New-York tribune., 1879-12-30

the oldest HISTORICAL huSnOfitlos,
ness and balance of mind. aud ccolness OF ooser-
yatson and Judgment which Is proof against the
biases of party or prejudice. Retracing few oil
the leading points which are placed by the author
in prominen, relief il appears that for some tiine
previous 10 the massacre, the relations OF the hing
NOW Charles IXl with Catharine and AnJou saiteI
ward Henry Ii) had suffered visible change' no
no longer showed his accustomed respect 1or us
mother or his usual kinduess for his brother his
was ascribed to the influence OF Cohgny. Inc Au
miral was believed to have made some SINISTER cA-
preston Of them on the mind OF the Ming. rio"'
that moment they decided TO get rid OF Coligny NJ
all hazards. The aid Of the Duchess OF Nen'ouis
was rele, on as she had conceived mortal enm'y
against the Admiral. whom she unJustiy pene'eu
10 have instieated the assassination OF her huSoau'
Her batred on this recount extended to the whole
hodv Of the I;upuenots She heartily entered into
the project of Catharine and Anjou, and herself ar
ranged the details OF the plan which was NJ once 10
be carried into execution. such, says fIoiess"I
Ra,rd WAS the germ of the massacre. yet not
resolved upon, which rapidly developing, was to
involve the murder Of thousands OF innocent
persons throughout France. In opposition to the
opnion that became almost universal among the
Protestants. and gained nearly equal currency
among the Catholics--that the butchery had long
been contemplated. and that Charles was privy to
seem to give color to this opinion, am compelled
to acquiesce in the belief expressed by the Papal
Nuncio salviati, who. IN his dispatches written in
cipher to the Cardinal Secretary of State. could
certainly have had no motive TO disguise his real
sentiments, and whom il is impossible TO suppose
ignorant Of any scheme for the general eXtirpation
of the Protcstants. had such scheme existed for
any considerable length of time AS TO all the state
ments that will be made respecting the firing upon
the Admiral and his death, different from that
which have written to you you will in time find
out how true they are. Madame, the Regent having
come to be at variance with him the Admiral,
aud having decided upon the step few days before,
caused him to be fired upon. This was without The
kHowl,dgc Of the King but with the participation of
the Duke of Anou, the Duchess OF Nemours and her
son, the Duke of Guse. II the Admiral had died at
once, no others would have been slain. Bat mas
much as he survived and they apprehended that
some great calamity would appear should he draw
close to the King. they resolved to throw aside
shame. and to have hrm killed together with the
rest And this was put into execution that very
night"
As tie hour approached, Cogny Exhibited no
fear of special danger Others felt alarm. Some
acted upon their fears Dark hints had been thrown
out by the courtiers. There were rumors of some
mysterious enterprise aloat. But Colgny kept AZ
the Louvre to attend meeting of the royal conn
ell. Ii was between 10 and IL o'clock, when, ac
corng to the primitive usage of those days he lett
the palace to return home for dinner. Meeting
Charles just coming ont of chapel in front OF the
Louvre he returned with him TO the tennis court.
Accompanied by ten or twelve gentlemen, he again
set forth but had hardly proceeded hundrs sd PAGES
when an arquebuse was fred at HIM from behind
lattice. The shot well aimed, and might have
proved fatal, had not the victim at that very mo-
ment turned little TO one side. As it was, one Of
the three balls with which the arquebuse was loaded,
took of finger of his right hand, and another lodged
in his left arm, making a serious wound. He was
carried 10 his home few steps further on, and on
the way replied calmly to n gentleman who had ex-
pressed the fear that the balls were poisoned
Nothing Will happen bat what it will please God
to order" The next morning Cogny's physicians an
nounced that his wounds not dangerous. This
was the signal for Catharne and Anjou to TO a
final decision with regard TO relieving themselves
from their present cmbarrassmeuts. Cohgny would
recover and was likely TO be than the
IDOL OF the Huguenots, TO become more than ever
the favorte of the King. In that the influence
of Catharine and her younger would be lost
especially if the judicial investigation then in pro-
eress should show that they were the prime
IN the plan of assassination. The tluguenots. more
over were loud in their demands for justice, which
10 guilty conscences sounded like threats of Tetr-
button. They Immediately began TO ply the King
, with arguments. Charles, at last, was TO
their side. From being the friend of Coligny he
became the accompice in his murder Ii now only
remained to decide upon the number OF the Prot
estants who ahould be involved with him in COM
mon destruction. and 10 complete the arrangements
for tho execution of tho plot. How many and who
were the victims whose sacrifice predetermined,
ha VltIoh with
present means of information, are unable TO
answer. We may however. consider it established
that fancied political exigencies demanded the
sassinaion of but very few persons; that personal
hatred added many more and that q still greater
number were murdered in cold blood simply that the
spoils might enrich the assassns. To the question:
What part must bc asst gned to religious Zealf Pro-
fessor Baird replies, to any true outrowth of reli
gion none at all but much to tho deprayed moral
teachings of its professsd representatives. The
hatred of Professionalism ongendered IN the minds of
the people by traducIng the reforms now bore its
fruit in revolving crimes of every sort while the
doctrine enforced by priests, bishops, aud monks
that obstinate ht retics ought 20 be cxtermnated
from the face of tho EARTH permitted many a
Partisan bureher 10 commit acts from which any but
the most diabolic nature would otherwise have
coiled in horror 1t was a Sunday morning, the
oath of August, that the terrible work was
begun in the streets Of Paris. Torches and
blazing lights had been burning all night in
the .Teat thoroughfares The houses of the
Huguenots had been marked with a white
cross. The assassins wore as a badge white cross
on the bat and handkerchief tied about the right
arm. The signal for beginning was gwen by the
great belt the "PalaIs dc Justice" Coligny was
one of the earliest victims. The frenzy that had
fallen on Paris affected all classes alike. Every
- aH 10. hap haou lott
The weaker sex not spared in the universal
oor,aoa .nd suffered outrurns that wfre vorsa