( A; few's Society, THK < u.LKC'iv of the St. -Ar -tii-eVs SoiWy' w'.!! Ve.licld.TO-MORROW ft Barnabas M'Shane's Tavern, North ThirtL Stßtt,' at 7 o'clock.- Wit. YOUNG, sei'y. pro tem. may 30, FOR SALE, • PACKET. She' is well calculated as a Packet li^tweeu.this and the southern states, hay ing handfotw and extensive accommodations for passengers.' She is well fuiteJ forche ftreights or Weft India trade, and can be ftnt to sea at a trif ling cipence. The inventory njay be.seen and the terms o.f.fale made known hy applying » , N. Sc J. FRAZIER, No. South Front it_. diwjjwtf may 30. Unitkd StATfes, ) Pennsylvania District. $ TN rdrfuai'ce t, fa Decree of the Honorable Rich-. _ 3rd I'eurs, lifq Judge of the DiftrWl Court of the United Siaie»if)'and for the Pmnfylvania OiC tn&.v ill he Apnfedto public sale at the Merchant*' Coffee House in the City of Philadelphia, on Mon day the 3d day of Jtine next at II o'clock it noon The Brigantinter vessel AMIABLE ADELE. with hr tickle, apparel, appurtenauc.s, and cargo, contiirinf* o sugar, coffee, •ranges & limes. O J ami coudi'tnvcd, as iu thefaid court. William Nichols, marshal. iia-ihai's Office, may if, 17 THE PARTNF.nSPIP, OF TUNIS, JNNESLEr hf Co. BEI>'G difTolved hy the death of Thomas Roberts, all those who have any demands against th*m are desired to furnifh their accounts and those indebted to fiid firm are requefled to inj)<e immediate paymcn r to-Richard Tunis & Vr.hert Aiiilcfley, surviving pai tners, who pur pofe>i:oulii>uing he bu-finefs a« ufuat uncjer the firm of ' TUNIS ANNESLEY. /Ind have for fait> _ James' River, Georgia, ( TOBACCO Carolina, U C Of good quality. Maryland J sth rr,n 28th TREASURY DEPARTMENT, May i()tb, 1799. >"pl)E proprietors of certificate! ifiued for fub i T. notions to the Loan bearing interest at • rijiht per centum per annum, are notified, that at any time after payment shall have been made of the sth instalment, will become due during the lirft ten days of the month of July enfniitg, Certificates of Funded Stock may at their option We obtained at the Treasury or Loan Offices refpe<£tively, for the amount of the four /irft inftalrr,»«ii or one moiety of the fumt ex pr.-!Ted in the fubfei iption certificates:—No cer tificate* of Funded Stock w ill however be iflued for le's thin one hundred dollars. ivjch ftmfcriptina certificates n may be pre- Jir.tert a' the Tc'aiory Loan Offices in cm fequence of the foregoing arrangement, will be er. > irrl and dtftiu&ly marked so as to denste, that a moiety ps tie fijnejt has been ilTtiedt ' o liver rvoLedrt, Secretary of the Treasury. , tnk" saLp., Vales Surinam Cotton, 4nd th quantity of ftrjl quality • RUSSIA, DUCK. AfSl-.Y tO Isaac Harvey, jun. No. 9, South Witer Street. ihw ruv ->ii fft.\ SM.K. AHandfome New Hoofe*, Wiibin j miles of the city. TWO {lories high, together with a graft lot, it is ia a Tery (rood fitoatioji for bxfinefs—the terms will he mtdc very convenient to the purchaser Enquire of the printer; W"T 78 , S Va, ON Tucfday the loth of Augull n«xt, I fcall er.pofe to public sale, at the town of Ncw- Maifeet, in Portheiier county, all that valuable ttl& or parcal of land commonly called the Chop tank Indian Lands, lituated or) th<r south fide and t>indi;»gon the Ch.'pwnk river several miles,fup po(Wt to exjri. ain about fix thousand acres-, to be dividedintfe lot 6 to contain from 100 to 500 acres each: The terms of fate as follow, viz. Furchafers to give bond immediately after the sale with ap proved security, conditioned for the payment of the fu, chafe jnoncy, with interest from the day of i_iie, in four equal annual inflalments, agreeably tn sri aok, entitled, " A» ail appointing rommil floners tu contract for and purchase lands com monly called tine Choptank Indian Lands in Dor cheflcr county, a,id for appropriating the fame (s the use efthis Sate, and to repeal the ait of affem b!y tin-rein mentioned;" passed at Novemhtr fef fioi), 1798. Wm. MARBURY, Agent for the Rate of Maryland. d )ai apri! 19 Twenty Dollars Reward. DESER T E D, T7ilOM the Marine Barracks, corner sf Fil- X' bert and Thirreentk-ftreets, in the City of Philadelphia, the 28th day of this instant Two Marines, by trade Tailors, one John Crawford (the fesond time t>f his desertion) five feet seven Inches high, fair complexion, hair cut close, dark eyes, slim built.