The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
4 PARTISAN BEAUTY
NINE FALLEN, WHO, 1T is ASSERTED,
SNuB9ED NAPOLEON.

SNUB3ED NAPOLEON.
s Woman Whose EntrancinS LovcIi-
ucss E:.Z1ed Eve, the Women Of
Tic French .CapitaI-The Mild and
:uoEcnsive Young Bonaparte.
During the directoire Marie de AIedi-
els palace became the center Of gov
crnment and Barras reigned there IN
der the inspiration of Nine. Talllen. 1t
was size who organized all the fetes
and ceremonies which enlivened Paris
after the Terror. In 179G the beautiful
Spaniard was twenty-three and had al
ready had an eycntful past. The daugn-
ter Of Il fiuancier named Cabarrus, she
had married at the age Of sixteen the
Marquis de Fontenay, been divorced
from him in 1883 and had remarked,
few months after, Tallien, the conTen-
tionncl
Arrested May %, 1I94, she was I'M
prisored in Les Carmes, and it was
from here that she wrote the singing
epistles to her husband which induced
that wavcring spirit to dare all in the
attempt to set her free. Armed with
a dagger in case of failure and all the
courage he could muster, Tallien on
the famous 9th Thermidor attacked
Robespierre in debate which brought
about the fall of the ''sea green mon
ster."
The reign of terror came to an END,
the prisons disgorged their victims, and
Mime. Tallien received from the people
the title of Notre Dame de=Thermidor.
The world was at her feet, and she daz-
zled it by her beauty and her charm,
her lovers and her luxury. Even wom-
en- forgot to be jealous and acknowledg-
ed what all men proclaimed. The fol-
lowing description is from the pen OF
one Of her own sex, Nine. de Chaste-
nay:
Mime. Tallien came every day to
visit Borras. I do net think 1t possible
to be loyelier than this woman was
then. I shall always see her Ike a
fairy queen among the rest, her beau
tiful black hair coiled simply on her
head without any ornament, round her
neck q single string Of large pearls.
She wore a white underdress and
tunic Of ink crepe, and, sitting on the
ground playing with child OF three,
the son Of one Of Barras' friends, they
made a group which no classic sculp-
ture could surpass."
Barras tells us with great naivete, N
his memoirs, that the Little Corsican"
only turned his attention to Josephine
Beauharnais after a fruitless attempt
to obtain favor with Nine. Talien and
that this lady had treated him with
great disdain, telling him "she could do
better for herself" This account Of
the affair coming from any other GUAR
ter would be more credible.
A considerable event was now to
take place at the Lu&embourg-namely,
the reception given to General Bona
psrte after the campaign Of Italy. For
this ceremony Dec. 10, 1790 the court.
ward Of the palace was transformed
into sort Of temple, and an altar to
Ia Patrie erected in the grand entrance
hall. The five directors, with Barras
at their head, attired themselves as
Romans, while Talleyrand the min
lister Of foreign affairs, was prepared
with an elaborate harangue.
The scene was made additionally
brilliant by the presence Of many Ia
dies, whose splendid jewels and rich
dresses did honor to the occasion,
while their eager faces and murmured
admiration betrayed their interest II
the young hero. Among these groups
not the least noticeable were Nine. de
Stael and Nine Recamier-"W1t ano
Beauty" as Napoleon himself nameo
them.
Alone Of all the assembly the fnture
emperor had assumed no imposing cos,
tune. His uniform, that Of general OF
the Revolution, suggested character
Of republican simplicity, while his pal
lor, his gravity and quiet demeanol
seemed to deprecate the ceremony OF
which he was the object: The tone OF
his speech was equally modest, his
theme the pride he felt in his country
scientific conquests and her progress
in the paths of peace.
Surely no government could suspect
q riydl ia so we'll disposed o young
man. Two years later the coup deta'
Of Brumaire drove Barras from ne
Luxembourg, and the first assembly
which in France has borne the title Of
senate, began its sittings in the palace
Hon. Mrs. E. Stuart Wortley in Ma
tional Review.