Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-05-18 00:00:00, page 2

oe -- was. mew-ry w * -. - "
Her lightnin'g scene,- her dmopinc one:,
The petﬂee Bemeiectcirding high.
It borne-in every freemen'e Hent,
it anon in eveeysi Speoietd'e eye,
And eceling the neurper'e throne,
Pssure as it blezed et Mmtbon,
si A: generous eehigh
Aeneile hie unenosnted crown :
Recoilieg from his gttiny etete,
Sick'hing he eece-lue rushing fele, _
' Act,:esi the tynnt heare, ' ss ", '
Liet'nieg his etrenger seen- "
The Echo of exciting bounds,
From hill to hictu rebonnde.
Speoiards! our country-'e voice!
Deeth before chuins end elevery -'
si [he cell: to ertne ! evreke ! _Rejoieo,
' 'f lier trnmpe: call ie victory. *
ss Deep! our ceuee' ! our glorious unde,
" \ Cctdtsstlduuke thy eervlle-minion—Men ;
How then she]! it kindlectthoee . .
sssi- Whoboeetthefeme endbloolosSpeie?
(? -The cence, the cence, the glorious cause,
."ss . si, Cen fire the virgine- ﬂuttering hell-t ; '
"Te eeve our-ed], to guerd our la",
"T,; Burnt-leden e Romen'e'pern
- 9an the! cheek, um eqﬂer cheek,
sssisi . Where love enumed e lovelier hue,
fsideeemsul bluebee wedding ek,
sisisisixsi' AVhet wenden each e ee can do.
' _,_The_e-vith the Oeee'n'e mi'hty lele.
si . ct ., W'd in one fiiehsul, feerleee bend,
_ 55 - We'usievreep the-se vennin fronnhe toil,
si 'And-reltovete the emiling lend ;_
' And whether doomed to live or die,
Leth'penlerde etill exciting cry,
Spainend her lawe, '
_. Herglon'oue ceee,
__ The good old.ceueees liberty
? Of enoient Greece end eerly Rome,
,; Spein! end leorelled victory,
' Or deeth end en imlnoml tomb!
_ fiend-ded peqple, wsreecue them from
. ma ' junction-Woe"!
s .- MWZW ef'Adth-(e. the not.
sisissj; , . hsi'esilues, who on that unsoft-nate
__ Whn len the kept-wine be:-bed
ctsi,
ss- wren-um ;f .—
" ' side-idle msissi' rd'uovlsszss _
_ _ Mhsh'ﬄrdemied sieenee '
! When-How} Wsisiﬂctsssi
"Skin-si "her M 80": "*9
ss 5 fame-ct- perieh gbdaddy!
. _ Nm Demon deep-at ; now
'WM 1err6r0*'demp' thy-w :
spirit ol Liber-ty ! he sees rheess deer ;ct
Hence is the (tenth: fear. -
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Itekehn been eo much eehtmny & pre
judice "seed inss— thin _conntry with nepect
00. shectSpesinbh union; the isimbecility of
their gon;-meet [in [my no often :filrged
upon them; the sssiimpoliey of mking eny
sende} eﬂ'qnejn their [not, so much in
eietid man! in enow ende public prime,
that the mite:- of the hue-in; nen-tive
feelek ed'tm-ihissch hmshﬂbmd eye!
tho.-lean
net;-M.
geess _ ,!ti'tllbeuenfr'omit,
t tl'te oftlsiebettlettsOcen. which
had to the compact a-mssaawsict—
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sun-rive. ons-rus, um; CA-M
-.PAlGN m LA MANCHA.
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deesiþiﬄeﬂexsh
J'rut the SUN, d—Ldndﬂlctþdftr. '
{at-eyne ipee nium-into oitfi.
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ss-fsim us;-geon: sad-w 4!
to-tln ned-en, image
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due; ummih my! nodldgss
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him w- rain niml lus" nwom- __
mean med; behind Ri- Eb'rd, ﬄtþuct
beiogsi'iblc to tht lWQ-si Th' But þpnsi'
.ssohhsi-phn un went:-enter}. but OMIBZ '
thich ctud folly of 'Ariupsizll :
m ss ;
siss': w . fish"! .- PNRH
sssi'ed' "hide rite the ss '_' '_ , of-the'f
"er—juste mhaa which had been for I
manam _ Gd, la andss'aboufsisi-La Cato-4
lion.-w " —ol'si ehe—Opintoþenesi.
Flandxia the met-tame of the Sieria' Mereaa.
