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Boston, May 13.
Arrived below, brig Ida Mantor,
31 days from RocheUE..;
We have been favored with what,
is said to lie the only paper brought
by her. and hastily to transcribe its
contents. .It was printed Jn the
form of a handbill at Rochelle, April
5, and consists of the two toll owing
official bulletins. V /; X - ?
H. Mi the empress queen and re
gent has received L tjsie following news
of the situation of the array on the
29th of March,
The general of and vi/iop Pire enter
ed Chaumont on .the 20th, and thus
intersected the line of operations of
He intercepted many of
the couriers and expresses, and the
enemy s baggage, mapy. .pieces of
cannon, magazines of clothing, and a
great part of the hospital spares.—
He has been effectually assisted by
the inhabitants, who Were every
where in ai ms and showed the grea
test fceal Monsieur the baron * of
Ysenberg, the minister of Austria in
England, returning from London
w itly Monsieur t |he, count Palfi, his
secretary of legation the Swedish
lieut. gen Schildebr&nd, minister of
Sweden at the court;of the emperor
of Russia, with a Swedish major ; the j
Prussian counsellor ,of war, Piguil- ■
hen ; Messieurs dg. Tolstoy and de j
Alorcoff, and two other officers of the
Ordnance ; all going on missions to ]
the different head quarters gs the al
lies, \ve re. arrested by the levy en
masse, and conducted to the head :
quarters; The taking of these per
Sons an 4 their papers,oiil which nave I
fallen in our hands, ts of great impor
tance. .■ ... i
The , park of the aru«y of Russia
and all its equipage, was at Bar-sur <
tube. At the first news of the
movement of our army, they evacua* ‘
ted upon Betolt, which movement
deprived the enemy of bis. ammuni
tion, of artillery, his transports of
, provisions of reserve, and many oth
er obp cts of great importance.
The allied army intending to op*
erate between Aube and Marne, had
left the Russian gen. ; Winzingerode i
at St Dizfer with 8000 caavlry, ans
two divisions of infantry, to maintain j
the line of operation, and to faciliate
the arrival of the artillery, ammuni
tion and provisions of which the en- \
emjr were, in the greatest need-
The division of geri. Milhaud, an<|
the cavalry cf the guard, commanded »
by Sebastianni passed the ford Val- |
cour the &6th March, marched upon |
his cavalry, apd after many sane j
charges routed him, 3000 Russian j
cavalry many of them of ths imper l
rial guard, have been killed or taken f
prisoners. .The 18 pieces of cannon .]
which the enemy had, were taken i
from him as as his baggage.
The enemy has left the woods and
meadows covered with his dead.., All
the corps of cavalry have distinguish
ed themselves to the admiration of
each pther. Xhe Luke of Ragu,sa
had pursued the enemy to Bar-sur
Ornain. On the 29th the H. Q. of
emperor were at Troyes,*—con
voys of prisoners amoiyiting to more
than 6G©Q men, lollow the army.—
In the villages the inhabitants are
under arms ;—exasperated by the
violence, crimes, ravages of the ene
my, they wage against him a des
tructive war.
* *f \ . A*ril 1.
The emperor who had moved his
head quarters to i royes the 29th,
. made forced tparches by Sens Upon ;
the capitol,” ■ His majesty was at
Pontainbieau 31st March in the
morning, but he there learned that
the enemy had arrived 24 hours be
fore the t rench army and had occu
pied Paris, after havihg niet an ob
stinate resistance which cost him
man/bnen. Ihe corps of the dukes
reviso and Ragusa, and that of
general Com pans, who have united
* in delence ot the capitol, have re-as
sembled between Essone and Paris,
wuere the emperor has taken a posi-
ATHENS ; THURSDAY JUNE 1814.
tion,’ with all the army which is arri
ms* from Troyes. ‘
,His majesty enjoys the best health/;
The following is endorsed im mini
script and in English on the jfwW'. *
✓.>/i'he English and Portuguese- j
taoops > to the number of about 3000 ■
men etitefed Bordeaux without op
position, on Saturday, ,1 2Ch March
the French troops having evacuited
it the day before.
JOSEPH’S PROCLAMATION.
