Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
November 2, 1813
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VOL. I WASHINGTON CITY, PUBLISHED BY GALES AND SEATON, Daily, at Ten Dollars per annum paid in advance. No subscription will be taken for less than twelve months. (CZ All letters to the Editors must be post paid. LANDS IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY, FOR SALE. BY virtue of the last Will and Testament of Robs, rt Means, deceased, the subscriber olfeiS for sale, all the Lands of the Testator in the states of Ohio and Kentucky. As there is a large quantity of of these Lands, and the quality in general good, they are well worth the .Attention of all persons desirous of pur chasing Lands in those parts of the country. The tracts are of various sizes, and conse quently calculated to suit purchasers of all descriptions. Further information respecting the said Lands may be obtained from Mr. Walter Dunn, residing in or near the town ol Chillicothe in the state of Ohio. DANIEL CALL, Executor of the last will and testament of Rob. Means, dec d. Richmond. July 19—ts FOR SALE, 8000 acres first rate Landy IN different Tracts, from 500 to 1000 acres each, lying op the Mississippi in the district of Baton Rouge, surveyed and patented in the years 1770 and 1772, and recorded in the name of the Subscriber. ALSO, 7000 acres in Randolph county, and 3000 acres in Harrison county, Virginia 300 acres in Kentucky. _ For the above, property in this City will be taken .n part payment; the residue in cash or good bonds. Particular information may b? obtained on application to the subscriber, by letter, the postage must be paid. OLIVER POLLOCK. Washington city, April 23—2awtf SEASONABLE GOODS. Just received and lor sale, by SETH HYATT, jr. at. his store, Pennsylvania avenue, a variety of Seasonable G'-ods, among which are superfine and second Cloths, Cassimeres, Siockinetts, Coatings, Baize, Flannels, Blank ets. Cords, worsted Hosiery, 3qb. which, to gether with his old stock, and what he expects daily to receive, will form a handsome assort ment, which he will sell on the mostaccomdat tnp terms. October 21. WANTS EM FLO YMENT, AS Gardener, a man with a small family; he is well acquainted with the different branches of Gardening, also the propagating of fruit trees would have no objection to the super intending of a small plantation where there is stock. A fine directed to J. N. and left at the post-office, Georgetown, where any informa tion can be had as to character and abilities. October 21—2aw3t. FOR SALE, A valuable Negro MAN, who has been ac customed to all kind of work on a farm. ALSO, A valuable Woman, who understands cooking, washing, &c. Enquire at this office. Sept. 24—- BOARDING. THE Subscriber is desirous of taking a few genteel Boarders; his accommodations are good and terms very moderate. Should gen tlemen who write in the Public Offices favor him with their company and anticipate an in convenience from the distance in unpleasant weather, he informs them that a hack sha-ll be at their disposal free from charge, in such wea ther as would render the walk disagreeable. PENDLETON HERONIMUS, Beall street. Georgetown, Sept. 25, 1813. ___p ALL persons having business to transact with me, are requested to call at Mr. Davis’s Hotel, on Pennsylvania Avenue, where I shall remain until the Bth November next. I have Lots in most parts of the City for Sale, and two or three good Houses to Rent. JAMES GREENLEAF. Oct. 25—dt8N. LAND FOrTsALF. RICHARD PARROTT Co. Have for Sale, 15,C00 Acres of Land commonly known as the Georgia Purchase, lying in Madison county in Mississippi Territory. It will be sold to suit purchasers in tracts of from four to five thousand acres. Persons disposed to purchase will call on R. P. and Co. who will give a more particular description of said land. The Title clear and indisputable. Georgetown, Sept. 2 dtf VALUABLE PROPERTY, Will be effiered for sale, on the premises, on Monday the first day of November next if fair, if not, on the next fair day, part of two tracts of land, being in the District of Colum bia, near the Eastern Branch bridge, and six valuable slaves, and all the stock, horses, cat tle and plantation utensils, and a number oi other articles too tedious to mention. Ary of the abovementioned property can be bought at private sale before the day of sale. August 25—wts. STOP THE THIEF! FIFTY DOLLES REWARD. STOLEN from the commons, near the Pre sident’s Square, a BAY HOUSE, 14 hands high, a bushed tail, little swaged backed, well pro portioned, 8 years old, his two hinder legs white as high up as his pasture joints, a small star on his forehead the size of an eighth of a dollar—shod all round (shoes much worn); when rode starts frequently his eyes full and fierce excessively fearful of the whip, and in tolerable good order. A reasonable reward will be given to any person who will deliver the said Horse to Mr M’Leod’s, at the Wash ington Hotel, Pennsylvania avenue; and the above reward will be given for apprehending and securing in jail the thief: July B—dtf. Daily National Intelligencer. Application is intended to be made to the Treasury Department for the renewal of the following certificates of Public debt credited in the books of the Treasury, in the names of the undermentioned persons, viz. No. 1352 for $11,902 12 cents, 3 per cent stock in the name of Daniel Hooft, G. Z. Francois, Hovius Zacharias Eekhout and Hendrick Croese Ed wards of Amsterdam. Permanent Nos. 10,001 10,002 for 1000 each, 10,004 10,005 100 each, 10,006 97,95 Converted 6 per cent, stock. In the name of Augustus Rath of Scheidam. JAMES DAVIDSON. Sept. 30—3taw6w. TO enable those who may be wounded, or disabled, in any engagement with the enemy, to obtain certificates entitling them to pen sions, the like regulations and restrictions as are used in relation to the navy of the United States, are to be observed, to wit: That the commanding officer of every ves sel having a commission, or letters of marque and reprisal, cause to be given to any officer, or seamen, who, during his cruise, shall have been wounded, or disabled, as aforesaid, a certificate of the Surgeon on board, to be ap proved and signed by such commanding offi cer, describing the nature and degree, as iar as practicable, of such wound, or disability, naming his place of residence and the rate of wages, if any, to which he was entitled at the time of receiving such wound, or disability and that such certificate be transmitted to this department. The widows (or Orphans, where the wife is dead) of those persons who may be slain, in any engagement with the enemy, on board such vessels, will be entitled to pension certifi cates, upon forwarding to this office a certifi cate from the commanding officer of the vessel to which such persons were attached, of their haying been slam as aforesaid the certificate of a justice of he peace, for the county in which such widows, or orphans, may reside, that they actually stand in that relation to the deceased. Many Department, Washington, June s.