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Address to the people of Germany,
By the C'on. mender /•, Elite/oj the
Imperial Russian Army.
Bv a long scries of the most
unfortunate events, your country
has become a prey to the most
cruel and insolent of foes. The
manifold sufferings to which you
have been subjected are known
to tire Emperor mv most preci
ous Sovereign ; and his Majesty
is so much th* more disposed to
take the warmest interest there
in, as he himsell has sprung from _
Get man blood ; and mindful el
the intimate ties which exist be
tween his Imperial House and
many of the German Princes, he
has never ceased to entertain
with rep, rd to the German na
tion, nil that esteem to which a
people, so numerous, enlighten
ed, and virtuous, are justly en
titled- With this sentiment of
the warmest interest in the late
ol Germany, are naturally and
inseparably conjoined his Majes
tv’s wishes to deliver this empire
from its oppressors, and restore
it to its j jit l'seedom and inde
pendence. His Pdajestv will
think no exertion too laborious
to attain this great object.
Inhabitants of Germane ! the
whole Russian arm; lights for
your interests Under these cir
cumstances so favorable, shall
jou alone remain inactive t Shall
you be so blinded, as in the pie
sent state of things to do noth
ing for yourselves ?
The enemy is at a great dis
tance from his frontiers, in ter
ritories, ar.d at a season ol the
year, which not only do not afford
him sufficient means of supply,
but also impede all his opera
tions- Will you voluntarily con
tribute to hi relief ? Will you
act against your own interests ?
Forget not that you have all pos
sible aid to expect from the brav e
army entrusted to my command.
I trust that I shall victoriously
drive back the cemnuea, !-i\inr ot
Europe, anti convince him that
there still icmains a people, who
faithful to their country and
their monarch, have both the in
clination and the power to resist
his Lot however pro
bable may be, his
Majesty will still regard it as in’
complete so long as the foe shall
not be dliven back beyond his
natural boundaries ; and as this
is the only means of restoring
the jack pendenceof your coun
try, and obtaining a general
peace upon secure foundations,
his Impctial Majesty relics with
the fulb-st confidence, that at
this finally decisive crisis, the in
habitants of Germany, will not
only lend no kind of support to
the common foe, but, on the
contrary, that they will, by a ge
luenil resistance render his (ert - -
tiier stay in Germany impractica
ble, and throw cverv possible d.t
ficuhy in the way of Ins retreat
towards his own frontiers. By
this intimate union of the whole
Russian force w ith all the means
of the German empire, the com
mon object may be attained, and
peace,-so anxiously desired, be
once more restored to suffering
Europe.
Take courage then, brave and
virtuous Germans. Reflect on
the immortal renown ol your an
cestors, who in former ages,
maintained their independence
with the most signal bravery.
Unite yourselves under the co
lours of such of your pi inces, in
whom the unfortunate events ol
our times have not extinguished
a seme of honour, and their own
dignity. To this grand and no
bh purpose ot delivcting sour
count) y from a foreign yoke, sa
crifice every private quairel, e
very cousideiation ol internal
discord, and then shall you com
pose a formidable whole, cap. hie
not only of disputing every inch
ot ground with the common e n--
my, but also of ultimately van-,
finishing tind repelling him 1-i
ever within.his natural homier.
“In your efforts to attain so
glorious an object, yon may rc.y
With the fullest confidence on
the powerful and continued a*
sic -..trice of the emperor, mv most
gracious sovereign. The uni
versally acknowledged ptinciples
of his in pei Sal majesty afford
you a guarantee, that not only
will his majesty n<t abandon you
in the piesent struggle, hut that
on the happy termination thereof
he will particularly direct his at
tention to the restoration of your
countrv, which for a succession
of centuries rendered your fore
fathers the happiest people orrthe
lace of the earth, and which can
only be destroyed by the domi
neering ambition of an enemy,
who makes no scruple of tread
ing undet foot the most sacred
treaties.
“ Given at ihe. Imperial Russian
head quarters.
(Signed)
VON BF.NNINGSEN,
General of cavalry, military iro
va nar of Lithuania, h?c. iffc-
BOSTON, April 22.
