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SATURDAY, March 22, 1806.
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE,
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H IAD-QJJ ARTERS, Georgia.
Louifvtlle, March 12, 1806.
It is with regret the Commander in chief
has to announce, to the Officers of the dif
ferent Corps of the militia of this State, the
death ts Brigadier General M : lntofo —his
militia services during our revolutionary war
and his patriotifra are well known to his
country —as just tribute to his memory the
Officers of the different grades of militia will
wear a crape rouod theteft arm for one month,
tft commence on the firft day of April next.
By Order of the Commander tn Chief .
GEO; R. CLAYTON, Secrf.
Treasury Office,
Louis-ville, March 7 th, 1806.
THE Collcftors of Taxes who are in ar
rears, arc informed, that unless they
come forward and make payment before
the firft day of May next, Executions will
on that day issue against them and they
are further informed, that agreeably to a
refutation »f the last Legifla;ure, their
names, together with the names of their
fecuritics, with the balance due by each,
will bcpubUfticd in Jane thereafter.
EDWIN MOUNGER, Treasurer .
ELEAZER EARLY, Compt’rgen.
March r 5.
TO~CO(JNTRT MERCHANTS.
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Selling Off,
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Jug of a choife afferment of
DRY GOODS
And a (apply of GROCERIES) at Coji and
Charges, and on liberal terms of payment
if application is made early.
AUGUSTUS MOORE.
Augujla, March I?. ( f^)
found;
On Xhc sth inst. three miles
from tne Town of Grcenlboro, ©n the
Cherokee C©rncf Rode, five womens
drefics, two petticoats, one Cap, one
shawl, two Handkerchiefs, one Clofc bod-
Coaf, Two pair ol (lore stockings, two
waift coats, fame Childrens Cloathing, and
a parcel of carpenters tools &c. &c.
The owner is requested to Come forward,
dectibe the artialrs, pay the Expcnce of
this advertisement, and receive the articles.
EDIN COLEMAN.
Greene county . March 1 1806. {*<)
£3- ALL persons indebted to
the late firm of William H. Jack ££
Co. or to the estate of Andrew Innes, de
ceased, by bond or note, arc once more
called on for immediate fettlcmcnt; no
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indebted t© either of the above mentioned
firms on open account, are requeued to
liquidate the fame previous to the firft day
of September o,ext.—After that date,
fidts will be commenced against delin
quents without diferiminatinn.
JAMES BEGGS, Adm'r.
Late European News.
CHARLESTON, March 10.
Revived by /£*/£// Sachem, Capt. Hatch,
in 43 days from Liverpool.
Rotterdam, Dec. 17.
The Hamburgh and other German letters
received yesterday, contain only a Ihort ac
count of the important battle which has ta
ken place to the advantage of the French.
From the intelligence written by Marlhal
Berthier on the field of battle to Stadgard,
and announced in the Moniteur of the 11 th,
(that paper of the rath not being arrived)
we gather only the following ;
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
“ Strasburch, December 9.
“ The Emperor has defeated the Ruffians
at Olmutz—half of their army is annihila
ted, and the remainder is in full flight.”
This day, however, we have received
the following account, publifhedin the Vi
enna Court Gazette of the 6th inst ; and al
so from a refpeftable quarter, the fubjeined
order of the day, dated the third and iflfued
by the Emperor Napoleon, from his head
quarters at Anfterlitz. We have, besides,
received certain information that the Em
perer of the French and the Emperor of Au
stria had an interview near the field of bar.
tie, and that an armistice was concluded be
tween the two sovereigns.
VICTORY OF AUSTERLITZ.
Obtained by the French Army on the zd of
December 1805.
From the 27th of November to the ift of
December, every effort was made to bring
the Ruffians to a general engagement, and
the measures taken to promote that objeft
have had the most favorable refulr,
Indifciibable was the joy with which the
French army, from the heights on which
Napoleon, in the open field, was polled,
beheld the ad vanced pods of the Ruffian ar
my approaching, and a movement made
from their flank, with a view of surround
ing the French right wing. The Radians
marched in column, in one line, to the length
of four French miles beyond the French ar
ray, which, meanwhile, remained immove
a ble in its position, in order that-the ene
my, which hafteaed, with tapid ft tides to
meet definition, might advance so near as
to render it impossible, for them toefcape.
The French Emperor made his dispositions
for battle in the following order.
He gave to Marlhal Lannes thetommand
of the left wing ; to Marlhal Soult the com
mand of the right; and to Marlhal Berna
dottc the command of the centre. Prince
Murat received the command of the caval
ry, with which he was polled on a particu
lar point. The left of Marlhal Lannes ap
proach S. Anton, which had fortified
and mounted with eighteen pieces of can
non. r
General Suchet's division formed the left
of Marlhal Lannes; the divifios of general
Caffarelli formed his right ; and was sup
ported at the fame time by Prince Murat’s
cavalry.
