Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-10-12

With deirium. The physician of the pri
son told me that nothing cuuid be Of any
| 'erSice tome while was deprived of air
md that he would make a report to the
Project, demanding that l should be sent
toas hospital. The inspector of the pri,
sons seconded the useless request of the
physician. La the mean time my fever con.
iiaued with slarniug symptoms, and took
farewell of this world. But a profuse
pcrspiration happily brought the matter to
acrisis, aud Twas rescued from immedi.
ate danger, though had sill to contend
with all the facilitating consequences of a
tyrus fever. -
Fhe repeated representations of the
physician and inspector, were still unable
to prevail on the project to free me from
this state Of torture.-I had conceived that
the torture had-been forever abolished i'm
France since that mild ard humane mon
arch, Louis XVI, had soiemuly prescribed
lts baT5arous usage in 1880. But that
| frlghtiul system. has only been modified BY
all the ephemeral authorities who have sue
! ceeded each other, and baye preserved il
the police with a fewexteptions) the same
san urinary agents. Under the pompous
title of administrative justice, the po-
lice piunses its, victims into infectious
dungeons, where they perish by inches. |
know persons, who, uiaer- BoDaparte's
l,eigu have been eleven years and half in
prison without being tried. The same sys-
TEN ut torture is continued, and by the
same agents. What other name can / give
to the cruel and Illegal treatment expert
enccd in order to force fne to comply with
their infam"Qs proposals What matters
IT whether my muscles were torn. on the
rack, Or whether was stif1ed for want of
air III an infectious dungeon The result
IS the same-agnny and death. At length
1 was sent for by the project himself, to
whom | was intyoduced by q chief clerk,
a Mons. Burgess. He iiew iuto most vi
Olent passion the moment approached him.
lie deciaimed against the Morning Chron-
licle and the Opposition, atgreat length X
with great warmth, as the cause of all the
evils which afflicted Fraace. | had patti
enee to hear him out, & replied, that how
ever admirable might be his eloquence, it
could not apply TO aie, who had no connex-
ion with any journal. He then resumed {:
that 80 the war had been carried on with
great loyalty, during the revolution, be-
tween the French aud the Englsll, but that
the paper war carried On by the Opposi-
ton aud the Morning Chronicle was more
destructive to France, than all the fleets
and armies of England. lie complained
of the English in Paris. and of their merld-
liog, critical anti-Bourbon spirit. asked
whe ther he had any complaint aghinst me
of the latter descri ption begged him to
produce against me single imprudent ex-
4 I.ft
4 Frencli society. since the restoration OF the
lpictures aud statues tn their lawful own
ers; because from theepoch the most hor-
rible discard destroyed the tranquility oil
every society. To this challenge he wa
silent, but said, that 10 individuals, exec Il
the high authorities of the state, should
presume ~ speak or write on politics, in
any country. told him that suc, doc
trine would appear ridiculous to every
Englshman that in England we respect.
ed the authorities. while we freely discus.
ED the good and bad policy OF their mea-
sures. lie then decialmed against the
Prussians for having rsvnged his country
house, and was sure that the French armie;
had not behaved so in Prussia. Still in a
passion, his excellency who is a minister oil
state, demanded in aperemptpry tone, tha
l should give up the names of the persons
alluded to. demanded indignantly, il
return, TO be sent back to my prison. III
) then attempted to wheedle me by entreaty
! out finally declared that preferred dealt
to liberty on the terms hc offered, and
: dared him TO do his worst His excellen
cy then broke out fresh against the Eng
lish, and declared that the French minis
III AZ IN no. L
E l-n0uS U0ut0ns etre maitres chez NOUS
This pompou celebration, considering the
D situation in which was, appeared to Inc 81
q ridiculous, that 1 could not help observing
E that he ought to begin by sending off the
allied armies. He once more insisted OF
: Knowing the names of the four persons tt
; which could only give the same reply
: lie than commenced long conversation
/, IN the course OF which, he Repeatedly oh
: served that the English were busy. med
ding, proud, ambitious people; that the,
had 6tesse Z amour propre of the Frenci
nation That France was happy. rich ann
tranquil, tili she was conquered by Eng
2 land that If France we're driven to dies
pair ;milli0hs of men would rise and at
ter bearing many similar strange things,
was dismissed with the understanding tina
r ] should be immediately liberated. Thu
: interview lasted one hour and quarter
!. and the whole nfthe time, tie project neve
! once looked me in the face. The expert
: ment having heen deemed conclusive, wa
one day hurried out of the dungeon (whert
: | had remained thirty four days. and plac
D ed in room with window, where | wa
}. kept thirty eight Jays longer a close pris
{ oner. with a Mons. Dider. an accomnlish