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GRAND ARMY.
tout v• i r fts’i nii r.i.ftiw.
Posti 1 41-1 December, 1 f.Ofi.
The. Gctivrn’ of Brigade, Be
la* i, of the corps of IVI trshal
Net , set out from Thorn, the
9th of dm month, and’ marched
towards Calup. Ihe 6th bitta-
Jion of light infantry & the chief
of squadron Schfteni with 69 men
ol the 3d Hussars im r a party of
400 of i!\e enemy’s cavalry.
These two advanced posts had a
skirmish. The Prussians lost an
Officer and had five Dragoons
made, prisoners and thiity men
killed, whose horses remained in
our posses .ion. Marshal Ney be
stows great praise on the chief
of squadron Sthoeni. Our ad
vanced posts on that side reach us
fV-t as Straihurgh.
r l he 1 ltlt at bis o’clock in the
morning, a cannonade was heard
on the side of the Bug. Marshal
Davoust had made the General
of brigade Gauthier cross this
river at the mouth of the Wtke,
opp .site the village of Okuniti*
IT:e 2uth of the line anil the
S9:h having crossed had already
covered ilttinselves by a tcie de
punt and liad advanced - half a
league forward, to the village of
J'omtkuwowhen a Russian <Jt.
vision presented ilTlf to curty
this village, it made’*6kily useless
efforts, was repulsed” itud lost a
great many men. V> e had -0 tacn
killed or wounded.
>. e of Thom, which
sipon nii.arv, i. /repaired ; <ht
. j 1 1: )! at mu-: “I this place are re
pairing.— I’fv bridged om War
saw to tie sulnith of Prag:t is
finished ;it ir, a bridge of goats.
A fentified camp ■! throwing up
at the suburbs c.t pVag.t ; the Ge
nera! of engineers Chatscloup
has the chid Jnecdon of these
works.
On the ioth Marfii.il An*
geretui ctofi/.i the.Viil'Ra he.
tween /’.akii.tty, \ it ,;;iu Utrait*.
Jli-s dn.*ch'ti*'*'>* aiv working
upon thi- t it.l-: ‘o covet
*h ■ ; i i . v , v, a. Ii: t rent hment* a
> hi Rut! ;.’i, appeir to ha’
forces at Puitufk.
Mat.; tb t iis flretch
mg out ■, • •• hn.’ . with the
lecord title, reftrvk* of
1 •’ bug thf divi
li ■ • i s i a di \ if Gene
m th ‘'ins of
Ge*;tit<> out’ y u u(i Schuc.
and ■ he f.'u: dficrs of gene,
ral c . iautpoult.
-Mcflts. de Liirhtfirti and de
Zafirow, rienipotentiarirs of
the King o( Prufiia pd! and on
the i otf tlmn'gh Thorn to ie.
I’if t<> K<ucii;g(bf:g to. their
mailer.
A w ho!c I*t i *::-;• !> a •!a lion
of Kiyck has deiet ted f'rotu
t: e village of I’-rok. 1; tot>k its
wav i y .{.h'lt tii io'uls to our
pT’s. It ;> - v coi.ii.is of
l't ii f? 1 ans a iid ,>• Rules. .! hey
arc ail j*t •! v.:. M i;t flic treat
went they lec.-ivc I;,, o, the
lstiffians. ‘ Coi Ttitu:,; h,.>:
fold u : it 1 ’ t!;v i i*:.:..... K v
they, “we til nut with
them.”
The enemy b.ave biunt the
two fuburhs of Biellaw, main
women and children periihed
in the fire. Prince jeiouie bus
luccoured these unfortunate
inhabitants.—Humanity pre
vailed over, the laws of wat,
which preferibe to dine into a
be liege and pUce tt:;: ufelc-fs
mouths the enemy fhotild en
tiej'our to utmtve It, in it,
’i he hfunbardinem was t.cgun.
General Gout v ion is a;t
ptnrucd (Jovciitor of War
la vc.
V— & -
JOHN’? 13-
c’ Uv. I -i - \ J tVut ilj D V
a gentleman who arrived laH
night, in a Danish schooner
from l’arbadoes, which place
he left on Friday morning las!,
that, at the time of bis rlepar
ture oik fecund November
packet had not reached that
idattd. Serious apprrhenfions
ate entertained for her fafety,
as the enemy is known to have
fume very heavy privateers
entiling to windward.”
NFW-HAVF.N, Ton.] Feb. 3.
