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LUBFCK, November 9,
The 6th of this month wat them oft dread,
fu! da; in the annals of Lubeck ; the Prus
sian General N.tzncr being in opr town
wi<h 4000 men, the French, under the
orders bl .vl ulkai Ucrnadotte, atttcksi the
P.-iffians at nine o'clock in the morning,
cut off the town | both fidcs fought with
ti«B giea;df bravery and obftihacy ; towards
Rim, the Frrn-h appnred before* the town
with very luperior forces; they were re
ceived at the gites with cannon, charged
with langridgc (mtfraille,) but it did not
Hop them, they were repujftd at leveral of
the gnteg, but they fuccecd in forcing that
of item Burg/hor— then began in the town
the rnnff dreadful combat ; the Pruflians
h;d a gofd deal of artillery, which did
much injury to ilie French ; but nothing
could withlt nd thvir bravery and superior
numbers. They followed the Prurthn* into
til the h->u(c», churches, and public bull
dings, where a terrible carnage was made.
The fi.iughrcr laded upward, of three hours
during which the number of killed and
wounded accumulated both in the houses
and lire firects, and particularly at the
Bu'gihor, (o a frightful ncight, Several
id the houses efyipej plundering, by getting
a French fafe guard. Now that all is over,
Brrnadolte has infnrhjcd hi* soldiers, that
they arc on longer to confider Lubeck as
a bdftilc city, but as under the protection
of his Ma jelly the Emperor,
rrm~va
THIRTY-FIRST BULLETIN.
“ Berlin, November 12.
“ Upon the uihinl. at nine o'clock in
the morning, the garrison r.f Magdeburg de.
file 1 before ihe .irmv of M u dial Nc.y. We
have 20 Generals, 800 officers, and 22,000
men, as prifonetj, among whom are 1000
artillery men; 54 (land of colours, £ Han
dl'd*, 800 piece* riemnoo, one million of
gunpowder, an immense bridge equipage,
and n molt extraordinary quantity of (hot,
compose the booty,
“ The roral amount of prifone rs taken du
ring' the campaign, amounts to npwartis of
140,000 men ; and the total amount of stan
dards and (land oi colours is 250. The num
ber of field pieces whLh have been taken
from the enemy in the field of battle, and
in varieus engagements, exceeds 800, and
the number of pieces of cannon found at
Berlin, and in the capitulated fonioff s, ex
ceeds 4000.
LONDON, November 24.
The capture of Vera Cruiz is, as we
mentioned in our last, the firft object of the
ex edition under gen. CraufurJ. After the
archievemriit of this object; the army is to
proceed to the execution of a most extendve
plan of conejued cn the whole of Spanish
A meric.).
—-WfflHPno—
CHARLESTON, Februasv 5.
The fad failing ihip John & Francit,
Captain StuLiMAN, arrived this
morning in thirty.five days
from Bordeaux,
Bv this arrival we have received a varle. 1
ty pf Ficiich papers to the 24th December
inclufivc. The mod important article we
notice is, the Decree of the French Emperor,
declaring the ports of England inaftate ot
blockade, which as more immediately inte
rfiling to A nericsio, we ptibliih This E
vening, in cxclufi nos the details of the
movement «l the Armies.
It appears Tom the French Bulletins (59
in number) that the reported defeat of the
French army at PoPffi, is without foundati
on, The advanced polls ot the two Armies
m*t on the 26th November;—'The Ruffians
under the command qf General Benigfcn, at.
tempted to prevent ihe French from entering
Warise; bur were overthrown, and puriu
ed as fir as Bionic. The Grand Duke of
Berg entered Warfau on the i3ih ; and the
Ruffian, troops had re-croltnl the Villula,
with an intention to remove in*o the heart
of the country. The Ruffians have declared
war agaiull tbs Porte ; Clioczin and Cruder
arc lurrouudcd by iheir troops —they have
also trolled the Doftidcr, and puffied ou as
far as JaHy.