FsiOn thisi ldss sssi of Novetnbefsctthe _-*a'rn\y, -cosin
? aining'atﬀjemafcctivesi envalrj, tame es.
Li'ectivsie infahtry, and—80 pieeee of canuon,
'Hith eight day- —pr'oviaione' in tra gone, lift,
:La Seton-a; k'deacead'ed from! emounsi
teine into the plaina osLa Manehasssimarehct
'ed partly by Daymetsstesssitfie lestfssand along
hue high me. :- Madrid, - mest;-Je
Mandjﬂanaanareytowarde '4-ct " tie,
to the following order—9 "" * ss _
" The advanced guard, ctconeleting'of 2000
caval , were one day'e march in hot ,;
then t e eeven diviaione of ipfantr'y, with
the reaerve of cavalry, and the head—quar
ters last. The army had no tente, marehed
from 20 to 30 English milea a day,-& slept
in the towne. si X ' _
. The French on ire approach, retired a?"
more to Guadiana. —'About the eixth da 'r'
march, General Freire, who commandid
the cavalry, and who always marched-with
the advanced guard, waa very near aur
round-ing and taking the French general of
division, Latour Maubourg. with : 2409
horn,-si at Madridejes. *A cerjeant of the
dragoona of Linnen having deaerted at
night," gave the enemy—intimionj'k they
had juet time to get out of the town when
the Spanish hoaeare and dragoone attacked
them-at day-break, with great courage, and
killed a great many. The army continued
ita march through Tembleque to D0e Bar
rioe. For three or lour daysia thrsi-Spaniah
cavalry tree engaged in very ppirited corn
bate with the French cavalry, and altvavs
aucceeded in driving thect enemy. AtLa
Guaula, the day before-the army artived at
Doe Barrioe, the bone grenadiere of Fer
dinand V-ll. the regimenta of Forneee and
.Pavia aahred, for four mileg thedragoona
_ the French \ rear guard No sipria'onere
were taken on these occaeione. _
'The-army advanced to'Ocana; there a
great sault'wae committed : hitherto every
thin had gone on well. The march was
admirable; aad the cenduct of the cavah'y
brilliant ; the inlantryhad not been engag-ess
ed. ]u'et in front of Ocana, the French
rear Wkd of the cavalry preeented itself,
and wae charged. lt opened right and lest,
and the Spanish dragoona came upon a re
gimeet ot insantry who were drawn up a
gainet the town, which gave the an a valley.
killed 200, and took two pierce of cannon of
the horee artillery. Ten thousand French"
eteid all ni ht in the town, and retreated
'neroerthe- agus early in the morning, ai
theugh thirty theusand Spanish iniahtry
biooneeqtmd cloee to the town. The gene
ral in chief waa with them, and must of
course bear all the blame of this setal inac
tirity. '
The general on quitting Caroline, said his
intention wae to march 'rapidly upon Me
drid, before the French could collect and
cencentrate theixsiarmy {but his incapacity
became noon evident. He delajrssessd three
daya at Dos Barrioa. He then made a vess
ry dangeroua ﬂank march, by his right par
allel to the Tegus, to SaetaCruz de la Zar
za, twenty English milee from Doa Burrios
- While the army remained et Dos Barrios
the cavalry waa engaged eve day. The
royal catbineers distinguiahe' _ ctselvee, !
particularly at More oathe" lest. At Sainte-si
Cm the neral threw bridges over the
Tagua, and and ! divieion over; The
delay continued in this position three days.
! it had suﬀered much ; the clothing waa w ;
si s-y had. .Thejong marches and wet had the '
;etr'oyed the' shoes ; half the army was bare.
them], but the trdepa were in high spirits.
Nothing can exceed the-Spanish aoldierafor
long marches aadss supporting "hunger and
privatiea of every kinde The 17 rencctssh piuh.
ed'theirss trolea of cavalry to within half ;
'leaane' the town. The am ming the
zcaeral drew out his army in order of lass.,
tle; The raiaa had now ceased, but: ' *;
:Freneh'did decayed-. .lﬂe then took "" :"
an! WW f-qvitsivc "If" 1"qu
which were behid him, and dying "
cook si.- FM saw-ml- in it.;
_ﬂd_;$,'ct ss . .' . .. .
ma pus-ween: di-ctpho'dzsi """
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pity in sictct .. .
