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14th, thry Trirp c!r « n tl r cprra* J t»cn« »o the 27, and M*tr tlat the * I'ftrv lad atl\atr»cl to Startling oi'd Eft* * bit tr. Upon the nu n y's j ■dvai.nd po»tsreaching Etfe>bii>g, the aimv umUr pm. Hilhr breke »'p, and b.v the 2T*h the advanced guard vva* at Ohernberg 6 Mrt*tih id forward towards -Schanling,— The second corps cl reserve was at AUhcim—the reVt nf the army at Weng. Every thing indicated an approaching battle.) Fifth Pulletin cf the French army, T ms, May 4. The division of Chtperedo, con sisting of 7000 mm fought singly against 30.000 of the enemy whom it drove from Fbetrsbcrg. The en. enry lost 12,CC0 men, of whom *7,500 ate prisoner*. The duKe of Montebello is arrived at Stcyer.— His ninjesiy received at Abeuberg, the deputies from Upper Austria. St ft As It Ult G, May 9. A bulletin which fur imperial mi jesiy received in the night of the Bth in-tant by ail extraordinary toiirn-r, announces that the tampe r'd was on tlie 2d at Lumblach, llie 3d at Wells, ami arrived on the fth at Etui, where fus majesty lodges in the eaii'e of the prince A tilers b« rg. There was on ilie 6th ave. rv brisk baitle at ( lensbcrg, which w as tb ft titled I y 20,0u0 Austi ianv The division of ciaparedo took tliat town bt assault* 'J lie castle and part of the town were burnt, and in nv Ausirians lost tlictr lives in the flames. The Austrian army in in the gneatest confusion and the most frightful despair. They art evacuating Vienna, where the r tench are rxptcted every in stant. ll.s majesty enjoys excel lent health. ■ Pari-, May 12. A letter from Strasburg of the 9th, written at the instant of the courier’s defiartnre, confirms the important ikvvs rt fated above, un der date of Stra-burgh, May y, and Mates that I f i C ling was tiyng in the cathedral in that town, in t< ken Ol rt jcictiig ft r a flench victory obtaiiu I >vt r the Aostiian irorps, in *v n . ti 20,000 were t.i. k- ii, sod ft ,*;ho tn »y id the Eientli n the capital oi Austria. ‘COPEN M April 17. lie Icw government of Swe den c ndu.'T itUdf with the gtea tdt prudence 6, precaution, A' \vhlift it concludes a peace with ail the powers with whom it was lately at war, trkes caie to avoid hoftiliiies with England. 1 he Dowager queen has «b. taintd pitrniflion to visit her lon who is laid to be much more tranquil now than he was at fit If. '1 here ha s been no other change I in the inmiltry than ihe nctnina tion ol ban n Stcdmgck, to the nmiiltry of foieign nilairs : that gentleman was miniffer to Kt Ilia tor above five yean?, and has a high u p utanon for know ledge A: laitnis. 1 his appoint, in von tide red favorable to EntlVa and France, lor it is cer tain no other per foil could have been (elected for so important a (iauor, l<> much to the latif latiion ol the tmpeior Alexan der. His said that an expedition has failed from England for Ar changel, to riellroy fcveral ves sels ol war that ate on the doc ks in the port, e have other news from London which flares that a mil. undei Handing has anfen between jKitnirab Harvey dnd Cambter the lattet commanding the chan, uel fleet. Admiral Harvey hav. mg volunteeied upon a parti cular expedition, lord Gambler anlwertd that he had no occafiun for fitch volunteers; at which i admiral Harvey fcilified relent- j mentin MrongA in full mg terms; I —He called loid G.in bier a 1 jeluit, a mo.hocult, a pfalui-iin j ger, all. tlji* took pLce in the ) presence of.capt. Bedlotdcom* j mantling the Caleduma. Gam i hrcr'afUed if-this aulwcr fhou d > { Harvey anfwercd in anger— yti : ihe icfult is, a court mar tial has been called to tiy admir. : tal Hatvey. April 22. The continental war having broken out, and the Enghfli being engaged in cquiptng ex- | pediuon, his majesty has order ed the formation of two camps ; j ore near Schltfling, the other j near Genkpsds in Molfiein, to cover the toads ofeur countiy andfecureit from invafton.