—ts. At the Hygeia Academy at Haymarket, in Prince William county, Virginia, a Professor of the Dead Languages; and also a Professor of Mathematics, Geography and English Gram mar. ARE respectfully informed, that THOS L. M’KENNE V has received a general asorrtment of seasonable GOODS He offers them for sale, wholesale or otherwise, at his Store, on Bridge .street, the 2d door below the Union Bank. Superfine Cloths, blue, biuck, brown, corbeau, drab, olive, &c Secopd quality do do Superfine and 2d Kerseymeres Do Coatings Stockinetts Vestings of various kinds Cruvatting, plain and crossbarred, white and colored Hosiery, lambs’ wool, worsted, cotton and silk Gloves, beaver, buckskin ^nd dogskin Levantine Silks Florence do. Canton and Italian Crapes India and British ,Mu»kns Linen cambric Handkerchiefs 6 4 and 4-4 Cambric Muslins Kid and beaver Gioves, extra and short, white and colored Pure white Sattin Do. white Florence Do. do Mantua Thread Laces Elegant Lace Veils Ridicules A large assortment of Ribbands Black Velvet do Company Bandanoe Handkerchiefs Superior Flog do do Irish Linens and Shirting Cottons UmbipUas Artificial Flowers Levantine Shawls and Mantles Fur Capes and Tippets Gold and Silver Trimmings Silk Cords and Tassels Fur, black, white and brown Swanskin Trimming Cut Silk Velvets Silk, cotton and black worsted Hosiery, well assorted Plaid Mantuas Wadding for Pelleises Elegant worsted and Gotten "Fringes, ball, bell and diamond 6 4 Irish Sheeting Rugs and Andirons An assortment of Looking Glasses, from 2 dollars and 50 cents, to 100 dollars—the ta blets of some, taken from approved draw ings, represent our naval engagements Segars, of a superior quality, done up in small boxes of 100 each OCF Reasonable allowances made to those who purchase by the package or piece. Oct. 29—3 w. W. A. BURROWS. TO RENT For the ensuing year the subscriber’s STORE-HOUSES—at Allen’s Fresh. The situation is one of the best for a Retail Store in the county. JNO CAMPBELL. Charles county, Oct 27 —3t A STRAY. A Red and White Stray COW, is at the Farm of the subscriber—with a Calf at her side The Cow has a slit in one ear and the other cropt off. The owner may have her on prov ing property and paying charges. ROBERT BRENT. Oct- 27.—3 t. NOTICE. NO TICE TO PERSONS EMPLOYED ON BOARD PRIVATE ARMED VESSELS. WANTED Applications to be made to the Trustees who will convene at Haymarket on the Ist Monday in December next to make the elections. By order, EDM. BROOKE, Sec’ry. Set.p 24—wtd. THE PUBLIC AMONG THEM ARB Flannels of every quality Rose, point and striped Blankets White Planes Carpeting, passage and stair German O^uaburg Negro Stockings Rgd and green Baize; ALSO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1813. NAVY DEPARTMENT October 4, 1813. Proposals will be received at this de partment, for supplying by contract the Navy of the United States with beef and pork, for the year 1814, one fourth part thereof to be delivered in each of the months of January, February, March and April, 1814, and paid for as deliver ed, viz. Barrels of Beef. Barrels of Pork. Place of Delivery. Profiosals will be received. 400 350 Portsmouth N. H. ’Till 3 1 st of the present month. 1050 950 Boston ditto. 900 1600 New York 20th ditto; 550 450 Albany 25th ditto. 550 450 Philadelphia 20th ditto. 550 450 Baltimore 20th ditto, 5 50 450 Washington 20th ditto. 750 Norfolk 20th ditto. Of the beef, all the legs, shins, necks, shoulders, clods and legrounds must be excluded, and the rest of the animal cut into pieces of ten pound each, so that twenty pieces will make a barrel. Of the pork, all the legs, heads and hands must be excluded, and the rest of the animal cut into pieces of eight pounds each, so that twenty fiv pieces will make a barrel. Both beef and pork to fee of the best quality, to have a sufficient quantity, of salt and saltpe tre—the barrels to be made of well sea soned heart of white oak. full hooped, and the whole to be inspected and bran ded according to law W. JONES. October 6,1813. N. B. The Editors of news papers, who puplished the former proposal, from this department, will publish the above and continue it weekly till the first of November next and present their accounts therefor to the respec tive Navy Agents for settlement. BIGSPRING ESTATE. Wi'd be exposed to public sale upon the pre mises in the vicinity of Leesburg, Loudoun County, on Tuesday the 28th day of Decem ber next, if fair, if not, on the next fair day; one of the most valuable estates in the state of Virginia, comprehending upwards of Twelve hundred and sixty Acres of STRONG LIMESTONE LAND, and divided as follows, viz. one hundred acres of cleared land, including the Bigspring, from its source to its efflux into the Potomac, upon wh ch is situated a Mill and an excellent site for another, there being an abundance of fall and water; to it is attached fifty-five acres of well timbered land. This stream has never been known in the least to decline in the dryest seasons heretofore experienced nor has it ever been injured or the mill interrupted in its operations by fresh or ice. There is no better wheat country than that by which it is sur rounded. Its distance from Leesburgh, which is the County town, is two miles—from Bal timore fifty miles—Alexandria forty and George town thirty miles; —to either of the two last markets, flour may be taken from a mill which should be erected at the mouth of the branch upon the banks of the Potomac, and carried by water for fifty cents per barrel. If required by the purchaser, more land will be annexed to this division—possession will be given on the 3d day of January next. One of the other divisions