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| ORLEANS LEG1SLA7URE. ANSWER Of the legislative council of this territory to the governor's speech. Sir? The legislative council have listened with tl\ie attention to the address delivered by your excellency to the general assembly. fX~*hey are happy to hear that you have had occasion to convince yourself that the dif- Eferent districts under your government Stain a population highly estimable for their v irtue and industry, and that you have found tine territory in a flourishing state. Hut the legislative council partake your anxiety on its future destinies, and your astoaisrirnerrjc as to the cause which threatens to trouble its tranquility. It is indeed difficult "to fee- ] i eve, that in the besom of a government, the most free that .<.¦>¦ is ts on earth, plots, the suc- cess of which must be fatal to liberty, should have been formed. If, however, it be true, tliat the ambitions and depvavodnien, who have conceived such criminal projects, have found proselytes, the legislative council are convinced that it was not among the inhab- it artts of this territory ; and that notwith- standing the dissatisfaction which they ever rnanifested openly when they thought them- s elves aggrieved, there is no perfidy nor treason, to be apprehended from them by the general government. If they do not pos- sess all the privileges enjoyed by the Ame- rican citizen, they already set so much va- lue on the rights which ha.vedjeen granted to them", that then, late privation of these jrights, in the present stormy circumstances, fcs as created among them the most serious alarm. ' The legislative council think as your excellency, that in the critical situation in •which we now stand, the session of the ge- xieral assembly must net and cannot be long. The tranquility necessary to legislative de- liberations, does not exist amidst warlike preparations. The council, however, is of opinion, that it will be requisite to dispatch tlie most urgent matters ; amongst which are, the amendments to the militia law, and the alterations to be made to the judiciary system in the several districts of the territory. It will probably be found impossible to pro- <•(>(-.i dining this session, to the examination of the civil code, which a committee of the legislature", aided by two jurisconsults, have been authorized to prepare ; but recommen- c! '.f'son must be given to the committee to continue that important work, which ac- cording to their report, is far advanced. The legislative council agree with your excellen- cy in the opinion that the preservation of The civil laws, now existing in this territory, il-essential to the security of property & _¦> the tranquility of the citizen ; but your excellency need not apprehend that, the ge- neral assembly will ever attempt to revive any law which would tend to bar the intro- duction of those great political & legal prin ciples, which are cherished throughout the United States, since those principles have al- ready been established among us by an au- thority superior to ours, and that even if they were not supreme laws over us, the •erience-which We have already acquired of their benefits, has made them as dear to vis as they are to other inhabitants of the U. States. The legislative council have heard with satisfaction that tranquility is restored on our frontiers, that there are hopes of an honora- ble accommodation of our differences with Spain, and that the negociations entered into with England, are likely to be soon happily terminated. In so favorable cir- cumstances, it is to be lamented that our repose should be disturbed by internal foes, and that a horrid civil war should threaten to desolate our country. But whatever be our situation—in war or in peace, amidst political tempests, or in the bosom of l.or- quility, the legislative council think them- selves warranted in assuring your excellency that :.ne fidelity of the inhabitants of tliic territory to the federal government will re- main unshaken. (Signed) JTJLIEN POYDRAS, President of the legislative council. f New-Orleans, 22d Jan. 1807. TO HIS EXCELLED CY Til!' GGVE-RNOR OS THE TERRITORY OF OrLEAX., Sir. The representatives of the territory of Orleans have heard, and read with attenti- on, the coriiinuviicaton which your excel- lency gave them at the opening of their pre- sent session* They could not learn with- out the greatest indignation that Americans, that members of the government the most free which ever existed upon earth, may have been blind and perfidious enough to conspire the dismemberment of their own country, the invasion of the