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" V 1 '' ' V hi-:-:':r"r ? i Foreign; s ; - -. .1 1 in . . Vi 11 ' l)v the" arrival Dint AT)FLTHIV. Feb. 8. LATE ANO IMPORTANT FROM LONDON VIA LISBON , . i.r iki last sauiiiK i"v . ' . 1 . ' r T ichnn. the . :i . n navs iiuiii . kot the Fran's Journal has bovored , .... ,i nf London papers to the -iiei v.-i i-M . lSme only to he iqlloVl n g extracts. D-sp itches had been re ceived from lord Cath l"11-" ... j or.u f November, con s-r" dated Ibe 230 ana v . Uimne an accuuiu 1 . ...i- Stained bv the Kussians .',v,.r the French. On the m.w. Ueniaoff' defeated a corbel ft ,,der the command ot lien, oaragu ,1 division under Charpentier was near y cut to n i4iir.pr division made a rapio reircai ..rH Anecreau, brother to the Marshal, after losing 'rtnfwii.j. ..irrendered the remainder, 2000 men ... ni Ph-.tmop. On the 12th, a foraging party r ,i,p MwW-and artillery was attacked by the 5rpp. who killed 1500, made 1300 priso ners of those important corps, and took 10C0 prisoners and 400 carnages cmeny iacen ,u. stores. The French in their retreat irom ouiv i.w n,tr n.v01ist. were turned by a reinforce Hwnt-under Prince Gallitzin and after fighting the fitfht of despair, gave ur?the day wjtn ine oww r.Pri. 5S officers, 6170 rank and file pn ,.n,r. rn nipr.es of cannon, and three standards The staff of Uavoust was one ot me inline ui th is glorious day. The loss of killed and wounded was immense. But the strongest feature of all tfasjthe presence of Bonaparte. Vhen the day turned, he fled and left his army to their fate. Th- Fr nrh havine auitted Smolensk. Marshal Ku'usoff advanced an additional foice to cut off the rear division under Ney. On the 17th Novem ber about 3 in the afternoon, this memorable, ac tion ht-ran bv art attack on the Russian line. The French under cover of a fog, advanced to the foot t,f the batteries. Forty pieces of cannon and the whole musketry of the line opened on them at the distance of 250 pacesT Under this deluge of fire, they could neither fight nor fly. - A Hag ot truce was sent to General Millaradovitch, and at mid niirht. the whole French corpsof twelve thousand men aid down their arms. The loss in the battle was enormous, Marshal Ney was wounded. He fled, and was pursged by the Cossacks across the I5nieper,4 gen'lsof division are said to have been wounded, and upwards of 100 officer, were among the prisoners. On the Uih Nov count Wittgens tein,on the Dwina, was attacked by Victor. The French were defeated with the. loss of 300O men and retreated pursued by the cavalry. It was said that Bonaparte had shot himself on the night of destruction of Ney's corps, but it was still more strongly reported that he had been dangerously wounded. Letters from Berlin mentioned that ' Couriers had arrived in that city for the purpose of pjocuring the most eminent surgeons to admin ister aid to a great personage of the French army, ' who had received a deep sabre cut on the neck. and that three of the principle practitioners had gone off with all possible speed . ?! Marshal Kutusoffhas : been created Prince of ' Smolensk, in consequence of his brilliant accbieve nientsinthe destruction of ht corps of Ney and Daoust. General Count Lambert, has defeated the advanced guard under Dombrousk?, and made 3000 prisoners ; the killed are in proportion. . Count Wittgenstein is at Copysse, in commu : f A Enctosea. I forward your .Highnesi a letter which I wrote y estendayliut - which did not ar. rivej Ihi officer who was the, bearer having been led astray by his guided. . it Vnur1 Hitrhness will be sfirDmefl aii suu nna ine me oniy on me v ue,eiuren tvi i - ih s mornmB' aLiive o ciock, oui icruiw so jntersected with ravines, that