Mitfhai Divov.ft has crofftd the Vistula,
and cftablilhed his head.quarters before
Prague.—The Emperor of France had his
head! quarters at Pofcn on the g h ot De
cember.
The fottrvffis of Glcgau and Raflenbilrg,
have futrende ed to the B.yarian army un
der Jcio.nc Bonaparte.
A suspension cf arms was concluded by
Lucchefini, the Prussian mmillcr, on the
17th November-—but the king ot Pauli a
had declared he ct-uld not ratify it, as.
ftgning for rrafbit, that a part of his dates
wee occupied by the Ruffians ; that he was
entirely in their dependence ; and therefore
cc-uid net execute the stipulations of the ar
raiflice.
Eighty thousand French conscripts are or
dered to be railed for the year ISO7.
The foregoing intelligence ,wc have collc
ed from the F.-srch pipers.—The last verbal
accounts however, which wc have received
from the gentlemen who came paflengers in
the ihip, arc, that it was <wb j}<red t when
they failca, that the advanced guards of the
French Enmstor had been cut to pieces by
the Ruffian troops. —The loss was (aid to hie
from eighteen to twenty thousand men.
This information was generally credited at
.Bordeaux —But no printer dare give it pub
licity.
I General Htchlrifoii and fulte arrived at
Copenhagen on the 6th December* on theif
way to Peterfbarg.
It is dated in a London paper of the 6th
December* that the negociations with the
United States bad taken a very unfavorable
turn.
IMPERIAL DECREE.
In our Imperial Camp at Berlin , Na'vem.
her njl , 1806.
NAPOLEON.
Emperor of the French, and King of Italy :
Considering—
id. That England does not admit the
rights of perfans, univcrfally followed by
all poliihtrd nations.
ad. That (he regards zs an enemy, every
individual belonging to the enemy's ftatc,
and in consequence makes prisoners of war,
I not only all the crews of vtffels fitted out
tor war, but also the crews of merchantmen,
and even the merchants and commercial a.-
gents who go voyages, tor the purpose of
tranfaflirg their baSncfs.
3d. That (he extends to veffids and com
ircrcial meiehandizc, and to the property of
I individuals, the right of conqtreft, which
can only apply to what belongs to the Sta.e
, of the enemy.
4th. That fheextends to commercial towns
and perts npforiififd, to harbours and mouths
1 ot rivers, the tight ot blockade, which con.
formably to the tcafon and cuftoin of all ci
vilized nations, is applicable only to Foni
tied places.
That flie declares places blockaded, be
fore which flic had not even a single ship of
war, although a place is only blockaded
when it is inverted in such a manner, that
no attempt can be made to approach it, with
out incurring and eminent risk.
That (he even declares in a ftatc of block
ade, places w hich all her united loicts would
be incapable of blockading, entire coafls,
and a whole empire.
51 h. That thefc monstrous ahufes of the
right of blockade, have no other objetli in
view but to prevent the communication be
tween nations, and to raise the commerce
and indurtry cl England on the ruin of the
industry and commerce of the Continent.
6M That fuclt being the evident olsjeft
j of England, whoever carries on upon the
I Continent a trade in Englilh merchandize,
j by that means favours her designs, and ren
ders himfelt her accomplice.
yth. That this co?.dafl of England, wor
thy in every rcfptft cf the fuft ages of
barbarity, husbeen to the advantage o» that
powef, to the detriment of all oihcrs.
S.h. That it is a natural right to oppofc
j the enemy with the arms he makes use cf,
j and to fight him in the fame manner as ho
i when he forgets all ideas of jufticc,
and all liberal ftntim-.nts, the rcfult of civil,
izmion among!! men.
We have rcfolvcd to apply to England
the usages (lie has consecrated in her mari
time legiflition,
'1 he dispositions of the present decree will
be condantly considered as the fund a merit a I
principle «*t the empire, until England has
rccognifed that the right of war is one and
the lame on land as on se a ; that (he cannot
extend it to private property, of whatever
nature soever, nor to the persons of indiyi.
