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Latest Foreign Intelligence.
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ARMY IN ITALY.
NATIONAL CONVENTION, -
MAY 19,1794. ;-'
,it is in the Alps and Pyren
nes, that the French teach the other ar T
™ es cn W '? "?'" vinery in permanence.
The following is the intelligence we receive
from the left wing of the army in Italy.
'nice,mayß.
Since the takingof Saorgia, the Piedmon
tefe have oftepShewn themselves in the neigh
bouring posts. Gen. Macard and Macena,
advanced to meet them. They were in num
ber about 3000 at least.—They were attack
ed in three columns, with the usual intrepid
ity. The enemy were beaten and forced to
retire beyond @e village of Santes. They
carried off their provisions, but left us forage
in abundanc,^ According to the report of
delerters, 'he intention of the Piedmontefe,
is to withdraw after their magazines are eva
cuated, but we hope to cut them off in their
march. Their troops desert in vaff numbers.
The enemy appeared desirous of,cutting our
communications, but their last check puts it
out of their power, v „
iSITTING OF MAY 24.
Ba rr e RE,^mong other particulars of les
ser advantages, and having announced that'
the left of tW army of Italy, has captured Col.
T,dre, proceeded to the particulars of the
victories, inthe right wingof the fame army.
The following is the official account of the
attack and capture of the famous Mount
' Cenis.
MOUNT CHNIS, MAY 14.
For some time past every measure was tak
en for the attack of Mount Cents, we only
waiteda favourable moment to put them in
execution. Having learned that the enemy 1
had doubled their forces on that famous
mountain, I immediately went to Briancon
There I planned a vigorous diversion upon
the whole line. Fort Mirabouck, was attack
ed in the night between the loth and nth,
by Caire, commander of the chaffeurs of the
Alps ; after a pretty vigorous defence the
governour capitulated, and evacuated the
Fort with the honours of war, leaving 4 piec
es of targe cannon, 17 lesser pieces, a great
quantity of ammunition, and 200 bags of
flour.
At the time of the capture of Fort Mira
bouck, I proceeded with a division of 3000
men in the fertile vallies of Bardonnack, and
of Bazanne, Brigadier General Valette, had
the command of the right column, Adjutant
General Achou, the left. All the enemy's
posts were driven in, and we proceeded to
Aulx, which we now hold.
The Piedmontefe had about 60 killed or
wounded, and we took 30 prisoners. They"
-abandoned their artillery, a considerable
,quantity of powder, and plentiful magazines
of all kinds of grain. On our fide, we had 8
wounded and one killed. ;
The French citizen soldiers conduaed
, themselves with intrepidity and heroism ;
and receded and alleviated the misfortunes
of the inhabitants ruined by the scourge of
war, by dividing their bread with them. This
expedition accomplished, T defeended the
precipices of Galiibier to reach Marienne
and execute immediately the attack of Mount
Cenis, under Gen. Bagdelanne. I approved
, his plan of attack, submitted it to the reprro j
Tentative of the people Albirte, who had pro
ceeded with me to St. Jean, in order tocon
cert sundry operations. We went together
to Saint Le Bourg, whence we afeended. the
famous mountain. The signal for the attack
was given ; torrents of fire seemed to pour
down upon our brave fellow soldiers. The
-Column of the right commanded by the intre
pid Harbin, Captain of the Grenadiers of the
23d, take possession, amidst the cries of Vive
la Republique, and of the Redoubt of Rivet ;
the cannon is turned against the enemy. I
order the quick step march to be beaten, to
charge bayonets, every redoubt is carried;
'The left column under Bagdelanne, and
Adjutant General Canin, over tremendous
precipices, turn the enemy in flank. We ef
feft a junction. The Piedmontefe, flying be
fore the victorious French, abandon their for
midable and complete artillery, th~ir en
camping effects, avast quantity of prisoners
and ammunition. They we,e pursued three
leagues beyond Mount Cenis, and we stop at
the villages cf Farriere, where our advanced
posts are fixed. r
Never was victory more complete. We
, , made 900 prisoners, and killed a great num
.ber. Our loss, is incredibly triflings., or 8
"killed, and about 30 wounded, fl ericlofe
•the account communicated by the comman
der of each column. Europe astonished will
hear with admiration the relation of the won
derful exploits of the Alpine army.
