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Foreign Intelligence,
From the Charleston Courier.
TRANSLATIONS.
TROM OUR FILES OF FRENCH P\-
PKRS, RECEIVED BV THE SHIP
Portland in 4; day* from
,4 BORDEAUX.
MINISTRY OF WAR.
To the generals commanding the
Military Divisions , the Pre
feds of Departments and the
Commissaries General.
PARIS, 14th October.
Anew and unexpected ag
gression, Gentlemen, has forc
ed the Emperor to quit hi* capi
tal and place himself in the
midst of his armies.
His Majesty, upon repeated
protestations of peace & friend
ship, had seen without mistrust
the armaments of Prussia. He !
was going to call hack his arrnv j
to triumphal fetes ; the moment
for their return was chosen, the
signal Riven : at this very mo
ment Prussia raised against us
the erv of war.
The Emperor, obliged sud
denly to convert preparations ol
peace into military show, hast
ened whither the honor of his
crown and the peril of his allies
called him : he hardly arrived ,
when rapid dispositions had al
ready preserved them from an
invasion long since meditated.
This moment gentlemen is a \
double call on the courage of J
those who fight abroad before
the eyes of the sovereign and on !
the zeal of those who serve him j
home. Ihe task oi the latter
for being less glorious, is neither
the less useful nor the less appre
ciated- j
Having remained depositaries
ofH. M’s confidence, your es- j
forts ought to redouble to fulfil
it, and increase with the diffi
culties. The maintenance of
public order, the speedy execu
tion of the laws, especially those
which contribute to the success
of our arms, the concert and
harmony of all the authorities,
should he, more than ever, the
object of your care and atten
tion.
Let the Emperor, Gentlemen
upon leading back his armies
covered with new laurels, feel an
equal satisfaction at theservues
Tendered sides ; and let
him upon casting a look from the
field ofbatttle upon the Interior
perceive that with less show
your devotion is neither less en
tire, nor less ac'ive.
I salute you with distinguish
ed consideration.
For the Minister of War,
The Minister Director of the
Administration of War.
MINISTRY OF THE
GRAND JUDGE.
The Grondf/udgr, Minister of
Justice , Grand-Officer of the
legion of Honor, to the imperial
Attornles-General of the courts
es Criminal Justice.
Paris, 17th October.
The partizans of the war have
Contrived, Gentlemen to make
their deplorable influence pre
vail in the cabinet of Berlin, and
when the Emperor, touched
with the misfortunes of Europe,
was endeavoring to establish the
continental peace upon durable
bases, which might at length let
nations breathe, and for a long
while remove the calamities ot
war, a king whom so manv mo
tives ought to keep closely unit
ed to Fi ance, suddenly assumes
a menacing attitude against us ;
and, far from these unexpected
demonstrations of hostilities
ready to commence being put a
stop to by the moderation of the
Emperor, he dared to dictate to
victorious France, conditions
which in the very midst of mis
fortunes her august chief would
have rejected with disdain.
Moderation has its bounds ; a
just resentment ought to succeed
it when the nation is outraged
and provoked by the most in
conceivable aggression. May the
blood which is about to be shed
kc forever a reproach to those
sinister counsellors who mi-dead
kings ; and who, blinding them
with regard to their true inter
ests hurl them into perils which
mav shake their throne !
The Emperor marches at the
head of his brave legions, ever
animated witli the same spirit
always faithful and always de
voted. Let u* imitate in the in
terior their noble and generous
example ; and if it be not given
tons, as to our valorous youth,
I to shed our blood for die justest
i of causes, at least let jf serve it
with all our efforts ffd all our
means. No Frenchman can be
indifferent to such dear interests
without becoming criminal ; but
independent of the obligations
which ate common to public
functionaries, and other citizens,
the former have particular ones
to fulfil, and which should be e.
ver pres -nt to them in the con
junctures we are in. Thus, du
ring the absence of the Empe
ror all bis servants should re
double their zeal, vigilance and
activity, so that though absent
his spirit mav yet seem to reside
amongst us and animate all
parts of public administration.
