Martinsburgh gazette — Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.], 1810-11-30 00:00:00, page 3

r,%r army far tiled n junction *h**Te. At
5ix o’clock in the morning cf the 2‘th, thev
2'tacked our position at t vo different points
with strong columns, and the (ring con
tinued about two hours and an half ; the
Portuguese corps who distinguished them
s- Ives, were all those who had the good
fortune to be at the points attacked, being
the following corps.
The 9:h and 2lst Brigades under the or
ders of Colonel Champat mand, and after
he was wounded, of Lieut. Colonel Sutton.
The 8th Kegiment commanded by Lieut.
Col. Douglas. The 1st and 16ih Brigades
ot the line, and the 4th Battalion of Chas
seurs under the orders of Brigadier Gene
ral Pack. The. ?th and 19th Brigades and
Chasseurs No 2 under the orders of Bri
gadier General Colman. The Battalions
cf Chasseurs No 1 and 3 with the English
light division, and the 6th battalion ot the
brigade of Brigadier General Campbell.
'1 wo Brigades of Artillery commanded im
mediately by Major Arentschild, and two
of three posted more to the lelt.
The only difference that there was in the
conduct ot all these troops consisted in the
opportunities which were offered to each
c'-rps to distinguish itself. This may be
called a glorious day tor the Portuguese
name, its troops having acquired by their
conduct, the admiration, and the lull con
fidence of the English army.—The con
ciuct of the 8ih Regiment under the orders
of Lieut Col. Douglass, and in which Ma
jor Birmingham distinguished himself, did
it much honor. That Rcgimenj with two
English regiments dislodged the enemy
with the bayonet from the heights, which
they had gained, and made them pay dear
for their momentary advantage. The 9th
and 21st Regiments merited the complete
approbation of Major Genera! Picton, and
much praise is due to Golonel Champali
r» .onl, Li' ut. Col. Sutton who commanded
the Brigade after the former was wounded,
and Lieut-Col. Jose Maria de Aran jo Ba*
ctllar, tommandtr of the 21st Regiment.
Brigadier Gen. Pack deserves im thanks,
as v/eii as me corpi that were under his or
ders, and their cotnmanders, Lieutenant
Ce ls. Hill and Luiz do Rego, and Major
Atnsstrong. The conduct of the battalion
of Chasseurs No. 4, deserves to be particu
larly mentioned, as well for their bravery
if. t ie attacK, as lor tne con^t-.ncy with
which they sustained the fi’-e of the enemy
the whole day. 1 he battjlion of Chasseurs
| N >. 1, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
J rge d’Av'dcz behaved extremely well,
and that officer merits every eulogium.
“3 he battalion No. 3, under the command
ct lieutenant Coionti Rider, particularly
dkiuigyished itscli, and in discipline and
valour cannot be excelled. The 7th and
19th Brigades of Brigadier General Col*
man, ;;nd Chasseurs No, 2, also deserve
the highest praise ior their conduct, as also
their commandants Cols. P.lmeirim and
| Jose Cardosa de Menezes Sottomair, and
Lieutenant Colonel Nix<>n; and particu
I larly five companies of the 19th regiment,
who under the immediate orders of Lient.
Col. Macbean, made an attack with the
bay onet on the euemv, which is particular.
[ h mentioned by all the officers of the two
armies, who witnessed it, as admirable for
the discipline and bravery that they exhibit
ea.
1 he battalion of Chasseurs No. 5, of
Brig. General Campbell’s Brigade, and
commanded by Lirut. Col Sebasti.mo Pinto,
f likewise behaved very well, and deserves
my thanks.
• wo Brigades of artillery of the 9ih and
6th under the immediate orders of Major
Arauischild, also greatly distinguished
the rust Ives, by supporting with steadiness
during the whole of the battle, the tire of
54 pieces of artillery, occasioning a great
loss c l men to the Enemy, dismounting
three of their guns, and blowing up two of
their waggons of ammunition. Two other
Br igades of artillery also merit m v appro
brticu. All the officers and soldiers of
tho^e co»ps are worthy of being represent
ed to his Koval Highness, for their good
and excellent conduct, which would have
done honour to veteran soldiers, for by the
confession of all the English officers the\
displayed equal valor and discipline. With
r*spect to the troops who were not immr
diattly engaged, I observed in them the
*Dost ardent desire to measure themselves
^uh the Enemy, and from appearances
they will shortly have an opportunity. But
»rom such conduct as the Portuguese troops
display td in the battle of Bussaco, assisted
hy the well known bravery of the English
armv» we cannot but anticipate a favourable
y^u'.t to the present contest, and that the
Enemy will pay dear for the devastation and
*rue!tits which thev have committed in
I ortugal.
