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HUNTINGDON fPennsyfuriuJ Pai.vii:i:'  bv JOHN M'CAHAN.
[>52 Per Annmu
FRIDAY, July 28, 1809.
[No. 20  I
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SO excessive that it was iimosHible to approach it. Sonic bravt m' n then de¬ voted the-mst'lvcs, ju'uned upon the sprilsail and then on the ships head, & saved the vessel, Lut five of them lost thvir livfs.
" Wilb diificiiUy vve were thus deli¬ vered from a d;i!*p;rrso imminent, three 1 limc-s repeated vvhtii   odur   fire-ships, i fell alongside of me, but   these   also   1
Foreign Nezus.     \
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I'Ants, April 23. REPORT To his excellency the  minister ofthe marine and colonies :— On board the Ocean, in the roads of s     ide cfAix, April 12, 1809. "Sir,
I had the honor to inform you, in ) had the good fortune to disengage my my letter of the 9th int,t. tliat the   cnc- i self irom. jny's fleet which    anchc red  in  Basque roads, consisted of 12 ^iiips ot the lint;, 6 frigates, 11 corvettes, a.id 32 transport vessels.
On die; 10;h there rirrived 1(3 vessels -which apj)eared t<» lie trai.sports of fire ships. I directed t!ic t:>p-!iiast4 to be lowered down and took i.i the top-sails. On the lull lhe vvh.d being frtsh atN.
"The enemy   directed   against   us three  infernal   machines and  53   fire- ahips, as well as brigs, as   i-essels   of 3. mast,3, transpcrts, .-nd two vessels ofthe line.
"His M;ijcslyis ships and frigates were saved from destruction oniy by veering their cables.
*' Thii capt. of a   frigate,   Lissilom,
none ; the fenitiindcr cf he army fol¬ lowed at day break. The enemy's ad¬ vanced guard vvas at Poidenone and j his army vvrts posted between that place and Satile, near Fontnna In this -sit¬ uation an action commenced, which after a sanguinary contest of two dav.s, terminated entirely to our advantage-. The vice-king of Italy commanded liie French army. The result was .so de¬ cisive, that the enemy could net main¬ tain themselvts behind the Livenzn, but vvcre chliged to   retreat  rapidly to i rection in Ilessia has become very for*
by the result of the first operations f^ Bavaria. His Imperial Majesty has is¬ sued a Proclamation from Lint?., m which he calls out thc seco'd or reserve Militia of Austria, intending to place himself at their head. The Hungarian Insurrection Army has been assembled at Fresburgh, and every measure of his government evinces a determination li.id energy corresponding with the diingcr thnt menaces hia throne.
I'livatc advices state, that the insur-
E. the enemy'.-, frigates appiouched the j commmiuing die Ocean on the al-stnce island bv taeking. j of Cnpt. KoUand,   and   my   adjutants
' The forces ul hi?, majebly were in i Perron and Gahpard, behaved wuh sin- two indeot.-d lines of I tatcie, very close, i gular sangfroid; the officer.? and ca- laying N* N. E. nnd S. u. £. io order ' ^^^.s behavt-d m the best manner, and to present the k ss front to tht f.re ships, j ^''^^ '•'"'-•^v maintained excellent order ; They were flanked bv a stoccadc, 400 ! M. Delmas, sub-comml.ssary of ilie for-
toises in breadth, and 800 toises long ' ces did not for ji r.iomeut leave, the deck j laiive to ih.; successes of ihe Austihins The north end was a c.ible's length and i ^ ''"' happy to bcs^tow praises so well j in tlie Tyrol, in ludy aed in foland ; an half from the rocks of the island.       ! deserved.
the Piave.—lhe prisoners amount al¬ ready to 60CO, auoitg win m are gen¬ erals Pi.ze and Bressaii. IVl ore i.rc constantly brougiit in* The lc>ss in killed and weui'ded greatly excetdb ihis number, and we bave t.ikeu 1(3 cannon, and 5 ea;^lt9 i"
Lo.NDo.v, May 15. There   have  arrived  since our last some more French Journals   aiid Ger¬ man Gazelles to tho J'th instant.    1 h;-y do not enable us lo luld a  t-inglc   im-
j pnrtaut fact to the   irat llig'.'iice   txelu- 1 &ive)y pe'ilislu d iiy us o.-, .Saturday, re-
midable. One account says—" At Gruniberg, Lamb., uh, Marburg, and some odier phicts, the people hacl dis¬ armed the miliciry, and hanged several ol the government agents charged with the exeeeiion ofthe ui)noxious decree. Siiine squadrons ui horse vvhich had l.i'.en iient to ilie camp at Hanover, and a diriLiion of Infantrj' vvhich had been ordered to E<ze, have been recalled by forced inarches. The S|)irit of discon¬ tent is not cuufined to Hessia—it ex¬ tends through Hanoi er and IJrunswick,' Weiteravia, and Tluiringia, and only v-aits a iavorable occasion to burst into aclion. (aiI. Dotnburg, of the West- phalian   Rangers, direct tho   malcon^
" At sun-d )vvn, the wind still blew i fresh I permitted each captain to ma- j noeuvre as hc might think best for liie • safety of his ohip. !
