Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-13

the arrival Of the people, collec,e, nv he
loud and furious shouting. he was fmnJ
almost Para.ized with terror. We under.
,'ahu 'nat about twenty years ago SINH
lar alarm prevailed in the Tower. upon
'he presumed appearance of ghost in
leariy the same spot. The centipel &c
t'ia. day on duty was missing, and ON the
neSS morning was apprehended at Tu,n-
nam green as a deser.er. TIE acconnt
winch he gave of himself was, that a sp;r;t
mad caught him up in his arms and carried
MN OH through the air. and that alt he re-
collected Of his voyage was. that, in mass.
,ns over st. Paul's Ch-rch. he stryrE VIC
cross with his heel. The spirit. bowever
did not attend the Court.msrtial In crab.
sstantiate this statement, and the noor fsJ.
low was sentenced to receive. and did act
ualiy receive 500 lashes as deserter. In
we present case several bold attempts
nave .v oeen made to arrest the ghost, but
without effect. Three officers of the Gar.
r'son Battalion lately sat up an whole
night upon the spot, but the ghost neither
appeared IN propria persona, nor announce
ed MS presence by his usual frishtful howl
ing. The prevalent opinion among the
,nnaoltants of the Tower, encourages the
oeiiei that 1t is a trick practlsed by some
individual tor an interested purpose, to eff
'ect some new arfaDgementin that parti-
cular quarter of the Tower. All the state
officers, both civil and military, have bean
appnzed of the subject.
r PARIs, JAN. 10.
The Marshal de Camp Breton, and The
captain OF the Gendarmerie Thomass,D.
nave been arrested and conducted to the
Aooaye; the latter is closely confined
ms military prison encoses at present
Generals Beiliard, Ornano, Cam5ronne.
Drouet, Debelle, Dulour, Decaep. VIC
Admiral Linois and his son, Colonels Boy.
er and Faudoas.
New levies of French troops arrive ey.
~ Gay IN Paris. 1t is remarked, that the
soldiers are, for the most part, composed
OF the dlsbanded troops ofthe army OF ise
Loire; They, however, appear to be
warmly attached to the King. AL the i'm
Portante posts in the capital are occupied
~ them. The national guard occupy such
places only as are best calculated for the
mere purposes of police. The greatest
confidence is reposed in the new army:
ana, at the present moment, fears are en-
iertained that their loyalty will be nut to
me test. There is a very general imores-
SION that the enemies of the Boorbeos
nave already commenced their secret ma.
ORDINANCE OF THE KING.
:, LOUIS, by the grace of God, King of
france and Navarro, to all those to whom
'nese presents shall come greeting
w are informed that our ordinance of
TIE Slst OF November last has found in the
cry OF NIsmes the respect and submission
"nch we had right to expect that II the
4fimlnal, whom justice claims, is not vet
10 IFS hands. strict search has been made
Tor hlm that ithas been seconded by the
national guard and by the Inhabitants |: that
eyery thing announcesthat the assassin of
deleral Lesarde has not in Nismes either
isylum Or protector:
Upon another side, the article of the
constitutional Charter, which, il, recoenis-
ing the Catholic religion for the religion
oi the state, guarantees to other forms of
worship liberty and protection has been
faithfully executed. Tho Temple Of the
r'otestants IS open, and they enjoy there
.he ehtire security which the laws suaian.
tee to them. After so signal a return to
P lnciples and order, we do net wish to de-
Ter the revocation Of those rigorous mea-
sures which necessity had forced from US.
For these reason we have ordained and do
ordsin as follows:
Article 1.-The troops placed in CARR.
son upon the inhabitants of Nismes shall
be Withdrawn without delay and distribut.
I'd in the barracks and the other places of
the department of Gard, which our sIiiita.
~ Commsndant shall judge proper.
2. Our Project shall testify to the iDha-
llta nts and the National Guard of Njsmes.
-ha' we are satisfied with tie zeal with
which they cont ibuted to the maintenance
II tranquility, aud the maintenance Of
good order in our said good city.
8. Our Minister, Keeper 1t the Seals,
ind our Ministers Of War Of the Interior.
ind OF General Police, are charged witR
he execution Of the present Ordinance.
Given at Paris, at the Castle of the Thu.
illeries, the 10Th of Jauary IN the
year of Grace, 1876, and of our
reign the 2Ist,
(sigued)
LOUIS.
BY the Einv.