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r*vv» clearly tkn _-.y -Mrr; tlint had f'nve
:, th,u Prussia would only lidter her-
seti hi v.iiu, if sh_ cherished the triost d'S-
E a BSc'lKe and listing peace,
no(wkh--ftnHinn the unhttard of sacrifices
wlrr'n the _r_pi8ltoc impose-l upon her.
" But if the: kin-j- himself even had in-
.dulled such J. hoot;, it w-3-i no longer tn
Lis p.wec to fulfil thosa .-onditions in that
arrtrjisrioe with, regard to the return of the
Russian armies, because, as the French
(roups durifisg the rtegocia.tion had advanced
eveti to the Vistula, tvt_ majesty was not in
a situation to stop the march of the Russi-
an armies, when their own frontiers v\cre
incna/--il by the eMitiV. Tims no choice
was kit U>-the kinir—he was obliged to re-
fuse his ratification of the armistice which
the ^rand marshal Dnroc brought to his
head-qnarters, at Ostcfode, oil the 22d of
Nover
" If any alternative rernatrred, it was one
that implied the accomplishing of impossi-
bilities, viz. to invite the cabinets of St.
James and St. Petersburg to unite with his
imjestV, and agree upon the basis ol a ne-
gociation with the emperor Napoleon for a
go.
general peace.
« Tliis has been done, and though there
¦were hut feeble hopes of the success of such
an attempt, yet the king did not recall the
marquis Luchessini from the head-quarters
of the emperor and king.
•f During the time that the king was thus
exhausting all the resources in his power to
stop the shedding of human blood, he -was
nevertheless busily occupied in bringing for-
ward all the means of resistance which God
has given him.
"» While the fortresses, provided with
ampin means of defence, such as those of
Stettin, Custrin, Magdeburg, Sec. have
beer. (leUvetfd up to the enemy in a most
scandalous manner by their respective cm-
manders ; the other fortresses of the country,
particularly those on the banks of the Vis-
tula, have been now put in the best possible,
state of defence, and entrusted to the com-
mand of brave and honorable officers. The
rest of the marchnig regiments which were
quartered or encamped near the Vistula and
Warte, shall be united with the numerous,
¦well disciplined and brave army brought, to
ftj'eassistance of the king, by his true friend
and faithful ally the emperor Alexander.
" Whila these united troops attack the
enemy, a new and numerous army, which
is begun to be collected, well disciplined,
and equipped for war, shall follow their f_--
low soldiers to the field of glory. Above
all, the king relies on the support of that
people, who gloriously fought the battles
in the seven years war ftgarhst almost all
Europe, and who did not despond nor wa-
ver in their allegiance to their monarch,
even when the capital and the greatest; part
of the kingdom, were in possession of the
enemy ; his majesty looks with confidence
to the support of that people, who, upon
that occasion; in the midst of unheard-of
perils and calamities, evinced an energy
and firmness which has merited the applause
of the present _£?,' and secured them that of
future generations.
*« At the present moment, there aro even
greater calls upon our energies, than there
were at the period of the above calamities.
We now struggle for all thai: is dear and
honorable to us as a nation, or sacred to
humanity. To preserve the independence
and existence of the natton alone, the king
teak up arras:.this the nation, nay the
whole world knows ; and the enemy will
not be able to deceive the people by the
phantom of a pretended coalition, of the
existence of which he connot produce the
least evidence.
" In her former struggles in the seven
yenrs war, Prussia stood alone, or at least
without any material assistance from any
other power. She then stood up against
the first powers in Europe. In the present
struggle she can reckon upon the assistance
of the powerful and magnanimous Alexan-
der, who with his whole strength stands
forward to the preservation of Prussia.—
Prussia in this great struggle has only one
interest in common with Rnssfa ; both will
stand or fall together. With such an in-
timate union of both powers in such a holy
struggle against an enemy whose success
has raised him to such a giddy height, that
he knows no limits to his career, the issue
of the struggle cannot long remain doubtful.