, duals foreign to the profeffion of arms, and
that the ngh; cf blockade mud be idlrained
to fortrdLs really inverted by fufHcienr for
ces.
Wd have in confluence decreed, and do
decree what follows ;
Art. I. The Brttilh Irtands are declared
in a Hare of blockade.
11. All comtaetec and correfpondefice with I
the Critilh Inlands, ate prohibited. In con.
Lqucncc, the letters or packets addrdfed
either to England, or to an Englishman, or
written in the Englilh language, (hall not
he allowed to pula at the pelt-office, and
fnall he seized.
111. Every E.tgUlh fubjeft, ot whatever
pjofcfficu or condition fuever, who (hall be
found in the countries occupied by cur
troops, or by thefc ot our allies, (hall be
made a priEr.tr of war.
IV. Ail magazines, merchandize and
/ property v.hatfotvcr, belonging to an Eng
lilh fubjefft, (ball be declared a lawful prize.
V. Tire trade in Englilh meiehandizc is
so: bidden ; and .11 merchandize belonging
to England, or coming from its raanufac
luri.i. and colonies, is declared a lawful
VJ. The half- f the produce of the ccn.
fifearien of merchandize and property, de
clared a lawful prize by the preceding arti
cles, (hall be employed to indemnify the
merchants for the Idles they have fuitained
bv the capture cf their merchantmen by
| Englilh cruisers.
VII. No vciLls coming dircftly from
England, or from the Englilh colonics, or
| having been there since the publication of
\ the prifcnt decree, (hull be received into any
j port,
j VIII. Eevcry veflel which, by means of a
falfc declaration, fnall tntnfgrcfs the above
clacfc, lhall be seized ; and the vcffcl and
cargo fhail be cunfifcated as it they were
Englilh property,
IX. Our prize tribunal at Paris (hall pro
nounce final sentence in all difpntes which
may arise in our Empire, or in the coun
tries occupied by the French army, relative
to the execution of the present decree. Our
prize tribunal at Milan (hall pronounce final
icntence in all such like difputcs which may
arise throughout our kingdom of Italy.
X. Communication (hall be made cf the
present decree, by our minister for foreign
affairs, to the kings of Spain, Naples, Hol
land, and Etruria, and to our other allies.
whose fabje&s are victims, like ear own,
of the injustice and barbarity of the EngliQi
maritime legiilation.
XI, Our ministers for foreign affairs, of
War, Marine, Finances, and Police, and
also cur Post-Masters-General, arc charged,
each as far as concerns him, with the execu.
tiencf the present decree.
(Signed) NAPOLEON,
By the Emperor,
The Mtnifter Secretary of Sfafe t
H, B. MareT.
Extract from Robert Fulton's address *•
both hmfes cf Cengrefs.
** In the j car 1770, the w hole value of
manufactured cotton in England was equal
to 1,300,000 dollars per annum. J his
was principally in corduroys, quiltings and
coarfc articles. About that time Richard
Arkwright, (a man whom nature had cre
ated a genirs, but penury had made a bar
ber) conceived the peffibility of Ipinning
cotton by machinery. After some years ot
experiment, and under every disadvantage
of indigence and sarcasm, he fucceedcd in
making what is caihd the water frame, to
which he added the carding and roving en.
gines; by which one perlpn could produce
as much yarn and of as good a quality as
20 pcifons were acculUmed to spin by hard
in the fame time. H»s breeds soon bettered
his fortune, created envy, and raised up a
heft of pretenders to his invention ; which
but a few years before were viewed a's the
futile projects cf a disordered mind. Op.
politico arofc to his erefiing cotton mills,
left the hand spinners (hould be deprived of
labor and btead. But the wiftlom of go
vernment proteded him ; the good sense of
the few overcame the prejudices of tlie many ;
the engines progrelßveiy improved, the
cheapness ®f the yarn iocreafed the trade,
more fpinntrs were employed in the new
than in the old pradtice of hand wheels ;
old men and women, and children of three
years of age, found work in the mills, by
which they gained fubfittcnce for thernfelvts,
and raised wealth to the nation.
