Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-02-13
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Tie Trial of Terges. the Assassin--volsnt conduct Of
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the Prisoner.
The trial of Verges, the assassin of the Archbish-
op, presented most extraordinary scene. The pris'
oner behaved with the utmost violence interruping
the witnesses, denouncng them as liars and scoun-
dres and appealing to the spectators for sympathy
and protection. At last the prisoner became more
violent than ever. He declared that only garbled
letters were read against him, and loudly demanded
that every thing should be read. He sat down and
rose up repeatedly with furious gestures and called
the cure miserable miserable :"
The observation-disclosures, by virtue of my discre-
tionary power, shall send you out of court and
proceed with the trial in your absence.
: The Prisoner-La parole on la guilottne [ am
afraid of nothing will brave death brave this
tribunal. You a set of wretches | fear God
alone.
The president ordered the gendarmes to take the
prisoner awav He resisted and cried, " Help, peO
die people, defend me p cry here arose from
the audience, No. no; you are an assassin, an as
sassn >; and the prisoner was dragged away from the
bar amidst scene such was probably never be-
fore witnessed in court of justice The court then
adjourned for short time.
No person ever remembers an instance of prisoa-
er on trial for his life, having so mscondueted him.
self that the Judge forced to take Inc extreme
course of proceeding to condemn him IN MS absence
Such, however, il was thought, would be the case
with the assassin of the Archbishop of Pa!is but on
the Judges resuming their seats he brought back
to the bar by The gendames, and appeared somewhat
camer.
The trial again proceeded and the evidence being
completed, Notwithstanding the frequent INTERRUPT
lions of the pri and the PrOcureur General was
about to commence his speech for the prosecution,
but appeared oVerpowered by bis emotions
The prisoner here exclaimed, &c You treH ble sir,
you trembIe finding yourself opposed to such an ad-
versary | am. Yes, | am your adversary IN
everything You shall not speak. You have pre-
vented NE from speaking, ami will prevent you"
After vain attempts to make the prisoner conduct
himself decently, the court, on the motion OF the
Procureur General prorounceda decree reciting that
the prisoner had by incessant camors and insults
cbslructed the course of justice, and orderi that
by virtue of the law of Sept 25, 1886, he should be
removed from court the Trial proceeding in his alb
sence.
The speech of the Procureur General being closed,
the President summed up, and the jury rendered a
verdict Of guilty. Sentence of death was then pro-
nounced, tho prisoner being still absent
The latest news in respect of the criminal is COM
muRicated by the Paris correspondent of the Times,
in the second edition of that journal.
! Verger sent in his appeal this (Monday) morn
ing The Court of Cessation will, | am tod, meet
tomorrow, and the appeal will doubtless be taken in
to consideration. If the court comes TO a DIGESTION
during the sitting and the decision be negative, be
may be ordered for execution on Thursday. He has
intImated wish to petition the Emperor for COM
mutation OF the sentence, or even pardon. No one
believes that The prayer will be granted, as ex-
tenuating circumstances, real mag nary, have
been found in his case. The execution will proba
bly, take place day this week, al the prison of
La Roquette hear The Perr la Chaise, on the espia-
made outside the gate"
The Duke CT Rutland died at Grantham.
KILLED HIS MAN.-You have doubtless heard of
Dr. Thompson, The waggsh proprietor of the Atlanta
Hotel. IN Atlanta, in this State. Well, once upon a
| time, two gentlemen (the one decidedly under the
influence Of spiritual presence and the other APP
rroximaing the same conditon,) stopped al the Doc
tors Hotel. In consequence Of extraordinary
manifestations the part OF the highest" gent he
soon found himself - gh into muss' with the
Doctor. His friend, however, carried him off before
matters reached crisis. After slowing him away
the friend returned and accosng the proprietor, and
very amphaicaIy:
s'Sir, you have been treading upon dangerous
ground, sir that man is not to be tempered with, sir;
do you know sir, that he has Killed his sir ~
''Killed his man !" said Thompson, with voice
like thunder clap and most intense expression OF
contempt upon his phiz Is By Jove sir, let me in
form you that have practised medicine for tw enty
years, and you mustn't attempt to Brighten wi,ra
man that has only killed his man. Bah sir, it wont
! begin TO do"
The fellow g collapsed" and forthwith settled his
bilI.-POrter's SPIRIT Of the Times.
! Look AT THE Two PIcTUREs.--The following D.
pears in a late number OF the Louisville Democrat
s. 1t is SAID that there in the limits of Gin
cinnati fall three hundred negro families in of
utter deStitution and want his does not ncIud e
cases OF individual sutrlng but hole families
boring from five to len poor miserable creatures IN
each house. All of these are objects of charity, De.
pending wholly upon the various charitable institu-
tons in the city for their daily substance This is
deplorabe picture of the life of the negroes in free
city and free State, where such intense sympathy
is supposed to exist for the down. trodden race
IS What contrast to this is exhibited here in the
city of Louisville, the certre of slavery, it is de-
nominated You mig ht search the city and county
from extreme to the other, and not find a solitary
| case OF restitution and want among our slave pOpu
lation, Such facts are here presented speak for
themselves, and expose the faacy oil The cant OF the
aboltlonSts, who pretend 10 consider the slavehold
ers as the worst people on GARTH
LATER LIBERIA.-The barque Shirley, at New York
brings advices from Monrovia to december II:
Palman Sept 18th and after landing thirty emgran sailed
the 23d for Callao The Amer schooneIs Fawn
the 18th and Both of November. The Palm Oil crop
coming freely The message of President Benson to the
OK LIBERIA was oerEereo december ptn'
fiscal year stated have exceeded that of the preceding
eminent for the fiscal year ended 3oh Sept 1856 pre-
follows Receipts S12 GA A disbursements $50 Si5 II
excess Of d sbursements $i6, 7o5 81
President Bensoa recommends the appreciation of few
hundred dollars to assist in detayng the expense of Ma
tona Fair to be held in the Government Square, at Mon
roa for the encouragement of agriculture manufacture
and commerce.
The Boston Post says:
! " Like Gen. Cass. the new Michigan senator is {
New Hampshire man Zach Chandler was born i,
Bedford Hilsborough county, little more than fort,
years ago. About 1888 he entered as clerk in thu
store of Stephen Hendrick, oil Nashua, New Hamn
SHIRE which place he left for Detroit He served il
the staff of General Riddle, New Hampshire militia
for short PERIOD which gave him military title y
The new English Quarterly Review, in a sketch O
MIR. Buohanans personnel, says d" He has the habi
(that historians attribute Alexander the Greaf q
holding bis head somewhat inclined 10 one side an,