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"5 'I' t. 7- M1CC kit . ..a'-I wfVwnisH Amrereatr s Hh-.pUc;the "iit'-tf .:&Vr4i!w thet Jltis- I - - riliiij:' and drtter twwns ;s - OtfV iVt: of gtirjotcings.ving ithf vktoirie9ottai trrofoiHussi&s were tKepDSx Vd qti the Lakes, and theightres- tend ed;beyond:the Ue. a " ;TheU: FreRorndeTGeti. , Iefehcehaye beefl lcfeatt?d by .a ' odr'r:PTO3t3-' Marten Qt&t&t&elk v3taed to haVe sttktked Russttin aiW Prussian L ibtprat ManeetdeAoti the 1 tth i Jbiy "1)UbFirey t of ht , contjpyhence the -: a'iineiMQt.ciitQncd. "" ftAltfi&tfielFrencli have -suc-' reeded In rcstonoraWiUty in Hesaia. Vnsur rec tiotisapiiar tohavc bf olcen but m vatibus othr parts of OermanW which canbot hil to em- . barrass Bonaparte, eiiW in epo- sing his supplies from France to dance f ; qrin rquirinfo their protection a greater force thin, in iT wn irrnmRtances. he can afford for such service. " Wittera viaand the; Basics ofcthe Main are ia thq Hands of the iiisorgtms j and in Weimar, 'Gotha, Cobufg, and most ol the.neighboring LKiicmts an extensive and organized system of revolt orcvails The Austrian army in Gallicia amounts to more than 1 00,000 men. and the frontiers of Moravia , and Moravia are crowded w ith j ' troops, who have cut off alii com iuniCatioh with Saxony, Silesia, &T. 'The export of provisions to the. French army in Poland has ?l)een . discontinued, 1 and Rome Jewish mprciharlts and others, bv wh :m it Was carried on, have been arrested anil sent, in chains for trial. This jtiU is said to have .been idoptefd1a strong ft mon strance from the Russian Minister. ' The Austrbns are collecting a ' strong corps on tne Davartan iron tiers, undtfrtheprUeis-ofoneofthe Archdukes J V H - Ail officers in the Austrian ser vice on leavfe of absence, &c have received orders to join their res- pffctive corpx. j. v On the departure of Bonaparte . from Warsaw, Daron v inceni an nonced tof Talleifand his inten 'tiontoturn to- Vienna, and was vnh d ffituHy indured to prolong ;rntay in Poland lorahoiherfort niffte The Baron's minion, in in'nrtnt nf the restonition of "Brurinau, had for its object to dc 'fmand from. Bonaparte an explana- tion as to his intentions in regard to Poland, and a revocation of the promises'held out to the inhabi- tants oi triat country juuiw.u if- lev Bonaxaarte has evaded hi '' disc ussion of these points ; and iri one of his interviews with BarCn r, Vinecmt, he warmly expressed im ' patience and offence at the Baron's ' importunity on the subject ; : The Russians continue- to ad. 'vanc.c into Turkey, almost without psittori. li appears by letters fjanscqya'of the 28th f Jan. .kWVhp advanced corps of the Kus- v-iiarV army had already penetrated "rinttt Albania, and that 'the rooun- Vtamcers -of-Rascia, Podrina, &c. ftad joined hiiti ih:immense num- ; bers.4 The plan ts of CJurzuolo, Brassa, and liia, have fallen in-; ;f-tb;itiiC, hands" of tiie Imptrialists, ndllessina has been- invested " Rulffaria, Servia arid Albania, as "veU as Moldavia and W allachia, r re ntxwin thtvirtual Occopatibn f the Rasims. 1 he lurks are not capable of opposing any serious " obstacles to tne progress oi tne Bussians ; their army is an undis cipHned mob, more dangerous to the generals appointed to conduct ! it, th.n to the enemy to whom it is to be confronted. , ' The blockade of Venice has ex posed theinhabitantsto the greatest distress. e The principal supply pi fuel was heretofore brougnt trom Datmatia, but the Britishand Bus v ssels before the pon will not suffes'a barque of any descriptionto ,.nrpr. and the winter had, at the date ofthe last accounts, set in with great severity. lite news by the skip George Capt. Taylor, arrived at .AVw Tart, in tbe remarkably ihert passage y 