Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-08-07
Execution ut New Orleans.

! This forenoon, n few minutes befbe III o'clock,
/ joseph W ri xht aiias Trip, suffered the extreme
/ penalty Of tie Yaw, within the walls Of the Parish
J Prison. Buoyed up by hopes inspired by his re-
/ iiginus advisers. he met his fate with becoming
conf lcnc- and resignation. When led to the ia
tai ,lati,rm his step was firm, and when he took
h. In t srdt and the cxrcuioner adjusted the
pnl-ire nnozc qniSor Of his muscles betrayed
s.gn Of trcpit.at,on. lie stout, rather good
boxing man. about 80 So years of age. and the
spectator N glt look in vain on his countcnancc
for expre.iinn niica,ing the extreme turpitnde
which has marked his life.
Ahef tho death warrant had been read bv
one Of the Sheriff deputies tho doomed man
asked whether he hnd anything to say. He
then nd ju,ted himself his sent, and spoke fol
lows:
Gentlemen, | am prepared to de aud i, j. moth
ing ~ die When once prepared Gcni"incu
all have to de. pray God to have mercy on
my 10 Or sinful al. tnen''
Atnr he had ended the priest in attendance Of
fe.e up touching prayer for the euprit to the
throne OF the Eternal. The cruciiix WAS then ex-
tended t. him and he kissed it fervcntly. after
VIII, h tn. white cap drawn down over
his eyes, II rope cut, the platform fell; aud the
irlon dropped into that abyss from which there is
no return.
1t had been rumored that Tripp would leave BIZ
oyrnphcal sketch If his cventiul life. detailing the
number and nature of the crimes in which he had
been engaged during the last 20 years. lie, how
ever disappointed those to whom he had made II
promise 10 that effect and the unwri,ten record he
ht- carried with him to the undiscovered coun-
try To which he was hurried by the laws stern
agency.
lie suffered as will be remembered by our read
ers for the unprovokcd murder of Henry kccuc
III Of the cells Of the Second District guard
house and at the time hc under arrest ON a
charge of arson For yeats he had been frequent
" before the police courts on charges of til" gra-
ir4t character and We learn that before his death
lie made admissions to the effect that tho charges
which had been preferred against him did not
constitute 1.-THE Of those Of which l." had
been really guilty .-Ne~ orleans Hcaynn~. SIT
WriW.
ExrLosIo> OF THE STEAMER FALLS CIrY-The
LoSt ~ LITE and tie Honnted.--From the Ulcers
of the steamer W. H. Langley, have the par
ticulars of another terrible accident to the steamer
Falls City. Capt Montgomery, abouth - miles
below Memphis, at O'Clock Thursday after
noon last. While the boat was under way she
broke the piston rod of the larboard cylinder, by
which accident the cylinder head was forced out
forward, breaking one of the stands and the mud
receiver, and letting all Of the water ont of the
boilers. BY this accident at least two persons
were killed, and perhaps three and two or three
others hnlly scalded. The steamer W. ii. Lang
ley little astern of the Falls City the time
and the first intimation board the Langley of
The occurrence Of the accident wasthe appearance
of a man III the mir who had been blown there by
the explosion. Sticks of wood were thrown to his
relief from the Langley. and he was finally picked
up by that boat. His clnhtng and even his skin
were blown off and his condition horrible iii
the extreme.
Two or three others were also blown OVERHEARD
tie bodies Of whom were not recovered. The
Langley went along side the Falls City, which lay
near tho Mississippi shore, and attempted to tow
Not succeed.
The Falls City is regular packet between st.
Louis and New Orleans, and bound to St.
Louis at the time OF the accident. with three hun
dr"d passengers ON hoard. 1t is rather remarka-
bic that the Falls City met with Il very similar
accident at the New Orleans levee during the
month of May. with an exactly similar result
.Mmphis 1rdtanehe July 30M.