Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1799-05-27 00:00:00

JENK'S PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS, BY ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
[NUMBER 57.]
MONDAY, MAY 27, 1799.
[VOLUME II.]
TAKE NOTICE.
Any person having in possession a MASSACHUSETTS BANK BILL of one hundred dollars, dated the first of March, 1791, and wrote on the back of said bill, Cashme , will very much oblige the subscriber by informing him through what channel they received it.
DANIEL JOHNSTON.
Cashme, May 7th, 1799.
To be sold, by order of Court, on Wednesday the nineteenth day of June next, at two o'clock, P. M. at the house of Mr. THADDEUS BROAD, Innholder in Falmouth,
THE Real Estate of THOMAS SLEMMONS , late of said Falmouth, yeoman, deceased, consisting of His homestead FARM, containing about 110 acres—Half a Grist-Mill—A Pew in Stroudwater meeting-house—and a piece of Marsh in Scarborough, containing about four acres—Or so much thereof, as will be sufficient to pay the said deceased's debts, with incidental charges.
WILLIAM SLEMMONS, Administrator on said Estate.
Falmouth, May 9, 1799.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED , on the 14th inst, from the Garrison in Portland, JAMES WARREN ROST, and JAMES HOSMER, both regularly enlisted soldiers in the service of the United States.
Said Rost is about 24 years of age, almost six feet high—blue eyes, light hair, and of a very ruddy complexion; had on when he went away, a round white hat—either an old blue coat, or a brown frock and probably blue pantaloons, or overalls.—Said Hosmer is about 29 years of age—five feet and eight inches high—blue eyes, light hair, and complexion, light; had on when he went away, a black round hat—a mixed light color coat, and white cotton pantaloons or overalls.
Whoever will apprehend said Deserters, and give information, or forward them to the subscriber, or deliver them to any officer in the service of the United States, shall be entitled to the above reward, or to Ten Dollars for each, and to all reasonable charges.
AMOS STODDARD, Capt.
2d. Regt. Artill. & Eng.
Portland, 17th May, 1799.
100 Dollars Reward.
LAST Night escaped from the Goal in Portland, in the County of Cumberland, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
HENRY W. HUNT,
aged twenty-four years—five feet two inches high—grey eyes—pale complexion—firm made.
Whoever apprehends said HUNT, and secures him in any of the Goals within the United States of America, or so that he may be returned to the Goal in Portland aforesaid, shall receive the above Reward.
WILLIAM CALDWELL,
Prison Keeper.
Portland, 7th May, 1799.
Printer of newspapers in the several States, are requested to serve the cause of justice by inserting the above in their respective papers.
DANCING SCHOOL.
William B. Peters,
INFORMS the ladies and gentlemen of Portland, that the first quarter of his evening dancing school will expire on the 8th of June next, when he proposes commencing a second quarter. Those who favour him with their patronage, and do not subscribe by that time, will expect to pay the same as if they had commenced with the quarter. He also proposes to open a day school for young misses and masters, should sufficient encouragement be offered.
His terms are 5 dollars a quarter each, on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the afternoon, from three to six o'clock. His evening school will be twice a week, from 7 to 10 o'clock.
N. B. Music will be provided the whole quarter, by the teacher.
Portland, May 13th, 1799.
Victory,
WILL stand at Capt. PETER WARREN'S Stable in Portland, this season; and will be let to Mares at Two Dollars a leap, Four Dollars for the season, and foals will be insured as may be agreed on. VICTORY is five years old, and was fired by the Old Nimrod; his dam was a complete full blooded English mare, owned by Dr. Perkins of Norwich, in Connecticut.—Gentlemen who wish to improve their breed of horses in the county of Cumberland, are invited to bring forward their mares. Constant attendance will be given, and any kind of produce will be received in pay for the service of the horse.
Also, for sale at the above stable, the famous horse SNOW BALL —Said horse will be sold or let for this season, on reasonable terms, if applied for immediately.
May 1, 1799.
Grey Figure.
THAT noted horse, known by the name of GREY FIGURE , will stand for covering, the ensuing season, at the stable of EDWARD TOMSON, in Standish, at the moderate price of two dollars for a leap, four for the season, and seven to warrant a foal.—Said horse is sixteen hands high, well proportioned, and of good carriage. He has been kept in the towns of Dover and Campton (N. H.) and proves remarkable for sure. His colts are very large and handsome. Any Gentleman, wishing to mend his breed of horses, may depend on satisfaction from said HORSE.
May 13th, 1799.
JUST OPENED FOR SALE, By Nathan Bond,
At his Store in Middle-Street near the head of Fifth-Street , PORTLAND, By Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms for Cash—
Brandy, Rum, Gin, Porter, Molasses, Sherry, Malaga, Port & Madeira, Loaf and brown SUGARS, Hyson, Souchong and Bohea TEA, Mess and Clear MIDDLING PORK.
Coffee, Chocolate, Shells, Groat Biscuit, Flour, Starch, Raisins, Rice, Ground Rice, Figs, Spices, Hair Powder, Indigo, Capers, Sweet Oil, Candles, Cheese.
Also for sale, A few bundles Nankeen. May 11, 1799.
Philadelphia Bar Iron.
Rogers & Hatch,
HAVE for sale at their shop at the head of Mr. Ingraham's Wharf, A few tons of Flat and Bar Iron, Plough shear Moals, & Spike Rods. Also, A few casks of Rice—and 4 Ca-boofes.
May 10, 1799
TO BE LET,
A Store, opposite the
May-Market.—Inquire of WILLIAM HUDSON.
May 13.
NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident proprietors of land in the town of Union, in the county of Lincoln, hereafter named, that their respective lands are taxed in bills committed to me to collect for the years 1796 and 1797, as follows, to wit:
   The Heirs of John Hilton, & John Hilton, For the year 1796. For the year 1797.   State Tax. D. C. Town Tax. D. C. State Tax. D. C. Town Tax. D. C.     The Heirs of John Hilton, 7 30 7 25   William Jones, 11 39 11 16  
Unlefs said taxes and intervening charges are paid to me before the last Monday of June next, so much of said lands as will discharge the same will then be sold at Public Vendue, according to law, at the dwelling house of the subscriber, in said Union, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.
Richard Coming, Collector.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the subscribers are appointed Administrators on the Estate of David Dennison,
late of Freeport, Yeoman, deceased, and have given Bonds as the law directs:—All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment: And all those who have demands, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement.
Jane Dennison, Timothy Dennison.
Freeport, 16th April, 1799.
Buonaparte's Letters.
[IN CONTINUATION.]
No. X.
Head Quarters, Cairo, July 27.
BUONAPARTE, Member of the National Institute, Commander in Chief, to the General of Division, Kleber.
Annexed to this, citizen general, you will find a copy of the provisional organization of Egypt.
You will name the Divan, the Aga, and the company of sixty men which he is to have with him.
You will cause an inventory to be taken of all the goods, movables and immovables, which belong to the Mameloucs. The intendant, and the French agent are on the point of repairing to their posts.
You will order a general levy of horses to be made, to remount the cavalry.
I entreat you to take every precaution to preserve
*We scarce know whether this famous code, which we do not yet despair of hearing some enlightened senator call "a masterpiece of human wisdom and integrity," be most distinguished for its folly, or atrocity. The people whom Buonaparte loudly professes to be come to relieve, are to have the liberty of paying the taxes which they paid to the Mameloucs, to an intendant assisted by a company of fusiliers, in the shape of agents, who, if they (the people) do not appear fully sensible of the blessing thus thrust upon them (as God knows, may very innocently be the case!) are, in the words of this great constitution-monger, "to enlighten them;"
The reader will find more on this head in our introduction, to which we willingly refer him. To say the truth, we are glad to escape from the subject, as we contemplate with no agreeable feelings, the spectacle of a man (though that man be a Buonaparte), thus ignorantly, and wantonly, and barbarously playing with the happiness of a nation, which never injured, perhaps never heard of him, or his rapacious masters. One consolation yet remains, and we honestly confess that we have not found it enough, in any surcease of the gratification of enjoying it by anticipation.—Egypt is the last country that Buonaparte will ever insult with the mockery of liberty; he has run his career of impiety and deceit of pillage and desolation:
"The firm sits on his fortunes red and bloody,
And everlasting night begins to o'ershade him."
tranquility and good order in the province of Alexandria.
