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•■ • utpooftmg tt. m the im- '. rUtnort which are now afloat. Ii threaten the yczvt and quMity oV this ftate. Nay rumors wMc'h daUy axqtsire new credit and --di ional confirmation; arid which believed were weH toanied. SbVfl we therefore fit fileiit fpeeftators «nei not endeavor to prevent improper . being tak-n in this ftate. Grant that the provdions of the bill, and ail ftp do fhould be fallacious, hill it tto be patted. Prom common rep »rt we arte told that great treafare, talents and enterprise are engaged in a fe heme which pronnfes no good to the public, and he wilhed to fee a law bub a* the bill before the Houle, im mediately palled ; for it could not be ilonc too foon. Perhaps while we are now debating this cuirbion the plan may be carried into effect. A , the means whereof had been no '■r ifuly weighed and oarticHiarly *foert«iftcd,frpia tiie length of timcit has a lie mind. He could . d m for iin i nent doubt hut t at the n the carrying into ellea ; thh law w-va iru'lcd to wouU do his! .. ■' he was poutivc would not ."in.er ufeof the power veiled therefore hoped the bill would pal's. CITY. WEDXESI).-aY, DECEMBER 31. j WE have the high satisfaction of informing our readers of the arrival of C .ptain MERIWETaEU LEWIS at tins place ; alter an tfbsi n< c of nearly threeyeara and a half, which have been ex lusively and actively employed in exploring the western country under the Uirection ol the President of tin; l. T . S. Having an outline of the route pur id by Capt. I and his party, *c shall wave at present toy tarthernotics of the .subject, under the expectation of being soon fat with an ampler detail of his labors, Few expeditions have been conducted with moru p*» tience > perseverance, or success ; and web we nodonbtbut that the curiosity of the rentier will be fully satisfied by the statements, which we understand, it is the purpose of captain Lewis to lay before the public at a* ear ly a day as is compatible with the ne cessary arrangements for a work of such importance. If we are correctly informer!, the information of captain L. will nfitmcreiy gratify literary curiosi ty, but open views of great and imme diate objects of national utility ; and it will be seen thathe has rendered very important services to his Country. At a meeting of a nnmber ol" Citizens of Washington, ROBERT BRENT, Esquire in the chair, It was determined to give a public DINNER to Capt. MERIWETHER LEWIS, evincive of the high sense ana affectionate esteem they entertain for him. Tt was further determined that the .-r should be given on Saturday, the 10th inst. So remote a day being fixed that the company might be honor- , ed with the presence of capt, Clarke, ; c tpected to arrive before that day. N»A subscription paper is lodged with Mr. Stclle, to which gentlemen dispos ed to pvrticinate in the entertainment, arc desired to affix their names. We are told that a merchant in Bal- j ti more has received a-tetter'from Vera] Cruz, dated Nov. 24, statfng that 5000 cavalry bad marched trom that place lo the frontiers of Louisiana.— Though s'.ir'.i t let vc r has been received we do not attach credit lo tie accuracy of its Contents, We think the informa tion founded in mistake. \ fire has taken place in St. Tiiomas's which has consumed a large part of the town. We have received the French Mo- ; niteur to the 31st of October, contain ing tiie successive Bulletins ofj the, Grand j Army from the Ist to the WOth of Oct. j inclusive, besides Which they present j us with the message of the Emperor I N >poleon to the tienate, announcing the approaching warar.d his departure | from the capital ; accompanied by two j reports of M. Talleyrand, dated, the! uid 6th of Oct. with his correspoin- ' deuce with M. KLnbbelsdorff. We lav before our readers transla- | ■ tHiusor'tiie Bulletins, and shall in our j next paper give the other papers. •——•it «Ba £«—- — rifo/t •; ue pari\ uoNir.iua. [ The Eirtt Bulletin has already a/i- j fiearcd in the American }irinta.