Russel & Davis' Republican gazetteer — Concord, N.H., 1797-03-14 00:00:00, page 3

Letter from Gen. Moreau, to the Direc
tory, dated Schilbken, Dec. 3.
CITIZENS DIRECTORS,
In the night of the 10th and iith
of this month, (29'h Nov. to ill of
Dec.) the enemy attempted to carry
by assault the tete-dupont of Hunin
gnen. About 11 o'clock at night,
three columns advanced upon the
front, and the falitnt of the half
moon precipitated themselves upon
it, forced the gates, and efcaladed the
work which our troops were obliged
to abandon ; and retreated to a horn
work which the enemy forthwith at
tempted. The Gen. Abatucci, who
defended the g/e of this work ren
dered their efforts abortive ; and per
ceiving that the fire which he made
from the horn work upon the half
moon was not fufficient to drive the
enemy thence, who attempted on the
contrary to establish himfelf there,
that brave General determined upon
a fortic in order to expel them thence;
which was executed with a courage
above all eulogy. Our brave soldiers
charged the enemy with an intrepid
ity of which there are few examples,
BASLE, DEC. I.
LAST night the Austrians attacked
the bridge head of Huningue, and
Ifledu Rhine. The confix lasted
'till g this morning with the greatest
obstinacy. The imperial troops at
tempted, with the utmost bravery
to storm the entrenchments three
several times, but obstacles innumer
able rendered all their efforts ineffec
tual. It is expeded a new attack
will be made to night. The French
keep up a brisk fire from the isle, and
, communicate by a flying bridge with
Huningue. As the bridge became
damaged, the Prince of Furftemburg
summoned Gen. Abatucci to fur
render. —The General replied,
" Whatever may be the idea you
have formed of the critical pofi ion
in which you suppose I find rayfelf, I
. have the honor to assure you that I
am ready at any infant, to convince
you of your error.
" This will also inform you, that
lam as little disposed to accept the
ffi meful capitulation you have pro
poled"
Yesterday a second surrender or its
evacuation, was demanded by the
Austrian Gen. The reply of Gen.
Abatucci was, " That to obtain the
fori of Huningue, it was ntcff^ry to take
it."- The connonade immediately
recommenced The Austrians al
faulted, and carried the fi ft fort, the
garrison retiring to the second—Here
the combat became murderous—
thofe of the Austrians who were not
driven from the fort perished there.
They loft ten times more than the
French. The dead exceed 2000 —
Abatucci received two sword, a bullet
and a cannon ball wound.
David Davis, Stephen Hall, William
Eastman, Isaac Dow, and D. Page,
hogreeves —Daniel Livermore, John
'Colby, jr. Abiel Virgin, Isaac Di
mond, Stephen Tuttle, and Enoch
Brown, surveyors of lumber—James
Moulton, culler of staves —J. Roche,
and Rt. Eastman, field drivers—John
Roche, Daniel Rogers, and Ebenezer
Virgin, jr. tythingmen—Thos. Wil
son, surveyor of wood—D. George,
and Charles Eastman, poundkeepers.
Henniker Town Meeting.
Capt. |. Bowman, moderator — Tim
othy Gibson, E'q.chofen Represent
ative — Wm. Wallace, Esq Collector
and Constable —Joseph Gibson, Esq.
Mr. Moses Adams, and Mr. Noah
Rice, Selectmen —Lt. John Goode
now, Grandjuryman.
Last Mail's News.
Operations on the Upper &
Lower Rhine.
LEYDEN, DEC. 14.
Private advices from Manheim of
the 6th inst. announce, that accord
ing to a report received there that
day, the third parallel had been open
ed by the Austrians before Kehl, and
that Gen, Defaix had been repulsed
in a sortie which he had made at the
bead of fix thousand men.
Operations in Italy.
LEYDEN, [Batavian Republic]
DEC. 16.
Extras of a letter from Victnza, of No
vember 24, 1796
" The successes obtained in this
dreadful war on our frontier, have
proved but momentary. Gen. Da
vidovich, a vidor in the affair of Ri
voli, the 17th of the month, is oblig
ed quickly to retreat with the loss of
his rear guard. The news is receiv
ed here that in confcquence of the
disadvantageous conflift, which took
place on the 21st, he was obliged to
fall back on the fide of Ala, on the
frontiers of Tyrol. Nevertheless,
Gen. Alvinzy, being informed of the
vidory of Rivoli, advanced to
wards Verona. He proceeded
near to Caldiero, when he heard
of the retreat of Gen. Davido
vich. Then he in turn fell
back to Vicerzi, on hit way as
far in the rear at Baffano, in or
der to secure hit baggage, and
to concert frefh operations. In
the alternative of these Iruitlefs
effarci to tffed the junction of
the two imperial armies, it is
uncertain what will be the final
event with refpeft to Mantua,
the blockade oi which was pre
maturely dated to be railed,
and where Marshal Wurmfer
appears to be in want of fuffi,
cient force to co-operate effec
tually with the armies which
came to relieve him.",
Another letter from Trent,
[in the Tyrol county, near the
scene of warlike operations]
Nov. 24, meotioni similar cir
cumflaoces ; and concludes as.
follows :—" The sudden re
treat of Davidovich is attribut
ed to a new movement that
Geo. Alvinzy (informed of the
advantages obtained by the
forces under Davidovich) has
again made an advance with
hi, army —a movement which
put the enemy's corps io dan
ger of being cut off. It is
moreover at prefect believed to
be afeertained that the French
troops which had advanced by
the mountains on the fide of
Peri, to take our forces by flank,
and at length succeeded in dirt edging
them from all the works, which they
left covered with the dead. The
pursuit would have been still more
murderous, had it not been for the
wound received by Gen. Abatucci:
It is severe—but hopes are entertain
ed that it will not be dangerous.—
The chief of brigade Vigne, has like
wise been wounded in this bloody af
fain. We have made 100 prisoners of
the enemy ; but their loss in killed
and wounded amount to 18 or 2000
men. His fight column has violat
ed the Swiss territory, Our ambas
sador has made his remonstrances on
this fubjed. The Gen. Ferino, who
gives the account of these events,
passes the highest eulogiums on the
bravery of the troops.
