The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-02

and the cries oi the police. Ills tutor ana
rdlei de chdnibre sprang from their beds and
hurried out to ascertain the cause of the ti-
mutt. They had hardly left the door ere
they were shot down. AlaximiliaD, bewil-
dpred by .heir continued absence, and by the
dreadful clamor, which continued TO increase,
dressed himself, when his landlord came in,
pale and trembling, and informed him of the
massacre and that he had saved himself only
by the avowal of his faith to the Catholic
religion. lie urged Maximilian TO do the
same. The noble boy declared that he would
not save his life by apostacy.
Ne resolved TO attempt, in the darkness
and confusion Of the night, TO reach the coll
ege of Bergundy, where he hoped to find
some Catholic friends who would protect
him. The distance rendered the undertaking
almost desperate.
Disgusting himself In the dress of Cath.
olic priest, he took large prayer book un-
der his arm aud entered the street. The
sights which met his eye in the gloom of
that awful night were enough to appall the
stoutest heart. The murdcrers, with wild
ouicres, were in all directions pursuing their
victims. Women and children in their night
clothes were rushing frantic through the
streets utteripg shrieks. The mangled bodies
of the Young and Of the old, of males and
OF females, were strewn every where about,
and tho pavements were slippery with blood.
Loud outcrics were heard from the interior
of the dwellings as the icrd like work pro-
ceeded; and struggles of desperate violence
were Witnessed, as the murderers attempted
to throw their bleeding, dying victims from
windows and attics upon the pavements.
The shouts of the assailants, the shrieks
of the wounded, rs blow after blow fell up
on them, the inccssant reports OF muskcts,
and of pistols, the tramp of soldiers, and the
pcals of tho alarm bell, all combined to Gre
ate scene of terror such as human eyes
| have seldom witnessed.
| In the midst of ten thousand perils the
young man crept along, protected by his
priestly garb, while he frequently saw his
fellow Christians shot and stabbed at his
side. In turning corner he fell into the
midst Of band of the body guard Of the
King. They seized him roughly, but seeing
the prayer book :hey regarded it as pass
| port, and permitted him to go on. Twice
again he was seized, and each time extricated
in the same way.
At length he arrived at the College. IL
was q Catholic College. The porter knew
him, and refused him admittancP. The mur-
derers began to multiply around him, and TO
assa him with fierce questions BY means
of bible he at length got message 10 the
president of the college, who, IN enlightened
and humane man, was exceedingly attached
to his Protestant pupil. lie received Maxi
milan kindly. Two priests in the room
with the president insisted upon Immediately
cutting Macmillan down, declaring that the
King had commanded that not single Pro-
testnnt should be spared--not even the infant
at the breast. The good old man, however,
firmly protected his young friend and con-
dncting him TO n private chamber for refuge,
locked him up. Here MaximiIian remained
three days, apprehensive every hour that the
assassins would break in upon him. lie was
thus saved, aud afierward as Duke of Sui
| ly, became one of the most illustrinus minis
tiers of whom any government can boast.
! While these scenes were transpiring body
| of soldiers entered the chamber of Henry of
| Navarro, and conveyed Tim to the presence
of the King. The imbecie monarch, with
| basphemous oaths, and countenance in-
| famed with fury, ordered hlm to abandon
Professionalism, or prepare to die. Charles
allowed Henry three days to decide, declaring
that if at the end Of that time he did not ac-
cept the Catholic faith he should be stranGled.
Henry, to save his life, ingoriously yield
ed and even carried on his compliance so far
as TO send an edict to his own domnions, pro-
hibitng the exercise of any religion except
ing that of Rome.
When the darkness of the night had pass.
cd away, and the morning of Sabbath dawn.
| ed upon Paris, n spectacle wns witnessed such
MS even that bloOd-renow,d metropolis has
seldom presented. The city still resounded
with tumut. The pavements were CORY and
covered with the dead Men, women, and
children We're still lying in every direction,
wounded and bleeding, pursued by merciless
assassirs, riotous with demoniac laughter, and
drunk with blood The reports of guns and
pistols, and of continued volleys Of musket-
ry from all parts Of the city, proved the uni
versaty of the massacre. Miserable wretch
es, smeared with blood, staggering along
with ribad jests and fend like howlings,
hunting for the Protestanis. Bodies torn
and CORY were hanging from the windows;
and discovered heads were spurned like foot
balls along the pavements. Priests in sacer-
dotal robes, and with elevated crucfxes, urg-
ed their emissaries not TO grow weary in the
work of exterminatng Gods enemies. The
most distinguished mobiles Of tae court and
Of the camp rode through lhc streets with
gorgeous retirue encouraging the massacre.
"Let not" the King proclaimed, "ohe single
Protestant be spared to reproach me hereaf.
ter with this deed"
The massacre was continued in the city
and throughout the kingdom for week, and
il is computed that from eighty to one hun
dred thousand Protestants were slain in
France
Charles himself, with his mother and the
high born prolligate ladies' who disgraced her
court, emerged in the morning light in
splendid array into the reeking streets. The
ladies' contemplated, with merriment and
ribald jests, the dead bodies piled up before
the Louvre. Some of the retinue, appalled,
by the horld spectacle, wished to retire, al
leging that the bodies already emitted an Of
fensive odor. Charles brutaly replied:
." he smell Of n dead enemy is always
pleasant"
On Thursday, after four days spent in
hunting ont The fugitivcs from all their hiding
places, the clergy parad,d the streets in a
triumphnI processon and with jubilant pray
ers and hymns gave thanks to God for their
victory. The Catholic pulpits resounded
with exultant harangues, and in honor OF the
event medallion was struck off with the in
scripton; Ne pieie a rereaLe Ia JUSTICE
Religion has awakened justice.
AN OBsrlSArE CUsroMgR.-"Are you an
Odd Fellow? "No, sir; I've been married
week. Il mean do you belong to the Order
of Odd Fpllowsp "No: J belong to the Order
of Married Mem Thunder how dumb!