Carrier suffers on the scaffold for all his
atrocities.
1795.
_Jan_. 1. The salary of members of the convention raised from
18 to 36 livres a day. "Keep your 36 livres, (said
"some persons on this subject) but let us have a
"Louis."
The people of Lyons drag about the streets the bust
of Marat, Challier, and Pelletier de St. Fargeau,
who had but lately been objects of their idolatry.
A woman appears at the bar of the convention,
furnished with scythes, by means of which it was
stated that a woman and child could mow five acres
in a day. Honourable mention!
Decreed, that the sovereignty of the people is
inalienable, and that they have a right to chuse
(sic) any form of government except royalty.
3. The French are dislodged from their position at
Wardenberg by the English and Austrians.
The French attack the British rear-guard.
9. The whole British army passes the Rhine.
10. The French army passes the Waal in different points
at the time on the ice, and takes possession of
Thiel. All the rivers of Holland and the Low
Countries are frozen over so as to bear the
heaviest weights, and favour the operations of the
French extremely.
Cambon states the number of livres in circulation
in the form of assignats to amount to
9,600,000,000; and he proposes a lottery to reduce