King Jostphy Lieut. Gen, to the em
,peror% Commander in Chief of the *
> National Gua.d, to the citizens of
♦ Tans, :
/(. ‘l-Ani enemy’s column has taken
possession of Meaux ; ,» , «. *
t It advances on the road from
Germany? but the Emperor pursues
it close at the head of a victoriou
, arihy, u- The •, council of regency h ;
■ provided for the safety of the Em- :
press and King of Home.
I .remain with us arm
■ oiuselves to defends the city—lt*-
monuments?—its riches—our : wives
and . .children—every thing that is
dear to us. . ,• , v v, • .
J • Let this great city camp:
for a few. moments, and let ihe enc
toy meet his disgrace under wail s
Which he hoped to enter triumphant.
iy* - ~~ •/, - ‘ )- ,
” The Emperor marches to our as
sistance-protect yourselves by a-,
short and- vigorous resistance, • and
let us prekerve the French honor. 5 ’
g Marginal observations——* Tnt
Empress and King of Rome* lef>
Paris, on., tbe 20h for Rambouilet—.
Blucher close -1 > Paris. 5 ’ J
r Capt Adams, pf the Fair Ataeri-’
can, informed us, that a letter wa «
received in on the eve ’
ping ,of the 7th of April,,by ex-’
press from gen.. Gasengue inj Lon
don, Member *of -Parliament* sta
ting that the allied Sovereigns were
in Paris negociating with the Freiich)
\Sepate independent of Bonaparte.
The,letter further staled that a gen-;
eral peace was expected, in wniofi A j
. merica would mostJikely be induct-;
’ed.-’ r* 9
*,■ Messrs. Bayard and Gallatin* our
- ministers to Russia were at A mater- ?
.dam—and the passengers inform us
.that a General Peace* as*well >as aV
Peace between the 0. S. & G. Britain ;
expected with . confidence to take
place during the summer* *lt was
not known that,any commissioners
had been appointed on the part of.
Great Britain tt> meet ours. * .
ihe British Parliament was in •
- T .
, t The Qutchess of Odleburg was on
a. visit .to, the Royal Family of
.England and it was .expected would
bo followed by the Empress of Rus* -
* The Chancellor of the English
Exchequer on the 4th April, by com
mand of . the pfince regent* cbm
raunicated to Parliament the intelli
gence of the rupture of the negodar
tlons of Chatillon the, allies
were, perfectly unanimous with res
pect to the measures* which became
absolutely necessary . .to secure the
.repose of and that tjiey jn
conjunction with Qreat Britain; were
about to issue in France, a declara
tion which would fully justify them
in the eyes* of Europe and, of ,tpe
world for the conduct they had pur
sued* «■ , , t
M Yhe Journal, de Bordeaux, No r 1.
was published on the, 14th.of April;
the first newspaper printed in France
during the last twenty years in favor,
of the -Bourdons. It contains tne of
ficial journal bfvhe
iso and Portuguese into Bordeaux,
and the Pr relaxation of the Daae
d%\ugoulenie to the French people
in the name of his uncle*
The port of Leghorn is. open .to
ail the allies and neutral nations.
The most extensive-assistance was
about to.be afforded by tne English
government to N th£ Royalists in t£e
Sout.i of rTnnce ; an Order been
given , for supplying tne-m with
i 50,000 stand of arms aqd propo
tio:iate tope scut tQ
Bordeaux with cdl possible expedi
tion. ; •
The relations of Talleyrand arriv
ed in England on the beginning of
April on a secret mission.
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From the Boston. Palladium, May 13.
On Wednesday last arrived at v
this port the brig Wa* Gapt. Mantor,
in 21 days Born Rochelle, and fur
nished what follows : ■ v
Capt. Woodruff, r assengcr in the
Ida, front Rochelle, states that
est Pari s ,March lith and has des
patches from Mr Crawford, to our
govern nent. that Mr C. Was- in
health > but had not been able
to/ effect - any object lof his mission.
On his arrival at Bordeaux* he. found
ti e pfece tranquil and in possession
of the British and. Portuguese ; the
white fld£ flying and the
the white cock trie displayed; in ;al
•nost every person’s hat—•the, people
appeared to be much pleased with
the change. - * >
From Hal : fax Papers •
: ■ ■ fi
; Halifax, April 22.
