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f tydjofa them before the IJkh of, Aprfl; 4t
■ Wasrectivedby theconquerours with drum*
beating and colour* |yh*t» *hDe shouts <t
j<w, and “4ong live ofar beloved Kmperour
Ffowci*,” rent the air'
“Those who know the mildness of Bona,-
i parte's tripper, will be wle to conceive an
idea of the Impression sehich this newt
i made upon bhn. He instantly- directed
I MAfahul Ufobvit, euppa ted by the Bava
{ riaq Generals W reefle, Derry, and bibhein
at thv head of 24,000. men, to march
•gafe* the Tyrolese by tfce way 4 Salta- ,
berg. -General Rosea, «V h 8000 men,
was ordered to ad vancc4»«o I<»ly. "*»»*
General Ferron approached from Carin
thia. and GenersMjbrmoot from Bavaria
and IfaaWa, with to 7000troop* more.
This w ( m certainly a formidable force,
which 'would have conquered, and even
audiMUted any other two nations of equal
’numbers. The conflict, indeed, waa obsti
nate and terrible ; but the enemlcn were
defeated, all but Lefebvre, whose force
was too large, and whose devastation* and
i.njeftie* Were such aa to spread tnrrour
every where. He burnt towns and vfllages
•nd gave quarter to no one- The aged
were suspended from tree*, and tbW» rttot
Ttie piegnant women were tipped qp and
tbeir breast* cwt oft while their embryo*
were crammed down their throats, to put
an end to the shrink* and moaning* of the
Wretched victims. If a Tyrolese or Vocal
merger, bearing arms, had the misfortune
to fall into their hands, they immediately
tore out his tongue. The children were cut
down Without m«rcy, andjnost frequently
f erried about, transfixed with bayonets. A
nnmlwr «>f diene innocents, when returning
from school^ were mot with and driven by
Caesc monster* into some barn* and burnt
•live.
* M Lefebvre and hi* cannibals, imagined
to be able to ihtimidste the Tyrolese and
. Voralbcrger* by such, cruelties j but they
had the very opposite effect. The Tyro
*loe shaiprahootei* new resembled blood
ihinsty lions • they rushed upon Lefebvre,
and totally defeated him ; thousands of the
<nwmy wet* alain; and the general, Bc *
'compsnied ehty by a few remnant© of his
iredlWcfc, sought safety in an ignominious
flight, directed tjrward* Vienna.
* «The .fesqlt of ibis complete victory
Whs, that the Tyrol and Voralberg, being
now free from their invaders, served as an
- asyfym to those. AMfrteu prisoner* who
Wheel taken by itoFrench at Rathbun,
Aspern, and and who found tit
tle difficult y b< making their escape. About
10,000 profited by this opportunity; they
Vote the expense of
Clothing and arming them anew, proved ao
small burden to their hospitable friends.
Another advantage of this victory dis
piayMLil»«lf >o the super with
-Which ft inspired th* oonqofrours. They
Ytow saHied forth beyond thfor frtptier to
leek the enemy. In Bavaria they edvanced
a* £at a* Munich, the capital city*. Xn Sua
tda They Writ Kempten, pushing on be
yend Meibmlng aid Ulm. In Italy, they
proceeds* m wKhin a few mites of Verona;
•nd some corps overran Carinthia and
- Saltslwgb, then already io thq power of
qfas enemy’! soss to become to a great de
qp*ee masters of those cdunhirs.
* “ Notwithstanding these successes, the
1 conquerours Were guilty of no cruelties or
nets of oppression. Not a single house was
pillaged by them, not a bam laid in ashes.
No peasant Wa* ever taken prisoner or in
kulted. The wounded enemies were par
ticularly taken care of. It was the usual
practice to carry them on their shoulders its
to some bouse. The Tyrolese and Vnrslbsr
•gers acted throughout from an honourable
-ambition, to shame their cruel enemies,
and convince them of the superiour hu
manity of poor German
Neither France, nor any of her allies can
adduce a single instance of their prisoners
toeing been ill treated, either in thb Tyrol
er Voralberg, though the prisoners from
■either eotmtry, were tortured, murdered,
wr ill used by the French.
