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LONDON, CCT. 29.
A coifidcT. tie tic^fure c’cliined
for the pay of the French armies was
• n i* e icth tilt, intercepted between
Co2a and Auicza, on the great road
beading from Bayonne to Madud
'1 he escort coa prifed 300 infantry
ltd 150 cavalry ; and cuing to
information which rhe Governor
tf Gomary had received, he had
thought fit to increase it to Goo men.
The patriot'c force waj hardy 550;
nnu ns commander, l)un Eipaza
Mena, therefore, prudently chofe u
ir. be the attack under Cuicr of the
ni^ft 1 he enemy, though take n by
fjrpiife, made a vigerocs rehftance 1
but being d.iven back, 12 waggons
tilled with the treai'nre were carried
off by the Patriots, as well as Go
piiluac s, 20 hcries, arms, arr.uni
tion, &c. The b^oty thus mads
Las calculated at 200,coo crowns.
A letter f*om Madrid flaies, that
Jofej h had returned to the Capital ;
thut the inhabitants were in »ni*ery •,
that a contribution was levied of
200,000 rails per day, to fupply the
Court, the Treafury being without
money ; and that the Ccdulas, or
new roy.il paper, were at 92 per
cent discount. The Bills of San
Fernando, the former Government
paper, were at &2 per cent, dis
count.
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Oct: 30 —The following is an ex
tract of a letter from the Captain of
/he Aurora tranlport, dated in the
Tagus, Oct, 11, and received by
way of Porifmouth :—“ I have jult
returned on board from Lifbon,
where I have been thefe 10 days,
i o give you a picture of Lifbon in
its prefeut llate, is quite out of mv
power ; but never did I witnefs fo
ltriking a cantralt in fo lhort a time.
All is now diitrefs, diimay and def
pair, particularly among the mercan
tile body, who have been told by the
Admiral and CommifTary, that they
rnult (hift for themfelves, and fecurc
their property in the belt way they
'Can. Myfeljf, and the other matters
cf the tranlports here, have receited
the final inlUucuons from Admiral
Lerkely a$ to cur proceedings
in cate cf an en.barkaiion takmg
place ; and w e have positive orders
not to admit any private perfons, cr
property of any difeription whatever,
imcomu&ed with the army baggage,
on board out veflels, on any pretence
whailucver. Hcxu iue pour merchants
xviiijure, in the event cf cur army e
vacuating the place, Heaven only
knows—for ir is pretty certain that
we luve not more than a fufficient
tonage to bring eff the combined
troops, even allowing for the num
ber that mud fall in the approach
ing general battle, of which wc eve
ry hour expect an account.
Ocl- 31.— American papers to
the 28th September have arrived.
The letter of Champagny to the A- j
merican Minifter, announcing the re
voeatian of the Berlin and Milan de
crees, had reached the United States,
where it produced a cnnfiderablo
fenfation and differ* nee of opinion.
Thofe perfons in the intereft of
France extolled it beyond meefure
as a complete proof of the candour
and good intentions of that govern-1
ment towards the United States
while their opponents maintained
that it was s paltry attempt to ca
jole America, there not being the
ieaft probability that the cuncitiorts
upon which the decrees were to be1
revoked would be complied with by
Great Britain. j
A:, there has been filvcr coin fent
from Bayonne to Madrid, taken by
the Patriots, to the amount of J
200,000 dollars, it is probable poor!
Kin* Joseph Bonaparte will bef
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h ter ally left yvitittot a crzwn / •
PflF.S£URG, CCT 9.
On the 26th idt. a fevere attior 1
took, place between tne lurk*, and!
ihe Servians a.ivl Ruftuns, l'ht*j
'l urk* 49.coo Prong. attempted to
i.kc ov ilorm the Servian Camp,
x.-jtr *ai c-T ; but the Jeftructive fire
of the Ruil in artilcry, and the defer
mined braverv with which the Ser*
4
via«s fought, obliged them to retire ;
and in the evening the Xurkdih ar
my Itruck its camp, but without be
ing forced from its pom 10a It is
nu'f gaucruily expected that the;
Conjraand r in chief cf the Tu.kllb
prmy will iiJLliC lome other dcrr.on
flrations.