Health. BUONAPARTE.
(The Copy)
Head Quarters, Cairo, July 27.
BUONAPARTE, Member of the National Institute, Commander in Chief.
ORDERS.
Article 1. There shall be in each province of Egypt, a Divan composed of seven persons, charged to watch over the interests of the province, to inform me of every grievance, to prevent the contests which arise between the different villages, to keep a steady eye over the turbulent and seditious, to punish them by calling in the military force under the French commander, and to enlighten the people as often as it shall be found requisite.
Art. 2. There shall be in each province an Aga of the Janissaries, who shall constantly reside with the French commandant. He shall have with him a company of armed men, natives of the country; with whom he shall proceed wherever his services may be necessary to maintain good order, and to keep every one in tranquility and obedience.
Art. 3. There shall be in every province an Intendant, charged with the collection of the Miri and the Feddam; and generally of all the revenues which belonged heretofore to the Mameloucs, and which appertain at present to the republic. He shall have with him the necessary number of agents.
Art. 4. There shall always be with the said intendant, a French Agent; for the purpose of corresponding with the Administrator of the Finances, for insuring the execution of such orders as he may receive, and for acquiring a perfect knowledge of the system of administration.
(Signed) BUONAPARTE.
A true copy. BUONAPARTE.
No. XI. TRANSLATION.
Boulac, near Cairo, July 27th.
To KLEBER.
We are arrived at length, my friend, at the spot so much and so eagerly desired! How different is it from what the most cool and temperate imagination had figured it to be! This execrable dog-hole of a city is inhabited by a lazy set of wretches, who squat all day before their filthy huts, smoking and taking coffee, or eating pumpkins and drinking water.
It is easy enough to lose one's self for a whole day in the stinking and narrow streets of this illuſtrious capital. The quarter of the Mameloucs is the only one which is habitable; the commander in chief resides there in a tolerable handsome house, which belonged to one of the Beys. I have written to the chief of brigade, Dugua, at present general and governor of Cairo, to reserve a house for thee. I have not yet received his answer.
The division is quartered in a kind of town, called Boulac, upon the Nile, about half a league from Cairo. We are all lodged in houses deserted by the owners, and wretched enough in all conscience. Dugua's is the only one which is tolerable.
General Lannes has just received an order to take the command of Menou's division, in the room of Vial, who is going to Damietta with a battalion. He assures me that he will not accept it. The 2d light battalion, and General Verdier, are stationed near the Pyramids, on the left bank of the Nile, till the position which he occupies can be fortified, so as to receive a garrison of a hundred men.
A bridge is intended to be thrown over the river, nearly opposite Gizeh. The spot is at present occupied by the reserve of the artillery and engineers. Regnier's division is stationed two or three leagues in front of Cairo; Dufour's is about to occupy Old Cairo; Ben's is stationed in the citadel, and Menou's in the city.
Thou hast not an idea of the fatiguing marches we made to get to Cairo; never halting till three or four o'clock in the afternoon, after broiling in the sun all day; the greatest part of the time without food; obliged to glean what the divisions which preceded us had left in those detestable villages, which they had frequently pillaged; and harraſſed during the whole march by those hordes of robbers called Bedouins, who killed not only our men, but our officers, at five and twenty paces from the main body. The aid-de-camp of general Dugua, called Geroret, was shot in this manner as he was carrying an order to a file of grenadiers, not a musket shot from the camp. It is a more destructive war, on my soul! than that of La Vendee.
We had an engagement the day we arrived in the neighbourhood of Cairo. The Mameloucs, who had the good sense to place themselves on the left bank of the Nile, offered us battle, and got a good beating. We call it the battle of the Pyramids; they lost (to speak without exaggeration) seven or eight hundred men; of these a great portion perished in attempting to swim across the Nile.
I wish with much to know how thou art, and when thou think'st thou shalt be able to come and take the command of the division, which is in very feeble hands! Every body is desirous of having thee there. There is a general relaxation in the service; I do all I can to preserve unity among the different parties; but all goes very ill. The troops are neither paid nor fed; and
*This well written letter is from one of the best officers in the French service; it is another proof of what we observed in a former page, that Kleber had no attempts made on his credit; every thing is represented to him in its true light.
†L'Ecrit in the original; Damas speaks ironically.—It is evident that those brave and unfortunate men had not entered into a pitched battle, but retired before the enemy to the right bank of the Nile, and contented themselves with harraſſing them, and disputing the passage the whole army must in this case have been destroyed. Nothing, in short, but a blind reliance on their own courage, and a total ignorance of the European manner of fighting, could have induced between three and four thousand men (for this was their utmost number) to attack 24,000 of the best troops of France, furnished with artillery, and bristled with an impenetrable fence of bayonets. That they should be defeated, is not so wonderful as that they should be able to do any injury at all to the French—which we yet find they did.
Buonaparte reckons his loss, in his letter to the director, at 150 killed and wounded: in another letter (not to the director) he states the number to be 210; most probably it was greater still. We are glad, however, to find from the authentic statement before us, that the loss of the Mameloucs was not so great. Damas reckons it at 700 or 800 men, and even so he is apprehensive that he shall be suspected of exaggeration. This is more than was necessary to teach us to read the shapodocies of the commander in chief cum grano —
‡These feeble hands are Dugua's: the division was intrusted to him, in consequence of Kleber's wound, which detained that general at Alexandria. The remainder of this letter is highly important.
thou may'st easily guess what murmurs this occasion:—they are loudish perhaps among the officers. We are cajoled with promises, that in a weeks time the administration will be sufficiently organized to enable them to make their distributions regularly—but a week is still too long.
If thou com'st soon, which I most ardently wish, take care to be escorted even on board, by a party of fusiliers, capable of securing thee from the attacks of the Arabs, who will most assuredly make their appearance on the banks of the Nile, and endeavour to destroy thee in thy bark.
The first commissary, Suey, had his arm fractured on board the flotilla, in his passage to Cairo. Thou may'st perhaps come to us in the gun boats, lighters, &c. which have been dispatched to bring round the baggage of the army from Alexandria.—C me, come, prithee come. Thine entirely. DAMAS.
My regards to Augustus and his colleagues.
[ (No. XII.) This is a letter from Suey to Dupleix, directing the transportation of baggage, &c.—the want of which causes the army much anxiety.]
[ (Nos. XIII & XIV.) These merely mention the promotion of two or three officers, and some directions respecting the baggage.]
No. XV. TRANSLATION,
Head Quarters, at Cairo, July 27.
Dear Mother.
I take the earliest opportunity of acquainting you with the arrival of the French army, in which I have the honour to serve, at Alexandria in Egypt. On our passage we took possession of the island, port and city of Malta, which is 1100 leagues from Toulon; and now we are at Grand Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, which is 1000 leagues from France.
I suffered a vast deal during the two months that our voyage lasted. During the whole time, I was sea-sick, without intermission, and brought up blood all day long. When we set foot upon land, however under the walls of Alexandria, I was cured of my sea-sickness, but my sufferings were by no means at an end.
We lost 300 men in scaling the ramparts of the city. After a halt of four days, we set out in pursuit of the Arabs, who had retreated and encamped in the desert: but the first night of our march was a very terrible one for me. I was with the advanced guard: we came suddenly upon a corps of the enemy's cavalry; and my horse, which you know was always a very hot one, was the unfortunate cause of all my trouble. He sprung forward like a lion, upon the horses and horsemen of the enemy; but unluckily, in rearing, he fell quite backwards, and to avoid being crushed to death, I was obliged to fling myself on one side of him. As it was night, I had not time to seize him again: he got up, and set off like lightning after the enemy's cavalry, which was quitting the field.
