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PHILADELPHIA, May IS.
Arrived, ship Herald Sandbora, Portland ;
brigs Ann, -------, Ne.w Orleans ; Brutus, De-
veif.mx. Havana, 10 days ; sens. Fly, Ketl-
nidv. ditto, 12 ; Aim, Grant, Kingston, 30..
Cleared, ships Dorothea. Dougherty, Can-
ton ; Halcyon, Head, Liverpool ; Sidney,
Olemsted, Marseilles ; schs. Concard, Tur-
ner, Si:. Augustine ; Betsy, Hughe*, St.
Ja^o de Cuba; Three Sisters, Fisiier, Norfolk.
Latest f om Europe.
Yerterday arrived the fast sailing ship
Brutus, captain Craig, from Londonderry,
with passengers ; we are favored with Dublia
papers to the 28th of March and Derry pa-
pens to the 7th of Vpril, from which we
have only time for the following,
Londonderry, April 7.
Notwithstanding a number of those clelud.
ed persons denominated Threshers, have
been found guilty and received sentence of
death at the last assizes of Sligo, and not-
withstanding the wholesome lesson which
t he late special commission, which was sent
into that part of the country, should have
afforded them ; yet such is their blind delu-
sion ; that they are still coutinuing their
depredations in that part of the country.
The ships West Point, Thompson, and
the American, Smith, for New-Yotk, are
cleared cut and will sail the first fair wind.
. According to letters from Hamburg and
Altona. considerable apprehensions were
¦entertained in the former city of the land-
ing of an English force either in the Elbe
or at some contiguous port in the Baltic.
So general was this impression that the
:i commandant and minister both pre-
pared for a retreat.
strong rumour again prevails, that
Austria has drawn the sword against France.
DovER, Marsh SO.
By a ship which arrived in the Roads this
afi.eruooiif.oiii the Te^eJ we learn that ac-
counts had reached Holland or-ths Austrians
j.taken the field s'gainst the French,
md that the latter were t'etreatihg cut of
; irraH directions. It was ascertained
that thedpilomatic corps had already arriv-
ed at Berlin, and had brought miserable ac-
counts of the state of the irmy.
London March Q8.
Government has received dispatches from
the marquis of Douglas at St. Petersburg
as also some accounts from Vienna which
are said to be of a very gratifying descripti-
on.
A letter from Gottenburgh states, that part
of (lie 500,0001. pounds sent by the
government to the emperor of Russia had
been detained at that place. The pu.'rabili-
ty however is, that the part alluded to has
dlowed to remain at Ootteuburg as part
Of the subsidy due by lijssia to Sweden,
The' Bullion left th"iv for that purpose, is
contained in sixfy-four casks, ot 5000 dol-
lars each.
March 81.
Vn account from the seat of war, leceived
through a mo t respectable channel, adds
considerable weight .to the statements we
have already given of the deplorable situati-
on of the French army. It is described as
retreating with great rapidity, and in much
confu?ion ; and so daily harrassed by the
Cossacks, that numhers continue to be made
prisoners. It is added, that when Bonaparte's
proposal for an armistice, was rejected, he
really sent to general Benningsen, to request
that a species of warfare less severe might
lie adopted. This extraordinary message is
m) rposed to have originated in the remon-
strances of some of his generals, owing to
the French army having been no less than
eight days without bread ! !
April i.
Yesterday a mail from Ilnsnm arrived,
bringing Hamburg arte! Altona papers to the
26th lift..- The French head quarters were
at Osterode on the r2ch ult. and this? we be-
lieve, is the latest intelligence which has
been received from that quarter. A letter'
from East Prussia, of the 38tli nit, mentions
that they continued there on the preceding
day, but* this is probably a mistake. The
latest intelligence from EWlin is of the 21st,
am! it is almost impossible fchat news from
East Prussia, considering the difficulties of
communisation, could have reached that city
in four days.
.'The continental journals are so extreme-
ly reserved respecting the transactions i-n
Poland, that it is not eSUsy to discover what
is doing there. We can, however, perceive
that Bonaparte is not likely to icpass the
Vistula without once more appealing to his
fortune. The part of his army which has
been confided to Massena, has been strong!'/
reinforced. Uncommon efforts have been
employed to fill up the immense void pro-
duced in the French army by the sanguina-
ry conflicts in which it. has been lately en-
gaged ; and, if General Benningseii can
maintain himself for a very short time a-
gainst the talents and strength which will
be brought to bear against him, we are not
very apprehensive of his ultimate success.