On Saturday and Sunday even
ings iast. a remarkable quantity
of rain fell in this quarter of th?
state; As the earth was frozen
firm bv the late severe frosts,
none of if was absorbed, and e
verv rivulet, drain, and low -not
of ground, were overflowed to
an uncommon and gree. Even
the creek, or drain, which passes
through the city, and which, in
ordinary tains, rises put to a mo
derate stream, liver me on this
occasion a sweeping torrent, and
swelling rapidly beyond its banks
filled the cellars of those houses
and stores situated ne.tr its mar
gin. Considetable injury has
been thereby sustained by indivi
duals. The mischief in this
case is, however, tiivial, when
compared with the destruction
occasioned to bridges, &c, as
far as our information tx.’ende.
All toe wood work of the to!)
bridge, which united this town
in Hast Haven, is also gone,—
she handsome bridge on the
Hartford turnpike, Hi Mr. Whit
ney's Cun Manufactory, part
ly destroyed, as arc one or both
of tho ewi h;n a mile or two be
yond it; and the. Gust Mill be
tween them is entirely torn to
pieces, Hradlej’a Mill
on the same suvam, and stand
ing near them i- al .o nun: injur
ed; and a l'ufing Mill, c po
st c, mined. Ihe mils and
bridges in what is called me
VVeai River, have stiff r and com
para ively hit l - . I, is with par
tii nl.tr turret that we have lb add
to tiii- *,* dogue of devastations,
f e uiic detraction of the fine
1 f >v> t the Moitsatonic, cal*
i ‘ ington Bridge, twelve
. dtis, on the post road
to i e -York. We understand
t 1 ‘! wiiole timber and wood
wink ;tas been carried into the
Aunud, where it was se en on Sun
’ d-’V mottling by cr.pt. Tuttle,
muster of one of the packets ——
Several other bridges at Derby,
| 0l) <be same river, it is stated.
| have shaietl in the general
ureck
invej lit .lore known in this pail
ol the country, and it is such
we tear, that when accounts are
i t Ceived ftoni the inicri. r. i ur
1 tt oi and ol ravages vvrll lie • vvo!;cu
to a magnitude us urn xenial- i as
the ru-hicss energy cl uic tor
rents whicii produced them. The
mere force of water could have
effected but a part of ti.e-c dts
tis'.crs; but as every stream ,v;ts
at tise ume bound under a mass
of ice, the latter was borne, on
the ra-'iil flood with such irresis
tible power, as nochteg human
could v.uthitiitnd.
In Manchester and the princi*
c. ’ mantifucutriiig towns in this
conmv, seveta; tiicutsand pe-sons
have been discharged dltring the
b,-t iortivglit, {nr want of ctn
pl-ument. Sevnal recruiting
jianie* have, in conseom-nce,
ar! tv, il, with the vt’ wc: pre
venting the per-pns disengaged
tioin remaining ‘tt idleness.
ij-iinrpo’ l pc per.
PicILADTI.PIrI.\, Feb. 9.
A. few days . ir,.-e, tve were :n
hi*pcs cf bating mu river clear
of ice*, but thy wind coming
rocudto N. \\ the cold tnereus
ed, and on l-.iii.n night u blew
afte-b from that quarter, which
tircduced die greatest degree of
cold vve have iXtiem need these
scvciai years. Tne cold was so
inten t-. Uutt our l ;uu..:i was,
Oil Saturday mottling, coveic-ti
■vv 11n vtir thi’t 1 ,.0, a..-, v,,itc.t t.us
roniljviied to u-rrcaM- in s
ever since, Sc it i- feared hutv e
have an etv.bsrgo that v.dl not ‘
r moved for a week or ten days.
TH ARLF.S lON, I'"!). 23.
On the 7th inst.the Delaware
J River v-as one so id sheet of tee. j
j The winter has been more m- j
! trnse than ha* been experience ,
i formanv vears in Philadelphia. ;
; A t onr last advices the cold was .
| still intense and the i<e increas
’ ing in strength, lit.-le hopes were
; entertained that the navigation
; would be open for many da)*,
i _______
The Ri lot b"at schooner Eliza
! of this port, arrived at ;
1 Kingston (Jam.) on the lutfi tdt, j
: from New-Orlenns. She took j
| nut di:-patches to the Governor |
j ol Jamaica arid to the j
• upon that station, stating t]it ‘j
| Col. Burr was momently expecV j
I ed at New.Oileans at the head
j of 10,000 armed Kentuckymen !
! See. &c. On the 22d uh. the Eli
:zs returned, with di paudu-s
j from the British Commander in
| -Chief to the American Govern
| mfcntat New-Orleans.
