Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-15

enter Ionlon, and find IL n desert
Who, ask, has depopulaird this city.
Still Freron was the answer. | walked
one day into the field OF Mars: saw in
wall the impression of a thousand bullets.
] asked the cause. An old man approach
ell me, andsaid. 49,.
Z" II was here thai Frcrom has committed
atrocities, which perhaps you viii think
impossible. The crime of the 2d june
had been accomplished: the ardent re-
publicans at thiScountry, indignant AZ The
triumph OF The mountain, rose 10 avrnge
the convention. Their cause was lust
but they were overcome. The mountain
prescribed them i'm mass: il placed. "uut
| OF the law" the force oil HE department and
the inhabitants who had taken anv par.
! IN what MAS called federalism. Fre,oo
undcrlook 10 carry into effect this horrible
! prescription.
! " Twas AL over with ;lia commune: al.
| ready the means OF subsistence were cut
"t: on The land side: they could be pro
cured by sen DULY. B.i the English in
! irriupiod every vessel, ladeu win provi-
si"ns: and II b came necessary, to Weld
IN the mountain or to adnrual Hood
| Ihe FIRST brought MS scatinit.s: Tie latter
! proposed Ia break them the one brought
| uS tauEne the iaiter subsistence. Fie-
ron presented 10 MS the consultations Of
| 1873, written by AN eXrcuiioner III, ier the
! dictd,ron Of eobesnierrr !: Hood prnpns-
ed Hat WE should submii 10 the laws a.
| doptcd bv the cunSiiur,r' assembly. IN
| irisurrS avai"d i!iemSrl, cs of ih-se cir
cnmstancrs, 10 sedure the nlpiiiiudr be-
| wldtrer b. hunger and icsnair. ihn>
| preferred braad To death, ana he consii-
| tuition of l79i Ia ihr cn'!e 81 a,ilrchv OF
! 1853. Whatever may be the extent Of
NIi I'm
Z. Ought 10 bear the blame: Jhelr uSuroaii
onand cruelty were the ouiy ramsr.
| ionlon was attacked. and ruqigies Of
| valor distinguished the besicgrrs. re
| English fed With them ira lht. small
! number ot Frpnclmrn, WHO had been
! Instrumental IN the surrender OF iiic ,.ity.
! or lis subsequent a fence: ali " no were
| accused of federalism, aud all The cilizt.ns
I % we're rich or iiiDid or cautions.
! IN re- remained none but inltahliauis.
"iln coniidrd III iileir mu", cuce Nhat
| guilty Gan wnud have dared 10 rrisain
! aud encounter the expulsion Of vcngr-
.,n.n.
! "F-crnn arrived in Ills city. H. caused
II ia be proclaimed, that al GOOD citizens
| Should, under penaiiy of death, alierd
| the field of Mars Mas 4 good ciiizcn
my son was also. Three thousand OF my
| conuirymen arrived AZ tie same moment.
| OH treason! horror We were called
| together 10 be murdered The monster,
I frclon, mounted ON horseback, surround
ed by cannon, aud baud Of cuiI!lroais,
adorerS THE god Matai, proclaimed 10 his
| eNecui,oners, =" go through she crowd, So
: c. whom you will, and arrange them IA
"lnng this wall" The cannibals sprmg IN
to The ranks, and choose their victims, by
caprice, passion, chance. One scizcs his
| eneGly, another hs rival, d t!Ird lilS Gre
! ditor. Al lay hold of those who are be-
heved TO be rich. They tear me tromthe
| arms OF my son: and drag me nlu the
! midst OF many hundreds OF victims. Ere
ron gives The signal: the cannon thunder.
| The murder is donel
| e earth Is irrnched in blood :fhc aiy
| IS rent viii the cries OF despair Ihr,t,
| ing struggle over the dead, and fail and
| DIE. Suddenly, BY order ii lilr Ivrapi. a
| voice Proca,ms, g let all who are not
| dead, arise" The wonnded raise ihpn
selves up, With hope OF relief: insianity
| tiie tEing Is renewed and soon The sword
| cuts down, those whom the bullets had
| spared.
Night at length arrived, to cover this
horrible butchery. kubbers, preceding
lie BIRDS of prey, and more rapacIous.
| collected together 10 despnll The dead -
| Hey lrdmped them under foot, To- tear
from them their cloil5es and money.
Ike others, was left naked OH the ground.
! After these plundeTcrs had abandoned
us to The Vu!mres, when DO human voice
INdislnrbed the silence of lie dead, dared
| TO move. ] diseugage myself hstrn. |
| LOOK romrd with eagerucs-, aided bv the
| ie bir light OF the starS-i hear 10 SOUND:
| but the last groan at an expiriny victim.
| ! sec nothing bat some dogs dcvuuring
dead body. BY intense Examination 1
| perceive ono poorcTeature "a ilo gavcsiens
| OF life: ne called to me by pro,ouud
| sigh. | answer with heartfelt groan.-
| Rising on orr kgees, and dragging orr
| selves over ihe bodies OF The dead. We adj
| vance towards each other. Al length our
| hands meet he speaks. The squad OF
| lis voice agliatrs my soul. Heaven ii was
| my son. tainted OH his bosom. lie re-
| called me Ia lie. Oar hearts are pressed
10 each other, and our fears are blended.
| Supporting each other, We endeayOreG 10
| walk. We arrived before day, al place
| Out of town, where we we're received with
| kindness. On the next dav | hear of a
new explosion, more than eight hundred
victims had been massacred without fri
| AZ. Thanks be 10 God, ve have escaped.
| my son and !, the rage ofthe ivrani."
| After this atiiietlng recital, ;av, TO the
unhappy man-ihr crimes of which Won
| speak are incredible human nature can
| never reach such an excess 0f,yickcdncss.
| lie answered, IT you REJECT NY testimony.
| believe that of NV assassin. He tiirn
! gave me The letters OF Freron, addressed
| to his colleague Baylc-They are dated
al inulOn, aud contain these eYpressi-
| ons -
. We are going on well here. We have re-
| CURED twelve Thousand StOHe massns to demo