Gazette of the United States and daily evening advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1794-1795, August 13, 1794, Image 3
-rtiun fiiut >.over» i great part .-f the fur- c founding country ; on the bravery of < our garriton, and the intrepidity md ? talent* of our Governor, Major-Genera! > Salis. —- 1 Camp near Tboriut, a May 27. {: Our portion, U well as that of Majoi-1 General White's biigade, which to-day 0 has been joined by about 500 recruits t that were left behind at Oftend, is ft ill v the feme. The Riu -blicans have left c their tamp at Moorfeiies, and fcem on . the point of rtyafLng the Lys s with tjieir whole fore*, without giving us the trouble of & ending them home. Count " Walmodeo ..'imlvjrn is at Oudenatde, •d < 3ent Ciairfayt continues at t . It.i Both Generals have lately re-1 .. . strong reinforcements; but the) : for which they are deftined c ivc pal yet begun. The night before t: hit ''s-.-.Qsueral Hammsrilein, who* 1 ot»r brigade, returned from t! Thielt, where he had a conference with Count Ci<Mrfayt. In all probability our I flay here will nut be long. d BRUSSELS, June 6. £ On the 3d'inft. at break of day, the 0 afamy under the command of his Imperial c: majeftv, attacked all the French posts on p this fide the Sambre, and after an action 0 ' offevcr.il hours, entirely routed them.-*- C ; By fh is aition Charleroi is completely re-|tl lieved. At the fame time the Aulirian and! ? Dutch infantry drove the enemy from the ai for-eft of Hutte. The Emperor, at the p head of the cavalry, marched from Nivel les to Fleuras where French had col lected their principal force. Ir\ the a'ter noon his majtfty entered Charleroi, and after infpecling the fortifications, proceed- ai ed in pursuit of the enemy. L T : £toi*- q cotunan commanded by Genera 1 Alvinsi was equally fuccefsful, and formed , a junction at Morlin de Jumet with the ( former column. The General next pro* ceeded to Marchiennes-au Pont, icarcely 'giving.time, f.o tjje.French to bury<heir 11 dead. In the of Groficlefs, theft civalry cut in piece? a great number of tr French j and by d\reein the afternoon, the ( j enemy fled on all iid§». t . , ..May irj'. •, '' The signal victory obtaiijed by Count w Kaunitz, was equally due to the military 4 talents .of that Gen -rjl tnd Mie-bravery of re • his troops. On the eyefting of Friday, the A # jd inft. the Count made a feigned .retreat towards. Mons; and. the better to ptrfyjde the enemy that fhis retreat was oecafioneti by the terror of file Republican troops, he employed his people in digging entrencjl '■ ments. The French fell into the snare, d and took no further precaution against any an ' "future attack. Atclay-brtak on Saturday morning, the Auftrians surrounded the ye , French aJvAnced guard, fell unexpectedly •» on rf-e main body, and had defeated the left v/ing before the enemy had time to ral- Bi ly. The,<Jannagno! cavalry had not even an qupftrtunity- to.saddle their horses, inso much that each of the Chasseurs of Mahoni C< 'cfiiritd oft° with him either one or several 'Frf nch horses. All the pontoons were either 'iken bt ,destroyed, and 52 guns, ' and as many artillery waggons, fell into to the hands pi the fonquirrirs. Beliefs th> Trench who fell in the action and pursuit, 14J5, who were surprised at Binche, were obliged to surrender themselves prisoners of war. w We this moment learn that .Cwint tu Kar. iitz yeferday obtained a new advan,- to taj: over the Carmagnols, who loft, their m hagcage and x 6 guns. We have as yet po no preoife accounts of this afifajr, but learn W J thai the 4000 French who had fought,re- ■ < fu?e in the woods, had been attacked in an *. en r to retreat, and that two bat- 0 ta: ens had laid down their arms. " The night before last the Emperor ?b< ilepl at Nivelles, and reached Fleuras l b< yesterday. Our troops Rationed on the dr« banks of the .Sambre, are superior ins ve number to those of the regicides; not-bac withstanding the latter have received we large reinforcements from Weft Flan- f ,ai dcrs. At) " Yesterday