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The 9th regiment of logoi iti 7‘try with Gen. Waliu at its head, !„.' that ahO. T'“’ f™ j. lierc ,l three cannon shots to be filed , n r ;, !S body. Fifteen ot them were j. i [iJ,l or wounded. Among the fur ,r .. ro four French officers, or per* sons ‘-ho had fled from justice, i'lie troops wished to cross the river on fas to pursue the enemy, who imme diately fled. The liidassoa was crossed on the “tVaml the duke d’Angouleme sleeps on the f*th at lrun. ... ... The armv marches in three divis j. (1H one upon To lose direct lor Ma (jrid ; one upon Pampeluna, and an other upon St. Sebastian. Tlie “-arison at. I run evacuated tne town on the approach of the French. It appears to be the opinion that no efficient resistance was expected be tween Bavoiine and Madrid. At the latter place a Regency was to be esta blished, to act in the name of Ferdi nand, supported by the French arms. The allies, it is said, will accredit their ambassadors to this Regency. Paris, Jpril 22. The port and citadel of Gutaria have been taken by our troops. Two hundred men, among whom were two colonels and ten other officers, have been taken, together with five pieces of cannon and provisions. The Duke il’Angoulcme issued the following proclamation and order of the dav previous to the French army entering Spain. PROCLAMATION. * • The Duke of Angouleme, General in Chief of the army of the Pyrennees, to the Spaniards. The King of France, in recalling his ambassador from Madrid, had ho ped that the Spanish Government, warned of its dangers, would have re turned to more moderate sentiments, and would cease to be deaf to the counsels of benevolence and reason. Two mouths and a halt have elapsed, and his majesty Sms waited in vain for the establishment in Spain of an or der of tilings compatible with the safety of the neighbouring states. The French government has sup ported for two whole years, w ith unex ampled patience, the most unmerited provocations. The revolutionary sac tion, which has destroyed in your country the royal authority, which holds your king captive, which de mands his forfeiture, which menaces his life and that of his family, has car ried beyond your frontiers its guilty efforts. It has tried every means to corrupt the army of his most Christian Majesty, and to excite troubles in France, in tiie same manner as it had succeeded by the contagion of its doc trines and its example, to produce the insurrection of Naples and Piedmont. Deceived in its hopes, it has invited traitors, condemned by our tribunals, to consummate, under the protection of triumphant rebellion, the plots formed by them against their country. It is time to put an end to the anar chy which tears Spain in pieces, which deprives her of the power ot giving peace to her colonies, which separates her from Europe, which has interrupt ed all nor relations with the august sovereigns whom the same intentions and the same wishes unite with his most Christian Majesty, and which compromise the repose and the inter est of France. “ Spaniards ! France is not at war with your country : sprung from the same blood with your king, 1 can only desire your independence, your hap piness, and vour glory. lam about to cross the Pvrennees at the head of 100,Odd Frenchmen, but it is to sup port the Spaniards who are friends of order aud the laws—to aid them to li berate their captive king —to raise again the altar and the throne —to res cue the priesthood from prescription, men of property’ from spoliation, and tiie whole nation front the dominion of a lew ambitious persons, who, in pro claiming liberty, prepare only the slavery and ruin of Spain. Spaniards! Every tiling will be done foryou and with you—the French me, and will only be your auxiliaries. uur standard alone shall wave on }our cities. The provinces traversed by our soldiers shall be administered, 1,1 die name ot Ferdinand by Ss niisii authorities. The most severe disci pline shall be observed. Whatever is inquired for the service of the army . and! be paid lor with the most teii gmits exactness. \\ e pretend not to impose laws on you, or to occupy your country. We wish nothing but your de.iv.ranee— when we shall have ob tuiticd it, we shall return to ourcoun- T| V, happy in having preserved a gene people Iroin the calamities gene • Hed by a revolution, and which ex p‘ iicr.ee lias taught us but too well to appreciate. LOUIS ANTOINE. Day on ne, April 2, 1823. Army of the Pyrenees . — Or clcr of the (hiy. Soldiers ! the confidence of the ln S bus placed me at \ our head in order to fulfil ilic noblest of mis sions. It ir, not the spirit of con quest which has made ns take up arms; a more generous motive animates us—we are going to place a king on Ins throne, to recocile his people with him, and to re-es tablish in a neighboring country which is a prey to anarchy,the order necessary to the happiness and safe ty ot the two kingdoms. Soldiers! —V ou will respect, and cause to to be respected, religion, laws and property —and you will render easy the accomplishment of the duty