The Patriot and commercial advertiser. (Savannah, Ga.) 1806-1807, February 12, 1807, Image 2
Frontiers cf /■ ftxoxv, Dec. c.
]■ the Foilrels of Giogau,
which ftrrrmdered alicr a
Vonibardment of a lew houry,
10 the \Vtint mburgh Troops
Under Genet al Vandatmne,
•the I rench found 200 pieces of
Cannon ; th * Cart (fun cotififL
ihg of 4000 men are priloners
of war, and wtl he lent: to
E.ance. The Emperor Na
poleon hns reviewed the Corps
•of Maifival -Sou ft before l’o- .
Ten. Ti e other Corps of the
Trench a'my ate cxi e£kd be”
fore that ‘Town, on their way
.to Warlav, where the Grand
Duke of lferg already i> wi'b
his Yanguard.baving rn’ererl it
on the teUeatof the Rullians.
‘I he Emperor intends to gcr-to
Warlav, as formas the troops
I ave taken t : e 1 olition . fbgn’
<dto il etn. ‘1 he army inp
ports i sol 1 on the Vtliula, and
the Confedeiate Polonele are
finantped at ( z fkok lo as to
ti ake part of the tight wing of
the army.
[VicLrliial Soult with his corps
fotinfflic Iclt wing at Bnnick
aid Naidatzm. — ‘The H effians
at the date if the lad accounts
were on the other hue es the
A'tOula, and hid their head
O mriers at Kamimec; lo that
the T iench at my was obliged
to pals the uvei in orc.tr lo at
tac k it
We wait with impati
ence for frefli inteiligence it is
computed, that hi fitles me
f O,OOO Fteruh ‘I too; s that
have gone ?o Poland, 50,000
more are on their inarch
(hi.her.
LEIPSIG, Nov. 7.
T 1 e Tm th have nr pof< and
on this ‘Town a conttil utton
of poo,coo Ells of cloth,
2C0.0C0 Ells ( f I iner, geo,
r OO pa.r of Shoes, OC.CCO
B ankets, , > 000 V on'en
Pi p —Provilrons arc here at
an eftottruant roue
to ills cj the Maine Dec. 9. j
The N < vspapers of the day (
fpc.ik of three Ruffian aiirms /
in Polar and, each of them 75, j
OCO men f! ot\g, aiong wi.n
an a tiny of tcfetve 01 yOjOC.O
men.
lIA NOV ER Dec. 9.
‘1 he tin e of 4& hours w hich
was granted to all Merchants ;
to denounce all the Eng ilh !
merchandize, which th.ey had
in their posh lhon, having ex
pired, dottuciliar y v dirs a
n t ngfl them aie to comurenct
this day.
PHOCLAVA l< N OF THE i
EMPEPO’k |
Imperial Head- Quarters at ft-stn ,
2d Dec. l u Ofi.
Soldiers!— T is this dav a venr, j
evi-n at this veW hour, that von j
mie on the nreioorahle field of j
Aii'torlitz. The Russian battali
ons I Tightened, flying in disorder
it surrounded, gave up tin ir
reins 10 their compn rors. Ihe
in xr dav thev spoke \ oriU of
peace, but tlnv were d< ceitful.
Scaiccly esciu id hv the effect
el, perhaps, ac i<l *mnahle gen
eiositv, from the disasters it the
third coahtion, thtV contrived a ,
to. rdr. But the allv on vlk
t,aucs the’ ioni and d'heir j rjnii- ;
pal hopes is no mine • ins strong i
places, his capitals, his u.nga- i
/mis, Ins ,ivs t na s, 280 stand of 1
colours, 1C > p ens el cannon,
jive great plae> sos “at, are ir>
our power. ‘1 he Oihr, rh>
Viaillie, the di setts el Poland,
In r rite* ball, weal tier, have not
11 . n nirie to stop von iota mo
uiei t ; vi u han In a-, id all. >ur
mm e l nil, eveiy dung tied m
r ap.iroaeb.
s iu •n:'i eh; t the Russians
V ’ 1 • ■ nit the c jntal OI
thf ;• nnd arwN nt P<>. .
liool. The !'Y> itch Kanh* hovers
on r tl'c V'i'tnla—die b r ave and
iielof'iin-uc Poles, on seeing vnfi,
he ieve they see the ‘egioiis ol So- >
hi. ski on return from their me
mernh’e exoeriition.
