the arm foment of your rcades as i can ea- iily fupoiv that in fuch a lequeftcred cor ner wnictv may not always be fod 1 prekrt you with a penmen and if i find it is mfrted you hall have more for i have lorg labored under the cacoeihes fcribendu before the american war our great con- tra5w mr e was an indian trader of low credit and of indifferent reputation having been difcovtud by kis correfpondmts at montreal fertile in expedients and more hf- pofed to augment than to diminilh the bai lee againtihwn thy judged it molt pru dent to decline fupiying hi n any longer and to put up with their fiiftlof a aritvous difappointment which he met with in the interior added to this resolution reduced him to beggary at this time capt n was appointed to command at miriiimackinac this gentleman finding mr e very attentive and obliging tk compaffion on him procured him a lew goods or credit and avc him the preference in his tranfaftions with the indians in a fw years mr e amaffei a onfiderable fen of money anl fought to reeftabiifh his c ed it in montreal not by full payment but by a composition iv hen i found myfelf fays he foi he tald the flory in the poffef- fion of izqo 1 tefohcd on going to mon treal to purchafe the goods 1 vanted by which 1 could make a great fav but i owed 400 which 1 was unwilling to pay i went to my creditors told them a lament- tfiaz itory of my hardships and loffes amono- the irdions and they gave me a difcharge for 26 in the pound in a few days it ap peared that be was worth tzoo he re turned to michiiimackinac where he contin ued to enjoy the fame advantages for fome years longer through the favor of capt n- snd after the peace he removed to n york wih a fortune of 30000 here he lent his money to perions in diflrefs at moll e- rormous rates of intereft but lie had the at to rean hia reputation rill a temptation prefented itfef which he could not refill on of his friends was arrcfted for debt to r lartrc amount and an extenfive tradt of land which he pcflvifed was to be fold for the benefit of the ci editors the friend of the debtor agreed to buy it in for his benelir an it w um go very low and mr e was ap pointed to bid at the fale he purchafed the land infinitely below the teal value but inllead of rt lloring them according to agree ment he kept them for himfelf soon after this ftroke of policy which nhicrum ntttoi had ben to england returned to canada by the way of new york he had never prof ited by mr es profperous dealings among the indians and when he had paid the pal- fag money for himfelf and family he found his purfe empty but hearing that his old friend mi e was in new ymk lie waited on him to procure a fupply to be remitted from quebec mr e refnfedto aitiil him the captain was ad nail y obliged to fell a negio woman and thus to deprive his lady of the only fervant flic had to afiill her in the care of fix children so much for mr es pratitude he has been elected a di- reor of one of the principal banks he has built an elegant villa in the neighborhood of the city he keeps a coach is attended by livery fervants and lives mod fumpruoufly but he enjoys neither refpett nor influence his true charadleris known and although he may be worth two plums he is execrated by all honed men you fee then mr reck oner that the world is fometimes juft yours aristarchus new york 2d march 1s11 foreign intelligence 000ooq official and interesting the following tranflations from lljbon papers contain the details cf the proceedings of the french and combined armies from the com mencement of majferucs retreat down to the middle of march from thefe it appears that the french have a bandoned portugal that majfena has pojl- poned u driving the englifh into the fea till forne future dan and that bonaparte will have to ijfue another order for planting his eagles on the rampart of lifbon the atro cities of ths french in portugal have been fuch as to fix a hatred to them in the minds of the people cf that nation y which will not be eradicated in tzvo or three generations to come bonaparte if ever he conquers port ugal tvill have to drive the inhabitants of thai devoted country into the fea as well as the enyjjjh they noill never fubmit to his government as long as a man of the prefent gtneralim is able to grafp a dirk extract from two official letters from lord wellington to his excellency don pi- guel perieri forjaz the enemy retired from the pofit ion which he bad occupied in sanaiemand it vicinity ifi tfc pigty y ih i i ijiva fauna ciately put n moiion the britilh army in or der to follow him on the morning of the 6th his fird mvemet indicated an intention of forming a junetori with a confiderable force at 1 homar fa conlequence i detached towards that town imi the 8th a confiderable