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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE?
! Psge of tbe Rhine.
COLOGNE, SEPT. ~
THE die it cast ! Gen. Chapionet
has made a bold attempt.; He
gave orders yesterday at Neoh. which
if a league from Dudeldorf, that no
belli should be rung—that none of
the gates should be opened—and no
perlon (offered to enter or leave the,
town. He had previously prepared
boats in the river Eiff, which, in the
evening he conveyed into the Rhine,
where he embarked 6000 men, with
the muficiaoa and drummers of the
army, which, after they had crofted
the river, marched in the most pro.
found filenee co the advanced putts of
the Auftriaos, whom they massacred
with their bayonets, and made them
selves matters of their redoubts with
out firing a gun. They afterwards
marched to Duffeldorf, preceded by
the 'muficians, who were ordered to
Iplay with all their force ; she Austri
ans were alarmed at the immense and
unexpected noise, and imagined the
whole French army was before them ;
I one part ran away, another part were
Amade prisoners, and the rest were mas.
sacred. And in this manner the
(French took Duffeldorf.
Nothing is now to be seen on the
other file of the Rhine but baggage,
waggons, far.
^ifte° N <^ pT ' 21 °
At length we hive advices from the Ger
man fide of the Rhine, with several particu
lars refpeding the expedition of the French
across. A private letter from Wefel, Rates,
that at 10 o'clock oh the night of the sth
irfft. the/left division of the French army,
under the orders of Gen. Lefevre, passed the
Rhine near Duifberg, without firing a shot ;
that it instantly attacked the Austrian Posts
in thlt quarter, which it flanked and made
prisoners, that at the fame hour, the divis
ion of the centre, under the orders of Gen.
Jourdan, forced another passage opposite
,Herdipgen, whilst General Richer, with the
right wihg, crossed the Rhine near Duffel
dorf. It is said that the French have since
crossed the Rhine in four other different
places ; and that the communication is now
46 open to them, that they are able to trans
port their heavy artillery across the river.
From every account it appears, that the
French have experienced the most rapid suc
cess ; that their lofrhai not exceeded 590
men ; and that they are advancing with
great celerity towards Mentz.
As these movements will no doubt appear
very extraordinary to many of our readers,
who might naturally expe&, that the army
"Os the Empire might have made Tome better
resistance ; we shall remark, that there is
ffry reason to believe, that the Palatinates
w^e bribed,and allowed the French to cross
to Duffeldorf.
We mutt clofe,his account by observing,
that the successes of the French must inevita
bly force the Empire into an immediate
4>eace.-
Tlfe'French announced a month since,
that the,.would pass the Rhine in a. manner
which should astonish all Europe ; end they
have bedna§ good as their word, for it is very
strange indeed, that they should have been
able to effed this passage in flat boats, in
fight of an army of 20,000 men, which, to
judge by Gen. Jourdan's report, does not
seem to have made the least effort for oppos
ing this passage. Nor is it less astonishing
that on the very day which proceeded this
event, not the least movement of the French
army, announcing an enterprize of this na
ture being so near, was perceived at Duffel
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^te^U'W^ SEPT. 2j.
A letter from Leghorn, ofithe 26th ult.
Rates, that Admiral Hotham's fleet was still
; ^ ip that harbour, but made every dilpofition
qto put to sea again. It also Rates, that an
English convoy, confining of 24 fail, has ar
rived at St. Florenzo, in Corsica, escorted by
one line of battle fllip and two frigates.
Letters from Cork state the arrival there
of the Ariel, Captain Carr, of Whit by, from
I'Orient., They also contain an account of
the Jonas privateer of Liverpool, carrying
12 guns, having captured a French pfrafar
d 16 guns, after a severe engagemtyMt*o
a hours, which the sent into Dublin. Four
teen men and two officers were killed on
board the French flhip, and several wounded.
On board the Jonas, there were three killed
a@d five wounded. ~
The Difiovery lijop of war, Capt. Van-,
couver, arrived at Limerick on the 18th in it
. in company with the homeward bound Edt
india fleet, having completely effeded the
objed of her expedition, and mane feme im
portant difeoveries on the North Weft Craft
of America. She failed from England with
150 men on board, and such was the atten
tion of the officers to their health, that only
one died iu the course of a very fatiguing voy
age of four years. They speak in the high
est terms of the inhabitants of the Sandwich
Inlands, from whom they experienced every
possible civility and attention.
It is very generally believed, and we in
cline to the opinion, that after passing a fur
ther vote of credit, the Parliament will be
dissolved. If tfiiv Siggeftion is verified, we
have no doubt but the dissolution is intended
in order to take the sense of the nation on
the filiation ofpublic affairs.'
Tuefday a gentleman arrived in town with
dispatches from Mr. Wickham, at Bafle. He
passed through Frankfort, and along the
banks of the Rhine, but heard nothing of
the progress of the French beyond Duffel
dorf, as stated in the Foreign Gazettes. It
was reported as he passed along, that the
French had been defeated with great k>fs.
There is no particular news, but we have
reason to believe, that the dispatches from
Mr. Wickham, will be in future, much more
important than those from any other of our
Foreign Ministers.
