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C.Zahrn. - '
Execution of tlie Girondists.
During the progress of the French
Revolution there were two parties which
arose, and for a long time contested for
the supremacy the Girondists and the
Jacobins. The mob of Paris was at the
disposal of the Jacobins, and .sustained
them in the most atrocious measures.
"Wenust," said Murat, one of the lead
ers of the Jacobins, "strike into the hearts
of our foes. It is our only safety." The
Girondists attempted to arrest the pro
gress of the frightful massacres in which
the Jacobins were engaging. They thus
exposed themselves to the dangerous
charge of being in sympathy with the
aristocrats. The strife, between the two
parties which ensued, a strife involving
life or death, was one of the most terrible
recorded in history.
Madame Roland was one evening urg
ing Vergniaud to rally the Girondist party
at every hazard to arrest the niasea
cres. "The only hope of France," said
she, "is. in the sacrednes3 of law. This
atrocious carnage causes thousands of
bosoms to thrill with horror. . All the
wise and good in France, and in the world,
will rise to sustain those who expose their
own hearts as a barrier to arrest such
enormities."
"Of what avail," was the sad reply of
Vergniaud, "can such exertions be ? The
assassins are, supported by all the power
of the street. Such a conflict must nec
essarily terminate in a street fight. The
cannou are with our foes. The most
prominent of the friends of order are
massacred. Terror will restrain" the rest.
We shall only provoke our own destruc
tion." ; . . . ;
, For several days the strife raged in the
convention with the utmost intensity,
between the Girondists and the Jacobins.
The party which could obtain the majority
would sorely consign the other to the scaf
fold. . M. Roland, the Girondist Minister
of the Interior, was a man of great power,
but Madame ltolaud, with a brilliaBce of
genius seldom surpassed, prepared for him
his speeches in the convention. Franco
recognized her marvelous abilities; ths
one party regarded her with adoration, and
the other with hate: Probably never be
fore in the history of the world has a wo
man occupied such a position. It soon
became evident that the rage'of the Ja
cobins would descend upon Madame Ro
land, and she was urged to escape from
Paris. The heroic woman replied :
rI am athamed to resort to any such ex
pedient. I will neither disguise myself
nor make any attempt at secret escape.
My enemies may find me always in my
place. I owe my country an example
of firmness, and I will give it."
She remained in Paris, and soon per
ished upon the guillotine. The convention
consisted of eight hundred members
Twenty-two of the most illustrious men of
' r .
France were considered leaders or tne
Girondists. The Jacobins accused them
of treason, and overawing the convention
by the mob, carried, the accusation and
condemned them to death. It was theu
voted that all Paris should be illuminated
in view of the triumnh of the people. At
lnidni-j-ht the whole convention, in proces
sion, traversed the brilliant streets, leading,
to trrace their triumph, the doomed (jri
iondists. They were all then consigned
to the Conciergeric, there to await the
final trial. Summer came and went, while
these illustrious men lingered in their
dungeons. With fortitude, the record of
which has ennobled their memories, they
struled to sustain each other to meet
that fate which they knew could not be
doubtful.
At length the hour of final triumph
came. With the most imposing military
array of infantry, cavalry, and artillery,
to guard against ine puasiumiy ui uuy
counter-revolution, the prisoners were
conducted in a long procession, two by
two, to the judgment bar. It was the
nn.i 1 7V A f atarnn a'p Inolr
at niiiht the verdict was brought in, and
" . ,1 . Ml.
thev were doomed to be lea to me guino
tinfi the next morning. As the sentence
was nronounced, one of the Girondists,
Yalaze, plunged a dagger in his heart, -and
fell lifeless upon the noor. Anotner, in
the delirium of enthusiasm, shouted
"This is the most glorious day of my life;
It was midnight when the victims were
conducted back to the Conciergerier As
they marched along, their voices burst
into the JMarseillaise iymn,in tones wnicn
.reverberated through the corridors of the
prison, and echoed through the streets:
"Come, children of your country, come,
. The day of glory dawns on high,
- And tvrannv has wide unfurled
Her blood-stained banner in the sky."'
i They "were placed in one large hall, and
the lifeless body of their companion was
deposited in one of the corners. By dc
cree ox ...inc. wssemmy .me icuiamo yi
Valaze were to be taken, witti the rest, to
ebensburg, pa., Thursday, june
the guillotine, and the axe was to sever
hi3 head from; the lifeless bpdy, . and ail
the headless trunks-were to be interred
together. Some friends of the Girondists
immediately sent to them a sumptuous
banquet, their final funeral repast, v A
large oaken table was spread. Servants
entered with brilliant lamps. The richest
viand3 ot meats and wines were brought I
in. Vase3 of flowers smiled where flowers
never bloomed before ; and the most cost
ly dishes appeared, one after another, until
the board was covered with luxury and
splendor.
