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rffT.gfoxoia: ruiLiiwio tr A.LIXANDE3I M-DOIiNLLL
W r ' ; ; :'f. C. V• FRANCE.
Exia.* * a Jr *tn an American
it r . -j ’ < M > ’ is his friend
in f*iUd>.ipbi* s April 17, 181 j.
A: ‘ * ‘ <nr.|; Vg;: wiil OpCft fl
ic:, Vifcr'F A-.-in this date in the north,
Ge hetw sf the age 11 by this
■* ever rhr Rhine; he moved
off G os ufuat ftyle, without parade
ar retinue, two days or rights ago,
u>d 1 calculate upon his fp?ed by
hi si of movement vrhea he
moved off co Ulm and Jena, The
fatsse tnlcrutable nrerecy fo ;m
---important fii war. as ’.-si,
■ **•* sH j.iho ?-d
-"•j s vU o* *<•? &■■'■ c^n
t ■** ‘> ■ •'* :f:r fingie i*-* f -rhs
1 ev.’- y;cle Tc V ••. ••o r po.'SJ
; rirr. , there/ore, ** c from f
-3 >r ‘hr - •’ • - r •! K-fi ft*.
fi You wd< be ait nr fhrd in tS*
U ’icd States, to h.?rr? what >\e
p.-li: lpirit 0/ this nan on has ef-
h T >9fc'-?d in the cour/r of on]? tour
months, perhaps did the
saltii’i of this extraordinary pr.an
appear more rranfrekdant than <u
*what* Ke hss acrompiifhied in this
fh*rt (pace of rime. He h. s em
b dttd, oiganiged and tqaipr, an
army of 600.000 men—ami wsrh
oat an additional feus vf taxes. The.
fcorfes wnich fill under the climate
of Rnffis have been replaced by
too.ooo, the vc’war cmtHbuthn
t:4 every city, towny village, every
corporate body ; civil and eedefi
nihka!; munks and miniftert of
i the youth of both icxes, all
appear to save been unammout,
f'ofla iUmc to Frankfort on the
iVI fine, iR furnifirng horfes, and in
evfse •••; of Gn £*>■*, cavalkrs, e
qirpt utd paid u. si they jain the
s,*fiy uptw tU* uotfi-i prei nted
Some cities, .'-21h &; she ma: ufac
curing city wf Lyons, ha'e pre.Fnted
j complete !qudrc-a cf fem-i’>ssd
o■nf r-• r: *f-u: tt.d qph p;,-V<£>'y
equips > G -cans haa prefeinted, a
troop of htlf mounud turn; ;rg
icllfgf* have prefented cjiv-fi
derable number of c^:h—ll; fH rt
the msre regift-rr which r-t occo
p?d the p-pers of Parts fer two
months paft, tires irons us fair.re.cia
and r*ver repetitioo of herf
i an*.- cavaliers. £.:t fenced.
“ .'he troeps i-.r Spa*a are to be
n.-rv :ta’ned 5” see ecu rr.en 5
wdl be in the nature* of a dcfrsffi-e
rather thau *v is nil -*c x*.. The
Britifh force •: b; far i *r>rs of
rne fame number; r. 1 tne condi
t .on of Sp;. *<, a wed <ls thr diipo
fi i.-xn of the Spaniards, -may be
giivlMC under circumHances.
if lb v fpirit and ardor of the
French troops never higher
ha j* this moment. They fay
“ if the Ruffians freze ui l?.ft win
’ , ‘*c iliaii fmokc feme of them
this fumnr.er.'’ ‘The reveries of
* € V-?ft campaign, are as v.di known
f ere (contrary to ycur fuppefitien)
r* where they happened ; tms man
ocs not afl like common pcopi? j
v* knew that the wav to C2;i forth
u tr energy was to lisew them the
in its worft bght—-they have
maoc is their imereft to fuppert
h becaufe the country fmiUs in
prosperity and improvement under
(A f”*” \7 ‘I ;t 4 * ‘ rl\ p'i •* ‘ •
-- |f ? aif i -n Ms p 4 \-* l A : w-. *%,
jt A_• V..* iv v. *A4 ;k AL \.l AV iL-sO O*„
** mat t sha.i i atrn* ro \x j ?a.a, asd s.aoifs.aaGJß shali. as iuca.B aee&/*
his iule j and the co'dbbdatioß and
duration or h : dynafty 3 co. ftder
•r'd the ofl fecuricy tor theii du
mellic prace and The
account which you read in rhe Erg-
VSn papers of diftn ff a in France is
sll fluff—-the na-at mercantile
. lafs alone fuffers—every othsr
order of focictv er-joys a prof
prrity unknown to former times,-
The Expofe is no exaggerated pic
ture, the retrotenefi ot the,obj-<sts
muff nectfr**i*y render them oiffi *
ruF be feen by anv finglc eye f
but whoever has t‘v eiled in a.y
of the poir •?. finds the amelioratiou
cf- e ferial condition and .public
PTsrrovetD'ftts rapid and .Jtuper
y *’ f'* g r cat body of the peo •
plr are irnnudy happier end lei3
buiihened than rhofc of any o( the
actions ci rhe cr-ntincat; rt is very
little mat'Cs to theft §py pe.pie
who governs whe* there is $ iutti
onal aip (tst-n ; they d* net w’f to he
invaded b-fore the conudcr rhtm
feJvcs a* war, bur j in the
to prevent ir, 1 hey d-# nor fay
Cf cor*e to my houfe and I wih fight,
you/’ but th#y fay, si’ you meet and
cska! at 1 neighbors houfc to, pull
o*y heufe down, f will take ear?