&. o'ch'cssk _ ,souodjss
.}WW 'Mksisi'pm ..si no
ctiw {upon,-"um. ,ss , SÞWI
:: si ,
quoted the - amend-my idl
contend- 'Fom' drive hunch nen on.
both ssndn fell by she sword, uinsioog 'Mss
m poem] Pain. nh un :! "eke! do: and
cmctied out of the mid]: by one "of; th [sin-]
; _ but.
besieneollectia ' dayes, pgmditaelf,
h-fssviixt'eﬄsiifi-i'ss-tﬄtss. e-vitÞss-e-si-f-si
General" Ait'ssitapactdulssgtthteamz to die"- '
ceive then} ;; his dieptmtﬂ ,waass land."—.ssi He
divided into two. equai'parte ;ctone pn etchsi
aide oft Ocaaaswhich tended:—an immesieee
lain, and touchia; the town, hothwingsen
dis Thin waa had,,hecautejthouzhssssitsiwsiaa.
eaay to communicate before andhehind the;
town, etit divided the line. fThe ground
feil'a little'in tree:. and there was assail: 3
alo te ao'tne alive plantasstiona about two 5
nail:: inssfront5- behind which th! Treach sis
were,- amonntiagto-ss-tspoo-si- 'ct-"th tue-a- ;
nother 'error-in the diepeeidonsi'the-eeeoodj
line waa too near the- Grat, sit'o jtht there-wsiaa -
n'ot room to rank-the latter have of diaor-'
der. Most of t e cavalry were ttpen the
right Gan]: in four'linea; asiviciotta diasipoai
tion, becaute they made little show, and
were neither culatnn nor line. The attille
ny was all etationed- upon the ﬂanka of each
-.division, and wai admirahly carved; the
At length aFrench cloae column under
marshal Mortier marched an m che/targe
broke the line, and its head came equal to
the aecond line of cavalry. Atthia inatant
the French deployed. A great many pie
cea of artillery in front of the cavalry kept
up a heavy diecharp' of grapc, auppo rt'ed
by ssa line of "insantry, and the cava ad
vssanced to thorp the right of the Spantarda.
The battle was now loat ; in n'sew minutca
the whole of the insantrcty on the right sigave
way; and the cavalry. acting thin, turned
their horaea to the real-. The whole of the
left of the infantry stood firm, and cheered
the general as he _paned._thent ; but with
out aaying a word, except that the left
should follow him he quitted the field. t
No eﬀort waa aftemarda made -to make
the least etand. The whole army ﬂed in
the moot dreadful consuaion. A new 'aqnd.
m attempted 'to fortnssup but ,the lave
vsiay again. The npsstfhre of the French,!
their chouu of victory, and the wood '9f_
=horaea' feet (a bound terrible to the Span
iardo in the plain there the have beenoo
oste'n ent WOIQW the eciafncion.
siﬂ'he'cannodm lblndooed," and the-hole '
ofitinmdy in the power ofthe' French.
Thofmch caralryss foundw'n in .
Spanish artille - fie their he:-term. ' ..
At seven o'c ock in the morning, the akir
miahea of 'the Spanish allay, under 'the'
young general Zayt-e, who commanded the
advanced guard, and who ia one of thqsinost
distinguished eoldiera in Spain, 'attacked'
and draw: baclt tlsie French cavalry. Be
tween 8 and 9 o'clock, all the Spanish army
-waesiin order of'battle, about 50,000 men,,!
and the cannonade began on both ctsidee.-—
siThe French fired from a buttery in their
centre, diagonallv; upon the Spaniah right,
and struck the cavalry often, who supported
the cannonade for a long time,.with great
ateadinets and discipline. The French'
_then advanced several strong columns from
the olivea. and marched towards the Spanish
centre and right.
At this moment, the "Spanish general '
gave ordcra to the whole ofthe-line on the
right of Ocana, to advance and charge with
bayooetst the cavalry-muving-on alto e
qual with the insantry. The line advanced
more than 200 paces. TheLFrench colutnna
in the mean time deplpyedand gave a great
fire of' voiliea ' by battblione, .uid grape.
which checked the S aniarda. The French *
cavalry attacked the est and were re ulaed;
hd't th'ey entered-With their csval t e cen
-tre. "I'he'y mancuvted under t e ;fire of
the .Spaniartls with teveral .columna, and
their cavalry shewed ita:lt'oa the left. The
..7th Spanieh diviission, which was on the
right at the infantry, and immediately next.
the cavalry, was thrown into eotne conso
-sion. but at often rallietl, formed ccluma,
and came on. Two reqimenta of that di
vition-behaved nobly; the int battalion-ot
the Spaniahguarda, and the fifth of Se
ville. They remained in the line the whole
time ; ﬂoating backwarde and forwards, hot
always lacing the enemy. The guard-, who si
tent of Pain.
wereQOO strong. lest 34 officen and 480
men on the held; the .Jth of Beville had
450 in action, and about so have been ac
counted for. Thitia the regiment which
ao'much dictinguished itaelf with air Ro
bert Wilson atssPuerto de Banoa, and which
in mentioned by him.
