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In ROUWELL , corner of State and Forty sts. CILANE & DAVIS, 181 Stute st. crn vre 4OOKS « S’I‘A’1?0lea'13 ¥. I. t. STRAYKENR, Nmfimlo stroot» MLLLER-and Circulattng Library- No. Tt Statest. cll bool oryorRs. DANIEL LAKE, No, 203 State street, WSL F. BOLLES, No. 7G State atreot. orn ont n o e tal came Fr ¥ entree enous hong HARDWARE, SEOVES, &c. C. C.OLUTE & Go., No, M3 State street, ABM. A. VAN VQRST, No. 61 Stata st, MHKRGIANT TALORING, JOIN §. IONNY, No. 60 State street, 4. B & H B BONNY, No. 07) Stata streeo Wi. VAN VRANICEN, No. 74 State street. JOHN D, BECKLY, Colonnade Row, 126 State, e CadyBt wank. A. & Ge BROWN, No. 58 Siate st. veces PUYSICIANS $& Druagaists, Dr. ANDREW 'TRUAK, L17 State street, Dr O. SQUIRE, fRotterdam, J. CHANDLIEI, Donust, &¢. corner of Forry and Liberty wI#e a INSEURAN CI} COUPINIHS, BARATOCA Mutant nourance Company-Orea- mus Squire, Agent, Roiterdane FIRNEMKN'S Insqrance Company-Puter 'Rowe, Agente ALEANY Instrance Com hy, 28 and 197 Sinte at, . 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Broderick, ag't aubsofiber takos thhs methoi to inform the citfzns of | over(l Suloncetady and Itw that fie has opened a shao at the aliove tamed place, exclunvely for the pore km of ononuficturidg, cover terns ond parsouls In the nentest and most durnble manner \ All persons having wnbrcllaw and parasols, and wlsllinifltr have thon done in a workmanlike will do well to call on: the subscriber, as no yfiy will bo astod for any worl not done. to: the $0:- uct ra laliction of the nwnor. A. IRWIN. Oavarlng dene with slik, Seotch anc Amortean: @nxh ames un the ghortest matteo. - Gash paid Coruld unbrolia frames, 10--3m. KRALL LROoADS. Mohawle and Hudson Rui Road, SPRING ARRANGEMENT, \ry N untrafien Aprit 13th and until farther notfco,, the dopactured on this roud will be as: follows, wik f , EROS Kb 4b o'clock A. M. 0: do (do oron arvivnl from Saratogn. fléi; do &M do Uvica, : + Wes BLOK ALBANY, At Th o'clock A.M. tog Ttica, * dlé do A.M. Sursloga, PH do do. 7 0. Utica, All baggage rocelved at Albany, and not aceommpa« qnlad by the owner, mast bo marked distinctly for its Ingo of doatinalton, and depogtted by tho persons have “is: charge thereof in the wagon designated: for that route. Enseongers nro requested to- attend porsonally to Hun recoiptaud deliwery of their baggage to provent alatulurss , ® The Coashes, Baggage Wagons, and Freight C irs to fnd from Ballston und Saritogn,. ate mur thro gh witout shargge at detention at Relionectady, pip Ail buggugo positively at the rluk of tho owner 4 ft aluntto JOUN.GOSTICGAN, Supt. a 906 tUuex nad Schonactaudy Rallrond, APRLL, 1st, I81L -One Daily Lino-enels way, Cars teaba at 9 o'clock As M ige dally and wight Bre wil. bo tun, an son Quills“ Mail Boats on the Hudsar River ron + Nts wug‘md'l‘mz‘ road Is oporated in connsetion with: the gm [trawl lines to Albany, Syracuse, Auburn and iratog fhe uNu gltarge for hay gnéw aut being: necmnpunfi'd by and noue carried with» (4 0Wnor, __ WM, 6, ¥0 Buportniendont a UNG ud Englnear Bohonectada, mid Surntogo Railroad. Ow fat Aprll. and untb Cyrthor nolge, Gars will foaso, daily, ot follows ; From Satatoge at 7 o'clacle A. M, it 2, M. As M, 4 . M, h tho rail road fenye Sa« A £4 ~ at D otctock \I do.i it 4 tagas In connogdlop: w \fir 3 Springs, dally, for Glow'sFalls; Sandy Hill, a be Whitehall, &o. to, 4, ight forwarded with dispatch. i\ forwarded BARGGNT, Supt, in the elty; I'wo Dollars | | Thy bleaging | exacly suctra one, as Jonathan is not disposed cm ma YOL, VIL] THE LAST TEAR i SHED. BY ROBERT JOs8ELYS, Tho dust tear I shod, was the warm one that fell, As L kissed thea, dear mother, und buda thee farewell, When Laaw the deep anguish iinpressed on thy face, And Cfeltfor the last ting amother's embrace : And hourd thy choked necenta, impassioned and wild, God blees thee furever, God bless thee my child I L thought of my boyhaod, thy kindness to me, Whan youngest and dearest, I saton thy knee; Of thy love: to ma «verso fondly expressed, | As L grow up to manhood, tmeonscious how blest, Of thy praises when right, and thy chidiigs when wrong, While wayward with passions unyfelding and strong, L thought of thy counsels ushecded or spurned, Au mirth bad enlivened.or anger had burned, As how, when by steknesa ill helploss I loy, 'Thoi didst nurse me, soothe mo by night and by duy ; How much I hud been both thy sorrow and joy, And my feelings overflowed and L wept like a boy. yYuum, yours of endurnnce havo vanished, and nuw ['There d+ pain funy heart, there is cure on my brow ; 'The vislona of hope and of fincy are gone, And choorless, I travol life's pattiway alone, Alone F nyo. though some kind ones there he, There aro none here to love ne, to love me like thee. My mother, dear mothor, oofdhoarted they deem Thy offipring, Lam not what Essem; Though cahin'y and fearless, oll changes I bear, Gunli they louk in my bosum, te feeling is there 1 Andiiow, aul ond lonely aa memory recalls at porting, agaiu the tear fills. hs. _-. For the Eellector, Bapers. No. VI. Mra. Jerusha Nash is now somewhat advanced in yeare. In youth she was quite a belle; but meeting wilh disuppointment; she vowed to lead an independent singlo lifoy but it so turned out that fare doereed otherwise, for on one stormy night, whilo sho was meditnting on oll fickle awoine, and the severe punishment they merited, sho was aroused by a loud knocking at her door, when to her surprise, Jonathan Nosh, one of her acquaintances in. days of yore, walked in. It would not bo proper for me to make public, all that pasged between them. | I may however, state, that Jocusha was first very coy, and Jonathan quite bash'w. But time and frequent visits surmount thee obstructions, for shortly after that inter- view, theso © twan were inade one.