The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-02
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EXECUTION OF ORsINI AND pl.
EftRE IN PARIS Ha
RECEPTION OF THE DEATH waRRtsr-pR Rupte.s nr
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Paris March i3) Correspondence of tho London
Times

RECEPTION on THE DEATH wsRntsr--pE Rupfe's re
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Paris March i3) Correspondence of tho fonso,
Times
At half past O'Clock last evening the warrant
10 execute the sentence of the Court OF A.siza
aron those convicted Of the attempt Ia the Rue
Lepelleter received by the precureur
General. As previously announced 10 you, that
warrant only included 0rsipi and Perri. The
Punishment of Dc Rudio is commuted into nenal
seryitude for life.
Since their condemnation II was judged proper
30 employ the strait wastcoat with The three con.
S'cts, A. precautionary measure against any
possible act Of violence either on themselves or
OH those placed In contact. with them. The re-
pTeve of De Ruto rendered the restraint no longer
necessary, and the Governor did not delay q
moment in giving orders TO free him from it,
When the turnkeys who were charged with the
duty entered Dc Rndios cell they found him
buried in sleep. They shook him once or twice
before he awoke; when he opened his eyes and
! sat up on his allet he stared fearfully at them
aud for a moment appeared tewidered. lie thought
| they came TO announce that his last moments had
arrived aud he recoiiea from their touch s'Don't
he afraid" they sad don't be afraid. we are not
| going 10 lnlure you: far from it, We hrisg Won
good news: yOn are to have communication of
punishment, and we going to take off your
r.ta's"le dS force (sirait wsistcost y You need
hardly be told what the feelings If the poor wretch
we're 1t is said he hummed an air during the
operation.
II the execution did not take place Yesterday
instead Of this morning, it in no wise owing
to the superstiti0ns feeling about Friday: but II
happened that the Friday of this week followed
the Thursday Of Nj tdrstac Mid Lent and il WAS
very properly felt to be improper that two men
should die on the scsfold at the same time in the
same suburb, and the streets that were
fhronged With masks, jewellers. and mummers:
that within sight OF the guillotine yawning for its
irey the most fantastic costumes should figure,
that the Joyuns sound of horns aud trumpets n nd
the hes aud laughter of those who were return.
iHg from festivities prolonged till the dawn should
contrast with the death knell of the prison chapel;
that the DtSeeH> de Ia tVartiie should pass side
by side with the scafold. For these reasons the
execution was postponed day.
TUE PLACE OF ExEctrioN-L+RGE CROWD OF SPECrA-
TORS
Since the trial you that the prisoners
were transferred from the Conciergere TO the con
demned prison known as the Nouveau Bicetre in
Place lie la Roguette, In former times the pIsc.
d. le Greve, now Place de rIotel de Vile was the
spot where criminals we're put TO death Indeed
Is might well be called the Field of Blood: its
pavement has been mauy times stained with blood
OF the victims Of all revolutions well RS of those
who have fallen by the hand of Justice Since tho
completion OF the two prisons the extremity of
the Rue de la ROquette, it is in front of these build
inEs, and IN the small square which separates
hem. that the guilloilLe is erected. The rue de la
Roquette eXtends ir m the Place de la Bastie IN
the Blrriere d'Aunay on the external Boulevard
close TO the famous burial ground of Pere la Chase
About half way. on the left, the rue Popincourt
IDS 1t at right angles, and is continued on the
"therlside in straight lue in the rue de Basfrod
From that point OF intersection TO its extremity
nothing Is calculated to inspire more melancholy
thoughts than that street. You feel long before
yen emerge on TO the Boulevard that Won are an
preaching the great receptacle of the dead: more
than half the upper part Of La Roquette is filled
with the shops OF dealers in the toubs headstones
films, aud funeral garlauds in endless variety
Further on rise gloomily the two large prisons,
and from the prison to the cemetary is little mora
than step. The population in this part of Paris
Is dense; the long streets Of Eeuilly Picpus Char
cnton, and last, not least, the famons faubourc
and street ofSt. Antonio, with their MANY trihu.
taries. converge to the Place de Ia Bastlle on one
sle. and the boulevard Beaumarcais with the
numerous thorpug htarps, debouches on the other;
while N" rue de la RoqHette, as n mii-channel.
runs, "a have said fr, m the Bastile to the pri.
For the last two nights the Place dc In
Euqnette aud streets contiguous were covered with
- multitude, who brayed the intense cold and wet
- witness the execution: the crowds that held
vigil the whole Of last night were almost beyond
calculation.
