The Friend and monitor. (Washington, Ga.) 1815-18??, September 01, 1815, Image 2

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fills theatre of enterprize, this wii dernei's of untoacheu riches. Our gold paid for it from France, and our arms preserved it from Britain. “While our interest and our security, therefore, are concerned in its prolperity our nations pride mud be exalted at the last lcene that was exhibited before its metropolis. It was there that the well appointed arms of Britain were routed by the stern and manly opposition of Ame rican yeomanry ; it was there that the concentrated forces of the ene my made the fierceft attack, and j there our victory was firft compie- i te The war was finilhed tl|ere, and the iaft roar of the cannon was heard amid ft a slash of glory. Southern Patriot. ! wimyg- *• “ Deliverers of Europe ” The ! following extract from the Edin burg Review, throws fome light on the blessings of Ruffian domina tion !. “ The operation of banishment is intimately connected with that of confifcation ; and is the constant work of the police and of individ uals in authority during times of change. It afte&s all ranks, from the prince-bifliop of Cracow, who was carried away to Sibera, and died deranged in consequence, after his return, down to the peaiantry, who are carried off by thousands to serve in the army, or to be sold in Russia ! or people fome diltrici in Asia. Pallas, the celebrated tra veller, found in that remote wiider nels, a tribe, the remains 01 a valt number carried thitner on a scheme of this deloriptum I hey were living in wretchedneis ; and, .no logger hoping to lee their country, had only one requett to make, that their l.and might riot, as heretofore, be seized by the government, as Toon as they had brought it into cultivation. In vVariaw; above a hundred persons of eminent wealth or rank have been carried olf in a season. The sex exempts not from this common lot of Poles. Ma trons of the highest dignity, and znoft facinating accompiifhments, mofed to the lame rifks..with ■* husbands and sons. Persons m authority have been known to carry off fome hundreds of peasants at a l'weep, under pretence of re cruiting, and then fell them in the Ruffian provinces-** i -1 hi—— roTTEIGN NEWS. Paris , July 1. Letter from the minister of war to the duke of Wellington. Head Quarte KS,Vilette y June 3o; My Lord —Your hostile move ments continue, aitho, according tothe declarations of the allied fo verclgns, the causes of war no longer .exjft, since the emperor Napolepn has abdicated his pov/er. At the moment when blood is a gai,n to be flied, I have received from the marshal Albufera a tele graphic defpatch, of which I lend you a copy. My lord, I guarantee Upon my honor this armistice—all the reasons which you could have to Continue hoftilites at an end, since you can have no other iriftruc tions from your government than thole which the Austrian generals Had from theirs. I make your lord(hip a second demand to cease hoftitiries imme diately, and to conclude an armis tice—to wait the decision of the emperors. I cannot believe my lord, that my demand will be with out effeft; you will take upon your t ‘ ‘ felf s great i;efponfibility in the eyes - of your noble coadjutors. No other motive than to prevent the effufion of bldod and the inter est of my country, has dictated this letter. If I appear on the field of battle, I {hall carry thither the conviction of contending for the nobielt of causes, the honor and independence of my country ; and that whatever may be the result, I shall merit your esteem. Accept, I pray you, i my lord. &c. &c. ECKMUHL. * Extraft of a letter from Boston, of the same date. . “ Arrived, the brig Ludlow, Mudge, 27 days from Bordeaux. Left Cordovan on the 14th. Capt. Mudge informs, that an embargo was laid on the 4h, and continued till the 12th, to favor Bonaparte’s escape (as it was laid) to America ; which was the general opinion at * Bordeaux. Bonaparte had left Bordeaux and gone to Rochfort, where two frigates were waiting for him, as was laid, for his elcape. j Capt. M. law a Paris paper of the * 4th of July, which stated that Pa ris had capitulated, and that the allies entered on the fourth, but were to leave it in three days. A severe fkirmifli took place on the 3d, on the borders of Paris, but the French were defeated, and the ‘ allies entered Mr. Lee, the A merican Comul, has met with a fe- M f ere accident, lias broken Ins arm and lhouluer, and is very danger ous-’* *■ 1 —I Liters ting Particulars. t From the Boston Daily Advertiser of August nj. Our Bordeau papers, which are to July 6iu, contain Paris dates to the 2d. i heir contents are of an interetting nature—most of them are official.. Bonaparte left Paris at 4 o’clock cn the 29th of June, to proceed to Cherbourg or Rochefort, (lor the accounts in the Paris papers are very contradictory)’ where he was to embark for this country. JL he provisional government lay that they con lid er him in conlequence of nis abdication, as placed under the lateguard of French honor.