Newspapers / The Raleigh Minerva (Raleigh, … / Aug. 13, 1813, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Raleigh Minerva (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
which extended rouud the right w me puuuu. M0'Vihe extreme right the country was-flat and nnodv, intersected by roads beating towards the B.tr andihe Oder. -. . '., . . y. Gtncral Barclay de Tolly's corps was station, o hrre and should be considered more as a tna-no-uvering corps, placed to guard against the ert-WK-inv attempts' on theVight and rear of the Al lies, thin as imroedttlyrtn position ; the extent of thf -svhole line-might be between three and four English miles. The different corpa-occu pvinglt were as follows : General Kleist's and G-necal Yorck's corps in echelon and in reserve on he right,- General Blucber's, Count Wilt gensteitfs, and General Milaradovitch's formed on the left ; and the guards and grenadiers, and all the Russian cavalry, were stationed in reserve in the centre. . . - " , inced early in the action, a ie- the flanks of the, allies ; Tie IC1 uiuiauuu n r - . ., .1 ...r, vprMrone' corDS into 'the moun- uf. which favored his species of warfare, but General MuVadovitch was prepared here, ha ring detached Prince Garchikoff and Count Asterman with 10 batullions of light troops, and a large corps of Cossacks,' with their artillery, under Col. Davldoff, to occupy these Kills .-r i. . n j t '" After a very strong tiraHade in the quarter, tfnd a distant cannonading on the right, which commenced the action, the enemy beganJo de ' velope his forces, and to move his different "co lumns of attack to their stations.-- T7 The contest in the mountains became gradual If warmer, and he supported it bjTa verypow .ffnlline of artillerv, The Prince of Wirtin fcerg's and Gen. Su Priest's divisions, of jGeneral Milaradovitch's corps, were, here sharply en, gaged, and a charge of cavalry succeeded gainst of the enemy, one oLwhich, was ta- o " - I Ken. .. Bonaparte was now. visible on a commawnng spot, directing the battle. He displayed in fiont 'of the, town of Bautzen his. guards, cavalry and lancers, and shewed heavy columns of infantry on the esplanade before, it, bringing up besides a number ol brigades of artillery, with which he occupied some advantageous heights, between ou, position and " Bautzen, that were1 favourable1 to support his attacks. '; These demonstriitioss denoted an effort in this directiont and a disposition was accordingly made with Gen. Bluchers corps and our command ing ca'valry to meet it j but an increasing fire, and a more lively cannonade on our- right, made it ultimately no loager dotdnful where his chief at- tmn wak aimed. .Columns of attack, under cover of a heay fire, were now in motion from tha enemvs left, while others were bling to gam our rieht: and Gen. Barclay de Tolly was at rtlfhir a verv suDerior force under Marshal Nev. end General LauViston ; and notwithstand tag the most gallant efforts, was forced to aban. doiv the villages of Klutz and Lannervits. lien. BircUy dc VoDy lud,?urders if outnumbered, to chance the ground he occupied in from, of Con- nervUz and'PfielitZt and to place himself on the heights surrounding the villages of Rachel and Bav ith. bv which the army. wouW change its po- a'nion on the - left, and cover the main roads through Wartzsiv and Horhkirch to the rear ; . bin the enemy ou'flanked him on the right, while they warmly engaged him in; froni, and occupi. 4isa4ckksfcyore him, whictr'deferminfid v u jesty and the King of Prussimade the greatest impression on all around Ibem ; tney never quiu ted the field of battle, and l'; witnessed in his fm- penal Mijesty the most ardent ana anxious -ire. bV renewed attacks, to sustain the position, had not reasons of. prudence, coupled- wun uie most important consideration, decided otherwise. A feet I cannot do justice to ht details of the battle, nor to the extraordinary efforts made. have endeavored to eive Vour Lordship the most faithful account of what personally witnessed. The determination being taken to place the army in a new position, the trdops were in motion about even o'clock irf the evening, for the ground be tween Weissenbcrg and Hochkirch. The enemy opened immediately a tremendous fire from the heightaof Kreckwitz and the village of Cannewitz, on the retirmg columns ; but every gun was with, drawn from J-he batteries, and the troops moved as at a field day The corps of Gen's Tolly, D'Yorck, Blucher, Kliest, marched off from their right to vV'eisseBberg ; those of Wittgenstein and Milaradovitch from their" left to Hochkirch. The retreat was made in etchelon, covered by the 'ca valry ; the enemy did not attempt' to molet it, and it was conducted in the most perfect order. I5d iavalry. Having seized ? the only gate by which Ihe enemy could commnmcate - with - Hal berstadt he made his dispositions - for attack. It proved runsuccessfui. A regular canhonadJ'theri ensued which occasioned the blowing up of three ammunition waggons.' Being, now informed that reinforcements had been detached from the second convoy, and that they we re within two miles,- he collected all his troops made another attack. car. ried the batteries and finally overpowed all e sis. tance, killing or taking prisoners the whole of the detachment, and possessing himself ot the convoy vhich he escorted. , V f ' O Congress. giviog bond and security. And if any one L use his-still or other implements for - distilling witKout' such licence after.the first of January u will be subject to a fine of one hundred 0olL and double the amount of duties whichhe ; wduld have otherwise had to par. . I : jThe folio wing are t'hei periods for. grani'inWjj. Inn -i .' ' : .' ! ; ' f.-... or a licence to employ a still or stills in dU "a MR. TANFOKD'S OIRCULAK, To his constituent! In tle counties of Wake, Orange and Perscta Washington) July 30, 1 81 3. Dear Sir, - Congress was convened in May for the pur; r)xe of restoring the old system of internal taxes and having now accomplished that object will ter minate their present session on Monday next, the 2d of th? en some: month. The following is a list of the acts imposing those taxes, and others deemed of principal importance on Gen. Kleist's corps formed the rear guard to the I according to their titles, to sorne of which, I have coVds moving on Weissenberg, and a battery of subjoined brief abstracts, selecting such as I pre- . . . n . i l .ii . .r sumea migni prove raw accepiaoie to yourseu and neighbors, viz. An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the U. States. -. , " - fortr nieces, r planted br Count - Wittgenstein the heights of -Wurtzen, impeded the enemy's advance General MilaradovUchcovered the re treat of the troops on Hochkirchj and the army were in their position at nigbk - . i . I hare the honor to be, Stc (Signed) -" CHARLES STEWART. Lieutenant General. P. S'prom the most authentic information lean firocitref the force of the $tlies diJ not exceed sixty Jive thousand men ; that of the enemy I estimate at leasl at one hundred and twentu thousand. The ioss on bot A sides was great. Tha enemy's must have been tremendous ; I am unable to state the numbers with any accuracy. . C. S. Lieut Gen. An act for thcassessment and collection -of di rect taxes and internal.duties. An act further to . provide for the assessment and collection of internal taxes. An act laying duties on licenses to distillers of spirituous liquors. An act laying duties on licences to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign merchan dize. ' ' ' ' An act layincr duties on sales at auction of merchandize, and of ships and vessels. An act laying 'stamp) duties on notes of banks, Cofiy of a letter from the general of division, Count bankers, and certain companies: on notes, bonds Vandammcy to marshal the firince of Eckmuhl and obligations discounted by banks, bankers and "Hamburg, May 3) l o'clock in the; morning, certain companies,, and bills of exchange of certain ' ihedaybetore yestercay we were lmpc-ieci- aiscnpuons.. ly established in the isle of. Wilheimsburg. The An act laying duties on carriages for the con night having arrived, it was necessary to con tine veyance ot persons. ourselves lO Keeping U ID A nillliary punu ui view. : ai wjmg uuuta on auai icmitu mviiui vuc Yesterday, the 12th, at eight in the morning, ttie united states. enemy began by disembarkiag lOpO or 1200 men, An act laying duties on imported salt, granting in front of Hamburg. brisk fire of musketry , a bounty on ptckled fish exported, and allowances took place with the light infantry brigade, com- to certain vessels employed in tue fisheries. cence for any one or the peiodsv- prescfifcea A.Mr.,!n ij.mj. M.J .L.tt . . . 'Jill. giBKk.wg uu,i.iiu suaii on receiving t pswfn the same, if the amount of duties should L . ceed fivedollars, and if it should exceed thit -he will be entitled to a credit of four mnn.h. .?.. v- For 2 ----- 4 6 12 A weeks month do-do. do.' SI u n ' 7-9- 184 For a licence in distilling 'foreign materials, tor I month ' j$ 3 do. ' : ; '.. : 6 do. ioj ' 12 dor . 