; DUMAS.
N. B. General Dumas, who since the
si e ge of Toulon, has constantly had com
mand in the Southern armies, is a mulatto.
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Domeflic Articles.
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 22.
Declaration of Obe al, (Cornplanttr) to apr
, _ Jj» of reputation, lately from the Indian coun
try.
T KNOW," faidthis refpe&able Indian,
A in a tone of anxiety, blended with firm
nefs,^" that the people of the United States
make very free with my name in the newspa
pers, and assert things which are falfe, but;
you may inform them that I am a friend to
peace, a friend to my nation, and a friend to
justice and equity.
, Buffaloe Creek, July gb, 1794."
The frequent publications of late, refpe&-
ing the disposition qf the Six Nations, have
a tendency to encreafe that jealousy on their
account, which perhaps already exists in too
high a degree, as well as to involve the Unit
ed States still more in an unhappy war.—
There is reason to believe, that some of our
friends among the Indians, have been weak
ened in their attachment to the United States,
as well as fuffered in their reputations, by
unmerited calumnies and gross mifrteprefen
tations, which they have no opportunity to
refute in a correa statement of fads. Corn
planter, in particular, has lately been spoken
of, as inimical to us, and his conduft stated
in such away as might incline those unac
quainted with the probity of the man, and
too distant from him to form a right judg
ir@t of his sentiments ,or conduct to suppose
him inlincere and unfriendly. The above
declaration, therefore, is published to dojuf
tice to an absent character, who has ever dis
tinguished himfelf as the friend of the United
States, who excited general esteem while a
mong us, who, in the course of his negotia
tions, displayed the orator, the patriot, and
, the man of feeling.
VJULY 25.
Extraa of a letter from Pitfburgh, dated the 1 3tb
infant, 17%.
" On the burning of the 15th inst. one
hundred and fifty persons assembled round
the dwelling house of General John Neville,
the excise officer of the weftern diftrift. On
his asking what they wanted, they answered
to take him prisoner to Washington, and fir
ed sundry Apts through the windows where
himfelf and family were. The General re
turned the fire and wounded five before they
dispersed. After which the General sent to
the commanding officer here, who immedi
ately sent a sergeant and 12 men.
" On the 17th, there assembled at the fame
house, from the counties .of Walhington'and
Allegheny, about 7 or 800 men, and after
some refinance they burnt General Neville's
house, and all'his other buildings and fences.
Captain M'Farlin, a principal amdngft the
insurgents, and formerly of the Pennsylvania
line, was killed, and three or four others, and
several wounded."
Another letter from Pittsburgh, states it
as a fad, which may be depended on, that
the fix.nations have taken up the hatchet a
gainst the United Slates.
Captain Meafe, just arrived from the Weft
indies, brings intelligence from Guadaloupe,
as late as the firft of July. The French, we
hear, still keep their ground on that island,
,and, in an engagement with the Britilh, had
victory declared to their favour.
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. % JULY 26.
GUADELOUPE.
Our readers will remember that
the latest intelligence from this island,
was by a letter from Antigua of the
27th of June, which stated the Brit
i& troops had taken possession of the
heights commanding the Fleqr d'Ep
pe (in which the French were en
treanched) after a dreadful daughter.