We yesterday were favored
with a Dutch paper of the
eighteenth of March—lt was
obtained by the Dromo (from
Calcutta) from a vessel spoken at
sea, bound from Antvvetp to Phi
ladelphia, All the news articles
it contains are extracted.
Berlin, March 5.
The French Grand Army is in
winter quarters behind the Pas.
sarge [a small river which einp
uts into the Vistula, a few tittles
south of Thorn.] Its left wing
leans on Maricnwerder and El*
bing.
A Russian division, 10,000
strong, havieg advanced against
Brauosberg, at the summit of
our winter cantonments, Gen.
Dupont was ordered to attack it:
which he did on the 26th of I* Al
and obliged it to recross the Pa 8 *
saige, with the loss of 16 pieces
of cannon, two stand of colours,
and 2000 prisoners. Cur loss in
killed is not worth mentioning.
Marshal Angcteao, who is
wounded, has obtained lc;>a4i to
go u# rans; ,aid iHaisnd niasss
na commands at Warsaw, vice
Lannes, who is ill.
Front* a Dutch paper of March 13.
Copenhagen Match 3.
Accounts front Petersburg state
that gen. [login, of the Russian
Imperial guards was killed at By -
lau ; and General lie I'olloy, mid
t,vo other Generals wounded.
The Russian column, late Bux
hoev den’s did not join that of Ben
nihgsen, till it reached Kylau.
WARSAW, February 1.5.
Gen Sunarrow (Prince ltaiinski
and son of the famous Marshal
So warm,v) is dead of his wounds
near <) trolenka. Gen. Bud berg
was killed. The trench ioitiui
HUGO dead Russian bodies, and
found 2400 wounded in the villa
ges. We lost bO men killed and
between 4 and 500 wounded.
.Among tlie killed, wo sincerely re.
grot Gen. Campana.
NEW-A OllK, April 35.
* Ce-pt. C’Conner, of the ship
Augusta, who arrived this fore
noon, in 32 days from Bordeaux,
in to ims that 4 French frigates
were tying in Verdun roads, rea
dy for sea; but were prevented
from sailing by three British men
<*l War, who lay off watching lot
them. A passenger in the Au
gusta, says he saw the clay be
iorchesaiitd,a private letterfrotn
the continent, stating that the
FTenchhadentered Koningsberg,
and thac the King of Prussia had
repeated to Mcm c |.
Extract of a letter from a respec
table house in St. Thomsit’ to
their correspondent in Phila
delphia.
44 Your debenture for Gin
will cost you i6 dollars, as e
vtry oat It administered here is
6 dollars. This is in conse
quence of there being no Atne
t lean coii in I at this place.—
Gapt. M*Gtcgor is here, and
‘aid to be appointed Conlul,
but his coriiitiiuioit lias not at’
lived.
[Verbal information from
St, Thomas’ agrees with the
foregoing, and adds that, o
ther impositions to a great a
rnount are pratiifeel upon the
unprotected American Tra
ders.]
Bonaparte promised that his
troops should cover them”
(elves with glory, in Poland.
Recent advices irotn that quar
ter represent them as being co
vered with mud.
Britifli fchr. Argus, Star
back, from Gonaives, for Bal
timore, is captured by the
Melarnpus frigate, and order
ed for Halifax.
Treatment received by Capt. Per
rady, of the brig Eliza Henry,
from Antigua.
On the 3d of March was
captured by the British armed
schooner Grooper, and alter
I taking my papers, ordered me
to follow him into St. John's
(Antigua) and to anchor in
j the Roads. Next day I asked
i perrniflion to go on hoard an
American schooner taken at the
fame time, and was refuted to
quit die vcffel, and was imme
; diatcly ordered up the harbor,
! where we came to anchor. I
went on (bore and called on
the American conlul to know
! why the brig was detained,who
: told me that Ihe was cleared;
: in conlequcnce of which I lent
| to the King’s agent to know if
j it was the case, as J wanted
I my papers, who lent me word
■hath® did not know whether
1 she was cleared or not. On
: the sth I again went t. 6 the
j consul, who told me Ihe was
I detained: and on the 7th I was
informed by him, that my car
: go was libelled. On the 9th
employed a lawyer, who. lent
for the libel to examine it,who
said (he could not be libelled;
and on the 13th put in my
j claim, g >t the .vclfel’s papers
! for my lawyer, who, after jtii
! nutely inveftigatit>r them, laid
j there was no legal ground for
j detaining velfei or cargo—
! Notwithllanding this illegal de
tention, the King’s attorney
demanded of me 221. for colts,
&c. which I agreed to on
their giving me documents to
shew that I paid the above
sum; this was peremptorily re
filled; upon which I demand*
j ed a trial, which took place on
j the tSth when I was ordered
j to pay the colls, which, with
j my own charges far defending
i the cause, amounted to 4371,
; 16s. for which sum I was o*
| biiged to draw hills on my
I owners, and then was graci
! oifly allowed to get oil with
a u hole fin!!