I had put on all my old clothes, for the sake of preserving my new ones, which were packed up in my portmanteau; so that I lost my horse completely bridled and saddled, my pistols, my cloak, my portmanteau, every thing that was in it, my clothes, twenty-four louis d'or which I received at Marseilles to fit me out; and, what is still worse, my port-folio, which contained all my papers.
Thus I found myself in an instant stripped of every thing, and obliged to march bare-foot for nineteen days on the burning sand and gravel of the Desert; for the very day after this unhappy affair, I lost the soles of the old boots which I happened to have on my legs: my coat and my old breeches were very soon torn to a thousand ratters:—not having a bit of bread to eat, nor a drop of water to moisten my mouth, all the comfort I had was in curling and d—ning the trade of war, more than a hundred times a day.
At last, on the 22d of this month, we arrived at the gates of Cairo, where all the enemy's army was intrenched and waiting for us with great boldness; but with our usual impetuosity we marched to attack them in their intrenchments, in about three quarters of an hour, they had 3000 killed outright; the rest not being able to save themselves, plunged into the Nile, which is a river as large as the Rhone—consequently they were all drowned, or shot under water. After such a victory, we entered with drums beating, into the city of Cairo; consequently masters of all Egypt.
I do not know, my dear mother, when I shall have the pleasure of seeing you. I repeat much and much of ever coming here; but it is now too late: in a word I resign myself to the Supreme Will. In spite of the seas which separate us, your memory will be always engraven on my heart, and the moment circumstances permit, I will break through all obstacles to return to my country.
Adieu—take care of yourself—a thousand things to my relations. Your, son, GUILLOT.
[No. XVI.] TRANSLATION.
Army of England, † Grand Cairo, July 27. R. Desgenettes to the female citizen Desgenettes Veuve de Grace, Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
I write to thee, at last, my dear wife, from Cairo, which will be, I think, the boundary of my expedition.
I wrote to thee twice on our voyage; once from Malta, and again from Alexandria. Opportunities do not often occur, and when they do they are very unsafe.—Not a single letter of thine has yet reached me, nor have I yet heard of thy arrival at Paris.
I will give thee hereafter a faithful history of all my travels; the battles which I have seen, and the dangers without number which I have shared.
My friend Suey, first commissary, is dangerously wounded by a musket shot, as is the young Lannes.—Definanotre, who was likewise recommended to me by La Repede, is taken prisoner by the Arabs.
The natives of Egypt are ferocious savages; the Beys their masters, haughty oppressors. Their Mameloucs, that is to say, their best cavalry, their privileged
* The French are poor geographers in general, but the ridiculous miscalculation above, is probably a mistake; it is, however, correctly translated. We have several other letters from this unhappy youth, from which it appears that he is a Captain in the 25th half-Brigade. As he afterwards relates that the enemy's cavalry were all killed or taken, we hope we may congratulate him on the recovery of his charger, and his clothes.
† Desgenettes seems at some former period to have miscalculated his literary wants. His epistle is written on a supernumerary sheet of paper, prepared for the "army of Italy," which last words are very fairly printed at the head of it. These the good doctor has carefully erased, and in their place substituted "army of England."—Such accuracy is above all praise!
‡ From an official document lying before us, Desgenettes appears to be first Physician to the army; a situation for which the reader will conclude him to be specially qualified, before he has gone thro' his letter.

best oppose nothing to our way but a blind and in- considerate courage, they were beaten of course. There is something in the Turks which I cannot help admiring, and even loving—it is their predilection, which leads to results of the most philosophical nature, and which accommodates itself surprisingly to my cir- cumstances, my things , and my fates . They have also some very singular customs here. A man may have four lawful wives, besides mistresses.— This I have only from hearsay; but I can vouch from my own knowledge, that they drink scotch any thing but water. Here is a great deal of news for one letter—now to our private affairs. We are not paid at all, my dear wife; nor have I received a single sou since I left Toulon. With all this, I am far from being the most unfortunate; for almost every body he has either been pillaged, or compelled to fling his baggage into the river; and I have saved all mine. At quitting Toulon I sent thee 700 livres, more or less. Courtal was charged to see them conveyed, which was done I believe, by the government messengers.— Do not forget to write to me about them, and in more than one letter for they are lost, taken, &c. Citizen Girardi's letter for Cairo was of service to me; I am lodged with the physician in question, and I have in return placed him in the army. The commander in chief has constantly treated me with kindness; and I still hope, my dear Lolotte, to be with thee at the period we fixed on. Embrace, Julien, thy dear parents and all our friends. R. DESGENETTES. (To be continued.)
The Latest Foreign News.
LONDON, MARCH 30. THIS morning government received dispatches of considerable importance, brought to Yarmouth by an extra packet from Cruxhaven. The contents have not yet been transmitted. They relate however to an engage- ment between the Austrian and French armies on the Rhine, in which the latter are stated to have been de- feated with great slaughter, and seven thousand taken prisoners by the Austrians.
The Archduke Charles commanded the Austrian ar- my; the French were commanded by Gen Jourdan. Some of the Russian forces had joined the former.
The left wing of the French army, commanded by Gen. St. Cyr, suffered most in the action.
The particulars were sent off by messengers to his Majesty at Windsor, and to the different cabinet Min- isters.
It is reported that Mr T. Grenville has succeeded in his mission to the court of Berlin.
Star Office, 4 o'clock.
We stop the press to give farther particulars: The French forces which composed the left wing of the army, commanded by Gen. St. Cyr, after the defeat they sustained in the action with the Austrian troops, were in their retreat by the Austrian Gen. Hau- dorst, and sustained a complete defeat, hardly any of them escaped.—The action took place about the middle of this month, we believe on or about the 16th.
Jourdan, with the other part of his army had made a hasty retreat towards Basle. It is said also that Mas- sena was attacked on or about the same time, and also defeated.
The following is the substance of the Report of a secret Committee of the British House of Commons, on the subject of the Rebellion.
The Committee to whom the papers referred to in his Majesty's Message of the 22d of Jan were submitted for examination, the result of their lengthy investigation to be in substance as follows:
The Committee state their having found the clearest proofs of a systematic design, long since adopted and acted upon by France, in conjunction with Domestic Traitors, and pursued up to the present moment with unabated perseverance, to overturn all the existing establishments in this country and Ireland, as well as to dissolve the connection between the two kingdoms.
The Committee state that the chief hope of accom- plishing this design has rested on the propagation of those principles which produced the French Revolution, by means of Political Societies, which have already produced the disturbances and calamities of Ireland; and that in this country similar measures have been attempt- ed, and though these have been hitherto defeated by the vigilance of Government, and the general good sense and loyalty of the Nation, the object is not yet abandoned.
Wurtzburg is in the possession of the Austrians. The hans towns, and particularly Hamburg, appear to be under great apprehensions, though I know not why, that the armament in the Texel, which consists only of 6000 men, is intended to act against them.
The French who have passed the Rhine have im- posed the most heavy contributions. Heidelberg had to pay 100,000 livres in twelve hours.
HOLLAND.
Accounts from Holland of a late date state—That the swelling of the Rhine had been so great as to burst the dyke which kept out the sea at Nimeguen and a con- siderable part of Dutch Gueldres had been inundated— That many of the inhabitants had been drowned, and that the remainder, getting upon the roofs of houses to save themselves from the floating ice, had been frozen there—That the town of Dord, 19 leagues from Amster- dam, was expecting with dreadful anxiety the breaking up of the frost, it being situated lower than the Legzval, a river as impetuous as the Scheldt. This town was on, the point of being swallowed, and the inhabitants fly- ing in all directions—That Rotterdam was in a similar situation, the water being only six inches below the tops of the dykes, by which the sea was prevented from rush- ing in—That in the town of Deyeste, 6 leagues from Amsterdam, the water was 6 feet above the dykes, and 17 feet deep in the town—That the number of souls lost were unknown, it being impossible to approach the place—That the bridges of Arnheim, 3 leagues from Amsterdam, were carried away, and the communication between that city and the Hague entirely cut off by the ice, and the water of the Rhine, which covers a part of Holland—That great numbers of boats were employed by government to convey provisions to the different villages, which were entirely under water, and to re- ceive such families as the sudden increase of the waters obliged to fly for safety to the eminences. These boats, however, were soon rendered useless, the excessive cold again covering the waters with ice; boats were then put upon sledges, but the provisions with which they were laden, were almost entirely frozen—That no intelligence could be received from the inundated villages—That fields of ice arrived at Nimeguen, covered with men and cattle—That at Bois le Duc, the inhabitants had retired to ware-houses in the highest part of the town for safety—That the public calamity had excited the utmost attention of Government, and that the Directory had written to the first chamber to demand an ex- traordinary aid of 100,000 florins, which was imme- diately granted—Accounts further state, that vast trea- sures were conveying from Holland to Hamburg, in order to be transported to England, and that great ex- pectations were entertained of an insurrection becoming general in Holland against the French government.
