Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-01-10

received 100000 franks. The project
OF besancon offered me money if wanted
lt. On taking my leave, believe kissed
his majesty's hand. received no orders
whatever from Bonaparte.
y. On arriving at Ions lie Soulnier. did
you rot receive an agent from Bonaparte ?
"A. On thelSth,at2 in the morn;ng,I receiv-
ell an agent, whom supposed 60 be an Oil
Ger OF the guard in disguise, aud who had
lost an arm. He delivered to me, on the
part of gen. Bertrand, the proclamation
which published on the l4th. | say the
proclamation, and not my proclamation.
oecause it was sent to me- ready drawn up.
=. How came ypu to determine upon pu6-
lls'nug thai proclamation IA. Before caus-
ing 1t to be read 20 the troops, commun-
Gated it to generals Bcurnonr and Lee
courbe, and asked them what ought 60
Bourmont replied, that the Bourbons had
committed great faults, end that they ought 70
ne Abandoned. In the morning assembled the
troops, AVID read the proclamation, which was
printed two hours after. O. DO Won affirm that
YOU did not write 10 Bonaparl before the i.th,
and t.lst You sent no Ulcers to nj 4. Inethe,
wrote nor sent officers to him. @ Did YOU ON
the ielh eXhort the troops To abandon the cause
OF the King, and espOuse that of B0napartel 81
It IS true, did. was impelied--I did wrong, o.
that there is no doubt. In another part the ac
cused sald-'' The landing OF Bonanarte ann ar.
ed To me extravagant, but at Auxone his agents
presenter things to me N quite another pOint Of
view. l suffered myself to be led away by them
to Prcyenta civil war and from the assurance
6ohaparte had gwen me, that the foreign powers
accorded with him that the Austrian Genera!
Roller had gone to the Isle OF ElbI, to announce
To nm ON their part, that the BoIrbons could
hat he 4 ,e DN5
mother would remain hostages at Vienna I'M
VI i'e mad given to France liberal consttjItion
ne approximation which is attributed To me, and
winch did not publ IN till the Itth.,eas known
since me l3thm Switzerland. 1t had been sent
there beforehand to- Joseph. This has been al
ways the tactics of Bonaparte. In the course of
the last Russian compalgn, he caused to be in
serted IN the dOnittlr letter, in which he made
me me speak OF the Russians, and upon political af-
iaifs, IN an unbecomng manner. | should moi
nave known OF it had he not said to me the day
aiter, N pi easantry, " Marshal Ihave znaIe ,si,
1Stfy. lie had areapy said as much with res
Pect 10 FRINGE Eugene At the close OF this ex-
einihatiGn, the Marshal SAID, =" have often been
tempted to blow out my brains, bat have not
Gone IT because wished to vindlcate myself 1
>hoW h'ye done much wrong, for whjch good
men viii blame me. blame myself; but am
! not traitor; was drawn on Had w,sher,
10 6etray, should have glven false information
~ oucheI, when he wrote 10 Tue thAt his Irooos
| were IN state OF fermentation.
Tie Second Police Era,ripctio2, regd-Ra;r,,
asked the did not correspond w;h BonaDarte
Before his arrival ~ Ions l. Soulnier, where he so
soon changed his resolution, he replied, 4" Why
| GO you Ask One might say that Dyke had bro
ied- was Disconnected by the bid news, wh,cn
was circulating, and by the terror which she
tfe!ect OF Doubs had created. J had lost my
mead ] stood IN no relation with things as ,lley
4 Fitttl.f l2,,
ctamton, but WAS impe,led by circumstances
Count Bertrand IN his first leJe gave Inn ordeF5;
you must have Che wrate) LOO pieces OF can
non II you want any, have 500 al Grenoble .
There was no mention to the KING or the aoJr
oohs My first interview with BonaBarte af, er
mas landing, was at AuxerFe lie then told me
that he could lave caused tine KING and the Roya,
Family To ne arrested but that he vas sire { as
RS lie told me, to prove that The English were
10 concert with him, that eght days before ms
departure from the Isle OF Elb9, he mad been o.,
board sshlp fwar belonging to that nation tia,
Ten. Campbell, the Engish Commissioner m t!,
island, lett 1t tine day as err, and thai IN cynsa
qIence he made preparations for has own embark
iag. lie told me that his project was CERTAIN. s.
had been prepared by long cOmo,natipn lie
spoke to me oF all that mad passed Al PARIS. of
the dinner at the Hotel de Vile, TO winch me
sad the Marsh1ls md not been invited.
lie told me that my wife had not been invited
which was not correct, and appeared TO be wei
Informed oSevery Thing. l believe it was ne who
informed me OF the disgrace OF Soult He ,poks.
much OF 5outs system, winch mad placed two
I LeuIenan's Gen. in each Military DIVISION. one
vi waOm correspondent with hInseifoniy; so mar
tleH was IN each Department one general for
the kinl, and another 3or the MINISTER At thsln-
tervlew he did not hou (speak 70 him in the sin.
guar person. me but spoke Of my campaigns.
and called me the brsvest among the brave an
,Ppellition winch he used Of en- TO rive me ,
a. the end OF tins examination the Marsha, SAID
LETT Pars with tie mention Of s.crihcng m,
life iOr the KING what did was great evil
lost myself would have gone TO the United
states, where wished to remain for the nonor of
M children"
DEPOSITION OF WITNESSES.
Mr.. Bastardy, notary to the marshal who on
The Ith March carried the news o. BOuaparte's
landing, the same day il was published IN tic
Moniteur, dePosed tat Marshal Ney exclaimed
All My god What a misfO tune w.ist a
rlghttul ding What is to be donel How IS
is mas 70 be opposed p The pruse de Pox
aud the duke de Duras, declared that, at tue mar.
slaPs interview with the King, he sad he would
set out wHh a resolution TO Combat Bonapartp cv-
cry where, aid should ne take him alive, would
bring han back ~ an iron cage
VI. Lampresux, count de Ia Jemotiere. cave
an account OF the manner in which aarsiial lev
With oe,tof drum anl sword erect read 10 die
soldiers, tue proclamation of the 18th OF Ma cb
The soldiers exclaimed, Hue Z Embere,fr r'
Marshal Ney embraced every person ne,r hIm-
assured them that tins affair was arranged more