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AMERICA.

PHILADELPHIA; SEPTEMBER. IS.
Yesterday about 600 of the lOth regiment of Unit-
ed States infantry, under :be command of Colonel
Pickens, arrived in this city, acid embarked on board;
vessels provided for the purpose. They are on '
way to the Canada lines. This reghncnt' V'aS
eipally raised in North Carolina and Vitt-hill; -x
have been performing duty for some Inonthipatt
the latter State.

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NEWPORT; SEPTEMBER 27.
yesterday mornir.g Con =dose :Ritc!gars,
in the United States frigate President, anchqml in.
this harbour, from a brilliant cruise of five months.;
—He brought in with him his Bliunriic:l4rajesty's.
schooner Htghflyer, mourning fdur guns, and one:
long Tom, and thirty-nine men, tender to Admiral.
Warren. —He captured this schooner by almost Lit
miracle. On making the schooner to the sourhwgd,
of Nantucket Shoals, she hoisted ;he private British
signal, which was answered by Commodore Rodgers,
-ind fortunately proved the British signal of that day.
Upon seeing this, the Highflyer came immediately
to him. Commodore Rodgers ordered• one of his
Officers to dress in British uniform, and manned out
a boat and boarded him. Th,. Lieutenant of the
schbener did not wait to be boasted, but manned out
his own boat and boarded the President, supposing.
the President was a British frigate. The British:
Lieutenant was on board for some time before he di:.
covered his mistake. The Officer that boarded the
schooner from the President, asked the Officer left in!
charge of, the schooner for the private signals and in-'
structions, which were immediately handed to him ;
by this stratagem, Commodore Rodgers has obtained
potsession of the British private signals and Admiral
Warren's instructions. On eiamining Admiral War-
ren's instructions, CommOdore Rodgers discovered
the number of British squadrons, stationed on the
American coast— their force, and relative position—
with pointed instructions to all of them, if possible, I
to capture the President.
The United States brig Rattlesnake was ready to
sail from Portsmouth on Sunday last.
The, corvette Invincible Napoleon is fitting at
PortUnd fora cruise, as a privateer.

BOSTON, SEP TEMBER 29.
'rhe following is copied from the Naticnal
geneer

'SEVENTH NAVAL VICTORY.
COPY OF A LETTER FROM COMMODORE PEARY TO-TIRE MAE,
TART OF THE NAVY.
" United States schooner Ariel, Pat-ia Bay, Sept. IS.

ge Stit-L--In my last I informed you thatvre had cap-
tured the enemy's fleet on this Late. I have now
the honour to give you the most impormitliarticulars
,of the action. On the morning, of thi lthh inst. Ati
sun-rise, thex_weridiscoverid frpm ibui;iu gay, while
.' I lap at anther i'ith the. skiiatiron undesr my c'om=
mand.:. We got 'under wei h; Old wind light at S.W..'
and stood for them.' At t W.*. the wind hauled to
--;,..atizi brOugheus tosWin Wird i formed the line and
bile up. Arfifteen minutes before t*etve, the enemy
i'dmmtneedtring ; at flee minutes before twelve the
action -.commenced on our part. Finding their fire
vtry destructive, owing to theft long guns, and its .
being mostly directed at the Lnwrence, I made sail,
and directed the other vessels to follow, for the pig-
pose of closing with the enemy. Every brace and-,
bowline being soon shot away, she became unma-
nageable, notwithstanding the great exertions of the
sailing-master.' In this situation she sustained the
action upwards of two hours within cannister distance,
until every gun was rendered useless, and the,greater
part of the crew either killed or wounded. . Finding
she could no longer annoy the enemy, I left her in,
charge of Lieutenant Yarnell, who, I was convinced;
from the bravery already displayed by him, would
do what would comport with the honour of our flag.
At half past two, the wind springing up, Captain
Elliott was enabled to bring his vessel (the Niagara)
gallantly into close action. I immediately went on
hoard of her, when he anticipated my wish by volun-
teering to bring the schooners, which had been kept
astern by the lightness of the wind, into close action.
It was with unspeakable pain that I saw, soon after
I got cm board the Niagara, the fla of the Lawrence
come down, although ( was perfectly sensible she
had been defended to the last, and that to have con-
tinued to make a shew of resistance would have been
a wanton sacrifice of the remains of hei brave crew.
But the enemy was not able to take possessi.m of her,
and circumstances soon permitted her flag again to
be hoisted. At forty-five minutes past' two, the signal
was made for ~ close action." The Niagara being !
very little injured, I determined to pass through the
enemy's line, hove up, and passed a-head of their two',
ships and a brig, giving a raking fire to them from
the starboard guns, and to a large schooner and
Coop, from the larboard side, at half pistol-shot dis-
tance, '1 he smaller vessels at this time having got
within grape and cannister distance, under the direc-
tion of Captain Elliott, and keeping up a well-di-
rected fire, the two ships, a brig and a schooner, sur-
. rendered ; a schooner and sloop making a vain at-

