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U> the IFh&ne of Gifoee tohalW fcur Ws'-aonstl?©^ ©tone oljcer afid forty-six pn- despatch frnna the E a r l <T Wellington su^osisS, b l tfiV ‘exj^Wfob kit 305O£>b zasia vates: that ibe enemy amounted to two 16 the fcpaDisn Gene ral Santocilde* ; commanders bf squadrons and a considerable . . garden A&ovfi whe. tohm es, number of iiulaOs, grenadiers and yagers kii- . .. „ ~3, t,ic morning. led** ** G fbehai .—-I wrote you yesterday morn The fourth 2-5 . states, ‘‘ that Ibe movements of the enem y quainnng you that we have >e«u Madmont, who th e ir present system , to retreat* have been m o ie frequent, which ha^ caused ls retrea mg rapidly, apparently/on Alba da w Such is the distress at Hero’s memory, go tell your children that their lives belong ■ o the liberties of the count rtf ! My task is done-— Tnmk tnoTaot an intruder ® e r e - I coijld not bear to see the rema ns ot the Ve er%^> Soldier sink dishonoured and ne* fleeted to the grave-~l could not let th e . man Who bad earned the liberties wmcb 1 enjoy, want v 8 fe poor tribute bf my'servic.es td sp.ak Ki$ praise Such as they are, most freely have they been exerted in his cause : would that they had been Setter, they still Should have keen his. 1 never Telt d i e grasp o f h is friendly band ; about to set sail fopHSvvtdtsh P o m e r a n ia. ** T b s disposition a nd state o f the R u s siaii arm y is U jd r fy spoken of, .\.nd ft is stippose|f? th a i ib e dffncuhy o f prbvisienm g Bis arm y w ill B u lletin, dated at Akasna* Ju n e ,n &« a i*d * do it with the p .ea s o r e o f a c - co m p e l Bonaparte, i f ihe R u s s ians oersevere in , - l _____ . : ______________ h u . i i n t m v u n i t t k > » i b » t i a i M i * . , i \ . 1 . . _______ __ • ’ » . * ^ T ^ i; soihe skirmislung. M a j. Gen. Ko; f, com* maiul.ng the rear squadron of the 2d add 3d corps, has repulsed.all the attacks of ihe fehe- my tn the road to Dosna. By his skilful dis* positions, he la as succeeded in keeping the en emy in check, although they had a greatsupe- I never sat under the ah ,de o f his hospitality— riority m^avalry The horse artillery, under bill I should disgrace the illustrious ti^nne I the command of Gen. Count KuuSow, forced bear-—! should disgrace my breedthg at Motpt them to re.reat witfi loss Vernon, should I omit to soeak the praise of 'Virtue, and vemratt the Memory o f ’.he Brave I We have made prisoners col. Puntfcen, m the service of W ir- temberg, and 30 privates.’* Tormes, aiidl ive are pUrsumg/uni. 1 trust you will therefore proceed id CdntlUde the op erations concerted between us,.: (S-gtied) « W E L L IN G T O N .” Sir Honve Popham has also transmitted to the Admiralty a copy o f the fallowing Bulletin, issued at Salamanca oh the day.aftt r ihe battle * “ F e ld qf Battle, near Salamanca , ) July 23, 18 2 | 11 The French A >.my under Marroom was completely dclcated ytstciday t»y ihat o f the . , , - basket ol potatoes, wlueh wijtlsin a short‘|l|m||i nngbt liaVe feeeto purchased forgone fiUK '^Hfj dollar^ cannot how be o b t a i h ^ t u f c five ‘doff larsand one third s aid every other Necessary. of life is equally S -TS ■ ■ - ....... .. ............. I ... 41? nTf. mourn, j£eB?raWflt. i _____________________________ 1 SA T U R D A Y ) SJZF T M M B F R 25, {812, —— ■ -*■* ■ — For ward March On Thursday Iasi, tb& — A*lies undvr Gentr.-.i Loid Wellington, Duke Cherry &T alley Light Infantry “Company, under- A Halifax, letter, in announcing the latest cf C u;Ld Rodrigo. in the*fick!s 01 Salamanca, lhe command of Gap;. Peter Magher* ccm - hews from Etgland. observes—“ It is uudr- on ihe left of me TSrnscs, ne r tbe Arapelo, tntnced their inarchTor Niagara. They Were stood that Admiral Warren, who L ordered on after seven ho>rs co:mt;ual figlswng, our ng ordered to the fatigues o f thb « tented field,^* are indebted for m-nv Similar favors, has put tj,e American station with a powerful fleet, is which s»e Allies dispi.