The Statesman.
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pant of the lugger arrived in the evening of the 22d, The British army under Sir S. Prevost did not 't-
at the anchorage of the island, and landed at mid- teed 8000 men. We have not heard of an yrein-
night, at the head of a detachment from his vessel, forcements having been recently received .in.Qinada.
with which he went to the house where it was sup.. A new regiment has been formed of the boatmen
posed they lodged. They found the whole three.— (voyageurv) lately employed by the North West
The-moment the Lieutenant entered, they fell' on Company. Same, transports, with the! 92d British
him and his party with pistols and poniards, deter- regiment; -and other troops, have arrived at Halifax,
mined to force their way out. After a desperate convoyed by the Leviathans of 7 guns, bearing Ad-
struggle to overpower them, it was found neegettery Mira% Strachan's flag ; but these cannot cross by land
to shoot them. There was nothing found about th m into Canada ; and the St. Lawrence, we believe,
but pistols and poniards. Their Chief alone had a'. closeein November.
small paper of poison in his pocket. They were re. WASHINGTON, OCT. 30.—Capt. Smith, to whom
cognised to be Depiege, alias Debar, Deguern, alias the building of vessels and batteaux on Lake Erie
Sans Souci, and Dros. Their papers and instrur- is entrusted, has, with a party of volunteers, cape
tines were found by Lieuiersela Allanious, in a port- turgid the. British vessel Adams, of six gums, and
mauteau, and were irtrasedietely forwarded to Cap-. Caledonia, of two guns. These vessels imprudently
tain Molini, who sent them to the Police. These ventured out of the reach of the batteries on the Ca..
miserable wretches only obtained lodgings by threat- narlian shore, and were carried by boarding.
,One
ening flee ichabitants of bout. This event will of theme however, grounded during the night, and
deter the Spies of England from returning to this was lost: both crews escaped. The persons who
• island. The Quarter-Master Person, who attacked . were left behind by their companions give the fol.
11‘euero received several stabs of the poniard in his lowing information : •
'to
.-eeirithes, The artilleryman Allcate received a ball . " The Adams (which was taken from the United '
. 'in his left side, but the wound is not dangerous. States) left Malden on the 21th of October. The
The Journal de l'Empire risk's its readers te the British expedition, which, after the defeat of General
intelligence from. L'Orient, as affording ao exPlatia. Hull, was detached agaihst Fort Wayne on the 14th
tion of a paragraph in the Londoe.papers of the 30th of September, and consisted of 400 regulars and
ult. which stated that a French General and two 1500 Indians, returned on the 14th• of October;
French Colonels had been landed in France by the They came within 16 miles of au American army,
Armide frigate.—" The pretended General," it says, which they learned from their spies was that under
was the old Chemin Chief Debar, and his soi-disant General Harrison. They then precipitately retreat-
Colenels, Droz and Deguern, ruffians notorious by ed, leaving much of their ammenition and baggage
the crimes which they committed in our civil broils. on the ground. It was understood at Malden, that
They emharkel at Plymouth in the beginning of , General Harrison was advancing upon Detroit with
November, ati art trod in Quiberott Bay, where , his army. The Queen Charlotte was detained there.
• they remained feet- or five days on board, not dar- The Indians had destroyed much property in the
ing to land. At length. they caused themselves to be town, and as they were very numerous, it was much
conveyed to the Isle of Houat, where they were put feared they would massacre the remaining Americans
on shore on the 16th November." After stating their as soon as they were obliged to evacuate it by the
capture, it says, " there were found on Debar, who , approach of the American army. The British Corn.
was shot on the 23d November, several detailed re- manders had, in several instances, ransomed Ameri-
ports of his operations, dated France, Morbihan, can prisoners taken by the Indians. Gen. Win-
the td, 3d, and 4th December., The first .is addrese • chester was second in command .under Harrison.
sed to the Prince of Wales, the second to the Duke ! God grant that our army may avedge the barbarities
of Kent, and the third to the Secretary of State for and injuries our countrymen have experienced in-that
the War Department. Debar announces in these ; quarter."—(National Intelligencer.)
Reports, that he had made his way into riritanny '
• in the midst of the greatest dangers; that he had al-
ready assembled a great number of malcontents and
deserters, and would soon be in a situation to strike
some decisive blow ; in short, he gives a daily state-
ment of his progress up to the 4th December. Thus
it appears, that before he had arrived at llouat, and
perhaps before had left London, this able General
had drawn up a faithful account of the signal advan-
tages welch he was to obtain twelve days after his
death. We cannot refrain from congratulating the
English Ministers upon their choice of agents, and
the incredible success with which they execute the
missions entrusted to them. This, however, is not
the first time that they have so worthily justified' its
confidence. This affair may serve as an appendix to
the inplification of Drake, and merits that it should
be recorded as an additional specimen of the sublime
combinations of English policy. We hope the de-
tails we es ve.just given, will gratify the impatient cu-
riosity- of the London public, and we promise them,
for the future, that we shall give them punctual ad-
vices respecting such expeditions as often as they are
sent to us."