1 cannot omit this opportunity ofacknow
iedging the important services, which on
every occasion 1 have received from the
Glents and zeal of the Quarter Master Ge
neral ol the army Colonel D’Urban ; and
f have every reason tc be satisfied with the
Adjutant General Brito Mozinho, and with
mX mililacy teertury Brigadier l.tmo.',
tno accoropantea me nunng me came;
and also with the whole of my staff.
I annex a return of the loss of his Ro\ al
Highness’ army in the battle of the 27th —
That of the enemy must have been im
mcnse from the accounts of their prisoners
and wounded, whom the rnemv abandon
ed afterwards, when they made a move
meni upon our left. Thev left upon the
! field of battle more than 2000 killed, and
| several generals were wounded. The Ge
! neral of brigade Simon was taken prisoner,
and the officers whom we took say that the
Generals Merle, Lacunc and Grandorge
were wounded.
God preserve your Excellency——Head
Quarters at Coimbra, 30th Sept. 1810.
W. C. BERF.SFORD,
Marshal & Commander in Chief.
Sr Don Miguel Pereiro F'orjaz.
Translated from a Gottenburgh Paper of
Sept, 26, for the New-Fork Evening Post.
Jonkofing, Sept. 22.
Yesterday morning passed through this
town, Major General Count Rosen, on his
way to Orcbro, as Courier from France,
with the answer ol his Serene Highness
the Prince of Ponte Corvo, to our most
Gracious Sovereign, respecting the succes
sion to the Crown. There is reason to hope
that this answer corresponds with the most
ardent wishes of the nation, and that the
people of Sweden may soon behold the il
lustrious Prince, in order to revere in him
the support of a good and wise, but aged
King, the best hopes of their country, and
a worthy successor to the immortal Crown,
Prince Carolus Augustus.
From Bristol papers to Octobet 12, re
ceived at this Office yesterday by the Brig
Fair LadyJTom Bristol, (Lng-J
London, October 8.
The following Address to the Citizens
of Rome was issued by Lucien Bonaparte,
and privately distributed two days after he
sailed; but was immediately suppressed
by an official order :
“ To the Reman Citizens.
“ In the bosom of retirement, occupied
with no other cares than those of contribu
ting to the happiness of my family arid my
neighbours and tasting on Rome’s classic
territory all that pure refined bliss which a
mind imbued with a love of arts can enjoy,
I was assailed by the ruthless hand ot des
potism, rendered still more heavy by its
being that of a brother ; still more galling,
as he owes his life and his honours to my
intrepidity,
“ 1 his infernal mandate was, that I
should repudiate an endeared wife, and de
sert those children whom Nature identi
fies with my existence : that I should as
cend a throne created bv the most horrible
perfidv, and unite my efforts to despoil and
subjugate the yet unconqucred part of the
globe.
“ Citizens, I had no choice between un
conditional submission and immediate
flight. I did not hesitate.—The Tiber, on
whose banks I had vainly hoped to pass mv
allotted term of life, received me on her
bosom, and she will waft me, I trust, in
safety to those prows which dreadful when
sought in hostility, become a sure place of
refuge to the destitute and the oppressed
“Citizens, farewell; my gratitude is all
I can leave behind. May your chains sit
light upon you; or rather may you soon
cease to bear any, by the intervention of
that Omnipotent vengeance, which sooner
or later punishes usurpation, tyranny, and
oppression.
“Lucien Bonaparte.”
Boston, Oct. 16.
Remarkablepassagefrom Ireland..~Last
night arrived at this port brig Enterprize,
Capt. K. Cottle, in 21 davs trom Dublin.
Capt. C. heard from his merchant, the day
he sailed (Oct. 24) that intelligence had
been received that the British had been de
feated in Portugal, and were preparing to
leave that country ; altho in the begining
of their combats they had met with some
successes.
Capt. C. favoured us with a Dublin paper
of October 23, and a Liverpool paper of
Oct. 18.
London, Oct» 19.
A messenger has arrived trom Portu
gal, which he left on the 7th inst. 1 here
had been no second battle. Lord Wel
lington has obtained such information of
, Mas'ena’s force, that it is said he is de
termined to risk another battle even in a
plain. He thinks his cavalry equals meet
that of the French. #
Brig. Gen. Crawford has died in Por
tugal.
