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'4' FOREIGN. BLOOD V NEWS ! i BALTIMORE Mach 3. . " ' ira.. .A.,. rrihnre of his vai'O.tft' thank., to thl eommtrcUU .cod, uho p.lttrlj fro Ihed 4in with two aiuiaci fin.-.. ?thc t6ottl6T both, m rrcnca - which tire tfb'0oio are tiaoflated copies. I he 'pi'txr whidb thy ire priwfcd bwl the FWhlUa.p,,.oa .they. appear lb beeo itcceited br the late art ml of the Paragon, at this HOi ;.fm Ltgbom and Muag nc kit the loitncr ptace me ip.uun, - the Utter the 15th January. j BLOODY BATTLE OF THE 2nd OF pECEMBEK, .. - firtrMXirrBi ttiitctf Jttf auisd roteES. r t..' m. a. -r T.,,r 9 r,nri flft under I Mr. Crowriashietil, from the committee if Commerce On the sift of January a French fleet unoer -J ' e unfitt0UiaKe repeat on the.e- . TAAMilAtlD ORTHB AMERICAN. C6y 6 a letter from MaM BerthUr, Minijler fAmr oV Major Central of tot grand army, to -j Marital Mamna PofcTOtiBn la'Frimaire, 1 (3dDec.)yar i4th. J I am impatient .marftil, to fend you back your aid deamp to announce to you the bril liant iaory which we have ju ft gained over the Roffiio rmy They were drawn out,,in m hrfnreni to the inamber of 80,000 men, Set which 15,000 were Auftrians. Oothc io:b thy made a motion in their left wing to attack utsod furround "our right. It wai evitJeit t tbey meditated a a attack 00 trie ifh. The 1 emoeior. as uful with him, prevented this by Limfelf commencing the attack at the brca .r day., , The bittle laftcd from feven. o'clock in the morning to fi w the evening. The Rul fiiR "arrayww entirely deftroyed ; 2e,coo pri foncra taken 15 000 killed, and tJQ pieces f cannon taken rKiffeflbn of. The guarriaof the Rtiffim emptier were attacked by tbofe of . th j filled 1 the co'oce anlote jtbird of their fficeta taken, tue Banaatd btarer, ail tneir Jirtinctj. & in fine the whale body of the jrinrds, ii wejl kcrf an foot, to the amount of cooo men. were j eutliely cut to pieces. Alcuoil !l the Ruffian I ftnerala have fallen into cur hand. The trope I iqia of Ruffii aod-Auftrii had the greartft dit 1 fcculty to fate tbemklvei acrofa the mftrihea. j A confideiafcle quaotiiy of men, flopped hy 1 the roatlht and a lake, ifUO which they lhew I thcwiftlvct, were drenocd, etpcriencing the fame fate at the Tuxka wh thre -ibemieNea into the fea, at the battle of ALoukir. Our troop are now purfuing the re maina of hi aim once fo. arroirint. ' For further dftiils f c - i your aid de-camp will relate to you what he ha I (ten and heard. I Iuts but harcif time, mar I - I ffuU to write o you thui briefly at to know we Dave tew momenta to ipate. i njve receiv ed the letter in which you iofarmcd me of your junction with general Marmoat The m or general, r- (Sign.d ) V M BERTHIER. A tree copy, , rf. massena; A tru coy, general of fllv liio, VERUIER. A ' . - - Extract of a Utter f mm kit tnetilenej Monsieur De nJBeauharnUi:Mmtttr PlenipoMitiary tf the Frenth 'Empire, at the court tf Etrwia, to M. Vcrdurigcricral ' cf division, dated Florence, 1 8iA Frimaire, 1 4 b year, at I eleci in the moiuing. A !eter frorn the muifUr of exterior rcla. tions, dated Vienna, the nth Frimaire,' informi me, my dear genera!, of the grar.d victory gain-. -de by our auuft fovercigo on the day of U SBDiverfary : the three emperor a bung prclent. The guard of the emperor Napo'ean attbtkrd that of the emperor of Ruffia, took i coionel. one third t)f the t fficera, all the artillery, acd tut the reft to ptteea. rhTFrtnch TTOcprare nowpcrfritRthe