Thus by the genius and Irduflry of one
poor and obfeure individual, the value of
the manufactured cotton in England has
within t|e last 36 years been raised from
1,300,000 to 51,50$, 000 dollars per annum.
Four or five years ago the English manufac
tured about 31 millions of pounds weight
of raw cotton ; which on an average of 33
cents a ft. leaves a profit to the nation of
at millions of dollars a year. This inven
tion, which took place in England, and
the consequent demand for cotton, has cau
sed avast cultivation of that artie’e in A
merica, which was not thought of 20 years
ago ; and which could not now exist, had
it not been for the invention of the cotton
mill*. So that there are planters in Ameri
ca acquiring many thousands of dollars a
year, who must have lived in mediocrity,
or perhaps poverty all their lives, had net
the pateut law drawn forth the genius of
fach a man as Arkwright. Thus it is that
the ufeful arts and improvements benefit
mankind in geceral, though it is seldom
that their good consequences can be forefeen
or calculated.
STEAM ENGINE.
The second example to shew the impor.
tance of securing to men of genius the cx
clufive right to their mental labors is the
case of Mr. Watt. About 23 years ago
he improve J the steam engine by adding a
separate condenser, and a rotary movement ;
by which it could be applied, as the firft
mover to all kind of mills, instead of water
wheels. The two great advantages ryhieh
arofefrom this improvement were the laving
of lucl and the power to cftablifa mills and
machinery of all kinds, whenever coals
could be found or delivered at a convenient
price. This had the fame effefi as it would
have had to multiply the number cf water
falls or mill feats throghout the country. The
economy of coals encouraged the eftablifh
rnent of such engines to pump the water
from the mines of Cornwall, it has laved
many valuable mines from being drowned,
has given the means of vvoiking them much
deeper than was formerly the custom, and
thus created avast weahh in copper and tin.
Objeifs which otherwise would have re
mained under ground, loft to the nation.
Until the rotary movement was applied
to the steam engine, all mills in England
were put in motion by water, wind or
hoiics. When iron ore was found, it was
neccffary to carry it to a water fall ; which
fall was ncceffary to work the bellows of
the furnace. When the ore was run into
pigs, there was fddom water fufneient at
the furnace to work the forge. It therefore
was necefiary to transport the pigs to another
water fall, perhaps 20 or 30 miles ; this
increased the exptnee and price of iron, and
created two diftinit branches of business
in the iron trade, those of the smelter, and
forgets. These two companies deputing
about the price of pig iron, it occurred to
John Wiiktnfon, who was a smelter, to
render hioafclf independent of the forger*,
by erefting a steam engine to forge the pigs
into bar*. This he did, and perfectly fuel
ceeded ; which new experiment has fed
forges Jr furnaces independent of waterfalls,
for wherever ore and coals are found, (and
they are frequently near each other,) steam
engines may be ereifled to blow the furnace
and work the forge, or rolling and flirtimr
mills. This is now the raoft general pract
ticc throughout England. The confcquence
is, a great number of iron works have been
established, and avast wealth has been
drawn from the earth, which would be
now lying ufelcfs to man, had not the pa
tint law Simulated the genius and aftivhy
of Mr. Watt. By the power of his engine
many old mines have been laved, rew ones
opened, cotton mills built, com milla and
machinery of all kinds put in motion, ca
nalt furnilhed with water at their fummic
levels, which otherwise ccuid never have
been rendered navigable. In fact such vari- 1 >
ous improvements have been made in mining
ar.d marufafturing in ccnlcquercc cf this
engine, that it i> almeft impossible to trace
tlum through all their combinations and
happy conicquences. But the following
calculation will give feme idea of iht wealth
they have tailed to lie natii n.