* M All these glorirtus achievements, how-
ever, could not arrest tbs progress of the
enemy bother quarters. la fino,enxf
mistice wa* -again concluded. The corps
of Austrian troops left in the Tyrol, and
■consisting for the most part of the above
mentioned refugees, was suddenly recalled,
and carried away ail the ordinance and
ammunition which theTyrotese had taken.
Thus i lie latter found themselve* com pell- I
,«d to abandon their conquests, and satisfy,
.themselves with guarding their own firm
.tier*. ' i '
. *> Lefebvre, Ruses, Ferron, and other
General* penetrated once more as far as
Xnspruck, the capitol of the Tyrol, repeat
•ing their former devastations and cruelties
-But the indignation excited by the re-ap
pearance of those inhuman chiefs was such,
. the* the very women, whose business had
hitherto been confined by conveying the
> prisoners to take place* of safety, assem
bled in numbers, and put to death M 0 of the
enemy near Ltndeck, and though the
-whole forte ef the en«my amounted t«
about 30.000, they were attacked by th*
Tyrolese and Voralbergers, who had rise*
tn matte, with such irresistible fury, that
those who saved themselves by flight, wen
pursued to a great distance, so as to been
able, during the space of 34 hours, to allay
their thirst with a draught of water.
*lt wajuta vain lhat Banaparje,<*» hear*
tag tfil* mw disaster of hit arms, detached
marshals Macdonald and With
picked troops, against the Tyrolese. They
were routed and obliged to return.
“ From the concurring accounts in the
Dutch, German and French' papers.wrtilch
are copied into the daily prints of London,
it is placed beyond all doubt, that the Ty
rolese ahd persevere in thtftf
obstinate resistance to the French and their
allies.
They are indeed now free, but at the
expense of very uncommon sacrifices—
Numbers of them mourn their fathers and
sons ; not slain in battle, but for the most
part murdered to an inhemCn manner—
Four towns and twenty-six flourishing vil
lages are reduced to heaps of ashes—not
to mention the destruction of a large, num
ber of detached cottages. These calami
ties are felt more sensibly in a climate
which is very, far from being mild. The
mountains of the Tyrol and Vpralborg,
have ever since the beginning of October,
been covered with snow and ice. The -to
habitants, though accustomed to subsist up
on the hardest fare, can, after so many
devastations, pillages, conflagrations, and
hardships of every kind, scarcely get
wherewithal to satisfy the cravings of na- >
ture. Multitudes, at this moment are hap
pyin being allowed some little corner in
a crowded bam, stablaor but.
** In spite of ail tflese sufferings, they are
fully determined never to listen to any ac
commbdatioo with Bonaparte, or consent
to be again governed by the iron sceptre of
Bavaria. This determination, though' h
appears rash, can be satisfactorily ac
counted for, from the above stated cruel
ties, exactions and oppressions. All, to a
man, trained to the most skilful use of the
rifle; inured to the inclemencies of the
season ; defended by huge mountains, ac
cessible to none but themselves; surround
ed by, and allied to mountaineers that are
animated with the same love of indepen
dence; reaspd up and happy in poverty;
religious; virtuous from habit; utter stran
gers to luxury; preferring their barren
mountains to the most fruitful soils—and,
above all, remembering the horrible out
rages committed by the order of Bonaparte,
to whom they have to oppose one hundred
and fifty thousand sharp-shooters, in a
country where no regular army can bet,
and where they, and they alone, know the
paths to procure supplies, if they have but
the means to purchase them. Such a hardy,
stubborn, and athletick race of men are very
formidaHp enemies. Such they have cet
tainly proved to France, and no. peace
which their beloved Prince may have been
compelled to enter into, will induce them,
to become a party to it.*
“ They *M firmly resolved cither co con-•
quarardie. 1
r, '
•• MULLER. Major.
** London, MrO'mber 13. 1809.”
ltz“ The following paper is entitled from.
the importance of its contents, to a serious
perusal and the most profound pondering.
