Butte record., 1854-11-25
DEATH OF CHARLOTTE coRDAY.

DEATH OE' C6ARLO xG CO6O1X
Extract from Nichaict's last aoort, . Les
Ftmmes de Ia Rer0lutisn,n a hansla-
tion of rohieh is noso in press By H. c.
BAIRD, Philadelphia.
When tie wife and the commissioner
entered, CHARLOTTE was found stand
ing motionless near the window The
man, barring the doors so that She could
not escape, struck at her head with a
chair. But she remained immovable.
The people from the neighborhood and
persons passing by, hearing the cries,
focked in. a surgeon was called, but
one only was found dead In the mean
time the guard had with difficulty re-
strained the people from tearing Char
lotte IN pieces; grasping her firmly, for
she did not think of protecting herself.
Unmoved, she looked around with a
clouded cold eye. A hnir-dresser of the
neighborhood, who had taken possession
of the knife, was braudi,hing it with
horrible yells, but She paid no attention
to him. The only thing that seemed to
astonish her, and which she said her
self made her suffer, were the cries OF
Catherine Marat. They gave her for
the first time the painful idea " that af-
ter all Marat was a man" 1t seemed
as If she was saying so herself, " What! !
was he beloved! !"
The commissioner of the police soon
arrived. At a quarter of eight came
the heads of the police, Louvet and Ma
rlno, and finally the deputies, Maure,
Chabot, Drouet and Legendre, who had
been sent by the convention to see the
monster. They were astonished to fnd,
surrounded by soldiers who were holding
her hands, a beautiful young girl, per-
teetiy calm, answering every question
with firmncss and simplicity, and with
out the least timidity or pretension.
She even confessed that she 1could not
hare escaped If she could hare done So
Such are the contradictions of nature
that in an address to the French peo-
pie, written some time before, and which
she then had about her, she says she
wanted to perish in order that her head,
being carried through Paris, should
serve as signal for the friends of the
law to rally. Another contradiction =
she both said and wrote that she hoped
TO die unknown. Notwithstand this. her
certificate of baptism and passport which
she had about her would alone have
caused her to be recognized. The 9TH
er things found upon her showed the
perfect tranquility of her mind; they
were those which a careful woman, with
habits of order, would have had. Be
sides her KEY, watch and money, she
lsd thimble and some thread, so as to
pam in prison the probable disorder
which violent arrest would cause to
her dress.
The distance to the Abbaye, searely
two minutes, was dangerous one. The
street was crowded with furious Corde-
Tiers, friends of Marat, who with cries
and yells, demanded that the assassin
should be given up to them. Charlotte
had anticipated all kinds of death, ex-
cept that of being torn to pieces. 1t is
said that she turned pale for an instant
at the thought of her danger But at
last they arrived at the Abbaye.
During the evening, being again lnserro-
gated by the Numbers of the Committee
of Safety, and by other deputies, she
showed mol only frmness, but cheerful
ness. Legendre, pulled up with his i'm
portance, and innocenlly believing him.
self to be martyr, said to her: Was
it not you who came to me yesterday IN
der the disguise of nun :" " Thecit
izcn is mistaken" said she with a smile
drnot esteem either his life or his
death Of importance to the good of thc
Rcpu lic." Chabot was holding hi.