Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-28

ttlrtieth bulletin OF the French 4rmy--;, ~ fs
Gene necefay TO etu,e ,l.em, to p,syen, us' %.
gers OF talfe intelligence from con.nujns = ~
practices. Hsa
The Ruilisn officer who WIS Zen, - D
Pafse, at his requcA after the rcfuial Of r.. .us
Psfor OF kufiia to have an interview with ~ ~
Upon his arrival at the advanced poa IS u
French army, did not wait long hefo,. :. :. ,ie
BonaPar'e approach, guarded BY two lou,d,. NV
He'approached the RoiIian riiser with r,.s. 0.s'
hteneis, and converted with him for (om. ~
as they walked on tie road, about unin,.,. .a's
iuoleets; then, making fudden aop h. ' c.;9
:" well, then, are we to fight much lono ., ' -,
Upon receiving an ariwer, that 1t wa, ;mae as,
to decide that point, he sik:d, wba, d. .I'
want with nc? why doe. the emperor rs DIV" my
make war upon me What does h. reoo,. :. !
me'" Upon which political difcuoioa' ...t "
which was not bsgun by the Ruflan cf;c.,. :,
tie contrary he was drawn into i, BY ou.e;os !"
of political tendency, put to him BY Bonsn..,.
1t would take up TOO much time to rela,. ,Ii ~.
Psfsd in this conversation: Bonaparte treou.a u'
" repeated, that the emperor Of Rui had opI, -
invade the Geaions OF his allies, and that ali ,c
cufious with France would ceaie H. f,uke Of ~.
Ottoman Posse, and, IN vague manner. Of o,h..
countries bordering upon Ruiia. Upon the y;shI.
repugnance manifcfed by the RoAran c6,.r ~
wards propcfals 70 little worthy Of tn. sckooy
lodged charaaerof his augua foyereiga Bonn
parte returned to the tubiea Of his being isuO. E
rant why they had made war upon him, sl.hsnuYh
il had been mentioned TO him leveral times. tia.
the emperor of Rpga's only reslon for .ru1iup wa.
to fucceur AuRria, and preerye the in1ependenc.
of the other Sta,es of Europe, without having
the leaf hottie views agaiht France, and Gill lief.
againft the French nation, which the Emperor "A.
lex; nder eiteemed as ii deferyed; and far from
wihing it any harm, his greatsR with wa, to fee
it happy and tranquil, as vel! as all the powered
Europe. As to himfelf, he wanted noaing,
content with the vsR empire over whish he
reigned, and having no other ambition than 10
contribute, as he docs, to the happinel, Of hi.
fubjeets, and to fulfil one of the noblea duties Of
great (oyereign, that of being uieful to hi, al.
lies, of fecuring their independence, and not in
attacking it after the example of thofe who bring
affection on the human race by the abute Of that
power which chance has placed in his hands.
Gas to the propofals OF giving up Belgium,
and placing the iron crown upon the head Of his
mott implacable enemy lit was the king Of Sa.
d;pia he meant they were never msde--on the
contrary, upon Bonaparte's affecting to aGeh
that luch demands had been made to him, the
Rudian tfhcer poitively denied that any fch
article had ever exiRed; and he only mentioned
among Others, that winch regarded the real indie.
pendence of the Ba,ayian republic, which had
been already verbally acknowledged by Bona.
parte, and that Of "A Establishment for the king
of Sardinia in Italy, and Ian indemnify for bis
Aates, which had been invaded by France, re.
fcrring nluppors Of the6e rFopotals, to til. tenos
of the treaties and conventions, which exlRed
between the emperor andAthe ara conlul Of the
French republic.
"The whole Of the convesfation, which laRes
more than an hour, was corfined to thefe Pola!s
,B1naparte always ,everting to his projects OF
invafons, and the Ruifan officer rejecting them
in the name of his fovercign, and requiring no.
thing more than the real fecurity and tranquility
of.all the fates of Europe. At laR, convinced
by the conver(ation Of the Ruaisn officer that Is
was impelible to prevail upon the emperor
Alexander 10 initiate misconduct, to betIay a'
allies, and to take poHefion of their tate', Do'
naparse put an erd to the difcoarfe, by abruptly
declaring, " Well then, We lhall fight" 10
which The Ru!lian tR;cer made no snlwer, ouS
returned.
All that has been faid relpeaing the oa'"
of Nischau, is jua as faIfe as what has oeenfe'
ported of the battle of Lambach, Amtet1en.
and mere particularly of Krems, in every one Oh
which the Ru6ians had the advantage. In 'n'
laf aln,oa totally deeroyed the divldon OF gene
raj Morsier. One general, fxsy 1--WE officers
and Ave hundred folders taken pri(oncr, ~"
ttand of colors, and eight piece. OF cannon. were
the trophies taken from the French. At the al
fair of Hollcbruun, the rear.guard only OF the
RuGans, conaalng of five thoufand three hu''
dred men was attacked; and notwithstanding TIE
French army IN the amount Of forty thOui7Do,