•* Perseverance in danger, according to
to the glorious example of our forefathers,
can and will lead us on to victory."
[Here follows the armistice concluded at
Charlottenburg, on the 16th November,
1806, between the marquis Luchessinia and
general Zastrow, en the part of Prussia,
and marshal Duroc, on the part of France, as
heretofore given in the Federal Gazette.]
NOTE
Of Charles Maurice Talleyrand^ Pr'inee of Tle-
ncuento, delivered in offer the above Ar-
titist'tce 'was signed.
" The undersigned minister for foreign
affairs has received his imperial and royal
majesty's commands to declare to their ex-
cellencies the marquis Lurhesini and the
general Von Zastrow, plenipotentiaries of
his majesty the king of Prussia, as follows :
;- Four Coalitions., of which the last has
brought on the -present war, were formed
airnt France—all four have been con-
_cca. left Cork
the 20th January. He has favored us with
his files of papers, which, however, contain
m,thing so late from England as by the
Packet. Capt. Barry represents Ireland as
perfectly tranquil.
Captain Rmker, from Dublin, informs,
that a few days previous to his sailing, a
considerable body of troops arrived there
from England.
NORFOLK, February 23.
Arrived, sloop Ambition, Green, 4 days
from Ocracock.
Sloop Chancellor, Butler, 3 days from
New-York.
Sch'r Swift, 15 clays from St. Thomas.
Ship Moses, Lenmati, 18 clays from Gre-
nada. Left there February 6, ships Wil-
mington, Chiids, of and for Wilmington,
to sail in three davs; Nahby, Rider, of
Wiscasset, for Savannah in 20 days. The
ship Kesiah, of New-Haven, for N. York,
sailed the 4th to touch at Guadaloupe.—
Spoke, February 21, in lat. 34, 42, long
75, 1, schooner Mary, Francis, pf N.
bound to Havana. 23d, lat. 3b, $9, long.
75» 14, schooner Harriot, of North-Caroli-
na, from Turk's Island bound to Washing,
ton, N. C. Captain Leamrtn reports, that
on Wednesday last he was boarded by the
Halifax sloop of war, after a chase of ten
hours, (the Melampus frigate in company)
in six fathoms water, and four miles from
the land—after being fired at five times,
hove to—they then kept a continual firing
of muskets for about 15. minutes—was
baarded and much abused, impressed one
man, leaving only 3 men on board fit for
duty, except the officers ; 1 of the crew died,
and another was then sick on board ; the
wind at the same time was a-head. After
the Melampus came up, the captain of her
dismissed us.
The sch'r Three Sisters, Rich, sailed the
16th January from Madeira, for this port.
The sch'r Mohawk, Quarks, of this port,
has arrived at Leghorn.
Entered, ship Moses, Leaman, Grenada;
schooner Swift, Seaward, St. Thomas; sloop
Chancellor, Butler, New-York.
tlLDERA
WtosITay, maIicii 5.
A L~A R M I N G.~
To the politeness of a Senator from De-
laware, just arrived from the seat of govern-
ment, we are indebted for the following
highly important information—disclosed in
a conversation with the Editor :
The President of the United States did
not lay the treaty from England (just arriv-
ed) before the senate ; because of the " hard
conditions" of which he neiier -would accept.
It was expressly stipulated, in a note at-
tached to the Treaty, that in case of a ra-
tification by our government, the United
States should unite with Great-Britain in
opposing the French decree, so dangerous
to all neutral rights—that, if the American
government reject this sondition, it rejects
the Treaty. The president declared, that
he would not even lay it before the senate ;
and, thus rejecting it, would put in its ful-
lest force the Non-importation act against
Great-Britain, after the arrival of the period
to which it has been suspended. This, it
will be remembered, is the first day of July
next.
The last section of the suspension act -
(published in the Gazette 23d December
last) authorises the president further to sus-
pend the non importation law to the second
Monday of December next, " if in his
jnJenieot, the public interest should re-
quire it." But, as he has publicly declared
his abhorrence of the terms of the proffer.
ed treaty, our merchants roust fix their, at-
tention on the sWtest perLd, viz. July
next.