~\ I S'-'COND P.'JL!.ET!N r . AU.UA, OcreiEK 12. Tax Emperor left Bamberg the Bth, at 5 o'clock m the morning, and arriv- ( ed at 9 o'doqk at Cronach ; his m •. \ crossed the forest of Fr..ncnuia at tiie break of daj on the 9th, in order , to reach F.'oersdorff", and from thence proceeded to Sclildttz, where he aksist p<l in the first engagement of the cam i. He returned to rest at Ebecsh Itj relumed on the 10th toSchlcitz, vlved the llth at Auin.i, where he ;• r having passed the day .i bi:i l, The head quarters were at ti; same time removed to Gera. Ail )! ters of the Emperor were cxc« ... ,tli gi eat precision. iih il Soult went on the 7th to Ba itli, presented himself on the 9th be . :e Carried off all themagazines tne enemy) made many prisoners, ; war! reached Flauen on the ICth. The Marshal Ney followed him 'it a half d •>.-'s distance. The Grand Duke de B«rer turned out with the light cavalry of Cronath, posted himself before bnrjr, havim; with him the twenty-htth regiment of liirht infantry. A Prussian regiment strove to defend the passage of the Salle. After a c vnnonade of half an hour, menaced with beir.£ turiu.d, he abandoned Imposition and the i-ialle. The Grand Duke de F.erg stationed himself on SchWita. A Prussian gene ral was there with 10,000 men. The Emperor arrived there at neion, and ordering the Marshal Prince de Ponte- Corvo to attack and take possession of the village, determined to have posses sion of it before the olose of di<y. Tin: Marshal made his dispositions, placed himself at the haad of his columns, the vill .ge was taken and the enemy pur sued* Had not night come on the greatest part of this division would have been taken. General Watjejy with the 4th regiment of hussars, and the sth regiment of chasseurs, made a powerful charge with the cavalry against the three Prussian regiments. ' •■'our companies of the 27th of tiie light i.d.i n-i'i were charged by th • Prussian hussars; b«it the former received the ; latter in the same way that the' French infantry had recefvell the Prussian ca- j vtfhy. Two hundred Prussian cavaliers re man, ed on the field of battle. General MaisOn Commanded the light infantry. One colonel of the enemy was killed, two pieces of cannon taken, 380 men made prisoners, and 400 killed. Our loss was small. Tim Prussian infantry vr down their arms and fled af frighted before the French bayonets. The grand duke de IJefg was in the midst of the charge sabre in band. On the 10th the prince Ponto-Corvo removed his head quarters to Auma. On the llth th* grand duke de Berg arrived atOera. The brigade general, Lasalle, of the cavalry of reserve, overthrew the escort of the enemy's lX e—,500 baggage waggons were taken by the French hussars. Our light cavalry is covered with gold. The left hut equal success. The marshal Lannea entered Coburg on the ftth ; on the Stn stationeel himself before GrafFenthal, and on the 10th he attacked at Sallsebeld, the advanced guard of prince Hohenloe, winch was commanded by prince Louis of Prus sia, one of the wai champions. The cannonade lasted but two hours. Halt of the division of general Suchet sup ported it. The Prussian cavalry was overthrown by the 9th and 10th regi ments of hussars. The Prussian army were not able to preserve any order in their retreat. Part was driven into a morass, and part dispersed in the wood 1 ?. We made a thousand prisoners, 600 men rested on the held of battle, 30 piecesof cannon were taken. Perceiv ing the entire route of his men, prince Louis, "like a brave and loyal soldier, opposed himself personally to an officer of the 10th regiment <vf hussars—" sur render yourself, colonel, saiel the hus sar, or you are dead." The prince replied with a stroke of his sabre. The officer returned it by a thrust of his sworel, and the prince fell dead. If the hist moments of his life were those of a bad citizen, his death was glorious and worthy of regret, lit died as a i brave soldier, would wish to die. Two ;of his aid-de-camps were killed by his side. Letters from Berlin were disoo- J vered about him, which shewed that the enemy projected an immediate at ; tacki and' that the war party, at the ' head of which was the young prince ! and the queen, were alwa.s tearful : that the pacific dispositions oi the king, and the love he entertained for his sti >- ; je.cts, wooed Induce bun to adopt tempo i rising measures, and disappoint their i hopes, it may be said that the ! first'stroke of the war bus killed one of! its authors. Neither Dresden or Ber lin are covered by any part of th« I army. Turned on itsleft, and taken m the fact at the moment it was about to yield to the boldest Combinations, the