Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-06-29

sent 10 TIE Mig COflCluHeU III tneSe words I
{" lfmy life, which deem irreproachabie.
gives me any rights to your confidence, /
claim my regiment /; if the reverse, myi
wounds entitle ME to retirement, which |
then shall solicit, regrettiag that am de-
prired Observing my country
This letter is Ola date anterior to the or
dinancc OF 24th July, to which General
Cambrone bowed submission as soon as he
was made acquainted With it being set at
liberty agreeably to the last treaty Of peace,
lie came over to give himself up to Justice,
and shared the captivity Of General Druot.
He appears to have adopted the same sys-
TEN in defence as that general cfficer.--l
With him he agreed IN his replies to the
first interrogatories ofhaying lost his quail
fication of Frenchmao by accepting Offices
I under the sovereign IF the Isle of Eliza, and
that he thought his duty compelled him 10
follow and obey him in all hisacts OF usurpa-
ton. He, like General Diuot, disowned
the proclamation dated from Gulph Juan,
the lst of March, such as it has been insert
ed in the Ioniteur and posted up in the
streets of Paris.
No witnesses were summoned to appear.
Certificates were only produced attesting
that during the years 1872 and 179S Gene
raj Cambrone, then an officer in the Nantz
Legion, rendered eminent services to mum
bers of Frcnchmen who were fighting "a
gainst him under the white flag.
Such are the principal circumstances as
the reading OF the documents by the repos-
ter Delon at the sitting of the Court this
day, has unfpIded after which the prison
Ell was introduced.
t
General Cambrone lisa tallman OF move
able features and stamped with military
ruggedness. a large wound, scarcely hea-
led, sinks in his forehead and divides his
left eyebrow; his talk, gestures and sound
oil voice exactly correspond with the ex-
preston Of his ply siognomy. He wasbern
at Nantz, IN l770.
The>Court proceeded to interrogate the
accused.
His defence rested upon the basis that
having made part of the guard granted
TO Napoleon to reside at the Isle of Elba,
agreeable to the treaty of the l2tl, uf April
he repaired thither: he took no oath to the
king, he considered himself in the service
Of foreign prince. He did sign the pro-
clamation Of Gulph Juan bT order Of Ma
pulecn, but he was neither the author nor
editor oft.
The reporter, having risen up and said
he considered if in his place to offer some
reflections respecting The duties Of the Of
fctrs charged with fulfilling the functions
of reporter of the Councils OF War, and
upon the manner i'll which these officers
ought to exercise them.
These reflections are far from being idle
they are far from being inapplicable to the
present case. The remarks that have been
made through the public prints upon my
conduct and my report III the affair %
lieutenant General Druot, render these
remarks necessary. they impose on MT
an ardu0us and painful obligation. Be-
y ing denounced to the inhabitants Of France
hsy, even to those Of foreign countries as
having deyiated from the path Of duty il
performing the part of the advocate of The
accused, rather than that of the reporter
of the tribunal which is 90 pronounce upor
his fate. It's then forgotten that the pub
lie accuser is equally bound TO louk for the
acquttai as well as for the condemua
- ton
Here the reporter enters at full length
into arguments showing the sort VI impair
tia!ity which becomes the offceof public ac-
cuser in every court of justice, bCt more
i. especially ItIdtiliS 10 GOuII utSttdiSs NjfO5'
attributes and organization are widely DIFF
ferent. These are, he said, the principle
by which he has been actuated during fiji
teen years Of exercise in his functions
lie then resumed the cause, aud urged, il
iavdgpf the prisoner, nearly the same mo
lives that had been set forth at the trial o
General Druot. The prisoner persuaded
himself he had become foreigner Il
France. Even that opinion, however er
roneous, justices lin for having carried
arms against his country in the eye of ;
tribunal which, setting altogether as iudg
es ard jurors, ought tojudge the intention
The King. said be, meant only to -puIisl
the abbettors and instigators Of thehorrit
conspiracy which brought back Bonaparte
The prisoner at the bar, Cambrone, acted
as soldier, he had no han at any plot
The public accuser was therefore in ia
your ofacquttaI.
Mr.. Berger, junior, the prisoners adj.
vocate, next addressed the court He re.
presented General Cambrone as acting
consistently in obeyiug blindly, tie orders
of his sovereign. He had not even the
right OF making representations to him, as
did General Druot, whose good adyices
Bonsparte despised, though he had sur.
named him the aoise.
The acquittal of General Druot is the
pledge for the safety Of the prisoner Al.
ter having SHARED the chief shall the sub.