—The other, Hilary Bishop five feet lix inches high, ruddy complexion, faady hair, a remarkable ringworm on the left of hisJip - ( Want off in uniform.) N B. They took with them one brown eioth Coat, one blue eloth Coat, and many other articles not known at present- Maj or Commandant of Marine Corps, may 29 ' NOTICE. 1 y HL Public are reunified rtot to r-rftivc any draft*, obligations or bills of any kind rh.ivvu in of crindorfcd by f" : 'nb Hunt. CS* Hunt. f):-'C/nru,b if .-i'-ijr.b Hunt. ji; nob <f jmu 11'• Hunt• S'noo£;\;ssi If Co. T'hcfe 011 whom they arc orjwn arc also deflrcd to suspend acceptance, until refcrenc. be had to the i'ulilcribcr. . A' out twcr.ty thousand Doilsrr of bills c>T the i ! i >ve ifcfcrijition Savinj); Silyii taken from tiie car rier m-ar the mouth of Ft-nn'ellie river by a party «,t - SAMUEL MEEKER, iijitil 16. tu th&l tf .th&f dts d6t ,ands for Sale. IF. W. BURROWS, 'iVhjCib Hunt. ibf'tibis S>ap's #ail* Interesting News. From the Independent •Chronicle. BQSTON, May 27. Ofl Friday l«ft arrived from London the armed ftiip Minerva, commanded by Captain j Stephen Turner.—By this arrival we have been favored with London papers to the iltfc of | April, from which (having constantly in view the Truth which is " our Guide") we have feleiled aHd pielented to our patrons, withput colouring, addition, or extenuation, as accurate and impartial an account, is we could collefl of the /nomentous tranfaiflions of the Belliger, ent Powers. VVe do not pre/ume to Selivcr any opinion of our own, but having givrn all the information «c poflefs, our readers will make their dedudliorn from the intertfting in telligence. Captain Turner failed without convoy, ana by good feamanlhip and favorable winds, per formed his voyage in 103 d.'ys. The Galen, capt. Mackay, and the John Jay, capt. Folger, for Boston, left London in March, and proceeded to join the /convoy at P° mouth ; from which place they failed fixth of April; and afterwards by |cohtrary windi put into Plymouth, and it is fuppofecf they pro ceeded <m their vriyagc the 13th ult. From the sincere regard we hare for the interefl of our country, aad wilhing to lee commerce flourilh, and our enterprising citizens fuccefstul,we hope soon to have the pleasure of announcing m the ' Chronicle, the fate arrival of the whole fleet. We learn that tl* Merchants at Lloyd's rvff-,.. li.rtff*; "L inrfon, have fubferibed s*o puinras, to purchase a sword to be prcfentcd to Captain Trux 1 on. -• VIENNA, March ?. Letters from Confiatitfnbpic 'of the 2d of Feb. state, that Buonaparte and several of his officers and soldier» wedr the turban' ; that he has/sftabtifhed the French calender in Egypt) and sent a courier to Tippoo S.tib. A letter frpm Couftantinople of the sth fays, a Tartar courier arrived here yesterday. He comes from Acrel and brings dispatches from Guzzan Achmed Pacha, generaliflimo ot the troops of Syria and EgypV, of which the following is an extract : " Buonaparte, whom God Confound, has written me a letter, in which he advises me, that he had learned I was nval ing great pre parations for war, and that he clelired to to know if they were intended against him ; —if for that he wortkl come to fearcji for men in my own country, and treat me as I deserved. 