5 dayf jiam urtenocA: LCKDtN, llA RCH 15. iA'ff the Trent h troops . nve W thtlraWn T rom Nftrcwy r rag y n s. w&c. t The -wprksxjf Pr Jga have fth instant, been Vte rnpled agamsi Jrr-ilSuxidJv Thetgarrlson comprised 12,000 men, and, Hugen was occu-. pieS by albce fully cbmlietent to its defence. Skirmishes occurred al mos. daily on the B-nc,feut without nrrncincr' any result of iriterestV A large military force, Chiefly ca valry, H to be sent tohe continent ary in the spring. The ordnance, and transport boards at e busied with the necessary preparations. .... 4-. A fleet of 10 or,U sail cth4Mie is like wise equipping for ihfttc It is to be comsed of oUlg to cajry 2 i pounders on the mala deck, msteau 01 . . .MARCH IT. The dispatches which we have ai-eadv stated to have been brought by Mr; Pierr point, were from the court of Prussia at Memel, and not as has beei stated from. Stockholm. He 1 kc vise .brot .letters from Lord Hutchinson-but the principal ob ject of his journey was .ta deliver to ministers a treaiy oncnsive anu de fensive, be.ween the courts ot Me rneli Stockholm and London, The iiitellisrence which he bnngs irom ' . ... the theatre of war is merely inciden tal, Sc was not of importance enough 'o have exclusively required a more than ordinary 'messenger. The French troops were much harraised by the Cossacks, who, with n irr D-hlaritv aeaint which no vi- Sila ce coulu urd, availed incm seves of every opportuniiy of cros sing the rivers, an' harrassmg the rear - detachments of the French ar- xiyr Many of the French cavalry hud been 1 owned in attempting to follow them across the rive- s. Price of Stocks,. 3 per cent, con sols 62 5 8Oinnium I 3 4 prem. A Hamouieh paper of the 7th in stant, was received in iown yesier- Ja.; The most important a, tide it contains is the Turkish proclama tion for shutting the Cantl against vessels of all nations, during the pre sent war betwee.n Russia and the Porte. The Juno, Thompson master, arrived in the river from Memel, has brought a copy of the public no ifi- cation cf the battle of Eylau, which was posted in that town, announcing the result to the public. 1 he tollow- ing is a ttanlation 1 PROCLAMATION. , " The Governor and Cn4.mber of Ma cistracy, have to cbngra'uiaie the r feiUw . . ' rr ' . 1 l thii daj received, that after repeated bat dts from the3J to th- 9rh, the combine 1 armies f Russia and Prussia have obtain ed a complete victory over tl-e French, The result or the battle ha been !Uagles, 14 of which tnd been avardcdto Gcrterat Befinir?sen and the Russian army : the re maining six had been presented to t e King cr Prussia. The trenqh had lost ,uuj rnen, who were dead on the fitid of battle. The contest had been j cbsnnately maintained on both sides, ihaxbo h French aKl Ku5siaii3 had refused to acccr t of any quarter fror.it each other' A body of 1500 French, who had been cut ou uunng tne battifrof the 7th, had been surrounded on the Sth by the whole of the Russian armj ; they refused tc I .y down then- arms or ac ttrat ot q Jarter . but Gen B?n ningsen , af lei di shar," attack, nade them sensible ot their fruides resistance ami ruinous dt spe- raiien, and induced rhtm to suirtuder at. d'scretion. These are the only prisoners taken The Russians remained encamped oh the field oi bartle on- the 1 Uth ; but ti.e French had retreated two leagues Gen Benoinsen expected a strong reaifo.ee. merit bf CossacS, and the junction , ihe Stlestan lew, wten.it is suppjsea ie wth pursue his victory Uy. oraer ot tne namner or viagis tracy. U, KLOPSTOCK" - The fljpve ft Tkt.i fixation accounts far the dreadful slaughter on that day. hy stating, not that neither army would give, but that rxtn rettisea to take quafter,--That is, each fought vvuh jocn rjesperation,as to preclude all thought of surrendering. AfJtrMi&tateht with theOsturage chief. hdwevO, thisisV"5 Pbt have noMST pqssc&v. -hfcmr 6ar1tave-not yet been there H T0otti& p.mtt Wtn.J?. v cilling ot roSs, AaVe-not censhed. Us, lss pa'mfulicknoxvjed&f , that rite erie mymas rrade a number . p. pr?ncr?