St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-02-20
CHARLOTTE eoRDAY.
III JoHs o. G. ADso1.f.

During the French Revolution Of 1875
there lived in the city Of Caen, France, /.
yaung lady. Charlotte C0rday d'Armon,
a grand daughter vf the celebrated Cor
nellie. Though 6or1 % gentle blood. sh.
had been uustured in tue school Of ad.
f; sersity. her father L.ing too aristocra.it
u work. and Zoo poor 20 live comfortably
| without work. In earlJ life she was
placed in monastery 10 Caen. where h.r
whole future destiny Was Influenced By
the peculiar discipline To which she Wa.
exposed. aud the ideas of duty which
we're inculeased. In the dreams of tn.
cloisscr bcr arden. sonl became fred with
the ambition Of exalted deeds. whiei,
| should reader her . Lenefactress to her
race.
After thus living for siI years. the ia.
cobin government suppressed the convent,
and she tooA UP her residence With. All
elderly relative in Csen. where shu re-
uaainsd until she vas nearly twenty Ave
ycals Of age. Living an.ids, the terrible
sccuss Of the revolution, where the gull
t'tin. ~aa in constant exercise. aud the
mcb daily demanding the blood of nes
victims. her thoughts naturally turned to
the possibility Of ssoppiag these horrcrs-
She mingled as mich as possible With
the Giroudists. {. ascertain who were
the principal agents in those woes which
were desolating her ns,ive land.
Thaush Dantoa and Robe*pi.ris xere
then il their asecndcncy. the x.neuinary
dc!iriuu Of Mara, rendered him moro
conspicuous to the mass Of the people.
who saw tyranny and freedom in one
,aan. hand "uly." To Mara'. then. the
Eyes o: Charlotte Cordsy were directed.
an the on. who was delaying the r.pui,-
lie in blood. She thought that his death
would ssrr rAt this food and save the lives
Of thousands. |, bad b",.n announced
that he had prescribed twenty five hun.
dred victims in Lyons. three thousand in
Marseilles. tw~nfy-eigkt thousand in
Paris. and three hundred Thousand in
Brittany. Conspirzcics -wsre being or
ganiscd al over the republic for the over.
throw Of the hl,'ody Thirsty tyran,. Tn.
lover Il Charlotte Corday. whom she
iioizea ~i,h all the purity and fervor OF
her imps>sionei nature. was engaged in
enc Of these conspirseies. which. ii sue
cvss!ul. would coat the kves VI thousands.
aud. i! unsuccessfui. woulI only conroli-
date the power Of the tyrant Charlotte
resolved 10 free France Of the monster at
the certain sacrifice Of her own life.
All 'i,. energies u her being were now
aroused fos tho accomplishment Of this
otjcot It Vas 10 easy matter for an OBJ
scure young lady to get access 70 The ty-
rant 50 ~ TO be- able TO assassinate him
She. however. formed her plans 90 eau.
tiously, a. to gard against every con.
ceivsbie cause If failure. Not an indi-
vidual Was admitted t. her con6aencc
Religious enthusiasm contributed its
strength to her enterprise. for she
doubted not that she wss engaged in a
holy undertaking. Her well read Bible
centaioed = peucl mark asoand the pas:
.sgc:
judith went forth fsou. the city adorn-
ed With uarvellous beauty. which the
Is.rsl bAA bestowed on Der to deliver Is
rasl %.
Having made al her arrangements. she
informed her friends tina, she was going to
England TO sack that asylum which France
ua longer afforded. A few .riAiae inc
mcn,ocs we're conferred upon hsr irti-
mate acauaintauces. and. Oh the 9Th Of
July. 1893. she took the diligence for
Paris Her Whole worldly possessions
consisted Of . small paree. Of clothes, aud
= volume VI Piusarch's Lives.
Charlotte vas tall aud digni6~d. with
profuse black hair. ard long eye iashss.
which sseu.iDg even darker than her
clustering ringIets. gare great depth to her
piercing eycs. Her chesks were we'll
filled. and had abe freshness and the heakh
Of South. aud we're eften erimsoncd With
the bls,.h os excitement or nodessy
Her dsssling beauty. winning manners.
and viva city-in conversation. quite won
the hearts Of her fellow travellers, who
strove unsuecessfully 10 desw from her
the object of her journey, and her addsess-
One young gentlemas bseane 30 eaau-
ored that he begged PERMISSION = solicit
It kcr relatives Der haaa in marriage.
She pleasantly repelled the hsnm. bu,
kg0uslSc0 tu81 - 000A2 HMoH kooTS OF ucE
ere icng- ~ aa =. Ea eza !.
After two days ride. she arrived ss
Paris. and wcus to hatri. where she ~
lowed hcrsclf asday's Eess. that Der IL.
cal,ies might be iu the best eosaision.
She bad no desire 20 figure - hereins.
Il was not for fan,c lkst she xi<hed ia
sserifoe her Ise. u lie elsises she had
learaed <As ieasdh u elEabsegsaion. aud
rashss desired oblivios tbss sosoristy. a.
moro pleasing b Goa. She ais. wished
the act Of axssssinssiou 10 bs sacred.
sslelus sceur. which shculd ssrike terror
into the hearts 6 ayrsuts. She wished
Ii, - be puhlic. shss nsay niyht wi,ncss
shs just rctribniioa a EssS HE cruelty. IL
Ilcr 6sss plea was 70 Hill Nssas IN the
(Aamp e Aas& = gsess aessshsalisa
which Was 10 ocxSs n A6eH 14sh Of July.
TIE s.isosrsa.ea, ofshs sssessopy neees-
si:.sed : change ef sh.atIs; and she de-