons
70 the scafold in close carriage The poor creature
who suffered yesterday, ouurtsT or common Ia
borer He The ordinary dress OF his Glass; thal 49,
blue shirt (boust) over the rest OF his clothing.-
His hands were confined behind him. He was assist
ed no by the executoner his neck and shoulders were
barred by pulling back roughly his two shirts. lie was
then placed upon form which brought him from the
upright to n horizontal position and, as quick as
thought the loaded blade descended, the head eaped
forward into box placed to receive II, ano the BODY
was rolled off into basket al his side. Il was The
work of an instant You the man standing be-
fore you in health; he had disappeared, you knew mol
where | could not realize that had seen an e2ecu.
ton NV Imagination had been the stretch, and /
had nerved myself for something terrible, but literal
y had not time TO feel am not now surprised at me
great numbers who persisted by this instrument during
the Revolution. 1t rds execution Of all its nor
rors; in fact, makes you wish to see more; you do
not see enough 10 scken but just enough to make you
anxious 10 see more. From the moment that the sui
ferer reached the platform until his disappearance,
am sure ii was not minute. French gentleman
tells me, that he saw eleven beheadeo IN leur-
teen minutes, one after another.