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Rr. sr.txs — A - length the ene
inv < f your country, the foe of its
independence and freedom, has <-x
----p.rienced a portion of that terrible
wng-ance which his ambition and
unprincipled apgr (Turn had aroused
i’.om the p-.rhul of his match from
Wilna, his armv, great in numbers,
allured in valor and uifcipltne, and
elated at the remembrance of vict
ories gained in other regions, threat
ened no lets than the entire lut ju
g. of the Ruffians. l'he lyttem
which we h ive thought fit to adopt
if engthened that cor; fide nee. Ihe
fit quinary battles fought on bis
route, a:ui which gave him tempo
vy ;. li.iiioii of fie. fl.rteri.--i
h"n with all the iiiudons < ! victory
- reacheu and he be
li- \vd himfelt invinoi-.-! and invul
nc-af.l-.*. H- now exulted in the
id t of raping tin huit> of his toils
♦ obtaining for his foldi. rs com
i ‘t; >le winter quarters; —and of
f r. ting out from thence next spring
f*vfh forces to ravage and burn our
ci'ies, make captives of our coun
trymen, overthrow our law* and
holy religion, and fubjett every
thing ♦n his lawlcfs will. Vain,
prefumptunus hop- ■ A population
ct forty miilior,:, oi people attached
to their king and ccun-ry, and de
v< ‘cj to their religion &. laws, tiie
leaf! brave man of w hom is fupc-ri
-01 o his unwilling confederates k
victims, cannot he c- r.qaered by
? y heterogeneous force which he
coo*- muffer, even of treble its
lat amount. Scarcely had he
r< chef Mofrovv. and 4 tempted to
r> p >fe a :d!f is burning ruinr,
when he lnum: hindc-if -ncircled Ivy
th- lnymn: >f •■*ur tn-ops : he then
t-> htedif- vered •fiattli, poff.fiion
o* Moscow was n -t <!>c ii.nqueft of
t! kingdom ; that his temerity had
It i him into a ft wire—ai.o that lie
muff chufe hi tween retreat or an
nih ation. He prehrrtd the latter
—and behold the coiiLquences.
(H re follow the official account
of the detcar of Vidor’s advanced
guard under Murat, near Moscow,
by marfhai MueunfofF; the defeat
of gtn. St Cyr, bv tnafhul Witgen
ffein, and the ftortning of Polotfk;
ot the re-occupation of Moscow, by
V. inzingerodc’s corps, &c )
Russians! The Almighty has
h. aid i'ur wishes and crowned our
efforts with fuecefi;. Every where
tht enemy is in motion, his difor
dtrlv movements betray his r.ppra
henfions; gladly would he com
pound for fafety ; but policy and
jnftice alike demand the terrible in
fliction—l'he hi ft cry of his daring
mu ft not be told without the terri
ble cataftroph.- by which it was at
tended. A hundred thousand men
fvrifin-d to his frantic preemption
attest your valor and devotion to
your country ; and muff deter him
from a repetition of his impractica
ble design. Much, however, yet
remains to be done, and that is in
your power. La the line of his
retreat be rendered memorable by
your honest indignation ; deftrov
evt rv tiling which can be of service
to him, and our commanders have
orders to remunerate you Render
y mr bridges and roads impassable.
Iu fine, adopt and execute the fug
gt bi -ns of a brave, wife and patri
otic heart, ar.d fbow ycurfelves de
ferring the thanks of your country
and v un fov rrdgu.
Should tho remains oi the ene-
my’s force escape to our imperial
frontiers and attempt to v. inter
there, they u.uft prepare themli Ives
to encounter all the rigours of the
clime and feafoti, ami the valorous
attacks of our tloops — Thus har
raflVtl, cx! mulled and defeated, he
shall forever be rendered incapable
of renewing the prefutnptuous at
tempt.
(binned) Alexander!
C.V7A 0(S.
Ir has been remark- and that there
is foun t king very ominous ol lio-
Tiaparu-’s late, in the names of the
Ruffian gem rals lie cannot es
cape without encountering general
Touch'cm r.jf and gem rai liut us r.y ;
and it tin I fail to Hop him, gene
i I l)/<tcr cn:(,jf will certainly do
his huf::.els. Repertory.
GENERAL 1 ECUMSEII.