-' . : , ; iLi suite of our loist?,.trrimernorable day tas done gTcat Aionpr 16 otjr arms Every' ebrtjs, every bfficeY, every private mii distmruished MVnseff-"0r retreat af. i.V rli, hattle is no uroof that we have been oeaten. . we oia n"t rwsitiobtit mereiy to hnd an opportunity to ccme to an engaemeiu w-w at a tirne when we hopea ne woy . i mn in a situation to resist the overwhelming mass of f ortes brought to act against him If we had conquered.'otht-roperatibns would have immediate!., f wd ; -but otherwise it was ouriiu y to retrea, which we are doing at this moment ; and this proves, that our enterprise has not had all the success which r premised. ; . As tor the rest, I cannot say t?ur sttua nn , tha rnrtsr brilliant. TW enemy has t1( fidvantairover us. cf makmsr war 600 miles rom his owo country, and living at ' the expeiice of the vanquished Shot.ld he, as it is thought, rrive upon our territory, the people of our frohti- rs will have two dreadful scourges upon them i- one time Hitherto our hopes have been deceived in several iistancesi We y.'f re told that the French .wesf id not expect us in thewmter but we found them coiiectea n a sumwciii number to -Hhstand tne snccs 01 an m mease r re'e": iVe are tojd that sickness carried them lf by thousands at a time ; ut the manner m Wh ch wepassca mco.11 of this montri ' did not make it appear as it we hav to tjo wun sick. .n.i"- reason tohqpe that Napoleon had set o for Paris : his was eq uity false ; and if it had not bedi coatradiced by the reports ot t he prisoned we have nde,' I assure you, dunr.g the Utile, we were -wtll persuaded thit the Eiiperor was present." xio intetest.W pursue tpenr.j v AbdtU 3'400Q. Russian prlspnr" who weitr at tVelieftberf, hae.bfen set 1 hbetty by a troop otjpossacw, censistinc of 1QQ0 men. The cold lias entirely cease w , , , tire . snow is every 'where melted, the season exnt?it5 a -mguiw-.v-nomendin of the! mild weather or he kstVlays'cf Aprj!n in the micfdWof the mont h of tb rtmry. " The arnvy is cnteriiifg In tonmtnts." - nJ Ffitij'Tiinth Bulletin. ,, Prussian Eylau, Feb 14. . The enemy has t.k' n a position b -hind 'thi Precle. Our pa nils are before Koningsberg, but the mpe ror has tho't proper to concentrate hi army 'i winter quarters in such manner that it may be m a conat ion to caver the line of the Vistula, fhe number of cannon' which have been taken since the battle of Berg- fricd is about 60. The 24 pieces, which the eneroy'ft behind in the battle of HyluU, sre sent to Thorn. The enemy haVv circulated the sub joined 'report, vvhich is entirely false I'hvy tt:ked the town, but were immediately driven back. They ac knowledgt 20,000 men killed and wounded,', but their loss is much neater. Their capture d nine ea- j"ies isnoiess imsc man hit .umv tf theif tukiiiK po33essl in 1,1 the town. The -.grand duke of Berg still has his fiead quarters at Wirtem- berg, clole upon the Pragei. uen. Hautnoult has died ct hts wounds: his loss is generally deplored but few warrior's have terminated their career soglcriouly. His division of curtassiers have distinguished them selves in all. the battles. The Em peror has given orders for removing his bo'y to Paris. The general of brigade, Bernard ,de bulpice, who was woundtd in the rist, retused iq go to the fit Id hospital in. the rear to be drcs-sed, but mads a second charge on the .enemy with his caval iv. .'ills majeUy is so well pleased .vith his conduct, that he has ap