The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-04-25

/ consequently gave the necessary orders
to Moyse, who pleaded in vain against
the barbarous decree Obey he must,
and with heavy heart he went aboutthes
work of death. It was executed, and
the body Of Monsieur De was
left naked on the road from the latter
I place. In d. few hours Gonaives was
attacked, and the tidings duly forward
1sedEtof Eouverture, who was even then
on his way from Gros Morne. The us.F
ual demonstrations of grief and anger
were gone through, but to what did not,
the hypocriticals lspassions Of LoaveftureI
rise, when, bleeding and mangled On
the road before him, he. beheld the! body
of his master. Kneeling on the. sand
beside it, and, kissing, the cold hands
over and over, while the tears rolled
down his Wrinkled and hideous cheeks,
he called on heaven for vengeance On
the lnurderers, cursing them IN seeming
bitterness of soul while Ill reality, his
heart was full of the most exceeding Joy
at the accomplishment of his desires,
and his mind gloating already on the
prospective fnlfilmcnt Of his most bitter
wishes towards Moyse. As if Still fur
therin mockery ofeveryshuman feeling,
5he caused o graveito be dug, and the
body to be buried with all aSdne robser-
vance, "intimating his intention Of mark.
j ing the spot with Q monument. He then
continued his march for Gonaiyes, but
When he arrived the the f fole 7ui1 enemy
had Of course disappeared. Toussaint,
as usual, took up his quarters for tho.
night at Gonaives.a shff1s! stlhss &
The next mornine.a message was sent
to Moyse, desiring his immediate pre-
sence at Gonaives, on business Of impor-
tance. But no sooner had he arrived,
than he wass arrested and thrown into q
solitary dungeon, charged Il withathe
murder of Monsieur De L -e whom,
| it was asserted he had received orders,
to spare. His imprisonment was not
long, however, fors scarcely had the next,
day dawned, when a court martial was
ordered to be convened for his trial, a
form merely, since the members were.
severally ordered by the unrelenting ty-
rant to- find him gatilty eDithout takiny
any decree Aas erecution. They, how
ever, having at their meeting hesitated
at doing this, the court was ordered to
be dissolved, and Toussaint, causing
Moyse to be brought to Port de EPaix, Of
his own authority declared him guilty
Of murder, and ordered his immediate
execution. ii, q; ii, ~, ,r4,s, 4; II, sj
Thus was this young General con-
demned to death, without an advocate
being given him, and refused even per-
mission to plead his own cause, as, when
he attempted to speak, the drums were
beaten in imitation Of Commandant
Sauterrc, ut thc execution; of Loais
XVI, lest he should plead the orders tof
his sanguinary relative in justification
of his crime. At noon of the same, DAY
he was brought. dressed in white, and
with q white bandage over his eyes, to
the" Place a. arnae" Of Port de Paix,
which was filed with soldiers. He
himself gave the word of fcommand, and
fell pierced by six bullets from his IN
c!e's guard. .--Diepatch. ayaa o4i
.ag sf 81 4tji, ,t---L.- ~ fs,sa4asg s&gs, h
RESTORING DECAYED IvoRY Mr..
Layard, in his recent explorations
among the ruins Of famousold Nineyeh,
discovered many ornaments of glass,
which shows that the ancients, far an
terror to our knowledge ofits discovery,
were acquainted with the process of
making it. Among many wonderful
discoveries made in the ruins, Mr.. Lay
ard exhumed somc splendid works Of
art, carved in'ivoyy. When the ivory
arrived in England, il was discovered
that it would crllmble to pieces and fall
into dust. Prof. Owen attributed the
cause Of decay to the departure Of the
alhumcn from the ivory, and recon-
mcnded the articles to be boiled in, an
albumcn solution. The experiment was
tried with most happy results. The
old ivory has been thereby rendered as
firm and solid as whenit was .entombcd
and the probability is that these .splen-
did works of ancient Assyrian civiliza-
ton will astonish future, generations O
thousand years hence. ,io a.aa5 55ggs
TIE RIGHT WAY. in q time OF
much religious excitoment, aud conse.
qucnt discussion, an honest old Dutch