\ Topathan 18 a. (quiet, casy and. goodsnatured. sort of a hus- band, and Jerugha a tolerable good wife ; atleast, to quarrel with. - She has an Irresistible pench- ant for news, and a poculiar faculty in retailing it. She decms it unsocinl to keep a secret confided to her, but always enlists her neighbors, to share with her in the suered trust. - Sho daily sallies torth aiter breakfast 10 quest of novelties, and re- turns before dinver with a precions burthen ; in the afternoon aho is prepared to open her budget of rarities, ond commence the grand rounds.- You con trace her, as engily as the tracks of n Partridgo aftor atfull of enow. - She calls on one, ancl eoftly whiiepers in her cars the thet, that Julie Sichbins is positively engaged to James Wilsons; and, attiougly the wodding day is not exactly fixed, it will tuko place very goony for Ji» lia hoo retueced from New York with such a splendid dress ; but hush, it must be kept a pro- found secret, She hurrtea to onother, and tells,thnt Mre. Witlienms and her husband hate find a real e flare up,\ a most termblo outbreak ! - Mr. Wil- Hianmis wanted apple dumplings for dinner, and bis wile preferred fried clams; one word brought on another, and now they are on the point of separe» tion 3 bat this nurst not be told for the world- Serugha is punctual in her attendanco at churel, and when there, puts on the apperrance of supe- rior sanctity, for while the clergyman is preach- ing against envy, hatred and malice; she sits de- voutly inclming her body forward and back in triple time; forming alternately obtuse and right- angles, and performing the process of what is sometimes called \ weaving Christian tape.\ She at the same time, takes special notice of Mrs. Williams' shawl, Mrs. Filkins new bonnet, and Mre. Wilkins' frock, resolving to outstrip the whole of them at Mre. Bennet's party ; then cast- ing her eye on Mre. Heartwell, she wonders in her own mind, what there is in that woman to attract so much attention ; if the trath was known, ¢ she is no better than she should be.\ In this way, Jerusha employs her time. Mre. Heartwell is quite a different charncter.- She is modest, retiring, and very: domestic; for she superintends her own household affairs ; keeps un exact account of the expenditures for the fa- mily ; gives instruction to her young children; reads much, and carries on a correspondence with distant friends, Her house is in 'perfect order, clean and nothing misplaced. | The sceivants all love her, for sha never frets or scolds, but givea her orders in a kind end gentle manner, thereby securing their obedience und attachment. She performs her duty conscientiously and faithfdly ; as a wife, mother aud mistress, peace,; good-will, and happiness reign in her family. - As a neigh~ bor, and friend, she is equally excellent. You yall find her at the chambers of the sick, quietly and without ostentation, supplying their wants , acting the kind nurse, aud administering comfort and consolation. 'Po them she is a mmistering angel; she tenches them patience and resignation, softens the pillow of the dying, cheers their fait» ing spirta,ind unfolds to their view happier abodes beyond the skies. - The dwellings of the sons and daughters of po- verty, ure greated by her presence. | She inquires out their wante, ond with a generons heat, und liboral hand, relieves them. She dries the teas on the cheek of the sorrowful, enuses a cheerful smile to illumine the free of the unforturate, and makes the hearts of the widow and orphan to beat with Joy. Her actions are tempered with gentleness, hu- mihity and kindoese. She belieses no harm of hor neighbors, nor ever utiers a word to their dis- credit. Sho has no secrets to unfold, far all her communications are given wi h perfect frankness, ond with a strict regard to truth. | Mer steps are strewed with Ulessings, and a halo of guodness surrounds her, My young friends, you will often meet with a Jeusha, sehiom with a Mre. Heartwell; avoid the faults of the one, imitate the virtues of the other, and you will surely gain the geod will of all and enjoy the sweet rewards of an approving con- science. ROMANCE OF HISTORY, BY B. J. LOSSiNG. Truth is atrange-strarger than. fiction,\ is an oft-quoted remark, anda nistory bears ample corroburative evidence of the validity of the aseer- tion. When the imagination of the