Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-04-19
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f. Om ..Famce and its Regulations"
ChlrlOtte C0rday.
AND TIE ASSASSINATION "F MARAr.

AND TIE ASSASSINATION "F MARAT.
There lived at Caen, in the depar: m .ht
OF CalvaheS. a yOHng woman. named Marie
A'Iue ChariOIte CIrday. She was Ave a0d.
lwealy years OF age. Her flheG. decayed
ye item IN, was slnl living. but she hid
lett him To reside with an aunt az Ca~n.
rhiS young W0:1lnA was IL grand >daushier
OF me great dramal,Sl, Pieile Curneille and
The >plIil OF tue grandSire lived in his lie.
Scendaua. Her form was tai: aud grace tml,
her features regular and brauliiul hut there
was m.ngIeL with a wOmaM's SUftne>S Of
exp e>Siun, ching ut the resolve which
marks a mamly lace. Her complexion was
,ilumlri" ted ty ltav tieshu~>s ii youth, beau
~ and health her dIe>H VAS suited To her
moderate means; h,T habits were lcmper>
aye and simple Though bf"sgh, up IN a
convent, she was hO AlrangtT to the phil'rS>
uphiral ideas VIA en- were then spreading
uvei France for even The bars ii The con-
enl could MT keep cut the books which
were in vogue. Her early religious ion.
pre>SI,nS we've replaced by the phi ">0phy
{ jean Jaques ROUSSEAU; and her exalted
| i'm .gina,iuli vas .aiS' d ~ the heroic pIit b
by The everything pulirails OF PIularch.
| She embraced The revolution " ilh ardUur ;
| she dEe.n.ed as The wife Ut Roland had
h'ramed, Of il republic. il VIII Oh Simpl'ci-
| " ami virtue Ah.'u.u rrieR, But the exreS.
: SEES Of the JaCOhiAS had G'sPeled the s,icas-
| tug il usiun, amt The men OF the Gir0nde,
| who once emed de>lined 10 redlize her hap
~ VISIONS, were imprisoned or iug't'veH.
! Peli.n IA.uvei, Bar buI"Vx, and Olhs' drpu-
ties, had ONE To Caen n stir up the depart
N sm,A Ol ihe N rlh, and To- cOnibims the els
rnrllS CG re>i>tal &c 10 tae convention.
The reign OF terror had already cOMasen.
ced in Paris the gu,!l"llne was RECEIVING
its .rihu.e of victims, aud the hUTIid engine
was eAprcled To make the "ur Ot France.
Que name ab we all Others was asMIciaied
with the guili0t,ne, the name Of him who
had tor yeats called Tor heads, aud measured
! his demands only ny thousands. The un-
QUIET nina OF LhaIlOIie required action ;
aud she medilnled a deed of venge .0ce
/ against The GREATEST ru.priI ~ FrAnt e.
She resolved 10 go 10 Paris. She had Two
interviews with BarbarORx, and She asked
aud ubluiire 4 tT"M him kIler U: int OIuc>
lion ~ a HseMb.I vi the COnvenii"n who
| could iItrUiuce her 10 the minister III the
imlerior. She pretended that she had Pc
Ii,iOn to present 10 the government in IavUr
at MademuiSSelle FUI BIN, Wh had been The
ii,end Vi her youth. BaEb.rOux gave her a
, letter I.r Duperre,. one at the % deputies OF
The pa " vi the Giro. de-. She vent Ia see
her ia tileE, aasd ~ 4 him that she was going
10 Eugla"d. On the 9Th Of July, cary ia
he morning. she made up IIlIc packet;
wh ch she pat under her arm, Quilted her
auu,'s house, and jDuIneyed 10 Paris in n
convey lance, which, as she said, contained
some "guud Al,'uiaguaris." She IeacheH
PARIS on ,ne illh of July, and went ~ the
tl.,let de Providence, in The Keu DIES Vieux
| Augustin$, where she slept soundiy from
| FIVE in The aite, mOOL tiil nexl ni0rning. She
called ON Duperret The next day, hui could
no, see him I'll The evening She asked him'
| 10 iutr Miuce her TO Marat, the munster OF
the inferior; but this was only p eiexI
| I'm her letter to Baraduux she said she was
sony she had called on Dupeuet, for thu
very evening, Ivy decree Of the cOnvent'""
the Seals were placed on all the mOveaoles
m Duper'e,, as one III the SUSPECTED, att
her visit put him in danger. Dupere'
came the next day, and went with her "
| .,iarai, but The minister cuuld not see then'
| and DuperIel look leave Of her at the dOD
| {. ( her hotel. She had learned that Mara
did not now go to the cOuven ion, tor he
frat design was To kill him there; he wa
suffering from sllneSS. hui still kcribbling a
hOme Nth hiS wOnued unweaTied diliesucs
Alter leaving DupeITets CharlUtIe t"And b.
] wayio che Palais R,Sai. ROi 10 admire &C .lO l.
Amused She locked G,s acuilsT'S shop whe,
shG bought strong kate. with an Gbnny han,
i die. snd cOIIcralrd IL under her neckeTchi.'
she returned 10 heT l0dgings and wTOts = lSRle
II A., Aaraf IN which she todd HIM that aha Na
4 f,om Caen, and could give him jmpGgtant H.
formation. and she would be with him at once
She went. bat could not eco bins upaS which