Prussian army found ieseif from the beginning in a most ci itical position. It occupied Btsenach, Gotta, Erfurt, Weimar. On the lQth the French army occupied Salltelt, ami Gerra, and : marched toNsuimburg and Jena. Cou- , in r from the French army inundated ' I the plain of Leipsick. All the intercepted letters paint the ' ! council of the king torn by varying opi nioni, always deliberating and never resolved. Uncertainty, alarm and fear ! ■ seem already to have succeeded roar- ! nee, inconsidtration and folly. j Yesterday the llth, on passing to Gcra, | before the«27th regiment of light infan | try, the emperor charged the colonel to ■ testify his satisfaction to this regiment I for Us good conduct. In all these com j bats we have not to regret the loss oi a let officer of distinction. We have | had but 40 killed and 60 wounded. THIRD BUELETIA. Gkr a, 13 9ct. Tim combat of Scheldt-,,, which o dthe campaign, and which was very fatal to the Prussian army, and that of Sallfcldt which followed tin: I next day, have spread consternation I among the enemy. All the intercepted 1 letters say that the consternation has i spread to Erfurt, where the king, the | queen, ec the duke of Brunswick Sec. still are ; that they are discussing the course prAper to pursue, without hav ing come to any determination. But! while they delibereUe the French army j marches. To this state of fervor al- I ready Succeeds criticisms on the inuti lity ot the war, the injustice of waging it against France, upon the Impossibi lity of being BUcoouTed, and upon the Indisposition of the Soldiers to war, and ' a thousand other observations, always in the mouths of the multitude when j princes are so feeble as to consult them on great political interests beyondtheir . comprehension. Meanwhile, on the evening ot tfve ; 12th the couriers of the French army ; were before the gates of Leipsig. The I bead quarter*] of the grand duke de ! entered Zeist and Leipsig, that of the prince of Ponto Corvo arrived at Zeist, the imperial quarter at Geran, the imperial guard and the body of the ! army of rtH'shal Soult at Geran, the body of the ;•.» my of marshal Ney at Neustadt ; the body of the army ot marshal Di-.veuist at Nanmbourg, that of marshal Lannes at Jena, that oi'mar shal Augereau at Kale. The prince Jerome, to whom the emperor had con fided the allies, and a body of the Ba varian troops, arrived at Schleitz after having surrounded the fort of Kullem* bach with a regiment. The enemy cut off from Dresden, were still on the llth at Erfurt, and labored to uite the co lumns which had been sent to Cassel 8t Wurtzburg with offensive projects, wishing to open the campaign by an invasion pf Germany. The W'eser, where it had constructed its batteries; the Salk, which it equally pretended to defend, and the otlnr rivers, turned out to as little account aarthe lllei-the year p i-t ; sothat the French army crossed La S die, having the Kibe in their rear i and marching towards the Prussian ar my, who on their side,had the Whine in their rear—a whimsical position, from which arose events of great impor tance. The weather sin o our entrance on th* campaign has been very fine, the country abundant, the soldiery full of vigor and health. They have made marches of 10 leagues .without a strag -1 gb-r. Never has the army been in such excellent order. Hitherto the Inten tions of the king of Prussia have been executed. Be wished on the Bth of October the French army to evacuate the territory of tiie Confederation. It lias evacuated it ; bat instead of repas sing the Rhine, it has passed the Salle. F O UK TH h UL L E TIN. Gkha, 13th Oct. Events succeed each other with rapi dity. The magazines of the Prussian army are taken, and it is turned. The marshal Davoust arrived at Naumbur;.; at 9at night. He there' seized the ma gazines of the army Of the enemy. It appeared that the Prussian army had commenced its march to gain Magde burg, Hut the-French army had gained three marches upon it. The anniver sary of the affair of Ulm will be cele brated in the history of Fiance. FIFTH BULLETIN. JENA, Oct. 15. The battle of Jena has erased the ! fhame acquired by the battle of Rofback, 8c thus in 7 days determined a campaign, j which has quenched the dreadful thirif tor war that tormented the court of Pvuili.i. 