Altona, March 24.
On the i.9th inst. the French toll-ship sta-
tioned at Stad, carrying 12 guns and 75
Men (soldiers and sailors) was boarded by
2 boats belonging to the British frigate sta-
tioned off the mouth of Kibe, and carried
-without the loss of a man on the part of the
.British.
East Prussia, March i3.
The Imperial French head quarters were
still at Ostorode yesterday. The corps of
marshal Massena is in motion, and impor-
tant operations are expected.
Extract of a dispatch from general Fennig-
sen—u Kpntgsbtrg, Feb. 22, 1807.
" General Sedmoratzky, who has just ef-
fected a junction with my army, has bro't
with him 14,00 Prussian prisoners, from 2
to 300 Frenchmen, and a great deal of bag-
gage, which he lias taken from the enemy.
The fretrogade march of Bonaparte rather
resembles a flight than a retreat. It is sole-
ly to the swiftness of our Cossack's horses,
that we are indebted for the enormous quan-
tity of prisoners that have been daily made
¦since the battle of Eylau. The day before
yesterday they took 200, yesterday 150,
and to day 385, 4 officers, besides baggage-
waggons, forage and provisions. Every
thing that we can come up with is taken.—
The. French soldiers, dying with hunger and
fatigue, no longer feel a disposition to de-
fend themselves. At the mere sight of our
troops, they throw away their arms and de-
mand bread. My advanced posts are at
Liebstadt. The whole army is in full march.
My head-quarters alone ren.ain at Konigs-
berg, as my ill health, and the extreme fa-
tigue I have undergone* compel me to take a
f«V aivtitbs »f repose here, I set out to-
morrow. The Prussian, division, command-
ed by general P'aetz, is at the extremity of
my rigirt wing on the heights of Braade-
berg. General Sedm'oratzfcy, are! general
Lestocq, form together my left wing. The
grand army is in the centre ; and in this or-
der we advance toward the Vistula, em-
bracing Thorn on one side, and Eibing on
the other. I hope my troops will soon shew
themselves on the other side of that river.—
In the meantime, my advanced guard, rein-
forced by general Platow's Cos aaks, a con-
siderable part of whom have already reached
their destination, pursue the enemy without
relaxation, and harrass them by their petty
warfare, which is as strange to them as it is
advantageous to us."
Banks of the Elbe, March 23.
We have received accounts from O-.terode
of the 14I.li instant. It would appear that
the head-quarters would not be lernoved so
soon as was expected ; since the latter end
of February nothing of consequence had oc-
curred in that neighborhood, the two armies
are occupied with receiving ikw reinforce-
ments. The French direct themselves in
great strength towards the corps of marshal
Massena at Warsaw, which according to
every appearance, will not long remain in-
active.
Brest, February 5.
an extract of u report,
Wansinitted to the ma-
id arft»idiseme?it, by
i$e de freyfate Guegen, director of
the convoys of the North Channel
The following is
which has j^ist be.
ritime prefect of .
of the1 west, and south cftVs you a secure
asylum. I salute jou fraternally,
PJETlOtt'
[With the abovi; we also received a letter
of the sa ae da*.
Esquire, at Port-au-Prince, m which presi-
:.,; . i,'::u to use his good
. to induce the merchants of the United
Slates not to trade witn the ports under the
of Christophe, but. to give the
prefi fence to those poits Which retain their
fidelity to the republic, and where their per-
sons and property will always be nndai th«
safeguard of honor and integrity.]
yjentinel.']'
The Printing business in the United
States, labors under no difficulty or obstruc-
tion, so great as that which arises from the
scarcity ot r./^.t—of course the scarcity and
high price of paper, which has not only re-
tarded, but prevented many useful publica-
tions. [Aurora.]
The following is from the pen of Dr.Aikin,
" the Second Addison."
The people who inhabit the wild regions
of Russia are for the most part, of Sclavonic
blood, and of Asiatic origin ; their progeni-
tors were, known by the name of Sarmaii-
ans. Long disunited among themselves, and
in a state of barbarism, (hey were reduced
in the thirteenth century to vassalage under
the Tartars. From this condition they were
rescued, in the fifteenth century, by their
Czar, Joar Basilowitz, who, with his grand-
son, of the same name (men of vigor and
talents, though rude and ferocious) extended
"I. have the honor to inform you, that this j the Russian dominion, and made the nation
day ti« 80th January, 1807, ..'.out half-past ; known throughout Europe. Succeeding so-
nine, in the evening, "having se: sail, in ve-
ry cloudy weather the Brest, with a fleet of
25 sail, from St. Maloes, u ider convoy of
Le Printemps cutter, commanded by lieut.