Domestic News.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 16. CIRCUIT COURT.
UNITED STATES versus JOHN FRIES. MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL.
Mr. Dallas supported the motion of Mr. Lewis on three grounds: First because John Rhoad one of the jury, had made use of words expressive of an improper bias importing that the prisoner, and all others concerned in the in- surrection, ought to be hung, and that otherwise he could not live with safety at his own habita- tion.—This was proved by the deposition of three persons, two of them to one fact, and the third to another opportunity, at which he used a similar expression.
Secondly, Because the Marshal had returned the panel from such parts of the district as he thought proper, and without any special in- structions from the court, and had returned 88 persons on that panel instead of 60, the proper number.
Thirdly, Because the trial ought to have been had in the county where the crime was com- mitted. The two first were insisted on, the latter merely used to support the argument of the second, because it had been previously de- cided against by the court.
Mr. Lewis introduced a variety of law au- thorities to support the motion, which were re- butted by Mr. Rawle. Mr. Sitgreaves spoke in opposition to the arguments of Mr. Dallas.
The deposition of Mr. Rhoad was introduced and sworn to before the Court, relating the substance of the conversation in very different expressions from what the other deponents swore.
Yesterday morning the jury gave in the following verdict in the case of Christian Ruth and five others, on an indictment for rescue, conspiracy, &c.
Christian Ruth, guilty of the third count only—(Res- cue.)
Daniel Schwartz, sen. guilty of the first count only— (Conspiracy.)
Daniel Schwartz, jun. not guilty, generally.
Henry Stahler, guilty of the third count only—(Res- cue.)
Henry Shiffer, guilty of the third count only—Res- cue.)
George Shaeffer, guilty of the first and fourth counts only—(Conspiracy and obstruction of Process.)
MAY 18.
Yesterday morning, in the Circuit Court, Mr. Lewis resumed his pleading in behalf of a new trial for John Fries; which being conclud- ed, after taking some time for consideration, Judge Iredell delivered his opinion on the several reasons which had been assigned by the Council of the prisoner, as a ground for their motion. He believed that though the Juror, Mr. Rhoad, might have made the declarations which had been ascribed to him by the several witnesses who had been examined, respecting the punish- ment which the prisoner at the bar and others deserved, without any bad intention, yet he considered them such as would have been deem- ed sufficient, had they been made known before the trial, to have disqualified him as a Juror (since they were evincive of his having made up a decided opinion on the criminality of the per- son whom he was called upon to try) and, there- fore, that his having made them, afforded a sufficient reason for granting a new trial. The Judge examined all the other additional reasons which had been brought forward in support of the motion for a new trial, which, without the first, he should have considered as unavailing.
Judge Peters declared himself to be of the same opinion with Judge Iredell, with respect to all the reasons which had been assigned for a new trial, except the first; but, in relation to that, he differed with him. Though he could not doubt Mr. Rhoad had made use of the expressions with which he was charged, yet, in forming an opinion upon so public a topic, he had done no more than most other men had done, and in doing which he did not think it appeared that he had evinced any malice against the prisoner, and therefore that the opinion could have had no influence in his decision upon this trial. Indeed it was his opinion that the trial had been perfectly fair, and that a new trial ought not to be granted; but, knowing the consequence of a divi- sion of opinion in the Court, would be to defeat the motion under consideration; knowing also the punish- ment which shall be inflicted upon the prisoner at the bar, will have the better effect as a public example, when it shall appear that every objection to the fair- ness of his trial shall have been obviated, he yielded to the opinion of Judge Iredell, and consented to a new trial being to be had.
This new trial cannot, of course take place till the next Circuit Court, which will be held in October next.
BOSTON, MAY 21.
THE LAUNCH.
Yesterday the frigate Boston, pierced for 32 guns was launched from the Continental Ship Yard, at the North End. Every thing was in excellent preparation, and at half past eleven, the spur flew and after block being removed, she glided regularly and safely to the element in which we hope she will be conspicuously honorable to our Country. Her appearance on the water was beautiful and majestic, and commanded the admiration of the best judges. The exhilarating scene was honored with the presence of the President of the United States, Lieut. Governor Gill, the most respectable Citizens, and a general collection of People perhaps as numerous as ever attended on a like occasion. Capt. Gardner's Company of Artillery, were paraded by that active and spirited Officer, marched to the wharf of Jeffrey and Russel, and announced the moment of the Launch by suitable discharges from their field pieces. Salutes were also fired from several armed vessels in the harbour; and the American Flag was exultingly hoisted on eve'y mast. The frigate Boston, has been built by the merchants of the town, to be loaned to Government; and very ex- traordinary dispatch has been made in completing her. Mr Hart was the Master Builder. The frigate imme- diately after she was afloat was warped to Hancock's Wharf—and will unquestionably, very soon be ready for active service.
We venture to assert, that this is the first Copperbot- tomed ship built in America, whose bolts and spikes, (drawn from Malleable Copper) have been manufac- tured in the United States. We think the publick are under obligation to Paul Revere, Esq. for his indefatiga- ble attention to this branch of Naval Architecture, especially at a time when the British Government has prohibited the exportation of that valuable article.
Portland,
MONDAY, MAY 27, 1799.
Gazette Office, 9 o'Clock, A. M.
By an arrival, this moment, from Boston, I have received London News to the 12th of April, bro't by the Minerva, Turner, from Great-Britain. An EXTRA GAZETTE shall be issued at 3 o'clock, P. M.
THE NEWS FROM EUROPE.
Is too confused and contradictory to lead to an accu- rate judgment of the present situation of the belligerent powers. That some skirmishes have taken place be- tween the Austrians and the French, there is a degree of certainty. But it does not seem confirmed that any capital action has taken place; tho' there appears some reason to believe that the current of success has turned against the cut-throats of France.—Another arrival will doubtless furnish something decisive from the present theatre of European war.
SUMMARY OF FOREIGN ARTICLES.
From a variety of intelligence it appears that the Turks, the Russians, the Germans, and the English, will combine in one great effort to restore the kingdom of Naples to its sovereign.
The Charge d'Affairs of the French republic to the German Diet, has been compelled to return to France; and his Imperial Majesty has published a manifesto, in which he charges the French with perfidy & aggression, justifies himself to the world, and calls upon the states of the Empire to unite with him in mutual defence.
Field Marshal Suwarow left Peterburg on the 17th Feb. to join the Austrian army in Italy.
The Austrian garrison of Ulm is commanded by Field Marshal Kerpel, & is composed of 10,000 picked troops.
Philipsburg still holds out. Its garrison consists of 2000 troops of the Empire; but they are chosen troops and distinguished themselves at the end of the campaign of 1795 and in that of 1796. There is little doubt but that city will defend itself vigorously. The Land- grave of Hesse Cassel is employed in raising 12,000 men near Cassel.
GOVERNOR SUMNER. —The last Boston papers contain the melancholy intelligence that there is no room to hope for the recovery of our much loved Governor.
Capt. SAMUEL NICHOLSON, of the frigate Constitution, is appointed to command a 74 gun ship—which is to be immediately commenced in Boston, and to be built with all speed.
The Hon. JAMES BRIDGE, Esq. is appointed Judge of Probate for the county of Kennebec.
