NORFOLK, January £1.
COMMUNICATION.
The Herald of yesterday has the following para
graph, viz.
" Yesterday a fracas of a serious nature took
piste in PortfmoHth, between the crews of the
French frigates and feme of the inhabitants of the
town, in which we are confidently informed a very
adtive Magistrate and a few of the most refpe&able
inhabitants'were severely wounded. How this un
fortunate altercation took place, we cannot at pte
fert Rate."
The occurrence which gave rife to the above pa
ragraph was (imply as follows :
Sundry persons belonging to the Medusa frigate
being somewhat intoxicated on Sunday lad, came
into the town of Portsmouth, and there were guilt/
of a breach of the "peace, by fighting with each
other.—A magistrate of the town chancing to pass
at that time thought it his duty to interpose his
authority and accordingly had one of the greatest
offenders taken into ctiftody, whom he ordered to
be sent to jaiU
All further riotous proceedings were thus quelled
for the time, by this measure, as well as through
the exertions of an officer oftbe frigate who hap
pened to be present. But whilst the constables
were about to conduit their prisoners to the coun
ty jail, they were overtaken by a boat with several
men belonging to the Medusa, who rescued the pri
soner-—they were however immediately hailed and
ordered to come on shore by the officer above men
tioned ; they obeyed the summons, when the pri
soners were again delivered to the Magistrate. A;
number of the Medufa'screw, however hearing the
disturbance aod not knowing what had given rife
thereto, came forward armed, and a second time j
took the prisoners out of the hands of the officers of
the peace—Some refinance was made, and it was
here that the magistrate received, what he himfelf
"calls a flight scratch, in the thigh fronT a bayonet.
Thus ended this " serious fraeas," iti which it han
been said a " Magiftratea few of ik* tnaft rgf.
" peCtable inhabitants were severely wounded."
The Consul of the French Republic has done e
very thing in his power to make fatisfa£lion—he
lias ordered the man to be given Bp to the law, and
eight of the most culpable are now in confinement.
Uncommon industry has however been used to give
this affair the word afpeft—and such were the re
ports current that we believe {he Editors oftUe He
rald, cannot with justice be charged with adefign to
raifreprefentj ( Am. Gaz.)
NEW-YORK, Feb. 9.
At a meeting of theJ)emocratic Society of Phila
delphia, held en Thursday the 9th January, 1794,
the following refutations [among others] were
unanimously agreed to.
6th. " Resolved that the conduct of the mari
time powers at war with the French republic, in
prohibiting the exportation of our produce to
France and her colonies, and in ieizing our vessels
laden with provisions for that country, is a daring
infringement of the established law ewf nations, and
ought to be resented with a proper spirit.''
7th. " Resolved, that we conceive we oaght to
resent the outrageous tonduS of Great Britain in im
pressing our seamen, in leizing our vessels on the
high seas and detaining them in their ports on the
most frivolous pretences—and in short, in carrying
on against this country a covert of insidious war
fare, which evinces her fear of our power, at the
fame time that it Can leave us no doubt tf her hatred
and enmity." [Signed] ,
JOHN SMITH, Sec'ry
As the French afe now outrageously seizing our
vessels on the high seas and detaining and condemn
ing them when bound to-their enemies ports in vio
lation of their treaty, as well as the law of nations ;
the foregoing resolutions are recommended to the
notice of the republicans, who celebrate the anni
versary of onr treaty with France,
From the Minerva.
I \ *
[From a Cbrrefpenderit>.]
THE democrats call the federalifts the Briti/h
party, who in turn retort upon the democrats the
appellation of French party.
Time, the great friend of truth, (las at length
decided these crofs-adtions in his high court of ap
peal. For we have had British spoliations on our
trade ; and French fpolintions. The conduit of
the two parties on these two oecafions forms a faith
ful ted of their real principles. Words are but
■wind, and arc most lavishly used when th<re is the
most occasion to deceive.