"^ I made a sign.-^l for the 4th and 5lh division of the flotilla to go and   main-
Si gvud,
".¦\LLEMAND." Sir.cc the reeeipt of lhe above leiter
the maritime   prefect   has that liirce vet-sel.H ai futc.
announced in   veering
; and Irom the enemy V arnv in Germa-    lents ; there are some reports of his ar- .« ny the a<:coiints by this crnveyance are | rest ; but other accounts rej.resent him not of so laie a date a.s iho.-e vvhich we i at the head ofa i.umerous and well or- also gave in our  last   from  the Third I ganized force." Bulletin of the  Frenih    iirmy.    The
tlieir eabie.s, -.vere run upon the  rocks :
tainalookout, for tvvo   hour.s,   at  ihe I ^i"'*'-'''^t)   ulieve   them,   tluir crews
stoccade : but the wind was so violent, that few of the vessels could make any way, and the greater part relui ned.
'• i sent an elhcer lo infi.irai general Brouvard, who efaninfind d on the isle of Aix, that tile enemy, oy his ma.ceu- vrcs, seiuied inclined to ti-.ke ailvantage ofthe high wind ami '..c:i to aueuipt a toujie-de-uiaiii : he aii.svi ered that he would vvaii it hrniiy., 'uui i.iii:',verior thii opperaiior.s on f-u,(h
"At half past eight f-ur English ves sels v»ere anchored ir. the curixut, the chief point of the v/iiu! heading iheir lire. The Ocean kt( ping LO tlie north west. They had sigiuds ..ud ap'pcared to i^e fi:.irg roukj lor the direcuon of their fire ships.
'"-It blew SO hard, th-it I found il im¬ possible to interrupt th^m, and I iliere¬ fore gave no orders ior that purpose.
"About 9 o'clock, a loud explosion took place at the stoccf.de, tvvo other.s succeeded it. A arig in llames siruck against the stoccade, and then succes¬ sively presented themselves .several brigs and thrte masted vessels under all sail, having fire in iheir bodieu ard rig¬ ging ; they weici lur a vvhile slopped, but at last Ireed ihemsrives, and suc¬ cessively arrived upon the lines.
''The first fell aboaid   the   Megulas, j and fastened on tiie starboard side ;    at the same lime, the second also   on fire fell upon the Ocefii:.
"1 had given crders to be   r.nidy   to \ veer the cables, or cufthem il neecssa- j :y, as the only means left  avoid   total ' ' destruction. j
"• As this fire shipcaine almost across | my bowsprit, I gave oidi.-rs to veer  the cable; ; but as it came   faster  than   the j Ocean made stern-vv^iv (ahhongh I had i ordered thc mizen lop-snil lo be backed t to the mast) I determined   to   cut  the iiorlli west cab'e, to come about to the south-east ; this ship succeeded.
'* Tae fire ships succeeding each o- , ther, coming v.ith sails filled with a lair \ wind into our stpeidron, aud directed pardcularly a^ahist the Ocean, which was in the ecntre of the iine, one of th( in tasttned uiiou the star-board quar t.r liolvvilbstandltig uh vve did to avoid it.
".Such was the :rue siui;uion   of the
were landed and they were then set on i fire,    'i he r.cTit tide the  eneniy   liegan ; to prepare new iire-&hips and bomb ves- { liels, Sc soon made a.i atiack,  l.'.ut   they were repiil-.ed with considerable loss, & did not proven: our sciu.-:idron from   re¬ turning to rep'.iir.
Such, lht:n, ;:re the means, which zn enemy, so superior  in   iraritirne   foice.