body of troops confilling of a part of the dviions commanded by mafhal sir w beieifcrd under the orders of maj gen the hon wm stewart nd which had parted the tagusat abrantcs and afterwards at the ze- zere and of the 4th 6th and part of the id divifion of infantry arid alfo of 2 brigades of britilh cavalry the enemy however con tinued his march for the banks of the mon- dego the 2d corps proceeding at the fame time by the road of efjunhal and the divif- ion of gen loifnn by that of the anciao and the red of the army by the roacl that leads to the town of pombal the lad for- ce were followed and never loft fight of by the light diviiiou regiment of royal drag oons and the id regiment of huffars who to k near 200 prifoners on that day on the 9th the enemy formed a junflion oppofite the town of pombal with the 6th corps excepting gen loifons divifjon the 8th ctps the 9th and the divifion com manded by gen montbrun the huttars and the royal dragoons who with the light divilion weie immediately in front of the enemys army diftinguilhed themfelves on this occafion by a charge which they made upon it under the cctnmand of col arentf- childt a detachment of the regiment of dragoons no jcmmanded by lieutweg- land and which had been reconnoitring the enemy near leyra made priloners of a de tachment of the enenys dragoons and hav ing followed the enemy from leyra arrived at the camp juft in ime to join their com panions in making tie charge it was not pollible for me to celled a fuffieient number of troops to commerce my operations againft the enemy until the nth 5 on that day the id 3d 4th 6th a ri light divifion of infant ry the brigade of gn pack and the whole britifli cavalry formed a junction at the camp immediately in from of the enemy who had begun to retire frorr his pofition during the night he was then follcwed by the light divif ion by the huffars royal dragoons and brig gen packs brigade all under the com mand of maj gen slave and endeavoring to keep poffeflioii of the od cattle of the town ci pombal was difladged from it but the 6h corps and the cavalry of gen moutbrun vltifcfei vnata tifeie inr jtntru r by the 8th corps kept poffefilon cf the camp on the other fule of the town our troops not having arrived in time to complete the ar rangements for the attack before dark on this occafion the battalion of portugucfe chadeun commanded by it col elder ilif- unguifhed itfelf tlie enemy retired during the night and on the following day the 15th ind the oh corps with gen monlbruns cavalry took a ftrong pofition in the outlet of a defile filia ted between pombal and redinha polling their right in a wood and upon the river of soure and their left extended towards the heights and fides of the mountains above the river which paffes redinha leaving that place in their rear 1 attacked them on the fame day in this pofition with the 3d 4th and light divilion of infantry and with the brigade of general pack and cavalry the other troops formed the refer ve the pod in the wood upon the right of the enemy was fird forced by maj gen fir wm eikine with the light divifion we were then able to form the troops in the plain on the other fide of the defile while the 3d divifion under the command of raaj general pidton was formed in the ikirts of the wood in twolinesj and likewife upon the right the 4th divifion commanded by maj gen- cole formed til two lines in the centre hav ing hrig gen pack brigade fupporting it on its right and communicating with the 3d divifion and the light divifion formed in two lines on the left thefe troops were fupport- ed in their rear by the britifli cavalry the id 5th and 6h diulions formed the referve our troops were formed with the greateft exadtnefs and celerity and it gen fir brent spencer putting himfelf at their head and leading the line which attacked the pod of the enemy upon the heights they were imme diately diflodged from them with the lols of many men killed wounded and priloners major gen fir wm erfkine particularly mentions the brave conduct of the 5 2d regi ment andof the chaflcurs under the command of col elder in the attack of the wood to which i ought to add that 1 never faw any thing done in a more handfome manner than the diflodging of the french infantry vho on this occafion occupied the faid wood there was only one narrow bridge ever the river of redinha and one ford neat bridge by which our light troops paflcd vth thofe of the enemy but as the enemys ir tillery commanded thofe pafiages fome i dsdfcd before we could place on the otc fide a fufficient number or body of troops to make new difpofiiions and attack the heights on which they had again polled them- felres the 3d divifion however pafled and aain manoeuvred upon the enemys left flank while the