GOTTEN BURGH MAIL.

STOCKIIOt.V, Dcc. 10.—It is reported and gene-
rally believed, that negotiations are on foot between
Russia and Austria. _ _ _

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Above 400 guns takes from the French are to be
formed into two monuments at Petersburgh. A great
number of stand of colours, taken from the enemy,
are placed in the Cerzan Church at Peter:liitrgh.
Lord Walpole, it is said, has proceeded from Pe-
tersburgh-to Vienna.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM WASUINGTON.
" The late unfortunate affair at Qteenstown has
made a great impressio.i on the public mind. The
loss, thouc,:, k..owle.dgeti in oar journals to be '
more then t•.ro, is believed to have amounted in the
whole to 2000 men. Many persons who were advo-
cates of war, as thinking it might raise the courage of
our population, and be productive of national glory,
begin to reflect ; and are now ready enough to acknow-
ledge, that the organization of our military force
precludes the hope. Canada, say they, is not likely
to be wrested from the British with our present means.
Even the Aurora, and the other Government Journals,
admit, that all' the Illiartments of the army 'are bad-
.ly organised; that the Ordnance and commissariat
Departmenta-itre in a wretched condition ; and the
remedy they propose is, that a number of active. en-
lightened,and influential citizens shall be appointed in
every state to regulate all military matters. A more
absurd scheme was newr heard of; but while they.;
gravely tell us not to despoad, they console us by as.
surances, that after we ',eve bt•ett heartily drubbed ,
by the British as the Ruian's were by Charles:Xl f.
we, like them, shall' acquire military discipline, and
in our turn be tauglit to conquer.
66 The truth is, that many dour citizens were in-
duced to favour the war, from a belief that the Cana-
des would have ben au easy conquest ; and as the
possession of those: provinces is necessary to mend
our territoriii, and sei.atie tee submission or the se;
vages, patriotism prevailed over the scruples of con-
science.
" The late attack was made by General Van
Rensselaer, iu consequeuce of false intelligence from
a deserter, that General Brock had gone westward
with the greater part of his force to repel General
liarrison's attempt at Detroit. This is believed to
have been a rase ale guerre of the British General,
' as he certainly was 'menaced in that quarter, and.
feared ethorvaise these two distinct attache might'
be made at the same time, .when one, from the infe,.
riority of his force, must necessarily have prevailed.
" General Van Rensselaer, who commanded the
trnrps assembled et Niagara, has resigned. lie is
said to have been disgusted with .the cowardice and
insubordination of his. men.. Brigadier-GeV Smith,
Inspector General, has been appointed by General.
Dearborn to succeed' him. Rensselaer has since
passed through Albany."
LITItAGF Or ANOTIIER LETTER FROM IVASMIRGTON.
" The season mill not be.pertnitted to close with.
oat another attempt 'to retrieve the honour of the-
American.arme, We learn by letters from Albany,
that the army under General Dearborn is advancing,
and that the troops on the -East and West side of
Lake Champlain, have for some weeks past been
filing towards the camp, to effect a junction, I am
assured from an Officer, that the utrilost strength of
this army diet not exceed 12,000 map Omagh re.