Austrian Bulletin of the first succsses of the Archduke John in Italv, fully confirms our lornur sinteuicnt upon this subject. The ent my commanded hy the Vice-King < f li.iiy hi jierson, were comi'leteiy defeated, vvitii the loss of 6000 prisoners, and a still greaier number in killed and vvcunded, besi.U.s 16 pieces of ciinnon and 3 eagKs. A- monglhe prisoners lakoii are generals Paze and BiosMr.i The Pans and Milan pajevs aitempt I') give a   di'Ver-
i.s not ashamed to emj'.loy! They avoid rent colijiiiig to the r tall o-f -ms aa.e.r, fighiirig hhip lo ship, or men to men I but the Au'itri.in ;iCi,..i.:i-; bvar so i.i...".}- but launch against us infernal ma- i fecitures of truth, that on-dence cai.uot chines i Th-.-.y pro;:iaiin themsclvc;» i be denied ihtm, in preference to the con(]uerors, liut they are only incendia- ¦ obviously uncauoid statenier.ta   of the
I enemy. I'l.e Austrui.'.s givegeograph- ¦ ical proofs of their hi.ving   in   lhe   hrst
instance consideraljly advanced :— i whilst,.vvith t.i! ihe pretensions of the I enemy, the utmost ihe3'   can  assert hs
that they  maii.iain   a   |)osition  on  thc
We know that there have at all times
been fire-ships, but   (ovvardice   i.isepa-
rabJe fiom their employment is explo- ; ded by all nations : Tlu y form no part ; of the regular s) ste.m of m;;riuiiie  war-
1 hire ; and, if, inthe 17'ih century, some | Piave. In Italy therefore affiirs wore j de'-perate adveniorers prof cd by them j a promising asjiect on the part of the I these men were before hand   disowned
bv their govcrum'I.t, and  an  infamous
death awaited them d taken.
It is very worthy of the  present   go-
vrrnnient ui Eng-ur.d, to iiiiur.iucc  the
e.se of fire-ships,-and to  a-.id    to   t'.i.m
i. ternal iii.ichiiies, to muh;ply ail iho.se
liorr'.!rs vihich lhe utiani;i>ous txecra- j lion of enlighu ned states, had  njected
from the in. ived op'eration of war, it i became such a p,ovtrnmt(.'t to < xper.tl j enoiinous sums* tor such an infamous j e:vj:edit!on,the resnli of whiih has been ' bo inleri( r to their exDcf tailors.
* It it: calcidaled that rhis expedition cost, in vessels, bombs, powder, (Jfe. a- bovejive ndllicns.
Boston, July 10 The following highly pleasing intelli¬ gence, vvas poliieiy iiauded us in' a gen¬ tleman Irom Aiontreal, where it vvas receiv cdbv lui arrival in a sliort jiassagc from I'lngland, and immediately pub¬ lished in a Hand Bilh
ACSfRiAN SUCCF.SSES.
FlRsr AUSTHI.VN Buin.ETI.M.
IIecid-quc'rfers,S;teih, April 17. " On the lOih aud the ifdi, his iin- I perial highne.-is the archvluke John, vvilh ' the armv under his coiiiiiiand, t ntered I the territory of Ericule, by Ponteba, f Cividale, and (>ort.i,  and,  after   some
Austrians, itie n.ore cspe.;iallv as ihe iu^proved slate of the Tyrol is so high¬ ly favorably to tht-ir cause. Vv'e have nothing to add to the account we give ou Saturday oi ilie capture of Wais-avv by the ^Vusiriaii ra-my of the Archduke Feruinand, except that a Polish regi¬ ment laid down ihcir arms at Tarcy'/.n and that the garrison of Warsaw, on its retreat lo Kalish, had been pursued for tvvo dajs, and that many p. isoners vvere taken.
In Germany,   vve  learn  by   adv ices
Our London accou 'ts to May Iti, present a new and more fiivourable as¬ pect of the   allairs   of   Au.stria.    The Archduke John, vvith an army of about j 80,000 troops, vvhich he took with him inU) Italy, has been enabled to  oppose the French in that quarter,   with greatl success ; and ji/uiecl as be wiM be, by  a huge and gallant army Jrom the   Tyro¬ lese, vve have great and promising hopes that he will be ahl j to drive the French - compftely out of Italv-    To this pleas¬ ing view, is   superadded   the   circuin- 31 u.ce oi tlie favoraulc position   of the ' Archduke Charles,  after experiencing " the defeat of his troops at Eckmuhl  Sc' llaiiobou.    This pio.^ition places him in froiit of the ricliestand securest parts of Bohemia, vv h'.:re his losses both in men, iiihlt.iry apparatus aud ammunition, can ' be readily made up ; and from whence he vvili hc able  to   make   advances   a- . gainst die e.iemy, under very favorablts and promising auspices.    Vv'hat success will attend the elforts of   the Emperor Francis in bringing forward the reserve of contingent militia, it is impossible lc foretel, as the rousing   to   arms   of a vvhole nation, must depend on the spi¬ rit by which the people are to be actu- aied, and the  means   used   to awakea that impulse ol the soul, which inspires a ¦/.-•alous   and   disinterested   love   of comiiry ; but this much appears   to  be eeiiain, that ii he is enabled to assemble a p'ovveriul army,   and   advance   upon lhe enemy, the   great   Napoleon,   will fiid liini:%eli in a siluation   from which
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brought on Saturday, by  au   Austrian ( his utmost skill may lark   invention   to IMessenger vvho le!i Heligoland on the I extricate hini. [Boston Gazette.