The federalifts did not jujlfy the British fpolia
■ tions—the democrats do those of the trench, and
!fay we have provoked them—such traatment it good
•enough for us, &c.
The federalifts said, try negociation fit ft. Se
•quefter British debts, said the demos—No envoy
No treaty—Reprisals—Embargo—Prohibit com
merce, &c.
As to French spoliations, federal men, troe to
their old principles, iofift, we mnfl cultivate har
mony with all nations—gen. Pinckney we (.ope will
remove the affe&ed pretexts of French complaint.
The democrats not content with this, multiply ex
pressions of affedtion for France and their ctirfes on
our own government —instead of demanding jus
tice, they encourage more captures—they give a
flipper to Barney for psblifhing his orders-to plun
der his own countrymen.
Yet the democrats called our feuding an envoy to
Great Britain pufillar.imcut.
The propriety of this charge is also put in its true
light by facts The Federalists avowed that if Bri
tain refufed justice, they wouldfight her—but to
alk for it, feeiued too puiillanimous to tile Scmo
cratfc heroet.
France has played the pirate on onr trade in con
tempr of treaties. The Federalists fay not a word
about fighting France, they move in Cungrefe no
fequeflration or prohibition acts or embar;j.->. The
champions of ibcfe honefiand wife meafure# are now
mute. Nay, because it.p FederaliKs speak of rfs
tional faith and juitice, the DementschargAthcm
%mh a defiento make war on France. The>'; Ga
ieties proclaim that the firft gun fired ag aloft Franc*
will be our ruin,
Tn a word, th 1 " Mnfefl en Federal *n<3 De
mocra'ic conduit in the cafe of Briti/h a»d Frdnc!
fpoliaiiwni, completely prove that the former ate
not the British party ; they are truly the Americans.
If the Democrats are not in French pay, it is e
qtially established by facts, they are degenerate A
mericans.
These ideasaretoo obvious to escape the ptsblic
difcernmcnt. To connteraft them, the Democrats
already begin to attack ana accuse the Federalists
of ince:>fiftency.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
[By the Magnet, Choate, arrived at Bollon, in 50
days from Liverpool.]
ARMY OF ITALY.
From 1 Paris paper of Dec. r-
Until we (hall leceive the reports of the command
er in chief Buonaparte, the adtivity of the operations
of the army of Italy not having y(t allowed him to
give an account of the fucceflea he has obtained, we
publish here a letter from general Berthier, command
er of the general ftaff, containing an analysis of his
glorious victories. 4
The divisionary general commander of the slate, to
general Baraguay d'Hilliers, commandant of Lom
bardy.
" Head-quarters at Verona,
" Nov. 19, sixth year.
" At length, my dear general, after the boldest ma
noeuvres, the most obflinate confliits, and eight days
spent without taking off our boon, w> have just de
feated general Alvinzy and his array, which we have
pursued to'Vincenza. Five thousand prisoners, three
tiioufand men killed and wounded, four flags and twelve
guns are the fruits of these vidtories. Alvinzy is about
rto rally behind the Brenta. —Davidovich, who is ig
norant of what i« become of Alvinzy, Is on the right
bank of the Adige, after having forced Vaubois' di
vision, and having advanced to the other fide of'Ki
voli. We are fearful that h« is retreating , if he is
flill at this time in his positions, to-morrow he will be
ours, with the fix thousand men he commands. Five
I'armee d'ltalie .' Mantua will soon be in the hands of
the Republicans.
" Never were anions fought with so muth ebftina
~cy. We have had two generals mortatly wounded, &
five others of whose recovery hopes are entertained.
Amotig the killed we reckon two of the commander in
chief's aids-de camps, and an adjutait-gencral.
" I have not time to fay any more. We have still
to fight. There will be no repose until the enemy
(ball be destroyed.
(Signed) « ALEX. BERTHIER."
Message from the Executive Directory to the Councils,
dated 10 Fritaaire, Nov. 30, fifth year.
