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■tab#on good term* with England.
And finally, the approbation of
Congress, it it liflirvfil nil hoot a
iliwntinent, fi-e fixed a seal upon
H. ll has enns* quently served more'
effectually lo unite the people of
nl parties and the several brain h«*s
«>f ! the government, than any other
c. urse which tould have been pur.
ilicd. 1 hl£, then is an inapprecia**
hie blessing, for v.hicli we ought
to he grateful. We in; y entertain
a rational, a confident hope that the
nation will rally its w hole strength
tonnd its government, and iliat the
pr.verninriit, in all its departments,
'vii! possess an indissoluble unity
in the enaction and execution ol
its measurrs.
What these measures will be it
mav be premature to decide it use
less to conjecture. The powers ap- }
piirable to this case possessed by the !
Executive are very limited. The
measures taken hy Congress re.
moved every restriction to a free
intercourse with Britain, without
vesting the President with any au
thority to suspend it. Should there
fore, any immediate It gal suspen.
iiion be considered requisite, Con
gress must be specially convened.
Beside this step, there are two o
tlier# within the place of Executive
power, the recai of Mr. Pinkney,
Mid the refusal to receive Mr. Jack
on, the new minister. These we lie
lieve are the only powers the Pre
sident possesses, and whether they
or either of them, will be exercised
time w ill disclose.
In the mean time the principal
risk ol our merchant* has been al
ready & irretrieveably run. Their
property to an in met se -amount
is either in British ports, or will
soon be there, ready to await the
tender mercies of (lie tyrant of the
seas ; to bo sactinccd under the
htiiefcent order of council just is. I
sued, or under seme more uivor- I
able dispensation of justice. We
presume that so long as these dai k
impenetrable clouds bang over us,
cur merchants wit limn to the
precepts of prudence, and consul
ting their own interests, embargo
tlieir vessels, and thus save ihtir
country from any considerable joss
iliat might otherwise arise Irom the
freedom r f tho intercourse pci mil
ted by the laws. During this stag,
nation of commerce, let internal
enterprise and improvetreut move
on an elastic wing, and expose lo
foreign nations ttie inexhaustible
mines of wtalih and happiness
which their injustice teaches us to
open and woik.
One circumstance, though some
what out of place, Ought not io go
vtn not iced. Mr. Jackson, the tit w
minister, is the individual, who
pronutnerl ihe m* utorahie prologue
that pi reeded the tragedy of Co
penhagen.
Si ATM BULLETIN OF THE
FRENCH ARMY.
St. I'oltcn May 9. 1 tie prince I
of Ponte C’orvo, who cominunda
the 9th corps, composed in a great
measure of the Saxon army, and
which has marched m ar ihe liohe.
mail) frontiers, rpreading di‘quie
tude every where, has caused the
haxon gen. Guischmitt to march
to K,.r». 1 bin general has been
well received by the inhabitants
.whom lie has oidercd to dismiss
ihe landwbcr (militia.) Gn ihe
6ih, the hcHtlquaruis ol the piince
of Ponte Cujvo were at Beta, be
twren Bohemia and Ratisbou.
One Schill, a suit ol mbbei, who
was covered with crimes dating
the last campaign of Prussia, and
who hud obtained the rank of colo
•1. has descried from Berlin with
his whole regiment, and icpaircd
to W rrietnbcrg, ou ihe Sstuu Iron
tier. lie ha* envnor.cd lhai town.
Gen Lcstocq h«. issued a piOclam
ution agaiOki hiin a* a dt»crtu.—
I his iiukuloub movement was
concerted with the party which
, svished to at nd flic cod blood thro’
Germany.
lit* iiirijest) lias ordered the for
mation ol a coips ol t bserv allot)
of the Elbe, which wilt be corn
nwn'dcd by the duke cl Yalmy, Ik
composed ol £O,OOO nun. The
advanced guard is ordered to pro
ceed to Marian.
