Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-07-09
NO. G2.

Hassos. rms HEABssAH@Ws Translate from
a German paper Tho cash Of Zeiliag." The
following sketch Of Samson, tho PsfisiaH 81
sfutiofet, who certainly had SONS claim ~
be regarded rs a hero. History cannot point
to another who has befeft SO many Of his fsi.
low creatures oflife. slaughter vas The only
trade he knew, and Il vas his fortune IL weld
ths ntF IN TINES when scores Of heads fell 6f a
morning, He was no vulgar jack kstch, 4,
sttahgle thtfvss and assassins. Kings. durpns,
princes. statesmen, politicians. dsmseeenrs,
all ranks Of society bowed before his fatal pre-
sefcs. and never rose again,
Have you read The French pnpersf DO
you know who Is deaaf Let me eulightsn
you. There died in Paris. on fhe goth August
last. al, old man Of ~. mined Henri Samson.
Hsadsman Of The Department Of the SEINE.
M'th1nhs | see yet turn up your NOSE, and
wonder Of what consequence, whether there IL
one rzFcntioiEr mors OF lnss ~ The world,
Bht this Henri Samson. my Indifferent reader.
was no Common dispatcher IF Low ssshssIns.
inoshdiaries. eoihsfs. and sneh rabbls he was
The headstnan, Bar rJtehcUer. The Nemesis Of
the French nation, The last art of the bloody
drama OF 1873, In him has d portion Of
Frances blpod.insrrihed story sunk 10 The
graves for he vas, during The first Revolution.
The Ertetteur des hauf ga,7eS, through whose
hands passed the heads Of nearly all those Who
~ That period psrished by the guiIi6tihe In tho
Fhaft M III Courprds. Henri Samson was al
mat lime an active young man Of 90 years,
attached tn no party. md he struck of to-day
The it9hd Of Mi ardent foyalist. with the same
composJfe thai he would The neg day tint Of
Il suspected rep blican. History can tell NJ
no ssrobi rxeftttioner who has sepafatrd
from their shoulders so many w6"rld.repewhed
heads. or marshalled 50 much of life "thr way
7t dusty DEATH In The times when The glL
letihes ti permanent held the French p6pn4
lace in check. from thirty to forty heads daily
have been known 10 fall beneath his ats@it
Is not, therefore, to be- wondered NJ, that he
sh"nld have acquired m t~netring skill. In his
bloody ar. let rs take Il hasiy peep into his
day book of t%errofs. and pass in review the
bloody ghosts which rise out III the eaiasifos
pbe Of that time. to remind us Of thG horrors
Of The past
. q First meets our eye The shade Of The 2Atlt
January, 1901. II bears d broken crown. and
what is saddsr still, a broken heart. This
crowned shnde is Louis XVI, King by The
grace Of God. who stalks n warning example
through The ranks Of Gods anointed. and calls
TO ihrm-iBe just and firm 7
"Nfzt rise pbs pale names ri the 10th De
tober. 1923. The J,allid features marked by
sorrow. derp indeed. but which still has not
'''' "Ht' W Fhti'fk - tbS VI X nv vi biitiis
beauty On the enow white neck rests the
blood drops Of The 9ni116tine. The iovelv
head which. e1re adorned with \ diamond
crown. nov bears ono of thorns, Is Maria Ar.
%t6inFttf, daughter Of Maria Theresa, sister Of
tile Emperor Joseph, and the unhappy Louis's
cons6ft.
"N5w ffts across ,hc scene n SHADE tvbazs
aspect fills us with disgust. The bald hesd,
With its load u sin, fell on The 9Th Novrmber.
1898. Ills Philippe dOrtesns, Philip Eaatfe,
thc ajnef at bis brothers. Crown. Two years
before. 80 Louis lost bis crown upon the SCAT
fold, Plillp had from his c~sbfioIet gszsd
through bis qPefa glass upon the execution #
his royal brother, as an opera dIlettanfe world
view the pag-seai If . Fanny Elssler, Hta
shade also may serve as a warning brae6D
through centuries 10 come, reminding us u
the fowler caught in his own snare.
"NeEt rises. from the darkness of The grspF,
The niatt shade Of the 18th april, 1904 HIS
powerful frame and fierce aspect, which even
IN death sill startled all around, point out 10
the Jupiter FplmiBaDs ~ the revolutionary
Olympus, the uercuIean Dsuton. whose voice
has been compared 10 the tbuDdetFs roar, and
his ofaiory TO The bghtnine's fash. Man Of
terrgr-~who brought ther to The ats4
"h'eIt follows he shade of NE zst, july
t791, that Of mazitni.tau K~otsapiesre. and
c'ta' hPeh MS hffLS NOSE ri Bt5 DTptbsfs,.
Auan5'in, ~. Just, Cp,'hot,. Lebps. Hsnriot,
and seventeen others Of ihesF associates. The
hthih jbermidor, the hDty-day-sve Of the
french Revolution, was a hard day for oa1.
b~cadsman. AS he had 0acs Shawn To them,
the fair head Of their king, 50 did he on titis
day exhibit to the exnlut.g FoPfs1aes The dis
tosted features OF the G1etater. and ~ they
shouted their appreciation eacn one thought ~
himscii: wow can we sleep is peace, with
out the fear Of being awakened ~ ths hang
man. But on that night, when Exhausted
Paris gaze itself mp 20 swses pspose,. could
Samson. who had anniAiiase& ne head Of the
reign u terror. close 10 eye, for Hobcspterre,
and the whole tran of revolutionary victims
gathor ed IN n bloody cirels afsuaa his bed,
and chased The sleep from his eys~tids; then
dG he fold his arms ard pray s-"T'athef in
heaven, forg'ye @e--E was bus the anstEa-
rnent" From that day the Ezreutenr Aes
haffe& n,sDrks rested from his labors he
wiped The blood from his axe. aad xish q 4gk.
lad his hands in his lap.
"After a. lapse of forfy-s<o years, during
which he had Ssccessively seen rise and pass
away, The Directory, ny Tfjunnyifa,cs the Con
snia,e, the Emperor f4apolson, louis XVIII
and Charles K, he aas again called by Louis
Philippe TO the place Of execution, 10 Try hf2
axes edge anew On Fieschi and his eonfede~
rates, and shortly afterwards or young All
baud. He brushed the rust from has gniilo>
tIpe, and carried into effect, with toe sans
impariality as heretofore, the DEGREES of the
law. Louis XVfs head was one IL the frs,
and Alfband's Ibe last, which fell beneath his
hands.
"The Nemesis Of France. Henri Samson,
now sleeps TRANQUILITY IN the church yard"