7
. v, . ? JuUl McKtmee. As Iliad rcaa we remonstrance, wmcnwnsm
mountains. The enemy thought them- wom oriTa not no- his opinion, expressed with the dignitv,
selvesiniattackabldinthatposition. They the 13th BuSUtin, however, does, not no- " j ffi V- f becoming the Mere of
i jforrimt.
had entrenched the narrow passage, called ticfanyon su wWtmt sufiering pele. who knew
1 French bulletins.
PiiPrtA. with sixteen niece of cannon. I siexra. IX is proDaoic; W4S , T , .ti ,
The 9th light infantrv marched upon the
ELEVENTH BULLETIN
" arakda dr dueHo, NoV. $7.
the
the 2th followed Dy trie sioeottneneigmsinc. vw : - 0 and remonstrance was re-
r On the 22d, at the break
ceived and read, and on motion of Mr.
French nrray began its marc
Lloyd ordered to be printed for the use of
direction to Calahorra, where.
tews an article from: Copenhagen, which
states that . Mr. .Adair has; failed in his
mission to the SublimeJ Porte.
the Senate. ' ; '
T February 2. i
The Senate took up" the 'amendments of
the JHouse of Representatives to the bill to
interdict the commercial intercourse be-
ino- hfore. were the head Quarters of Cas- ing of musquetry and cannon
tanos ; it found that town evacuated, and I A charge made by the Gen. Montbrun,
ftrrrds marched upon Alfaro, whence! at the head of the Polish light horse deci-
the enemy had in like manner retreated. ded the affair,- it was a most brilliant one,
" On the 23d, at break of day, the Ge- and the Regiment covered itself with glo
neralof Division, Lefebvre, at the head ry, and proved it was worthy to form, a
Globs Omcis, Two O'Clock.
lNIr. Shaw arrived in town this morning tween the United States anitGrear-Britain.
from France. The two ladies nieces of and France, and their dependencies, and
- ' - . mi Ml tt'l . "
of day, the on the left. Gen. Senarmont, with six rama aau uii uw - "
I 3 i il t I KnoiJch omuM once mentioiica.
h. It toot its i pieces oi aruuerv, aavantcu oy me cause-1 aic - , nr .
. y - - a . t : ij I7i - : u: it
sion oi. Ocn. iioney, lorming me aavan- nags nusqucu, au.uxc, .xx cu Messengers, arrived hi Paris On ths question to agree to the amend
ced ard, fJfJ Z' on Monofy last, ft was then known in ment to the" 11th section, as follows : .
4iiy gave iniormauon xo luc U that city, that the French Army was at Strike outthe words U And to cause'
iVlontehello, who found the army of thel have been wounded. Amongthe last is M hntitC2Tlsed U osensatio n. be in s U be ;SSuednder suitable nled and
tmwieinW MlmnMin I i-7imrinri5lri who wwe rl ancprnne. I - - wi r o
y m 5Cvcu u.vWuo, rt, --T.,l"r fTT::Jconsidere
ennn
45,000 men, under arms, witn lis ngni lywounacu, anuucsaiiuuwiuiuuiuups i Cu.. uia p,. T.A ,t,aM.f.-;
. before Tudfla, and ,tt left occupymgme of edicts aeainst the eSm--
aiwgwai-u, r. v'. .T .:r.? jT : wwmv. the French Minister tor Foreiam merce of the United States."
m i . i i m - mmm. i -wa uinH rii3 nnn rpriirpn monr i i r v i i t "
toiW Daa. - l ne A.rrogoncc wcicu uc cue x uu r ,vvfr -A whorecc:TCd3limfflth mat no- Tt w. drmirted in the affirmative
Castile in the Centre and the three divisi
ons of Andelusia, which Gen. Castanbs
commanded more especially, formed the
left. Forty pieces or cannon covered the
enemy's line.
" At nine in the morning, the columns
q;v. m fl on Jhteness, and gave orders that every possi- Yeas 17 Noes 14.
vptpH rhe. 200 wao-trons laden with all ble attention should be paid to him. He , On the question to agree to die amend-
i.- i L a X I was entertained m the Ministers house un- ment in the 12th section, as
of the regiments are the fruits rf thisbril- itt ParB wl SUU':
i: cr a n. mh: a uic answer iv m uiu4iuiw. iiui. w u...
tt t i An iinKiisn omcer arrivea mis mornmei it was aeicnniaca in iuc aauriuauvc
arc very numcruus, arc an uk luiuuis
An English officer aVrived this morning
X, , : i. l j- -.1. j i ' i. r with dispatches from Mr. Frere, at Ma- Yeas 25 Nays 6.