which is imposed on me of main taining the most rigid discipline. “ LOUIS ANTOINE. “ Head Quaters, Bayone, April 3- I he Bayone papers recieved in England, to April 13, state that three battalions ol the garrison of St. Sebastians on the 9th, advan ced a considerable distance from the place,, when, they met the French, cxpranged a few shots but finding tfl y inte rior in number, they fell back to the town—where a flag of truce soon appeared, and in the name of the Duke ol Angouleme summoned the place to surrender for Ferdinand 7th. The Governor replied he would not surrender the place with out an order from Ferdinand. The flag retired and the fire was com menced on the French troops —60 were killed or taken prisoners and 300 wounded or taken prisoners. File French prisoners taken were put on board a French brig in the port. The town was deserted by the inhabitants. Bayonne, April 12. The three Provinces anti Navarre have given notice that they will assist the French on condition that the King of France will guarantee their ancient privilegs. An Eng lish courier who passed through here yesterday, states that the greatest tranquility prevails in Spain. Orders are given every where on the left of the Ebro, to evacuate all the posts on the ap proach of the French. A letter from Paris states, it was reported that Mina had invaded the French teritory and was at Foix. From the National Advocate. A letter recieved at Paris states that the French army in Spain goes on but slowly—they had experien ced two defeats before St. Sebastian and Pampeluna —The constitution alists, it is said, fight with a despe ration not expected by the French. The letter says, “ the events in Spain appear verv doubtful—more money and more men will be wanted.” Every private account from the frontier concurred in opin ion that the affair of St. Sebrstian was very serious, and that the hos pitals were full of French soldiers. The young soldiers of the French army, it is said, are verv discon tented, in consequence of the rash order given them to attack St. Se bastian. In Paris even the partial success of their troops was coldly recieved, the war being so unpop ular. The French troops on entering Spain took with them nine days pro visions, each soldier carried his own share, and tlte troops loudly complained of this burthen. Such was the scarcity of provisions, that t’ne French army has been under the necssity of living on pulse I and roots. An attempt was made to bribe the Spanish government of St Sebastians with 800,000 francs to surrender. Conchy’s divisions is before Pampeluna, but has not blockaded it. The garrison con sists of 4000 men. The local mi litia, amounting to 15,000 men have joined the armv of Ballosteros w hose head quarters were at lara- I'ona. Conchy and JMolitor intend attacking him ;if they tail,the result will be \erv hazardous to the French —they have but small parks df artillery. The bridge of Miran da has been destroyed, ihe scar city of provisions is severely felt by the French along their whole line. Flying columns of guerillas move about betwen the Pyrenees and the Ebro. They hover round the French, harness them and leave them nothing toeat. Morilla com mands the army of reserve in Gallicia,and takes a position betwen Leon and Astorga with from 15 or 20,000 men. It is stated by a respectable gentleman from Cadiz that the most determined spirit pre- vailed and the most rancorous hostility towards the French name and nation. Not the most distant idea was harboured of submission —all ranks united in tiie most determined lesolution to resists to the last extremity. The Contra bandists, or smuglers, amounting to fifty thousand men, all well mout*. ed and armed areas unanimous as the rest, they are men of great cour age and intrepidity. The armv of Perpignan with the arrival of the Duke of Angouleme | on the Ebro, will move on the 22d. In a few days, the Telegraph says, 100,000 men will he in line. 1 he French army is divided into lour corps and ten divisions, and two divisions of dragoons. The corps under marshall Money is on the frontier opposite Catalonia,and is opposed to the armyol'Mina the whole not more than 81,000 men. Col. Janaguav, better known bv the name of El Paitoa, has left the main army and organized his Guerrillas, a mode of warfare adop ted in Spain since the davs of Ser torius. The Spaniards will avoid every general action trusting to their usual ofatackand defence. Thus has commenced the war and thus the Holy Alliance becomes shaken. For some time we shall : hear brilliant accounts of the success jof France ; but her armies once in •the heart of Spain, and harrassed by her Guerillas, the scene will be changed and defeat and disasters will fo'low—lf Spain is united, the 100,000 Frenchmen never return. MonAas, Juno 9, 18‘2'J. We understand that the failure of the mail we noticed last week, was oc casioned by the neglect of the post mas j ter at Clinton : he having, in search for the Clinton bag, taken out the one that belonged to this place* and neglected to replace it in the mail.