'I he uukc cl Montebello crc-std
the LIIUS at s>te> el on the- 4th, And
. wrmtlon the 6.h AunOcruaiM,
where he met the tueiuy * advan
ced guaid. Coilcrt, giutial ot
bugauc, caused ihc add. regiment
t l noise chasseur* t > change a it*.
gnuvut ci LUns, ot whom £OO
were taken. Ltu.is-
Ik *
* ton, 18 years of age, and who b«t
six months ago was a page, alter
a singular combat, vacquished the
commander of the Ulan*, and took
him prisoner. Mrs majesty has
grunted him the decoration cf the
b gion of honor*
On the 6th, the duke 0 f Monte
bello arrived at Mclck, the duke
of lfivoti at Amatetten, and the ,
duke of Aucratadtat Lintz.
J he remains of the corps of the
archduke Lewis, and general Hd
ler, quitted Saint Pollen the f:h. i
I wo-tlnrd* passed the Dunute at
terms j they were pursued to
Mantern, where ibe bridge was
found broken ; the other thud took i
ihe direction of Vienna.
Do the fib, the head-quarters
of the emperor were mi St Polttn.
The head-quarters of the duke
of Montebello is to-day at Sigari.
skirchtn.
he duke of Dantzic march
ing from baltzbutg to inspnuk,
n order to attac k in the rear the
detachments which the enemy has
still in the Tyrol, and whirh trou
bled iht frontiers of Bavaria.
TENTH BULLETIN.
KbtWfdorf, May 23.
After describing tire form of the
Danube at AbenwiorlV, the bulletin
slate*, iliat on iht* night of the 2()ili
the emperor crossed the Danube
accompanied by Berthier, M assent*,
anti Larincf-- they took a position
on the 21st, oil the left bank, the
right wing was at thtr vilage of Ks
nng, and the Iclt at Ciros.-asperu.
Both these villages w*ire taken.—
At four in the afternoon, on the
21>t Hie enemy starved themselves,
and attempted to drive our advan
ced guaid into the river— vain at
tempt !
The duke of Rivoli (Maswna)
j was at hist attacked at Grossas-
I pern, by Baliegarcie ; he manoeu
vred with Molnor’s and Lagrand’s
divisions, and rendered a ll tiieir at.
tempts abortive. The duke of
Montebello (Lannes) defended Ess.
Img—'l lie duke oflstria (Hessiers)
covered the Hank with cavalry.
The action was severe. The ene
my having 200 cannon and 90,000
m< n, being the remain* of their ar
mies.
Gen. D'Fpagne divided hi* corps
into squares, but he was lulled with
a musket ball at the head of ins
troops, and Gel). I*ouders was also
kilL cl. lieu. Nansouty arrived in
the evening on the field of battle
and distinguished himself highly.
At eight in the evening the battle
ended, and we remained masters
of the field. During the night ()u
--diuoi’s corps, Hilluire’s division,
and two brigades of c avalry crossed
Irom the right bank to the left. Ou
the list, at 4 l*. m. tlie duke of
Rivdi was engaged with the enc
my, who made several successive
attacks on the village ; but Rivoli
at last defeated them. The enemy
| occupying a Urge space between
i the right amt left wings, we took
the resolution of penetrating their
centre. The duk* of Montebello I
beaded the charge. Oudinol was
on the left. in. llillaire in the cen
tre, and 13nudet on the right. Tbc
centre of the enemy could not with
stand us; in a moment all was
overthrow n.
1 he duke of Istria made several
tine charges. It seemed all over i
with the Austrian at my, when at 7
in the morning an aid-dc-camp ol
the emperor came to inform him
that the rising of the Danube had
drifted a great nunibn of trees and
booms, which in consquenco of the
events in Vienna, had been cut
down and laid on the bank, Ik that
they had broken down the bridge*
which common tested from the rigli
bai k with the little island In tier
Lub&n.