romunce takes wing, Ps. sorrings cunont extend beyond the gren of human ection, unless it mounts upward in the specularive region of eupernatural things. and the treasures which it brings back on its re- turn nre but the genuine records of Imiman frailty or groutioes. | 'The foul pot, the nssassin's etcel, the warrior's prowess, the honor, love, virrue and debusement of the wildest teles of romener, are but the very elementsjof which history is compr- od. - Bre sityo obtained ite supremacy, and the human will fund a uraster in correct jadgment, governed and formed by cultivated intellert, re- cords of physical and resentments, tests of strength, ngility and courage, and every exorcise ul mun as a creature governed by pos- won, made up the sum total of histories) frets.- With few emment exceptions, the nations of the would presented a d eary sspect, previous to the era when the star of Bethlehem arose upin the land of Pafesthe. It was then that fight bram» Sho trips over to Mrs. Bennet's, and withe a lieart wing with neighborly kindness, oske, © Are you aware how inimical Mre. Filkins is towards mg att repatring uin< you 1\ No, do toil me t *No, E eanoot. You know how careful t always am, about doing any thing that may breed a quariol. T only mean to put you on yous guard, that is all.\ But the cu- riosity of Mrs, Bennat is now excited, and as a special mark uf friendship; she confidential'y tells hor, ** Mis. Filkins is so very angry, because you got away her hired help. She calls youall the bad namics sho can think of, and more than that, | she told mo with fier own mouth, that before you was: married,. you fell ln lovo with your dancing master?\ - Jerushia would bo offended, were it in- sisuated that sho horself, was the negotiator for Mro. Filking, and actually emiced the girl away. Sho succeeds in producing a broach between the two nelghbore, ond acta the post-rider, firconvey- log oll the: precious morceanz suid of euch other, with such additions as her inventive: fancy sug- osts, Docs Mrs. Moraliouso neglect to send her an invitation: to her party ; sho tells you in a low whisper, that Mrs, M. now and then takes a drop to and igequint-eyed in the bargain, but gives a solemn caution not to tell any one, Jerusha visits the sick. Sto condemns the prescriptions of the physician, and assures the puttent that the: modicine will do her great injury. She recommends her to throw away the apothe- cary atnff and take Thoroughwort tea, as infinite» ty better for her, but gives this anleinn ts function ® donot for your hifectell that L said so.\\ She bas a peculiar mothod. in. comforting the invalid, by tolling of haifa dozen persous: of heraequaint. ances, having beon-fllieted with the same disor= , dor, who. were not hail as sick as the patient, and by. way of cansolution and. encourngeimnent adds --they all died at last 1 If you are prying. your addresses to a young lady, and are in is fair way of winning her, be caroful to keop friends with Jerusha, lest by winks, insinuations, ond sly inuendus, sho prejudices your intendéd against you ; and you. are rojected dur causes of which you are: wholly ignorant.-- Sho too is a capital hand to: keep a secrat; Just | intrust hee with one ; assuro:. ber that it will ma- térially injure: you if it is: divulged. - Sho makes solemn protestations: of fidelity and friendstip.- The secret in two. days will bo in the keeping of half the town, and all under tho same infunctions. Under the mask of friendship sho contrives to fish out the most important secrets of the neighbor- hood, and then retails them out, with suitable al- erations additions and: amendmente, od opon the buman intellect, and ted the way to its nssumpdion of the geeptre over the grosse; possi ms of our nature, and awakened in inan this beam of intelligence which gives him the claim to an nage of Ins Creator. | True Confucins had G, MAY 14, 1841 rere rt nnn nomena s es ares are voronin revs rmves fives and liberties of twenty millions of people lefi an the merey of a demoniac faction, headed by Dunton ond Rotvespierte, | For some time pro- vious to the geceral outbreak, the nnmblings of the volcano were heard, and when the great and good Necker was removed from the ministry, and the inovagement of the finances of the country passed into other hands, deep was the wound which the alrefdy lacerated people Telt, - Werk and pliant, through honestand amiable, Louis was continually swayed by the opinions of others, and his deeree for Necker's banishment had scarcely gone toith; ere it was countermanded, and the minister recalled. 'The people were again sutis- fied, and- the tue friends of the country anticipa- ted a return of peace and prosperity. | But the imirigues of base men ngitin urged the king, con- trary to his own feelingf, to banish Necker a ge- cqnd ume ; and this snicidal net, was lo his sov- rceignty like tearing a keystone from a ous arch, which tottered forn moment, and then fell, crushing all beneath its ruins who hin g upon it for safety. On the 12th of July, 1798, about 4 o'clock, P. M. the fact of Necker's: second - banishment be- come known to the people of Paris, and they considered it as the first step foward destroying their representative privileges, enjoyed | through the newly organized National Assembly. In a short time, Paris presented a seene of commotion hardly to be e-nceived. The togsin soundrd frmm the Hotel de Pille; and the deep roll of drums in the Rue de Honore announced the outburstings of the pent-up feelings of the populace, A cry was inimediately raised. * To the Pulais Royal ! to the Palais Royal!!