American citizen., 1878-08-24


even debauchery had arrived at their
climax; but when Louis XVI. with
Marie Antoinette assembled the throne
higher cultivation of the arts, the i'm
proving state of literature, the study OF
different accomplishments, an increased
attention to the various branches OF
education, all contributed to introduce
a greater degree of refinement in the
Court of Versailles. Nine. Tussaud
thus came into close association with
the highest persoEages of the realm
She described Marie Antoinette as
combining every attribute which could
be united to constitute loveliness in
woman; possessing youth, beauty
grace and elegance to degree perhaps
never surpassed; a sweetness and fasci
nation in her manners, enchanting al
who ever had the happiness to be greet
ed by her smile, in which there was 8
witchery that has more than once con.
verted the fury of her most brutal enc.
mics into admiration"
Nine. Tussaud's services were, how
ever, too valuable to her uncle to ad-
NIT of her remaining long at the palace
SO we find her again installed at her un-
cle's, where, however, during her alb.
sence certain changes had taken place
Mime. Tussaud found that his guests
were different from those she had been
wont to meet previously. Formerly,
philosophers, professors of literature,
arts and sciences had resorted to the
hospitable dwelling of NJ Curtius
these were now replaced by fanatic pol
iticians and demagogues, who were
sending forth their anathemas against
monarchy, haranguing on the different
forms of government and propounding
their extravagant ideas on republican
ism. When the royal palace was ruth
lessly attacked by the mob, Nine. Tus-
sand was in terrible suspense, having
three brothers and two uncles in the
Swiss guards who were fighting for the
King; and her torturing anxiety led her
to the palace when the murderous ac-
ton of the mob was at its height, to find
that all her relatives had been slain.
Amid all the political changes which
were taking place, M. Curtius's estab
lishment in Paris was visited by persons
of the highest rank among these was
Joseph, Emperor of Austria, who ap-
peared to be delighted with all he saw.
OF other distinguished personages who
came to see the celebrated studio was
the Emperor Paul Petrowitsch, of Rus
sia, accompanied by the Empress; also
Stanislaus Lyzinski. King of Poland !;
Gustayus Vasa, King of Sweden; Prince
Henry, of Prussia, brother to Frederick
the Great; the Prince of Asturias, after
wards Charles W., King of Spain, and
many other notable personages.
After the flight of Louis XVI, NJ
Curtius turned Republican, and was
visited by Camille, Desmoulins, San
terre, Thomas Paine, Paul Jones, Cha
bot. General Dumournez, Marat, Robes
pierre, etc. Nine. Tussaud, having
strong loyalist principles, underwent
horrible torture of mind while these sew
eral leaders of the people in their turn
slaughtered the royal family and their
adherents, massacred the priests, and
committed unheard of atrocities. But
the most touching incident was perhaps
the murder of the amiable Princess de
Lamballe. When she was led forth
from prison, the Jacobins required two
oaths from her: "That she would swear
to love liberty and equality and to hate
the King, the Queen and royalty" She
replied 81 will take the first oath; the
second can not; it is not in my heart"
Upon which one of the bystanders, wish
ing to save her, said: " Do sweari"
Some one in the mob shouted:
" Let madame be set at lib
for murder, and the fatal stroke was
given. Her head, heart and hands were
paraded on pike-heads about the streets,
and eventually this horrid spectacle was
displayed to the royal prisoners. The
Queen, seeing it, tainted, exclaiming:
So Our doom is also sealed" The head
Of the Princess was taken to Nine. Tus-
saud, whose feelings can be easier con-
ceived than descrihed. The savage
murderers stood over, while she, shrink
ing with horror, was compelled to take
! cast from the features of the unfortu-
nate victim. ssEessz
An intense interest was excited in the
minds of the people at that time re-
'pecting the royal family confined in
he Temple. Numbers of people paid
nigh prices for admission to certain
'ooms, from the windows of which the
King and his family could be seen walk
ng in the Temple Gardens. Nine.
russaud was once enabled to obtain
hat melancholy satisfaction; but felt
10 panied at the touching sight that she
lever again desired to witness their
Soon after this, Nine.
Fussaud, her mother and aunt were
carried off in the middle of the night in
! fiacre, accused of being royalists, and
uffered three months imprisonment in
"a Force. In the room in which they
we're confined were about twenty fe-
males, among others Josephine, who |
vas then Nine. Beauharnais, and after
Yards became the French Empress.
she had with her her little girl, her on
y daughter Fanny, who was afterwards |
married to Louis Bonaparte, and became
queen of Holland.
The trial and execution of Louis, the
var with England and the troubles and |
isorders in France, the Queens execu-