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colar’zes the twenty Jays d’ffruL
ti*i he had encountered in hi* ope
rations before S. guntum in render
ing rhe b r each pa&icablf, du- g
which'im g B ake had bee. j>* i
ed bv ftooo troops under gen. iVla
kv, and others, to rhe am unt of
2 3 s ooo f >ot and 3000 c valry. On
the 24 h of 03. he fa 5, his corps
took poft upon the heig ts, fuppor
tieg its right by the Fa, fl nked by
9 \ Englifh fl e*, and its left on the
file of Lvii. Oi the 25th at 8
o’ lock, fays Souchet my ta raLr. s
were attacked and oblig'd ro give
gio and—foon after 6000 men
atra ked my right. I then deter
mined to breakthrough the tremv’s
centre, bwt I had lo mer qu tted
a height, when 1000 horfe and 6000
/on cam* to the place. The bat
tle fcon became general, both fHes
alterna tly g ving bar k, the enemy
defending ‘hemleives from rhe tops
and windows of the he life* of Puzol
F eld Marfhal Coro, Governor
of VaU Almeia, from Ca
diz arc w.*unded and made prill n
err. Souchet appears to give a mi
nute detail f the opperarions, and
fr< m his a- count of the bravery of
the Sj a ;fh n*op‘, it i* pn b&ble
his own luffcred much moie than
he ftates, having as he fa s, but
128 killed, includii.g 20 ffi vrSj
and 56 vt unded, include g 40 of
fi rrs, am ti g rhe laiter G nerfl Pa
ris. T el Is f the enemy he flates,
in kdieri, wounded and prifoners,
to b 6500 men—and “ the refulc
is, the v btory of Saguntum pu r s in
the power of the Emperor 4639
pr.loners, of
cers, 40 colonels, r r 1 tu r enant co
lonels, 2 fv Id marfhals, 16 pieces
of canno*, 3 rail ns, 35 cartouch
boxes, 4200 Engl Ih midkers, and
4 pair iolurs.
Sucheton the 17 h fends in to the
governor of Sagtumum his terms
for the capitulation tf the place,
agreeable to the honors of war,
which are accep and.
From the owner of the (hip Au*
rilla, we have received Cos k pa
pers of the 16th ult, winch con
tain the fallowing artu F :
Sav. Ev Ledger.
CORK, Nov. 6.
The Regent. —lt is laid, and
a certain degree of confidence is
arached to the report, that his roy
al h.ghnefs the Regent means, as
(bon as the rtftriftiuns are removed
by which he was fo indelicately and
10 unconftuutionally bound, to take
Lords G ey, Holland, Lauderdale,
and Landfduwne, imo Ids councils
- o retain 1 >rd Wcfitfl*y as fi ft
lord of the treafurv, a.id to make
Mr. Tierney his Chancellor of the
Exchequer. Lord E fkne, it is
laid, is to be Lord C nance Hot $ Mr.
Sherridan is again to have the Du
chy of Lancafter, vice Mr. Perci
vak and to be made >he Navy pa/-
mafter as before. The Admiralty is
to be retained by Mr. York *, who
is a favorite of the Royal Family,
and it is rumored that L rd Hard
wk ke is once more to ►fifome the
Lord Lieutenancy of this country,
wtn M r . Secrc a y Cos k. The
resder will perceive bv chs arrange
ment, the p werful (am iy of the
Grenvilles is rurally excluded.
From t v diana erritory.
Vincennes, December 7.
On M nda evenu g iait a depu
tation nf two •hnfs fr m tht K ,~ka
poo tr be of Ii ians, arrived iVi tins
place with aU nred S atesfl g, and
c:i Tu (day they h*da cou inence
with the Governor, but nothing
mattrial v-as fate; on Wedneida*
they were j nned by five other
chiefs of the fatne tr’be with a white
fitgi on Tuefdav they hadafecond
ta k: with the Governor, a: which
they expr? fifed an anxious defire for
peace with the United States ; the
governor, in anlwer to them, in
formed rhem tkat as a proof of the
fi cer tv or th* lr prof fli -ns, he ex
pelled they would drive the Pro
phet from their country— hax
whilft they continue! to cherfh a
mong them a man in open hoftilk es
with the United Stares, their pro
fdfi of peace would at ieaft wear
a queftonable ihape, and that the
next time he heard from thrm he
exptfted to hear that ‘hey had o*l
ifned him from the Wabifh —they
faid they could not antwer h cn that
evening, but would the next day at
twelve o’clock.
O i the afternoon of yefterdav the
chiefs delivered their antwer in
which they informed the governor',
they would as far as in their power
comply with his rcquf.ft; they
would go themselves co lome of the
tribes, and lend nia lpeech to the 0-
thers, hoped foon to give him a
favorable anlwer- they will hav#
another conferrence to day.