-.jc<i prouigits cf i^ior. by His Excefkncy Governor Tompkins, and into our pr>sses&.on the New-York Evening invested with poweis to negticiate and conclude “ The enemy was di&lodgcii JVeitn a ilhis ad- are principally FEDhittL FBPWLWAjis— '' or? PustofSuu-dav last, whi-h enables us to hand a * nh tllc American gofemihent; and, vantageous p-M'ions, and lost ail tbe A r t e r y what our Sghting patriots, who stay at home* , in case of fatl*iie,u> unki-nnei the dogs of war.’ wmcb he had ported on them H u ioss in call 7une*. our readers foreign imelligence 01 a iate date, - - and of a very important nature. The checks I M P O & T A N T F O R E I G N N E W S * A gt-n i<.m.vn, cif this Village, to whom we Wi An arrival at CaStihe, ^Me.) from Curttnna, Which Bonaparte has experienced both in Spain in a short passage, brings.accpunts that the of- and Russia, must be gratifying to every friend filial despa d ies of the defeat and destmotion ., , of Marmon, s army, had been received there ; of ** oppressed humanity, as they will s;a y ,at and lJlanhe French had lost all their amUery, least fora short time, his march to univexsal ancj ^heir cavalry completely cut tti pieces. dominion. , — _ B o ston. SfepTEMtSEn 19. Fr»m L o n d o n Papers to th c 7th o f AugiisL § reat- ^ Portuguese have lost but few j • t l f l l l l i t # - S r > i t a i c M l r , c ■ n ? I t 11 t i m • It*. e J . l r t r * . u Latest froth Rurofe--— Under out* foreign ^JJdress o f the Emfieror Alexander to his troops, liead will be found much interesting imclli- on the commencement of war 6u the attack ah gence. The details, so far as our limits would K m n d . H’ il n a , June l J, (O S J 25. permit, are given They state, that a gene- F ur a long time pa t vve had remarked the lai action hid ticen fought in Sauuianca, on hostile romponra. nt of the French Emperor the 22 d o f Julv, between the allied fo ces. and towards Russia ; but we still hoped, through the French Grand Army under Marmont, in m o d e r a t e and p c*fic measures to avert hos- which the French experienced a verv severe t-hties At iBnt, notwithstanding all our wish- defeat, with the loss riffrom iO to 12,000 men, e 9 to m lirt-ampeace, We witnessed an inces- their pnncip'al arulterv, and sfiveral eagles j s.int repetition of open oil; rages, which com- that Malaga had been retak-.n by Geheial B il- pelled us to arm and lo assemble our troops : lasteros; that a povfrt rful expedition had gone though still, while we touid Batter ourselves ag-tinst <he im adei s of Catalonia, and it was with the hope of'reconciliation, we remained probable had driven the enemy out of that within the confines ol our empire, and, wi ftout prov'nee; and tliit the Frertcli troops, who violating peace, were prepared for defence, liad escaped from capture, had generally pro- All these moderate and pac.Sc measures could ceeded io\vards Seville, where Soult remained not secure to us the tranquility of which we wuh the rcrnnan 1 of tKe French GrariJ Army were desirous- The French Emperor, by ah of Spam ; that in the Nofth o f Europe, B)ita- attack upon our troops at Kowno, has already parte had dorfe but little ; that he had been commenced war,and con. equently n'>thing fur- unable to bring the Russians to a gener .1 bat- thc-r remains for us but, while we invoke the lie ; and that, at the last dales, the French aid ofthe Sovreign o f the Universe, the Au hor were throwing up fortifications at VVilna, af'er and D, fender o f Tru h,,to place our force in kav'-ig lam theie Id or 12 days ; that Swedefi oppoM’ioo to the force «.l theentmy. It is un- had entered into a compact wuh