contains upwards of five hundred acres, upon which is a comfort able log dwelling house with four rooms an excellent garden every necessary out house a large and productive meadow; to it is also attached a valuable ferry across the Potomac, by which nver it is bounded more than one mile. The other division contains upwards of six hundred acres of land, the quality of which is the same each of those farms has a sufficient portion of excellent timber, and no soil is more admirably adapted to the use of clover and plaister. The Farms will be subdivided to suit purchasers, and an indisputable title given to the whole of the property. Should one or both of those farms be sold, possession will not be given the purchaser till the first day of April next, at which time will be sold, upon the premises, a quantity of Corn, Negroes, Stock and Farming Utensils of every kind. Two thirds of the purchase money will be required in hand, the residue in two equal annual in stalments’ to be secured by a lien upon the land. GEORGE W. BALL, FAYETTE BALL, CHARLES B. BALL. Heirs and Devisees of B. 801 l deceased. Leesburg, Loudoun County, State of Virginia, Sept. 16, 1813.5 dtf—Oct. 5. NEW MUSIC. THE Subscriber has just received at his Music Store, Pennsylvania Avenue, a supply of NEW MU IC, Comprising the foUotoing: Commodore Perry’s March Trip to Amiens, arranged as a Rondo The favorite Rondo Basque Le Clair de Lune Melanzinsky’s favorite Concertante New tcena and Poilacca— Ferrari Sonate Militaire— Vanhal Irish Melodies, No. 1,2,3,8 c 4 Songs in Rokeby The Wounded Hussar, with the new patriot Song—“ Lawrence the brnveT While Strephon thus you teize me The Contented Shepherd Now at Moonlight’s Fairy Hour— Duett Blake’s Evening Companion for the Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Flagelet, Books 5 and 6 Blake's Military Amusement, for two Clari- nets. He has constantly on hand a great variety of Modern Music, Vocal and Instrumental, anti receives all the new publications of merit. W. COOPER. Oct. 27—St MARSHAL’S SALE. WILL be exposed to Public Sale on the 22d day of November next at Mr. M’Leod's Tavern, all the right, title, interest and claim of Ezra Varden to part of lot number eleven in square No. 226, being 25 feet front on Pennsylvania Avenue, together with a small frame building thereon, the said property is seized and taken by virtue of a writ of fierifa cias issued from the Circuit Court of the Dis trict of Columbia for the County of Washing ton, at the suit of William H. Dorsey against the said Varden, the Sale will commence at 10 o’clock, A. M. Terms Cash. WASHINGTON HOYD, Marshal, D. C. October 22—2awts. MARSHAL'S SALE. Will be exposed to public sale on the 27th day of November next, at Tomlinson’s Hotel, all the right, title, interest and claim of Levi White, to part of square 797, containing about 5421 square feet; the south front on South I street, the east front on 4th street east, and the northeast front on Virginia avenue toge ther with all the improvements thereon, con sisting of one unfinished brick house, two frame buildings and brick stable: the said property is seized and taken by virtue of three writs of fieri facias, issued from the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Wash ington one at the suit of John Virt, use of Stephen Parry and Benjamin Bryan; one at the suit of Joseph Johnson; and one at the suit of William Cross against the said Levi White. The sale will commence at 11 o’clock, a m. Terms cash. WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal D. C. Oct 26 —2awts NEW PUBLICATIONS. BO# SALE Jii' J. MU.LIGAJV, Co. Georgetown, I) C. Speeches delivered by Alexander Smyth, Esq. [Late a Brigadier General in the U. S. army,] in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and at the bar— price one dollar. Debates in the Virginia Conventio— price £3 Wirt’s Speeches, price 75 cents. Historical Letters, (originally published in the Virginia Argus), price 1 dollar. Edwards’ Genuine Edition of The Book,” or tue proceedings and correspondence upon the subject of the enquiry into the conduct of her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales— price $1 12 1 2 The Bridal of Trierman, a poem, in the style of Walter Scott, Esq.—price 75 cents. September 1. J. MILLIGAN er CO. Booksellers, Georgetown, Have received the following RELIGIOUS WORKS: Watts’ Sermons, 2 vols. price 50 on the Passions 75 Immortal Mentor 1 Spiritual Treasury, 2 vols. 4 Whqle Duty of Man 5 Hannah Moore’s Christian Morals 1 ALSO, Bibles and Prayer-books, in various bindings. September 21. SUPERFINE YELLOW BARK Sold by JOSEPH MILLIGAN Co. Book sellers, and Dr. N. MAGRUDER, George town, DR. SANDFORD’S Improved Powder and Essential Salt of the Bark, Accompanied with the Proprietor’s Essay on the different kinds of Peruvian Bark now in use. The above articles are put up in parcels of different sizes, to accommodate the usual wants of physicians, retail druggists, and pri vate families. Extract from the Medical Philosophical Register No 4, Vol. 2. “In cur present number may be found a very interesting communication on the medi cal virtues of the Peruvian and other bark. It is with great satisfaction we state, that the author of that paper, Dr. Sandford, after more than 25 years’ observation on the effects of bark as a medicine, and no less than 10 years’ attention to the different methods of preparing it, has at length formed an establishment at Greenwich (Con.) with the view of furnishing the profession with the several species of ge nuine Peruvian bark, in the states of an essen tial salt, powder, &c. On a circumstance of so much importance, we cannot but congratu late the community at large, upon whose con fidence and support, Dr. Sandford is justly en titled to the strongest claims.” Extract from the same work, No. 1, Vol. 3. In those cases in which the bark was pre scribed, we have had the most satisfactory evi dence of the superior quality of that which is selected and prepared by Dr. Sandford, and which we earnestly recommend to the attention of physicians.” Georgetown, June 7 ALMANACS FOR 1814. For sale by J. MILLIGAN CO. at their Book-stores on High-Street ridge street Georgetown. NOTICE. The Subscribers having entered into Co-part nership in the ROPE and TWINE Manufacto ry, in this city, respectfully inferm the Public that they have commenced business