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. PUaLlSfiED (weekly) BY WILLIAM" BOYLAN.
Vol. 14
RALEIGH, (n. c ) THURSDAY, JULY 6," 1809;
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' New-Youk, June 22. t,jg.
UTE FROM EUROPE,
t,rd,v,ihe ship Virginia, eapt. Crockatt,
. iif.-rein ballast, u-um rtiij'
' I'm m all ; Am-
set ; at-V M. that theiv
' naVevere batile between the archduke
Z and the I'rtnch emptror. 1 he . va-
irrOUlV.S u wjh.- r .
sk.Vv" . ,ttr tuat. Ronanarfp
l rs, one attuuiiw
o'ooff pawners, 20. generals, &c. ano-
','Wnrdbable story is, (upid to us they -all
probability with them) that which
r-alt. r.mr.katt. who, no doubt,
have -inw . r i.:.
d such a report on urecw w
thafon the lirstday ofr fhe battle, Bo.
fe pretended w uc un-au, ivuvm
licioirairi a more advantagequs posi.
Lfcavinc obtained this position, he', turned
! literally took and destroyed, the whole
I Austrian army 40,000 prisoners, 26
- als all their cannon, colourannnumtion,
(dlinio his hands. The number of Au-
ns left dead on the held, was not exactly
h'n ; tneio! v - v 7
' trifling, it was nowevcr, tumcssru
French tlieniselvs, that this victory had
lltcided the lale ot Austria. 1 m.
John was at the head ot 80.0 troops
. ..fa oilti . Imc tin ni'P
heemnerorot usuia, u v.ua npu
retuyned to Vienna, from the army.
e leave these reports to -be digested by
readers. The translations from the
h papers will be considered more proba-
ie Despatch hip Mentor, capt. VV ard,
een in France, 3-or 4 weens, ana iuv
U in a letter trom r ranee, receivtu bi
erdarri, that Mr. Armstrong, our mvn
Paris, to return to Ajnenca m ttie
or.
Ludkwegsburg, April 23.
His majesty lvceiwd yesterday by a cou
rier from the army, the confirmation of the
v'ltfrv obtained nn thf ntl. ict
P. S. This moment' we havo received the
following intelligence :.
Official Bulletin. , .
" The Austrian army is, by the fire of hea
ven struck for its ungralelul, and - faithless
guilt ; alj their cordons are destroyed ; more
than 20 generals are either killed or wound
ed ; one archduke is killed, and two wounded.
We have more than So.000 prisoners;; we
have taken n$iny standardsrrcannon, animu
nition and provisions. Vc are of opinion
that the lot of war Is decked, as it was at
Jena. The Prince of Lichtenstcin is mortal-
both sides, covered the banks of the.tluardraS the Dutch paper are vague and utuatisfacto
"icy nave iusi upwares oi vuuu ana we
ly wounded.'
J further relaxation had taken place in
rench decrees. The ship Virginia brings
ispatches for government, -supposed to
reply to those ..which went out in the
lor, to Mr. Amstrong at Paris.
,yr. Gazette.
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fetter from Amsterdam of the 2gth of
to a respectable house in this city,
have just time to inform you, that of-
accounts are just received ot the ueteat
Austrian on the Donau 2 5,000 killtU,
lOprisoners, and 106 pietea. of caiuioti
by the t rench.
e president's proclamation, announcing
estoraiion of intercourse between this
7-and Great Britliin was received at
previous to the sailing of the Eagle. It
tctivfcd most weicomly. '
TRANSLATIONS.
Dresden, April IF.
have for the uresent no other news
the armies, than, that the French army
ptratedon the Danube.
; Donawerth, April 13.
majesty the t mneror, ai the moment
mval litre issued to his army. thtt iol-
?prochmation : ; ' -
i'r The victory of the corifederacv
i lie Austrian general seems to
"lai oa the sight of his army, we shall
ptattly retreat, and leaveVour allies to
r(-y An eagle surrounds me Soldi.
