Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-05-29
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Knoxville, Tenn, May %. Iaez.
loan Of Arc.

Joan Of Arc, called the Maid Of Orleans, was Ine
daughter of peasant 90 Domrem, IN the proFiA00
Of Iorrain France, whore she was born 10 O. :,
When quite young she employed as seishn' - ~
little i'm, well groom IN the staole' .i,;ng
liked looking after the horses better tnSh ~ IL
on the guests The misf9stunes Of the paupnln III. u
France was All the talk Of her masters 80
and, being a religious enthcsisst sne Nn0'1
Heaven had inspired hef in bis cause .o,,o-nor
In 1929 she had an interview Win !. " Z -t
- Xra-ao,,Ia,.~ no sent her to the French court
and sba there told them that God nao o'ueiou i n
a, - az, .oi,re Of Orleans TO conduci the 9AuPnlh
20 Rheims and there anoiBt hlih 30 ~ -.
vice, were accepted Armec 49, ~ - -,
81 bcr nerson. the grace with winch she roae her
- Nv s,ssd and the holy banner carried be-
w. co5ynced the people that she was aghtng
by the command o. oo e-. ,.-f,r,oaa ~, tosr and
~ -ls"nde,i in the neck by an arrow, she drew
J. -. ssvspr q il lie glory, not blood which flows
oS Re T6Ina 4" the English 6ed before her, and
'.ss hailed az the saviour of France.
Hsving raised the siege Of Orleans, she insisted
~ browning Charles at Rheim and the maid,
iotbed 10 armour, and displaying her victorious
hammer took her place by the kings side, amid the
shouts Of the people. A m.sd1 was struck in her
honor bearing one side her portrslt the other
hand graspng sword, with the motto, Sus-
tanned bv the aid OF God r and Charles ennobled
her family by the name of Du Lys from the lilies
on her banner and gave item an estate,
Our heroine next went 70 the relief Of Compiegne,
besieged by the Duke of Burgundy and English !;
but on making q sally she captured by the Bur-
gundiaRs who basely sold her to the English for ten
thousand livrcs. The Duke Of Bedford commenced
prosecution against her and accused her Of sorcery
and impety, the clergy and the University OF
Paris TO their eternal disgrace joining in the accu-
ssfion.
She was brought in irons before priestly tribu-
nal al Roaen and being asked why she assisted at
the coronation Of Charles replied Because the
person who shared in the danger had a right to
share in the glory Charged with hereSy, she APP
pealod 10 the Pope but her appeal was disallowed,
and she was condemned TO death as a sorceress.
The fortitude Of the Maid of 0rlerns now forsook
her. and 10 avoid punishment she confessed that she
had been msied by illusion her sentence was then
altered TO imprisonment for life, bat her enemies
placed in her dungeon a suit Of mems clothes and
because, tempted by the view of dress in which
she had gained much glory, she putt on she was
condemned 10 be burnt alive at the stake.
In 1881 she was burned by her brutal prosecutors
in The market place of Rouen. She met her fate
with resolution ascending the funeral pile amid the
insults Of the mob Blessed be God y were the
last words she uttered Her ashes scattered 10
the Winds and thus treacherously died in the thir-
tieth year Of her age, the woman TO whose memory
affairs ought 10 have been erecsed as martyr to her
religion, her country, and her king
Since her death she has beea celebrated by histo-
rans poets painters and scuptors Of various couh-
tries; and most Of our readers have no doubt seen
copies Of the beautiful satueIs by one OF the daugh-
tiers Of Louis Philippe the ata King of France, in
which she appears clad in armour, her sword by her
side her head bare and her hands crossed on her
bosom-a graceful tribute TO thu memory Of Joan of
Arc the heroic and Inflated Maid Of Orleans.