Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-21

NY - S~aN " NAAO SIAM u
In despair. at having been tho instru-
ment, however ~innocent, Of such tresch-
cry, ms wife, in the flower Of youth and
beauty, put hers &c to death.
Madame Rowland was the next vic
tim. This heroic woman had been ear
~ involved in tho prescription OF the
GlronjrSts,of whom her splendid talents
had almost rendered her the head. Con.
lined in the PRISON Of the Abbaye, she
employed the tedious months Of captiyI-
Why IN composing the ncmoirs which
SO well illustrate her e%vontful life
With Il firm hand she traced: in that
gloomy abode, the joyous as we'll as the
melancholy periods ol her existence ;the
brilliant dreams and ardent patriotism
of her yourh; the stormy and %eventiu'
scenes Of her mIiurer years; the hor-
rors and anguish of her latest days -
While suffering under the GInitlclS'n of
the people, when about to die under the
violence OF the mob, she never abandon
ed the principles of her youth, or re
GREETED her martyrdom in the cause of
Fl eedom. lr the Thoughts of her daugh-
ter and h r husband sometimes melted
her TO tears, she regained her irmneSs
on every important occasion. Her Me-
moiIs evince unbroken serenity of mind.
though she was frequently inter rupted
IN this composition by the cries Of those
whom The executioners were dragging
from the adjoining cells TO the scaffJld.
son the day Of her trial she was dres
sed with scrupulous care in white Her
fine b ack HAIR fell in profuse curls to
her waist; out the display Of its beauty
was owing TO her j~ailors, who had de-
prIycd her OF all means Of dressing il.
She chose that dress as emblematic Of
the purity OF her mind. Her advocate,
VI. Chaveau LagIrde, vi.ite her To re-
ceIve her last instructions; drawing a
ring from her finger, she said, 'Io.mor-
row shall be no more; | know well the
Tate which awaits mer your kind nsSis.
lance could be Of no avail; it wo aid en-.
danger you without saving me. Do moi,
therefore, pray you.come - the tribu.
nal, but accept tins as the last testimony
of my regard Her defence, composed
by herself the night before the trial, is
one Of the most eloquent and touching
monuments OF the Revolution. Her an
Swers to the in.erroga;ories OF the judg
eS, the dignity Of hor manner. the beau
~ of her figure, melted ever the Revo
iutIonary audience with pity. Finding
they could imPlicate Ter in no other
way the president asked her If she was
acquainted with the place Of her hus
bands retreat. She replied that 'wheth
er she knew II or not, she would not re.
veal It, and that there was no law by
which she was obliged, in a court of JUS
tIce, to violate the strongest feelings of
nature.' Upon this she was Immediate
y condemned. When The reading Of
her sentence was concluded, she rose and
said, You Judge me worthy to share the
fate of the great whom you have assasi.
dated. | shall endeuvor 10 initiate their
features, on the scaiIold.' She regained
her prison with an elastic step and beam.
ing eye. Her Whole soul appeared ab
Sorbed in The heroic feelings with which
she was animated.
"She was conveyed TO the scaffold in
the same car with Il man whose frmness
was not equa' 10 her own. While pas
sing along the streets, her whole ankle
~ appeared 10 be 10 support his courage
She did this with so much simplicity
and effect, that she frequently brought
a smile on the lips which we're about 10
perish. At the place Of the execution
she bowed before the gigantic statue OF
Liberty, and pronounced tho memora
BILE words, oh, Liberty! how many
c lines are con mitted in your namer-
When they arrived at the foot Of the
scatiold, she had the generosity to re.
nounce in favor Of her companion, the
privilege of being first executed. 'As
cend first said she, 'let me at least spare
you the pain Of seeing my blood How
Turning ~ the executioner. she asked
II he would consent to that arrangement
He replied, That his orders were that
she should die first You cannot said
she, with u smile, Il am sure. refuse a
woman her last ~requestf Undismayed
by the spectacle which imm stately en-.
sued, she calmly bent her head under
the gui %lollne, and persisted with the Sc.
renily she had evinced ever since her
imprisonment.
MADAME Roland had predicted that
that her husband would not long sur.
Vlve her. Ter prophecy was speedily
fulfilled. A few days afterward. he was
found dead on the road between Paris
aud Rouen; he had stabbed himself in
that situation, that he mignt not, by The
situation in which his body was founI.
betray the generous friends who had
sheltered him IN his misforlunes. In
his pocket was contained a letter, in
these terms: w mower you are, oh! pas.
senger. who discover my body, respect
the remains Of the unfortunate. They