re I esaioa ot (he Rulfian and Auffrian army, ' I iThe fieid,of b'ittfe wti'afrAufterlitz. S 1 Napoleon, our auguft fovercigo, it well, and J was every v-here f rcfent. ' v I . Good byan4 lv me. . FRANCOIS DE BE AUHARNO IS. P, . ThehuHetiM wUl arrive b the cotmi tU rnntnand of admiral StiGbB. rom DrcttK arrfved at the city of St. Domigs and landed. doo troops they cpnfifttd of the . L Imperial, 1 34 Gooa. Jupiter, 74 ,i)iorned, 74 CoT.et, . Corvette Dili2tncr,2a ' - And on ihc 2Q.U atiirca (in addition; the , Le brr, 2f ; . L'Alfxaudre, ' 74. " Fehcite, 44 They rcrruiccd sttnc'ityr till the 6th of Ftb. when an Ett;litJi fitst of ll fail hove in fibt, nine of which wce cf the l:ae, reported to be vr.titf tYic .comtiiirid of admiral Cochrane. The Butifh fitt iiarr.ediatcly attacked fh'e French, hot fiodii c tWmfelvca fo fifuated a rendered aH attslnpts 10 tfcape fruitl-fs, beirg complcrly fcciMntdin, mide a dtfpcrate & va Hint reSftancie" but owiny to the fuperir toice of the SrUifh, the engagement coiled with the ca'ptQTe of three, "nd rlic total dtUru&ion of td of the l.rgeft of the Preach (hips a'ncrgft the latter of which wa the admiral' ftPf vrkich wa driven aftireand loft, Oa the 8.h of February another Bmilh iett of 1 3 fail, appeal ed oft St. Domingo, and re mnacd there two daya. Thia truftjjie a miftake, ai Cochrane, hai no fleet under his command, according to the 1k eft accebnta. We prtfume it waa admttal Duckworth, who has been reported to have pafftd St. Thomas with 1 1 fail, it was foppof ed in frarch of the French, who were thea at M. 1) jQiingo. CONGRESS. .-1 HOU3K 01 REI'RESENTATIVES. Thursday', Fe. 27. The hi!! imposing a tax wl'tt n du! r en every slave In- f mM'hati i,: Plvrot.utb. fcc.whicli '.as rt- ferrei io a committee ot wole Uouw, and a dt ibe orde fur Friday. . . Mr. Nicholsotir presented a petit, n from the memb rs ot the board o. c mnussioners oi i-.eCjuMCy of Washington, in the distiict of Columbia, rep.eseminij that grrat inota veniencta kad arisen tVora that art cf the act .incur, ora ing iht' ( iiy of V:ii. 5(on which rieini. c.ty p-ope.-.y tram :aX3ttn f.-r lutu pbrtMaes a:td KwiiMn su U.ier ci-tyi'. atx-es which, i '.lwir ijuwn, tc-gmse0 slaj.'e itt'.ep gitwii. Ktferred to a Select catmmiuee f .frc Wtembcrs. Mi-. Cjnrid, Irom the cmit:et df public account, jnae'e a rport oa rte petition of Josias W. Kins', prai th allowance ot in:trst due on na irtrs ftl!efstd to ha. e been withheld from him t;'Jhe clk, i JtA House. Hi c mmi tee report llwv, un einiwiry it apiars that the ba faiire not paid O J. W. King at tlte time due", was in ton gequencc i f a deficiency in the appropriation, and cjn Clutie wi.b the 'SjH-.iion that the weaajtiaiist has no claim on the c!erk ot' the Hons;, as pran'd for Uy hirn, M bat the yer of the memorialist alight not tote granted. KelVrrcid to a committee of tl.e wh le 11 Monday next. Mr. Grf jj-, frora the committee to whom was referred il niemon'af .front.. the .Cbcssapeake awl Delaware Canal Company, praying fVie jctniiary a jswi-ce ol Congitss in t: t acc jraulishnff'tit ot' Hie gieal work, they have uwler uken, mailt a detailed Vcp it' cxtcludtng with the cxpies. sionaf 'ht'ir opraion xha" h is norxidi.tt- at thi tiBto gra-.t any ;ni.tu!C; to tlie company. . , Rt li r -el to a committee cf the whole Hou'e cn Monday. ? -Mr. Daws.u presented a petition trwtaa numUer ol citi zens of Washington county, Columbia, praying that the Pieuitm may u. authorised to permit an enc!uur of the Mq.)t.,if?itd public rvnd jii ihc.ciiy f Washing-. on on the coiit;. n oi sis cuiiivatiofi and inipH-Ncrncht. Rofeired ti the coni'mittee appimed on the petition of thi liaui of Coraniissioneral M.. Tiioiii son moved tkat tfteo'tse should enter upon t :e consitkraii) lA'ihe amendmenu made in coramiuee cf tk Whoie to the bi I juih jiising the erection o: a biidge a-. t:rj.