light infantry and the cavalry fuj ported by the light divifion compelled their principal force to fall back towardscordeixa the light infantry belonging to the divif ion of gen plon and under the command of lieut col williams and the chafteurs n 4 commanded by col regowere the troops which had theprincipal fliarcin thisopcration we yellerday found the whale of the ene mys army with the exception of the 2d coips which was ft ill in efpinhal polled in a very ftrong pofition in condeixa and i ob- ferved that they were then fending their bag gage by the road to the bridge of murcella i conduced from this circomllance that col trant had not left coimbra and that th enemy having been very much prefled and clofcly purfued in their retreat had not been able to detach troops to force or diflodge col trant from tht city ill confequencre i cauf- ed the 3d divifion under the command of ma jor gen pifton to march acrois the moun tains on the left of the enemy and along the fihrs of the only road which remained open for their retreat this manoeuvre produced the immediate cffefl of diflodging them from the flrong pofition which they occupied in condeixa and lad night they encamped in the mountains at a place cabled cflal novo didant one league faom condeixa we immediately opened a communication with coimbra and made prifoners of a de tachment of the enemys cavalry that was on the road to that city we found this morning the 6th and 8th corps formed in a very ftrong pofition near caflal novo the light divifion immediately attacked drove back tiseir advanced pods but we could only diflodge them from the pofition which they occupied by means of movements on their flanks i therefore or dered the 4th divifion under the command of gen cole to move towards penella for thv purpofe of fecuring the paflage ot the riv er efa and the communication with efpin hal near which major e nightingale had been obferving the movements of the id corps of the enemy lince the 10th ind while the 3d divifnn commanded by major gen pic- ton moved immediately turning the enemys left and the light divifion with brig gen packs brigade under the command of major gen fir w erfihnc turned their nht ana major gen campbell with the 6th divilion fupported the light troops by which the en emy wa attacked in front thefe troops were fupported by the cavalry and id and 5th di vilion and the brigade of col afliworth in referve thefe movements compelled the enemy to abandon all the pofitions which he fucccifively took in the mountains and the two corps of the army which formed the rear guard of the enemy were at the fame time driven back towards the main body of their army pofted at miranda du corvo and rivtr efa with confiderable lofs in killed wounded and prifoners in the operations of this day ih regim ents no 43 52 95 and 3d of chaflcurs un der the command of colonels drummond beckwith and major patrickfon lieut col rcfs majors gilman and stewart and lieut col elder particularly diftingmihed them felves as did alfo the battalions of light in fantry belonging to the divifion of gcu pic- ton and commanded by it col williams and the chafleurs no 4 commanded by col rego and the flying artillery commanded by captains rois and bull the refult of thefe operations has been the prefervation of coimbra and beira aha from the devaltations of the enemy and the opening to us the communication with the northernprovinces as well as obliging the en emy to make his retreat by the road of the bridge of murcella in which they may be hanafled and purfued by the militia who will a with fafety upon their flunks while the allied army continues to purfue them clofely and harrafs their iear all tins part of the country affords the greateft advantages in pofitions for a retreat ing army and of this ihe enemy knew how to avail himfelf he retreats from the coun try in the fame manner he entered it that is in a folid mafs covering his renr ginrd in all marches by the operations of one or two corps of the army in the ftrone pofitions which the country affords him thole corps arc very clcfely fupported by the main body of the army before they quitted their pofi tion they deftroyed part of their artillery and ammunition and then blew up or ren dered ufelefa every thing that their horfes were unable to carry they have no pro- vifions except what they plunder and which are carried at the expeufe of the foldicrs ex cept fume cattle which rhey carry with them it is with confiderable pain that i am o- btfeed to add to this account thnl the cwii- dilft vf the enemy in iheir retreat in every pjrt is fuch that their bavbsrhrvfl have fill- doiu btca equalled but woe irvu exceeded even the towns of torres novaa thomar and pernes in which their head quarters had been for months