The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1796-08-04 00:00:00, page 2

rt.'bft of r<> rrdny frorrrir. belt! th? “•leaner of the
j./ iff?- 'I iie directory has made the irenfiitation tri
umph. r It has by its courageous developement ac
o iirni a new right to public confidence. Let us fe
r >nd it in the war it wage.; againft the'ir. oft dange
j oui enemies of the republic, hiiconcerced fora
ricnsen: th< y will loon revive rneir plots if we ceife
:o watch them. Call to vonr recollection, mat
jubdued on the ir h Germinal ol the 1 ait year, they
rallied thesT force, iilently, and returned more for
midable fci 1. on the lit P.airial, to bathe in the
If
blood ol our ur.fo-rurat'*
rolh:
fines that period id's indulgence had been .'hewn
them—if we 1; iib.ro lefs blind to their plans, they
■would not be now 1‘een calling aloud tor the heads
of the national representative'.; and of the members
of the directory. :o tic ft: air cc f aving lolt the pow
er to do ifii! chief, they kre rel'olved to recover it
again at any price. Thrv do not adjourn their fti
ry ; and let r.s.. on our fide, not adjourn the nea*
fares c-.lied tcr by prudence st the moment when
they a-e caught in the t.*ct. i demand as an a
rnc-ndment, that they '.hall be ibliged to cuit Paris
within 114 hours.
This amendment was cornbr.Kict by Poulcet, v/bo
procured its r- Taction. t
- 1
r7*
A Brtifseis account of Mjv t ?, fay';, t' e Arrr.f
tice on rhe Rhine was not then broken, but the ar
mies were in motion ; the advanced pofss were
within two tnulket ihot of each other, and hoi'ri
lities every moment eypected. Yet the French and
Auftricn ofH rs were very foetaldining together
often, and imiuighgdr. bails and ether atrusfements.
[What an odd fare- i-i this ftate of the world S—
clilferer.t parries fhuking hands in high glee to day,
and furiouily cutting each others threats to-mor
row i
May 18.
A Courier has arrived and brought the news of
the taking Milan.
Pi-ad-lA enters at Plaijance, z;tb
f Zonal, A lay 0 06.
Euonaparte, Commander in chief of the army of
.Italy, to the Executive Directory,
I have 1; termed you, Citizens* Directors, by my
Jafr, of the retreat of the Au-trian army, which had
j ej> iisc-d tr,t: ?o at Valence. They wr re eiurench
ed along uy Logons, TeidopT.no, and Tclin„ with a
view to defond the entrance of the M. lanel’e.
After dilf.rent marches and movements, military
and diplomatic, m induce a belief that ‘ intended
fo pafs the river at Valence, 1 pulhed by a forced
i'.! arch to Caftd ot. Gioamer, with go no grenadiers
and £000 horl'e. At i: o’clock at night, rhe chief
of biurnlicn of artillery, Adreofsy and arij irant-ge
neral I rontin, advancing v/i:h a hundred cavalry a
long the bank of the ?o to P!aifancer rook r boats
1 id.-n v. itSi rice, f*nie officers, 500 Tick men, and
ail the hol'pirai litres of the army.
At nine in the morning vre arrived at the l?o, op
pofiie to PIailan.ee; two fouadrow of hufsars at.
tf-mpted to diluure our pafsage-'-we threw our
{• Ivcc into the boat-; and landed on the other tide—
alter a fev. mntket I,hots, the cavalrv withdrew.
rl be cliiet <d brigade, de Lefne# a3 brave as intel
ligent, wjs the firlt to ftep his foot on ihore. The
di vihons of the a my, which ware diftributed at
tir_'~rent diiTances, hafrening their march, the mo
ment the movement was uumaiked, and raised in
the courfe of the day.
