IMPORTANT.
Baltimore, March 12.
« Two of our first merchants here
hase ceceived letters from a distinguisned
gentlemen in Holland. He says the Prince
of Swartzenberg’s proclamation has been
received. That the negociation between
the Allies and Bonaparte is broken up—
that they allies are entering Fracne in great
force ; one division to Lyons to co-operate
with Welfington ; the other directiy to Pa-
ris. E i
Since the above Jétter was handed tous
we have received the Prince of Swartzen-
berg’s proclamation, which is subjoined Bo-
naparte will now be cut off, or the French
wili rise en masse and surround the throne
‘of their emperor. It is doubtful what will
Abe the consequence of invading France, It
the tyrant’s fate, +e is destroyed or will
overwhelm the invaders. No doubt Aus-
tria has stipulated the continuance of the
present dynasty.
etl § O——
‘ew York March 10.—~Notwithstanding
the late arival from France at this port, has
put us in posession of Paris papers 30 days
later than before received, yet such 1s the
shackled state of the press in that country
that little or nothing of the true situation
© of affairs can be gathered from their con-
tents. We therefore have to rely on pri
vate letters to gentiemen in this country
from their correspondents on the continent
of Europe, for a correct account of events
which transpire in that quarter of the
world. :
It appears from letters which we have
seen, dated Switzerland, the 25th Decem.
that the Russian and Austrian army was
expected at Lausanue, the same evening
and that they were to enter Geneva on the
must be ope way or the other, decisive of
“ify,
when the object at which we aim is ace
complished, and when the tranquility of the
world, as well as your liberty and your
happiness shall be secured.
FROM ENGLAND.
[By way of Charieston, §. C.]
By the sche. North Gray, captain Grant,
Greenork, last from Portsmouth, in 24 days,
English papers are received to the 1st of
Jan. furuished intellegence of as glorious
and important a nature, as that to which we
are of late accustomed. The despatches
irom Lord Wellington are long and high=
1y interesting. i Te
Lord Castlereagh embarked on the 27th
Dec. for the continent, to proceed to Frank-
fort, where the different sovereigns were
assembled, but peace is not spoken of. ’
ZL.ondon, Dec. 30.
Despatches, from Lord Wellington.
TOTAL DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH.
At 30’clock yesterday afternoony major
Hill aid-de-camp to lieuts general Rowland
Hill, passed through this city with the of-
ficial despatches, announcing the defeat of
the French army betore Bayonne.
On the 9th inst. general Hope attacked
the enemy, but which was attended with
nothing decisive.—On the 10th & 11th, Soult
attempted to force our army to re:pass the
Nive, in which he was re-pulsed with con=
giderable loss. On the 12th, Soult brought
the whole of his troops from Bayonne, and
on the morning of the 13th attacked the
30th, on their march towards Lyons, anozspight wing of the allied army, under gen.
ther Column was marchin towards Paris 4
5 R.Hill
and had already reached Belfort. _ ~~
To the politeness of the gentlemen who
communicated the above intelligence, we
are also indebted for the following inter-
esting proclamation.
Proclamation of Ficld Marshall the Prince
of Swartzenberg, dated at Lorach (near
Basle) Dec. 21, 1813.
Inhabitants of Switzerland.
The high allied powers by whose orders
the armies under my command enter the
Swiss territory; have deemed it necessary
5 make to you, as wellas to Eurepc.a for-
mal declaration of the motives and of the
abject of this proceeding. is
i am fully persuaded that our entrance
into Switzerland will diffuse a sincere
joy among those who know how to appre-
“inte the true intersts of this country, and
among all the friends of the ancient inde-
© pendence of Switzerland, of her ancient
glory and prosperity, and of her ancienit
federal constitution, which was esteemed
and respected by the whole world. 1 con-
ceive myself fully authorised to expect
from this class, doubtless very numerous
of true patriots, that they will receive us
as friends, and that they wiil assist us with
all their means because they themselves
must be convinced how greatly socver the
object of this war , which 1s the re-esta-
blisiiment of a just and wise system in Eu
rope, must influence the future fate of
Switzerland and her most important na(s
onl interests. ; x
"| have no fear that any reluctance will be
expressed except by those who are so de-
generate or blinded as to prefer the main-
tenance of French domination to the wel-
fare and consequent prosperity of thir fellow
citizens ; nor do I amicipate discontent or
indifference but from those, who with sen-
‘timents in other respects loyal, consider
the entrance of a foreign army into their
country as the greatest of all evils
Itis to be hoped that any reluctance will
find few partizans ‘at a momont when truly
patriotic sentiments are prevalent, when no
foreign power will any longer controul pub-
lic opinion, and that the latter will consider
that momentary sacrifices are soon forgot-
ten when the preservation of the greatest
interests of a people and the prospect of a
happy issue are the price of them: and
hat none but weak and selfish men will be
disposed to purchase the continuance of
an uncertain tranquility by the progress-
jve degredation and permanent debase-
ment of thelr country.