" Citizens Legislators,
" We wait impatiently for the official difpatchcs
of the commander in chief, Buonaparte, to communi
cate to you the decisive viflory which hasjuft been ob
tained under his command, by the army of Italy. Ne
ver was that brave army placed in so critical a pofitien.
The enemy had made the greatcft tftey had
brought from the interior of the states all that they
had left of dilpofable forces. These troops they had
marched to their deftinalion with the utmost lpeed,
and had eontrived 10 form in Italy a new army, more
considerable than the two former, already exterminst
ed, before the fuccorsfent from the interior of France,
to the commander in chief Buonaparte, could form a
junction with the army of Italy. It required nothing
less than the genius of that intrepid warrior, the ta
lents of the general officers and of the individuals who
seconded them at the price of their blood, and the zeal
and constancy of all our brave brethren in arms, to
triumph over so many obstacles which the despair of
our enemies had opposed to us.
" The refalt of the bloody conflidls, which were
fought for eight successive days, is the loss «n the part
of the enemy of twelve thousand men in killed, wound
ed and prisoners, four flags and eighteen guns. The
present petition of the armies promises new fuccefles,
and the capture of Mantua, on which the fate of Ita
ly depends.
(Signed) " BARRAS, Prefldent.
" LEGARDE, Sec'ry (Sen.'
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Letter of General Berthier, Chief of the Staff of
the army of Italy.
" Head quarters at Verona,
Nov. 19th fifth year.
" The activity in wßich we have been for this
fortnight pad would not permit me to write to you
as often as 1 could have wished, but the command
ant of Lombardy, te whom I sent a summary ac
count of our movements, mull have transmitted yon
a copy of the fame
" Since onr last affair at Caldero, which toek
place on the 22d (N*vembei 12) and wherein,
after an obflinate eombat, the two armies remained
in their positions, general Alvinzy had effetfted his
junction with a column from Tyrol, and had an
army of upwards »f 40,000 men.
" On the 24th (Novembei 14) the hostile ar
my was in prelence, and preparing to give a pitch,
ed battle. General Buonaparte, apprised of the
enemy's jnteations, immediately made moneeuvreS
to fruftrate them.
" I" night between the 24th and 2 jth
(November 14th and 15th) he ardered the division
of general Vaabois t® gaard the position of Rivo.
li, to keep in check the column of the enemy's
right wing, commanded by general Davidovich.
The caftleand citadel of Brescia, Verons, the polls
of Pefchiera and Legnago were in a refpeftable
state of defence. The commander iu etiief sta
tioned some corps of light troops and flying artil
lery to defend the passages of the Adige ; in the
fame night he had a boat-bridge raised at Ronco
;o pass the Adige, to fall unexpefttdly übon gene'
ral Alvmzy's off his communication, feixe
his magazines and his pa r k of artillery, deprive him
of ail means of fiibfiftence, and at last to attack him
from the rear. Before day-break the divisions of
MaUei«a and Angereau had already crossed the
Adige, and advanced on two roads, which erofcan
impassable marfli of several miles.
" JjV ol "™ left, commanded by irc
neral Mafftna, was the firft to fall in with
the enemy 3 out posts, which it worsted; that of
the right, commanded by general Angereau, having
alforepulfed several hostile posts was (lopped .t tl,e
village Areole, occupied by the Auftrians, whose
fire flanked the dyke on which it was necessary to
pass to penetrate thnher. Arcania, whieh bordered
ttiis dyke on the tide of the village, prevented its
bein s turned ; u wa, therefore neeeffary, i„ order
10 become rnaft m of it> to fs th £
and cross a small bridge defended by several I.
| attled houies, from whi#h th? enemy dircfled a
-teirlbli fire. Our troops ptifhci federal ' iirtes For
wards with charge ftcps, to carry the bridge, but
not having in the fi r # isftance displayed the f«me
boldness as they did at the bridge Lodi, they
were repuifed in their repeated attempts; in vain
Ka»! general Angereau, with a Itandard in his hand,
advanced at the head of tjie c«lumn to take Ar
cole.
