CARRIER, ka'rytt', JEAN BAPTISTE (17511. 94). A member of the French National Con vention, born at the village of Yolet, in Uppet Auvergne. He was proeurator of the precinct of Aurillae when the Revolution began. In 1792 he represented Cantal in the Convention, when lie soon became one of the most violent tors. He took part, with IRThert, in the over throw of the Girondist party, October. 1793, and inunedintely after was dispatched to Nantes and the Army of the West to assist in stip• pressing the uprising of La Vemb'•. Here lie •ecame practically an autocrat, althmigh he at first acted in the name of a local committee which he himself selected. His acts were so fiendish as to awaken the horror of the most cruel of the Revolutionists. Fusillades and nog. rubs (shooting and drowning •irties) were his especial delight. Long lines of prisoners were ranged in front of open pits which they had In,en compelled to dig for their own graves, and were shot down so that their bodies fell by their own weight into the trenches. The
hulks .of vessels were filled with prisoners and scuttled. Men and women were tied together. bands and feet, and thrown into the Loire. This was called 'republican marriage.' It is said that during a single month 1(1,000 were shot or drowned at his orders, llobesnier•e finally re called him, and after the death of Robespierre Carrier wits called to account and vigorously defended himself before the Convention, contend ing that all his diabolical acts had been items sary under the eireumstanct s. and had been done under orders. lie was, however, condemned and guillotined, December 16, 1794.