Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-06-30

nv w "'h 'SSPSSphS tuS ltduHululy vi
this city, IN which great discomfort pre-
walls particularly in the suburbs of st.
, Artoin :, and ST. Marceau."
April Is.
Our reader may have remarked, that
no answer appears 10 have been returned
by the Swedish Ambassador to NJ, .Taliey-
rand's letter transmitting the correspou-
dence attributed TO Mr.. Drake. Vr have
reason ia believe, from circumstance
which we shall state presently, thas the
Swedish government will not authorise its
Ambassadors =, Pairs. 10 initiate the con-
duct oil most OF the other Ambassadors in
that Capitol,
: The King OF Sweden was at Baden
when the duke d Enghien was kidnapped:
he WAS on visit TO his father-inlaw the
. ei ictor of Badcn.-At the violation of the
Independence aud territory of the electo-
rate by french ttoops and at the seizure
oil the unfortunate prince, he expressed
great Indignation, and Immediately sent
over 10 his ambassador here Baron de Sill
verhlei.i, protest, couched in very strony
and manly terms, against that Infamous
and barbarOus trausactOn.-The Swedish
ambassador has received directions TO de
liver copies Off 10 all foreign ambassadors
al the court OF London, and we hope TO be
able 10 lay il before cur readers 20 morrow
or next day. We understand that ii is
OF considerable length. This pvo,cs, does
the greatest honor 10 his Swedish Males
ty.
1 Overland accounts have been received
rom India, announcing another victory.
1 ,-ntris1 m, h..
Berar Raiah's army. with very incomside
! rahle loss or our part.
| The process verbal upon the death OF
Picig:sru asserts that he siranglsd him self
by apiece Of wood which he bad secrcted
from The fire-wood, and which he had
twisted into the silk hardkerchiefhe wore
! around his neck. Af;er having so tws. ed
1t, he laid himsclfd down, his left cheek rest.
IN upon the end of the piece of wood, in
which attitude lie remained till he died
so says the process verbal, but no one will
give credit 70 II. He was privately MUIR
dered. Could he have died without astrup-
gle And would not q Struggle have dis.
placed the stick from the position IN which
1T was found under his cheek. The physi.
clans and the ailors all declared their oDi
on That he had strangled himself-thcy
dared not deliver any other opinion. The
centinel who kept guard al his dungeon
door, says, that he heard during the night
morse, like that 81 a man laboriHp, under
great difficulty Of breathing, but he took
no notice of IL. The servant who came
10 light the Generals fire in the morning.
| observed that he did not stir, immediately
went and informed The officer of the guard
VINO SEM Tor commissary If peace and 4
surgeon. Not one of them thought of
looking at the body, or Of ascertainno. be.
tore they sent iur surgical aid, whether the
general was dead or not. There are Sc.
veral Other suspicious circumstances for
some time before his death, the Paris pa
pers stated that he would neither suffer
the wounds he received, in resisting the
Gen d'armes that arrested hi[o, to be dres-
sea, nor would he take any nourishment.
This was to prepare the public mind for
that which had been determined upon by
the despot--the death of his victim.
But why do we dwell so long upon these
points The character and conduct of
gen. Pichegru give the lie To the assertion
oil his having committed suicide. He was
man, in the confession of those who diff.
Ter most with him upon political subjects,
OF exemplary piety, and OF great morality.
l. II to be credited, that he would Ia the
last act, have belied the Whole tenor of his
former lie ! Must he not have courted
public trial Could he have been disgrace
ed by perishing upon the scaffold that had
been dyed with the blood of Louis the
XVIII or by receiving death from the
same handsthat butcheredthed duke ding
hlen! Above all, could he have been ir-
horant that the tyrant would construe
suicide into a confession of guilt and ,ear
ot submitting to trial? All these circum-
stances rush with such force upon The
mind, that the whole world will believe
ne was privately murdered by order of
Bonaparte.
The day after Pichegru's murder,
pamphlet was published, entitled ga me
mortal concerning the treason Of Charles
Pichegru, in the year 3, 1, s, Of the Re.
public" said to be drawn up by NJ. de
Montgaillard, in the year 6. The whole
OF this WIS published by the directory in
September 1897.
AS soon as Bonaparte had determined
upon the assassination Of the general, he