The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-31

with broad gold mac hana But for white smbroid-
cred ladder s1tendi.g anost entirely up the back sf
ssb black footusn, atsirsd in an equally vulgar
livery. Having carefully oiled the machinery
BY means Of plumb line, he descended from the plat,
form and escorted back to the Cdrct dc 7dco by
the guard Of honor that had accompanied him to the
soaod for he is considered too valuable member of
society to be permitted to remain ct large Mean
while the military force had been augmented BY the
rival several companies OF this foot ooIunaros, and
by troop Of cavalry-the latter armed with lances,
FROM which foaed those garing striped pennons which
suggest the Spansh coors being eminent typical Of
Seven O'Clock had now sounded. and the spectators
had increased from hundreds to thousands The para
pets Of the Tacon prison the fortress Of the Punta and
the roofs Of all the neighborng houses were densey
crowded At quarer past seven the murmur Of voices
suddenly spread on all sides, and the cry Of Vene
venel'' Che comes, he comesD confirmed by the
sight Of high borne and unfured black flag, which
headed the tardy advancing and BY the dis
heard nst breath disturbed the silence which reigned
among those thousands Of spectators as the corege
advanced In slow solsmnity When 1t had arrived at
platform with rapidty and threw of his hat and coat
with levity BETTING some Molyneux at sparring
may yet furtherthe perfect sooness Of the
borrd black monster and the self rolling Of
hiyinp the best Of bis The nssro now partially
descended the steps to assist his victim in mounting the
scaod The priest who had attended the prisoner in
Don Ramon Pinto upon whom all eyes now fixed,
clothed in long white capuchine, the black crossed
clearly He looked TO be about 6fty years old strongly
built above the ordinary stature, and somewhat ncn
ing to corpuency HI face had been closely shaved,
which seemed to increase the expression of bis
prominently developed features. He appeared calm
and resigned, SO much 50, indeed, that as he
yersing for a few minutes with the priest be-
fore be seated himself the fatal STOOL he looked
though he was joining the minister Of the Ro%ish
church in some form of the popish ritual rather than
as a man whose existence countabls by seconds.
he sat down composedy with his back towards the
garrote and while the execuoner attached his ankles
with cords to the framework Of the STOOL he turned his
head round, and entary gazed the life. detroy
ing triumph OF mechanical skill Then, of himself, he
earnest communication with the priest who bent
him, the better to catch his last words The black
murderer fixed the cross-bar into the sides of the
iron yoke and his victims head was irrsvocably Sc
cured The negro quickly stenped to the back part Of
the machine at the instant the priest raised him
self upwards from listening to the vctm gave the fatal
lever two rapid turns into the last of winch all his
strength appeared to be thrown and Don Ramon Pinto
who to exist, had probably before the
cutioner descended from the scafold learned lesson
far greater than any comprised in that political science
to the Of which he has paid the martyrs
penalty. But, as Lamartine has said
The murderer has bis hour-the victim, all eternity
The fatal act accomplished, the crowd gradually
permitted to approach the scaold and gaze upon the
dead The features we're in no distorted for his
death had been instantaneous and without the least
appearance of muscular struggle 1t is customary to
twelve bours but as towards noon storm swept over
the city and the rain fell in torrents departure from
this rule necessitated.
week before the execution OF Don Ramon Pinto took
place. the Consul Generals Of Great Britain France and
the United States attempted intercession his be-
half Joseph T. Crawford, her Britannia Majssty's
preventative here, deputed to express the united
sentiments of the consnls to the Governor General It
appears, however, his Excesncy not only declined to
receive Mr. Crawford but would not permit his wife
have an interview with that gentleman. JOSE X.
MARCH %.
p SIT is rumored that the lady of the Governor
General will most probably Widows mourning like
the Donna Ramon de Pinto within a month.
Another rumor, current today is that the win of the
DoD in directing the disposal of his property he
was not married. The explanation offered this point
il at the Don having taken orders the Church
of Rene age could be valid; still, TO satisfy the
scrupes of their family connections the pseudo husband
and wife went to church, and returning home pro-
claimed themselves bound by the matrimonial tiss J.