Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-10-20 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SHOCKING SCENE AT AN EXECUTION.  The New York papers report a fearful scene which took place about a fortnight since at an execution at Newport, Kentucky :  A man named Allen P. Eggleston was apprehended some mouths ago in an attempt to rob the house of Captain Mettler, and, in endeavouring to escape, shot at and killed that gentleman. About 15,000 persons assembled to witnesa the execution. According to the reports, Eggleston, pallid and weak, unable so walk without aid from the wounds hie chains had inflicted, but calm and resolute, was led upon the scaffold. He looked around at the vast crowd, 'with an expression of weakness and resignation, a troubled look, • shade of sorrow, not tinting° with disgust," and then he fixed his eyes on me brignt sky and the forest-clad hills. The death-warrant was read, and Eggleston, supported by two men, sa as to make his dylog speech. it was the old story. Sal company, a bad life, protestation—in many cases true. we think—that murder was not intended, repentan. and willingness to die. He was not drunk, as are usually the victims of the scaffold, for no drunken man would have thus gently rebuked the crowd, eager for the horriole , tragedy. • I feel truly sorry," he said, "to see so many people here. for I feel teat most of them came here tbrouin Idle curiosity. I feel that they don't realise that they have got to die tnemselves, and that many may die On the gallows like me, just as lam about to die. lam very, very sorry to se, so many here to look at tins, mid tome. so many women d children here today." Eggleston'fieSms were new boost anti the rope placed around ins neck. The white hood was drawn over his lace, and, still unable to stand, strong hands supported him on tine trap. As he said " bless you!" so his executionere, the drop fell, writhe body flashed Mite air. Wnat fodowed was more horribe tban destn. The body fell through with great f orce—the knot slipped, and with a fa: of eight feet the wretched man's body struck trie ground. his head bumping against the woodwork with a thug mat could be heard 100 feet ME The scene of horror electrified the 15,000 spectators. A murmur of honor slit o!sgust went the length and breadth of the crowd, and they moved forward with • motion like that of an immense wave to see what would follow. it was at live minutes alter one o'clock that the horrible event occurred foe officers quietly raised the man, all stunned and bleeding from his terribly lacerated neck as he was, carried latm the steps to the death-hole again, and gave him some water. Without a word of complaint or an expression of pain, with the old look of meekuesa and resienatiou tiering up Ms face, and saying simply, " Gentlemen don', let that occur again !' he ationate4 to the preparation for his execution- lie was again lilted on the gallows and hanoe4l7  The Mu. York Tribune Jidda : "What became of hi 80111 we know not, but the crowd went home to dinner.''  VERY PARTICULAR!—& letter front Stockholm in the French papers says that the Swedish corvette, Naiad, during a late voyage on the Spanish coast, saved the crew of the English steamer the Ger/o,w, which was in distress. The Captain, ii is addeo, refused to follow his crew on board the Swedish vessel before he had shaved himself. "It would be ungentlemanly," he said, "to show myself on board a foreign vessel before I have shaved; and the Swedish captain was obliged to wait until this operation hail been effected. Scarcely had the Captain got on hosed the .Naiaci when his own steamer went down.