Erflrth, oct. 3.
A public notification has this day
I been made here, that all thole who
: do not within three days dilcharge
J the ai rears of taxes and rents due to
the Imperial rreafury, fhall be lub
l j -Cted to military execution for en
lorcing payment.
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BERNADOITE—Kino elect or
Sweden.
1 ROM a Biographical account
which his been published of thin Gen
eral, it would appear that Bonaparte,
; (if me fact be true that he has either
givcti or lent eight millions of Francs
to Sweden, to elect 'iernadotte,) has ap
plied a maxim lo * vliiics, which lie ne
ver used in war, ■*"-v7—to build a
bridge ot gold lor a retreating enemy I
l liis celebrated and successful officer
was born on the 26i.h of January, 1763,
at Fan in Bern, in the Lower Pyren
ees. His father was a lawyer. He en
listed when he was fifteen year a old,
embarked soon alter in the squadron
commanded bv M. D. Suffreimand was
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present at the battle of Cui.delorc, in
the Fast Indies. After going through
the several grada^ons of military ranK,
lie Was in 1763, appointed Ambassador
a: Vienna, where he was exposed to
great personal danger, and at length o
bliged to quit that capital.
In 1799 Bcnudotte was appointed
minister of war. He was dismissed
by the directory, under the pretext that
he had sent in his resignation, though
the Let was never officially made
known: Bernadotte should have con
tradicted this. On the 18th of Bru
naire he refused to assist Bonaparte.
1 he hopes ol his party being entirely
destroyed by the events of that day, he
privately withdrew with his wife from
Baris, and secreted himself at Chateau*
fraie, a country house, four leagues
from that city.
In March, 1800, was appointed com
mander in chief of the army of the
West, and he established his head quar
ters at Rennes and in 1801, it was in
contemplation to send him out to Lou
isiana, with the authority of Captain
General. In 1802, it was intended to
appoint him Ambassador, to the U.
States. He passed the year 1803, at
Palis, without any employment. In
1304, he was appointed commander in
chief of the army of Hanovtr.
He was present at the battle of Au
hleilitz, that ot Jena, and one cam
paign against the Russians in Poland.
He commanded the French army in
Denmark, when the Marquis Romana
succeeded by embarking the troops,
and returned to defend his country.
Duiing the campaign of 1808, gen
eral Rernadolte served with the Saxon
troops.—He commanded at Antwerp,
when tlu: expedition of Waichern took
place.
He was fbrtun^e enough to be elec
ted Ciown Prince of Sweden, at a mo
ment whei^he wus at P^ris without em
ployment.
lieiuadotte married Mademoiselle
Clary, the daughter of a respectable
merchant of Murstlles, by whom he
has an only son.
CUbrntlj ilongrcas*
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Dec. — The bill apportioning the
ratio ol representation among the sev
eral states, was taken up and debated,
but no question taken.
# Aon-Intercourse Law.
Mr. Muni ford presented a petition
from the merchants of Kew-York sta
ting the enbariasmen: they must suffer
i* tkc Noit-intercourse Law is enforced
in ths manner Mr. CJaTlailn say* it wtn
be. Referred to tne committee cn
CvAjimcrCe.
Jia'ij of Rcfirexcntation.
Dec. 14—the bill on this subject
was again discussed in committee of
.he whole. A motion to make 50,000
the rate of a representative \va.> made
a :d■negatived ; 43,000 was also nega
tived. A motion to make 40,000 the
vote pass-..!—73 voting in the affirma
; live, The comniiltee then rose.
♦ VI.e bill was taken up in the House,
and tiie q lestion to concur in filling up
' the biaiiK with 40/00, was oppossd by
l Mt*. Pitkin and Mr. Quincy, who con
tended that no ratio ought to be udop*
l ted w i.ich would reduce the present
J cumber of Representatives of a Sute ;
i and that Cong*|>» had no power to fix
| th * ratio 'infill the population of the
Stoics w\re known.-Mr. Ouiocy
j then imm-d tt.e postponement otiur
i tl.es consideration of the bid until
i .Monday.—Carried.