\ and in a tew ininutes, more than ten thousand persons had there assein- bled, scarcely knowing for what. 'They hadJeard the tocsin and the drams, and passion goaded them on. A tribune was erected, and a young man named Camille Desmoulms sprang upon it, with a pistol in one hand, and eried with a loud voice: # Citizens, there is not a moment to Inse; the removal of Necker is a signal for a St. Bar- tholomew of patriots! | 'This very evening all the Swiss and German battalions are coming out of the Chomp de Mars to slaughter us ! 'here re- moins for us only one resource; let us rush to arms ?*\ The mulntude echoed the ery © Tb arms, to arms 1\ and having proposed to wear cockndes to distinguish theme: Ives, Dewnonlins seked, ® will ye have the green eotor, the color of hope, or red, the color of the free order of Cincinnatus 2\-- \ Green, green!\ shoured the mulurude ; and he descended fram the tribune, and attached a branch af the chesnut to his hat. - The populace then fol- lowed him to the house of Cariios, the sculptor, where they - got the bast of Necker, and having dressed it in erape; they carried it in froot of the immense procession, which increased every mo- ment. | 'The night was ongof tumuit, and the toc- sin continued sounding till the dawn. Many were killed by the roya} troops under Henriot, but be- fore noon the next day the mob had presession of the city, The electors metat the Hote de Pitle,snd took the anthorsty into. their own hands, They mo- mentarily received demands from the populece for a supply of arms, and it was with much difficaliy that their fury, excited by delay, could be curbed. I he ire of the unorganized mob was now direct- ed toward the Bustfile. Every armory and gun- shop in the-city had become exhausted, and the Bastile was the only place where they might pro. cure arms. | Like a torrent of lava the mob swept onward, bearmg. down gll cpposition until they reached the nveoue that led to that ancient cita- de. Thore they fount the guns of the castle pointed so as to sweep (hat street, A depute- tion was sent to the governor, Mr. Delauney, to advise their wichd awahond to surrender that pri- sun as o nicans of preventing a mussncre ; but he pereinptorily relused. 'The exasperstion of the mob was extreme, and they assailed the chains of the drawbudge with hatchets, 'The bridse was lurced down, the privon-dorss carried hy force, and Delonney and the whole gamison massacred on the spor. - Frercer by the tase of blood, they returned tothe commitiee, and charged Fle:scles, provost of the with trenkon, because be did not (for be could not} supply them with arms, necording to promise, He was forcibly sei- weil and burried toward the as-embly for trial, but was shot dead on the way by an assastin, Louis sas at Versailes when the cows of the insuncetion reach: d inm. and he sexulved to te-t his popularity by visiting the nesembly room in person. 'There he was received in sullen silence -a sfence which finchaded a fixed determina- tion to oppose ro mer abuses.and to persist in establishing Equality upen its throne. | 'The king first roke the sitence. | He as-ured them of Ins | apread knowledge over the © celestial empire ;\ Zoronster had elevated the standard of mind in western Asin; the Grecian philosophers bad en- bghteved southern Europe with a glimmering rey and the influence of the patriarchs and prophets, through encee-sive ages, had nobly vindicated the intelltwent charseter of mun ; but it was reserved for Christianity to sever the bond that held the mind in thrail, forite whole system is founded up- on mental and moral philosophy ; its ethics are pure ond un:ainted with the bitterness of sensusl- ity, and its every aspiration is contmunlly upward. Although tor several centuries its fight was ob- scured, yet it gave 4+ constant inpulse to learning and to pursuits of peace. Wherever its pure prin- ciples were allowed to operate,the results of mind acting upon matter gave the chronicler startling events to record; and, when at length chivalry (though conceived in fulse notions of duty) spread its healthful agitations over stognant and debused Europe, the* most nrdent imagination could not bring from the creations of finey more extiaor- dinary narrations thio true history afforded. That mighty commotion which rocked the world, had scarcely subsided, when the voice of Luther was heard ewminoning reason, judgment and moral courage to combat with the errors, vices and weaknesses of the Romish church, - Almost sim- uluincous with that grout movement, nrose the Press, a brilhrant day-star of