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wounded, But a loss most sensibly
ielt 5s that of tlio General of Brigade
Campana, who was an officer of great
merit and promises: he was born in
the department of Marengo. The em
peror has been much grieved at his loss.
The lo3d regiment distinguished itself
particularly in this affair. Among the
wounded are Colonel of Artillery Nour
rit.
“ The emperor has ordered the sth
corps to go into winter quarters. The
thaw is dreadful. The season will not
permit any thing great to be achieved ;
it is that of repose. The enemy first
broke up from his quarters; he has
repented it.”
Latest from Europe,
Received at Charleston, per the ship
George Augustus, Copt. Jackson, in
in 34 days prom Liverpool ,
LONDON, March 21.
No Foreign papers had reached town
at a late hour last night, though, from
from the present slate of the wind,
French papers are hourly expected.
We do not, indeed, expect that those j
Journals will be found to contain any j
thing either of interest or authenticity.
The armies in Poland have now noth
ing to do but retreat; and the Bulletins
will contain nothing but repetitions of
former events, anti new pretensions of
victory. We confess, however, that we
feel some anxiety for their arrival j
there are still some important points
which they may elucidate, and in which,
with but common caution on the part of I
their Readers, they cannot well deceive, j
The Negotiations at Warsaw must
end in some positive determination.—
Bonaparte will never suffer Austria to
remain in her present indecision. In
Ills present situation, all his motions are
necessarily cramped by the apprehen
sion, at least, of her possible hostility.
A movement of the Austri n armies,
might, in a moment, cut off his sup
plies ; and, in the present circumstances
of the Campaign, endanger the very ex
istence of his army. Is it credible,
therefore, til it Bonaparte, with his char
acteristic arrogance and ambition, will
suffer the farther continuance of this
state ofthing?—What then, will be his
probable course ? He will endeavour
either to bribe Austria, or what is per
haps still worse, lu awe or corrupt her
Councils.
It is indeed no less lamentable than
true, that the French intrigues have ob
tained a most unnatural prevalence even
in the very Cabinet of Austria. It was
so in Prussia, and hence the alternate
resolution and timidity of that unhappy
Government. There was an opposition
which was powerful enough to render
the best resolutions nugatory, if not to
procure the execution of the worst. We
much fear—we say it with regret, but
we do not s,ty it without sufficient
grounds— that there is something of
the same kind in the present Austrian
Cabinet. The Archduke Charles—the
best hope of Europe, and of his own
House—has 100 long and too success
fully been opposed by this secret party.
We have only to express our hopes,
that he may finally prevail over it. The
late accounts received by Government
are not very favourable.
March 22.
CHANGE OF MINISTRY.
The Duke of Portland, who, at his
Majesty’s command, has undertaken to
form a New Administration, continues
occupied in that important, and we in
cline to think, arduous arrangement.
Lord Hardwicke yesterday attended his
Majesty at Winsor ; and in the evening
a meeting of the New Cabinet took
place at Burlington House, to receive
the further communication of the royal
pleasure.
It has been attempted to reconcile
the discordant feelings of Lords bid
mouth and Melville ; and we under
stand Lord Eldon, in communicating to
the King the difficulty which occurred
on this head, enquired if his Mrjeslv
was desirous that Lord Sidmouth
should continue in the Cabinet.—The
reply is stated to have been, 4 * Itisa mat
ter of perfect indifference to me.” We
have reason to believe that the Duke of
Portland has, in consequence, made his
election of Lord Melville, and that the
Admiralty is again to have the benefit
«f his Lordship’s active and liberal ad
ministration.
The Prince had a meeting of his
friends yesterday at Carleton House ;
and it was afterwards rumoured, that
Lord Moira and Mr. Sheridan were to
retain their present offices. We should
rejoice at the circumstance ; but we be
lieve it otherwise, and that a total
change is to take place.
A disolution of Parliament, it is sup
posed, v ill be the unavoidable conse
• 1 quence of this measure. Lord Sid
■ mouth, it is reported, can influence two
. or three and twenty votes; and, with
i j his accession, the new Ministry would
j have considered themselves sufficiently
i strong, without the necessity of a disso
lution : while, in opposition, their ut
most powers could not muster fifty voi
ces. Their arguments will, doubtless,
acquire infinite force and acumen in
their dtlivery from the Treasury
Bench ; but we still think that, without
disunion in the hte Administration,
their successors must speedily appeal
to the suffrages of the people.