But by Mr. Robert - Meafe, who ar
rived bn Friday in the brig Betsey
from Marunico, which he left the 4th
Jul,; we learn thg two days before
the Roebuck 0^44 guns, with 175
men, all of whom had been wounded
in the back except one officer in the
face, with the bayonet, in a sortie,
made by the French from fort Fleur
d'Eppe, on the 29th June, upon the
English who had begun to ered for
tifications on the heights that com
manded the fort. The French troops
marched out, at four o'clock in the
morning, and referred their fire until
they are within a few yards of the
British guns, when they difeharged
their pieces, and forced their way,'
under a flower of bullets. No ac
'curate account had artived at Marti
nico, refolding the losses on either
Ude but iZe daughter was immense,
and ended in the total defeat of the
English who would certainly have re
captured the island had they been a
ble to have kept their ground. The
Roebuck after landing her wounded
men, immediately returned to Guade
loupe with avast number of cradles,
for another cargo ; mwy it was laid
had been sent to the military hofpit.
alat Basseterre, Guadeloupe, and Fort
Royal, Martinico, in a frigate.<—Gen.
Grey had sent the most pressing de
mand for a reinforcement to the Brit
ish commander at Martinico, but he
could muster b^t 25 officers, and as
many privates. The French had two
fail of the line and three or four frig
ates at Point Petre, and it was univer
sally supposed, . .that owing to their
determined pedeverence and the ap
proach of the hurricanes that the Brit
ish would not Succeed in'their attempt
to capture the iflaod.
Capt. Liwfon in the brig Fanny,
from Cape Nichola Mole, arrived on
Friday last in 17 days, and brings in
telligence, that markets were low, ex
cept for frefh provisions, which were
extremely scarce ; beef could not be
procured, and fluur-was a glut', owing
to the immense influx from the Unit
ed States. The British troops had
poss ffion of the town, but the repub
licans were under its walls in great
force. The fleet rendezvouzed there
to attack Port de Paix, but Sailors
could not be found to man them. A
second message, however, had been
sent to General L^vaux, from Colonel
Whitelock to futrender the place, and
he received for answer, that no at
tempt would be made, co prevent the
landing of the British troops, but that
they ail might expe& never to return.
The Schooner Swallow, of Phila
delphia, had arrived at the Mole, but
not finding the markets to answer,
cleared out for Fort Dolphin, but al
tered his mind and went to Port-de-
Paix. Information being received of
this, at the Mole, the name of the
vessel and ihat of the master were re
gistered in the custom-house books,
and a privateer sent out to t^ke her.
Santhonax had fled from Jacmel,
in a Danilh vessel, and frequent excur
fioos were made by the republicans,
into Portauprince in the night, and
they had carried off considerable plun
der..
whitbstown, ;uly 16. We have in
formation as late as the 4th inst. from Gen.
Wayne ; this information comes byway of
a vessel from Detroit, to Fort Erie, and is
brought to us by the Genefee post, who is
dire& from Canandarqua—it ftat^s, That
General Wayne was advancing towards the
rapids of the Miami, with all possible expe
dition—with intention, it was supposed, of
ousting the English from their establishment
at that place.
The account adds, that the British are in
viting and colleding the Indians from all
.quarters at this rendezvous ; many were al
ready collected, and, in conjundion with the
British, were anxioußy waiting the approach
of the Americans —to whqm they were deter
mined to give battle.
NEWPORT, AUGUST I.
A brig arrived here yesterday from
Charleston, the Captain of which
Spoke a vessel that informed him the
Concorde frigate had fafely arrived
to the Delaware.
PORTLAND, JUtrzb.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.'
On Wednesday last, Captain Andre Zel
lefted, was wounded mortally by,the fplitiirig
of a cannon. It was proposed by the En
gineer, M. Rochefontaine, to prove an 1$
pound cannon, on the afternoon of the day
above mentioned ; but it was not until about
sunset that the piece was difeharged. A great
number of people were present, and many of
them were within a few rods of the gun.
