The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-05-10
The DAILY DISPATCH
DEATH BY THE CApIoTTE

| {, oy tiib instrument tine
npsn'sn ns guliloiine,l is thus described in "a
!. ,.'ae over the Rocky Mountains" by Mr.. Cole.
Hofiioie and revolving in the extreme; and
'"a'lnuch as The agony of the victim is more
appa'ent 10 the spectators than in the mode of
oea'n oy hanging, presents a spectacle of ten
fold horror:
day or two since, got permission to vs-
a u criminal IN the capilla of the town prison.
ne was to be garroted the following day, for
having robbed and murdered a boy. HeIook.
eo terrible rufian, and made signs to me, as
he was not allowed to speak, of stabbing and
ueihs strangled; Struggling his shoulders at
he same time, and smiling with the most
coid-blooded Indifference. That conscience
makes towards of us ALL" was for once not
true; the man had no conscience to make a
coward OF him. A priest was in the capilla,
and two sentries guarded the door.
| The morning of the execution, was at the
| had already assembled, and the tops of the
houses were covered with people. The wo.
| men, with their fans in their hands, occupied
the front rows of chairs, in order TO see better
the horrors which were going to take place
BY squeezing and pushing, [ managed to get
within eight or nine yards of the machine,
where had not long been before the process
sion was seen moving up the Passen. few
cavalry We're in front to clear the road; behind
them came the host, with number of priests,
and the prisoner on foot, dressed in white;
large guard brought up the rear. The SOL
diers formed an open square. The execution
er, the culprit and one priest ascended the
steps of the platform; the prisoner quietly
seated himself, but got up again to adjust the
chair, and make himself more comfortable!-
The executioner then arranged the band around
J.. &c, Iar, nj 4
| behind the post. At q word from the priest
the wrench was turned. For single instant,
the limbs of the culprit were convuised. The
| head was kept perfectly erect by sort of
| iron prong beneath the ears. The face, which
| remained uncovered, was horribly distorted;
the eyes ere closed, but the lower jaw was
pulled wide open, and the blood, which imme-
diately 5lackened the features, oozed from the
mouth, and fell in large drops upon the white
shirt. No exclamation, no whisper of horror,
| escaped from the loOker5-on. Such a scene
was too familiar to their eyes to excite any
| feeling but curiosity; and had the execution
taken place in the usual spot, instead of in
the town, few would have given themselves
| the trouble of witnessing it. The body re-
malned in the machine until four in the after
| noon, exposed in the greatest thoroug hfare O.
the town-a disgusting monument Of this civi
lizing process of the Nineteenth century.
| BRITISH WEST INDIA STEAMERs.-Of the
five new steamers, whose completion was pro
missed by the Royal West India Mail Steam
Packet Company" at the commencement O
| this year, the Am Zon sailed on the End O
| January, but was burned when few hours
| out of port; the Onnoco left England on til,
End rns sbSfE SR " Epf Ra1Hng s whole
| voyage out and home at an average rate o
about ten nautical miles per hour; the Parant
sailed on her first voy ge April Nth, having
| accomplished on ber trial trip from GreenocL
| to Southampton an average of twelve and
half knots per hour; the Magdalena is expect
| ed to be ready to take out the mails on the
| 18th Of this month; and the Demarara, it will
be remembered, was stranded at Bristol before
being put in possession OF the Company. The
loss Of this last ship is covered by the policies
| f insuraL ce effected by the builder. Her en-.
| gines and boilers, though ready, had not been
| put on board, and the Directors forthwith con-
tracted for an iron ship of2,700 tons to receive
| them, which is to be called the Auato, and
ready for service before the 4st of January next
| The same promptness was exhibited IN repair
| ing the loss of the Amazon, by the purchase Of
the Cunards steamer Arabia, which is to be
ready for sea in June, and will sail under the
name of the Plata. The Plata, though only
| thirty tons larger than the other new steane 6
of the Compsny, has ul O IT 300 horses nominal
greater steam power. and nv probably achieve
| higher rate ofspeed.
The Company have advanced a loan o
| $125, 900 to the Panama Railway Company
| and in consideration thereof have obtained 4
portion of Manzanilla Island, al the Atlantic
terminus of the Railway, whereon to erect ,
wharf aud other suitable premises for the &C
commodation of their ships and agents.
project is soon to be Submitted to Ameri
can and British capitalists for the extension G
steam navigation from Panama to New Zea
land and Australia. This project occupies
the anxious attention of the West India Steam
Packet Company the Panama Railway Com
pany, and the two Pacific Steam Navigation
| Companies and the Directors of the former
without contemplating any direct pecuniar.
interest, strongly recommend it to the indiyi
dual support OF the proprietary as pre- eminent
| ly calcuia TO inure TO the profit OF the Com
| pany-N. Y.JOurnal Com.