England to necessary to remind our Generals, our Chiefs, support the cjusv against France, ahdibat in and \Varriors, o f tbeir duty andvalof— in their killed, Wounded atul pristiii'-is, cannot be less than.ten or twelve thousand. Fo ir thousand Rear both sides i_\-Ve ate informed, that prisoners have been bru. ghi in Gen. Bonnet Null arrived in Albany on Monday lastj is wounded and .a prisoner. Maraiont retreat- »on 10 l^e seal Government. OuF ed at night by Alba. readtrs r..ay, therefore, soon expect a state- The field o f battle lor two leagues is covered n,tni from under his oyvn hand, of the causes With dead bodies. Among them is the Col. o f led to the surrender o f Detroit, andbc the tQist re g ment. The English loss is not ahle to judge whe.her the^epithet of traitor^sA- ~~~ applied to hint by his democratic brethren, is justifiable^ General Hull has declared, that and the Spanish loss is u.fLug i in all not mote th_n Z ,S W f* A'Supplement to the Gazette o f the Asturi as, daird oiji the 95ih.ef Ju>y, ais>o transmitted by Sir Home Popnam, i i n ihat “ Den Carlos D ’Esp.gne, wi h Julien San ches, had beaten the tm u ty u.o->t seVtrely at CasHllb Tedrtllo The ri'ifuocr lost t>y tf.e French was 2700 killed. 'I he French retreat ed with great precipitation.” The above seem s, to be an account of the share wh.ch iht. Spaniards had m an action prcv ous tothe grand bat’ie on the 22 d Tlie Asiuras G^z ut* then pioceeds to state that the French had lost the whoie of their waggon tnnn, and that Earl Weli.ngton, with characteris t*. heroism, had invited tbe inhabit ants to come to Salemancirand search for their prop r.y among the plunder. ^ The adherents of the French in Valladolid^ baVe been obliged to take op arms, and to pre pare for their departure for Fiance unless administration have erected a guillonnd ready to decapitate him and prevent a fair Ex position o f his situation at tjie tune of surrren- dering the army, he wdl justify his conduct in the eyes o f every honest and unprejudiced citii 2 _n. Let him be he&rdj before he is. cop 5 dcmned. If be has hot had the adequate sup plies of afnmunition and provisions, the faiili must rest with the administration— they ou g h t to have seen to it— they ought tb bave made suitable provision for every event, before dfei elating & war o f conquest and extermination; Our mail papers are *» silfent as the house Of death,*’ relative to our northwestern frontier—« .We have not even rumors from Detroit— Ins deed, Othello's occufatiotfg gonej* $=* The following article is from the Democrat ic Columbian, ctf New-York. W e hope and pray it may not prove true, for we have had, ia - . . • .. . . , Kin§ 3o‘ all con-cience, quite cngngh o f M i. Jefferson*& sepli is at. Valacohd atong wuh them, ou his t. 1lltPf,illahar»V - wav either t o o l hum M adrid. const qairnce 0 ^ this i t p. the E n g lish govern- Tueiti had sent pow c r .ul reinfurcem eniB, borh naval and m ilitary, to aid the gen e r a l cause against the universal t\rar>t ;— that th§ cBictal D t d a r a 'io n t f \ \ ar ag uhsi E n g land had been Tccrivtd ; and that the governm e n t, While holding up a h o p e ana exp e c ta'ion , that the exTsi'ng d ffi ul'ies m gh t be settled , tvtre anil de er limit d ;0 guard dgainst the evils ol W a r, a'-d ‘or thrt purpose had d e term ’ned 10 send Veins flows the blood of the Sclavomsns, so h ghly renowned oF old for their victtrrit-.. Soldier- ! You are the defenders of religiotl, your country, and ind< ptnacnce. I im with you. God is oa our side. ' A L F X A N D E R . L o u d o n A u g u s t \ , 1813. Reported defeat of Marshal M'Donald. Three letters have this day betn received I.» a pr>va e letter Irom Vincente de la Bar- qutra, dated the 2 S;h July, alsa transmitted by S.r lli-me Popham, itic wrrtr, after detailing