Ji sun-pund me I AVhen the sove
f Austria came to our shrine, vou havp
"ina di-Hchaivinc vnws of pverlSttJnn.
r'P' In tin ee wars we have . conouer-
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' 2nd she has three times failed in
Nises ; and in the conqest which a-
!ei us march, that the, enemy, at the
of our aririv. mar acknowledge Tits
Krors. ' .
Boston, June 21.
FIIOM SPAIN.
Capt. Woodbury has arrived at Beverly,
from rCadi?, which he left 21st April, lie.
informs that the French army was reported I
to be still about 18 leagues from Seville, at
tempting noth'mgt but waiting reinforce
ments :That accommodations had been or
dered lorjtha governing Junta at Cadiz, in
case they should be compelled to quit Seville
That Joseph Bonaparte cjuitied Ma h 'id for
France, the 5th April.
Our , accounts from Fiance noothcryise
corroborate this, than that Bonaparte had de
clared the Spaniards to be tinwort'ii his bro
ther, as their king, and that he 'should' treat
Spain as a conquered province. That in
Cadiz they discovtd iio disposition to give up
the patriot couse ; that they represented .their
armies as Very numerous and strong ; but
that amidst the thousands of
impossible exactly to ascertain the truth.
'gned)
NAPOLEON.
, Bach, April 20
e the honor to inform your majesty
Ullee lines c hnvi rmnlcr-rl
jur uoopsTiaer distinguished them
cPn these occasions. '
r,a w Silllngen, ijrjade the follpwing
moment the .adjutant general of
P ,ons tnat agreat battle had
;.JnW,yeStqrddy by. the Bavarian ar
'tylvisajestyand kintr. - Na-
'iid h - lronT lOto 12,000 pri
. ,na the Austrian
w batlle re ma"y standards
a general bloody battle is soon
New-Youk, June 23.
LATEST NEWS FROM LISBON,
Capt Jin O'Connor sailed Irom Macieiia on
the 17t!i ol May. On the 16th a Portuguese
biig arrived thei-e in 4 days from Lisbon, Avith
dispatches for the governor, the contents of
which had not transpired. Vt. learn verbal
ly that Lisbon remained in possession, of the
Portuguese and British, who telt themselves
pelectly secure from any attack of the French ;
having 6ent up the Tagus several gun brigs,
and vessels that drew litle wateryln order to
prevent the passage of the French, should
they make theilfappearancc. .
In addition to the above, a commercial friend
has favoured ys ivith the following extract
of a letter from Madeira, dated the 17ih of
May, brought by capt, O'Connor..
. " A vessel arrived here yesterday, irj three
clays from Lisbon, and brought accounts that
the Portuguese-and British were all in high
spirits in Lisbon ; that sir Arthur VVeUesly
had marched with a brave army to attack the
enemy that were encamped at Oporio.-' On
the an ival of the British army before Opor
to, the French commander, offered to capitu
late, but sir Arthur Wellesly wculd not ac
cede to the terms offered by tffe Frcnr.h, and
it was supposed the whole garrison would sur
render to the British, as they had but three:
days provisions." 7 ,,.
By an order of the Supreme Junra of Spain,
the vice-rOyaltiea-. of New-Spain, Peru, New
Grenada, and Buenos Ay re's, t he-i iidepoiident
military 'Government of Cuba, Porto4liu,
Guiuimala, and the Provinces of Venezuela
and Philipinesiave beeiv'
representatives to set in the Junta eacbt
Vice Royalty, Sec t&c to seid one deputy i
Tranfilqtcdjor Jackion's Refiner.
Extract of a letter from the fluvanna, dated
5th,of June, K!09. . x -"
The news from Spain by a king's packet
Jbrig just arrived, is very favourable. La Ro
mans; has taken Tuy in Gallicia, and besides
the killed and wounded of tlienemy, he has
made 2,500 prisoners ; we have great hopes
of t,he the .ultimate, success of the patriotic
cause of Spain.'' . " ... .
Letter from afierfonl) note in pain to his
. . . . .
jrtena m me rtavanna z
nearly 4000 men.