The Prophet is at this time at a
vll ge ab< ut e ghc cr ten m.les a
bovt his own vflings but a number
of tr bes Have abandoned him and
others it is believed w 11.
fVeJietn Sun.
More Smuglirg —A few da's
two w*gg n loads or matrajjfes
were traced the lurthwatu m
Albany, and It zed, by an old fox
hunter, in the tavern ya r d, whe
the inlertion of a pen k ife into the
btd9 dilcevered their ftuffi: g t*>
cor.fift: of fl innels, cambric mufllina
and cafimers. The prrfcns who
ha i them in p fif flion mak ng no
claim to ihern, the ingenious up
hclft“r who manufactured the m ?s
not known, and the manafl s a*c
Brought, down to this city tor the
legal at judication. We fufpe&
that “the w rthiv ft portion of our
communi:y” are beccm.ng fo ad
r it in the honorable a t of fimng
gli g, ha iz b h.jve our citizens to
exer de as much vigilance ac ; d in
g nuicy as a e r qu fire in <s the mo
ther country** to foppert the laws
at and g ‘v?r r 'ir\ent. —Columbian
GEORGIA EXPKEbb.
A THE NS, NullßT 24“
■■i 1 1 —um- ~r-r.:-sr- zxzzs;’,~sii —r -.tv,; umwi,
IVE are forty that we cannot, in
this day's Expre/s, prefent ear readers
with the eloquent, but laconic Jpeech
of our refpetted Rep r efenialive , col .
Troup, on the Jecond rejolution re
ported by the committee of Foreign re
lations J. /bail appear in our next
Several articles intended for this day's
paper are omitted—Editorial notices
of the doings of fome the Tory preffes
are alfo omitted , for the want oj room.
On the pajfage of the bill for raif
ing an additional military force, the
yeas were 94 —nays 34. Meffrs.
Bibb , ‘ Troup and Hell voted in the
affirmative . Jack Randolph , with
his ufual confikency , voted againfl de
fending cur rights.
About half pafl 8 o'clock, y eft er day
morning, a flight fbockof an Earth
quake was felt m this place and its
vtantty.
The bill for raifing an additional
military force of 25,000 men , yefter
d.iy ( 6 :h mil ) pajftd its third read
tug in the Houfe of Repnfsntativss by
a majority of SVXTT votes. Some
amendments have been mads by the
Houfe which require the concurrence
of the Senate j and the bill has yet to
receive the Executive approbation be
fore it becomes ala :v But, as the
Rill originated in the Senate, if is not
probable that tnuih eppoji ion will be
male m that body to t'-e flight attend
meats by the Houfe-, nor, as the bill
ryes far to put the nation into tb v ar
mour and attitude recommended by
the P reft dent in bis m [figs at the e
of the feffton , ts it at all pro
bsTiethat his ftgnaturs w f ll be with
held, So that xsje moy co ftder the
bill as having become a law.
The p iff age of this bill it is expec
ted, will diffipate the cloud of mfre
p” fen tat ion which has overfhadowsd
th- 3 proceedings of Congrg.fs, Suf
picion andjealoufy eta nc longer afj'ecl
to belieue that congrefs is not n ear.n
---(L After agreeing to raife 25,000
additional troops, there cannot remain
a doubt of their employ men* in WAR
as fton as they can be organized for
fervice-, unlefs a very material change
fhould take place in the flute cf cur
Foreign Relations,
Uis, we believe, the fentiment of
the net that a- c ft.n ought now to
char a Air fe the me a fare ot our gov
ernment Having from a love o 3 pmee,
and an indifpotion to engage in Euro
pean war-are been for five ears vad
reluflantly content with meafures of
commercial rsftr iHhojr, and now, per
ceiving that forbearance and remon-
Jlrance have failed to procure a ref
pecl tor #ur rights; the People, their
fpirit routed by the indignities they
ha >e witmjf and, loudly call for mem
fures of a ts onver Con
grgfs afting under the ‘impulfe of pub
lic fentiwent and feeling, and the re
commendation of the Executive, have
adopted oeu meafure, and others are
in for v ndnejs, which, under prefent
cVcumdan \es, can only be jusifted by
a dete-nation to employ the force In
du f • f>n, in open, affivc war. In
this ajpeA we view the meafure, and
under this mprejfirn announce it to
our readers as the ft-ft iV <iii MEA
SURE.
As to ulterior meafures there is every
ref on to believe they will immediately
engage the attention sf cyngrefs j -who,
having, in our view, pa Jed the Ru
bicon, will fee the necejftly cf pro
ceeding in their ccurfe with energy
and difpatch. ‘The fivord being drawn
the fcabbard muft be thrown afids —
For congrefs to refufe to fellow up
this ftep by the adoption of the necef
fary defenftve cr preparatory meafures
w*uld ke to meafure back the ground
they have trod, and could only lead to
humiliating defeat or degradation in
the eyes of the world. —Nat. Intel.