the forego.ng facts, informs hts inend that ihtre were then tv*o bleaches in the walls of Astorgo, and that n wasexptcttd to surrender every hour Frrvate letter from a fr'tcadat Gijon, q f July 28. I transmit io jou the glxious dispatcn of the greatest battle which ever man gained ior useful labors. “ Rumored change in the cabinet.i*-tl is res ported that Mr. James Mom be, ihe present Secretary of State, is to retire from tbat station^ and is to be appointed commander in chief o f the n o r t h - w c s i f * i u a i my, and t h a t T h o i i a s J k i t e it son will accept the oflfice of Secrttarjr o f i» i a i £ . ’* Alliance -with France .— 'That OUT render© may see what ideas are entertained in France respecting ari alliance between jthat country vp<m ilu American coast aYarge sqnadton o f from Paris, two of them dated the 26th, at.d ship-, u:-der the command o f Adoi’ral Warren. oneihe2yth wit.; one of those of the 28th, hnd that o f th- 27ih, state distinctly, that Mar- you ; since yo>.r mortal enemy, Bonnet, was and this, we present the following copy of A wounded and taken prisoner on the 5.2-J, in the French official paper. Russian Rudetins — Our la*t Engliah daths present tour Russian BnHenns of lire (»rand Army, dated June 19, 2 1 . 23 and 25- They are interesting documents, and we 1 egret our inability to give them entire. T h t first states, “ that the French Army had divided »«self into two corps, the one following the Russian Grnnd Army, and the o'her endeavoring to ou fl uik shot M’Donald. w.th a considerable torce, had by forced marches proceeded to the neighbor hood of Rica, where he Was met by the Rus sians, and a dreadful battle ensiled in winch the latttr were victorious wiih the losstoihcir enemies df 1 j.OOO men u\ kdkd, wounded and pn-oners- The o'her letter of the 26 h. refers obscdre- their rigtn ; that the first corps ofthe Russuns by to a disadvantage su-Xmiied by the French was proceeding unfits march, acco-dmg tothe 011 the shores o f the Dwma. plan adopted, and that they had already effect- London, August 4. cd its junction with various divisions ; that tile Cap*Ur? o f Malaga — A Gibraltar mail ar- encmy, in reconrtoitering, had made attacks on. rived ’ his morn.ng, with letters to the 20 h ult several pom s, but had always been repulsed fields of Salamanca. Ir wouid be, in uiy opin ion, ivry proper that you should pay lmn a v>ait bilore he goes to England, to thank hmi for pist faiors. “ Aitori^a has two breaches, and its stirrem der is expected evtry moment. ,4 S Iviera did hot comp-v vtnih the ort’crs of the codamnHdtr in chiet, anti was.arreSted ^nd sent to a c<tstle iu For ueal. (Sigr.ed) I ranc i co de S atres . *• S a n V i n c e n t e d e l la B a r q u t r a , Ju ly 9 . 4 P . M ” The foi lowing Russia men of w,ir, surren dered by the Convention of Cmtra, and detain ed in E: gluDd, Will be immediately sent to Rus sia f e e of expense, v Twerday 74; bkorrv 60; St. Hdene 74; th-f Coast. The Fiench set m to fee withdraw ing ail their lore s from Grenada and Valen- pro'ect Ca'aioma, frhere the British wuh loss- in one of these Count De o* Den izen took, several prisoners, among whom Wus Count Octavius Srgar-’’ 'Ihe s-cond B.ii.etin announces, tfat the movemen1# o f the army had been so skillfully cia, to conducted as lostcure a complete commun/ca- expedition must have long since landed, tion between thc veveral corp* comprising the \ /ruGU'T 6 . Grand Arm v; that not a single detachment Another Malta and Gibraltar nutil arrived had been iefi uiiprctec'ed, but that seven squad- this meriting. It furnishe&.us with intelligence rorts oi French cavalry with cannon, had been from the latter place to the 23d ult. being four vigorously repulsed by the rear guard ot the days subsequent to the date of our informatibn army- of