Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-12

l lcers aCteO WIN great uuIudOIty' lHc
officers OF some vessels recently arrived
| al this, and other u. S. ports, have spoken
with gratitude of The kind treatment they
met with from the same privateer.]
| DUCHESS OF AEGoULEME
Whenever the Bourbons engage in war,
we hear much more OF The Duchess oil An.
gouleme. than We do of the Duke. Bona
psrte is said TO have pronounced this lady
to be The onl y man belonging to the a5ove-
mentioned dynasty. She does. indeed.
possess character calculated TO excite
deep interest. She is the only surviving
child OF Louis, our revolutionary benefac.
tor, who. together with bis Queen, were
cruelty and bsrbarousIy murdered. This
lady was The companion other parents du.
ring their confine nent in the temple. and
il was firmly believed, that her head also
would have rolled beneath The stroke OF
the revolutionary axe. She possesses from
nature more OF the fire and inIrepidity OF
her mother, than the calm, passive, serene
for,i,ude OF her father. Endowed with
uncommon energy, her name is ways
heard in the hour of danger. The dread
iuI calamites That betel her in early lite,
have impressed her countsnance with
deep, settled melancholy. Beholding The
j tilDldity of the Bourbon character so
s,rikingly displayed in all The male bran.
ches-she shows courage 10 seasons OF
danger, and ruts forth all the energies OF
heroine. She has appeared st the head
of armies, and has Infused into them her
own unconquerahle spirit. All hopes Of
royalty, we presume, are now eAtinguisb.
ed in her line bu, she may be said to be
still the strongest prop and support of The
Bourbon throne. 1t has been said, that
she is harsh, cruel and severe. This we
disbelieve-the palace OF her youth was
dupgeoD--lhe smiles by which she was
surrounded, were those Of sanguinary and
famished assassiDs, thrsting for her blood
Fears, groaDs, horrible spectacles and
scenes revolving to human nature, were the
inse parable companions OF her infant years.
The character takes ITS impression usually
ess of Angouleme, appears gloomy and re.
pulsive, let it be remembered, that pain
full sights, horrid sounds and scenes Of an
euish beyond description awful, are always
present to her mind; that the royal palace
en,nds her OF tue duoseon and OF the
ru;Ilstine; that such associations are al
WAYS a, war with leviiy and mirlb. With a
child. the suferings OF parent never be-
come matters Of history; they form pre-
sent as long as aching memory endures.-
What spendor Of royalty, what affection
or even idolatry ,on the part OF The French
people, could compensate the Duchess OF
Apgouleme, Tor the scenes Of her early
life None
Extract OF letter, duted Madrid, May e5.
The BIB Of this month, Count AbIsbal
returned from Segoyia, and the l7th, be
published bis famous letter IN answer 10
that which the Count de MontIjo had ad
, dressed TO him 90 The l1th. The latter
has remained in manuscript; few copies
of the former were printed. and spread
only among The high classes, whom Abs,
bal wished TO interest 10 his projects -
Some persons think that this was a
project OF the ministry, and some of the
deputies of the Cortes. who seeing that
the end OF their reign was approaching,
wished at any price TO save the wrecks OF
the Constitution. But the efforts OF Mon
tito and Abisbal have alike been frustrated.
On the 18Th, the officers went 10 body to
the house OF Ahisbal, and represented 10
him their surprise a, his conduct. Abisbal
answered-lhe discussion grew warm
They told him be was traitor, aud be
was required to resign bis command. A.
bisbal, who bad forseen this event, told
them that this was already done. and that
he had resigned il into the hands OF the
MARQUIS de Castel dos Rios. The officers
retired. At twelve o'clock. Abisbal sent
to demand passports for Seville, which
were granted 10 him. At three O'Clock he
ordered his dinner; and whilst they were
spreading the cover. he went out OF the
room and appeared no more-what has
become OF him is not known many think
be is concealed in Madrid.
The 93d, at O'Clock in the morning, a
division OF 1000 French arrived. Zsyas
and his troops had previously retired. As
soon as the people beard It they ran in
crowds to the great square, and began 10
demolieh the stone Of the Constitution, in
the place OF which they put the portrai, OF
the King II was six o'clock in the morn
ing. The stone was broken in hundred
thousand pieces Thence the people re-
paired in crowds, to the palace o! The
Cortes. forced open the gates, broke the
candeslicks. chairs, benches and statues
v hilsl others on the outside mutila.ed The
sculptures. and broke The windows. They
took from the Library all the records, acts,
and verbs processes of the Cortes, which
they burnt in great leu de joie. To-
wards one O'Clock, all the balconies,
even in the streets opposite. were hung
with tapestry and silk curtains.
The portrait Of the King was placed be.
fore all the public edifces the crowd
was sugmenting The houses oil the most
| violent constlutionalists were forced open,
and the furniture broken. All2 O'Clock
the book OF the Constitution, and the por-
trait OF Rego were burnt al the Plaza