Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-01-10
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The remains Of The accomplished MJr John
iredweil have lately been published b. his bro
ther In letter 10 the honorable s. Diebv, da,
ted Hamburg, JANUARY, 1896, is c,l accduut Of ne
Conduct OF the pese.it duke OF Orle.ps, in that
critical period which succeeded the defh OF Lou
IS XVI. The letter is Ii, french; we trust the
following translation wii prove aterestn, 10 olt,,
readers =
have received The foliowil g particulars cftle
C rcumst- noes which have attended the yo,inf.
duke or Orleans, Cat that time about % years OF
age) they will interest, you. They have been
communicated % ne III aperson TOO inmedistelt
Connected with hum to be deceived h,mseif and
who IS TOO holort.b'e aad sincere 90 he caaaL,e
o. decewnS others. You may iIe, .inre depend
npoa he truth of the narration. When The Young
duke OF Cfle-nS decided to leave France .f e1.
haVh5 been the oojact ofa decree OF arrest il
was never with the intention OF bearing arms n.
salnst ms countrywide even when che arcaduke
ShafieS invited hU. 20 enter into the service of
tne emperor with the honors due &c his rank. and
offered 10 h,Jn the commission and appointment
ut heuicnant ereral, he declined them renamed
II Mons only long enough TO Obtain passport.
Aabout y hJGrs) and set ont for Switzerland
with little more chan one hundred lou. the.
Whole OF ms fortune.
AS soon rs he had arrived in Switzerland he
was peHeculed by the ar.st0crats-knowina, too
That IL ibesperre would make his family re,pnns,-
pear so completely, that they should believe in
France ne no long Cd. He therefore with
drew to the most elevated mountains OF Switzer
ishd' Not daring To appea. ~ the parts general
~ irequshted by the curious, has Journey was 81
much the more Interesting, IS IL had necessai Is,
tof its OBJECT the choice of situations the least
<noWn As ne had Left with his sister the Ittle
money which remained to han, ii was amidst III
grea est prIvahons that he passed four months.
Upon holidays, and other Remarkable seasons. he
expended fifteen pence for has own board and
.odgnig, and for that Of An ancient servant yhn
was unwilling TO leave him. Possessing at Ienfrth
but single louis, he was compelled 60 part VIII,
the old domestc-with this last consolation: aud
having heard that place of Professor of Geome
Try was vacant in q college OF the Grsons, he be-
came the successful candidate. There he re-
NAMED SIX months without anv person Izno,.;ne.
him, and made himself so beloved by The scho.
l. s. and respec ed By the masters, that one of tie
Messrs. de SAILS, who had prosecuted HIM as
duke OF Orleans, struck with the ability and me.
rat of he young professor, proposed that he
should become preoeptor 10 his children. This
the yo,ng duke of Orleans refused, remain ne. in
his college TO teach geometry in the German I'm
guage, and Il was nos until af. or he death Of Ro
besP ere that, no longer alarmed iorhis mother
and brothers, he LETT his retreat, and revived the
att-chmen, OF u few friends, since which time he
mas constantly lived in q little town in Switzer-
ind, with the same simplicity, and equally ,ln-
known.
He IS now determined 10 visit North America.
20 enjoy that liberty for which he has suffered 81,
much. II wii be then--it VIII be IN the middle
vi forests, that he viii perfect an education which
adversely has begun 50 we'll. have no doubt
out that ne will display thai unaffected and crni
rent courage winch has always made him, sure
Tor to either god or bad fortune Itisw.th the
ne niPlcityot IN uners--ihe same oftiness of
l,that he1 q bo-a seen aPriuce at ix cen ,yi H.
~ prde-a General of the army at seventeen.
LIVING the roops, three times, q, Gem .oDe.a
Professor OF GeCmetry al twenty, perfect as if he
nd devoted numerous years TO the study of the
fences mld IN every SITUATION under al GREENE
sI~aces, appesra; as Il he were born for The post
bn' he hiied 70 conclude, 1 cannot better de.
!i=ate ihe sreity n, and at the same time the M.
deration 0f his character, than By giving YOU t,e
~ ola ieiic ,wh cbhe has tat civ wrilten ioanA.
nerican, who hid oHered TO Inn some uncul,;ya
2 ed ground to ciea'- am greatly disposed 10
iaborn order 70 acquire independence nisfor-
tune has struck nc, Int thanks be TO God. il has
not crushed me.-fuo happy IN this cnange-ihat
ny grea' youth has proven Ell my contracting ha
b which o. ght be d,mcuit to lay aside. and
tlat fortune mas becn removed from me bef6r.
have been lbie Jss or abuse L." Tell me what
do you link Othiin