" The commander in c(iief, wha was informed
of the difficulties which the diviEons of general
Angereau had to sustain, gave orders to general
Guieux to march down the Adige, .with a corps
of 2000 .men, and to pass the river under cover of
our light artillery, at a ferry which was at thedif
tance of two miles below Renco, facing Alberedo ;
he had ordete to march to the village of Arcole to
tarn it : but that was a long march, the day was far
gone ; and it was of the higWeft importp.sce to cap
ture Arcole, in order to get into the enemy's rear
before they were able to learn our movement.
" The commander i* chief advanced with his
whole ftaff at the head of the division of Angereau;
he reminded oar brothers in arms of their being
the fame men that had forced the bridge of Lodi.
He faemed to perceive a fentimant ofenthufiafm,
and was determined tfl profit by it. He leap;a off
his harfe, seized a standard, rushed forwaid at the
head of the grenadiers, and ran tcf the head of the
bridge, crying, " Fallow your General !" The
culumn instantly moved on, and we were at the
distance of 30 yards from the bridge, wheH the ter
rible fire of the enemy aiTailed the column, and
made it fall back the very moment when the enemy
were going to take Sight. It was at the fame in
stant that generals Vignollcand Lafne were wound
ed, and that Muiron, aid-de-camp to the commander
in chief, was killed.
" The commander in chief and his ftaff were
overwhelmed ; the commandei in chief himfelf was
thrown from his horse into a marsh, from whence,
under tKf enemy's fire, he extiicated himfelf with
difficulty ; lit mounted again, the celumn rallied,
and the enemy durst oat come forth from their en
trenchments.
•*' Night began, when general Guieux arrived cou
rageously at the village of Arcole, and finally tarried
I it; but he retired in the night, after having made ma
ny prisoners, and carried off four pieces of cannon.
I he eneipy had had time to be aware of our
movement; they had begun to fend off all their bag
gage and magazines to Vincenza, and concentrated al
most their whole force towards Konco, to give batt.le ;
and before day break they occupied the village of Ar
cole with considerable force.
" On the i6th (Nov. 16.) at day break, the enemy
attacked us on all points ; the column of general Maf
fena, after an obllinate confiiel, worsted the enemy,
took 1500 prisoners, and carried off fix pieces of can
. non and four stand of colours.
" The column of general Angereau likewise repui
fed the enemy, but could not succeed in forcing the vil
lage cf Arcole, which was again attacked several times,
You will judge of the obstinacy of the different attacks
upon this village, where seven generals were wounded.
" The fame evening the commander in chief him
felf marched to the canal on the right of the Adige,
with a column who carried fafcines, with a view of ef
tablifhiug a pafTage, which could not be dome on ac
count of the current ; then the adjutant general Vial,
who was at the. head of the column, forded the canal,
up to his neck in water, but he was obliged to repafs
It : it was at that moment<that Elliot, aid-de-camp to
the commander in chief, was killed. *
" The following night the commander in chief gave
orders to throw a bridge over the canal, aud a new at
tack was combined for the »7th ( Nov 17.) The di
vision of general Ma (Ten a was to attack on the left of
the causeway, and that of general Angereau, for the
third time, the celebrated village of Arcole, while a
third column was to cross the canal to tur» that village.
Part of the gaiifon of Porto Legnago. with'fifty hor
lts and four pieces of artillery, received orders to turn
the enemy s left, for the pvrpofe of operating a diver
sion.
" The attack began at day break, the fight was ob
ltmate, Maffcaa's cblumu met with less obftacies, but
that of Angereau was again repuifed at Arcole, and
tailing back in disorder to the bridge of Ronco, when
t.ie divifiou of Maffena, who had followed the move
ment, made a retrograde moti<!ii towxrds the division
of Angereau, and disposed. itfelf to join it for the pur-
P making a frefh attack upon the enemy, who
were for this time put'no flight, and who, feeing them-
I s turned by the left, were forced at Arcole : then
the route was complete, tlyry abandoned all their posi
tions, and retreated to Vicenza ia the night. I
" On the 28th (Nov. 18,) at day break, part of the
Trench army pursued the enemy to Vicenaa, took se
veral barges laden with their pontoon floret, picked up
lorne prisoners, and many wounded, and the others ar
rived under the -.vails of Verona.
