The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1850-10-18

thaH eou'u uuueIstHHu hotHliS VI tle IuW-
perry diagrams which were, set forth as IL
lustrating the truth Of the fatal warning
ihus conv, yed to him. and though his
friends universally laughed at the trick as
baretaced al, mp Of some anonymous
impostor to rob justice Of her due, it new
er'heess made deep impression upon hi,
mind, Ignorant Of every hing but what
related immt diately 10 his own money
getting profession, he had blind and un
defined awe of what he termed the super
natural sciences, and he inwarl'y thankec
the kind monitor WHO had given him a
least a chance Of redeemiis his days.
He Immediately set about muaing ap
plication to the Judges, in order 20 set III,
degree of death changed into sentence t.
the galleys forli.e. He was equally sur
prised and distressed to find that they
treated his petition with contempt, any
riliculcd his fears, So far from grantin.
his request, after repeated solicitations
they commanded him IN a p,r,m mtory man
n,rto appear no more before thea, Driv
en- almost to despair,s he resolved upor
peti,iuning the king; and after much px'
p'nsc and toll, he ut length succeeded ii
Obtaining an audience Of Charles X. Al
was in vain. A crime so enormous, com,
mit'cd with such cool delibrrnton, left n,
oEAnn.5 for the plea OF money: every e.iior;
lie nrple only served to strengthen til,
re o.uion ol the authorities to exreu .
ju I'm, nj. Finding all his v.i;or,s in vain
he appeared to resign himself dcSparing,
10 his fate. Deprived ofnIl relish even il,
gain, he took TO his te,!, and languishec
in hopeless misery, ami as the time for III,
,xccu ion Of the criminals approached
lapSel more and more into terror and dis
may.
1t was on 4 sultry afternoon in the be
ginning of June, 1926, that the writer .
this brief narrative-thtn not two thu't
ful lad, in search of employment in Pari,
hurried, together with parry OF si 5ht
seeing English workmen, to The Place d,
Greve to witness the execution of the tw,
rsstssins of the money changer. Under
the rays of an almost insupportable slin
an immense crowd had conyrega;ed a
round the guillo inc; and it was 10; with
out considerable excrien, AMI brbe O
some small amount. that staalin ,-plate.
were at ltusth Obtained within few PAGES
of the dreadful instrument, upon the fla
top Of The low wall which divides the am
pie area of the Place dc Greve from tn,
river Svife.
Precisely at four o'clock the sombrt
cavalcade approached. Seated upon &
b, nch in Ions carl, between two priest
s; he wrejehcd victims OF rc;ribuyive JUS
lice. III, cruciix was necessarily txIib
i-cd 10 thcir view, and resented % htil
lips 10 be kissed, by their ghostly atttn
dants. Aftraf,w n1,nu.es Of silent an.
horrible preparation, The elder advance
upon the platform Of the guil'o inc. Wi
livid aspect and quvering lips, he gazeI
around in anuttcrable agony on The sea 0
human faces; then lif!my his haggarl eye:
to heaven, he dtmahded pardon of Go
ana the people for the violation Of The
Fgreat rreros satise Of the former AMI the
social rights OF The latter. and be; ough
most earnestly The mercy of the Jud sc inic
whose presence he was about to cnter.-
In less u an two n,inues both he and his
companion were hcadlcss corpses, and in
a quarer of in lour 10 ,estihe. save a
few II mains of sawdu't. WAS left Of the ter.
rible drama tha; had been enacted. Soon,
however, confused murmur pervaded
.l.e crow la report that the victim oI
cru,ly and avaricv hal realised the dread
Ires, ;ment o. his own mind, and justified
lhe prediction con aimed in the anon, NOUS
letttr he had received. On inquiry, this
was found to be true. As the signal rung
out for txecu ion, the unhappy man, whom
.w,n. y-,wo stabs Of the dagger had failed
tokill, expired IN a paroxysm of terror
adding one more to the many examples
already upon record of the fatal force o!
fear upon an excited imagination.
Beware as the potter said to the lump
ofclay.
Licking 'lasses,' as the man said when