New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-03
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3, 1853

With fat red face and huge sandy mustsches and nsi
evidently prepared himself for the present 700 oy pien
nj rotations of brandy He looked, certainty! hAe a
ferdish character. chosen tor hendSh ASK lne cu
pitt appeared led r.iber dragged Up the sca1oa,
between the jser ani cue ot The priests, the othef
priest going before and earn ing the cruchN. The ca
Wet pibOued snd binoid-d otci'th = thrown
around him. just below the shoulders, the palms oil MS
hands were bound together and rosary hung from MS
fingers. His bosom hesved short and quick. and the
upper lip quiyered violently
HI placed 10 the chair aud the prizes took up bis
position Nth military eXactn-ss in front, preserving n
srus length the ivory crucN although the poorwretch
could Dot have It had Il been the itself On
Row dis1Usiiugy couicsl appeared such ceremonial
eerse az 81 awful ! moment The ia,ler graspei Eitl
IN. right taud the vics hair which had o,en 90 med
ID to tbe top of the head for this purpose Tha, the
.r-tel.d nan vas terribly alive To his situation WAS
shown at this moment by his suddenly aud desperately
drawing up his shoulders. The eXecutlOn-r gave the
bow with both hands but from either his ntoXcatoa
or resoution the knife struck not 50 mlea the necs
SIS the head passing directly through the occlpa bone
and close under the ears cutting about ts0thirds
through How terribly that cashlng among the bones
grated on my How frigh'ully yavned that mighty
cash The red flesh, and the white marrow aud sIne"s
and bones
The second stroke effected the separation but p)r
ton of hair was LETT on the back side Of the neck aot
part Of the chin the furesde The jaor raised the
streaming head at arms length turned the face toward
the multitude aud carried thus three times around the
outer edge of the scahOld
At first the lips rolled apart and felt cold shuddsr
at the ghasty GRIN of that runkles head The body sat
in the meantime, playing fountain OF blood spOutlnS
I'D its six or crimson and violet streams OF various
sizes from six inches 10 feet hight which they
fell dyed the marble white trunk all over with gore
What a combination of the beautiful and shocking But
the spring of life soon exhausted; the fountain
ceased ply. The priest stood moonless IS stock
still holding the crucIhX. rough box sas brought up,
the trunk laid in the head thrown In az the eet and the
whole carried off TO dissecting rosm. The priest now
advanced to the edge of the scaJd, and proceeded 10
read an address written for the occasion commenced
thus: My hearers, the criminal whose execution you
have Just beheld and whose soul is now in purgstoy-
He Interrupted by screams and shouts IN distant
part OF the crowd
4 peasant had driven wagon gear as was permit
ted ard let out the standing places II 10 spectators
His horses now caught of the blood started sud
deuy and several of those standing on the wagon we're
thrown down among the multitude. The horses were
stopped, and not much harm done, but the crowd
whose brutal passions seemed 10 have been fear
fully roustd by the bloody spectacle they had
ust witnessed, fell in numbers upon the poor peas
ant, and il with difficulty that his life was
saved by the interference of the gems drneS. The
priest began anew but had scarcely got farther than be-
lore when second interruption occurred. tall fellow
in the crowd, who evidently Protestant, had cunt
ted 10 unhat himself the priest began, and now fifteen
or twenty of those around striking idrOusy at his
head with hats caps and bonnes The assaulted hereto
perssted in holding his hat its natural place with
both hands and tried escape through the mob but
this wa. not permit ed him the p-tng aud imprecatOn
ncreased-the gems ddrmes, who, doubtless were all
Catholics would not offer their protection and the poor
MARTYR was compelled to uncover his head IN order 20
save it, The priest continued bsdscourse, while thieves
and pckpockets busy neyery direction but he had
cot little moretban half through whenhe broken
off A gentleman being detected in the act OF pucklng
a purse from ladys pocket, slipped it quickly back
sgaln and loudly denied the charge At length he was
walked off between two policemen, partial order vas
AGAIN restored and the harassed canoncus sfter
ers more Interruptions aud amid great confusion finished
his speech, kneeled devouily. crossed his forehead
breast, aud abdomen, and left the reeking platform
Martial music struck up the troops formed into columns
and marched away Now there was universal rush To-
ward the scahold every striving for opportunity
10 dip the corner of a handkerchief scarf, shawl in
the freeh blood. found il almost universal belief
that an article stained and about the person
an efectua Talsman against many diseases especially
consumption. B.