it required me considerable efforts to arrive here. , , It is with pain that I am under the nard ne? cessity of confessing to you the sacrifices we have made to alleviate our march, x nesa mree uay have Cost us two thirds of the Artillery pt the Corns d' Armee. Yesterday there died, about 4uu horses, and to day perhaps double that number have perished, without compnsingHhe great num ber of horsea which I have taken from general and particular services Whole teams perish it the same time. Several of -them have even been re newed three times. To-day the Corps dr Armee has not been annoyed i some Cossacks only, with; out artillerv, have appeared, which appears to me verv extraordinary : and if we may believe the re. port of a voltegeur, who was sent on a foraging party, it would appear as if a column "of infantry, artillery, and cavalry, were following tKfe same di. rection we take, viz. upon Douchovtchena. To night I send a srong reconnoisance upon Dou chovtchena, where 1 reckon uponbeing to mor row, if the . enemy do not oppose? a serious re. sistance, for I ought not to cbnreal from yonr Hiphness thataheseJhree -Jays sufferings have in such a degree cast down the spirits of the soldiers, that, at this moment, I believe them ve. ry incapable of making any efforts ;many men have died of Jbunger or cold, and others in despair have allowed themselves to be taken by the en emy." - virice of Biscay was entirelyyeariof the rwh War,had broke out between Spsin: and Algiers, and the citizensof tie latter had taken some Span ish vessels peace had been restored, and the captured vessels given up. An acouni from Badajo of the 224 November, aid that the allied army! was retiring upon Ciudad Rodrigo. : t Public Ledger; Communicated -for 'publication' in theJfierchantUc " ; ' ; Advertiser ;. (Private) y ' ; -y. CadizTNoy 23, 1813. " Stri-l have the honor to enclose you. a V Copy of an Order in council, which has been transmit-; ted to me by His Britannic j; Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, empowering me to grant Licences to such vessels as shall arrive at Cadiz w'nh Cargoes of grain and Flour, furnished with his Majesty's Licences, or with Licences from 'Augustus J. Foster, Esq. his Majesty's late Minister in the United States, to return with car. troes of .lawful merchandiae to the ports of the' said States ; arid I beg to inform you that I am prepared to give licences toVany vessel or vessels, coming within the description of the enclosed or der. . ;' - ' . Ihave the honor, 8cc. 8cc. , Your most odedient humble servant, (Signed) H. .WELLESLEY. To the Consul of the United States of America, Cadiz. i . : Domestic. -, , ( I) know not what- proportion v the prisoners t?P gen.5v incneKec-a laie troop. pear, to. ..jne killed nrn Of th Vrftnr.h who ha vis r.nmlt7Trt'WrH' u latter at 9yu ana wners tat ouu.; ;, j. ne aetachmenX A Bui, wuu uiucii rcKBiQi ucar sirjT?i . t- . -s:-:3Y6urfcumWesemnt.:i-.T:rv'V y' rA-X-1. - VVM. Jf. HrAnniQrMcr. r ' fPl. rrkllMulnn. a' ttti tvFHt Af fli. l.tt -1, . ded .tp in the;,V commencement of the. above letter ; of gen. Harrison. It was dated Lower Sanduskyi January 19, 1813.1 ;i;A , " Gen. Winchester has1 been at the rllapidi, since the. 10th-he has pushed a (detachment to the river Raisin, 1 have not learned the precise object , I shall act-out , thi$ morning and reach -5 his camp this night, t f , have - atron g fears that co. lonels Lewis and Alien iriay be overpowered,' - '":;:';-A5vv' BuaLiNGTOK,'. Vt.an. 2TM On Tuesday last was brought into camp, a Mrv Sears of Williston ; he bas taken on Hog Itland. on hisway, to the enemy, with a. load of provi. A tons. jWV understand that he was arrested by a, J' Lieut. Sergt. of the U S. Army, .and a citizen ' who volunteered his service. Sears is. a giant h j strength' and fought Until he was overpowered, Those who took him, are severtly wounded, and" rc now connnea to tneir roomsP - v Norfolk. Feb. 12. On Tuesday night a schooner which had hn Albany, Feb. capturco oy me onusn squadron, drove from he? POSTSCRIPT - j tncnorage ana went on shore-near Lynhaven ri. Twelve o'clock at noon : We ston the press . !er- ,n ine rarnog several boats were manned K mMmnn;.tn nnrrMrioM th Mlrw?nc ax. lrom tne squaaron, , with a view to carrv the ,.rf.