Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-09-12

Them. and his liberal promises charmed them One
pretty girl, not out of her teens, was so impressed
win The presence OF his majesty. that she came
near fan'lng and could only feeby calculate her
IhesSaSe-'bredd" Louis, with tears took her
! IN his arms and like true Frenchman embraced
her. The whole twelve were won com pleteIy. and
| returned with glowing accounts to their compan-
ions. lhe incident Of Louis embracing the faint
ing girl was not omitted. This enraoed the women.
who loaded her with opprobrious ep,hes, as though
she were the paramour of Louis. They did not
stop here, but dragged her away to hang her She
was only saved by the bold Interference of some
soldiers. Poor Louis seemed to blgh, everything
ne touched, and this is but one instance
=, curious scene was that which met the eye of
.hounier, the president of the Na,,.lal Assembly
as ne returned after night TO the hail. having been
many hours with the king. The deputies had van
shed' and their seats were occupied by the women
vi faris. "A strong large woman sat i'm the presi.
dents chair nor would she vacate il until he had
promised them food. Gradually the members of
the Assembly came together and with them the
,uou ior 'he women. u was circulated among
them there. and the world for once saw in the same
room grave aen legislating and hungry women eat
ing. IL must have been rich scene.
! we have spoken of these women, but there are
others very near. In yonder place were two queen.
~ women, or rather one such, and the other more
sanity than queenly. What situation for Marie
An'onette, whose advent to Paris had been hailed
as though an angel had come! The night winds
wait to the nnermost chambers of that stately pal
ace the curses of the hags on her as The cause of
their sufferings. 1t is bitter TO have ones name
mus reprobaed And yet the naughty woman prov
Ell 'rue to herself. Her pride was her support
But Madame Elizabeth acted more as Christian
whiie she exhibited less of the princess How
beautiful 1t was in her TO cling the fortunes of her
friends. We are speaking of some women, let us
repeat scene of the next day to learn love for one
OF another kind. The mob OF men and women were
nnuhf ,al,,
Some one cried out "it is the queen" The word
was the sign OF vengeance, and several ru1ans
rushed al her. She stood undaunted to meet death
when some other person cried out sit is Madame
Elizabeth" The name was spell of mercy which
melted even their rugged hearts. The princess
saw the movement, and exclaimed piteousy "Ah
what do yon do in undecevng them let them
think me the queen. and dying in her place might
have saved her life!" How can we denonnce a
sex which has produced Madame Elizabeth!
! The mob OF men which reached Versailles the
same night completed the work Paris had sent
hundred thousand messengers to compel the at
tendance of the royal family at Paris The horrd
scenes of butchery we do not propose to describe,
but of one thrilling scene we must speak, as the
women of Paris are subject. The mob would
see the queen, and with courageous mein, worthy
daughter OF the CAESARS, she took her son and stood
before that sea of living beings no hete her so bit
terry A shout rends The air, "Wihout the child -
and, without tremor, she gave him to an attend
ant and stood there alone like statue Ii was too
much tor Frenchmen, and every tongue united ir
an , ardm'nng shout of Long live the queen !"
The royal family was captive, and the vas,
mnilludes start for Paris. The women of Pari:
had started the avalanche, and now they close a
round the kings carriage As they tramp alopp If
the mud, having not only the royal family but fit,
wagon loads of food, they sing cheerfnly, pointing
now 10 me wagons and now TO The carriage .CouT
age, friends! We shall not want bread now . w,
are bringing you the baker, the bakeress, and tn,
bakers boy!"* The glory and the infamy of ,hos
days belong to the women of Paris. Ii was thei
'uea' which was so enthusiastically carried out
"hicn LED Mlrabeau 30 thunder in The National AS
sembly with sort of glee, "Paris is marching Of
us. fafis was magazine Of com bustibles wait
ing only Tor the torch to be applied That torcI
hungry women applied, and now behold the resnlt
L he King and his family are prisoners, and the ep
is not yet
what freaks human nature is capable of! Onl
yesterday morning the road to Versailles was crowd
ed with teTocious women, longing to pluck out An
'oinette's heart, but to-day those same women ar
shouting Long live the queen, ;" and some of then
even crowd around her carriage, and, with stream
ing eyes, eXclalm, "Ah, madame our good queen
90 NOT be traitor 10 us and we will love youIo
we saw two women early that morning Iool
at them on his evening. Their ferocity is GONE
and they really believe that now they will not h
Obliged to gnaw saddle skirts, nor watch rat-trap
LOT ioou. ne good time has come, and thew shall
have enough 10 eat! Those wretched dens ba,
two happy inmates. And there were multiiudes il
ParIs like them, but the illusion will pass away
ana 'hese women Will participate in bloodier scenes
Perhaps we may again look in upon them. For IN
present let us anticipate one incident and clos
with it. ''''
We saw beautiful yohnG woman harano,,eir,
The multudes, and the enthusiasm excited he
words. 1t was Iheroigne de Mericourt She wa
a naive OF distant province Her beauty was he
rum. a young arisiocrat won her affections an,
naV,h ruined, me abandoned her, She fled tostranr
anus 10 onry he! shame. In due time she appeare,
IN Paris following vocation moi to he named m
gains of her veness She distributed amono The Moor
his, with her passionate determinations made he
an IDOL among them. Her power was scarcely les
IMAM hiarats One day, mnghy with a vas
crowd OF her admirers she CHANGED to meet her go
Queer. j he past flashed over her and uad,!ensd her
lie sought her pardon, and deprecated her ven
Ped"ce' Lamarns tells us, that fixing her blazing
eyes on MIN she hissed out the record of her wrongs
NY PARDON al what price can you purchase il
wy innocence gOne-my family lost TO me-my
brothers and sisters pursued in their own country h;
me eeIs and sarcasm OF their kindred; the mapdic
lions oi my iaiher-my exile fToin my native land
my enrolment among the Infamous caste of court
ezarIs the blood with which nv DAYS have been
ana VIII be stained that mperishabIe curse attach.
eh 10 my name, instead C that Immortality of virle
"h'ch you have taught me to doubt. II is for this
you would purchase forgiveness? DO you know
any price on earth capable Of purchasing it ~
his tongue was palsled, and at her beck they
dragged him TO prison. He made one of The mum
her which persisted in the September massacres-
vengeance does not always wait for another world.
DnTing the early part of the present century, a
naked maniac might have been seen clinpnp TO the
bars of a mad house in Paris. She was shfieking
ner wrathtnl Impressions on tytants, and on her