The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-05-19

met Two vehicles, and partial blockade of
OF the Kings suite Of BODY guards occurred.
The assassin saw tho King isolated and
spraug towards it. 1t was an open chariot,
and the King sa, close by tho window near
est Ravaillac, who jumped upon the wheel
and dealt heavy blow in tho eide, with u
knife. The King raised his arm, cxclai.r.
ing, IL am woundcd!' At tho same mo.
ment second blow pierced his heart. Ho
became speechless, aud was borno to The
palace, with no sign OF lie, where he ex.
pircd tho same day.
Ravaillac had remained motonlcss with.
out attempting to escape without even
throwing away his knife. The lords, who
accompanied tho King prevented tho by.
ISLANDERS from killing him on tho spot, and
caused him to DO arrested aud secured in
prison. The rews of tho Kings assassna.
,ion astounded all PARIS, which was 10 u
state of bcwilderment and CONSERVATION
precisely similar to that which fell upon
Washington last week, on learning that the
President OF the Republic lay murdered
among them.s Tho first stupor was soon
succeeded by an immense explosion of cries,
OF tears, Of imprecations. All the houses
were shut on tho instant. as though an ono.
my were at the corner of ovcry street old
men wept, women wrnng their banda. some
went about shouting for vengeance on the
Kings murderer" every one seemed to feel
that the greatness and prosperity of the
State hung upon that sing'o lie, and that
the chaos was about 10 re. commence its
reign. The historian records that several
persons died outright with tho shock Of the
Kings murder. The popularity of that
man, continually contested during bis lie,
was only clearly and fully revealed at his
DEATH
The culprit, Ravaillac, meanwhile on be-
ing intcrrogatCd, boastcd of his deed at
first, which he justified by all the arguments
commonly employed in behalf of tyranni
eide. !le ended. Notwithstanding, with the
confession that mis- inspiration might have
come from tho devil. and not from God; but
he protested to the last that no mortal per.
son had known OF or encouraged bis do.
sign. Tho wretch was condemned to a
punishment which surpasscs every prece.
don't, even in tho terrible criminal cgisla.
tion OF that time. Ilo was torn by pnce,s
in tho breast and limbs. his right hand
burned, melted lead and boiling oil poured
into the wounds opened by the pincers; his
body fually was torn in pieces by tour
horses, his remains burned, the ashes scat.
sentence he was brought TO torture An
innumerable multitude ,hronged every av.
enue and approach TO tho cruel spectacle.
When tho funeral procession issued from
the prison OF the Concierger, such furious
tempest of cries and exccrations rent the
air, that il seemed as if heaven and earth
were about TO minglc. With extraordinary
excrtioDs anc the utmost difficulty. the
army OF guards succeeded in conducting the
doomed criminal alivo to tho Place do
Gieve. Ravaillac appeared thunder struck;
he expected to have been hailed as deliv-
erer, Tor having pierced tho heart of the
monarch. He testified. toward the last,
some little penitence. But the people were
as implacablo as the cxCcutioners, who, du
ring two and half dreadful hours, exhaust
ed their horrible science in the endcavor to
prolong bis agony; to give him slow aud
lingering sensation of a painful death "to
disliil his soul drop by drop, as one of the
contemporary writer's forcibly expresses it,
Al the moment of expiring under the of
forts OF the horses who tore him limb from,
limb, he implored tho populaco for single
Eater nostcr for his poor soul mol
thunderod tho people. by a dozen voices,
let him bo damned, like Judas!" His con-
fessor Ccvotcd him to hell If he dId not give
up bis accOmpliccs; be sworo for tho last
time that he had none whatever, and do.
clared his willingness TO submit to eternal
pGrditiOn il he iasifcd.
The attempt OF Damiens on the life Of
Louis AV., OF France, was in 1857. AS the
King was descending the marble stcps of
the palace at Versailles. man slipped be-
tween tho guards, and dealt him blow in
the side. Louis put his hand on the spot.
and Withdrew it, stained with blood. With
great presence OF mind, he recognized the
assassin, and ordered him to be seized, with.
out harming. No other weapon was found
upon him than knife having two blades,
the smallest of which, scarcely larger than
penknite, was tho agent Of the assassin -
Thanks to tho thick ovorcoat worn by the
monarch, tho point did not penetrate deep.
y. and he quicklyrecovered.
The culprit was put to a horrible torture
with the sole result of proving that he had
no accomplice, and was really no assassin,
not having meant to kill the King. Dami,
ems was lackoy out of place, with his brain
turned by what he bad heard of the Kings
crimes. He merely desired, he said, to girs
him a wdrn'ng that he ought to cease to
persecute tho parliament. But nothing
could save him. He was condemned to a
punishment almost as horrible as that OF
Ravaillac. He was torn with pincers, del
uged with melted lead. and torn in pieces
by four horses. Women of the highest con-
dition contested for tho best seats at his ex.
ecutiOn.