In silence they took their places at the
table. They were all men of brilliant
intellect, and most of them eloquent. A
priest, Abbe Lambert, who had gained
admission, with his pencil noted down
their words their actions, their indica
tions of heroism. The repast was pro
longed till the dawn faintly entered the
grated windows. When tho cloth was
removed, and the fruits, the wine, and the
flowers alone remained, the conversation
became animated, with occasional bursts of
gayety. A few of the unbelievers in im
mortality endeavored thus to meet their
dooni. But it was hilarity unnatural, and
unworthy of the men and their condition.
Death is not a jest, and he who attempts
to so regard it docs but dishouor him
self. ; , - t ,
"What Bhall we be doing at this time
to-morrow?" asked Ducos.
"We shall sleep," responded one, "after
the fatigues of the day, to wake up no
more. JJeatu is but endless slumber. '
. "No," rejoined Fouchet; "annihilation
i3 not our destiny. These bodies perish.
These thoughts never die. To-morrow,
in other words, we shall think, feel, act.
We shall have solved the problem of the
desti&y of the human mind'.:, ,
All turned to v ergniaud, as by a com
mon impulse.- His discourse ..was long,
and has been -described-as the most elo
quent which was ever, uttered by human
hps: "Death, said he, in conclusion'is
the greatest aoL of Jile. It introduces us
to a-uoble existence. : Were it hot so
there would be something greater than
God. It would be'the just man immola
ting himself uselessly and hopelessly for
his country. No ! Vergniaud is no great
er than God. ' God will not suffer Verg
niaud to-morrjw to aseend the scaffold but
to justify and avenge him in all future
ages." v .-
As the light of day penetrated the
dungeon, some sought a .moment's sleep,
others wrote a last line to friend1?, while
oth ers gathered in groups for conversations.
At four. o'clock the gens T armes entered
with the executioners. The long hair
was cut from their necks that it might
not impede the 1 axe. Gensonne picked
up a lock and sent it to his wife, savins; :
"Tell her that ti is the only memorial of
my love which I can transmit to her ; and
that my last thoughts in death Were
hers."
Vergniaud scratched upon his watch a
few lines of tender remembrance, and sent
it to the young lady to whom, in a few
days, he was to be married. Five rude
carts conducted them to the scaffold.
.Each cart contained five persons. The
streets through which the sad procession
passed was thronged with countless thou
sands. It was one of the most splendid
of October mornings. As the cart moved
the Girondists sang the Marseillaise
Hymn. At the end of each verse there
was a moment's silence, aud then the
strain was renewed loud and sonorous.
Arrived at the scaffold,- they all em
braced. They then resumed their funeral
chant.' One after another ascended the
scaffold, continuing the song, till his head
fell into the basket. There was no weak
ness. No voice faltered ; but each suc-
ceeding moment, as head after head-fell,
the song 'grew mors faint. Vergniaud at
last stood alone. Long confinement had
spread a deadly pallor over his" intellectual
features. - lle ascended , the steps, the
chorus having now died away into a solo
of surpassing richness. For a moment he
gazed Upon the headless bodies of his
friends. He then, as he surrendered
himself to his executioner, commenced
anew the sttain i ' . - -
' "Come, children of your country, come I
The day of glory dawns on high." ' ; j
The axe fell, and his lips were silent in
death. Thus perished the Girondists.
The history of the FrenchrRevolution, in
all its sublime annals, has not a tragedy
more thrilling. . '
fiTh e magn ifice n t ch argo of Han cock,
by which he captured a whole division ot
Lee's army, and that thd "Stonewall" di
vision, was made with the bayonet alone.