A peu ion ot S. Knight, Paymaster
at Ncw-Orlea;is, stating the special or
der of Mr. Heafborn, when tsecretary
at War, to aiivante t i (Jen. Wilkinson
1400 dollars on account of M extra ra
uw" sM.kh. sum the War Account*
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In Senate, Iriday Dec. 21.
Mr. Hones, of Delaware, made a mo
tion to call for paper* relative to the
title efthe United States to West FI or*
ida. THIS MOTION WAS NE
GATIVED— Ycas7. Noes 11.
The yeas and na>* on this question,
were a* follows : Mbssr* Dana. Good
rich, Horsey, Lambcrton, Lloyd, Pick
ering, and Mattlcwson. Nays—
Messrs Anderson. Bradley, Camp
bell, Clay, Condit, Glman, Leib, Pope,
Smith, M. Smith, (N. York) and Fait.
[These papers are tie same I mention
ed in a former comnunication. There
will be a resolutior for these f afters,
but whether it will pass is uncertain.
If it doe* not, I shal then be at liberty *
to give you copies cf them as reported
by Ariel.]—Eve Ptst.
Extract of a letter from a reafiertable 1
member oj Conans to his friend in 1
Boston. I
“ With respect to our national af- j
fairs, I can give yui little or no infor- I
mat ton. Congress has us yet done
nothing of any consequence, the busi-1
ness contemplated being, as is usual at ’
the commencement of a session, par- j
celled out to several committees, who !
have not as yet nude a repoit. The,
pr’ogpect of our national aff airs to me I
looks gloomy. I wish my forebodings
fhay prove to be unfounded, but to me
it anneal s that wc are on the eve of a
more serious collision with Great ijtt
* ‘in, tuan any that We have had hereto
fore, and in danger of becoming at the
same time more immediately subservi- !
ent to the views of the tyrant of the con
tinent ol Europe. The attempt cm the
{ ait ol the Lniled States to take pos* j
session of West Florida, a which, even 1
in point cf equity the title is at least ve- 1
ry doubtlul, will no doubt be viewed by
the Spanish Junta as a hostile attack
upon Sp.on, and will tend to embroil Us
with Great Britain as her ally. Some
thing will depend on the issue of pen
din*; events in Europe. Should Lord
W eliington be either defeated or obli
ged to evacuate Portugal, it will, I ap
prebend, be the signal for assuming a
more lofty tone with Great Britain.”
F'tm n\ukirSion, Dec. 13.
Uen F an,la—in the dis<*jsston of this
subject there will be some sport,—-As 1
Limed before, the President has4 uk«n»
step which Will e^use him some uneasiness
I s,1a'l af a p"opei lime communicate
sosnetlocum mxut this subject, which will
^.iace the uuueriu a lruo»hjfht.
r. Ev. PmL
i M- Dixit, i>. \ V QiticiX is it Wailjiijf
i t01?’ ^citing the government to be ap
pointed (Jonah* Geaerm, or perhaps
arlt had itfttsed U' allot/, os not ithor*
iaed by law; und pi.tying relief —
Referred to the Committee of claims.
Adjourned to Monday.
Dec. lir/i—Mr. Poydras presented
the petition of the Legislature of New
Orleans, praying to be adpiittcd into
the Union as a btuie.
Dec. 18.—Mr. Pindley presented
the petition of the Stockholders of the
Rank ot the United btates, prat ing lor
an extension of their charier. Referred
to a select committee of 17.
Mr Pierson, after staling the procee
dings on this subject at the last session,
offered the following resolution :—
Resolved, That a committee be ap
pointed to enquire into the conduct of
Brigadier General James Wilkinson,
in relation to his having at any time,
whilst in the service of the United
States, conuptly received money from
the government of bpuin, or its agents ;
or in relation to his having, during the
time aforesaid, been an accomplice, or
in any way concerned with the agents of
any foreign power, or with Aaron
Burr, in a project against the dominions
of the king of Spain, or to dismember
these United States : And that the
said committee inquire generally into
the conduct of the said James \\ ilkin •
son, as Brigadier General in the army
of the United btates : That the said
committee have power to send for per
sons and papers, and compel theii at
tendance and production ; [and that the
said James II i/kinson be notifed by the
committee if the lime and fdace if their
sitting, and that he be heard irt his de
fence] ; and that the committee report
the result of their enquiry to this house.