Capt. AMOS STODDARD, is to deliver an Oration in this town on the Fourth of July next.
The Fort on Mount-Joy's Neck, in this town, is to be called Fort Sumner, in honour of our worthy Governor.
MR JENKS.
Messrs. COLON and SPONDER in their Farmers' Museum , after noticing that the State of Georgia had offered thirty dollars for a device for their state-seal, and prefaced their advertisement with these words, " Pre- mium for Genius, artists of ALL NATIONS attend! " have proposed an emblem, viz. "a man in the act of signing "with one hand a scroll of paper, beginning with Know "all men by these presents, and with the other point- "ing at large tracts of land in the moon."—This is very ingenious, and becomes integrity and wit. But as I think the respectable State of Georgia entitled to all possible exertions of genius gratis , I will venture to propose another no less significant. I think, of the peculiarity of Georgian fame. For instance, it might be the figure of a man applying a lighted torch to a book. This would be very simple, and have this advantage, that those people who would not know that the book was intended for the State Records, would suppose it to be the Bible, and the mistake would do no damage because it is immaterial and the conception equally proper.
IAMBICUS.
The following handsome Song, was lately sung at the Theatre in Philadelphia. It is the genuine "fire of the flint."
SOUL of Columbia, quenchless spirit come, Unroll thy standard to the ful'en sky, Bind up thy war robes, bear the furious drum. Rouse, rouse thy Lyon heart and fire thy Eagle eye. Dost thou not hear the hum of gathering war; Dost thou not know The insidious foe Yokes her giant Wolves & mounts her midnight Car. Dost thou not hear thy tortur'd seamen's cries, Poor hapless souls in dreary dungeons laid! T'ward thee they turn their dim imploring eyes, Alas! they sink—and no kind hand to aid. Thou dost, and every son of thine Shall rest in guilty peace no more, With noble rage they pant to join, The conflict's heat, the battle's roar.
Rouse, to the tempest let thy banners fly, Rouse, rouse thy Lyon Heart and fire thy Eagle Eye.
DIED —In this town, on Monday morning last, Mr. THOMAS OXNARD, aged 59. He was interred on Thursday last with Masonic honors.
Mr. THOMAS COOK, aged 26.
Marine Articles.
Port of Portland.
Arrived, on Tuesday last, ship Commerce, Capt. Robert Motley, 17 days from St. Croix.
Same day, brig — Wilson, from Jamaica.
Yesterday arrived, sloop Jane, Capt. Woodbury, 35 days from Demarara, and 21 from St. Kitts.—Sailed under convoy of the Portsmouth, Capt. McNeil, in company with 80 sail of American vessels. Wednesday last parted company with sloop Dispatch, Briggs, of this port.—Capt. Increase Wilson, and Capt. Ham, also of this port, left the convoy 16 days since.—Left at St. Kitts, Capt. Lord, Blunt and Cutter, of Portsmouth.
New Bedford May 14. Capt. Welden informs that while at Guadaloupe, the sch. Alligator of Saco, and a brig from Portsmouth, name not recollected, were bro't in and condemned. The crews of the American vessels were imprisoned; 15 were imprisoned when Capt. W. left there—masters of vessels were permitted to leave the island.
Stray Cow.
TAKEN up, on Thursday last, a brown COW with a white face—appears to be about 12 years old—The owner may have her again by proving property and paying charges. Inquire of IGNATIUS LORING.
Falmouth, May 23.
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE
AT THE STORE OF
Noyes & Hale,
10 crates cream color.
ed CUPS and SAUCERS.—ALSO,
An elegant assortment of Ladies
MOROCCO SLIPPERS.
May 27.
STONE LIME.
Jonathan Bryant,
INFORMS his customers, that he has for sale at his Store and Lime Kiln, excellent Stone Lime, free of core.
Portland, May 27, 1799.
CHARLES F. DEGEN, Vice Consul for His Majesty the King of Sweden, and au- thorized to transact the Consular business for His Ma- jesty the King of Denmark, within the States of New- Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode-Island, do hereby make known to all unto whom these presents shall come or in any way concern, that being about to depart Europe, I have appointed and by these presents ap- empower Mr. JOHAN C. HAUFF to act for me as Vice-Consul during my absence, and that to his acts such full credence ought to be given, the same as performed by myself.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereun- set my hand and affixed my seal At Boston, this third day of April, one thousand seven hundred ninety nine.
CHARLES F. DEGEN.
To SAMUEL FREEMAN, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of Cumberland.
THE Subscribers, being five of the Proprietors of the Long-Wharf, in Portland, do hereby request you to grant a Warrant authorizing one of us to warn a meeting of said Proprietors, to be held at the house of Mr. WILLIAM CUTTER, innholder said Portland, on Tuesday the fourth day of June next to act on the following articles, viz.
1st. To choose a Moderator. 2d. To choose a Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Tans and Wharfinger. 3d. To choose a Committee to superintend the com- pletion of such additions as hath heretofore been de- termined to be made to said wharf the current year. 4th. To receive accounts and allow the same if they think proper. 5th. To vote such sums of money as may be thought necessary to pay accounts, and to make such additions as have been agreed upon, and such repairs as may be necessary.
6th. To direct their Collector in what manner to proceed with delinquent proprietors.
7th. To determine what commissions or other allow- ances shall be made to their Collector, Treasurer, Whar- finger and other persons employed in their services.
8th. To agree upon the manner of calling future meetings.
DANIEL TUCKER, JAMES DEERING, JOHN KENT, JOSEPH H. INGRAHAM, JOHN DEERING, for E. DEERING.
Portland, May 28, 1799.
CUMBERLAND, ss. To DANIEL TUCKER, one of the Proprietors of the Long-Wharf in Portland—GREETING.
IN the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to warn the law directs, a meeting of said Proprietors, to be held at the time and place, and for the purposes mentioned in the foregoing application by you and others this day made to me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Cumberland.
Given under my hand and seal, the twenty-fifth day of May, A. D. 1799
SAMUEL FREEMAN.
PURSUANT to the foregoing War- rant, to me directed, I hereby notify and warn the Pro- prietors of the Long Wharf, in Portland, to meet at the time and place mentioned in the above application, for the purposes therein named.
DANIEL TUCKER.
Portland, May 28, 1799.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
YORK, ss.
AT a Court of Common Pleas, be- gun and held at York, within and for the County of York, on the third Tuesday of April, being the tenth day of said month, Anno Domini, 1799.
JAMES CALEF, of Dover, in the county of Straits county of Strafford, and State of New-Hampshire, ap- petitioner, shewing, "that he is seized and possessed of "in and into a certain lot of land lying and being "Lebanon in said county of York, called and known "by lot number six in the second division of said Leb- "non, being the upper number six, the N. W. by "side, so called, containing two hundred acres more or "less; whereof it belongs to the petitioner to have and "hold five sixth parts, and lays in common and un- "vided with others to the petitioner unknown"—as the said petitioner praying for his part of the same to be divided and set off to him to hold in severality.
This petition was entered at August term last, and continued to November term last, and in the mean time ordered that the petitioner should cause the substance of his said petition and the order of Court thereon to be inserted in the Columbian Centinel three weeks suc- cessively, to the end any person or persons interested might appear at said November term, and shew cause if any they had, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted.—And at said November term, it ap- peared to the Court that notice had been given aforesaid; and JOHN KENNY of Lebanon aforesaid ap- peared, and claimed as co-tenant in the premises and the petition was further continued to this term. And now, it appearing to the Court that the said John Kenny has died since the last continuance; the petitioner is further continued to the next term of this Court, to be held at Waterborough, within and for said county of York, on the fourth Tuesday of August next; and in the mean time, ORDERED that the petitioner cause the substance of his said petition and this order thereon to be inserted in the Portland Gazette, printed by EXNER & A. JENKS, three weeks successively, the last publication to be forty days at least prior to said August next; and the end any person or persons interested therein, ap- then and there appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted.
Arrêt.
DANIEL SEWALL, Clerk.

Fresh European News.
