The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-31

moi fpare their e,ernes in the field, aud that after
their defeat, Bonaparte followed up his victory with
all the ardor Of mind bent deriving every poli-
bic advantage fron, his v;aory.-I could not be ex-
peeled, therefore, that he wcnld grant armfiee |;
nor can be imputed any unn,iltary feelings that
he has purified his enemies in their retreat-prefed
them in the moment of confuGon-and that he has
not even thought fit to pare the capital Of the fove-
reign with whom he is at But when we hear
that he delivered up Wemar, the re(dence Of fove-
reign prince for hours, the rapacity of his fol-
diery, and that it was afterwards fet on fre-and
when we read of Gera, Naumburg, Jena and Halle,
(the two latter the feats Of two celebrated univerii-
ties being fubje9ed to plumber and conaagraton-
the character of theeonqueror feems once trans
formed into that of ferocinus leader Of band of
frvebooters, armed only to deolate and deroy is
no longer nation appealing on principle Of honor
TO the fword for the deoou of fome real or pretend
ed right, according to the practice of civilized
but is an irrupon of bsrbarans terrible than
the Tartar hordcs Of of Cenghs Kahn or Schah Ma
dir We would with to believe, that the enormities
aforementioned are exceptions from the general yf
tenn OF Bonapartes warfare; but the unfortunate
incidence between them and the proceedings of the
French III the Neapolitan nates where whole provn-
ees have been ravaged and deRroyed-where towns
have been burnt becaue they the feat Of loyal
ty and valour-and where thouiands have been maj
acred merely beeaufe they refufed at the orders of
fovereignprove them to be part of the ITEM which
he has adopted, and on which he uniformly aeis,
wherever he has neafure of retaliation immediate
ly to apprehend.
Sa1ony, it feems, is declared neutral and the fri
proofs we have OF the refpecf in which Bonaparte
holds this neutrality requons, to immenfe a
mount, that he has made at LEIPZIG, for hirs fhoes
and eloathing for his troops. notwithstanding this
treaty of neutrality, the Eleor will be obliged, in the
firt nianee, to pay and maintain the French army
and IN the end to join the Rhenih confederacy, to
which he nun furniih his contingent of troops. The
next reqsiiitioH Of which, perhaps, iha hear, will
be the Princefs Of Saxony in marriage Brother L.
rome. He prevented her marriage fome years ago
with the Infanta Of Spain. fpeculating then upon
connection which he has it in his power to COM
mand.
alt appears now to be the Object of the different
detachments OF the Prulian army unite upon the
Oder. 1t will be extremely defrable il this can be
accomplished, of which we are not without fome
doubts. The French under Murat had reached Ber-
I'm the Gath ofiaa month, and were putting to-
wards Stettin. The column which retreated to Mag
deburg with the king have little doubt, would be
IN time to get before the French but ihould think
that the columes under the Duke of Bruuiwick Gels
and the Duke OF Weimar, amounted to thirty thou
fand men and which are faid to have paed the Elbe
at Sandes near Havelburg, on the 26th runs great
riik OF being intercepted. A letter from Hamburg
TIC oiU, ihueeu, mentions tnelr having already
reached the Oder but this mutt be miifake: for
it is imPofibe that in five days they could have ac-
eomPliihed 70 long march, even though they had
met with no interruptions much lels could they
have known the fact Of their arrival in the above men,
toned period Ii is very probable, that the aston
which took place at Tempn, and the firing which
was heard near Neuftadt Elberwalde, was between
this part OF the army and fome of the French dvii-
ons which they encountered on their retreat. let
nj Of hem,
whatever and It does not appear from the map
that they could take any other for if they
attempted to erofs the country between Berlin and
the Elbe' they would be obliged to cut Pahage thro
almoff the whole of the French army. While the
diviaons of Ney, Murat, Sout and Davouli, are en-
deavourng to cut off the of the fcat,ered CO.
umns OF the Pruilian main army, Bernadotte will 10
doubt Purfue and harrafs the army of Reerve which
he repufed at Halle.
There are no accounts whatever of the Ruians; in
deed neither the Pruilian Ruian, Aullrian potts.
had arrived at Hamburger on the slft."