DELMENHORST, SEPT. Ifo
The merchants of Bremen begin to trem
ble at the idea of a visit from the French,
who are accustomed to put all property in a
Rate of requisition.
DROGHEDA, SEPT. 15.
Saturday night last, the house of a
poor cottager, in the barony of Mer
gallon, county of Meath, was attack
ed by four defenders. The poor fel
low defended himfelf with great bra
very for some time, but was at length
overpowered and knocked down.—
His wife, enraged at feeing her hus
band thui treated, took up a pitch
fork, and with undaunted courage laid
on the Ruffians with such effeft, that
(he shortly Jevelted them with the
earth. Her husband, having recover
ed from the violence of the blow he
had received on hit head, assisted hit
wife, and they a&ually tied three of
them, who were brought before a
Magistrate, and committed to gaol.
By accounts from the Black Lion,
in the county of Meath, we hear that
the defenders are committing nightly
depredations. In that neighborhood
they attacked the house of Mr. Walch,
who keeps the flour mills, and oblig
ed him, notwithstanding he had fix
men in hit house, to give up his arms.
*This banditti afterwards went to
the house of Mr. Taylor, of the Black
Lion, and fired upwards of 16 (hots
into the room, where he, his wife, and
children were ; he returned the fire,
and wounded one of them, when the
party retired.
On Sunday night left they went to
the house of one Fullam, a farmer,
near Navan § his wife mentioned the
wickedness of their conduct, and wish
ed them to depart quietly , the sav
ages desired her to prepare for death ;
gave her only five minutes, and im
mediately after (hoc off the roof of
her scull.-
On the fame night they went to
one Mullins ; bn entering the house,
one of the people in fide escaped out
of a window, alarmed the neighbors,
and had three of them taken and sent
to Trim ; one of whom, we hear, has
turned approver, and acknowledged
that he was concerned with the party
who committed the above murder.
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PARIS, SEPT. I,
• The administrators of the depart
ment of la Loire Inferteure, fitting St
Nantz, have written to the Commit
tee ot Public Safety, mentioning their
alarms on the formidable armaments
;of the English, in favor of the Em;-
grants if they declare the, cannot an
swer for the event, being withom-Rep
refentatives to rally tte patriots, to
the civil and military authorities,
and to take proper measures in cases
not provided for by law, which are
momentarily occurring.
The Sections of Paris still evince
the fame firmnefs and preserve the
fame tranquility. Os 100,000 voters,
4 or 5000 hive voted for a King, &
an equal number for the Convention ;
all the rest have accepted the, Consti
tution, and rejected the decrees.
curious Invention.
LONDON, SEPT. 22.
A Frenchman, son of the Ingen
ieur Royale of France, has invented
a mortar, by which (hells are thrown
without powder, and with equal velo
city. An ingenious mechanic at Bir-1
miogham, is employed upon the fab
rication of this mortar, which operates
by a (pring.,
gramrom—mornD
SEPT. 23.
By the French Journals of the 18th
and 19th inst, we learo, thetGeneral
Jourdan is preparing to pass the Rhine
at the head of 80,000 men, to co-op
erate with Keleber, whose army is
stated to have confined of 25,060. —
The poffeffioo of the lOe of Nieu
wied, is mentioned as affording him a
certainty of success. Keleber is said
to have continued his march along the
Banks of the Rhine, after leaving a
strong garrison in Duffeldorf, with a
view to attack the Fortreb of Mul
heim, which serves to cover Coblentz;
he will then join Jourdan, and their
united forces are to attack the strong
Fortress of Ehreabreitftein.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
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WINCHESTER, NOV. 9.
A Gentleman from the South Wef
tern Territory informs, that Go
vernor Blount was met on the 10th of
Oft. at Tellico Blockhouse, by sever
al Chiefs and warriors of each of the
tribes of Creek, Cherokee and Chick
asaw Indians, with whom he com
menced a talk. The Creeks & Cher
okees kept aloof for several days, ap
parently wishing to prefer war to
peace, (but more especially the form,
er, to wreck their revenge on the
Chickasaws) till the 17th, when they
altered their tone, & agreed to smoke
the calumet of peace with that nation
and the United States, John Watts
and the Little Turkey were among
the Cherokees which attended and
followed the example of the Creeks,
in declaring their with to live in ami
ty with the United States.
Our informant adds, that previous
to the holding of this talk, the Creeks
had made a second attack on the
Chickasaws, but were repulsed, with
the loss of upwards of thirty killed,
and many wounded.
MR. JEFFERSON,
it is confidently said, will be the successor of
Mr. Randolph, in the office of the Secre.
tary of State.
PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 1,
Ore Tuejda, left arrived tor, after a „fcp
of 7 vmL, the febmer Wbit+Fifo, built L,
fuuimtr at Prefq'l,, •* Lake Erie. The tedi
oujnefs es the voyage, was eyeing to the inclement,
of the voedtber : She it only 17 and an half feet
&tel,and § feet 7 inches beam. This Jmall vej
fel quae built and navigated b, rae young men,
citizens of the United States, born in tbe vicinit,
eftbit fit, ; tbe, bad neither chart nor com,aft.