homan libe-ty, anda im gh y champion in the canse of reform. - From that period, the former Siuggishness of society dis- appesred, and whoever the messengers uf the press went forth, the benuties and exceliencies of the Inunan character progressively developed. Eunope, the grand theatre of nctiun, displayed the wonderful workings of ound. | Sererce, rehgion, art, politient econmmy-alf flourished; nud thet monotony that marked the historian's pige of tor» mer agee,was changed. | Old customs were sbol- ished, old lond-marks by which society\ was guid. ed, wore effaced. und now cureor'; new enterpri- sas, and new and startling results. followed cach other in rapid enecession., In proof of the position we have nsumned, let us take a hnsty glineo at the French Revolution, Thoroughly imbued with the principles of Ameri- can liberty, the Murguia Ia Fayette returned to Fiance, and with all the zeal of youth and tue Apostle of Freedom. Alreody the farem fires of civil and religious liberty had been fundled io Eu rope, and particularly in France, by the success- ful result of the American Revolution, ond its at- tentlant blessings : and although for awhile pent up, they at leagth burst out with volennic force, and the shock levelled to the earth the nubility and the priesthood, religion and faw; order and morality, and prostrated the throne of the Bour- bons. During that period which may be emphatically ! termed: the \ Reign of Terror.\ anurchy\m its worst form held despotic sway. Within the space ofa few months, rebellion to royal authority ap- peared, a monarchy was crushed, a king dethron- ed and behoaded, a republic proclaimed, and the patriotism, he commenced there bis mission of} affection for his subjects, declared Iimself one wih the nation, and informed them that he ha-! ordered an immediate removal of the trrops from Paris to Versailles ; and, as he concluded, well then, it is to you 1 confide myself,\ the whole as- sembly simuitaneous y aro-e and condnrted him back to the chateau. All Pads and Versailles rung with joy at the sudden change of affairs, and indignation was supplanted by graiiitidte.- The virtuous and talented Necker was again re- caded, the popular Bailiey wes appointed mayor uf Pais, and the patriot it Laifsyeite elevated to the command of the Nation: Guards of France. Peace agam smited upon distracted Gallia, but that smile was but n gleam of sunshine that pre- ceded a more terrible storm. Daring the remainder of that summer, and the following autmnn and winter,nume; ous oceurred, an the shedsing of huawn b cod was not unfrequent. | 'The revolntionary government (for monarchy was but a name} was conducted by Marat Danton, and Robespierre, a triumvhate of the biackest die. 'Frembing at the position they held, they daily feared a change in the pop~ ular feeling, for its smies or frowns are but of ephemeral duration, | 'To secure their power she laver found means, by distoriing the meaning uf statutes, and bribing also witnesses, to arraign the king for ligh treason. Among the most wick- ed and influestial wols of the triumvirate, was the Dake of O.leans, a prince of the blood us he might be more properly terined-s prince of blood. - Wi:h the aid of such men, their pur- pose was effeted. - Louis was brought to the bar of the convention, »ried, condemned, and on the 21s: of January, 1708, was executed upon the guitlorme | - dred an intelligeat and inoffun- aive man, but.as a sovercign, he wanted firmness to stein the torrent of faction. In death he dis- played a man'y dignity and reslenanon, and it was a sublime remurk of the ofienmting priest, when the King mouned the seaft Jd, © OUflspring ot St, Louis. ascend to Heaven.\ «From this period commenced the Raton or Tennon. | 'The bloody-ninded men, who had re- ted conspicuoney in this high-handed measure, seemed alarmed at what they had done, and tear. ed an assassin in every citizen. - Marat, the head of the irluavirate, was assassinated on the 13ih of July, by Chrudoite Cordy, whose heroic deed and more than heroic death was made the theme of posts and romancers. Charlotte Corday. She was a native of Scez, in Normandy, but a residem of Cacn when she conceived the plan of ridding her country of the monster Marat. . She was sbout 23 years of age, and possessed con- siderable personal beauty. - Iinpressed with the berief that Marat was the principal awhor of ail the murders and massacres from May rill the pe- riod. in question, she determined to arrest his ca. reer of blood, and for that purpose proceeded to Paris, which sho reached on the 11th of July.- On the 12th she addressed a note to Marat, sia- ting that sho was a young woman, anxious to be- [NO. 20. hold him, and requested a private audience with hin as speediy as possible. His vanity gave rea- dy assent to the pruyer of the fair petitioner, and made the hideous monster believe he might be beloved by the gentle woman.