Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 37, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 August 1809 — Page 2

camp of the f mprror crime to inform luwi th.t the nfiog of the Douihe h d drifted m great i.umhfi of trees and pooms, which in confiuc of the events at Vienna, h.ul brtu cut down and laid on the bnk, and tint they hid tr kn dosn the blidgrs which coimmi'iicat'd from the right bank with the little ilbnci and with the ilhnd It. All die referve corps which were advan cit.g were upon the right bank, as alio part of our .evv cavahy, and all Aurrlladt's corps. In confequence of this (hocking accident the emperor refolved to dop the troops from advancing. He ordered the

duke of Montebello to flop on the field of

battle, and take his petition with the lett wing againll a curtain which the duke ot Rivoli covered and his right wing at Efsling Hi- c-innen, infantry H catridges which belonged :o our p irks, could not be brqt' ovrr. The enemy was in the greated difordrr jull at the moment when he learn: cur bridges had been broken down The flickening of our fire, and the concentrating of our army ltt him no doubt tefpefting the unfocefcen accident that had happened. All his cannon and artillery equipage were again brought in line, and from 9 A. M.tillTP. M. h- made the greatrd efforts, fupported by 200 cannon to overthrow the Frenth arrm hut all his efforts turned only to his difcomfhure. Three times he attackrd the villages, and 3 times he fiiled th-m with his dead. Ti e enemy rcfumrd the polit'on which they hid left before the attack began, and we rem lined

maft-'S of the fi ld ofbittlr. Thrir lofs

has been gra: prifo cs who hve been tk-n fay. tht they loll 2 j -nerals and 60

fup nor officers M trill -1 W.boer Sc 1500

pufonns are in our hi Js, Our oU has alio br"n vrry co XideraHr I 100 killed and

8000 wounded. The dukjr of Montebello (Lines) was wounird by a cannon ball in th- thigh on the 22 I, in the ev-ning. Gen. Hill tir is alfo wounded. Gen. Durofnel, w s killed. Tlie waters of thr Danube did not p-rmit the bridge to be rebuilt during the night, and the rmperor o.dered the arnu to pfs the little arm from the left bank and to tike a pofrion the ifland of In derLoou. e are labouring to rephce the bridges, and nothing will be undertaken till they are rrplared. In addition to thefe particulars a great part of the bulletin conlilts of a frntimental defciiption of the interview between La fnes and Bon apart, at a time when the niarflnls wound was thot to be mortal, in which of couriV the duke of Montebello man if' fled all p dlible heroifin, and evinced the greatelt readinrfi to die tor the emperor ; and that the rmperor was melted into tears. Toe bulletin has, however, othrr pillages from which fome inferences may be drawn as to the eKtrnt of the lofs full lined by the French. Bonaparte it is fid, botfts that the retreat was well conducted, though 200 pirces of c union were playing upon them, whi h they mold not anfwrr, during which 40,000 rounds of Ihot were firrd among!! them. Bonaparte promifrs to repair his lofs and Heed irrs his intention not to renew the attack till his forte is contratrd, and better prepared. He allows thr Aud i m army to ha vr been well furuiflied and equpped on the o cation-

Eleventh fi-tfUtin This bull-tin is dai. cd f.h-ifd-i. if. 2 4 1 1 1 M U. relates entirely to tin operation in thr Tyrol the duke ot l)ir;tzc i- ttcd to have entered Infuruck on the I9.h

London. June 10. Twelfth Bulletin I' he 12th nUlh tin is imp ortii t only in enabling us to date, .h-t on thr 2G. iioo'pirte himfeltw.s at Loerf dot t, about 2 iinh s btlovv Vienna, on the foothtrn bank of thr Danube ; hut his ar rii wr fiip..f , remained in the ill ot Inn drr-L 1 au. for nothing is laid to the t ontrarv. Hr is !' -turnip thr Inighl ol th Dru r wrh a 11 i'lini' t . iV chain which the Au i i -"-s took fi n:n the lurks, - tier tl r lirr ot Vi niia ! H- fj'-'ks of the -rrvd ot tr : j)-, od it f r thin except ot opr ra tiD'i ir 4inil the Ao'.n o b - l)iiui )r, hfays will continue to rifr till the l5tl June. I nor I. Lthth Hull tin DoUh pipr., h .vr At rivr.:, c u , - t(,r h.-r p-.r11,h r.U t .... T ms js c:a!M: X'tMO.-Mv; If., and . 01 fill -

