Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-05-06


In concert with you, / will take mea.
sures. in order that the State may be gov.
,erned constitutionallv, and that wise Ii
|6erty may never degenerate into lieenti-
BUSINESS. -
viii mitigate to the satisfaction of all,
those imposts become odious, which the
bourbons gave You their princely word they
would abolish, under the title of Droits Be
Xnfs and which they have re.established un
der the title of indirect impositions.
Property shall BE without distinction
respected and sacred, as well as individual.
liberty.
The general tranquility shall be con
stantly the object osmy etfnrts commerce,
our fourishng manufactures, aud agr,cui-
ture, which under my reign attained SC high
prosperity. shall be relieved from the
enormous imPosts with which an epheme-
raj government have burthened hem.
Every thing shall be restored to order,
and the dissipation of the Finances Of the
State TO crafty the luxury of the Court,
shall be Immediately repressed.
No vengeance, it is far from my heart !;
the Bourbons have set price on nv head.
and l pardon them. If they fall into my
power, will protect them l will deliver
them TO their allies it they wish it, or to that
foreign country where their chief has alrea
dy TeIgned nineteen years, and where he
may Continue his glorious reign. To this
my vengeance is limited.
BE cain, Parisians, and you National
Guards Ut that noble City--you who have
already rendered such great services-you
VINO, Dut Tor treason, would have been able
10 defend 1t for some hours lepger, against
those allies who were ready to fy from
France. CONTINUE 10 protect property and
civil liberty; then you will have deserved
well of your country and of your Emperor.
From my Inlher1ak General Heud.
Quarters, Burgsine. March 8. 1915.
! (olsned) NAPOLEON.
| Countersigaed, "The General of Division
| Bertrand, Marshal of the Palace, exer.
! cising the functions of Secretary of State"
Ministers have abandoned the proposed
Window Tax on windows in manufactures
and warehouses. This determination was
announced on Saturday in a Circular sent
to the Members of the Deprivation of Man.
ufacturers.
All the troops that have been on duty
| lately in the metropolis have received or.
| ders to hold themselves in readiness at
moments notice.
We are informed from Edinburgh, that
5oo0 manufacturers and labourers have al
ready volunteered to 60 to Canada from
Glasgow, and 500 from Edinburgh.
An order which was received on FRIDAY
| at Portsmouth Dock yard, to strip the con-
| per from eft the ships in OF binary above the
right water mark, was on SATURDAY, morn.
| ing countermanded, which is the only init
NATION that has been given Of any intention
to call more ships into active service. The
statement made of twenty sail of the line be :
| ing ordered to the Mediterranean is ground.
less Orders also arrived 20 send ali the
empty transports to the DoWnes--it is un d,
derstood Tor the conveyance of body OF
artillery, cavalry, and stores, TO Ostend to
join our army in THE Netherlands. Fifteen
| sail have been re-entersd into the service.
| (at reduction OF As. per ton, and will sail
| immediately for the DowLes.
1t is said that Lord Cochrane was seen
passing through Fareham few DAYS ago
1t SO, he has probably embarked at South.
amPton, or sone contiguous port for France
BARBADoEs, March 20.
Interesting DetaK Of Recent Occurrences
onEhe Spanish Main.
we published, on the 6th nit. important
| Information received by way of Curracoa,
respecting tie operations of the belligerent
kepuoilcanS and ROyalists, in the provinces
| OF Venezuela and the Caracas. The ar.
my OF the Rcyalist party, under Bowls, had
taken Barcelona and Cumapa. and was
then marching on towards Maturin, near
Which place battle had been fought. in
| winch the Republicans, under Bolivar, had
sustained considerable loss.
n continuation Of this intelligence is fur
nisGed by the Jamaica papers brought up
| Oy H. M. >. Niemen, which arrived at this
PlaCe on the 1Ath inst. and has since sailed
for England,
The Royalist General. Morales havipg
iald siege to the town of Maturin, sent them
the following summons
Inhabitants Of Maturin,-The rapidity
with which the arms OF the Spanish M
narchy have subdued the several provinces
OF Venezuela, is clear proof that Divine
Providence favors just cause. You are
the last that oppose to us resistance, which
must prove fruitless.-I do now offer to Won
an honorable capitulation Lay down vos,.
arms, and any one among YOU who do not
| wish to live under the Royal government.
shalt have passport to any colony he NAV
choose The others, who consent to rer
main, shall have their rights aud property
respected.
| THOMAS MORALES, General in Chief. -
To which summons the following answer
was returned by the Commander in Chief
OF the town Of Maturin, DON JosE PRAN-
CISCO BERNUDEz:
| 8 Since Maturin has raised the standard
OF liberty, the valor OF its inhabitants has