We shall only add that it comes from a
person whose pen has never deceived us.
Ftderal Hrfiublican.
TO THE PEOPLE.
Suppost, in ths first place, Mr. Onis.
the ambasaadour from Spain to the United
States, fully authotiaed to’offer our gov
ernmenteight mil lions of dollars in lieu of*
the. losses which our merchants have sus
tained by captures.
Suppose in the next place, Mr.. Onis
empowered to settle the disputed limits of
Louisiana to our satisfaction.
And 3dly—Suppose the President Mr.
Madison, though well assured Mr. Onia
possesses these powers and. is ready to en
ter into the necessary per
sisting in his determination not to receive
him in any character, under which the
said offers could be carried into effect.
Should those suppositious prove realities,
how in the name of our country shall we ac
count for the conduct of cur President on
: this decision f Mr. Onis is the representa
tive of a nation legitimately struggling for
liberty and independence, against an in
vader whose claim consists m his legions
and cannon. Can the tefaaing to receive
this minister be justified on the ground of
1 usage or policy I It caa.be justified,ng
I neither ground. Why. then has he been
refused f It is possible I may hereafter
assign the true reason.
Admitting in the mean time, European
Spain to fall underneath the power of Bo
naparte, will not the sound and gallant
part of the Spanish nation, protected by
the fleet of Groat-Britain, steer directly
to South-America, and there erect a for
midable empire, stretching wer rich pro
vinces and vast domains beyond the reach
of this conqucrour to molest 1 Can it be
presumed that the founders ut this empire
will be disposed to consider as friends,
those who treated them as a degraded ami
subjugated people ! If they have favours
to grant, in the way of trade, (and there
will be many and important once in their
gift,) it will not be on the United States,
'hey will bestow them. On the other hand
should the patrioiick Spaniards maintain
themselves in European Spain, can we ex
>ect they will forget the treatment of theiv
ministers, and the rejection of their offers,
\vhen wc ’m turn, ewiekvour to ob
tain what-dfr have so decidedly rejected?
A trade with Smrth-America Is of more
importance to tM United States, than ths
friendship of Bonaparte, and more tube
desired than his enmity is to be dreaded—-
Thia trade Bonaparte has neither means
nor power to control.
Take another view of this subject.—Look
ever the importtaod export* of the United
State* in n time pf peace the most favour
able to our trade, and you wIH find tha
the commerce of the United State* with
France and the other nation* of the Euro
pean continent formed but the least part ot
their amount. Were the United State*
therefore tp be forever shut out from ali
trade with France and the European con
tinent, and to enj°y a free trade with Span
ish America and the rest of the world,
they weald be more than remunerated for
tfe deprivation. It follows that our pre
sent as well as future interest emphatical
ly announces that the United States should
endeavour to stand well with the Spanish
Patriots and with that which without any
aid from its *a*t navy, is able by munici
pal regulations alone, to deprive us of a
share to the commerce of the largest and
richest portion of the world. ’ t
Some of you, I Well know, havfi been
deceived by» misrepresentations reepeutfog
England. Ctensuk,.!pray you, (hone re
cords which cannot err; they will shew you
that' her commerce, surmounting all the ’
obstructions opposed to it by Bonaparte,
has increased and is increasing ; that her
revenue from trade has augmented every
year in the skme ratio; that her people
are industrious, her manufactures flourish*
fng; her distant possessions rapidly im
proving ; and her means to secure a con
tinuant of those blessings, her navy, be
yond the energies of Bonaparte to destroy.
Turn now your eyes upon France and
veur own beloved country; behold both
pining and ‘ withering under the same pes
tiferous system of restrictions.