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MW .. . MW'U' Ositn ,. "
Wedded-Pin! foe-conne"- minde.
."Feregu'thW eithe acute of N
TW'FM ghqsnucsi'llr they in! -.. '
me, butduﬄpbnfi What:
ted; it so eesirtctlitt &: IN battle the,
let: me unity;?
one:: or : pit-en)!
)"! lW-fi-si ss. . -
with great ea'lor, his si si ctct
on "thin auth- _ ct ,
Hed'ythe become" sl
the battle entring-te fihad
ent terininetion. T];t- pint-ma eannosstmct -
naeum under 5tsit, eke!) the French do
with chair ye port; have no an pine,;
The regimat it! MMK !" "1th piecet.
Sptn'nh let! no ;000 killed and
Ill-wanted, and upon goitoncno .
Murehul Visietorsi, w bed cctrpeeed th.
Tegue at thimnumsiue, pursued llk night.
At ten of'clo'ckhe heavengek 800 Speaki
dngoone et sun-, 20 miiee [from Oc
who Were to Laud, having been attidled
36 house, and had unbridled tht-irher
see, that they were all th'-de pride-nen.
si General Areiugmen the first appearance
of the enemy, mounted into the meple of
Ocana. On deem;-ing the "enemy he felt
much nlarmed, and now for the int time, .
perceited what was likely to be the conn
quence Us'bsstl rathneu and pssreitmptidn, he
went to the left, and before the bottle no
quite [out, he quilted the field. Brigﬂiﬂ
general lord Mzcduﬀ,up011htl, proysieacd
to "the marquie of Maleepissnn', me, gene
ral of the hoste, who vel decen þd csioln
maod, to assume the ehiei commend, end
that he would anist him to the utmost of -
hizsspower. The French cavalry, at thin
time, broke throng rh the eentre and render
ed :.ll lord Macduls'e eﬀorts (he was conti
nually to the thicken of the battle from the
commeneement) to retrftve the fortune of
the day, unless.
IN pureuance of : deeree oftho voi-emp
(ul court of King George c'ounty. we "(be
wheonlbmmommiuimien therein turned,
will eprle to public Me to me highe-t lid
der on the premiublor ready mh, on 'l'uel
day the 'l2th of Juno next, one undivided not)
ly e/Me macr 0! LAAD*lylng in the
county of Fair-so:, on the water: of Difficvlt
Ran, nbout fifteen miles from Manner-in—
the Little River 'l'urnpike Read putting thro'
the tract. T-hh lond m conveyed by : deed
of fist from ]ohu Aehton, nen. to Charles H."
A: non and others, and is cold' tosi eatitfy :
debt due Austin Smitn from nld Cherhl H.
Aehton. '
PUBLIC 'SA'LEI "
Undortho anthem osndcedof (wytte the
lubluibu, onsi y the Sith ,dny of
May next, will bo'bl'ored at puþficub, 00
. cndil ofoomd' soa- p, um tom.-of
ch have, on the man Ten-pike
RW, in si-ilu bon Monk-did,
A Tract qf Landsi "
ONTAlNqu so I-uh me um:
on the um told.-4 on the (Meconiu
Forshomvenienccof perch-nen, cþ'ghoh
truth:-been hid-olhshhi si "on
the mien-oath. A culpons mudqulfi
seen on nppliecdon to the Wss _-_"
si . : . R. - Lct-.Ta)-lor
Apfi',.o _ _'.'sssi-' \: ,_ \-..__si .. M
- NORFOLK, May" n. ' _*
Arrived her: this morning. the ship Rol
la, .Ca ain Sansord, from Liabdn, which .
en lest on the fifth of. Aprtl hot.—si
q'he British & Portugucae army 'a! warm .
men, were on the stooden". when they had
been some titne , the French had not at
tempted to advance—The daysi before eapt.
S. sailed a ﬂeet of trumpet-(a with WÞI' and
bones had arrived. When When
were daily expected srbdt Englasidd to rein
ctsorce !ord Wellington' a army.
Marketa for corn and ﬂour were ffi
the tormer two donzm per bushel, and
latter. fifteen dollzu par hand, and looking
up.
Mey !. Into
Land for Soie.
William Moss,
{lage h_ Powell,
:! .am Paync.
Richald Fisitzhu h
. Richard Ratcl' e.
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