This is principally addressed to
you, gentlemen, who arc special
ly charged with the maintenance
of public order and the prosecu
tion of offences which may at
tack it. Vigilant and indofatiga
hie ctntinels, do not let guilt
hope for a single moment of
Relaxation or Sleep -.attach
yourselves more especially to
the entire repression of those
odious crimes which I pointed
out to you in my circular letter
ol the 3d in3t. Eves'y thingwhich
is injurious to the conscription
is a real sore of the state it is
by vigor and constancy in the ap
plication of the remedy, that it is
to be cured.
In a word neglect nothing to
answer the confidence with
which His Majesty Ims honored
you, and merit that at his return
he may condescend to approve
your conduct, which will be for
you the most grateful as well as
the most glorious recompence.
Receive, Gentlemen, the as
surance ot my affectionate sen
timents. RF.GNIER.
PARTS, October 60.
The following Letter to (he
King of Prussia, was carried by
captain Montesqniou who set
out from Gera on the ISth of
October, ]BoC,at 10 o’clock A.
M. and arrived at the eamp of
General rlohenlohe, at lour P.
M. Gen. JMohenlohe detained
that officer and took from him
the letter he was the bearer of.
The army of the King of Prussia
was 9 leagues farther back. This
Priace then ought to have re
ceived the letter of the Emperor
at the latest, at G in She evening.
They assure, however, that he
never received it before the 14th
at 9in the morning—that is to
say, when they had already be
gan to fight.
It is likewise reported that
the King of Pruflia then {'aid :
—“ If this letter had arrived
sooner, perhaps we would not
iiave fought ; but the heads
of those young men are dat
ed in such a manner, that if
there had been yelterday any
mention ol peace, I could not
have brought back to Berlin
one third part of my army.”
Sir, my Brother ,
I have only received, on
the 71b, the letter of your
Majesty of the 25th of Sep.
ternber. I am lorry that you
have been made to sign that
kind of pamphlet. I anfvver it
only to protest to you, that I
!ha!l never attii.iute to ye ar
Majesty the things contained
therein—all are contrary to
your characler, and the honor
of both. 1 pity and despise
the writers of such a work. I
have received, immediately
after the note of your minilier
of the ill of Oftober. You
have given me a rendezvous
for the Sih, and as a vaiiam
Knight, 1 have kept my word ;
I am in the!cart of Saxony.
May your Majefly believe me
1 have such forces that, with
all your’s, yon cannot long
contend with me for vitlory.
But why should-we filed so
much blood ? for “what end ?
I (hall hold the lame language
to you that I have held to the j
Emperor Alexander two days
before the battle of Aufferhtz.
Would to Heaven that men,
cither folder fanatical, great- j
er enemies to yourfelf, and to
your reign, than they are to j
me and my nation, had not i
given li e fame connfels to j
produce the fame result.
Sir, I have been your friend
for these fix years. lam not
willing to profit by this vertigo, j
which gives the impuHe to ,
your councils and which has !
made you commit political er- I
rors, at which Europe is yet as- j
tonifhedj and military errors, !
the enormity of which Europe I
will soon resound. If you had ;
asked me in your note, poffr j
ble things, I would have grant” I
edthem—you have asked my |
difhortour —you might have
been certain of my anfvver.
