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^ExtraSl of d letter from an officer of
^he Duke of York's army. ~ ,
Camp near Breda, Aug. io.
WE were preparing to march
to the vicinity of Bois la
''duc, where the heavy baggage,
efcorced by one squadron of the
Blues, had nearly arrived, when
countermanding orders were re
ceived,^nd We remain on .our old
'ground. -This circumstance is
somewhat favourable to many of
’the regiments of infantry, to whom
the marches from the great depth
of sand in the road, are become
harraiTmg and fatiguing in the
highest degree. The want of tents,
which some of them (fill labour
under, and the badness of the wea
ther (for fometimepaft very rainy)
form, upon the whole, no small
accumulation of those evils/ to
which the life of a fbldier is pecu
liarly lubjed.
The day before yesterday arriv
ed the order so long wanted, and
which earlier iflued, might proba
bly have rescued n^ny a brave and
gatianc fellow fflhba premature
grave; in conleJiHße of it, the
remaining fidj^Sthe number of
near twoth™Bffmen, were con
veyed, to tWWative country, in
stead of remaining as before in un
wholesome Bilanders* the air of
* • A. .
which, by their long abode was
rendered nearly as bad as that of a
pest-house. To this infolubriety,
xn^iy ure the vidims that have re
cently fallen,
Our present fituatiop very much
refembks that of our late encamp
ments ; that is to fay, an/extenfive
common, furrourided on all hands
by wilderness, and sterility inftead'
of the fertilliry and plenty we mbt
with heretofore, the latter of which
being diminilhed in a dired ratio
with the increase of the army, the
price of every thing is become ex
travagantly higK
Breda lies about three miles dis
tance from our camp. The town
is rendered very ftWng by its for
midable' works, which they are
preparing in great bane fur the e
ventof an attack. Gertruyden
berg being only two leagues from
thence, I took a ride thither. The
. smallness of this important place,
and the water and . low grounds
that surround it, were what attract
ed my notice, A Ample rampart
with battions, and a wet ditch, are
all that is neceflary to render it al
mod inaccessible. It is like Breda,
literally 4 herrilfe de cannons’ of
which ther^ is likewise no trifling
depo^ in the former town. Here
. the cavalry are obliged to go each
to fetch his (hare of corn. This
I imagine is owing to the impos
sibility of the commissary’s (apply
ing- it; the heaviness of the roads
defraying such numbers of draft
horses, which are to be found dead
and dying on every hand.
Two days ago an entire Dutch
piquent at One of ‘the advanced
ppfts, Was furpdzcd while asleep,
and the officer and sixteen huflars
carried off by a patrole of the ene
rny--From Werters late
ly Conte in, we WA, that they are
in -confiderable’ fcfrCe—The/
however, but JisU‘ advanced op
this fide of Antwerp, and except
foreign Intelligence.
L^O UDON. -
BRITISH ARMY.
"iyjV/ *>*
the distant report, of some very
heavy metal,feemingly on the wa
teii particularly last nighr, and the
whole of this day, we hear not the
least of them.
The natives of this country do
rtbt bear us the greatest good will
as appeared on our marching from
our late camp at Rofendael, where
they pillaged many of the waggons
in the rear,' beating and very ill
• treating those who accompained
them. Itiseven faidjthatfeveralof
the escort were killed and wound
ed by the peafahtry. Some futers
fared the fame, and the tents and
camp-equipage of the twentyeighth
Regimens were, by these means,
totally loft.
DEAL, Aug. 2d*
A Dutch Cutter is this moment
arrived from Sluys, and brings
advice, that the fleet in Brest wa
ter,' on hearing of Robespierre’s
death, was immediately dismantled
by the mtn and officers, who were
determined not to go to sea any
longer, and w^nt together on
fhore^
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Dorneftic Intelligence*
—
PHILADELPHIA,^.^.
By Cape. Thompson, of the brig
Mercury, just arrived from Ham
burg, who left it on the 22d of
August, we learn, that Sluys had
been some time before in poflef
fion of the French forces—* Fl ufb
ing was bombarding and expeded
to fall —‘Rotterdam was expeded
soon to (hare the fame fate—-A re
port prevailed of a Revolution in
Hanover, and the French naval .
forces were considerable in the
north seas,
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j - *’.'■< .f - , ' . L. ‘ .j 4 ’
fENtrabi of a letter from a gentleman
in London^ to his friend & Phi
ladelphia, Aug, 22 .
0 The progress of J. Jay, Ef
qttire’s negotiation is yet certain
: ly unknown, although much isfur
mifed. Our other official charac
Os natives of Poland,Lithuania
190,000 men, is said, are in arms,
with such a force Under the direc
tion of such a man as Koftiuiko,
the rapacious invaders of that coun
try may find the conquest of it a
more diffident task than they eX
petied.
The Poli(h General depends on
130,000 men furnifhed by Poland,
and 96,600 by Lithuania; among
those armed, are not reckoned the
old regulars nor the peafams who
voluntarily join the army. The
population of Poland arid Lithua
' nia, is Rill computed awh'ree mil
lions.
