THE CHAMOIS CHASER. FROM WORDSWORTH'S DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES. UT now with other foul I ftand alone B Sublime upon this far-furveying cone, And watch from pike to pike amid the sky Thro' vacant worlds where Nature never A brook to murmur or a bough to wave, Where Silence still her death-like reign ex- Save when the startling cliff unfrequent rends: In the deep fnow the mighty ruin drown'd, Mocks the dull ear of Time with deaf abortive found; To mark a planet's pomp and fteady light In the leaft ftar of fcarce-appearing night, Wheel pale and filent her diminish'd round, The ftar of noon, that glitters small and Shorn of his beams, infufferably white, --Of cloudlefs funs no more ye froft-built Refract in rainbow hues the reftlefs fires! tread! Rock'd on the dizzy larch's narrow tread ly, joys To mock the mind with" defperation's toys;" Or * Pike is a word very commonly used in the north of England, to fignify a high mountain of the conic form, as Langdale Pike, &c. For most of the images in the next fixteen verfes I am indebted to M. Raymond's interefting obfervations annexed to his tranflation of Coxe's Tour in Switzerland. The rays of the fun drying the rocks frequently produce on their furface a duft fo fubtile and flippery, that the wretched Chamois-chafers are obliged to bleed themselves in the legs and feet in order to fecure a footing. This wind, which announces the spring to the Swifs, is called in their language Foen; and is, according to M. Raymond the Syrocco of the Italians.. Or fteal beneath thofe mountains, half de- The cafement fhade more lufcious wood For thy poor babes that hurrying from the door, With pale-blue hands, and eyes that fix'd implore, Dead' muttering lips, and hair of hungry white, Befiège the traveller whom they half affright. —Yes, were it mine, the cottage meal to fhare, Forc'd from my native mountains bleak and bare; O'er † Anet's hopeless feas of marsh to ftray, Her thrill winds roaring round my lonely way; To fcent the fweets of Piedmont's breathing rose, And orange gale that o'er Lugano blows; Ev'n by the fecret cottage far away Found still beneath her fimile, and only there. bine binds, And to the door a neater pathway winds, At early morn the careful housewife, led To cull her din er from it's garden bed, of weedlefs herbs a healthier prospect fees, While hum with bufier joy her happy bees; In brighter rows her table wealth afpires, And laugh with merrier blaze her evening fires; Her infant's cheeks with fresher roses glow, And wilder graces fport around their brows By clearer taper lit a cleanlier board Receives at fupper hour her tempting hoard; The chamber hearth with fresher boughs is fpread, And whiter is the hofpitable bed. And thou! fair favoured region! which my foul. Shall love, 'till Life has broke her golden bowl, Till Death's cold touch her ciftern-wheel affail, And vain regret and vain defire shall fail; Tho' now, where erft the grey-clad peasant ftray'd, To break the quiet of the village fhade Gleam war's ‡ difcordant habits thro' the * It is fcarce neceffary to obferve, that thefe lines were written before the emancipa tion of Savoy. A vaft extent of marsh so called, near the lake of Neufchatel. This, as may be fuppofed, was written before France became the feat of war. § An infect fo called, which emits a fhort, melancholy cry, heard, at the clofe of the fummer evenings, on the banks of the Loire. The river Loiret falls into the Loire about three or four leagues below Orleans. When from October clouds a milder light Fell, where the blue flood rippled into white, Methought from every cot the watchful bird Crow'd with ear piercing power 'till then unheard; Each clacking mill, that broke the mur muring streams. Rock'd the charm'd thought in more delightful dreams; Chafing thofe long long dreams the falling leaf Awoke a fainter pang of moral grief; -Tho' Liberty fhall foon,indignant, raise, Red on his hills his beacon's comet blaze; Bid from on high his lonely cannon found, And on ten thousand hearths his fhout rebound; His larum-bell from village-tow'r to tow'r Swing on th' aftounded ear its dull un train ; With pulfelefs hand, and fix'd unwearied Where Perfecution decks with ghaftly smiles Her bed,his mountains mad Ambition piles; Where Discord ftalks dilating, every hour, And croutching fearful at the feet of Pow'r, Like Lightnings eager for th' almighty word, Look up for fign of havoc, Fire and Give them, beneath their breaft while To brood the nations o'er with Nile like wings; Andgrant that every scepter'd child of clay, Who cries, presumptuous," here, their tides fhall ftay," Swept in their anger from th' aff. ighted shore, With all his creatures fink-to rife no * The duties upon many parts of the French rivers were fo exorbitant, that the poorer people, deprived of the benefit of water carriage, were obliged to transport their goods by land. + -And, at his heels, THE MONTHLY REGISTER, FOR AUGUST 1793. [153 THE FRANCE. