Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-02
DEATH or CHARLOTTE coRDAY.

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Extract from Michclefs last york, +" Les Femme
del RsyostOn hsnslati0n Of rAicl Is no.o IN prsss
H. c. BAIRp, Philadelphia.
When the wife and the commissioner entered c,a..
LoTTE found standing motonless near the Windov
The man. barring the doors SO that she could not
struck ct her head with chair But she remained i'm
movable. The people from the neighborhood and per
passing by hearing the cries. focked in surgeon
called but one only found dead In the mean tim
the guard had with difficulty restrained the people from
tearing Charlotte in pieces grsspng her firmly, for sh
did think Of protecting herse Unmoyed che looked
around with clouded cold eye. hair-dresser Of the
neghborhood who had taken possession Of the knife was
brandishing it with horrible yes but she paid atten
ton to him. The only thing that seemed to astonsh her.
and which she sail herself made her suffer- were the
cries Of Catherine Marat They gave her for the first
time the painful idea that after all Marat was man
It seemed as if she was saying to herself What!
he belovedl"
The commissioner Of the police soon arrived. AT .
quarter of eight the heads Of the police Louvet and
Marine and finally the deputies, Mature, Chabot Dro net
and Legendre who had been sent by the convention
the monster They astonshed to find surround
ed by soldiers who holding her hands, beautiful
young girl perfectly calm answering every question with
frmness and simplicity and without the least tmidity
pretension She even confessed that she haze
could haze done Such the contradictions Of
the French people, written some
time BEFORE and which she then had about her. she says
she cand perish in oraer that her head being carried
through Paris should serve as signal for the friends Of
and wrote that she hoped die uaknoun Notwithstand
ing this her certificate Of baptism and passport which
she had about her would alone have caused her to be
cognised The other things found upon her showed the
perfect tranquility of her mind they those which
careful woman with habits Of order, would have had
Besides her key, watch, and money, she had thimble
and some thread so as to repair in prison the probable
disorder which violent would her dress
The distance to the Abbaye scarcely two minutes, vas
dangerous The street crowded with furious
Cordeers 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 except that
Of being torn to pieces It is said that she turned pale
for instant at the thought Of her danger But at last
they arrived at the Abbaye.
During evening being Intercepted by the
bers Of the Committee of Safety and by other deputies she
showed only frmness cheerfulness Legendre puff
ed up with his Importance andnnocenty believing himself
to be martyr said to her: WAS it not you who came
citizen is mistaken" said she with smile 81 do not
esteem either his life or his death Of Importance to the
good Of the Republic" Chabot was holding his watch
all the time thought, said she, that the Capu-
Chabor and those who INTERCEPTED her. they
able find either about her in her any thing
which could lead the belief that she had been sent by
the Girondists Of Caen.
dent Chabot persisted that she had still paper hidden
in her bosom and cowardy profng by her hands being
bound, he placed his hand her, and would without
doubt have found what he sought the manifesto Of the
throwing herself back with much violence that the
aces broke and for instant her chaste and heroic
breast was exposed to view. ALL were touched. She
was unbound in order to allow her to readus her Dress
She also allowed to turn down her sleeves and to put
on her gloves under her chains.
On the morning Of the 10th she transferred from
the A6baye to the Concergere In the evening she wrote
long letter Barbaroux which eminently calcu-
lated to show by its cheerulness flor is the
compartment Of sn) perfect tranquility Of mind This
letter, which could not fail of being read spread
Paris the next day. and in spite of its familiar form
within the compass of manifesto, and produced the
that the volunteers of Caen ardent and
But she ignorant of the defeat Of Vernon
What would indicate that she less calm than
she pretended to be that four times she returned
the and of her Peace and the desire for
peace The letter Dated the second day Of the Pre-
paraon for Peace" About the middle Of this paper she
says !" Can peace be established soon as desire
have enjoyed peace for two days My happiness is that
of my country
She wrote to her faer, asking pardon for having dis.
posed of her life, quoting to him this line:
g Crime, but not the scafcld, causes shame"
coulant nephew to the Abbess Of Caen prudent Gron
dist, who Charlotte Corday said, was seated on the
mountain. She chose him as her defender. Doulce not
sleeping at home, did not receive her letter. a
According available note preserved by the family
of the painter who had taken her likeness in prison. she
had ordered cap to be made expressly for her trial
This explains how she managed to expend thirty-six
francs during so short captivity.
But what would be the plan Of the accusation? In
proclamation the authorities Of Paris attributed the crime
The Federdists, at the time saying that this
fury out Of the honse of the cdevant Count Dor
set Fouquer Tnyille wrote to the Committee Of Safe
ty that he had been informed that she friend Of
Bezunce that Barbaroux had forced her to the act in
order to avenge Bezunce and his relation Bron recently
denounced by Marat "a foolish story, which he did not
even speak of in his declaration
The public were not mistaken. Every body knew that
she was alone that she had other councillors but her
own courage devotion and fanacism The prisoners of
the Abbaye and the Concergere, the people in the
streets if except the outburst of the first moment
looked upon her in silence but with respectful admiration
When she appeared in the hall" said her official de.
fender tChauveau Lagarde and ALL judges. jury, and
prens ri5una Her features have been painted con-
tinued he and her words have been recorded but no
art has been able to picture the great mind which
breathes in all her features The great effect of the trial
was in things felt but impossible to express" He after
wards corrected the answers, skifuy dtshgured mu
tilated and weakened in the Monteur. Many must be
struck by the resemblance Of the replies to the concise
dialogues Of Corneile.
aWho inspired you with so much hatred ?" !" / i'm
bbed no hatred from others; had enough within my
self"
"Was this act suggested to you "What one has not
conceived oneself is badly executed"
ssWhat did you dislike in him." /" His crimes"
.What do you mean by that!" "The injuries done
to France"
"What did you hope for in killing him ~ To give
peace to my country"
Do YOU think you have killed all the Marats This
one dead, the others perhaps will tremble.'
B" Since when had you formed this design .? since
the 31st of May when the OF the people
were arrested here"
The President after the evidence given against her;
"what answer do you make to that Nothing as
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