and intend to keep a general assortment of every ariich in their line, which they will warrant to be r qual in quality to any made in the United States, they flatter themselves, by paying unremitted Attention to the selection of mate rials and workmen and to hestness and dis patch of business, to merit a share of pub' c patronage. Orders are respectfully solicited’ DANIEL RENNER, NATH H. HEATH. N. B. The market price will always be giv. n for good cletn country hemp at the Rope and Twine Factory of Kenner and Heath on Green leaf’s Point Sept 16—>f the GENTLEMAN’S NEW POCKE7' COMPANION, comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal,the horse,together with the quick est and simplest mode of fattening necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue or on a journey; the construction and manage ment of stables; different marks for ascertain ing the age of a horse f om three to nine years old; with a concise account of the diseases to winch the horse is most subject, with such re medies as experience lias proven to be ef fectual—By Richard Mason, of Surrv Co Va Price §1 25. y Va Just received and for sale at the Bookstore and Lottery-office, Bndge street, Georgetown four doors west of the Union Bank. September 27. VALUABLE PROPERI'¥ FOR SALE By virtue bfa decree of the hon. the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a Chancery Court, the subscriber will offer at Public Sale, at the Union Tavern, Geoigetown on Monday the Bth cf November next, ail the right; interest, title and estate, both in law and equity, of the late Gen. Jnmes M. Lmgan, or his heirs, m and to the undermentioned Valua me Property, the sale to coir.me ce at ten o clock, a. m. and to continue from day to dav until completed: 7 7 Ist. A Tract of Land called "Haerlem ly. ing about 1 mile from Georgetown, on the’road to the Little Falls of Potomac, containing 185 acres or thereabouts. It has been laid off into commodious lots, of from one o thirty ac es and will be sold either in this way or the whole tract together, as may best suit purchasers Upon it is a convenient two story frame Dwell ing House, and requisite out buildings. The land abounds with springs, ind contains several handsome scites for country seats. 2d. Also, a Lot adjacent to the above, and adjoining the country seat of Henry Foxall. Esq. called “Spring Hill,” less than one mile from Georgetown, containing about 21 acres. W 4,5, 6, 14 and Peter Threlkeld, Beatty and Deakin’s addition to Georgetown, on which there is a large and euhatantial Warehouse, 60 by 40 feet, and a Wharf, with sufficient depth ot water Ybr any sized vessel. 4th. Likewise, about two hundred and twenty Lots, in the City of Washington, viz. Lot No. 4, S q Uare 62 5, h f 15 16 18 and 23 76 L, 18 23, yo 11, 12, 13 18 The whole of square pg The whold of square north of pg Lot No. 1, and part of 9 in iC q 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 1( 5 The whole of square i m do. do. do. do. do. do. n 4 do. do. uj Lots No. 1,2, 3,6, 7, 8, 9, 11. 12 7 13, 14 15 D 6 4. 122 The whole of square iqq Lots No. 1, 2 3 13 g The whole of square 135 Lots No. 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, "7 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,’ 20’, 139 21 22- Lots No. 1,2, 3,4, 14, 15, 16 17 7 18, 19, 20, 21, 31, 32, 33 140 and 34 The whole of square 151 Lots No. 1,2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7. 8912 7 13 &14 S 154 Lots No. 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19 7 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Si 25 117 Lots No 6, 7 8 JlB On one of the lots in this last mentioned square (No. 7) is a three story Brick Dwelling House, handsomely situated. Plats of the Lands and the Lots may be seen at the counting room of the subscriber, and in formation will be given as to the titles, which, it is believed, are unquestionable, and clear of any dispute. A credit wdl be given of 1,2, 3 and 4 years, the purchaser giving his notes, with approved endorsers, bearing interest from the day bf sale; and upon the ratification aud confirmation by the said court, of the sale or sales, and up on the receipt of the whole purchase money, (principal and interest) and not before, the sub scriber, as trustee, will give deeds to the purf chasers respectively, agreeably to the terms of said decree. NOTICE. All persons having claims against the said James M. Lmgan deceased, are hereby notified Required to file them, duly authenticated, with the Clerk of the said Court, wiihin thirty days after the said Bth day of November next n W smi TH, Trustee. Georgetown, Oct. B—2wts. NOTICE. To be Rented and entered upon imme- diately The two story Brick House, opposite Judge in street, witbing a few minutes walk of the Public Offices. Enquire at the ad joining House the rent is 150 per annum, and it may be had on a lease for a term of years. Oct. 7— dtf. 7 FOR SALE, A BLACK BOY of 7 years, and a GIRL of 6 years old. Enquire at th® office of file National Intelligencer. Oct. NO. 261 W. SMITH, Trustee.
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Pirna, and two by the gate of Pliucn. Thf prince of Mosks'a debouched at the bend of Barroe’s division. Those divisions overthrew every thing before them the tire immediate!} got to a distance from the centre to the circum ference, and was soon driven back upon the hills. The field of battle remained covered with dead, cannon and Wrecks. General Dumou tier is wounded, as are likewise generals Boy eldies, Tyndal, and Combelles '1 he officer ot artillery, Baranger, is mortally wounded he was a young man of great hopes General Gros, of the Guards, was the first to throw himself into the ditch of a redoubt, where the enemy’s sappers were already at work; in cut ting down the palisades he received a bayonet wound. The night became dark and the fi e ceased, the enemy having failed in his attack, and left upwards of 2,000 prisoners on the field of bat tle, which was covered with killed and wound ed.