REPORT FROM ADJUTANT GENERAL KUTUSOW TO HIS
IMPERIAL MAJESTY, OF2IST NOVEMBER, FROM TUE
TOWN OF nAnTrrowntiii. _ _

44 After my -Iyrirture from Moscow, I, in the
course of 1-1 la% s. 01111 r up with the ene-
my's army, hat sent cut detached parties_ to
cut off the road ()Obis retreat. ctrr oquence of
this, two French Generals, Barons Hautiol and Car-
sin, the Polish Colonel Count Malachowski, several
Officers, and a great number of privates, bare been
made prisoners. I shall hare the happiness of send-
ing your Majosty n report of those who in their skir-
mishes have signalized tbemselves by their activity
and exertions. Count Prince ‘Vnikonsckji, your
Imperial Majesty's Adjutant, deserves particular no-
tic.', he having taken oae 'of the aforesaid Generals
pri ,11:,r.
".i arm by means of the detached parties, already
in communication with the corps of Count Wittgen..
stein. Colonel Elmursen, of the Regiment of Body
••Cossaeks, Who was detached with a separate party,
has this moment sent me seven of the enemy's ()di-
cers, aud.4o) privates at, prisoners, wire ,;wording to
their report, had advanced to find a place of refuge
for themselves after the battle of Krasuoi, and in-
tended to defend themselves in the villages, but being
sud-lenly attacked. they were at length obliged, after
an oh:satiate defence, to surrender to the arms of your
Imperial Majesty."
A repot from Wittgenstein, 17th of November,
states—" On the 14th, Marshal Victor having con-
centrated his forces, attacked his vanguaed with great
impetuosity ; that after a very obstinate conflict, in
which the village of Strobl* (where his artilleiy was
placed) was six times taken and retaken, was obliged
to retire with ,the loss of more than 100 prisoners,
and a great number of killed amf wounded."

AMERICAN PAPERS.
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A I halm, tleild- quartrm Now. I.
Accounts from the frontiers state, that all the forces
destined for a THIRD invasion of Canada, were eon-
eentrated at Plattsburgh, and would amount to ten
thousand men. They will be commanded by Gene-
rals Dearborn (who had left Albany), Bloomfield,
and Chandler, of the regulars, and some militia Ge.
neruls. The regulars are very 'excellent troops,
The British Commanders were en the alert ; and it
VIP confidently expected that a great battle would be
fought immediately after our troops bad isiiridad the
province.
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Iport has exaggerated it to three times that number.
To aid the attack on Upper Canada, it is said that
General Harrison will advance against Detroit, and
invade that province a second time. God rant that
he May toeet with better success than Gdn. Mir
tie is invested with unusual powers, as (invert-Mr of
all the forces on the western and storth-western fron-
tiers: so that you see we profit bY dear-bought ex-
perience. .
" I fear, however, w 9 cippigt depend seCru;iently
on the discipline of our mittrtho-folloififig re.
lation, ;chicly is well attestedi'will explain my mean-
ing :—A detachment of 250 men, of Colonel Hay's
regiment, was lately sent by General Harristii to.
burn some Indian .villages. On their-mayth they
fell in with a strong party of savages, with whom
they skirmished. Major Cotton, who was the 'su-
perior Commanding °nicer of the detachment, was
in the centre; Capt. Hamilton on the right; and
Capt. Root on the left. After the engagement bad
lasted about half an hour, the Indians gave way.—
Major Cotton, suspecting this was an artifice of the
enemy, to draw his men into an ambuscade, sounded
a retreat; in opposition to which Captains Hamilton
and Root ordered a charge. The consequence was,
that one half of the men retired with the Major,
while the remaining half followed the two Captains.
It is scarcely necessary to add, that these last were
all cut off and scalped by the Indians."

