Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-03-31
THE CONDEMNED C0NSPIRaTORS.

The punishment ot parriciae. to Which Orsini,
Picwi and Rudio are condemned, consists in
being led to the scaifnld to he guillotincd, with
u black vcil over his lnce, white shirt covering
the clothes, and the leeL naked, being previously
exposed on the scatuld to the view of the peu-
ple while the officer reads the sentence OF the
Court. The following remarkable petition, which
was written by Orsin in prison, Was read by his
counsel during his address to the jury:
10 NapoicvM III, Empe'vr4 4J tie fre;tck.-
The dispositions which | have made against my.
self, in the course Of the political proceedings
which have been instituted OH occasion Of the
attempt of the llih January, are sufficient to
seml m. to the scalInhi, and | shall submit 10
ms fate without asking ur pardon, bath because
will not humiIia,e myself beUre him WHO has
DESTROYED The rcviving liberty OF my unhappy
country, and because, N the situation III which
ain now placed. death Tor ll!e will lc Il reici.
Being near the c use al my career, ] wish,
however. 10 make u Lsst effort to assist Italy,
whose Independence has hitherto maie me pass
through 50 many pcriIs and submit TO So Iuany
;arriiccs. She was the constant object of all
NV affections, and it is that idea which wish to
;ct uril, in the words which | address to your
majesty.
Ia uner to maintain the hulance of power in
Europe, it is NECESSARY to render Italy imlcpcn
lent. ur To Loosen the chains by which Austria
nohls her in bumlagr. Shall ask that for her
irvrr.nrc the blood OF Frcnchmea shall bc
she'd for the Italians? No; do IGt gu 10 far
us that, Italy demands; that l'yA.leu 4hali not
Interfere against i,r, i,ln that France shall not
allow Germany to support Austria i'll the strug!
-!les III which she may perhaps m. suon engaged.
4.
YOU arc so inclined Oh your will, therefore, de-
IIem;s the welfare Or tic mi fortune Of my coun.
try, the life or death Of Il nation to which En.
rope is in !. great measure iuIvbtcl lrr her civil
ization.
Such is the prayer which from my cell dare
address tu your ma rsty not 'lcspairing but that
majesty, restore 10 Italy the Independence which
her children lost in 1919, through the very fault
of the French. Let your majesty Gull to mind
that the llalians among whom WAS my father,
ioytully shed their blood for Napoleon the Great
faithful to him until his fall and that so long as
Italy shall not be independent, the tranquility Of
Europe and that Of your majesty will only be
vain illusions,
May your majesty not reise: lie lN& prayer Of
patriot Oh the steps of y scaeoEd. May you
deliver my country, ana the blessing Of twenty
five millions of citizrts will follow you to pos
tcrity. FEl1cE ORslSI.
Prison Of Musos, lllh Feb, 1858.
SINGULAR ClRcrMsrANcE.-Onth the 23d ultmo,
passenger came to Portland by the Steaner
Anglo Saxon, and took lodgings al q2ls o. lh3.
city hotels. Neht El2Fnitg Ee 'tu4k the ca5s for
remained at tic SANE same orlse With him cysYhisht,
with whose countelance ho, somehow or other,
imagined himself familiar. They got into
conversation in coming down the Eastern rail-
road, but nothing transpired to elicit the fact
whether or not they had been old acquaintanccs
When they arrived at the depot. and had at.
tended to their baggage, one the gentlemen
inquired in tho hearing uC. the other for cab to
take him TO a certain street in Charlestown.
The other said he purposed going to the same
street, and the two ocnsased thesame conveyance
On arriving at tho street In onA..,, A.,on i onpe,red
that they both de-l l,gned to call on the same in
.' lulai This strange series of coincidence
greatly puzzled both but their mutual surprise
and delight can be imagined but in degree
when they found that they were brothers, and
that they had thus singularly met at the house
Of q third brother. Ono OF them has been in
the service Of the Paclla Of Egypt for p years,
the other has spent lG years in the East Indies
while the third has bean in this country during
10 years past. The brothers are natives Of
Scotland, and have not seen each other for "a
years.-BoSton Ledger, March 9.