The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-12-27 00:00:00, page 2

irt, near Wurtzbourg, in Gertoany. The
inhabitants of thia country are tlfo flying /
their homer, and abandoning theic proper-'
ty, rather chan expose them {elves to the
depredations of their ferocious enemies.
The accounts fuun Spain areXfo of a
difttreHiog kind. The French are there
making rapid progress in the tafttrn M-they ’
have lately done in theweftern provinces.
On the 25th hit. the strong fortrefs of Bel
legarde,.which it was hoped would have
baffled ail their attempts co reduce.contain
ing-a garrison of 6000 men funendered by
capitulation ; in confeqjence of which
province of Bouffillon is cxpofed to the ra
viges of the enemy who have an easy p«f
fage for their armies in o the very heart of ,
Spain. '
^M^MMMwmßUMNawavaaaMiuaaflMflr
~FK ANCE.
FAR.IS, OCTOBER 2.
THE Germans, endeavouring
to ridicule the firft invention of
Balloons, called them in their pe
riodical papers, French Volatil -
tits ; the Caustic Kefner publifK
ed several biting epigrams on that
ipbjeCt, and no body imagined,
that thole precious difeoveries,.
perfe&ioned by the omnjpoteJM/
Genius of Libe ty, would once
daftly contribute to rout the fatel
ilies of defpotilm, and to humble
the infamous Houle of Auftria*
The anecdote of the famous
Balloon employed at the battle,of
Fleurus is known to every body/
We flatter ourselves that our fu,b
fcribers will read with pleafare,
the official report made to the
R t prefeotati ve of the people., Cu j/
ton, and to Jourdan, General in
Chief of the army of the Mduf£
and Sahibre before the battle of
Fleurus.
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r— < ; .
Dated Aeroftadt, before Fleurus^
’ ft aliened two hundred fathoms
above the Jitrface of the earth.
. * * v*’’" • ” $ *
I, the Adjudant General, and’
Chief of Brigade, mounted the
Aeroftadt, commanded by' Capr.
Contelle at the farm of.Fae^
near the advanced pbfts of
bufart; being afeended 100 fath*
oms,, I remained in station two
hours and observed,
I. To the left, behind Sombref,
i Squadron of the enemy’s cava)-
ry, drawn up in order of battle,
with posts ftadoned on the road,
defended by two fidd pteces
11. Several Squadrons of
alry. drawn up n order of
polled near Bot^y, their left wing
extending to the river Orneau.
111. A strong detachmeht of
Infantry to the right of Marina
Balatre. ;
IV. Corps de Guards
Orebards of LoqgWrtlie.
V. * A camp pf about,
jo.oco men. Its left wing ex
'tending towards ‘ Gambloux, hftd
the right fupported-oh’G^n^s-
Advahced posts nearJ^.wPpd of
Sombre. . ; .
VI. A corps of Infantry be*
tween Spy and Onox. The
my is (Hiring, and theit advaric^d
polls are jn tpQtiom The
pearance of the Balloon feemiUo
puzzle them extremely.
American Intelligence.
PITTS BU R G, N»v "
On Tae Way hft, Judge Peters and Mr.
Rawle, tbe «twrney for the United Stetea
for this diftrift, clcfed the ixatn in at ion of
the persons apprehended in this country,
said to have been naive tn the late infer'
reaioo—• some were difeharged, othetl
‘ held to bail, end the following aimed
partons (ent under gaard to Philadelphia
for trial, via.
* John Hamilton, Robert Porter, ‘
Joho Lockary, Caleb Mounts, ,
M, Carts, 4 lofan Bieck, J"
'" Thomas Burney, James Kerr, /.
. John Corbly, David Bolton,
_ W. Crawford, „ Isaac Walker. .
- John Barret, T-. Sedwick E^.
/ J ames Stewart, A . 'Jofcpb Scott. / •
We hear tha| the party of men who
went in pursuit of Oavid Bradford,, cam®
up with him near Limestone, but could
not take him—he had a gurad of 16 mtn,
and the party consisted of but eight.
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PHILADELPHIA, DEC. IJ.