In the mean time, Beaulieu informed of our
march, was convinced, but too late, that the fortifi
cations of the Tefsein and rhe redoubts of Pavia,
were ufelds ; that the French Republicans were
not as weak as Francis I. H« ordered 6000 men
and 2000 cavalry 10 march to meet us, to oopol’e
our landing, or attack us, before we had time to
form—he 'ailed ici his calculations. At noon I
learnt that a division of the enemy was near us—we
marched—the enemy had '-o pieces of cannon, and
were entrenched in the village of Fombio, The
Genera] of britv-ide, Dllemagne, with 11grena
diers, attack cj on rhe right ; the* adjutant-general
Litmus, on the ba'n.-c, ar.d the chief of brigade. La*
iuv , or. ihtr .t»c. Afctr a fevere cannonade and a
well fuftnined refil'rance, ihe enemy founded a re
?rear. We pnrfued them to Acida. They lol'c a
p.irt of?h«’ir baggage, 300 hories, and joo men kil
led or priioners, with many officers.
T> 1 j:■ inthe night. another body of rooo Auftri
ans, which was at Ca::H, departed at \ o'clock, to
fnccour the troop-, at Fombio. Having arrived near
Cor.dnpm, the head quarters of Gen. Ltharne at
two 0VI0. k in the morning, they fenc forward fome
men who < lenced the ccniinels. General Leharpe
mounted his horfe to learn what was taking place,
he ordered a hall brigade to advance, the enemy was
beaten a, d till per fed, but by an irreparable misfor
tune for the army, Gen. Leharpe was killed hy a
cannon ihot. The republic.has loft z man much
attached to her coufe, the army one of their beft
Generals, and all fold-err r. comrade as brave as ri
gid in difi tpline. ' G. r:. Berrfiier repaired to Co
bogr.o immediately; he purfued the enemy, took
Ca: el, and a -real quantify of baggage. The *’oth
half brigade and Gen. Mcnars, behaved perfectly
well. 1 }
The fnccefs at Fombio is, in a great meafore, due
to the bravery of r h e chief of brigade, Lafne. I re
commend to the Directory the Con of General Le
harpe. for the place of Lieutenant of cavalry.
„ 1 tuque it tlte confirmation of adjutant general
front hi, who, not included in the labors of Prntri
al. hvs never chafed to ferve with courage. The
pi,sage of the Po is one of the mo ft important ope
yitions. There had been bets laid that we lhould
;,cc pal’s it within two months.
(Signed) BUONAPARTE.
May ib.
The Emperor, who is ignorant of the pafsage of
the Po, the rout of his troops at Loyd, and the in
valid! of the Milanefe, has judged proper to break
I the armiitice which, the directory, with the delire
j for peace, had granted him ar the dote of the ialt
• campaign. It was on the 2d Prairial {21ft May)
• thru this intimation was made to** the French gene
i ra!s, by the generals of the enemy, and holtiiiiies
■ would continence on the 20th ( f lit May.)
, The annien of the Rhine and Moielle, and of the
; Sarnbre and M.-ufe, are in a ftate to open a brilli
I ant campaign ; and are def.i ous to equal the glory
■ of the brave armies of Italy, whole luccelses are de
1 ferving the highelt eulogy.
: A courier from the army of Italy has brought the
t executive directory the official news that the n i co
j loured kag-boatsat Wilan, Pavia, Come and thro*
: all the towns of Lombardy. — It i:; ealy to explain
j the motives that have determined the arch duke of
i Milan to t :',:e rni immediate- rout to Vienna,
j The expected arriv^^» an ambafsador Iron the
, P. v. to io’iicit >-«e.ice frrffn the French republic, is
meiiticiied a- the report of the day.
?vh Prairi il, sSthM-ty.
' JRMT OF THE SB A-CO AST.
Extract of a letter from the General of.LivjEon,
Dhnul'ny, to the members of the Executive Di
Head Quarter- of Alenccn, 20th Floreal.
I<( ~ inform \ ou with plealure, Citizen Directors,
thar fron: the firfc Fluvoife, to the 25tit current,
the Chouans have loft in the eaitern di vifion c the
{ aimv of the fea-coal't, 2,P,oo r.tr-n, and that nearly
> an equal number have *••• cv. wounded.
Health and Eraurnitv,
1 DUMESNY,”
J _
Buonaparte continues his v ictorious nsrrh h-fo
Italy our troops are now before Pelogna, demand
ing great contributions front his Holinefs.
!
ft is laid that Beaulieu is blockaded ud in IHan
tua.
| There are ryeat fermentations at Naples— the
| peoole cry off loudly fc r peace.
| l he English Parliament dilsulved the rod) IDny.
