Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-02-25
REIGN Or TERROR IN FRANCE.

A CORRESPONDENT of the London Times, ,af-
ter alldding to the fate of the representa-
tives, proceeds to say ..,n,.;
That of persons of less consequence has
been far worse, and the details are really
frightful say nothing of secret executions;
which are reported to have taxed place, for
nv object is simply to relate ascertalned
authentic facts. 1t is positively certain
that between 1000 and 5000 persons, OF
all ranks and all ages, Unfortunately selz.
ed in public places, under the decree OF
the Sth December, or arrested on suspicion,
were thrust by wholesale into the easements
of tine fort of Bicetre: There these persons
remained, some a fortnight, soiHe three
weeks, in cold and damp dungeons, lying
on straw. so closely packed together that
they could hardly rise to stretch their llmbs'
and exposed to all the disgusting horrors
which this agglomeration of human beings
caused, Many of these persous, whose
families could give them no re ief because
they knew not where they were, fell Ill
M. Forester, an old man of 10, late Colo
mel of the Sixth Legion of the National
Guard of Paris obtained leave, on the score
of sickness, to b removed to another prIs-
on. AT this time the number o. prisoners at
B. ere is diminished and some classlfica-
ton has been introduced, but lou may cen
oeive the state of mind of these pe6r wretcE-
es when YOU recoect that they were threat
ened witk transT tation to Cayenne, without
trial and without conviction, solely on
charge of having belonged to secret socle-
ties, and by the force of an ex post facto1
decree, super-adding fresh and unwonted
pul is lmelt to the penal code
The terror in the Provinces goes on in
creasing daily. In many parts of the coun-
try the troops 60 out and beat the WOODS ior
men, as if they were hunting game. a de-
tachment of the 35th regiment, after long
chase, lately caught seventeen in forest
at St. Thiberyj in the Herault, at the un-
sportsmanlke hour of two. o'clock. In the
morning. In the same teighborhood, the
papers of to-day speak of arrests by the doz-
en-. and by the score, as having been made
by the military at Rouj an Puisalicon, Caux,
! Nef1ies and Pezenas. At Clermont, Canet,
st. Andre, ,Aspiron, and several communss
of LHdeye, cafes and public houses without
humber have been closed. In the Vaucluse,
lieutenant of gendarmerie, at the head oil
some gendarmes, and $50 men OF the oath
regiment, have been very successful IN max
ing captures. ;,
A man named Sauvari, who took to his
heels, was brought down by grenadier. The
ball entered his back and came out at his
belly, vet wonderful to relate, II e man still
lives. At Cuers,t the sport seems to be lett
to the civil powera NJ. Girard, Judge OF
Instruction, is interchangeable there. Within
the last eight days, he arrested 37O men,
being about ote-fourth of the male pUpula-
ton of the Place. The jaier at Toulon was
the other day surprised at the visit OF large
column of men, who struck with terror, and
d iven 10 despair BY the incessaht harassihg
of the soldiery came to surrender themselves
prisoners. He had net room to lodge so
much unexpected company, and; after TAX
ing down their names, begged them to be
good enough to call again. This they did,
and they were ultimately slowed dway some
where. In the fort Of Lamalgue, at Toulon,
there are now 200 prisoners. In the neigh
borhood of Crest. the pursuit OF political re-
fugees can only be compared to chamols-
hunting. The country there is rocky, and
several of the prescribed have been shot at
repeatedly by voltiSeursi as they skip from
fock to rock. The chase here has not hith-
erto been so successful as in many other
+ places for after lohg and fatiguing day,
the troops captured only one man, named
Danjou. He was, however, leader, and
the capture is considered important. In the
town of Crest, on the 18th inst, Alvler de
Poan, the commander Of the insurrection
there, was taken, and great crowd assem-
bled in the market place to see him. 1t
; must not be supposed that arrests are con
fined to the people called Socia ialsts. Judg'
Is, t0uncillors-gchefali barristers, physi'
, clans, merchants, proprietors, and persons
: of the highest respcctabillty, are arrested
daily. There seems no prospect of any ces-
, sati5n of the system. The projects write
/ the most stimulating letters to the subordi-
mates, urging them not to hesitate to use
their powers and arrest any man whom
| they may suspect, and even, if necessary
to keep him in prison without specifying
any ch arge against him.
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