Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-24
DREADFUL PIC EURE.

TIE annexed article, containing an extrset
from the report of the pfefr1 Of the P9Iice at
Pans, for tie lsst Republican year, ending Sept.
sags Which have accrued. TO che tParIsians since
lie Revolution, which has given them The l6eyty
they nov eaiy, must be aIttlbu ed TO the adini-
n'stration OF The ptesepy uhgbfened government
of Fr4nce" Tie whole history Of thai cputs y,
anterior to the Revolution, does not develops
such deprsvity in the huHan character. LopiS,
the pride III the wise andgoot, but detysttd by ihe
51iscfeants who robbed him of IS mheiitanSe and
81 lie, had corrected many OF the evils, which
former Kings had bro5ghr upon lhat County.
But his steady AID ipAs xible virtue, aded 5y the
natural bcnevoleuet OF his disposition, couldnot
fully correct the VICES Of tie people. The bind
and dsluded popuiacs sighed fora charge IN tie
government Their continual cry vas Dl7ya
qOifb t5< King d-urad,an 70 az fyraasIS Ia
anc uhap " moment, the liberties aaa hlepiaess
Of France, were levei!ed wlsh ths earth. The
wished FIR change took place. and behold tie.
miserable result. A Corslcan has usufpld tbs
throne Of Caper. Twfnty 0tr millions Feope.
/ are made to subnitsso he wiil0f al obsuss "a.
reigner. Sgieiaes have becogne common. dl4r
arr is esteemed an amusement DfvsYees daily
take place. Pu5Ae fugdGfmfnfs are fegstgied wii5h
apAtby. Fathers have p9is3ued their e5fdJga.
Fires have a'usdeTsd tier baJgq1a5 cblatsv
have become Parieid>y Pr59a.fute5 are registered
on The public records and governments eats The
bread Of utamy. Such lsshe present cond tion
o. The oroe .d3uiishing France! Confidence in that
cuatfy, 10 longer exists between man and mar;
dissrust marks every brow, and dfscontent usurps
the place of happiness. The rngleadefs who
thirsted toi power and for gold, no sooner ar
owed at the summit of their wishes, than they
forgot their f4i promises TO the people, & instead
or the tree of Ieersy, whose branches were said
50 bear such delicious tluit, they have planted the
poisonous ;ree of dcspotism
In the courfe OF the year, according 10 this
report, four hundred and ninety mcn, and one
hundred anaixty ieven wanen, have committed
fuicldc e Paris; eighty one men and iixty nine
women have been murdered, of whom hFty Ave
men and fifty two woman were foreigners, frapg-
els, or have not been owned. Six hundred and
tosty four divorces have taken place. One hun,
d ed and ~ five maniercrs have been executed.
Twelve hunared and tensperlons have been con-
demoej to the gaIlies, to the pilory or to ehains
lixFecn hundred and twenty fix 10 hard labor,
70 longer or fhortcr imprisonment. Sixty fouF
nave been marked with hot irons. Amongst the
ctyniasls executed were feven fathers who had
poiloned their children; ten huibands who had
morder ID their wives; fix wives who hadpoifon-
Cd their huib ands; and fifteen children who had
poifoned or otherwiie dearoyed their parents.
Duang the fame period twelve thouland and
fsventy fix public women, or Rreet walkers,
have been regiaersd, and have paid for the pro-
teAion Of the police. Fifteen hundred fifty TWO
kept miaredts are noted and known at the Pre-
lecture Of Police, and three hundred and eight
public bfothels have been privileged and licenfed
by the Police Pfefett at Paris.
Since the war with England, Of four hundred
and fesenty privileged gambling houies, one
huill.ed and twenty have been fhutup, and the
revenues Of the Coniular Government from the
Republican Lotteries arc three millions i2o oooi
asrlingl IeE the three lat fix monthc, than The
tx months preceding. The account adds, thar The
two latter dsfcits are occadoned by the abfence
ofthe Engiih. L0a, Paper,