Every thing that can be effected by strict
order and severe disciplings by the pay-
ment for provisions and for the means of
transport that are to be supplied and by
exertions of every kind to lessen the in-
conveniences inseparable from the pre-
gcuce of a numerous army shall be done
with the greatest care.
We come among you as friends to your
country, to your glory, to your rights, and
we act as such under all circumstances.
Assured of your good will and of your co-
peration, we bope to be enabled to quit you
ccompanied by your affection and gratitude
, which brought ona general en-
gagement, and ended in the total defeat of
the French army with a loss on their pat
of 10,000 to 12,000 men. Our loss is esti-
mated at’ between 8 and 4,000 thousand in
killed and wounded. Col. Martin and
Mackenzie of the guards, killed ; gens
Hope, Robinson and Barnes, wounded:
Soult is shut up in Bayonne. Lord
Wellington had not crossed the Adour on
the 16m gh
Another officer passed through express’
supposed with du-
>
at seven this morning,
plicates of the above dispatches, and the
ist of killed and wounded.
The following account has beeu receiv-
¢d from Plymouth.
The Gleaner, licut. Knight, arrived this
morning with maj. Hill, bringing despatch-
es containing the account of the glorious se”
ries of victories obtained over the French
army, commanded by marshal Soult. The
battle lasted four days, commencing on the
9th and ending on the 13th; the latter day
was the most serious and bloody, the French
the field of battle upwaras
having left on
There loss on that day alone
of 6,500 men. 1
exceeded 8000 men and in the whole must
have amounted to nearly 15,000. They re-
treated after the battle of the 13th into Bay-
onnes where Soult with about 40,000 men
is comlpetely hemmed in, and surrounded
by the Allied army, sir Rowland Hill, with
his division being inadvance of Bayonne.
The Allied army as might be expected in
such hard fought battles, sustained great
Joss--- the guards alone had 600 killed ; the
97th also suffered severely. But few pris-
oners were taken. Three regiments of
Germans& Dutch deserted from the French
and were embarking at the time the Glean-
er sailed. They have since arrived at this
port in transports, under convoy of the Mar-
sual gun brig.
“Here follows an official despatch of Lord
Wellington, describing the action. |
BULLETIN.
War Department, Dec. 29,
A despatch has been received from the
licut, gov. of Heligoland, enclosing copies
of letters from the Rusian gen. Fcttenporn,
dated 'Tubinger, the 11th and 18th Decem-
ber
By these it appears that the allied army
under the Prince Royal of sweden, had
subdued the whole of the Duchy of Hols-
tein and a part of the Duchy of Sleswig ?
with the exception of the fortresses of
Gluckstadt and Rendsburg. In the latter
of these places the Danish army had tak-
EL
form military COmMINissions,
en refuge, after having been ut off from
marshai Davoust’s corps, and having been
defeated in two actions by gen. \Wanuoden,
and by the Swedish woops. Rendsburg
was completetly surounded, and the Danisn
army was cut off from relief.
Marshal Davoust had retired into Ham-
burg---By his retreat he left the right of the
Danes exposed to the misfortunes
cavalry was overtaken and routed atter a
sharp action, by the Ruslan division under
en. Woronzow
The allied troops, after this success, cros-
sed the Eyder, and had already overrun a
great part of Sicswig, when the Danisn
government solicited and obtained a sus-
pension of arms. By the terms of tnis ar-
mistic the whole of Holstein and that part
of Sieswig bordering the Eyder, and to re- |
main in the possession ofthe allies, and the
Danish army in Rendsburg is to remainuns
molested but is to receive provisions only
through the country occupied by the allied
troops, and is to make no addition to the
existing works of the placc.
AE
Paris, Dec. 27.
Palace of the Thuilleries, 26th Decem,
ber 1813. 4
Napolcon, emperor of the French, King
“oftaly, protector of the confederation
of tae Rhine, mediator ob the Swiss con
federation; &¢. a :
We have decreed and do decree as fol:
lows: , An
Art. I There shall be sent senators
or counsciieis of siaie into them 1 tary di-
visions, as comiuissaries extraordniary.—
They stil be accom} anied by masters of
the request or auditors.
il. Our comussarics extraordinary are
charged with accelerating.
1st The levies of tue conscription.
2d. The clothing, equipment and arma-
ment of the troops.
3d. The completion of the victualling of
places: | vis. : oa
4th. ‘The return of the horses in requisi=
tion for the service of the army.
sth. The levy and organization of the na-
ol
tioual guards in conformity to our de-
crees. ;
Our said commissarics extraordinary
may axtend the dispositions of said decrees
to cities and places not comprised there-
in,
our commissaries extraor-
dinary wno shai be scut in countries tareat-
ened Dy wmv veep, shall Larder ieyies en
III. Those of
niasse, and any other measure whatsoevery ~
necessary for the defence of the territory,
and which the duty of opposing the pro-
ress of the anemy may command. Spe-
cial instructions shall moreover be given
them, In respect to the peculiar situation
of the departments to which they shall be
misstoned. .