; In addition to the above we obi'erve tj;at on the
I* 2ctIs, every thing remained tranquil at Paris,* and
fptendid fete: were exhibited in celebration of the
| victo-ies of Italy
: Mo action had taken place on the Thine..--The
| armiftiee had beev.forr:.-//;» broken ; and an snima
\ ted addrefs had been ilsnetl by the Directory to the
i Armies, to exhort them to imitate tlie glorious vic
| rc.ie.it atchieved in Italy.
. The Executive Directory to the armie? tbeSim
j bre and IvLufe, of the Thine and Mole lie, and of
j the North.
JDefendtrs »fjr.vr county,
Again the din of war is re-echoed from the hanks
j of the Rhine ! No l’ooner is the campaign ot Iir.lv
> opened- than cor.ouered kings are compelled to ini
j plore peace—than trie lcattered remains of armies,
| intending the overthrow of the republic, find no
! lately but in s. r. -mctu! right, or in a lha-rueful con
i cealmg themielves in impenetrable woods or petti
. lential marches. What madnels then can ocfgefs
j the heart of thar cruel enemy, who in the mid ft of
1 his own difatrers Vnd our triumphs, has had the te
i merity to break the truce which he himfelf demand
'• <fd, and winch you generoufiy granted him, in the
| hopes of at. approaching peace ? Can he expert to
; revenge on you the blows which your invincible
j brethren have inflivied on him in Italy, ami can he
I have already have forgotten the terrible proofs you
j have given him that the . fame blood Hows in your
| veins ? But no ; fie eure ?.r.d far from your formi
j dable arms,he calculates how many men v. ill periih,
, how many tears will How, how many groans will
J arife, before you can reach him.
! Let your republican bayonet", ye foldiers of
j France, caufe thofe monftera coalefed againfr the
human IpecieS to tremble upon their "tottering
| thrones. Let your ardent courage overthrow all
Iobliac;C3. Let this prolonged combat of the liber
ty of the people againfc tyranny, (bon ccale, and let
thefe ambitious delpoto who yet dare to meet vou
in the field, proftrate rhentlb.lves at the fight ofyonr
( victorious arm*—think of the caufe tln.t you de
j fend — think of your country and your >.\!<'ry—-fol
i low your own examples, and imitate yuiir brothers
{ of Italy.
j Governed by the inhuman EnglHh, he receives
J their gold and their contempt, for the price of his
j abject fubmifiion, and of his braveft warriors,
j (Signed)
CARNOT, Present,
LA GARDE, Sec. Gen.
BRUSSELS, 4 Praifial, 23d May.
All the Aultrian troops which are in the envi
rons of Siegebourg d’Ereribeitftein, and of Nieu
w'cd, after having received orders from the Arch
duke Charles, marched fuddcnly for the Upper
Rhine, in order to crois that river, and to march
them to Hundl’truck. They have only iefc upon
the Lower Rhine about 12 or 14.000 men, divided
into ievernl (mail corps. Perfons think they per
ceive in rhefe new arrangements, an underltanding
with the king of Pruflia, who according to authen
*!c letters Irom Wey.cl, has engaged to prevent the
French from pcneiraiino into Germany by iiit
chy nf Berg, which they might e. fid- tfT, ,r. a.,
curding to the lame letteis the Profitst), Hanover;,,
in, Hcffian, and Brunlwiik troops, are in n,ot;
Iruni all pans, to repair to their rendezvous. ; },
in t lie v, bole, amount to about eighty titoufand i01'
diers, of which one fourth arecatajry. 'Idle duke
of Brunt wick, has definitively accepted the command
Upon the whole, notwiihfcaitding the reveries
of tiie Autirians in Italy, it dues not appear proha
hie that a peace will toon take plate—the prepar,.
lions tor war are redoubled on all tides, and the
campaign on the Rhine is confidered as rtvdv to tie
opened. It appears that the armiltice will be bri..
kett as foon 3S the Amman army is united for the
prntectiorf of the interior of Germany.
Letters from Cobktuz mention, that Genera!
Jourdan having receiver, advice that the Anitrians
nzd marched cunfulerabie forces in the invirVos oi
iValte, upon tile Hundltinck, ant) generally u,,on
the whole of tlte Upper Rhine, had on his lide de
tached Severe! large bodies of infantry and cavalry
to reinforce the a^iny tinner the command of the
getters! of diviiion Msribeau.
