The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-05-15
Joan Of Arc.

Joan OF -ATc..
Joan of Arc, called the Maid of Orr
leans, was the daughter of a peasant at
Domremi, in the province Of Lorrain,
France, where sshe was born in l4D2.
When she was qpite young she was en-
pIoyed; as servant at q little inn, as well
as groom in the stable, and she, liked
looking after tho horses better than'walt,
ing 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 his cause.
In 1923 she had an interview with the
governor of Vaucouleurs who sent her te.
the French court; andshe thereteld them
that God had ordered her to raise the
siege of Orleans, to conduct the dauphin
to Rheims, and there anoint him King
Hsr services were accepted: Armed CAP
a-pie, the beauty of her person, the grace
with which she rode her milk-white steed,
and the holy banner carried before her,
convinced the people that she was fight
ing by the command of Cod
Prodigies OF valor were performed by
Joan, and when wounded in the neck. by
an arrow, she drewit out, saying, at is
glory, not blood, which flows from the
wound )" the English fled before her, and,
she was hailed as the saviour of France.
Having raised the siege of Orleans, she
insisted upon crowning Charles at Rheim,
and the maid, clothed in armour, and dis
playing her victorious banner, took her
place by the king's side, amid the shouts
of the people. A medal was struck in
her honor, bearing on one side her por-
trait, on the other q hand grasping a
sword, with the motto, Sustained by the
aid of God p and Charles ennobled her
family by the name of Du Lys, from the
lilies on her banner, and gave them an
estate.
Our heroine next went to the relief OF
Compiegne, besiegcd by the Duke of Bur-
gundy and English but on making q
sally she was captured by the Burgundi-
ans, who basely sold her to the English
for ten. thousand livres. The Duke OF
Bedford commenced a prosecution against
her and accused her of sorcery and i'm
piety, the clergy and the University of
Paris, to their eternal disgrace, joining in
The accusation.
She was brought in irons before priest
ly tribunal at Rouen, and being asked
why she assisted at the coronation of
Charles, replied, Because the person who
shared in the danger had right to share
in the glory" Charged with heresy, she
appealed to the Pope, but her appeal was
disallowed, and she was condemned to
death as sorceress.
The fortitude of the Maid of Orleans
now forsool1 her, and to avoid punish
ment, she confessed that she had been
misled by.illusion her sentence was then
altered to imprisonment for life, but her
enemies placed in her dungeon suit of
mems clothes, and because, tempted by
the view of dress in which she had
gained SO much glory, she put it on, she
was condemned to be burnt alive at the
stake.
In 1451 she was burned by her brutal
prosecutors in the marlset-place Of Rouen.
She met her fate with resolution, ascend
ing the funeral pile amid the insults of the
mob sBlesscd be God!" were the last
words she uttered. Her ashes were scat
tered to the winds, and thus treacherously
died, in the thirtieth year of her age, the
woman 10 whose memory altars ought to
have been erected as martyr to her re-
ligion, her country, and her king.
Since her death she has been celebrated
by historians, poets, painters, and seulp-
tors of various countries; and most OF our
readers have no doubt seen copies of the
beautiful statue by one of the daughters
of Louis Philippe, the late King Of
France, in which she appears clad in ar
-mour, her sword by her side, her head
bare, and her hands crossed on her bo-
soma graceful tribute to the memory of
Joan of Arc, the heroic and ill-fated Maid
Of Orleans.