Bigeault, which I was on. board of, an-! the
.gtiu-br'gs Nos. 280 and 3i ; six or seven
large English long boats, dispatched by the
ship? of war and frigates lying off Brest,
bore down on the cutter and after having
hailed, attempted to board her with the
whole of their crews armed with pistols, sa-
bres and pikes, eitii the intention, after
capturing her to take possession of the mer-
chant ships which she convoyed ; but an
obstinate resistance Was made on our side,
and after a very warm engagement, that
lasted three-quarters of an hour, and in
which two seamen of Le Printemps were
killed and ten dangerously wounded (one of
whom was a midshipman) the enemy was
forced to let go his hold and sheer off, after
leaving on board the master of one of his
long-boats, who had received fifteen wounds
from musketry and swords and having them-
selves lost the greater part of their erews by
the well directed lire from the cutterand gun-
brigj, which did not cease until the enemy
were beyond cannon shot."
$ --------------
WASHINGTON CITY, May 15.
On Wednesday forenoon at the Marine
Barracks, John C. Love, lato a Lieutenant
of the Marine Corps, in a fit of insanity,
put an end to his existence—His remains
were yesterday removed by his relations to
he buried at his brothers' farm—Salisbury,
Virginia.
FEOEkAL GAZETTE.
SATURDAY, MAY 16.
\'
The Richmond democratic papers have not
yet gone through with the trial and condem-
¦ of Burr. They continue with no
ia assiduity to prejudice the public
st the accused ; and the democra s of
Riciimond stand not alone on this nigh, any
just, and honorable ground—they have the
countenance and tile aid of many an Bid is-
tri >as fellow-laborer. We entertain a. • high
respect for tlv political charactei f colonel
Burr ; but we venerate the j ¦
country. We v.....Id.not iadfffereritly see
justice driven fi >m the bench, by t:." illiberal
' feeling hue and cry of the ei;e
an individual., Gi. Fi i lay next the trial, in
a legal tuny, will commence.
The ship Minerva, from Philadelphia, for
Laguira, was boarded off that port .by the
fi itish frigate Uai-.tc, and dismissed ; a pri-
,me, pursued and took
her; findib i valuable-cargo and S
French passengers, sent her into Curracoa,
A Derry paper of the *,' :h of April has the
following vessels advei ised i Si Ip Truro,
Robins, for New< I Philadelphia, to
sail lOth May ; ship India,; Hunter, New-
man, Newcastle and itfew York. May iO ;
the Fioivnzo, Sapha 80th of April ; the
Cheeseman, t)ur . i li of May ; and the
Elizabeth, Ilea, 1st i if May ; all for N. York.
The schr. Enterprize, Preston, from Bal-
timore, arrived at Norfolk on the 13th May.
[Translated for the Boston Centinel.]
Port au-Prince, March iO, 1807.
4th year of independence.
LIBERTY. EG.UALITY.
ALEXANDER PETION,
PRESIDENT OF HAYT1,
To the Men of Color, who have been forced
to leave this country, and seek an asylum
in the U. States and other foreign nations.
Brethren,
The dreadful reign of Dessalines is at an
end ! This happy news has reached you,
and yet you have not returned to the bosom
of your country. What now prevents your
return ? During the life of that barbarian
you had reason to foar being sacraficed to his
blind fury ; but now no motives should pre-
vent your return.
Remember, my friends, that the freedom
and prosperity offered you in Hayti are no
where else to be found ! Hasten then to
rally yourselves under the empire of those
laws which assure you ample protection.
Banish all fear from your hearts. The
events occasioned by the ambition of Chris-
tophe, must not retard your return. This
new despot would again subject this coun-
try to the oppressive yoke from which
we, thanks to Providence, have so happily
extricated it! Will it not be glorious to
come and unite with the true Haytians in
their glorious struggles to save' their native
country '. Come then, I repeat it, come and
share the benefits of a constitution, which
consecrates all your rights'. Your passages
'.hall be punctually paid by government on
your arrival. I caution you, however, to
shun those places in possession of the rebels,
for there persecution and perhaps di a;h
..waits you. Their quarters extend from
St. Marks to Fort Dattfhen. All the rest
vereigns, among whom Peter I. and Catha-
rine II. were pre-eminent, not only enlarged
their territories, but promoted civilization
and improvement of every kind ; and at
length raised the Russian empire to the dig-
nity of a first rate European power.