Wherefore then does Mr. Madison still
adhere to France? The power of Bona
parte is every day diminishing^—Much of
it at the present moment rests upon opin
ion, and opinion' must soon yield to fact It
has already itra degree submitted to this
imperious teacher,—lt is only within the
gloomy atmosphere of his generals and the
great dignitaries of bis crestipo, that wee to
tee perceived the appearances of wealth
<nd luxury. Every where else the people
are verging to the last stage of wretched
ness and poverty. France and the other na
tions on the continent of Europe are nearly
in that state to which Bonaparte expected
to reduce England. The wheels qf indus
try in these ill-fated countries for want of
the oil are scarcely
wen to move white the conscription battles,
system of taxation, plunderings
lead'lderiubly to the overthrow of that iro
mensa fdbriclt which he intended them to
support.
Ponder t beseech you my fellow-citisens,
upon these things, and discover if you can
a clue to the mysterious conduct of our
President. And now learn for a certainty
what I have' sta’bA hypothetically, that
Mr. Madison tnowf Afr. Onia Am /intent
fiawert to eettle vfiih government the
diafiuted Louisiana Qtnile and to secure to
our merchants eight miUionaiif 'dollar* us
an ikdemni/kdtion jbr the. dqfttrt tf their
firofierty. . ,• f
—J ■■ ■! ■!■!.■ -JJW M-L-llWltel lliaj -MS
foreign Sntrntesw,
Received at JVem-Tbri/Het Jhclfast.
,
RONDON;..
Liicxnses were grunted yesterday for
Dutch Zealand, comprehending Walche
ren and all the adjacent islands.
v December 9.
It is reported that Lord Cantdew has de
termined to resign.' ’
W< ai*e assured, that a gentleman who
has recently arrived from' Paris, brings a
report of the occasion of the remarkable
assemblage of Royalty in that capital,
which certainly'carries an idea of as gnat
probability, as tire projected aasuaapUon af
the title of-Einperoor of (Germany. It hi
asserted to be the intention of Napoleon to
make overtures of ppcificaifohio this coun
try, in conet|rnmce with the monarchs who
are wow -aeahmdritegmi Paass. 'J'teia.fo-aw *
unlikely, particularly as we are told, that
the journey of Bonaparte Spain has been
put off for six weeks. ,
Bonaparte is said to hqve written to the
Emperour Alexander, solemnly assuring
him that he would not molest any part dt
Russian Poland. Permgisioo is given hy
Alexander for D<oiyh 4>d French p«h**
teers to enter lussian ptorts, and the dis
posal of their prises io bn left to the 4'ew
suls of the country tn tehich the< capture
belong.
The from Persia, who baa
been for some time expected, has arrived
at Plymouth, ia the 'Formidable, from
Malta.
Dutch papen mention the capture of 2
Ameiican vesuris by french privateers;
one, the Paco Housac, jof ISO tons, laden
with Cotton, segnt, coffee, fitc. the other, a
urig from Baltimore, botiud to Marseilles,
with pepper and Coflbe.i
It is reported that King Louis is to be re
moved from the throne«f Holland.
Thaßiagaf Holland usu« 4 on JJ
mat. two additional decree*, directed to th.
.fcjcct of preventing all cptnpaerCial inter
oenrse with thia cunnlry. One of then*
draws a lino of demarcation from Dyken
mn, on the coaat of East-Friesland u
Bunde, in the Khelderland, beyond which
>n the Dutch territory, uo magazine* 01
iepota of goods, warea or manufactures ot
.hy description whatever, will henceforth
>e permitted.—lnventories of such estab
'ishments are ordered to be delivered to
.he officers of the directors of waysand
neans, within three days from the time of
the publication of the decree, which was
>m the 9th inst. and the proprietors were
forthwith to transport their effects to
places within the line of demarcation.—
From the operation of this decree are ex
cepted grain, vegetables, and such small
assortment of mercantile articles asshall
appear to be indispensably necessary for
the convenience of the inhabitants. -
,■ The second decree draws a similar line
along the sea coast, outside of which there
are to be no depots or magazines of colo
nial produce, English manufactures, or any
of the articles prohibited in the decree of
the 31st May, 1805. This- line extends
iniide of the islands of, SchQ.wtn, -East,
South and North BevefomC TWeri rinff
Wolphaaitsdyk, Overfiakkee, Coederee,
Voome, and Roseriborgh, with the excep
tions of particular places in each of them.