Our troops advanced through the woods
in" silence ; not a gun was fired ; and when
at last they rushed to the attack, they did
riot tp to' fire, but charged at once with
the" bayonet. ; There ::ir great - virtue in
"cold iron." " ' " -
lVliat Time lias Taken And
" ' .. - 4 Left.
What has Time taken ? Stars that shone 1
On the early years of earth,
And the ancient hills they looked upon
Where a thousand streams had birth. -Forests
that were the young world's dower;-
-With -their long unfading trees,
And the halls of -wealth aud the thrones of
power, ,
He hath more than these
He hath taken away the heart of youth
And its gladness, which hath been
Like the summer sunshine o'er our path, .
Making the desert green.
The shrines of our early-hopo and love,
And the flower of every clime,
The wise; the beautiful, the brave,
Thou hast taken from us, Time !
: : : ' n. s' ' - ' ' :
What hath Time left us? Desolate
j.. Cities and temples lone,
And the mighty, works of genius, yet
f Glorious when all was gone ;
And the ligbt3 of memory lingering long,
As the eve on western seas,
Treasures of science, thought, and song
,lle hath left us more than these. "
He hath left us a lesson of the past
In the shades of perished years ;
He hath left us the heart's high places waste,
- And its rainbow fallen in tears i
But there's hope for the earth and her chil
. dren still, ...
Unwithered by woe or crime,
And a heritage of rest for all
; Thou hast left us these, oh I Time.
T lie Two Travelers.
i Some years ago, two gentlemen and a
lady had taken their places in the dili
gence from Paris to Havre. One of the
gentlemen, M. Mallaquet, a merchant of
the capital, as indolent in mind as in body,
slept profoundly from the commencement
of the journey ; the other, M, Lussac, a
commercial traveler, a person of a very
animated character, did not allow his
tongue . to rest a single instant. . Among
other things which he mentioned,' he let
it escape him that he had about , his person
fiileen, thousand francs in bank bills, that
tho greater part of the sum was intended
for the purchase of colonial productions,
and the rest as a present to his wife. 1
v;:M. Mallaquet, on the contrary, during
the rare intervals when he was sufficiently
awake to speak, said simply that he was
going to Havre.
. The diligence arrived at Pontoise,
where the horses were changed. As the
road from that point ascends, the conduc
tor proposed to the travelers that they
should walk up the hill. - Lussac em
braced the proposal with: pleasure, and
Mallaquet, from politeness,' affected to be
no leFS delighted, although, iu fact, he
had no desire to put his legs in move
ment. They both started up the hill, then,
the diligence followed them.
Soon darkness came on ; bnt the trav
elers continued to hear the diligence roll
ing behind them. AfUr the lapse of some
time they' both remarked that they had
wandtred from the road. They wished
to return thereto, but the sound of the
wheels no longer reached them.
The indolent Mallaquet grew afraid.
Muttering a few oath?, he began to walk
at a more rapid rate, and this sudden
change gave birth iu the soul of Lussac
to a sombre presentment. - Remembering
his imprudent avowal about .the filteen
thousand francs which he had with him,
the most lugubrious ideas agitated his
mind. He asked himself in terror wheth
er this suspected companion had1 not plot
ted with the coductor to rob him in some
solitary place. Perhaps, he also thought,
another accomplice might be lurking in
some place near, ready to pounce on him.
In truth poor Lussac deemed himself a
lost man. Jle determined, therefore, to
be on his guard. .
With regard' to Mallaquet, when he
saw Lussae become suddenly silent, he at
once conceived similar suspicions to those
of his companion. He had not, it is true,
like Lussac, been guilty ot any indiscre
tion endangering his own interest, but
his pockets were filled with important
papers, and the avowal of his companion
appeared to him now only an adroit trick
to inspire hiui with confidence.
u Kteping at as gTeat a distance a3 possi
ble from each other," tho two travelers
watched each other's movements. At last,
a marsh coming in their way forced them
into immediate contact on a narrow path.
Their alarm and distrust went on increas
ing. Mallaquet raised his hand to wipe
his brow, whish was . bathed with perspi
ration. Lussac then made a halt, think
ing be saw in his companion's hand an
instrument of murder. "However, to brace
hia courage a little, he likewise raised his
hand to take'a pinch of snuff.,; Mallaquet;
seeing this, stooped down "to the muddy
ground to escape the exnected -pistol
ghot'--- 7 - : '- -' :-
After 6omc time passed in. the anguish
"of these mutual suspicions, Lussac deter
i8G4.
mined to give utterance to his dread in
words. . ; - v , .