7th inst. thiit the Archduke  Charles
,     ,., .         .           .      „ i r.'.posiiion, Lidvaieed on the lolhtothe
vessels o^ his ,n-ne.ty,lh.   flames   cur- j .    '       ,„^^^^^^,_    The.enemv   retired   a-
rymgfl:ik.sothre nf^^g US   batteries. | ^,.,,-^ ^,^^ ^;        j.,^ ^^j^^^   -^^   j^j,   ,,,;^i,
xl.ipp.lylrusji-eshr,h.idagreatare:i; ^,^ ^        ,   i,,  tK,:^  ^ear.    Tnis iane-
a warded off, l.'»ut only to ; a-^lcn to the ropes near I'leetains. VVe vet tried to diser.g.,g>^ oursehe.s from it, whon i;s bowsprit entered the fure-cat-heud ; we could not cut it, aa4  tho  heut vvas
lioi), waica probctbiyfcok phic^ at Sa- eile, mitde ih* hostile army fi^'^ divi- sion.s siroiig ir. the night cf lhe lllh, hi.4 iin.jea-iai hi^hu,iS!i   pror,eedrd  vvith
the  aJvaueed g'iirJ tu.rards    Pord.'-
so late as the 28di iilr. eontinued on die Kegen between the  Chairn   aud   Stoll- v/ang,   where  he  was joined   hy   the divisions of General Klenau and   Ikl- legarde and a corps  fd reserve under Cieneral   Norman.  -The  divisions   of Generals Hiller, St. Vincent and Kien- mayer nad also joined   him,   and   thus augmented the army under the   imme¬ diate command of die Areliduke to one hundred Sc sixty liiousand men. W'urtz- burgh is reported  to have  been  occu- iiied   by   a   detachment  under   Cou.nt ivleuau, and it was added that  another corps had laken possession ot Dresden, —We knovv not v. hat degree of credit to attach to these starem.ents, but  iiO]te they will prove correct.    At all ev-.nt-, we trust that Bon.\parte, will  ;il'...iri y have to repent ior ihis temciiiv in ii;-.;- ir;g advanced .lofar, having in a li'.mhcr the formidable army of the Arcluluke Charles in his rsar, and in this hope we are encour.iged by a;l the private  advi- j ces received  by  the   I'^ist   conveyance. : 1 he Emperor-uf Germany, vve are h;".p- • *"¦ find, is Uot in the least dismayed
From the New-Tork Evening Post.        \ The following superseripiion is copi-    \ ed from a letter thai passed through the post-office in lliis city a few days since. ''. "• Mr. Cornelious Caivir atthe wast   '' '• Branch ol Sissihani Santcr County- "fi; "lliis latter mus Be Sant trom Post?, j^!'; " to Post till lu: Come to the  Plasei * i ''•firsiio Phillidelphia then to  Wil-.>1.r| "- bams Pons then to  Mr. forgeton m •! "-at the Boung gland ther-- he   mus.fel ! '^ V.c lait at the Post offist" '¦• i-rl
MARRIED. J
In Staunton (V'ir;r.) on the 2Sih of" June, by tl.e Kev. ivir. King, Jamks. StEVi'.NSON, alias Stau.\''ion-, a;:;ed lOO' Mi.lS, lo hn.I.'^^AKETH CuitMi^s, agi d^' 'v ii; and whut i.uikcs it more rem.irku-*' l-te. is, -.lull i',vooi tlie oldest batcheilors' in thc count;.- aa.-.isU'cl: lu making the match.
A Cnpt.
.'A, di'.'uat Boston';
on lhe 26th Uil. aged Cli, ivho had cross- , ed lhe iitianiic one hundrid and eleven times I