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Glorious news jor Republicans !
By the Jhip Montezuma, Capt. McCarthy, arrived at-Jtcl
timore, London papers were received up to the 6th of
febtuary, JeOm which the following official, important,
fie Jing, arid highly interfiling informationt hat been ex
LONDON, February 6,
IUST after this paper went to pre.s on Saturday
morning, we learnt the news of the 'IOXaL
I' oi the Aulirian army in Laly, We im
jn-diately flopped the impreflmn, in order to com
ntunicate the intelligence. in the courle of the
night anexprels from Dover reached our office with
tin Paris pjpers, containing the detail ot me im
portant banks that had been fought'; but as one
half of our impreffion was then printed off, and as
General Bcrihier’s letter on the lubject i->n to fuel) ;
an extreme length, we Forbore to liop the prels a ,
fecund time (having already gi .cn tlie retulr) rather ,
tbsn publiih our psperlarein the afternoon, which
mu ft have been the cafe had we waited for ihe
iranfliiion and compoluion of the letter.
We are lorry to fay, that a careful perufal of all
the correfpondence pufclifhed refpecting the late
dreadful conflicts in Italy, will not permit us to re
fract the opinion given in the Tithes of Saturday,
that the event of the different actions that rook
place between the 8th and 7 6i h of January, will be
the lojt of Italy to the Etnpdnr. However exaggerated
I be reports ot tile republic.in generals may be, as to
*.he extent of their victories, or the lots of the al
lies, this much teems certain—that the Aulirian*
have experienced a 1 OTAL DEFXA'l Oj? 1 HEIR
ARMY IN ITALY, and that the lortrefs of'Mm
tua, and the whole corps of Field Marlbal W urmier
will 'ere long be torced to iurrender.
The account. o( ibefe unfortunate events is con
famed in two letters written by geneml Bgonapar
Sc, and in a very circutaftatlcial report ot the cbiel ,
of f he fluff, Rerchier.
General Pruvera, ;who ra* entrusted with »1 e
care of gi’tting into Mantui, a conAderable’nuantitv :
of proviflons, efcorrrd by to,uoo men, attacked on .
*b? 9 h at Bwilaqua:, general Angereuu, and iorced
him to rerrtrat, /moth r attempt the following1
day at Sr. Michal, near Verona, proved Id’s ’•ftmu- •
and he was rtpulh'd with lols by the repukli
Can general Maiseua, Afrelh at task took place on
the i3'h, on the lame poll. According tub. rthitr
the Ai’fcrians, after lome flight adva:itag<.3, were
1non repulled, but B-ionapafte's account lutes, that
.the Republicans were compelled to Fmfi back, w 1»iJe
Provera threw a bridge over the Adige, oppofite to
Angulari,and continued bit march to JVLntua, not •
^itnltanding the exertions of the carious bodies
tlaar harrafsed his troops,
IT rir.o- rhele funririnns beinw ^^rnni
Alviiir.i,, at'tbe bear! of die grand army competed ot
.95.000 men, attempted to penet i' le on the lide uf
Rivoli, between the Lake of Garde and the Adige,
'i he Belt atlack made at Corona the tolh, tailed,
bur on rite uth rhe Fyencb'general Joubere was dri
t en be i) from this pe lt and mat or S>, Marco, and
fell back behind Rivoli. ion jparte, infoi med of
This event, dilpatched si! litre troops he coaid col
lect to this quarter, s'ftd haltetled there hitf.leif from
Verona. An ehfiinate enfi igrment enlued, the re
luit of which w it, the pc-tseiinn ot the heights of St.
M ■ rco once more by the K publicans, by which
means the opening to the Aiiltriana cavalry was
doled up. Krelh actions Mi ere fought oh the 14 h
Slid tjth, and Alvinzry fucieeded itf throwing into
confution the left wing of the enemy ; but while he
proceeded with his victorious right to force the
right wing of the French, Buonaparte, who had re
paired in the interim to his left wing, retook the
poits from which it had been driven but s Ihort
lime before, and battening‘to his right again, made
liead againlt theAiiftrians at the veiy moment when
they were preparing to Inrround his centra. A
L clh engagement enlued, and victory declared in
favor of the French.