-s the Potomao. Mr. (Sregg mon-d its postponement till Saturday next. Mf. Sroi'ir supp rted, aud Mr. Th ;rapsoa opined this rawtion, whirh p.evailcd Ayes 5 N.-cs 45. The House then, on iiie moTIon ef Mr. (jiegj, resolved itself i uo a commit; of th wh'jle on the state ot the union Ayes 'ii. Mr. John C. Smtih in tle C!iair. Mr. Gregg njoved ilia', the committee , should take into co:nide,atiop a icslutia, tJe ed by him, on thu 9th of January, . Iy FOR A NON-IMPORTATION OF BRITISH GOODS. The committse having agreed to take u; the le.okitioii, and it having been read from the chir - . - Mr. J. Clay enquiierf wliether it woukl not be m order p.nen into the Un.teu States, a'ter coiwidcraule debate, j. to call up a resolution utT.ved by him on tUc same .ubiact ids. 5 Arue copy, , Cc&erd of divifion. VERWER. Tn addition to the above (fays the Baltimore Telegraph of Monday) a gentleman , who ar. r ved htre ycilerday7Twr ftates,; iliat'.nn the daT he left there (Saturday) a vef- Ai ahived from England, which place lhe left ihe middle of Jannary. Tlie aecounta by her con6ra the...battle of the ti aa abftve ttated, aai further. -that the Rulfian army afterwards reeeued fumcient ninforcementa tq.enable them 16 maiotaia pefition till the 8th, When Banapartc having received coo fiderable rein.' forcemBtkf attacked and almoft entirely anni hilated iheJUaa army. "'' ' ' iasJaiBBMaaBBWSB . 4 - -" . . 'j 4 r BAttiMOstaMarth 6. : t:: naval engagement: . . fstrttuoiy er ihr French ycet. - f Bthebrig America, arrived yeSerday frm tV.cit of St. IJomingothe following impor trun:eU:gec bt bc ircetTcd : . FaioAV1 Fta. 8. . On mitlon tf Mr. Oawson the Hwute res Ked itseliqio a commftleeof the whole n the wat of the u i .n. , i The r.-solutions of a Select Committee relative to them tificatioii of ports and ha burs were read. ' " ; The ri l re'ol.i:ijn appropriate ..e.kund.id and fi fy tU ni ami floltars to this pu-pn;e. . - ; , Mr, Dawson avutaifd iho adoption of this ret luttoh. MnCrtnt'M) tbotfgt.t the prj,iotJ sum insufficient fort purpoj Loiiie'i!pljU((, a:i.l pur;icu!aily as itaf plil top. tectinjhe harbour of Je'.v-Yori;. Me thought :hs j o.-tu ol our atiairs dfT.aiiced vigoioui jfa liberal rneaure. After tome dbite, Mr. C. moved that the cmnanr;; should o'eto nlluir further time tor examining the subject Mr. Elmer oppu.e, and Mr. Maeon supported this m Tib" I, wlilcfTw as carried ' ' r i Mr. Daw-ioa gave notice thai he would gaiu call up tli sulect on Thursday next. J , Tb reitJunon, rejMjrted by a Select Committee, fo pr.l hibit the importation oi Slaves into the Tei'riiorie",ot" lix United Stales," was agreed to, and a commiutc apoioufi to bi tng in a bUC"? . ", ( . ' idoxv w, NIarch 3. !' The Speaker laid before the House a letter fr m the eretary d ' thw Treasury, iransmit'i.ij; a re.xr , sriih'aceomi Eanying statements in obedience to the'resyluii 41s of ihf louse of the 3d, 5tb and 7th t:l;. which were i tti..red t a committee of the whole on ihe na'.eof the union. . 