All the reserve corps which were
advancing were upon the r ght
bank, as also part of our hea\y ca_
valr\, and all Auerstxdt’* corps
In consequence ol tins shocking
accident tlie emperor resolved to
slop the hoops from advancing,—
He oidercd the duke ol MouteUllo
to slop on the held ol battle, and j
take Ins positioo Willi the Kit wing ’
against a curtalu which the dukeol
hi volt covered, and ills tigbi wing
at Lstliug. '1 Ik: camion, ttdamry
•mu cartudge* which belonged iu
•ourpuik% could not be biought 1
over. Tbeetitiiiy was in the great
esi ilisi.ukr just at the moment
I* * ben fie learnt our bridges bad;
I beau biokcu Uov. u. 1 lie slacken-j
)i"g ot out lire, ami the cnnccotia
out llmq kit him no doubt
respecimiT thc unforeseen accident
*l*at li.'ti happened. All l>i« cannon
and artillery equipage were again
I brought in a line, ami Irons 9 A. M.
■*'•l 7 l*. M. he made the greatest
vfForts, supported by 200 cannon,
to overthrow the French army
but al! his Hlorts toned only to
bis discumhture. Three times be
; attacked the villages, and three
times he filled them with his dead.
The enemy resumed the position
which they had left before the at
i tat k Iwgan, and we rttiiuined mas
ters of the field of battle. Tficir
loss has been great. Prisoners who
have been taken say, tnat thev 10-i
; 23 gci.ci ah and (0 superior officers.
Marshal Wtbberand 1500 prison,
ers are ill our hands. Our loss has
also been very considerable—«| 100
kiihd, and <3OOO wounded. The
j duke of Monu hello (Lanties) was
j wounded by a cannon ball in the
thigh, on tlie 22d, in the evening.
I Gun. Hilluire is also wounded.—
Gen. Uuiosntl was killed. The
wati rs of the Danube did not per.
imt the bridges to be rebuilt du
ring the n ght, and the emperor or,
dcred the army to pass tin.- little
arm Irom the left Iraok, and intake
a position on the island of t| )e f nn
dor Lobau. We are laboring to
replace the bridges, and nothing
"id be undertaken ull they me
replaced.
[ln addition to the particulars, a
great part of thc* bulletin consists of
a sentimental description of the in
terview between Lasnes and Bona_
parte, at a time when the marshal’s
wound wai thought to be mortal,
in which, of course, thc duke of
Montebello manifested all possible
heroism, and evinced the greatest
leadiness to die for hia emperor ;
and that tho emperor was melted
into tears.
The bulletin has, however, oth
er passages from which some in
ferences may he -n.,, t ; he
extent of the loassu.- taiie d by -.he
French. Bonaparte, ui, \aid,
boasts that the retreat was well
conducted, though 200 pieces of
cannon were playing upon them,
which they could not answer, du.
ting which lorty thousand rounds
of shot were fired amongst them.
Bonaparte, promises to repair his
loss, and declares his intention
uot to renew the attack till his
force is concentrated, and better
prepared. J 1 c allows the Austri.
a, my to have been well furnish,
cd \ equiped on the occasion.!
ELEVENTH BULLICI IN.
This bulletin is dated Ebera
doriT, 24'.1i May, and relates en
tirely to the operations in the Ty
rol. The duke of Daniaic is stat
ed to have entered Inspruck on
the Iyth*
twki fth bulletin.
T tie twelfth bulletin is impor
tant only for enabling us to state,
that on thc 26ib, Bonaparte him
seif was at Ebertdorf, about two
miles below Vienna, on the south,
ern bank of the Danube ; but his
army, we suppose, remained in the
Liu of lun-dcr Lobun, for nothing
is sa-d to the contrary. He is
measuring the height of the Dun.
übe with an immense chain, which
the Austrians took from th‘Turks
1 after t |,e siege of Vienna» He
speaks of the arrival of troops, and
of every thing cxce|t( of operations
against the Aulrians.
1 i*e Danube, he say s, w iH con
tmue to mi till the |j,h of June.
SIXTEENTH BULLETIN.
Lberjd VT ft June 4.