Sofdiers ! We “ ill not lay down
rrnf arms until a genera! peace has
afTnued and asnr*‘d the power of
cur allies, and lias restored to our
(■firm rrcc rts liberty and colonies.
We I u-vp rot vpicri (I on the Oder, J
Pr ndicbon • , and our es'al>lislf :
n ettts in the Indies, the ( ape of
Good Ho- e. and the Spanish eo
lontrs. W'l at piv.ee a r'ght to
the Russians to helitwe that the’
ran balance the destinies ? Wh*
gives them a Ipel■ tin overset such
j just designs ? They, avri out
selvest me tee eu>t the soldiers of
A usterlitz ? N \POLFON.
PARIS, December (5.
lire sore from /its Majesty t ,] e
Ethft , ror mul King to the Senate.
“ SpVATORs,
“ We wish, in the cirrum
stsnees in which the general as
s irs of F.nrrpe now are, to make
feriown to mi and d<e nation,
■he principles we have adopted j
a t’e rule < four policy*
“ Our extreme mod-rtf ion,
after each ol our first wars, has
freiJi die cause of-he one vvh’ch
hits succeeded thrtn. It is t'hu=
that we have had to st'-ngjile a
giunst a fourth coalitio< 9 mon-hs
after the ,3d h:-d b-m dissolved,.?
months after tho*e shining victo
ries which Providence had gr n ■
rd ns, and which ought to have
secured a long repose to the
Continent.
“ But a great many cabinets
of’Europeans sooner or later in
fluenced by England ; and with
out a solid pr ice ” ith that pow
er, our people wil he unable to
ei joy the benefits which are the
fust aim of our labours, the on
ly object of our life. Thus, not
withstanding our triumphant si
tuation, vvt have been stopped in
out late ne.gociauens wit h Eng
land,, neither by the arrogance
of bet language, nor hv the sa
crifices vv• ich she wished to im
fos- upon us. The island of
Malta, to which was attached,
in a iwhn-ner, ‘he honor of this
wi t, k w hich, retained hy Eng
land in cotitemp of treaties, was
t-fn prir. ipnl (ause of it, we had
ceded; we had consented thai,
to the possession of (ievlon and
the Empire of (he Mysore, Eng
huid should add that of the Cape
°1 Good Hope.
“ But all our efforts must have
miscarried when the councils of
our enemu s ceased to be anima
ted wb the noble ambition of
iecon< iling the good of the wo - Id
utth the present prosperity of
th, ir own countrv, and tire pre
sent piO'speritv of their own
country with a las'ing prosperity:
and no prospetitv can he lasting
for I 1 ngland as long as it is found
ed upon en exaggerated and un
just police, which would strip j
MXtv millions of inhabitants, !
then neighbou-s, tich and Inave, i
of all nade ad alt navigation.
I u n.tdi.f.elv alter tue de i ) of
“he princip and minister of England,
■ ttvas easy fur us to pcceive,
that the connmiation ot the nc
gocia ions had no longer any o
ther object hut to cover the plots
ot this fourth coalition* stifled in j
its l-urih.
*’ In this new position, we have
adopted for the invariable princi
ple of our conduct to evacuate
neiiher Berlin nor Warsaw, nor
the provinces which the force of
;v ms has made to fail into our
hands, befoi e lite general peace
he concluded, the Spanish,Dutch
, and E'ichcu colonies restored,*
i Ocfoie ihe foundation of die Ot
toinan power be strengtiiencd,
anil tlic ausoUite md^pcnuence ol
i si.at va-t empire, vtic hrst inte
rest ot our people, mevucaoi)
c usectaud.
“ We have put the British is
land, in a state of blockade, and
■ ave ordered again,t them dis
p ‘Siiidas lepugount to ou r heart,
ii iius Dei n painful to u- to make
lie interests ol ornate p rsuns
ccpi-uu up-'ri the dispute ol kings,
) nrd fr return, nfier r o msnv
i years of rivihy.at on, toihep'in
cipfes which character'se the
barharitv of the first ages of na-
I tiom. But we have been con
strained, for the good of our
people and of our a.lies to op’
pose io the common enemy,
the fnrne a rips he made use ol
againfl us. ‘l'he deterrriina'i
ruts, commanded by a just sen
timent of reciprocity, have been
j inspired neither hy passion nor
by hatted. What we offered
after having diflipared the three
coalitions which had contribut
ed so much so the glory of our
people, we fil'd offer at this
day, when our arms have ob’
taim-d new triumphs. VVT are
read) to make peace with En’
gland ; we are ready to make
it with Ruffin, with Prwilta j
but it can only, be concluded
u j*or luch bases as that it may
not permit any power whate
ver to arrogate to herfelf any
right of supremacy over us,
that it fhailrellote the colonies
to their mother countrv, and
that it {hall Retire to otir trade
and indiillry, the profpenty
w hiiii they ought to attain.
