Litchfield enquirer., 1835-07-16
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 ard, containing Biographies of Celebrated Women. The subjoined 1otice of Char- lotie Corday is deeply interesting. She made the mistake which many at this day are committing, attempting to produce good ends by bad means a., = -. .s
 The day after she went to the Palais Royal, and bought alarR- pointed carving knife, with black -shehth, On her re- turn tO the Rotet in which she lOdgedA- Hotel de la POvidence, Rue des Augus- tins; made her preparations for the deed she intended to commit next day. ]. Having put her, papers ,in order, she pla- ced n certificate ..ofiher baptism in a red pocket -boek, in order to take it with her, and thns establish. her identity. This she did. .nbecansel she had resolved to make no attempt aa escape, ssssl EWaa therefore cerS taiR sisesisoald dsieave Masat's house for the Conciergerie, preparatory to her appear- jag before the revolutionary tribunal.
 Next morning, she Hath, taking with her the knife she had purchased, and her red ,pocket- book, she proceeded to Marat' s res idence, Mo- IS, Rue de I'Ecole de Medi- cine. Fhe representative was ill and could not be seen, and Charlotte's entrca- ties for admission on the most urgent busis ness were Guavailing. She therefore with- drew, aud wrote the following note, which she. herself delivered 10 Marat's servant: :- ,s Citizen Representative---I have just arrived from. Caen. Your well known. pa trioiism leads me toa presume that you will be glad to be made acquainted with what is passing in that partGof the republic. I will call on yot, again in tho course of the day. Have the goodness to give orders that ! may be admitted. aud grant me n few minutes conversation. have impor- tant secrets 10 reveal to you. V. ,e,a ,l.,5zts s. l.st CHARIorTE CoS5AY.'' ~,
 At seven o'clock in ,hsre evening she re- turned, aRdsreached Marat's An.echambee, but, the ynEaa who waited upon him re- fused to admit her to the monsters pros ence. Mafat, however, who was in a bath in the next room, hearing the voice of n young girl, and IIltlc thinking tisas shs had come to deprive lsim of life, ordefed that she should be shown in. Charlotte scaicd herself by the side oftiss bath. The con- versation ran upon the. disturbances in the department of Calvados, aud Charlotte, fixing her eyes upon Marat's counienance, as ito sctotinize hissn secret thoughts, pronounced the names of several of the Gi- rondist deputies. 'a s5 '.h
 They. shall soon be arrested ha cried, with 2 Anwl VI rages end sxecused the same day. 1 s,. 9zy ~ssg.'-s < N
 He had scarcely uttered these words, whom Charlotte's knife was buried in his bosom. i~ ac.H f'' ..eEfte ,..% lag
 Help'!' he cried ;s help am murder !! He died immediately. @5
 Charlotte might have escaped, but she had no such intention. She had Onderla- ken what she conceived meritorious ac- tion, and was resolved to stay and ascer- tain whether her aim had been sure. Ina short time tho screams of Marat's servant brought a crowd of people into the room. Some of them beat and iil-used her, but the members of the section having arrived she placed herself under their protection. They were all struck with her extraordina- ry beauty, as well as with the calm and lofty heroism that beamed from her coun- tenance. Accustomed astbey were to the sheddiDg of human blood. they could not behold uniloved this beautiful girl, who bad not yet resched her twenty-fifih year, stan- ding before them with unblanched eye, but with modest dignity, awaiting their fiat of death for deed which she imagined would save her country from destruction. At length Danton. arrived, and treated her with the most debasing indignity, to which she only opposed silent contempt. She was then dragged into the street, placed in a coach, and Drouet was directed to con- duct her to the Conciergerie. On her way thither she was attacked by the infu- riated multitude. Here for the first time sine evinced symptoms of aiaftm. The possibility of being torn to pieces ins the streets, and her mutilated limbs dragged through the kennel. and made sport of by the infuriated rabble. had never before oc- cured to her imagination. The thought now struck her with dismay, and foused all her feelings of fenisle dslicacy. ThS firm ness of Drouet, however, saved her, and She thanked him warmly. Nor that I feared to die, she said butit was repuE- nant to my woman's nature to be torn to pieces before every body lsss4s assa aai
 Whilst she was at the COneiergerie. | great n,any persons obtained Ieavslao sec her, and all felt the most enthusiasiicla I'miraiion, on beholdiDg a young creature ol s6rpassing loveliness, with achievements fthat did hot0f to her sex, and a loitiness ol 1 hefoisn, to which few of the slrOnker sex