—On the 27th the weather was dreadful, and the rain fell in torrents. The soldiers had passed the night in mud and water. At nine o’clock in the morning we could plainly perceive the enemy lengthening his left, and covering the heights which were separated from his c ntre by the valley of Plauen. The King of Naples departed with the corps of the Duke ofßelluno and the devision of cuiras siers, and debouched on the road of Freyberg to attack this left wing. He performed it with the greatest success. The six divisions which composed this wing were broken and scattered. The half of them, with their colours and can non, were made prisoners, and amongst the number are several Generals. In tbe centre a brisk cannonade fixed the enemy’s attention, And some columns shewed themselves ready to attack him on his left. The Duke of Treviso, with General Nantsouty, manoeuvred in the plain, with his left to the river and his rigid to the heights. Marshal St. Cyr’S corps joined our left with the centre, which was forn e 4 of the Duke of Ragusa’s corps. At aboqt two o’clock in the afternoon the enemy decideij on making his retreat; he had lost his grand communication with Bohemia op his left and right wings. The result of this day is 25 to 50,000 prisoners, 40 pair pf colours, and 60 pieces of artillery. We may reckon that the enemy has 105t.60,000 inen. Our loss in killed, wounded, and taken amounts to 4 000 men. The cavalry has covered itself with glory. The Etat-Major of tbe cavalry, will publish the de tails, and mentjoß those who have distinguish ed themselves. Tfie young guards have merit ed the praises of the whole army. The old Suards had two battalions engaged, its other attalions were kept in reserve in the village, to be at disposal. Tbe 2 battalions which were engaged beat down every tiling before them.— The city of Dresden ran great risk of danger. The conduct of the inhabitants has been such as we should expect from an allied people. The King of Saxony and his family remain at Dres den, and have shewn the example of confi dence. ■Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Re gent has received the following intelligence irom the Army, dated the 30th Aug.:—“ On the 28th, 29th, and 30th, we followed up our success; Generals Castix, Doumere, and D'Ou dinarde, of General Latour Mauberg’s corps, have taken 1,000 caissons, or waggons, of am munition, and collected jmany prisoners. The villages are full of the enemy’s wounded we already reckon 10,000 of them. The enemy, according to the report of prisoners, had eight Generals killed or wounded. The Duke of Ragusa has had several affairs of ad vanced posts which attest the intrepidity of his troops. Gen. Vandamme, commanding the first corps,, on the 25th debouched by Koenigstein, and on the 26th took possession of the camp at Pirna, of the town, and of Hoendorf. He intercepted the grand communication from Prague to Dresden. The Duke of Wertembcrg, with 15,000 Russians, were charged with observing the debouche. On the 28th, General Van damme attacked and defeated him, took 2,000 prisoners, six pieces of cannon, and drove him into Bohemia The Prince of Reuss, General Brigade, an officer of merit, was killed. On the 29th General Vandamme took a position upon the heights of Bohemia, and established himself there. He caused the country to be scoured by differed parties of light troops, to obtain intelligence of the enemy, annoy him, and seize upon -his magazines. The Prince of Eckmuhl was, cn the 24:h, at Schwerin. He had no affair of consequence. The Danes had distinguished themselves in several trifl ng af fairs. The opening of the campaign has been most brilliant, and allows us to h ve great hopes. The quality of our infantry is much superior to that of the enemy.” Paris, Sept. 7.—Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent lias received the following intelligence from the army, dated Sept. 1 On the 28th August the King of Naples and Duke of Belluno slept at Freyberg, the 29th at Liehlenberg, the 30tb at Zittau, the 31st at Say do. The Duke of Ragusa, with the 6th, slept oh the 28th at Dippoldiswalde, where the ene my abandoned 1,200 wounded; on the 29th at Falkenham, and the 31st at Zennw>dd. The 11th corps, under the orders of Marshal St. Cyr, was on the 28th at Maxen, the 291 h at Reinhardt Grumna, the 30th at Pillersdorf, the 31st atLielman. The Ist corps, under Gener al Vandamme, was on the 28. h at Rollandorf, and the 29th at Peterswalde, occupying the mountains. The Duke of Treviso was in posi tion on the 28th and, 291 htU Pirna, General Pagal, commanding the cavalry, has made some prisoners. The enemy retired to the po sition of Dippoldiswalde and Altenberg, His left fallowed the Plaun road, and fell back by Tharandt upon Dippoldiswalde, not being able to retreat by the Freyberg road. His right could neither retire by the c^usewav of Pirna, nor that of Dolma, and therefore retired upon Maxen, and from thence upon Dippoldiswalde. All that there were of partisans or detached were cut off. The Russian, Prussian, and Austrian baggage get entangled on the cause way of Freyberg; several thousand carriages were taken there. Arrived at Alteaherg, where the road from Toeplitz to Dippoldiswalde be came impracticable, the enemy took the reso lution of abandoning more than 1,000 carriages of ammunition and baggage. This gr«nd ai my re-entered Bohemia, after having lost part of it’s artillery and baggage. On the 29th Gen. Van damme passed, with eight or ten battalions, the neck of the grand chain, and marched upon Kulm he there met the enemy, 8 or 10,000 strong; they engaged him not hndmghimself sufficiently' strong, he nude his corps (Pawnee descend; he would soon have overthrown tin enemy. In place of re-entering, and again plac ing himself upon the heights, he remained and took aposition at Kulm, without guarding the mountain this mountahi commanded the only causeway; it is high. It was only the SOtu that Marshal St. Cyr and the Duke of Ragusa arrived at the debouche from Toeplitz. Gen. Vandamme only thought of closing the road against the enemy, and taking all. To a jiu mg army. a bridge of gold must ba made, or a barrier oj steel opposed. He was not strong incugh to oppose this barrier of steel. How ever, the enemy perceiving that this corps d’armee of 18 000 remained alone in Bohemia, separated by high mountains, and that all the others were at the foot of the mountains on the other side, saw that lie was lost, tip Jess he de- I ‘eated it he conceived die hops of successfully attacking it, its position being bad. The Rus sian guards were at the bead of the army, which fought in retreating; to them were join ed two fresh Austrian divisions. The remain der of the enemj’s army