Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-28 00:00:00, page 2

From the London Gazette.
Downing Street, A tig 11,
A despatch, oi which the following
is an exoact, was this morning r< ctiv
ed at Loid Livt rpool’s office,address
ed to his JL rdship by Lieut. General
V scount Wellington, dated Alvcrca,
July 25, 1810,
The cavalry attached to Gen. Cran
ford’s advanced guard,remained m the
Villages near the Fort of La Concep
tion, till the 21si iiist. when the enemy
obliged it to retire towatds Almeida,
and she Fort La Conception was des
troyed.
From the 21st till yesterday morn*
ing, lirigadirr General Crauiori! con
tinued to occupy a position near AlmeU
da, with his left within 800 yards of
the Fort, and his right ext< no ing to_
wards Ju*,ca. The enemy attacked
him in this position yesterday morn
ing, shortly after day-light, with a ve
ry large body of infantry and cavalry,
and the Brig. Gen. retired across the
bridge over the Coa.
In this operation Ism sorry' to say'
that the reeps under his command suf
fered considerable loss.
The enemy afterwards made three
efforts to storm the bridge over tht
Coa, in all of which they were repuls*
ed.
I am informed that throughout this
tn ipg day the commanding offic rs o
the 43d,52d, & 95th regiments,Lieut.
CoT. Beckwith, Lit ut. Col. Barclay,and
I.tent. Col. Huh, and all the officers &
soldiers of these excellent regimtnts
distinguished ihemstlves. In Lieut.
Cv 1 Hull, who was killed, his Majesty
has lost an able and deserving officer.
Brig. Gen. Crrulcrd has also notic
ed the steadiness of the 3d reg. of Por
twgn se chasseurs, under the command
of Li ut. Col. Elder.
bince yesterday the enemy have
made r.o movement.
Copy rf Gt n. Craulord’s Report, in
closed ir Lord Wellington’s dispatch
x)i the 23ih July.
Catvelhal, July 25.
3VTY I ord — I have the h» nor to re
port to your lordship, that yesterday
nv rnii g the eneiu advanced to attack
the light d.vision with between 3 and
4C00c:ivnlr\, a considerable number rf
gun?, and a large body of infantry. On
the first appearance of the heads of their
columns, the cavalry and brigade of ar*
tillerv attached to support the picquet,
and captain Ross, With 4 guns, was for
some time engaged wi'h those at’ach
cd to t e enemy’s cavalry, which were
of much larger calibre.
As the immense superiority of the
enemy’s force displayed it sell, we fell
back gradually towards the fortress,
ipc n the right of which the infantry of
the division was posted, having its left
in 'ome inclobures near the wu dmill,
about PCOO yards from the place, and
its r ght to the Coa, in a very broken
trd extensive position, which it was
absolutely rece.«sarv to occupy, in or
der to cover the pa- sage of the cav;dr\
ar.d artillerv ihr- ugh jhe long defile
leadirg to the bridge. After this was
effected, t’ e intan rv retired by de
grees and in as good order 3s it is
possible in ground so txtre’mely in ri
cate. A position close in front < f the
bridge was maintained ;<s long . s was
rectR3rrv, to give tim: f *r the troops
which had p.sscd to take up ore be
hind the river ; and the bridge was af
terwards dtf nded with the greatest
gallantry, tin ugh I am sorr\ v s:iv with
consul* ral le loss, bv the d-T.I and n*.r*
of'he 95’b hginnftit. Towards the
of erroon the firii g ceased ; and . ft*r
it w?s dark 1 withdrew the troops from
the Coa, and retired *o this place. The
troops behaved with the greatest gal.
lantry.
(Signed)
R. CRANFORD.
To lcrd viscount Wellington, &c.
Those rrturned as prisoners and
missing were taken in charge of the
enemy's cavalry just after our cavalry
and guns had begun to retire.
1 Lieutenant colonel, 1 captain, 2
liesvcnants, 8 srprjrunts, 29 rank and
file, 3 horses killed ; l staff, l major,
7 captains, 12 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 10
•erjranis, 164 r ink and file, 12 horses,
W untied; 1 lieutman’, 1 serjeant, l
drurr.nru r, 80 rank and fdr, missing.
N. B. One c dicer of the Portuguese
Case adores wounded, rank end name
not s-’ct rfpined.
(Signed)
C. STEWART,
Brig. Gen. and Adjr. Gen.
Nof.Ynsi, Sept. 50.