-i.n.iifmm rtiifTaW. !it nut into our ! schooner or, but they were attacked and driven hands, conveying the melancholy intelligence of back by the Princess-Anne militia; Another; n Cimtlt-mtmin Bordtau the deteat ot tne American army unuer general " i X w " . " lcuucr , a ucnueman in xioraravjr, t. . ... . hut with no better success. On onr de nn l, 3tnucooer. ' ' - r ,, , was sustained ; of the loss of the enemy, we have positively received from the4 Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Buffalo, - fnrm-' , 7' wc "Bc : i- rj-t .u: tu.n..J.tf f Extract cr? a letter from dated h Mr Barlow has Emperor assurances of his high satisfaction on account of'the " glorious conduct," as he expres ses it, of the Americans, in contending with Eng pam t inform you that on , af. rnnnn lh(. nlrSmnn,, &-n, rAm J- land for the maintainance of their Maritime Saturday last, a flag came across trom tht en. . Po. Riffhfq iirtH KU Maieatv nromlses of the 49th j.A-.i-j L l. ..j a.l to nis inena in ini cuy, uicu Yesterday mornincr. the Richmond f!,l, 1 l , . j O ' - -w It is with extreme pain I inform you that on , T"p r r ' "! The detachments AmtiA 4Yrv An1 OCtK v a - their trade every facility. The Minister who was regiment, informing the commanding office ' on J i arrived ln tQwn and 'Were marched to their iiinti I appointed some time ago to negotiate with Mr. our side, that general Winchester and about (()f dc5tination, 1 d. (in the place ot the Duke ot nassano, wno was ; looojmen were wuea ana taen pmonera, The Eeal and ardor with which citizens of too much occumed) nas recetvea oraera to renew tne Miami rapias. Miai n. was umiuuuei . i,.:,...,! ,iorr:,; k,.,. uie ncgoimuons, anu onng uiciu..i au v.vu., u. - v lh( Qf threatened dangei, furnish honorable mic icrminauon. .uc wuuisicr . iuu . - ts A! u testimony, that in derehce of our country, we are luoUUblCli illC 4V44C11IH1C riwibVLS w tivuk mv uiysa iiai wwvh ow m.w prizes sent into French ports by American priva- distressing intelligence, by L,oi. t'orter, command. - ..... .P i . .1 . . U ! ft 1 . . 1 teers, agreeawy to tne convention oi iow, aim ing ai iuis pjsi. . that the, American Consuls are to have extensive j DISASTER CONFIRMED? jurisdiction over them. He. adds, "the Custom House will of course exercise- their accustomary authority to see that the Revenue Laws are com plied with." We shall shortly know how the Mi nister of Commerce means to treat the affair ; we may infer favourably, as all the Ministers act su bordinate to the will ot the Emperor ; no one Of them dare take on himself a decision of any im portance but in consequence of his will which serves as a general "guide to the various branches of administration. American privateers need not now, in my opinion, hesitate to enter our ports, or to send in their prizes. I have myself seen the copy of the Minister of Marine's letter above men- uoned." - OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. The following letter from General Harrison, to Governor Meigs of Ohio, fully confirm? the ac- ' counts of the disaster sustained by the troops lately under Gen, Winchester : Head Quarters, Carrying Rivert 25th Jan. 1812. DK ar sir The event of which I expressed so much apprehension ia my letter to you frbnrt Lower Sandusky, nas. happened. The detachmenf under Col. Lewis was reinforced by General Win chester with 250 men. He attended it and took the command at the River Raisin on the 20th, and on the 22nd he was attacked at reveille, by a con- iloiaM Rritich anA Indian frrri with six nier.es OR0LK Jan 27. 