Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-09-14
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/ HISliShJ square miles.
PARIS, July 10.
The marshals nho were indisposcd or O
herwise absent on the occasion of the adj
ADMINISTRATION ut an rath at the Thuillerie.
on Sunday, were--Massena, Duke of Ri
Will ; D,voust, Duke ut Auerstadt Victor
Duke of Belluno Lcf bre, Duke If Dant
zic Count Serruiicr, and count ViomeEil-
Private letters announce that general
Savary aud d4aiiamand have left Smyrna
to proceedtO Persia. Tie Interior designs
are not known. The brother of General
Lailcmand-has been for these two lnoaths
in the United States of America.
Allthe accounts from Germany. the Ne
therlands, and Switzerland, agree in stat
ing that 40 deplorahle a season was never
known in the memory of man; while the
letters from Petersburg, Stockholm, and
| Copenhagen announce that very warm &
VERY dry season prevails in the North.
Funjs.-Five per Cent. Consois, So s.
TO- Bank Actions, 1865.
We learn from Germany that the great
tdyke on the right bank OF the Rhine at O.
| berhausen, where the Saal5ach empties it.
| self into that river, broke down ia the
E0rning OF the 9Th instant, in consequence
of whc, the waters burst through. and a
great extent Of country WIS laid under
water. Had this accident happened by
night, the effects wontd have been still
more disastrous.--Great exertons, were
making, with suine hope of success, to ill
up the breach.
They write from Agen. undertake of the
9Th, that on the evening OF that day "a vio-
lieut. storm accompanied by torrents of
Train, burst'upon that city. 1t was feared
i that great injury had been done to the crops
which had already suffered much from the
violence of the winds and rains that had
long daily succeeded each other in that
part OF France.
/ PARIS, July IL.
The King of Naples has prohibited the
introduction of the SiciIian Journals into
his continental territories. The liberty OF
1.-THE press is established by the constitution
or Sicily.
In Naples, as i'm most OF the cities of Eta
lly, there have lately been prophets whe
'lpredicted the end OF the world. in the
beginning of June, priest named Garlic,
! preaching in the church of st. James, an.
bounced that the city OF Naples would be
destroyed ON the 27rh of that mouth. 1t
was to rain fire for four hOurs--and those
} who escaped the fire were to he devaured
by serpents. Such was the impression
made by these absurdities on the people,
that the police were compelled to arrest
the prophet and several other individuals.
The crops have the finest appearance in
all parts OF the kingdom of Naples, but the
roads are infested by banditd.
A tremendous hail storm lately visited
several cantons of the department of Mon
|, tauban. The hail stones were Of large
size and completely destroyed the hopes
, ed. Measures are now taking to ascertain
the extent Of this disaster.
The whole OF the Russian corps in France
commanded by Count WOrOnzoif, are to be
replaced by other Russian troops, of whici
5 OF 5000 men are expected at Maubegc by
the end OF August.
The Seine has risen eight feet within
the4e few days.
July IS.
General Lagarde, commandant of the
: department of the Garde, is appointed en-.
yoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten.
iiary OF the King of Munich. This higl
mark of confidence proves that the Kins
has not forgotten the firm and courageous
conduct OF the General in the department
entrusted to his command
The grand Wears of the diocess Of Pari
! have JUST issued al order for public PRAYER
Ut forty hours with exposition of the Hol,
q Sacrament, to entreat the Almighty fo
weather more favorable to the fruits of til,
, earth.
ERANKFnVT ItIy IL
Continual rams, torrents the like o
which we have never before seen. storms
: followed by hail lay waste Upper Franc
: ria. Whole villages are under water
y The Envircns of Mannheim arc inundated
J Ei.e Rhine and the Neckar have risen
feet inches above their medium height
and the hopes of very fine harvest ha v,
been almost ruined. The loss in hay
: corn, tobacco, and pulse, is almost in cal
5 cuabe.
? DhRMsTADT, July t2.
Yesterday Hessian Regiment entered
u Mentz; and ut the same time a proclama
= tloD was published in which the Gran,
y Duke announced that. 10 pursuanceof
tfeaty concluded at Frankfort, with tn
u Emperor of AuStria, and the King of Pfus
T STA, he took possession of Mentz and its de
!, pendeuces.
y HAeUE, July IL.
" The Vice-Admiral Vander Capellan, af
ter having staid some days at Ps!ma, ia tn
: island of MajOrca, again sailed to AIgiers
and entered very far into the bay, in or
y der TO ,econnoitre exactly the Algcrinc ma
D val force. The enemy attempted in vail
to hinder him recommending by brisk fir