pointed him a general of division. On :he - 12ih, marshal Lefebre ad vanced ;o rvlanenwerder, where he f.und sevtti Prussiansquadrons ; he defeated Ultra, and made prisoners 300 men,'among vvtom are a colonel, JL ma jo iv ar4d . s'e vtrtl other omcers We alao to k 250 hcrses. t4iose Who escaptd flal towards Dantztc.' . The Russian report mentioned in ih.s Bujletm is not given with lt.J ( Sixtyfirst Bulletin f J , ; '. Landsberg, Fp. IS; . The-battle oft Eylau was M fifsf considered as avicioiy by stvera. of the enemy's oflSceriu Surtj indeed was the belief at Konigsberg during the whole eVenihg ot the 9th) byt the alArm was great when the kussv" bead-quarters, antl ;he army af rived there. Sopn after the sound p our cannon was feard,-and the rench were seen in possession of a 'height ! which flapked the whole of the Rus sian troops. J The Russian general declared that he would detend the. town, wmcn greatly increased the alarm of the inhabitants, who said, " We shall shaie the fate of Lubcc.1 It was fortunate, however, for this towri, that it did not come vvithtn 'he plan of the French generals to drive the Russians from this position. The number of dead in the Rus sian army in generals and oiber ofn- rm. is Verv 'remarkable. In consequence ol .the battle. .01 Eylau, more than 5.000 wcunoeu Russians found in the field of battle, or in the neighbouring hospitals, hav& fell into the hands ct the vic tors. Pan of them are since dead. The remainder, who are slightly wounded, have increased the num ber of pnsoneis. Htteen huntlrecl have been sent back to the Kussian army. It is reckoned that the Kus- AianS hati is,uut; wouuucu, ucsiuca these 5000 which fell into the hands of the French. The army has resumed its quar ters. The districts ol'Elbing, Lieb stadt and Osterode, are the finest in thisdountry, and the Empeixr has chosen them for the cantonments of his left wing. Marshal Mortier has gone back. toSwedi h Pomerania. Sralsund is blockaded ; and it is to be regretted that the enemy have, without any reason, burnt the fine suburb of Kui- per. 1 ne ure jrcv;m.cu u uujiiuh. spectacle, and more than 2000 per sons are in consequence of it desti tute of any house or shelter. f-!cen oft the liwkl. and mare srhrJil.. ing m every ijisiauu even.p,eces of cannon an'd two standards rz ttophies'ol this mtory, ; Tncencu-; baleftSOOfleadqn the field of baU tie. v On our swe we have had Mxtv rri&l killed and from A to 500 wound exhBut a loss most sensibly felt is ffhat'of the Oert. of Biig.:Campana, who Avas aft omcer of "gre at merit & promise t he Aras born in the depart- i ment of !yj4r?nE0 The Emperor jhas. teeiftSaith grieved at his loss. The 103c! remeht. distinguished it4 1 self particularly in this aw .ir.: I Among the 'wounded are Colcnej Du rlamel, ot tne xisi. regiiucmoi j,ght j infantry ; ar.d ihe Col. of avtiUtry INourrit. f TJie Emperor, has ordered the J 5th corps to go into wmte.i -quarters. 'The thaw is dr'eadful. The season will not permit any thing great.. to be atchieved, it is that of repose . The enemy first broke up from his quarters, he has repented it. Yesterday a; bag of ' letters from - Ilollandrc ached theipost -officeso me p. of Which wfv$nV Esetrnct of drbgiters turiften three day t. -after tbe 'batut tf. Pruts: uh;Jijltitr9. bf an officer tj the sRusian Arviy, io ifikjatbvr ui Lu bed- ; '' ' " ; Tilsit, in the K.ngdom of Pruiia, " - f tiear the-N leroen. 20 Jcagiws iH K of Ronigsburg, Feb. 1 1. . ;' ' When you receive this le.ter you will j perhaps Itave heatd of tne terribPe bartle jf uht (hrte days ago, between o6r armi iand rhe French. A I suvpd;ed ycu might b v-rylun asy e-peenng my late, I has j t: h to sa'tsfv yr u by the present letter ; o h)np: rinagrfeable his occurred to me, thy I haye been a vchole dayr in the midst ot a khower. of bails ard bullets. 