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rte imerefU o( France boVilfo.thife ofOtfcrt fiaiei
have been I'acriSved U; ber.
(% o be antinued.)
ATKST FROM EUROPE.
Fxtract of a letter from Buoueparte, General in
Chief.
Head Quartets at Bafsano, 23d Frociidor (Srp
tember 9 )
« .\ rapu'. and unexpected march of twenty leagues
in two u .ys, Ins diicoucen-*i the enemy. Worm
ier meant to have cut u» off. and has fallen hiuUcU
into the Inare.
"On the: !, at the entrance otthe palsage, We
fall in with 1. tie my. It waalcarceiy levtn id the
morning wh' he conflict comntenctU t the Aultri
ana were routed in every quarterwe immediate,
iy marched i. .utsano ; Wut infer and his head quar
ters was flit.allotted there, they flad barely time
“ We are this more. h purfittt of ?. divtlion
of Boon men •’horn Wurar.-r had dtfpatcfted to Vi
cenza and Which is the or.iy remnait. ol that tormi
dable’army, wlncli wititi.'. cite laic month ihreaioned
to deprive us of Italy. Within thefe fix day3 we
have tuceeeded in t»« Hatties and four tkirmilhcs;
we have taken froth the ctictny 21 ftandards, 16,000
prifoners, among whom are fcveral generals j the
remaining force uf the enemy has been killed, wound
ed, and dtlperfed. We have proceeded 45 leagues,
in palses which were deemed impregnable, and have
got polstflion ot 70 pieces of cannon, with military
waggons and catnp equipage, and conliderable ma
gazines.
(Signed)
“BUONAPARTE.”
Extract of a letter from Buonaparte, General in
Chief.
“Montebello, Kructidor, (September to )
« Wurniter wiu« 15**0 cavalry uiid 3OJ0 irihimry,
and his bract quarters, were hemmed 111 between the
divifion of Ivlaisena, which this morning let off from
Vicenza and d* filed to Villa Nova, and the divifion
of Angereau, wi»i*h i’er. off from Padua, and proceed
ed towards Pone Lognago ; Wurinfer efcaped from
Baisano, proceeded to Citadrlia, from thence to
Vicenza, and to Montebello, to rejoin hit troops,
and attempted to force Verona, but Kelmaine} whom
I left there, forelaw his defign 3nd completely de
feated it- 1 understand that at prelent he is march
ing by the tract of the Adige, and that he endea
vours to gain Mantua. It is poGible that this plan
mav faceted ; then excepting two brigades, which
I (hall give to Sahngner, 1 am matter of Italy, of
the Tyrol and of Frivoul.
*• BUONAPARTE.”
l.ONDON, October il.
Yefterdav a commilfijn pulsed the great fe?!, at
the Lord Chancellor's houfe in Bedford Iquare, ap
pointing Lord Milmsbury Ambafsador /x>raordina
rv and Minifter Pi-nipoienriary from this Court to
the Directory of France. Hi* Lordlh\p, attended
by Mefsrs. Sylvefter, W.ffin, Dre liens, and Brooks,
tour of his M jclVy’s mclsengers, will to-morrow
fet off from nts apartments at Greenter's Hotel, in
Jerniyn Itreet, for Pari*. •.
George Ellis, E q Is appointed feerttary of the
embafsy to Paris, and accompanies the noble rail
in his voyage. We Have not learnt who ii to be
his private fecretary, nor of what number of per
fons the eftablilhmc lit is to con ft ft. There is no
doubt but from the appointment of a perfon of Lord
Malmlttuty's confuleration it is to give it fpiendor
and ftile. Whether this may recommend us to the
tudied plainnefs of the French Directory we know
not. We underhand that the Maitjuii del Cainpo
ibon (bund it political to depart from the magnifi
cence of his appearance. Lictd liverieS and luperb
equipage were trio It rung a contrail to the grey
frocks and fiacres of Paris.
The Spanijb Coniul took his departure from Eng
land on ludday la!t. The Ambalsador (till re
mains for inltructions from this court.
UNITED STATES.
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SALEM, November 22.
Sailing of a Spani/b Fleet,
Capt. Mogford arrived here onSaturday laTt from
Cadte. He tailed the 2>6<h Sepreinber, in company
with a Spaniih fleet of 22 tail of the lint, and 18
frigates at d floop of war, reported to be bound to
Carthagena. It waS al'b faid that at Cafthagena
lhry were to be joined by 7 fail of the line, and to
till for Toulon.
The Admiral’s Chip carried 132 guns.
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BOSTON, November 19.
Capture of Admiral J ARVIS's ftjuadroh.