The new Ministry is, we believe, set
tled in all its details, subject of course
to the approbation of his Majesty. The
outline ofit was yesterday submitted to
him, and on Wednesday his pleasure
will be declared on the subject. Sever
al lists are'in circulation of the Mem
bers of the New Administration. The
following is the most probable, al
though it is doubtless inaccurate :
The Done of Portland, Firt Lord
of the Treasury.
Lord llawksbury, Secretary for the
j Foreign Department.
| Lord llardwigke, Secretary for the !
j Home Department.
Lord Castlerkagh, Secretary for
the War department,
Lord Melville, first Lord of the
Admiralty.
Mr. Percival, Chancellor for the
Exchequer.
Lord Eldon, Lord Chancellor,
Lord Camden, President of the
Council.
Lord Chatham. Privy Seal.
Lord Mulgrave, Ordnance.
Mr. CaNninc, Treasurer of the Na
vy.
Mr. Rose and Mr. Huskisson, Pay- j
masters.
Duke of Montrose and Lord j
Westmoreland, situations in the
Household.
Marquisses of Stafford, or Am
eercorn, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, j
Mr. Forster, Chancellor of the
Irish Exchequer.
Lords Limerick, Dartmouth,
Redesdale, Glenberve, and Pel-;
ham ; Messrs, Long, S. Bourne, and j
most of the Members of the Pitt Ad- |
ministration, are to have places in the
New Ministry.
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COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
SATURDAY, MAY 9.
MARRIED, on Thursday evening
last, at the scat op Archibald Hatcher ,
Esq. Col. VoLENfINF. Walker, to Miss
Pour ArixTox, both of this county.
• ,On Thursday the 30 ill April last, :
in Wilkes county, by the Rev. Mr. Cum
mins, Mr. Andre tv Shepherd, to Miss
Mary llillhouse , both of that county.
Charleston , April 29.
Just as we were putting our paper to
press, Capt. Smith, arrived from Rot
terdam, whence he sailed March 23d,
but unfortunately brought no papers.—
He mentions as the report of the day,
that Bonaparte was retreating.
Captain Smith, arrived at Philadel
phia, from St. Bartholomews, says, that
while there, a fire happened in the town
of that island which totally destroyed 20
houses.
The Polish General Kosciusko has
been taken prisoner by the Prussians.
Norfolk , April 13.
Interesting. —We have conversed
with a gentleman that left Kingston, in
Jamaica, 17th March, who informs us
that eight French privateers, fitted out
of St. Jago-de-Cuba, were cruizing off
Jamaica, with the avowed intention of
capturing all neutral vessels bound to
that island ; the British islands in con
sequence of Bonaparte’s decree being
considered in a state of blockake. Several
American vessels, whose cargoes were
not very valuable, had arrived at King
ston, and had been boarded by some of
these privateers, on board of which the
American masters learned the above in
telligence. These vessels were plun
dered of provisions, spare cordage, sails
and whatever was worth taking.
Nero-Orleans, March 10.
We understand that Edward Living
ston, E«q. of this city is preparing for
the press, a view of the late extraordi
nary occurrences that have taken place
in this territory. There is no doubt such
a work from his pen, will be received
with avidity by the public—and, we
sincerely hope, that our information on
this subject may prove as v>t behove it
correct.
For the Columbian Centinel.
To the Editors of the Columbian Centinel.
Gentlemen,
THE miraculous product) n of phiuo,
for which the public have b en long waiting
with silent anxiety, has at last appeared in the
Washington Monitor.
At first I had no intention of bestowing my
notice on this author or his writings, for the
one defies criticism, and the other is below con
tempt; baton fart her reflection, I feel it a duty
incumbent on me (as it is on every honest citi
zen) to expose the depravity of an impos er,
and lay open the latent engines of deception
and hypocrisy.
With this intention then I will offer yon a
few cursory comments on the publication with
other desultory remarks on the conduct of its
well known & openly, tho’ not publicly avowed
author. As to his censure and admonition, l
perfectly agree with him in believing that the
source from which it comes will give the pub
lic an unfavorable opinion of its tendency ; for
the truth of the testimony is doubted when the
veracity of the evidence is suspicious.