1 arifwered him ai became me, that these preparations were entirely destined against mifcrsants ; that he migjit without giving himfelf the trouble, wait for me at Cairo, where 1 hoped to be shortly, and where G »d would deside be tween him and the Grand Seignior, the edge of whole sword, with the help of the Al mighty, will finite off" the heads of his ene mies. All the letter! and ordinances of the Frenchin that country are dated " tlie'firft year of Egyptian liberty." TJie Arabs did not succeed in their late attack against Bu onaparte. FROM THE VIENNA GAZETTE, Constantinople, Feb. 18. The Porte has received uJTurauce from Dgzer Pacha, that he will, with pleasure, ac cept the honourable coimnilfion delegated to hiro, to rescue the (acred -land of Egypt out of the hands ot Infidels ; and that he will immediately prepare. J.o fulfil the views of the- Porte with a body of 50,000 men. According to some accounts, the Etiglifh commander, Sir Sydney Smith left Constan tinople on the 16th February, to proceed with the combined fleet to Alexandria, undertake decisive operations again ft that city. The difcuflions relative to neutral nations, fay the Paris Journals of the 21th, have been continued in the council of five hund red : there is every appearance that it will finidiby granting a part of what is demand ed. The Danish minister awaits the IL-cjuel of this discussion, in order to resume the ne gociations. The government appears to feel the necessity at the approach of a war, perhaps general, of (hewing a certain degree of condescension towards neutral powers. A proceeding which has lately taken place (hews how they are aftuated by this imprefiion ; it is the fending an American Minister to re-< vive the French party. It is the Minister of Marine who mod strenuously advtfes tkis conduft, because he depends upon the Ame -1 ricausatone to provision the colonies. Certain information has been received, that the French army is retreating. The Aus trian army, under the command of a young Austrian hero, is advancing, with rapid speed in two columns. The grand army, com manded by the Archduke in person, has al ready arrived near Pfullendorf, while 15,000 of the left wing are advancing again!! Pfori heim. Offenbourgb, March*! Unexpected changes are fu detail I y making in the plans of the French. The orders if. sued this day from the head-quarters of Jour dan are not a good omen.for the Revolution ists, who expefted their friend would march ft Ought to Vienna. We do not yet know what has pal Ted ; but tlie pay-master gener al of the French army has been ordered b;kk immediately over the Rhine to Stralbotirg. The couriers comingfroni Paris, for the ar my go i-y the frontiers of A 1 face to Basle, from whence tlieir dil patches, will be for warded to their dedication. It is certain that Jourdan has halted, and abandoned his plan of marching towards the Danube. We are allured that the French anny will only ■\& 011 the defenfive. The head quarters of Ct'oerol Jourdaji have been removed back from Dnllinban to Stublingcif. 1 Some per sons, •who have an opportunity of being well ] London, April 5. Rastadt, March 15. informed 0:1 the lubjeti, aflcrt, lliat Joui dan docs hoc feel hirtifclf (Wng,'enough to hazard an engagement with the Aulliian ar my, and that coufequciitly he is to c«ntent himfe'f with covering Switzerland. P. S. Orders have been received, for put ting Kehl, as soon as possible, in a better state of defence. • ' • Lake of Conjlance, March 12. To day the French agaiw attempted to to force the position of General Hotze at Feldkirch, but did not succeed. He is very strongly potted, and his troops defend thtm felvea with the utmost bravery. The French have sent 50 waggons with their wounded to St. Gall. They attacked the intrench ments of General Hotze fix' several times, and were as often reptilfed. All the ptafdnts iif the Voralberg are in requisition to rile in a