Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-14

We have receive! very AUTHENTIC iutsn;
geEce relative to the beilIsh attempts If ii,
Count Des ARGOS, WHO has fallen sudden,
from the heighth of his proud elevation
| This Count had for sometime shewp bimss,
the enemy OF the Constitution, with a v;sv
OF gaining favor with the Prince koyaI p,
the revolution of z6lh February, Thom,,
Antonio tell, and The king having sworn T.
the Con titution, retired TO Lisbon. tn.
Count was appointed prime minister in ,pr.
Of the wishes Of the people, ~io did no, lin
him. AS soon as he saw the king out Of II.
harbor with all those who were agains, hin
he began to be;ray the county and II.
Prince, by his intrigues. He sought Som.
partizans, and in conjunction " it'll them h.
tried 10 separate the Brazils from Po,,up,,
and to establish government of bis own
He corrupted some Of The officers beloppi0,
to the battalion OF Chasseurs; be took tins,
Of whom he was certain-sent away the 9th
ers to Lisbon, and by this committed H.
crime OF high treason, seeking to gain ,h
Electors and the people who were in III,
Commercial square and at the place called
Madrugada de Pascos. He came there n
declare himself chief, as second Mem,
AMI to take the reins OF The government into
| bis own hands.
After this internal tragedy the Count was
full Of joy, a. Nero at the sight OF the burn.
ing OF Rome; and though il became nece
sary to dispdtch some friends, as for exampt
a celebrated bastard OF the Count ofSarg, /,
Targine, the possessor OF a great reveus
and innocent OF every thing which caluury
had repvrted against hint is believed
with some foundation, that.bG bad kept a
corresp ondence with Pernambuco, and that
be wanted to gain time 10 attack Bahis, BY
forming his despoiism upon it, destruction
| and RUN.
The good people Of Rio, however, waited
for the moment to stop bis Don Quixotic &C
lions. The battalion, ashamed of the blood
action in which he had involved them, hor
ed that some favorable event would Civ
them an occasion to save the prisoner,
| which the Count intended 10 sacrifice, AMI
to proclaim hin 10 bi. true colurs.
All this was realized on the 5th of June.
The prince knew the opinion of The troops
and Of the people. The prisoners were SET
at liberty with much joy, and the Count dis.
gracefully disappeared.
The Count Dos .4reos on arriving her, ha(
the impotence to demand permission TO LAM
for the purpose Of embracing bis friends
His ExcelIency The Governor informed BIZ,
that be would run the risk of being insulle
by the people, and ordered the vessel 10 sal
He passed the night on board, waiting IA
high water. Many people went to pIac
where they thought be would land, for Ii
purpose Of putting him TO death TO aveI5
themselves.
The portrait of the Count, which was 10
the room OF the Commercial Place, was nm
down with Indignation as soon as bis projects
were known-a people inha med with he
sacred cause OF Constitutional liberty, could
not see without Indignation the efigy Of al
ungrateiul person, who had medita,ed the
ruin OF city which had bestowed upon bin
SO many honors and dgni,ies. In fine, tb
Constitution is sworn TO gain-Dew NINE
tiers are appointed, and all is tranquil.
| a writer in the g Old Colony Reporte'I
Of Wednesday last has furnished tie I'd
lowing instance in proof Of the fact 4
spontaneous combustion. A few oN'
since, a workman in the Stone Fact@y
of Messrs. Croker & RicEn ORD, IN
Taunton, brought out of tie store aga,
cent to the factory, large ialttui o.
waste cotton. which he'd been emp oye(
in wiping paint from the machinery. mi
state of actual inflammation, and the all
at once kindied it into a blaze, and'tfHf
whole was consumed Had o. the 'o'
ton been providentially removed, the &c
struction of the building anu its valusb1
contents would inevitably have ensued'
[Prouidencc Patriot