* - On the 13th she ubtaised admission to Mara's presence. She found him in the dressing-room of his bath, with his bosom uncovered ; and after some desultory conversation, he inquired after the proscribed do- pues of Caen. She readily gave him their names and station, and pointed om their influence. Ma- rat became somewhat excited,; ard satd, ** They shall soon meet with the purishment they de- serve.\ \ Thine is at hand,\ exclaimed the he- roie girl, and plunged a poignard deep into his bared breast. Te gave one yell of agony, and fell dead upon the floor. - His attendants rushed into the. ruom, seized the maiden, who stood quietly waiting with the instrument of death in her haud, and dragged her before the Revolutionary. tribu- nal. - Her trial was brick condemnation was pro- nounced, and on the 17:h, Crrannours Conpay,, an incipient Joan de Are, fell, beneath the ase of the guilloune. Such was the infernal madness of the Parisians that almost divive bonors were paid to the mem- ory of Maat. In all parts of Paris triumphal arches and were erected. | In the Place de Caroura), a kind of pyramid was crect- ed. in which were deposited his bust. bathing tub, desk, and lamps The hosors of the Pantheun were conferred upon him, and in the books, and +ongs of poeis, and in the theatres, his name was celebrated, bu: when France again became sant, and the spirit of turbulence, rapine aud blood was quieted, the busts of the monster which disgraced even the theatres, were broken and trampled up- on, and his filthy remains were torn from the Pan» theon and dragged through the inud by the same pepulice who had deified him. Danion and Roberpierre were reduced to a du- umvirare, and the former became distinguished for plunder and revel. Of the twain. he was far the mist powerful minded, and. when the later per ceived his strength, he resolved to destroy him. Robespierre ca efa'ly noted ail his crimes, and «oon became possessed of sufficient evidence to ciush him. | Secing his eriricat position, Danton for a while withd ew from public life, married a beautiful woman, and professed a reso'ution to epend the remainder of his life in domestic rerire- ment. - But his known influence with the club of the Cordeliers caured Robespierre to keep a con- stant watch upon his movements. - Thus, jeatons of cach other, these wreiches ruled France with a most despotic and bloody power. - 'Their decrees were law, and their laws dissolved the pure elements of soviery. - 'The wor- ship of the most high God was comnuted for that of the goddess of Reasou. | Religion, and all its solemn rites were pronounced a farce ; the sac a- mental chalice was conve ted into a wassail-bow!l ; the huly rite of mariage was an-uiled, and the instiution declared a neediess check, and exirnd. ed no faithe than the saticy of sensual inclina- tion ; and every social principle, every social ie- lstion was rendered subservient to the fit of these blondy ministers of misrule. | 'To crown the climax of their madness they performed a larce, revolting in the ex:reme ; jand even at this day. when we read the umpious record, we shodder, | and wonder that the terrible wrath of an offended Cod had not awfully visited them with summary retribution. ented in a car drawn by four white horses, a yourhfil maiden appeared in the streets of Paris, habited in a costume, imitative of that of the an» cient goddesses, bemgz entwely naked to the waist, which was encircled by a cestus, decorated with branches of chesnut. | Ter face was covered by a thin veil, and this was the only show of mo- desty or decorum which she exhibited. Preceding her car was a band of musicians, and in the rear followed the municipal officers of Paiis, with un- covered heads, and a dense and infatnated multi- titude in their train. _ When the provession ar- rrived at the Palais Royal, the goddrss alighted, and precéded by a band of musicians, was con- ducted to the tmibune, whils the whole assembly chanted a hymn to liberty with great solemnity. the was then unveiled, and that august body, the National Assembly of France, bowed to the dan- cing girl of the opera;t as a personification of the Goddess of Reason, whom they impivusly affecied to wordup ! 1 Tma profane farce was goon fnitated in yori- ous parts of the resling the beily of the churches were broken up and cast into cannon, and fnscrip- tions were placed over the public cemeteries, ay» nouncing that destlh was but an eternal sleep !-- Anarchy in it« most horrid form swaying the scep- tre. and enlightened France, in the short space uf a year, made a retrograde movement of at least four cenuries, While these revolutions were going on . in the social system, the political aspect of affairs was also changed. Robespierre, as we have before mentioned, had become jealous of Danton, and fically openly charged lin with keeping up a pri- vate correspondence with the Cordeliers, ani of being leagued with Westermann, Le Croix snd Desmoulins, for Robespierre's destruction. - 'The charge was undoubtedly just, but the leading ty- rant having aimed the support ofthe Jacobins, out-generaled them all, and haid thei summoned. belore the tribuna!, _ All Paris was petrified with astonishment when it was whispered that Dap- ton, \ prophet, priest and ding, of the