1 Mr. J'. Clay jiported a bill authorising the puiTliae tt ceivain cies of tl.e Journals of C tigress, which wai iel lened l Committee .of t!i whole lo-iiiorro'.r. Mr. Thompson cal'ed for the'oider f the dy orj the bill 'authorising the erection ; f a Bridfr over the Potomac, ' . Whn i;ie Hou.e lesolyed itself into a committee of tki whole Mr. Grojrg in he Cbair n the said bill. The bill i.avim; been read over, was tunsidcied by sec-, lion-. - - ... ' Various amendments were made Ta lie details of the bill. - On ftxmg ihtf marf-wv c.'ived by tlte hare lH.U3rf4 debate arise,." . Motions to a U 30 and Z5 per cant, wer Wst, when, without dtciclinj m any other turn, amotion for lb com mittee to rise prevailed. ' ' - ' ' '' . ' r ' ' The oramiiiee then itise and,.brined kave tp tit again, aiid the rLtue aci urned." .' : vr.' ' '. , lut Chairman saiti it was not in onlr. itio, t'i com mtttcu'bad determined io consid r the resolution just read. Mr. Grjg iJjen rose in support of bia irsoKitiuo and ipone aoour one hour. SyiiiU,-Carolina Charleston Beauftft St. Marys ' " Savaaiah Protector 5,146 5 i 5,190 C i 5.030 53 T.575 n G 22S 69 4,443 My 4-,38r 4F 3, 125 09 S.21J -ii JMars -.. Governor D.rie G ivemor 'Wilj-atns Gun-Ujats . . ' No. i:.buiitat Whaahington l6.2iQ.CS-.. ILmiuon 11,39J 95 3 . Piiiladclphia ',11,757 4a 4 Washigton ll.$u9,5d 5 Baltimore .12,293 87 6 New-York 13,790 00 T Ditto . ' 12,7:29 50 8 Boston 13,090 97 9 Charleston ..J2;72 64 l'j . yaahington 12307f2 46 Bomb Ketch Spitfire . - 1 2307 83 Vengeance ' : ; 19,443' 2 J5?r. Tbe frigates United States. Con stit.ution, aof Constellation, wcrfe built he- r fore the esublishment of" the navy depaw-, ' ment; and their coats a9ceruired from data obtained from the treasury and war tic. ' partmcQts.' . '...'. Z Thomas Turner, Acc't. a statement; Exhibiting the amount of money exper.rifd in the purchase and improvement of each navy yard belonging to the Uuiceti States, viz : - Doll,. Cti. Navyyard at Washington 180,920 15 Boston- SO, 521 Si Portsmouth, v. h. 33,249 07 . Nev-Yotk 89,555 50 Philadelphia 41,180 84 , Norfolk 52,749 71 TfiMias Turner, Acc't. jmm, ujyJi.Miir.i.a .....in., aan nu, N Dosrow, Feb. aj. We hav been &vocred withe a file of CoiLirt PMrtJliiler,e to .aifcr: bis. pt per is new the mod fpirited and zealaos. ana-n-i. He was f.lWed by Mr. J. Clay in option' t. a 4"" , ; 7 " k Z a T-jlV apeecli t .bottt half art bour . "7 . . . - fntficnal prttit, publlflied to Londin. Tho edi Mr. Cr.sribield repUcd, in lupwrt c"the resolutiou, in a-npeecaofab mt tb same iengh.-i.;',' ' , "- v , When Mr. J. Randolph clo-ed the debatv of th' day, io a spetch ol atoat three Hours in lengilia'mst the resolu tion .when the committee rose and the tlouo adjourned about 5 o.clociv. S ' . - NAVY DEPARTMENT. Account's Office, FcbruartfVxll EQGT1 A STATEMENT, Exhibiting the amount of money which hz been drawn Irom the Treasury of the Bf. States, and difbursed.on account 'of the navv in tach year, since the establish mciu of the Navy Department, viz. Dolls. Cts. Tuesday, Makcr V 'S Mr. Cf wnimbitl.V from e commitree ef Cemmercf and Manutactures, made a report on the petttton of the Dutclieacoumy slate company, ot Ntw-Yr', praying th imposition of an additibnaf duty on jmioted slate unfa v usable io the prayer at the peii,ion,k which the Hdusf concuired. .''.