"We must," said he, "be. thoroughly on
our guard here. It is the very demon
himself who has throws us thus, on: the
high road in the -middle of the rliht. -'
Fortunately, if we meet with any misfor
tune or attack, there is nothing tJ be
found on me but empty pockets." " :
t "Indeed," replied Mallaquet, "you sure
ly forget the fifteen thousand francs which
you have with youi7
"Oh ! that was all nonsense," cried
Lussac. "My words on this point were
the merest wind. Of course, I was only
joking."
. Tbis speech did not fail to increase the
terror of Mallaquet.
"Weil, whatever happens," he said,
after a few moment's hesitation, "Ifam
determined not to yield uutil I have fired
my pistols as often as I can." " .
"Pistol !" exclaimed Lussac ; "but do
you not know that it is forbidden to carry
arms ?" . "
"Forbidden, do you say ?" continued
Mallaquet, assuming an air of great cour
age ; "there are resolute fellows, however,
who do not much regard who, in fact,
laugh at such prohibitions."
. This conversation was interrupted by
the trotting of a horse. The rider was a
postillion, who told our travelers that they
had gone astray, and that they had, at least,
a walk of two hours tohe nearest posting
station. IJoth, more alarmed than ever,
sought relief in furious oaths.
Presently a carriage passed. Mallaquet
and Lussae rushed towards it. . Lussac
wanted to get up behind, but the coach
man struck him so fiercely with his whip
that he wa3 forced to let go. his hold.
Behold our travelers, then, dragging their
weary limbs anew along the high road.
A light gleamed in the distance.' Our
travelers, nearly drowned in perspiration
and crushed by fatigue, marched towards
the spot where the light was shining. It
turned out to be a village. Everybody
had gone, to bed but they at last succeed
ed in discovering an inn.
Fresh -mishap ! All the rooms were
occupied ; but the landlord, yielding after
a while to their passionate requests, gave
them the room which he had reserved for
himself. Hungry and weary, ' however,
the two companions felt the irresistible
need for some food. The delay caused by
the repast was marked by an absolute
silence; and in nearly the same sileuee
Mallaquet and Lussac prepared their
exhausted frames to taste the sweets of
repose.
- "The moment I am in bed," thought
Mallaquet, "I shall pretend to bo asleep.
I shall even snore with tolerable emphasis,
if needful; but I shall keep myself abrt
for whatever may occur."
As for Lussac, after having slipped his
portfolio under" his pillow, wished his com
panion good night, and blown out the
candle, he placed himself as cosily in the
bed as he could, but kept his eyes fixed,
in the darkness, on the corner of the room
where the supposed brigand was.
Two hours passed away, marked by the
most complete immobility on both sides.
The first feeble light of the dawn was
beginning to peep through, when Lussac
perceived his neighbor rising with precau
tion, and approaching his bed on tiptoe.
Mallaquet then stooped down over Lussac's
face. Lussac s heart beat like a steam
engine. Fortunately, however, he had
his knife opened and ready under the bed
clothes. Ho asked himself whether he
oughtnotto.be beforehand with the as
sassin. But a little cowardice, and the
excess of his emotion, forced him to wait,
without stirring, the development of
events. Mallaquet again gathered some
assurance from the air of tranquility which
he, who deemed himself a victim, simu
lated. He went back to bed with a con
tentod heart.
The result was, that, neither of the
travelers having slept, but neither ot them
also having suffered any greater harm
than a good flight, they set out in the
course of the morning arm in arm for
llouen, became intimate friends, and end
ed by forming a commercial partnership.
The house of Mallaquet & Co. still pros
pers at Paris, and each of the partners
amuses himself with telling the singular
circumstances which led to their business
relations. It is never, however, without
emotion that M. Mallaquet hears M. Lus
sac speaking of the moment when the
knife was kept ready under the bed
clothes for a fatal stab.
. .ST The balking of dogs is an acquired
hereditary instinct, supposed to have or
iginated in an attempt to imitate the hu
man voice. Wild dogs, and domestie
breeds which have become wild, never
bark, but only howl.. Cats, which so
disturb the inhabitants of civilized coun
tries by their midnight "caterwaul," are,
in their wild state, quite silent.