“ And if the whole of these
difpofiuons removes for fome
time, yet the re-e{lab!i(liment
of general peace, however
(hort this delay mav he, it will
appear long to our heart. But
we are certain that our people
will appreciate the wifdorn ol
our political motives; that they
will judge with us, that a par
tial peace is only a truce which
makes us lose all our acquired
advantages to give rile to anew
war, and that in fine, it is on
ly in a general peace that
b ranee can find happiness.
“ We are in one of tfiofe
important moments for the des
ttnyof nations; and the French
people will (how themle ves
w -rthy of the one which awaits
them. The Senatus ConfuF
turn which we have ordered to
be proposed to \ou, and which
will place at our difpoial, in
the firlt day* of the year, the
conlcription of i 807, which,in
oidinary circum fiances, Ihould
only be railed in September,
wifi he executed with eager
ness by the fathers as well as by
the children. And at what
finer moment could we call the
young Fienchtnen to arms P
1 hey will have to cross, for
the purpole of repairii g to
their colours, the capitals of
our enemies and the fields of
battle illuitraied hy the victo
ries of their elder brothers,
“ Given nt Berlin, the 21st
November 180!i.”
(Signjii) NV POL EON.
Bv he Emperor,
The Minister Secretary of State,
H. B. Mahet.
-
LEI I Eli
From Gen Kosausz/co to the Poles
Brave countrymen ! Vt the
sound of arms, which once more
resound* in Pol uni, ICusciuszku
flies into the mulst of vou ; ic is
n > longer baibarians in search of
plunder, which advance into our
plains ; it is no longer chose fero
cious men who come to divide
our fields, and insult our weak
ness, after having fattened them
-e!ve on our misfor unes and
our blood. By their valour, bv
iheir triumphs, by the thunder
ing eagle which soa 9 before
them, you will know the uncon
querable legions which h ive il
lustrated the four quarters of the
globe hv their victories ; woo
have, in one campaign, aun lul
a.cd the united power of two
vast empires ; and who have in
011 c week, crumbled into dust a
throne raised by an age ot su.-
ecs;cs, die woik of Frederick. &
ad his old generals.
1 bus lias .he destiny of N-tpo
koa electeed mio destroys and
m nfe k : rir. falls wbh the \
rapidity of lightning on his ene
mies, and who knows how, by
the force of his arm, and the
core* p inn of his genius, to raise
up nations, bowed down under
the yoke of a frightful policy .
Polander*, thousands amongst
vou have followed ‘he first gen
lof Europe, in the defiles of
Italy. Your battalions have ral
lied with the army of the brave
Napoleon comes to you ; his
eve observes you ! he brings into
the bosom of Poland those
Frenchmen, amongst whom we
have found a second country,who (
have collected the wrecks of us |
in their camps ; who treating us
as brothers, have concealed our
misfortunes under their laurels ;
these generous Frenchmen, in
the midst of which Kosciuszko
has ceased to believe himself pre
scribed, befoi e whom he has at
last been ab'e to raise up with a
sentiment of caalition, and per
haps of pride, his vanquished
but not dishonored head, and
amongst which he has been per
muted to entertain the love of
his countrv and the hope oi its
future liberty.
Dear Countrymen, a!! you
who bantfhed from your pa
ternal foil, have remained
Polanders in a foreign land,
and you ou the contrary, who
having become ffrangers in
the bosom of Poland, have
remained faithful to your
brothers and the country)
rife up, it is time, the grand
nation is belore you ; Napo
leon regards you and Kolci
ufzko calls you. ,
See Europe shaken to her
ancient foundations, hastening
at the voice of genius to re
conffruct the tocial edifice,
and to imnaortalile the nine
teenth century, by new crea
tions and new titles to glory.
See how the y ke of the ty
rant of the leas, of the enemy
of the repoie of Europe is
bteaking to pteces on every
coalt ; every where the people
rife up fhelterecl by monarchies
constituted by the laws ; eve
ry where the opprefied nations
march towards their indepen
dence. Polanders, what is
wanting yet to infpiteyou and
render you to youdelves ?