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, July 8. National Convention. HE Committee of Public Safety made their report relpecting the members of the Convention that had been arrested. They propofed, that the Convention fhould pass a decree, declare ing traitors to their country, Buzot, Bar baroux, Gorfas, Lanjuinais, and all those who fled froin the decree of arreft; that there was room for putting under a decree of acculation, Genionne, Gaud t, Vergniaud, and Biroteau, and to recail Bertrand, and other detained deputies, more deluded than guilty. The Convention decreed, that a difcuffion thould take place upon the report. The Convention decreed, that Condorcet be put in a state of arreft, and his papers fealed up, for abufing the new French Conflitution. be able to take any pofition to attack the place."Great applauses.] 10. A long report on the different eftimates for clothing and equipping the army, gave the aflembly a certain proof of the dilapidations of every kind, which, without benefiting the army, had drained the public treafure. The Convention denounced General Wimpfen as a traitor to his country. The Convention, amidft the loudeft burits of applaufe, decreed, "That General Dillon be delivered up for trial to the revolutionary tribunal." Infurrection at Lyons. Couthon, in the name of the committee of Public Welfare, communicated the following letter from Lyons: "Biroteau has provoked an infurrection at Lyons, where the department holds a congrefs, which has refolved to march a confiderable force against Paris. This refolution has been moft pompously proclaimed. The whole city was illu Letter from the reprefentatives of the People with the army on the fide of Breft.minated, the party of the mountain of the “Nantz, July 1. "The reports which we have received prove that the plunderers have not yer evacuated the environs. They fire, from time to time, red-hot bullets into the fuburbs; but we cannonade them vigorously. Decreed, that Deverite, a deputy of Somme, who fent Condorcet's work to the Commous of Abbeville, be likewife put under arreft. Decreed, that Durand, Prefident of the central committee and mayor of Montpellier, its fecretaries N. N. fhall be put under arreft, and brought to the bar.' Richard" Here is the poftfcript of one of our commiflioners with the army of the north, dated Cambray, July 7. "Valenciennes made yefterday aterrible fortie, which deftroyed all the enemy's works, and coft them a great many men, to fuch a degree that they will no longer Convention was declared to be outlawed, and all the provifions deftined for the armies have been intercepted. A cou rier fent to the army by Dubois Crance has alfo been stopped. Chafe is at Lyons, which threatens to invade all thofe neighbouring cities which do not participate in its opinion ; 600 men are ready to march hence, and the inhabitants are every where in a rage.' 20 The Convention decreed the arreft of Vitel Michel, and Vaudrein, members of the Convention representing the city of Lyons. On the motion of Couthon, the Convention paffed the following decree against the rebellious city of Lyons: 1. Biroteau is declared a traitor to his country, and outlawed; and like wife all the members of the congrefs of Rhone and Loire. 2. The executive council shall order troops to march against Lyons. 3. The 3. The property of the perfons outlawed by this prefent decree fhall be fequeftered, and put under feal. 4. The paviment of the ftate creditors refident at Lyons fhall be fufpended. 