NUMBER 36.
' Campaign Miscellany. .
. A STORY ABOUT GRANT;
A Southwestern corresDondent relafi
the following: Speaking of Gen. Grant's
campaign, I wish here to put on record a
little incident, which I have never yet
seen in print, and which might have been
contraband once,' but is not now,"Einccho
plans of the Eastern caniyakrn have been
developed. While Grant was in front of
Vicksburg, he was conversing with sev
eral officers on the subject of the capture
of llichmond. "Can it be taken, GenT T
asked one of these. "With" ease," was
the response. "By the Peninsula V'- con
tinued the querist. . "No." replied the
General; "it I had charge' of the matter,
I would want two large armies one to
move directly on Lee, and the othefto
land at City Point and cut communica
tions to the Southward. Lee would" thus
be compelled to fall back, and the army
from the North could then press forward,
and, ifj)o?sible, defeat him. If he would
again open up communication with tho
cotton States, ho must fight the army
south of the James; and to do this ho
must cross his whole force, otherwise he
could be defeated in detail. If he do so
cross, the Northern army could take Rich-
mona ; it lie do not, that lrom the south
could move up the heights south of the
James, and shell and destroy the city."
At the time these remarks were "made,
General Grant had no thought .of being
called to the position lio now occupies -
A FEMALE VETERAN. V
This war has furnished many instances,
both in the rebel and Federal army, of
females entering the service as soldiers!
The war teems with romance. Aft armj
correspondent writing from Cairo, relate
the following : The Provost Guard went
on board the steamer Missouri, yesterday,
and there arrested a soldier with the uni
form of the veterans, ready to start ori the
downward trip toward the front." On be
ing taken to the Provost Marshal's emce
the veteran. was accused of being a wo
man. This he, or she, flatly contradicted,
but upon being assured that her sex. wai
known, and that there waa no use denying
the charge, she burst into tears and ac
knowledged the corn. It seems to be the
old story, told anew, of how love is more
strong than discretion, forcing her to don
ths apparel of her country to follow him
whom she loved to tho tented field.
Whether she loved "not wisely but too
well" is not known, but it is known that
the object of her affection followed her
before the Provost Marshal, and begged
for her release. But military law proved
inexorable, and the soldier was obliged to
return "solitary and alone" to his regi-.
ment, cursing bitterly the unrelenting fate
which thus separated him from his true
love. Her name is Elizabeth Archer! . ..
THE WAY TO DRAW AN ENEMYs EIRE.
A few days ago, our men were much
annoyed by a rebel sharpshooter concealed
in the brusuwood. After. he had-woun-"
ded several of our men, various attempts
were made to get a "pop" at him without
effect. At last the gallant old Colonel
hit upon the following ingenious though
rather dangerous expedient of enticing
the rebel out of his concealment :'
."Boys," said he, coolly, "look out where
the smoke comes from, for as soorr as the
traitor sees me he will let fly I"
Getting deliberately from the rifle-pit,
where he had been watching operations,
the Colonel walked out a few paces and
calmly seated himself upon a stamp.
Scarcely had ho done so before bang!
went the rifle, and a Minie ball flew past
his head, in too close proximity to be
agreeable Ere the smoke had cleared
away, half a dozen bullets had penetrated
the spot where the rebel lay, and in afe
moments after his body, reeking wx
gore, and perforated by not less than threex
bullets, was dragged from it3 hiding
place. On seeing the body, the Colonel ex
claimed, "There, boys, I told you I could
draw his fire !" ' - . 5
THE REBELS ON GRANT. A
The rebels generally express the opin
ion that General Grant don't know when
he is whipped. They think that Meide
would have discovered that he was whip
ped the first day of the fight in the Wil
derness, and they believe that Gen. Lee"
was very much surprised when he found
that Grant did not acknowledge himself
whipped by retreating across the Rapidan!r
They concede that Grant has overpowering
numbers, and that he may be able to van
quish Lee, but they say this must be done
by continuous fighjting, as there will beno:
yielding on the part of the rebels.. They?
assert also that it is useless to talk, about
the rebel army, starving. They all say
they have enouga to eat. The peopla"
may be starving, but the army is cot, and,
they say, will not.
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