Without doubt you are the
children of those heroes who
laved Europe from the yoke
of the Muffeltnen—your heart*
shall burn with the fire which
filled wilh elteem and fright
even your enemies’ conquer
ors. Because they have divid
ed you, you should be more
united by blood, by language, j
by misfortune, and by every
thing, which is moil dear and
molt lacred amongff men.
If Poland has been effaced
from the political chart, she
exiits ftillentire in the hearts
of her chiidien. If abandoned
by France, and having only
for our support the julticc of
our caule and our valour, we
were abie to balance fortune
between u s and three emoires
who united themielves to op.
prels us ; what triumph shall
appear doubtful, when the
conqueror of the triple alliance
has heed your frontiers, when
the man of deltiny has catt his
views on you—do you not
feel m his piefence your blood
quicken in your veins ? Do
you not now lee the (hades of
so many heroes who have died
fighting tor you, press around
him and implore vengeance P
dear their groans, hear the
vciceol the couniiy who de.
tnands from us its glory and
independence.
Polanders, escaped by a mi
racle fiom the ivvord of you<
a fl.. tii ti.-, from the chains o.
you 1 tyrants, 1 have collected
I von, I have brought v . ith ;r
the last sighs of a eying am...
try, full of confidence, E : ,
day I will make her last vvftl]
relonnd amongff you—l
to fee that paiernaUand which
my arm has defer Jed, wH c ! i
my Mood has reddened, and
which I will cover on hen,., it
with teats & losses. Unfn„.
oate friends who I have not
tven aMe to follow to
tomb, dear and brave co;n 4
patriots whom I have been
conff rained to leave under the
yokeofour usurper. I p. >e
only lived with the hope of
venging you—l return to
break your fetters.
Sacred remains of my coun
try , I lalute you wiih an holy
enthufiafrn. I unite rnyf-lf j 0
vou never to be separated.
Worthy of the grand man’
whole arm is raised for us.
Worthy Polanders who Mar
my voice, 1 will aid to caffe up
my country and to fix her hi.
ture prosperity on liable bales
was the name of country no
more to my compatriots than
a word without meaning, then
I would escape from mv mis.
fortunes and the common
shame, and bury mvfelf under
the noble wrecks of Poland.
But no ! Days glorious to
Poland are about to appear,
fortune has not conduced
Napoleon and bis invincible*
on the borders of the Vilhda
to leave there no traces, we
are under the Egi:; of a mon
arch who combats difficulties
with prodigies, the rc.eliah.
lifhment o f Poland is an event
too glorious for the eternal
master of all things riot to have
reserved it for him.
” KOSCIUSZKO. I
LONDON, 4. 1
Much importance is natii-1
rally attached to the miflioii ofl
Lord Hutchinson ; that mit-l
fion. we underftan-i, is not a!-l
together of a military nature*
& confined to the transmits™
to this country report*
of the ffate of the ab-dl
forces, or their operation!*
It is reported that In lordflnpß
will assume a diplomatickiha*
rafter, and that his firft objetß
will be to afeertain precilfli’*
what line of conduß hit l’nii*
fian majeffy intends to poi’l'J®
with relpetl to Fiance. Ih ll ®
war is to be continued, it fl
understood that his lorclNfl
will be empowered to conouJfl
a convention for regulating -J
aidlo be afforded by this corn®
■
Prussia is already divided!
to four departments, ar.d twj
and. lied exartiy after the I 4 tenJ
fafhion. ]
December 5. I
The gallant Sir SaTj
Hood, we underhand, is - n: l
with a fqtiadton to the B -1 ' 1 j
and we flatter ourflve', ‘J
his presence will restrain 1!! 1
power which I'ome of o urC<v |
temporaries represent as U 1
limited in that lea. 3 1
been told, that the Sound >1
be frozen up this winter.
that the French are to
their troops over
on the ice ; or in case I
thaw, that the fortiGcati°- J ’B
e ch iide will be so ff r^ n s‘■
ed, as to render its P a
practicable ; but
formed entertain the l ea ■
upon that fubjeCt. n H
yeais 1658 & t£6c,d' c -/H
we 1e in polfclbon o! 0 ’
on the Datiifh I'• I
Stra.t.— 1 hey bad
baiteues on both
a toolideiatne fleet -j|-