Washington telegraph., 1849-06-13
DEATH or M1RsT.

ever, that he was unable 10 reply. The
ex.king therefore proceeded,
.iou have received orders fmm Naplea
IS il Tot snl'
Yes, sire, mnrmuted Slratii.
What do they contaiuP
Orders for your maIesly's trial
And who are TO be my lnLges, if yor
please! Where can they iind my equnl.
TO sit in judgment upon me! lfthey looE
upon me as u king, mnst he tired by
my brother sovercignsi II as marshal oI
France, my tate can only be decided oil
by officers Of that rank ifeven as mere
general, none less than general can sit
on the bench as my judges
As public enemy, size, you may be
tried by ordinary court martial. Allrehel,
without respect to rank, NAV be brought
before such n tribunal. The law was
iamed by yourself
Yes, against hrlgauds; not sir. agains,
crowned heads. However | am ready,
they may assassinole me as soon as they
Ike
Nenld yon not wish oheaf the name.
Of the members
'Acs. 1t Is a well. it must be curious
list read on; I'm attention
When he had done the king turning
to Inn viii bitter smile. merely obscfg.
.j.-1t i well. they seem 10 have taken
every prceaulioa.
How 80. sifeh
Cant you perceive that every mem.
hcr named, with The exception OF Fran.
ee,eo FTolo, owes his rank to me! Natn.
rally they viii fear being accused Of par.
iiahty II they decide in my favor.
'si9e. why not appear personally before
them, and plend out yom ownrausef
silence III, silence Such u ronn,
sill maiulaln i, incompetent. should
consider myself degraded if pleaded be.
tore 1t, am aware that cannot save
NY life at least, then, allow me to save
the dignity OF my crown
At this moment francesca Froio on
tered, lie lnlerogoled him. HIS fif,r
question was touching his name, lis age
his country. Mumi, suddenly starting
up, cried with all the stern dignity h,
was capable Of assuming, ] am Joachim
Napoleon, king OF the two Sicilies: and
command you instantly TO leave ih,
room.' The aJashcl inqui,.lor immedi
diatcly retired.
Mumt now rose, aid putting on hi,
panialoons, sat dowa aud wrote n most
uiiectionate letter to his wife; left hi,
children his dying blessing, aud cutting
oil lock Of his hair, inclo.cd II in tho
letter
Nuuziantc now entered. Swear Il
me, general, rs husband and father
cried Mumi, as iie folded up his epistlc
that you will faithfully forward til.
letter.
BY my honor" said the general deeply
overcome.
Come, general be mp, resumed Munr
IN lively tone; 'wo are soldiers, ard used
to death. la,k hnr one favor; allow M,
10 give the word of command to the exc.
cuuon party The general instantly as.
sented Froio now returned, bearing
with him the sentence Of the court
Read it, said Murat coldlc, well devi.
ung what it was; j am ready to listen to
it,. Froio consented. The ex.king had
correctly iorseen his fate. With the cx.
ccption Of a single voice, the court had
unanimously adIadged him worthy OF
death.
When it was concluded, he turned to
Nunziante-"Gcneral, believe me, | clear.
ly distinguish between the author OF my
fate and the mere instrument ! could
never have believed Ferdinand capable OF
allowing me TO be shot like dog. But
enough of this At what hour is my exc.
cuilon to take place!
Fix ityoursell, sire, replied tic general
Mnrot pulled on' his watch but. bv ac.
cident the back presented itself in,lead
Of the face. Ga it was painted superb
miniature of the ex.queen.
All, look here" said Murai, addressing
Nunzlantei look nj TINS picture OF my
wife. You knew her; is it not her! lie
kissed it, and replaced the watch in his
fob.
AT what hour demanded Ffoio.
'Ah, by the bye, had forgotten, said
Murat, cheerluly smiling, i had forgot.
ten why had pulled out my watch; but
the likeness Of Caroline chased away all
other IDEAS, as he looked it. 1t is now
past 3 o'clock will four suit you? only
ask fifty minutes. Have you any objec.
tom
Froio bowed and left the room. NUM-
ziante was following him
Say, my friend, shall | not see you
againF
My ordersa arc, that | should be present
at your execution sire; but ieel that
have not courage to obey them,
Well, them do not distress your feel.
ings; do not be present. Still, | should
like to embrace you once more before |
| die