With. Hit. -lie W.'P.- .f i.rus. I)tvnlt 15 Ol the linf!) ot thr I) rui?,r, .,t BiKlris Th-

V-"u h td a-iva ",i into Hu:.;; .ty f'.r -s Kcjjdlhun, the Auitiuns 41c ntr I'x c, ibui 4;.

AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL BULLETIN. Of the Defeat of the French published by by order of his Imptrial Highness, the Archduke Charles In purfuance of the comnnnd of his impend highnefs the geneidliiFimo, the foltov.ing preliminary report of the hiiliant vidory obtained the 2lQ and 22c May, is i(Tued on the 23d, from l!ie bead qjaiters

at Breitenlee : On the 19 th and 20th, thr emperor Napoleon pfiVdthe greater arm of the Danube witn the whole of his armv. tawhuii he had drawn all the reinforcements of his powerful allies He eliablifhed his main hi dy on the ill iiid Lobau, whence the fecond paffage over the lefs arm, and his further ofiVnfive difp.ditions, were necrlTarily to be directed. His imperial highnefs rcfolved to advance with his army to meet the enmy, and not to oblliudl his pairge, but to attack bini after he had reached the left bank, 8c thus to defeat the objrd of his intended enter-p-ize. This determination excited throughout the whole army the highrft enthufnfm, Animated' by all the feelings of the pu reft pUriotifm, Sc of the moft loyal attachment to their fovereign, every man became a hero, and the fmoking ruins the fcenes ofdcfolation which maiktd the track of the enemy in his progrefs thro Auflria, had in6 imed them with juft defire of vengeance. With joyful acclamations, with the cry, a thaufdiid times repeated, of 44 live our good emperor," and with victory in their hearts, our columns at noon on the 2 1ft, proceeded onward to meet the reciprocal attack of the tdvancing enemy ; and foon after 5 o'clock the battle commenced. The emperor Na

poleon in prfon directed the movement of

his troops, and endeavoured to break thro'

our centre with the whole ot his cavalry;

that vaft body of horfe he had fupported by

60,000 infantry, his guards and by 100 pie

ces of artillery. His wings rcfted on Afpen

and Eliihgen', places to the ftrengthening ot

which, the rcfources of nature and ot art had as far as was poifible contributed. He was not able however to penetrate the com-

pidl mais which our battalions prefented Sc every where his cavalry (hewed their backs,

while our curialuers unhorled his armour e-

cpnpt cavaliers, and our light horfe carried

death into his fltnks It was a gigantic

t. ombat, and is fcarce capable of description.

i he battle with the infantry became imme

diately general. More than 200 pieces of

cinnon exhibited on the oppohtr tides a ri

valry in the work of drftrucAion. Alpern

was ten timrs taken, loft, and again con-

quered. Efslingen, after repeated attacks,

could not be mainimrd. At 1 1 at night the villages were in flames, and we remained mallets of the field of battlr. The enemy

was driven up in a corner, with the illaud of

Lobau and the Danube in his rear, night

had put an end to the carnage.