dominions of a sovereign in amity with the United States and the entire subversion of the happiness and prosperity of this territory. We hope, however, that those nefarious plots will be speedily defeated by the wisdom of the mea- sures taken by the general government, and that their effects will he confined to the anxieties and to the alarm which their dis- covery has spread upon every part of this territory. With regard to the extraordinary mea- sures which have taken place for some time past in this territory, although your excel- lency has not thought proper to reveal to the legislature the reasons which have led to them, yet this house considers it as a sacred duty which they owe to themselves and their fellow citizens, fully to investigate Ahcse measures and the motives which have induced them, and to represent the same to the congress of the United States. We feel, as your excellency, the necessi- ty 10F revising and altering the provisions of the law respecting the establishment of the county courts. This shall be the object of our immediate attention. We shall, in the mean tiree, endeavor to disengage the service of the militia from the obstacles which now attend it ; and to give to the battalion of the free men of color the acti- vity which their steal .solicits. Ya^r excel. lericy may he assured that this house will always deem it a dufy to procure to the civil executive authority, the means of employing and of disposing efficaciously of all the forces of this territory, persuaded as this house must be. that the executive authority will never employ'those forces but in a man- ner warranted by kw and the constitution. We shall examine with attention the other subjects which your excellency recommends for the consideration of this house, happiness of our fellow-citizens shall uni- formly be the end of our deliberations ; and as their happiness is essentially connected with the principles of the constitution, you need not fear that those principles will ever be forgotten or misunderstood by the repre- sentatives of this territory. May Divine Providence, sir, dissipate the blindness of the European powers, and make them sensible, by the example of the North- Americans, that the true happiness of nati- ons consists in peace, and their real strength in justice. Permit us, sir, to request your excelletcy to renew to the general government the oath of our love, of our devotion, and of our fidelity to the constitution and to the people of the United States. By order of the^house, JOHN W ATKINS, Speaker of the house of representatives. Attest, ELIGIUS FROMENTIN, Clerk. had retired eleven mil?! from PuiUtsk pre- vious to the battle of the 26th. The emperor Napoleon had not (as re- ported by she Marblehead arrival) quitted his army. The empress Josephine.had ar- rived at Paris. February 12, English 3 per cent. Con- sols 62 1-2. FAR ROB GRAN& .HMV BULLETINS. [Nate.—The bulletin received via Salem, gPtasfafi the 47th, and not the 45th. The 45th was dated Polnky, December 27, the 46th at Golymin, December 28. These bulletins give very detailed accounts of the affairs at Czarnowo, Nasiellc, &c] Fro?n the New-York Commercial Advertiser. The defence of our city and harbor.—It is with the highest pleasure we find that the following judicious and spirited resolutions [published in the Gazette on Saturday] have been brought before the legislature of this state. They were introduced into the house of representatives by Mr. Hale, a federal member from Albany. These resolutions, while they exhibit the honest and patriotic zeal of the honorable gentleman who brought them forward, ex- press the feelings of a very great portion of our fellow-citizens throughout this state. That the security and welfare of the state are dependant on the safety and prosperity of its great commercial emporium, is a fact which no honest and reflecting man will de- ny. It is equally true, that he who is op- posed to the complete protection of our city, is either a miserable victim of politi- cal delusion, or an enemy to the best and dearest interests of the community. He is unworthy of public confidence ; and his language and his conduct should be viewed with a suspicious eye. We rejoice that these resolutions have been brought before the legislature. The inhabittants of this city have sent forward petition after petition to the supreme coun- cils of the Union. Their strong but res- pectful language has been scarcely heard. Now let the legislature of the state demand —we had almost said, enforce our right. If there ever is a subject, on which all parties can unite, it is this, which involves alike the safety, the