-' . . .. ' Mi. St'jan, from the ccrmmiitee to whom w referred tlie biil imputing a tax on staves imported into the Vmt4 States reported a new biil. . . .., ' , - . - 7A morioirwasTnadt to reject it LestAyej a, . On making It the w der tot the th of July, moved by Mr. D. R. Williams, the House div'uled Aye 3 Lost ' When the bill was saaria the order for Monday Ayi 63. ' . . t - v- ;; .; Mr. EppeH3ren?ed t fcittrlort "from amimber of the ctiiiens et GeergSe-Town; expressing their jnkn in fawurM ' of the reseluuon for a recession ot the ontricr ot CtHtimbra, ; wnich. was referred tf toe eemmmet ot the whole House tu which tho resolutioni were referred. Mr. Gregg, Irons ib cortns''itee on public land, made repoiton the petitions of the aur,'aklcrn5en, ard aists tamsttflhe ipity ef Natches. ot Wrri. Dunbar, and of tee Trustees cf Jefferson CoWge, which was referred to ai cem m'ttee cf the whole House on Monria;. . Mr. Gregg said he had determined to moveihis day that the HpQse iftokild go into a committee of the whole en the, state oi' the union, with the .view jl taking into psbsidcraX tion thejesoletion which b? had some time itnee offered On a iion-Uirpartairbii of British goods. At the request, however, of sortie gentlemen, and rnasrruich as the day was already considerably advanced, he said he would not make this motion lorday, but he gave notice that he should make it o morrow. ' - '? " . , - - - ' , - : TlirHoutc '' agarn". .re'olv6dt$elf into'a commineepf the, whole on .be bill sor the erection ol a bridge acio.s the Po tomac. : . . ' , ' After the proposition ot a great variety of amendments, some of w. 1h were agreed to and other, rejected, the? com mittee' rose and refoittd their agreement to the bill. ' W.tPNtSPAYr MaKCh5. '. ' The Speaker hid before the Howe a lnitere?ived from ihe Secretary o the avy, in obedience; tp a resolution of the Hu e, requi'lng a statement of the nature aiid ezteat T jsT the ser'.cM rendered by the Danish Consul t the captive crew of fie frigate Phdaielihia. '' ' " '. '! The letter inclose a ee-umtmicalion from Captain Bain bridgp, highly evincive of the generosity 'uu& borieveience of Mr. iIissen' . ' ' :.,''' V- ' ' -:' . The?e coBjmimxa'ions weie rtrferrer! ro a select CHas initteeol" three iLcrubcrs. ' In the yeaer 1798 , , 1799 1800 1801 1802 180J 1804 1805 570,314 24 2,848,187 26 3,3d5.348 18 2,117,420 74 946,213 24 ; 1,107,925 32 3-4 1,246,502 74 3-4 1,409,949 67 . -Thomas TarnerAccouatant. w . - A STATEMENT, -, ,: , Exhihttingthe cost ot each armed ship or othirvr-ssel built or purchased e?n account r of the Uoiied States, for the Navy, via. inKfe- :-' .''".' nis. as. Frigate Y , United Staves 299,336 56 '. i Constitution 302,71 8 84 . Constellatiou 314,212 15 4-i . Congress ; -197,246 81 X 57 -J" President v 220 910 OS : ' ; - Chesapeake:. . 220,677 80 , Philadelphia .179,349 00 i ; .New-York ' 159.639 60 : ;- Kssex- 139,362 53 I t John Adams" 113,505 72 Adams 76,622 27 ' , George Washington 69,024 92 . Boaton ; v ' 119,570 04 . General Greene 105,492 3 ' Insurgent - U6,64Q 29 Ganges . 89,665 21 Portsmouth ship. tfrig Merrimack Connecticut Baltimore . Delaware Maryland Pa taps co Herald Trumbull Warren Montezuma Norfolk 1' ichmond ' Augusta 1 . Pickeriajr Syren - Arcus , f thea ccauptt fnr lb building let this vtssel have net bca 59,561 52 46,170 20 57,260 65 56,277 67 59,563 01 70,249 83 73,103 40 47,780 77 8,494 91 S4,r2 01 55,732 13 18,720 55 27,896 87 16,294 29 '32,126 06 32.521 77 37,428 29 52,603 ; --' A exhibited r-the advances- ca . ' : " ' .-' ' ( account amount t - - - Schooner Enterpri2e -. - 16,240 52, 16,689 1 5 Experiment tx.