Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-10

ed to the care of Simon. a shoemaker
That man, under apparent bad treatment.
concealed an unlimited devotedness to
hlm' and unidentified him in private for all
the cruelties he seemed to exercise over
hun publicly. Simon having received or.
uers from Robespierre to poison the Dau.
phin, took that opportunity to keep him
from his tormentors. He substituted q
child OF the same size and age, who had
Just died, and whose features were altered
attr,outing the effects of it to the poison.
"Simon placed the Dauphin in his house fo,
several days and intrusted him afterwards I,
the care ofone OF his friends to conduct him :,
bordeuS. He gave him a sum Of money. ant
cnarged the Dauphn above all things to max,
himself known to no one but his sister. and :,
take patience till time should arrive when h,
oouiu see her again an event, said he, which
must one day or other take place. Having arr;v
ca AZ bordeaux, they embarked and sailed to Cor
sica. Atthat place his attendant died and he
lrg in distress, he was compelled to engaoe 30 ,
servant in the coffee-house at B,st;a He re
named there for little time, and having hear,
tnat ms sister resided at Vienna, he used all hi.
eno'tS 10 gather money, to see her again /. he
afterwards embarked and sailed 10 Ven;ce bay
ing there obtained passports for Vienna he at
.sn,Poeu 10 travel thither on foot; but the com
iencIlheht oil hothties in 1899, having filled TIA
WIN austrian recruits and camp followers
&c. the young man had the misfortune of Memo
surrounded by one of their bands upon hi re
Niusai to engage, they cruelty treated him and
unelr conduct terminated in taking away his M.
Pers and money; SO, being without reso,Irs.s
nc was compelled to engage in the regiment he
iore mentioned, IN which he could only be ,e-
ceiveo as drummer on account of his ,c. "a
OF ID. Ihis is what the young man told NO viii,
el,e voice OF truth, and at the same time with ca
nuon aPParent ndlfference, as he cared not a
sous whether his hearers believed b;,, -. ~ no'
Inc Kind OF little court which had formed go,
nun, never omitted to address him bv t;,le of
monsieur lie Dauphin, or Monseigneur. All the
respectable ladies in Turin went tn see hin, -
every one offered to provide him with clothes
linen, &c. Several offered him ,nonev ,,h;si
ne refused. The greater number among ,ho.a
VINO saw ana spoke to him. really remained in the
peisuasoh' that he was the son ofLouis the Six
ueh'h ; as 10 myself, who saw him without pre
possession, declare L was much embarro.csI
what opinion to form ofhim. The whole evts-
FLOR OF the young man correspondent with what
he SAID. The resemblance of his face ,yae NJ
iect and person who had formerly been ~
tached to the French court, having observed
that he ought to have a scar in the skin ON o.
count of a fall which he had in the great stars
oil versailles, we really found a light scar ON ,bs
place IN question, he had besides the gait com
mon to all the Bourbons, majestic air. his SKIN
exceedingly lar, and upon the whole, possess.
ing rare personal qualities
Gen. Melas has d!spached a cour;e- 20 ";
emma, to the emperor, in order to know what con.
duct ne ought TO pursue He received orders tn
have the yonnS man examined by a court martial
They told him at first, that if he confessed tbs
t'uth he should be forgiven; but if they proved
he had told falsehood, he would be shot. He
persisted in saying he was the dauphin of France.
son OF Louis XVI and asked nothing else hut ~
be conducted where his sister resided. From
nat time the public no longer had liberty to Vi
SIT hun, and few days after a rumour was cir.
culated that he had confessed that he was the
son OF matchmaker at Versailles. However. he
told friend of mine, who took the opportunity
TO speak to him, while they were conducting b m
to prison, that it was false, and that he had
confessed nothing contradictory to what he had
first said. Nevertheless he was sentenced by a
court martial, composed of Austrian officers, to
run the gauntlet three times on ST. Charles's
square.
"The ladies of the town who had interested
themselves in his happiness, went and asked Gen.
Melas for ms pardon, who consented he should
only pass once he was accordingly conducted
to st. Charles's square to suffer his punishment ;
and aPerson worthy of faith, who approached
very near him at that moment, told me that
when the corporal took off his shirt, he exclaim.
ed--WhGt an indigMty for a Bourbon! From that
time the young man disappeared, and nobody
knew what had become of him.
Continuation of Ectracts from late Lon
don papers, received at the office of the
Mercantile advertiser, by tie British
Packet.
From the London Morning Chronicle, of Feb. S.
PARIS, Feb. %.
A traveller arrived from Lyons, who was
enabled to judge Of events, relates that
every disposition had been made for &c
neral movement breaking out in that CITY
on the 18th of the month but that Q hours
before the appointed time, counter order
was given. Some persons had not time TO
be informed, and it was they who displayed
a few moments the tri-colored FLAG at the
Hotel de Vile, and afterwards in the Fau-
bOurg de la Guillotier. 1t appears more
over, that the general movement pr elected
is only deferred-that the police have got
the principal clues to it, but that it is not in
their power to avoid it, because this affair
is connected with the movement of the
Austrians on the frontiers Of Italy, and
with the troops Of general FrimOnt 10 the
neighbOrhOOd of Lorraine. 1t is pretended
that Prince Charles is at the head of an ar
my of 10000 men, collected together in the
envirOns Of Milan, and that he is making
to enter France, in concert
with general Frimont. As it is we'll known
that the Empress Maria Louisa is at Milan
with her son, it is believed that she will fol
low her uncle. On the other hand, there
are some reasons for thinking that Prince
Eugene, at the head of the Bavarian army,
is also operating movement by the from
tiers of Germany; it is even said that the
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