0f artiiier3r the troops being surprised and the To captain Corrak, who came passenger in ground unfavorable, had but little opportunity of nication with admiral Tchitchacoff. In his re lthe Spunish ship Prudentia, we are indebted for ; forminpr to advantage. They were surrounded and port of the 24th November, he states that he had! Cadiz papers to the 26th November. A friend broke in twenty or twenty five minutes. A ma jor and captain, and about twenty five privates were all that effected their escape. I had but 360 rhen with me, about three miles above the rapids, where the news first reached me I immediately ordered the'm to prepare to march lulled a great number of the enemy and taken Jwno nas examined them gives us the following prisoners- iuiiiuiary; ' Accounts frorn the Grand Armv of the 23d The French entered Madrid on the 2d Nov. November, state, that the Prince of Smolensk King Joseph was with them, the British retired Was marchimron Qrsli and Moehilow. narallel to " they approached. On the 7th the French eva- Bonapartc's retreat. NothhVecould breventihe cuted Madrid, and marched to the Northward, and set out with mv staff to overtake a detachment junction of all the Russian armies if necessary. and on 9h the Spanish General Empecinado 1 of J00 men that ha& set out that mornintr for the Capt. Donaldson informs that Lord Wellington Jentered that city, and on the llth marched to the j river Raisin. I overtook them at the distance of 6 ov vnuit. auu umt nis army were in winter u uiai ;viauna remainea witnoui any ' miles, but betore the other troops, (Uoi. Andrews ters at Ciudad Rodrigo. . troops, and under the direction of Spanish Mag- johio regiment) came up, it was ascertained that ff' "a lltrates. i the defeaf r.omnlete. and it wasfhe unanimous " An intercepted letter from the Viternv to The armies of Lord WeUinrrton aorl Opn. Hill ! Berthier, at Smolensk, gives an account of the de-1 formed a junction on the 7th November near Sa JofBcera,' that we should return. A detachment to the amount of 170 of the most active-men-was was quarters pjorable state of his corps. Inte rcepted .'observe. IniancaJJJQrd Wellington and the Spanish gen. between the corps of French army itself." , Castanos, occupied the position of Saint Chris- INTERCEPTED LETTERS. ' Jf0PUal the Rame occupied in June last, about a to : nceroy of My the Print of ""nerarmitccup.e.l a ' 'M.rrhr.i,i . n,,,a ae xormes, pn the other It wis believed that marshal side of that river. Jieufchatel, a i rA in . m. u " uaica dascue. j'nt.T. u ,. . . .. - . . ".: I have the honor to inform vour Hirrhne,,. 7, " i" .T'S' lI!e. norin' Decwnthe tharl put rovsclf in motion thi, nnrnint,r rn -l" " men, i'elockibut thedifficu was Sieved , that Lore frost, caused so many obstaclef"tornarch of , th t he hadoEHS f'TJiTI: jr corps, th.t the bead only was able to arrive at w'had efud ! battle' wh'ch six ,clock in th- wni. nA ,u. ,.:i i . ? had relu!ed it was even reported that ki.j .1 .Ii" " Tr. . . . .wni tiia uney were retiring on Burcos. u,w position at neany two leaeucs in .. ... . !, " t " . j v F"3iuwii vuvuincu dv tne ai ieri armv v FwW fo Ave o'clock the en.