interests and the welfare of all. We will therefore indulge the hope that a measure so manifestly and equally im- portant to our citizens of every political grade, will at least for once, silence the bickerings of party, rouse an universal spirit of patriotism, and claim the assent of every heart, & of every voice. The people will with much solicitude await the issue ; and they will mark the men who dare to oppose so salutary a measure. The dishonorable de- claration that, " however high they approve the object, they will support no resolu- tions offered by their political opponents," will not screen them from the indignation of an exposed and injured people. We rejoice that they were offered by a member from the Northern distirict, because it proves that our brethren of the interior feel for our defencless situation, and view it as a common cause, It showsthat they realize the intimate connection between our safety and theirs ; between the welfare of the me- tropolis and the prosperity of the state. And, if we mistake not, it will convince the next congress, that however confined the or local object, yet the complaints are extensive and loud, imperious and unyielding. We rejoice that they were offered by a Federal member, because we deem this fact, together with the repeated Federal efforts to place the city in a state of defence, as high- ly honorable to the party, because it will ef- fectually affix the stamp of calumny on the declaration, that " Federal zeal on this subject, is merely electioneering fervor"— and because it furnishes another proof that the Federal representatives of the people -will never cease to plead for the general good. ^OSTONrMarch 15. ~ Very late from Europe. . The arrival of the ship Packet, Scott, in a short passage of 26 days from Liverpool, lias given us full files of London papers as late as the 12th February. French Bulletins to No. SSI inclusive, are received—It will be seen by the sketches we have given of them, that the last is dated Warsaw, and that the French H. &. had retrogaded. Excepting the capitulation of Breslau, &c. in Silesia, no military event of note had occurred, posterior to the battle of Pultnsk. A Russian official account, and an abstract of other official particulars of tlie battle of Pultusk, &c. are also given. It will be seen, that the Russians, though forced eventually to retreat, lay claim to a partial victory. They retired in good order and the French acknowledge they did not think it prudent to follow them—The battle was hard fought, and the ground dearly pur- chased—The Russians say, Bonaparte com- manded in person ; and we know tUat one of his aids (Rapp) was wounded ; and ano- ther (Segur) taken prisoner, and sent to Russia. At the last date, tlie Russian army under general Kamenskoy, was concentra- I ted ,n_e,ar Wizna, &c. and were speedily to assume offeiishe operations. The Russians BULLETIN, No. 48, is dated " Warsaw, Jan. 3, 1807. It states, that general Corbineau had fol- lowed the Russians from Pultusk, had reach- ed Ostroviel, the 1st January, and had picked up 400 Russian soldiers, several of- ficers, and many baggage waggons :—That marshals Soult, Ney, prince of Ponte Cor- vo, and Bessieres, were cantoned on the lit- tle river Orcye—Davoust and Lannes at Pul- tusk. That the Russians continued to re- treat ; and the emperor came back to War- saw on the 2d. That prince Jerome had laid Breslau in ashes, but the garrison had not surrendered. That a Prussian corps of 8000 attempted to raise the siege ; but were defeated by gensral Montbrun, with a body of Wurtembergers and Bavarians, with a loss of 400 men, 600 horses, and a convoy of provisions. It contains no other military operations. BULLETIN, No. 49, is dat™ " TParsaiv, Jam 8. It states, that Breslau had capitulated, and prince Jerome entered the place, and was going to besiege Bricg, Sshweidnitz and Hasel :—That gen. Victor had march- ed to besiege Colberg and Dantzic : That gen. De Zastrow had been appointed Prus- sian minister of foreign affairs : That (he French cavalry were not far from Konigs- burg ;—and that the Russian army was con- tinuing its movements towards Grodno. BULLETIN, No. 50, is dated " Warsaw, Jan. 13. It mentions, that the troops found several Russians sick at Ostrolenka ; and that the illness in the Russian camp increased daily : And that the garrison of Breslau (5500 men) had defiled before prince Jerome. A detailed account is given of the affair be- tween the Prussian corps, and that of the Wirtemburgers and Bavarians, mentioned in the 49th bulletin :—The rest of the bul- letin relates to the progress of the Russians