Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-09-08

has, by the demand of Bonaparte, writ
ten second letter % Louis XVIII. with
proposals 10 resign his claims 10 the throne
OF France but that this unfortunate prince
has given no other answer than that lie
would send copy, both of his Pussian
MaJesly's letter and of that of Monsieur
Bonaparte, which accompanied it, to ST.
Pe,ersburgh.
The splendid marquee which was made
Tor Gen. Marmnnt, cost 10000 forms. II
contains eight apartments, the largest OF
which can hold table of 40 covers. 1t
Is lmpenetrable To- wind and rain.
1t is much more likely, on the Pope's
arrival al Faris, that instead OF Bonaparte's
kissing his HoIiness's Zoe, his Holin. -
will submit 10 Kiss fae hem ofhis " beloved
sons "innseriai gqrment."
BY our letters from the Ports It appears.
that the preparations ofthe enemy al Bon
!ogne and their smaller harbours, render
Ii as probable as any such circumstances
can, that some attempt at invasion will
shortly be r"ade. Indeed, if they do not
mean 10 have their threat considered by
AL Europe as absolutely abandoned, their
( eEort must not be much longer postpon-
ed. Perhaps, already they are Justly sus.
pccted OF having meDaced merely to try
orr courage, and OF ietrea,ing now that
they find bullying Will not beat us. Ii is,
however, not safe for us to relax our, sx
ertions merely upon stfch d probability.
Our troops must be every where on the
| alert; our volunteers must stand to their
arms, yet little longer; but the effort Of
THIS summer will probably be the last they
| viii have to make for many year. AT
ter the defeat, which France must either
sustain at home from her own dieraceful
retraction of threat, or here from an &C.
tual repulse, we Shall hear no more of in
vaeions, till she shall have q new generate.
on OF slaves, ready to be duped and caiol-
ed AS the present have been. Our Tor
bay letter has just brought an instance Of
the practical hints which our tars so fire.
quently give the enemy, upon the subject
oil their own security THE boats of the
ot'fns friga'e, observing some Frenchnsn
hosting flag, to give intelligence OF that
ships approach, rowed on shore, brought
away the Frenchmen, with their flag aud
all It's appurtenances, and delivered them
up TO the commander at Guernsey.
July 9.
Paris Journals to- the 9th ult. s. Duff n
papers tn the 4lh, have arrived since our
last. BY the Journal Des De5afs, we are
informed, that on the morning of the 25th,
at seven, Georges, and ! / OF his compani-
onS' were taken from Bicetre to the Con-
ciergerie, where their awful sentence was
read N
by those unfortunate men WAS, ,hata Priest
might be permitted to attend them in their
last moments, and this was readily granted
then.-Georges was particularly devout,
and remained two hours with his confess
sor. Between / and -, they were
put INTO four carts, and conveyed to the
Palace de Grave, where they were gull
lotIned. The head of Georges fell first,
and we understand they all died with
great !irmness, exclaiming in ain undaunt-
ed manly tone, VfUe ie Roi, UiVe LOUIS
XVIII. in the person OF Georges has
fallen, the last of the chiefs of the heroes
oil LA Vendee, who some years ago fought
| so gaiiantly 10 restore the Altar ard the
! L hrone. Georges was a man of extraor
| binary intrepidity and personal strength :;
qualatie alone which brought him into no.
lice, his situation in life being very hum
bic. He was one of those Characters
which, in Revolutions raise themselves
by personal---very. from obscurity to great.
ness. Had the BoURBoNs been restored
during his lie, he would have held as dis.
tIngushed rank in society as he has OBJ
tanned in public opinion.
BY the same accounts we are informed,
that moREAU's sentence Of two years i'm
prIsonment has been changed to Danish
ment TO the United States of America. but
whether Tor two years or during life, is
not made known nor is it material. Bo-
naparte has destroyed him as rival,
and whether he is allowed to breathe in
Europe or in America, is of little impor
lance. tits said Moreau was on the way
to embark. Bonaparte will no doubt re.
move him from the neighborhood of the
French as soon as possible.
The Dutch papers say, that the Empe.
ror Francis has acknowledged the new
Emperor of the French in his quality of
King OF Hungary and Bohemia; but that
as Emperor Of Germany, he has referred
the subject to the Diet Of Ra,isbon.-
! his must surely be mistake. The d..
! ct OF Ralisbon has no authority over the