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Ex trail of “foreign Newt taken
from ihi papers ritceivsd by the
lift Mail.
Far is, May 25,
The Emprefs his this cfav re
reivtc! a report that on the 20th
the Emperor had giihed a frejfr vic
tory over the Ruffians and Pruffians
at Bautzin* the details of which are
txpe&ed immediately.
London, May .31.
As we fufpefted, the account of
an arniift- ?e being concluded is not
l *t cor,ft.Tied. Yet Bonaparte has
offered to con lent to One, provided
a Cncg-efs fhafl be formed fer a
g fieri 1 p*ce. W.aether the nro
prdal be Earn Bonaparte or the Em
pen rof Auftria, it is fubmitted in
ifajh a way chat it Cannot be a reed
ed to by U3 or our allies. Bonapar
te s however vtoocfarFully charged.
Tho* he recurs to the trei’y of LT
fietth t, to rf.l b 1 i’h ir..j rfa ffi'o 12
maritime piinfaplrS,vet ha fav-s not
a word about the Confederation of
the Rhine,. trfa. omits •tlfo all ‘ella
ffori to the Continental fyflem. Tie
feels the rrctffirv of peace, or a
lengthened arm ftice.
An Arnnfiice bus been tinted upon
bet often tht great Continental Bellig
erents m the following terms
Art. Hcftdities (hall ceafe up
on all points at the notification of
the prclhnt arniifticr.
2. The arm ’ftice Hi all continue
to the Bth July (20th July) inclu
five, and fix days further to de
nounce it at its expiration.
3. HoftilitreS, therefore, carnot
b*gin anew, until fix days after the
denunciation of the arnflftice at the
refpcftiv* head quartets.
The fallowing is the latefl tectum
of the fituotion of the French armies
(jubjequent it the etneiufttn tf the
Armijlic: )
Paris, June 13.
Her imjtfty the tinprefs queen,
and regent received the fallowing
account of the (uuation of the ai
mus on the 7th June.
His rnajdly the emperor’s head
quarter* were at lunzhu. All the
corps of the army were in march
for the cantonment. The Oder was
covered with boars defeendmg from
Brt flau to Glogi, loaded with artil
lery, tools, flour, and articles of rdl
kinds taken from the enemy.
The city of Hamburg has been
retaken on the 30. h by ftorm.—
Prince Echmuhl be flown great
prr.ife on the conduft of -Gea. Vao
damrwe. Hamburg has been loft
during the preceding campaign
thro* the pufillanimicy of Gen. St.
Cyr.
Denanark marches with us.-
Prince Eckmuhi contemplated go
ing to Lukeck. Thus the 33d mi
litary divifion, ar.d the whole terri
tory of the empire are entirely free
from the enemy.
The emperor has ordered the
conftru&ion of another place on the
Elbe at the mouth of the Havel.
The Dukes of Cambridge and ©f
Brunfwiek, princes of the houfe of
England, have arrived at Hamburg
in the time to give more eclat to
the fuccefa of the French. Their
journey amounts fimply to this j
they arrived, and they faved them
felves.
The laft battalions of tht five <fi
viflans of Prince E< kmuhl, which
are complied of 72 battalions in tht
full complement, have fetoff from
Vfeflfel.
Since the beginning of the cam
paign, tk French army hs freed
§?..:pny t tonqwed half Siietla; re-
Cccupted the .32! miliary divjfi 10;
and confo.j-.dwd the hopes of the
enemy.
Extract of a letter from Brig. Gen.
Boyd to the Secretary of War, da
ted Fort-George, Jul y so. *
C£ l havje the honor to rf-porr, that
on the 17th inft. the enemy attarnc
ed our pokers, in a body of 200
Brk flt>, b- files Indians. Detach
ments were feat out to fupjyrt
them, but with in Or unions to aft
Hcfer.fi vely. Alter sconteft of one
hour, occsfi .nV.fa fevere, the ene
my. was d.fperted. Our lof# was
tr:flng—only 3 or 4 being killed,
aid a few vounded, j the lois of the
enemy has not been a certain? c. but
ben g rxpoled to fame well direct
ed fires of ofir if Artillery, under
the command r;f iieut. Smith, it is
probable thttr iofs muft bave been
comparatively great. Col. Scott,
who had the Inc ft ion of our troops,
which ware c g -.gf H, fpeakt highly
o|..th<f ardor and ftr adinefs of both
officers and tncnf Beirg fought in
detachments, m ny young officers
had an ©|*portuMty o ; evincing their
ad.ivity and b m/cnr, To ufe the
language ot col. Scott, * thisaiTiir
though fmalet ved to ctft the
merits of th& officers and men en
gsged.. More ardor has feldom
beta difp’ayed. Cape, Ver.deuHea
fought h s with good
efFeft * and capt. Madifon, with his
picket- guard, was fully engaged.—
They cc.uid not fait their ardor un
der Major Gumming, Captain
BirdfalFs rdfemra were nortft to
the enemy in purfait. Maj. Arfa
ftiong, who *r> officer of the day,
was a&iye in cc --•centratirg and ar
rang.ag the -troops- and the pickets.