Frrm i» London Paper,, +
GENERAL SARKAZIN.
A letter has he- n published ?n the
F»»nch papers from the wife of Gen*
er 1 Sarrarin, to G neral Vandammc,i
d terl Hrle, 28>h June, which sta*e« i
tha* Sarrnz'mhad been in a state ofde
rangctrert for seven veers, and to this
«bc at.ribnirs his desertion from France.
She craves what property the General
may have left behind him at Boulogne,
otherwise she Sc her child will be with. !
out any resource.
In consrquence of his publication,
Gen. Sarrazin has ttddres-ed the foL
lowing letter to his uncle, Mr. Pi. cher,
a merchant at Leeds ;—
44 Most Honorable Uncle—As the
letter attributed to Madam Sarr.zin
must have alarmed you, I hasten to
wri e you, in order to tranqui'ize you
with recard to the fate of my spouse.
44 Previous to my departure frow Bo
lougne, I took care to make a solid pro
vision for her support; and remitted her
a year’s allowance in advance. I can
not give you farther information on
this head at the present moment.
“ Madame Sarrazin is in posession
of her family property, which 1 never
touched. A well-furnished house and
wardrobe, a number of Jewels, and o
ther valuables, completely attestthe sin
cerity of my attentions, and my attach
ment to her and my son.
44 Bo< aparte may confiscate what I
have left at Bolougee ; Madame Sar
razin, I jssure you, dots not stand in
■eed of it.
44 1 challenge Bonaparte to publish
the letters written to my son. Bona,
parte wi* hts to get that child within his
Vasp. This is the object of his letter,
*4 hich was fabricated or extorted b\ the
violence of his agems, from Madame
Sarrazin ; an excellent, but delicate
and timid woman.
44 Bonapsrt- makes mv wife say, that
I have been deranged these s ven y« at s.
He represrn s her as a na ivc of Swit
zerland, tho’ he perfectly well knows
that she is ;*n English woman, having
been horn at Ex^ ter.
44 My reply to Bonaparte will not ap
pear until the 6'h of August, in conse
quence of a delay in the printing. I
shall take c:tre to send you a copy of it
—. I'h*- frvl 1 nu/innr fort
— o ——y
ed in it, will furnish y<.u with a key to
the hatred which Bonaparx bears to
wards me.
“ years ago, Madame Murat
proposed o me to do as many other
Generals had done, who had dismissed
• he wives they had married in foreign
countries for the purpose of espousing
b ronch laures. This w as at a grand
dinner which she gave, followed by a
ball. Madame Campan, according to
the public rumou', Bonaparte’s mis
tress of the revels, was there, with a
number ol the most fascinating of her
nymphs. I answered, that I was an
honest man, and would keep my wife.
On mv return, from St. Domingo,
whither I was sent only in expectation
that I should there find mv grave, I
was coldlv received, and given to un
derstand, that the religion, as well as
the education of Madame Sarrazin,
prevented her being received at court.
My spouse signified a wish to vi»it her
parents, who re sided in Switzerland ;
and Bonaparte having ordered me to
setoff, to take the Command in the Isl
and of Cad%and—to direct h r’ojoin
me, would have been to sacrifice both
her ann my son to a climate nmen
mor pestilential han that of the Isle
of Walcheren. From that moment,
I adopted the rt soluti n to quit the ser
vo e of Bcnaparte, and formed such
! arnmgemet ts a- to make their late in
dependent of min*-* But for my wish
es to accomplish his object, I should
have been in England upwards of a
year ago.
“ What enrages Bonaparte against
me is, that he cannot tell the public
that I a i a rmuinl i nl. «.l...._
•ove to
him, that I ;«m neither a madman nor a
bad husba d.
“ Though my fa'hrr in law, in con.
sequence ol hie losses in trade, has been
able to give me only hall the down
promis tl me, I am not, on that ac.
count, the less faithful to my engage
ments.
“ Neither policy, nor the desire of
riches, shall ever make me seek for a
divorce.
“ As Bonapart , causes all letters to
he opened, it was requisite that mv cor
respondence should, in every respect,
he aocond cted, as not only to occasion
no suspicious, but also to dissipate such
as might be occasion* d by malice or in
discreiion. I know that 13 naparte in
no less cunning than he is wicked. I
had 10 n gulate my actions and my writ
ings accordingly. He has beeif my
dupe, and it isthe mortification he feels
on that score no lrss than his fear of
seeing himself completely exposed, in
consequence of the knowledge which I
have had these 15 years of all that has
passed in the interior of his family,
which has been the cause of tbe ridicu- j
lous reports he has published respecting
me.