-., Dre,tm "r.:!. ,M'n 'P " PS f ? h""V,f ypSTiiT right. Ht .,.ecked aimoit a. b W 'L ,P?.a , L ,"'. ". Ml.' camu iL. I l - i .. . ., I ...... ,,, jU. uji : npinE. insr w,v viiuc, uic neau, me cenire, ana tne tail H II oemmd a ,tnft . . , 1 wuh artillery, Cossack, and dragoons At the iiu .a k. e ... r . . ....... w.u.llu oiaic oi uie r.mimrv u h ivjuiiu an cpemngot wnicn hetookadvan- Ueved that th Frk " tap to make" a detour, and carry off two regimen- mainumted COuId not ,onS . r.,,,0 thdr-MtUtttce, 'tat .he pieces , i r . 7:15" pirt 7 ed cff. - - l 7 " aiviuH, m irom ot; which some works . The retr guard of 'he enemy fired with four 1 French at. riii-rot i, n t-.:. i . .. r" h" "ic lormtJi nrawpw nn ..j (...-..vauiiuinniiii vjciicrni vjrnanao neiieves. u r o:,i j . . - - ..Kv..o&u ; without aifirrrinjr ir, to h,ve seen infantrv .. nnrt anu inc aPanish Generals Penne and vv. wi Uic tuner pcrtnu, ne naa two pieces. . Th r o . . - . ' - i VawW hui,.:. ...:n - :..J-.r.. i . 1 ne General Cortes, on the 22d nf &nwmi,.. will cdMIT IUUEC mat emoar- Unnn nt.,1' f t T -i-.vw.uc i, fassed by my heavy baggaCe, and a numerous ar. 1 i!l-elhn6ton commander in chief mh :rit- my c ;he. Advices from Madrid ence, Md.a$utedtatenlraffi l" ovemoer. and was the regency tiller 400 horses beloneine to which KXL???mK 'n consequence of which outegeration,diedto da, my position! icriu :;S;wMffinr? ical enoup-h. t T ,?ii ....wui:!. . wnicn was punished m our last : he t.r.m tk..i :n .. -.i ' ..... roiigiie.l Advices frorn Madndto the lRth r is - .vin.t,wiii acnu ior luie i Pence, and ar. Bf-..-.rii... . r- l- v -cui ...ivuvii.iun, or to ruepo. "v 1 ' fi,HWi,iii.4i,i. V. was I ought not to hide ik, yourElcellencV, that So ffifi? demolishing the vHer having employed eveivmeana.I hoJfin.. f!l0LBTO. The mam body of the French V isible to carry off my anillery ,'anda un occupied Sto I T thfSe circumstance you mus expecr P 4"0r 10 lhc " b.attl,.of Salamanca-last i reat suCnficesio day, several nieces h tirTi t. .,' ' i ngVPalvojjtfe Spaniards sent forward with directions Iq proceed as far as possible to assist those who wete fortunate enough to escape ; there were however but fewf the snow was so deep that the fugitives', were entirely ex hausted in running a few miles"; those thit did get oil efiected it by turning down to the lake and se creting themselves. I believe there were not more than iO or fifty that got a mile from the scene of action, and the greater part of them were overtak en..; " - . Never were the affairs of any army in a more prosperous situation than ours before the unfortu nate step of marching the detachment to the river Raisin ; it '.was notonly made without any authdri. ty from me, but in opposition to my views. : Eve ry thing in my power was, however, done to pre vent any disaster, and reinforcements were "pushed on as speedily as possible : Major Cosgrove's bat talion, the rst in the army, was within 14 miles, of the scene of action, when he heard of their de feat, and 200 regulars were also on their way. I remained at the rapids with one regiment only. In justice t6 Gen, Winchester, I must observe, that I have understood that the measure f marchihe the detachment to the .river Roisin) was forced upon him by his olhcers 1 but whatever mav have been the cause, and however great the calamity! both u itgaiui me uauuii ana muiviauais, u is cer tainly not irreparable. By the unanimous advice of the general and field officers, I took this posi tion yesterday, for the purposeTof forming a spee dy junction with the troops in the rear, and to cover the very valuable convoy of artillery and stores that are. coming; from lUpoer.Sanduskv. Unless the weather is very unfavorable, I,, shall be attheRapids again in .4 or 5"days, and shall ter tainly give the enemy1 an opportunity of measur ing their strength with us in another Contest. For myself I feel-no doubt as to the result, and