From good authority we team,
that Mr. Jay has made application
to the government of France for <
permifijon to communicate direct-,
ly with our Minister in Baris, by
means of a packet that Ibould en
joy the nfual privileges of veflels
employed by diplomatic, charac
ters, of not./eing liable to tearch ,
or rxaminatiop. ThisAcmand is;
thdt’ by some to be indicative of
a deflre in the British Court of
< commencing a peace negotiation
with the French, in which Mr. Jav
! should .be the , mediator. This
। idea was jfome time since held out
. in the pngliffi prints and the cir
ciimftance above related/ appears
to gwe it weight. * ■
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A,letter from Paris fays t
Mr./MusROE has lately taken
u'p thefubjedl of American chiimsi
• and the very important one of the;/
present ft^t^bf commerce bet ween'
; the j ‘ two eeuntriei which- has dnd
doe£ countinue to deroga e from
’ some of the drCittes of treaty of
commerce and amity subsisting
! between TfcemK I am in hopes
soon df'b^o^ abte'to inform-you
of My Munroe’s complete fuc--
cefs.** ”* I'-'* 1 '-'* i’?.'’ :1 /
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The mate df the (loop Eliza
beth informs that ia French. pri*
vateers had failed fromChaileft oh;
I on the fame day they tame out/*
in order to intercept 1 pari bf
. the WeftUndia homeward bdbnd 1
; fleet. Information of the time of
i their failing was received by a
British Prize, lately'arrived nnto
1 Charleftop* |*? - »?, I
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N E W - Y (TR'K, "
It is remar«sie thtfthie events Qralmoft
es«ry day we eßcomnims on
prudenceaadtemperate policy^ Exec
utive and his f^dc al/upportcr^ The
id ent refilled tfae e^dr a' of bife Itnen
plunge us Wo war-Uis crd#n
ed’witkfoccMKdi. /;/
had by fall jdvjce >: pat a ffop <9 .<ne pro
jeAed teifei&tit It Pi^que Isle, the anti
fedwd papers denoubdecT bim^W 1 his WO
tertontomlfcmacrtlmsl js^piacres, wfaq
know nothing of hja motive^ railed M fbd
man snd his jpwfurea.-rt^jr’u spears
/ th4'tb4pr6tteutftmWt^ Would
certainly have involved us in wai’ with the
Six Nations. .Xhe,.Brefident knew this
^bt had Jbe
!he delayed—he treated—«n J the jßvw ba^
acqhirimec^ ot a full Hgbt and* title to the
terriyory ‘h«
of pafflng thro! t^eir country .
In this case as p ^e plan Os n^gociatmg
with tW English pblicy^bf the
g&erkpent wd jeft-*
a»die*^y toapgfjund the
rashness, the pp^Qib and the ignqrsnce of
our Jelfmiiii tutH ft^ matinki pafritits. Yet
St this moment, dppoflrton lift* it« head &
d^aoda tbat we pbtvneniiatailpfcw^wb o
have, fought ItdMmentum,* and
20^
peace to thofo do^f infodt^al d»eo,
The world i« probably reaping its Wl
barveft from the flaverv and toil of the na
tive! of Africa—The French htvttig eman
^>ated the Mteki R «so doubt
> -‘f. ’ 7 * /yd* &
come the Lords of the Soil—in that case, it
is not to be i>refumed, that from ten to fif
teenmen with arms in their hands will
labour for the support of one—This being
the case, it requires not the spirit of pro-
Ulh.cly-tQ'fprefee that.the culture of the is
lands will be totally changedpr if it Ihould
/ be continued on its present plan by the
blacks for «dme, no whites will be per
mitted to reside among them, but in the
capacity of flavts—The probability how
ever, is that the negroes will revert in a
great measure to the state of life to which
the great majority of them were accustom
ed in their own country.
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By Tuefday s Mail.
European Intelligence,
[By the ftoip G eneral Lincoln, Caftt.
J oy, from London ]
From the (Lm.) Oraclb, of Od. io.
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Yesterday’s Dutch mail
1 bro’c avast influx of impor
tune intelligence. The peruial of
this paper will therefore ■ serve as
an apology for the omiflion of ma
ny favors fromour CorrefpondentS/
and Advertisers. On great occa
lioris we are relolved to facrifice
our temporary interest ; for the
maintenance of that priority - and
plentitude of information which
have hitherto been our laudable
charaderiftic.
■' In the following columns may
be feenjhe true state of the affairs
of Europe. While we tremble
fbt the fate of Holland, over which
the enemy is suspended by a thread
we rejoice at the emancipation ot
the Poles from a cruel and unpro
: voked bondage.