Two jtars ago Mr. Watt hrd made
isooengir.es at his own wciks at Scho
t.ear Birmingham ; ar.d about an equal r.u».
her had been made in different parts cf tha
kingdom; total 3 000 ergires. Efim.a,
ting ih»fe on an average at 12 horses powei,
each ore would he equal to the wotk of 36
horses; for it w«*Jd requite three sets or
charges of horses to keep op the perpetuity
cfmoticn like 2 fleam engine. The 3,000
engines confiqucntiy peiloun tic wotktf
108, cco horses. To iced such a number
of hoifes at J2O dollats each, would cell
I2,96o : Ooo dollars a jear'. They would
comume the produce ' of 540,000 acres cf
land; which produce new get* to feed the
it habitants arid mcicafe u;c ii.tiufi, ry., atil
li rtngth of the nation* while the trginc is
led with coals.
Having new conlidercd this immer.fe
saving ol the prcdoce cf agriculture for the
r.c.urilhmcnt cf m?r, 1 v. ill new ft.ppoie
that the feeding the trgire with coals colls
half as much as the feed of an tonal number
cl horses—the pufit of the labor of each
hone’s power may be,ftimatedat 120 dollars
»r total hor lie power at t 2 969,000 dollars
a >ecr. r i hctelore adding this profit to
the favirgs and conltqueut incrcafe cf agri
culture the laving ol mines—the economy
and profits ol manuiafftuies, and the whole
ccr.ftquenccs of this invention, it tray fairly
be calculated that it has taifed as much
weath to the nation as the cotton mills ;
and tlttfe two inventions have within the
last thirty years added at bast do.coo.oco
of dollars a year to the riches cl England •
thisfumis equal to 13,500.c001, ftctling'
w hich is the interefl of a capital of zyorcoo,-
000 liciling. Hence wbile Mr. Pitt was
It ending this iirmenfe capital in nen-prede
live ard ruinous wars the genius cf prcduc- '
tive irduftry was creating the mtars to
enable the nation to pay the interefl,
Which of theft men, the promoter of war
or the inventor of u.fcful arts, merits most
the lading monument of the people's grati
tude ?•■• * *
_ . I,
Navy Department.
‘janutt 173,1807.
Sir,
In anfwrr to your letter of the 31st ulti,
mo, add refled jointly to the secretary at. war
and the secretary of the ravy, I have the
honor, on the part cf the navy department,
to submit to you, for the information cf the
committee, the following flatcment and re
marks ;
ill. The protection which is by the na
vy department at this time afforded to the
city ot New. Orleans, consists of.
One hundred and twenty-fix man re?.
Ketch Etna, armed with one 13 Inch mortar,
two 8 inch howetzers, and eight long
9 pounders.
Kt tch Vesuvius, armed in the fame manner,
excepting two 24 lb. carrctiades in lieu
of the 8 inch howelzcrs-
Gun-bcats No. it and 12, armed each with
two long 24 pounders, and two cf inch
howetzers, >4
No. 13 and 14, armed each with two 24
pou; tiers.
In addition to this force there can be af
forded towards the protection ol the city of
New. Orleans, by the navy department, un
der the exiting dlablifhmeni—
Two Ketches, armed each wirhone 13 inch
moirar ; two long 9 pounders, and four
241 b. carronadcs,
Nine Gun boats, armed each with two
32 pounders.
Which two Ketches and nine Gun-boats
arc now ready for service.
And there are be Tides thirty, five Gun
boats, armed in the fame manner, which
could be ready lor fcrvice as soon aa their
ftlHccrs and men could join them.
ROBERT SMITH.
REPORT.
7he committee to nuhom nvas referred the re.
foluUon of the 1i th ultimo , to enquire
whether ar.j, and what defer iption of
cla'i ms againjl the United States arc bar.
ted hy the Jlalufes oj hnt iuhctf 1 vljuh
in reason and ]if ice ought to be provided
for by law.
RESOLVED, That all j<jft and equita
ble claims against the United States., f r
services rendered 2nd fbpplies furntfhed, da
ring the revolutionary war with Great B;i
-tain, ard ban office cefptxcate*, final fettle
nvnr certificates, indents, of interefl, and
buiapccs credited on lEt hooks cf the uea
f.iry, which are now b.-utd by anc-U;.
the United States, ought so be provided for
by law.
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