tempt to escape.
66 Those officers and men who were immediately
under my observation evinced the greatest gallantry,
and I have no doubt that all others cenducted them-
selves as becrane American officers and seamen. Lieu-
tenant Yarntll, first of the Lawrence, although seve-
ral times vi oundtd, refused to quit the deck. Mid-
shipman Forrest (doing duty as Lieutenant), and
Sailing-master Taylor, were of great- assistance to
me. I have great pain in stating to you the death of
Lieutenant Brock, of the Marines, and Midshipman
Laub, both of the Lawrence, and Midshipman J.
Clark, of the Scorpion ; they were valuable and pro-
mising Officers. Mr. Hambleton, Purser, who vo-
lunteered his services cn deck, was severely wounded
late in the action. Midshipmen Claxton and Swart-
' worm, of ►he Lawrence, were severely wourckd. On
bard the Niagara, Lieutenants Smith and Edwards,
• and Midshipman Webster (doing duty as Sailing-
' Master), behaved in a very handsome manner ; Cap-
tain Drevoort, of the army, who acted as a volunteer
in the capacity of a marine Officer on board that vet.
sel, is an excellent and brave off►cer, and with his
musketry did great execution. Lieutenant Turner,
• commanding the Caledonia, brought that vessel into
action in the most able manner, and is an Officer that
• in all situations may be relied on. The Ariel, Lieu-
tenant'Packet, and Scorpion, Sailing-Master Champ-