if I cart judge of the disposition of the troops, from the manner in which they received an address from me yesterday,) a desire of avenging their corpaniorfs va$ rcuievirrg their couptrv's dis. not a divided people. His Excellency Governor Barbour, accom. pained by his aids Majors. Mercer .and Camp bell, arrived in town on Wednesday evening, and .on yesterday. His Excellency reviewed the 54th Regiment and the detachment detailed from the 95th Regiment. A detachment of Regulars, under the command of Capt, Pollard, arrived from Richmond and are. stationed in Fort Nelson. This morning the Henrico Rifle Company, un der the command Of Capt. Henly, arrived . E5555B . . It Is ascertained that Don Bernardo's expedi tion (the adventurers headed by colonel Magee) against the neighbouring Spanish provinces has failed. They proposed terms to governor Salcei' do, repueiting permission to retreat from the. Spanish territory. To this balcedo consented, ex. eluding, however from the bencutot such arrange. ments all the Spanish subjects associated with tbd invaders. - To this the American part of the army would net consent, and are now shut up in Labadie, about 79 miles west of St, Antonio. No doubt is enterUuoi cd of their ultimate capture. From the Albany GaZettcY 2 Mount Hop, 2 1st Jan. Mcnri Printer A false and scurrilous pu6; lication which has appeared in ( the Columbian, constrains me to solicit a place in your paper ftf a short answer to it. , The statement in the Northern Whig, which it is pretended led to the publication in the Colunv bias, made its appearance without mjyprivify ot consentr and, therefbrerl am not "answerable for its contents. '. ,. v " It is true that while at Lewiston in the rnonlht of September last, the base conduct of Petkb B. Port e a , the quarter master genera! led me to brand him. with the epithet of ratcaU The result was that Porter sent his friend to demand satisfac tion of me for the insult; His friend appointed! time and place for my friend to meet him to maka the necessary arrangements, and give a solemn assurance of secrecy. ? But Porter, in violation of that assurance, immediately communicated the matter to his partner, Mr. Uarton, who informed Gen. Vaw Rensselaer thereoland solicited him to( put-a stop to it. ! , After several meetings between our friends, and reiteratedlihuuhsubcessful attempts oh the part of mine, by my direction, to press the business to a decisive issue in the rootle requested by Porte I learnt that he had made the thing known to sevej ral persons, and that his appointed and recognised friend had avoided meeting mine to .fix definitively the lime and place of oar meeting. While I w expressing myself with some warmth at the ras.v cality of Porter, Gen. Van Rensselaer came m and with someDleasantrv rallied me and my fnend, tsayTrig ; that this was a pretty affair indeed '; tn- he had been obliged to keep a watchtul eye on for that he had been made acquainted with the at fair, by one of Porter's confidentihl friends from the first ; and had we,attempted to leave the camp together, he would have ..arrested us .both nj would still do it, if any further attempt of the kina thnnU k. T ik.n J?UrrA hat T WOUW horsewhip the scoundrel for disclosing the attempt ? which gave rise togen. Van Rensselaer's posit I orders to me to drop the matter, and to his w ter .' to Porter of the Uth v Sept. which containea similar orders, and which note was delivered tW same day. v??U'..;:"''':''-: " -r;' ' V"v-' ' Finding that t had been trifled with by Porte and that a compliance with his demand ;of satis faction 'on my part was rendered impracticable, of repeated and .pitiful .vaioo of his,1 1 addre'
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