The Patriot and commercial advertiser. (Savannah, Ga.) 1806-1807, December 29, 1806, Image 3

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■,, r " v ” 1 ■ .nd H. Aidin’ the Frencn Hnmen'eb'Pennntv of Bln .he M' h OfloSer, Hm-v tesfonablv con- Hhatitcoft them more ■.pttner vidorv which H vr obtained ; or, it is to Himed, from the won.. Hdivitv & perseverance ■p.rte, that he would H e his army to H m ,ined idle after that Hut would have follow- H vidorv bv pur fain jr H'eatit’g PruHians. and Hug them in them llight. Hfnd that this was not Hc-thevwere permitted ■.'to Magdeburgh. and Hirte marched quictiv Hdcrlin, which bad been H|Oy emptied of its pub. ■fures. Such an event ■tictprtcd, as it is unfor.. ■it was not intended to ■ it. Frool ad the infor ■l which we have L:eo ■ colled, both from pn. ■ ters Sc the Hambmgh ■ which we have exatuin ■ fee the Prulhans undis- H,hy their difaHer, tin <n thetr spirit, an l Hal el with fear. They ev.. Here evince the mod de. H?d intention to perfe. ■ the glorious contest in ■ they have engaged, and, for the arrival of ■ulTiaus, and by recruiting own people, while myrmidons are ■g Berlin, they will we ■ be able to check the ca ■ofthis enemy of the ci. ■: world.—AH accounts that the PruHians (ought bravery, and the cavalry, which performed prodigies in Petdons who have fieki of battle, liticc [Hcinn. affirm, that it was jHr.ly literally covered with ■dead, but that in manv Ho, the bodies were piled Hogether, as if delignedlv Such was the vigor of operations, that, French received toe of Mat (hal N’ey ■ had taken one hundred ■ twenty Jive pieces of can and the issue of the battle evidentiv to be a. ■d die French, but t< e ■tT of n,ooo men, who tranfponed in carriages, Btthey might not be fatigued the fate of the day, ■i they obtained by their Hmbers what they could not ■art by their courage. Hi he Prudian troops have Hoved that they are ((ill de_ H l ig of that high renown B u 'h they obtained under Hederick 2. It is (aid that B French Cavalry were tn. Hdy cut up by the PruHians, Bo fought with the mod del- B r te telolution <x determine B biavery. ■ When Captain HttfTar left Bmxhaven it was currently re- B>rted and believed that Bona, ■'te had been killed. The B Cie report was current at Bainburgh, There we.e va |ouj accounts of the mannei I; which it happened though |il agreed that it had taken Ihcc. Some dated that lie lad been (hot bv fome of tiie Indents in palling through B-ripfic; others that be had killed by the Prussian PU^ars.— Deiiiableas would P 1 luch at) event, for the peace Inti tranquility of the world, let we cannot yield our belief that it has aftually taken p'icf. He altnolt appea’s invuiueia, b!e leaving not even his hfel expo fed. ThMlritifli had landed 27, roo men on the continent, and had taken pofleflion of IFIII - The Pruflian arms had been taken dots n from tbepub iic buildings and thole of the , Eletlor of Hanover reinstat ed. The Pruflian troops had i marched from Hanover to jour their army in Weflp’nalia. When tire French entered Lelpfic they levied contribu tions upon the inhabitant;, and all the merchandize {’up. posed to be British, was con, fil'cated. The general opinion in Germany was, that the bat tle was bv no means decisive; that the fate of PruHij did not hang on to (lender a thread ; that a great ami powerful peo., ule, affeciinnately attached to ( their fover-eign and to their laws, cannot be conquered until the whole of them areex. tinfit. 