You have then waged war a
gainst me—the alliance is brok
en forever
But why fiiould we have our
fubjsfts butchered ?—1 do not
value a victory purchased by
the lives cl a number of my
children. If I were just enter
ing the military career, and if
I could fear the chances of
combats, this language might
be tnifplaced. Sir, your Ma*-
jelly (halt bevanquifhed ; you
will havecommitted to hazard
the tranquillity tf your life, the
existence of your fubje&s,
without the shadow of a pre
text. You are as yet untouch
ed, and can treat with me in a
manner conformable to vour
rank. Before a month has
palled away, you wit! neat in
a different situation—yon have
fullered yourfelf to be aDed
upon by (Emulations that were
calculated and artfully prepar
ed— You have often told me
that you had rendered me forne
lervices; well ! lam willing to
give you the greatest proof of
my gratitude. You have yet
in your power to snatch your
fubjefts from the ravages and
calamities of war-it has scarce
ly begun ; you may terminate
it, and thereby do a thing
grateful to all Europe.
Ifyouliften to those frantic
men who, 14 years ago wanted
to take Paris, and who now
have embarked you in a war,
and immediately alter in offen
five plans equally inconceiva
ble, you will do your people
an injury which the rest of
your life cannot amend. Sir,
I have nothing to gain against
your majesty ; I wilh nothing
nor did I ever wish any thing
from you ; the present war is
impolitic. I feel that I am
perhaps irritating, in this letter,
a certain susceptibility natural
to every sovereign ; but the
present circumstances allow of
no loftnings ; I tell you things
just as I think them.
Besides, your majesty, give
me leave to fay, that it is no
great discovery for Europe to
learn that Franee is three times
more populous as brave and as
warlike as the dominions of
your majesty. I have given you
no realcaufefor war. Order
this swarm of evil minded and
inconliderate men to be before
your throne, in that refpeftful
silence tint is due to you ; I
restore tranquillity in your own
bread as in your dominions.
If you never again find in me
an ally, yen will find a wan
desirous of only making wars
yhen irdifpenfably neceflary
to the policy of Biv people,
and not to flicd blood in a con
test with foveteigns Who have
with me no opcofition of im
duftry, commerce and policy.
I prav y our majesty to (ce in
this letter noihing bv *he de
firc that I have of (paring the
blood of men, and to withold i
from a nation that geographi
cally cannot at l e enmity with
mine, the bitter regrets of
having too much liltened to e
phemetal sentiments that are
excited and caimed lo ea
sily among the people.
I pray to God, Sir, my
Brother, to keep you in his ho
ly and facied keeping.
Your majesty’s good Brother,
(Signedj Napoleom.
In my Imperial Camp efGera the
Vlth (Jctch.r ISO 6.
Fourteenth Bulletin of the Grand
Army.
Dessau , Oct. 22, 1806.
Marshal Davouft arrived on
the 20th, at Wirtemberg, and
fur prized the bridge over the
Elbe at tire moment that the
enemy had let it on fire.
Maifhal Lanncs is at Deffau
the bridge was burned and the
Marshal has let men at work to
‘e-build it.
The Marquis of Lucchefini
presented himfeifat the advan.
ced ports of our army, with a
letter from the king of Pruflia.
The Emperor sent the Grand
Mai fhal of the palace* Duroc,
to confer with him.
Magdebur; is blockadtd.—
The general of division Le r
grand, on his march to Mag
deburg, took a number of prr
loners. Marshal Sault’s divU
fion is polled round the town.
The grand duke of Betg has
sent thither the chief of his etat
major-general Belliard—This
general law there the prince of
Hohenlohe —l he language of
the Prussian officers is much
changed—-they are clamorous
for peace. —“ What does your
Emperor wish, they fay to us ?
Is he forever to pursue us thus
hotly -? We liave not had one
moment of rdpite since the
; battle.—These gentlemen, were
no doubt, accuHomed to the
manoeuvres of die seven years’
war—they were desirous of a
truce of three days for burying
the dead---‘Do you think of the
living, was the answer of the
Emperor p and leave to us the
charge of burying the dead ;
there is no occasion for a truce
for that.”
The confufion in Berlin is
and the good citizens
who inwardly groan for the
falfe tnrn given to the politics
of their country, attribute, wilh
reason, to the incendiaries ex
cited by England, all the fad ef
fects that have followed their
machinations ; the cry against
the queen is loud & universal.