The latter have completely ex
pelled the enemy from their terrilo
i ties, and, m the frenzy of their
* indignation and refehtmenr, me
> nace the INVASION of the Pruf
fiah dominions.
The States General, in the ex
tremity of danger, propose, as the
; last fatal remedy, the grand inun
i dation of the whole country but
i the majority of the people, inimi
j cal to the Stadtholder, refufe their
assent, preferring the clemency of
the enemy With the new French
1 doMnes^ to what they term the
j deffru&ion of their territories.
: While from this ftarement may
be ferjoufly weighed iranfadlions
of magnitude abroad, we behold
t spirit of relblution and vigor at
^tiefcldom surpassed in any age
oFour hiltory. A'great and an
opulent company announces its
‘ to,/dppoh the prof
ecution of the w#r; and th^t 5 it|
patriotic efforts may befrowned
With the desired effedt, its Our
moftfincerejifiu
As W tfie Dutch having, by ft
pening thf flares, drownfed a great
part ot the 'French army, the ri
veyfe is the.j.att; for'the French,
being in pofleftidn of CreVetOebY
have;K>n cliejr poweroff
the water, which h^ Befo^
let in, a Qircymftance which they
have taken advantage of,, as bur
readers will Jee/ by Tetter frortl
the Britilh Army.
■ M A H r.
: Kfij rll'S l M ; Utii" ?». w J
CCLOGNI, SEPT.
’ , All. is. abfolutefy 16ft, it the
French do hot afford peace to the
trians have been completely beat
{o the 2 3 dp£4e jpreftjt roontb
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when the French entered Aix-la-
Chapelle.
The retreat of the Auftrisns
beyond the Rhine is only retarded
by the time necessary to render ic
fafe, and preserve the immense
magazines at Cologne. Two
bridges of boats are for this pur
pose thrown across the river above
and below Cologne, which dem
onstrates their itention to cross if.
The citizens here fly to arms,
not to defend themtelves against
the French, but the rabble, who
menace them with pillage.
VIENNA, SEPT. 26.
Letters, and particularly the
official accounts from Warsaw, of
the 9th inst. give us the most am
ple details of the circumstances
attending the retreat of the Pruffi- '
ans, on the night between the sth
and 6th. J ,
Various causes contributed to
this retreat. The Insurgents in
Great Poland not only cut off the
supplies of provisions and ammu
nition from the army of His Prus
sian Majeftv, but also cut off tho
communication between the other
parts of his dominions and his
camp, in the environs of which the
Poles had demolished all the
jftreers, and attempted to entrap
the pruOians in a number of grand
abbatis, which the rubbish enab
led them to form.
.in the purfuit,the Prpffians were
miserably slaughtered, the streets
‘ thro’ which they passed were cov
ered with rhe carcasses of men and
horses; and as thev had not time
to bury their dead, the ,air about
Warsaw, for four or five days was
greatly infected by the putrid ex
halations from their bodies,
The enraged Prussians fled like
mad dpgs, destroying in ti^ir way
all the houses y of the peasants $ so
that the places through which they
passed are as dreary as a ^efart.
In their march to Great Poland^
they have but a melancholy prof
ped ofp^betrating into the coun* '
try, thelnfurgents having carried
offallthe magazines and arsenals,
and occupied the strong places im
force, and are firmly determined
to oppose them.
If the Warsaw Papers ,db noiT
overcharge their ateouqts, the
. King of Prussia is in great dan^’
of being cut off, with hrs whole
| army. ' ‘ '
The Insurgents have poflt;ffed
; themselves allo of Pazin,, a wy.
j with a‘fortified castle, ,which is
the centre of the government ,p£
tpe : wfiofe proviiice.~ls)eY' M
no further i'riteiligence at Waflaw
i IJnce the/arrival, pf 'the/ ftufljanjf
at Sochaczew, in the Palatinate of,
Rawa . 1
A d* t b of S
; tfienticaced by ahy date qt narn«
or place, Aaf dn action already
tflhen placb bit^beeft l the Ptdsi affd
Pritijfi^ytn ffve
^TMagain tallt herd of
of which the' House bf A6ftria
would be very desirous, if it was
notT>d^<i by its ehgageib^ with
the Alltel Os whom if wilhe^Tfi
it hat terms are
If the French wqpld. consent tq
; e<l»bli(h the Wa'tjonalj'Cpnx'^^
,n
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