We fine in the liiftory of Gen
c:al Hull’s expedition, the follow
ing “brief i! fcriptkm” of this cel
t'oir.red Brigrur’ei G< neral, Tccutn
feh, now tn-ilse Biitilh service:
t; i e < inr.feh is about 4.5 years of
age. of the Shawanoe tribe, fix feet
high, well proportioned fi r his
height, of ere ft ar.d lolly deport
ment, penetrating eye, rather Item
in his visage, artful, insidious in
prepaiing tnierprdts, and bold in
their execution. His eh qm *'ce is
nervous, concise ar.d impi dlive.—
In hi i youth, and before tin- trta*y
oi Greei-villc, b.c was one of :!.t
boideit warriors who iftidled the
Ohio river —I ining bba:> —killing
emigrants— loading the Hotlcs he
took with rLie* mo.t valuable piun
dcr, and i\tiring tr. th Wabalh,
w h , rani !' of weafth himitlf,
he loon L\ 11.. i t'ie treafnres of his
rap : ne upon Ins followers, which,
when exftauftcJ, he replenish-.-d by
freih depredatioi.s Among the In
dians, I’ecumfeh is tftetmed the
bolueft warri. roi the Vv t-ft.”
from the Nezv llrjc:: Register.
Mr Bakiilr.— l'he following
extract of a letter from Capt. John
Connell of Liverpool, to his broth
er, Capt. Win. Connell, of Hum
phreyfville. both formerly of Eng
land, but well known at Humph
reyfville as gentlemen of rtfpeftabi
lity, is offered you for publication,
Liverpool , Oct. ‘IZrJ, 1812.
“ It all looks bad—that I muff
Le lo long laid up here with my vcf
fel; elpecially since there ii vva;
with America, and nothing but
ftarvution flaring us i;i the face.
The price of bread (here) is three
pounds for one (hilling fteriing, ar,;’
every day getting wc-ife, although
just at this time the corn is taktn
from the ground : the poc; people
have no work ; God (nniv; knows
v/hat v.iii become of them \ : ih win*
t.r I know that yen have been a
great advocate ior this country as
well as myfjf; but il you knew
!iow your iHattons He! hc vtiphi
of taxes and want of work, you
would fay no more abort it, but
think yourfclt w.!! off, being that
f:d>’ of the v.-Ttcrs, and aj p!v your
fell to your burn- fs for t! e preftn::
I will allure you 1 h. e quite a dif
ferent opinion of tii.s country to
wiiat 1 hat! dome years ago. I Thick
if fortunate, I shall bo r.b c to llat.J
it myfdf this winter.”*
•Alcstur* he :/::■!! r. ,t fall in ku
tinert.
lYom the K. itiivaltJnftii.gi i:ccr.
The ft.de. tl : mis ruble, the con
temptible charge of French it.flu
eti'e is, lor the want t lictter a*;, u
uiutt, revived rg.inft ;he Republi
can party —a < baigi, as it was laid
the otlu r day by an cloquat.t and
patriotic ().. ; *oi in the il u’ of
! K> pftfentaiivcs, which ought to be
, tort only i:i me way, ami that is,
j bv the lie direct l rench itiflu
(en e i V*. here ? ir is not to be
, found ; it is phantom whic h flus
across the oil tempered mind of
inanely politicians; <r it is the old
device oi the hiuids c>f the enemy
to difeourage the people frcun en
gaging in the waragainft England.
It was tried without ciieft in the
revolutiouaiy war, and wist meet
w ith no bi ttei fucceh. now. French
iiifiu-ncc: w e repeat, where ? C on
fultthi: public print—and, fay what
you may, they pretty con . etly in
dicate* the public opinion - io v u
find ts is (hadowy iufluet.ee ten ?
Does any repu’-iiian print dare to
defend the conduft r>f th.. ft -t.c' l
government towards this country ?
Geruin'y not His ir ever
defended ? Not to our knowledge.
On the contraiy, that g- vcr.uncut
has received on all hands the fri
fnitr of tx-.-crati >n it fu jultiy merits
for its u.’.piincipled and rapacious
conduct tbwmds On rile- o;h
----ir hand, who defends England?
Federal prints and federal orators.
Who h - j juftilied tlie outrages she
ha i dueled on us? Who have
prditaied and txpiained away the io
lamy ot her conduct, ll.toy’s u.if
liua ar.d all ? Who now advocate
her raufe, win.n an avowee cm my,
on the pretence that flu is the “ bul
watk r-1 our rtligion”—a religion,
her endeavors to destroy w hich have
erected a nation in our htmifphcrc
—in her hostility to which we may
find the origin of our title to the
rights and privileges of Am lican
citizens ? v. hr have done all this ?
The violent, the hading fed-.ral
P’ ints Os what value are charges
of French infl tn-.ce founded from
ihcle btazen m ous of faftion—■
foun iwl t-. take (.ft the public atten
tion lion thoii own o< pravity just
as loud music is loin “times |>l • .i
on the field of battle, to dro j. n the
cries of the ivounded. The idea c.
a French influence in this country
is equally repugnant to faft and to
realon. The common fetife of ev
ery unprejudiced mind revolt at if.
