Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-04-10

| Warsaw 10 which city the French had re-
| treated, after suffering repeated defeats"
General Menstein, the commander of
Dantzlc, has published bulletin, aunouhc-
| ing intelligence from Koningsberg, of ano-
Their total defeat of the French by the Rus-
! SLAMS, after fighting from the 9th to the
10Th December fhe editor OF the French
paper printed az Altoona, also received a let
ter containing the particulars of the above
defeat but the French minister insisted
that the whole was falsehood, and had il
suppressed. According TO this letter, mar
shal kamenskoi, bv a mastery manoeuvre
with the centre and left wing of the Russi
an army, is said to have turned and sur
rounded three corps of the French army,
namely, these c! navoust, Ney and Soult
to have killed upwards of 4s,O 900 and taken
10000 prisoners, among the latter is said
to be Davoust himself.
Dispatches were also received on FRIDAY,
. from Mr.. Adair, which intimate that yic4
tory had been gained by the Russians after
the Goth. The Russian general b. is said
to have been bought by the French. and to
have been detected by the general in chief,
hamensSoi, when on the point of leaving
to the French the whole of the Russian
magazines, by withdrawing the guard
Kaminskoi, it is said, took his sword from
irons to ST. Petersburg, and the French,
when they made their attack, experienced
the most formidable resistance, which end
ed in complete defeat. Great disorder
is said to have prevailed in the French ar
my, particularly amongst the emperor's
guards, who insisted on winter quarters, s.
OF rvc OF the columns employed in the at
tack, three were defeated, * enc had refu.
sed to advance.
BY the mall Srom Husun, which arrived ON
Friday and brougSt !ctters from ,4amburg 70 he
I'D, and accounts from Warsaw of the Sih the
fact, thar the French have sustained signal
detea' in Poland, is still farther Confined Al
the accounts published in the II mbutgh parer,
a'e, IS Nigh, he suppo.,d en,ircl silent to u
| defeat of thu French: Bur he master of Dan
ish vessel which arrived on Friday in he Rivs,.
| has affirmed that before he sailed from hjsiueu.
on the 21st he saw rin;ed official account
| OF the particulars of the victory OBJ aimed
! by the Russians. Ii was shc&n 10 hin, bv the
commandant of the pace, and agrees with the
substance CT the reports which have already APP
pea,ed After the arrival of the mai on Friday,
a note of which the following is q copy, was
| circulated among the public oiIiccrs:-
| January 30-Various accounts received this
morning conhrm the defeat of tie French at
! O'trolenka, but the oihcial de ais are not We,
arrived Letters from Dan,zick meurion that
40 600 French prisoner, are marched into Ko
nngsberg. Bonapa,te was = Warsaw on ,hs
9Th OF JanuaD bu: the Russians have eros
sed the Visiula, and engagement took place
on the 7h January al sZakahow, on the roai
70 poser. which is said 20 have terminated to
the disadvantage of the French "
The piece in our paper to-day on Gun
boats, Gsee Argus of the 3lst of march,
merits the particular attention of our rea-
ders. 1t is peculiarly seasouable at, this
time, and may be COTS dered in the light of
an appeal to the people from the decision
of Congress. Our readers Will recollect
that after a most extensive discussion in
the House of Representatives, bill was
passed and sent to the Senate, apprOpria-
ting 10000 dollars for Notifications, aud
$50 0oo d9Ala1'S for ghtn-6oafS. This last
appropriation was struck out by the Sen
ate, and the House acquiesced. 1t will al
SO be recollected, thar the President re-
commended an appropriation OF 10000
dollars for building gun-boats. On this
point, therefore, there appear to have been
three different opinions. The President
was of opinion that 300,0 900 dollars should
be appropriated the House of Reprcsen-
tatives were of opinion that 10000 dol
lars only should be appropriated and the
Senate were against any appropriation
whatever. Amidst such lo.trariety of
sentiment among the Coordinate depart
ments OF the government, it becomes the
people to direct their attention to the sub
Iject, and form an opinion upon it that shall
influence. as it no doubt will whenever clear
y expressed, all the branches of the gO-
/ ernment. We have seen no essay on
this subject so wei calculated to eniighten
the public mind as this 1t has one advan-
tage over perhaps any other that could
be penned. The well known signature of
the writer will give it passport to uni
versal perusal The friends Of that writer,
who can never forget the great services
rendered by him in our Revolutionary con-
test, must feel peculiar satisfaction in per-
ceiving that he still continues to wieid a
vigorous pen in maintaining the glorious
cause Of truth.
1t is a memorable fact, most deserving Of
attention, that the most decided enemies of
the gun-boat system, are the greatest friends
Of navy. Isitbecause they consider gum
boats useless or is it because they are a.
fraid that, if the experiment proposed to be
tried with them should prove successful,
it would supercede at least the extension
of our present naval establishment
Mar. Intel
"EnergeHc" goUcrHmcnf-A IJessian
paper, dated Cassel, Nov. 10, saws. Since
1850, the commencement Of the reign Of
George III. our soyereigns have sold up-
| wards Of q. OOO unfortunate HPssisus Ia the