- They applied to the Duke of Wel lington for a paftport to permit him to proceed, unmolested, to the li nked States. This passport Wei lington refufed to grant. Bona parte requested two frigates to be put at his disposal, to bring him and his friends to this country, which request was readily granted by the provisional government. ‘ . He Itui remained in Paris until the 29th, when the allies approach ing near the city, his friends be comings alarmed tor his fafetv, battened him away. The follow ing perlons accompany him. Gen. Bertrand, Gen. Savary, Gen. Lal- Icmaftd, Labedoyere, Gen. Mont holon, and Gen. Gorgon ; Cols. Laiilon and Delchamps; Chiefs of Squadron Moran, Refigny, and S: Ton ; Captain Piaroii, Lieut. Auftrie, Meflrs. Dolafeaffe, Cham berlain, and his ion; St. Catherine, page; Rotheray, iecretary; Began, lurgeon; Cotion and Dppiana, maitres d’hotei; Planat, St. Jac ques and Chippai, & eight or ten domestics. l'he application to the duke of Wellington for a pallport probably gave rile to the report in London that Bonaparte had given himfelf up to Wellington'. ‘ . The plenipotentiaries who had been deipatched to.freat for a sus pension of hostilities, with Wei lington, had repaired to the head- ; quarters of that general, and the result of their million was not defin- j itfvely known on the 28th of June. But the allied armies in the mean time continued to advance, and on the 29th of June had arrived with in fight of the capital. Davouft, Minister of War, had aflumed the command of the French army, the ; whole of which had on the 29th s retreated to the lines about Paris. Verlailles, the royal refidence* ten miles from Paris, had been entered by the allies, and conflicts of small parties in the vicinity of the capital were taking’ place every day.— Whether any general aCtion preced- . ed the capitulation of the city, which took place on the fourth of July, we are not informed. From the Boston Chronicle. Marshal Suchet at Chambery en tered into an armistice with the i Austrian gen. Frimont, who com- 1 marids the Italian army, June 30. The Head-Quarters of the Arch duke Charles, who commands the Austrian Grand Aarmy, moved from Jriburgh to Loerrach, pre paratory to entering France June2B. M. le Count Boulay is charged provisionally with the port feuille of the minister of justice. Many carriages which were in Bonaparte’s luit, have arrived at Paris, by which it appears that ma ny things are fafe which in the firlt moments of trouble and difor ! der were presumed to be loft. Wounded soldiers are continual ly arriving at Paris, who are put in the hospitals, and the citizens vie ■ with each other in furnilhing them 1 with all the comforts and accom- i modations that their fituatiort re- j qires. , The Com million of the Govern- ! nient, on the recommendation of the chambers, have called to the defence of the country all the young unmarried men, the residue of the 160,000 ordered in 1813. The individuals composing a part of the battalions of the national guards, of grenadiers) or of chaffeurs, who ■ belong to the classes levied in 1815, ! an d thp years preceding, are put at the dipofition of government, to be employed in the army of the line. The married men to do garrifori duty. ‘ 1 he battlalions of national guards from which men have already been furnilhed for the army, are to be filled up by the departments to which they belong. A call was also made on’ all unmarried men, and old men who have no children for filling up the army. FRENCH LEGISLATURE. House Os Representatives. Friday, June 23. M. Manuel delivered a long speech, which he terminated by the following resolution ; NAPOLEON THE SECOND has become emperor of the French by the fa£l of the abdication leon the pirst, and by virte cf the Constitution oj the Empire. 1 his decision shall be transmit ted to the chambei of Peers by a message. \ The refolbtion was unanimously seconded and put to vote. Jhe whole assembly rose , and the President declared the proposition adopted. At this word, the cry of Vice? /’ Eis.perer 9 bun! forth in the AfTem bly and the Tribune—and the cry was prolonged amid the moft; live ly applause. Ihe printing of Manuel’s dis course was demaned, and six copies ordered for each member. M. Solignac—l demand that you decree that the Members of Government (hall take the oath of obedience to theConftitution of the Empire, and fidelity lo the EmpS ror. \ A Member.—l demand that a message be sent to the emperor to make him acquainted with the de cision of the Chamber. The Houle passed to the order of the day. M. Jay—The decision that you have taken, I hope will have the moft happy influence on the pub lic mind. It wi!lgi.*efo every ci tizen a guide, a rallying point. V £lhe House of Peers the famd evening concurred in the above re solution. The state of the vote is not given.J t Sunday , June 25. A Member demanded that men tion be made in the journal that the acclamations oiViveLEcmpereur were unanimous when the Chamber proclaimed Napoleon the Se cond emperor. Adopted. It was voted that aii the Repre sentatives fliould wear a tri-colored scars. June 29 Count Lanjuinais presiding, pre sented the following message from the provifionary government, and the accompanying documents: Mr. President , 1 he provisional government has not forgotten for an instant that Napoleon, by his abdication, has • placed himself under the fafeguard | of French honor—Their firlt care ; was to demand of the enemy’s gen j erals, fafe conducts for theprotec- tion of his person. , On the 25th of June, Napoleon demanded that two frigates should be put at his disposition. The vernment immediately ordered the ministry of the marine to arm these two frigates. Lt. Gen. Bekerwa.j ordered to provide for the proteef tion of the person of Napoleon du ring his route, and all necessary or ders ware given for securing the • preparation of relays of horses. If) the mean time Napoleon had not set out, yesterday the 28th.— Ihe fafe cojiduCl had not arrived. The approach of the enemy giving lively inquietude refpe&ing the fafety of Napoleon, the commiflion determined to v press anew his de parture, and positive orders were given to the ministry of the marine. This last was sent to him by the Count Bonlay. \ The house will perceive by the* subjoined copy of the reply of Lord Wellington, that he did not conft i der himfelf authorized to give the fafe condud requested, and that the government has performed one of its moft faered duties in cauling j the departure of Napoleon. ■ The government informs the House, that Napoleon fat out at 4 { o clock, as the subjoined letter (hows. Accept, Mr. President, the affui ranee of my high consideration. Duke of OTRANTO. . Paris , June 29. Copy cf a letter to Count Bignon . Head-C)uarters, June 28. , Count—l had the honor to ceive the letter of your ex*dle of the 2H|