VIEWN'A, May g.
The enerppcred events of the Milaorfe fo.
termined the «;»nr*to fend with -he utmoti (xoe„
fiuion -o the army of Beaulieu, ell the garilons~
not only of 'Tyrol, but s» i so the troops of htirrs -,f
Carinthin, cd C.irniole, £co. &c. L is even i^’red
t hat they will not , r rive m time to .••in-, k ln-,pt_
tuofjty o; the French, the consequences or winch
are dreaded.
The Cc irt of Vienna, alinv.td by ?h*»fe jbecefsos
have, ir is laid, ft iu ord-rs re Gen-raJ VVunnle?
to detach . 0 ' men from his arniv to reinforce that
of Beaulieu, v. hicii h:s retired under Mooiona ; at
the fame time to march n\ battalion;, drawn from
Hungary, to theftine pl-.ce. To haften tire march
•or tivefc nuoi's, they have ordered a number of
waRg,>r.3 cc iolfc.v, to carry their arms and bag.
If we are ?c helmve a report vhicli gains cred'C
daily, ti e Court.* n| Turin and Fiureine, detached
from the cocFtion, will not be alh-vtj to? hold a
rmuitaliry F> ■ ov-nieot to the French Republic
verorj rs over if s cm mies. dir p. ..ce wfrh the
king of Sardinia ifave. nn ilcdn vi:h fg 1. 10
rhofe oprotc<l to rh,« S-wh—but they add
b;d <i tn ii]J< d from rh- j -jfcs'a
they il’. d' ,;o j. r:f»er give a per ti
govern:-.!
lt' r. rrto the Er.’gliin fqnadrrs
1-n
the'French cruisers in
the"
art cl
it '..-.Row ,, ‘\-nrr, the fjeation of the Itali
an i!c.. will F i 1 then»ie; es o' lyucd to
reno.T.ce the .vppa. er.r neutrality which they b.iv<5
afr'-cted, if they would *vif: 1 to avoid having C&5
French Gr their anecnec and sonc-ceron.
UNITED STATE'S.
Sr. LUCIA RE TAR CM
I afr evening it was rep.u ted 7.
waj
re taken by the French, it was ;e:c'Uo .
au £{•
rival a t Fort I month.
BOS 1 ON, July 22.
AC
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INTEL LICENCE.
Alicani, May 10, *790.
he cloud which lately ebfeured the nrgou.itiot'3
her wee-.: the- United States and Algiers, is iutireiy
difiipateti : a le»rer from one of the fir ft houfes in A*
liennt, fays, “ Our fubfequent 1 • ■ rrer will acivife
yon, of the fin:! iettlemeut between the United
States and the Regency of Algiers—all vefseis tor
here arc now lafe "
NEW-YORK, July 22.
Extract of a letter from Cape Francois, dated 9
Medici or, June 2
<c The rth of this month {23d of June) a divifion
or fleet, making up the complement, with thole
that accompanied the commifsaries, arrived 2t the
poit .:t the Cipe, 'I he news from France is good;
the enemies are defeated on every fide."
Capr. Seward, in 8 days from Bermuda, brings
information that the inhabitants of that place wee
expecting attachments from the court of Great 81
tain, on their private efrates, to refund the proper
ty belonging to the American citizens, which had
been illegally taken and unlawfullv condemned by
their courts of Vice Admiralty. They had flopped
the Tales of leveral cargoes, one of which was that
of the Caroline, of Newbury port. 1 hole articles
that were fold were prohibited exportation by a
very heavy durv.
CONFIRMATION.
Arrived, Capt. Gunnifon, 19 days from Guacla
loupe. July 9, lat. 27, boatoed by a Bermudian
privateer, papers examined, difmifsed, and informed
that American property in future would not be
(topped as they were not allowed to libel it at Ber
PHILADELPHIA, JlIy 28.
It 19 highly probable that the armies of Fran«
W'll conquer all Italy — that the emperor in turn
will be compelled to fue for peace—France tb?It
will have Great Britain to contend with—\v;tb
this latter power the ccnteft will not contir*^e
; longi having made very great acquifltion ia £'iC