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THE circumstances attending
the ftorcning of Praga, and
thole which preceded the surrender
oi Warraw, have as yet been im
perfedly related; wp have now
received the particulars, which
make humanity lb udder.
The suburb of Praga, separated
from Warsaw by the Vistula, was
defended by more than a hundred
canndhj difpoled upon 33 batter
ies.—tc was under the fireof this
terrible artillery that General
Sunarrow made his troops
mount to the afiauk; in the fame
manner as he had done at the tak
ing of ifmail. It will be recol
lededthat it was Gen. Su warrow,
who commanded at the taking of
this Turkifti fortrefs, where the
Ruffians entered only by climbing
Over the dead bodies of their com
rades as well as their enemies.—-
The General gave the fame orders
in the afiauk of the Suburbs of
Praga; he enjoined his soldiers to t
give quarter to no one. The en
gagement lasted two hours, and
this memorable day, the 4th of
November, will be numbered a
inong thole in which human blood
was Ihed in mbft abundance, even ¥
in these unhappy times in which
we live. The number of unfor
tunate Poles । who perilbed by the
Iword, the fire, and the water, (the
bridge over theViftula having been
broken during the action) are esti
mated at 20,000. In the suburb
of Praga, 12,00 d inhabitants of
both sexes, and aft ages, were the
victims of the firft rury of< the ,
Ruffians, who rftaffacred all whom
they met, without diftin&ion of age
sex or quality; After this dreadful
execution,no more hopes remained
of faying Warsaw.—The princi
pal chief of the infurre&ion, Count
Potocki himfelf, advised to treat
with the Ruffian General, and for
that purpose, repaired to the head
quarters of the Ruffians,with pro
poficions of peace, in the name of
the Republic. But Count Suwar
aow refufed co hear htm,obferving
haughtily, that the Empress, his
Soverign, was by no means at war
with the Republic; that the on
ly object of his coming before
Warsaw, was to reduce to obedi
ence those Politos bje&s, who, by
taking up armsy had dtfturbed the
repofeot the State. He at the
fame time infinuated,that hefhould
treat with none of the chiefs of
the infurre&ion>but only with per
lons who, imfefted with legitimate
authority, Ihould come co fpfcak
at Detroit, have potted, on different trees in
the wood near to Port Defiance, fonae writ
ten offers of a bounty of ten guineas, and
good encouragement, and every lenity
which can possibly be shewn to any of our
soldiers, who will desert their country, and
tnlift under the banners of Great- Britain g
bow are we to judge of this conduit ? Is it
not charaderihic of the h«don, and does it
Hoc evince co us the lengths they pursue to
deHrby the confidence of our Soldiery, and
prolong a war, which foight have happily
terminated, but for the ettablilhaiefit they
have unjiiftiy made in odt country ? 1 with
I could torward you a copy of their procla
mat'oo. as it might have a tendency to open
the eyes of the Willingly blind; toy heft
may perhaps inclofc one, &c.
LONDON, DEC. 23.
Particulars of the Ronning of
Praga, and of the Surrender
of Warsaw.
Foreign Intelligence.
Ry Yesterdays Mail.
ty—• a
? ih the name, ..and on the part of *
his Poliffi Majesty.
Count Potocki being lent back
with this dhfwer, it was relolvkd
to lend deputies from the Magif
trdcy of War law to the Ruffian
Commander During all this time
the fire of the city did not cease
playing upon the Ruffians in the
suburb of Pragaj who antwered it
but feebly; The Deputies, Buza
kowskl, Stazakowskx and Ma’
kaßowjcz, having reared to
the head quarters, and the night
of the 4th beihg spent under
the acutest, anxiety^ they re
turned about noon on the £th.
They had been coiiftrairied to
surrender the city at diferetion
into the hands of Count Su war
row, under the firigle coedidon,
that the inhabitants fliould be for
cure in their lives and property.
The General having consented to
this, added, “That, besides fafety
to their perforis, and the preserva
tion of their property, there was a
third artide,which without doub r i
the Magistrates had forgotteil to
ask, and which he granted, Pardon
Jar the past' 9
The Deputies being returned
into the city, a Proclamation Was
publilhed to this effedt;
*• The Magistracy of the fre^
city of Warlaw.