Jecobins, was in custody ; and even miter Bis content tion and coercion to. the block of the guillotine, the people trembled and dared notlisp their ex- ultauion, | Danton was of gigantic stature, brave even to folly, and when standing before the bloody axe, that fim. ess did not forsake him. With hin fell several of his associzies, and among then Camille Desmoulins, previously mentioned as one of the first aotors in the terrible diaina of the re- volution. Tallen, who was President of the National As- sembly and whose motives and designs were truly merciful and republican, had watched with pain the increasing horore, and resolved to td France of Robespirire and establish merey und order up- on the throne of the Execmive,. - He had seen his devoted fiend, Count Besubharnais dragged from his lagh station and generallissimo of the Ropub- lean army, and confined in the dainp cells of the Luxembourg, and with the noble and vi tous Madune Roland, snerificed upon the terrible altar ol revolutionary misrule; and, at the same time, his betrothed bride, the beautiful Madame Fon- tenay, and Josephine, the whs of Beauhanais, were confined in prison, awaiting a tral, certain- ly fatal, before the tribunal, - Love, friendship any patriotism, ail combined to verve inm. for almost deed, and he resolved at all bazards, to effect Is holy purpose, 'The Assemb'y was divided into two partics ; the Girondists and the Mountain pariy, - 'Hie for- mer were semi-royalists; the Intier ultra-republi- cans ; and when the aster of the king was befiea- ded, the division between thein became 100 wide to hope for asstailation. | 'Po Pathkenthe Muouu- twin party were atached, and they longed to * Marat was not five feet high. His countenance was equaly ferocious und hideous, and his head of mon- strous si2e. \\ He wore,\ says Mudaine Roland, \ boots but no stockings, a pair of old Tearber breeches, and a white sill waistcoat. Mis dirty at the bosom, exbhibired his slun of yellow hue; while his long and di ty nuils displayed thetoselves nt his fingers\ ende, and his hornd face accorded perfectly with his whimsicul dresg.\ , t It is said that she was recognised as such by many of the spectators present, She lived until 1634, and at the time of ber death represented her life as. one of con« tinual remorse and distress, occasioned by the recollec» tion uf this impious tite, in which 'she suffered herself to by instrumental, zs M Prices for Advertising. ~~ For one square of 20 lines or lees, 50 cents for the first, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion, if ° continued for less: than three months. | For three months, $3; for six months $5. 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He was sccustomed to visit the gardens atlached to the prison whero Madame Fontensy and Josephine Beavbarnais were.confined, and converse with them through the window-grates. On the morning ofthe ninth 'Thernidor, (27th of July,) as be approached the prison, Madame Fontenay thew a cabboge-sinlk through the grate, to which was atached a billet, with the following sentence :- ** Madame Benuhnrnais and myself have been con- demned by the tribunal, and to morrow we are to suffer, . As you love me, as you love your couns try, execute this night you plans for. the, eman- ciprion of Prance. © Fonrexayx.\ This nppeal determined 'Tallien to net promily, and dimming the doy he visited every. Mountain member of the Assembly in person, und commu- niested his bold designr. All r: ciprocated \life courage, and at an carly hour that . section of | the Assembly room, siceupied by the Mountaitists, was filled, and they waited in silence for the ap» pearatce of the principul. leaders of the Jsoobing, On the evening previous, Robespierre had made a lengtby speech, in which he: denounced many of the leading members as traitors, cast genera] res proach upon the commitiee of public anfety, and declared that ro virtue existed except in the Re- volutionary Tribunal! - (e had charged Talien and Ins party with being the friends of Dantun, and burled invectives indiscriminately at nearly every member who was not directly bis passive instru- ment. | 'This led to a scene of confusion, for thos» who were chafed by his remarks, fearlessly arose in their defence, - His friends saw the finprudenca' of his denunciations and to apperse the ifitated Feelings of those atlacked, a commitice was ap- pointed to report upor the speech and to make a satisfuctory elucidation of its meaning. . ning of the ninth Thermidor was appointed for the reception of the report, und as. we have befors stated, the Mountunists were all assembled at an carly hour, - About eight o'clock Robespierre en- tered, Tollosed by Couthor, St. Jus', Ln Bes his brother-in-law, and several of hiis as«cciates ; the imbuval wasempty, and upon it he took trie seat. S1. Tust; who wes clmirman ofthe commiti¢e to whom was referred the speech of the Dictator, arose tu speul in defence of his master. . He de. clared that if it was the Farpeian Rock upon which he stuod, he would express his sentiments in support.of so great a patriot as Robespierre 1 \Imm said be, \about to raise the veil.