Mr. Root moved that the resolution
lie on the table—Mr. Pitkin was oppo
sed to delay in this holiness, as was
Mr. Taylor—Mr. Smilij thought this
business unnecessary and unconstitu
tional Irom the beginning. The ques
tion was taken by ayes and noe* and
lost, ayes 33, noes 78.
Mr. Love moved to poitponc until
to-morrow—lost, 46 to 5 3. Mr. Troup
moved the amendment in italics, which
sttcr some debate was adopted by Mr.
Pierson.
At half past 3 o’clock uie final ques
tion on the passage of the resolution
was taken and carried* ayes 76—Noes
36, and a committee ofiive was ordered
to bo appointed. Adjourned.
,2'^
• that Mr. Walden is a jirttgner, ;nd
, j that he was but a lew years in t'.is coup*
fry, before he was called by Mr. Arm*
strong To Fiance, os his private set .re
ly ry. h i» impossible that this man',
who has neither ftmily, connections
nor property in the United States, tan
have any attachment to the country.
*"•-~
jiity ttjc fpaib.
The Stumbling Block.
We republish fur the information of the
public tl»e official notification of Mr. Fox to
Mr. Alutuot, of the blockade from the Elbe
to Brest, which our minister at the time
informed our government ought to be con
sidered kh a favourable one, frdtu the trade
still left open for neutrals,—What proof has
the President that a sufficient force was not
stationed to compel the observance of it ?—
Lords Holland and Auckland in their note
to Messrs. M unroe and Pinkney of Dec . 31, 1
1806, declare that a competent, force was
allotted for the purpose ; therefore some
evidence of the blockade not authorised by
the law of nations ought to be adduced lo
convince the people that our administration
have not gone too far in requiring G. Bri
tain to renounce it.
[AVwJVi irazette.
From Mr. Secretary Fox, to the Amer
ican Minister.
*' D<n\miH% street, May 16, 1806
“ The undersigned, Ins Majesty’s xJrin.
cipal Secretary of Stale for Foreign A Hairs,
has received his Majesty’s commands to
acquaint Mr. Mutiroc that the King taking
into consideration the new and extraordui..
ry means resorted to by the enemy, for the
purpose of distressing the commerce of bis
subjects, has thought lit to direct that the
necessary measures should be taken for the !
b!o kado of the coast, rivers, and ports, I
horn the river Elbe to the port of iirest, 1
both inclusive , and the said coast, rivers '
and porta are, and must be considered as j
blockaded,—but that his Majesty is pleased
to declare, that such blockade shall not ex
tend to prevent neutral ships and vessels,
laden wall goods not being the property
of his Majesty’s enemies, ai d not being!
contraband of war, from approaching the j
said coats, and entering into and sail-,
ing from the said rivers and ports, (save 1
and except the coast, livers and ports, from
Oaicnd to the river Seine, already in u state !
of str ict and rigorous blockade, and which
are to be considered as so continued,) pro
vided the said ships and vessels so ap
proaching and entering, (ex;ept as afore
said) shall not have been laden at any port
belonging to or in the possession ol hi* Ma
jesty’s enemies and that the said ships and
vessels so sailing from the said rivers and
ports, (except «a aforesaid) shall not be
destined to any port belonging to or in the
possession of any of his Majesty's enemies,
nor have previously broken the blockade.
Mr. Mutttoc is ihui'«fove requested to j
apprize the American Consul* and nier*j
chants residing in England, that the coast, i
rivers and port* above mentioned, must be
considered as being in a state cl blockade,
and that from tins unto all the measures au
thorized by the law of nations, and the res
pective treaties between his Majesty and
tbe different neutral powers, will De adop
ted and executed withjrespect to vessels at
tempting tu.vi date li.c said blockades, after
this notice
” The undersigned requests Mr. Jfunnel
to accept the assurances of high t. Haulers
lion.”
(Signed) C. J. FOX”
James Mi x hoe, Esq. Sic. Uc.