135 . LICENCES TO RETAILERS. This tax vies the following annual duties on -retail de!er. and if in a town containing more than. one huathxil families the following are the rates : ... . - . - On retailers of merchandize wine : and spirits, r Of wines alone, r . : Of spirits alone, 7 " Of domestic spirits alone- Of merchandise other than wines V spirits, i s If in any other pi jce, other than a town of that Size, ' ' ' ' x .: un retauers ot merchandise with Wines spirits,- , -. Of wines and spirits aloner Of spirits alone, , " Of Domestic spirits alone, , Of merchandise other than wines spirits, io 20 20- ard 15 : 12 JO manded by Gen. Gengoult. I went to examine the affair, and seeing that the enemy s column was willing to be supported, made a temt ot pretend ing to quit the Isle. The enemy at first pressing his attack, gained some advantage, and aav.Mced in force with the artillery he had disembarked.At that instant, I ordered the three battallions of An act to raise a corps of sea fencibles. An act authorising the President ot the United States to cause to be built barges for the defence of the pons and harbours of the United States. An act authorising a loan of seven millions and a haxf dollars. DIRECT TAX This tax was formerly laid light infuntry to turn en masse, supported by the ! for two, but is now laid for three millions ofdol. remainder of Dufour's division- l ordered the lars, and is to be levied on lands, lots, houses and charce and in a quarter of an hour, all was put to slaves, according to valuation, and of that sum, the the most complete rout. The enemy abandoned ail his artillery, hisaissons, his ammunition, and re-embarked in the greatest disorder, leaving some prisoners, ana a great numoer nuieu, among whom were found many Danes. tens. Uutour and Gengoult conducted themselves perfectly well m this affair. 41 I decided to make Renss brigade pass to the Isle, which I detained to occupy Altwerden, Kat- him to throw himself on the light of Wurschen: TJiere the Imperial , head quarters . had been, and which tqna'ly answered the object When it wasvperccived that General Barclay de Tolly Was pressed by immense odds, Gen. Blutcher va ordered" to move to his right and att-ck the e'heroyjn fUnk. . Gen? Blucher was afterwards supported by Qenerals KVist and D'Yorck, and here a most Eaagviinary- contest ensued. ; ;r 'rhese attacks succeeded in checking, the en- tny- That of GenBlucher's corps exceeds all Aiae and the Prussians in . this eventful day, as aj the battle of Lutzen, again evinced what their troops are capable ot accompiismngvnen neaa ed by a King they love, and fighting for their country, tneir jiesriy uu .umsjreuuwn. ' A charge-qf four thousand of their cavalry on 4lumns of the enemy's infantry, which had car rted the village of Kiacknitz, completely repuls ed him, aod the Prussians again occupies u, ois playing the greatest order and steadineaa under the most galling fire. . Still these gallant efforts were arrested by the enemy's bringing up fresh troopsjand thojigh partial successes were obtain ed, tie general issue1 was in suspence A momentary advantage-being gained by the enemy in consequence of General Barclay de Tol ly1? movements, he lost oq time in making eve f exertionao push, it , to the i utmost, renewing, at the same time his-attack on -our flank, and assaulting the batteries that covered the conial hght!, as alsa '.hose of Kreckwitz on the right. made himself .master of the latter, and of one of our batteries, which gave him, in some degree the key of the position, as,, it commanded the low grouBn the right nd centre oi it.- 'Still in every part of the line the allies firmly sustain, ed the conflict ; but it soon became apparent that the enemy had not only superior forces to fiht us at all-toio.- but he had also the means of ni-r loniMncT his il:wik march on our right, thus tSveatcnW our communications and menacing our rear. " " ' '- ; " '"' Al hough it might have been easy, by a general assault of the grenadiers. and guards .in preserve, . to have recovered the.. heights of Kreckwitz, ; still the prtfBsure round the fl?t:k on Barclay de Tollys corps, would have again necessitated the apandon. ,mi,i of thefm, and when these trodps" moved to iheir point cfattack, the centre, where the enern etill shewed a powerful force, would havev been ' endangered. . . a . .;. . ' It was fjd frotderations or such a nature as I ha ve -ilcd hat the" Allies were in- " dviced to chanBelncir position at five o'clock in iiTvfB,,,S having from daybreak 'admirably conttsted every part of the fit Id jf battle. i.-yZ Xhe fcuperiority of numbers jras with the ene- mv but the heoism and .firmnesa displayed by Ihs AUifcS must e respected cyea by. tjieie adver, wick, and Rosmeuhof. Scarcely had -I disem barked the troopsovhen' IJearnedthat the enemy attemptedji fresh disembaikation at the point ot Ruperstiogerland, from which it appeared he wish, ed to march upon the point of my passage. A bnsk Ere commenced, and the enemy seeing he could not surprise us, precipitatelyretired, with the joss of some killed, wounded and prisoners. ' t have established the lS2df in resarvej and in observation, at tlreNcastIe of Wilheimsburg, in order that it may be enabled to march to any paru Foreseeing fully a new attack, I ordered the 37th, which was uponthe causeway, to march. A serious fire took