— ihe fortrtf* of Genkpads also is placed in the best flaie of de fence. The number of Eng. Mb vefTdj cncreafes in our (eas. There are already 14 veffel# of war near Gottenburg. A powder one stronger than gun powder-*— Gun powder is an affonifhing production--but chemids have difeovered various means for augmenting the power of the common powder—lor this pur polc, they have added new in gredients of the common com. pofiiion of this powder, which me reale its force to a conhder. able degree. It is ftippofed 1 that the Brandywine gun pow der, which is drongcr than that of Eutope, owes much ol ns Ifreiigtli to this caule. Hut the Ictrrt does not terminate ; here. Chemifls have difeover-j ed fcveral compohtions, whole j exploftve power are superior to that of the fttongell gun pow. j dcr. Theft have gone by dis. feient names. One of them has i been called fulminating menu* \ delcription ot whole effects and preparations accor ding to a linnp'e method, is thus given bytheliteUr Woodhoufc j (profefror of chemiflry in the i uuiverfity of Pennfylvaniu) in Coxe’e medical mu feum, for January, &c. 1808. Supposing fulminating mer. cury might be applied to the pur. ; pole of war, and particularly in perforating the timbers of vel fels, by being applied to their bottoms by means of the torpe does of Mr. Fulton, I under. ;ook a leries of experiences, to find out a simple method of pre paring it in Urge quutitics. In this I lucceeded ; and the following mode of making this dreadful compound never fails, and yields a larger product than | any others ptoccMs ai prefeni I known. 'lake two ounce rreafures of a faturaicd ioiution of mer cury in the nitric acid, and pour it into a quart tumbler. Add to it four ounce uiealurcs of alkobol, add to thelc two one ounce measure of the belt and flrongett nitric acid. Immediately an cHervefcencc will take place, and an inimcnle quantity ol nttious atheiilcd gas and nittious air will be ddcliar. ged tn thick white cloulds and \ to about fifteen minutes, the ‘ fulminating mercury will be depolited at the bottom of the veiled tn (lender cnryfUls of a white and brilliant color. 1 hey muff be washed by fil ling the tumbler twice with pure water, and then dried by a gen tle heat, or by exposing tntni two or three clavs to the air.— 4 1 he proportion of ingredients here mentioned, will yield 227 grains ol this exploding prepar ation. A brick bat, weighing five | pounds, was placed, upon sis. 1 uwtgiains of this fulminating | mercuiy, lying upon an inch i plank. A train of gun pow.. j ( dcr was made to communicate | ; " I{ h the fulminating compound, j Upon filing it a pice of the plank J leveral iitcf.es in length was 101 n off. j 1 hirty grains fired in the fame manner Tplit a brkk in two, per forated the plank, and tore a way a piece of it, five inches in length, and two in breath. Sixty grain*, placed, on a three inch plank, with 2 brick bats over them broke the bricks 1 into a variety of pieces, frattered them in every direction, and I made an excavation in the i plank, half an inch deep, and j five in circumference. Ninety grains under five bricks broke the whole into an immenle number ol pieces per. sorted the three inch plak one inch deep, an i nine incircum ferenre. Two hundred grains were laid upon an oak plank five feel in length <Sc one foot in breath ; ! another plank of the fame (ize was laid over the fulminating j meicury and confined by thirty I pounds weight of bricks.— U -1 pon bring the compound, all i the bucks were broken into j pirces; a foot in length and j breadth of the table on which I the planks refit’d, was carried j j away ; the upper plank was I thrown into ihe air; both weie Iplit, and {mail excavations made in them. An idea of the imrrenfc force of this fubltance may be con- j reived, when it is related that ten grains of it will burlt the ' i Mrongeft pillol barrel that can ! : be made. As it pofleffesa thou, i laud times the power of gun. powder, is no ways dangerous, and can be fiied by the flint ; and fleet, it would appear to be i | prefcrablelo this article to charge the torpedoes of Mr. Fulton. The Paris Argus of the sth of 1 May, contains the following pava. ! graph .