mass. ; StutgarJ. March 15. Accounts have, been brought here by fliangers, who arrive from the neighbour hood of Mrmmingen, that General Hatze, after having received a reii fcrcement of 10,000 replied the French, in hi» turn, «n the Bth and 9'th, and that he bad already adv/nred as far as Vaduz. We are a ffo red that ih« a A ion of the toth was deci fivc- W<tuw reeciiced the following details "fefpefting the expedition of General La courbe. On the j thtnat General, atthehead of. ii,ooo men, began his march from Bel finzone, and eiyered the valley of Mifoo. After a flight coatcft. he repuifcd the ece my't advanced polls. On the 6th and 7b, the French continued to advance, and after two very brilk engagements, they penetra ted by St. Bernard, into Rhcinwal'i. The attaks on th« fide of Porchiava, B rgwell, and Splugnerbcrg, were nothing but feints. AH the French troopi, to the number of ,16,000 men put themselves in motion on the 6th.— Their plan feemi to be, to penetrate by the 1 mountains into the Tyrol. Mar eh 18. The French have gained n«w advantages in the country of jhe Grifons on the frontier* of the Tyrol. ExtraS of a letter from Puojftn, on the Frontiers of the Tyrol, dated Marth 19, *' War has commenced in acountry which never has been before, in the memory of man, the theatre of war, and even in countries {eldora visited by travellers. The French have penetrated by the rocks of Lower En gadine into the valfies of Montafun and Selnau. They are already mailers of the several pafies and bridges of the Inn. They mean* to penetrate as far as Infpruck, Thi* bold movement on the part of the Republi cans has given much anxiety to the Auftri ans. Orders have already Wen given to the compauits.of marksfmen,, and th< corps of m'litia of Lech thai, to advance with all pof ftbie dispatch to the banks of the Inn. We are aflured that the French forces amount to 10,0 o pien. Cannon been fe,nt off for the defiles of Jams and Klaus. Yester day a courier from the army took his route thro'our countries with difpatchet for the Archduke Char'.es ; a proof that the roads through the mountains are net fafe.—Gene ral Laudon is charged with the defence of the important position near Landec. Letter from Citiz n Lavdier, Adjutant of Geueral Masstna. Head-Quartcri.at'Coire, 34 Vcntofe (Mircki4) Dear fritnJ,- You no 4 doubt received' the letter which 1 wrote to you some days ago, in which I ijav«ran account of our firft fucccff es inthe <snfbn country. Our vi£ory is now complete. .The whole country 'is ours. Very few of all the Auftriant who were there efcapesj. We have, from n to 12,0d0 prifofters, to ftatkl'ajdi of the Grifon militia, and a number of Austrian ensigns. Matjy more would have' been taken had they not boen thrown dtwn the precipices. There are no longer any Auftrians in the Grifon country, except; those who have saved them lelves in the' .mountains, where they will .fop.n bfe obliged .to fjrrender. R was general Csfabianca who advanced from the Vanfeline, made himfelf master of the valley of Engadin, and tcok poifcffion of the height? which separate the Gril'ous from the Tyrol. By the taking ol the Grifon country by the French, the theatre of war is removed to a greater diftancr from Switzerland. March 20. A provisional municipality was appointed at Gotrj, and a tree of liberty planted on the 12th. Preparations are" making to hold the primary and ele&oral aijrmblics through the whole of the Grifwts, t6- chooft deputies for the Helvetic legislative body at Lucerne. Proclamation of the commander in chief to the army. - Head-quarters at Coire, 26 Ventofe (t 6th March. BRAVB SOLDURS, When the Executive Directory ..of the French Republic, yielding to the wishes of an apprefled people,inftru&ed me to call up on the Austrian commander to evacuate the Grifon territory with his trpops, you did not