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Show ROMANCE OF HISTORY. A 1 KKJIIIIl.E SCKNB IN" COI'KNII AUKS TO UK DltAWS TO PJECU II Y Kelt ' K II01.-SE8. On the 'id of July, M70, t!iu nnig-nilictnt nnig-nilictnt city of Copenhagen, capital ot the Kingdom ol Oemnark, wan 111 a statu ut inteiu excilcincnt. From mi eariy hour in tho morning morn-ing tho fltei ta were crowded with pLuple, who galhered in gtuups, dis-cukhihj; dis-cukhihj; in an ixcilcd manlier a nuh-jeeL nuh-jeeL which mi etn( d l'i be upp(-rniu't in the minds l nil. 1 ' What will be his f iih-nee?" u.iked a Hturdy liurglier. "Will il he Luc hftnrd or the haltei.'" ''Maybe notnethiiig wurni," said aiiniher; "liili treiiMHi is an ulleiitii' llnit is never punished lightly." ' The puor Count!" cxelainii il an old man. "I knew his lather well. He was a benttfactor to tlm pour of Copenhagen. ItisaBOrry day for in lliat fiich n grxnl man should be involved in-volved in such trouble." "What say you'" said a royal hal-bert hal-bert man, "So you sympathize with tho traitor Stemevelde' Como along (0 tbo lock up. You shall bo pun-ighrii pun-ighrii for your traitorous talk." ' The crowd did not venture to rraint this act of violence. For Lhoao were daj'H ot snro onpresuion in Denmark. The kini;, J-ric tint him-oikI, was it licentious tyrant. Those whu oppiwd his uhghleL wtiims were sure to meet with cruel punishment. Many u good man, upon whose wife the king had cmt his eyes, had mysteriously disappeared, a victim to a gang of ullicul iiKtjassiiis whom he employed to get rid ul prrsnr.s obnoxious obnox-ious to him, and wbone chief was the cruel and rorklcHH Huron KyHkoe. In 117") J'aii: bad fallen in love with the young Cuiintem KlemeveMe, wife of the ri('hent and most rMeeintd noblenuin in I'enmark. Tho king Iricd lo vitut the handsome hand-some ludy privately, at her hiihhand's county-Heat, Laringro. There Count Hteinevelde liad Caught tho king at Ihe door, lie hurled him hick, exclaiming: "My wiln'M honor en, mot be touclmd, oven hy the king himself." Erie wuh furious. Ho ielt Lurin-gfiro Lurin-gfiro abruptly, and returned to Copenhagen. On tho lollowing day tarnn Kynkoe arrested Count Slemoveldo on a obargo ol high treaNou, Jin wuh loaded with chains and thrust into a loathsome dungeon. Three judges, servilo tools of the king, were appointed by Ihe latter lo try tho prisoner. Count Uteiiievc Ide was ikt.ufciI of having nil pled to suhverl the Hanish dyiuiHly, and of having deivvuml to murder his IMnjeaty the King. Upon tht'rtu two eouids ho wan found guilty, nolwilliHtauding hit indignant in-dignant protests; and tho 'M of July was appointed as the day on which ho was to receivo his doom. lie vainly implored tho judges to inform him of his late. They, refused saying that his majesty the king bad alono the power to reverse tho decision decis-ion or aggravates the punishment to be inflicted upon hiin. When the clock on. the steeple of St. Anna's Cathedral struck 10 the vast market-place of Copenhagen was filled with asurginc: crowd. An estrade, covered with crimson velvet, had been erected on the eastern side of the place. There the judges of the unfortunate count seated themselves. Shortly after, the royal court arrived. King Kric was addressed in the curious curi-ous style of the perod. By his side waa bia haughty wife, Margaret, Princes of Sweden. One hundred courtiers accompanied them. A few minutes later a widely different differ-ent procession made its appearance. It waa the royal hangman, with his eight assistants, who surrounded the illustrious prisoner. The latter was almost naked; a hempen rag was lied round his loins; his hands and legs were ironed. Ho looked ex tremely dejected. The headsman led liim up to the eslrade upon which the judges were seated. The president of the court, Arena Neilson, stood up, and rend from a parchment the following: ' 'Lawrence Stetnevoldo, you are found guilty of high treason, and of the abominable oflense of having laid your impious hands on the annointed of the Lord, his Royal Majesty King Eric the Becond of Denmark, whom may God preserve." "He tried to corrupt my wife!" interposed Count Stemevelde. "Silence! thundered the president of the court." "Headsman, you will gag the prisoner if he attempts to utter another word." Then he proceeded to road from the parchment as follows: "For these grave crimes, Lawrence Stemevelde, you are sentenced to Buffer Buf-fer death." 