Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-10-25
Yer for six persons, and desired the lady's
butler to take care that the best wines the

butler to take care that the best wines the |
cellar contained should be fur'hcoming.-l
After dinnes, he desired the hostess
should be sent for she cbeyed the sum-
mons. The Officer then addressed her.
and said--.s No doubt, Madame, but you
consider my conduct as indecorous aud
brutal in the extreme--ss must con-
fess,' replied she, s. that did not expect
such treatment from an officer; as, in &C.
neral, military men are ever disposed to
shew every degree of Difference and res-
meet to our seX.''--s' You think me then a
most perfect barbarian? answer me frank
ly."--" IF you really then desire my I'M
disguised opinion on the subject, must
say. that think your conduct truly bar
barous."--ss Madam, am entirely of
your opinion but / only wished to give
YOU specimen of the behavior and con-
duct of your son during SIX months that he
resided in my house, after the entry OF the
French army into the Prussian capital--I
do not, however mean to follow bad ex-
ample. You will resume, therefore, your
apartment Tomorrow, and l will seek
lodgings at some public hotcl.D The lady
then retired, extolling the generous con-
duct fthe Prussian officer, and deprecat-
ing that Of her sor.
Another Prussian officer was lodged at
the house of Marshal, in whose stables
and coach houses he found great num-
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ately ordered some Prussian soldiers, who
accompanied him, to take away nine Of
the horses and three of the carriages
The Marshai's servants violently remon-
strated against this proceeding, Gin which
the Prussian officer obseryetlss they are
my property, inasmuch rs your mastertook
the same number Of horses and carriages
from me when he entered Berlin with the
French a,myr think you will agree with
me, that the lex talionis was never more
properly nor more Justly resortcd to.
Ertract Of letter from Paris, .4ug. z.
Yesterday again a new scene, as deplo-
ralle, as scandalous, occurred at che Thu
illeries. About seven O'Clock in the even
ing. at the very moment when several
thousands of Frenchmen, by their accus-
toned acclsmations, testified to his Ma
jesty their love and veneration, mad
man, concealed in the crowd, shouted
with kind OF rage the seditious cry of
" pIre lEnpereur" Instantly all JOY
disappeared the king retired we thought
we could remark his majesty placing his
hand On his forehead az if to conceal
the impression of sorrow produced by this
almost Incredible favor, of some banditti,
who every day seem to spring up for the
purpose Of insulting the majesty of the
throne and the happiness of the people,
The culprit would have paid with his life
this criminal audacity if some Life guards,
and others more calm than the crowd, had
not pr detected him from public Indignation.
He was conveyed TO the guard house Of
the palace, as we'll as another individual,
who clothed in French uniform, had not a
cockade in his hat, and who even refused
TO uncover in the presence of the King
Would not such acts, constantly repeated
for more than eight days, seem the result
ola concentrated plans And do they
not make us apprehend Interior projects
still more alarming? Is there not reason
at least to presume that there are some In
stigators of this crime much more culpab.e
than those who commit it ?
Marshal Ney possessed, at a short dis
lance from Chateaudun, two magnificent
chateaux, not more than quarter Of a
league from each other One Of them,
named Les-Contreaux, is remarkable for
the elegance of its structure, and the
beauty fits situation ut is considered as
one of the most beautiful Of La 1<eauce.-
Three hundred and sixty Plussians inha-
bit it, and 1--we there at discretion. The
other chateau, named Princevije, is also
occupied by the Prussian troops.
Ertract Of another letter dated Paris,
Eng. 8.
We have remarked in different parts of
the garden of the ThuiIeries, French mill
airy officers of different armies and grades,
some with hats without any cockade,
others with schakos covered with a kind oil
glazed taAety, through which might be We
ny visibIy perceived the eagle of the T.
super.
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