The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-10-07 00:00:00, page 1

Affaffnated by the Enemies of
the People.
Enemies of the Country,
Moderate your Joy :
He will find Avengers /
Charlotte Corde was tried yesterday for
the murder of Marat, the Friend of the
People, by the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Her countenance displayed heroic dif
►dm, and her answers, by their boldness,
struck every fpeflater with astonishment.
At the beginning of her trial she thus
addressed her Judges :—" I did not ex
ped to appear before you—l always tho't
that I should be delivered up to the rage
of rhe people, torn in pieces, and that my
bead, stuck on the top ofa pike, would
have preceded Marat on his state-bed, to
Werve as a rallying point to-Frenchmen,
if there still are any worthy df that name .
But, happen what will, if f have the hon
ours of the guillotine, and my clay-cold
remains are buried, they will soon have
conferred upon them the honours of the
Pantheon, and my memory will be more
honoured in France than that of Judith
in Betbulia." —Sentence of Death was
pronounced upon-this resolute woman,
/nd she was executed in the evening^
Mgrie Anne Charlotte Corde, the as
sassin of Marat, on her trial exhibited the
gfeateft firmnefs. She denied having had
any accomplice. "No one," said she,
'j instigated me to this good action ; and
if all that preceded and all tha,t followed
the death of Marat be carefully examin
ed, jt will be clear that a foul truly repub
lican like mine, could be actuated only by
the genuine impulse of delivering my
country from its most dangerous enemy.''
'Fauchet was examined, and the embar
rassed air of the Priest formed a striking
contrast to the serenity of the prisoner.
She denied that Fauchet had ever intro
duced her into the "gallery of the Con
vention. " I refped him too little,"
said she, " to ask a favour of him ; I'
knew him at Caen, as one knows a man
that one meets in the streets." :;
She delivered two letters, to the Judges,
/which she requested might be forwarder
'as dfreded. One of them was addressed
to Barharoux, the other to her father.
%Jh the letter to Barbaroux she gave an
> account of her journey to Paris, and the
affaffinatioh of Marat ; in the letter to
her father, she requested him not jo
mourn or fbed a tear for her death, which
was an honourtohim and all her family.
It concluded with this verse:
' ' Le efofait la bonte, et qon ^sPecbafauA?
Guiltmakes shame, and not the fcaffbld.
, Onthe fcaffbld; she displayed the fame
firmneG as on her trial, and refufed the
miniftfaion of a Confeffor. I™'
' France.
PARTS,) THE funeral of'MARAT
JulyiS,) I was celebrated-the day
before yesterday, with the greatest pomp
and solemnity. All the fettidns joined in
the procession, some with their colours,
but all of them with their standards. An
immense crowd of people attended it—
Four women bore the bathing machine
in which Marat was ftandihg when he
was assassinated ; his flirt, stained with
blood, was carried by another Amazon at
the top ofa pike. After this followed a
wooden bed jleafl, on which the corpse of
Marat w% carried by citizens. His
head was uCovered, and the gash made
by the knifrof the assassin could be easily
distinguished. The procession paraded
through several streets ; and was saluted
on its march by several discharges of ar
tillery. At half past ten o'clock at night,
the remains of Marat were deposited in
a grave dug in the yard of the club of the
Cordeliers, between four "linden-trees. —
At the base ofhis bed offtate the follow
ing words were inscribed :
,M AR A T,
Tbe Friend of tbe People,
[Vol. I.— Num. 50.
Latest Intelligence,
©feffimni:
The feaions of Marseilles persist in
their determination of marching against
the Contention They have already tak
en Avignon, which Was for the Maratifts;
but no blood has been shed. The city of
Lyons is still in a state of infurredion a
gainst the Sans Culottes, and Partizans
of the Convention ; its armed force is ve
ry considerable, and has been reinforced
by several platoons of Marfeillois, who
are daily arriving. The popular tribunal
at Marseilles has pronounced sentence of
death upon one Paulet, who being ar
raigned for the murder of 13 persons,
?nfwered with great cooinefs and uncon
cern, '' Your charge is falfe, I only kill
ed nirie of tbra!"
