The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-28
TUE EXECUTION OF THREE MEN IN NEW or.
IEANS

~ mas already been stated that three men. named
ieihrich Haas, Joseph Lindsay aud Peter Smith
all convicted OF murder, suffered the penalty q,
aea'h py hanging on the same gallows at New Or
'esss, on friday OF last week. The picayuns Ma,
the following particulars of the execution:
Inc Eaiiows was very simple 10 appearance A,
tae end OF tho first story gallery stood a anal,
pa or .rap door, fixed TO the wall by hinges,
ano suspended by two ropes which passed over
head through the grated window Of the csi, r.
@ @nI"o' rough bench, largo enough 10 seat three
persons, was secured to the platform. Above
."tse osams, set at about eighteen inches distant
ptotrnded from the wall, and from the iron rive,
at their end dangiei the three rones termi,a,;a.,
with the fatal moose
shortly after ten o'clock the three condemned
men appeared, escorted by the Rev Father Du fan
aud bis assistant, and officers OF tn. prison Thau
were dressed in white. in their sbir,s anS 10y
tne mead covered with q white night cap and the;y
hands tied behind their backs each wore a crncs =
suspended toa black ribbon around his necE =
. .ue.' sountehances were calm, even smiliog They
'oek tner seats on the fatal bench, and the hang,
mao, negro, disguised with a loose black domino
snd mask, liked the ropes around their necks ana
disappeared iu the Gel! behind
The deputy sheriff having read, with a voiee
chosea oy emotion, the death warrant signed bv
the Goveraor, Lindsay, who is quite vonnp man
hrst spoke and addressed the crowd with a clear
ana ringing voice. He acknowl ledged his crime
SAID the penalty was but justhe had ned against
n DAA a,{
he must die. N' """
Peter smith spoke next, in nearly the same
terms, but struggling ewith his emotop Heiu.
tiCh iaas, the Oldest man OF the three wa. the
l'sS 10 speak His features were liz with spirit.
uat eh'nusiasm, as in a loud and clear yoice he
aaaressed the attentive crowd He said that
otiHA was nos the only incentive to crime but
sNe'y sinfa appetite INDUCED In brou ght man bv
10 tne worse crimes, and inaliy to the gall
.o"s. Ills ruin was caused by the ain of imnnri.
ty' ne warned all men restrain and subdua tbair
passions and not to defsce the image of God lie
was gong to die of an awful death, and vet thar
Sesar was 39s one Thousand part what his crimes
eiodihg farewell 10 the people, began chaunting a
hymn with much power. While he smoke ard
sung, bis two companions seemed to tpd new
IeIf=ct eomposnre.
The Rev. Father Dufau spoke few parting
WORDS TO each and presented them the crucifix.
which they kissed repeatedly. Young Lindsay
ouist our 10 an act OF confriton, repeated by the
two others, and WAS kissed on the check by Fa-
;her putau, who recited aloud an exhortatien and
gave his blessing to the three doomed men The
priest retired on the gallery. The hangman an
pesred, drew the cap over their face and bid them
good bye and disappeared. Another farewell from
the three uutortunates to their friends silent
pause, and suddenly the trap door fell from be-
Death their feet, and three souls were landed into
eternity.
LETTER PROM LOUIS NAPoLEos.-This monarch,
who 50 seldom "puts himself down on PAPER
has written a letter TO Sir Francis Head, of Eng
land, thanking him for writing some papers in
his defence in the English journals The follow.
ing is tue letter:
PALACE OF THE TuILERIEs, March /, 1859
Ny DEAR SIR FRANcis-I thank you for having
collected together, in order to seud them direct
10 me, the different articles which you have had
inserted in the English journals for you thus
give me an opportunity Of expressing TO you all
my gratitude for the sentiments of which YOU
have not feared the spontaneous manifestation in
my iavor have seen in them, and l much
touched by 1t, new proof that my old friends in
England have not forgotten me, and that they
know how much L always preserve for English
people the esteem and the sympathy which | felt
during my exile In the midst of them. Even iu
writing to you o-day, | detect myself in recoI-
iectiDg as happy time the epoch when, pro.
scEibed, saw You in England. 1t is tnat in
changing ones destiny only changes ones
joys aud sorrows. Formerly the Affections of ex.
lie alone appeared to me; today see plainly the
cares Of power, and one of the greatest of them
around me is, without doubt, to find oneself mis-.
understood and mijudged By those whom one VAL
ues the most, and with whom desires to live
upon good terms (rtrre en- G0nRe iateiiigeRce)
Thus (alnSi) / consider it very natural that the
parties whom 1t has been my duty to oppose and
to repress should bear i'll wili and should seek
the means to irJnre me; but that the Eoglish, of
whom have always been the most devoted and
the most faithful ally, should attack me ucessant.
ly in the journals in the most unworthy and the
mort unjust manner, Is what cannot conpie~
herd: for, in truth de bonnie t0t) cannot discov-
or soy Interest; they have in exciting the pub
lie mind against France. Ii, iu my own ceuntryI
chose TO act in this manner, it would be impossi-
Bile for me afterwards to restrain the passions
which should have let ioose (dechdmeeS)
have always entertained q great admiration
for the liberties of the English people; but res
gret deeply that liberty, like all good things,
should also have its excess. Why is it that, in.
stead OF making truth known, it uses every ef-
fort TO obscure it? Why is it that, instead of en-.
couragug and developing generous sentiments it
propagates mistrust and hatred?
sm happy, then, among all these maneuvres
of faisehood (hneasonge) to have found defender
who, guided by the sole love OF truth, has not
atedenerge eticsly 10 oppose to them his loyal
aud disinterested voice. Believe, my dear Sir
Francis, in my sentiments Of friendship.
NAPOLEON.
SIR Francis HEAD, Croydon.