place ; I did not hesitate on ordering the 37th to retire slowly, defending the causeway, and to allow the effbmy to advance, so as to be able to cut off his retreat or vigorously pursue him. I immediately ordered two battal lions from the ricrht of the division Dufour to di- law apportions to North Garolina,' two hundred twenty thousand, two hundred thirty-eight dollars and twenty eight cents, (8220,233.23) And a- gain apportions that amount among the Counties of the State, to each its due and relative quota ac cording to the rule of distribution adopted by the Members of the State. Thus the quota of this tax assigned to the County of Wake is,- six thou sand four hundred, forty.three dollars, and fifty- four cents. 6,443 54 To the County of Orange, seven thousand three hundred six dollars and fifty cents. 7,306 50 And to the County of Person, two thousand eight hundred, fifty-one dollars, fiftv seen cents. 2,851 57 Making in the whole from the Direct Tax alone an aggregate sum of g 16,601 61 The rule erantine: the -proper quota to each county was in the first place, the relative amount of state tax, which each county paid to the state, and so the Bill was first reported, but the delega. tion of the state, not considering this rule as ope. rating a fair and equal distribution among the counties, adopted a mean between the valuation and apportionment made under Mr. Adams's Di- rect . i ax, ana tne amount oi tne Mate i ax. as paid by each county, and this mean sum as a rule produces the respective quotas as given, and im- Oistillerv however, having a distillers lir cence. may sell liquor at their own.disiiiJerv a vd of their own distilling without a retailer's licenw provided they do not retail less than five gilloris It a time. , - STAMP ACT. This tax levies on every pro misory note, or notes payable io barer c order," issued by any Bank, the following rates of at&:;i duties, vz : . f On a note not exceeding one dollar, cts. 1 On a note not exceeding two dollars, 2 And so on, at the same rate, up to a thousand dollars, which' will pay a duty of j$to All over that . so Ahd on any promisory note or notes, bonds ot obligations to be discounted at Bnk, and on fo. eign 8c inland Wlls of exchange, with one cr mow endorsers at the following rates, viz ; On such note, bond, or bHl not excteding c one hundred dollsrs. 4 x ; H 5 On qpe hundred dollars and not exceeding two hundred dollars, . io And so on, at the like rate, up to eight thousand dollars, which will pay a duty of $4 All above that a duty of 5 Thus the principal operation wi!l be on R.n!C Notes and on such notes and bonds of individual as shall receive the form of oego tiable paper. rccily proceed to the bridge, where the enemy posed by the present law. The Law, however had passed,whilst I directed prince de Reuss to j provides, that if the Legislature of any State, precipitately march upon the enemy with the two battallions which ere in the castle of - Wilhems burg. The fire then began, and as we could only proceed by highcauseways, I Ordered the troops to cease firing, and-beat the charge from all parts. The enemy was obliged io retreat, and pursued for an hour at the point of the bayonet. " Never was confusion mere complete. All who .threw themselves into the boats were drown ed or killed. 400 men who were not able to re embark, laid down their arms, I cannot suffi ciently praise the valour of our troops. I do not recollect ever having found more ardour among our old hands. , . " Several oiucers, ot an rants, nave parucuiar;y distinguished themselves. . . (Signed)- Count VANDAMM W1 v . RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. Plymouth, Eng.) June 2jt- 'supplement to the Gazette of last night, prtnts us with the de tails of as brilliant an achievement as any which has been executed by the Russians during the last or present campaign. Cen. Gzernichaff who, though commanding a detached corps, appears to consult with brig, gen.Lyon,and receive -orders from him, crossed the Elbe, at Ferchland, on the 1 6th with a view to surprize a French convoy of artillery, escorted by 2000 men, which was expec ted ta pass the ensuing night at Halbestadt.' On his arrival at Kadmerate be learnt that a second was at Hesen,"threTnaHs8 and a half from Halber. stadt, and that it wasjnarchingto join the first to proceed with thft greater safely; on its route to the grand army. Gejn. Gzernichaffuot deterred by this intelligence, determined op, fulfilling his first design". Xhe-enemy had placed his guns in a square, the middle of which was filled with ammunition waggons and other carriages, and was j pned with infantry, the fuks being cpYeTetl tyith' should consider the distribution thus made among the counties as unequal or unjdst, it may vary and adjust the respective quotas according to any other rule