\-- @I tear it assunder,\\ cried Mailien, springing . from his seat. © 'The public interest is egcrificed by individuals who come hither to speak exclusive» ly in their own name, and conduct themselves su- perior to the whole committee.\ So saying ha forcibly thrust St, Just from the tribune, which was immediately occupied by Billaud de Yarenueg, who dencunced Robespierre as a tyrant, a Cata- line, and every other epithet his charneter desers ved. - Atevery period of the orator, general burate of applause rang through the assembly, and Rob- espierre seeing the tide turning ro forcibly again: t hlin, eprang upon the tribune, and endeavored to be heard in his own deferice, - But loud shouts of \* Down with the tyrant *' emanated Irom every quarter, and stifled with fear, rage and despair, he could only screain out, © President of ging, let me be heard for the dast time!\ Some cried out, \*The blood of Danton chokes him i\ and a terrible scene of confusion: followed. - Tal» lien aroso, and moved 1 decree, ordered the im- mediate arrest of Robespierre ond his which was instanily cairied into effect, although aome hesitated to toy hands upon them. Doring these proceedings in the Convention, Fi nriot endeavored to torce his way with Ins sol. d ers to their rescue, but being suddenly seized with terror, he became an easy prey to the ener. gy ofa few gens d'armes, aud was. placed among the Arrested deeputies. An occurreuce now took place which might haye secured to Robexpicrra his libery; and even power, (liad he possessed the moral courage which the chief mover of op- peralions go extensive and mo-nentous, ought to have posseesed, - Is and Iris hiends were refuse admittance by the jailors of every prison, and they were secured in the office of the committeo of public safery. - 'This being made known, the Facobing induced the mayor of Paris to make an effort for their releare, | The toscin. was immedi- ately sounded, and a great and overwhelming multtade rushed to the office of the commitiec, rescued the captives, and carried them in triumph to the Cily Hall. Orders were immeciately giv- en to procée:l to the convention, and arrest 'Pal- lfen and his associates; but the assembly, prompt in all their movements, had anticipated. them and made ample provisions for their own deferce.-- They ordered the drums of the National Guards ~ to beat to arms, which soun procured a prepon- derating force against the number who hud col- lected at the fron voice of the. toscin,: and it was evident that the popular current was fast setting against the Terrorists, < 'The troops of the mayor were driven back, and the City Hall was soon an.rounded and ernnon pointed at the doore.- 'The decree of the assembly, ourlau ing Mobu-pler» re and his ministers was read, ond the insurgents dispersed or joined the National Guarde. 'The iniserable captives within now found that their fate was inevirable, end, os the scorpion who, when encireled by fire, turus i's sung upon itself, | so did these wretched men turn their exécrations upon one another, Payan seized HMenriot and for- cib'y thrust him out the window, amid the enra- ged multitude, who dragged him fiom thence to execution, St, Just, alter imploring his feliows to kill him; endesvored to execute his wishes himself; but his cowardly hand failed bii. Cou» thon laid under a table: brandislung a knife with which he was repeatedly stabbing his bosoin, without enflicient cuurnge 16 drive the steel to his heart. Lo Bas despatched himell with a pistols ahot, and Robespierre, in attempting to imitate bim, chormnoly fractured his. underjaw. In this situation they. were faum| when the officers enter- ed to carry. them before ihe convention, out being admitted to the bar for trial, they were immedmticly ordered to execution; and as they passed upon the fatal ear, the people with mad Joy spit upon them and louded than with every | imprecation malice could invent. Thus died by thevery engine his bloody ambition had erected, Maximilisn Robespierre, who, for two years ruled enlightened France with nt sceptre as terrible as thatvot a Tibertus or a Caligula. The very peo- ple who, ten days prev.ons, bowed with profound reverence at the feet of the Dictator, now, withfa zeal equal to their subserviency, \held up, toho view of a scoroing world, his numerous atroci- ties. - Tallien was elected Dictator, and the whole ex- ecutive power was vested in the Assembly.- Tranquility was restored, the revolutionary prise ons were thrown open; revolutionary laws were repealed, the churches. were re-opened, rehgion restored to its former sanctity, and purity, the no- cial system seitled npou a new but salmary basis, and that moral durkness which so-Jong enshroud> ed France was dissipated. 102 Thus we have taken a cursory glance at a fine gle chapter in the history of a great nation, and a bundred tomes might been filled with details of truth, relative to that period, which might def y tho invention of the most ardent imagination to pain?, unfurnished with date. ~ {Family: Magazine.)
