Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1823-06-07
From tie Pe,er sburg Intellig6aoer
The dsed IS done the de is cas-.
dnd WAR comes driving in the Blast

The Ship Leeds, arrived at New York in a
very short passage from Liverpool. brings of.
hoiai intelligence OF the commencement of
hos,ilnies between France and Spain. The
Manifesto OF the Duke Of A sgouleme was issu.
ed on the I'd of April. & on the 81, the French
army tnvk mp the line of march, We are fur
"ished with variety OF accounts Of the first
movements and Operations "f the campaign,
which, as they are derived principally from
French Newspapers and Let, crs, are OF course
eoiored to answer the purpose of tho Ultra.
Apyh Minister'S ut Lnais XVIII. although, to
spesS with clrdor, we can perceive in them
nothing TO cause the slaves of dsspotism Il,
exui', or to depress in any material degree the
hopes u the trieRds of the Spanish couse, who
are equally the fri ads ut l. bcrty, of Justi e
4 humanity, all over tho World. The Frenc,,
ol"etins make = mighty affair Of an eng ge-
ment bet~een DIVISION of their Army and
some one or two hundred French add Italian
Ae'ugees whose only weapons probably were
revolutionary songs and cries, and who, like
Fl'staH's regiment for sught we know, had
out "a shirt and half amongst the who'll"
30 nArra'inG the occurrences Of war, snsll
tninSs are sometimes magnified to supply the
vniu created oy The absence Ut events OF crea.
Ger consequ nee. So the French Ministers
o'as' ut me capture OF one OF two places not
70 be found IN the maps. while it will be oh.
served 'h9t the French troops were foiIed in
ther attempts upon ST. Sebastian aud PamDe.
iunN, twhere the Spania- DIS Thought it worth
Vale TO MIKE stand,) and we're beaten of
With Ives and disgracs.
There is an end Of doubt and suspense. the
Ffench Monarch hssr deemed the pledge riv-
en- IN his Speech, AND the torch nf war is once
more lighted IN Europe. The sword Is drawn.
and the oc abbsrd thrown away rbe deed ia
done, it cannot DO recalled The die is casf
she gsmesters must abide the hazard. Those
who Sow the wh,d,' deserve indeed TO .rean
the whtrlwind' The struggle is now going
On, the consequences OF which, are bevond the
seach ct human calculation. This prediction
ne will venture, however--that let 6r,un.
incline to the cause of France or Spain. the
weaker Psr,y will not fail IF an ally in d,,trc,,
--Russla. the prInci ,al adviser and promoter
OF tina war, W III 81 rely lend helping bsnd n,
France IN case ut ned and England, in the
present temper of her people, can never res,
quiet while Spain falls PROSTATE at the feet of
L,uis and the Holy Alisnee. The best on,n;.
on we can tor N at present is, that the comes,
viii IN time berome general, involving msny
bowers, and that 1t will be of long Duration
perhaps another Twenty-Five years' war
Sh1uid 1t prove So. We may consider "A in
Ia,r way ut beng ties ed the grand profile n a.
10 the future SUPREMACY Of liberty or desoo,
tis whether Kings or People are to be mas.
sefs-and as 1t ~ a question of vital impor-
tance to the whole of Europe, it IL searcciv to
be suppns Il that it will accord with the feel,
'nss OF the Powers generally To stand inactive
spectators or such an experiment.
As concerns ourselves, although we cannot
perceive speck N the horizon "a make us I'm.
easy, yet it behoves us to keep an observ.rs
eye upon events, and 70 b. pre- +red for the
worst, as we know not what day NAV b, inc
forth.' e