General Ahinzi. confident of victory, had caufed
the heights below Rivoli, between the Adige and the
J.ske of Garda, to be occupied by 4000 men. lor the
purpole ot cutting off the enemy's retreat. By this
n:‘rcc.itce all communication was at an end be
tween the French army, Verona, and Pefchieras.
1 be Aultrians in this politico, made three lucceffive
attacks on the entrenchments of Rivoli, and were
as often repulfed. Buonaparte forced Aivinzi’s right
00 the ijth, while Joubere and D'Hilliers retook
ft, Marco. According to the enemy’s Itaternent,
33,000 priloners were taken in thele actions, audit
Buonaparte is to be credited, Altinzi had no alter
native but to lave himlelf by flight, almolt alone.
If we are to rely on Barthier's account, the A.ltri
apswere retiring into she Tvrolele.
In tfce mean time General' Provera, after loofing
soon men in the action at Anguiari, continued his
march to Mantua, and arrived on the mh before
the tohurbs of Sr. Georgio. Miollis who com.
tnanied at this poft, being twice lummontd to lor
render, refuted to giv-r it up, and his refinance fur
mfh-i! Buonaparte with an opportunity to batten
from Ctiltlentmve. and to take potseflion of nil the
pninca by which Provera coulj get the convov into
Msntun. Wormier made a lortic on the fide of La
Favorcto, to effect a junction with Provera, and a
very bird fought battle took place, which tertnma
ted in favor of the French The Auftrians iur
rounded on ail Odes, and completely worn nut with
their long march, and the many actions in which
t.iey were previoufly forced to engage, iurrenderrd
ptfoners of war, to the number of between 6 and
7U0° men, with their convoy.
General 'Berihier's report of the lufs of the AuP
trians, in ali the different actions, is confirmed by
an official mefsage lent ro the council of Five fi m
dred, on the 26th ult. figned by Btrras, in which
he ftates that they loft 6ucO men killed Sc wounded,
and 23.000 men in prisoners, among whom were
General* Provera, Spork, and Hohecgollern, 5 co
lonels, 10 majors, 61 captains, yd lieutenants, 4.0
lecond lieutenants, and 30 enfigns ; all the battali
ons of the volunteers of Vienna ,• 60 pieces of can
non, and 24 hands of colours ; betides all the bag
gage of the Aultrian army, a regiment of HulSats,
and all the convoy of grain and cattle which was in
tended to be thrown into M;ntua.
Such are the official accounts of the Republican ,
Generals, and they are clearly fo very circumfian
tial, as not to admit a doubt of their authenticity.
It is however lingular that they do not contain any
intelligence of the ftate of the garrifon of Mantua,
thoogii the Directory, in its inetsage on this lubject,
etcprelscs a confidence that the place mu ft be redu
ced.
Men who are cor.verfant in military affairs, al
low that General Alvitt/i's difpol'21 ions were not on- i
ly combined in a ntoft judicious manner, but fuch 1
as fliould have'enfurad him (uccefs. it is fuppolcd
that fome of his officers cc mmuiHcawLnf-ls pljns to j
theenetny ;. and this is the mo'refipl^able &r Buo
naparte acknowledges that he was in polseffioo of
them j though tv prevent fufpicion, he attributes
this knowledge ic his having intercepted lome iei- j
ters of th" Aultrian generals.
In coiifilering the relation which till 3 unexpected
event bears to the important object ofpeace, it can
nor be uninterefting to oblerve, that Dumas decla
red in the Council of Eldt-rs, that it is held out to
the Republic an opportunity of concluding with the ,
Emperor a juft and honorable peace, by the means j
of companfations iofficie' ' for ihp feemiry of liber
ty. It is alfo Crated, with feme continence, that '
immediately after the arrival of the official reports j
lorn the army of Italy, a courier was d)fpalched ;
Vienna, to renew propolirjons lor a treaty.