-n Nautilus 20 872 73 .1863 51 I co t . does not appear to have .confidence Io anf in'.el- lifence trnfaroraWe to France i after endtator. ing to leffcn the faith of the puUic in the bulletin of the Btitifh Government, dated oa the 17th ; of Dec. (which be been printed in Bodon) he proceeded to tve another Bulletin, from the fame fource, iffued on rhe itjtb of Uiat month ; and attacks it as he did the former. From CMett't Regifitrj3u, 2 1. The Government bulletin of the 19th was much of the fame lamp as the former. . t All bearfoyt but thai hearfay fublimated into offici al authenticity by the manner of communicating it to he public. - ' , - - Oiliciil advice from Humhtrg of the 13th, flate, that an Eftafette paiTecf through that town on the 12th from Berlin; bearing the details cf the battle between the Allies and the French in Moravia. The event was not accurately known to his rVJajefty's Mirsifter at Hamhurghf bt he ---learned, that though the center of the Allies was defeated on the 2d, they had renewed the batt'e n the 3d, and that it Jailed during the whole of the 4th, and pr9bably into the cth and that the tide cf fuccefs 'turned completely in favour of the Rufliars. Nothiog eoHld exceed the enthufiafm of joy at Bnrl'tmsTx learikju, that the Emperor Alixandu, waifafe, after diiplay. ing the Foft tranfeendant heroifm. ' Govein ment have alfo received advice from a refpeEldlle quarter, detai'ing' nnny particulars, the,' Turn of which feems to be that on the ad the Prench'au tacked die Allies on their march t'tat they direfled their whole efforts asainft the center which not being formed when thf atfatk com menced, they fucceeded in defeating, after a b!eo dy conflift offeveral hours, in which tfce center, loft the whole of its cannon ; that the A Hies re treated f rm the field to U'ifthaut and 1 Hid uof feem to have been folio ed by. the French, fo that the Emperor A "lkx amoer, who had difplay ed the moft determined courage on the 2d, re newed the battle en the 3d and 4th ; and by his. TfdtntTortitude and exaxnpJe,iured the f ortnri" f the conteft in favour of the Ruffians.' He rode through tlte rnoft trecaendiouf fire, calling out to the army, Vt8orj ot Death " which was re- . turued by exclamations form his troops that ithey never ' ivmttd forfait their FctvptrarV The Ruffians having io(t. their artillery on the ad, were dunpi the following days, ordered to fight with the fwerd and bayontt, and die filial refult watthat-.the 'BMpcror recovered all his cannon,' and the whole ground he had loft.. The French were driven frorn the field, beyond Au fterlitz, (where the battle of the id commenced) and aftewards retired behind the Swartz, with their left at Brunn, and theif right at NicbaH' bergl No details have., been received of kiljcd and wounded on either fide,'.' . :-' COBSETrS REMARKS. This, if true, is very pleafiog intelligence and, when fo much of Retail is given, one would hard ly fuppofe it poffiole to be fclfe, though coming ont of Whitehall, had we not already iead tho bu'letin of the 17th, of the far better part of which thU laft bulletin contains a contradtcltCD. Who would not have thought from the bulletin of-the T7th, that the , battle of the zd had been fovrhf at llTtJcbau v that the allies remained on tire hgiaet battle r it now appears, however, that the battle of the 2d was begun at jiusterhtz. ' ' and Bat the allics 'letteat'ed to IVucbau-i' tance of about ten-Enghih miles. The llory of the Z7,o French killed, of lioaaparte's bting.-
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