* “ We hjv«* received American papers »o the’Tilt Match, which con tain tire Speech oJ the new I’rsi dent Mr. Madison, when lie took the oath of the office ia the cltam ber of the house of representatives. Our readers "ill precciva, from the extract which we copy from that discourse, 1 hat Mr. Madisui) appears to follow ihe footsteps ol his predecessor. He complains bitterly of the ruinous effects of the maritime war upon the commerce 1 of the United States ; those coni* j plaints evidently fall upon the first 1 authors of the outrages upon ncu- • tral flags. We must as wenave over and over said, and as the whole ex perience of half a century proves, trace the cause of ihe war and ol all injuries complained of by neu- i traJs in the monopolizing and ty. { rauical system of (he-hnglish ; that i monopoly and that tyranny are the monsters against which France has ! combatted almost alone for the fast fifteen years, at its own cost, al- I though for the good of all nations, i We are persuaded that the new President will be supported in his system, by the great majority ot the Amei lean people and by these J merchants, who are more attached ; to the honor, independence and | permanent interests of their conn* j try, than to the ephemeral profits ol an odious selfishness.’* i i ; We have now in ihe press, a i i very interesting vvoik, published | in London, uudtr ihe title of j “ Letters on the subject of the j Catholics, to my brother Abru- 1 ham, who lives in the country.- ißy Peter flymley.’* This tract abounds with the liveliest sketches ! of tiie ministers and measures of j Great Britain, couched lu liur se. | vercst spirit of just satire. So great has been the rage for it in Kngiand, that it is now iu jig eleventh edition. It exposes the lolly ot excluding the Catholics from the highest civil and unhurv offices ot Great Britain. It j u . fleets ample and retributive justice upon the iniquitous niinuti), who uow iule the destinies ot that unhapy empire. '1 his composiuou i# ccrtamiy horn a wit ot the first j w ater—it not troui the pto ot Buar. j man, iu whom H is ascribed, it j* at icasr Irom one not much Ins inferior in wisdom and wu. k, j vciy Irishman st«.uid have a copy i ot it—cvety n.an, who Wishes to i j see the follies of the British n ii.is try lash<*d to the bone, rhculd have it by him. This pamphlet | will he ou* in a few dn}> — Rich mond Enquirer. AUGUSTA, July 31 . “ The Otig'm end prtgrtu of a Paper K r ar." AT The ccmmencrtrent of <nr Hditerlal career, we hoped to have glided gently dowi; the ft ream of tiff, together with our coiemporane*. neither wantonly giving nor captiously taking t ffetice. We intended to express w : th cecei.cy and firmnefs our own political opinions; but also remembered that other men claimed the fame privilege. We detested intolerance of ctery kind, and Bill detest it. We arrogated no authority cvrr the p<*ns or confciet ct» of cur ttlhw citi *r ns, and allowed them none ; ver curs. We determined never to commence an attack on the principles of any papvr, merely because we disliked the man who condu&ed it: and rather defirrd to dtfliminate truth with pati ence and humility than to combat error with violence and Xtal. Such w> re iur views; the public can bear wttntfe how ri gidly we adhe.fed to rhern. While pursu ing this plain, honed, diredt con tie, turning neither 10 the right or left—uninfluenced by fear or favour, by envy or admiration—we had deration to remark the extravagant joy manilefled by fomc of our northern bre thren,at the mere promise cl the British min ifler, (r-ade too, as we have reason to be lieve, at his