It was as follows: "'Wretch,--We are acquainted with all your crimes, for which you will soon receive the chastisement you well deserve.

It was you who during the revolution brought about the death of the Princesse de Lamballe; it was you who carried her head on a pike, but your head will be impaled on something longer.

If you are so rash as to be present at the review of the Allies it is all up with you, and your head will be stuck on the steeple of the Accoules.

Farewell, SCOUNDREL!' "We advised him to trace this calumny to its source, and then to take signal vengeance on the authors.

He paused an instant to reflect, and then lit the letter at a candle, and looking at it thoughtfully as it turned to ashes in his hand, said,--Vengeance! Yes, perhaps by seeking that I could silence the authors of these slanders and preserve the public tranquillity which they constantly imperil.