The French minister and com
tr.odoreaiSarncv have both disa
vowed aiiv knowledge of the let
ters which they were said to have
received from Admital Willau
ntez.
Exlrnc’ if a letter from an Ameri
can gentleman in London, dated
Dec-. 6, 1 COG.
“ Nothing could equal the
presumption with which Prussia
enti r- and into this contest, hut her
want of talent in the field—The
armv was loat before it was en
g.-ifnil ;ot) the 12th (October it
s'iß retained its possessions
whde the Trench were already
in the n-c*-,destroyingmagazines
at Nose rdiurg ; and after the
battle of Jena, a simple move
ment towards the Oder cut off
the retreat to every division of
the Prussian army —As soon as
the Coil t ot iAicsir. was convinc
ed that the King of Prussia was
sincere in his has tie preparation
the Emperor Alexander offered
the co-operation of 150,0 )0 men
bittsttch was the je.tfou ,v and in-
I fatuation of the Prussian Cabinet
that Cos!. Krusenmack was in
i’ strutted to declare that he could
! not incept of more than 50,000
j -6*l*ooo were ordered to
march, but before they reached
| their own frontiers, the Prussian
i monarch}- was overturned. The
| King is said to be in Prussian Po
| l;,nc!, with about 50,000 men.
! The Russians are advancing in
j considerable force under Gens.
’ Rc-un:ngen and Buxhowen, the
j first t lianovtri to, the second a
: Germ.m ; Gen- Michelmn, al
! -,o a German, has orders to pro
; ceed to the i) mube, to keep the
i ‘Turks in dv.-'.k. Russia lias at
t length avak “-d from licr secu-
Io
ritv, and feels ‘ at the ci-ntest is
j her own I h tve much confi.
j dence itt :l,e bravery of her sol
diers but, here my confjdv!„ce
j ends. A u.tria ccitainty will take
j apart in the wm, if a favourable
| opportunity olf ri—but I have
, seen such instances of disunion
j and jealousy,-levity, infatuation
presumption and incapacity, that
l am f .reed to doubt whether a
lung protracted winter’s cam
paign would prove of anv raate
riafdisadvantage; to the French ,-
for, while Bonaparte marches
with augmented forces to extend
: his power, he puts every newly
j inquired fortress in a state of de
j fence, and prepares, against eve
!ry reverse—l am however con
! vinced that if the resources of
’ the vast Russian empire are cm.
: pi yed with wisdom, ltu .sia may
; yet ; lace bounds t ithe power of
’ France ; as long as she continues
j the contest,’ England will not
j make peace; but it any great rc
| verse should again happen on the
continent, England may accept
I of terms —and then we may be
j g.u to think ho* far Ameiic.t ts
] s-.cure. i do not t .ink the public
i mitid m this country has been
j auiftetendy awakened by the late
! events , tt has been m rc ciccujii-.
ed b* eb-rtinrs and patty spirit
than bv the battle of Jtoa, or e
ven tbe taking of Hamburg,
where some small portion ol
firiiiah property may be lo .t.’’
Extract oj a Utter from a gen
tleman who went out m ike
Jchr. Nancy , of Philadelphia ,
dated
KINGSTON, (Jam.) fan. 7.
“ I take tbe libetty to mlorin
you of our misfortunes at St. :
Jago de Cuba, while there we
were all lick, and one mart died.
On the 18ih of December we
left St. Jago,and eight days af
ter were captured by die Brit
ifh hoop of war I.ark, and
brought in here. Ihe schoo
ner is not yet cleared, but the
expetfs she will he
-*y —The Hii p Minerva, of
i Philadelphia, was brought in a
| few days since, and there are
j upwards of 20 Ameiican ves
feis now here, feme condemn
ed and others wailing for t; ia!.’’
The celebrated fir Fiancis
| Burdett, at an election in
Weftminfler lately, laid that
England hat) more to (ear from
too mercenaries in Parliament
i than from 500,000 men headed
by Bonaparte.
Correction —Captain M'Do
rtaid, anived at Boflon, on
1 Friday, from Havanna, cuts
! given the following article :
j The Hole-in-the Will, on the
i Southern part of Abaco, laid
j down in Blunt’s wotks and the
Weft-India Pilot, and exam
ined by Osgood Car'etou, 13
fifteen miles out of tbe true la
titude, afeertained l>y many
good obCervatiotis, with good
quadrants. Capt. M. oblerv
ed it several times; and finds it
to lav in lat. 25 5-i ; —and it is
laid down in lat. 2 6 10. The
New- Providence pi!o ; s’ about
Stirrups'Keys, informed capt.