LV. Our commissaries € xtraordinaty are
authorized to order all the measures of ie
high police which circumstances and the
maintenance of the public order may re-
quire. a a
Vv. They shall likewise be authorised to
and arraigh be-
tore them or before special courts ail per-
sons accused of favoring the enemy, of
convey ig intellegence from him, or of at-
tempts against the public tranquility.
VI. They may issue proclamations and
take resolves. The said resolut.on shali be
obligatory upon every citizen. "I'he judicia-
ry authority, civil and military are heid to
conform themselves therewith and to cause
them to be carried into execution. ik
VIL. Our eommissaries exiraordinary
shall correspond with our ministers in mat-
ters relative to cach seperate ministry.
Our ministers are charged with the exces
cution of the present decree, which shall
be inserted in the bulletin of the laws.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
By the emperor,
The minister of state.
Signed) ~~ DUKE OF BASSANO:
y a decree bearing the same date with
the preceding, the comissaries extraordi-
nary and their attendants are appointed.
—And by subsequent dates we will no-
tice their having arrived at their difter-
ent stations, acting under their new €om-
mission.
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A letter received in Philadelphia; states
that the United States frigate Constitu-
v1ox has sent into Newport as prize a Brit-
ish sloop of war.
Fo—il
EgArrived at Newport on Thursday last,
the Spanish schr. Fortuna, Roderiguiz, 23
days from Havannah. March 9, lat. 58
long. 70, was boarded from the British sloop
ot war Sylph, from Halifax, bound to New
London station, and informed that 5 days
before they spoke the U. S. John Adams,
from New York for Gottenburg, with #ho
commissioners, all yell
they |
suffered ; and upon his march the French:
KX
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RESPLCTFULLY informs his friend "
P pu lic in genera, that he intends com- ¥
1enci the Saddle and Harness make re
pusiness by the first day of April os) hal
ih the s
orough of Bellefonte at the cornep
ket and Man streets, immediately
ite Mr. Alexander’s tavern. . He flats
self that from an attention te busis
d the superior quality of his works
a share of the pulic patrosage. i
g § say
or . All orders will be thankfully yes
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ceived aud punctully attended to.
i Bellefonte, Mar:h 19, 1814.
KILANE
odo IN 14AT0
TA LOR and LADY’s HABIT
MAKER,
(Late from Philadelphia )
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RESPECTFULLY infoms’ the inhabie :
tants of Bellefonte and its vicinity, that he
poses carrying on the above business
in} Bellefonte, at the House of R. T. Stew-
ait, Esq. He flatter himself that from his
at ention £0 business, and his former expes
ce, that he will give general satistac-
om —r
§ NOTICE,
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Mr.
ol M:Clare, late of Spring Township :
Centre County, dec. are requested to come |
forward: immediately, and discharge the
same ; @bd those having demands, against
said estdte, will please to bring them for-
ward prgperly attested for settiement be- |
fore theirs day or July next.
& R. T. STL4eR T, Admz 4 4
Bellefonte, March 9th, 1814. J i
— EP IPI my DH We . :
LOST, :
ON the road leading from Bellefonte to
Mr. Johsistons tavern, a handsome Sword
Cane. Any person finding, and leaving it
rewarded.
2) March 6, 1814.
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at the office of the American Patriot, e
—
DLICHE REGISTRATOR.
German paper, under the above
regularly published at the of- |
ye
; Tuesday morning, apd im-
rded with the Repository
tarough ths county, and by the different
mails, as dre ed—Nearly the whole con-
tents of his paper is weckly tramelated
from the atest linglish pagers. Aud from
the respe:able patronage aircady received,
(and whih is dally receiving) those who
Dave adv:rtisments to publish, will find it |
their adwantage to send them to this paper. 1
Chamersburg, January 1814. [at ££:
“y= Subscriptions will be taken at this
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Cir QFE L AND
« SITJATE Pennsvalléy, Haynes town-
ship, Is the county of Centre, and on the
main oad leading from Pennsvallcy to
Brushvalley ; containing one hundred and
fiity ares, thi of which are cleared and
under ;ood fencg. ‘Fhere is running through
the premises a Stream of water sufficiently ~~ ¢
large or turning a Fuiling Mili or Carding
Machne. The place is suitably situated
for a Viechanic of any kind, being ina po= yo
pulous part of the country. For further, © "+
particulars enquire of James Duuocan, Lisg.
Aaroisburg, or the subscriber living at !
Belldonte. | ;
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ADAM WENTZELL. |
N.B. This place is about two miles froma *.*
Myr. Dancans’ Upper Mill abdwithun five |
of Awousburg. There bas been a taverh
kept upon the premises. :
We
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THE Subscriber respectfully informs © |
hit friends, and the public int general, that
he has commenced the Saddle and Harness |
making business; in Bellelonte, next doo% |
to Mr. Roland Curt'n’s storeywhere al
ders will be thankfully received, and PRE
wally attended to, by * SY .
r WILLIAM KEEVER}
Bell fonte, February Yi 184,
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