JENKS'S GAZETTE OFFICE, Monday, May 27—3 o'clock, P. M.
[By the polite attention of Mr. RUSSELL, editor of the Commercial Gazette, who arrived here this morning, in a short run from Boston, I am enabled to furnish my readers with the following late intelligence, received by the ship Miner , Capt. Turner, arrived Boston on Friday last, in days from Great-Britain, bringing London gazettes of the 10th of April.—Anxious to gratify a liberal public, I have made an exertion thus early to give it publicity.]
Capture of the Island of Corfu.
From the London Gazette, April 2, '99. Downing-Street.
THE following Letter from Mr. consul Foresti, has been received the principal Secretary of State's office, for the foreign Department:
Port of Corfu, March 3, &c. My Lord, I have the honor to inform your lordship, that on the 1st inst an attack made by the united Turkish and Russian forces on the island situated in port, called La Scholio di Pido , and the French L'Isle de la Paix . After a very brisk fire of about two hours a half from the ships of war, the troops were landed and the said island captured. An attack was made at the same time on the out works of the fort, and fort Saint Salvador was taken by the Russian and Turkish troops, the French themselves evacuated their out work called Il Monte di Ram .
On the morning of the 2d a flag of truce was sent out by the French commander of the garrison of the town of Corfu, to the Russian Vice admiral, for purpose of informing him of the state of the Garrison to capitulate; a Russian officer was therefore sent to the town with the propositions of the Russian and Turkish commanders, & they were accepted with little variation.
The capitulation of the garrison, of which I have the honor to inclose a copy, was signed this afternoon, on the 2d, by the Russian Vice admiral's and the Turkish commanders. I have the honor to be &c.
SPREDION FORESTI.
Here follow the articles of capitulation entered into by Citizens Dufour, Briche and Granvelle. French officers commanding by land and sea, and admiral Uchakoff, and the captain Cadir Bey, commanders of the combined Russian and Turkish squadrons; by which the French surrender prisoners of war, not to serve for 13 months against Turkey, Russia, Great Britain, Sicily or allies. The Leander , a 50 gun ship, taken by the French, is included in the capitulation. Some importance is attached to this event, as being the first action of the combined Russian & Turkish forces; and as Corfu is the key to the Adriatic, and a place of considerable consequence. The capital is very strong, four miles in circumference. It was formerly the residence of the Venetian Governor General over all the other islands. The number of inhabitants is 50 thousand.
Retreat of a French Army.
LONDON, APRIL 9. Yesterday afternoon we received Paris papers to the 5th instant, which were bro't to Dover in a neutral vessel from Calais.
On the 26th ult. General Jourdan wrote from head quarters near Dutilingen, as follows:
Jourdan, General in Chief, to Chateauroux-Randon, General of Division.
Head Quarters at Weiler, near Dutilingen, 26th of March, 7th year.
"Since the 19th I have had several sharp actions with Prince Charles. In the last of them which took place on the 25th, and continued for 13 hours, I remained master of the field of battle, and made 4000 prisoners. But the enemy's army amounting to 60,000 men, and receiving daily reinforcements, I found myself under the necessity, though victorious, of falling back. I shall cover the defiles of the Black Mountains, so that the department of the Lower Rhine shall have nothing to fear; and I shall proceed forward as soon as I have received the reinforcements which are promised to me.
(Signed) "JOURDAN."
We have here Gen. Jourdan's own confession that his forces are not competent to face the Archduke's army; and accordingly he has retraced back a considerable space of territory, over which he had advanced, under expectations of attacking his Royal Highness before he was prepared to meet him. Jourdan's retreat is now directed, not towards Switzerland, but towards the Brisgau. Having had so many proofs of his royal highness's activity and good Generalship, we may reasonably conclude that he will not allow the enemy breathing, but that he will pursue him to the utmost point that prudence will permit. If Jourdan is suffered to entrench himself, and to concentrate the reinforcements which are sending to him from all quarters, the archduke may in the event lose all the advantage he has evidently gained.
Events causing the Retreat.
APRIL 10.
The right wing of the army of Jourdan was at Überlingen, on the southern side of the Lake of Constance, his left in the county of Hohenlozern, and his centre at Stockach, from whence it extended to Moeskirch. The archduke, who passed the Rhen, on the 11th, had also his left wing supported by the Lake of Constance towards Buchon, extending on the right by Raverisberg Sussenreid, and Biberach, to the Danube, beyond which his left occupied Blaubeuren. Thus were both armies in the face of each other, on the Danube, at the distance of no more than five or six leagues.
The object of Jourdan was (as we stated on Saturday) to cut off the communication of the archduke with the Tyrol, and to establish his own with the division of Massena, who was to penetrate by the way of Voralberg, on the eastern side of the lake of Constance. It was in those circumstances, that the archduke (by a skilful manœuvre, according to some accounts, and a decisive battle according to others) succeeding in cutting off the left wing of the Republicans from the centre, in so complete a manner, that Jourdan being unable to gain the valley of Kinche, from which he proceeded, was compelled to direct his retreat thro' Schaffhausen, and along the Rhine towards Basle, whilst St. Cyr, who commanded the left wing, fled precipitately towards the Knebels. At the same time that the archduke was pressing Jourdan, Gen. Nauendorff vigorously pressed, at the head of the Austrian left wing, St.
Cyr, who is said to have endeavored to entrench himself at Fredenstadt, in the Black Forest. Other accounts state him to have taken the route to Mannheim, by the way Heidelberg.
We should bewilder ourselves, if we were to attempt any calculation of the immense losses which the Republican army have sustained either in battle, or in its flight through more than thirty leagues across an enemy's country, pursued by a victorious army, very strong in cavalry, and harassed by the inhabitants, risen in a mass, and enraged with having suffered every kind of outrage, on the part of the vanquished. We know for certain, that so great was the terror at Strasbourg, that they suppose the archduke already at Kehl; and that the most hasty measures were taking for putting that fortress in the best state of defence.
UPPER RHINE, MARCH 26. Imperial Head-Quarters at Klein Weneda, Schuffenstein, March 21.
Yesterday a French adjutant came to the camp of Major-General Prince Schwarzenberg, who commands a brigade of the van, and inquired, whether the explanation required from the court of Vienna, had arrived, and as the Prince had received nothing of this kind, the French officer pronounced the armistice to be at an end, and declared war in the name of the Directory. Scarce had he retired, when a violent attack was made on the imperial brigade, which consisted of Red Mantles, Gradiscan's, Hussars of Vecsey, & Meerfield's Hulsans. The corps fell back, as they had not expected this sudden attack; they soon rallied, however, and fell upon the enemy with united force, threw them into disorder, and made several prisoners. They afterwards advanced.
This day the archduke, on his side, made an attack on the French, which began at 10 o'clock, with a warm cannonade and fire of musketry, and ended at four o'clock. The result of this engagement, was favorable to the Imperial army. The French, notwithstanding their obstinate resistance, were driven from their position, and pursued beyond Pfullendorf. The details have not been received from the different regiments engaged. To-morrow the head-quarters are to be moved forward.
SUABIA, MARCH 24.
In the action of the 21st, Gen. Jourdan had a horse shot under him. The French General Malitor was killed.—Private accounts state the loss of the French to be about 3000 men. They fought bravely, but were overpowered by the superiority of the Austrian cavalry. Yesterday, the head quarters of the archduke were at Hockenheim. Jourdan has his head-quarters between Stockach and Engen, six leagues from Schaffhausen.
FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. STRASBURGH, MARCH 26.
We have this day received some details of the battle which was fought on the 21st and 22d of this month, between the army of the Danube and that of Prince Charles. The contest was maintained with great perseverance on both sides, and the loss is very great. Our army, which was much inferior to that of Austrians, has lost some ground. I retreated from Sulgau and Aulendorff to Pfullendorff and Metkirch; and on the 22d the head-quarters were transferred to Stockach, and afterwards to Engen. The center of the army took a new position between that town and Stockach, and encamped in the environs of Aach. The left wing, which has equally lost ground, was posted between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen.—The body commanded by Gen Vandame, which was to advance to the left bank of the Danube, drew near to that river on the 22d, and effected a junction with the Division of General St. Cyr.