Extrabf of a letter from a member of
Congrefs from this flute, to a gen
tleman in this city.
” The determination of Congrefs
is fixed to have the lights nf the
nation acknowledged and refpe&ed,
“ Peaeibly if they can, forcibly if
they muft.”— I So foon ss ene com
petent means are provided, war w ill
urqufftiorab], be declared, unlefs
tfec orders in council arc revoked in
the mean tim?. The reft i&mns
impofedupon the R gent will ceafe
in February, and if a change of
meafures in relation to this country
lhould not then take place, ail hope
or adjuftment will beat an end.”
Aughtfta Chonicle.
In the London Morning Cronicle, of
the yth of November , we find the
following judicious remarks ref pert
ing the Orders in Council, which,
we are aflonifhed , do not force con
viction upon every mind.
” R*peai thofe Oiders in Coun
cil, fo much complained of by A
merica j unlefs this be done, the
manufacturer cannot find a Sale for
his goods on hand j ceitc.tr cculd
the plant? r fI! I r s prccufp, even if
it v tre j tin rtr, ss lc;rg ss the
r.< t. n porta? n sfl c fr! t U r ted
Siaus Is in *0 cr. IT*] r ? < Or
ders ir Council, a- o n't N im
pcrta.'Kn A3 i at orce nmova ;
the b*ft and m ft rx t. fi t market
we have w< ult’ irr mtciatch t ri
pen to us. It is the t uly cerraia
market we have. Mu h might be
fa and f the unp'rranre . fa g-od un
des ftandmg with th U ittd Starts,
pa’ kula lv n w. Th* v threaten u 9
wirh an embirg >, ifeur Orders in
C unci! a r not rep^aied—cm ar
te s rui the Peccnluia would feel it
fcvrreiy.
fi Our g ‘ v.rrment lr guided by
a narrow, Eifiih policy—they thick
America w -uld profper in the cn
of a free trade to France, *
trade we cannot par.ak-of—that $.
very doubtful. The American mer
chant has not fmgrven the lois nr
has fuflaintd bv Bur.aparte’s fei*-
ures and hr wu uld be very cautious
ab u r adlvcnturirg to France, bc
caule the very cin umftance of that
trade being permitted, by the re
peal of cur Orders in Council*
would induce the Tyra t to fei*
A nerican property. Banapartc
wants to fv'cc America into a war
wirh Great Bri-'ain, the moment he
finds tnat inapraclu able, he will
Riike war on fur hm T If. Thij
government cculd n t adopt a mea
lu?e that would fo much dera ge
the extfti. g n be ween A
m ri a and France, as he repeal of
her Orders in C ,urc fl. She cr uld
not take a ft p that would be fa
likely to give rew life to our W - ft-
Id a in-r? bants, planters and man
uii,3urers.”
The tr a! of Goif ra! W’lkfnfon ha
clofed in Frederi k*own, the
fen ence is not yet known but
from the foil .wing it is believed
he will be honorably aivqijitred.
His perl-outers, muft of couTe
be mo,’ fi and a? the difappoint
ment ;n thtir iniquitous plans.
Mirror
Alexandria, Dec. 30.
The Court Martial of F eder
icktown have decided on rhe cafe
of Gen. Wukmfon & adjourned.—
The members being fworn not to
divulge the feritence, of ccurfe ic
cannot be known till the Prefidmc
of the Uttitfc’ S ates decides. But
it is prefumed he is acquitted, as af
ter the fenrence was made out and
the court adjourned, every member
waited on him, whu h they ct uld
not cor fiftantly have done had they
found him gu : !ty of a fTgle charge.
This wes the fi ft rime of their
waiting on him fince the am ft.
James Barbour , E q of O'Tange,
V-rg'n'a, has been defied Governor
of that State, to fill the vacancy oc
eafioned bv the death of Mr. Smith,
who per fhed in the l2* conflagra
tion in Richmond.— lbid.
The following are the names of the un
fortunate perfons whs left their lives
tn the late conflagration at Rich
mond :
JEFFERSON WARD.
George W. Smith, Governor of
the ftate, Sophia Trouin, Cecilia
Trouin, daughters of Mr. Trouin,
Jofeph Jacobs, Elizabeth Jacobs,
his daughter, Adeline Baufman, a
daughter cf Mr3. Baufman, Ann
Cra'g, daughter of Mrs. Adam
Craig, —— Nuttal, a carpenter,
C-priar. Mirks, wife of Mordecai
Marks, Charlotre Raphael, daugh
ter of Sol man. Raphael, Pleafanr,
a mulatto woman, Nan y Patterft n,
woman of (uppeied to have
per: And.