M. that it was laid down in the
American books Jixleeu miles
to N. of its true latitude.
LETTER
To the Editors of the Times.
NEW-OULEANS, Feb. 1,
1807.
“ I forward you a copy of
certain letters and documents,
presented by judge Workman ,
to the Legiflaiure of tills Per
iitory,'on the 13th ult. By
these you may form (omeopin.
ion of our lituation. llislome.
what fioiilar to Robespierre’s
reign. F.very letter being
intercepted and opened, I dare
not sign mv namC— a single
word being lufftcient to cause
one to be deported.
NF.W-ORLEANS, Jvn. 5.
TO HIS EXCELLENCE GOV.
CLAIBORNE.
Sik—The late extraordina 1 ’
ry events which have taken
place in this territory, have led
to a circumltance that now an -
thotiz.es tne to renew to your
excellency, in a formal, official
mauner,theearneflrequeft I have
so liequently urged in conver
(aiioi), that you would make
ule of the conffitutional force
placed under your command,
to maintain the laws of your,
country,and protect its citizens
against the unexampled tyran
j ny exercised over them.
It is ndtorijus that the
1 commander in chief of the ini
litary force here, has by his
owrt authority, arrefled Icveral
citizens for civil offences. He
has avowed on lecord that he
j had adopted mealures to fend
j them out of titc territory ; he
! has openly dc* fared his deter-
minatpr
r ! ‘ Ai't
or tne
liirnleHXthe only j li( j (
guilt ofVthofe v,'hor,| l> h.j* ;*
lufpeCf, and lie has in li -r,.
manner aliened, as ve .
coutraditlion. that his
wo e taken after lev,-r d ! t ’
ta. ions with your cxceife,
\\ tits ol Habeas f Cr ,
have been ilined | ron) ’
c urt. On one of tl icm p“
V. Ogden was broiiT, u f
me and difeharged. j; f ’
however again arrefiedV
after by order of Gen. \y,”
ion, together with
this cout t, who had aided ni
feliionaily in procuring •
Ogden’s release. Th e *
in bis return to s u b( Ca ’
writs of Habeas Corpus, iff,
by me in their behalf,
me to a return made by hm
the Superior Court; and in,
further return which 1 ordt
him to make, he has deck
that neither of thole pcr |
was in his power, pnfleffim
j cuiiody t Bui be does not
i lert what is requibte in f
calcs in order to ixcmut It
the penalty of a contempt
court, that tl e!e pet ions
not in bis power, pof!cHioa
cu(tod V; at the time when
j writs were served. la w
; queries of this clefirie’ y {
j called upon io ifiue aa’tfi
! ment agamlt him.
Although a common ci
i Would not requite the lie
i am now taking, yet I dm
my duty before any deci
] meafuies are purlued ..gaii
j man who has ail ife teg
| lorce, and in putluancc
your public orders, a great j
of that of the territory athij
pofal, to ask your excel
whether you have tlv ab
to iiiCorce the Dcueesof
Court in which 1 prelidc,
if you have, whether you
deem it expedient to do
the present inliance; or
ther the allegation, that
support thete violent and
lawful meafuies, is well sot
ed ?
Not ouiv the connucl
powers of General Wilkin
but various circumfbnces
cuda-” to our present lituat
—the alarm excited in the{
lie mind, —the delcriyiion
charatlcr of a large portioi
the population ol this cou
—might render it dangei
in the. highcfl degree to at
the measure usual in onln
cases of calling to the aa
the flier iff the fiojfi dW
unlels it were done with ‘he
lurance of being lujrpo'tet
vour excellency in an est
manner.
I pray your excellency
give a precise and speedy
j fwer to my enquiries. *>&
I I be assured of your (upi
| I tliaii forthwith punifii as
j law duetts, the contrttf 1
i has been offered to ni/ c °
| on the other hand, if y°“ f
J cellency lhal! not thifik **P
: ticahle or proper to J
j aid, 1 lhail not expole
court and its officers to the
ther contempt or inful’i c
man whom they are uiiahit
punilli or refill.
I have the honor to ba
Your excellency’sni*
obedient And most U“
servant)
JWMF- S WoaKJO’
1 Y adye of the County of Oil
Compared and tound
formableio the origin* (
transmitted to Gover’" J ‘
borne by George
fiierilfof the county.
Ceor;e T. ti