Letters received yesterday from
Holland mention that M. Fagel,
the Gfeffier, or Secretary to the
States General, after paying a visit
to the Prince of Cobourg, had paF
fed into Bruflels for the purpose
of negotiating a very particular
piece of business with the French
National Com mi (Boners at that
place; that the Commillloners told
him the business was of such mag
nitude as greatly to exceed their
powers, therefore; all they could
do, was to grant him a fafe paflT-
port to Paris •, and that Mr. Fagel
has; in cortfequence, proceeded to
that capital to negotiate with the
ruling powers of France.
august 18.
Small Pox.
THHh HE Small Pox may now be
had by inoculation, at John
Bond’s' Hospital in Hampftead —
Said Hospital has been, repaired
lately—allo a new one will be fin
: ilhed within fifteen days, both of
■ them ficdate upon a large hill,,
which affords a pleasant profpea,
and fine salubrious air. Thole
persons who with to be inoculated,
are desired to apply loon, that
things may be made ready for
their reception. . ..
John Bond.
u ,
, ORober 21, T794< ' <
BARLEY WANTED.
THE highest price given for
good clean Barley, by
Gil man & Wo'jtt — or
Daniel Connor,
at either of their (tores in Exeter.
* StfUtmbfr, 1794/ '
rags:
CASH, Writing-Pap^r, of
Books given for clean
cotton and linen RAGS
this Office. ;
ters fay, that every thing will de
pend upon the extent of his claims,
which he also dots not chcole to
communicate. If he confines his
demand to an indemnification tor
the injuries sustained in conic- .
quence of the late order of Coun
cil, it will probably be granted,
particularly if the\Frencl^ ftidutd
continue their fuccefles on the Con
tinent. The replies of the Britilh
Ministry to the difierenTCommit
tees of Merchants and Manufac
turers who have waited op them,
have induced them to think a war
with us very improbable; and I
believe, that in the present situa
tion of affairs abroad, we may re
main easy at this time, Whatever
might have been the intententions
of England when more iuccefsful.
JA 7 e have nothing to hope from
'Richer the justice or honour of this
Nation; the freequent mention of
which in America is considered
here as a mark of our simplicity
..and ignorance of European poli
tics. A milguided ftnfe of inter
est actuates their conduct, and as
we cart have no confidence in
their virtue or clemency, we must
teach them that we do dot dread
them ; and without going into a
war, we might, I think, convince
this country that her greate’ft in
terest, and abfoluiely, at present,
her dorneftic tranquility, depends^
on her preftiving a good udder
(landing with a country (he has so
basely injured.
“ The probability, therefore, of
the continuance of the bleflings
of peace, has induced the Mer
chants and Manufacturers to Ihip
goods nearly the ulual quantities.”
BOSTON, O^r2B.
A gentleman from the eastward
informs^ that in the counties of
Wafliingcon and Hancock, up
wards of feveh hundfed BEARS
were killed the present year. Their
approach to the sea ffiore, it is sup
posed, was occasioned by severe
frofts in June last; which destroy
ed the roots of the Vegetables on
which they subsisted.
HORSES.
Eight good horses want
ed, that are fuitabje for a
stage— Any person having such
to dispose of as are young, fleet
and strong, may receive a generous
price by making immediate applir
cation to either of the fubferiters.
Gideon Lamson.
Wm* Fisher.
. Joseph S. Gilman,
Jambs Folsom 4th, .
/ Benj. Boardman jr.
WANTED fever a I Yons gooyl
Englifij HAY', and a quantity qf CORN and
OATS—apply at above. ;
Exeter, Odober 20, 1794; L f.
Jufi received from Ballon, and to be fold at
Henry Ranlet’s Book-Store^ Exeter,
Strictures on theßemarks
of Dr. Samuel Langdon, on the
leading fentim^nts in the Rev. Dr.
Hopkins’ System of Doctrines. —
In a Postscript of a Letter to a
Friend.
BY EBENEZER BRADFORD, a, m.
Exeter, Od. 20, 1794.
Letters remaining in the PoffiOffice
Ift Ofi. 1794.
Do^. Joseph Tilton n
Do6t. Daniel Tilton I
William Pidgin ? Exeter,
Samuel Pottle 1
Samuel Odlih -L,
Nathaniel Healey Hampton-Falls.
Williand Brown Chefttr 2.
John W. Gilman, P. M.
Exiter,Oß. 1794.
Smith’s Hymns.
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TOPPANAVEBSTER.
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Che ft er, 03. 1794*
War Department,
Aug.i,i794«-
1N FOR MATION is hereby gid)
en to all the Military Invalids of
the United States, that the fams to
which they are entitled for an
nual pension, which will become due
on the fifth day of September, 1794,
will be paid an the said day^ by ibe
Commfaaners of Loans within the
States feffiellively, tinder the usual
regulations.
Applications of Executors or Ad*
miniftraters must be accampiainedwitb
legal evidences of tbeyr refpebltve of*
ficers, and also of the time of the de*
cease offuch Invalids" whose penfidns
they may claim. . '
By command of ihe Prefident^f
the United States. * ; f >
H. Knox, Secretary of War*
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