expert that you fho.i'ld be called upon to fight; but you were compelled to it by the reliftance with which you were opposed. The paffiiges of the RhiDe, forced march es, difficult roads, privation of every fort, ex treme cold, entrenchments, redoubts, .forts, all you have surmounted, and in five days you have made 10, coo prisoners, taken 40 pieces of cannon, a considerable quantity of ordnance stores.and five ilandards. Ido'not mention the other 20 standards from the Grifon companies in the enemy's pay f'hey were deluded peasants, and not formi dable enemies—-In a word, you have taken portions in the Voralberg • you occupy all the Grifpn country, and you have restored that people to then.selves and to liberty. Lvcern, March 13. Suet' art- ottfUbo.s *;id c«»ffcquea* | tei..-- .Tlwfc labori.tli> you U>.>::i>r, »«i jtfolt mutt teach tin? eiwi:iy. U*i tttr.&rtf*' troops of tfie armies of the Rhine a.td vi It.i ly have not dcgeiit*r>wd. _ , , Your glory is pure, 'awe {""Uteri; I <•»> •nW«»cn,fi)fpea that any eyaxh wi-al* lAave hid to pumdi is to l.e aferibrd It is t'lie work of-a few co*rardly ksfiAews .in dividuals. But these : mtn aie- always the scourge of the vanquifliea, and- ircqntptly they have tarnifted'the glory of tbe van qaifliers : Soldiers remove them iroiu you, and let justice, when it iftrikes, ever laid -them out of your ranks. Ihcn, whtJc you are an example of courage and braver;., you will never cease to be the models of'gooi cou diict and difupiine. (Signed/ Citizen Massena, General cf Divi ion, com mander of the arn.V oj to the Executive Ijiraiarj. Coire, 27 Ventofe-, March 17 Citizen Directors, General Let our be who was to proceed a gainst Finfterminfter, and who 1 informed you ifi my last dispatch was at Svlva Plema, in following his route fell in with the Atif trians in .force, completely beat them, took 2 pieces of cannon, and I can almoffi "Effuie you r from the difpolitions which have been made, that an equal,number of priloners will still fall into our hands, which will make the loss of the unemy from ten to eleven thoui'and men. In the prelent fihmtion qi affairs I thought the importance of this i'wccefi i'i gieat .»s, to merit being communicated to yon 'by afl ex traordinary couxieiv Health and refpeft, (Signed)* P. S. Citizen Direftors, I open my letter to inform you of the real loss of the enemy, transmitted to me by General Lecouvbe in a fecend dispatch received this moment by his Aid de Camps. The number of prisoners, at the period when he sent off his dispatch, amounted to 3600 Auftrians, among which :ire a Lieut. Colonel, two Majors, and 50 office's. The enemy likewise loft a great number in killed and wounded. We have taken from them a great quantity of military flores—there are about 30 cases cartridges—Tlitfe were the mot-e acceptable, as our troops might have been in wafit of them. General Lecourbe is in puffuit of the ene my—by this time he will have taken poflef fion of Finflerminfter. I cannot fufficiently praise the conduft of Geo. Lecourhe and the troops under his command, who have never been disconcerted, ekher by the difficulty of the roads, the ex cessive severity of cold, nor the enor mous quantity of snow, and who have deri ved new strength from the very obftaclc* they head :o surmount The new conscript levins, the firft lin»e they were in aftion, (in c*ery occasion dis played a courage which was admired by the oldell soldiers in th# array. - Signed Manbeim, March l 8« Bernadotte, the General in Chief, arrived yeftcrday in this city. A courier, whom he met on his way, and who, it fs said, was from General Jourdan, communicated to him important dispatches. Nothing has transpired relative to their contents ; but thus much is certain, that the orders to bambard Phillipfburghave been counterman ded. It is remarkable, that this js the fecoiwi time this General has revoked his orders to attack this fortref?, aftc-the. ah-lval of courier* from the Upper Rhine. 