April 50.
Mr. Forbes, the American
conluiat Hamburg, has made
j itknown to his-qpuntryinen.that
■ American vessels have full li*
! bertv to fail from the Elbe,
in ballad, or with such iner„
chandize as is not prohibited,
certified as such by him. The
English cruisers permit A rue a
| rican vessels to enter the Elbe,
on like conditions.
PHILADELPHIA, April 27:
Ircm Antwerp.
Yesterday afternoon arrived
in this port, in the excellent pas
sage of 30 days from Antwerp,
.the fine Ship Ocean, capt. Girdoti.
C apt. Gird on left the city ot
Antwerp on the 20th March, pre
vious to which repeated rumours
hadbeeirreceived from the scene
ol war. These reports, though
intended to repicscnt France still
victorious were evidently de
fective in detail; and the current
opinion at Antwerp was, that
the Russians not only had kept
their ground, but had obtained
considerable advantages over the
enemy, f hi?, idea it will he ob
served, coincides with the ver
bal accounts received at New-
York front Bourdeaux.
On the 18th February, the
French took possession of the
small town of Naugarten. In
this affair they lost but three nten
killed and 22 wounded. Ihe
Russians lost their cannon, 100
men killed, and 158 taken pri
soners. ;
T he expedition which sailed j
from Holland the latter part of j
February, and was compelled to j
return by had weather, was tin- j
dtrthechatge of general Daen- .
dels, and supposed to be bound
to the East-indies. It consisted ;
of 4 frigates and 7 transports, an j
full of troops.
April 29.
Last evening arrived the
ship Frederick Augustus, capt.
Potter, 29 days from Atnster- i
dam, who informs that i’ was j
current at the tune of lu sailing,
that on or about the Ist of march
the Russians had gained con.i- j
derable advantage l the French,
who, with the Emperor at their
head, had charged the Russians
seven times, and were ns often
repulsed; that the P rcnch had
retreated 100 Dutch miles, and
left the Russians in possession ol
the winter quai teis lately occu
pied by the French.
CHARLESTON, May 8.
Capt. Hudson left St Catha
rine’s Brazil, 62 days ago. Be
fore he sailed a vessel arrived
there from the river La Plata,
which brought accounts that the
English had taken Montcviedo,
on the Sd of February, and that
an armament had gone against
Buenos Ayres, which place they
bombarded for 0 days, and
\ it was supposed it would surren-
I dor. It was stated also, that much
I bloodshed had taken place in
these attacks.
Duel— A duel took place
lately, near Natchez, between
Lieutenants Jones and Leo
narp, both ol the Navy.
They fired three rounds with
-1 out injury ; but, on the fourth,
’ Lieut. Leonaid received a
mortal wound through his bo r
I d y-
I The Algerines (says a Boston
paper) who were tor a short
time at war with the Russians,
have now made peace with them,
& declared war against France.
Extract- of a letter from an officer
of the United States’ army, at
Fort Stoddart, to his friend in
Augusta, dated April 14,
“ The Spaniards at Mobille,
have assumed a degree of inso
lence, altogether intolerable. In
open opposition to the assurances
which we last fall received from
Gen. Howard of Pensacola, of
the passage cf our vessels and
effects by Mobille, they’ put our
people to the trouble, risk and
expense of unlading every article
of their cargoes, and make, them
pay a toll of la per cent, thereon.
1 he schooner Victory, of New.
