, 1866-06-21

An Execution ordered by the Pope,
Which did Not tuke Plnc4-Great E1-
Cltcnttnt In Rome.


Which did not talxe Plncu-Grent Ex-
cItcnsent IN lsouae.
lRome tstay ss.> Conss pondence of the Pall-a1all
Gazette.
Yesterday morning the Holy Father went
to tho Ch.esa NnoYo, where was celebrated
As the day was wet, the Pope did not make
use Of his state carriage but, notwithstand-
ing the absence Of this attraction, and IN
spite OF the rain, crowd waited along bis
rou.e, th1onging denselJ the piazza before
the church. There WAS, in fact, an imposing
demonstration In his favor. HandkeIchiefs
rang With: e.ies Of 1"Fiua Pic Mono /"
mingled, at rare intervals, With shout Of
"long live tho Pontif .Kingy y almost al
ways IL the French tongue. IN the piazza, In
The midst Of the crowd, was Distributed BY
thousands short printed account OF the
miracle Of Dtacetano, which occurred last
1866. For the last two daTs We have been
deafenca with ths cries Of the vendors Of this
narrative, every quarter Of the Eternal City
reeouuding with The din "One halEpanny
{Eajoceo), The miracle Of Bracciano, With the
explanation" Ia the streets, IN the cafes,
,sothing Is talked Of but the miracle. With
In forty. eight hours Rome iorgets the vital
questions OF the moment, the 1MpendinG war
which agftates the whole peninsula, and the
kilograms which clectr1sy ordinary men, 10
occupy itself With this iugsle;. The sn9|eet
to the faeehiaoo OF the Ripetta, and the full par
ticnlars mag be purchased at the corner of
every street. From this authentic mar
rattFe We learn that Felix and Antonio
di Giuseppe, or Ventura, brothers, originally
of Capitfgnano, In the Neapolitan provinces,
brigands on the highway aud udroit sharpers
In the towns, they followed ther vocation In
every part OF the Pontificnl territory, com-
hitting felonles without number. Finally
they were both arrested, and were tried and
condemned to death By the Supreme Tribunal
tai sentence On Felix, the least guilty,
committing his punishment to hard labor for
lite. It was impossible to extend the same
clemeucy to Antonio di Giuseppe. He was
accused OF eleven murders, committed 10
tWc1ty-tbree years be confessed to I've. Ho
more dreadful still, be was suspected OF hav-
Ing assnssinntcd his own mother. The
sentence WAS that he should be beheaded
at HEncclan0, the scene Of this latest
crime-the murder Of PlctEo Pnolin1. a
herdsman. In tho prison Of this town,
Antonio began to erince great contrltion,,.
to religious duties, celebrating especially
every day in his dungeon the service Of the
t'month Of Mary" in honor OF the Holy Vir-
gin. On the eve Of the day appointed for his
execution, he informed his contessor, with
an air Of profound conviction, that the MA.
donna had appeared to hlm. aud announced
that shc accepted hts repentance, and that he
should not on the scadold, but live to, ,cx-
piatc his crimes, aud become one OF her sery-
auts. This statement ne reported when the
officers came to reSd bis condemnation to
him, at the same tlme declaring that he rlchly
deserved The sentence, to which be listened
without the least decumposurc. lie asked
permission to wnlk to the sca1old barefoot,
and on his way thither, aud even Us. be
mounted to the platform, he reiterated his
conviction that he should not be e1tcut-
ed. He made the same statement to the
assembled crowd, asking their pardon for i1is
them adieu. The people listened In silence.
thinking him mad, and they were confirmed
In this opinion By the composed manner In
which he kneit down and offered his neck to
the axe The execut!oner seized the handle
of the guillotinc, which had been tried In the
uieht and found to oct effectively. Tho clea-
yer, loaded with enormous weights, now de-
scended, hut, wonderful to relate, 1t stopped
abruptly two fingers' length from the neck OF
the usletactor. The executtontr, reaoluts In
his duty, reset the apparatus; asa1a the blade
fell, bat it was again arrested at the same
while, the spectators became excited be-
You'd control, and shouted pardon! :!
pardon!1 willie many lcaped on the
scatlold and released the culprt by force. i
courier was despatched to obtain bis pardon
| OF the Pope, md IL is confidently stated that
| the Minister Of the Interior has ordered IN
| Inquiry as step IN this direction. The mtsa-
Gle has, In the interim, made such rapid pro-
gress as an article Of faith, that 1t has been
recognized by the popular poets, and this
morning they were singing recital Of 1t at
| the corners Of the streets, and exhibiting, In
illustration, pictures coarsely daubed on lin-
en-, which represented Antonio receiving q
| visit from the Madonna In his dungeon, and
then his miraculous dellverance on the scaf.
fold. Such Is the incident which now ahsorbs
the attention Of Rome, aud which has been
adroitly planned to catch the popular fancy,
| to raise the courage OF the bEigands, who be-
hold one Of their number specially protected
by the Madonna, aud, finally, to oil the cof.
fers OF the government.
More than eighty thousand persons bought
tickets in the lottery Of the threu numbers
corresponding 10 the miracle, according to
the rules OF tho :" "Ltbro DELI Arte,n or book
of dreams. The drawing took place yester-
day, and nobody won, an auspfcfous miracle
tor the government, which the number o.
subscribers would have ruined, hut which has
now netted an enormous sum. Nor Is tht
game yet over, as the Romans play the SAINT
nuuber three times. and this, Of course, ne
cessltatcs three purchases of tickets.