4 There was a loud murmur in the vast crowd. Tho prisoner hung his head. "We wanted to have you broken on the wheel," continued the president, presi-dent, "but his majesty the king, considering con-sidering tho enormity of your misdeeds, mis-deeds, has decreed that you snail be drawn to pieces by lour horses!" i Upon hearing these dreadful words Count Stemevelde sank to tho ground with a groan of despair. There was a sympathetic movement move-ment in the immense audience. King Eric, emiling maliciously, stepped forward. "Headsman," he said, "have you your horses ready?" "I have, your majesty," replied the executioner. "Then execute the sentence of the court." The headsman seized Count Stemevelde Steme-velde by tho shoulder, and said to him: "Lie down on this mat." ' ' Tho coun t obeyed , amid the breathless silence of the crowd. Tne executioner's assiatanta unshackled un-shackled him. Then four powerful horses werej biutight up. 1 Two ropes were securely fastened to Stcmcveldw's legs; two others to his wrUls. Tno luur ropes were attached to the four horses. The silence was by this time almost oppressive. The headsman raised his whip. In the next second the horrib.e execution ex-ecution would have taken place; but s-uudenly a beautiful young girl, drewed in white, with a golden diamond dia-mond on her blonde hair, rushed up to tne estrade, and addressing the king, exclaimed: "Stop! I protest!" "You protest?" asked the king, wonderingly. "Ou what grounds?" "On the ground thai I am your daughter, King Eric!" she replied. Had a txnibahell Ullin into the midit ot the crowd, there could hate been no greater stupefaction. The executioner dropped his whip. The queen rose, and said to the king: "How ii this, yoar majesty" la she your daughter?" Eric tho Becond changed color. "My daughter!" he said, with a 1 forced smile; "no, your majesty; she must boa vile im puttier. The queen looked incredulous. "Young woman," she said, to the I beautiful girl io white, "who are you?" "1 am the daughter o! Mina Lasen, and of his Majesty King Eric the second! And, aa his daughter, under the laws of Denmark 1 have a perfect right todemaud the full pardon of a puiiiic.il conviet." The king kept his eyes filed upon the young girl, and turned very pale. "But, young woman," said Iho ipieen, "how can you provo thnt you are the daughter ot his majesty?" I "Kead this, your majesty," said ihe girl. So saving, she haudl this document docu-ment to the queen. "I Eric, l'nneG Royal of Denmark, a. kiinwlidgo Miua Larson s my daughter. Emc." "(iienlngen, June i, HoS." ".My royal huxbrind," suid the queen, "c.lll OU (btlV thittT" I ".i," lie. replied; '"hut " I "I- it trin .'" I The king Lung his had. Tne ((O' t n dieW hirnelf ill' to her ' full height. j "Mina Lurnon," nho said, "your I ric.hU shall he recognized. Yoin 'protest is ju.Mili.il. Count Stemevelde is pardoiud Unulciiian, daro no longer lay your hands upon him. I You say so, my royal hushand, do 'you mil?" i Eric nodded his head. The prisoner w.w released amid Ihe deafening acelaiimlitms ot the crowd. ; Hut the queen Ielt Copenhagen tm the samo day, leaving Erie to the contempt of his Biibocla. He died a year later, loathed ai.d despised by everybody. Tin-: Sn.vKit Poixah. Ah there scums to bo a confusion in tha public mind as lo tho extent of the Jegal tender function ol silver coins, we give the following brief synopsiaof the diets in iho cast;: j lly tho law ol April, 1792, the i"dollarsor units," ihn hull-dollars, (jiiatter-dollnis, dimes, and hull-ilimed hull-ilimed were each and all legal tender lor any sum whatever. The law of January, 1&17, reduced tho weights of all tho nbuvo (silver coins, but specified that they should slill all bo legal tender for any nun wbalover. Hy the law uf March, ISM, the three cent pieces were nuule logal tender for no mure than :it) cenlg, lly the law of Kebriiary, ISo'J, nil silver coins Irss than one dollar wore made a htgal tender for no more than Hy the law'of March, 1N42(- iho silver sil-ver Spanish "pillar dollars," the silver dollars of Mexico, 1'oru, and Kolivia, H'J.'i Ihioncsa ami 45 grains in weiuht, were niadii receivable al iho treasury by tale for nil debts mid demands at $1 each. The law of February, 1873, author-inl author-inl Hit eoiieigo of "trado dollars," but ditl nut mako them legal louder at all.- I fiiuhfu Intn-Orran, On the -Sih inslaul M'llo Spelterini crossed the rapids ol Niaeura nn it siuglo rope. ' |