'l'hc pofition of tJic «rir>y o:» tl>« /S:b ihft. war, as follows. The duke ol' Berg and Marlhal Davot.lt ftood with the corps at Naumberg, having divi fions of their troops at Leipllc raid Halle. The corps of the Prince Ponte Corvo was on its march for Dormburg, and that of Marfhal Lannes was polled at Jena while the corps of Augereau was Rationed «t Kuhla, and that under Ney at Real a. The head quarters were at Gera. The French Emperor was on his march ! to Jena. The corps of Marfhal Soult was on its j march from Gera to take a nearer pofition where the roads from Jena and from I Naumberg m ef. enemy's army was pohVd as fol | lows—The king of Pruffia commenced ! his operations on the 9th October by advancing his right Wtog for Frankfort, his centre far Wtirtzkiirg, and bis left wing for Bamberg. All the di virions of ; his army were prenared lor the execution iof this plan ; but the French army, ! turning h'.s left wing, wis in a few days polled at Saliteourg, Lobeni'ein, Scbleitr., Gera St Nauniburg. The I'm linn army being turned fixed :on the days of the 9, 10, 11 and 12th 'to concentrate his divifions, and on the 15th the whole army pre fen ted itfalf in i order of battle between Capplesdorff and I Auerltadt to the amount ot nearly 150, j 000 men. I On the 13th at 2 o'clock P, M. the I Emperor arrived at Jena and from a fniall hill occupied by our advanced I polls viewed tiie diipofitions of the enemy who ieemed to man«vvre, for the purpofe of forcing on the next day the narrow paflage of the Saal. The enemy made an obstinate re sistance ; and took a strong position on the causeway between Jena and j Weimar ; and seemed to think that | the French could not advance into j the plain without forcing this pas- I sage. It did not in truth, appear , I possible, to get the artillery up the hill, j ! which besides was so sin,til that lour | \ battalions could not display themselves. I They worked all night on a road in the rock, and « lt l ;isl succeeded in raising ; the artillery . Marshal Davoust received orders to advance by Nau'.nbourg, to defend the i defiles of Koesen, should f he enemy at { tempt maiching to Naumbourg, or to !go to Apolda, to take it iv the rear, ,in case it should remain in the posi ! tion in which it now was. Tiie corps lof Marshal prmce de PonteCorvo was ; ordered to advance from Dormbourg to fall upon the rear of the enemy, in I c lie they should make an attack either upon Nattmbourg or upon Jena. The heavy cavalry which had not rejoined the army, nor could not reach i it until noon ; tiie cavalry of the impc- : rial guard was distant 36 hours march, notwithstanding the great marches it' had made since it left Paris. The em- , peror had his advanced guard drawn i up on the hill winch the enemy appear- ! ed to have neglected, opposite to which | was stationed the corps of marsh .1 ; Lannes. This corps was ranged under I the direction of gc-n. Victor, each divi-j siou forming a wing. Marshal Le ; Febvre had ranged on the summit the j imperial guards in a square battalion. ] The emperor was in the midst of his I brave soldiers. The night presented a J spectacle worthy of admiration. That of two armies, of which the one display eel a front of 6 leagues and iliumir.ed the atmosphere with its fires ; the other whose apparent fit *s were concentred in a small point. The fires of the/ two armies were within half cannot shot. Throughout both there were perpetu al activity and motion. I'he centineds almost touched each Other, antUcoukl not move without being heard* The corps of marshals Key and Souk marched all night. At break of day, the whole army took up arms. The division Gazan was ranged in three Hues, on the left - of the hill. The divi sion Sucpet formed the right. The im perial guard occupied the summit of the hil—each of these corps having cannon in the intervals. From the town and neighboring valiies passages had been opened, which permitted an easy display for those troop* which could not be placed upon the hill. A thick fog obscured the day. The emperor passed the line. He recom mended to his soldiers to be on their guard against the Prussian cai which he described as very formidable, i He reminded them that but a y«ar had I el ijied smce they had.captured L'iui ; that the Prussian, like the Austrian ! ai ai'y, was at presrnt disheartened, its , plan «of operation having been br and its