Prince Charles advanced as far as Hohen-Thengen, but he was attacked on the 23d by the troops under the command of gen. St. Cyr. The cavalry commanded by gen. Hautpoul, distinguished itself in a very brilliant manner in this engagement, and succeeded, after a very sharp action, in repulsing the Austrians, and enabling the army again to march forward. It is even added, that the head-quarters were on the 24th to be again transferred to Stockach, and that the military administrations established at Fribourg in Brisgau, received orders to follow the army.
Gen. Perino, on his part, engaged the left wing of the Austrians on the 21st and 22d, on the lake of Constance, between Überlingen and Moerspomy, and completely routed it. He advanced with his division and that of gen. Souham, which form the right wing of the army of the Danube, as far as Bregenz. The communication between Jourdan and Massena has not been intercepted.
Three demi-brigades arrived here yesterday and to day; they are to pass the Rhine to-morrow with all our garrison, in order to march to the Knebels, and thence to join Jourdan's army. Eight thousand men more are expected to arrive in two or three days, and will then proceed on the same object. Troops are marching on all sides both from the interior and from the army of Bernadotte, to reinforce the army of the Danube. It is confidently expected that our gallant defenders will completely defeat the enemy, and make themselves masters of all Upper Suabia.
French Successes. LONDON, APRIL 9.
We very much fear that the affairs of the Austrians in the Valteline are rather desperate. The following is the letter addressed by gen. Massena to the Executive Directory.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. Massena, Commander in Chief of the French army in Helvetia, to the Executive Directory. Head-Quarters at Rheineck, March 28.
CITIZENS DIRECTORS, "I had ordered Gen. Lacourbe to attack Finsterminster; and also the division of the army of Italy, in the Valteline, under my command, to attack Glurentz. That General performed his operations in his usual manner, and his dispositions were made with so much judgment, that the enemy was completely defeated. The result of the victory is seven thousand prisoners and twenty-five pieces of cannon. The troops which compose the two divisions and the gallant Generals at their head, are entitled to the highest praise. General Lacourbe mentions the conduct of the conscription soldiers in terms of the warmest panegyric.—According to his information, Finsterminster, Nanders, and Glurentz, are in the possession of our troops. I shall have the honor, Citizens Directors, to lay before you more in detail the circumstances of this brilliant success which happened on the 26th of March.
"Health and respect, (Signed) "MASSENA."
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. The General in Chief of the armies of Italy and Naples, to the Executive Directory. Head-Quarters at Castel Nuovo, 36th March, 7th year—at night.
"At break of day I attacked the enemy in his position between the Lake of Garda and the Adige, with three divisions. Two other divisions proceeded to attack Verona, while the sixth covered Legano.
"The three divisions on the left carried, sword in hand, twenty-two redoubts or small forts which the enemy had planted round their position. The slaughter was dreadful. After a most sanguinary combat of four hours, generals Delmas and Grenier drove the enemy from all his positions, pur-

ued him without interruption, and got possession of two bridges on the Adige.
"The division of Serrurier, on its part, seconded by our flotilla, carried all before it along the Lake of Garda.
"The two divisions which proceeded against Verona have powerfully contributed to the success of the main attack. They fought with the greatest bravery from day-break until dark, against a very numerous body of the enemy.
"Our recruits of the conscription rivalled the courage of our most veteran grenadiers. Poles, Helvettians, Piedmontese, Cisalpines—all have done their duty, and proved themselves worthy of fighting by the side of Frenchmen.
"The result of this battle which does honor to the army of Italy, even compared with its former victories, has put in our possession two bridges on the Adige, 12 pieces of cannon, two pair of colours, and about 4000 prisoners, among whom are a number officers.—The enemy has, besides, left on the field above 3000 killed, and a great number wounded.
General Delmas has received a ball in his leg, but he still continues to fight notwithstanding his wound. Gen Delasme received a wound in the thigh, which obliged him to retire from the field.
(Signed)
"SCHERER."
LUCERNE, MARCH 13.
The French have gained new advantages in the country of the Grisons on the frontiers of the Tyrol.
Miscellaneous Collation.
VIENNA, MARCH 20.
(From the Court Gazette)
The Russian auxiliary corps, under the command of General Rosenberg, which lay in the vicinity of St. Polten and beyond the Danube, broke up some days since in order to join the army of Italy. It marches in eight columns, of which the first, consisting of Cossacks, grenadiers, and chasseurs, to the number of 800 men, yesterday noon passed in review before his Majesty the Emperor, and a numerous concourse of spectators, after which they proceeded on their march for Italy.
Another Letter, same date.
A still stronger corps of Russians is on its march for Italy, of which from 10 to 12,000 men are soon expected at Fiume and Trieste. Several Austrian regiments will likewise soon march for that country. Prince Lichtenstein will command a corps in the Italian army.
MARCH 23.
General Suwarrow is arrived here. The Russian troops pursue their march to Italy, without interruption.
KONINGSBURG, MARCH 12.
Letters from Mitau say, that Field Marshall Suwarrow had arrived there from St. Petersburg in five days, and had set off again for the army of Italy, which he commands, and which is to consist of 100,000 Austrians, & 40,000 Russians.
STUTGARD, MARCH 21.
The army of the archduke was on the evening of the 19th in presence of that of general Jourdan, near Biberach, Ravensburg, and Aulendorf. The head-quarters of the former were at Ummendorf, near Biberach, and those of the latter at Pfulendorf.
ARMY OF THE DANUBE.
"Head Quarters, March 21.
"The decree declaring war against the Emperor having been made known here yesterday, our vanguard commanded by General Lefebvre, marched against the enemy and forced him to fall back about a league. We proposed to renew the attack to day, but he anticipated us, for having been informed by a deserter of our word of order, he fell upon our advanced posts about two o'clock in the morning, and surprised the advanced guard, which suffered the more considerably, both from a heavy fog, and the superior number of the assailants.
"As soon as the Commander in
Chief received information of the attack, he repaired to the scene of action, and contributed very much by his presence and example to animate the courage of the troops and to check the progress of the enemy. We took about 100 prisoners. The action was very obstinate, and several of our men were wounded. The General had one of his Aides-du-Camp killed near him, and his own horse was wounded in the neck by a cannon ball. General Lefebvre has received a wound in the wrist, which is not considered dangerous."
INSPRUCK, MARCH 22.
The plans of the French are now developed. They wished to dislodge General Hotze, and penetrate into the Tyrol, in order to fall upon the rear of the Archduke while Jourdan attacked him in front. This plan has hitherto been disconcerted, and the force in the Tyrolese, will now be able to support the Archduke, on the Lake of Constance, &c.
The loss which the French have sustained, in killed, wounded and prisoners, in their attacks on the Tyrol, is estimated at 1,600 men. Among the French prisoners are many Cisalpines and Swiss.
LONDON, APRIL 8.
The Hamburg mail arrived yesterday morning, and brought us the German report of the affair between the archduke and Jourdan, of which we had previously the French account by the Paris papers. By this mail we have no narrative of the military operations of either army lower down than the 21st ult. and we are therefore only enabled to compare the opposite reports of the first action, in which the French were forced to retreat, with very considerable loss. The public will be able to draw from these contrasted statements, a tolerable accurate idea of the truth.—Granting that on both sides the affair has been magnified by rumour, it seems to be manifest, that the Archduke, with great promptitude and address, seized on the favourable moment to check the advance of Jourdan, to the eastern bank of the Lake of Constance, and that the Austrian army behaved with great gallantry in this critical attack. According to the German accounts he completely succeeded in his object. Jourdan was obliged to fall back, to change all his positions, and to interrupt his march, while the Austrian advanced guard took the post which he had quitted.
