Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-11-17
! VI. Il, 3 n. & n. ! 1T.
Charlotte SurEay.

o0 y Giy II, LOS, a. hTgeliG9, n NofGaOcy.
Her father was dirsc; d.sc:aLsu. of tie
gses! drsnatist. CorGeiils. His family COZ
sisted OF Two sons srd three daughters; they
lived IL c9ldiloa boi6e.i1s upo0 ia6lgenoo,
though sustained with disni;y.
o. tho death of her mother, shitn cc.urred
du;lng Chs7lottes infsuoy, she gas placed IL c
convent Of Caen with her sisters Rhe.o they
remained uRtii the revolution OF 1889 4. ths
| latter da:e Charlotte fcuad sn asylum e; the
house Of SO auut, sad reuaine! With her un;iI
Jalg, 1898. ;he period Of ber j,o,noy to Paris
on the mission Shica has nsds her immortal.
Cha,lotte lived in % ATMOSPHERE Of dis,outeot
sud rebellion, EobesDicrrc, DAMON sud Ma
rat 10 The Esms OF liberty. WeT9 cpnm;tticg
the most e!rcciGns crluts, a,GG tho latter Was
ther considered lha Worst ct tlc thee deEa-
aoeues.
Chsriot.e, we learn from his ovp declaration et
ber trial. believed tbst IN destroying M.rst she
shcud deprive a1kGchy 0t lis ohief, and civil
Rar ct its motiva Sho hcped to rsgess the
sheodlos Ut loncoe1t blood, aad TO preserve the
thousands Of lives end liDsris6 that Wsre
threstcred b. tho coatln1snce Of bis n0we:,
Animated BY this purpose, che tado s3ieu to
bar friends y. Csea, end OF Thursday. The
of J q y. took the dl!!seGc, t, Paris. H:r pssa.
port was three m01lhs old. iaGiostiDg the
length ni time tba. she had nutSed this prrjsc:.
Dc Thuradsy, tho llth. ahe rtsc ned Paris,
sud stopped at the Hotel 80 L. proviGecce.
She West TO bed ct Ave IN tho afternoon. and
slept without Interruption un;iil eight O'clock
tho nexs morning. Ua the tosIowog S,tu,d.y
she bought p: the Pal.is Royal, an ebuty
hASdlsd kn!f.. bha thJs c+Iied Ut Msrs,'s
house, bet was uos tdmittrd. Gao r:uroed
home aud wrote to M.lst tho fl!io4ipg note,
Eh!oh Tss sent thruUgI the pu=. {:
CITIZEN: | Eavo ju't e,Ei7ed fren Caeo.
\ 1ur 1--we 1or your oyuot5y l.ods toe to pr.
Sumo tia: sou would be giad 10 leara The un-
happy oooulr.aoss ~ that par; ct the republic.
Will C I'll upon you D. Guo O'clock. UaVe tbr
k,udtess 10 rece!ye ple. and to graf; uic M
m q s uiefvlow. aiIl eaabls you 10 raadcr
Fiauor eign.l sryvlca.
CHARLOTTE LoaDAY"
In :nls shu rsce;7.i On aSsgsr. Shs ihc1
Tro;e h9rta"f letter, sod DIR, s,.og heraeii Y,in
cae esd c!gg4aeo. czl;cd "i:n II ners:t q.
HeCal'a r5siGt-ca 2: sey ! IN Ina evening.
she we admligd, BGG tie arcn2d letter ~ae
tJr1c uann h&r s,rreru vie. shr TaS arch u
NJ rat his bath vii log BIS oauIiC-
oaoc, s2s l1naa dI6guc2t py !cprysy. snd a,.
Wss iO:c 30 lie ior h>urs da,!y iu n orr.l
| oa,h5. Ghe sub wss clV2r@d with bJard!,
wnicn seIv d him as ta0Ie, cn which many t
! MS i:Eam5us daGcies wace Hflteu. He heard
ChaTlnt.a CTd:y r.u.d cdml,taao-, snd
ordered her 10 b, Il roduc d. ua uaas-
| toned hHr up0o the cvsG:a WHOA hsd 'Tats-
pred g; User, and asked cer thc na;nea Ct the
d,pa les who hsd tsksn refuge 10 thet cir7.
These 30 8sotc uprn G!5 lls:s CT PROSECUTION,
end then ssld: Il will SJUa have hess people
gbilctued il Psris"
Charlotte CeEdsy imue6i.tcly adrecasd .c-
| Waid bD, sod draainE from uer bosom eud
! uusheahirg her knite. SIC pusgad il TOTO his
side. Mats, cllld only exoiaim: Il .p, ny
love, help |" speakit G % the woDsn whom be
called hle goVrrDcss. lie expired himost i'm
msdisLely, and Withcu. groGu.
The people Of the house ae oacg rushed io.c
the room, and Charlotte Cj!day Was fciled to
the gr0uud aDd irampl:d uadey toof. 4 ;emah-
u1us crowd asjenSl=d Lepea,a The wndgg.,
aud damsEdgd tho sSs,ssin's arad.
Mnrat Was buried On the l5ih, SD % The
l;h Chsroito Was tried for bid uariGr. The
,tiel lasted bat halt en- boar, aud all OF her
answers to The questions nut 10 h4r bssrask the
s'aeerIty ct hef cJavto'!ons nld The purity Of
her motives,
Doiiog the judicial p7pceodioes, Ch.rloste
noticed youcG IN 40 10 tho sud!erc, eupeped
In sketchinE aer porsait. she Gt ouos turned
toward tln that he might the more rasGiy re-
produce her features. This portrait, AID sn-
other IaEen ss she wss 90 her Tsy to the scaf.
told, ore the originals 0! all tie likeresse1 uoW
10 existence.
She msde attempt st defense, and wss con.
demned TO die that evening. She declined the
services Of confssaos. At seven o'clock
dressed IN the scarlet charni.c that by law, con-
victed aessssins were compelled 20 we<r. she
WAS plsced upon the tumbri and conveyed TO
the Place de Is Eeyolution. The streets were
filled by An excited pcpalsce. who sssailed her
with nsledIclons ana sibes. Her altitude,
during this trying scene, WAS calm ard digni.
ted. at she sight of the so.ffold she manifested
momentsry alarm, but sscsnded lis stspo with
resolution. As the ezecutiuner removed the
| Handkerchief which covered her bosom, her
couu tenance showed that the fear of death was
| sentiment second to that of offended modesty.
She placed her head UPON the block and per
lshed. An eager and willing martyr TO the c,us.
she lad espoused, but which she failed to serve.
Ihe eIeculicner presented the severed head
TO the people, and ss he did so, dealt it sturdy
bioR upon either cheek. At the moms ant tbe
outrage wss committed the b3stsnders noticed
that the cheek. of the victim became suffused
with . deep Hnsh. This gave rice to an ami.
maisd scientific discussion in 1895 in The Asgs>
ain Hncyciopedique,