Monday* .Manly- gun
brij; limit. Hare, -and .- transport
Lord Somers- captain ? Browns .from
N Bruns, passengers/'in the Manly,
coi Roberton, 2d . battalhon,
Bth regUVln the* Somers, major
Phillott, R. A. capt AgneW, and 28
soldiers of the Bth .regiment the
transport was attacked *>umhy even
ng, 40 leagues from toe lighthouse
by an American privateer schooner,
qf and 100 men ; > which af*
ter a s . arp action was compelled to
sneer off. : . c
The 2d mate of •. the Somers/ A.
Newlend, killed, and the ship suffer**
ed. much an her satis and.«.Ogging.
the ships crew was 15 iiien and
t ......
Extract front the logbook of the Somers,
♦♦. Sunday, 17, April, 1814—At 3
p. M. saw a strange :sail , bearing > S.
by W. a great distance—at 4 discov-
e* to be.a.’ large two; topsail
.choontr with, all sail t sqt, and com- ;
mgr up with us very fast—it halt past ‘
dve insteeringySails,. and top-gal
lant sails, up courses- and. hove to
lor her to. come.do action, a-, we
now spw. the. .American colors—at
three quarters past 5, the schooner
•in steering.sails, and hove.to at the ;
same distance from us, when we bore
away under ‘.the 2 topsails. .. Ihe
schooner following us up under easy
sail—at hail past 7, all ready for ac
tion,* the.schooner,came up along?
side of us ; s we ; haikd her; and i
thought they answered/ 4 the Yankee ’
/Deer uan Privdteerf* . The . action
i hen commenced, by thei*- attemp
ting to board us on. the quarter—in ;
this \uey failed, and dropped astern,
i he /schooner again s came a oreaSt of
the ship, aud a. warm action ensued
for about naif an , hour,, when -she
again attempted to hoard near the
f ore 4hams ,* but was suf cesfully re
pelled/leaving three.of. her men,
wap had got on our . anchors, * dead
on the decs. ; sneahen sheered off.
The action concluded at half past 8.?
We sop^cleared the deck, and
made sail, having 1 seaman v killed,
and 2 severely Wounded. Capu .Ag
new, a corporal, and 15, privates of
the Bth regW.we.re wounded slightly,
and 9 .privates severely—killed 1—
wounded 14.,. ./* . \
.. At half past 9, a. m. fell in with
H. M. li. Riflemen, Capt. Pearce,
who sent his surgeon on board to
dress the wounded. Sambro Light
bearing north distance 7 or 8 leagues
Number of persons on board the
Lord Somers, Invalid soldiers 6/
ships company,, Women,
4y—children, 64—Total, 190. ; Ar
mament, 6 18 pound carronades and
28 mussets. t ; . v
The successful defence of the
Lord odiners is lobe attributed prin
cipally to tne detpnhmed oraveiy
ot maj. Phiilot aud to capt Agnew
apd ms little party l the latter, t.iougn
mostly composed of aged or enteeb
fed men, remembered, me days of
then* youtn, the fulness of health and *■
fought with gidat bravery.
ine conduct 01 capt. urowii, du
ring the action, is highly spoken ot.
I ne pnvateer is prooaoiy me one
rt ported in sight oi the signal posts
on w ednesday.
*ih#r v iriemau went in pursuit of
the senooner. - ; *j!
FROM TliL NATIoa AL INTELLIGEN
iib.HL.
Mississippi Steam-Boat.
Extract of a tetter dated Pittsburg,
Apnt 23, 18 if.
Messrs. CALKS & SEATON*.
i his morning tne. sueam-boat Vs£-
uvius, intended as a regular } trader
between New-Orleans and the fells
of Ohio, left Pitisuurg, A , consid
erable iresh m the river renders \t
probable, that \ notwi|isfending the
great size and nralt of she .vessel, she
will meet w ith no-destruction in tne
; rest ot ,ner passage- 1 litre isno.w
[ on the stocks here, jj§tt ready to*ue
N > XVII
** • v • * - “,'.14
launched, a boat adapted to the ha*
vigation of the .Ohio above the foils,
which will be finished in time to
.meet the-Vesuvius .on her return
from New-Orleans at the fails. 1 iie
bouts are-built by Mr-Fulton- under
the :agfency of % Messrs. Livingston
and Latrobev-fonconipanies w o have
vested very, large capitals in the es
tablishment.. > The departure of the
r vVesu vius is a very important, event,
not only for this place, but for the
rwhoie>westem part of this union and
its, mfiuence willibe* felt l over the
swliole U. States* . In describing it, it
s is necessary to ike the inflated lan
guage,-, which unfortunately for the
credit of bur trade, too often renders
t real faetsincredible, or at least low.
ers their importance the manner
in which, they are puffed into notice.