Capt. Tow fad, of the artillery, was
wounded in the haad while voiunu
rily besting col. Scbf ’s orders j and
an cfficet of t|e rdle corps was
flight!) wounded. 5 ’
Copy of a Utter from Major Chapin
to Gen. Vearhm 3 Ftrt-
Ggorge., June 13, if 13.
Sir —l juft arrived frsai
my confinement in Canada with my
men without cur parole. Our re
turn happened in the follow! g
manner. I received orders at Bur
lington Heights on Manday •orn
*n£ tO S° to Kingdom jwe fee off
accordingly under the care of a
guard ©f 16 meej t had with me
2S men. We ii went on very
quietly till four o’clock ia the after
no©, zs which itrne I gave a flgual
to attack the guard, which were lla
lioned in the fallowing order—a
fergtanc and one. maa in the boat
with my men, a Lieutenant and 13
men in the boat with me and two
officers.
At the figrttl, my men run along
fide of the boat l was in. Lieur.
Showers ordered them to fall a
ftern. I ordered them oa board ;
at which time the ©fficer attemp f ed
*odraw his fwo-d. I feszed him by
the neck, threw him on his back
two af his men drew their bayonets
upon me. I immediately felzed
both * bayonets at the fame infhnt
and threw them o;i top of the of
ficer and kept alt tegether j
at the fame moment my men fdz
ed the guard and wrefted from them
their arms--we than, having p,v
feifion of the arms, changed our
courfe and arrived here this morn
ing half after twa o’clock, all safe.
We have brought two boats wiih
us.
I have the honor to very ref
peftfully, your mat ebedicar i?r
vant. %
CYRENIUS CHATIN.
Maj. Gen. Dearborn.
Naval force on Lake Ontario.
As th* public appear to lock
forward with much fblicitude tc tf -e
ifiue of che contefl which, %isbe ■
lieved, is about to take place, be
tween the adverfa flret on Lake Or. *
urfff, a ftatement of the force on
each fide may not be unacceprabk,
American.
Frigate Gen. Pike 32 gu3
Ship Madifcn 26
BrgOnedsa 18
Ten fchptyiers qarry'fai? long 3 :*s
and 24k ike.
British.
Frig ate G fen. Wo; i c 3'6 5
Ship Roy.-.i George 22
Prince Regent iS
Br g Earl Llcira 1 2
Seven fchoontfrs of 6 cr i $ : ?\
each.
The forrcH being fa nearly ba
lanced w can luak ior victory only
id the fuperior bravery cf our k&
men, aad the ulenrts of their higidy
ddtingui fh ed com r.
Airsrd.
Extra?* of a letter frhtm Maj. General
Lewis to the Secretary of F/ar %
dated Sackett's Harbor, July 20.
<s Our fleet has gone out of the
inner harbor, and appearances are
in favor of ns going to ft a in 4S
hours at farthefc.
tf A little expedition of volun
teers frflm the ciwjtrry, ta which by
the advice of com mods re Chau 1 -
feey, I lent 40 fafaiers, failed from
hence 3 days fince on board ot two
fmsil 10 n boats, with a & pou ;,r
tack, to th* head of Sc. Lawrence,
wheie they raypjpred'a gun boat
mounting a24 pounder, 14 bat
teauic leaded, 4 officers 61 men.
Two of uu, fahrs. hv?* litvne out to
convey them *cv. Tht prufaners
have been landed, and coming
on under charge of a detachment A
dragoons.**
From Fort George we have re
ceived information u the f 6th in A.
at which time *ll was tranquil, ;and
the troops were in h : gh fpiriu.
Brigadkr G- ntral Boyd is in
cornrwii<L Gen, Dearborn hsd
taken leave of the army, Sety'tcn
whom and him much harmony pre
vailed j a id the moment preceding
his depasture is reprefented as hiv
ing exhibited an affedting ftene,—
The bickerings which have beet*
reprefenced ea. exifting *mong the
officers have almoft entirely fufofid
ed j and (mutual efforts at concilia
tion have refiored to the camp that
good burner and harmrmy which
private feuds had ia fame degree
difturbed.'— Nat. Intel.
The following is an ext raid of a letter
from &n off er of the northern &r*
my , dated fort George , fmh 9.
