The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-25

tence received IT the prison of La Roquetse at
midnight The bearer WAS the executioner him
self At O'Clock this morning the sc.ffold wa.
already erected Ia front OF the prison. In spite Of
| the silence which had been observed - to the day
of the execution, and the early hour at which the
preparations were made. An immense crowd as
sembled on the spot, and so early as O'Clock .
considerable number Of carriages were arriving.
| BE- f,re O'Clock the Place de II Roqnette and the
| streets adjoining were encumbered The whole Of
yesterday Verger passed In state of feverish
| restlessness; his agitation increased the day
| wore on. He frequently asked questions about
| what was going on in the Court of Cassation and
manifested intense xiety as to the result of his
appeal. As night came on he began TO entertain
hopes of its success, from the fact of his having
| received no news of the proceedings; about ten
| o'clock he asked those who watched with him in
| his cell how many days were usually accorded to
convicts Of er the rejection of their appeal in Gas
| sation. Tlis question he repeated as the hour
waxed later. Of the court he at last began to en-
tertain misgivings; but he still chung tenaciously
| to the hope that his safety would come from the
| Emperor, and that the capital sentence would be
comn,uted 10 perpetual bAnishment he threw
himself on his pallet but for some tiihe he found
| little repose His agitation was extreme, and his
| slumbers were feversh, till two O'Clock, when M.
/ fure being exhausted, be fell into q profound
sleep, which was not broken by the noise made by
the workmen preparing the scaffold 1t lasted till
half past seven O'Clock. when the director Of the
prison. the inspector general the chief of police,
| and the chaplain (Abbe Hugon) came to awaken
him. and announce the terrible news that hfs" i1st
| hour was approaching, and that he must prepare
| for de ath.
| Itw,s the chaplain who undertook the cffice of
| informing bim that his appeal had been rejected
that his petition to the Emperor had been equally
unsuccessful that no further hope remained, and
that all that was now left him was to prepare for
| death. The wretched man raised himself on his
pallet, he held his head down for some instapts
and turned it about bewidered, as if he had awoke
from some terrible dream. When he became con-
| scious of what was passing, and when the dismal
| words that hope was no more were fully compre
| hended by him, he cried Impossible! impOssi-
| blel" The chaplain repeated that, unfortunately,
it too true, and that all was over. At once he
| became excited, and his excitement rose to fury
81 will not die" he shouted. "It impossible that
| my appeal and my pardon are both refused-im-
possiblel impossible! cling to life; my life is my
| own, and you have no right to take it from me-"
| The chaplain endeavored to calm and console
him, bat in vain He refused to listen to his pray
| ers he broke out in violence, and reviled the
priest with language similar to that which he used
| before the court of Assize. The directors of the
prison at length entered. Verger cried Give me
! but an hour-an hour but one hour-no more.
| must write-I must send an express to the Empe
ror!" The director told him it was impossible
| Impossible! no, l will not die! will not-I will
| defend myself to the last! You may murder me
| in this CELL but from 1t will not stir ~ At these
words he threw himself again on Lis bed clung to
it with head, hands and feet and resisted all at
| tempts to lift him. The goalers had to be called
| 10, and they were obliged to put on bis clothes by
msin force. During the operation Verger made
the greatest resistance but finding all his efforts
| vain he all of sudden relaxed and fell into a
| sts e of prostraton.
| Alta quarter to eight the executioner entered
the cell put on him the dress of the scaffold -
Verger underwent this last operation without
| making movement or uttering word he only
shrank little when the cold steel Of the scissors
that cut the hair from the back of the head touch-
I'd lis neck. The chaplain again approached him,
| and with tears in his eyes and a tremulous Voice
once more exhorted him to think of his soul He
at first listened to the priest in silence and then
retired with him to a corner of the cell Heknelt,
Joined in prayer, and probably confessed; for the
| chaplain pronounced the absolution Eight O'Clock
sounded and at the last stroke he issued from the
CELL and proceeded to the scaffold. He appeared
| calmer and almost resigned to his fate neverthe-
| less, when bidding farewell to the director Of the
prison and bis assistants, he again impored for
| hour ito write to the Emperor" At few min
utes after eight he issued from the prison gate,
when the scaffod In all its hideOus reality, met bis
| eye. During the short passage he was supported
| by the chaplain on one side, and on the other y
the director of the prison and the executioner-
As he moved he was heard to utter the words
| "lfmende honorable -Jamais; plu tard" He mount
ed the steps of the platform slowly and on reach>
ing il he apps ared fhe wished to speaf but any
| words he uttered were not heard distinctly. 1t
wss thought they were, "Tiua Jesns-SduUe la
| France; saurc J. Emprtur," He knelt on the
ground and once uttered some wOrds-it is hoped
repentance for his crimes, and prayer to Heaven
| for pardon. He slowly rose, cast glance in the
C,tance took the crucifx in his hands, aud kissed
the image of the Saviour; gazed for an instant on
the cold, clear sky above, flung himself into the
| arms of the Abbe Huron, and then surrendered
| himself to the exeeuiioner. He was fastened to
the plank, and his neck placed under the instru-
ment of death. At the given signal it fell flash
ing in the cold light of the morning, and all WIS
over
The morning was bitterly cold. 1. had frozen
during the night, yet many persons must have re-
NAMED on the sronnd to witpess the dreadful eer
| emony.
PERSIA.
Advices from Bagdad. under date of January
90 state that the Shah of Persia is indisposed
to grant the concessions demanded by England -
He intends making vigorous resistance, defending
himself 10 the uttermost extremity. He has sent
forth proclamation to his subjects, and proclaim
ed holy war.
A teiegraphic dispatch from Constantinople
| says;
"Gholah Haidar Khan, with a brigade of cavai-
~, has possessed himself of Feara He was ad
vancing to attack the Persian army, commanded
by Mourad Khan. The English division, under
the command Of General Lawrence, was marching
against Candahar new tax has been imposed
In Persia to provide for the expenses of the war
The Gas of Warsaw, says that Gen. Chrulef,
the commander Of the Russian corps on the from
tiers of Persia has been ordered to ST. Petersburg,
"where he will receive instructions how to act
should 1t be necessary to advance into Central
Asia"
MISCELLANEOUS.
An or i,le that appeared in the last number Of
the Catholic sunday Paper, which is edited by q
priest, aud published at Munich, has produced =
very gre Sat sen stion. The murder OF the Arch
bishop of Paris IL not exactly justified but Is ex.
cused and Verger is repres snted as kiad OF mar
tyr The Archbishop IL accused Of undue severity
towards the lower clergy. and 1t ia said that the
same charge may with justice be made against
The Roman Catholic hierarchy in Germany. The
article has made SO much noise In Bavaria that
the Jesuits have considered it necessary to an
nounce in the public papers that they are in no
connection with the above mentioned paper.
The news from Sicily is most distressing. At
Catania all the shops shut, and only the militia
ry and the police are to be- seen in the Streets
At Messini ON the 2lst and I'D. several prisoners
were embarked in chains, to be taken for safe
custody to q rocky island in the neighborhood A
general insure ction was apprehended.
The Posts Paris correspondent understands that
the Neapolitan government Is anxious to resume
friendly relations with France and England, and
that the representatives CT . great power at Pa
ris and London have been employed to place the
Kings proposition, regarding the exile of the po-
iticai prisoners before the cabinets of st. james
and the Tuilleries
The Austrian Charge d'Affares at Turin has
demanded from the Turin Government the prose-
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