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«ke author ofit, and began to credit the
story; nor could he rest satisfied till he
went all the way hack to Toulon to satis
fy hiinsell whether the story was false
or true.
This story the writer had from a
Frenchman, a respectable inhabitant of
Toulon, of the name of Eubank, in the
year 1 780.
I NT E L L IG ENCE.
Salem,June 5.
On Wednesday iast, the Hopewell,
capt.Rea, arrived here from Hamburgh,
which place she left on the 1 7th of April.
1 he last news received there respecting
the war was similar to what we have had
here;—that Massena had made a move
ment which it was expected would imme
diately bring on another general battle.
As to peace, though there had all win
ter been some talk of it, yet it was an o
vent that in Hamburgh was not expect
ed soon to take place.
With respect to the events of war
which had taken pi.ice between the
French and the Russians, it was difficult
to judge of the truth from the Ham
burgh papers, as they are issued under
the inspection of a French intendant.
Ot public and official statements there
is generally a distrust, from the suppos
ed policy of each party to conceal its
own disasters, and exaggerate those of
the enemy. Private information is
therefore often more relied on. From
persons who had been at the theatre of
war, and from the communications of
the French officers themselves, it was
weil known, that though the French had
maintained their military reputation in
all the battles which they had fought ;
yet that Bonaparte had at length met
with an enemy that required the full ex
ercise of all his genius and energy, and
had received such a check as he had no
ver bciore experienced. Persons who
had visited both the French and Rus
sian armies, allowed that the former
were vastly superior to the latter in mi
litary science and experience ; but vet
Benningsen had managed his means
with so much skill and judgment as
greatly to harrass Ik straiten the French,
and to make them suffer severely from
the rigours of the climate and the want
of provisions, as well as from his arms.
The dreadful accounts we have had of
the battle of Eylau, appear to have been
no fictions. The destruction of human
lile in that awful scone has hardly boot)
equalled in modern warfare. Bcnning
sen s statement ol the French loss in
this affair seems not to have been far
from the truth ; for French officers who
were in the hattle, acknowledged that
they had between .30 and 40*000 killed
and wounded. 1 he Russian loss they
state to be equally great and it was con
fidently said that there were not less
than thirty thousand wounded Russians
in Koningsberg; the conclusion was,
that neither side could boast of having
gained any distinguished advantage o
ver the other in the action, though it
was acknowledged that the Russians
saved Koningsberg by it. The account
we have had of the destruction of Bona
parte’s guards was true : Angereau be
ing wounded,& his men discouraged bv
repeated repulses, Bonaparte ordered
his guards to a charge ; they obeyed, and
were all cut to pieces, saving about six
teen men, the Russians giving no quar
ter. After the battle no less than fifteen
thousand dead horses were counted up
on the field. A French officer, in a let
ter to a friend, said, that two more such
battles would annihilate the French ar
my. It was evident that the impressi
on of Bonaparte’s invincibility was in
some degree effaced, and the hopes of
those strengthened who wish to see
bounds set to his triumphs.
1 he greatest exertions were making
on both sides to repair their losses by re
cruits. Vast numbers were pouring into
the French grand army, from all parts
of Germany,as well as from France,thou
sands of wretched creatures being obli
ged to enlist, to get bread; and even ma
ny of the Prussian prisoners had enter
ed among the recruits. The shock from
the next meeting of the two armies was
expected to be even more terrible than
that ol the former.
It seems the good generalship of Ben
ningsen had not preserved him from the
jealousy of the other officers of the Rus
sian army, who think themselves disho
noured by having a foreigner placed over
them. The emperor Alexander had ar
rived at Revel, on his way to the army,
with a view probably of composing the
difficulties.
There are now no French troops in
Hamburgh ; the place is garrisoned by
the Dutch, the river is blockaded by the
British, and its trade has ceased.
Philadelphia, June 10.
A gentleman who came passenger in
the Amelia, from London^ arrived at
Boston, informs that the conduct of Mr.
Munroe has been highly approved of by
the mercantile interest of that city—and
that a public and very splendid dinner
was to be given him by the merchants,
as a mark of respect for his vigilant exer
tions, in endeavouring to restore a friend
ly intercourse between that country and
the United States.
A letter from an officer on board a
British man of war off Cadiz, dated
March 31, says: u Capt. Hallowell, of
the Tiger, has sailed from Sicilv, with*
5000 troops, for the Levant, under the
command of Colonel Frazer. It is sup- •
posed they are to take possession of A
lexandria.”
WHEEL ING,
Thursday, 25th June, 180/#
Trial of Burr.
We have received intelligence from
Richmond, to the 10th instant. At that
time Wilkinson had not arrived. On the
9th, the grand jury were adjourned to
meet on the 11th. No decision appears
to have been made, on the motion to
commit Burr for Treason: nor do we
hear ol any proceedings on the motion,
since Burr agreed to give the bail stated
in our last.
A motion has been made by Burr, for
a subpoena for the President to produce
the orders issued to the military re
specting the seizure of Burr’s propertv*
1 he Court had not decided the motion
at the date ol our last intelligence.
Gen. Vy ilkinson and Mr. Graham left
New-Orleans on the 21st of May, in
the United States schooner Revenge,
bound for Norfolk.
It is stated in the Norfolk Ledger,
upon the authority of a letter from Rich
mond, that General \Vilkinson has lost
the famous cyphered letter. The editor
of the Ledger says that he w is not at
liberty to state the name of the infor
mant, but it is such as leave to no doubt
ol tlie fact on his mind.”
V/e have no foreign news of impor
tance. I he French head-quarters were
at Osterode the 13th of April. Gen.
Massrna had advanced about ten Ger
man miles toward the Russian' army.
I he Kinperor Alexander was at Me
rru-1, and the Archduke Cor. 3 tan tine at
Koningsberg