Capt, ZeUefted, was probably about ; or 6
rod) from the cannon when it ,Ht. Apiece
which would weigh pair 300 weight, ftiruck
him in the fide, knocked him down, and, tell
partly on his head. He lived until about 3
o'clock on Thursday morning, and on Fri
day afternoon he was buried. Capt. Zel
lefted, was, a native of Sweden ; he com
manded the schooner Mercury, from Virgina,
bound to Cadiz. He came into this port on
the 30th of June, in distress, his vessel hav
ing but a few days before, been difmafted by
a water spout. He appeared to be about 33
years of age, was chearful and agreeable in
his manners, and notwithstanding his short
residence in town, was beloved by all who
knew him. But what is much more to his
honour, the sailors whom he commanded,
speak of, and mourn for him, as for a father.
Mr. Jeremiah Colby, was wounded in the
leg, by a piece of the fame cannon, but not
dangerously,. .
It is almost miraculous that there were not
more persons injured ; as federal hundred
were present, and as pieces of the cannon flew
in almost every direction. g
salem; JULY 29. —Capt. Cole of
Beverly, arrived from Martinique and
St. Euftatia, on Saturday last. He
fays from the heft intelligence they
could get, the French fleet at Poinr
. Petre confined of 1 Ship of the line,
2 of 5° guns, and 6 frigates ; that
they had got into the harbour, where
they intended to wait a reinforcement,
which they Said they expend soon
from France . •That the fleet arrived,
just as the files of the plunder were to
begin, and that many Speculators were
there, with large sums of money, to
make purchases, andampng the rest,
the infamous Arnold. That rhe
French possessed all Grand Terre, and
there was no doubt but they had land
forces Efficient to defend it against
Sir Charles Grey, who commanded
the Engiith troops on the island; and
that the only hope of the British was,
that by Admiral Jervis's preventing
fupplie sfrom going in, they would
be obliged to Surrender for want of
provisions. The decree of the con
vention declaring the negroes free,
was proclaimed, and some of them
were arnied in the cause of the nation.
The Eogliffi were crowding on
board of Ships, to transport to Europe
the patriots they found ar Marti
nique ; and felling the blacks to Span
ish traders,/,
aOSVON, AUGUST 2.
Diftreffiag Conflagration !
The publick, no doubt, rely on the Centi
nel, for a full and accurate account of the
conflagration in this town, on Wednesday
morning last :—We have therefore devoted
our attention to the collection of particulars
refpeding it.
The fiery element began its devastation in
the Rope-Walk,owned by Mr. Edward How,•
about 20 minutes after 4 o'clock, from ac
cident. This careful and industrious citizen,
kindled the fire that -morning himfelf—a
spark from which caught some hemp and
tar, and inftantty communicated the flamed
in all directions, baffling every effort to ex
tinguish them—in attempting which Mr.
How was considerably burnt.
The alarm was instantly spread through
the town ; but before any number of citizens
could be collected —such was the quality of /
the combustibles on fire—all the Walks ad
jacent, (fixof which were 600 feet in length)
were enveloped in flames—which, fed by im
mense quantities of hemp, tar and cordage,
spread with nearly the rapidity of electricity.
The wind being N. two points E. the fire
instantly, and at the fame time, took the
houses on the east fide of Atkinson-Street,
(Greene's Lane) and the Street facing the
Walks, and Spreading through the avenues
contiguous, Continued its deftfu&ive prog
ress to the sea. Happily, the wind continu
ed blowing from the fame point, until nearly
the close of the devastation, when it Shifted
to the N. E&4Had this happened an hour
earlier, a very large part of the town mast in
evitably have fallen an additional facrifice.
The exertions of the inhabitants were nev
er more conspicuous, and they never directed
them to more proper objects. A Striking
inflance was Shewn in their arresting from
the flames, the houses of Messrs. Packard aid
Sturgis, in Atkinson-Street. Notwithstand
ing they were wooden buildings, and the out
side of the former and the root of the latter
were burnt to coals, the fire was conftantl,
extinguished,and the Shells preferred—there
by preferring the Rev. Mr. Belnap's meeting
house, and, consequently, it is thought, all
the buildings to Wheeler's Poiat—Our fepM