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oai.'j ,i Jour; i will ho compulsed 1
one volume, price one dollar, to be pub
brlied during the present spring. *Mr.
M‘Keehan intimates that the Governor
U alarmed, lest tire small works now in
die press should gratify the public curi
osity with respect to this tour; and not
only give general satisfaction, but I) irg
published at an earlier dav, an 1 mui h i
itoS expeace, will pr -vent his vobnr.i- ,
no us work 1 rotii obtaining general cir u- J
lation,Sk consequently abridge hi* prof-.. . j
Wc do not mean to take a part in the I
controversy. Wc■ cannot, how.*v r. ’ ut j
remark that the authoritative, dictatorial j
style, in w hich Governor Lewis has con
demned the labours ;>f the poor fellows
who acwmotmied him, savour* much
more of the greet man th an of tin.- s holar.
L is certainly a little & ir.vi lions thing,
tor a man of th■* G .vcrr.or’s standine, to
vail himself of his exalted stati n to
create a pn i adieu aja’.nt his rival .
1 **
-TM t . ,
v aere nav' nzcn s. vu-... en -men's
K tween the French and Russians, P- !
'he 25th Jan. to the Tth I’th. Th oat- !
tie of Mohvingen was >ught < n tin 251].
Jan. The 55th bulletin, dated 2bth J an.
ut Warsaw, cl:.inis the victoryr for the
French. It states that the Rus ian had
1200 killed, 5000 wounded, and wen
driven two leagues. The Hu si an nc
• ount of this battle claim.- the victory
♦or the Russians, and st: tes tin J< s of
the Fjench at a out -FXJO tr.cn and all j
their baggage. The Rus ian a o unt !
states that on the 24th they attacked
marshal Nay, near Mohritnn, and!
compelled him to fall hack to Pr.izn z, j
where he joint l MuratV. division, and
on the next day t:v ivvvums attacked
and entirely defeat* *i gen. Ib-rna.lotte’s
division, and drove him firm n ■■ Fin
ing to Str it ’ g. Th 1 . • •1 : ull< ti .
give no account of an engagement on
the 24,h.
Fhe 5dth oulietin is date 1 Arrendorf,
i eh. it . I: states that I’onap \rte or
d red Beroadolte to retreat before th
Russians, and evacuate Gsterode and
Tobau, and throw himself iutq, Strats
liurg ; that the French forces under the
grand civile of Berg, marshals Soult.
Ar.gereau and TV. v, ware concentrated
at Al.em.tem the 5 1 Feb. and had skir
mishes with the Rm .i ms at Bcrgfricd,
Walerdorff and Deppen,on the d’h an 1
5th,in which the Russians v.vre worsted.
The 57lh bulletin h dated at PfCUs
«ich Evlan, Feb. 7 h, and gives an a:
count of a ckhvnhh at Hoff.
Tue 58th bulletin is dated at Prusnit
Eylen, Feb. 9th. Itgivi a detrsilecl ac
count of the battle of E.lan, which ap
pears to have been fought about the 7di
Feb. The French claim a decisive vic
P •and state the Russian loss at 7000
kiile-i, about as many wounded, and 45
pieces of cannon. 'J in bulletin conclude s
With stating, that the exp. dition is at an
vn 1, tne Rus1-ians driv en 100 leagues,
ami tl.e French about to retire to winter
quarters.
No Russian accounts of these battles
h i- been reccivt d, v xc; pt of the battle 1
ot Aiobringen. The i rench 58th bill- j
h im, however, admits that the battle of I
Evlcn lasted 12 hours. It states the loss j
ol the French at “ e.vac.'V’ 1900 killed, j
and ub mt5 700 wounded, of whom 1000 J
w< :v “ n:i:/t red :: fit J r serviceIi al- j
so a,1m.its tlv.it mar.-iial Angereau, gene- 1
*" :-s E-, jar . , I Riulelet and Sochet.
v ^re v.'m uilul, geu Eacusee and cols.
R v 'rois a v.l Eouveres killed ; and it
-> i u pr. ■ ud mat the Russians wc^e
I
/<Y:, d :\’c Cccilrn:ccv.—The tide,'
r :'.cv-i'<i! clays lust \* eek has been t en.
S1 • 1-} lower than ever before recol
Lete Saturday we counted 129 men
wading for oysters o 1 the • uv Yoi !c 0\ -
.tt ]• banks, a. 1 tne shore lined v, ithcarts
to reta ive them,
Co: ano:i oak wood was sellingon Sa
tin .. ■ [■,: i.vc dollars a loa i which is at
!'S • 20 <; liars a cot 1 ; : : »
e\ar_. l.oUie is now without this artule.
VVe learn from Newburgh, that on
tne .5 : inst. the snow was three feet
de .g—and that the sleighing was cx
ee lent. The roads ware cr >wded wi h
lu.als of produce coming to the difur
t nt landings.
A few d tvs since, 70 tons of streaked
dus, were tak n in o.;e net, and at one
haul, ne.-r Sto;.i.igton, mo-t c.f which
were ro’t to our mark t, and sold verv
c heap. i his “ miiaicu’ous draught of
I fishes” was valued at f»‘JoO dollars '_
| I he net was made arid is ownc d hy a
i respect cble company of fishermen, and
is oGO fathoms in 'e ,,th, an.) <> deco.
[A. Itjr.’i GazctU’.]
Capt. Emery, a rived at Salem, from
Leghorn a i Alicav.t, inlor ns that tli*.■
slup Cyrtts, i I iiostun, was taken xviif.in
three mi.es of th- anchoring ground of
Alicant, by a i'rench privateer ; the
pti/.e master, after u mg tv rynitdu d
to persuade t>ie Cyru.'s crew to : -j
i
the property was English, to no effect
intoxicated his men, who followed the
ship’s crew about the decks with axes
threatening to cut them down. The
captain’s papers were all taken from him
and he was not permitted to go out r!f
bis vesel or write to his friends. The
sc hr. Washington, of Newburyport,
was taken by the same privateer.
Aquila M. Bolton,
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changing Lie, h iving observed that the
m■ • t iLcent and sober travellers wish
to accommodated at respectable and
sooer hour.es, whit h are not disturbed
lae noise ol a bar room and ilrinking
pc< pie, proposes to open a house and
stable, etc. for that purpose, and for
boarding, 8c trading in country produce,
on the first day of May next, in Charles
town, Brooke county, Virginia. The
hou.se is that now kept by Mr. Ilcnder
on, situated on Front street, the sign.
>' tiic* spread eagle, consisting of a store
md s ven other rooms, with a cellar tin
ner the whole. Fhe Subscriber will al
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he teriitoric: rl Louisiana and Missis
*PPb !' aii t< d only with the
I‘rench l.ingua'; .nay hn 1 a person with
whom they can converse.
AM>KEW WILSON.
Tib April, 1 HOT.
N. B. The store room an.l half of the
iarg' v ilar ma be rented by the month.
F O R ~S A L I£,
Or to be Leafed,
r A PLAN Pa i'lON in Ohio county,
V irginia, adjoining Benjamin M‘Ma
hoo, containing 281 acres—on which
t’n r.* is a snug house, and about 6 or 8
C"(,s ol cleared land under good fence.
Inquire of
D. CASS AT.
Wheeling, April 1, J 80L 3tZ