" Bu/mg out success at Ronco, our left wing com
manded at Kivdft, which place the enemy occupies at
this very moment. The right wing of the Imperial
army, commanded by general Davidovich, will be at
tacked to-morrow by superior forces, and mull entirely
tall into our power, or if it evacuates the place, it will
nT/f T/ r ° l Then the arra X of Alv.nzy, se
parated and halt destroyed, must give us Mantua in a
icw days.
" In thole different combats we took about coco pri
loners, 57 of whom are officcrj; killed or wounded a
vatt number of men, took four Hand of colours and
•eighteen pieces of cannon, many caifions, several barges
a en with pontoons, and a .great quantity of fcaiing
adders, which the Auflrun army had procured with
the design ot taking Verona by aflault.
" had several generals woSnded, and two of
d,™, w y o ; L VIZ - Lafne ' Vi E na "e, Verdier, Oar
danne, Bon, Robert and Verne. The aid de Camps of
the commander in chief, Muiron and Elliot, and the
adjutant-general Vardeling, were killed.
(oigt^dJ « ALEXANDER BERTHIER."
toth Frimaire, (Nov. 30.)
we did not ex that Lord Malmcfbury would
II It necefiary to fend a meflenger to his cabinet in or-
I °? lve an answer to the demand of the dire&orv
l^e o^je<^s °f reciprocal compensation,
■ hich he has to propose % It fliould seem, that thefen
_another meDenger, which he has thought re-
En Ifh " i p o ' rU ftr *tagem, empleved by the
whirh "" m ? Wait ,he ifr,le of the S r "t
hazard.T T dec "? m £ 'he fate of Italy, before he
S """""" bt
REMARKS OF THE PARIS EDI TOR.
w nth Frimaire, (Dec. 1.)
of th : s ~ P ',° no " nre with «»ainty that the fate,
n,. 1 . 5 ■ military movement is yet decided. Bv
it appear, that'of the two A.l
tnan arm.es whieu have atted in concert, one is advaa
couß&t h f nk ° f ,he Ad * e ' en
check and Vt i" ° r cx P erientl «g the smallest
> and that the other has Boat with one which has
forced ito retreat to \Venza | h ut th is nofitic, >«.-
ntral «.lrinxy ha .gain made a sensible proerefs fft
.B probable that General DaviJovid , who hi no, re!
treated, will a , ali even!)> trj , the lame movement that
Wurmfcr did, and that he will throw hirafclf into Vl a i
will 171VLZ?\ m Th » block.de
wi be, without doubt, one of the greatest events of
£e war. The zeal of Wurmfer will fee equally "onfi
••y.l
ruDflion. ~f » general, to t*c„ mc ,t, c comniiorfsat' „f
a place, and he has g:vcn proofs of the utrnoft a<StiVl
- and of mditary resources in this new poll.
Army of the Rhine M»felle.
7ht General in Chef to the F.mcutiv, DireOorj
" Head-quarters at Schillikep,
. frrimaire (Nov'22l
" Citizens Diredors, '
Ihe garrison of Kchl made a vigorous l or t,V
the line of ci.cujnvallatW. of the ene-
General Defaix was charged with the c
the part of our troops : the enemv =,),=, J7 J!
their artillery, which was inttantly fp.ked !lcould
we have anticipated a fn*r»>C* f. i <-ouia
artillery horses ready, we taken tte^
off ten pieces. We have made f rom f lx J
hundred pr.foners,- amongst whome arf '<««
ficers, including a Colonel and a M ; ar I u
was the result of this sally. '
As soon as it was «h OUght
corps de reserve was ready to attack m> r i
Defaix taufed the ttoops to return to their'e'n.
trcnchmenu. To attempt'to maintain ourfeWt, in
tKMe oi the enemy, was an operation which was
not amoriglt cfur preje&s.
