The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-08-14
JeaH-ef Arc

Joan Of Arc, called the Maid OF
| Orleans, was the daughter of a
peasant at, Domremi, in. the pro
vince of ~Lorrain, France, where
she was born in 1902. : When she
was quiteyoung she was employed
as a servant at a little inn, as well
as groom in the stable, and she
liked looking after the horses bet:
! ter than waiting on the. guests
The misfortunes Of the Dauphin
of France was all the talk Of her
masters customers, and, being. a
religious enthusiast she. fancied
that Heaven had inspired her in
l. his cause. .-e - -
In 1923 she had AN interview
| with the governor of Tancouleurs
who sent her, to the French court
and she there told them that God
had ordered her to raise the siege
of Orleans, to conduct the -Dau-
phin of Rheims, and there anoint
him King. Her services were &C,
cepted. Armed eap-a;pie, the
|, beauty Of her person the grace
with which she rode her milk
white steed, land the holy banner
carried before her, convinced the
[ people that she was fighting by
the command Of God. .,.,
,Prodigies of valor were per.
formed BY joan, and when wound
ed IN the neck by an arrow; she
drew it out, saying, 'sit is glory,
not blood, which flows from the
wound 1.-THE English fled before
her, and she was hailed as the, So.
vior, of France. ....>---t
Having resisted the siege of Or.
leans, insisted upon GROWING
Charles at Rheims, and. the, maid
clothed in armour, and .displayine g
her victorious banner, took heI
place by the kings side amid the
shouts of the people. A medal
strucksin her honor, bearing On
t'one side her portrait, On the, mot.
to, Sustained by the aid of.God!'
and Charles enobled her familyhy
the name Of ~Du; Lys, from: the
lilies -oa her banner, zand. gave
| them an estate, ..-'-@,.'.....-' ~.
| Our heroine next went te5the
relief of. Compiegne, besieged by
the Duke of Burgundy and the
English, but on making a sally
she was captured by the Burgun:
I dams, who basely sold hen
/ to the English for ten thousand
,livres. The Duke of Bedford
4~eommenced a prosecution agai11st
her, and accused, her Of sorcery
and impiety,.th clergy and the
University of-Paris, to their ~cter
nal disgrace, joining in, the accu
tsation. -. 49,, : ,..,.-.......s: =.
[ She was brought in, irons before
a a:priestly tribunal at Rouen, and
being asked Why She assisted Al
the coronation, Of Charles, replied
-"Because the person who shared
in the danger hadra right to share
inthe glory" Charged with here
sy,she appealed to the Pope; ;buthel
appeal was -disailowed, and she
was condemned to death asa sor
ceresS., >r - ), 49,. - =
|. The fortitude of the Maid , O
Orleans now forsook her., and tx
tavoid punishment, she confessed
that she had been misled by iHu
sion her sentence was then al
tered to imprisonment for life, 'bu
her enemies placed in her dungeon
4 suit of mems clothes, and BE
cause, tempted by the view@of I
dress in which she had gained. s.
much glory, she put it on, :sht
was condemned to be burnt. aliY'
at the stake. -:
In 1431 she was burned by he
brutal prosecutors in the market
place Of Rouen. She met her fat,
with resolution, ascending the fu
neral pile amid the insults of th'
mob. blessed be God p wer
| the last words she uttered. He
ashes were scattered to the wind
and thus, treacherously died in tn
thirtieth year Of her age, the wo
man to whose memory affairs ough
to have been erected as a martyr t
her religion, her country and he
king. .....
Since her death she has beel
celebrated by historians, poets
painters, and sculptors Of variou
countries and most of our read
ers have no doubt seen copies 9
the beautiful statue by one Of tn
daughters Of Louis Philippe, tn
late king of France, in which sh
appears clad in armour, her swor
by her side, her head bare, an
her hands crossed on the bosom
a graceful tribute to the memor.
Of Joan of Arc, the heroic and III
fated Maid of Orleans. -