Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-10-05
MISCELLANY.
Fro'" Inc Baltimore Federal Republican.
AR.;ESTArlON AND MURDER OF
The Duke d. Anghein.
COMMUNICATION.
CONTEMPLATION.

remains vt the duke d'Enyhein have been
e2humated and removed with appropriate
ceremonies to the spot chosen for the erec-
,'on ct monument, to the memory of this
last descendant OF the illustrious house OF
Conde.
The whole. narrative being too long fer
insertion, we have extracted a. biographicai
sketch OF the prince, and an account of hi.
arrestation and murder. The cruel and
untimely fate Of this unfortunate victim of
the most unbounded and criminal ambition,
having excited the strongest interest in ev.
cry feeling breast, it is supposed that the
following particulars will not prove unin.
tereating 10 the generality of readers.
Louis-Antoiue-H eny de Bourbon, son
If Louis Henry-Joseph dc Bourbon and of
Louis. fherese--Niatilde d'Orleans, was
born at Chantiiiy on the first Of August.
177a. 1t was ON the 18th of July, 1899.
that this prince at the aye of seventeen,
lett Paris, thither to return on the 2lst Of
March 1904, under the escort of gendar-
mes TO be delivered up to q bloody tribunal.
He served under the command of his faith
er during the campaign of 1899 but the
corps commanded by the duke OF Bourbon
having been disbanded, heijoined that of the
prince de Condo, then in Britagne.e He
did not leave this army, until 1901, at
which period it was disbanded, after hav-
ing distinguished himself particularly du-
ring the campaign of 1895 by performing
prodigies of valvur. 1t wa. chiefly at the
combat of Bersthien, on the Cd of Decem.
Der, 1872, that the duke d'Enghien, at the
age oftwenty one, proved himself to be IA
worthy descendant of the house of Condo.
40 1896, the prince of Condo appointed his
grandson to the command of his van guard:
ne continued to sig'ialize himself, aud dis
played the most undaunted valor, and all
those talents which characterize a great
commander, at The defence of the bridge of
Munich, where the combat lasted IS ,lavs /;
the defence uf Constance in 1899, and the
aiiair Ut Rotchei'n finally established in Eu-
rope, the military renuwn of the duh. d.,
Eaehcny IN the campaign of 1900, he sus.
talneI The glory he had acquired in the
preceding in 1901, the army of Conde
was jisbandei for the last time and in
1909 The duke d'Enghien retired to Etten-
helm.
The want OF room cbljscS Us to give a
t.iyl account OF those facts, that we NAV
nave mutc space for the deveopement of
M 'inTrid catastrophe which terminated :,
be'Ura 'l.c age OF 50, the life ui this untor-
taaa'c prince. We transcribe literally.
the hrrou de Narguerit has given of this
dreadful scene, in his Geographic Univer-
sole.
The prince lived IT E!tenhem as a pri-
Tatc Individual. occupying himself With the
culture ri duwers, with hunting, and pro.
noting the happiness ufaII those who were
we're With him. when the events of the
commencement Of the year 1914 took
place. At Ibis period B,nanartc having
been informed by the confession of man
HaTed GHcre!le, who knew not how to die
s.d the trcachery of Philippe, grocer of
lrepcrt, who gave up correspondence
carried 81 between Nr. Michsnd Of the
French Academy, the naronde Margue.
ri, and The princes of the house Of Bour-
bon, that these princes. aod the refugees in
England, had formed the plan of re -assum-
ing their authority in France, whittier they
were invited back by the general wish of the
nation that Pichegru, Messieurs de Polig
rae and other persons Of intrepidity were
in the plot that England favnu, ed them
with all her might he thought il advisable
to seize the person of the duke d'Enehein.
suspecting that he was privy to the Whole.
and supPosIng that his papers would give
valuable 'niprnatIun as to the object in
view, as well as tue persons aud means to
further it.,
hr. tie CauIilcourt, gentleman of Pr
carly, whose family had been in the SER
vice OF the house OF Condo, was sent for
this purpose into the department of the
Lower Rhine, with secret'Ietters from the
minister of foreign relations and the minis.
ter vi police. But in order to deceive the
the puniick, as to tue real object of his mis-
non, ne WAS ostensibIy Invested by the
panlStcr OF war, with powers to accelerate
the construction of a hotilla boats, des-
tined !or the mad expedition them in con
temptation against England. Mr.. de eau
iincourt was accompanied By superior
officer OF Bonaparte's guard. named Orden
ner, they arrived together at Strasbure.-
from this city MIR. Caulincourt directed
the whole affair, having under his orders |
nan named lIOsey, and another man of mo-
torlefy by the name cfMelier. Whilst he
proceeded to luxembourg 10 arrest there
sone emgrsnts Of distinction, General T. |
AND Colonel Ordcuner we're dpsnotcl,
Ell to EtfeLheim 1 an officer Of the gendar- |
me, Charlotte. Sergcant Of The same corns
named Plcrsdorll' had been sent in dis
sn'Se TO 'Etenbeim. Ia discover the prince |
residence, ard To know positively ir he
we're there at the time if his officers and
drmestIcks we're numerous If they resid |
81 with him were all on their guard ant
~ 'eSisjancc were TO be appfehended C,o,.
thc Inhabitants Of the place. The arrival
81 two strangers created suspicious. and
IN ohiccr ol the army Of Ccude, nance
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