The islands of Wieringen, Texel, Vljcland.
, Terschelling, Am eland, foe. are also with
out the line.
intelligence is said to have reached gov
ernment of a plan formed by Bonaparte to
throw new obstacles in. the Way of the ex
pected adjustment of our differences with
I the United States. Immediately after his
arrival at Paris, he called a meeting of
his Ministers, at which the Russian and
Danish Ambassadours assisted, foe the
purpose of advising the most effectual
means of inducing America to join In the
continental league against the ngval power
and commercial interests of Great-Britain.
'’The leading idea which suggested itself, is
stated to have been the closing of the ports
of Russia, Sweden and Denmark, against
the American flag upon the principle of
the facilities which it continued to afford to
the introduction into the Baltick of colo
nial produce, and the manufactures of
England. With the precise results of the
deliberations of this extraordinary meeting
we do not pretend to be acquainted, but we
understand that Coqnt Pahlen, the Russian
Minister at Paris, was preparing to em
bark for the United States, with the foH
concurrence of his Court, to enforce, by
negotiation, the viewfc of Napoleon;
, v doarfor.
By the last Gottcqburgh mail, aletter
I received from Ko»ia|pbuc|; mentieosa co
rteos dbeerevy Of hidden treasure to have
been made in that city. The letter is ai
follows:
M Koxinosbvrc, October 26.
** A singular and curious circumstance
took place in this city a few days ago. A
poor brick-layer, at a very advanced age,
who Was on the print of death, sent for One
of our ministers, in order to disclose a se
cret before his death, which would tend
greatly towards the welfare of hisceuhtry.
Our minister complied with hia request,
and upon waiting on the old man, he was
informed by him, that during the seven
years war, Frederick the Great had em
ployed him and two others to bury in one
of the churches of Koningsburg, an im
mense treasure of gold, silver and dia
monds, at the same time compelling them
not to divulge the affair until the last of
them should be upon the point of death,
otherwise that a great scarcity would pre
vail in Koningsburg. Tbe Governour of
■the city immediately ordered the cave of
the church to be searched, and actually
found the treasure as described by the old
man.”
Some of the merchants of Tonningen
are suspected of having prepared and con
tributed to the capture and condemnation
of vessels trading to that port. They are
taken after they have delivered their car
goes, by privateers fitted out far that pur
pose—and as the proofs of the illicit com
merce are in the hands of the owners of
the privateers, there is little difficulty fa
obtaining condemnation.
[The following are the remarks of Mr.
ElisiA R. Pot Tin, in the House of
Representatives of the United States,
January 10th. on the bill concerning
cewwnercial intercourse, and for other
purposes.]
* StBXKK*, this bill appears to have
but few friends; some find fault .frith it be
cause it is too strong, and others because it
is too weak, but for my own part I can dis
cover a great deal of meaning in it, and if
the chairman of the committee wanted to
revive and enforce "his old embargo system,
he can do it in no way so effectual as by
the present bill. Before, it was for the in
terest of Great-Rritsin to encourage our
citizens in evading the law, but Sir, by
this law we exclude the merchant ship# of
England from our porta, and what will be
the consequences of this measure ? A re
taliating decree excluding our vessels from
Coagrtito.
her porttv *b« will not suffer do-to be her
carriers, nor our vessels to eater her ports, ■
»f her vesieh cannot ours, of course wo
whall have an embargo that cannot bo- *
-vaded, and the British navy to help us en
force it; and we shall have no’where to go
except to some neutral ports to se’il our
produce very lbw, in the same manner we
do now, and If we canabt bring property
from a neutral port other than the growth
»sr manufacture of such port, this, will make
a complete and effectual non-intercourse,
depriving us of bpth direct' and indirect
trade : We shall be therefore completely
Shut in, arid alt foreign vessels shut out of
our ports : It will be well for gentlemen
who are desirous of such a state of things
to vote for this bill. 1 would retain such
parts of the bill as would shut our ports to
the ships of war of England and France,
and repeal the friendless miserable non-in
tercourse law, and leave the merchants
once more to manage their own affairs in
their own way, .and look out for tbemieives.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr.