“ The Deputies of the city of
Warsaw, sent to Gen. Su warrow,
commanding the Ruffian troops
under the city, having reported to I
the Magistracy that they were fe
;ceived amicably by his Excellency,
the said General, who had declar
ed his dilpofitiod for a capitula
tion ; and also that chef had ob
tained some preliminary articles,
signed by him, By which he had
promised the citizens, fafety to
their persona and propertv. arid
oblivion of all pift Wrongs-^TH^
Magistracy notifies the fame to
the citizens, wishing them to keep
themselves qui^t till the entire
conclusion of the capitulation, and
that they will deale their fire, his
Excellency having ordered his
men not to fire on their part/*
In consequence of this submis
sion of the city, the Magistracy
also informed the inhabitants of
Che^r^ of General Suwarrow,
that all persons inhabitants,ffiould
surrender all their arms, of every
kind, before the sighing of the
capitulation; under promise of all
arms of value, and fowling pieces,
being returned to the proprietors,
after the re-eftabliffimeht of tran
quility. All the inhabitants obey
ed this ordef; but the fokjiery then
in the city refuted. Their Chief,
Wawrzewlki, and thany members
of the Supreme Council, refufed
to take part in the capitulation,—
This difficulty gave occasion for
more parleys, which lasted all the
6th. The King demanded a Week
to labour at a pacification; but
Coupe Suwarrow would grant no
more than two or three days, dur
ing which time they labored co re
pair the bridge over the Viftula.■*-
In fine, it was agreed, that those
of the military who refufed to lay
down their arms, ffiould have lib- >
erty to go out of Warsaw. But
the Ruffian General added this de
claration, that “ all who chose this
alternative might be fare of not
• etcaping any where else; and chat 1
L when overtaken, no quarter, would I
be granted.”
1 After the agreement was signed, |
W , • ♦ J', 'pf . ' *• s'^. --jy -■'A t
Members z of the Supreme
Council, and Generalissimo Wa
wrzewfki, waited upon the King
in the morningof the yth of Noir?
and .remitted, into his hands the
authority they exercised at War
saw. Tl^e fame day tHe Magistrate
infoccned the inhabitants that the
capitulation having been signed,
the Ruffian troops were about co
enter the city j that the Ruffian
General having promised obfefv
ance of the most exaft discipline,
the Burgefles were enjoined to
preserve order and tranquility, on
their part, and the more securely
topreferve tranquility,they order
ed all houses io be ffiut, &c.
The entry of the Ruffians fob
lowed on the 9th of November,
in the manner we have before re-
NEWPORT, Feb. 17.
W* HER the alliance bttw^ehAiberice,
and France was signed, the family of Di
Ga Asia, was noblc^ heroic; and virtuous
happy in domestic concerns, ind renowned
in military atdhievements, Among the
heroes of France, Count De Giasse, was
feleded by the unfortunate Louis, to com
mand the naval force; assigned for our aiSft
ance. The Count arrived on our toati.
neat,commanding the greatest naval force,
which had then floated on our feat. He
contributed to the capture of the British
army, under Lord Con nwai^lis, and ren
dered many effentiai fervicea co oar cause;
but failing against RaJnt^f he was di (hon
oured on his return home, add he is laid to
have died with grief.
Oa the late revolution, the reriHins of
his family was periecuted as arifiocratt^.
they fled to diftanc lands, in Order to avoid
hamiliatiort; poverty, and perhaps deirh.
The daughters of the unfortunate Count
De Grasse, are now in Button ; and one
of his sons commands a man of war under
the King of England.
The following is the substance of the
sentence pronounced on Cabrjer* and his
accomplices in the French Revolutionary
Tribunal, Dec. 1794- ,
•* CdWvr# 1 , Representative of the People,
copvided of having been the author of the
horron which have cxifted in the depart
ment of La Loire interior ? and particularly
at Nante, against the fafety of the people,
and the liberty of the citidens, by giring
orders to Philippe, to execute Without trial
numbers of insurgents, dmong Whom Were
many women and children j by giving un
limited power to Lamberty to drown men,
women apd children, Fy giving cyders to
Hano to exterminate the inhalritaats of La
Vendee, &c. &c. v ■
*• Grandtnaifon for signing an order to
Ihoot eainaj^ihe prisoners; in being pre
fentata drowning jin malt Seating the
» ffims who were destined to be drowned,
&C.&C. '
* Pinard for exfou^ing arbitrary orden
for maffdcreipg innocent women atfd chH
dren, pillaging, and burning ev^ry thing m
the parts where he commended ; and 0
tawing done all thh with crimutel and
BOS TON, F«b. it.
From France—direct.