We naturally expect that a man who gives
advice, will act consonant to the principles of
his own counsel, and recommend nothing to
others but what he himself has long practised,
convinced by reason and experience of its util
ity and rectitude.
1 It will be proper then to examine the inten
! tion of l’hilo, and the motives by which he
1 was actuated, before we determine on the jus
| tice of his strictures, the propriety rs his ad
vice, his own sincerity, or the truth of his rela
tion. Let us for a moment suppose (take no
tice ho.vever, that it is but a supposition) I say,
let us for a moment suppose that the actions of
his 1 fe correspond with the sen intents of his
writings, docs this oblige us to petition for his
assistance in the sacred cause of virtue and
religion, when we have older and abler men
than himself devoted to that purpose bv the
holy and awful ceremony of divine ordina ion ?
Does it even lay him under the necessity of
corning forward as a champion of the dignity
of the church ? and if it did, has he taken the
proper method of reproving the violation which
he supposes that dignity to have suffered ?
! Philo, no doubt, ha 3 a bible—l wish him to
j tell me then (and to tell me candidly if he can)
[ did there ever appear to him any sentence in
; that sacred volume approving his manner of
bringing sinners to repentance ! Is it any where
in that book required of us as a Christian duty,
to blazen the errors and transgressions of our
; neighbours to the world, or to furnish them
with wings by which they may visit the re
motest corner of the earth !
1 am perfectly well acquainted with the real
cause of Ph'.lo’s indignation. 1 know what
i first called down the lightning of his anger and
| the thunder of his eloquence, on the heads of
! the helpless and unoffending fair. But that
shall be treasured up for some other occasion,
and I will confine myself at present to remarks
on his literary offspring.
He says in one part, “ Gentle ladies, laugh
no more in meeting.” I now solemnly appeal
to the author’s conscience, to hi 3 sincerity and
to liis feelings (if he has any) and ask him who
it was caused the smile which playing on a few
female features before him, could so far ruffle
his benign temper and disturb his angelic piety,
as to provoke his subsequent base and cowardly
attack? With whom did the easily communi
cated contagion of the laugh originate ? 1 bold
ly and unequivocally answer, with himself!
i Thus, as lie observes, “ when we expect mo-
I raliry and decency, nothing but the reverse of
| these appears.” What must his thoughts have
been turning to, or, when instead of attending
to the minister’s discourse, he was gazing over
at the very young ladies whom he censures,
and sketching their likenesses. Such is the
convincing proof he has given of his cordial j
respect fur religion and morality !! Shades of
Tillotson and Apelles! how he would have
been envied by you, could you have seen him
at once enjoying the sublime pleasures arising
from religious enthusiasm, and feeling all the
exstatic raptures which an assemblage of beau
ty could excite in the soul of an artist and con
noisseur, an antiquarian or a scholar ! for Plillo
is a scholar too ! and it may not be amiss to
give vou a few hints respecting his pretended
acquirements: he is master of only five lan
guages, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish and
Dutch ; and tis this, together with the consi
deration that he now resides on a part of the
continent where the people are not so enlight
ened as they may be in the place of his nativi
ty, which causes him to exult so much in his (
own superior genius, impels him to look with
such sovereign contempt on the opinion of the
vulgar, -and occasions him to declare with so
much pride, that he basks perfectly alone in the
bright sunshine of mental illumination.
But enough of this, if be is indeed a scholar,
I will only desire him to remember with Cicero,
“ nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum : nihil
facilius emittitur, nihil citius excipitur, nihil
latius dissipatur.”
1 shall now take my leave of his high cen
sorship, advising him if he cannot procure po
liteness and respect from the fair sex bygthe af
fability of his manners, that he would at least
never more think of frightening them into it by
the terrors of his pen.
JUNIUS VINDEX.
Washington, 21st April, 180 7.
ON Saturday the 2d inst. sentence
of death was pronounced on William
Love, as principle in the murder of
David Whittamore—He is to be exe
cuted on Wednesday the 13th inst.
BY a gentleman that left Virginia
a few days ago, we are informed that
the widow Whitk, in the county of
Orange, who was born in 1696, had in
1804 cut an intire new set of teeth ;
our informant is a grand son to the
above Widow.
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