The Express. — 1860-04-26 (London, England)

EXECUTION OP GENERAL ORTEGA.  The Diari4, of Barcelona publishes the following particulars of the execution of General Ortega, which took ' place, as already stated, at Tortosa on the 18th "On the previous day the general was put •in chapel,' according to the Spanish custom. He immediately pro. ended with the utmost composure to make his will, and settled all his family slain even to the minutest details. Soon after, a sergeant came for the purpose of searching his person. This proceeding affected him deeply, and he exclaimed, 'This was wanting to complete my humiliaition !as sergeant search a general !--ani I then. capable of committing suicide as they apprehend! Certainly not ; I shall die like a Christian !' He then took a medal of the Holy Virgin, which he wore suspended from his neck by a gold chain, and charged his cousin, Don Ramon Blesser, to deliver it to his mother. His confessor, the Canon Don Benito Sans, afterwards came, and had a long conversatioa with him. At six o'clock on the morning of the 18th he took the sacrament, and some time after had a cup of chocolate, and received successively a missionary and a friend of his, a physician, both of whom were astonished at his seMpossession and firmness. Having been informed about 10 o'clock that his execution would take place at 3 in the afternoon, he merely remarked, 'That is eery We.' Then he asked for a basin of soup and ate it with good appetite. At a quarter to 3he was informed that his time had come. He immediately rose, saying, lam at your orders, gentlemen,' drew his loon coat round him, and took his place in the centre of the guard. All he passed the postern of the cantle he took off his coat, and requested that it might be given to his aide-de-camp, Moreno. On hearing the roll of the drums, he exclaimed, My God ! you, who were innocent, also suffered these humiliating preparations ; it is just that I, who am guilty, should undergo them too.' His voice was unfaltering, and his step firm. On entering the middle of the square formed by the troops, he noticed the people crowding round, and said, ' The Lord also allowed the people to be present at his execution.' He knelt under the flag to bear his sentence reed. On being conducted to the fatal spot, he inquired, How must I place myself!' Facing them,' was the reply ; at the same instant a handkerchief was put over his eyes, and he knelt down. An explosion was heard, and the genaal was no  The satirical journal of Turin, called the Campanile, was condemned on the 20th to two months' imprisonment and a line of 300 fr. for having published disrespectful articles spinet the Emperor of the French.  The Rev. Daniel Worth, a Methodist preacher of excellent life and character, has been convicted in North Carolina of circulating Helper's " Impending Cnsis," the antislavery work that has calmed so much excitement, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment.  A PROPOSED DUEL 'trill Bowls Krrnms. —The following account of a " misunderstanding" between a Republican and • Democratic member of the Home of Representatives at Washington, is published in the New I ork papers ;—" It is understood that after Mr. Putter (Republican) replied to Mr. Pryor's (Democrat) gist note that he would receive any message that might be sent him in the district, Mr. Pryor asked him if he would accept a challenge ;to which Mr. Potter replied that he i would inform him whenever a challenge reached him. Mr. Pryor then sent him a challenge to which Mr. Potter replied, referring him to Colonel 'Lender to make the necessary arrangements. These terms, as proposed by Colonel Lander to Mr. T. P. Chisman, were that Mr. Potter, though disclaiming allegiance to the code, would fight Mr. Pryor in any place, in doors or out, in the district, with bowie knives. This was declined, on the ground that the weapons were barbarous and inhuman and not usual among gentlemen. To this Colonel Lander replied that Mr. Potter detested the whole eystem of duelling as barbarous and inhuman, but being caned to account for the exercise of free speech on the floor of the house he consented, not being accustomed to the usual weapons of the duellist, to meet him in a way that would place them on equal terms, and to name the time, place, and weapons. But as the weapons named by Mr. Potter were objected to, Colonel Lander, without Mr. Potter's knowledge, tendered himself to Mr. Pryor without restrictions, which was also declined on the ground that he had no quarrel with Colonel Lander." Another account says, "It is said that the only way r can obtain satisfaction now is by • street attack, which Potter will not shrink from."