that veur neighbor fhali luff.i for
encouragirg you whilt he pr.:-end
ed fiicribfhip to m-, and I will chaf
rife you both.*’ This kind of de
cHjon is much better adiy e! k, tu y
uilc, then the ecr.duft ei Atw.
vernors, whof* Ota ;i.** h\ • whini**?
fpeechts are vau in our teeth htr?p
with reproach to our country L in
degeneracy ; man w - ’ will fi dd?
and fee his ne.(d>yi * h. i.u and
ftvoyed, and r/jii not fig t t-cea t
rhe ertmy and ?es not yet attack
ffs houf , he it s kid cHiC*, a.4 a
wfirle chriftien. Zo A z msui would
frlj h s country a.'.d u:s faudly far
wha* a Nantuckic man call a
good voyage—*a:id it i# not at a!l
wn haritabie t r aernfe him who is
capable M pvfa.hii.g Ur h decline,
or hs-nr-g already made hie bargain.
I( Onr navy, h wever, icdetras
our national cba &ftcr from the in •
fr'.tiy c;;ft upon it at Holton—the
aw Vs worthies have immortalized
th*nefelvc> and laved the r- pena
k-sn of their country; they have
confounded England, and ait on (lied
ard rgorsztd ths cave?! Frenchmen.
CI 1 will cot y/f ary'you wiih con
j dtures or; tlie war or the cem ft
V\r. cm 1 thr north—e*try
cne knows, chav aulFftry opevatior.s
are governed by events: which can
not always be iorvfrcn j the otty.A
wiil doubtlef?. be la force the Ruffi
ans oeyoiid the Dwina~-refa>c Li
thuania and Ref and at l*rge from
the caiamiti-s under which they hsd
fallen h the winter r and form a
ffrang power out of Pruffia and
Polan i i aug neat the dom nion of
Saxony on ti.e SLuic, and add part
of Piuflian Brandenburg to the
kingdom or Weflphalia; Fruiii’
will ceafe as a rncearchy ; and the
unhappy dupe of Great Britain will
like rHe Swccifh vidtirr. of her poli
cy, find Lf giar.-d ndgrcintihga new
ccnfpiracv v\i a whatever chief Bc
rapsrte phres ’n the dominion of
the Brandenburg houfc*, a* 1 h.-j
have Rcgociaccd with BrinaCvtit,
o [he concbifian of the asiferable
mad nan of another kind, who is
now known only as a maniac tra
veling ha;*mLfs through Germany
u ier the licit of count Gottorp.
DEPREDATIONS OF THE
LMEKST.
Extra ß cf m latter fretx * rtr.iUman
in Delaware U his friend in this
aty, dt>±A netware, Aiay ’2^h 3
*/3.
Liar Sir— Teu have already
Terr? fo m*. . lis'emerus
the late cm jfikguiions, that was n
not t comply v-ith ray promile, 1
fhould not trouble you wiih this
letter. / ijiive v.ffitsd all rhe pla
tes, aad have obtained my iufoiini
tion on the Imoikipg ruift-
Ihe enemy landed iwm their
barges at Havre de G a:t about
lunrife the 3J cf May, after a very
fight rcfiftatKt tr#m rhe militia,
and with a fotrr net well akeruin
rd, people differing in their rffi
mate, from 3 to 500 men. The
dikha ge of iheir rockets did little
or no ifijjiy, and but one perfon
w*ii killed b* ihcii attack. They
had very fnou complete polTtfiion
of u c aw;., si' r mediately cim
pkftOrr :.<j and butning ;
• r**v kur .t? hr fcrft h ouk s are
in .t s, a*;i a great preportion of
?• • 1 ■;**.: • *•'',? i’ c:r ’Airidows
L.wl* .*■ F r icers beat ip, handrails
Vk t... J::scur, ard the little rr-
Wivi&j. g fu;nkw*e hacked with
Lvrsrs Evvty <h . g portable was
1 -*w*v. <hvrs, lifTk*, ked
*l . k klii t . i:h-.a, dorh
-j v * ••* *v kir-d, re•.:*.*&, *mik&'s,
a-,.i even that©! siavss. in rainy
DiiU ;tcs people penal Hon :o
fflacch v. it rurnkufc 6wm the
fiauies, at.u hav;i g obcaincc t ;me at
ihe of their lives, the enemy
feizrd it and hurried it t© their
boats. The (bawl wis takeo from
Mrs. M's neck, and the child from
her arms arid (Iript of its clothing.