own perffnal nfk) that the Or ders in Council would be r«pealed, run ners were gvie-n, prociflions firmed toads drank, and the 10th ot Juue signal only as the day on which a very fntall pari ot tlicdtht due by Eng and 10 jufticc aim America Mat to Sc paid, and tor rue payment ot which wc Lad-- what f the perioral refpoi iibilty cf Mr. Eitkinc, his heirs, executors, adminis trators and assigns ; this day we repeat it, mi morable only for the pron.iicd soft of a foreign government wrung from chtm by necefhty, was almost placed in competition with the birth day ts tnr fr« eifin- We were displeased at this—our blood warmed at the ii.diguicy, for though not so hot as finite other mens, it is dill American, and mount, involuntarily at the degradation of its native It il. V e too rejoiced at the prof pi<£l (for it was nothing more) of an acconi medatron with Great Britain, but we w, re 1 not fall ionable enough to join in the extra vagant demon ftrai ion* < f joy which ffemed to be the order ot the day. We dillrufled the protrlfion* of the Brtiilh mmifter, aod could we hate placed the melt unlimited conti dencein them, eten then we could not have thought them fatisUetory. Every thing was yet to be fettled by tieaty ; the right of search was not aLai.dontd--.tbc principles ot the King’s proclamation were uot abandon ed—in flio t nothing was conceded to Ame rica hot the mete liberty of lending fliips to England, upon the piomife of the British minister, that the Older, in Council uiuld St nfialtd. W t did not confidcr this a caule for rational rejoicing—we f«lt no more gra titude inwards Gteat Biitaiu than we lhculd have done towards a debtor, who had | aid us at last. after having for a long time de tained what was juflly due, anti indepm elent of all this wc th nghi that the rejoicing in America would alLrd a triumph to the British aniniftry. Mr. Canning had former ly Laid that “ Hismajdty would not hefiiatc ! to contribute in any manner in Ins power to restore to the commerce of the U. Sate* iu i v unted atffivity ; and if it were pofliiJe to i make any facrifife for the repeal of the «m --; bargo, without appearing to deprecate it as a measure ofboftility, he would gladly have facilitated its removal as a measure us incon venient reftri&ion upon the American peo ple.” Now hi* majelty s minister has kindly prnmifed that his majefly -ni./do away this | “measure of refti iiftiou” upon his faithful \ American!, and his faitlful AmeiUjm immedi | ately began to eat, drink, ling, laugh and re- I joice like men intoxicated with tome piece jof signal good fortune. Iu this light the condutft ot thole who celebrated the totli of June appeared to us at that time; and moil impartial men have fincc come over to our opinion. We ventured to express our fen timenta on this fubjeeft iu our paper cf the 19th ult.—and here again wc repeat it, that we had uo intention ot alluding to Mr. Ham monk s previous remarks, and do not even rtcolltifl whether wc had ever read them, i ! He however chose to take offence at them ; but they were iu truth only t e oftenfihle : cause ot his anger. Previous tohisobtam j iug the Centtcel eflahliOrmnient he had of. i sered us a piece for publication, which con i’ tainrd a per lona I attack uprju the editor of | the Herald, who to tar Irom being in state j of war with us, had not even tnewn any fignsofa hoftife eirfpofnion: but this per haps it what Mr. Hammond calls a (fling up jon the etffmsrve. We declined infer.mg it, I because wc willed to live iu peace with.ur i neighbors, and because n was like Mr. Ham- \ | moud’s subsequent atta k upon this paper, ' uteless, nantru and ui.pnvuiA. The gentle man withdrew hu piece and had ever been cool towards u» until he was inaugurated iuto the Eduorihip of the C.utinel ; when lerewmg up bis courage to the proper pitch, and bciug cl.pe4 on the back by a few del picablc creatures, who have just sense enough