Additional reinforcements are ordered
to Portugal.
An intercepted letter from Masaena,
Sept. 22, says “ we onlv march over
sens. Every place is abandoned. Wo
men, children, and aged all flv.
Maryland —On the 7.h inst. Mr.
Bland introduced into the House < f Dele
p f s a cumber of itscJulicos cn the sub- j
iJ'a 01 Bancs, concluding wan the lui
lowing:
HcBohtJ. That the Representatives and
Sens’^ ;ri oi this state in the Congress, of
the U. States be, and they are hetcby re
quested and instructed to oppose, bv all
me:»ns in their Dower, the establishment of
a National Bank in whatever manner it
may be proposed to organise such au in
stitution.
^1,0 —Return J, Meigs is chosen gover
nor ot Ohio by a majority of near 2000
votes.
In conformity to a late act of the Legis
'attire °* ^hio, the seat of government of
that state is transferred to Zanesville.
The GAZETTE.
Maitmsburgh, Nov. 50.
Affairs in France.—Gen. Armstronghas
at last arrived from France. After what
we have lately had from the executive, res
pecting our relations with the French go
vernment, and the revocatiopof Bonaparte's
unjust decrees, the question naturally ari-!
ses; what was the state of affairs when j
Mr. Armstrong left Paris? We do not
hesitate to sat that it was by no means
pleasing. The long faces of the friends of
Napoleon in this country; and the pro.
found silence of every one who has lately
arrived from France are sufficient evidence
of the enmity of the emperor to this coun
try. ] here is not the least expectation
that Bonaparte’s edicts have ceased to ef
fect neutral commerce. And our Presi
dent in his speech, at the opening of the
approaching session of Congress, will he
obliged to teil a talc that will harrow up the
soul of democracy. He docs not want to
see JVIr. Armstrong to convince him that
he has performed a foolish act in declaring
that the edicts of France had ceased to ef
fect neutral commerce. Had our merchants
any confidence in executive acts, the pro
clamation would have been injurious to
them as well as degrading to the govern
ment. But the fact is our administration
is really too weak to be wicked. It appears
however that it is not so low in disgrace,
but what it can and must go lower !
[M T. Ev. Post.
Rather squally in the West.—Whilst the
public mind is almost wholly occupied at
the present moment with the convulsed
state of the old world, the affairs of the uew
h scarcely thought of. It appears from the
latest accounts from New-Orleans, that
the people of that country are not as secure
as they would wish. The troubles in old
Spain seem to have excited a spirit in Spa*
nish America, which has given our citi
zens, who inhabit the Mississippi, some
apprehensions for their safetv. By ati of
ficial order of the commander in Chief of
the Mississippi Territory, we find that a
large portion of the militia, and two com
panies of cavalry, are ordered to hold them
selves in immediate readiness, to march at
a moments warning. This order is to be ful
filled either by volunteers or by draft.—
Folk, the Governor of Pensacola, had
been joined by two nations of Indians, the
Choctaws and Talapouches, and it was
feared that our Indian neighbours, as well
as the Floridans, would yet become trou
blesome neighbours to our citizens of the
west. The independence of Florida, tmd
the taking of Baton Rouge, will be sub
jects for the heads of the nation. Thus it
does appear, that Mr. Jefferson’* string of
territory, which cost the nation fifteen mil
lions cf dollars, will vet prove an unprofi
table bargain .-—Ibid.
Affairs in Portugal.—-We have conversed
ivith an intelligent gentleman who arrived
here last Saturday in the Otho, from Ca
diz, via Villa-Real. He states that at Aya
monte where the vessel touched, he sow a
Spanish officer, who was going to Cadiz
ivith despatches. The officer informed him
that he left the head quarters of Lord Wel
lington on the 11 th of October, and at that
time there had been no fighting since the
28 ih of September. He said the combined
forces were in high spirits, and that Lord
Wellington was prepared to meet the enemy.
The gentleman with whom we conversed
has been in Spain and Portugal for six or
seven years past, speaks the Spanish lan
guage fluently, and appears to be perfectly
acquainted with the affairs of those coun
tries. He gives it as his opinion that the
French can never conquer the Spanish and
Portuguese, until the people are entirely
extirpated. He says there is such an en
mity against the French that they can ne
ver be safe in the peninsula as long as there
is a Portuguese or Spaniard in the country.
