Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-11-12
Correspondence OF the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer.


PARIS, October IL, 1910.
wrote you, via Hayre, 18Th instant, an hour az
ter the post Office cosed--thsi IL 10 say six
O'Clock, less five minutes. The King left the Tuil-
leres in his usual carriage for St. Cloud accompa-
MED by the Queen and by his sister the Princess
Adelaide just al he reached the end OF the Wall
OF the Terrace OF the Tuiileries on the Qdaides
Tuieries AID al the corner Of Place de la Concorde
bis msjesy put bis head out of The window to
return the salute Of he little post Of soldiers situate
there, and was immediately tued at By d man pla-
ced near 10 one of the soldiers. The weapon--a
carbine, cut short-being overloaded, burst end
wounded the ASSASSIN severely IN the hand and
The King and his Queen and sister fortunately
capped unfuf. Ole Of the National Guards che
val who formed the escort was grazed by a splint-
er. Que Of the footmen behind the carriage
wounded by slug. Had the implement not burst,
here il every probability that the King would have
been KILLED. He continued his journey To ST..
Cloud where, in The Of the night, he receiv
I'd the Fluctuations of the Corps Diploma iqae-ths
Ministers. aud other gteat public iunctiouaties.
Tie assassin vas Of arrested OF the spot,
Ia fact he made attempt 10 escape. He declar-
cd bis name 10 be Darmes-that his place Of birth
was Alaneits, and that his age vas 70. When
asked Lis profession, be replied
"A CONsPlRATOR"
He proves to have been Tfotteuf. Ga Floor-po o.
isher) and consequently poof--yet he was lurn,sh-
ed with brace d pistols, and Poignard in sdd-
tion 10 his Carblne. He is man Of great courage
but not constancy. He tainted from the pain Of his
wounds, but is of ndomitable spirit. He refuses
to answer the questions addressed TO him. with a
view to elicit Information, but he says he fred at
the King because he is the most exectable of ty-
rants and regrets only the failure Of his attempt
He will be tried by the Court Of Peers and no
doubt guilo.ined. The Government fears TO send
him before jury lest the verdict Of guilty be ac-
companied by this addition, which would save his
FIFE with alternating circumstances
The excitement caused by this monstrous at
! tempt is d.ep. That Darmes belongs to the Re
publican party, there can be no doubt. So did Ali.
baud, Fiesehi, Mercy, Pepin, and the Others who
have successfully attempted the Kings life. That
party has lately gained increased influence with the
ecute Darmes may therefore exaspeIate his ssso-
! cates and produce dreadful scenes. The Govern
the necessity for putting stop to the in
cendiaIy publications, which they contend have
produced this crime, yet they perceive also the ex-
pedency of dampng the ardor of the Press at this
moment he Cabinet sa: in Council to-day on
this subject.
You can form no idea of the sorrow and alarm
that this occurrence has produced here, 1t is held
10 shew determination of the Republican party to
pursue the King unto death, and demonstrates to
foreign powers, at this all-important moment, the
internal dlssentions, and consequently the compare
tive weakness of France. The Funds have decn-
ed since it took place to the extent of franc.