which it may deem . more equal and lust. And Jurther that any state may pay itsJ quota into the Treasury of the United States, and be thereon entitled to a deduction of fifteen per cent, if paid before the tenth day of February next and of ten per cent, if paid before the first dar of May next ; and in such case, upon due notice beJ ing given o the Secretary of the Treasury, all proceedings under this act, within such state shall cease and determine. ! And for the purpose of assessment, and the col lection of this tax, and the other internal duties, and exercises, the several states are divided into districts, and the state ofN. Carolina into thirteen, the same with Congressional district. To each of these a principal assessor and collector are to be appointedfwith power for the greater conveni. ence to subdivide their larger districts into smaller ones, and to appoint their own deputies, being al ways responsible for their conduct. Assistant as sessors are required to be respectable freeholders, and their number) and the number of assistant districts in any state are subject to be reduced at the pleasure cf the Secretary of the Treasury. The people uncJtr this act ate to give in their tax able property in thv usual way, and if they refuse to comply, or give in fraudulent lists, will "be sub ject to heavy penalties, vlf an individual feeis convpy, escorted by;4000 infantry and 500 cavalry Jiimself aggrieved by the assessment of the assist tant, he has an appeal to the principal assessor of the district for, justicer- ; --j. f MiLLi l AX This is a.tax imposed on- the capacity, of the alilh, ; includinlj he head or o thoY implements used in lieu of stillsfor distill ing and the law requires that all 6wnera of stills, or superintendents of still! intending t em. ploy them after the fust of January next, shall first The act, however, provides that all flanking insti tution may compound with he Sectstary of the Treasury for the stamp duties imposed on - their notes, sit the rate of one and a half per cent their dividends. Their customers are without aU tentative and will have to provide their stamps for every renewal. ,. In other respects the principal bearing which this act will have upon the tnor common transactions of life will be in the case "of inland bills of exchange, which are literally no-, thing more than commooTdrafts or orders far mo rn: , which if assigned, or endorsed, will require to be on stamp paper if exceeding one bundled dollars. T " . - . C ARRIAGE 1S This is by some esteem ed a direct tax and operates oi-ly on carriages fon theMnveyance of persons: - The duties on these, are laid at the following rates, ti-s ' On every coach the yearly sum of 22 On every chariot - or post chaise, . 17 - On" every pharoa or coach j pannelled a, bove, r-'"-I;' '' .'.. -"10-- t On every other four wheel carriage hanging on. steel, or iron springs, - r On every four wheel carriage hanging on wood en springs br two wheel carriage on steel" or ron springs, ' " -. And upon every other (four or two wheel cjft riage, ' ;" " "'' 2 . All the above acts are to commence their ope ration on th; frrst ofJahuary next, and, except the direct tax, which at present is only laid fot a single year, are to continued "force for and dut ing the war in which we are engaged, and for oria year thereafter and no longer. L; To all these taxes. Sir, thus laid, it is Known to. you, and to my constituents generally, that I have been'uniformlr oDDDsed. and have donewhat COuWlJo savethem from the odium, JtheQO nience and oppression, which they never fair to bring with them among a free people, . and wmcti they have mpre thanvonce brought with them a mong the people of the United States, 1 was pre-, sent and voted against them whea they were re sorted to,' and found so unwelcome in Mr. Adam' times and J was also, present ' and voted tp do them away, when they were scr acccptahly xst nealed in the first session of Mr. JL-lTwrson's adnii nistration.' ; '. ;; '.'' It was inde vl, my misforttjne, if misfortune ij was, not then to have perceived the wisdom of tle . war which Mr. Adams wagedagainst France, ai ?l bis consfquant system of.taxes. and other, mea sures, which grew out of it and still less hevs I been able to perceive the vHsdom, policy or ne? Cessitv of the present waragainst G.'" Biitain- ; Ve have hsd mhto' lose and nothing7.fe1,n; Whatever5 mav have been, the character,, of hrT wrongs received (and they are not to t denied ot. palliated) we were not prepared to veiHrs4 tnanv by war, and every, att- mpt nnde on Cijiada as jTet. ippry . th cplJclOr of irflfttflal duties fax a Xi- jrfoes to prove'lt. Huwetrsr fit f ftc o: casing i . J - -I
The Raleigh Minerva (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 13, 1813, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75