'lin, were enabled to get early into action, and *ere of
great service. Captain Elliott speaks in the highest
terms of Mr. IvfsgvelthriArser, whi; had been dis-1
patched in in a boat on service, pnevious to my get-
ting on-board thef•lkliagera ; trid, being a seaman,
since the action has rendered. essential service -in
caking Icharge, of one of the prizes. Of Captain
111 m, already so weUltnown, to the Government, it
Would be almost superfluddito speak. lii this action
he evineed 'WS characteristic 'bravery and judgment ;
IMillattnectlie close of the action, hail given me the •
most able and essential assistance..
ji I have the hon9ar ti enclose you a return of the
killed and wounded, ttisether,with a statement of the
retaitv e forcf—Of the Tqailltins.'' The Captain and
LteuteAnt 'thi''Queen.Chaxleitte and First
Lientenaet of the Detroiciovere billed. 04tain 13ar-
clay, senior Offatter, andlhe Pomander ef•the Lady
Prevost, severely roundeda The Commander of the
HUnter and Chippeway slightly. viounded. • Their
loss in killed* and woutiabd I not act been able
to ascertain ; it must; holrever, have been very great.
Very respectfully,: I. have the honour to be, Sir. your
very,obedient servant, (Signed) •',O. E.PRIUM .
"C6e Hoe. Win. Jones„Secretary of the Nayy."
EXTRACT OF AA,, LETTER FROM COMMODORE PERRY.
' '46•llnittil Statettehcioner Ariel, Prt-hi-Bay, Sept. Is.
ve.canted she prisoners taken on the
IQth host ". be
,landed at Sandusky ; and have
iecieSted era' kijuxiisna to have
,them_marched
tO:Chilicothe, and' theie' wilt until your jleasure shah
respecting • • -•
The:lAserenett baa been lolotimill out up, it is
absolutely ttacessaersbstahoublig6 Mo a. safe bar.
hour ; I have therefocei,dirpsted.,Lientenant Yarnell
to proceed to 4rie ,t 0 her with the wounded of
the fleet, and disinintle her
$4 tier over the bar
as soon as possible.'
gi The twenships, in a heivieeerthteday, at anchor,
lost their masts, being much injured in the action. I
shall haUl them into the inner bay at this place, and
moor them for the present. The, Detroit is a re-
markably fir.e ship, sails well, and is very strongly
built. The Queen Charlotte- a a much superior ves-
sel to what has been representcd. The Lady Prevost
Is a large fine schooner. •
I also beg your instructions .reskiting • the
wounded.. lam satisfied; Sir, that whatever steps, I
might take, governed by humanity, would meet your
approbation. tinder this -impression, I shave taken
• upon royselLto,promite Captain Barclay, wh,o is very
dangereuslferounded. that he shall be landed as near
Lake Ontartas possible, and I had on doubt you
would allow nee to parole hint. • He is under the im-
pression that nothing but leaving this part of the
country will save his life. There is also a number at
Canadians among the prisoners—many who have
families. I have the honour to
.be, Sir, very respect-
fully, your obedient servant, (Signed)
_ o. 14. MAIL
giscHcse. W. Jellee, Secretary tfp the Wavy,"
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. F RANAN Pitl&RS&
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PAtitißt
TO HIS SERENE Hll!,44gitS am ?Foos tr„wxurcitATee,
Vie E ithhikikNAVAL.
• :
Letimic, October 12.
44 MY PRINCE-4 have the honour to inform your
Highness, that I. arrived to-day at Leipsic, with 25
squadrons, composing the fifth,corps of cavalry. his ,
Excellency the Marshal Duke of C.ast;glipne will, no
doubt, have Made known to you the' articulati
our Wierth. ."97e arrived on the 9tit at - Natutbmrg ;
my light cavalry occupied. Withau, and two r 1• i•
ments,of dragoons, the. 19th and 22d,. occupied Fle.
mingen. The enemy attacked Flemingert with one
thousand horse, and four pieces of cannon. Colonel
Mermet, of the 19th, repulsed that attack, with the
loss of only four horses killed by the artillery. Ge-
neral Subervie was attacked at Withau, by two thou-
sand horse and two thousand infantry ; he avoi4d
the surprise, and made his retreat upon *tun:a/our&
without losing a single man.
44 After the fin:: retreat of the light'avalry, the
enemy occupied the defile of Withau, upon the road
from Naumbourg to Weissenfels.
44 The following day, the 10th, .his Excellency the
Duke of Clst!glione continued his march upon Leip.
sic, and made his dispositions for attacking and driv,..
in g the enemy from the defile of Withau. Three bat-
talions of light infantry, commanded by Ceneral
Aymer, were sufficient to carry the position ; and our
young infantry, notwithstanding the fire of musketry
and the cannonade of the enemy, rendered them-
selves masters of the bridge of Withau, and all the
small woods that crown that difficult position. The
light horse immediately passed the defile, supporte6
by the dragoons, in echelons. It charged upon thi
rising ground, which leads to Stoelzen and Prrtsch,
the rear guard of the enemy's cavalry, turned the.in-
fantry, which were obliged to throw *housewives into
the ravines, killed an hundred men, infantry and ca-
valry, and protected the movement of the4ight in-
fantry ; the united efforts of those :.• o armies made
300 of the enemy's infantry lay down their and
we took twenty horses.
44 In advaie..e of this rising ground there is a small
defile in the middle of a wood, and further on a vast
plain, which leads to the village of. Pretsch and the
small town of Zeits.

