Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-02-21

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Lower Austria under "a French police IS
tabllshed national guard under French
and Bavarian officers, with "a force !evled
in Germany and paid by Germany ol
I $4,000 men
Pursued his route to Znaym, where one
oil the bulletins is dated--ant thence to
6runn; which he entered unopposed /;
and has fortified and occupied by French
garrison.
Znaym is IS miles S. S. w. of Vienna,
So 5. w. Of Oimulz.
| Ohnmz is 80 miles N. n. f. of Vienna,
on the Moravia river; lI6 L. S. Z. of
Prague in Bohemia; and i62 S. Z. of
dresden in Saxony---it is a strong place,
memorable for being The prison of La
Iayeffe, and for blockade by the grea,
Frederick in l74l-it is the true capital
oil the Marquisate of Moravia, though
that distinction is sometimes given to
Brnrn, the second town in Moravia. on
the confluence of two rivers, Schwartza
and Surtawa; is defended by strong
regular fertilization in an elevated positi.
ON called The Speilburg, which baffied the
great Frederick, in the next year after
The blockade of Olmu;z, from which place
II Is distant about 50 English miles in
D W. direction; 100 miles from Prague
and ISIS from Dresden.
Craeofo is on the Vistnla, and was once
the capital of Poland Kosciusko drove
the Russians out of this city in 1894, bu,
being called 10 the relief of Warsaw. 1913
miles distant, it capitula,ed to the Prus-
SLAMS on the 18Th June of that year--it is
2%o miles S. w. of Vienna, and contipu-
Gus 10 Sllesa and TO Hungary.
l he evidence of he French bulletins
is IN itself conclusive-the papers and
proclama,ions OF the allied powers console
their blind and unhappy partisans, with
tales OF victory, which are too woefuIIy
oeiied by the actual flight of The Aus.
TRANS and Russians, both in Italy and
germany, and the vigorous and SUCCESS
iui pursuits by the French-who though
they are represented not only as defeated
on all sides, appear to give the law and to
seize upon the tortresses. territories, and
wealth OF those whom il is said are their
.coDquerors.
Human folly was never more tonsrico.
Gus than in the commencement, condnc,
and de!nsive hopes entertained by the
combined powers in this war-their iufa-
,ua'ed adherehts III all Countries appear 10
be governed by the same evil detoon.
bonaParte is new on the BORDERS of
I0lard, and he has bu, to establish that
nation, TO place his immortality as a SOL
der, statesman, and conousror, on
basis, that the envy of mankind cannot
shake, and that will cast whatever OF vice,
or ambition, which has been attached to
his character in dim shade.
It's very probable that Prussia has sf.
ter all entered the field The infatuated
letter of the i4th of October, renders all
prospect OF confidence between that king
and mat emperor, hopeless.
The organization of another vast army
OF 100000 men in France, the Erst d;yis,-
on OF which must have crossed the. Rhine
early IN January, and the second aud third,
before the first OF February, must have en-
abled the French conqueIor TO fix the DIES
tiny OF every prince and nation OF the Eu-
ropean continent from the Gulph Of Fin
land to the mouth ofthe Bog-from OF
ranto to the Pillars OF Hercules, and from
Cape 81. Vincent 10 the Catteeat-Every
POiN5 IN mat
vast range are destined to obey his fiat,
without being embraced in the actual cir
Gle OF his empire. o
ouch has been the effect Of regal infat-
ustion--in the effort to destroy The hber
ties OF a nation, and through that nation
to pTotract the emancipation of mankind
from asJecf dependence on the miserable
Reptiles called kings and emperors and
princes, and nobles--they have crea-
ted scourge for themselves--they form.
ed weapon oftheir own shape, and with
an edge that s7voohs upon them as the Ca
gle upon its dismayed prey.--B.
fEoM RALEIGH, (N. c.) Feb. IL.
We are sorry to state that we have lust
heard that a dreadful fire took place in
Wilmington on Monday night last, By
which two whole squares, compri,ine
nearly one half the town, were burnt to
the ground. We understand that the
fire commenced In bake house the
prr ling-oilice was not burnt but the con-
fusion and distress was so great that no