Such a meafure mu ft certainly originate from the |
wilb of itic Directory to preferve Belgium, by giv 1
ing up to the Emperor his Italian dominions : and 1
from their eageroels to carry their favorite project
into execution, it is evident that their object is to J
make a partial peace with Aultria, and to direct the
united efforts of the Republic again ft Great Britain
There can, however, appear little* probability of i
its being attended with fuccefs, when *ve nfh-ci j
that the Emperor rejected with virtuous indignati
on, *11 propoihions of the fame nature, at the wry
moment when the enemy w; s irt the heart of ni$ em
pire, and that he has already {hewn to Europe his
th m conviction, that nothing can eif-crm lly lecure
!rhe public tranquility but 9. genetffl pacification,
Lat» !aft night we received by ekprafs the Paris
Gazettes to the rft infr. iticlufive, which confirm
the preceding accounts of the victories gained by
■he Freti-h in Italy, as well as the lofses fultaiped
by the allies es appears from the. following capi
tulation, and t he letter of General Berthier.
Capitulation entered into by the Imperial troops
under the walls of St. Georgio, the 17th Nivoie
(jamnry .j6). jth year ofthe Republic.
rfr.t * 7 he honours of tear are granted, and the •whole
carpi to be prJo tiers of war.
Art. 11. 1 hr officers jhall keep theirf•words, ejfcis, and
fi‘ Id equipage, and the Joldiers their knopjicks.
Art III J he general fficers. as •well as other (fleers,
may go home, if the general in chi- fjhould confnt to it 1
give my word of honour to inform the genet al in chief that 1
have pgomf d this article.
Art IV hind Ivlarjhal IVurmfr fsall be acquainted
with the prefent capitulation.
slrt V 7 heJtek and woundedfhall be taken care of
•with all tbf f niitnents of humanity which are in fee arable
from Republicans.
Leone before cti. Georgia, under Mantua
at I I o'clock at noon. the 'i~th A'ivnfe
(Jan i <j), gih yetir of the French
Republic.
Agrees with the original.
(Stgnd) ALX BERTIUER,
General of Drift on-and Chief of the
Staff of the Army.
Head Quarter*, at Verona, 30th Nivofe,
(January ig) 5th year.
f< I do hereby Certify. that in the different battles which
have taken place from the Hth to the iblh injl. the number
of the Aujirian prifonert of war, who have pafsed in re
view, amounts already to upwards of 20,000 men, 70©
of whom are cavalry, an J that fid! mere are hourly arri
ving; that the enemy have left in our hands 44 pieces of
cannon, together with their caifsans, all the baggage be
longing to the column of Gi neral Trover* and all the Jlands
of colours of this corps. Jomc of which have been broken by
the enemy.
I do further certify that by command of the General in
Chief \ l have ordered Central Rry to conduit thtfe 20 o •<>
prifonert to Grenoble, divided into convoys of 3:100 men
each. marching at one day s dijlance from each other and
under efcart of the $$th half brigade, and a ftpuadron of
horfe.
“ Thefe trophies of the brave army of Italy being of fuck
a magnitude ai to amaze our b,f friends, 1 think it wilt
afford t hem fa ti faction to fee them ceriifed in an official man
ner.
Signed. “ ALEX BERTH IE R ”
UNITED STATES.
NEW-YORK, March £0.
Extract of a lecter from a gentleman in London to
a rdp-crable houft in this city, dated January
21, ’97.
u Mr. Pinckney writes us from Pint, urder data
of the jy It in.fr. mat he hid not then been 3' finow
ledged by the Directory , nor yet. received any writ
ten mandate 10 depart, and tlut thsrtiore he lE juld
not yet t^uit Paris.'*
PHILADELPHIA,
March if. It is confidently laid, that the dif
paterjes our Executive received, from Mr. Pinckney
oy the Beifeis at Bour'deauX, agree tn fubftance .vt.h
the ftatement contained in the exciact of a Liter
from Pjris, publiihcrl in our lair, on the (utject of
the non I’peeprion ot oar Minifter. If fuch wa-s
their backwardnels to acknowledge Mr. F.nckntr ,
what line of conduct wili the E»eoco hoi when'
they have * light ot Mr. Pickering's cone thalery i,i
Itftictious.
The Editor of the New York JMin«?rva accounts
for the non-reception of iVlr. Pinckney with an is
genuity that particularly characteri'.ts him. — iWr.
PtncKney tv is not received by the French beoaqle a
change h «d tafi.cn placcin the politics of Ruffia lhtce
the accrffion to the throne of the Emperor Paul.