W!:e:vv?r ycv he a: c man serious-
Iy laving tbour I’ en. l’- influence,
let him downs fur a rr.rdiran—he
r.say be v.orfe, but cannot be better.
Vrci;: the Dai:\ /id-ccituer.
i
j
ij .a • 1 C/T*i \ t
il.e teftansent prober.di
On motion r.cn mure r.di,
According to St. VV'indi
x hree-taird bafliaw Lfiend:.
A (curdy flick up endi,
Circumbendibus rotundi,
i-'our pendant chains quite bend:,
l wo carriages lufpetu'i
On inclined plains down tendi.
With leverets addendi,
Begat
Ccrvilug.il, petal gendi,
Which begat
Ct'r.afua defeendendi,
Whii h begat
Ccnatcs afeendendi,
Which b- gnt
Conatus revolvuuli,
Which begat
! Whi; 1 r.-gig never end!,
m 6 a r t o n.
.j a t •: p. and \y, IT jin i: ai; v 2: >.
Fare ‘.s c::.*w k; n i at Aucitst...
o.v Mcsti.tr / AST.
Cotton - - - - (i to 7 rts~
Flour - b to <. ’lolx
Lines it - - - 8 en
Corn - - - s•> c's
cr\-eujt. c.orxr mantis;..
We ui.i'i rltani! that
Court Partial will afier.tlde in ih. :
city, on the 2.5ih day <>f F bruary,
for the trial of B igadh r G rv ; .1
Wm. Ift; 11., and tbr.t the -c
will I), composed est the followt. ;*
members—
Pres: dint
I? ig. General W ad:. Hampton.
Mi tubers
Brigadier General ). Bloomfield
Brigadier Genera! J. P Moye*
lE'igaJitr Genera! II Buil -ck.
( o'diit.l G Izard—artillery
Col.’iiel A. Macomb—do.
Colonel J Burn —cavalry
Colonel I. Si-nons—infantry
C.oi rel i fv:< gfbury—Jo
Col i; el l. F ker do
C.i-lonel 11. B-ady do
Colonel U H.Wini’er do
Colonel F B.bchuylt r do
hupernuv:c< ar.s.
Lieut. Col. W. Scott—zrri:L-ry
Li ut. Col. .1 Chriftie—ini,>.-try
Lieut Col R 1) i r.is do
‘Judge Advsc.ite—\ J Dallas. K/q.
[ Phi hid*. Ip hia si ut ora.
Washington City, Jan. 28,
By the- lute-lt accounts f • n |.,i
guira, it appears that on the fi.h of
lKc. Lift, A!-.x. Scott, !\-q who
prefentt-d a donation, of provisions
to the dill eff-d inhabitants < 1 (’ r
accas, (torn our govemn.- * r in
June, 18 J 2. has been ordert-J .. v
fr mi thence by the dclpotic S, e ill
monarchifts,who have recent! ■‘•
quert-d the Fatiirls ol that pr. \ t-,
together with ail other Aniiri<- s.
Out ot five v-.ff.ls that c* •••* v and
our d<.nation, four were <l* i oed
r • r fix months by the Uiurpcrs,
x.irg v Li"h tiv.e they haw U.n
•-arl Utit-<;ytd by tlic worms of
a®, ar.d were obliged to b.c
i ii >•:! bv file—one only escaped
from undir there battcriej.
Two afts have lately passed Cor,,
gre L, which promise to produci :i
important died in the tourfe c
next campaign. The firft aft a s
one major to each of the new i i
nier.ts, and directs an advance t >
each soldier when recruited of forty
dollars. Os these, if* are a boeu*
ty, and 24 a payment in advance
cn the late increase of pay. Ihe
pay to each foldin', before the pre
lent fefiion, was five dollars per
month. It has been recentlv railed
to eight; the advance of 24 1 liars
is to be made out of this * nrrc.lt
fn that in efteft the 40 dt-llais arc
a bounty. By adding a major to
each regiment, having at this time
one only, and a third lieutenant to
each company, the government will
be enabled to carry on the recruit
ing bufmefs without intcimifii.m,
even alter the regiments arc com
pleted.
‘l’lic fccond aft authorifts the
Pi dident toraife an additional force
at bis diferction as to ih<‘ i.un b r,
not exceeding however 20 C( () u en
to !• ivc lor five years. We inter
taint and, rt fiift/lome doubt of ihc
policy of this aft, It ft it plight ir**