Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-05-01
GINA ARGUS.
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Richmond. Nl1y I, 1916.


| = fou Know that my estimate or kings a.
WAYS was extremely moderate. thought then
generally on level with other rnen--s6netimes
even below that level. must now retraci my
! former opinions ON the subject Of ROYALTY have
lust ascertained q multiplicity of facts which
prove that monsrchs are mo- ordinary beings Gu,
riosty led me to visit, YESTERDAY the kitchens of
LOUIS AVlli.-Strange places for the researches
ct republican ! youwill say Laugh at me as
much at YOU please, but kitchens of en- are mines
Oh valuable information, web RS reservoirs and
laboratories OF line eating, and to VII CHI reDubl,
cans themselves are no irreconcable enem,es -
nu' 20 the man polnt--l mean, the convincing
PROOF ana irretrsgabie demonstration of the sumo.
| riorn'ture OF kngs-of !he King Of France a,
least From a conversation which | had W. h -,
! very shrewd ultra royalst, who presid c over
TINS most important ID, pariment of ate IL an.
! peared 10 me that the Royal Fam Is at the Louvre
consume annually more PROVISIONS than would
MAINTAIN large army during the same per,od
nave not been able 10 discover whether o,i.
lie Desire, the Count D'Artos, the Duke. and the
nuc e s OF Angouleme,. possess tine arpet,ie
and the digestive powers OF the Ostr ch-but sure
| ~ never were so many pheasants, quaIlS. wood.
cocks, partridges turkeys, ortolsls. chickens
geese, ducks, caprons &c. dies royed as are mr.
pared, IN varlOus ways for their table, sneak
NOT OF beei, veal. mutton and other coaise ands
--oi winch an immense quantity IL also cons,tu,
ed was assured that, upon an sver,e,c = non
fowls are iinm lated every day at the sbrme az
royal-t had almost written yiatont.-I substitute
nphehte more courily name for tie same III nsr
) Inc ng ot France expends IN sweet meats and
other articles constituting the splendid desserts
oi ,.ie Hoyal family, larger sums than would be
Suiilcent TO defray all the eXpences of the 4rna.
iicah executive. a SGUdAt famous for MS ski
III geneaiosy, having been informed that in the
course OF SIX months, thirty thousand francs have
oecn expended at the royal table TOR the SINGLE
item apples, has lately Asserted that the resio.
RED branch must certainly have descended fror,
'NC''hah ancestors A position which he IS now
endeavorng to establish bv other collateral f,c,.
Another having heard that during tbe san,a
! space OF time, one hundred thousand bot,Ies "a
burgundy, and the same quantity of ChamDaion
| nave been quatted at the Louvre contends on
me contrary, that the Caosts must originally, hsye
! come from ole Of he Sw IS Canlons Hov,eyer
! ulS may DE- a reflection struck me upon hearing
All 'hese statements--I was this Il is scarceiv
possible Tor SOvere gn TO keep his able ON suc6
! gigan scale wIthuu' ryduci q 10 a diva, fish
| SIZE, not the luXuries, bur the comforts of his
surJec's. The clemency-Of LOUIS XVIII has
| been greatly eXtOlied TO me, this circurn
stance Is no matter OF surprise thirty Thousand
! hogsheads OF sugar have been consumed nj bis
table since his last re3tOra ion and this ,t,sf ctr
/ fliy explains the IN illness of his blood -Tber
| Is, howeyer,a circumstance for which cannot nos
sioly account-it IS, how lac can sleep 4, all see
| ing the immense quantity ofcohee en- cred on tbe
/ coInary records the Louvre, under the n, adj
"C"ftee for the King" really believe h,s ,,s,aI
' oose IS two hogsheads per dav
II has been said that LOUIS had BROUGHT b,rI-
| III ms tram the dark eSs OF superstition AID the
| might OF despOt,sm-I can as,l e you ho,,e,,,sr
! t''st ms palace IS brill an'ly numna cd--Vbe
! NGh'mg OF At amounts, am told q, IN animal
sum ct two million ct francs -N5tw,thst,n, mo,
; an TINS ettulgence, greatly question whethe'
| He can Clearly see at the bottom ofhIs own af
lalfS-whch ~ All cunSCI ence are t,,rb al e,,,,-l
! 10 'hese expences, add, M Friend. the IN
| mease contributions which the genernsi y nFtb.
ISl"'Hre's OF The BOurbons, and he DcIIverers of
Europe, nave exacted from The French-You n,ay,
Judge "i the burthens weighing upon this nation
anu crushing ITS energies Yet, Louis XVIII ,s
uot an ordinary man, as the above estimate ofbis
culinary establishment must convince you
The bill to increase the salaries of the Ane-;oo,
! ministers to Paris, St. Peter ,buref and INDIAN
to l1,OOO dollars, has been reject ed N The H,,se
| OF hepresen atves THIS fact, combined with
! the rejection of former proposition to increase
the salaries OF the hetds of departments and
n'hers' 'evinces spriF, not of il lberalltv mere
! ", but ot absolute meanness, deserving uniypr
| sal reprobatlon II is well known, that our min
| 'ster5 at the principal court, in Europe as v,.i
| as the executive officers generally at Washing ON
! and The lud clary, cannot subsst IN proper decen
| cy upon the'r present alaries. The proposed in
! crease to these officers would not perhaps ,lto-
| gether have amounted 10 $4,000 dollars. AMI vet
| after having, with a CELEBRITY never eouslled IN
| Congress, passed q law to make great Addition
TO their own pay, large majority, mixed IN nr
| both parties, in the House of Representative
have been so self Ia and unprncipled as 60
| to enhance the compensation Of o her public ssr-
wants, infinitely more deserving IT, Such pross
! legislative misconduct and ndelicacv sho,Id l..
denounced by all parties, from one end of tb-
cont nent to the other We do not, Of course n
GUIDE N uIis denunciat ON the members who Va
| ca against increasing TIER own pay; they have
&C ed consSten. ~ Bur We anhJt too forc;bl,.
| express Our con empt for he theirs who opposed
| lne Din we have uniformly suppor,ed tbe bin
| we have uniformly supported The measure of
'A's nF me compensation nfcongress b.ca,i o vi.
| l'"ufht ne Tmer per diem too small 10 jnden.
| ny men ~ alen for pecuniary sacririces winch
| me acceptance nf seats ~ congress involved ,cs
Nnn" N q two thirds Of Tie members. from a,.,r
van, oi industry and ability, do not merle erer
'iA dollars day they do not merit sest ~, con,
gre's az all, but when these humble and parr,u,
"'""eI persons are 50 imm9dcst as TO raise tte r
'"" salaries, and are yet inc pablo of auDrecist.
ing we value 90 The services and TALENT of or
uemen qualified ta hold he gJeat state swbas.
saHoritl and Judicial Offices, we coD4,gel it, A.,
J ~ % i'gie' hem out as fJ objects for sesr, =,
P'l"' 1as 'i'T', '0Hnooiar finger e.
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