4 ThH irarning there have been many dif. charge* of Artillery .to announce thfc vi&o fies of general Mafl'ena iu the Grifoh coon-' try. Eregentz, March -21." General Bellegarde has advanced from Tyrol over Mount Adlebtrg to join Gen. Hetze, and, with Generals Laudon and Hiller, is at Fcldkirch. Hotze is arrived hefe. All comm'inication b.t tween this and Switzerland is cut off. Fifty French sol diers have entered Conflance and '4OO under General Rey have occupied the small town of Moerfburg. Two thousand two hundred of General AufFenbergh's corps have elca ped over the mountains into the Tyrol. General Auffenberg received three wounds —none however mortal. The French in their several aftions with Generals Hotze and Aunenberg loft many thousand men. At Bregentz, pontoons have been colle&ed for a secret expedition. The four Salis, and all the Members of the old Grifon Govern ment have been carried prifpners to France. Lindau, frv&i o'clod, evening of the 2 tjt March. Thi» moment General Hutze with 12,000 Imperialist* entered thiscity, and ertablifh ed his head-quarters] at the house of fvlonf. Porfelieres. He is to march immediately to drive the French from Buchon, Meurgnon ,M rch 22. The Archduke Charle« has this instant passed through this town on horseback to eftahlifh his head quarter* at Hohentkegan. Jourdan is at Stockach or Engen, A (mart aflion was fought yesterday in ihe Lordfliip ot Durmeatingen, belonging to the Taxis, and afterwards near Saulgau, and again between Kocnlgfeck and Alfchau feu. No general battle has yet taken place, the French evading it; the Auflriaus are, however, prefling forwrrd with decision, to cut off the retreat of the fugitives, and we lookjwith confidence to the issue. In this neighbourhood upwards of 800 French men have been made prisoners. A great number of wounded Republicans are arriv ed at Eidengea. Ulm, March 23. : On the 22d the head quarters of the Archduke Charles were advanced to Pfitl lctidcrff, to v.-httK place the magazines f ro , T hence, Guu/ferg, and Memmingea, arc tl.i i day ordered to be removed. Y tflerday joo w«uuded Auftrians, and 200 French prisoners, arrived at Buchau Quarters are provided at Biber for 1800" > 'lie latter. At Ktortcr, Marcthal, and Ockfenhaufen, Auftriau military hofpitjl. r.re hastily conftrti&ed. The Count Choteck arrived here thii rn'.ir.ing from the Archduke's head quarters at Neutenweiler, on his way to Vienna, with the gratifying intelligence of. bis R 0 » a l Highuefs having rcpulfed General Jourda* beyond :he river Aach. Frankfort March 19. It is now reporfcif that a dihigreeroent 1 prevails between Barnadotte-. and Jourdan jlt vr.s that Barnadotie wo U |j I have advanced looner to aft against one of j the wings ci' the Archduke, and give item ' ployment, while Jou rdan attr.cked the main boay ps the Auftrians. It is said that the head-quarters of Bernadotte v.iil, in a few days, be removed to Schwetaingen, andthofe of General N;iJ., to Heidelb.-rg. We &t V e a report, through it requires confirmation, hat General Bernadotte has applied wily Jj rectory for his difmilT ' - MASSENA. Keniptori, Mix :h Jourdan hnce the 2ill has retreated ten eagues nearer Switzerland ; hiss right is Ctrl!, it Conftanre A considerable number of French wounded soldiers have -arrived here, End a flill greater number are feat to.Tut iirrgen, See. The loss nf the enemy in fej. - led,, wounded, and prifoneri, iseltimuted at jo,ooo men. In the ail ion of the ki, General Jou'dan had a horse shot under him.' The. French General MaFitnr was killed. Private ac. I counts state the loss of the French to be-.poo rnen, They fought bravely W-ut were over- I powc-ceJ by the fupnerity of ibe Auft.un i eavalrv. Yeilnrdav, the head-quarters of the | Arriidul:'*, Were at Hockenglleim. ' Jour. | dan has his head-quarters between Stocky and F.ngen, fir: leagues from Schaffhaufen. 