The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-04
EXECUTION OF BAII.LY.

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disis. lhsl hnak in xhirh h. 50 slaquenIly
ir.eEil.es lie rise and AL az = body II mrn
IN - lsnse fnnisirIs h. has himself closely
l..llawsi in This lasa Rrs0lulinn. possibly
In share Illsir tate. occurs The following
description Of the last srene ofone not un-
Ike himself in magnanimiIy nf rhararIrr
and nnbleness n ss,nl-Dailly. MEynr af
Paris. The whale scene Is brought n
yIyidiy heluEe The eye as pietnTe could
Prrsens tit j. = Pieinre in words. wrll
might Madame Roland. hsIsell snoilser
vlriim. rArlaim. " I'll I.iheny. what AFRO
rilies are prrprIra'ed in Thy name
lie name CONDEMNED him. lie marrh.
ed Io death sR,ang the ihFORg Of the mnl.
liinde. lii punishment Was no lfss than
pInlFaeisd assas.inaiinn. His head hare.
his hair rni. his hands lied behind hi back
with an enormous cord. his body cover 4
only hy shirt beneath freezing sky. he
slowly iraversed The quarters of The rspi
cal. The riuse aud scum Of Paris. whom
he had l'ng restrained, appeared 10 rise
and preripilaIe themselves like a i"rrrnI
rnund The wheels. 'fhr e1eculioners them
selves. Indignant al this ferOciiy. IeprOarh-
ed The people with their OulTages. The
popnlace was only The more implacable.
! The hnr,le had insisted that the gnilloline,
generally plared Al the Place de Ia Con.
rnrle. sl'"uld be that day transported 10
the Champ de Mars. that blood might
wash "ni The blood upon the ground where
il had been shed. Men who called Them
selves relations. friends, or avengers Of
the Champ de Mars. carried 4 flag in
der,sinn. nv the side Of iumhril. at The
snd ufa pile. They dipped il from time
IN time in The gutter. and vinlen,ly whisk.
cd Bailly's face. OILERS spat in his face.
His features. lareraled aud soiled with
dust aud blood. no hunger presented hu-
man form. Roar Of laughter and applause
encouraged these horrors Thai march.
interrupted at stations. lasted three hours.
Arrived at the place Of execution.
these refined men 1T wrath made Ballly
descend from the lumhril. and fnrced him
10 make on lo"t the thur of the Champ de
Mars; they ordered him To lick Tie ground
an which lie blood of the people had
nIweI. Even this eSpiati0n did not
satisfy them. The guilloIine had been
erected in the enclosure itself Of Champ
de Mars. The earth of the. federation
appeared To the people TOO sacred To be
stained bv an execution. The execution
crs were oIdcied tn take down the seat.
fold. piece by piece, aud To reconstruct il
close to the Seine, upon dung heap
accumulated from the sewers Of Paris.
( The execullOners were constrained io
obey. The machine was dlsman,led.
As if 10 parody the punishment It Christ
bearing his cross, the monsters loaded the
shoulders Of The old man with the heavy
beams which supported the platform oi
the scsllnld. Their blows compelled the
condemned 10 drag himself along under
this weight. lie tainted under his bur.
then; coming to himself, he arose, and
shouts Of laughter rallied him upon his
age and infrmiIies. They made him look
on, during an hour, al the tardy consirnc-
ton of his own scafnld. Rain mingled
with snow, inundated his head, and lroze
his limbs. His body remhled with cold
His soul was firm. Ills grave and placid
counienance preserving its serenity. Hi'
imperishable reason, passed above this
= populace. and looked beyond them. He
tasted martyrtnm, and did not find il more
biuer than The hope for which he submit
ted to il. He disromsed calmly with III,
assistants. One Of them seeing him par
alvzed with cold, said 10 him." Yon trem
. BILE. Ballly." ayes. my friend. said he
, " but il is with cold" Al last. the AK
terminated this scene of protracied cruel
". II had lasted five hours. Bailly pitie,
, the people. thanked the executi"ner, ant
, conlid.d himself Ia Immortality. Few
victims ever mel with viler execution
few execuiioners with so exalted a victim
Nutmeg Tree. The Nutmeg tre'
nourishes in Singapore. near the Equator
Il is raised from the nut in nurseries
, where il remains I'LL the fifth year, when
puts forth its blossoms and shows its sex
, /, is then set on, permanently. The tree
are placed thirty feet apart. in damon
}. or,ier--a male tree in the centre. The
, begin to bear in the eighth year. increasin
for many years, and they pay large pre-
. fit, There. is, no nutmeg season. Ever
day in the year shows buds. blossoms, an
fruit, in every stage Of growth 10 maturit,
The ripe fruit is singularly brilliant. rh
!, shell j. glossy and black, and the mace
!. exposes when i, bursts. is ofbrigh. scarle
making the tree one Of the most beau.il'
objects Of the vegetable world.
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81 hold" says Western editor. wit
/. digniird emphasis and striking a,,itud
n :" | hold il as a seIf-evident principle. III
no man should take newspaper for thrt
wears without at least making an apol