The late ho'-v at which we obtained the
above information precludes further com-
ment—nor would we wish, by minute in-
quiries, to agitate unnecessarily the minds
of commercial men. It is a moment of pe-
culiar alcsnn, and not in a small degree
distressing to those who had fondly hoped
that a spirit of mutual conciliation would have
enabled the governments of G. Britain and
America to fix a rampart, beyond which the
destroyersof Europe could not have advanced.
But all hope has vanished : except that only
of disease in the French camp. Should
JEscalapius and Mars smile on France, and
j America and England, by impolitic and
mad dissention, chain Neptune (their only
friend)—farewell commerce! farewell all of
freedom and of greatness !
COMMUNICATION.
Yesterday the noted Obediah Williams,
(alias Thompson) Judge, Dougherty, negro
David, adjudged to labor on the public roads,
by the Baltimore county court, and another
convict from Frederick county, also confined
to hard labor, made a desperate attempt to
effect their escape from their keepers. They
disarmed the two ceutinels, and took their
arms : Judge made two thrusts with a long
knife at one of the ceutinels, which passed
through his clothes, but did no-injury. Af-
ter procuring the arms, they proceeded to
some distance from the scene of action,
where they seated themselves and cut off
their irons : The overseer being at a neigh-
boring house and soon hearing it, mount-
ed his horse, and, unarmed and alone, over-
took them, and in the most undaunted man-
ner advanced, notwithstanding Thompson
hadh'« piece levelled against him, and suc-
ceeded in la"i"~ hold of Dougherty— the
Negro immi;d:-t?''i- gglfpd the overseer, and
almost at the same instant, cjte of the centi-
nels coming Jo his assistance, felled -«,a.e of
thsrri to the e'arth, and saic > further aid be-
ing given by another person, three of the
fellows were secured- Williams and another
proceeded a little further, but were overtaken
and also 'made prisoners. Williams was
wounded in the body and leg, by a Negro
man, who assisted in their arrest, but not
severely. It appears by the statement given
the court to-day by Williams, that the plan
was devised by Dougherty, who had hereto."
fore made t al atterhpte to escape.
The criminal court after an examination of
the overseer and ceutinels, adjudged e
the criminals to one year's additional term
of servitude.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in
Natchez, to his brother in this city, dated
id February.
" Burr's trial comes on this day. There
is a bomb ketch and two gun boats lying
in the river off the landing—all here per-
fectly at peace."
The details from Loudon papers, received
at New-York and Philadelphia, confirm the
report relative to the forlorn state of the
French army in Poland.
The elector of Saxony has been convert-
ed into a king; ; but the limits of this new
kingdom have not been defined.
Vigorous warlike preparations were car-
rying on in Sweden.
The address of the British house of
commons in answer to the king's message
states, that as the ambition and injustice of
theenerny prevented the restoration of peace,
their full support would be given to a vigor-
ous prosecution of the war.
A report was circulated that the empe-
ror of France, would return to Paris.
From the Merchants'1 Coffee-House Booh.
March S.
Arrived, brig Fox, Johnson, 16 days
from Matanzas—Sugar—Jacob Hoffman &
others. Sailed in company with brig Lit-
tle "William, Cornell, for Baltimore. Left
brig Joseph, Beard, for Baltimore, in 15
days ; ships Pegassus, Carey, for Charles-
ton, in 10 days ; Mary, Clark, for New-
York, in 15 days ; brig Friendsnip, Bron-
er, Salem ; schooners Mount Vernon, Todd,
of Baltimore, for New-Orleans, in 4 days ;
Hiram, Valentine, for Charleston, 10 days ;
sloop Richard Alfred, Terbell, Baltimore,
4 days.
Spoke nothing on the passage.