1 know , n t how it was pos.i'y'e tocome outef surH j a scene of disolation &l e j but after allr . thank God, I have net received a scratch a d thcefo:e am njuch mere fortunate ft 5 nib&t of tbe brave cftcers cf ur resrimeiiaV wuo nave ia.!en. i nose wno are nor kill ed are a'most all wr untied - 1 r K Onr arr"y ho 'performed prrdigfes.vf raipir? neuga we naveiqst a jiumbtr ot Sixtieth Bulletin. Prussian Eyla, Feb. 1. u The conquest of Silesia is pro- ecuted. The fortress of Schvveid z has surrer.dered, and the capi utation is annexed. (We do net .hink it necessary to insert it, as the copcivions are the san e as those on which Bn.slau and Biieg surrender ed.) " ' . , " The Prussian governor of Sile sia is shut up in Glatz, after having been driven by gen. Lefebvre out of khe v. positions ' of Frankenstein and Neurohde. , In these- affairs, the Wurtemburg.; troops behaved re markably well. The Bavarian regi ment of Tour and Taxis, command ed Joy Col; JSey dis . and the 6t h regi men t of 3u vaiian infantry of the line under Col, Baker, emiheinlly distin guished themselves. I he enemy ,q$ a,bout 100 killed and 300 prison erThcr siege of Cosel is conduct ed with vigctir.7 . !,. 1 - - " Since the battle of Eyjau' the enemv have reassembled behind the Preg. k ( We hoped to have driven them trom uia: posnion naa remain ed lrczcn ; .but a, thaw. Hasicpm- Sixty-second Bulletin. Liebatadt, Feb 21 The right of the grand army has been victorious, like the centre antl the left. Gen. Essen, at the head of I of 25.000 me a, advanced to Osiro- lenks on the 15th along the two banks of the Narew ; when arrived at the villaare of Flacis Lawnwa, he met the advanced guard ol" Gen Sa. i vary, who commanded the 5th corps. On the 1 6th, at break of.ddV, Citn. Gazan, wi'h a part ot his division, made an oblique movement upon the advanced guard. At 9 in the morning he met the enemy, on the road to Mpvogrod, attacked, defeat ed and put him to the rout.. But at the same moment the enemy attack ed Ostrolenka by the left bank, Gvii. Campana, with a brigade of the divi sion of Gen.Gazari amTGen. Rnfifiti, with a brigade of :he division of Gen. j Oudinot, defended ihat small town.-! Gen. Savarv sent thither the Gen. of division Reiile, chief of the staff of the army. The Russian infantry, in several columns, endeavoured to carry the town. The enemy was- suffered to advance halt the length of the streets, when he was march ed : against and charged He was three times cut down, and left thJ streets covered with the dead The loss of thefenemy tyas so great, that he abandoned the town, and took a j position behind the sand hills which j cover it. The divisions of Gert, Suchet and Oudinot advanced j atObn the heads nf their columns arrived at Ostrolen ka. Gen Savary drew up his little army in ;the following manner Gen. Oudinot commanded the leit, in two lines ; Geh. uchjet the cen tre, and Gen. Rellel? CorArtiandtng a brigade of the division of Gazan, formed the right. He clVered him self with, all his artillery and march ed against the enemy. The intre pid Gen. Oudinot put hihself at the heau ot the cavalry, madl a success ful charge and ctit inlpteces the cossacks of the rear ciard of the K . , - "I enemy . I he hre .was:eiy the enemy gave way In all sides, and vere folloyted figling during three leagues. Proclamation. Prussian Eylau, Feb 17. SotaiEns, We had begun to enjoy a little repose in our winter quarters, when the enemy at tacked the first corps, arid' shewed them- selves on the lower Vistula. We .oroe uu ard marched against him. We have pur. Isned him swbrd in hand, 80 mdes He j has ded to his stircng holds, and retired be yond the PregeL tn the battles