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The light artillery of my cavalry had already'
caused the enemy much injury, and obliged him to
pass the defile from the wood with rapidity, and I
made all the cavalry debouch in close column, in or-
der to conceal its force from the enemy, whose force
was, however, twice as great ; but I wished to come
to the charge with him, to convince him of the valour
of our old cavalry soldiers.
The enemy withdrew his cavalry at full gallop,
and immediately • marched against us with the regi.
meat of the old dragoons of La Toyr and Keyser's
light horse. The 6th dragoons. of our Emperor
moved at the head of the column against these two
regiments, the affair became serious ; I GrJered the
squadrons and General Montelegier's brigade to de-
ploy on the right and lett, and the two regiments
abandoned us the ground, leaving it covered with
Austrian dead.

" The enemy advanced eight squadrons of Ho-
henzollern's dragoons, acid two squadrons of the Prus•
sian Black Hussars, to support the dragoons for-
merly called La Tour, but now Saint Vincent.- ,The
2el French dragoons took these new regiments in
flank, overthrew, and completely dejitroyed them, at
the moment, when a single stwadron of the 13th, sur-


rounded by eght hundred horse, formed in a circle,
and destroyed every thing which approached it. This
aqindtori s, tonitosojerl by.tdebiaild of Squadron*
de vella.f. - ryvd.b .ts^trtt lii;,uttos
~Asht She wasne•mrenpnbutise :mak
mended by General Subervie,rretuttung trots broth-
ing up an eqUaLsamotier ob Prassian Ittisaras astl a
squadron au-Hattok; .found itself out- flanked by
double numbsba:; Colas.' Kennet.- whet, in Ale
absence of sire enseivalnif Beigade.:.conintarriltil tbt
18th, 19tb, 22d, aodlith.dirmosarag received orddn
to deploy his column, the 3thhillid 160Lorliphrew
ten squadrons. 11,34/::4111 •
44 The light cavalithoskiiiearigoinas
all parts the enemyvedsbiefei9oodesdiepeollie geld
of battle ; lived leveret lasers prina,
ners, and 120 horaesi. • co • •
1, We have otdy to veinitithest . pia- of the. elite
of the 11th dragoons, teriteasenrs,. and. 4. dragoons.
• Generals Montelegier and 4iitabervie .cbstinguished
themselves. All the officers andooldierss.during four
barges, upon p.roand..** quatter- of a
fought to the cry or" rem .Emisereal-P1
lucent and: Holierbeollern. regiments of
and Keyser's Vghtfitorm, have been tie*
awned.in this gallant affair.. We have besides 18
11104nagoonnesbasseurs or husrsrs,woonded;
burin hunuracif tiso..will return iaui she mice in
sevenew crest:dap. • ei.v . . taut tios•dvr
• I, The ettemes corps were commandedrirt Gene.
'rale Thielman, the Prince of Lichtenstein,andllaroo
ofeourland. The enemy had 4000 horse and• we
9000. The old dragoons. of Latour and Keyser's
light horse,iithe eliAcof the Austrian cavalry.' •
sty" In y o the Dukb ofCastiglione, I made
known flue names of several brave wen, but all are
deserving of his Majesty's favour, by their •intsepidity
and by their devotitawm (Signtd)• • '
The GeneralWiDivisicin; Conant Noah tetra."

St:

