Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-09-21
I'll r II A Id OF THE TIMES.

\ MATERNAL SyMpATBy.- "A late nun.
| her of The journal des Debais contains
II an extract from work called Russia IN
n 1889, ny the Marquis dc Cuisine. In
an introduclion To this work, the author
/ gives some curious and affecting details
| relating te the most disastrous period of
\ the French Revolution. lis grandla-
lher mud father were among the victims
of that time, and pershed on the scanoId
! During the trial of the elder Cuisine, tie
Younger being absent as French Ambas-
sador in Prussia, his wife, woman re-
markable for her spirit and beauty, left
! her son, the author of this memoir, then
an inaui, IN 'ho county, and fastened
! up ia Paris io use all her Efforts TO pro-
I cure The deliverance of her Cather-in law
+ "Every day" says this work, "she was
! present ~ The court, during his trial, SIT
| ing nj his ieel. Mornings and evenings
she visited personally The members of the
revolutionary tribunal aud the members
! "l the committee, aud 50 great was ihe
| power oi ler beauty and The interest eX-
Cned 10y her presence, that AT one oalhe
last sitlngs oi the tribunal, the wum. u
IN the gallery, though unused to tears,
were seen 10 weep. The marks oiasym'
paIhy which these iI,ies gave Ia the
daug hier-In-Iaw of Cuisine, .rrtated
FouQuicr-Tinville SO much, that during
the session he gave secret orders that the
lie oi my motlrr should be secretly ta-
ken, by The public assasslns, as she de-
scended the steps of the hall"
"Ihe accused was reconducted Ia his
prison. Us danghtcr-iu-law on leaving
the tribunal, prepared To descend the
steps oi The palace to REGAIN alone and
on !nu The carriage which was awaiting
her in II distant street. M one dared
to accompany her AT least openly, for
lear of increasing the danger. TIm'd
and shy as hare, she had all her life AZ!
Instructive dread oi II crowd. You know
the steps OF the Palace of Justice i'm
agInr lha, long flight ol sIairs, covered
wnh n'asses crowded together oi an an
cry papulace, Gorged with blood and al
ready too experienced, too accus,Onc d
I" perlurming their eXcc,able Office f.
draw back nom one muider more"
"My mother trembling, stopped AT the
head OF The steps. Her eyes commanded
The place where Madam Ianibulle had
n TREND OF my father had succeeded III
getting note To her, while ~ cont, I"
nain her 10 reduube her prudence, but
, tins advice increased The danger instead
/ OF aver,ng it. My mothers alarm being
greater, she had less presence al mind
she thought hersei! lost, and this idea
was almost fatal To her. II / trembe
and fall as Mad. Itamballe did, thought
she, il is all over with me. The iyllou,
mob lhIckrn,d necessarily about her path.
I''li IL Cuisine, 1t is the daug htrr-In-law
at the trall0r," cried they on every side.
; Every outcry was seasoned w!lh oaihs
ana Gtroci"us iinprecutiouS.
4 elbow should she descend how
should she pass through this internal
crowd Some with drawn swords placed
I themselves before her, others without
b
driving away their wives, this WAS the
precursor of an execution the danger
increased. Nv mother thought that II
she exhibited the sllg hiest mark OF weak
ness, she should be thrown 10 the ground
and her fall would be the sigual tor he!
death. AT last, casting her eyes round
: she perceived one Of the fish ornei
,l,A /. I,,.lx I'M ri. a.
tue, advancing IN the middle of the
crowd. This woman had nursing IHlan
IN her arms. lmVrl!ed by the God oI
d mothers, ,he daughter at the trall"r ap.
preached this mother, Ia mother IS some.
thing moie than woman) aud sad I,
: her, what pretty child you have there
u Take it, replied The mother, who, de.
graded as she was, understood every
thing with a word, ii look, "you can give
II back To me a; the bottom oi the steps.
"Alalernal ELECTRICITY bad acted OF
L the two hearis-ihe crowd iell it. My
\ another took the child, embraced il, ano
mnde use of it as an EsIs against the
enraged crowd"
u 81 he man Of nature resumed his right:
7 over the man bru,aIized by the effect,
. Of social dscase--thr barbarians calling
themselves civilized, were conquered by
two mothers. Niue delivered, descend,
INTO the court OF the pulace of Justice
crosses it, goes towards the squire, with
out receiving Il blow or the least injury
She reached the grating, and gave bacl
the chIId to the person who had lent 1t Il
: her /; and in the same moment ihey scpa
rated without speaking a single word. =
The place was not favorable for thanks
or explanations. They said nothing t,
each other Of their secret They neve
p, saw each other again The souls 0
!, these two mothers will meet somewhere
= else"