The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-14


.treets and pablo places ;the conformation became
general the folders iegan afTenbe and de.bs-
rate In arms and letters were written to connni-
cate the intelligence the different armies when the
whole was appealed by proclamation being made that
the report of general Moreaus death was falie and
that he was itill alive and in good health.
While the general and the others were on their
trial. the court was open to all perons who were in
clined TO reior, there but perion was allowed to
take notes, but thofe professionally engaged in the de-
fence or proiecution and all vino were pree:t ex-
preled their aitonh,nent at the manner in which ,he
account OF the proceedings garbled, mutated and
dtorted in the Moai.err 10 be directly the re-
verte ofthe real fate of the facts
Moreau's advocate afterwards annexed A faithful
report Of the trial. &C. to life of Moreau, from his
leaving college to his imprisonment in the temple,
written by hmelf. The price fixed upon it was 9
lvres but on tine morning appointed for the pub
cation, the eagerneis of the people to fee il advan
ced the price as high fix Louis each impreiion All
however were disappointed; for ioon as the work
was ready the police ruihed in and carried away tine
whole OF the publication and manuicrpts 10 eecfual-
iy, that it is not iuPpofed more than two OF three
could have politely elcaped them
During the proceis of the generals trial, NIadam.
MORGAN fecretly formed the refouton OF appealing
to the mercy of the uGurper, and with that leiqn r..
paired TO the Thulieres where he waited for three
or four hours in the an;ichanber without BEING able
IL,
caugh, the eye OF the emprefs the latter aled what
was the Pu-port of her Witt! Madame Moreau re-.
ped," That The meant to i,npore the mercy of his
majeity, in favour of her huiband whom lhe teuderl,
loved, and for whole life fhe trembled though l,e
Knew nm to be innocent and that ihe hoped his
naety could not but be touched by the entrea,es of
a fond wife who had already borne the general one
infant, and was pregnant with another" The empref.
regretted her inability iecond her application a,
The was convinced that any ep that could be taken
would tend more to irritate than appeafe his ma
jeay.
General Moreau ihocked when he heard of
this application, and declared that there was no,h;no
IN all thee circumstances which gricved him 70 much
as that his wife could have 10 mean an opinion of hin,
as to fuPpoie that he would conde.cend to owe his life
to 10 vile atyrant 1t 10, therefore, totally flf that
the general wrote that crying letter TO Bonaparte
which appeared in the French papers 70 far from it.
as loon as IT was fhewn him, he wrote a direct con-
radetion to the libel, but could not find printer in
France who would dare to print it for him.
General Moreau never wrote any letter to Bouapar
tie on the tube, bat one, which after his lerence
and which was to the following eject according 20 the
belt recollection OF our informant who read il in the
nanufcript before it was fent Off
You are very well convinced that an, ehesned
and beloved by the French people and the armies he
eaule my ccEcuct through lie has uniformly ieferyed
1t OF them. With that convfion on your mind Nv
me, oecauie you dread the vengence that would be
ken tor my blood. You alto know that while live
IN France whether in prifon out of il. hall ever
be to You an object OF terror and fupicon and Der
haPs, fometimes the location of dicontents and dit
urbances Therefore, if it relieves You equally from,
al on my account, and anfwersyour pur-
pole OF getting rid of me, well as nv Imnr;fon
ment would do, am deirous of retiring to America
to retide there IN future, my wifes property The
orders you may give VIII be iuicent to inform me
of your anfwer" ~
his was the only application made by Moreau him
ie' and thought was complied with by the Corficap.
VINO was GLAD TO get him away any rate, vet it is
feared that this eening clenency viii be no more than
hort reipte for the brave and luxurious v;p fh;
tyrants iufpicons-for, nce he quilted the tenn
pie, ne is conitantiy ubje violent vomtnqs fra;p
ing, and various other complaints in the aonacb
which are fupPofed to be occaoned by fo,ne flow po
on administered to HIM towards the cloe of his confpe
men' WINCH ihonld 1t turn out to be ncurabe, muit
render the few days he has to number extremely mir.
rable 'i'-'e-
While the celebrated and gallant Georges was on his
trial, the public accuier aled him-a VIVA, have vou
done with the portraits you had of the late king and
queen!"-The other looking at him for moInen,
with frong expreilion Of the utmoif con.empt all
horrence, and indgnation exclaimed eviilain ncele
rat what have you done with the originals iThi,
public accuier was fellow Of the name of ,rhurio,
who had been very active and Instrumental in promo-
ting the murder of the king and was one of the de,
or jury on the trial of the queen and the unfortunate
Princefs Elizabeth BY the Parifans, whole opinion.
have OF late taken very different turn from, VIA,
they had IN the year 1895, he better known by the
name OF TIE ROi King Hier9 Georges then poured a
voney OF curies and excavations on them all, praying
that they might themfeves meet with the fame r,;fe
rable end they inflicted upon Others and be forwarded
to their dettinaton in Hell fooner than they expected
After this he tened the remainder of the proceed
ings with the fame indifference and fang frod with
which nc met his fate in manner which created ref
Pect Tor HIM even in the minds Of tho. who were adj
verie to his principles and to his conduct.