,PARtCticivEmBER.,T. ... 7 1 •••
The Senate .atid,Sotincil of State foitili Kingdom
of Italy, 'Orishingto Orel the French Authorities, in
attachment feritis• Majesty the Emperor and King,
hive_ presented. to the Prince Viceroy addresses full
of energy. . . • . .
la Shall we .suffer," say the Sen lis-144 thaethe
fields of Aivolii;Are,oli, Ltidi, 4a4 i
i` tko, titiry
aivlostr;onk by slfli meniorable' MIAMI* i tO be to our
eternal' shame pied by AO enemy .? , . .
.
-I.'‘ :101 we beep ungrateful as to forget those in.-,
ons—those laws-thosepeblic;istablishmketis
-4hoseshef.cl'eeuvrestliese monyinenti. which the
se • • ,
genius of a great and beneficent Monarch created IA
lso ter years ? . Would it, in short, .be Passible that
We illd be•stifficiently blind. to lose,lry.Our weak-
,tyet, : fruit of so many labouri, °Clio Wfuchblooil
' ''• 'Oho pan" victories,and allikv*blii. eiiuntry to
ta. y
again fele into an.alqss of calamititiitiedteor• ders ? '
--d" Igo, inaperia,l Highness, the profound: Sentimenti
a sh... Omar—of fidelity.-of devoiioil, 'Ogg!: the tie-
itatiii here The interisreter, can noirfote err, 4
from Italian helms; than we could forget the glory of
the great man who governs us." ,
The Senate conchatlii by begin; his. Serene High-
ness to accept the homage Whiekti Makes in the per-
son of each Of its Membeis, tei.disPcise of it in such a
manner, and for as long tirpe .rnae his Highness shall
think proper ; and as tlwre exists in the Treasury
Funds belonging to the Senate, and kir a destination
which cam admit of delayEit,likasyiee begs of his Se-
rene Highness to apply !them to the. wants of the
State.. The Italian Council of. State. ei,Mees similar
patrioticreimeats, and concludes with, thesa mords :
" It. entreats of your Highness trikermlt it to offer
for the wants of the State that portion,otthe appoint-
ments of each Of its Members, which heelball judge
proper to appropriate to that destination."
• - AUGSBURG, OCTOBER 29.
Letters have been received at Vienna from the
Queen of Sicily • the Princess, after a long abode in
the island of Tenedos,: has it last arrived at Constan-
tinople ; it is thought she will remain there some time,
to recover her fatigues ; she will Afterwards take the
Vienna road, in passing through Hungary. We axe
assured her health has considerably suffered during
the voyage. • .: '
STRASBURG, NOVEMBER 6.
.
For some days past many troops have arrived here
from different points. The fort of Kehl has been
placed in an excellent state of defence.
MILAN.' OCTOBER sr,.
The Minister and Administrators of the Finances
for the Ki.igdom; as well as the Employers of all
ranks oi sviat •Minister, hang entreated to apply to the
wanes o: lie army. such portion of their sal:tries as his
Settue kiiginiess shall think proper. The Tribunal de
Cassstion and the Conile Comptes havegiven simil
proofs of devotion. . ' ' •
CARLSRUHE,,OCTOBER 99.
We learn th it Count dollanberg, who commanded
the Baden troops, and Major General Schaeffer, have
been made prisoners on the 19th.
The enemy hds published emphatical and exam-
,
gerated reports of that day ; but how can he b expect
to impose by controverted details, and which can be
proved talse with the greatest facility ? 13y example,
he has caused it to •be officially published in the
Leipsic Gazette, ". that a Baden battalion had par-
taken, on the 191, in the conduct Ot . the Saxon
troops, by firing upon' the Frefich troops." These ,
words were unworthy of Count de Hapberg, and he
hastened to have inserted in the Leipsic Journal a
declaration, which states, aa that it is wrongfully that
they accuse the Baden troops of such perfit4 ; ice
says, that the truth is, the Baden battalion was m inch.
ing out of the gate of Grimma, when it met the Al-
lied troops which were entering the town, and were
obliged to give way to superior forces, and disarmed.
Shortly after the Prince of Sweden arrived, and or-
dered the Baden troops to have-their arms restored,
imagining that they were going to take part against
the French ; but this being unanimously refused, they
were again disarmed, and ordered to be conveyed to
Berlin
.as prisoners of war." This declaration of
Count de Hapberg is at the same time signed by the
Baden General Schaeffer, and the Baden Adjutant-
Genoral Holzing.

VIENNA, OCTOEER 24.
The citizens of this capital begin to express their
discontent at being obliged, at the approach of winter,
to perform regular and very laborious duty. GO.
vernment has thought fit to adopt other measures : it
bas brought several regiments from Hungary and
Sclavonia, and these troops will form the garrison of
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