Meanwhile fire boats which .were floated down the Pmube, deftroyed the bridge

wi.ich the enemy had thrown over the prin

cipal branch of the river. The enemy however, conveyed over during the night, by continued embarkation, all the diipofable troops weich he had in Vienna and on the

Upper Danube, m de every poflible tflor

for the re-tti.'ftrtjc-lion of his great bridge, and attacked us at 4 in the morning with a

furious cannonad.- from the whole of his ar

tillery, immedately utter which the adion extended dlong the whole of the line. Un

til feven in thi evening every attack was

repelled. 11 c - r.i .i

1 ne tKTieverance 01 tne cnemv was men

1 ' compelled to yield to the hcioilm of oil i

ttoop;, Sc ttJe molt Complete viitory c row :

ed the rtlnrts of an army, whith, in th.e F.

proclamation, was declared to be difprrfed,

and repteienttd as annihilated y the mere idea ot the invincibility .f their adverfarirs.

I he lols ot the enemy has hern immenle : .!.- C. ...1 .." I. ...1 . - -1 I 11

. ir u in i) 1 wniie 1 tov-Mfii wmi clean r)o-

uirs, tro.n among which we have already

pi ked up 60(i() woiiMdd, removrd thrm

To ' ur holpit .is. Wiirn the Frrin !i foul

no l oiter maiotam t' r n it 1 ves in Alpern,

th- I It Hi - n s wrrr ot 1 1 . t ti to make a lad t teiTipt, lui were lir(fueu. ' At tii- drpnture of the courirr tlie rm

pTfU N. p'if.n w .s in tuil rrtrrt t( thr

oih'-r iuir lit tl.r- l),nut)r, crjven: g hie rr-

trr-t b) ih- p-dn lii.m of t! r hrf;r ill at (i

L''b-u. ().;r - r i 1 ; v ii It.ll eni-grd iii lol

purtnit. 1 hr in-.te ;)nuuli (!rt.!5 !

th: mem o ! le day Ih dl ne mi'!e khuwii,

..s liK.ll tll'V are collected. Auk.iu' thr

jinhiir rs -Tr the I" r e 1 1 c ' i itier I Duronrl

rr.f-ral ii (iivili tn, and i'Vulrt Hoyrr, fnl

1 h ambr 1 lull to ' hr ejupreis ; I In thr Wur tunlurg gen. Kodcr, who was luddc pi.fun-

er at Kufdorf, by the fecond battalion of

the Vienna Landwehr. May 25. The day brfore yeflerday the head quarters of the archduke Charles were at briitenlce, in MarchGcld. The ftrcngth of the enemy's army is rftimated in th.e archduke's report at 60,000 men, befides cavalry. The archouke on his pirt, had

collected all his difpofable troops previous

to the battle, I he Wurtcmberg general

Hoder was made prifoner at Nuidorf. Ge

nerals. Eover and Dnranel fliared a timiUr

fate in the adion. The regiments of opleny and Kerpen particularly diflinguilhed

themfelves. 1 he prince Lichtcnlteiu commanded the referve cavalry.

videncr, and an accomplice in the confplracy, pofitively aiTcrtcd that two bars was all that had been loft ; while other depofuions proved that on a former occaflon, tlie laft deponent declarrd that no lead had been tkcn,it wis money I had taken from him. Gracious God! to he dragrd to a tribunal to anfwer for crimes againft which, every principle ot my foul revolts like a criminal, to be interrogated, to lifttn to their prrjuries 5c prevarications, in oppr iition to