Seybert,)’ fays that be represents a com- ■
mercial city that has a great interest in
commerce'but that he would not,give up
our national honour, for soydid gsiiu-aadhaff *• 5
found much faUlt wftff'tbh . >ll, but tfas
pohde'dout be has told you *
that hays materials for manufacturing
generally and for ship building, but far top
own part 1 cannot ace the use of ship build- ,!
ingif we cannot go qn,sbf water,, and,ai
for adopting hia ideas of giving up com
mqrpo and withdrawing from the wfaer ■
entirely and beedming a maimfaccurfog
notion, I hope never will be the case, for
as long as a ytfomg tnan qai/wofk with
a reputable fafmer two or three, years,
and, live fs well, ar b| do«| whileheis
about it, and then take his money and gq
back into the country and bqy him a tract
of land, and become himself an indepen
dent farmer, 1 hope 1 shall never see them
reduced to the necessity of being shut up
in a manufacturing establishment spinning
cotton, and making pins'and ncedids-
It has been observed by the gentleman
’last up, from Maryland, (Mr. Montgome
ry,) that the noo-imercourse is very inju
rious to this country, and that it gives the
English an exclusive privilege to carry our
produce < tb‘market, and 1 that'they under
stood commercial regulations, and thfa
there was no danger of Great-Britain re
taliating in this respect, that it would be
an outrage. I agree that, they understand
commercial regulations, and they can very
easily evade the operation that is intended
by th is act without retaliating folly ; for If
they shall leave the port dt Halifax °Pta
for. our vessels to carry ouv produce, ami "
jjo ether, what will be the consequence
All their ports will be open io our vessels
to take away their produce and ipanufac*
turcs, arid only cm for ee-to barryoarpro
dece tn.—lf we want tbolr maaufikctnres, »
We must send a ship with cash to put*
chase: Or if we Want to pay |a produce. » '
wq must then return and send another ship i
to Halifax with the produce of this conn- I
try to dispose of to English agents at a
very low price, tri be taken to Great-Bri
tain in their own vessels ; so that she will
be the carrier of our produce, tat the same
manner that she now is under the opera
tion of the present non-intercourse.
that bill passed every thing was predicted
that has happened, and although. If paused
by a majority of this House it appears now
to have no advocates, and the same thing
will, I presume happen to this. The same
gentleman observes, that if Great-ftptaia
should shut her ports against us, it would
be an outrage ; as though 'it was not as
great an outrage, for nt to shut our porta
against her. For my own part lam tired
of this unequal commercial warfake, ope
rating only on ourselves. I would retain
the first section until the attack on the
Chesapeake should be atoned far; and the
section repealing the non-intercourse
leaving our trade to be carried on In the
same manner as before our restrictions.
■' WOai' I .
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
, FxsaiaaTfl..
The Speaker head h letter frdm Mr.
Fulton, respecting his torpodom Mnd air
guhe; asking leave to pfoce upon the ta- 4
ble of the members his pamphlet on the .
subject, and offering to deliver a lecture on *
the system of attack by torpedoes rind ato
gnns, at such place a* the Home might
think proper. Leave was granted to place
these pamphlets are desired. ,„ *
Mr. Burwell, from the select committee
reported a bill authorising the President .4
to employ the pubHcfc. armed vessel* to
eonvoy the trade of the United States, and
allowing merchant vessels to arm-for their -
defence. Read twice,- and referred to a
committee of the whole.
A communication from the S ternary of
the Treasury wa# read, enclosiag a state
ment of goods, wares and merchandise,
exported during the last year. QrdetW
to be printed. ’
Mr. Newton, from the committee of com
merce and manufactures, reported a bill
restricting the allowance of draw-backs to
good! imported and exported in American
bottoms. Read and referred ta a com
mittee of the whole.
The order of the day ou the bill for the
relief of Richard Taylor, was taken up,
and after debate postponed until fitXt Fri
day.