of Berg, i tried, Deppen, Hoff and Eylau, we have ; taken from him 65 pieces of cannon, and 1 16 sfanuards, besides his loss of more than 40.000 men, in killed, wounded and pri j sontr The heroes whoi on our side, re.;. i main in the bed of honor, liave died a glo-' 1 r eus death. It i the death of a true sol dier, i heir -relatives will always have a just claim to our care; at d beneficence Having thus defeated all the enterpiizes of the enemy, we shall return to the Vistula 'and resume our winter quarters. These who shall dare to disturb these quarters, shad have re- on to repent ; for, whether I beyond the Vistula or on the other side of I the Danube Vether in the middle of ! winter or in the beginning of autumn we j still shall be found French Soldiers, and Soldiers of the Grand Army. CONSTANTINOPLE, J ANU ART 25. The manifesto of -he Porte against ; Russia was published hereon the 5th inst. It states a number of grie vances which ithas experienced from Russia for several years past.. It begins with the peiiodofthe posses sion of the Crimea and the province ! of Georgia, and comes down to tha jj recent occupation of Moldavia and j WaiUclviai by Gen. Miclielson. It i observes lhatin consequence of these unworthy proceedings on the part of , Russia, ever Mussulman is called upon by his religion andis civil da ;ue, to avenge himself up- n a faith less enemy, and concludes by vnat"' ing the court of Russia with the res jponsibility of all the blood that may j bepilt on the occasion. A copy of this manifesto has been presen-ed to (all-the foreign ministers residing at Constantinople. The passage through the Canal to the Black Sea, is shut against fo. i reign nations during the present hos lliivica TO BE SOLD, A TRACT OF LAND, lying on Vadkin Kiver, about three miles from tbelWn-of Huntsv lie, comainine 183 Acres For terms, apply to the 5uDscn ber, living: on said Land. April 6. : ' WM. MOSLEV. q-y The aoye Land wdl be sold cheap for Cash. ' AQRevfdii,iftaketiout of the Staty And 25& if taken in the State. pi UN AW AY, froiri the Subscri--ber. near Wilkesbor ugh, N. Caro- lli.tta, ort the 2Ut of M: rch,. a NEGRO r KLLUW, tiamrd joei aoour. ao ca. of age, about 5 feet if!incies" hfglt, buck skm has a large beard for his age, an can r,ead and write.; I sappose he has pass TitK him, .and -perhaps he is c vejed by sortie white man, or he rrrav at tempt! to.pass as a fre&marr. He is a S0 &hoemakeri a tokrabte' Cooper, speak J plain Et.glish has a thin visage n archi' tuniunar fellowi can ttrfl a smooth plivsiSte story, tlis'clbathing not knov?o He stole and carried away with nun, smad Bay Horse, about 1C hands high branded wi th -H 13', i5 branded at alt , h t snip in his nose, is a tfateral tro:er, well made, and shews the jaiius blow he is marked vV.ith the Gears ' The above llewafd vitT be paid1, top' ther with all reasonabVexpences, if th said Negro is lodged in ary "Jail n the lJ States so that 1 get him again. I "iclin1 ro think be has made t r Tennessee JAMES WELBORN. Wilkes County , April 1. i -"t lX.-7 The next ?. day the i pursued several league being vjerceiyed His 4iYalry had ;4 .h13' re treated trie ivhole iiiehl Genera TH" Suwanw, and several offcers of the; enemy , 4 are amon g i he nemr was tit without Runaway taken up VT7AS committed vto the Jail ; V Nwh Countv, on Monday the 9r" of February last, aNEGRO MAN, by name ot .GBoaOE,:-but who endeavour to pass by the name of Billy. He says t belongs to StanderfordScMosely, tn GreHe County, Green sborougb, in George is-5 fee 8or 9 laches high, has a v2 ' complexion, isboyt 25 years, o!d. .( 1j nb linn a'3' or he will te fcold to pay experices- linl itiie i A. jQCjcditodtIs-T enemy .nas ranooneo
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