magazines lost; that it no longer i fought to acquire glory, but to secure a j retreat ; that it would certainly S'iek to ; force a passage in different; points, but j that any corps of the.army which should ; allow it to rrt'ect its object, would be j -er lost to \:J glory. At this animating discourse, the scl ier\ replied by shouts of " Eel ua m'reh." The riflemen commenced the action, and a brisk discharge of musketry was kept up. HoWeyer advantageous,the poiition of the enemy va->, he w .s dis lodged, and the French army, advanc ing into the plain, formed its line of battle. On their side, the main buly of the enemy's army, which had not intended to commence the attack till the fog was i dispersed, now took uparim. A corps jof 50,000 men on the left stationed 1 themselves to cover the defiles of Naum iburg and te» take possession of the pas sages of iCoeseh ; but whs prevented by marshal Davoust.The two other corps, j forming a force of 80,000 men, station ed themselves in front of the French army. The fog covered the two armies for the space of two hours ; but at lust was dissipated by a fine autumnal sun. The two armies had a view of each o ther at the distance ot a cannon shot. Ike left of the french army supported by a village and a wood, was command- j cd by marshal Augereau—the imperial j guards separated from the centre, which ; w»s occupied by the corps of marshal , Lannes. The right was formed by the corps of marshal Soult. Marshal Ney ! had a single ce.rps of 3,000 men— he ! I only troops which had arrived from his '> corps of the army. The enemy's "army was numerous | and exibited a line body ofcavaln —its manoeuvres were .executed with rapi-| pidlty. The emperor \\i bed to delay j the action for two hours in order to j wait for, in the position which he had taken after the attack of the morning, the troops which were U> join him, es pecially hi- cay.dry ; but the ardor of the French could not he ret trained. Many battalions being engaged in the vill ge of Hollstend, he saw the enemy move in order tw dispossess them. Mar shal Lannes received orders to march immediately to support the village. The enemy having advanced Its right j towards our left, marshal Aug-reau j was charged to repulse it. In less than an hour the action became general— 250, 0r300,000 men, with 7or 800 pie ces of cannon, spread every where death ami confmdon and offered a spec tacle rare in l.isteiry. Among our troops there wasnot the least disorder —victory was not for a moment uncer tain. The emperor had alwa s near him, besides the imperial guard, a nil. j merous corps (tc restrvt, prepared for j any unforeseen exigency. Marshal Soult having taken possession oi tiie wood, made a movement in front. At this instant, the emperor was informed that the division of the French cavalry \ of reserve had arrived and that two j new divisions of the corps of marshal i }\ r,, y had also arrived and formed in , j line of battle. All the troops of the! , tirst line in reserve now advanced, and I iinding themselves thus supported, over- ' ', threw the enemy in tin- twinkling of an and completely routed them. For ii, first hour the retreat we.s conducted 1 with order, but it was thrown into frightful confusion, the moment that I cur divisions of dragoons arid cuiras sieurs, beaded by the grand duke de , Berg, took pert in the action. These brave cavaliers. Indignant at the sight oi a victory decided without them, hvw v cry part where they cotilel encoun ter th l ir enemies. The Piussian ca valry and iniuutry could not sustain their shock. In vain the enemy's in fantry formed Itself into square b;.u..'i on*—s of these battalions were brokea —artillery,cavalry, infantry—all were overthrown and taken. The French arrived at Weimar as soon as the *Mie my, who was thus pursued iorthespaca of 6 leagues. i On our right the corps of marshal ; Davousl performed prodigies. This 1 marshal displayed a distinguished bra very and firmness of character, the most j essential quality of a warrior. The result ot the battle was the cap ! ture of 30 or 40,000 prisoners, 25 or 30 i standards, 300 pieces of cannon, an im i niense number ol magazines and stores. | Among the prisoners were more than I °b generals, of whom were many lieut. g nerah, amongst others the lieut. gen. j Sc.hmettau. The number of the dead , on the side of