New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-01


pAntomlme aud when the cooked hat Of power rose
over the ridge and commanded the portion OF tbs
shect blouse who wss forced 10 crawl aRay, I,'
alously We laughed aloud. u vas noH ! &c ~
The lamps were eJtlDguisbed. >,
BY standing on tlptoe, by gsttIng OF 'frbo,
shoulder, BY giving spasnOdic JuMPs' We .o.."
catch glimpse, above the bea'-sbm cafs, ci 'n7
grim red skeleton OF the guIlotiGe scafoid. bo!s
climbed up the trees and described what they sa" %
their listeniDg comrades below, and were pfesenly
ordered down By thai ever vgal;, adins 'H'r'
Two men and a pretty, cbeerful-iaced Grlse'fi "ho
seemed wife mlstrrss of one OF them, hsd pr'uEA'
h low stool, which was eyideLLy - GlVe theh
much envied position when The .nlere' tDe 'ho"'"'
of tie spectacle should arrive Just by ne Was d
respectable man 60 The eye with Two ugy. Wei
dressed young women. one Of them a mere gii''
Judged from the family lkenoss tha; hey were L'r
daughters. Two men OF decent appearance were
talking al NY elbow: one s.ked OF the other ish-
from his cigar: during the vain attempt TO leh'' tne
old stump went ont. ~ have something here Del,
"ter than that, aae pttde machine mfernGt' san
the other taking out a matchbox. "Eb e'tt-
lated the friend with significant grmace to ~
companion and n glance at YOUR watchfi reporter
The two instantly now changed their speech rom
French 70 an uninteligbie patos, and NJ s""n q
decency would permit, moved out OF sieht ahd
hearing.
Ii now wanted but few minutes Of O'Clock.
People CIifDDtO more ana more bb bih'fr Tt'''''
ders; every one tried 10 add an inch 10 bis sta'lie
the shorts began 10 quarrel with the tall spectators
for Intervening their view. Then suddenly th're
rose a great rumOr--ess than shout. more ina,
murmur--an Inarticpate sound, that seemed |" H'-
note relieved tensiOn OF interest, 10 denote sorle-
thing Ike qualification Of strained, Wear"d cur
sif,-noihing better, nothing more. Tie prison
ers had appeared There We're two Of them On"
qoes M tie steps boldly. H is down. That was
ko .tI. rho Cgafiol1-lr an fl
slant be is down. They are both before God. Il
was O'Clock. Al Was over III three Minutes.
People came 10 their feet again; they were eiad 10
be relieved and 60 home. went with one 0i me
depressing currents down the Rue de la ls"qurtte.
1t was CncImbcrcd with the. thronc Of retiring
spectators-of disappointed would-be spectator,
Who had been stopped on their way by the soldiers.
Long lines of carriages were there, as they Lad been
stopped BY the authorities unclean, hardwOrkng,
unsafe grim ST. Antoine WAS looking "ut az he
windows and clustered at the doore OF winc-shopS,
and at streetcOrners and under pOre-cochcres qnte
calm and silent" They did not haze the ar oi
being lnithiul supporters of their Government or,
10 say the truth, Of anyGoyenment.
TIE sentence Of Rudo was computed on Friday
last from death 10 hard labor for life. That means.
in his caie transportation to Cayenne. That same
day Orsin who from the day of his sentence nb-
served an unaerei gravity and calmness, comics
10 one Of the prison chapains, and received thc
last consultations ct his religion. HIS only words
uttered on the brief passage from the prison to me
scafold were addressed TO Pierri i'll Italian " BE
calm be calm" ON the scafiod he exclaimed, Ia
a firm but not excited voice, "Iirc FHaiic Iic' tQ
France Fir, Fkaiic!" As he was turned by the
executoncr toward the blade of the gllloinc. the
sight OF bis comrades blood forced from him
.ludder and one last inarticuate ejaculation. His
countensnce, which, am told, was type of manly
beauty, bore deeply marked traces of that intense
meltal and moral action which must have been
stimulated IN any sincere, intellectual man Pl7ccd
in the condition be has been Ia for the last SIX
weeks. He seems TO have died as N and
Christian should, clear before his Own CONSCIENCE
let us trust, before the last lrbunal-0t any crime
in committing what with him was purely poii al
act. No reasonable person defends the act bat
the sympathy for the man seems quite general here.
Pierri who wss of a ruder lower nature than Orsini
went 10 death less bccomingly but not less brayely
The authorized account speaks more than once OF
his being i'll everish state Of excitement. The iact
H. that all he said and did III his last moments s III
complete accord with the character OF tue man. n
DISPLAYED ia lls conduct before the Court and III
previous acts of his life. The American witness OF
bis execution, who happens TO have practiced aud
fine musical ear, was particularly impressed WIN
the fullness and lineness OF his voice, a. he sang
" Mourn pcur la potrio or the Scailnd. IL was
also said that Orsni trcmbei and sank rs he Was
helped up the steps to the euill0tlne This l. not
true. As one condemned to the punishment. oi
psrricide, be war led from the prison with black
veil over his face; Of course be- could no, see, and
so trpped his foot slightly and half stumbled at In,
fret step OF the fatal stair II is ptiiul injustice
to DENY 10 these men the accidental merit of stolt
nerves; an injustice, by the Way, which, IT is bur
fair 10 remark is not done ia the SEM icsi
reports 80 often referred to-
Two magistrates were in waiting at the pri.nn
the day preceding the execution, 10 make record o.
such ay0wals as il Was hoped The prisoners might
make. They brought away their paper Il. clean ~
they took il.