Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-10-05

~ s7N7 WHIT Qutht y "t AMEN nc inay
;'rry, w.th him. they answered, one or two
;han.es. Fro,n that moment the prince
u.s. all hope and foresaw the tate which a.
varied him. lie took with him 200 Ju
cats aud gave 100 Ia the chcyaiier jacques
20 deiray the expenses uf the prisnncrs.--
lie embraced his faithful friends and babe
'hcn' an eternal &dieu. They start-the
carriage travels night ard day-they ar
ire or the goth at half pas; / o'clock at
/ the gates TT the capi,al, near the barricre
depont. 'lDr'e Icy hnd courier. with
orders 70 hie Of glang the walls, and to
reach Vincennes. The Prince entered ;hi~
frlS"n at > O'clock. Harrei, cummandan:
at fmccnncs, mysteriously observed TO his
wife s" do not know who this prisoner
can be but there are great many people
to make sure of hin,-iiarrai's wife rccor.
DISCS the duke d'Enghein and exclaim.
Is and it is my foster brother" The pri.ice
! worn aus with hunger and fatigue, takes a
slight repast. and requests them To let him
have watc, carly in the mGrninu to battle
his feet. lie throws himself upou a wretch.
Jed c"t prepared for him ia room of
tn' basement stnry, near window
;ol which twu panes of glass were bro
ken. The Prince having no,ice,l this tie
holes we're stopped with napkins.
lie soon went fast to sleep he was sud-
= denly reused at eleven o'clock-rhey con-
Quoted him TO chamber IN the middle pa
vlliInn, facing the wood there were as
aembied eight officers viz General ilul
I'm commander of the srenadiers Of the
su:rd Sutton colonel commander Of the
lst regHnest of Curassiers Bazan, colonel
commander Of the 4th regiment OF Light
infantry; Xavier, colonel commander of
the 10th regiment of Infantry of the line :
Barr0is, colonel commander of the 96th
regiment ol the line; Rabb, colonel com
mander OF the second regiment of the mu-
|nicipal yards of Paris d'Antancourt. ex-
erclsing the functions Of reporter; Molin,
captain of the 18th regiment of infantry of
the line register /; all appointed by general
Murat, governor OF Paris, these officers has
thy drewup a criminal accusa,ion-rhe
sentence was passed at four In the morn
ing, aid at half past i:,ur, the prince was
executed in one at the losses Of the Cha
teau. During this kind of mack trial the
duke d'Enghien spike in that noble man.
| ifer- which became his character. Wheu
asked why he had born arms against his
country, he answered 8. I have fought
with my family to recover the Inheritance
of my ancestors ; but since peace has been
Concluded, have laid down my arms, con-
ylnced that there are no longer any kings
IN Eurnpe." His judges struck with So
much intrepidity and innocence, hesitated
mame'.t they wrote to the tyrant to
lcaril his final determination he returned
the letter with these three words written
at the bottom of it, condemned to DEATH
At a privy council which took place at
the lhuiiIeries TO decide upon the fate of
this young Prince ,Cambaceres was of tpin
iton that his life should be saved. Since
when," cried Benaparte, with anger, have
YOU become so sparing Of the blood Of the
Bourbons."
The officer who commanded the detach
ment OF gendarmerie, had been brought
upIn the house of Condo. The prince re-
cogn'ses him, and expressed pleasure at
seeing him the officer hangs down his
head and weeps; they quit the council
chamber they descend into the tnssee by
a narrow, darE and crooked Staircase
lie prince turDs towards the officer, and
SAYS to him :: am To be immured alive
IN dungeon ]? Am destined to perish
IN the oubliettes ?" GO No, my iord,'' an.
swered the officer, sObbng," you need not
lear that" They ich on to the spot Sc
lected tor the preparation of the murder
The young prince sees these prepSrati
ons, and exclaims, 4" thank heaven, shall
die the death of a soldier 20 Before the ex
ecuton, the unfortunate prince had redues
ted the presence Of minister of the eospeI
IN order to acquit himself of his last duties.
an insulting an1 almost general smile ac
comPanied the following answer from ore
OF those wretches I" Dost thou wish to die
like capuchin Thou wantest pr;ast -
they are all IN bed at this hour. The
prince, indignant, uttered not another word
threw hl2self upon his knees. raised his
soul to God, and after a few moments of
p'ous recreation rose and cried out, march
on! Murat and SaVary, BonOparte's aide
de-camP, were present at the execution.-l
On the point of being sho', the duke d'En- |
slein stood up with an intrepid ASPECT said |
to the gendarmes, " come on my friends''
g Thou hast 70 friends here's said an inso
tent anu tenacious yOice-it was the voice |
nt hurat' The prince was instantly shot
by the light of dark lauthorn fastened tn
'is breast, in the southern part Of the fus.
SEES Of the chateau, near the entrance of = |
small garden. The soldiers rushed uDon
iiIm and sliced his two waiches.-he was
thrown into grave dug the evening before,
whlie ne was at supper. The spade and |
PICK axe had been borrowed from one of
the Keepers Of the forest. Thus persisted,
ia the Hover Of his age, in the midst If the
most Industrious career,a prince. a hero.
covered with glory, blessed with all the
gifts of nature, endowed with the most bril-.