NEW-YOHK, DEC. 22, 18 10. 1
A letter from a gentleman at Fort1
Stoddert, in the Mississippi 'Territory,f
dated Nov. 12, 18io, says, “The re-'
port that the English have taken pos
session of Pensacola, is false. The Ea
ton Rogue Florida Independents are on
the inarch against the Mobile and must1
be ours or N. Orleans must fall. From
Pensacola an enemy’s fleet could annoy
.New-Oilcans very essentially ; and the
Creeks and Choctaw nations, who love ,
the English, would contribute not a hi- ’
tie to support a rendezvous there.
Other letters S&y, the Spanish fort
at Mobile is a regular fortification, and
that the inhabitants have placed their
valuable efleets therein, and will defend
them. -
Extract of a letter/torn a gentleman in'
the Mississippi Territory, dated GiL^
son Port, Aar. 13, 1810. i
“ 1 have just time bOore the depar
ture ol the mail to inform y ou ol my* *
arrival here, though it was attended
with considerable difficulty and a warm
conflict with the Choctaw Indians. On
the 7th instant, lour ol the above nation
well armed attacked two of us where!
we were lodged, and beat us very sore-!
Iy,and tuic every rag of clothing from
my body, then carried us prisoners a-1
bout 4 miles, where \vc remained until
morning bciore we were liberated.*’
Col. Constant, of the tfth U. S. re- j
giment, has leave of absence on a long
furlough. He is to renounce his pay j
butte retain his funk until called into j
actual service, to obey which cali he
; hold* himself m readiness.
1 wo men have recently been senten
ced to^lcath for murder in Ntw-York.
A letter, h-om the Missisippr Territory,
Nov. J. >u\* it is, n trroieu the indepen
dents arc about sending a force il.e
Aro?ille, in U est Florida, and kenvacoia,
capital ol West i’iu.-.d*. This shew* tUiu
G jv. CUiuomo ir ay find a Spanish tegnur
core e at th * MobiUe, within what ihe Um
icd States cl o n and that the re\oiuuou:.stj
iid not intend, in their projects, to confine
'Uemselves to eurtEifn.
I Extract from Matthew L: *'s Written
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“ Not withstanding erery etFort ought *3>
l.o made by the government, by the state.*
ani by individuals to put .American mar i
facturas on such a footing as to make i: un
necessary and unprofitable to bring* any thing'
\re can raise or m ike, from a -»ro*d, that is
not enough for the government to do. That
government cun never he faithiul to a na
tion, like this, in the habit of raising 40
milli >ns of dollars worth of produce over
end above that requisite for their own con
sumption, unless they endeavor by ail means
in their power to keep open the avenues of
exportation, and render all the facility ir
their power to those who launch cut t©
bring home honey to the hive.
i he New-IIampsliire Gazette says,
“ His Excellency Gov. Langtlon has
yielded to the earnest and repealed soli
citations ot his fellow-citizens, in differ
ent parts of the State, and consented to
be a candidate for the Chief Magistracy
at the ensuing election "—//ott* he laves
the fieoflc !
On the 17th Sept, 1SII, there will
be a great eclipse of the sun, visible, if
the atmosphere be clear in the after*
noon.
Mr. Alexander Macr^CSle Lieu?.
Gov.o. the State of \ ir*tnl3, Ih.as arri~
ved at Paris, in quality *f CnnScjl and
Commissary of Prize#, lie succeeds
Mr. lJ. 1*. \\ arden, w|»o had heed ap.
pointed only provisionpliy.
BALTIMORE, ©EC/ 18.
Demccrctic Denunciations ej Demn*
crets.
Extract to the Duitcrt, dated Tt~j;Jiirgionf Dec.
15, 1610
Edward Livingston has tskrr posses
sion of the Butt tire, in connexion with i< me
corrupt officers of the U. S. government.
’I we 1atv marshal [spoken of in the annex
'd paper,] w»s the friend < f L. C. and a'l
Burr men—the present marshal is a good
man, but weak and sometimes a madman.
The district attorney# was the late major of
the 5*h regiment intantiy U. S. 'He is’with
out principle j and m proof, boaste d that he
liad lived two months in Gen. Wilkinson’s
family, in order •• to blow* him up”—he way
ignorant of his duties as a military man ;
but resigned ori his arrival at Orleans,
through the. influence of Tin s. Ik Kt bert
sun, the Secretary of that Territory, (who is
a Randolph or Claik-maa)—the inveterate
enemy of Gov, Claiborne and the U. S. go
vernment.— Whig
DISTRESSING.