joined them ns it de bouched, followed by the 2d 6Ji, and 14 h corps These troops reached the Ist corps. General Vandamme shewed a good counten ance, repulsed all the attacks, penetrated all that presented itself, and covered the field of battle with dead Disorder encreased in the enemy’s army, and it was with admiration seen what a small number of men can do against a multitude whose morale is weakened. At two in the afternoon, the Prussian column of Gen. Kliest, cut oil in its retreat, debouched by Pe ters walde, to endeavour to penetrate into Bohe mia it met no enemy, arrived upon the top of the mountains without resisistanee; it placed itself there, and there saw the if fair yyhjqh was going on. The effect ©f this cplumn upon the rear of the enemy decided the business, peneral Vandamme immediately marched against this column, which he repulsed he was obliged to weaken his line at this delicate moment. For tune turned he nevertheless succeeded in ever throwing General Kleist?s column, who was killed the Prussian soldiers threw away their arms, and precipitated themselves into the fosses and woods: In this strife, General Van damme disappeared. It is supposed he was killed. Geperajs parboneau, Dumonceati, and Phillippon determined to profit of the moment to withdrasy, part by the great road, and part by the cross roads, with their divisions, by a bandoning all the materiale, which consisted of 30 pieces of artillery, and 300 waggons of all kinds, but bringing away all the horses. In the situation in which affairs were, they could not have noted better. The killed, wounded, and prisoners may carrv our loss in this affair io 6,000 men It is thought that the enemy’s loss cannot be less than from 4to 5,000 men. he first corps rallied half a league from the field of battle on the 14th corps. A list of die losses of this catastrophe, owing to a warlike ardour badly calculated, was made out. General Van damme meri’s regreat —he possessed a rare in trepidity. He died upon the field of battle, a death worthy of envy to every brave man.” [Hdotte hud gained no victory 1 qt all, and had merely been able, to ^taqd his ground for a little while in the face of a mere detachment from the French army but these papers also informed us, that the Allies had been defeated by the French, in the manner above stated. The manner in which it was contrived to keep this l itter fact from the public for three days, is very curious, and de serving of a particular account put up on record. There is nothing in which the people are more interested than in the means that are thus made use of to deceive them. They are constantly told of the deceptions practised upon the people of France. They are bidden to be proud of tLa freedom of the preos, which exists in their own country they are bidden to compare the political sun shine in which they live, with the dark ness in which the people of France are kept. And, yet they are at the same time the most completely duped of any nation that ever existed in this world. Not to sufi’er men to print at all upon the subject of politics and political news; this is not the way to deceive the people; this is not the way effectually to keep them in the dark as to the truth. The way to effect this purpose is to have a press, which the people shall regard as being free, and which, r ’om the workings of various unseen wheels, from an influence flowing through nu merous obscure and intricate channels, shall convey to the people falsehood in stead of truth. He who knows nothing of any event that takes place; is iq a better situation, in point of knowledge, than he who believes that which is Lise with respect to the events which take place. No knowledge al all is better than a belief that you know facts, of which you really know only the contra ry The man who has lost a horse, which has been stolen, and taken to wards the East, is in a worse situation from believing that the horse is gone towards the West, than he would bo in, it wholly at a loss to guess which Way his horse was gone. To leave hounds at a fault is much better than to call them off and put them upon a wrong scent, i hese are almost self-evident propositions and upon the principle on which these propositions proceed, we may, I think, safely affirm, that it weuld be better lor a nation to have no press at all, than a press which ^eedsit with falsehoods. A press which has no pretensions to freedom a press, like that tn France, which is well known, which is openly avowed, to be under the previous inspection of the govern ment a press, like the press in India which can send forth nithing which has not first received the approbation of some officer under the government, who, sometimes, crosses out advertise ments, if they relate to publications of which he disapproves I say, that a press like this is less mischeivous, be cause less calculated to deceive, than a press which the people believe to be free, but which is, in fact, under the control of those, who find it their inter est, ninety-nine times out of a hundred, to publish falsehood and not truth. Such it press as this is the grand instrument of deception, of delusion, of producing in a qation a total perversion of the mind r and such a press now exists in England. The people of France read the news papers as publications made by the go vernment,-and, of course, they believe no more of them than they see support cd by real acts and occurrences. They judge from the evidence of their senses; and accordingly they are not deceived. But the people in England, looking up on. every editor of a newspaper aS being kt perfect liberty to say what he thinks, end more especially to publish true ac counts of what is passing in the world; and the said people, not being able to get behind the curtain, to see the rea son why editors of papers should prefer falsehood to truth,naturallybelieveall that they read; and therefore, they are, as to political events, the most deceived peo ple in the world. There are certain do cuments, however, which, though cal culated to circulate disagreeable truths, it would be impossible to suppress be cause, through some channel or other, such documents, like the famous BOOK, would find their way into print, and this would totally blast the reputa tion of those news papers, whose busi ness it is, not only to promulgate.false hoods, but to cause them