in Turkey ;—the preparations making in Turkey to resist the " aggressions" of the Russians ;—and that " Austria and Frarce are equally interested [as well as England) in not seeing Moldavia, Wallachia, Servia, Greece, Romelia and Natolia, become the sport of the Muscovites." BULLETIN, No. 51, is dated " Warsaw, Jan. 14, 1807. It notices the official dispatch of general Benningsen to the king of Prussia ; which it says was received with great joy; but which joy, on the receipt of other accounts, was turned into grief; and the consequence ¦of the latter was the determination to eva- cuate Konigsburg :—That all the Prussian forces then did not exceed thirty-two thou- sand ; some of .which were with the king, others in various garrisons in Prussia and Silesia.—On the Russian official account, it states, that Buxhovden was not at Makow, (Benningsen did not say he was) but at Go- lymin, where he was beaten :—It defies Benningsen to she* a single piece of French cannon taken, a single standard, or more than 12 or 15 stragglers taken; while the French can shew 6000 prisoners, two stan- dards, which he left a Pultusk, and 3000 wounded, whom he abandoned in his flight. The bulletin admits the French took care not to pursue him ; denies that the Duke of Berg or Davoust was opposed to him; and concludes with a number of remarks on the effect of such ridiculous relations. BULLETIN, No. p, is dated Warsaw, Jan. 19, 1807. And gives an account ot the operations of marshal Mortier in Prussia Proper ; and of an affair between a detachment from the Prussian garrison in Colburg, and a small corps of Mortiev's army ; in which the latter took four pieces of cannon and 100 prison- ers.—It adds that Brieg, in Silesia, had surrendered ; that Poland, rich in grain and provisions, affords a plentiful supply ; that Warsaw supplies ico.ooo rations daily, that no diseases existed in the army ; that no severe frosts had been experienced ; and that the emperor was daily upon parade re- viewing his troops, and particularly the con- scripts from France.. BATTLE OF PULTUSK. Russian official account. Gen. Benningsen to the king of Prussia. I have the happincs most respectfully to acquaint your majesty, that I have succeed- ed in repulsing the enemy, who yesterday morning attacked me on every point near Pultusk. The main attack was made by gen. Souchet at the head of 15,000 men, on my left wing, near Farmguarka, in the view of getting possession of that town ; I had only 500c men under gen. Baggonant, to oppose the enemy on that side ; they made a brave defence, until I sent a reinforcement of three battallions of reserve, and after- wards three more under gen. Tolstoy, by which means the right wing of the French was totally defeated. The second attack, e- qually brisk, was made on my right flank where general Barkeley de Tolly was posted, with the van guard. The wing extended on the road towards Stegocyn to a small wood where I placed a covered bat- tery, which the enemy attempted to turn. I therefore made a movement backwards on, their right, which succeeded so well, that I not only frustrated the attempt of the enemy, but was also so fortunate as to reinforce g:n. Barkeley de Tolly, with three battalions, ten squadrons, and one battery to repulse the enemy ; on which the enemy retreated from the wood. '; The attack commenced at eleven in the morning, and lasted until dark. From the relation of all the prisoners, I was opposed by Messrs. Murat, Davoust and Lannes, with an army exceeding 50,000 men. They have lost about 5000, according to their own. account. " All my troops fought with the" greatest bravery. The following generals particu- larly distinguished themselves ; Osserman, Tolstoy, Barkeley dc Tolly, Prince Dulgo- rucky, Baggonaut, Somoff, and Sitoff, of the infantry, also colonels Daviddofesky, and Gondoff, &c. &c. " Field-marshal, Kamenskoy departed from Pultusk for Ostrolenka on the morn- ing of the 26th Dec. previous to the attack, and again gave the whole command to me, so that I had the good fortune to command alone on this affair, and to beat the ene- my. " I have to lament that the long expect- ed succor of general Buxhoven had not ar- rived, although he was but two German miles distant and even halted half way. I should otherwise have been able to follow up my victory. I hava further to lament that the total want of provisions and forage o- bligc me to retire with my corps to Roy.aw ; the enemy has not molested me in iny re- treat. (Signed) BENNINGSEN. Rosaw, the 27th, (15th) Dec. 1806." Abstract of other official Russian accounts. " Daily skirmishes from the 23d Decem- ber preceded