A letter from Adjutant General GuE Ml, at
tbe Head Quarters of Paillamourt, dated
Cambray June 2§.
The garrison of Valenciennes.is doing
wonders ; it is quite another Mayence ;
they took or spiked up 18 pieces of can
non fa ia sortie against the besiegers ; they
cut to pieces the .troops who guarded the
trenches, and killed woof their Gener
als. On the other hand, I received of
ficial intelligence from Maubeuge, which
informs us of a decisive advantage gained
by our troops at Thun upon Sambre,
over the enemy ; 500 infantry and caval
ry ofthe Austrians had been Girprifed in
their sleep, and we killed a great number
of them, took a number of prisoners and
many horses, and the rest took to flight ;
they are running still.
Assault of Valenciennes. i
Letter addressed to Citizen Dupont,Chief
of Brigade, and Adjutant General of
the firft Division of the Army of the
North.
" Head Quarters at Cambra,, July io.
"I have good news for you, my dear
Dupont. I would not be too ' hasty in
communicating it to you, till it were dai
ly more and more confirmed by our spies,
and the deserters who came over.
" The power of the leagued Kings
has been dashing against the walls of Va
lenciennes ; they may convert that un
happy city into a heap of ashes and ruins,
but they will never subdue the invincible
courage of its inhabitants, and of the re
publican Soldiers who defend its ram
parts. Hiftory does not fufnifh an in
stance of so cruel a bombardment as this
city is doomed to fuffer. For these three
weeks, near zoo pieces of cannon have
played upon the city, both night and day.
The garrison makes sallies every . day,
which prove not less fatal to the eiiemy
than the Joss of battles. '', ;
" Cobourg, finding that thq fire of the
fortrefs slackened, though it wisdeflitute
of ammunition, and attempted to scale it
in the night between the s^l anti 6th. —
The English, the Hungarian grenadiers,
and Hanoverians, were to perform the
task, by means of barges laden withfcal
ing-ladders, which were thrown into : the
foffes. General Ferrand, perceived the
enemy's design, and fuffered them to ap
proach ; but when they were prepping
to throw up the fcaling-lad^ers, he as
saulted them instantly by a shower of&lls
and case shot, which lighted upon them
in every direction. The number of those
who fell viaims in this rash enferprife, is
computed.at 6000 men.—l am'pofitively
lure that Cobourg was determined to
Sacrifice rooomen to feepre hityelf in the
success of this assault. The affaiiants thus
repulsed, took flight ih confufion, and
were pursued into their camp. The ex
plosion of a Mine, which was blown up
ithe fame moment at the Rolleux complet
,ed their defeat. e I„
; V Since the beginning ofthe siege, the
i enemy have loft a great number of can,
inons, which were taken, spiked, or djf
mounted, /An epidemical malady, occa
sioned by the putrid exhalations from the
woods of Raimes and the camp at Famars,
spreads desolation among the combined
armies. The hospitals of Mons and
Brussels are not spacious enough to con
tain their sick and wounded. (Signed )
« CHERIN. Adiutant General."
BY E. RUSSELL.—CONCORD—NEWHAMPSHIRE.
(As an introductory Summary, me /ball men
tion, that on tbe 25th July, tbe invefting' ar
my, under tbe Dube of York, made three despe
rate attacks, in all which they mere Jucceffal.
Ewer, thing being then prepared for a storm,
the Dukefent another summons to the command
er to surrender that day —to Jove tbe town,
and tbe lives of tbe garrison and in habitants —
with ajummons to the municipality, for warn
ing them of tbe dewaflatson which availed
them, and informing them, that after that da)
no terms mould be given ; but that tbe town
would be plundered, and tbefolaiers and citi
zens massacred. Here follows tbe anjmer to
thefejummonjes,)
Geri. Ferrand to Frederick Duke
of York, commanding the combined
Armies before Valenciennes.