vesterdav. The French General Leval, wi h Tbe third B dletin, striot of its foritiali ies, 6000 infantry and 6 ('h horse, was in sight Of Illustrates this tact—“ th^t it is clear, from ev- (J, braltar on the 22 d uit. wiih the view ol ery circumstance which has a’tends d rhe pros- making a desperate effort to cut off the com- ecutioh o f this war, that the French Emperor m’lnicition between Gibraltar and Malaga. They communicate the g>a dying intelligence l St. Cofuel 76; RjIvjzuh 6 6 ; 1 ilnay 74; or the cap 1 tire o f Malaga by the Spamsh under Motchnoy 74 ; Rafael 80 ; Ktlslnys 25 ; A ar- B^l'asteros, tfho Was tapidly advancing along slave 24. The N <>be frigate from Oporto, .on the l&'h Ja’y fell in with three frigate* which from the signals they made, there could be no ds.ubt Lofibotf, July 2 ^. Several American gentlemen have arrived passengers fi om Calais. The following'is A copy of a circular h.nded to each American} bn his departure, by the Prefect of ihat town. So novel a production will not fail tb be read with some degree o f curiosity. Transition of a pripted Addrfeks delivered to the passengers on board of the American - to thetr departure from Calais on Friday last, the 24:h July, 1812} whore she had been detained during jiioii' hs : “ Gentlemen— You are leaving France f$ return to your Country, into the bosom of a nation allied to curs. Tbe Fi tnch Government ptnetra'ed with the motives which distinguish her triumphant _£areer» only wishes that yeil may ft peat to your couniiymen the exact refc'h tal of what jou ha’.-.> seen. 1 am charged my Government to inform you, that it Will endeavor to protect those who keep within lft« Were Frtrcii. and they were apparently work- bounds of rtavon. in proportion as it will punish ing for ibe W estern Lies. G i b r a l t a r , July 21. W e Wefe surprised ytsterday with the ap pearance of a French army near San Roque, at a moment when we behevtd that ad tht French disposable force in this neighborhood were marching towaids Seville. It appt ais that ti e French, after niaking every show of retreating in that direction, had concentrated about 1 1 000 men at Midtna, where they seiz-.d upon all the those who, carried away by unruly passioR% partaking of the rage of our ent mses, spre&o alai rmog reports of France, and by false con jectures engender animosity, lh e eyes France are turned to the new World as Wmj si! to this, and »he hero vtho governs fee r,-knowS- well how to distinguish the friends oi peace an^poncord from the enemifes.— If any bee among you has cause to complain of any ng* orous trea.'ment, he must not attribute it to ail has beer, forced, in consequence of the Russian mode of conducting he campaign, to change bis original plan of operations, which only tef- mit^t^d tty useless marches, as the Russians bad abandoned the spot that would have been most advantageous to him in-the event of a battle ; aud rbat by sticha proceeding the Rus sians h*-<“ tn part attained their object.” . “ Gallant Ac ft on —On the 1 Itn of June, the Coionel of the Regiment of Polish Heralaws, Galevra. was- disfwebed,—tagsxjier j vitli the In this case, Gen Bailasteros would be liable tp a grea. interruption in h.s fur her progress^ along the shores ol Grenada, but we have the fullest reliance on his ifcjll and valor. He has 9000 Spaniards under him, whos^ intrepidity and patriotism has been more thaii once wit* nessed by tbeir enemies, and they will doubt less make a desperate resistance if taken by surprise. w Strong reinforcements continue to be se off to our W est-Ind'^ Islands, in the event <if cattle and mules, and by a forced march reach- unjust mo ive,*but' tb the impossibility, tmasl' eel San Roque ; thus cutuhg off Gen. Balias- which a Govqyficjignt surrounded by eileinieii teros’s communication with