ot ibwiw d lek dispatches ,When other amendments were all
Vo- n-A .tVi yrrtiioT-itTr orH rnft ni. I Snnnich riit?iirm. All trie; snlnwrR tv'onln I . . r I
,ttn trn. Rit,,aI hr he tnlren. if thev had ntt thrown from our armies are dated the 7th. They agreed to
tonsxvere chosen for establish batteries away their arms, and dispersed iii the L m h,h fP1??' had0t
with sixty pieces of cannon ; but the impe-1 mountains
heard of the arrival of the French at Ma-
tuosity of. he troops, and the inquietude On the 1st December the head-qtartera , "irCX!
of the eemy did not allow time for this, of the Emperorwere at St. Auguuin, and v""a uT-l r xi
cjtu ..f j luj L i' .t. t .i- r t.;5 .t. torv of Tudela withhiS usual enerev. He
W order & .movement of the Frend, cavalrv. commanded the height, df Mi. represents the Spaniards as greatly in want making appropna .ons for the support of
. , jfcij i of cavalry. i 1 o the mihtarv establishment ana ot tne na-
" The Duke of Montebello caused the I The Infantrv could not arrive before the
The bill, consequently, only requires the
signature of the President to be a law.
March 1.
The Senate took into consideration the
bill from the House of Representatives
centre to be pierced by the division of the 3d. The intelligence which We hitherto
General Maurice Mathieu. The General have received leads us to think that this
of Division Lefebvre, with his cavalry, town is suffering under all kinds of disor
immediately passed on the trot through ders, and that the doors are barricadoed.
this opening, and enveloped, by a quarter The weather is very fine, i
wheel to the left, the whole right of the
-l c amp. at ivf TfcTT nrrrr?iT,B.4..
CllClllA'. I 7 ? I J
L".The moment when half of the enemy's The townof Madrid has capitulated, waspassea.
hne iound itseit thus turned and defeated, wur uvyp utcrcu n mis uay as noon
was that: in which General Lagrange at- J I nis lnceuigence is contain ea in tne iyio-
mieurs oi ine i am ana itn instant. j
HOUSE OF REntESENTATIVtS.
Monday, Feb. 27.
vy of the United States for the year 1809,
On motion to strike out the following
words in ihe 6th section 14 For the forti
fications of ports andl harbors, in addition
to the sums' heretofore appropriated for
that purpose one million ot dollars."
It was determined in the; ainrmauve
London. December 7.
CAPITULATION ! OF MADRID-
The noh-intercdurse bill filially passed
81 to 40. So that the Embargo will be
raised on tne 15th of March-, with all
countries except England and France and
their dependences (amongst which Holland
is not reckoned) and the non-intercourse
ENTRANCE OF THE FRENCH with those countries keepinc: in force their
ARMY INTO THAT CITY. unlawful edicts against neutral commerce
By the flag of truce, which returned I will Take place on the 20th of May.
last evening to Dover, with Mr. Shaw. I ? Tuesday, Februaru 28.
the messenger, on board, we have Tecei I The mil concerning invalid nensioners
oreda : seven standards, thirty pieces of vedrispapexs totneJth also the bill for making fur-
B ' .S.u n Act contents are of great importance. " fheTtherac"comiuoaetautis nt the President.
els. 30a officersvnd 3000 men. , have f Madrid has ftulated and the The bill prohibiting the exporution
f t . ..
been taken, 4000 Spaniards haveiecn lett
A bill Was introduced prohibiting the
exnortation of arms, "ammunition. Etc.
The. army and navy appropriation bill Yeas 23, Nays 6.
March 2.
The bill from the House of Representa-
tcked the village of Cascante, where the
line of Castanos was placed; which did
not exhibit -a better countenance than the
right, but 'abandoned the field of Ifettle
leaving behind it its artillery, and a. great
number of prisoners. The cavalry pursu
ed the,, remains, of the enemy's army to
. 0 0
Mallem. , in the. direction of Saragossa ;
and to Tarracona; in -the-direction of A-
x. ' I X
French troops entered on the 4th instant, arms was lost.
of
driven into the Ebro. - Our loss has been French cai.at tad"d' .and 15 f'1'
-:n: : Wo a Kri ,n,i ally announced m the Momteurs of the
S r oZnJXu X 13th and 14th. So far back as Thursday
400 wounded i among the latter is the , t j . . . .
r- -r rvJ: Tor.o i,0 the 8th instant, we announced the advance
GeneraT of Division, JUaorancre, wno has r T. , '
' :a Wiu ! tln w oi a rrencn corps or souu men to aomo-
, i irf..j.j,tT...i.u i-lsierry, a town about 40 miles north of Ma-1
c a--- - Idnd. r or this information we had onici
T. ht i.ii -r..i. r- i- 1 al iiitellic;ence. It was announced
has began ms march upon Saragossa.
tives for imposing additional duties wasre-jected---Yeas
5 Nays 24.
Hartford, Feb. 23, 1809. .