The fortune of the Austrians is much diversified on the different points of the Theatre of War; but we are much grieved to observe, that the army under the command of the Archduke is that alone which appears successful. In the Grisons and Italy; the French are stated to have gained two very important victories; and as the letters are official, there is no reason to presume that they are in their material parts are authentic. A violent insurrection has broken out in the Helvetic canton Sentis, which has been excited by Austria and the priests. A large body of troops has marched to restore tranquility in that quarter.
PARIS, MARCH 30.
The Archduke's army amounts to 70,000 men, yet the army of the Danube, with a great inferiority of numbers, combated it for four days successively, and has compelled the enemy to desist from his plan of separating Jourdan from Messena; obliging the former to re-cross the Rhine, and then to turn the position of the latter, by invading Swabia from Schaffhausen.
APRIL 2.
The head quarters of the army have been transferred from Milan to Mantua.
ULM, MARCH 23.
Yesterday 500 wounded Austrians, and 200 French prisoners arrived at Buchau. Quarters are providing at Biberach, for 1800 of the latter. At Kloster, Marethal, and Ochsenhausen, Austrian military hospitals are hastily constructed.
APRIL 4.
Bulletin of the Primary Assemblies.
It appears that in the South, the opening of the Primary Assemblies has been almost every where followed by political convulsions.
Generals Moreau, Kellerman, Darcón, Canclaux, and Muller, compose the military council that assists the Directory.
LONDON, APRIL 3.
A further armament is coming down the Baltic from Peterburgh, to aid the general operations of the campaign against the enemy.
The majority of the primary assemblies continue to act in opposition to the views of the Directory; and the electors in many districts seem determined to return no other member than those whom the Directory drove out of the Legislative council last year.
APRIL 6.
It appears that the recent elections have been unfavourable to the Directory, and that the influence of what are called anarchists has preponderated.
The Reis Effendi is stated to have notified to the Foreign Ministers at Constantinople, that the English fleet, which blockades Alexandria, has captured two French ships of the line, three frigates, and four smaller vessels of war. This is probably the French squadron lately fitted out at Ancona, and said to be destined for the relief of Corfu, but which was by some of the foreign Journals conjectured to be intended for Egypt.
APRIL 11.
Accounts have been received of the failing of General Stuart, with a part of the troops under his command, on a secret expedition from Minorca. It is conjectured that this armament is destined against Malta.
APRIL 12.
The East India company yesterday received their monthly express over land from Bombay.
Ghezzar, the Pacha of Syria, had, according to letters from Constantinople, commenced his march for Egypt; his army consisted of three columns—one directed against Cairo, the other against Damietta, and the third to join Mura Bey, who maintained his ground against the French.
The Paris papers of the 29th of March state, that a Ragusan vessel from Alexandria, arrived at Ragusa, on the 6th of March, with the following accounts from Egypt, —
Alexandria had a garrison of 2000 French troops, and there were 22,000 men posted along the coast, as far as Rosetta. The English attempted to bombard Alexandria, but without success. They had landed a considerable body of Russians and Turks at Aboukir, who were defeated. A body consisting of 10,000 French and 10,000 Greeks, advanced into Syria, and after defeating the Mamelukes, made themselves masters of Gaza, on the frontiers of Syria. The army of Murad Bey is intirely destroyed, and he is stated to have been either taken or killed. Buonaparte was at Cairo, and the French have a great number of adherents, consisting of Greeks, Armenians, Jews and even Europeans.
MILAN, MARCH 12.
A report is circulated here, that Buonaparte, with a corps of 16,000 French and a much stronger army of the Arabs which has joined him, has entered Jerusalem, and planted the tree of liberty there.
CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 25.
The Reis Effendi has notified to the Foreign ministers, by the Dragonman Prince Ypsilanti, that the English fleet, under Commodore Hood, which blockaded the harbour of Alexandria, has taken two French ships of the line, 3 frigates, and 4 smaller ships of war.
PARIS, APRIL 1.
On the 1st instant, a convoy of 200 sail, which came from Nantes, Bourdeaux, &c. accompanied by 6 frigates, under the command of Capt. Lebozec, had the good fortune to get safe into Brest.
BOSTON, MAY 25.
Extract of a Letter from Malaga,
April 3, 1799.
"It is reported, and I believe ascertained, that a large fleet of transports from Alexandria, bound for Toulon, have been made prizes in harbor of Tunis, where they put in knowing the Dey had declared against them."
We learn, that the Merchant Lloyd's Coffee-house, London, subscribed 500 guineas, to purchase a sword to be presented to Capt. Trux for capturing the Insurgent.
To be sold, by order of Court, on Tuesday the nineteenth day of June next, at 1 o'clock, P. M. at the house of Mr. Thos. Broad, Innholder in Falmouth,
THE Real Estate of THOMAS SLEMMONS, late of said Falmouth, deceased, consisting of His home stead FARM, containing about 110 acres—Half a Grist-Mill—A Pew in water meeting-house—and a piece of Marsh in borough, containing about four acres—Or be thereof, as will be sufficient to pay the said debts, with incidental charges.
WILLIAM SLEMMONS, Adm. Falmouth, May 9, 1799. tor on said E
Twenty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED, on the 14th inst. from the Garrison in Portland, JAMES WATFORD, and JAMES MOSMER, both regular soldiers in the service of the United States.
Said Frost is about 24 years of age, almost high—blue eyes, light hair, and of a very ruddy complexion; had on when he went away, a round hat—either an old blue coat, or a brown frock, probably blue pantaloon, or overalls—Said Frost is about 29 years of age—five feet and eight inches—his eyes, hair, and complexion, light; had on when he went away, a black round hat—a mixed light coat, and white cotton pantaloon or overalls. Whoever will apprehend said Deserters, and deliver them to any officer in the service of the United States, shall be entitled to the above reward, or Dollars for each, and to all reasonable charges.
AMOS STODDARD, Col. ad. Regt. Artill. & B. Portland, 17th May, 1799.
100 Dollars Reward.
LAST Night escaped from the County Jail in Portland, in the County of Cumberland, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
HENRY W. HUNT, aged twenty-four years—five feet two inches high—eyes—pale complexion—slim made.
Whoever apprehends said HUNT and secures him in any of the Goals within the United States of America, or so that he may be returned to Goal in Portland aforesaid, shall receive the Reward.
WILLIAM CALDWELL, Prison Keeper.
Portland, 7th May, 1799. Printers of newspapers in the several States are requested to serve the cause of justice by inserting the above in their respective papers.
DANCING SCHOOL.
William B. Peters,
INFORMS the ladies and gentlemen of Portland, that the first quarter of his dancing school will expire on the 8th of June next, he proposes commencing a second quarter. Those who favour him with their patronage, and do not forsake him at that time, will expect to pay the same as if they had commenced with the quarter. He also proposes to open a day school for young misses and masters, should sufficient encouragement be offered.
His terms are 5 dollars a quarter each, on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the afternoon, from three to six. His evening school will be twice a week, from 7 to 9 o'clock.
N. B. Music will be provided the whole quarter by the teacher.
Portland, May 18th 1799.
Victory,
WILL stand at Capt. Peter Warren's Stable in Portland, this season; to be let to Mares at Two Dollars a leap. Four for the season, and foals will be insured as may be agreed on. VICTORY is five years old, and was by the Old Numid; his dam was a complete full blooded English mare, owned by Dr. Perkins of Norwell, Connecticut—Gentlemen who wish to improve their breed of horses in the county of Cumberland, are invited to bring forward their mares. Constant attendance will be given, and any kind of produce received in pay for the service of the horse.
Also, for sale at the above stable, the famous horse SNOW BALL—Said horse is now in foal, on reasonable terms, applied for immediately.
May 1, 1799.
Grey Figure.
THAT noted horse, known by the name of GREY FIGURE, will stand this season, the ensuing season, at the stable of Edwardson, in Standish, at the moderate price of two dollars for a leap, four for the season, and seven to a foal.—Said horse is sixteen hands high, well proportioned, and of good carriage. He has been kept in the towns of Dover and Campton (N H) and proved remarkably sure. His colts are very large and heavy. Any Gentleman, wishing to mend his breed of horses, may depend on satisfaction from said HORSE.
May 15th, 1799.