5. All perfons domiciliated at Lyons, fhall be bound to quit that city on the reception of this prefent decree, under pain of having their property fequeftrated. Lindet informed the affembly, that the adminiftrators united in rebellion at Evreux, were rivalling the Marfeillois in point of audacioulnefs and villany; that they took daily legiflative meafures, laughed at the Convention, and had difbanded the light horfe of Ponteau, for refufing to obey them. (Referred to the committee of public welfare.) The minifter of war flated, that the 16th regiment of Rangers in garrifon at Falaife, being fummoned to march to Orleans by a decree, had vitided to the perfidious infinuation of General Felix Wimpfen. Only 23 individuals, confifting of officers and foldiers, had repaired to Paris. The minifter requefted leave to difband this corps, and to re-organize it, allowing a reward to thofe who had remained faithful.Decreed. heart has ever made fo many facrifices to humanity, ordered his doors to be opened to her. She spoke a great deal to him about the confpirators who have fled to Caen. He answered her, that they would one day lofe their heads upon the scaffold. At thefe words the plunged this knife into his bofom. (Cambon fhews the inftrument.) Mirat had only time to fay, I am dying. His fervants entered the room, and made a cry: people ran to his affiance. This new Tifphone went out with audacity; fhe was topped; fhe might have affaffinated herself, but the did not. When we told her that fhe would lofe her head upon the scaffold, the looked at us with a mile of mockery. She reckons upon the fuccefs of the trai torous plot of Caen, and doubtlefs hopes to escape punishment. Citizens, thefe plots will be developed. The people of Paris are tifing; they already make their enemies tremble [applaufes]; and I dare fay, that before the end of this week all the enemies of the conftitution will be arrested, and that the moft guilty will have loft their heads! "In the pockets of this abominable woman were found 150 livres in filver, and 140 in affignats; a letter addreffed to Marat, a paffport delivered the 8th of April by the municpiality of Caen, her baptismal certificate, a gold watch, &c. on her neck, the fheath of the knife, and a writing in the form of an addrefs to the French people.” The commiffioners of the Convention in the army of the coafts of Rochelle, wrote, that the town of Ancenis had been retaken by the republic from the rebels, and that the army of Tours had effected its junction with that of Nantes, by a regiment of Huilars, which is marching to the relief of that city. Drouct read a fpeech wherein he recit The representatives of the people ined all the fervices which Marat had renthe army of the Pyrenees ftated, that the Spaniards had attempted to repafs the Bidaffa, to throw up entrenchments, but had been repulfed with lofs of both men and horfes. 14. Chabot gave the following account of the affaffination of Marat in the Con vention: "A woman has been the firft inftrument of the confpirators against liberty, This woman wrote thus to Marat laft Friday: "Your civifm must make you defirous to discover confpiracies. I have a very important one to communicate to you, and therefore beg that you will hear ne at your houfe."--She prefented herfelf there yesterday morning; but not feeing him, left another note conceived in thefe terms: "Have you received my letter? If you have received it, I reft upon your politenefs. It is enough that I am unfortunate to claim your attention."-Yesterday evening the again went to his houfe; and Marat, whofe dered the republic. He lamented the deplorable death that had terminated the facrifices which Marat had made to liberty and humanity, and concluded his eulogium, by inviting the people to honour the memory of his friend, by attending with the calm and noble attitude of free men, the trial and judgment of his affaffin. (Applauded.) The Convention decreed, that Duper ret be put in a state of accufation, as ftanding previously convicted of being an accomplice in the murder of Marat.The Convention alfo decreed, that Fauchet, one of its members, he put in a flate of arreft in the prifon of the abbey. A civic hymn was then chanted, and the fitting broke up under acclamations, Vive la Repúblique, une & indivifible ! 16. The funeral of Marat was celebrated with the greateft pomp and folemnity The Convention attended in a body. Alt the fections joined in the proceffion; fome of them with their colours, but all of them |