Married yesterday evening, 4th March,
by the Rev. Rabbi Mordecai M. Mordecai,
Mr. Isaiah Nathan, merchant, of Philadel-
phia, to Miss Judith Russell, daughter of
Mr. Philip Russel, merchant, of this city.
Died yesterday, after a severs indispositi-
on, Captain" Mayer, an old revolutionary
officer, and a respectable inhabitant of city.
No man more justly esteemed in life—no
man more sincerely lamented in death.
The friends and acquaintance of the deceas-
ed are requested to attend his funeral this
day, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Port of Baltimore. •
ENTERED,
Bug Fox, Johnson, Matanzas
Dcbr.ting Society,
AT THE PANTHEON.
OWING to the inclemency of the weather,
the question intended for Rebate last Satur-
day evening ttt wit : Whether hus the coiuliiet
Burr, or general WUHnsor^ oem theiAatt
'Uwipermu to Civil Mberty ? was postoned till
Hfiiunl.iy next, when d is expe< u-<\ an interest,
irig nnd animat, yviii take place.
II : \.i 1-2 COOtS.
Mi......a 4, )¦)• mentis are immediately taken
to contradict it, I hrid it a d:.ty •which I
ctue to -mystif te puhtpsh a stu.li. rn^nt qjf etiery
circumstance tvht'ch way huvie gi'jien me to
the'falsehood, 'which statement will be sup-
ported by rcsjiectable testimony.
SAMUEL COLE.
March 5.
P.ho#r)ix Fire Office.
Specific Goods, identified by ma-ks and
numbers, '"¦ otherwise sufficiently dtscribvdi
may bo insured in thisofiiee at asborter pa*
i-io.l litan a year, to the amount of ^4^0-1/1),
on a single risk.
1). STEWART, Airent.
February 21. dtjt
Marshal's Sale-
UNITEO STATES.
hiAKYLsn District.
By virtue and in pursuance of an order, to me
directed, from the honorsble. James Houston,
esq.judsre of the District Court of the TJ.
Stales, in and for Maryland district, will
be sold at Public Sale, at 1 n>-head of Fre-
(b-i-ch-street dock,.on SATURDAY, the*
21st instimt, at It o'clock, on terms that
will then be made known,
1 1 --, The Schooner
...'USP'V COLLECTOR,
wOL?;Jf Her Tackle, Apparel St Far-
XSm+i-j.--:.',*.«=¦ niture.
ALSO,
883 biurs COFFEE, and
2000 vrt. DOG /ODD,
THOMAS ROTTER, Marshal.
March. 5, 180?"._______dtoistMh____
Sheriff's Sale.
Bv virtue of a writ of Fieri Faci is from the court
"of Appeals for the Western Shore of Ma-
inland, to riie directed, will he exposed to
I'ublic Sale, on SATURDAY, the t4tfc
instant, r.t It o'clock A M. on the premises,
for casli, the following property, to vt it :
ALL the riifhtj title, interest, and e-
state, of >.«jc"- TdlV-y-, In and to two LOTS
of GROUND, S'ti. i.Ui ac Conway v ii:,no-er.
s'reets. in the City oi Ba'.;, more, Nos. 574>
and 575. On one of said Lws h erecjt#i a
three-Story Brink House ; l»t£ ••¦« or-op, :-;v-
c. uir. ;u..---d-' )—r~« Jaiu'ay, taken at ""¦»
suit, of Isaac M'Pherson, for the 05c of Ti.
mothv fcrundige and Benjamin Bolts
JOHN HUNTER, Sheriff.
March S- d'.UthMh
Not;
ce.
This is to caution the public against eredit-
ny wile NELLY ANDERSON, on my
account, as I am determined to ]•:¦.: no debts
of her contract! £ after thitdate ; she tuning-
left nay bed and board -without any lust cause.
NICHOLAS ANDERSON.
March 5___________ ' 2M]_
GREEN CO:ti7L-:iL
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GOOD PHILADELPHIA.
Pru{tin% Ink
VOl\ SA^il AT THIS OFFICE, _
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