which every feeling 01 the honrlt man role within me evrry eye fixrd upon me trrmbling, indignant, fcorning to appear guilty, and yet linking under a contrariety of oppotite paflions now impelled by pride todr c l.irc- my innocence in the face of day, nor fubmit to the precautious iiTue of a tri al, and then relying on the juftice of a benevolent God, to evidence to the world the innocence, of my rontludt, and the turpitude of my accufrri:. I am ac quitrd. Yet c alumny is Hid hufy, and the-thud' for my ddli ueinn is (till urqueiuhrd they have filched from' tne my good name, and uulefs I fuccecd in reltoring it to its former Handing, have left me poor indeed. I have nothing further to offer in extenuation of my attributed crimes, nor any other defence ami'id the anows of outrageous fortune, than the jEis of cautious rectitude, which will fupporc me through the dorms of malice ai d detraction, keen and heavy on my te ndrr years. I now throw myfr If on the andour and juftice of my. fellow citizens and wait with trembling and anxiety the awful fentence of not guilty, or guilty. If influenced by truth, the former, if by prejudice, the latter in rither cafe, I fubryit to my fate, and will look forward to anothrr nd a better woild. The opinions of my friends declares unanimoutly tin: there is no gmtleman, once he is in poih ifion of the tellimo y given in by A. C. Dunn, and J imes Hop, , againft me (1 zckial Fenwitk) but will fay, that fnch perjured villains as tlvy are, can have no weight in any court of juftic under the cannopy of Heaven. And I think with my friends and fellow citizens, that I have c 011verfrd with or. the fuhjrcl, there is no compatTionate per ion but iliould value a man's charter in a higher degree, after it 'has been atTailed in iuch a manner by fnch defperadoes, or rather, perjured villains. My frienos they tried to kill me, and iti'.l wiflied to have nie alive, which is the woift kind of murder; but God is ftrongrr than the

D vil, he can thwart the machinations of the Devils agents, even wJimi they think their prry is fure. They fwore as different from each other as light is from darknefj. That monfter Dunn, fwote at firft to ten thoufand pounds ot l d, befrre judge St Jean, alio the poor booby, ruminating upon the thing before the trial came on, thought I fuppole, if he curtailed the qu unity of lead, and reducYd it to two bars, it might appeale the cries of julliiein fome manner

Thefc two execrable villains fee now how

FOR THE WESTERN SUN.

Mr. Srour,

TO reftore a wounded reputati

on to itspriftine luftre, is, 1 know, an herculean talk. Yet when innocence lingers under undeferved calumny it becomes adu

ty we owe equally to ourfrlv s, and to foci

ety, to eradicate if poflible, from the public-

mind unmerited approbrium, particularly when (as with me) juvenile profpcdU, ana unimpeached refpe&ability, are the facrifi

ces to diabolical m dice and infernal refent

ment. Still 1 flatter myfr If, although my character may fufler a temporary eclipf-; tliat the fun of truth will break through the clouds with which fUnder has oblcuied it,

when the made from which it emeiges, will

ferve but as a contraft to raife it more ef

fulgent, enabling it with renovated luftre to perform the remainder of its journey, and

with unc louded dilk to fet in tlie forehead

of the evening fky. My fate has been moll

hard ! I hud run near half the race of life

with th.e faireft profpeiis before me every

thing finding, every thing beckoning me to future hr.ppinefs ; fuddcnly 1 am flopped in

my career 1 my ears are rung with the lound

of my own diihonor, and my heart, high

beating with preient and anticipated jovs,

is ftruck by the chilling finger of fcom, and

withered by the voice of iufpition and (on-

trmpt. Calumny has thrown her daik man. tie around me, obfeuring with her baneful ftiade the pleafing expectations of my youth

rnnihilating with her pernicious influence

the faireft hopes of eatly felicity mid def-

troymg in embrvo, thetruitsof future hap-

pinefs to myfeif, and ruin to the prote&ois

ol my helplrls infancy. My aged uarcnts

are bel-t with loirow to the grave, which

prematurely opens to receive them defirous

ot lofingat once all ienfiaility of their own

unhappinels, and recolledion ot my unme

rited infamy. Shall they forever bluih for

thrir Ion : 1 hope not To re-eftabliih myfeif with the virtuous portion of mankind, will occupy all the exertions of my life, and if thofc exertions are crowned with fuccefs,

it will molt amply reward me for pad an

i?uilli and mortification, in the pleating re-

flraion of having made my peace with 1 they have damm d. themfrLes in the eyes them. 1 appeal to the juftice of my fellow 1 of every L'ood nin : th-v have no nerfons

