The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-01-11
lGbs enquiry.
RICNAfOND, 11.b JtVUAlY'.

the Randards OF his advanced counn nua have been
planted on It's walls Bonaparte himielf was merely
adjufing the cerenoniaIs of his entrance, that he
might appear without the fplendid fnlemnty
due to the Emperor Of France and the conqueror Of
Auaria.
All the events, which had preceded and prepared
the way for theie fupendous revolutions, are yet TO
he communicated to in detail. The la,ea Bulle-
tin received by the way of New-Yors, is dated on
.he sir Oaobsr at Braunau; the earen which we
have received by the way of Norfolk is dated at
I.intz on the 7th of November. OF courle the in
termedate Bulletins have not yet come to hand, and
1t isin thefe that we TO look for all the e.
vents that have tranfpired frsu;the time when the
French column left Braunau, 10 the period when they
arrived at Mnlk the interval during which rem
contre mutt have taken place between them and the
Ruliians. Among theie mutt have been the affair
Of Anaetten the one fri alluded to in the 2o,h
Bulletin.
From the Bulletins, which are now before u.s. it
would feem that the French had crolIed the Inn in
two columns under generals Davouit and Bernadotte.
The frh column had advanced from Braunau to
Wells, on the pm road leading along the banks of the
Danube to Vienna. In the mean time, prince Mu-
rat had croled the Danube, at point and at a mo
ment which are no. particularly fpecifed aGumed
the command of the main body which had purified the
route OF tine river and had arrived ST. Poten about
German 10 Epglih miles from Vienna. Al
Wells or at Lintz, Davoua had filed off TO Sceyer
Naydhoffen, Marentzel and I.ilienfeld on the road
to Neuladt !; on which tour he had intercepted
and cult off the corp. of Gen Merefeldt. The other
wing of the army under Bernado,,e had arrived at
Saitzburg, and fent OLA detachment under Marmont,
which was fupp ,fed in the Bulletin have paiIed
beyond Leoben the celebrated fcene of regociati-
on and treaty between Boaaparte and the Empe-
ror OF Aufr;a, during the Ian war.
The French army were therefore approaching vi
enai in different eolumns one under Morter
thu north bank of the Danube, which ALTO deGgn-
ed to intercept the Ruiiian column; the one under
Murat the fouth bank Of the river the central
corps under Davona, marching to Neufadt; and
Marnonts corps advancing fill lower by the route of
Leoben. Gen. Bernadotte in the els aorate of Saz-
burg, tuation 70 throw new detachnents in
to rhe army of Marmont intercept the retreat
of the Archduke Charles. Mean time gen. Angereau
was penetrating INFO the Italian Tyrol and was about
10 occupy petition in which with the cooperation Of
gen. Ney, he might flank the weiisrn wing of the
Arohduke Charles.
Theie concluions therefore TO be deduced from
the preceding circumstances, tina. the Au2rian army
of Italy eSpofed the ameft inevitable danger
of being furrouuded and cntt eff THAT Vienna nuh
have fallen into the hands of the French before tbe
goth OF Nov and that of the deta
OF the French army castered in every part OF the coun
try it was vain for the emperor Of Auttra 70 look
tor any new renfnrcements the fouth iide of the
Danube, to relore his fallen fortunes
| The following fpeeches, it is proper to oh
ierve, are by no means in that expanded form,
IN which they wsre originally delivered. We
nave cur'a'lcd them of the general ohervations
which trey contained on the fvtem Of banking
and the aiiociation of the To- omac Comnany.
On thefe two points, we have believed that the
fpeeches of Meiirs. Smyth ard Love have fluff
GENTLY gratified the public csriofity. At pre-
lent we have confined ourlelves to thofe fate
ments only, which were made to fiisw, how far
| the particular circumstances of the country a.
roand Alexandria, would make an increafe of
banking capital expedient.
INCORPORATION OF THE BANK OF
POTOMAC.
HosIf Of Delegates, Tuetaay ian. 7.
| The Houfe again refolved itfcf into the COM
nittee OF the whole, on the bill to incorpe-
rate the bank of Potomac, &C."
MIR. Byrd, after attempting TO prove tina,
banks may be productive of the greatef fraud,
and OF idicrefs among the people; that they
lead to an acCumulatinn of money, which in a
time OF foreign war or civil infurection NAV fall
into the hands of an enemy after having made
ieveral comments upon the remarks delivered
on the Ian difcuflion of this fubief by the gen.
tiem1n from Fnuquier, proceeded to touch I'D.
on the particular Mutation of the town of Alex
! andria:
but | will admit, for the lake of 7rgu,nenf,
that the banking fyfem is congenial with the
principles of republicanifm, and that there air1
circumstances which would junify its adoption,
Yet 1t is demonltrable, that the efabliibmen,
OF another bank in Alexandria would be jmnro.
per and unnecei1ary. i lay down as an unde.
nlaoie petition, that it is bad policy to ADOPT a.
ny iyilem which will draw money out of circu.
lation. This is a petition, fulcsptibie of proof
by the ftrongeh arguments, but believing tina,
ITS propriety cannot be QUESTIONED, I will con.
filler II as admitted. And if it be admitted
the impoFcy of ehabihing the propofed bank
Will follow as necefiary confequenoe. hold
/. IN my hand document fursifhed by the gen.
tleman from Fauquier which will incontea sbIy
prove that the merchants in Alexandra could
not uie, in commercial way, any additions
capital. But before notice this document
fuffer me to thank that gentleman for his very
liberal conduct in furniihug his opponent with
iuch a fatal weapon.
by the itatement alluded to, find that The
annual exports of Alexandria, amount in toto
to 1,946,ooo dolls. that the capital Of the Alley.
andria bank is sec. 900 dolls. and that the III.
rettors of that bank are authorized by law r.
Hue notes to the amount of 100000 dole
lhe bank of Alexandria, therefore, is capsble
of furniihiDg a fun equal to the purchaie of ali
the f,pf,iu,1 al a