American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-15
From the Ns1c. Tork american.

The following extract from pamphlet entitled
The CnY OF FRANCE, recently published in London,
and quoted from at length in Philadelphia paper,
gives summary, from various historians and wrl-
;ers Of The character of Louis the llth whom, and
whose atrocities, the GREAT UNKNOWN has intro
duced with his wonted matchess skill, In his novel
|oi Quentin Dnrcard:-
Afterwards came Louis the Eleventh, OF bloody
memory. Louis the Eleventh--the pen drops from
Imy hand--the task is too much for me: must Tor
Ia moment leave him 10 the historians.
"l.ous the Eleventh says Robertson, "was a
bad SON. bad father, barbarons brother, an un-
grateful master, dangerous friend, an mplacable
and perfidous enemy as prince cunning and
cruel devoid of seusbiity, stranger to every prin
lciple Of Justice, without one idea OF decency VINO
aespised all those restraints which the sense OF no.
or or the love OF lame, imposes, even on ambitious
men,
"--- who,'' observes another writer
Z" took delight in inyenting new slow fortunes the
better TO torment those whom he hated VINO CON
stjtuted the exrculioncr Tristan his dearest friend
his most intimate conidant, informer and witness
against his victims, and also their judge and destroy
ler." :.
/ But is all this founded in truth. "What was II
that this so much detesed Valos did TO deserve the
satires circulated against himF' said the ha'terei
Duclos. What did he? will tell your Majesty II
4 as few words as possible.
Now for Internal meliordtton.
He began by constructing two iron cages OF hi
Town invention, in the castle of Loches, in one o
d which I.udowick Storza, Duke of Milan, his pri
soner of war, expired after ten years misery anS
he left the bishop OF Verdun to die in the other'-
lfPhlp de Cornmines. )-Lous counted the signs
his victims he watched their paieness with I'M
most savage eagerness and delighted to observe 1t
prada,ione Almost all those whom he destroye'
l.Iwere executed without any formal trial man,
thrown into the water with stones attached 10 the'
necks others let suddenly down through trap aoors
whence they fell upon wheels armed with spikes an
A. cutting Instruments others stfed 10 dungeons
nj philip de Commncs, Syssel, MezsrI, Daniel bou
% ainveiliers--History Of France When ne ma
!, the torture applied to the accused, ne conceaIe
e himself behind screen, in order to enjoy IN
" proans Of his victims. (Letters on the Fartto
d. meuts He had the children OF the Duke OF ne
lie mours. whom he dressed in white tor the occasion
Ill nlaced under sheir fatherss scahold in ordet Iii
NJ 'hev might be sprinked with his blood ana u
f unfortunate princes were after that, buried awe
dungeons iloored with points, that taeir iee' mig
IGnd no resting place, their bodies no rcpose' .tie
WIRE brought out twice week to be scourged u
~ fore Philip l'Heer the governor OF bas'lie' az
Il Navy two or three months to have one or TWO
II;r t.eth forced out NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ItIo cnc;pnt parliaments, followed p. 1856; Lette
mi de Cachet p sO) To sum up all acootolng 10 "
he nanepyrlst Duclos, " Nothing but glooets were
OF he seen round his castle; by these dreadtni ma,
p were known the places inhabited ny inc hihs-"h
nj, after ao adds Duclos, " aoas H'aS'