“ Until I ctn have the pleasure of
teeing yoij^and your fa » ily, f beg you
will receive the homage of ray sincere
levoti-n.
** 1 have the honor to be, Sic.
“ SAKKAZm.”
London, July 30, 1810. |j
New t"oRK: Sept. 21.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
By the brig Wauderer, Captain Sut
ton, arrived at this port yesterday ip
34* days Irom Lisbon, from whence she
sa led on the 15th, ot Aug, we have
received the following verbal intelli
gence.
* “ Accounts Were received from
Lord v\ ellington as late as the 12th
August, three days before the Wan
derer sailed—his headquarters were at
Celerico, but the advanced guard of
the army was atGuasda;—he was mo
mently expecting an attack from the
French, who had advanced as far u
Pcnhel, in Portugal—several skirmisff
es had taken place between the advan
ced parties of both armies—one on
the 24th July was very severe, the
British having lost 16 officers—The
troops that were iq^Alentejo, under
General Slade, have crossed the Tagus
and joined Lord Wellington, It is
supposed his Lordship has 35,000 ef
fective men, besid s about 17,000 Por
tuguese, exclusive of the Portuguese
army under Marsh *1 Bcresford. The
7ih regiment had arrived in fine order,
ftom Halifax, and the 2!d (fusiliers)
w«-re daily expected, from the same
place : the former, after remaining 3
or 4 days at Lisbon, were marched off
to the army.
They are very active in Lisbon pro
curing recruits, and numbers are sent
off daily ro head quarters.—Every
ho-se that was able to stand was im
mediately impressed for the cavalry.
There were 8 >r 10 line of battle ships,
besides frigates and small vessels of
war lying in the Tagu-*, and nearly 700
ransports waiting to carry off the
British troops, in case they were obli
ged to leave Portugal.—Strong forti
fications h ve been erected on the
heights ab ut Lisbon to cover their
retreat in case of need.—-Upwards of
15,00dvjjparrels of flour was expected
at Lisbon f^m Li.erpool for the ust;
ft the army^T^flrprincipally American
■our, purcha^P at Liverpool by go
Arnmenti^me bills of lading for thd
swne hacreirrivcd before the Wander
er sailed.
Bv arrivals at Boston, and at New
buryport, Lisbon papers to the 6th Au
gust h ve been received. The latest
accounts from the Anglo Lusitanian
Army are to ihe 2d August, when its
head-quarters were at Celerico, but it
was contemplated to advance them to
Alverca. The Portuguese troops, un
der Marshal Beresford, had joined
those of Lord Wellington at Celerico.
T^e French had been before Pinnel,
(6 or 8 mile-* N. W. of Almeida) but
h.id recrossed the Coa. There ap
pears to have bcefi no figh:ing from
the 24th of July to the 2d of August.
On the 23d of July, 8 or 9000 French
troops, with 8 pice s of artillery passed
the D uro, not far from Zamora,
and threaten the northern province ot
Portugal. We perc ive no farther
mention of Regnier’s Dividon, which
passed the Tagu* at Almarez, appar
en ly with a view ol joining iVIa sena.
He was closely pressed by a corps of
Patriot troops, & it is said had 40 J ot
his rearguard cut off. The Britishdivi
sion under General H.ll, watched thai
of Rcgnier. As soon as the latter be
gan to withdraw from Estremadura,
the Spaniards recovered trtsh spirits,
and many military 4novem nts are
mentioned. Patriot detachments are
Hs miving marcneu irom /viou
querque to Caceres, Truxillo, and Al
maeez. Foreseeing this effect, it is
said, the French division ol 8(X>0 men,
under Moitier, which has been for
some time at Seville, had began its
march for Estremadura. The papers,
as usual, contain many accounts ol
small rencounters in Spain, in which
the French were defeated j and they
relate many instances of desertion
among others, th it of an entire regi
ment of Polish Cavalry. Portugal has
made peace with Algiers, through the
mediation of Eaglaod. A new con
tribution, for the support of the n <tton j
agains the French, is male ng through
out Portugal. Filtecn-thousand troops,
from Cadiz, had been landed at Aya
rft°nte» Palladium.