In our laft we mentioned the failing of a Span
Hh fleet ot fixteen fail of the line up the Mediterra
nean. Captain Myrick arrived yefterday, in 32
cUysfrom Lilbon, ioforif»3, that the day before he
failed, news arrived that a Spanifh fleet had pro
ceeded up the Mediterranean, nearly as far Corfi
ca ; that they fell in with Admiral Jarvis's Iqua
dron, with a fleet of tranfports under convoy, (hav
ing evacuated Cnriica, and it was ftippoied were
bound for Gibraltar) and captured fix fail’ of the
line, and a great hoftiber oF tranTpbKfi, which had
arrived at Alicant. Tb»# information tapt. My
riik received from the American coniul at Liibon,
who fully credited the account. . ..
Capt. My rick alfo Informs, that War bad equ
ally been declared by Spain againit England.
PROBABLE CONiE'QJJ E N C tS OF THE CAPTURE OF
THE BRITISH FLEET.
The intelligence brought from Liibon if authen
tic (of which there Teems little room to doubt) is
the greateft blow ever given to the BritiVh navy.
The greatVTt number of ihipa which we rta ember
th have been loft in the Eogliih hiltory docs not ex
ceed fodr or five fail of the line—But here is a pow
erful fleet of feven fail of the line, betides frigates
detained for an important expedition. With Irani
ports full oT provision* and troops, taken at a timt
whet) the lolsls irreparable, when if their place is
lupplied the channel fleet is weakened', England,
bcoil^nd, and Ireland; laid open to a del cent. At
the loweta calculations tbefe ihips of war and cranl
pons required io-,ooo lea men to navigate them, anti
if they hod oh board, as we are told, the troops
withdrawn from Corfica, they Could not have a
mounted to lefs than fix or feven thoufatid men ;
here is a fleet and arm) .lota—now let us look at the
conlequences—England lias lolt the comftierce of the
Mediterranean, coofe^uently all her influence there.
Gibraltar (to reinforce which their fleet was del
tined) is left unprepared fojr a liegeJ*»her Vonds mult
feel a depreffion that Will render a bankruptcy al
most inevitable, h'ef naval reputation will be funk
in tbe eliimatioo, and by a, junction of the French,
SpailTih, and Dutch fleets, her Channel fleetawlll be
out numbered. The alarm fpread over England by
an event unparalleled in the annals of naval affairs,
will terrify the moft intrepid adminiltration, the
whole plan of the minilter will be deranged, in fact
the conlequences are incalculable.
The affairs of thefe States are crilkaNy fit luted
with the French Republic., A very ierious and a- .
larnting mifunderftapdihg has.taken place, between ;
the two governments. Mr; Pickering's haHh re
ply* will probably Uad td as haHh a rejoinder » and
there is no dqubt Mr. Adet is governed by his in
ft ructions- What are we to do ? Are we prepared
for war with France ? Can we injure tbeir com
merce ? Can we hurt theln at all ? On the other
hand, cyn they not injure us in the moft essential
points? TJnle are important confiderations !—
We are on the brow of a breci’piece ; a falfe ftep
may., do us an irreparable injury.
Mr. Jefferfon's moderation, his character, and in
fluence, will probably be Ibccefsfully employed to
divert the threatened evils; For a rupture with
France, would ruin our profitable trade, Vt lealt j
if this wa3 the only mifehief to be apprehended.
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NEW-YORK. Nov. 2fl.
■ CORROBORATION.
The Ihip Lydia, capt. Goodrich, arrived at this
port on Friday lafr, in 37 days from Liibon.
Mr. George Pollock, the owner of the Lydia, in
forms (after being qneftioned) that it was reported
at Liibon, that ADMIRAL J*RVlS's SQUA
DRON, &c. had been CAPTURED in the Medi
terranean, by the joint French and Spanith fleets.
The captain kith a fmile, a perlon whom we
refpect.probably unwilling to offend his employers,
refuted to give any information on the fubject ; but
being told of Captain Myrick’s account, he could
not help confefsing, that there was fuch a report at
Liibon 1
—
Philadelphia, Dec. i.
The following contains the probable ifsue of the
election of Prefidenc and Vice- Frefident, collected
at confiderable trouble by information from various
quarters.
Jrfftrfoh.
A dafns.
Georgia
4
S. Carolina
8
N. Carolina
Kentucky
4
Tenefee
3
Virginia .
i i
Maryland
6
4
Delaware
3
Pennlylvaniai
*4
i
\ New Jerfey
4
3
New-York
12
Connection
Vermont
(No vote)
i i
Rhode liland
Mafsacbufetts
3 *3
New-Hampfbird
i 4
U
Majority for Jefferfon
jo
NORFOLK, November ig.
HIGHLY INTERESTING.
Yefterday arrived in Hampton roads, the brig
Moles Myers, Capt. Cooper, froth Malaga, which
place he left the 3d of October. Capt. Cooper has
fu/nifhed Os with the following ftatement of the
hews A7 Malaga.