to be regarded as truths. The way they go to work, therefore- when they get hold of one of these documents, is, to keep it back, in the first place, as long as they can but tins cannot be done for any consid erable length of tune. Seldom for more than forty-eight hours -Dur ing this interval, they go to work with both hanas, to weaken the effect of the document upon the public mind. With one hand they make a sort of summary of the contents of the document, in which summary they contrive to break down the document to about one half of its real force. To this summary they subjoin a commentary of their own, in which they endevourto show, that the facts related in the document cannot be ti ue or, if true in part, onlyjto a trifling extent. At the same time, with the o ther hand, they introduce some piece of intelligence of a very favorable nature. This is, in general, intelligence wholly invented lor the purpose. Hatched, as the saying is. It usually makes its ap pearance under the head of SECOND EDITION,” printed id enormously large letters, and gives an account of some very signal victory on our side. The union of these two tricks weakens the effect of the adverse intelligence at its first gojng forth. The next day no thing is said of the good news announ ced in the second edition the ,day be fore. It passes, of course, uncontradic ted, apd> By vast majority of the peo ple, and it becomes recorded in their minds as true. The writers of these news papers; the literary impostors who play these tricks, know very well, that the weli-informeo part.of the com munity regard them as most impudent apd profligate scoundrels; but they al- so know, that ninety vine pcr;on^ cut of a hundred are not well informed, and to a great part of the remainder they know that falsehood, even glaring falshood, in the shape of good news, is more pleas ing than truth, in the sh.pe of bad news and with this knowledge in their minds, they popk-t tjic profit of their impudence, apd Hugh at the contempt of the sensible few. If I wanted any thing to convince mu of the v ist importance of the recent victories of Napoleon, I should find it at once in the tricks of these men, m announcing to the people the account of those victo ries. The London press was in posses sion of the French bulletins on Thurs day, the 9lh inst. It took very good care not to publish them till Saturday, the I 2th inst. In the mean while it was at work in the manner before described and I appeal to every reader who lives in a country town, whether he did not believe, during the whole of Friday anti Saturday last, that the French army had been defeated by the allies Such, 1 will venture to say, was the general be lief through the whole kingdom. At last, on Sunday morning, the French bulletins themselves reached the people in the country, at this distance from London. But, good use had been made of the lapse of time for there were not only commentaries, the object of which was to show that the French bulletins could not be true but there were victo ries hatched forßernadotte.and bulletins in his name, announcing such victories, which appear to have been wholly invent ed for the occasion; it being manifest that in the slight affair in which he was engaged, he gained no victory at all The typographical trick played off upon this occasion is worthy of potice. The whole mass of intelligence had for title these words Victory gained by the Crown Prince—-Great battle near Dres den Only observe this trick 1 It was a victory gained by the Crown Prince but, it was op|y a great battle near Dres den, though the imposter well knew, that in half a minute irom the reading of the title, every one must see that this great battle ended in a most tremendous victory gained by the Emperor N^po leon. But, half a minute was something Half a minute was a great deal as to the intelligent reader; and, as to the m iss of readers, they would take care (most thinking people as they are 1) to carry the titles full in their minds while reading the whole of the intelligence. And yet, with these tricks daily under our eyes with these at once impuuent and sorry tricks constantly staring us in the face, and With the success of these impostors well known to us all, we have the shamelessness to pretend, that the people of France are less fairly dealt with than the people England, with re gard to political intelligence J If I may bp permitted to step aside for a moment I will avail myself of it to observe, that m private concerns as well as public concerns, the English press is a base and mischievous deceiver. There are hun dreds of men who, without any fair pre tensions to public esteem or admiration, have gained great celebrity-— have be come persons of great public considera tion, and have even pocketed the profits of their reputation, in consequence of nothing but the judicious employment of their money with those who have the press in their hands. 1 have in my eye a man who, without one grain of talent, without one sentiment of honor, per forming for years functions very little above those of a mere pimp, was regard ed by the mass of the people of England as t he man above all others distinguish ed for refinement in all the notions of the higher order. A creature more com pletely devoid of real honesty, more puffed up with vanity, more weak in head ®r more hollow in heart, more worthy of the epithet of dirty put be fore his name, does not, perhaps, exist Tn the whole world and yet, thro* the means of this detestable press, he was, throughout the kingdom, regarded as the profoundest of statesmen, and as the very pink of honor. It would be a curi ous thing to ascertain what is the actual amount of the money received at the different newspaper offices in payment of the praises which they bestow upon individuals, or the inventions qy proper ty of individuals. Ido no; ineap what they receive lor those honest puffs which the lottery proprietors and the venders of medicine put in the newspa pers. There is nothing unfair in these. They are avowedly pull's bpt what I complain pf, are those paragraphs which appear as if written by the editor him scif, and which begin with a ‘We:’ when, perhaps, he has never read them, or even seen them, they having been re ceived at the office by the plerh, who, upon being paid the price pf them ac cording tq their length, has sent them up stairs