Cap’* Johnson, (says the Baltimore A*
meric»o) arrived yesterday reports*, that
St. Augustine presented * scene of distress
he\one; desription. Accounts were retCi •* !
the rc oi thirty i nr vessels being wrecked
from the 25th to the 29th October—four,
t en on the Keys, and twenty on li e coast
of Florida, principally Americans; the
c ows were coming »n daily, in the most
deplorable situation, naked and destitute of
every means, mangled and much mu: dated,
fiOiW their long march and *i»l-->rii>sr* * f>
the coaat.—The great influx at those into
St. Augustine, raised tin* price f proviso r a
at d boarding to so great a rate, that those
able to walk, would have to foot it to S'.
Mary’s, there being no vessel at St. Aconi
tine. Thectew of (he ship Amu, Hooper
of th*s port, had arrived ihert , aftr a long
march. Cap*, J. brought in several <.i‘F
brig Aigus, of New-Haven, b..un„. to 8a;
badorf, one of t».e slop Anna, of thu por*,
and a Portuguese, who belonged «... a»hi;»
from Havana to Spain. Ci, l* j. could ob
tain no particular list of the D»*e* but the
number.
The Humane Society of Phil:. Vp’ t
have offered, for the best Dissertation •*
tile means of restoi ing to hfe pe sons af p:
en’ly dead bv drowning, m >re eflectu
at than any >et in use, a Ge ld Me u«ii| V iillio
Two Hundred Dollars.
For the seco;.d best, a piece of Plate,
value One Hundred Dollars.
'1 he D mw? citations a: e to ImI#i nt lithe
secretary of the s< c'n u (,*jsi puid) by ti
tirst day of January
They may be wriueti in foe EngUs!,
French, or I»*Uu language, to i e ac” * ; "
»ed v it li a seal* d I'apfc *, coutajuug tfie
i|i«»r’s* name api place ot teshtciice, u.h •
is not to Le t j entd uuleSj the ciiae i» '
treed. ,
They are to be submitted to t • r •?*
mem and decision *t toe inecbcD j*r
Icmu*s o» the Vw. .tiaiiy oi f-***
Hia.
1 # di* ■
\
J II j* **•'•* ,jy ^r, I’.d the Fioidbr *
VOfuthmi*ts wre recruiting, within te,
meric an hue-*, to c i<c g<» u, *n to attack
hi he i oi t, which i -> «.v ».l fiv f.-ilhful S
uiiU* The Foil item, trhtjyarong. *
By * publication, tn the fitw.YifkCrr •
meiual Adiet'iser, a appear*, tha; W|ltM
France last held Louisiana, that is it, inio
she did not hold any part of Writ Florida*
having ceded to EngLnd what the lud pm!
*e>*cd thtie, on ilie 1 Ot!i of Fthuaiyof
ihi* >ear. SUe alterv,.,iui ceded to Spain
what vhe had retained of Loinsbrb a. Spain,
in 13(JV, declares site “ rmott Vi to F . uce
L urisian* as it was bounded w|«ji Franco
possessed it.” These won via undoubtedly
apply to llie last period of pm ,ess ion by
France, became the word ,et cad*. admit*
of no other construction— Vest fioi da ne
ver having been ceded o bp„ a / i runce.
N » Republican cun wall the U. State*
to take possession of ter; ih-ry lelcr^mg t j
another nation roei - 1 fciecnusr rr h. ppei:*
to adjoin ours, t( i a-v y n- y/d, ♦ .ours,
or to be convenient lor iu-...ding our own
dominions.
Tlva would be despotic conduct . > b ed !
A* infamous as wr y action, ve * :r» •• to
foreign Tyrants. The invasion oi H rtda
then must be unanimviul; determined i» Le
right Or wrong, n» our claim to owner*' ip is
well or ill-founded. It therefore t i-uov -s
every citizen to weigh nil the eridcr.ee
which may be abduced as to this po ; t.