— We hope these mistakes will not occur often. At a meeting of the citizen of this place, on the sth inst. for the purpose of making arrangements for celebra ting the next anniversary of Ameri can Independence, N. W. Wells esq. was appointed to the chair, and the citizens proceeded to appoint Messrs. Loving, Thomas, Robeitson, Wardlaw and Hudson a Committee of Arrange ment, and Messrs. Ingersol, Ward and Wells a committee to draft toasts and procure an Orator tor the day. %CJ r ° The Committee of Arrange ment for celebrating the next anniver sary of American Independence at this place, take this method of inform ing the citizens that subscriptions will open tomorrow tn< ruing at the stores of Gillespie & Birdsong, Robertsuu & Gritiibeny, and 11. G. Ross. Yesterday a man by the name of Janies Brown was found drowned in W alnut Creek near the bridge, on the road leading to Miiledge'ille, about a! mile from this place. The verdict ofl an inquest held over him, was, that he i “ came to his death by violence.” As the matter is at this time under going a legal investigation, we deem it prudent not to say more. Things that our forefathers must have deemed impracticable, and which the present race of men, who have witnessed so many strange occurences, can scarcely credit on evidence short of ocular demon stration appears to be, in this age of discoveries, actually accomplished. As an instance of this kind, we no ‘u e the removal of large three story brick houses, with chimnies standing, uninjured, in the city of New-York. Another discovery, in iinitly more important in its conse quences, hut the success of w hich is not yet so well established, is said to have been made by Mr. Perkins, an American in London, on the application of steam to navigation, by which a voyage across the Atlan tic may he performed in ten days, and one to the East Indies in less tha two months. Recorder. The U. S. frigate Congress, Capl. Biddle, is to take out Messrs. Nelson and Rodney, Ministers from our go vernment—the former to Spain ; the latter to Buenos Avrcs. Present Policy of Great Britain, j The following is an extract from a Speech lately delivered by Mr. Canning, in the British House of Commons. \V e have no doubt but, in holding up to the British Parlia ment the example of the American government in 1 793 —he might have [added also in 1819, 20, 21—Mr. Canning has honestly recommend ed to his country its true policy at the present time. VV hat is recom mended bv him is, indeed, in other ! words, no more than an observance ! of good faith —to be neutral in fact, j whilst they are neutral in proses -1 sion. It is gratifying to find in Mr. Canning, who has been at one time considered hostile to this country, frankness enough to soar above ear ly prejudices —to respect and imi tate that policy, which experience has taught him to appreciate prop erly. Let the most cunning politi cian, after a life spent in the tortu ous paths of diplomacy, disclose the fruit of his experience, and he i will c<#fess, that, in politics as in private life, between nations as be tween individuals, honesty is the lest policy. I We concern ourselves iittle with the particulars of the politics of Great Britain, and profess to know nothing of her public men but what the newspapers unfold to us. From the occasional glimpses thus afford ed us, however, the character of 1 Mr. Canning as a man and his i course as a politician, appear to us in a favorable light. Nat. Intell. “ If I wished to seek a guide in a system of neutrality, 1 should lake that laid down bv America in the days of the Presidency of Washing - ton and the Secretaryship of Jeffer son. In 1793, complaints were made to the American government, 1 that French ships were allowed to fit out and arm in American ports, for the purpose of attacking British vessels, in direct opposition to the laws of neutrality. Immediately upon this representation, the Ame rican government held, that such a j fitting out w as contrary to the laws of neutrality, and orders were is ; sued, prohibiting the as rning of any I French vessels in American ports, j At New York, a French vessel fit i ting out was seized, delivered over i to the tribunals, and condemned.— [Upon that occasion, the American government held, that such a fitting , out of French ships in American ports, lor the purpose of cruizing against English vessels, was 11 in compatible with the sovereignty of the United States, and tended to interrupt the peace and good un- I derstanding which subsisted be tween that country and Great Bri tain. 1 Here, I contend, is the prin ciple of neutrality upon which we ought to act. It w’as upon this principle that the bill in question was enacted. Ido not now pretend to argue in favor of a system of neu trality, but it being declared that we intend to remain neutral, I call upon you tc abide by that declara tion, so long as it shall remain un altered. No mater what ulterior course we may be inclined to adopt; no matter whether, at some ulterior period, the honor and interests of i the country may force us into war ; still, while we declare ourselves I neutral, we are hound to avoid pass ing the strict liyc of demarcation. When war docs come, if come it must, let us enter into it with all the spiritand energy which becomes us as a great and independent na tion , if it does come, let it be in resistance of some injury attempt ed, or in seeking satisfaction for some violated treaty ; but, in God’s name, let it not arise out of a petti fogging attempt to cruize or fight for gain.