Si bee out latt, the brig Ceres, Capt.
iSumtur has arrived here from Bourdeaux
—by which we have received Paris and
Bourdeaux papers to the latter part of
December. There does not appear to have
been any military events of consequence
since the victory oyer the Spaniards—nor
do any of the .debates of'che Convention
wear an al ped of Peace with any of' the
powers. On the 1 jth Dtc. Duboift
CraHct said, that notwithstanding the iuc
ceffes of the armies of the . Republic, a
winter-campaign was necessary to copfoli
date them and the Convention decreed
that the furloughs granted for three months
should expire in one months The Con
vention appears still busy in repairing the
ruins made in the moral and phifical affairs
of France during the fyttem of terror^—
Carrier and his accomplices hate been ex
ecuted g and the Rebefperean judges, accus
ers, Ire, are in train of trial.
SENTENCE AQAINST cJrRIRR, ^.
Donieftic Intelligence.
BV AUTHORiir.
; notice to mariners. f
Trinity-house, London, sth Nov. 1
This corporation Having very lasely re
ceived from the right honorable the iofdi
commiffionert pF the adnWraity, a report
of the Survey taken of the Good win Sand,
by Mr, GUa^e Sfence, their maritime
Surveyor.
Department of tt;te of the United
States Feb. fd, 1795.
I hereby certify, that the aWve is a trifo
copy of the pfspinal communication fforti
Joshua Johnson, Esq. conlul at London,
od file in the office of the department of
ft ate.
GEGRGt TAYtOR JOB.
dhie/ cietkj
iWaia.ii,—lll .Wai' ■ ( Il
Take Norice,
THAT a Vendue of the
Don.refident LANDS in Gtltnaniod
Will be on t^e 26 day of March 1795, JOr
Taxes for 17^0, at the Dwelling^Huuie of
Col. Antipafs Gilman in said town at ted
o’clock in the forenoetL
William PaXsons, Colle£i 9r ,
Cilmantoh, pebi 20, 1795.
• TO purchase Wo or three tons of
HOG’s FAT,
for which the caffi will be paid sis
. Woodbridge Odli^
Exeter^ Peh: a6, 1795.
coaatw—olmiQiwy intenti OTS ;
demned to the pain death/!
’ »bdve (entente was pmnqunc
ed, Garrur said, “ jdie h viflim and in,
aotthti My left wilh Ihall be for the
good of the Republic, and for the welfare
of ma feUqw citizens.’* a ,
. trial hfted feVeral weeks, and
in, the caufie of it, there were developed
crimes that Would make the stoutest heart
tremble, barely,to contemplate. H t r 9 was
a milk-fop to him’, . . .
? .RICH PRIZED.. r ...
By. the brig arrived on Sunday, frod;
Bonrdcaux, in 4^ days, we have,informa
tion, that news arrived there from Srcft,
before flie .failed, of the capture, and fafe
arrival of thirty fail of ah Engiifh Jamaica
fleet.
A Convention of delegates from twenty
towns and titre plantation, in the oounuei
of York, Cumberland, and Lincoln, latily
met at Portland, to consider the expedient
cy of thole countiesbeing eteded into a fep«
a rate Stare. The Convention were unan
imously of opinion; that a reparation Lodi
this Commonwealth odght cota4e.pla^|
lor which, in a very lengthy address/ they
Hate their teafont j and requett that the
sense of the people at large may be takeri
at the next April meeting. They adjourn *
ed to the third Wednesday of Oddb€f
next.
Notice is, hereby given, tW ip cAihptU
ance with the request of a numerous body
of merchants,owners, and thafters of ®ijs,
meaSure, are now taking to moor, as lped«
dy as pofiible in the next Summer, a prop
er vessel, for a floating light en the Gcodi
win Sand hear the north and South
lands, on which vessel three cMind Hghti
will be exhibited, to diftingtiifh T H is light
from the north and South fore land lights,
and continued constantly in the night lea-
Son foi the benefit of navigation A largd
Bell will also be fixed on board to be rung
in ha±y or thick weather,to warn ships of
their danger as they approach the said Sand
when the lights may not be Steh.
Further notice, and particular efthd
ftstion will be given is Soon as the (aid
vessel is placed and the lights are exhibited.
, ■ Mr. PaiWTBR. . v
PLEASE to pubb<* in your HERAtD
the following to the ^ledors of the fourth
Defiridt. Let me ask the Freemen, of said
DeftriQ, if; on every, principle if General
MICH’L M‘CL ARY, do4s not joftly flier
it, oor united fuffrages for SEN ATOR; at
the ensuing Ejcttidp ; His valour and pat
riotism, during our ttruggles for independ
ence, his canddr and good judgment, render
him worthy of our molt ianguine tdhfi«
donee. * A FREEMAN.
_ : ©jreterj
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY zi, iyjj;
ELECTIONEERING.