“ Yeftcrday our pickets were
attacked by a body cf Brium ar and
Indians. There were a pretty hard
cemeft for a few minutes. The
Britilh were driven off. They fuc
ceedtd in taking Lieut. Eidridge,
adjutant of the 13 h regime*r, no
wm wounded <?.nd k-.i-d- ij or
our men. bonne (t the w > Je i
were b;: barm fly by the
enemy in this ffiockirg. Di- j.itr,”
viz. 1 hey were rnofi bur .-orly
munlaced, their ribs cut out with a
tomahawk,- their Ivans uuo tjy
tbfir fcaips takei iff, then threats
cut, and their bodies otherwi c ia
huraardy nung td.** bt-.ue of the
Briufti were painted Indians.**
ZL*i±,: - •
C-Dt. O. H.-. Petr,, ti ,#
cormoshder 21 this ftat: .* 4 1 : --e
received in form at ion fa-amen
ing an their way dcA-r-od far his
Btiii fleet. As -©on as they ar
rive, it is fuppefed, that captaifi
Ferry will co-operate wfa C k and
Hirrifon, whole force are ra;. idly
coucent-ating at the hra-J Q-iiaßei's
of the,North vY-uTr-n Arm/. No
doubt can be enter*ai .eu oi *
civ and happr * : omscmi •( the
N- rth’ W-- ftern A oj T
-i eHibfa faioc .; i- ‘ (1, 1 \
ococj are cu 1
iViilden. luforma ion hat far :
lately received that the JBrit-Hi .v;ll
have ‘their new (hip ready ?■ : he
ude tv, about ten days. W H yn -
derftard ■he will carry 74 icavy
guns;
Norfolk, July %/.
Alfa E, VBx of the navy, a gen
t!eiu -or tg<i sjicy and ate f "r>r;z.*,
bee 2 fa- :■: O- ai .fa
preparing Tfarptdoc. l 0 #tv -,r *k
the exsdofiua f fame of Strut
riiy’s ffiipt fa JLyftnftwea fa..—.
T it Brit?lh 74 gun ftJ;
ne*:> tisrt has- to A l>jfmpri.>nu‘!3 ft
fct&ii faying jsfcrcaft. A Csr c T 1 r.. t y
itgijt hcule, Jrod iius. rs:c?v hta the
company of aoy <nhc*r v (Li, ap
peared to Mr. M}x ai die n- -ft
proper objtft ior “tr-'ing th;. <am .ri
meat on. Mfi” Mia,’ mail f
f; uiikds at tern pry, fact eecj and i auk -
Jig a pcflflon -tv. ifm .1 co’-yn: fa cu-
Uhc'e, m a ... Aju with %'r far
board brt-w f dropped. tU fa-a*
y • ‘the viuerpj?i.ft t the
CCKO-fa Ain cr- S ; gfaflifa Wdl. It
Vvois i*.*cp-. -■fa>'4 r:fa vhe ‘ ir and,
vvouhi cave Gy . t f .js
fcfiaoo! kui for 2 .s-ir - .<■: tc?
be named here, but fah;eh sniv be
guarded again ft la future
Ukuu, ktxplodad a few ftr©-fat to©
loon. l ht'fcee was awfab
. lime ! h was like the co2ckfi-iis
of ap-earthquake, with £ *ynJ**f u
dcr and terr?fi..t than tk* hea
vieft peal *>f thunder. A 1 - * eid
of Ava.tr 50 .feet in euc.uw* err are
was thruwa u to site ih t-- fat ;d to
or 4© feet, its appealance v.%% %
vivid red tirgedatthe flies wi-h a
beauttfi’l puyplfe. Oa afl crG? 4, .©
its height, it hu:ft 3. fat
cop with a uerneiidous eapfauuia
and (t ‘i> ifarorients ©a-the deck A
the -%'tw • ; -Heh railed inu L?*
yawiihg chx.an bfaow and nea. : .y
up efe.
i-iEC i? < * i A 4 £ X. G R ,HS S.
AVH EN S, A uguSt i 3
Having fully completed the Fifth
Volume of the Georgia Exp mss,
and ba.'tfivg enter id into 0 new 6V*
P trtnerfhip in the P> in ting Bif nefs ,
as wellyppedr in the propofaU pMblijh
ed in this Jay's papor, it has become
com:.,hnt and nestjary to cloft the
kxprefs, of which this will be the Ujt
regular number. It is however the
intention of the Editor to- continue
to publish on afmallfheet, or half
jbeet , for the accommodation of h r
Skb/cribers, befides the uxfuijhsd ad
verttfemenis of the Rxprcfs, entrusts
of the mef -tort nt and intending
nes.vsy uni - rfa t,;** contemplatedhts
takijbwftiS b brought into complete
operation.
I'hoft indebted if the hxfrejs ore
requeued ie feint or,, liquidate -beF
accounts wish as little delay as pos
sible.
The Britlfh fcv.cc* or hr* * Eft re *
Fvlemoc—: if have Ufggn'ife q>*: i