to make him them Cool, he resolved to take ample ver.geaute on the Mirror tor the mortifies'ion his vanity had fuffered. .We had erprtffcd an opinion unfavorable to Che British mintftry- it displeased him and he combatted it : yet wniltt in the very ael of aggrefffon he ta k* of left Udtuce. ' V. e replied iu tuppoitofour opinion, hut de clared we wiHied to a.»oid a ditfcrtace—he became more violent and abufive,calling u * i m Ins very near paper, “ Mirror boy," and , “ Junta men’ &c. yet this is the m.u who | had the urfarslleltdimpudemt to allct that we I Jtrfi detcciKied to ahufe, au affeiiiuii which the iufpeiftion of a file ol both papers, uow at this office, will prove to be utterly fain. V non we found the Crutinc. tdu. r would neither let u, alone, nor re-sou lairty ou the 1 lubjeCf (for we had asked him what he re ! j°'tfd at, and he firft aufwtrtd the ,ef e »i if tht 21 nitib Oraerj ,m Ctuu.i, be. strei Wards Mr. ' Maditm, Pruiamty,) we initiated in hi, own way, and loreiy did he wmee at the re taliatiou. Hu lass attempt which be has cow been pcrfulrgfcr fofr.e t'ire, i» teurthdto >s. pref* on the public a belief :hat tK » p r n l r uud<r the it sh enc- ®f a Society called r^ c Junta a part c f * hirh 1 c would lain h*r c it bcliiv.tl p< fief* an prove irfltitnce otrr tl-i* Prtfs.and pervert that it fuecce f© ev » 1 uipofci. 1 hi* is an aft if the haft.fl lr j tn< fi ciwardly malice—it i* an art wort v oi a Bravo and none but a Bravo of tbs could have c. rrmittecl it But this hi * u r a „' c istieble cimpand with the offence-* J«- H, mrrend baa yfitrtcd that wt are il* tool," oi a fcfttun. Jet hoifC*. w produce i, proof, let him (lew that the Junta ti e W» oil er fei of men bate dinftly any influence over this paper.. aw,N 1 V b> i'oc» not lit may find there u kill * m 0 ap . probrious epithet in the Ei gi sh la;-.?uac e than Bravo & tbit epithet might be to him. w At tl e Centinel Editor fe» ms to be hear, tily tired of rejoicing, and (hews nodifpofi t ; ou to ce ntim ea conuft rcfptftipg the de^r !e of cerfJertt »hich ought to be vepofed iii the liritifh tr.iiiiflry ; we bid him farewe i ftelij g no inclination to continue a paper war atttr tl e poiut in dispute h*s ben* Itilly fettled by the bell authorities— nie ( and rAcr. For the MIRROR. It is a ftibjffl much to be regretted that the corruption wbii h has so rn'ich irjnrcd th e private morals of Great Britain, fliould hav« so lar crept into her public com cils at to have dcltri yed her national refpeftability, Sc reD . deied her the f**le lor Punic F.cto I Behold thf article of the 2jth May, ut.d,r the Jocndon Head ! Vftiat can be the lenfa tious, what tlie emotion* of those who, so fhott a time past,, were shouting teseum and eu'opizing to tl e fkie* the Gsxetoe* lUtlTl.-U GOVERNMENT ! ! 1 Tbi* important information,’tit true,doe, rot ciaie toiward in < Hit* I roles. //-. fears tjlaie tit f tcuhar natk of flat teur:r\ tt tty Ic-ju tbejuitftr before it leaver tbe CJjut,bvi the manner m whicn it is couched,the haugh. ty demard of Lord Hci.ry Petty, and the an . fvter of Canning, ai e so ebaraft ei ifiie of tI K ft’ personages, that, I fear, there is t< o ElUtf4 reason to believe it well fiunt’ed. r j| e question tco, coroirg fnm that Hauthtv Peer, fr< m him, the inveterate enemy t s Amerca, (who declared in the House of Lords, that ■ben toar net btntfy eeotgh ar , r . tbe mercantile fart 'f tbe United Plater /# arf . I etc to tbe embargo) it fliould excue at the /‘•f gh-nce such a fwcll of inuignation and contempt, as to fliut < ur cars toevery ‘'may be’ « perhaps” and “ yet,” thrt can be off tr . ed tu palliation of such a flagrant viol a tj„ n such a villanous proflitutiun of national hon’ or. Firll impnflion* aie tbc m< ft permanent. That temporizing flare of mind f (J unlcm,.