« The battle was one of themoft obstinate of the
war, and mult have occ&fiosed a confiderahle lofi
©f the enemy. They cannot deny?hat the advan
tage was entirely ours.
I lie loth, 109 h,'and 84.1b, demi brigades per
formed prodifces of valor. It was impossible f nr
me to ascertain all the details ef the instances of in
dividual courage which were displayed on this oc
casion. I hate promised te appoint provifionallr
to the rank of sub lieutenant a ferjeant of the 160 th
who gave proofs of uncommon courage. The
General Officers who conduded the attack merit
the highest culogium.
General Delaix had his horse killed under him,
and was slightly wounded. General Lacombe had
his horse wounded in two places.
Several Officers equally diftingnifhed themfelvei.
rerion and Quefard, chiefs of brigade of the 106 th,
and 84th, were wounded. Mcfliro, chief ef bat
talion of the loth, was araongft the foremoft in
forcing the entrenchments.
The good condi£t of the troops.upon this occa
fien ought to persuade the enemy, that if be is de
termined to attack Kehl, he will not carry it so
ealily as he may have been led to believe.
(Signed)
MMEAU."
Private letters transmitted to the Direftoiy an
neußce, that general in chief Mpresu was fliglitly
wounded in the head with a ball. He had the
modefly not to mention this cir, umfiaice, proba.
fely fjora a desire to avoid all appearance of ostenta
tion.—One of his Aids de Camps had the lower
part of his leg carried away.
In the midlt oftfce preparations on the Rhine
theie are fereral pa.leys for the purpose yf co.k hid
ing an armistice. The Austrian general Krny,
and the republican Bernadotte, have had a new
conference on the suspension of arms, which was
proposed by the F.ench Generals. At the end oF
th" conference general Wetneck, who commands
on the Lower Rhine, dilpatched a courier to the
Archduke Charlei ; and general Boumnnv/lle sent
M. Luyt, the commiflary at war, to Paris, with
lecret inftru&ions.
The Auftrians, who where forty or fifty thousand
men, are now reduced to half thai "number gen
eral Kilmaine has not discontinued the siege of
Mantua, and has repulsed the (ame time
several forties of the besieged, who reckon to much,
upon the fucc«fs of Austrian arms, that they light
ed large fires ai ligns of rejoicing, but it was foot*
necefljiry to extinguish them.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 34.
The Austrian corps, commanded by general
Neu, has again advanced from its entrenched posi
tion before Menft, and taken post on the banks of
the Seltz. The enemy have puttied their advanced
posts even across that river, whlift the French con.
fined themfttlves to concentrate their force within
the line, which extends from Bingen to Kaifetflau
tern. This movement of the Anftrians has btongiit
en feveial smart engagements between the light
troops of both parties, wherein the French and
lir.penalifts have alternately ptnved victorious. In
one of these affairs the republican general Kleiit
surprised the whole chain of the enemy's advanfed
posts, put thern to the rout, took a great number
ol men and Iforfes, and forced the Autlrians to re
crofs the Selt2 in the utmolt csnfuiion.
From the Lower Rhine we learn, that on the
firll of this month fsilt of November) a very
brisk adlion took place' on the bauk of the Siey.
The Republicans attaek the advanced posts if the
Aultrians, who defended themselves id so vigorous
a manner, that the forra«f were obliged to fall
back. 6
The army of the North, encamped in the front of
Mulheim, is under marching orders.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike
' Company,
January 6, 1797.
At a meeting of the President and Managers, a di
vidend of five dolkrs per fha re, was declared for the
aft half year, which will be paid to the Stockholders,
or their representatives any time after the lift ®f this
south.
TENCH FRANCIS, Treaurer.
JIA. &. '
U Ja*. t.