It seems that the enemy are
about rallying beyond the Ci
der.
The EleQor of Saxony has
thanked the Emperor for the
generosity with which he has
treated him ; and the effeft of
which is to withdraw him from
the influence of Pruflia. How
ever a considerable number of
his foidiers have perished in all
this uproar,
The Imperial head-quarters
were at Deflan the nil,
BALTIMORE, Die. 12.
Fromletters just received from
Pittsburg, (V.) dated the 28th
November, it appears that Com
lort Taylor was then at that place
much engaged in putting up aud
securing a large quxntpy of
visions—that a number of n
well calculated Tor the
ration of men and revision*
were just finished at Reaver ‘
few milesfbelow Pittsbur-. 5
large qunntuyofpowde, had l )tf
taken by iand from Pittsburg!
Beaver—that a large quantity of
salt had been brought from il
upper part of New-York to B.
ver, where some hundred h o ,’
had just been killed— that ih„
town of Pittsburg was f u |[ r r
strangers, known to be of Bun’j
party, and in fact there was there
every indication of a military ex,
pedition forming in the waters of
the Ohio.
We are happy in learning f roni
an authentic source, that the Pre
sident has, and in due season ta.
ken all the measures within his
power, to suppress this enter
prize. v Baltimore American.
From the National Intelligencer.
THE MESSAGE.
The national solicitude, which
invariably attends the periodical
communications of the Chief
Magistrate, has been recentlrex.
cited to no inconsiderable pitch
by the interesting state of our
foreign affairs. Alternate hope
and fear,ha\e for sometime kept
the public mind in a state of anx.
iety, notto Say alarm,, Tlisij
one of the inevitable evils atten
dant on an intercourse with so.
reign nations, which during pen
ding negociations, ordinarily re.
quires a degree es secrecy to
which the feelings of republicans
submit but with constraint. U#.
cier these circumstances, the
friends of the government are ah
ways gratified at the recurrence
of the period that enables it to
j make a discreet disclosure of the
I most interesting concerns. If
we are not mistaken, the fervour
ofthe public mind will be ccnsi. I
derably allavecl bsf the contents of
the message. Take them all in
all, they efftr the best groundi
for congratulation. Although
ouf situation be, in some respecu
not agreeable* there is no rea.
sen to dread any events which
are likely ta occur. With Great
Britain otir prospects of adjust
ment are bright. And if tho
with Spain are uncertain,
have one consolation, that ve
possess the amplest means of
causing justice to he done us.—
With a treasury, full beydnd ex
pectation, with more moftey, in
fact, than we have designated
objects whereon to expend it, It
strong in the affections cf a na
j tion, r.ot less brave than pacific,
the frowns of fortune, however
they may disturb our repose, have
nothing in them calculated to ap
pall us. The reader will remaA
the dignity and forbearance with
which the message treats this to
pic, characteristics which neces
sarily spring from the confidence
with which the executive magis
trate re poses on the dispositioa
of his fellow-citizens at all haz
ards to maintain their essential
rights. Let us, however, he
not omit to remark, the rare fe
licity of our country, and thence
appreciate the superiority cf a
free and government
over all others. Fearful as the
crisis of our affairs has in s®me
respects been, and with subsist
ing differences with two Europe’
an powers, we have, notwith
standing progressed with line
| quailed steps in all the pursuits
which bestow personal comfort
or administer to national opu
lence, Let the receipts of th {
treasury verify the fact. They
| prove, beyond question, the vast
advantages of peace and liberty.
T he Message passes on to ato
pic, which we will admit to be
unpleasant. That any number
of American citizens, however
small, should undertake by rash*
criminal acts to commit the pea cs
of the nation, either by enterp rl ‘
ses against fortign possession’!
or by harboring treasonable view’
against the integrity of the union,
cannot b<. too much lameote
Nextto the wish tha: such P
ject had never been conceive .
must be ur gratification at !, j
certainty that it will prove