The following are some particulars
of the melancholy fate tnat has atten
dwLthe crew of the ship Boyd, which
swfTd from Botany B iy to New Z a
land, in consequence of an agreement
made by the captain with one of the
Chiefs of N w Zealand (who happen
ed to be at Botany Bay) to purchase
timber to take to England. On the
arrival of the vessel, the captain was
invited on shore, and attended the
Chief with part of the ship’s compan
iy he boat. Nothing particular trans
fwW on this occasion ; but the Chief
returned on hoard the ship attended
by a number of canoes full of men.—
They were permitted to examine the
ship, as a matter of cariosity. 1 appo
ice, the Chief, was treated with great
respect| and raving- Continued on>
iboard sometime, he got iato his boat,
for the purpose, as it w is supposed,
of meeting the capt i*n off ;he ship, who
he said, had g ’ne to see the timber.
Instead however, of Laving the ship,
he gave a yell, which was a signal for
the massacre of the whole ship’s com.
pany. There were about 30 in all, 20
of whom they tore limb from limb, and
regaled themselves upon the flesh of
the unfortunate victims. About ten of
the men, to save their lives, climbed
the masts, and two women passengers
and a lad ran down below; the Chief
*^iled the men, and told them they had
[ot all they wanted, having plundered
he ship, and that if they would come
down their lives should be spared.—
The deluded men obeyed, and fell, like
their comrades, a sacrifice to the inor
dinate and brutal appetites of the can
nibals. The two female passengers
and the boy were taken on shore, and
the ship was burnt. The captain an(F
men on shore were never heard of.—
jffhe rival Chief Pari, situated at a diff
erent part of the Island, hearing of
the affair, expressed his sorrow on the
occasion to the Captain of the City of
Edinburgh, who was at the Island for
timber, and prepared to accompany him
with an armed force to release the wo
men and the boy, in which they fully
succeeded, and the latter arrived sate
oard the City of Edinburgh, at the
e.
London paper of July 12.
■ tm
TWELFTH CONGRESS.
T{ie strong and unequivocal disap
mjbation of the abandonment of our
by the tenth Congress, and the
gntelal complaint of the want of men,
in the 11th congress, and the const,
quent neglect of measures to re-asserr
and defend those fights—though a bit?
ter pill, bids fair to work the cure of
the nation ; it is fortunate that many of
j$he old members who have so far corn
knitted themselves in the path of foliv
that they cannot go forward without
manifest disgrace, nor backward with,
out glaring inconsistency—have either
resigned their seats or declined being
candidates for the 12th congress. Our
representatives necessarily participate
in the sentiments of their constituents
when those sentiments are clearly ex
pressed. #
The few months past have afforded
a remarkable exception to what ap
pears to have been a general rule in thsN
past days of our security. The pub
lic papers have spoken an open and
bold language—not such as has been
usually dictated by the anglers for offi
ces, in the full tide of successful! ex
perimetit. If all l^e not agreed up
Kinqr points. tJ*y have a: least de
trated thBCe spirit of Indepen.
b half lullt^^k) sleep by our dos
ing represent^Vcs, T*as awakened to
speak, and to Jin the body of the
people.
In tho harness of this spirit, the
“ Green Mountain Boys” of Vermont
have cone forth on their late election.
They have chosrn men who partake of
this spirit—who will uot seek for wis
dom in the lack of epurage—but who
will bear to the altar of their country
that vital flame of Independence, which^
so eminently distinguishes the State
they represent-44 No submission
men, or measures—(says a correspon
dent,) hut an effectual embargo, or en
ergetic war, for ourselves and our chil
dren. rath- r th:in fli^crrarf— in th- ana
ritol the times in Vermont.” The e
nergy of tlu; spirit^ h.»s broken and
horns down\efcre^t that sickly com
round of accommodating avarice, af
Scted moderation, and canting hypo
It'sy embodied by an elated faction,
which statical in Ute vales and haunt
ed the maintains %f Vermoit, smil
ing on U^tish perfic^ and whining for
British^protection, Bedecked iti the
sacraligious garb of Washingtonian
ism.
New Hampshire has slept in care
less indifference—-the onlv question
with her appears to be on which side
she shall sleep.
Massachusetts follows her example.
Sne h is much to do to gain what she
h-S^kv t: and it is time for her to be
upsuhl doing.
A|}e middle and southern Sta’es
leave no doubt what will be the cha
racter of the 12(h congress—It will
embody the spirit of *76.
Patriot.
Baltimore, Sept. 22.
From the iVorth of Europe.