and in which the inhabit ants had been induced by promifes of g treatment to remain were plundered and rjj ny of the houfes burned on the night when the enemy retired from the pofition wtv they occupied they afterwards burnea a the places and towns through which thj pafled in their retreat the convent of au cobafa was burned by orders fent from the french headquarters the palace of th bifliop of leyra as well as the whole city in which gen drouets headquarters had been met with the fame fate and there i not a fingle inhabitant of the country of any clafs or defcription of thofe who remained aud had intercourfe with the french army who has not reafon to complain bitterly of the atrocitie which they have experienced from the enemy it is thus that the enemy have fulfilled the promifes and executed the threats contained in the proclamation of the french commander in chief in which he told the inhabitants of the kingdom of portugal that he had not come to make war againll them but that he brought a powerful army of 1 10000 fighting men to drive the eng lifh out of the kingdom and compel them to embark i entertain hopes that the example of what has occurred in this country will teach its inhabitants 3nd thofe of other nations what reliance they ought to place upon fuch pro mifes and fuch threats and that the only fecurity they have for the prefer vation of their lives aud of every thing dear to them is in a deeifive and determined refolulion to refifl the enemy 1 have the honor to enclofe to your excel lency lids of the killed and wounded in the different affairs which the army has had with the enemy fincehe commenced his retreat i mull alfo communicate to your excelled cy that 1 have received the molt able and cor dial afiidance in every operation mentioned in this defpatch from lieut gen fir brent siencer and from marflial fir w- bedford whom 1 had requelled to pafs the tagus and who has been with me lince the itth inftant from major gens fir w- erkine campbell pidlon cole slade and from ma jor gen the hon george colvile as well as from all the generals and officers com manding the refpeivc brigades under the orders of the generals named i am partic ularly indebted for frrviccs of the higheft vi rility to rjnarttrnafler m col murray w the deputy adj gen the hon col pakenharn and to officers in the quarter matter gener department and likewife to the officers of my flaff from whom 1 have received all the aid and afliftance which they could afford me i feel much tegiet at having to inform your excellency that the town of badajoz surrendered or the 1 ith ind to the enemy i have not yet learned the particulars df that event but i have no doubt with refpeft to the fpft from the moment that the enerrr entered eftcdura and directed their view and efforts towards that place my attention has bc23 diicilcd to the means of faving before the unfortunate battle of the 19th of feb i had determined to reinforce the opanifli army and that for the purpofe of r bligbg the enemy to raife the fige of that place that determination was to have been carried into effett as foon as i flionld receive and be joined by the reinforcements which i expefted would arrive in the tagus by the end of the month of january the battle of the 19th feb deftroyed the spanifli troops upon whote aid and coope ration i rtied it then became impofgbleto detach a fnfncfciu number of troops to efft the objefi that i had in view and this was the cale even aftei the arrival of the rein forcemeats unkfs the enemy had removed from the pofition that they occupied upon the tagus i then determined to attack the enemy in his pofition as foon as i fhould be joined by the reinforcements in cafe of the weather being fuch as to make the roada pal- fable the reinforcements arrived in the begin ning of maich but had not then joined the army aud in the night of the 5th the enemy retired from the pofition he occupied on the 6th irllant- 1 dciii ed gen leire the gover nor of elvas to communicate to the governor of badajoz by means of fignals or in any other manner which might belt fuit that maffeua had begun to retreat and that he miftkt he allured that 1 would fend him fuc- cour n foon as poffible in the meantime i trolled that he would defend the place to the laft extremity i had in confeqnence made ev rv arrangement to detach a body oj troops when they fhould leave the tagus aud the zeerc and accuidingly with this vie troops marched from thomar on the 9th w they did alio from other points that part of the corps of malhal berrjurri which have taken poll on ihe other fide of the tagun and the vangimrd of which hud advanced to within three marches of the foitreft of ew on i he morning of the 9th 1 rccarto thomar ifttelliftciice ui the wuftfcvqwrt