- cit:ROF THE NEW YORK HERALD, Or 0CT.423.1 I Since our last publication, there have been arri- i
The multiplied proofs of folly or madness, or of vats t .
rom France, America, and Gottenburgh.— I
some worse cause, tttat have driven the nation into a
From the former nothing of importance is to be ex-
ruinous offensive war, are accumulating with every .1
day's experience. Barely to enumerate the evidence tracted or inferred, unless we consider the circum- I
would occupy columns. Two or three facts of re- • stance of CATPARELEI retiring to the borders of that
cent occurrence which have come to my knowledge, : Empire,which, by letters from Santander, seems to bo
are in point, and worthy of regard. It is, then, a 1 the ease. The certain information of the number of
fact (for I speak it on the best authority), that either
troops he has thus withdrawn from Spain, may opc,n
the national treasury is so miserably empty, or the
proper department so deficient in duty, that the a field for conjectures of no light import, as to the
army under General Dearborn, which has been . public spirit and disposition of the. French people.—
so long idling away their time near Albany, was not , The intelligence from France is to the 13th instant ;
only unpaid, but unprovided with the common neces- but there is not a word. said of the existence, per.,
series of a camp; and when, a few days since, a'
sonal safety, or condition, of BONAPARTE, and
part of these troops were ordered to the frontiers, •
one whole regiment (Col. Pike's) absolutely refused, the forces immediately with him. Of the main
and deliberately s, asked their arms, declaring they army in Russia, there is no later official intelligence
would not move until paid. In this refusal they were than that which we have already received from Lord
justified by their Colonel, an old officer, who ad- CATHCART, although one of the French Papers con..
mitted they ought not to march unless Government ' rains a lettert dated from Want, the 26th ult. claim. I
first paid the arrears due to them.
It unfortunately happened, that Mr. Secretary .
ing a victory obtained on the 15th, 17th. and ON .
Gallatin was then at Albany, and, on learning the by REGNIER and SmtwAnTzEnataa, over a detach.
state of affairs at the encampment, lie borrowed ment of the army of Tscuersciiacore, with a loss to ,
20,000 dollars from one of the Banks, on his private the Russians of 3or 4000 killed and wounded, 3000 i
cre,lit, by which means the troops were paid, and '
, prisoners, 40 caissons, and an immense quantity of j
cheerfully followed their Commander. !baggage. The Gottenburgh Mails contain a Report
1 ,
from Adjutant-General Prince KuTusofr, dated Da•
bihowitche, the 21st ult. This town is between,
Krasnoi and Witepsk, where the armies of Nefl
and D.tvoust were defeated.
1 The news from America contains nothing from
. which we can augur favourably of a speedy or
' returning pacification. • Mr. RUSSELL, the Ame- '
rican Charge d'Affaires, sailed from Plymouth on
: his ;say back to the United States on the 30th Sep-1
1 tember. It is now well known, that before he
sailed, he made two official pacific overtures to this
Government, which were rejected, and the answer to
the latter of which,. as his. ultimatum, there can be
no doubt, he took home himself. The vessel in which
he sailed (the Lark) had not arrived out at the date
of the PRESIDE:VT.4 Message, anditis thus presump.
tive, next to a positive certainly, that the last over.
ture made by kim, is the identical one alluded to by
' Me PRESIDENT, as that, the result of which had not
then transpired. . .

A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning, bring-
lug the following official-intelligence from St. Peters.
burgh :
REPORT OP THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL MARQUIS PAU-
Wens VE. HIS IMPIDIAL IHUESTT, DATED EIG.Iti
NOV. 18.

" In my dispatch of the 15th, I had the happiness
of informing your Majesty of the taking of the town
of Kreusburg, by Major • Filatow. At the same
time, I made an humble representation of my inten-
tion of taking possession of the town of Friederick-
. stadt, it being a point of consequence, from whence
the enemy might easily make inroads both into Livo-
nia and the Government of pskow. For carrying
this iato effect, agreeably to the plan-I
had formed,
the following has been performed :—A detachment
from the corps of Lieut.-General ,Lewes, consisting
of 1300 men, under the colurnand of Major Bojau-
now, attacked the town from the left bank of the
Dwina ; whilst the troops under Colonel Redinger
attacked it from the right bank of the same river.
" To cover this attack, and. prevent the enemy
from assisting the town, another detachment ' from
Lieutenant• General Lewes's carps, consisting of 1000
men, under the command of Major Jelestratow, was
detached to make a. false. attack on Wallhoff, for
the purpose of amusing the enemy, anti taking off
his intention from Friederickstadt. The attack on
this town was made on the 15th instant, at nine
otoleek A. 11.; and at one etleck In the afternoon)

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gt The prudent and foriouite execution of se
daring, and to us so exceedingly useful, expeditiou,
in particalar with tegard to the intelligence brought
of the oprrations of the army ender Admiral Tack•
itschagoif, and of the condition of the enemy's army,
is justly deserving of your Imperial Majesty's most
gracious notice, and to which I most hunibly plesnate
to recommend him, Colonel Tsehernychew."

gEFORT MON THE DEXTRAL 0? CAVALRY, COURT
WITTGENSTEIN, DATED VILLAGI TSC II ASCUNIII4
SOVEMDER 37.