York, iek this port a few days a
go, with a cargo of cotton, for N-
Orleans, the duties on which at
Mobille amounted to S 1140.
The sloop Castor, laden with
stores for the troops at this place,
and goods for the Chactaw facto
ry. has been detained since the
middle of last month, under the
pretext that seme of the papers
are wanting to enable them to lay
the duties,
The following is an abstract of
the effective sttengh of the Vo
lunteers of Grcat-Britain , dis
tinguishing Inf anti;, Cavalry &
Artillery, accotdmg to the latest ,
returns, dated the Ist December, J
1805. i
C Ar.tnttT
Field Uffi cerSf
Captains, ‘’J
Sub.thers, ‘ ‘
Staff Officers, ’j'-
Sergeants,
Trumpeters &. Drummers iff
Rank and File
Infaktry.
Field Officers,
Captains, j
Subalterns, -,(*l
Staff Officers, j.jj
-Sergeants, ls ',l
Trumpeters & Drummers, ti-J
Rank and File, <>-0 [T
Artillery. I
Field Officers,
I Captains, J
j Subalterns, J
1 Staff Officers, jl
j Sergeants, J
; Trumpeters & Drummers. \ I
Rank and File, 10 yl
TOTAL. I
; Field Officers, jj.J
Captains,
Subalters, g;J
Staff Officers, 2;jl
Sergeants, igl
Trumpeters St Drummers. 7; 1
I Rank and File, 2js,iJ
; NEVV-ORI.EANS. March:!
We understand that Lieunr]
\ ant Spence, of the Naw, | : 1
j this city on the 24ih inst. for ml
j city of Washington, tinder arrcM
He is charged by Gen. WiltiJ
i son with having been coacerael
j with Col. Burr ,• hut we fedoJ
! selves warranted in saying, trsifl
-a knowledge of this piomiiJ
young oflicci’s character and rifl
spectahility, that he would be*
mong the last who would idol
tecr in any enterpiize hostile il
the tranquillity or derogatory ■
the honor of his counir;, or staiH
the laurels gathered by him lifl
lore the wails of Tripoli, uil
any treasonable practiceb in hH
native land. I
From the Richmond £njtr.l
An attempt is n ade to tieatJ
[Om rriacla, c, i TUXtOII 3 (iC|.oiil
on, by means of his lace ktfl
to Mr. Alston.' —U list tint <ll
position contains, it is sot iM
for the public to dettrimw.
may however enquire— I
Did not A Burr, attempt ■
unwed him liom his auachmcl
to the navy of the United Jitnl
bv representing to him, dut 4
• navy would soon sink ttuo rifl
under the present adiniahtiitil
but that iFire would join hi®,l
would make an admiral ol hiofl
Did he r.ot ridicule the pi
tended weakness of the p res J
administration, precisely ia ■
same manner that be did M
Eatonl
Did he not emphatically fl
clare, that thegovernnv-nt
ignorant cf his schemes : I
The course that he P urs *B
with commodore I tux ion ■
the counterpait of hts intnfl
with gen. Eaton, and most M
bably with many others. I
first baited his hook with
bigucus scheme, partly innocß
and paitly atrocious, in' fll fl
should the gudgeon bite, 10 fl
piny his schemes ai all ~kl, I
iut. He firSt attempad tO B
whether commodore
would join him in an m’ •’ 9
Mexico, in the case of a “ a 'H
tween the United State*®
Spain, i ightfuiir presuming ■
it the commodore wou ®
him in such an unauthoii** I
ject, he would be willing H
in w ith any project, howtU'B
autlrtuistd, of an ! n4asl( ''B
Mexico, whether the D
were at war with £pain or V
and if willing to join i n ail
ur,on Mexico, that ‘; l “■
scarcely oliject to turn n * S ”IB
against his own country • ■
The only difference
tween T'ruxtcn’s nno f aI H
evidence is this : that Eaton®
sered A. Burr to deydope s®
designs : whereas J ru-M 11 ®
turn at the threshold ; aD( B
casting a damp upon the >e- s ®
nous pai to! his pioject, p;“ ■
ed him from devclop.n6|
greater atrocities. A
( And after all,even by th
| ingof T ruxtoa’s letlci
i m