SCENES NEAR THE sCAFFoLD AT DAYBREAK.
This morning the weather was bitterly cold, and
the ground wet from the which had fallen
The SKY covered with clouds of slate color
and under that dismal canopy dark gray mists
transparent like funeral Grape, were drifting
about. The streets in the more distant part of
ihe city were deserted, but you neared the
quarter contiguous to the prison. detached SQUADS
"f Sergens de Vile might be seen moving towards
the same direction. the occasional flash Of bayo.
nets in the gas light was discernablo, aud nearer
stlll the vague mass, without form or outline and
hcaviug to and fro, showed that the awful mo-
rent approaching. Now and then butch
"a s or a market gardener cart, with its red lamp
ia front, rolled heavily along and with difficulty
made its way through the crowd. Many Of the
spectators had brought their breaA fdsts with
taem; they had their lolyes under their arms
their pipes in their mouths. Some men were
grave aud serious. aud spoke i'll low tone Of
voice; others jested aud laughed and many obsery-
ct that the prisoners well deserved their fate
Abou. fifteen PAGES from the gate of the prison
The sCatf1ld was erected, and it the iustru-
meut OF death, the name of which recalls so many
terrible associations. There it stood on its plat
firm like ladder, without steps-the uloCk with
ehe hole fer the head TO enter, at the lower end:
At the upper the heavy knife of triangular shape
Sith it's edge like razor; hard by it the shell
frr the body after decaptstion, aud in flont the
basket for tue head the cord by which the blade
rs kept suspended, the framework, painted dull
red Just discerued in the dismal glimmering of
winters morning, all presented most hideous
spectacle.
THE MILITARY ORDERS AND ARRANGEMENTS.
At five O'Clock the sound of bugles and drums
was heard in all the passages issuing on the Place
ue la Roquette. In few minutes several squad
rons cf cavalry were heard advancing, the men
wrapped in their blue or white cloaks. and the
dragons HttIhSth HItduihk III inc iamp
light The whole of the Third Hussars, two
-quadrons of heavy horse two squadrons OF mount.
Ell gendarmerie, issued from the side streets on
the square They then wheeled round, aud sepa-
rating into several detachments, swept the place
and the streets close TO it, aud quietly but firmly
compelled the multitude to fall back TO the north
,iie Of the rue st MAur and the south of tho
Papihcourt nd Ba-tToid. where they were kept at
4 respectful distance by two battalons of infantry
Imported by dive sections of cavalry and squads
I Sergens de Vile. The place OF execution was
occupied by cavalry, as well as the space which
runs round both prisons. In less than halt al
hour numerous detachments OF infantry, proce eded
hy squads Of Sergens de Vile TO clear The way.
took possession of all the points, of the Faubourg
II. Antoine issuing on the koqueite, and " hoover
Glanced to pass ia that direction obliged 10
show satisfactorily that he going on his law
tul occupation. The armed force called into re-
Iuistton this occasion was calculated at over
5,01 men; they were under the immediate com
mand OF Il general Of brigade.
THE OoSvIors RousED PROM SLEEP By THE CLERGY.
Precisely at & O'Clock 0rsiD aud Perri were
awoke from their sleep by the Governor of the
prison, who announced that their last hour was
rcme. The Able Huron chaplain of the Roquette,
and the chaplain of the ConcieTgerie. were pre-
cent. do not profess to give particulars of what
passed within the wall OF the cell, but may OBJ
serve that the wretched men appeared calm when
the news, which could not have taken them by
surprise, WAS announced TO them. / am assured
that they heard mass ard received The commun
ion with respect II net devotion. Soon after they
taken to the room called de Ia toilette for the
change Of dress. II is not large. On the present
occasion I: contained besides the chaplaps and the
Governor Of the prison, about thirty persons the
principal among whom were the greffier or clerk
representing the Court of Assize, aud the huisser
or nsher who was charged with reading the sen
tence on the scaGold. The remainder appa
rently police agents.
DRESSING FOR TIE scAFFoLD.
When the convlcts entered the chdmbre de Ia to
fefte they we're placed at different extremities of
II, with their backs turaed to each other. There
were two assistant executoneers-one from Roue n,
the other from Caen-besides him Of Paris These
lost no time In preparing the convcts for the scat
faid During the dreadful operation 0isni re-
n,aned calm: and though he was not so loud or
coutrad ctory as during his trial. Pierri sas some
what excited The straight waistcoat interferred