Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-11-08

the second aoor for his aide de camp, &c.
&c.-Chis occasioned more violent remon
strancees from the lady, but they were to.
tally unsvailing, and unattended to by the
officer, whose only answer was " cbeisses a
mes ORDER" He then called for the cook,
and told him he must prepare handsome
dinner tor six persons, and desired the lady's
butler to take care that the best wine that
the cellar contained should be Forthcoming.
After dinner, he desired the hostess should
be sent for-she obeyed the summons The
officer then addressed her, and said" No
doubt, madam, you consider my conduc,
as iDdecorous and brutal in the extreme.
T" must confess" replied she, shat did
not expect such treatment from an officer
as, In general, military men art ever dispo-
sed TO show every degree of Difference and
respect 10 our sex -" You think me then
a most perfect ba barianp answer me frank
ly."-" If you really, then, desire my un
disguised opinion ON the sublec,,I must say,
thar think your conduct truly barbarous ;"
s Madam, am entirely of your opinion
but | only wished to give you specimen
of the behaviour and conduct of your SON.
during sir months that he resided in my
house after the entry of the French army
INTO the Plussian capital. | do not, howev-
CT, mean to follow bad example You
will resume, therefore, your apartment TO-
morrow and ! will seek lodgings at some
public hotel" The lady then relreG. ex
toling the generous conduct of The Prussian
officer, and deprecating that OF her son.
From q Toulouse Paper.
General Ramei-On the 18th, between
eight and niue O'Clock, in the evening, while
great number of people were amusing
themselves by dancing on the Place dec
Carnies, about 90 persons advanced singing,
| Ind took thelI stations before the residence
oil General Ramel, Commander OF The De
par,men, where the, cried lhree o, -four
t.mes-Dotvn with Ramel-speU haze no
more Of nm hey afterwards retreated
A similar occurrence had taken place On
the l4th
[ Inc General was absent. His servan,
informed him OF what was gong on, and he
repaired immediately 10 his residence. lie
lad scarcely enteredlwhen the c,owd reiur
ned In much greater numbers, repeating
lie same cries
Pat oil the house in which the General
resided Was occupied as tavern, and there
some OF he ChaussruGs had assembled
Cties OF Vtve r Emaercur ! were heard
'here, and thithei The crowd repaired, cry
ing VfUe le Roy General RAmel suppos
Tug thai there was design 10 penetrate his
apartments, CAME out with his swol d avn,
saying MAJ do you zvant qvlih hamet ?
there ne tS-- hreats were uttered again ST
ann. de ordered a sentiBel 10 fire, and OH
| Is refusing ran him thro' the body Some
soldiers having crossed their bay onets, lie
people tell back Inc General, hurried
away by passion, rushed into the crowd
STU + around him Win his sword, and
wounded nine or ten persons. He wYuld
hav~ WOUNDED moe, had not nlusket ball,
Il q al aim, but from whence is not known,
hlt !. i'm.
linking now only OF saving himself, be
returned 10 ms esldente, and Caused The
doors 10 be fastened. A detachment oil
The Urban Guard arrived and occupied The
house. i he multitude crowd d rom ali
quarters, crying iuriously-He has drawn
ms SWORD on he heohle Meanwhile, having
been found in garnet bathed III his blood,
he was Carried 10 his apartments, where his
attendants proceeded 10 dress his wounds.
he crowd, on the outside, however, IN
sisted that he should be delivered up 10
Snem, saying-Ifhe be hut IN tfison he 7viA
nor be faonshed. A large log o! wood
which VS. lying III the slteet wos used as
ha'tefing ram 10 forcs the outer door. The
recommendation OF several WHO were pres.
nj, o desisi from This proceeding was
made In vain. All authority was dIsregar-
ded and The crowd rushed into the house
he persons VINO were about the uufoitu
late General escaped by ladder into the
next house, and he was massacred while ly
ms on his bed by repeated blows with sa-
bfes They did not leave him until they
believed he was dead