The Russian national character appears to
I be marked with sedateness and trail
: mixed with liveliness and sociability. They
! are hospitable and good tempered among one
another, capable of strong attachments, sa-
gacious and patient of hardships.' The ser-
vitude in which the lower classes live, and
the despotic rule exercised over the highest,
have made them supple, cunning and crouch-
ing. Manly elevat on of soul with steady
principle are rarely met with among them.
The ancient nobility have vast estates, which
they reckon by the number .of vassals with
which they are stocked : and they live in a
kind of rude magnificence, shunning the
court and public employments.
The Russian peasantry are remarkable for
their readiness in acquiring the common arts
of life, several of which they exercise for
domestic purposes. In the higher depart-
ments of intellect, nothing masterly or uri-
nal has yet appeared among them, which
may perhaps be owing to their recent civil-
ization. Their implicit nbedience, joined
with natural robustness of constitution and
habit of endurance, renders them excellent
soldiers in the modern practice of war, where
mechanical discipline is more requisite than
enthusiastic ardcr. They shrink at no dan-
ger or fatigue, and are only to be conquered
by extermination.
The following letter was written by Ste-
phen Arnold to his parents in Rhode-Island,
on his receiving his sentence of confinement
in the state prison for life. It will be recol-
lected that Arnold (a schoolmaster) was sen
fenced to death for whipping a child in such
a manner that she died, two or three years
since ; but the sentence was commuted by
the governor.
" Honored Parents, affectionate Sisters
and Brothers,
After informing you that my wife and
! ire as well as usual, I have to inform you,
that yesterday being the last day my life
was suspended to, the sheriff came into the
jail, & shewed me the act which passed both
houses and the council of revision on Satur-
day last, and became a law of this state, viz.
that 1 am to go to the state prison for life,
to hard labor, ..and that the sheriff is to take
me there betwixt the passing of this act and
the 1st of May, 1807.
I shall endeavor to conduct myself as well
as I can', and submit to my fate with what
resignation and fortitude I can muster; and
I feel very thankful to the Lord and the peo-
ple, that my sentence is thus mitigated, and
(knowing I never intended any such thing)
I hope it will, in the Lord's own time, be mi-
tigated again ; but I think it best not to
make any appli ition to the legislature, till
1 have been spine time an example to those
who are not masters of their anger."
Amidst the details, of the battle we are
informed of the future destiny of the Lou-
vre. The emperor has declared to conse-
crate it entirely to the service of literature.
The French say that in the tower of this
edifice Charles V. established the first public
library in France, if not in all Europe___
That upon the death of Charles it contained
about ©00 volumes, which Henry VI. of
England, violated. That Henry IV. again
appropriated it for valuable collections in the
arts : But, say the French, other times,
other cases. It is now to be the place of
the Imperial Library, which already con-
tains 800,000 printed volumes, 70,000 ma-
nuscripts, 20,000 engravings, 40,000 bronze
medals, and 30,000 medals in gold. Napo-
leon has assigned this library for the Lou-
vre, which first received its gift.from Charles
V. the wise and eloquent, five hundred years
from the present time. Filled with the
great designs which employs Henry IV. he
wishes to collect, as he did, under his own
eyes, and within the enclosures of his own
palace, all the monuments of the sciences
and of the arts, obtained by his arms, per-
fected and arranged under his government.
The Museum of Paintings will still occupy
the Great Gallery, and a new structure will
be added to the palace of the statues. The
other collections will be accommodated, so
that, these immense treasures of the Louvre,
secured by guards, might never be endan-
gered in the night by being in the prjaces
inhabited by men.
[Salem Register.]
Copy of a letter from Prince Jenckes, a hlack
man, to Mrs. F----------, •written in the
¦winter of 1799.
To the .good Mrs. F----------, whose condi-
tion supplies the means, and whose heart
the disposition, to enjoy and bestow—poor
Prince Jenckes health and long life.
I am poor, Madam—so miserably poor,
that all my possessions are about two thirds
of a human body, containing, however, a
grateful .heart. Tiaere is not J. fl for me even
to cho :se between working and begging. I
have not li'nh'i enougil by two or three f6i
the one—arid your ladyship's goodlies
almost deprived me of the other. To him
who has nothing arty thing will be ac-
ceptable, and ever so'Iittle will be valuable.
I assisted general Washington, Madam, in
atchieving the liberties of America. When
we had nothing to eat, he and I were mess-
mates .' and |