Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-06-22
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICK
TO THE EDITOR OF THE cxsrtaEL.
FROM RR.A.NCE.
SATURDAY. JUNE %. 1906.

FROM RR.d.vCE. Il
81 have Just arrived from Nantz, an,
embrace the first opportunity to forwar,
you hie of Paris, papers, and few item
OF Paris news. Our passage has not beer
short one; but, possibly, the account,
may be the lstest drecl from France. y
"Whsn I left France, The rouicn Rec
had been, ous 81 days. Their destination
q profound secret.
"The Paris papers you will see, an.
nouncethe sudden death or Admiral Bruix
Commander in Chief of the Imneria|
Flotilla at Boulognc. He had been sen,
Tor 70 .Earis, and few days bssore his
death had an audience Of his Maiesty.the
Emperor, at the Tu;lleries. The. Empe-
ror insisted upon The performance OF
some movement by the 1otilla, which the
Amiral told him was impracticabie. AT
this the Emperor became enrared, and
like the Macedonian mailman, gave the
admiral slap in the face. Four days af,
ter he was dead. People in Paris did not
hesitate 10. say hewas poisoned; but il IS
more probable, he died of grief and cha
gin.
Mr.. Robert Patterson, brother to Mrs.
Jerome Bonaparte, had been in Paris The
last winter; and had dined with Prince
Joseph (who by The by, is the best of the
family y but no notice was taken Of him
by any others Of The Imperial family. II
was reported that Lncien Bonaparte had
been arrested in Italy and was then con-
hncd in some castle in France. +.
The French Emperor had declared
himself against. allowing American Con.
suls to reside in The French Colonies"
a. case of no small interest was lately
tried by the court of appeals in Paris, the
question was the following, viz. Whether
the American consul at Paris could be eli.
ted before the Fgench courts, by his for
mcr chancellor, in consequence Of con.
tract made by them in the chancelIorship
otthe consulate; the court below had de.
ciared their competency, but the consul
had entered an appeal aud declined the
JnrIsd'cslon Of the French COURTS By
their decree of The 2ad of February, the
court of appeals have revers cd the decree
OF the court below, and acknowledged that
the French courts could take no coghi-
zance ofthe case the case on tIIr part OF
the American consul was argued by VI.
Nc Ia Grange, late of Philadelphia, whose
pieadings were taken down by the Steno.
graphe, (short hand writer and publish
ed we have been favored with copy,
by which We find that NJ d. would not
miss the opportunity Of ting This coun-
try the tribute of has gratitude and atrni.
ration. (Tine american.
they who do not relish that the period.
cal papers of England should take re.
spectfulnotice OF the United States Of A.
nerica, will probably relish less the honor-
able notice taken of the American ADM
nstration in The English House Of Com
moss, when the economy of our govern
meut IS compared with the expenses and
abuses of their own.--Salem Reg.
The New-York Citizen says, the Co
verncr OF New York has ordered the Al
torney General to institute prosecution
against MIR. Holt, the Editor of the Bee.
Tor publishing piece under the signature
OF .4risfides on the Merchants Bank.
~ 'SF ENHCH oFBECH II more CON-
ciliatory in seniiment, s. ienderin express
sion, than usual. 1t comes upon US Ike
a temperate offering to unanimity. We
derive much consolation from this mani
festa,ion of forbearing spirit, nasmuch
aswe reasonably hope that the accustomed
bitterness of those persons. who are in'the
headlong practice of opposing the most
wise and most virtuous measures of the
national government, will be abated by
ihis temperate example from our Chief
State Magistrate.
As envy has discharged its poison, and
falsehoodits immortality, in vain, it would
be now polite in our anti-republcan fac
.tion to pause in the commission Of such
uogenerous folly: to take retrospective
view of their criminal iabours against po-
puIar happiness and, on the conviction of
the unprohtableness as well as guilt of
such course Of action, 10 return 70 the
embraces ofpeace and good viii, and have
their enormities absolyed by the operati.
o0s Of repentance.
His general reasoning and recommen-
dalton upon tbeseveral points of social sc
curity, in this State, are fraught with mo
deraiion and'good sense: disposition
to censure and criminate the measures of