The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-04
EWQUIRER-oFFlcE. Juu. d.
A. IL RRIEr.

a. N BRIEF.
storm is gathering, wbich mus. shak,
the con,inea5 oi Europe "a IT, centre. In,
ION is rOusing. and his rosriags will soon l.,
| heard. Remember, chat Bnn4paue has mo-
been beaten " ia fair fight "a ne boz e. tn,
seasons a, his Superiors. but nos 20 inc Rus
SLAMS. His troops have fallen by the pow.
crs nj the snow the sleet and the frost bu,
not By the Sk,li on the swords of the. encnv
- Fhs distinc lion makes all theI odds i,
the world. AS u warrior, he is stili unsha.
Ken IN the confidence of the French a, Il
conqueror, his name sti., inspire, ,error IN
.he ranks OF the eheny. They know, That
" IS not themselves, Out the elements - at
jovercame him.
II is true that Prussia throws herself
effectively into the arms OF the Rnssians-
mat "oden'1 resumes The preseason Of
Fomerania and the Isle OF Rusehr ''-bnt
further than that point, SIZE has NOT vet
gone.
There are varions runnrs pGoa.. which
are strained or without foundation.-s N at
Norand has lost s. .000''---a cypher has been
aGded too much even the Loadon prints
make II only $500" that Austria has fnr
med Coalition with Russa'-.h;s rcs,s
upon no more than Heigoland reports of
The 9th, while we have accounts from Ro
chelle OF the 18th April profoundly silent,
upon is-and many other rumors. just as
improbable as they are pleasing to the ear
.of Mr.. Bull.
!. Every one must know that Bonaparte
has every possible motive to strain every
nerve within his power.-A man who has
rlsen to Empire by such means as he has
done, must MAINTAIN 1t by force. He may
say with the English Baron of old, "By INV
sword have lwon t--.and bv ny sword, will
maintain IT." That he yields an Empire
OF most astonishing resources. cannot posi-
bly, be disputed.
That he isa general of the most aston.
shing resources within himself, is proved
by the whole history of his achievments.-
The contest WILDE a most tremendous one
but lii our Judgment, it will disapp int
the sangu'ne hopes ofthc politicians of Lon
don.
Prociamation Of Lent. Gen. SGadeis
From thc COFFEE House Peoks.
Ertrdcf ofa letter from one If the Peters
burg polnnteers 10 his friend in This Citu
datcd.
Fort Meigs, Nay 90, 1918.
For particulars | refer YOU to Gen.
Harrisoa's Official account. There were.
about twenty of our Company wounded,
tour OF whom we have since lost: John
ChoiS, Neo'Se BOOKER, Nicholas Masse n
burg, and George I. Clough.''
In this letter it is also mentioned that
the Dyssentery is prevailing in Fort Meigs,
and that not more than twenty of the Pc
tersourg Volunteers are fit for duty.
From Norfolk, lime Cd.
a Gentleman who went on board Admi-,
raj Cockburn's ship, the Victorious, on
Monday with flag, informs, &c He read in
a London paper of the ninkh of April. that
Dantzic had been surrendered by storm
The Russians lost $4,000 men-the French
many more. The garrison originally con
SISTED OF $4,000 men. The paper contained
no other news
~ 1t is POSSIBLE that the above date
ouht to have been written the ninth oil
iHay--lf it be, in truth, the ninth of Al ril
the thing is entirely out of the question Az
we have London dates TO the Goth aud Pa
ris to the 18th OF that month, which are
utterly silent about the capture of Dantzic-
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