— (Cheers.) Let us not, at all events, be sneaked into a war I say once again, let as abide strict ly by our neutrality, as long as we mean to adhere to it, and by so do ing we shall, in the event of any ne cessity for abandoning that system, j be the better able to enter withes- ; lect upon any other course which the policy oi the country may re quite.’ The King of Sweden, (formerly j Bernadotte, one of Bonaparte’s Ge- j nerals,) seems to have taken time j by the forelock. Aware of the j absurd doctrine of the divine right i of Kings, and the antiquated non- . sense of centuries piled upon cen turies, exploded by one spark of < common sense, he founds his claim !. to the crown, on its only defensible j basis, the free suffrages of the peo pie. He has abolished the penalty of death, for high treason; has de sired the legislative body nut to adopt the measures recommend I in his speech, bee use he \ r > u mends them j but to do their duty as independent legislators, and to correct his mistakes if he fiasco n mitted any. Such is t!ie moral strength of which sovereigns might possess themselves, it they would but consider the state of the world as it is, and recognize the independ ence, not of this country , or of that country , but of the age in which we live. FROM MEXICO. Cant. Matthews, who left Tampico on the 25di lilt, .'•tales, that on th 9th the Congress of Mexico decreed that the Kx-E nperor Iturbide sluin’ be banished tp Italy, au l tlut he should be allowed/a pension of S v :v l>‘*r annum. Cent. M. has brou ‘it dis patches fro.li tile Mexican govern /unit to its minister here, and from the American Consul. Holland has been again visited by a tremendous flood, in conseque ■ • of many of the dykes giving way. In some of the villages nothing was to h i seen but the steeples of the churches. Two Colombian vessels of war, one of which was commanded by Com. Daniels have been captured by a Spanish fleet. The action was veil sustained, but they were conquered by infinitely superior force. It is reported that a hi each has been made in the levee at New-‘)rieans,and that the city was inundated with water to the depth of three feet. The Cotton Market in Savannah is improving.—Good fair Sea-Island is readily sold at 22 a 23 ; fine is held at 25, and in a few instances that price • has been refused for approved brands. Uplands are selling freely, principally at 11 cents ; prime at 12 ; interior 9 a 10. The stock on hand is becoming very light. DIED, In Louisville, on the first inst. in the 16th year of her age, Mrs. .Une Vnn Granhehuy, consort of • leorge Graiberry, Esq. When the relentless tyrant fat es in to his embraces the aged And the in firm, but useful members ot society, though we were in constant expecta tion of the loss, we mourn and regret it. But when we see him twining his merciless fingers in the neart-strings of one who is in the bloom of youth ful vigor and beauty, it fill- us with a sense of the power of that Being who who gave us life, and who will not re sign his right of taking it away when it answers a purpose of his glory. V e can only saves did his faithful servant Job, —“ The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Mrs. Granberry was the only daugh ter of a fond parent, and the wile oi an affectionate husband, who a little more than five months ago led her to tiie altar where they pledged them selves to each other* and no doubt pro mised themselves many years of mutu al happiness —How futile are human calculations! Already sue has gone, To praise her God in worlds above ; From trouble, sin, and sorrow torn ; And left him lik<* a lonely dove, ’Mid cares and toils nis loss to mourn. [ot No 17, in the sth Di-t. Monroe, J with a good Store house and other improvements, aud an excellent shoal on it. Lot No. 134 in the 7'tli Hist. Monroe. Fraction “ 161 ** “ 7'tli “ Baldwin, containing 188 acres, with a valuable plantation in good order. JEHU CAMPBELL. Twiggs County, Geo. June 9. 12 3t SVvt\\L‘(\ or Sto\eu I 1.1 rom tlic subscriber, in New-Town, i about the first of May, a smalt I bright sorrel MAItK, branded thus 1) j on the right slaulder, lias a swab tail, is unshod, and the points of her hoofs are worn nearly square,so that her track can be easily distinguished from that of most other horses. I am inclined |to believe she is somewhere near this ( lace. Any person who will take her up and bring her to me shall be libe rally rewarded for his trouble. If Stolen, I will pay Twenty-Five Dollars reward and all reasonable ex penses to any person who shall appre diend and secure the thief in some safe I jail in this state. ISAAC ROWER. * New-Town, 14t!i May, 1823. £tfl2