1 hat the people ap pear to he united in their ha tred and detestation of Bona parte's condufil, and equally ■ as determined to perifli be i neaih the ruins of their coun try, rather than to yield to the ; tyrant, & become (applicants at the foot of the u fur pet’s throne. In addition to the files of Hamburgh papers which we received on Sunday, to the 30th Oct. we tall evening re ceive,], by the brig Ann Sc Eli zabeth, a life of Altona pa pers to the fame date. By these we find that the Prince of Hatzfeld had published, in Betlin, on the 21st Ofct. that the ganifon, under the com mand of his excellency the Count of Schukmburg, would withdraw, from that city, as it was probable the French would soon enter it. He called upon the citizens to form a j national guard and to submit patiently to the fare of war. An Hessian army of 30,000 men has marched 10 join the Pruflians. From the Same—Dec. li. MUNDEN, (fian.) Oct. 20. Yesterday arrived Iwrethe brave Prussian Lieut Llellwof the re giment of Plotz, with his hussars, with which near I- istnacli l>u at tacked the French escort of 300 men, who bad in possession the late Prussian garrison of Erfurt, (7000 men) v, hjc.h tiiev were marching towards the J reach ar my—the escort was either cot down, or made prisoners, and the garrison liberated—they are now marching in lu re. The Prussians have evacuated Hanover —Hamein is ganLimed, and ctimnuiklcd by Gen. Von Scliilh r. ‘i he disfigured corpse of Prince Louis, oi I rusßia, covered with wounds, has been deposited at the castle oi SaaliDdt, till it ca.ll bei'e uiaved to Berlin. Auoiber Prussian army ot 50, 000 men lias assembled between Brunswick and Magdeburgh, and another battle was expected. ‘I be Swedish troops have ad vanced towards the Erne. On the 17th, a convention was signed at Naucnourgn, by fiance ami Saxony —the troops ot me lat ter were lo abandon the Prussian,. All strangers have been compel led to leave Mjgdcburg i—the French army was not tar irom it on die 22d, and sent in a trumpe ter. —The Pt assian army have passed over the Oder. khe French have Grdeied the merchants at Leipsic to deliver up aii British prupeity m lour days. On- the l!sth Or tuber it was stuck up at Berlin—The King | las lost a battle ; the first duty aA a citizen iv quietness, and theGov oraor desires every body iu ton. form thereto. The ivb’g a nil hi, Bii'i lit on li Vs | The villages on tfir* high road from Bamberg to tire- from levs of I’lnirgovia, are mostly numd utul abandoned .by tln'ir miiabuants. Several houses had 50 and 100 mm nmiitered upon them at a rim;—tne inh.tbuanu gave vlnt liad, and when a!! was ft'.i.sii ed, If 10 v bade adieu m tbi ir p.o.i'r nal roots.— Htset ousts at i-ioi.ach 1 guiitier per pound. “pATRKyfr S’JFJ.VX.-tll, Dec. 29. loot.- For the Patriot. A Subscriber observes, that ri-e necessity of a County subscripti on, (if there i-, seen necessity) to request Mr. Jrff'evson,' 1 agam to oiler his services as President of the United States, is superceded bv tius Fmni!v;oti; concurred re solution of this state, on the tit'll instant, expressive or their sense of Mr. Jefferson’s official conduct. ‘I lie unanimity of this ltcsoju tion, from the Representatives of the most southern State, with the Legislative act on the same sttet jeer, 111 the state of Vermont, our Northern Boundary, expresses such entire confidence iirthe mea sures, integrity and abilities of Mr. Jefferson’, as to insure to linn tile /idlest approbation ot his Re publican fciiowcitizeuv By publishing.these Legislative acts, is oniy to diffuse, what is justly due, to ibis able statesman, and Philosopher. Legislature of Georgia. In the House 0/ Representuttves, Ruinrduij, t) th Dec. ltiutj. On motion, Unanimously lie. solved, That tin.. Legislature, com posed of ttie lonncaiate Represen tatives of the People; by til cm eiee ted to declare their uni, viewing the b essings At distinguished poli tical benefits derived in a stale & national capacity, Irom the impar tial, wise and judicious adminis tration of Thomas Jejjerson, Pre. sident of tli* Uiihed States, em brace this opportunity oi expres ing their full and entire confidence and approbation of Ins official conduct. At ifie present momentous crisis, when the civilized nations oi die old world, to m hum we are bound by the ties oi interest or political friendship, arc convulsed, and either engaged 111 die prosecution of destiuctive wars, or forming coalitions winch iiueaten the de struction of nations and oynas urs; it is oi the utmost importance that our political barque should be directed by tne liana oi a mas ter, in whose integrity, discretion and wisdom, the people ot ilicie United .States can wnh safety re ly. YVe therefore, m the name of the people oi Georgia, request that Thomas Jejjerson w 1 .1 Uevuie lour ycais more ol ins file 10 the service of ms country, iu order more permanently to cstaohsii llmse principles oi political liber ty, which is the boast and glory ot Republican America. Resolved Unanimously , That his Bxcciiency the Govti m.r, do, without uciay, transmit a copy ol these resolutions to our mem bers >n Congress, by tnem to be presented to our icliow-citizcu, Thomas Jtjjerscn. lienj. n / Maker , Speaker A hue copy Jrom tne Journal, Attest, Hines Holt, Clerk, Head, and concurred in unani mously. Tdward Telfair, President cj the Senate. IVillitthi Robertson, Sec ry. executive Department, (Geo.) Louisville, 6 th Dec. 1 Xu6. Presented, read auti approved of, JARED iRYVRN, hover nor- Teste, jAM Lb nuZ EMA N, See ry. The T.eg is!at we of Vermont, at their tale session, voted thejol lowing address to the President of the United States, which aas ordered to he transmitted la him . | To Thomas Jefferson, ■ Pie ‘dent of the U. States. ’ Sir, Permit Ihe General Assem bly pi the Ifate oi Veiinput to I avail them (el ves of the oppor : tunity p.rckmeu by their armu. ; a! meeting, 10 expreis to von j the iutklatlion they derive j Loin the increaling piolpaiiy j oi our common country. Remote as we aie placed from the lent of government, we have obk rved wi.h anxious end continual foiiciiude, the uu a lures adopted by the pub lic iunfctiofiaiic’s, to fccure and promote tlie rmeieiis of the union. \Y e have (ecu the di minution oi taxes the extetili -011 of the tei ritory, the incrcafe of population, the clue leguia { non ot the judicial Sc military } iystems, the security () f j.eace ’ abroad and at home, with fen \ tiinents ol sincere approbation. ; We learn that, in thcle ienti ’ merits,our filter Rates, have aL ’ molt unantrnoufly coincided; & that, delpifing the ffruggles of fatfion, and the w,hifpers of Dander, the public opinion has opened from the firit grades of favourable expectation, into ! bold and general appiaufe. j—l he eminent degree in which you have contributed, by the patriotic difeharge of your official duties, to call lorth iliefe lentiments, has not | clcaped us.—Adulation is the language of fiaves ; but a just, a free, and independent peo r pie, who have seen and elcap td the attempted subversion of their liberties, will never hesi tate to anticipate the voice of history and posterity, when gi atitude demands it. We will not fir, conceal our regret, a riling from rumors which have reached us, calculated to ex cite the belief that it is your with to withdraw from the public (ervicc, at the close of the period for which you was lafl defiled Chief magiflrate of the Union. We venture to hope that the insinuation is unautho -1 iftd, and to express a wish that in the full poffeflion of facub ty and talent you will not re- j fufe the citizens the benefits a rising from long political ex perience and