all the French polls be- vv ' t tween the Sambre and the Meufe were, rt; ft attacked, and after some resistance car-jpir ri d. And th'S day an attack is to bejtba made from Maubeuge to Charleroi | ar| d O'ir troops are now advancing towardsj was the enemy in five columns; and Gen.] _ ' Beau!ieu is to take them in flank. The; v| f" fiepe artillery which was at Mois, is natl now on its way to Maubeuge, infomHch**" o ' that it is prefnmed the latter place w>!l K° be besieged, as loon as the Carmagnoles cou are driven to the other fide of the Sam- rt,ac «of Rouffi, in which aga of Maubeuge con-atn iioops, having been on I lodes their army on befc the Sambre has fnftaiped. " The Emperor has announced his 'be departure from the Netherlands; the use States hiving pfevionfly notified to him wor their wish to grant the levy of men de- g a l' manded, and agreeable to the mode they P ur bad nei etofore objedled to. It is Cou thought, however, be will not finally ftre< depart the country until some signal arm flicoefl -ffiall have been obtained bv thever. allies ; and Welt Flanders be evacua-pt n ted." ' ' the May 31/ p er The French ,on the'26th infant, un-j's h der cover of the woods of Alne, situated Red r- on both banks of the Sambre, contriv )f e. to cross that river iij tfiree point; id and arc now nearly;in the position ii al which they wtie defeated.. On th lilc of Ckarlvroi they luve pufiied thci t, advanced polls to Gaffelles, so as t< prevent a direct communication wit! i-chat city. Our troops are advantage yon fly potted in front of the enemy, a) :s the fame time that the high road to Ni 11 velles is protected by a considerable bod) Ft of troops. n ' . - • ■ »■ h , PARIS, May 28. e The National Convention have lateb. t formation of a Military Schoo in the plain of ijablom, near Paris. ■' The'heads of this decree »rt: Thr.i lt there shall be sent so Paris from eaeh ,diC i- ti'ifk of the Republic fix young citizen! efrooi the age of j6 to 17' and a half, to re J ceive, by a Revolutionary «oucation, al e tiie knowledge and habits of a republican sol 0 dier. They (hall come to Paris on foot unarmed, and travel as the defenders ol " the Republic. The National agents of th< <! iftriit (hall take filch iheafnres that th< rLleves of their vicinity (hill march ter days after the receipt of the decree. Th« Plcves of the military school shall be cloth ed, armed and fed at the expence of th< Republic. They (hill be eiercifec inthe uf< e of arms, the manoeuvres of infantry, '1 cavalry and artillery. They Ihall Learn the 1 principles of the art of wir and fortificati non ; they lhall be trained to fraternity, dif " cipline, frugality, good manners, love of "itheir country, and a hatefed to king's ; djand be under the immediate infpeftiona e and management of the Committee of " Public Welfare. MANHEIM, May 18. i The advanced guaid of the.lmperial -army has eroded the Rhine. The army commanded by General Kalfrreuth rs"to jbe augmented to 25 battalions and 40 fquadrOus. . May 22. )r The camp near Sch weitzingen is daily r Migmented, and was yesterday re-in ; farced by 3 regiments, besides a large [ train of artillery, and several ammuni ' tion waggons. It is to conlilt of 49 battalions, and 32 lquadrons, which t witli the artillery, will form an army of 41,400 men. The corps of Conde has reached Raftadt; and in eight days the Austrian army will cross the Rhine. On Sunday lalt the enemy carried off from Oggerfheim all th? bells and iron ( materials belonging to the churches and ; the Eledtor'g palace* Eight French 1 d.ferters, among whom was an officer,' arrived here yesterday, with an account 1 that the Republicans were about to co- c ver Sarre-Louis with 60,000 men, and r to llation 10,600 on the heights of Biles. . ■■ .. TOURNAY, Jvine 6. * , About the middle of this day, Lord ; CornwalliaJeft this for Bruftels, where t there is to be a.council of wai held to- ( morrow, and where all the powers are t to feiid commiflioncrs. j WARSAW, May 12. j On the Bth instant a circumstance t occurred which caused