NEITHER the constituted autho
rities, the garrison, nor myfelf have
been able to terminate the import
ant object that you wished for, in
the letter you dig me the honour
co write to me this morning, the
26th inst. refpe&ing the surrender
of the place which 1 have the hon
ou" to command. We demand of
you, fir, a delay of 24 hours, to
take its date from the time that I
addr,fs to you this demand. If this
is 'agreeable to you, your troops @
mine shall each of them refpe&ive
ly remain at the posts which belong
to them, without any other com
munication than by trumpets. If
you consent to this, the firing shall
cease on each fide; until the time
of the delay abovementioned shall
have expired. FERRAND,
General of the division, commander in chief
Valenciennes, 6 o'clock,,, m. July z 6.
Particulars of tbe Siege and Surren-
Bloody News !!
General Ferrand.
IN consequence of the answer you
have just given to my proposal of
this morning, I have no difficulty
in consenting to a truce, to begin
at the moment when the firing on
your part shall cease, and to end to
morrow the 271 b, at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon ; upon condition,
Second Letter from the Duke of York to
{Herefollrafa letter from the Britijb Adju
tant General, offbe z^tb, announcing tbejur
render of the town and citadel. The loss oj the
Britijb and Hanoverians, in killed & wound
ed during the siege, be fates at 246 — of the
Austrians, 1300.]
however, that all communication
shall be forbidden during that in
terval, between the people occupy
ing our refpedive posts, and that
your answer shall be addressed to
me to morrow at the said, hour, by
the gate of Cardon only, by which
thisis fentto you. Frederick.
Eftreux, z6tb ,Aj, io o'clock, f. m.
Letter from Gen. Ferrand, to the Duke of York.
I HAVE the honour of fending
/ou the series of articles of the cap
itulation that you have offered me,
announcing the new dangers which
the inhabitants had to fear. You
will be pleased, (general, to answer
them article by article, and let me
have the result,
From the (Boston) CENTINEL.
der of VALENCIENNES.
I think that the suspension will
continue until your answer is re
ceived. On my part I will con
form to it. Ferrand..
ARTICLES of CAPITULATIO N.
Proposed by rhe General of the division,
Ferrand, companding the troops of
the French Republick, at Valencien
nes, the z6rh of July, 1793,
To Frederick Duke of York.
General Ferrand will deliver up
to the Duke of York, the town and
citadel of Valenciennes, upon the
following conditions.
Mfr—General Ferrand ffiall de
liver up to his Royal Highness the
Duke of York, Commander in
Chief of the combined army em
ployed at the siege of Valencien-
nes, for his Majesty the Emperour
and King, the town and citadel of
Valenciennes, on the conditions
hereafter stipulated.
Art. I. —,The garrison shall ob
tain the honours of war, as well as
every military article.
down their arms at the house called
Le Briquet, where they shall leave
their colours and fieldpieces, with
out damaging them in the least.
They shall likewise leave the troop
horfes, artillery, provisions, and
other military effefte Those be
longing to the officers shall be fre
ftored to them, with their swords.
2. All the ammunition of whab
ever kind, artillery and every arti
cle, cooftituting and making part
of the army, shall be retained.
Ans. Refufed.
3. The garrison shall march out
from the place on the 6th day af
ter the signature of the capitula
tion, by the gate of Tournay, to
repair to such part of the Republic
as Gen. Ferrand shall judge proper,
with arms and baggage, horses,
drums beating, matches lighted at
both ends, colours flying, and all
the cannon they can tarry away.
Ans, The garrison fall march
out on the ift ^ Aug, in the man
ner stipulated by the firft article ;
and as they fall be prisoners of
war, their rout&o return to France
shall be communicated to them 24
hours previous to their departure, -
in order to receive their parole of
honour, and th^officers, as well ar
to arrange oxhetmatters refpeding
the soldiery, wfylhall engage not
to serve duriog^hg whole course of
the present war against the armies
of his Majesty the Emperour, and
of his allies, without having been
exchanged conformably to the car
tels, under pain of military pun
ishment.•
4. The other pieces of artillery
shall follow in 8 days after the de
parture of the garrison, as well at
the ammunition & military effects.
& Refufed, as to what relates
to the artillery, and, in general to
all the warlike stores and provisions,
and other militar, articles ; but
Ans. The garrison fhail.march
out by the gate of Cambray with
the honours of war, and shall lay
October 7, 1793.]