The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-01-09
TERMS. TWO DC OLI.ARss IA YEAR
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. sfs3sfSe

4 and the labour Of tlicif hahds--thcy all
agreed to come. At 8 the next MORN
| ing, six men ard two women were sea-
ted at the brcakfastaiabIc Of Seneca
Taitbout. The young girl, now his
wife, was neatly clothed, and looked
calmly happy, while her mother looked
with wonder and intense curiosity on
the visitors. .fhey were the two Robe
spierres, Eebas, ST. Just, and the Mag
istrate who had united them. She
could not understand these terrible men
coming there to oblige q friend, and
save them from destruction, nor could
she comprehend how they could sit
there and talk SO coolly of the political
Affairs of the day, while dcsolation and
death was around -desoIation and death
which she believed they could have
stayed. The marriage was of course
| by civil contract, and the acte lay upon
the table. Every HOW and then the
ex-countess would take it up and then
put it down again, for the signatures to
it almost made her doubt her own sani.
ty. Presently rude knock came to
the door. The oGceur hastcned to op-
en-. A commissary of police, Simon,
and some dozen sanscul0ttes entered,
grave and nearly angry. GA pretty
batcll," cried Simon, laughing, ''the
warrant says arrest Seneca Taitbout
and all whom we find in his apartments.
The guests were seated with their backs
to the window, which was open, and in
honour of the day, filled with flowers.
| None of those who had just entered
could distinguish their faces. "Good
day, Simon," said Seneca, rising and
advancing towards him; "What pro-
cures me the satisfaction of thy yisit?"
"l7toyen," replied Simon, malieiously,
81 warned thee yesterday. Our friend
the Commisary here, has an order from
4 FonquicrIinyille to arrest thee and all
who are found in thy habitation.
"Gtoyea Commissary," said Seneca,
calmly, "tliis fellow denounces me
becadsc I told him lie could not read y
sit will teach thee to be more civil 2
sneered the cobbler. s Citoyen Sene-
ca, put in the comuiissary, 4 ain sorry
to arrest one who has always borne SO
| good character for ciyism, but my
orders are peremptory.' 'Citoyen Com
missary,' said Seneca, with laugh,
Il am sorry to disappoint thee, but the
4 only arrest that thou wilt make here, is
that of the c;toyen Simon, denounced
as having falsely acused good ciitoyen
to secure his private revenge sI?'
thundercd Simon, furions at the others
GOODNESS. 'Ay,' exclaimed st. Just,
rising with his three colleagues of the
Comite de ,Salut Public, and speaking
in his soft, cold, thrilling voice; sand let
it teach others not to dcsccratc duty
from vile motives. The country is in
danger, and dcnunciation is necessary.
The more need that knaycs should not
abuse the right" The aspect of the
whole official party on finding them.
; selves in presence Of the most inhucn.
tial members of the executive power,
. was truly ludicrous. The sans.cullot
tes, it is true, smiled, for they were
now sure of their favourite officers ci
vism; but Simon stood as if annihilated,
: with open mouth and pallid cheek,
while the comm;ssary felt his legs
quiver under which he and his compan
} ions signed, while on a white sheet they
wrote the committal Of Simon. This
done, they waved the party away. The
, commissary. glad to get off SO ehcaply,
, pushed Simon out by the shoulders, to
the delight of the sanscullottes, who
; screamed with laughter as soon as the
door was shut, and the marriage party
remained alone. "NIany thanks, citi.
zens,' said Seneca, advancing to him,
"count on one devoted friend to ye all,
and the chose pnblique." "May thy
marriage be happy" said Lcbas, with
a sigh, "and now goodbye. We must
80 to the Tuillcries, our committee
meets at H." Tho four principal
rulers of France bowed to the ladies'
after few words of comfort, and then
went ont to their terrible work, to drive
back Europe, to create armics-.to
crush insurrection-.to keep down civil
war--to struggle--.to triumrh--to fall
to perish, and tc die.
THE CHOLERA.
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