* nate lor thefpiritof a nation, but so infidi. onJUj calculated to paralize the hurft of n toutin' »t, is too happily, and too fntcenfaU ly introduced into print* of an anolo-aiiei. ican cast. News of a dangerous tendency to this govrrr ment, have always found their way here, frjt through private bands, have received the ccmmeuts of those “ who fh)| hope srd of such as are avowed partizansof England, have been prelented to the public in Inch drels, as have too frequently check ed that becoming expriffion of the general sentiment, when they came forward in off cial aitire. The indullrious and fell interes ted purfuitofthe body of our citixemdo not luflcr them to enquire into the remote and proximate caule* which govern the policy of the Trans atlanric world; hut truftirg I generally to the ccnipi ations and pinning their faith on Editorial ji dgerrient, lose j fight of that amor patriae that fluuld render I tiunt alive to every iufult. Jhe article of] | the 25th May even in its frivateg arb, fliould be read with indignation and contempt Si fliou'd it be fouud bottomed on official grounds the public mind will tl en he pre pared to aft: Opinions tvfr, eeU and maiur* I cd will direst the public councils. fch< utt it prove a ffeeulative fnefre we Hull lole eo thing, the dil appoint meat will eventuate in heart felt p)e>fure. The overtures made by Mr. ErfLim, were met by a prompt and candid rctipro* j city on the part of Mr. Madison, and the door 1 did best was irtgenttoofy aud in the con* I feious belief ot equal advantage, opened to I an atrangemeut that would lie prudrrt : ve I of 'ailing good. Such au event was a de6- I deratt m ot the utmost itiiportanct, and I would have receiver! every aid of our govern* I merit towards it completion. Since the pro J clamatinn, eveiy sea is visited by our ships. I j Ihe adventurous mariner exults in fpreadtrgl , t 0 ‘h* long nrglected gale hi* darkened esc-1 j vas.wlitle the exchange ot cither country was I j mutually iupply’ing the Wants, and indulging I 1 |uxi ties of the other, when lo ! the I i sea is again o er cast, and trouble and dis-l I comfiiure wifi perhaps grow oi tof the new I j orders, and ruin to the adventurer follow in I i their train. It has been blafplitmv to id* I moiiilli of the uncertainty of hurcauc*| vent*; the tongue that ha« hfped, or the pen I that has dcprica'ed the precuture exult*-1 , lions nn this late political event has been d«*l noureed with all the energy of declamitioc I and invective. Yet there were ]°*te in outb country fuflicicntly read in tiaiuml Icieiichl \ some analytically acquainted with the dt-B ■ P luma cy ot England, who haw vcnturi'd UI j fttm tl || tt rreut of blind intttuauon st’dH to warn their couutrymcn fgaiufl ptcci-B pitatc rejoicing on aa evfnr, tliecoss*B pletion whereof will depend on contic-B genries m Europe. Tiiefe incb firictlyß watching the policy of that jiTfrntnept form more than jo years, were nst to be entrap-1 ped by her wiles. They hat not forgorttaß a 793 ( l^c moment when a titaty wasoa th»B tapis) the tweep made ujim our cooimcrsc I •-they recollefteiKhe atTir of the Chrta*l pcaice, an aft fanctioncd, fto generally bei<n I *uJby men l»tgh in ollice, »u tnferteamt :* I feel the national puTe,/*t was in all probi* I hility the overture by Mr.brfkine,) bel now I as ujntl contradicted by .Vlr. Secretary fer I I foreign aflairs, when at infglted nation dc* I 1 manded redrefs—Zea&cd WHstreth in thus I I numeric*-—that ignyHe, intriguin . pitifulß | and evening Canning who »* tie foci •/ hutment war ebullengh 10 bit facte bu\i"g graded and dijgracetb* (barrier ts J is still the man, ft whom depends theat-H ratg»ug our ditiirenccs. Whii luch a f° n *H gtries of fact*,-nd such a rtgub.r chain isl ! hollme difpi hr'us, aiid luch a tilTue mcrciai euibarafliniuts bclorc | tco well wep convinced that nectJ^*H r CH ibeer ncceflr led to tbole feetna gly noble H prutclhoua,which were intended to cac*H I ticue lo Imi ‘nly as thev luited theliatr of flj the nati#. TIMULEON.