Thi$ morning: his Excellency Governor.
TiSUmbuxl, met both branches of theLe
: gislature in the Council Chamber dnddt"
liver cd the following
SP EEGH,
Gentlemen pf the Council
Mr. Speaker, and Lrcntlemen ojtne tiouse
IMPRESSED with the importance of"
the communications which I have now to
Wednesday, March 1.
lay before you prompted also by the con-
The followinE is the resolution laid on I current petitions of a number of the citi- '
the table yesterday by Mr. Dana. zens of this state, conveyed tome with
Resolved, That it is proper to make pro- their resolutions; adopted tn their several
vision by law to allow merchant vessels oi town meetings, convoked for the purpose ;
the United States to jbe armed for defence and having had under my own considera
in voyages to ports of Europe or the West tion, the very alarming crisis of our na-.
Indies or Atlantic coast of America, and tional affairs, arising from a variety of
accordingly t6 furnish the docum'enta- measures adopted" and contemplated bv
proclamation, addressed by the Supreme jry evidence which inay be proper in any lour national legislature, more especially"
44 While a part of the fugitives retired Junta t0 the people of Spain, and parti-1 such case to manifest the defensive char- j from the permanency of the embargo, witli
m a
to this place, die left, which had been cut
off,' fled in disorder to Iarracona and A
greda. u The Duke of Elchingen Who was on
the. 22d at Soria, ought to have been on
the 23d at Agreda ; not a man could have
escaped but this corps beinir too much
cuiariy muse ui maunu, recomiuenuing acter oi tne armament aiiowea; at tne tne means resorted to tor its more riiro
the conduct which they ought to observe same time by raw to Vequire securities for roiis enforcement, particularly the late law
under these circumstances. This procla- the vessels respectively, that they will hot of Congress, passed on the Sth of Janua-
matioh was dated irom the Koyal Palace proceed to any port known to be actualy ry last, containing many very extraOrdina-
of Aranjuez, on the 21st ult. and conse- blockaded, nor carry articles contraband ry, not to say unconstitutional provisions
quendy we may presume that the first ap- of war to the dominions of a belligerent for its jexecutio'n ; I have viewed the pros-
pearance of the enemy at Somosierra took power, nor violate the laws or Treaties of pect so momentous and threathening, that
fatigued remained at Soria. the 23d and P16 about.the 1 8th. ot 19fh' y he' the'U. S. or the rules of public law by them U have not hesitated to convene the Legis-
24tnV He arrived at Agreda on the 25th came OI ims corps is noi menuonea. it acfcnowiedged, out will observe the mstruc- lature ot the btate, at this unusual time,
still 'suflaciendy in time to seize a great was Proably pushed rapidly forward, for tions which maybe given by the President of in order that they may have opportunity
number of magazines: me Purpose oi alarming tne country, a the U. 5. or preventing
the first to take flight. . This 13 not the first
time he has acted in that manner ; he has
done the same on all occasions.-
" The army, of 45,000 men has been
thus beaten, without our having had more
than 6000 men engaged.
ire
ta the right.'
struck the left. Victory has thus struck, as
with a thunderbolt, and dispersed the whole
league of the enemy."