Citizens I defire them to take a retrofpec- j to m-kc alfociatts of, hot villain? like th-m-live view of my paft life could any man ! fclvcs, and you all know the D.-vil's fervhrretoioie fay Kzekial Fenwick, you' have ' ants when good men find thrm out. rr aldrfrauded me ! Ezekial Fenwick, you are ' ways krpt at a clift .per. When thofe anan unprincipled, or not an honeft ma::! gels of darkntf find out that people fee Through what a variety of fcenes have I their cloven fee' ; that thy cannot play not palPed without a iiain, without a idem- ; the double hand game any longer amongft i(h. Was it poilible fo long, and fo fuc- good citizens, they hein to pai V up thrir ceLtully to have concealed dilhonedy und- plunder and deer thrir com f- for anoth-r er the uidik of lair dealing? Would not country, where thr y are not known ; there my iinworthynefs ere now luvr been difco. the, can follow their old trade of b .fkct vend? Is not man naturally fufpicious, c making, till they are detnfed atiain. Such eve. on the w.4rch U difcover bib own in. ptople s Dunn. Md Hop-, v.hrn :hy are trrtft And who would extend Ins protec- oMig-d to vi(U d.liain coui.trir (;erera!ly :ion to the objrC he was convinced was on- t hooi'e r.fc ahty fo. ther c,uide,and no; wifhdclerving ot it ? And who, but the vilrft ing. In h-vr it fren in the day tinr, tlyy ol wretrhes, wouhl rrpay favors by fraud fori rtio cs iir poiV np0n the 'innoi e nt and .nd treachery ? All: my former rn,ployrrs cteduh u-. liut fir, you know th-reis a it they ever iulprCtnl me ? Ad; thru, il my jvoplr tint generally ;;nes hV the tv-v,f of

um,,,,,,,, ,,ol t.vrr iipri-!,t ir. lober 1 atterJr m ahnnstl.,, t ,ft. t (how t!.-",r teeth

u wjnie 111 tneir trrv.ee ny c irruoiltance l-d tlum to doubt, or to tutor ft i,v intrg. rity? Ii they rr,:!yin the lliro.ative, I luni!i though wttii a heart bleeding at the n j lti( e ot mankind.

hot fortunately cannot bite ; th f nre the lriei.ds t thofe g-Ilow, lof,h;t,g vttrz and th.ar.ks ii- to ti'- Almi' tv, the v do not tioti' le mr with thr fi-ht ,f them : thev

j are like that bauti:u$ iird of :!ir f rtlierrd

Wlnt hs been the rrfult of th- igno- trib-, c c mmrndv cdh d an O a , tl y never mmious tn-l to whuh I fubm-ttrd ? Ac- iho w then, h ! ve's in thr d y time, hut I

rpnttr-J l) t!ie unanimous voice of a rrfoec cade jui y t my country, who f und in' the i.r-v.n. a.ing ai 1 co-tr;.ciiftoiy t llunony, loin,, iete rr filiation to all thr rinses a'le!rd a.inllme. Azari.h C. Dunn, and Jam-s Hop-, vsho came f.rward tr prof-, cotr, when rx.iuinni fep-r.telv, d.tT .ecl fo mctcnally i;, ti eir tedirr,.ny, that Hope dihred th-ir hd bern liolrn. rnorr t!,jn ....... I C 1

vrmreil tl.OlltMUJ Wright Of Ir4(l ; , . ('..

tr'ou-ntlv hrar n f tli'-tn ltiij ' to ui d fro, in tl r nu'ht, lather :hn the d y, brraufe their 3' iig r ,f r vil, t! rir w t.rks are t he works ot d ri.:.' i. Now tins i-. a rjr.-cauti'in fr Djnn. ancl II )-, liot to fr fill Il .1 t f I' .tl'll g mltrra$tfe I) d any I : r, for hr juft bmugh thrn into 1 n:n, 1 1 . " 1 rt;;!rd thrm iti!o thef f.ii at v i, ai.d whn anfwrr

ej ii( own pu'p ';!rs, aiid they d:rd him

Dunn, whj wAi cxiciJy tu fu;: h.4 c f lor izhd, U .liivc.sd, he ws iurc cf them,