the Prussians is immense. | They reckon more than 20,00© killed and wounded; The field marshal Mol lendorff is wounded. The Buke of Brunswick is killed. tteo» Rochelle is killed. Prince 'Henry of Prussia dan-. gcrously wounded. Disorder and con sternation pervade eveiy part of th» enemy's army. f):> our sale we have to regret amonf the generals, the loss ot the brigade ge neral Debilly, an excellent soldier. Among the wounded, brigade gen. Con roux. Among the colonels who are kill ed, Verges, of the 12th regiment of infantry, La Motte,of the 30th, Barbc negre of the 9th of hussars, Mangne of pth of chasseurs, Harispe, of the 16th light inf.intry, Du'.cmbourg of the Ist of dragoons, Nicolas of the 6th of the line, Vialu of the Bth, and Higonei of the: 108 th. The hussars and chasseurs have om this day displayed a bravery that de serves the highest euh.giums. Th» Prussian cavalry could l.ot stand before We need not speak of the French in fantry. It has long since been acknow ledged that it is the best in the world. The Emperor has declared that the French cavalry, after tiie experience of two campaigns, and of this last battle, •t be equalled. The Prufoian army has in this bat , tie loft all power to retreat, and its line of operation has been totally dif | conceited, its left, purfued by mar dial Davotirr gained Weimar, juft aa : its right and centre withdrew from it towards Naumburg. The confufion at ! this moment wa* extreme. The king I efcaped acrofs the fields at the head of his regitnent of cavalry. Our lots is eltimated at 1000 or 1100 killed h 30OQ wounded. The grand duks de Berg at this time furfwunds Erfurt, where there is a corps of the enemy commanded bymarlhal Mollendorff and the Prince of Orange. That ctat major is now engaged in drawing out an official ftatement, which will rive all the details of this battle ; and the fervices rendered by the differ ent corps of the army. If this fliall add any thing to the claims of the army, to the elieem and cor. fid t ration of the nation, it can add nothing to that fen timent of tendermfs which all thofe h«ve espeneneed, who were witneffea of the enthufiafm and of the lovo which was trftified for the emperor in the heat of the aftion. If there was a moment's hefitation, the (bund of Vive i'Etnpereur, reanimated every heart and inipired new courage. In the midlt of the aeftion the Emperor, feeing his wings menaced by the cavalry, put his horie in full gallop, to ord*r fomc new ■ tnanotuvres. He was entcrrupted every j moment by cries cf Vive I'Empereur. | The imperial guard faw with a chagrin !it could not dii'emble, every one en gaged while tht'y were inactive* Many voices were heard to alter the word j advance. " What is tins," laid the I Emperor. It can be only fome beard | his youth., who dares to prejudge what iI am to do. Let him wait till he has commanded in 30 pitched battles, be fore he pretends to give me advice." A part of the army was not engag ed. A letter from Mayence, of the 1 6th Oct. fays the French troops have taken pofleiUon of Erfurt, that they have made prifoners of fbld rnarfhal Mollen ciorff, who was wounded in the battle of Jena, and the Prince of Orange ; 8c that gen. dark has been nominated governor ot that place. SIXTH £ULEETLY. WfiMAK, \sth Oct. at night. Six thousand Saxons, and more than 30u officers have been prisoners. The emperor called the o.licers toge ther, and told them he perceived with pain that theic arihy had made war; 1 that he had taken up arms only to se -1 cure the independence of the Saxon ! nation, and to oppose himself to her ! incorporation with the Prussian monar < chy ; that it was his intention to send | them all home, on their parole never to> serve again against France ; that their , sovereign haet been guilty of extreme I weakness in thus yielding to Prussian ! menaces, and in permitting them to ' enter his territory. But that it was necessary to put an end to all this. That tile Prussians should remajn in Prussia, me! in t ftieddle irt the affairs of Gevn.anv ; that the Saxons ought to uuite in the confederation ot the Rhine, under the protection of France—a pro si which was not new, since for 200 Bt for France, they would ; have been invaded by Austria or Prus sia. . ' That theemperorhad taken up arms . only When Prussia invaded Saxony i That it became uecessary to put a pc