to the printer for insertion. This praise, as well of the as ot the living, is actually to be bought in London by measure; as one buys wool tns and linens. The cleik to a newspa per office has a gauge y by which he will tell in a moment the stated price of any article that you present tq hjip. There are, indeed, certain cases where the quality, as well as the quantity, is taken into view. For instance, it the party praised be notorious and even prover bial for every species of villainy, the price is high to obtain the praise of his being possessed of every virtue. It would have cost Nicholson, who seems to have been a murderer by instinct. hundred pounds, If he had had them, to obtain any thing like a d- cent polog^ (^3 qynduct.; »Qd, perhaps, it did not cost a triflic to" attrib lite to mo- tives ®f wonderful delicacy Goldsmidt’s blowing of his own brains out, and to make it appear that his co. nse in place of being buried in a cross load, was hardly sufficiently honored by be’ng de posited in the earth amidst the lament?/* uons of the full congregation of the, children of Israel. And we are the peo ple, are we, who h«ve the cffiontery io point the finger of scorn at the French pe»ple.on account of their being kept in d rkness by the press To return to our subject^-it appears that Moreau has made his exit from this nether wot'id- Ihe Courier newspaper seems to lament this exceedingly, and so do f too for I should have liked to seeJiim live out the campaign, iq order that the world might see how many soldiers of the French army would have gone' over to him. Ihe French news papers speak the voice of the government, or, they speak not at aj. Bu^ all the papers, except the official paper, may ke,f si lence, if they please. They are at ii btrty to refrain from speaking; and, therefore, I took the following ar ticle, which is taken horn a French newspaper, as expressing pretty fairly ihe sentiments which the p< oplc of France entertain with rcg..rd to the con duct of Moreau. “Pabis, Sept. s—Tbe ex-general Moreau ar. neu at prague on the 20ib Aug. Some peo ple appeared to doubt Lia anivai on the conti nent, and Ins connexions u itli the enemies of his conniry. Tbeie can uo longer be any doubt on this subject. This ax-general, who has ior a Iwg tunc resided in America, has, wrthout doubt, heard talk of general Arnold, so ctleb.at ed in rhe American revolutionary war, and who after having gloriously fought in the ranks of his countrymea, conspired -gainst the govern mtntofhis country. The conspiracy be^e discovered, the traitor offered his services to the English, who made use of him, by d*. sp.smg and condemning huq to inaction and oblivion. Themame of Arn.Jd, dishonored in history, is never mentioned in America without being accompanied by some disgraceful epnlnG and children even only pronounce it wiih exe cration. Why did not such an exampie do ter the ex-general Moreau i But he chose ra ther to throw off the mask, and by new s-ens justify the opinion of all intelligent men. whom his hypo- risy had not been able to dt ceive There he tht n has Joined the Russians a. d P< ussians This intelligence ha» dissipate® ill dlusion* respecting bi ro Public indigna tion is pronounced against him it will pursue him to the tomb, and deliver up his name to the justice of posterity. In aJJ times, in all countries, the man who joined the enemies of his country, lost all his tides to consideration, and did not even fail to excite contempt in those who profited by hia treason On this head, the sublime words of that model" for French warriors, the chevalier Bayard are known He was mortally wounded fighting a gainst the Imperials, at whose head was found the Constable Bourbon, who had basely sold nirnselr to the enemies oi Frunze.’ tiic trai tor arrived near Bayard, and seeing him rea dy to expire, could not restrain his tears—. ‘Do not weep for me.* said the chevalier vithoutfear and without reproach, indignantly to him, weep for yourself for having btUayed your country and your o&ih.’ 7 These, l uke it, are the real senti ments of the great body of the French people. They are not the sentiments of our newswriters, who while they com mend the ripping out of the quivering bowels of Englishmen found fighting against England, bestow the loftiest praises on a Frenchman, who, after hav ing been raised from poverty to riches in the artqies of F rance, comes from America to Europe to volunteer his sei vices in the armies of her enemies.* These gcntleiuqq have surely never read the Holy Scriptures, which ex pressly forbid the using of two weights and two measures. No, these gentle men never read the scriptures, or, they would remember that men are to be judged by the rules maxims by which they judge others; and, if itbeacrim© worthy of the most terrible of deaths in an Englishman to fight agsinst England, by what logi# do they mink the world are to be convinced, that it is a meritori- G’sact; nay, even an act of patriotism a Frenchman to fight against France 1. hey will say,perhaps,that Moreau does not like the government of France, and that he thinks that the man at the head of that government ought to put down. In short, that it is not France that Mo reau is fighting agains;, but against Bo naparte? Jhdqed aqd do you think that an Englishman found fighting a gainst England: would not be able to make the same sort of apology for his conduct I will warrant it, that there is no man, amongst all those that have been executed by us from this crime, who would not have saved his life, if it could haye been saved upon a smilar plea. Decency, one would think, com mon decency would be sufficient, if we had any sense of it, to restrain us from praising this man’s conduct; but if wb are not to be restrained by that sort of fueling, surely we ought by a reflection on the danger which such an example might possibly have upon our own sol diers and sailors. WM. COBBETT. Botl?y, \4fth Sept 1813 LOST, Between the Race Ground and City, Two Setts of Silver Castors. Supposed to Lave been lost setting alongside of the popt and railing, but side, next to the city? Any person that w IJ give information or leave them at Mr/Tcjnlisoids hotel on Capi tol hill, shall reeciye a reward of Five Dollars, and will bestow charity on a poor unfortunate cartman. JOSEPH RUSSELL. Nov- 3t
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