the battle of the 26th, wdiea Benningsen, hiving been reinforced by a division under prince Gallitsin, resolved to make a stand. The French were under the immediate command of Bonaparte, who confided the attack upon the Russian wings to Davoust and Lannes—they appeared to have made some impression [in the early part of the attack. Davoust forced general Bagganaut t: fall back;, but the latter hav- ing been promptly reinforced, Davoust's progress was effectually checked. Mean- while Lannes was endeavoring to turn the Russian right wing. The principal attack and heat of the battle appears to have been in that quarter. Bonaparte directed the operations in person. An underwood fa- vored the approach of the French, who obliged the Russian advanced guard to fall back upon the main body. Butt Benning- sen had foreseen that the chief efforts of the enemy would be made upon his right wing, and had thrown up a masked battery be- tween the front of his mam body and the advanced guard that had been posted to co- ver it. So soon therefore as the advanced guard was forced by the impetuosity of the attack made upon it to fall back, the mask- ed battery opened upon the enemy a most galling fire of grape shot which soon check- ed their progreK. General Tolly, who had the command & the advanced guard, push- ed forward again, but was again obliged to fall back, and the enemy attempted to out- flank the battery. Benningsen saw that this was the critical moment, and with great promptitude, skill and decision, or- dered his right wing to change fronts, re- inforced general Tolly from his centre, and having thus stopped the progress of the , enemy, make an attack upon them himself, general Osterman a&vmcino; with his di- vision towards the right and Benningsen supported him with a strong tram of artil- lery and 20 squadrons of cavalry. He or- dered also the remainder of the cavalry to form their front in his centre, which had the effect of keeping the centre of the French from making a movement to sup- 1 port their left wi«g. The attack and defence were furious and sanguinary ; the French fought with desperation, but were obliged at last to fall back, and were driven in confusion from 'the field." BY THIS DAY'S MAILS. PETERSBURG, Jan. 6. The prisoners We have taken declare that they have lost in killed alone, above 60OO ; our loss does not exceed 2000 men. FALMOUTH (Eng.) Feb. 4. Arrived this day, the Windsor-Castle, captain Sutton, from New-York and Hali- fax, 23 days passage from the former. LONDON, February 10. It is supposed that the campaign is over, and that as the French are gone into win- ter-quarters, no warlike operations will take place for some time. But it should seem from the last dispatches from Russia, as if marshal Kaminskoy had concentrated his army within the circuit of a few miles, for the purpose of resuming offensive operations immediately. He is only waiting the sup- plies that are on their way to him of forage and provisions. The Russian troops are peculiarly calculated for carrying on war during trie winter, and we should imagine that Kaminskoy will attack the French in their cantonments. The two armies are so near each other, particularly those detach- ments that are between the Onmlcio and the Orcye, That the fix''d centineU almost receive The secret 'whispers of each other's watch. The Russian army is in the best state, full of confidence and enthusiasm, and impatient to meet the enemy. We are more and more convinced, that Buxhovden was not engaged at all on the 26th December. If our readers will refer to the disposition of the Russian divisions, they will find hii el'¦¦' '•• ii Cifconiivmn -> sition in the rear of i \iroloka, at GlenKi, Nowygrod, and Lftn The utmost exertions,continue to "be used ! in. the king's dock-yards at Chatham, Ports*. I month and Plymouth, |p order to get ready a fleet for tire Baltic. Sixteen of the line, mostly old 74's. are tc be. cut down and fit- ted for sea, with masts of the rate of 7.4':}. Gen. Paoli died on Thursday night*, at a very advanced age, at his Rouse near the Edgeware road ; famous for the part he tookjiti the affairs of Corsica, in the reign of Louis the fifteenth, and the god-father of Bonaparte. Private letter from a very rsspectnhle raer* chant at St. Petersburg, to his broth.: London, dated 6th January. " Long live our bnve emperor and his gallant army ! is the universal exchi.nation at St. Petersburg. Vassilzikoff, the courier, arrived from the army in Poland yesterday, at 11 o'clock, and brought the auspicious tidings that our brave soldiers had defeated the French in a masterly style, with the loss on the side of the enemy of 4000 men killed and 6000 prisoners. The particulars I have this instant learned, from a highly respecta- ble quarter. They are as follow : ' " The scarcity of provisions in the French army, and the hope of ending the campaign by a decisive blow, concurred to induce Bo- naparte to pass the Vistula, at the head 60,000 men. On the 23d of December he advanced to the out-posts of gen. Benning- sen'.