The em'oa/go continued on all Bricilb v*fsels ; the
Spanilh fohjeers have been called on to give in a lift
of the Britilh property in their pofteffion, and pr
ders given tha; it thould remain In their hands till
they received further inftructiors. The debt* due
to the Britiib merchants rtfidiog ih Spain are e£n
birgoed, and themlelves ordered to pay *h\t ijiijr
were owingin that country. Thefe itcps were lup.
pofed ttt have taken place in conlequeoce of the em
bargo laid on SpaDilh bottoms in Krtgltnd at the
time of the (ailing of tbie flpauilb fleet which cou
voyed Adnt. Rlchery froth Cadiz. 'I be general o
pioion (both of Spanilh and Britilb (objects) »«t,
that tear between the two couotrlcs was inevitable,
as allO between Portugal fnd S'paio ; aa 40,090 Spa*
nilb troops bad marefted to the frontiers. Tbe of
ficers of the Britilb government were preparing to
leikve tbe coiintry.
. ALEXAMJKIA, Ueceinber I. „,V‘-C
By a letter from Richmond, ot tbe 25th ult. i*
appears, that the lalaries of all public uthccrsare in-'
created, and tbe legal interelt of tbe lute is atljj
mkoted from j to 6 per cent.
M^&TINSBU^G, Dectnibtr 8. /
Tuefday evening a dwelling-houfe belonging
Mr. Robert Cockourn, in the vicinity utiuia
was conluiined by fire* This accident* it is fupipofodk^
was occaiioned by the carelcUnefs of a girl gpiqfc
wirh a candle into ihe upper i'tory, wbeielWfcti
polited a quantity of beuip and fl*x, which ibok^
tire. The wind being very high, tue hotifc wlp i^
duced to albes in a very Ihort time. ,
His Excellency "Governor Miffln h»s ilsoed ;h»a.H
prdclaniation, declaring ThonibS jtyf‘Kean, Jacoby. ^
Morgan, William M*Clay* Jaiues Haona, Job* ■
Whiichill, William Irvine, Aoraham Smith, Jdbifc .
Piper, John Smilie, William Brown, Robert
man, aud Samuel Miles, to be duly choieu Elector*^4
of President injd Vice-Preiident* on the part of
ft ate of rennfy Ivania.
Capt. Stinlon arrived at Bdfton, from Bellj
informs, that the moft fcrious commotions pf#WS
in Ireland—that the poor oppfelsed inhabitaaiia
pear more clearly than ever deternined tb-/^,
.heir injuries arid proclaim their i>nportaiicse--»1t
even fuggefted they are preparing weapons
pike kind for the grand moment of general reirl
In Ihort, tfiat every thing ib*ws the pefiud'dij
volution rapidly approximating* and ib*r* lfi
months will in all probability, produce the emajSi
pation of ibis Ifland. p. ..
The votes in the General Alsembly the prefe|^
fertioh, for Governor of this lifaie, were, as follow}
For Patrick Henry ~ $4 7
Janies'Wood . 7$
Majority for Mr
Will be fold by the fubfcriber, on tbf loth of
prefent month,
A number of very valuable Lots litiv
Charles-TovVn. T;£.
A credit of fix months will be allowed tbe purcha* ^
fers, by giving bond wijh approved /ecurjtv. ’ t’
SAMUEL WASHiNGtON.* ; ‘
Dtctmbcr 8, ’96. <*
TEn shillings reward.
STR AYE 0 from the (ubfcrlber**plantation, fotnd
time in May laft, a black arid white Boll, thfed
years old, both ears crop'd, and a flic in the righ \
Whoever Returns him to me, ibali. have the auovd
reward, ... AARON PARIS.
Dff. 8, 'q$. . . . . . r
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
TAKEN from the fublcriber’s pocketi it thd
houie of .he Violett's, on the night of (he
20th, or morning of the lift Noveniber lait, a pock
et book, fcontaioing among others, the following
papers, viz. a bond given by M Fadion to Thomas
Violett, leri. and afligned to me—a receipt given by
M'Fadion to Violetti for auoi. Pennfylvania mo
ney, for part payment for his land-—a copy of.M*
Fadion's will—a bond given to me by George Mpr*'
gan and Andrew iSwearinger* of Berkeley County^
for a choice of 150 acres of land in Kentucky. 7 b*
pocket-book was replaced in my pocket, but the a
Dove papers were mining. I forewarn all perfons
taking any alignment on (aid papers j and i will
givp a reward of Twenty Dollars tt> any perfon who
will deliver nie the whole of the (aid papers, orTeri
Dollars for either of the bonds.
ZEDE&IAH SOtJTH*
Dec. 8, ^96. _, J
RANf a^ay from the (ublcriber,- a negro woraai
named Leezey. One Dollar, reward it of
tered to any perlon (hat will lodge her in goal, f
that hei matter may get her. , . •
klCHA&D M SHfiRRY.
Dec. 8, ’96.
TAKE NOTICE,
THAT the bonds, notes, and accounts of
late concern of Patrick M* Affry and Johi
Tabb, are put into my hands to commence toil 01
immediately ; it is therefore expected that all thofi
that mrk indebted to them, will come and dilchar£f
their felpective balances before the firlt day of
ary next, as no further indulgence can or will b«
given. 1
JOHN DIXON;
Dec. 8, '96.