It does not require 4 he ornament of
to impress upon.the, pub
• lie mind the incalculable advantage
of an intercourse by Water,: effected
in ( large vessels, tehieh move walk
certainty,and rapidity through an ex
tent,,of4> internal navigation, embra
cing.a space.-almost M large as the
? whole continent of Europe, and com
pricing in it ; the prodUcttuns of al
most every; f.elimaters ‘ ThisV inter
course; although now only in its in
fancy, mu.st, in a few years, become
of immense • magnitude. About
three y ears ago a steam-boat 40<> >oh*
burthen - Was built,.here, ami, no.#,
.navigates,the .Mississippi,., between
New Orleans * and Natchez- . Ihe
Vesuvius, which,, with another boat
tof the,same size dnd construction,
now building, is intended to form
the second-link in this chain 01. na
vigation, k of 480 tons bin then car
penter s ineasuie-ment,. -Shehas 190
feet kee1,.28: teeth inches beam, and
will, When loaded, draw ftoni .5 to 6
feet water.) *.The whole oPhjer” hold
below deck,-»ekeepting a neat-i cabin
for ladies, and the space occupied by
hu machinery,, is appropriated to the
cargo.. .un her deck is built what
in a..ship would be called a round
house, extending nearly hall her
lengthy and elegantly fitted up .as a
cabin, having twenty-eight dounle
births on. each side*- •». • ..-vl&•
.Previously tp/ her departure she
had beei\.severul (times trie&Jn go*
ing up.and .down the MontuigcheUi
and .Ohio, for 4 or 5 t mileS4 -and per
formed, yery\, Dug
morning-(Saturday, ApiiC 23,j eve*
being in perfect .order she
passed at 10 o’clock ujp the Mononr
gehela in front, of the town to itg
eastern limits, and returning down
•the. went down the
Ohio,.firing a salute. Most of the
citizens were assembled on the hinlc
as
and ascertain her speed, -grossed
the AUaghany, and mounting a very
capital horse, I endeavored to keep
pace witn Her along the road which
skirts the.river; but she moved i&o
rapidly that-alter riding three'.miles
and a half in 19 minutes, I gtve up
the attempt. In one hoitrahd thirty
seconds, she was at >|iddj clown,
twelve miles below Pittsburg,; where
several gentlemen lvho had procee
ded in her so far came ashore.. If
therefore the current id the Ohio be
rated at four miles an hour, in the
present fresh, she has gone the rate
of eight an hour, in still water.
In coming Up the.rapid of the Ohio
below this town on Monday. last, s>fo
passed the shore, at the fate of tour
miles in an hour, a speed which would
exactly agree with* her descent this
morning.
Ihe extent of the growing com
merce ol this town is, I believe, ve
ry inadequately Understood to the
canard oi the mountains. lam in
formed b) one oi the most respecta
ble meruiants of this place* that, the
amounted the freight ,ontj of his Con
signments to and.from New-Orle -ns*
and, the states below; ..Pennsylvania
will be this year 60 000 dal a *—
and every day adds to u»e extent and
foe facilities of the. business car ed
on. through Pittsburg. The g at
difficulty which has rendere* the
transportation by sta in lira- > of
peace .from New-Ork ans to Phila
delphia and ilaUimorc, and thence
by. land to the immense country
west of the mountains, preferable
to the voyage up the Mississippi and
Ohio, has been in the slowness ofohe
keel boats , and barges necessarily
employed 111 the trade. Ihe naviga
tion by steam-boats puis an end to
that only objection in inis course of
. the trade, a course which ui a lew
years wi t become tin principal, if
uot the only one. StUfcUcit as lam :
at presentj on uic spot wheu tpe *i -