= army, where gen. Osterman command- ed. Although Benningsen's force was for- midable, (5^,000 men,) he preferred at first the prudent alternative of retreating, during the 23d, 24th and 25th December. On each of these days skirmishes took place, but on the 26th the two armies made a stand in sight of each other, at a village called Selim, which lay bstween them. This village Bonaparte, who commandsd in person, set on fire, to cover his attack on the Russians, whom he thus thought to en- velope in smoke. This artifice, however, was soon turned against himself ; for Ben- ningsen, discovering his intention, instantly formed his reserve into a hollow square^ which advanced, unperceived, under the • smoke of the village. This gallant corps marched with fixed bayonets ; the Russian line opened to let them pass through, and they never stopped till they reached the cen- tre of the French. Here an obstinate con- flict took place ; but the Russians succeed- ed in not only routing their centre, but also turning both their wings. The left wing of the French being shaken by the Russian infantry, was entirely borne down and dis- persed by general Chaplits, at the head of the cavalry, ulio killed 2000 men. Their right wing shared a similar fate from gen. Kozen, at the head of his Yagers. The rout of the French .was compkte. Davoust, Lannes, Bonaparte himself, all fled in con- . fussion to Pultusk, which is eleven miles from the scene of action, and had been Benningsen's head-quarttro until the 23d instant. " It is inconceivable what exultation this victory has caused throughout St. Peters- burg. Benningsen is by birth a Hanoverian ; but such is the enthusiasm 1 or Britain in Russia, that the people persist in calling him an Englishman. His victory is very generally compared to the battle of Maida: Both of these memorable events have prov- ed that the only way of fighting the French is to charge them with the bayonet. " The Cossacks particularly signalized themselves in this glorious affair. Their general orders from Kaminskoy are, to rush •centre a tcrre, into the very heart of the French artillery. It was this artillery which annoyed the Russians so dreadfully at A terlitfe ; but we trust our brave irregulars, the Cossacks and Bashkers, will prove an over match for it : in which case Kamin- skoy has declared he will answer for the success of the war, since our infantry is de- cidedly superior. " Bonaparte's spies appear to have been as unsuccessful as his soldiers. When Ka- . minskoy was at Grodno, one of these, pre- tending to be a Prussian general, brought a letter, signed apparently by his Prussian majesty, and requesting a confidential com- munication of the intended route of the Russian forces. The sagacious veteran in- stantly penetrated the fraud. Two Cos- sacks stripped the wretch, and, after admi- nistering to him some salutary correction, Kaminskoy ordered him to return to Bona- parte, and to shew him on his back the route of the Russian army. " The account I have given you has been personally confirmed by Vassilkikoff, the courier, who was an eye-witness of the ac- tion ; and I send it you by a messenger, who is on the point of departure for Eng- land." DEMI OFFICIAL BULLETIN. " Colonel Kkuser arrived at Konigs- berg on the 3d of Jan. with dispatches from gen. Kalkreuth, and a Russian messenger following the day after, with dispatches from gen. Kamenskoy. Excepting a trif- fling affair on the 28th Dec. in whinh a detachment of French cavalry made an un- successful attempt to cut off a corps of Cos- sacks, which was posted in, advance of Ro- zaw, it does not. appear that any engage- ment has taken place subsequent to the 26th. " The victory of the Russians, on the 26th, was decisive; its consequences would probably have been more important, had not gen. Benningsen been restrained'in his pursuit of the enemy, by intelligence that the divisions of Ney and Angereau had form- ed a junction ner Grodzisk, and were ad- vancing in his rear ; the approach of night likewise contributed to the escape of the enemy. " Upwards of seventy pieces of cannon, taken from the enemy on the 26tT>, had on the 30th arrived at Ostrolenka, several others were buried in the roads, The peji |