Her departure <wat from Pref^lfe, along Luke
Erie, to the Falls of Niagara, 110 mikt ; tbera
b, land, totbe lading below the Falk 10 miles;
thence to the garrison of Niagara 7 miles ; thence
along the foutb coaf of Lake Ontario, to the river
O/wrgo 140 miles ; thence u, the river Ofwego
to the folk, 20 miles ; thence by land round the
fails, i mile ; thence up the fame river to Three
River Point, 12 miles ; thence u, the droits lead
ing to the Oneia'a Lafi.tg miles ; thence through
the Oneida Lake, $8 mike ; thence u, Weed-
Creck, 30 mike t, the landing between FFood-
Creek and the Mohawk river ; thence b, land,
P a !E"g Fort Schuyler, former?, Foot Scan Fix, 1
mile sate^be Mtbaiuk river, 60 mikste the Lit-\
th Falls ; thence around the Falls hj lani, I wk
tst^e iand^g, ; tber.ce deux the A& riv^r^j *
miles to toe S.btwtfed, ; (bines b, land 10 muu,
to Albany ; thence down tbt river Hudson, 170
milts ,to the city of Ns u,erl ; thence byfa, I§o
miks to the Capes of she DAaware river ; thence
up Delaware to tins city, 120 miles —maLng i*
fl, 94.7 miles.
The defan of this voyage, (the only one ever at.■
'em,ted in the fame way) was a difintertjkd ex
peri moot, to prove some of the great advantages
which may in future be derived to the U. Statu, A
from a speedy jettlement in and about the ^w A
Town of Erie, in this State. The %ite
(so named from a luxurious fib, in Icbibyogm
peculiar to the Labes) cast archer opfrefite Mar
Street wharf, and gave the city a Federalfalute
of Igrounds from a blunderhuts, which was re
turned by three heart, cheers from a multitude of
citizens, who crowded the wharves and vessels in ™
this port to receive them, for accent,lifting this
hitherto unexperienced navigation —the two gea
itiemen certainly deserve well of their counts,.
CONCORD, December 11, 1,9,
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1, We this da, present our Reader/ the teall,
Federal answer of ear Lgfature to the Speech 0,
the Governor —lt difavers Republican fomnefs
and candor— it does honor to the Committee who
formed, and to our Political Fathers who accept
ed it—with Unanimity.——We announft to the
Friends of Order throughout the Union, that the
Leg flatare of N*wbimptart is cempojtdf FED
ERELIS TS—PATRIOTS- SOLDIERS—
The Strength of Freedom.
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GENERAL COURT.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
Dec. 3. Mtff. Warner, J. Hale,(
Hoit, M'Clary, and A. Livermore,
appointed to draught the necessary
Public Bills the present feffioo.
Mess. Hale, Warner, and A. Liv
ermore, appointed to draught an an
swer co the Governor's Speech.
Dec. 4> Mess. Duncan, Adams,
and Weeks, appointed to confider of
the propriety of passing an aft to ena
ble inhabitants of unincorporated pl±
ces in this Bate to lay out and repair
highways, and provide for the (tip
port of fchooh io the fame manner^
as incorporated towns.
Mess. Wingate, Burt end Johnson,
appointed to report foitable measures
to effeft a constitutional return of
votes for Governor, Councillors and
Senators, io future.
Mess. Leavit, Pierce, Parker, Mer-^
rill and Hoyt appointed to confider of&
the laws refpeding taxing non-resi
dents, and report alterations.
Mess. Davis, Crawford, and Orr,
appointed $0 confider of the aft re
(peding filhing in Merrimac river,
and report amendments.l
Mess. Hale, Warner, Grout, Craw
ford and Tripe appointed to report a
bill for a new arrangement ot courts
of law in this state.
Mess. M'Clary, Warner, Kimball,
Brown, and Hoit, appointed to tevife
the Militia Lawi. <
Mess. Doocsty Wingate, and Fol
(om, appointed to report their opin
ion impeding raifiog a tax for the
year tenfuing. 1 %
Dec 5. The committee reported
the following actwer to his Excellen
cy's Speech:
MORE REPUBLICANISM:
ANSWER of the Legislature of Newhamp
fhire to the Governor's SPEECH.
SIR
„ WITH the highest fatisfaaion, we meet
four Excellency at this usual season for
translating the business of the state, and dis
charging the duties affigßed us ; and with
pleasure review the filiation of our affairs«
as a Rate, and a, united with the other ffates
by the Federal Compaq.•
Grateful to that Being, who condo&ed us
through pur arduous conffia, to Freedom,
and enabled us to eftablilh out State and 1
Federal Constitutions upon the only true
foundation of all civil Government, the
WILL OF THE PEOPLE- we should deem
itingratitude to Him, and treachery to our,
conftituents,did we not explicitly express our 1 ^
determiration to Support them ; particular
ly, * hen the Government of ibriJnitedStatei
has ten so administered, as to claim refpe&
from foreign poweramfureus Peace, and# f