Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-06-28

same honorable views, passage is said TO
have been demanded through Colberg =
upon what pretext, or by what French off
Ger, has not been mentioned but Butcher
was the general of whom the demand was
made; Butcher the man who fought so
desperately at Lubbock in the last Prussian
war, after the battle of jena; and his rea-
sons for refusing to surrender place con-
hded 70 his care, to the armed troops Of
another nation in full peace with his own
sovereign, are much more obvious. The
French, however, upon experiencing his
refusal, are reported to have attempted TO
force an entrance into Goldberg in which
attempt they are, upon the same authority,
declared to have been repulsed, with the
loss of thousand men in killed and
wounded.
We have before insinuated our doubts
respecting the correctness OF this statement.
Letters from Stockholm, Gottenburg, and
various other ports of the Baltic, We have
seen and they say nothing which is cal
culated to confirm our belief of the fact.
Those from Stockholm, indeed, mention
rumor somewhat to the preceding effect as
it was not considered as deserving OF credit;
and this is but moderate corroborative evi.
dence of so important an event.
If these letters, however, do not con-
firm the report OF an existing war between
Prussia and France, they in general speak
with great confidence of an approaching one
between France and Russia in some of
hem it is even said to have been declared
but this, we apprehend, to be premature;
yet the probability OF its immediate occur
renee is confirmed by the accounts from
Stockholm, Konigsberg, and Danszic.-
The letters from Riga speak of i, as more
distant. We are ourselves far from being
certain whether it would be desirable e.
vent; and have our doubts whether, should
the affair Of Goldberg turn out to be fact,
it may not have been provoked by Bona
parte with view to obtain a temporary
radiance from the perplexities of the PEN
, insula.
Times.
The letters from the French coast state
the very general persuasion, that the PEN
insula would be evacuated in the course of
this year. The apprehension of a rupture
north of Germany, ON account of the total
annihila0on Gifts trade, Were mentioned
| as the ostensibie reasons for Withdrawing
the French troops; but the real causes
were coniecturcd to be the hopelessuess of
success, and the incompetency of the
French government to make greater eff
forts than those which had already failed.
1t was expected that some commercial
regulations favorable to the u. States
would shortly be announced in the French
ports.
The accommodation which was allowed
to the English prisoners in France, of oc-
casionally corresponding with their friends
in this country through the port of Nor
laix, has been suspended, in consequence
of its having been discovered, that many Of
the letters alluded to political affairs.
Government has this week made consi-
derable purchases in the article of hemp as
it is said, at an advanced price, which the
merchants in some degree consider as
proof, that a war between France and Rus
sia is not quite so certain.
The report Of the Prussian troops hav-
ing been marched into Russia is again re.
peated from the Baltic.
The embargo On Prussian vessels in
Swedish ports has been taken og, and A
merican vessels proceed in their destina-
ton, without molestation.
The son Of Bernadotte has been created
Duke Of Sudermania.
The weavers in the neighbourhood of
Glasgow are now generally employ ed, al
though their wages are still greatly below
the average rate.
J. Ola war between Russia and France,
all the letters by the mails speak with con-
6dence. Some indeed state that it has
been actually declared, and that hostilites
have already commenced. One letter from
GOttenburg, of the goth ult. addressed to