lingling to join in the war—Discontents
prevailed in Holland —The French
! troops were mostly withdrawn from
that republic.—A letter from 'Am
fterdam, Dec. 7, mentions the death
lofI of Catherine of Russia, and remarks,
[that there are many conjectures as to
the effect it will have-on the affairs of
Europe :—lt adds, that the French
continue fuccefsful in Italy—and that
expectations of a sudden peace are by
no means sanguine.
March 7.
INDIAN WAR.
BOSTON, MARCH 3.
European Accounts,
$ by the arrival at Newyork, from Am
ifterdam, are —The profpeas of peace
were unpromising No recent ac
„tions had occurred with the armies—
[ A fleet of Ruffian men of war was ex
[ peded in England—lt was reported,
l that Frederick of Prufha, was prepar-
BuonapartejayJ, Wurmfer made ajallj
from Mantua, Nov. 23d —the third un-
Jucceftful fall, be b?t attempted. —He loft
200 mtn, a howitzer & 2 pieces cannon.
By some recent occurrences on
the frontiers, fears have been
excited, that the horrors of an
Indian war were on the point of
revival. This disagreeable e
vent we however have reason
to hope is yet remote. The ag
gressive aft was from 4 white
faced savages of the United S.
they murdered three principal
Indians of the Cherokee nation,
who were hunting upon the
ground allotted to them by the
treaty —the, had received their
murderers, into their huts in the
most hospitable manner, when
the miscreants committed the
despicable deed, which included
in its vilenefithe terrible conse
quences, that might naturally
have been expeded to proceed
from such conduct. The Che
rokees, at firft, were outrageous
and instant hostilities appeared
inevitable ; but the conciliating
and judicious conduct of Capt.
Sharks of the Federal troops,
foftened the firft impure of re
sentment and promise was
given, fy rely on the justice of
our government for liuifaaion.
do not exceed 3000 men.—
Thus the retreat of Gen. Da
vidovich, dictated by prudence,
has given rife to other disposi
tions which announce the march
of our forces again towards Pe
ri. The commander, after hav
ing reunited his forces in the
environs of Ala, has pushed
forward several battalions and
fquadroms, which have driven the en
emy's detachments from the points
where they still made their appear
ance. He detached at the fame time
a corps of 1000 men,compofed in part
of riflemen, to post themselves above
Valle Fredda, in order to cut off the
French, and put them if possible be
tween two fires. Since yeflerdayGen.
Davidovich was to begin his march
with the remainder of his force. In
deed we hear this instant that he had
removed his head quarters from Ala
to Peri, and that our troops push for
ward on all sides against the French
posted behind Rivoli. It is believed
that tomorrow they will be attacked,
an undertaking which may be ex
peded to succeed, provided Gen. Al
vinzy on his part should advance to
wards Verona."
Various reports emanated
f'om this arrival: Ooe was that
Malmtfbury was ordered to
quit Paris in 48 hours ; and an
other, that the American En
voy was also ordered to retire
in the fame period—This latter
is certainly unfounded ; for
The friendly reception of Mr
Pinckney at Paris, may be in«
ferred from the fiance of the
Rotterdam letters on the fub
je&. Had he been refufed, the
merchants trading to America
would have deemed the event
highly interesting; and would
have noticed it. The letters are
to Jan. 5.
Geo. Abercrombie has arriv
ed in the Weftindies from En
gland, and some expedition was
anticipated. Teo thousand for
eign troops in British pay were
daily expeded ib the Weftiod
ies. Gen. Abercrombie had or
ders from the ministry to raise
2500 black troops from the va
rious islands.
NOTE of HAND
LOST, for £ll 12 6, signed by
Noah Wiggin, payable to the
subscriber, dated Sept. Ifc 1796
All persons are cautioned against pur
chasing or negotiating said note, as
the consideration has been paid by
the said Noah to
JONATHAN WIGGIN.•
Warner, March 8, '797- ! 7
;% FOR SALE,
An excellent German Flute,
•with ivory ferrules.
March 14. Enquire of tbe Printm.
Os PEACE.
Extraß of a letter from a refttaable mtr
chant in Grenada, to a refpeaable boufe
in Newlondon, dated Feb. 4, 1797.
" By the Packet jatt arrived
from England, we have receiv
ed information that PEACE
has taken place between France
and England. The mail is not
yet opened."
MARCH 8.
The profpe^s of peace, that
of late appeared to be bright
eniog, ate now wholly obfeur
ed. Ld. Malmefbury has left
Paris, and the negotiation is
broken off. The warlike ope
rations on the Rhine continue ;
and they have not relaxed oa
the frontiers of Italy.
We have seen letters from
houses of the highest refpeaa
bility io Rotterdam, under the
dates of Dec. 27, '96, and Jag.
I, '97, informing, " That Ld.
Malmefbury had left Paris, and
that the profpea of PEACE
had vaniffied. — The above let
ters were received by Captain
Giles, who arrived at Marble
head, on Friday last, in 58 days
from Rotterdam,
It is laid, Mr. Ellicot, U. S,
Commissioner for running the
boundary line; agreeably to the
Spanish treaty, ha, been killed
by the Indians.
Joseph Brandt, a Mohawk
chief, and the Seneca Chief
Cornplanter, are da a vific to
the President.