The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-07-27

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The Last Execution in Raris,--rr
3e tFedfcal Discnssionsa-Does a
b nlanliye after being Behead-
5ed-Ferrible Revolation.si 4i.'a
be P.tris 4 Gorrespondenceai Boston, Fost.
be:emotion caused, by the execution
ef Geuntde "a Pemmerais has not ,sabsi-
aded even .yet.od- 1t issfeltsatoIsbe1 the last
fexpefimehf Of tiei kind Nhich2ean eyerahe
TvynIured ,npon IN PARIS, The crowd OF
more than a, hundred thousand persons
not. all of tbs lowest degree,as in lendopl
but taken, from every class of society
were impressed, more than is eVerreuiemf
bered, with the honor and utter want of
respect, not for the culprit, for he was
unworthy the esnmllsst mark ofsym oathy,
but fer the dignity of hum n nature which
Ike filthy spectacle presented, The re-
turn from the place of execution, along
fthe Rue do la Roquette, was perhaps, uprf
Ieanaled IN The annals ofcriminal eOndem-
nation. lGTbere was no passion against the
terminal, and there was al almostsfeS
1Tocious triumph at his death. y The vast
concodrse Of gaping, idiots whose dull
1eyes were uptnrped to behold sthe dying
1stfueg gle ofdhe miserable wretch, who, on
his7side was gazing earnestly on what he
talof1e could see, after feasted on the dead
j " sight, skunk away from. ltheffplace Ike
/ the ecpnscience-stricken criminals, they
were ;eand, latter having rushing thithcr
4 flushed with winea and indecent 5cmirth
diglided back pale AID wan. dixie ghosts
1hurrayiug from Pere Ia Cbaise,,. whose
gates swing open. for the day justsas the
d multitude was retiring from fshe5 .spets--
4 They say thai the whole of the DENT ztoa!
de Of Paris was there, aud that the fair
tyra1t who, lords it SO .sternly over her
fellows, the belle, AlsglGise in sshSrt, was
E1keEe in her wicker basket; and that for
ltthe time in her life her hand was obser-
we'd to trrmble as she 8jeskedG THE refns-
4 fwheb fEe crowd ass allied hcf with the cry
of I" I'auier a .Sdlade Fanier a Sdlqde!''
j in aliusen, to I he similarity existing be-
I tween the. pjhicfei ehe eeafives and the vic
ker- basket called by that slang name, in
4 vi icfi the head fails when separated from
tie, body 1.-The subject Of capital pun
ishment will not, ,be abandoned. The death
! OF La -Pommerais has satisfied the Iude
sense OF justice experienced by the work
menlof Paris, and even, they viii be con
tent with the execution of an ,indiyidual
: of la baute. A meeting was held at the
School of nj edicine, TO debate the Tpossf=
4 bility of the prolongation of pain by de-
4 capitation by the guiilotineto Several aex-
AMI plies had been prepared, and the Incl
dent quoted ~ one al. the Professors !,
Il canse6 an e;notionqof terror to rnQ through b
d the assembly when alsyeung Student
! 1bmyself," said the professor, "I'was much
impressed with certain experiments | had
J witnessed made upon the nervous system
{ of the patients in, the Hotel Dien, and be
!, came SO convinced that physical sensibil
1-ity could not abandon the frame immedl-
[ateiy after Violence: committed upon II
( when in the midst of youth and health
1 / and that death WAS com batted by the
:. -stroDg will to live, that upon the an
. nouncement7of an execution about to take
place at Caen, 1 hurried thither, deter
mined as far as periect conviction. had
!. concealed a marine speaking trumpet be-
= meath my coat, andli stood aclese1 behind
: the m municipal guard at tho foot OF tht
= -1iscaffoId, and never once took my eyes
from the criminal fro n the moment tn "a
:. he mounted the PLATFORM Z L beheld tbs
whole process of the executions and. wa.
perfectly seIfpesessed as every one OF tb'
! pueriIc ard Disgusting CEREMONIES. wa
d accomplished. Whep the head roilct
: into the basket, | drew the speaking
trumpet forth. and, placed it TO my lips
,proununcsd d the name of the criminal in
Il distinct tone.sfI could mot be mistaken
: The eyes which had9been gradually clos
+ | ing suadenly.opened, startling wide, ant
Z turned slowly in the direction whence tn
= sound proceeded, The effect was horribl
=. I-terri6ee. and to youth like myself, al
% most supernaturall;a and, over come, witt
n dismay, 81 L sunk down, fainting eon4s tn
- lpaSement Tn tie confusion the speak In;
. trumpet Fortunately got kicked aside
Z troddeu, under foot, and its oW4ershiP wa
. fnever,irxcedit to me,r for many people ha
4 heard the name uttered in the sepulchar
ditone which that primitive instrument pre-
duces, and, having been, shaken by q su
: iperstitio,ls emotion, would have revenge
e themselves upon it's cause.al But the re
s. suit, which I have never disclosed to thi
, day. has often recnrred TO me and, al
= though have never been able to .pursu
rs my experiments on thersubject, yet
. have remained perfectly oeonHinced thi
= neither physical nor moral sensations di
a at once; and that both remain for Som
+ time after the head is removed from th
= body" The discourse of the eprofssse
: produced ga tremendous effect upon HI
aot listeners; snd9he report was soon in th
l. hands Of the Emperor, who must 1hav
E, commented on IT, great earnestpess an
: curiosity :
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