Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-09-29

'TocPs hsu JUST rettreu hastily 90 the
Champs Eiysees, aud some were still
firing on the besirgers at one corner Of
The Carsusel. 1t WAS like vepturinc
'nts the lions den, with a possibility Of
Us return. \ young Freedman pass
I'D the. saying aloud. that il was an
occasion not to be let slip. 1 thought
20 too. and nouoted With the rest.
beheid vast and magnificent rooms, TO
which the EEapdest apartments OF new
furnished Wi0dsor are not comparable.
,rod by 0en armed and un1rined, ar
iisans, simple b!ue-frorked peasants,
who had never. except as workmen.
perhaps set fost Vn floors pdrgurfee and
sres before. The most private reces.
scs Of royalty were laid open to the
vulgar gaze. I observed u party Gu.
riously examining the toilette table Of
a splendid bed chamber understood to
lie that Of >. A. X. Madame Ia Duchcs.e
de Berry. Her perfumed soaps were
submitted IN turn to sundry soses.
and the other particulars of a iady's
to'iette were scru,in.Zcd. with various
reilexions. The statc-bed, with its
rich siisen draperies, was ga1ed on by
pro!ane eyes, and touched by profsne
hands.
In my progress through the apart.
ments, | remarked the originals Of Sc.
veral wels known prints. There was
Louis Seize distributing aims en-
winters day, on one side Of the room,
md on the other gazing on map Of
the world. There too vas Louis Dix
hut. n crafty old gentleman. repo.ing
IN his armchair. and looking at once.
rs a soldier termed him to an English
party IN 1914, "both the pere and the
mere OF his people" These were DOR
traits that awakened no apimosity.-
but IN the Selle des Narechsux, enc
portrait--only oae--was no sooner
seen than ii was torn out of the frame
and rent in tatters. 1t va. :. Raeuse"
the "double traitor Marment. -
The vast magnificent apartment With
the throne, the state bed -chamber Of
majesty, the royal cabinet, were sue
cessiveiy explored. On the Aosr Of
the latter. they scattered sundry freq
inents Of books and half torn papers.
picked up two at hazard: one was in
print, the other manuscript: both re-
lated to priests--it was q sors JIrgi.
llama. that told the character Of the
lmbecile Monarch. his folly and his
fate. ! was more curious to observe
the conduct Of tho multitude on the
occasion, than inquisitive after the de-
tatss OF sumptusus asd costly ROYALTY.
The thought tina, FIRST led me into the
Iuileries was this: | will go in with
the rest, that there may be at least or
impartial evidence Of the conduct of q
French mob under ciros instances Of
strong temptation and peculiar aggra-
vatiop. ] cannot say thst ! observed
single act of downright plumber
Que NJ tYo men, whom | remarked
looking up and down a solitary apart
msnt, wore that sinister mir which be
tokens an intended unlawful appropri
alton. but this was only surmise I;
they took nothing whilst I remained.
An elderly artisan, who had picked up
some triiiiog matter, and had appa-
rently been charged there with BY
some OF his comrades. was exclaiming
|oudly against their injustice. and draw
ing a distinction between the appro-
priatlon Of something by vay Of memo
rial. aud the bassnoss of plundering.
Neither was the spirit Of destruction
abroad. IL Is true, the silk curtains
whose eoufcur rouge stimulated the be
holders, were not respected. The
armed men were busy hewing them
with their swords into portions conye-
nient to wear as sscarfs, and several
had already arrayed themselves in TIL,
one of the three popular coloars. -
Chandeliers were also q little damar
cd: but this was done inadvertently.
by men carrying musket and bayonet
with too little Difference To those su-
perb ornaments. The simplicity Of a
blus-irocked peasant had nearly cause d
the destruction Of the plate glass which
nils one of the large Compartments Of
the end OF the throne room. He was
walking hastily along. as through an
empty doorway. aud seemed not liz.
tie astounded at being violently re-
PEELED BY what had appeared 20 hiu,
empty space.
The only instance of plundering I
witnessed. was Que Of the least repre-.
y,eusIb'e, though in its consequences.
likely to have proved the most PERM.
cIous. His Msjesty's private stock OF
wines bad been discovered: the day
was hot--cvery throat was parched. -
4 myself had a little before cnv,ed n
draught Of the Seine water. which a
man was handing round ia a wooden
bowl TO the drough,y conquerors OF
The Louvre. The bottle. were no
sooner detected, than, without the trou
ble Of drawing eOrks. they were deoa
p''ated and the rich contents poured
down the ihroats of grimy citizens, ~
snch contiguous streams as threatened
,he sn6vers'on Of what intellect the