'VA'ssi:NA. Wisel, March 24. We have this moment received accounts from Framtfortj of the 19th. They cor,, firm the ititeUigence refpedting Jourdan's re treat : they alfb state, that an attack was made by the Archduke on the center of the French army, in which the Auftrains had been fuccefsful. A great number of woun ded had arrived at Offenbourg from Stras bourg. In general, the accounts of the re fpeftive armies are so different, that it is as yet impoflible to give the re Cult with accura cy. It appears, however, from the dtfpofi tions of the Auftrians, and the fury with whicli they fight, that for this time, at lcafl the Republicans w iil net march so fa ft to Vienna. . * ... fllilan, March 15. The friends orf liberty are very nijnietous in the Vefietain States, and they wail only for the French to avottthemjclvrs, arid to join their army. Tlje apprehenlion of a ge neral infurreftioiy induces the Aeftrian Go vernment to adopt the jpoft violent measures. It i>.ftate<J as a fa&jhat more than ;50oin habitants of every description have bean exiled, solely on account of the influence which they poflVfted over the people. Kexingsiurg, March 18. Letters from Mittaufay, that Field Mir-t, (liall Suwamnv r.ad .aar.ved there fromvSt. Petersburg in five days, and had set fcfFagain for the army of Italy, which he c6rnnuads and is to contiftof xoo.o'oo Auftriaiu, and 40,000 Ruffians. He receiv'cd the Cross of Malta when he arrived at St. Pcterfourg, afid cxprefled his thanks for the favors couferred on him, by crying " the Emperor."—it is foe you to favc him," replied the Emperor," by laving Europe." !We have this from of. the 1 Massswa. ARMY OF ITALY. Eh! ract tf tf Letter from tbe General -.if djvi.son Dufrcm, to tbe commander in chief of tbe Army of Italy. Head-Quarters, at Fogg!a, March 19- General, THE coalesced army of La Pouille and the Abro-zze's is by.uo.means of »n-jpto« nierecal duration. A number of gallfy (laves, and the tattered remainder ot tfic corps which were before me in .the Abbruz ze's, ft lengthened by aH-tlv'pnpulace of' Sao. Severo and its enviroris, formed together an aflemblage of 10,000 men', t-ho hud occupi ed a strong military position.,. T!iey occu pied a height covered witli olives, which commanded an exfcnujT . plain which was cleared by their cavaliv, vrtiilft.their'cinnoii was Co pi iced 4= to toift/tfajfd'tl.e.principal .opening. - .1 ' ' ' After ha ving made my 'difpcfitioni the ITr nal was giveij, and the attack tfasmadewith the of lightning.-—The inai«ru vres were- bravely executed by 1 our troops ; the retreat of the rebels was completely cl,t off", and the remainder of .tfic dar was ilo %iing more than an ah folate fneafure. It was terminated only by the mtt. mixing themselves with the Women al:d children who had. flecT on the preceedipgday, and who were put forward to meet the fury of ayr Soldiers. 1 hete objefts, always refpefted in the eyes of Frenchmen, obtained for the rebels a de gree of commifrration which they did not themselves deserve. Our Soldiert) so terri ble but one hour before, mildly reconducted these groups of women and children to their forfaken Habitations^ I had ("worn to bum San Severo as the fo cus of this general revolt. The inhabitants had put to death all tlmfr who talked ot • surrender, and who in their fury had foned their blfhop forhaving, in the name of the gospel, preached peace and 1 übinifli on• But I was touched by the miferablf i'ate of* population of 20,000 fouls : I ordered tie plunder to cease? and parodied thrt - or ' than 3-000 rebels have peril" ied. auviig • whom'"were diftovered jevefaf Nfeipohtai' 0
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