deprive them of the full opportunity of cxer- ; cifing their choice and juclg” ment in (electing their Rrcli dent from the whole number of the people. In pursuing and compiet ingthe ineafures lo happily be gan ; in encouraging the tn dultry, and protefiting the rights of the citizens; in pro moting the happinel’s of the oeoplc, Sc fuppoiting the dig nity of the government, we, with confidence, allure you of our mofi cordial lupport. And 1 relying on that Divine Being ! who holds in his hand the des~ I uny of empirqs, we tiuft we Ihallbe iocfirefiled as to long exilt a peaceful a prolpetous and happy naiion. Aaron Leland, Speaker of the House ot Representatives. Extract of a letter, dated Havan na, Dec. 11: “ We have no news here, ex cept that of the Biitish forces ha ving been defeated at Buenos- Ayres, and the place re-taken.— This news is confirmed by the way of Panama. It is added, that a second attack was made ac Monteviedo, and that sir Home Popfiam lost two of his ship- ; one sunk under a fort, and another tost in a severe gale of wind.” Courie . The National Intelligencer, giving a comparative view of the vRh the next in <tvfn Si nt.'A, oi, -.in ivirre-i-.. to the KeniiMir tn 111 tin* present L'o-i-r ess, v 7 !.e ----pulTrans, and 2f> Ferlerafßts. in j the next ( on.’tess, 30 Rtpuhli j cans ; nd 15 Rdetaiisi?. Salem Petr. j j eSS* <cr .Sir <v- f- A1 urine In tdiligence. ■S** , -***’ <4 : <et* •<— -J* r <*-?• ‘&■ <& j PORT OF SAVANNAH A./ r APR/ V li D. | Fog Mount Vernon, Martin Suriinim, j Eliza, Kuril, Trinidad, Nil’- bv. Drinfi ‘viiter, Anli'Miß, j Sclir. -Speedwell, Snowden, I u del fill i a. i ! rval. IVtcrsnn, Janniieu ! ——Gabriel Duval. YY'.ut, Nassau CLEAR VI). 1 Sh'P I.uev iX Elizabeth, Stokes, Lotului, i Brig Sea-Island, Burnlnm, N. V. j Ueeovery , Hull, .( unaira. J benr. Agei Him, Driscoll, Ba!ti_ ; more, 1 ; Sloop Fair-Haven, MaxtVld, St. Simons. I onnnivi N I'HEATRET By Permission, Mr. BANKS ID USPECI FULLY informs Jjft<lfcs & Gertlt ot <ub! it a thru, on FridaV evening, 2d Jan! will be presented A Dijferialion cn Hobbies— by Mr. Lot e. VIZ. A Statesman’s Hobby—A Cour tier's Hobby A Fiddler's llohby—a Soldier’s Hobby —a Luiv’s Hobby —a Manager’s Hobby, & his own Hobbv. After which, the GRAND JEUDIFOCION, OR Mysteries of Mechanism. Composing a collection of Rich and Comic Figures. An Italian Scaramouch Will dance a Fandango, tk. swal low ins own head. Song—Satire upon all Trades— by Mr. Love. Comedy of die VINTNER in the SUDDg. Mixum (the Vintner) Mr. Banks, Vizard, Mr, Love,’ Mrs. Mixum, Mrs. Banks.’ The Grand Italian Foiitoccmo , Ry the wonderful group es arti ficial Comedians, three feet and a half high, possessing, the ex act movements of Life. The Comic Opera of THE POOH SOLDIER. Comic Song — Paddy's Wedding The whole to conclude with a beautiful representation of the BOMBA RDI N G O F TRI - POLI. Being in honor of the Rrave Co lumbian 1 ark who fell in that glorious action—ln front, an ex act movement of the Sea, wnh the approach of the American Frigates and Gun-Boats, attend ed with Cannonading— On tne back ground, a R'di Piece of Machinery, representing The Town of Tripoli. The particulars will be Been in the Bill# oi the day. Tickets to be had at the 1 heaire irom 10 to I*2 a. m. and irom 2 to 5 v. ji. Pnceoi admittance One Dollar—Children half price. fj.j'Doors will be open at s x o’clock, and the Pcrlorniar.ee commei.ce precisely at seven. *T* I have examined ifie ‘1 lip. rttrty and made the ne'Ct ssary re pairs on the same—lt is now suf ficiently sale tor the aicotuinoua tion oi any number of Person., it may coivain. K. RO M \. Dec. iu. } 3 all kinds ok prin t ing Done at this (’fee, with A eat. Htcs Aecm ucv „ui Dispatch.