The van of his cavalry confiftcd of Gen
eral Kellcrraan's hulfars and chaffeurs, and
of Walther and Beaumont’s division of dra
goons. The division formed of Generals
Nsnfouti and Hautpoult's cuiraffiers, with
24 fieid pieces, was polled as a reserve.
Marlhal Bernadette, that is to fay the
centre, bad on the left the division of Gene
ral Rivaud, which also communicated with
Prince Murat’s right wing, and en the right
division of General Drouet,
Marfiial Soult, who commanded the right
wing of the army, had on his left the divi
sion of General Van Damme, in his centre
the division of General St. Hilaire, and on
his right the division of General Legrand.
Marlhal D'Avouft was dctatched to the
right of General Legrand, to observe the
road between the lakes and the villages of
Sokolnitz and Felfnitz. He had with him
General Bourchicr’s division. The division
ot General Godin was directed to march at
day-break from Nlcollburgh, to Hop the
corps of the enemy, which was endeavoring
to turn the right wing.
The emperor Napoleon, with his whole
General Staff, ten battalions of the imperi
al Guard, and ten battalions of General
Oudinot’s Grenadiers, formed the reserve of
the army. T’hefc troops were disposed in
columns, in a double line, and drawn np in
battalions, but placed at such a dillance from
each ether, that fufficient space was left for
deploying. In thefc intervals forty pieces
GEORGIA, .
of cannon were placed, which were feived
by the artillery of the guard. This corps
was intended to advance with the grcateft
expedition to any quarter in which its pre
sence might be neceflary.
The morning dawn began at length to ap
pear, but seemed to approach too (lowly for
the wi(hes of both armies. Surrounded by
all his Marlhals, the emperor Napoleon
waited until the horizon was perfectly clear,
before hs communicated his final indruftions.
When the fun (hot forth his firft ray, the
last order was given, and all his MarlbaU
rode off in full gallop to their refpc6tivc
corps.
The joyful cry of long live the Em/ieror,
which echoed along the whole line, was the
fi|nal for general engagement. At this mo
mem the cannonade became heavy on the ex
tremity of the right wing, which the ad
vanced guard of the Ruffians had already
reached. There, however, they fell in
quite unexpeftly with Marshal D’Avouft,
woo made them hault, and the battle imme
diately began.
At the fame time Marshal Soult put him
felfin motion, and advanced with the divi
sions of General Vandamme and St. Hilaire,
towards the heights of the village of Prat
zen.
In confluence of these operations the right
wing of the Ruffian army foQnd itfclfcom
pletely turned j all its plans were deranged.
—Surprised by a movement on the flank,
the enemy endeavoured to retreat.—While
they were attacked. From that moment
the enemy’s right wing was considered half
defeated.
The cavalry under Prince Murat now be
gan to move. The left wing, under the
r command of General Lannes, inarched for
ward also ; the troops drawn up in the form
of regiments in the fame manner as if they
had been exercising by divifiotre. Tkecen
tr? under Marlhal Bernadotte like wife ad
vanced, and instantly a terrible cannonade
resounded along the whole line.
Two hundred pieces of cannon, and near
ly 200,000 men all engaged at one tine,
produced tremendous and awful noise. This
was a truly great contcft.
The battle had laded only two hours,
when the left wing of the Ruffians was cut
off, and their right driven back to Aufter
litz.
The head-quarters of the two Emperors
were at Auftcrlitz, and they were obliged
to give ordef to the Ruffian Imperial guard
to advance to rc-eftablifh, if poffiblc, the
junftion on the left wing and the centre.
Marshal Bcffieres moved forward with his
Invincibles, and immediately the Frenchlm
pcrial guards were engaged.
The Ruffian guard was driven back in
disorder. Its commanders, artillery, and
ftaodards, were all in the power of the vic
tors, Even the Grand Prince Constantine,
whose regiment was entirely cut to pieces,
has only to thank the flectnefs of his horse
for hb cfcapc.
The action was obftlnately maintained by
the remaining part of the Ruffian army.
The centre of the French army vvith-ftood
the well-directed attacks of the cavalry.
The French left wing also continued its at
tack, in all of which it was victorious.
At one o’clock P. M. the viftory,
which never was for a moment doubtful,
was dccifively on the fide of the French.
The cannonade was (till constantly main
tained on the Breach right wing. The
Ruffians corps which had been cut off, was
surrounded, compelled to abandon all its
positions, forced into a hollow, and driven
up agamft a lake. Hera a most dreadful
fpcftacle prerented itfelf. Twenty thousand
men spread thcmfelves over the icy furface
of the lake, only to be drowned.