much con ver fa- \ tion here. In the afternoon, the king, took his ordinary walk and crofied the'f river Wickfel towards Prague. A re-t port immediately prevailed that the king t wished to escape. As soon as his ma-( jefty was acquainted of it, he returned j 'to this place. t A report prevailed at the fame time, a that the Ruffians and Prussians were on e their march hither. In half an hourb the whole town was armed, and cannon drawn out of the arsenal. It was how ever soon discovered that the rumour had been Ipread abroad by persons who '1 were known to be attached to the Ruf- tl fian interefl. Among these were Count {e Auckwitz, and Gen. Zabiello, who, cc .vith several others ware inflantly ar-f e efted. The people wished to hang these ot serfons inflantly 5 but on being allured w hat they should be tried the next day, md punished if found guilty, the mob JjJ vas appeased. tw On the morning of the 9th, the Pro- f lr 'ifionary Council assembled at the Se- he late-House, when the marshal of the ot' :rown, Ozarowfki; count Auckwitz ; »p: iofTahowfki, bishop of Lieftand, and I*l :ount Zabiello, were brought forth and bade acquainted with the charge laid, m gain (I them. In the afternoon, aften w trial of four hours, they were all hung be m four different gallowses. Kaffakow- tic ki was executed on a gallows ere&edan lefore a convent j and it is said, he re- ; ,r |Oefted to be firft permitted to receive he sacrament, but this gract was re- Qn used him. Thfc mob, both men and f rc romen, teltified great joy. Under each m; •allows were inferibed these words: ■'uni/hment for the Traitors to their Tountry. During the execution, the reets were filled with people under rms i there was no diltnrbance whate- val er. The bodies hung till 11 o'clock th< t night, when they were carried out of pn be town, and buried lu the fame man- an er as is ulual with other prisoners. It (to 1 hoped that the people will be fat is- i: ed with these execution!. an riV- The Prussian minirter Voti Buck nts, h< Itz has been recalled by the king, mi iin has obtained a pais from council. the liclr THOUROUT, June 2, th " tlle troo P ß in ollr neighbour '" l n hood are in motion. Three columns o S e ~ Cai maghols, proceeding from Menin a . l Baikeal and Furnes, each about Bo< , ! " men flrcmg, marched early this morn y in g Ktioque and Dixrr.ude, ant quacked both places. The forme |was defended, by a small detachment o telv Heflian' troops,.and 1000 Flemish vo loo llunteers, commanded by Capt. Hack of tlie Andrian regiment of Clairfayt 'hat an officer, who united pvery talent re di' ; -quifite for fueli a command j and thi ;eu ® latter by some Hi>novj|naii troops, Thi have been repnlfedj bir sol.in cafe they should return with a Along Dot,'er foicej. the garrison* of both places ; of arc reinforced by the legion of La Cha the tre, and a part of General Hammer 'he stein's brigade. The defttnation of thi other troops encamped near our place i) )( j s _ not yet kilown. the "The Republicans have also last nigh ufeand this morning, made incurlions intv :ry, Awekdinghen, Buffinghen, and pthei the villages near Yptes and seem now de termined to invest the latter place. None cf tliem hav# ' H ' en lecn to-day at Roul >s .'(elaer, and their patroies on that fide „,».have pushed 110 further than Bofelaer." or SOUTHAMPTON, June-7. The army under the Earl of Moira have begun to pitch their tents on Shol? ial ' n g Down, neac Itching ferry, about ;■ ny mile from tins' town.: are about to regiment# on tlte ground, -and many more from Ireland, Scotland, Guernfc , and Jerfq- are daily expected. It wij when complete, be the largest camj |]y ever formed in England, confiding oi ; n _ from 25 to jothoufind men. It is ex g e pedled they will cover all Sholing Dowi ijj. and part of Barlledon common, an ex ly tent of near, four miles, an exeelleni c l, piece of ground and well supplied wit! of water, in a moll convenient situation for as embarkation. LEGHQKN, May „ The Lcoftofle, .