1 he enemy had thrown upon
the tight bank, oppohtc Prel-
a divilion of 9000 men,
who had eiuiencheu ihcmicivcs
in the village of Empeicau.—
Ihe duke of Aueltadt cauled
it to be attacked by the tiratl.
leuisof Heffc DarmUdat. i’he
village was carried with rapidi
ty. A major, 8 olhcers, and
400 men have been taken; the
ult of the regiment was killed,
wounded 01 ditven 11110 the ri
\ vcr.
Thc Vice-Roy of Italy this
j day had his head quarters at Oc
! dtnburu.
.
I he mott precious tffefls of
Ihe court have been transpor
ted from Budaio Peterwanidin,
where the JEmpieb of Auttiul
( has retreated,
ihe duke of Ragula has ar
rived at Lav bach.
General* Macdonald is mafier
of Gartz. He has inverted the
citadel which makes a fliew of
iefiflar.ee. The Danube Lew.
ers.
Account* frem the army of
the Grand Duichy cf Warsaw
(fate, that l’rince Poniatov. (k
had attacked the armv of the
a
Archduke Ferdinand, in fever,
al pofuions, and been eminently
fticceLfirl in every one of them.
(The direfcfion w hich the Aus
trians have taken in their retreat
from Poland, is not mention
ed.)
When Trieftewas taken pos
session of, all English colonial
produce was confiicaied.
AUSTRIAN BULLETIN,
Os the Defeat of the French.
Publised by order of hi* Imperial
Highues& the Archduke CHAR
LES.
In pursuance cf the command
of his Royal Highness the Gener
alissimo, the following prelimina
ry report of the brilliant victory
obtained the 21st and 22d of May,
is issued on the 23d from ihe Mead
Quarters at Breitenlee :
On the 19th and 20. h the Em*
pci or Napoleon passed the greater
arm of Danube, with the whole of
hi* army, to which he had drawn
all reinforcements of his powerful
allies. He established his main
body on the island of Lobau, se
cond passage over the less arm,
and his further offensive drspost.
tions were necessarily to be dir
ected. His Imperial flightless re
solved to advance with tits army to
meet the enemy, h not <0 obstruct
his passage, but to attack hiru al
ter be f .d n. ichcd the left hawk,
and thus iu at feat the object of
Ins intended enterprise.
1 his determination excited thro*-
out the whole army the highest
euihuaiaMu 1 Animated by all ihe
feelings of the purest patriotism, &
of the most loyal attachm nt to
their sovereign, every man became
a hero, mid the smoking ruins,
the'ceneb of desolation which mar
ked the track ol the enemy in his :
progress through Austria, frad in- I
flamed them with ajust desire of
vcngeuce. With joyful acclama
tions, with ihe cry, a thousand
times repeated, of—“ Live our
good Emperor,’and victory in their
hearts, our columns at noon on thc
21st, proceeded onward to meet
the reciprocal attack of the advnn.
1 cing euemy ; and soon after 3 o’-
clock the battle commenced. The
Emperor Napoleon in person dir
ected the movement of nispoops &
endeavored to break through our
centre with the whole of his caval
ry ; that body ot horse he had sup
ported by 60,000 infantry, his
guards, and 100 pieces of artilery
His wings rested on Aspcrn and
Eslingen, places to the strengthen
ing of which the resources ot nature
iof art had as f a r as possible con*
ttibuted. He was not able how
ever to penetrate the compact
mass which our battalions presen.
ted, and every where his cavalry
shewed their hacks, while our
cutiassiers unhorsed his armour
tq'i?pt cavaliers, & our light horse
t arried death into his flanks—lt
was a gigantic combat, and is
scarce capablcof description. The
battle with the Infantry became im-*
mediately general. More than 200
pitcca of cannon exhibited on the
opposite side a rivalry i a the work
ol destruction. Aspcrn was ten
times taken, lost, and again con
quered. Eshngen, after repeated
attacks could not be maintained.
