Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-11
EGMERG
From the Washington Republican.

aave been received. / he latest aC-
counts received from CoruaHa state, thal
the French had rctr5aied to Ba!anzos,
abou, seven leagues from their iorint r
positions, and on the road Ii Astuyias
DE- Otledo. was conii lentiy believed
IN London tina, the plan OF operations
against be Invaders would succeed.
From Coruan4 1900 ncl were To pro
coed to jom a force Of 5000 regulars con
senfralcd at Viso and Ofense, win q
view u harass the enemy il long and
Giife ali retrea,, which 1t was sop9used
lie inYaecrs would be compelled 10
make; and SirRobcrt wilson he'd sail
ed Tor Vlso to hasten this increment II
IS added that the Frcnt h nad h.en driven
out of Ferroi with considerable loss.
As TO CadIz, all ga ns It's Being iorcrd
% surrender had been givea up. I'll,
Gays letter from lnst place. ne French
nad four times the number OF troops
round Us, "a Tar as nam fierce goes we
,honid bid them defiance. Our for,iti-
cations are Infinitely stronger than th,I
were during Tie last war, aa1 we can
nan oar walls with $4,000 determined
fellows, most of whoa have something
10 lose. The regulars We have mere are
most Of them young, because We were
late in beginning 20 raise them bQt they
are the more to be relied upon. The,
NAV not do 50 well for . parade, yei taey
viii stand firm to their posts. V0iun-
GERS OF a decided character, youths OF
good families and erihusiasllc IN The
cause act with them, and sci them gooG
example. The fact is, we have more
men than we want, and corpse is now
organizing that viii operate without.
We have our rampsrts crowned WITH al
least 1000 pieces of artillery, and abnn-
dance ofsmalI arms tsr local service.
Before the end ofthe week, we shall
nave al least so sua-boats under SAIL
armed each of them with an 10, %, or
80 FOUNDER, capable ofraking the ships
oi these fresh water sailors in a calm
aud make them keep in the osing. They
are disarming The Asia man al war to
make use of her artillery in this service,
and we are in no want OF sailors. TINS
4rmamen, is preparlng at the expense .!
the city, whose authorities conduct them
selves il the most patriotic manner.
The presence Of DAGGER has no
other effect than that Of supplying us
with resources or, at least, |, has for
nished US with the means OF ineeo;ioas
As to provisions, we arc a. amply sup
piled as any town in Europe; and We
laugh at the French paper blockade.
All the Deputies who were military men
- the Cortes have gone to the lines IN
trent OF La Isla, inclnding Gen. Aava.
BE- assured sc shall rot DO as the Nea-
politsns and Portuguese have done"
All accounts agree n stating that
CadIz was abundan,y provided with pro-
VISIONS, and that, IN spite OF the SO much
eoas,ed blockade, fresh supplies con
tinued daily TO be received. In The be-
sinning Of July, two days of easterly
wind had brought an arrival OF 50 600
isnegras oil wheat, which al fast sold al,
81, on, afterwards fell to So, and i, was
expected to fall halt on tue pext arrl-
val. A gentleman of character and re-
speclaeilly, who had recently arrived ,ln
London from Cadiz, positively asserted
thal he had bought peaches aud nec'a-
rlaes in the make as cheap as he could
have done at Seville. The expectation
Il enhanced prices had induced num-
oers to bring in supplies who otherwise
never would have though, OF going
there.
1t is evident that the French have
been deceived from The very beginning
in their calculations as to Spain. Rely
ing too much on the influence OF gold,
and forgetting the injustice of the Cause
they had espoused, they marched into
he country under the impression that
they had only TO show themselves before
The fortresses TO induce the garrison TO
surrender. When experience convinced
hem OF their mistake, they then foolish
ly calculated that they would be able to
starve out both soldiers and Inhabitants.
Finding themselves deceived in this
calculation also, they appeared lat,erly
to have determined on carrying the
strong holds by force of arms. Judging
from the reception they have met with
in their attack on 'Corunna, we do not
think i, requires any great penetration
tn see tina, they will likewise be baihed
in this new plan of operations.
The king and the royal family CONT
nued to lodge in the Custom house al
Cadiz, and were protected by a guard