Bj»ihe North America, from Co
pcftA^'n, we learn that when sheI
sanea, July 29, there were upwards of*
eighty American vessels in that port,
waiting trial, condemned, Etc. The
Swedish Diet h id been in session ; but
I ailed in their attempt to el.ct a Crown
Prince, since the deatn of the former.
I he particulars of the divisions in the
couucila of Sweden arc uut publicly
known ai Ct.penh agen. The exclusion
oi our commerce from Prussia was
known there.
PETKRSBuue, September 21at.
THIRD CENSUS.
FREE WHITE MALES.
Under 10 years of age 286
Of 10 and under 16
16 and uoder26 8o4
26 acd under 43
45 and upwards,
Total» 13T6
FREE WHITE FEMALES.
Under 10 years of age. «QT
Of 10 and under 16*
16 and under 26,
26 and under 45.
45 and upwards, 102
Total,
* 1030
FREE PEOPLE OF COLOUR.
S>f all descriptions, except ?
Indians not taxed, 5 1037
laves of all descriptions, 2161
Total number of inhabitants, Jtt56
Norfolk, Sept. 19.
Extract of a letter from Hamburg, da.
ted 20th July, to a merchant in this
place.
U Y“u 'viU hav* h*ard some time
ago of the capture of the ships I,n„.
gene, Georgm Planter, and Herald,
earned into Copenhagen by D.mish
r;Tr\and the Kodi,eV Calais
by a Fr. nch privateer, all waiting trial.
lam sorry to inform you th.,t the brig
Hibernia, capt. Roush, has also been
;9aP‘ufed’ aad carr*etl into Christian.
8a"dJ?y a Norwegian privateer.
There are about fifty Americ-m
vessels detained in the different porta
of Denmark-—Several have been eon.
drmned ,n the first court, on .he must
l™10."*r°uod- Ind«<', from what
i. .very lew can
escape : one does not know who to ap
ply to or assistance ; merchants, iulg
es, and all are suspected to be directly
or indirectly interested in the priva*
teers. The few that have been releas
ed were obliged to pay some hundred
dollars to the captors for their trou
ble»“nd th^ «penses of the court.
1 o do this, they find some irregu
larity in the papers, sach as supercar
goes na nes being on the bill ot lading
! 4n“ lnvoice, and not on the roll of e- d
qmpage; or the Mediterranean pass. I
t^ted 1809, in place of 1810, or some- *
tllng equally frivolous.
^ 4‘ They are not ashamed to make
supposition and conjecture the basis of
sentences ; in fact suspicion is condem
nation, Of late there is a commission
named, with the avowed object to ex
amine ships papers ; and if clear, they
are to go on, without examination of
the court. Some coming from Rus
sia have passed that way, but for mv
part, l have not much confidence ; t
believe it is a decoy for idnut 100 A
merican vessels now at G ittenburg.
f»ound up the Baltic, but afraid to
proceed.
M Restrictions on the trade in this
quarter are continually multiplying,
the Danish government have shit all
their ports in the North S ,a to our
hag, yet this change has had very lit
Wfretfect on prices at Altona, Sugir is
only article which leaves a profit.
.... rw. ia «| c ovsrsiociceu Wlttl
every kind of produce. I* the Prus.
sian ports, Sugar, Cotton, and |)ry
Goods answer still, but Tobacco, Rice
Indigo, Pepper and Coffee are low, tho*
better than in Denmark. Tea is a
drug all over Europe.”
It has been repeatedly asserted that
France and Great Britain equally can
vass the commerce of the iff. States
and this tale is repeated again and a*
gain in the democratic papers, either
without any knowledge of facts, or if
knowing them, a total disregard of
truth. When we compare the rela
tive naval strength of France and Eng
land, it would not much surprise us,
if the captures made by th j British
s’ftuld amount to as much as those
qaJrle by France.
1 he Editor of this paper has, for
seven years past, held a situation in
the Office of the Marine Insurance
Company of N irfolk, which gives
him an opportunity of being i nformed
upon this subject, from documents
which cannot mislead ; he has for ihe
information of his readers, extracted
from the -books a statement of losses
sustained by captures of p*om rty in
sured in that office, by all the belligera
ents, from Mirth 1804, to this ti ne,
wflth presents the following results
•Blount Captured by
the French, g 223,185 75
Recovered by
compromise, 18,100 10 \
Do. by sentence
reversed 3,362 60 V
--—21462 70
» 201,7*3 05
Amount captured by
Spam acting under
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