Part 10 (1/2)

11. Festival of Reason, in the cathedral of Paris.

A woman is appointed to receive the homage there which is denied to the Deity.

12. The royalists of La Vendee continue their successes.

The Piedmontese still unsuccessful, losing their camp and stores at La Magdeleine.

The national vengeance is at length glutted with the blood of the inhabitants of Lyons; between 2 and 3000 persons have been ma.s.sacred by tying them together, and firing upon them with case-shot; and the sabre finished those whose wounds were not mortal.

Fort-Louis surrenders to the allies. 200 persons are guillotined at Strasbourg for hesitating to pay their proportion of a sum ordered to be raised in that city within 24 hours.

Collot d'Herbois and Foucher, commissioners at Lyons, write, that the work of destruction goes on too slow. Mines and fires are necessary to forward the demolition of so great a city.

The allies make a sally from Toulon, kill 2000 French, destroy the works, and take eleven pieces of cannon.

Manuel and Ca.s.sy, members of the convention, and Generals Houchard and Brunet, are guillotined.

18. Thuriot, Chabot, Bazire, L'Aunay, all deputies, are imprisoned. Chamfont cuts his throat. Several actions near b.i.t.c.he, between the French and Prussians; the latter are forced to retire.

On the other hand the French lose 8000 men in an action against Wurmser.

The Sardinians after two actions are forced to retreat.

Monsieur Lavordy, formerly comptroller of finances, guillotined.

26. The Vendeans beat the republicans, and take the post of Austrain.

The Sardinians under General Brentano repulse the French.

The Spaniards obtain a victory.

Chambon, member of the convention, mayor of Paris at the King's ma.s.sacre, is put out of the protection of the law, and killed by the inhabitants of Tulle, among whom he had taken refuge.

Gen. La Morbiere is guillotined.

27. The royalists of La Vendee take several towns in Brittany; on the 19th they take Granville, but evacuate it.

Barnave, a deputy to the first a.s.sembly, one of the, authors of the revolution, and Duport, then minister of justice, guillotined.

29. Project to erect a monument upon the Pont-Neuf, representing the people as giants.

The convention receives from all parts the letters of priesthood from the intruders.

Decreed, that a munic.i.p.al officer with a red bonnet shall inter the dead.

Robespierre declaims against the eagerness with which they set about the work of destroying religion.

A deputation of women appears at the bar with the red bonnet.

Decree, offering rewards to every abjuring priest.

At Rochefort and other cities the pictures and books of the churches are burned.

St. Domingo taken by the English.

The orator of the students of the republican school comes to the bar, to a.s.sure the convention that he and his comrades detest G.o.d.

Remonstrances of Mr. Drake, the British minister, to the Senate of Genoa on the subject of neutrality.

A member informs the convention that ten thousand firelocks are made in Paris daily.

Decreed, that a colossal statue be erected in Paris 46 feet high, with the rights of man and the const.i.tutional act for a pedestal.

Furious declamation of Robespierre against the British government.

30. General O'Hara, commander at Toulon, taken prisoner by the French.

The inhabitants of Marly send to the convention all the precious effects of the palace of Marly, and all the iron of the famous works of that place.

Decreed, that all the lakes and marshes of the republic be dried, and sowed with grain of various sorts.

_Dec_. 1. The Jacobins of Nantes drown 90 priests destined for Guiana, by sinking the s.h.i.+p in which they were embarked.

Madame du Barry, the Duke Chatelet, the two Rabauts, members of the convention, Kersaint and Noel, members also, are all guillotined. The ex-minister Claviere kills himself in prison.

One hundred and fifty persons guillotined at Dunkirk.

The festival of an a.s.s celebrated at Lyons, in derision of religious wors.h.i.+p.

Collot d'Herbois informs the convention of the ma.s.sacres which he has executed at Lyons.

The right wing of the Austrian army takes 1200 prisoners, and kills 1700.

The Prince of Conde takes 7 cannon, and kills 1300 men.

The Duke of Brunswick kills takes and (sic) 6000 men.

3. Wurmser defeats the army opposed to him, kills 10,000, and makes 5,000 prisoners.

4. The French evacuate Deux-Ponts, having lost immense numbers of men and of artillery.

Raymond le Veuve is guillotined at Bourdeaux (sic).

The French attack the Austrian and Prussian armies almost daily, and are constantly repulsed with loss.

11. The French, notwithstanding their constant losses continue to attack the lines of the allies. They lose 5000 in an attack near Haguenau.

Valadi is discovered and guillotined.

12. The royalists are defeated with great loss near Mans.