"As the right wing was abandoned by the
cavalry, although the centre composed of the
infantry, had consiclerably the advantage, and
was advancing In pursuit of the enemy, it was
necessary to retreat, to avoid the enemy from
out flanking the army. At 4 o'clock in the
afternoon of Wednesday, the 29th of March,
(the day of the battle) the enemy's cannon',
ading ceased, and both armies have retired to
their respective positions, leaving the filed of
battle, in the middle, .nether of the armies re
mained master of .it.
' Although we have not gained much, yetJ
wcrjuvelost nothingby.it: on the contrary,
we have obtained some "advantages, namelyr
mat or matting, head against ihe enemyi and
causing them to fly. -The retreat of the ca
valry, it appears, wa owing, to a mistake, at
least with respect to those regiments who fol
lowed that of Miria-; Louisa, whom they un
dersood had received orders to retreat. Gen.
Cucsta retreated with his army "to Villanueva
to rest his troopts ; he afterwards proceeded
with his staff' to Cmipillo, to re-unite his ca
valry, partially dispersed, and he inTonus of
having already acco;np:ihed this. .r " "
" The enemy do not stir and gen. Cuesta
adds, -.that he does not consider them in a
.situation, to make a fresh attack ; nevertheless
he is upon the watch, "and has taken every
measure tn avoid any surprize. Meanwhile
he is strengthening himself and combining
his measures for'new operations." against' the
enemy ; they certah.iy have been ten Hied ;
Cett. Cuesta continues ill from a fall, and gen.
F.guii oo.-nmnnds the army ad interim.
" Ti.e r.'fts and pontoons on which Victor-
had passed the Tugus, have been broken and-
earned away by the current, of the river.
! Gen. Cartaoial lias been snrnried hv lonnn
j ..j .
ot the enemy on his march to Toledo. It was
nM believed, they JkkI such considerable force
' Uat quarter..;. The cavafry wai st 'Unrated'
Cfrom the.. infaiaryl-by-the intcrposfiiainof the
auovementioned body ot the enemy, They
however, have extricated themselves without
loss, and our army is complete.-. The whole
of our force in La Mahcha is composed of
32,000 men. , '
'.Chaves has been reconquered by the
Jortugues ; they put the whole French gar
rison, composed of J 500 men, to the sword..
The "'remaining French force which entered
Portugal amounting to 14,000, marrjied to-'
wards Braga, from whence they have been
repulsed.
" Some English have arrived, and disem
barked at Oporto. Last niht two '"deputies
were sent from the supreme jtmta to compli
ment gen. Cueslar'
""FURTHER TRANSLATIONS.
From Dutch f.aficr, with afifiroirate remarks '
by a genlle;;afi yho favored va with them.
Viknn'a, April j 2--It is expected that!
the Emperor will return here about the 20tb:
ry. If the- French had reallv p-ot anv ariuan- 1
tagV, would there not have been tlhcial biil,
letins immediately issued, and sent express
to the king of Holland ! It has hUherto id.
ways been the case, and which would have
reached, Amsterdam on the 25th or 36th of
April ; but now the only account we have ir
Dutch papers is that, pretended to be re
ceived from Ludwigsburs;, a German villae-e.
under the controul of the king of Bavariai-V
which is neither circumstantial or officii )
coming from. ihe French headqxjarters;-
also to be remarked that' the position 15m' '
strengt of the Austrian armies seenYtA be
entirely unknown to their enemies, not 4
word on this head appearing inf he-Dutch pa
pers. Taking all these circumstances into '
consideration, we are inclined to think that
the Austrian cause is not desperate ; and hope
that tie archduke Charles will yet succeed in
rescuing his country frpm the . fangs of the
GttEAT USURFKR. ' ii-
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Jmc,;-iant -infonmttm The Dnblic havp
long been anxioustfj receive some intelligence
respecting the celebrated' Mammoth lioiies,
.which, during tlie last summer,' were shipped
for France by the order of Mivjefferson. To '
Mr. Jeff, rsoiu's personal, friends, it will iC
particulaily gratifying': levirn from the fol
lowing" letter, that in September last the bones 1 '
arrived in gooti condition t and were to have
been " debarked'' without delay, at the
bridge of AusUrlitz, at the northern gate of.
the garden of plants, across which these p.e
cious oojects" were 10 be " trans)K)rted to th
apiiiment destined for their reteptiQii."