lagaZlhes t.t... v.yuuuj , uiC v. iur pxcvciiuu ui4 sum vioiaiions, v.uu3iuci duu ucuucidic uu uic cA.tra.ur
4 A fellow named Palafox, formerly a . practised oy me rrencn -and that due satisfaction shall be made lor Idinary situation into wnicn our country
rardeducorpsi a man without talents, and cm. iutu were me case, it all damages and injuries it, any should he seems aoout to oe piunged? it notspeedily
without courage ; a. kind of insignificant probably retreated as rapidiy as it had ad- committed contrary to the; tenor thereof, prevented; and to devise such constitu-
Monk1 the true head of a party, which vance"' That a large portion of the ene The Hoilse went into a committee on tional measures, -as in their wisdom may
'acquired him the nartie of General was had licit" kdvanced s0 far at tnat date the bill supplementary to" the act for esta be judged proper, to avert die threatening
C" : r- . i ' rf' i. Ti? 'r r . we mavDresume. as the defeat of the force MUfiinw tVi rrmrfe rf th tlnUA tAe fvil. -
under Castanbs uponi the Ebro did not when an amendment was offered, declar- It will be useful for the Legislature to
take place until the 2Sd. Thq details of ing " that the laws of the several States take a view of the various measures of
the approach of the French to Madrid are shall be the rules of nrnreeHJntr in nil in- the National Lep-islntnrfv HMnnfr thr;-r
contained in the 13th Bulletin, dated St. dicial proceedings in the Courts of the U- sent and preceding sessions, not only those
Martin, the 2d inst. It states that, on hited States." This was obiected to as hvhich have immediate relation to the em-
uThe battle of JQurgos struck the cen- i5le 30t. Pufce Belluno, (Mar- sanctioning the laws of six or seven States bargo, but other acts which jiave been,
c of the enemy, and the battle ofEpino- shal Victor) arrived at Somosierra with which had passed acts suspending the pro- and, are under their consideration, affect-
The battle of Tudela has a -E " IO'vf-V Inrn wnen "c iouna cess or courts miawur or aeotors, ana mg tne ngnts interests, weitarer and e
tne opaniaras in a strong post, detended was negatived, 67 to 25. I ven the peace ol the nation. Indeed, it
Kr ejrtAPTi mnrp o "lnnnn - Movo Ks-r- I O 1 -J I 1 J 1 . i CI C . t .
uAivti v.j vi -"'"' k - jc cioi uuicr uius progrcsscu. woiuu uc usciui iqr uic general good, ij
ever, as in the batde of Tudela, the French Tliursday, March 2. the state legislatures were often to cast a
derived great advantage from their caval- Tne bill to prevent any person from tak- watchful eye towards the general govern-
ry. A charge made by the Polish light ;ng foreign licence to navigate to any part nient, with a view, candidly to consider,
horse decided the day, and the Spaniards cf the world, was ordered to a third read- and judiciously discern, whethertUs sow.
. The TWELFTH Bulletin is dated at A
randOf November 2L -It merely states
t haC G eneral Math i eu , pursuih g the enemy,
arrived onthe1 25th at Borga. The French
sustained a total defeat. Bonaparte, on
the following day, the 1st December, re-!
nrniv had taken 37 pieces of cannon, and moved his head-quarters to St. Augustine
minor importance.
hade
5000 prisoners, all prisoners of the
No quarter wa&r given to any of the
peasants found in arms. -
liacv
and on the next to St. Martin, on which
day the Duke of Istria, with his cavalry,
took possession ot the heights which com
ing. Much other business was done, of I ers delegated to the United States are not
exceeded,, or are so exercised as not to in
terfere with or counteract those which are
reserved by the people for their own ma
nagement. When under the direction of
a wise and crudent dixeermweTi mr
THIRTEENTH BULLETIN.
ST. il ART INS, SEAR it A DBJTJ DEC. 2.
SENATE OF THE U. STATES.
February 27.
Mr. Uoztd said, mat the Senators frnm
mand Madrid-, and the infantry were ex- Massachusetts presented to the Senate a I rate caution not an over-jealous dispel
pecten to arrive on tne 3d. Here the 13th memorial and remonstrance irom the Le- tion, such an examination will irxv
Rlllltir rT A e rill f OC Tiro hntrp ihwotArr I m'cltiA Ai iVlKFnKlm.afhi - - - - ' I 11 - : J
.i . I . r . . ir-.1!w 7 mwure,
On the 29th ult. the heacj c-uarters of stated, the Momteurs add, that the town acts of the General Government, and al- On the present occasion Itwillbeunne
the Ejnpror were fempyed to he pillage .capitulated, and was entered by the French so expressing the opinion of that Legisla- cessary for me to enter into any particular
of Bouzealas ; on the SOtii, nt breaL of oh the 4th; The proclamation of the Su- ture in relation to certain measures, now statement of our private sufferinn or the
day, the Duke of Belluno presented him- prcme Junta, to which we have alluded, presumed by them, to be contemplated by threatening aspect of our nuhlic Situation
UI TV PI T'TTI : : , A 1 )
.; UnrW nfrK. SUK " Jlp m rciaiion ro tne unprecedented acts .ot
--i - 1 "4v. i-wvm.oi, kv--" j.u wmuuuiijr wiuriuc iuics ui mc oc-1 our general government, which are accu
cf reserve defended the passage of the and Madrid, were strohgljr fortified, and.1 nate, Mr. L,. said, he had to state, he ImuUting upon us. Thelndividualfeyngi