At the fame lime two Ruffians columns,
of 4000 men each, laid down their arms and
the whole of the artillery, at lead 120
pieces, fell into our hands.
On this day we had the whole of the
Ruffian army to encounter. The half of it
is destroyed, and the remainder has take
flight in the greatest confufion. The greater
part threw away their arras.
Os the whole French army, the reserve
was the only part which was not engaged,
and the reserve alone is equal tp an army.
The French army, though strong, was
noefo numerous as rhe enemy’s, whicli con
fided of 105,000 men, viz. 80,000 Ruffian,
anc 25,000 Austrians.
the rdult of this viftory placed in the
hatlds of the French army 40 Ruffian dan.
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dards, including two colours of the Erapcrot
Alexander’s life guard, from i* to 15 Ruf
fian Generals made prisoners, and among
whom are the Princes Gallitzin and Repnin;
and, finally, an imraenfe number of Ruffian
prisoners. The French General Staff does
not yet know the number, but returns of
nearly 20,00® are already made. The
Ruffians have besides left i c,OOO -dead on
the field.
Though exaft accounts are not yet re
ceived of the loss of the French it appears to
be only about 800 killed, and from 15,00
to 16,00 wounded. This cannot aftoniffi
tafticians; for every one knows that great
numbers arc seldom loft but by those who
take Bight. Besides, not one corps of the
French army was penetrated, except a An
gle battalion of the 4th regiment, which
had to sustain the whole of the firft attack
of the Ruffian Imperial guard.
The French general ofdivifion St. Hilairo,
Kdlerman, and Walter ; the generals of
brigade Valberf, Thiebaut, Sebaftiani,
and Corapans, and finally general Rapp, his
imperial majesty's adjutant, are among the
wounded. The last general headed the
grenadiers of the French imperial guard in
the attack, and took prisoner Prince Re
phin, who commanded the cavalry of the
Ruffian imperial guard*
St. Petersburg, December 22.
Yeftcrday, at five in the morning, our
beloved sovereign returned in good health,
to the great joy of this capital, being met
by the joyful acclamations of the inhabitants
of all ranks. Wc wore the day before
yesterday, apprized by the publication of
the following article in the Court Gazette :
Hollitsch, December $.
" The exhausted powers of the Court of
Vienna, the misfortunes it has sustained,
together with a want of provisions, hare
compelled the Roman emperor, notwithstan
ding the strong and vigorous fuppon he has
experienced from the Ruffian troops, to con
dude a convention with France, to which
also a peace mull fobo succeed. His impe
rial majesty having come to his assistance as
an ally, had no other objeft in view than
his defence, and the averting of those dan
gers which threaten his empire; and since
his majesty the emperor, under the present
circumstances, has deemed the presence of
the Ruffian troops no longer neccflary in
Austria, his majesty has been pleased to
order them to leave Austria, and to return
to Russia. The relation of the heftile opera
tions, to the period of their ccfiation, will
be publilhed in a Ihort time.
France.
THIRTIETH BULLETIN OF THE
GRAND ARMY.
Is dated Aufterlitz, December 5. From
this Bulletin it appears, that Bonaparte, by
way of stratagem, had induced the Ruffians
to believe that he was afraid to give them
battle, and so confident was the Auftro-
Ruffian army of success, that they had for
med a plan not only to conquer, hut t® pre
vent the escape of the 1< rench army... this
mistake was their ruin and terminated in
their entire overthrow.
THE ARMISTICE.
Concluded between their Majeftiet tie Em.
per or 5 of the French and Austria,
His majesty the emperor of the French,
and his majesty the emperor of Austria, being
desirous of coming to definitive negociations,
in order to put an end to a war which has
devaluated both their dominions, have pre
viously agreed upon an armistice, to cxift:
until) the conolafion of a definitive peace,
or the rupture of the negociations. In the
latter case hostilities (hall not re.comtnence
till within fourteen days ; and the ccfiation
of the armistice (hall then be announced to
the plenipotentiaries of both powers, at the
head-quarters of their refpetfive armies.
u Art. x. The line of both armies fiall
hr in Moravia, the Circle of Iglao, the
Circle of Z nain, the Circle of jlfQnn, a
part of the Circle of Olmutz, upop the
right bank of the little river of Trezbofica,
before Proftnitz, to the spot where that
river difeharges itfell into the Marck ; and
the right bank of the Marck to the junction
of that river with the Danube, Prsfturg
being included.
“ No French nor Austrian troops Ihall,
on any occasion, be ftatienod within five or
fix leagues of Halitch, upon the right bank
ot the Mark.
“ Further, the line of both armies fiial