Trawtiation cf the Cunt 'Xacefies' letter to
' D, JiylVunlen, Ltc. cmct'rtiin.if ih 'l.H
JSonts, -presented to the .Yuiwtal Jnttitutc by
lhc-1'rcmdcnt of the Uuued-Stat'ejsr.'ZlJuttd
1'aius, Iht SeptJaOiJ.'
Sir, - -
I hestened to communicate to th Insti
tute, .lii iutir "bitting ot Mondiiy" kst," the let
pleased., to ud-
ter w iijclr ivlr. JefTersun was
.iress, and xftuch you nad the comjluisance 'to
deiiver.to me. -
The Institute, penetrated with gratitude for
ems new m,n ot interest winch its illustrious
member-has manifested, lms resol ved that an
expression of thardto shall bs solemnly address
ed .tohim by its'pioper ofiictrs. It has alsq
engageTlne to les.'Hy to Mr, Jefferson th$
value it attaches to his attention. The Insti
tute hss decided, that thejussii bones aitd y
ther objects of natural TnsTofy, wluch Mr.
Jtfier&on has had the goodness to put at its
disposal, shall be pieced in' the Museum of
Natural History; the oi.iy place where thy
public can conveniently J.d usefully examine
this line present of Mr. Jefferson. ' -
in conaequence of .this decision -of the'lu
StitiJe, lnali immtdiateiy make known to
my colleagues of the Museum, what you have;
communicated to me, Shy concerning the ar
rival of these Bones ; and as' they doinc bv
the river, from Havre, and are, -by tbtir na-
of this moiuh, from the army. The Prjnce
1-1.-1 . .... ' . .
ofocnwaizenourg, will leave h.s post as mi- ture, susceptible of being injured, perhaps
nistei; at the court cf St. Peterburg, and.tajyjj you may 'thiMi proper to detoaTlftheni allh
at another court, is to be appointed in his
place. ' v ' - : - . "
... 'i'he F.nplish Charge de Affairs Stewart,
will await hero the arrival of n Ambassador
from his country.
t.c -advam-ed cfci'ps of the Austrian army,
wiih which there are some battalions of the
militia, called free corps, arc nowrf ommand
eti by the-renowried Prince John of Lischtein,
one of the richest noblemen' .at our court.
ln Bohemia they aieaising a free corps
amounting to about 10,000 men. "'
' Nukj'sibubg, April 12 1 -Yesterday a de
tachment of yustrian light troops, command
ed by Major Maggcr, entered this town, and
were followed by riflemen of the same nation;
Thcee. troops are a part ofiight Bohemia
corps.
Augsburg, April 2I,The day before
yesterday, a number pf'rtbops marched thror
her. The post from Munich has not arriv-
edvsmce tht Austnans took possession of that
c'rt)f. A strohgcannonade was heard in the
direct of Freysingen. TJiejseat-otAvar4s
iTbe batUe6ftddlinias of Won u
most bloody one fought thM -Avar the"eneny
bad t4 cannons, we hatl 10 ; theirs very
badly served, ours -discharged for the-space
ot two hours ana a halt, a cnminual shower
yet webaveTio-bfficiaFaccounl ot tl.cTdiffcrent
skirmishes. In a sbprt time a decisive battle
must take ploce. . : .'