When Mr,Pi .kering’s letter arrives, we Ihould noc
be forprileo to hear that K?r. Pinckney is ordered
to depart ; and if that event "’puld take place, we
ihill hear theftofound'Editof.of the rVJincry;' di(co
ver the cattle i > he »n ^»ne change in the affairs of
the dulr*>n or Grand Mogul.
March z8 The people oi the United States ihould
be well on'their guard againft the defperaie attempts
o ilit Britiih faction, to. tie our fate to tlie linking
fortunes cf th t .mother country. A fyl'temaiic line of
conduct has been puriued tu iff.-ct this. The. cafe
ot the French iia$ been mmeprefented, to niiflead
the American mind ; they have been irritated by
every mentis in the power of the fact ion, by neglect,
inlult, injury, and now that the <fFccts of this bale
and impolitic cortddct are recoiling on ur, it is at
tempted to rcule- the pet pie to u rupture, that an
opportunity may be had to throw the country in
to the arms of Britain.
March 30. * There is a letter in town from New
York, dated Tuefday, which .mentions, tha: an ar
rival ar that place fre-rti Li 1bon, brings news of
France having declared 'war agaitjl America /”
[There may be Inch a letter, Dut we do not credit
the information it, contains. At ihe d3te of our
laft certain accounts from France many circunm ui
ces evinced a fincere difpolition on the part of the
French ro live in harmonv with the United St ares, j
M/Ik / IJS'bBUr<G, s.pril 0.
-.0<st5’0<S=S>0^£>0>~—
I M PUR T A N T.
BY AUTHORITY.
$V th: Pnjfiiiht of the t <hited States oJ Americd.
A FRUCI, AM A HON.
W*He-REAS ihe Confutation of the United
States of America, provides. that ihePnii
dent may, on EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION!,
convene hntl, Houles of Congrefs : And whereas art
EXTRAORDINARY OCCASION FXiSTS f.n*
conveningCongrefi, and divers great end wtighy tnai
ters claim their attention ; 1 have therefore thovghl 1C
necelsary to convene, and I do by thefe preents
convene the Congrefs of the United States cf Ar-.e
r’<ca, at the City of Philadelphia, in the Common
wealth of Pennlylvania, on Monday th? fifteenth
day of M ’-y next, hereby requiring theSenators and
Reprefentatives in the Congrefs of the U'.itedSrates
of America, and every of them, that laying cjide all
other matters and cares, they then and there meet and
afsemble in Congress, in order toconiult and deter
mine on fuch nicafurcs as in their wi fount lhall
be dactned meet for the fafety and welfare of ihft
faid United States,
In teltimony whereof, I have canfed tb* fe.il
(L.S.) of the UritedSiates of America to be affix;;!
to thefe prefents, and ligned the fame with
nty hand.
Dune at theCiry of Philadelphia, the '25th
day of March, in the year <i': oor Lotd one
thoufand leven hundred arid ninety-feven,
and of the United Stares of America, the
twenty fit ft.
John AJdmi.
By the Prejident.
TIMOTHY PICKFRING,
Secretary of State.
The difpatahes faid ro he received by cur Exeeu*
tive, by the arrival of the Brileis, (from Bourdeaux)
at New York, from Mr. Pinckney, our atnbafsador
to the french Republic, are, undoubtedly, the caute
of the extraordinary call of Congrefs by the Prtli
dent of the United States. The importance of thefe
difpatches is Inch as to require the exercKe of a
power in the Executive, which, fince the eftablifh*
ment of the Federal government, has never before
been retorted to. This circumfiance, alone, ren
ders all comment* unnecessary.
It i s laid under the latelr dates from Paris, that
the Directoi y had relolvtd to avail thentlelves of
the recent brilliant furcelsvs of their army in Italy,
by renewing their offers of a feparate p^ace with
th? Emperor; aid that they had actually lent off
an envoy to Vienna for That pur pole.
The lilt accounts from Prance, furniih us with
the agreeable information, that the whole naval
force, both thips of war and tranfports, deltined cj»
the late expedition rolrel^nd,bave returned lafe into
different ports of that republic, except two of the
latter. This account illy accords with That in Por
cupine's G iz*tte a f?w days fince, which Irates that
two thirds at le.f ofthar whole armament wete
either taken by ih= Briiiih, or Nuk.