44 On the 14th November, Marshal Victor hal,.
ing c.liected all his troops from different places, and
having been reinforced by a division which had re-
mained behind, attacked with great fury my ad-
vanced guard, under the command of Lieutenant..
General Prince Jaschwil ; who, according to my
orders, retired towards the corps in the position of
the estate of Smolna, in the best order ; and as if
were merely executing a mancenvre at a review. The
enemv immediately advanced against the centre of my
position, and threatened with an overpowering force
of troops, which marched in columns, my two flanks;
I suffered him to approach near, and then received him
with my sharpshooters and artillery. The action was I
*en' hot, and continued the whole day, especially
in the centre, on which he particularly pressed to
take my main batteries, which wereton a height, be-
fore my position, having in front the vlUage of
Smitten which was six times taken by the enemy,
and as often retaken by us. At leogtis in the even.
leg, thanks be to the Almighty, the giver of all
good things, sad praise to the brave troops of your
Imperial Majesty, the enemy, after haring lost',
about 800 men, and some officers, prisoners,
with a great number of killed and wounded; (for the
village of Smolna) as the field of battle, was fell of
dead.heilies) retreated from his position, enraged and
mortified at the failure of his enterprise. Imme-
diately after this the enemy withdrew, in my sight,
with the greater part of his troops along the river
Oa, upon 13aitsheKowo, where, however, as he was
received, unexpectedly, by my reserve, under the
command of Gen. Vock, he there made a halt to
pass the night. Meanwhile he made a strong de-
monstration in the night on his left flank, by throw-
ing bridges over the river Lukomla, intending,
by.this movement, to turn both my tanks
and get in my rear, and thereby for sne to
quit my position.—But when he found this attempt
totally es•feated, he returned back on the 3d (15th),
at eight in the morning, and marched past me with
his ;if"" force, which was very great, at a consi-
tie' able clistanci. Ile at length left a strong rear-
gua d opposite to my position, try' si Lich remained
there until Tate in the night, when h., moved further
along the road, to the village of Aksuza. I com-
manded my vanguard to pursue him is kit cavalry,'
winch has already made upwards of 600 prisoners.
Should he continue his retreat further, I will, accord-
ing to circumstances, follow him in person, with my
whole force; and I shall not neglect submissively to
give your Imperial Majesty information of the direc-
tion he may take. It is, at present, impossible to
know whether he means to retire, he having halted
in the village of Mellschkowitscha, from whence
there are two roads, one leading to Senno, and the
ether to Tschetjoa.
" I cannot sufficiently praise the valour and stea-
diness shown by your Imperial Majesty's troops, as
well as of all the Generals and Officers commanding
the same.

" Our loss in both the van-guard engagements,
and in the battle of yesterday, amounting in killed
and wounded to 18 Staff and Chief Officers, and
upwards of 1000 privates. The Senator Bibikow
ha received a severe contusion on kis foot by a bul-
let:*

FROM TIIE ST. 2ETERSBURoIt GAZETTE, OF TUE 15211

(27rii) NOV.

It is with groat satisfaction that we give our
Readers the words addressed by his Excellency Field.
Marshal General Prince Kutesow, in his Parole Or-
.lers to the Army of the 20th Oct. (10th Nov.) what
`perking of the victories daily obtained over the ene-
my by the troops under his command, and which
c3ricludes as follows:

" After these extraordinillitreatiluccenes which
wc daily and every where are gaining over the eft.
rAy, nothing more remains for us to do than to pur-
bdc him rapidly, and then, perhaps, the Rank*
Itni, which he thought to subjugate, may be ifeewed
iris his bones. Let us, therefore, pursue his with,
lit giving him dny rest. The winter, accompanied
i,ll frost and snow, is approaching; but whet have
hardy children to fear? Your breasts of steel
neither the severity of the weather, nor the ma-
of the enemy; they are the safest walls
your native country, against which all at-
t.- Apts mast fail. You are likewise adequate to the
oorport of any temporary want, in case that
sa,.!! should take place. Good soldiers prove them-
selves such by fortitude and patience ; of which the
veterans set examplPs to the younger soldiers. May
every one keep Sewarrow in remembrance : he
taught how to bear hunger and frost, when a sic!
tory, or the glory of the Russian nation was in view.
Let us go on ! God is with us ! Before us is the
beaten enemy, and may peace and happiness be be-
hind us!"

PEON TUE IERLIN GAZETTE, IT DEC. 1.
The latest accounts from the Russian corps lo
Cos:land state, in substance) as follows :

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