'I be ther accounts contained in the latest
of grape. Our infantry charged witlt baypnet ! Dutch papers, unite in sayinLy that on the-
2IstoI .April, a Utile took pure, on the banks
i th'v Donau, between the United Bavarian
. and Wirtemburg armies .and two Regiments
oi-rrrur.u v.uirassiers, ttie whole directed by
up to the very, walls of the housesy-of the vil
lage in pursuit of Hhe enemy. The impc
rial guards fied, as well as gen. Victor at the
head of bis staff. The marine battalions and
the Spanish guards, have covered themselves
with glory they thfeHv away their muskets,
and seizing hold of their bayonets by the ban1
die they feirupon, stabln-d, overthrew "and
pent up the in'vincibles. . ,
" If our cvalry had not fallen back, iL
would have beeathe most memorable battle
Of the campaign. Jeverthelessjthe enemy
has now seen, to Jus sorrow, what "ue ate.
Mdch blood has -beeii spilt ; 1 1 ,0QU dead on
iM-idge of Austerlitz, at the northern eate of
the garden of plants, across which these pre
cious oljjeets -ean be easily transported to the
Apartment defined for their reception.
Accept, Sir, the new assurance of all ths
-seutiments you. merit, as also the renewal of
my thanks for all that you have been pleased
to communicate to me.
1 havfe the honor to salute you, ' T, v
(Signed; 'Coumi .jji-. i.AcnpEtE,
M6r,eicur-Hrardcn !St creici''j the
Amtxican Ligation.
P. S.I shall havebch:rmor-of sending to
you, acfctw-tling to your pei mission, my answer
to your ilstripuslpreri le.nl.
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AGREEAEtE to die will of the ialte Cotj Ardrcv FmltU v7
deceased,- will le s .ld orv a:'uilsy the 5:b i;t'utast.n.-xt
in the to'n ol Cii.illuai, the lolluying i.jt, m s.iiti o-.vr,
viz, -N'u".'!, 5, 37 ui.t. 3b, imjirovftl a, a Taif Yajci,
with-every builrfing thstt is n'cces.aiy I'Jr canying on ibt
i4Mncss etei!vtiv. hvf older M. uniinp;vvd.
Jajolaj-'Jiui v una .u7ij l""fiig otuthlTrvad Icacii') 'iron
Lfjir'n Mitchell's i'wy ru Cinctn, "aboui "one fniw'.vr
ikf id lei.iy, on which is a new atMU-.ivcnient .iiaimtjr..
.W-e-p ahJuTT.7.Tdc;ts oi' cleiTcialfT, tin wi.k'a
three hxihlred ayj'c -nxs vt choice .' ui'. The iittration iy
healthy and de i;;:LJe to any person reading in. Chaih.in.
Aisj i'o handii-d acit s ot' Ian'', l)ir.g .on the waters of
fctar Cie k.f 'Also fiveliun1re'd,ac:C' lying on the .uatc-n
ol Lyiivtt'sCiet-k; iwaf ChaMe Evins' old Sia.id : ihij
tc-ctis well iinil,eied,. wejl vare.ed, and is uppos.'d to
nj'' . on it. Also ore, os m ihe 'vdlagf
Catjisln.in tac di.u-cl!:ot' larlfa.v.ugh, rnn,.iinin or.e
hall acre ot ! tnd, on whichs a sioie and m', ut dwenie':;:
"""i""'"! iwstn witn a newr Wrec-: at. ote?eni uceu..
t!ie Frehch emperor in person, on the one J I'l-id W Mjr1. C..eha!j-'is;Carl-js'. wis.-ieai6.eKpi-
sme, ano tne ustnan army. Nothing is now ' !"e "rl. wwer nert. , cmduion 01 -aic.ji-said
cf thr-; Aschui.ke Charlsr ai) Prince I .ch', d"?,finS i,,,e't f"m
..chin, vho commanded the van
guard of the: 5Vustnan army, is said .to be j '""'': 70HN LIDE. actmr execjur.
wounded"; 'it is probable, that only that tWtH fCiseia,r Wil'-JaJr27 1809
v.i- uimii.imj..ich; rjieu m me aoove
"mentioned battle,. which certainly was not a
ftf'-rraj enagepj.ent, and even the resdt of it
is lnuclu to be questioned, as'' Uiev reports of
AN AVPROVED. GAMUT,
Or Scale of Mu4cki