-an Knglilh. frigate ha ' bro't in here a French prize, laden -witl -511 coiTee, and bound for Genoa;' Severai id Sardinian vessels have arrived here with the ;h Viceroy, and the officers and the p.-rfom r , holding public employments ill that island )t When the ipfuneiliori broke out, the o courtof Turin had.diipafchedanother Vice , roy, who, it,is thought, will be obliged to ld return. - '-«r—. '■ 1 5f OSTEfjfp, June 1 6. " The /ucceeded the' night before last 111 erecting two batter- : ies against Ypres, near a Cliateau, called : re the castle of the seminary, on the fid. °*of Flamertjiighen, 3c began to fire upon re the town. Their whole battering train, however, confilted of two mortars and two 24 pounders... They cannot enter tain the leafl hope by attempts like thh :e to reduce that town the garrison oi a-which was vefterday reinforced by twe igAulfrian regiments of foot detached le'ftom General Clairfayt's army ; but e-they may dcflrqy the houses if they art ' g not feon driven back to Bailleul and R-Commines, from whence they came. ' d The convent of the Grey -Sifters is b) ' their bombs reduced to a heap of ruins ' ■ 1 and about 50 houses havebeen damag n ed. None of the inhabitants have ytt ! ir been killed. , 1 DUBLIN, May 31. , ... 3 r Our accounts from Cavan, refpe<sting 0 th# late disturbances are of a dreadtul na- r •_ ture. ; A Letter from one of the militia, quar- , ' tered at Cavan, Hates, tiiat, by the nearefl » ooinputation, from 100 to 110 of the de ] -fenders were killed, with a loss on th ' f other fide of but one killed and three 1 wounded: The defenders were firft atta k ed by the light company of militia, con J fiflin-j of an officer, 26 rank and file, a drummer and fearjeant."—This party wa twice beat from Ballinagh, by a continual 1 "fire from the windows; the grenadiers,:! ■however, attacked the infurgehts on tht w : other fide, and, having thus hemmed them j, ; in, ftt fire to all the houses save two, kil- ij, ling every man that attempted to escape ' Numbers wereljurnid in their habitation.- The defenders are represented to have a- c Imounted to between .9 and xioo. Thoft who have not been killed are effectually beggared by the ravages of the cdriflagra tion. Eunerals tke roads ever since, and many surVivors being afraid to own j or leirch after their decealed friends, num- b< bers lie 111 the burned houses. Eight prisoners were taken,, three of whom are leaders; one of these have turned king's evidence J from whom a.difelofure of £he principals may be expeded. KINGSTON, (Jamaica) June 10. We are glad to find, by the last arri- fl{ , vals from Africa, that the situation of „ e the Siere Leone settlers is much -im- . :v proved j' both in an Amended clifnjftf -d and fectiring a regular supply of live 1 flock of every description. The quan 1 n i:y of gfound that' has been cleared l and drained is so coaliderable that the rk-'inhabitants are no longer expafed to the '•>d effect 3 of those exhalations which at fii-ft (proved so fatal, and the Earopean cat jile, poultry, &c. have bred in great abundance. I I ' ur ■, • cf PHILADELPHIA. in, i 00 A person arrived iii town from Pittiburg ' rn- the night before lait—the intelligence by ' nd him b fnbftantially a3 follows : That the ' ler meeting proposed to be held in Braddock't i 0 f F'eld last Friday week, took place—that ' IJO _ between 4 and jooo persons, in ai ms, were ' Hippofed to be prcit.nt—that the whole bo • riy marched from thence to Pittsburgh—■ ;t ; that they lent a deputation to Major Butler re- commanding officer of the continental ! he troops in the garrison there, to inform fcir. 'he t ' le "lOveticht cf the people toward; I )m P'ttfourgh was fnerefy to fee their friends 1 ip Snc ' the y had no hostile intentions rei fe peeing the garrison or the public'llore-<. 