If the inhabitan t arc to be ertditeo,
the ©flken, with feme few excep
tion*, were quite *3 gutciy of plun
der as the
©pinion refpeftirg the defence matte
by cur nuliiia, u it is picbibla
thetc wiil be * regular eaqtiiry.
1 Should have begun frft with
Frcnc htown, where they landed from
the 11 barges on the spth April, f
bout hall a<ttr I, a- m. nod ;C;e
ihe cpinion, the force
vary from 350 to 4CO. Attics
place ifcty ouiiit. two r*cw hculei
and tv?o veffels, without the leaft
I jmii g or plundcriag the dweiiirg
houfes around, rr the fiables. Ac
tnis place a cap:. RrbUftxt a;*d
rapt. Wiburn d.ffctrtgn.fbed iFm
klves by their ad;ve exu ta
proud the hcafes frpm piueder ;
not a ieirier was permmeu ro etc:: ;
one ©f thern—ihey ressiatneo co
fhore about two hours a v d • hi! . y
when they embarljUd. The ct ; <
mace at this place vri& vr ‘■ :..i
---liag.
On the S h May. about 7 .'click
thev landed at T rtdt?i.:ktov n frsno
1$ barges—and abo-ui ball j z:: 7’
sc Georgetown, which ts t?i>mrdi
2tev oppofi t, both tU’V.is being an
FRIDAY, JULY 9, ,*i 3 .
the Ssflifrav, which ishere naviga
ble for vefi ds of 20® tom, and t
bnut 15 miks from the Chelapcake.
Frcdr rirkrown coi.fifted of about
27 buildings of every defeription,
18 of which are burnt, and of the 9
favrd three were fired, and faved
by the great exmioas of the own
ers. The-plunder was indiferuui*
nate, every thing appeared defira
ble, even the faltered clothing cf
the negroes. About 87 militia nai
aflrrabled at this place commanded
by Col Yeaaley, and from all I can
learn, only about 24 flood !.h:ii
ground 5 thtfe armed only with
their common fowl mg pieces, a>>4
fume with their pat ridge guns, re-t
mßined till they had tired ten rounds,
ail which they had, ami then re
treated with fullen coinpofuie. If
report Why bs relied on, they did
confidertUfe-execution, fur he are
t<j4 of 5 bti g buried at one place,
on* at another, three bodiea bei.-g
fousd on the fhnre, r.d fevenal
woutided carrird on board. You
are to remember that ihfs litiic
bsr.d are ail g'od tr.atk.fmcn, and
J atn fo well pietlfd with their con
duft, that when I am better infottri
ed *isd fully convinced, I will give
a kiccc party to thefe chofen tew,
‘The enemy was about fLe hours on
fhore, and penetrated ©car 2 miles
into the country, burning thu iw<l
!:?.g he ‘Ac of Mr j Ab u* Ward tc
a farm houfe s. £vir, John Ward.—
At Mr. ?. Want’s tnty command
ed and oißaiaed rtfrcfhaient; and I
am happy to hav* if. in my power
to coiuracidl a report injurious to
Mr. P. V/a re’s character. They
denauded frem him a certain num
ber of fat cards as ihe pn-e of his
houh , which is the bell u>
He fitaady ic:uii'.-, laying that he
could not violate the iaws of hi?
country. They however, and and no
burn his h.vufa. At Georgetov
19 bu ld’ngs weic burnt, and tc
faved ; of the teo, four were refcu 7
ed from the fiaaies , and ©f the In,
e : ght were the property of, and
perhaps the only (upper;of helplels
femaki. .The meeting houfc wa?:
faved fty -the infreaties of twoot the
inhabitants, afr.tr the cut my hac
got faro it. Avery fine building,
a wjtlt ct':-du4 v edaraotrv for you: g
kefir*, v?** plundered and burnt,
all , e Go hiof the young’ iadits,
thtM (chool and mufic bouk3, or.:
guano forte taken awav,’ and one
bur fir. The few Houfes laved wer;
‘f/.jcre.ro tt( entry thing; the win
dows, door*, dilks, tables, an
chi*rs ‘*.(■■< ■, They appeared
every place to have.a great pGIT
ti'r looking glfffrs, yet iucb a* r:
tvA", T-il rat ry off, tney in v
hiy frnafhed. At Georgocow
deft act was p * Je, but at a.
work about a mile down
rive; fome mtli ia collefted,
iron the b< t'i iaformation I h
cb &,\ r '.:tJ, foe of them fired >
rouud?.
A “ ’port is going the founds
C V r ’ asey fired upon the fia*
will da,c to you the iJX. Th
t i.a triftvt i up the rive, in r<
aud hanulome order, and in
of 18 barges w*i:h cWo In.a i
l ptefumt Lc ter.dcis. Li
(No. 257,