At eleven at night the %illage were
in flames, «nd we remained master
of the field of battle. The ene
m\ was driven up in a corner with
the island of Lobau and the Dan
ube in his rear. Night had put an
end to the carnage.
M< an while fire boats which I
were floated dowu the Danube de- ■
stroyed the bridge which the ene- j
my had thrown over the principal i
branch of the river. The ene
my however conveyed over du
ring the nrglu, by continued cm'
baikation, ail the disposable troops
1 which he had in V it ana b on the |
upper Danube ni-de every possi. I
hie eiiort lor thc reconstruction of 1
his great bridge, and attacked us
•*1 lour .ache utoruoig with a
furious cannonade from the xrho'
cf hiv artillery, immediately t lt c *
which the action extended a ln
the whole of the line. Until , eve jj
in the tvnirg, every attack
repelled. 4
TheperiW.r.nMDfth-l,
was then compelled to yield .0 tj, c
heioism cf our trotps & the
complete victory crowned the es
forts of an army, which in the
French Proclamation, was dccLi
ed to he dispersed and represente *
as annihilated by the mere idea
of the invincibility of their advert
saries. The loss of the enemv
has been immense ; the field of
battle is coveted with dead bodies
from among which we have alrea*
dy picked up 6oco wounded and
removed them to our
When the Fiench could no lo:'^ r
maintain themselves in A rn
the brave Hessians were obliged
to make a last attempt, &
criliced.
At the departure of .he couri-rs
the emperor Napoleon Has full
retreat to the other .sij t G s
Danube, covering h.s retreat ov
the possession ol ihe l, rge
ofLubau. Our Limy i s Bli |i fll
gaged .u close pursuit. The TOO re
particular detail* ol this memora
ble day snail be made known a J
soon as they are collected. A
luong the prisoners ar e the French
Genera* Durontl, General ofdtvi.
sicn and,Fouler Koyer, first chain,
be t lain to the empress ; also the
Wnrtumburg general Roder, who
was made prisoner at Nufdorf, by
the second battalion ol the Vienna
Landwehr.
LomdCn, June 8.
OF SPAlN—Yciierday let*
ters was received from Cadiz ol
the 14th ult. and Seville Ga.
zettes 10 the 2ilt.
Gen. Cuefia retained his head
quarters at Merida: his force
was considerable, and he had
announced to the Central Jun
ta his capacity and desire to give
battle once more to Marlhal
Vidor; but ihe MarChal had
moved to the right towards Por
tugal.
j From the dispatches yeflerday
i received, it appears that Sir A.
Wellefly has palled the Monde
go, and was within 25 miles of
Gen, Mackenzie’s coips. This
was Rationed near Caltel Bran
co, and had been ordered to
march to Alcantara.
Letters from capt. M'Kenley,
dated Vigo, May 25, Bate,
“ that the Spaniards had reta
ken St. Jago; that Ney was
strengthening himleifat Corun
na; and that the Spaniards had
defeated a body of French, af
ter three adions, near Lugo,
and had driven them to take re>
luge in that town.”
Ihe London Gazette of June
3, contains a letter from Sir A.
Wellesley to lord Cafilereagh;
in which that gallant general de
tails his proceedings after his late
engagement with Soult. He had
not been able to bring the ene
my to any frefh encounter; and
to his extreme regret, has been
obliged to relir.quifh the imme
diate purluit.
“ '1 heir ioidiers, (fays Sir A.
, W.J have plundered and mur
dered the peasantry at their plea
lure ; and ( have seen many
perlons hanging in the trees by
the fide of the road, executed
for no reason, that I could learn,
excepting that they were not
friendly to the French invasion
and ulurpation of the govern
ment of their country ; and the
rouie of their column on their
retreat could be traced by the
j I moke of the tillages to which
| they let fire.
u We have taken about 500
| prisoners. Upon the whole, the
enemy has not loft less than a
fourth of his army, and his
artillery and equip»entswi/ JOCC
we attacked him upon thtfVou
ga.”
INK POWDER
for Sale at this Office,