1 es > That Major Butler informed them. la he was under no apprehensions but if they meant to keep out of danger, the mud not come within reach of. hi' 1 ■ 18 carinofi—-that the whole body took ; a circuitous, distant < route by the' fur't-—enteredj and marched throug! Itg the town and dilperfed—W,eare furthc ' n informed that Major Isaac Craig of c Pittsburgh, has been proscribed by tl nc 1 '°tetS—but is fafe within the fort—w < j /'"'tfier. that Messrs. Firdley, Sm. 5 v and Gallatin are indefatigable in the ' exertions among the people to rector peace arid good order. .. v»• - 1, tVI By this Day's Mail. ,y BOSTON, Augufl 8. 1 THE PIGOU. 1 ' YeHerdav arrived in town from Hali 1 1 ax, via Salem, in 5 clays, Capt. -Lew ''-s, late commander of the fiiip Pigou, " ' American Indiaman, cauiej into Hali ' I fax by the Blanche and Hussar frigates ' The cargo of the Pigou had beeh whol "' " ly condemned, before Capt. Lewis kf A ' Halifax ; but deciflon had not been hac II on the ship. 25,000 dollars of this car sj! go had been insured in this town, a bonaJide American property —a fpe ie i of weighty evidence that was not known tC I at her trial, and which might pofiibh " ,i hare materially effected the sentence r Capt. Lewis rather declines converfati , > on the affair} and makes but few observations 'vations on his treatment, the trial, &c m e He was promised the relinquilhment o 0 his own adventure j but had not procu , red it when he left Halifax. An Embargo had taken place at Ha . t lifax, on all vefl'eis bound to the United V ' .. States before Capt. Lewis left there ; j and he came to Salem in a small boat , with which he and others eluded tin „ embargo. " The Argonaut, cf 64 guns, *nc' lc j t/Oifeati, of 38, of Admiral Mttr ,° ■. ray's fquajron, had arrived at Halifax el j convoying in 14 fail of the French pro . 1 ifion fleet. 11 - The Beaulieu, 40 gtuis, the Alarm, ' | 32, the Quebec, 32, and the Zebra, ,l t 16, had failed 011 a cruize off theAme , ric'an coaff. 1 A report prevailed, that there hac! ,• ~ been an a&ion in the English channel,, and that eight French ships of the lin j, L . s had been taken, and four funk. It is with great pleasure that we com- p" 1 municate the following intelligence to the public, viz. J™ That the New North Congiegatt'on, J jhq the Congregation in Brattle-Street, r lave generonfly and without solicitation *'' - raised the salaries of their Miiiifters :bree dollars per week, on account of 1 the .very high prices of the necessaries . ' if life. The following is an exact copy of a print', ed advertifomsnt, pojled in the Jlreets of Newbury-Part, a few days p'tft. TO mankind at large—to in Corege ll( the finding out A .white Devel, or con ■lack one or coper one or blou Devel in ol)l :his hellish world, Twenty- Dolors Re t ; Q warde that broke said Dexter's win n , lows-—lf this is Equality, Damn Equ'a a j] !ity» good by, N. Port for fne so pa-- i la( one Dolor A Day to support my par- on and Cant Ride without so nfuth |, e grinning * fare you well n , Timothy Dexter * The meaning of this is to be j .hat he has seen people laugh when he hat no been riding in his new carriage. rai ■ ,-en Foreign Intelligence. ,e • > (the VIA BOSTON. London, May is: Accounts from Paris announce the con demnation and execution of ,?I farmer.*- . General on the Bth for mal- pra<Sices. A number of ci-devant nobles were guiiiotin- an " rd on the fame day. 1 ' The itrperial Government has been gioi ■ iut in poiUlhon of several impi itant] jftfi thro' the flight of Monsieur Mon-' * aiilard, a Member of the National ,r. tl >.thefConyen'tion, who foreseeing that Po f:i ft htfpicrre was about to hand him over cat- tp his sanguinary Tribunal, made hit ;reat el'eape from Paris on the 6th inft. and iiad tlie good fortune to reach the An (lrian Netherlands in fafefy, This gen tleman state«, that thro' the whole ex tent of France there are Four Hundred juro F - ft >' Thousand Pcrfons in a (late b ° of impnfonvneiil ! that CZo uiimona of the livres (upwards of zS millions fterlifip') ick't in specie are depolked in Wiii Nationul •that Treafuty. He further asserts, that seven ninths of the property of that kingdom 1,1. irc ?t tbe difpnfal of the Committee of" itler Welfare, in CQnftqyence of tin* ma! ■ t '' 7 ' u, e of the effetuof the Clergy, the fcirs Kmigranuend othjet pc: fonseirhe.