Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-21
EXCITING SCENES IN HISTORY.
BY A. ALLISON
ATthor Of The History of Earope.

These were the times when France
mad got dunk with crime 10 womb
blood. And while The scenes there q.
u 'cted, put IN reIuisition the worst pas
Sous oil the human breast they also cal
led forth and %exenpllti.d so ne Of the
most beautiful traits OF our nature. OF
the hrst, was the massacre Of the pris.
IurTS'
-Four and twenty priests, placed un.
der arrest for refusing TO take the new
oaths, were IN custody at the Hotel dc
Vile. They were removed in six coach.
rs TO the prison of the Abbaye, amid t he
yeils and executions Of the mob: aud
no sooner had they arrived there, ;han
they were surrounded by a furious mul
litude, headed by MailIard, armed with
spears and sabrcs, dragged out of their
vechIles into the i ner court of the pris.
on, and there pierced by a hundred wea
pons
The cries Of these victims, who
were hcwn 10 pieces by the multitude
inst drew The eyes of the prisoners 10
lh' tate which awaited themselves: sci.
zed separately aud dragged before an
MEMORABLE tribunal, they we're speedil :
turned out to the vengeance Of the popu
lace. RedIng was one OF the first TO be
selected; the pain Of his wounds cxtort
ed cries e from that intrepid Swiss
soldier as he was hurried aIony,and one
OF The assassIns drew his sword across
his throat I'D he persisted before reach
ing the Judges The forms OF Justice
were prOStItuted TO the most inhutnuu
massacre: torn from their dungeons, the
prisoners were hurried before a tribunal.
where the president, Mai lard, sat by
~torchlIght with a drawn sabre before
him, n his robes drenched with blood
officers with drawn swords. and Sims
sta ned with gore, surrounded the chair
A lew minutes, often a few seconds, dis.
posed o. he late Of Teach individual ID rag.
ged from the pretended Judgment. hall,
they were turned out 10 the populace.
who throngcd round the doors, armed
with sabreS, painting for slaughter, aud
with loud cries demanding "a quicker
supply of victims. No exccurionefs were
required; the people despatched the con
dcmned with their own hands, and some.
times enj 'ved the savage pleasure Of be
OF behoidIng them run a Considerable
distance before they expired. Imnurcd
IN the upper chambers Of the building.
the other prisoners endured the agony
OF witnessing the prolonged suiT.rInrs
OF their comrades. a dreadful thirst ad
ded 10 Their tortures, and the inhuman
JaIIors refused even a draught Of waite
10 their earnest cntreatieS. Some had
The presence Of mind to observe in what
altitude death soonest relieved lis vic.
TINS, and resolved, when their hour ar
rlved 10 keep their hands down, lest. by
warding off the strokes, they should pro,
long their suiferings.
Tine PoPulace, however, in the court
o! the Abbaye, complained that the fIre.
m'st only got Il stroke at the prisoners.
md that they were deprived ofthe pleas
IRE OF numbering the aristocrats. Ii
was, in consequence, agreed that those
IN van should only strike with the
backs ortheir sab es,and that the wretch
ed victims should be made 10 run the
gauntlet through a !ong avenue Of muir
each OF whom SHOULD have The
of striking them before they
he women in the adjoining
quarter OF the city made a formal de-.
10 the commute for lights TO see
the m~assacres, and a lamp was, in con.
sequence, placed near the spot where
me victims issued, amid the shouts of
the spec alto rs, Benches, under the
charge Of Sentinels, were next ARRANGED
: Pour les MeSSieures," and another
'Pour les Danes" to witness the SPEC
tdc'e. As each successive prisoner was
turned out ofthe gate, yells Of Joy rose
from the multitude. and when he fell
hey danced like cannibals round his re-
mains"
Does 1t not appear even @ even
among the Inconsistencies Of human ma.
lure, that among such people, and in
such times, materials should exist for
such a picture as the following? II is
drawn IN the most simple aud be autifu.
style Of our author. a younp man,
unmtd GIcry Dufoe, was brought to the
bar oI the Revolutionary Tribunal. The
president asked if ne had been a friend
OF Brissot. 81 mad that happiness y
What Is your opinion Of him?n ..That
he lived like ArIsudes, and died Xix e Sid.
new! was the intrepid answer. Tie
lurth with sent 10 the scaiIold, where
he persisted with the frmness Of his de
parted friend.
''R tbaud st Etienne, one OF the most
and yirtuous Of the pros.
crlbed deputies, had escaped soon after
tho "a OF June from Paris. Tired Of
wandering through the provinces, he re
turned 10 The capital, I'd lived concealed
in chs house OF one Of those faithful