Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-06-27
PHILADELPHIA, June %.

A friend of ours, from New-York, as
sures Us that, on Friday last the most ex-
travaGant JOY prevducu aWnur ChS on. sh
agents and tories, on the 'change of that
city, At the report of another French dcfSat.
circulated by Cullen. The contagion had
reached Philadelphia, but it lasted no lon
ger than FORMER absurditieS OF the same
klnd-some knowing one, at last, discover
cd, that the dates belicd the news
bu9, OF what consequence are d1tes-thc
battles of Austeriitz and Jena, were first
announced to lis as French defeats-and
the constant retreat of the Russians has
been called, being at the heels of The French
these are ali tricks of London stock-iob-
bers, which our coffee house statesmen and
politicians are too wise to doubt.
10 shew the ability or the folly of Gull
len, however, we present the important
news, which he issued IN a bulletin extra
! ordiHGyy:-
iMPoRTANT-In q letter received at this
Office Yesterday Icy the Brush packet from
iiaLliaX, IS the following impor ant intelli-
! gence.
"WIth pleasure we send YOU the follow
ing extract Of a letter, Just received rom
q respectable merchant Of this pace, now
on visit at Pictou, tor the correctness Of
which we have not the smaiiesj doubt
IieTOU, June 3, lSO1.
a brig arrived here last evening iii 81
days from London, and brought news that
i5onaparte IS At length defeated, his army
cut up, and flying IN all directions before
the Russians
| In corroboration of the preceding, the
! Boston Palladium of tile 10th says
"Nc have rumuur by the Roxana,
which sailed from Antwerp ON the &th of
| May, that there had been recent eng. re-
ment between the FrcHch and Russians.
in which the after claimed the victory"
The reader viii observe that before II 8
80 'as.cd, we had London dates t he
III ii May--it any vessel really arrived on
| the ID %! June in 81 days at PIctou, IAN is
land near Nova SCOTIA she could not have
! brought papers later han The 29,h ADr.l
The channel. through which the new e
came would nave been enough to make US
uiHcredlt It, II The trIflng clrcumst ancc of
| dales had not that eiIt CT
AS to the rumor, tTom Antwerp and Bos-
| ton, 1T has very little 10 entite /. to more
| credit than Cullen's bagateiie dates, are,
| 20 he sure ~ IT'S favor, out II there had
been defeat OF the French, there would
| Hdve been more than a rumor at Antwerp
on the subject.
Il there was an engagement, and there
IS every reason to believe an action must
nave taken place the last o, April, there IS
no doubt wi.n Us but ,he French were VIC
| t"rious die Russians ella ming the victory
! is OF itself enough TO make us TN nk SO (; and
as bad news travels speed y, orr friends
at the coffee house may calculate on an
early realization 0. the j. f.r,G Drugs
We have received NJ nc London pa .
pers to the b:gina Of May, but do not
| md any very interesting matter in them.
A very heavy ana long continued II ing On
the coast " France was heard at Dover un
me night Of the LIST May-cnuse not known.
The elecuoneeriug Campaign cad COM
| H,cnced IN England, with all tie accom-
pauimcnts OF bribery and corrupdon-de-
uunciatIon and reCr.muation-one D rty
accusing it's opponent o. p,uudeTing the
| people, with the hopes OF getting into DOW
| CT to do so too the rel gious preiudices OF
the people mad been appealed to and infiaa
med to du unexamplcd degree-such il .ne
! state of liberation, Boosted of in the kings
speech, that candidates for seas IN psl.ii-
amcnt have found it necessary TO max,
| oath to their being good Protestants 49,
! Pyc50pfcri. Dabfiafs, GT,fhodfsk8, Oua-
kcrs, Cathoiics, were prescribed with more
violence than evCr.-yIHrOTa.