The Spanish soldiers in the pay cf France
take every opportunity to assassinate the
French. As an instance oj their deadiu en
mity, he states that a French General had
lej\ a garrison in a small town of'about 800
men, nearly half of whom were Frenchmen,
the rest apantura-- ■> -
army had marched cff, the Spaniards rose
upon the French and put every one of them
to death. Cadz, he say*, can never he
taken, and though the French keep up the
bombardment oj that city, they can do very
little damage, and the people are under no
apprehension.
The French treat the Americans with the
greatest indignity and severity possible.
I At Ayamonte our informant saw the captain
! and supercargo oj the American schooner
Mary, which had been taken by the French.
The captain and crew were rurrehed across
the country almost barefoot to Seville, where
thru tcere imprisoned in an ass stable, and
were soon to be marched as prisoners of
rear, to Bordeaux. But by the assistance
cf the Spaniards the captain and supercargo
hud made their escape, and travelled dis
guised as mule-teers lo Ayamonte; where
they were generously supplied by the Span
iards with money and clothes. C'1* infor
mant was at Cadiz on the 1st cf October,
and saw several regiments embarked for
Portugal to reinforce Lord Wellington. He
says, the young Fngiish Officers were so
anxious to meet the French, that many had
petitioned their superior officers to be sent
out in those detachments. The reader will
perceive that the lir h of October is the latest
date from the seat of war. And as our in
telligence comes direct, it must convince «
very one that the tales which have been cir
culated of the defeat cf Lord Wellington are
unfounded. If there has been a battle it
could not have been known in Dublin, at
the date of our last accounts from thence.—
There has undoubtedly, however, been an
action before this tune which has been deci
sive: The next arrivals from Spain or
Portugal will probably bring us the account
of a battle mare bloody than any which has
beenfought in those countries during the
present war.—— Ibid.
From the Freeman's Journal.
More squalls.—We are assured, (says
the Baltimore Federal Gazette of List 'i uts
day) by a gentleman of the. first respecta
bility, that letters from Washington an
nounce a very unpleasant state of
OUR AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.
Promt Jurisprudence.—In France the
will of Napol*on, is the supreme law ; his
caprice thc jury ; his power the judjc; and
his Jury the executioner.
Baltimore, November24.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Arrived, ship Portsmouth, Dawson,
from London, 22 days from land—The
editors of the Federal Republican, have
been favored by the owner, with London
papers to the 23/1 ult.
The T'mes of the 23J Oct. states, that
on the Friday preetding, Mr. Jackson,
late Envoy Extraordinary to this country,
arrived at Portsmouth in the Venus. He
landed immediately, under o' salute.
It appears by dispatches received from
Lord Wellington, by way of Lisbon, in
the remarkable "short passage of 4 days,
that Massena was in a most critical and
dangerous situation. The Portuguese
militia under Colonel Trant had surprised
the French in Coimbra, where they cap
tured 5000 men. Lord Wellington was
posted in front of the P’rcnch armv, in his
strong lines, with his right at Villa Fran
ca- He had been but faintly molested in
taking this position, iuassena s army was
inferior in number, and its retreat without
the loss of baggage and artillery, was sup
posed impossible, whilst famine would
probably arrest they progress. Kvery
circumstance indicated the policy of Lord
Wellington to be what is emphatically cal
led Iiurgoyning the French. The next
news we may confidently expect to contain
their surrender or destruction.
The alarm among the merchants at Lis
bon, had subsided in consequence of this
favorable state of affairs, and they were
determined to wait the event with confi
dence.
THE subscriber has just received an as
sortment of best
MILL’D CASSIMEIiS,
with a very handsome collection of fancy
vesting and swansdown.
He has on hand a large quantity of ex
cellent IRON, from Mount Pleasant Iron
Works, which he offers at five dollars per
hundred for Cash only. Also 6 by 8, 7 by
9 and 8 by 10 Window Glass.
L. PRICE.
Cash given for Rye and Oats, forty
cents in Goods for Corn, five cents cash
given for clean Linen and Cotton Rags.
Mariinsburgh, Nov. SO, 1810.
TO THE ENLIGHTENED CITIZENS OF
n BERKELEY.
FTER fifteen yeais absence, I offer my humble
services, as Tutor, to some Gentlemen who
wish the understanding of the rising generation
enlightened, by a man who has sought after useful
information, and ij willing' to imjiaait—Inquire of
the Printer. .
THOMAS WHITAKER,
the Otdiietd School Master
November SO, 1810.