the g a im o n , who, lies, of guardingkgainst their attacks without with his army, is now at Gancln, about ‘iff exercising apy such rigorows measuYes ; but miles from San Roque, with 6000 men, whilst friendship for the United States is siU; Gen Lavalle, with a division of 5000 French ceres” troops^ is at Antequero ; so that the Spanish army is in a very critical Situation. * t ‘* R ioa July 2. \Fhe French ehtered the Russian territory by four different routes, txp* ctmg 'hat an op- 37 army - •TU TFe are informed[, by a gendeman frofii Burlington,-Vermont, (says tlie Boston Gaz } that the Colonel commanding the U. S. troops stationed in that town, attempted to bring thetri corps under his command, bym aj-gen. Korf, anv sudden enterprise being undertaken by thle portuuuy woi'Iu present itself lor& cbufttfamath, forward to the poll for Governoc. See ; but in order to reconnoitre the enemy. Inthe eve* Americans— Several transports have been or- which would oblige the Emperor Airaander nnding the inhabitants determined not to allot# *4jing of ihe 20 th, he received o^de^S to direct de red routid to the Isle of W ’ght to receive the to make p* ace The Ru&siari army, however, thetn to vote, he assembled them on parade,; his march across the district ofLanrupa to the reinforcenients on hoard, and they will Sdil the. retreated- and Bonaparte h«ffi-noi thqjight prop- took their votes, in presence Ot a magistrate)! . . f * . . ■ « 1 \ L . » . l . f ____ . m t J T ' f . A 1 * 1 . . > 1 , . ^ o i n r ) f / I U M i a f r t V k a m n n t n ! V ^ n n t t \ a I l o t * l k / a c o t a f n f tovrn of Swtnzianes, for which place he set out instant the men are embdrked. \e r to press ha-td> forwdrd Indeed, it is this and forward them on to Montpelier, the seat of early on the next day, after having assembled Destruction o f Marmont1 s Army —Captain bis ordettes, in the hope of finding bis tegi- B5acquiere o f the Navy, has arrived at the Ad v e n t there ; but the places through which he mirdUy, bad to pass, were already occupied by three the gratifying intelligence of the ;o al defeat regim ent of the enemy's cavalry- W hen col. and in sh..r , the tcraldeatrufcuon ol the French Galewa perceived himself 10 be thus complete- Army under Marmont. tjr hemmed in, he formed h’s troop into a col- The intelligence bro’t by Capt. Blacquiere, ©(fin, and proceeded Li eut bis 'way through was received by Sir Home Popham, now on the enemy’s ranks After having accomplish- the coast of Spam, from the Spinish Governor ed his object, and gained a wood, he charged oPGijon, on »he 19 ih ult. the horse yagers, who at entpfed a second time Tne Spanish Governor transmits to S i r the other day reported, that tbe scarcity of provisions is government, tp be counted with so great in thc French army, that Bonaparte returns. with the ffios' ample confirmation of has thought it necessary to retreat, and that hts tvrnT a * v a T ^ y i i a t m W o troops have already re-crossed the Russia!) IN D IA N ALX1LAR1ES. frontier-^ A corps of 5000 Prussians, after The Ind,an A ?ent at Buffalo, has been ifn shooting the F'rciich General who com man itd by the Preside!)* o fthe United States them, have dekerted o tho Russians, with their 10 accePl tbe services o f the warriors c f the six cannon and baggdgi* v nations, and to embody and organize them ; - ‘•P .S . The French have certainly retrea’ed.” and tbe writer of a communication in the Can-* « Gouenburgh, July iff. andaigna papers, s a y s ,« it is'btjitved, by ad ** An embargo has been iaid on all merchant vvbd are scqt^unted wish the Indian characteri t o intercept hint, and p m th e m to fitgln . H i s H o m e Pophtitn a copy o f tbe follow irig sb o it vessel* ifl Sw e d e n — in con s e q u e n c e , as it i s tbal inhab.iants upon the JM.agara freatierj