-gnil 4«!t lotined-or impriloncd : ;■ n J that Rohtf rids ptetre exerciies a defpotie •• ut horiry over re ' he Convention, which in his hand, is Secome merely a cypher. Government have ali,b received cer >ain intelligence, (prcbably by Captain lii ! J <:n g' ss ) that a fhert rime ago Mr. k Hamilton Rowan landed near Brell. At iirlt lie was arretted as a spy : but , n finding, who he was, and what was I® he occafton of hia-flight, the Munici ( >ality received .him with the greatell t i° oriors, arid he was drawn to the Town louse by horses, deCoiated with ribbons, ; vv see. . . • ——, : House of commons, II ' May 20. or ' Mr. Secretary Dundastook notice of ur Weil-India pofllflians. .'.He advert- J to the state they were-inat the con lulion of the lall peace, and observed > hat the advantage of our late acquifiti >ns must b„e very great in a commercial nid other points of view ; the whole of he sugar-trade in the world Vvould soon, le expe&ed, be in our hands } for much w jf this, under the wfll.of heaven, we aii were indebted to the glorious exertions a |j' -if Sir Charles Grey and Sir John Jervis, md the officers and men under their J, -ommand, to all of whom he paid the ' j >varmeft compliments for their patri otism, courage". He beg ai <ed to take to himfelf ho other (hare in the merit than that of having had the j good .fortune to select and recommend to his majeftyY jeryice, men who hail gained to their country fnch figual ad __ • vantages, and to themselves immortal *. honor. Having fpecified the merits of the officers and men, he concluded with ' moving, " That the thanks of the utile lie given to Sir Charles Grey, Knight of the Bath, for his noble, gal !ant, and meritorious conduit in the j a Weft-Indies—-;he fame to Sir John Jer , vis; and also to all the officers under the e . ommand of both—to betranlmitted to it ' :hcm from the speaker of that house ; th<? approbation also of thehoufe of the coitduft of all the non eommifiioned of , sleets—-also of all the men employed o be transmitted tothfm by their dif ferent Captains^" Mr. Sheridan did fltft Oppafe, btit 1 highly applauded tllefe motions; but obiervetl, that the Srcretaiy of State, ' it the time he bellowed on these gallant commanders, officers, and men, laurels which they, deserved so well, took care to reserve to himfelf a pretty bushy twig of the tree, at the very moment he would ' feetti to decline accepting it. He had hinted also at "the advantage we had gained since the conciufiou of the peace, feemtng to insinuate that the peace was imjjrovidenrly concluded; he should have been a little nroie tender on his * own connexions, for, a right honorable )n ' friend of his was in adniiriiitration at the i . eonclyfion of that peace. He thought, therefofe, that those extraneous topics es niight have been fpare<s : he knew not iwitli what view they wefe introduced, t j n'.efs by way of a set off to what hap ,'pened in the Modfterranean. Kaviug said this, he rr.ult again repeat that lie approved of all the motions thenifelvc.*, ! e nd the more so,' as they included the )r common men, who had as much claim to 111 our approbation as their fupei iors in ifa e tion ; he felt himfelf not a little pleased 1 n reflecting, that most of the common u ailors in the affair were Irishmen ; thev 'iad behaved bravely, and excited our droiration ; and this, he hoped, proved here was no danger to the public cause n pufting arms in the hands of Roman Catholics. Mr. Secretary Dundas said he did lt not, iif any thing he said, mean to de raff from the merif of any of the ofe-' :eIR or men. Mr. Sheridan admitted h« hrd not ; i'-e < nly seemed a little eager to share of (the laurels ; and by an ailofion to the former peace* and that ws had gained ;reat advantages finer, he might Convey o our aftiei in thii tfrafj en idea, trnt " they too may have some mterefted ftio- independifnt of the gi'eaf, good .and gloriowa, common cause of reftoitng to the world, order, morality, and reli lgiom t! J *r * Tr e poetry ferit this day, is deficit .X infeveral re^ulfit«i.