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rG T /P L AIIMY OF THE IAJI.
GSNERAL ORDER?.
tT*,il *’i iftt rS C i r °' dufuft 2 3*
* i r In chief p r oh'‘bH 8 *‘ l
",'h 1 c jTiT.indcr m c. o ,
n V'9 of provinces to exa t
co :™. b money f-om the 5n-
Ti.fr (hj " » ffi 1,1,e c °P h V. c
the collet ion of the orch
;,y contribution, of the country The
Lantern cb>f.« <xtreme.r d (Tat..-
r i u'th the condufl of certa arogo
mini'and Tt.rki a'.ache! to thefer. ee
tali no in p.ivate hoafe,. «h ch t ey en
,-r on different pr«««; 1 c ° "
min.l 'r in ch ef ate -rd.nrr enafl., that
whoeter. on »oy p etext, (lull hi»e been
fid WT’d to con'.r bu-.i'iis o. lli.i i « ve
b-',-n a rgi’e.cd hr any perfo is whatever,
Dull lay his complaint before:■ comm,.tee
eompofed of the S ireck adat of M. tie
}li fetti, anfofaid de e mp chjef of hrr
radefmot. TVs committee Hull meet
every day. It (lull have the po«er _io
atreft all perfons ruky, af;er tins de
nunciation and the Gr.l examination flia.l
have taken pbce.
. A upuft 24*
The army is iulornvd, 'hat in the na
tal engag ment which to; k piace \c
tween the French and E ig-ifh fqiadrons,
the vet Tel the Tan iant gained the high
cfi glory. She fought a’orie fer p 6
hours aga nfl ttic whole fq’ndron. ihe
hrave enptuin* Da Petit 1 houars, was
killed by a cannon bad. Glory to his
memory ! G cvy to the woo e crew of
the Tuacant ! The F.anklin (truck ’ e
fore Hie wes difmafied, or had received
any damage. Adnrral Gou came, who
v,a3 on board 'he L ? Onei>t, behaved
tremely well, this brave man is at Alex
andria. Admiral Vilknuve, who rallied
the fqmdron and conduct d t to Malta,
has thus ipndrred great frvice to the
republ’c, A‘! the crews who were on
toard the fhips tapcc'Q or burnt, ate at
\lex*ndila.
Several generals commanding in hof*
11s provinces, have impoftd coturibu
ion* in money without being air honfed
I a do fo, and without rendering any
count. S veral others I ave opp fed
ie comribuions in k nd, which the
iophtic in'endants were colk&ing, in
urfuance of orders ft m the inter ded
crural. Several detacl ed offLcrfi have
onfikated boats !a !tn w th provifions,
;o ng down the N le.
The commander in chief accordingly j
naf‘9, that eveiy ciHcer who fhall have
mpof d a cortr bu'ion without imrus
ha*uy apprTing ihe el a t majors, and
m Uing the money to I fie pay mailer
I the army, Hi a 1 be treated as a ci api*
- ator. Ii it Hr 6ly prohsbirej to ecu
-1 n ’° nicney the coutr.bu io. a im
cfed in kind,
/I be navigation of the Ni’e is free;
■ * a t e on;y means of feeuring tic
'PPT o} Cairo wlh pn v Hons. Ir is
■onib,ted to flop vdfela laden wlih pro-
n "-> u tier any preuxe wha ever,
commanders of provinces are pro
-10 e:;aft thing f,om the in
»or an b under any p-etext w a f ever.
r; ra oF,s,fm claim the pay of Kea
r ;*■ b y wh, cH they wru'd have d .uolc
)» a l 1 ng contrary *o our laws.
T , u £Uu 28.
, e P art of this order refers
rc J ,Fe ce 'ebration of S.p'ember
» a 1 vc .a y of the foundation of the
ln t>,e manner it Hiould
o-erwd, It then proceeds—The com
r , r ln cli e nadts, that there (h ill
■ m °; y I'* kind of bread ufed io the
A me allowances either to tbe
or n diniQ,,ftra:or9 nial! be
3 [. u 3 * of a fuperior fort
m ade( ° rlh . bpfpi J, t tutl . e
cf v n . ' an l lte P e " cf (lures are
ueral m rti'P* ,r m K'! io S lo * h «
n k - ’ or cn y °'her general,
Ip, * I*' b "H ded oej for the
dc t ,' rv o . ', ! L - Vil ' ,Mo ,he tofpitala
“■caud , y t! * °®' er ° n duty,
1 be «*ks9 of the bread
I
Tent to hafp'ra’a. Tt ii prohibited n,,! -|
dcr the fev.mal penalties to give th s
breG to any other purpofe whatever. j
The com.nander in c'.icf is informed j
that fever.l clerks and admlniltrators
i
embark in the paffige boats between
Ca ro and Rofe r 1 a id Daraictla, with- ■
fin' being provided wi.h orijera as te j
qu r. d. The commander in chief ex
prefs y fo;bids a y Frenchm n from
being a'lowed to ernbat k ci her at Bou’ac
or old G iro, or any o her p ace, w ih
out a p..[fport, cirher from lire general
in chief of tha Half, or ti e comptroller
Sji.y. Polls Hull be placed at thr p ints
of arrival and of f t ng ov.t ot thtfe
r>
boa:s to fiipcrintead the exccu'.ioa ot
this rcgu’n'.i n.
'i lie m’litary council of the d Vfion
of genera! Bon, has condemned lo five
years mpt la irn-nt iu it ms, a peilon of
the nsm* of Vaultre, a doti.eflic ol
c;t zen Th rr or, ad utant fuh licuttnatt
oi t!ie 24 h hod: chaff u;s coi.vlded of
tobbery.
Augufl 29.
1 be commander in c 1 icfh ing inform
| cd that the iuhab’tan 3 of the town of
j Alkh am have a affinated t e aid de
j camp Ju.lien, and fif.eenofil e French
men w;;o fanned his cfcir r , orders tliat
the laid village fliall be burned. The
general L?rui fitall go with 500
and an advice bear to yj\ kham to execute
die Bid order. A ll the cattle and gra n
found in the p’ace fiull be embaik d
and confifcated to the profit of the re
public. If the khetka can be arrefied,
they (hall be brought as pubi c holla; rs
to Ca ro. Tbe town fhall Lc pillaged,
and no houfe left flsndicg. A p-cc a
mat 00 fit .ill be ifiucd through the
neighbouring towns, dating that Ak
hanj was burned for having aflafTinafed
French area who navigated on the Nik-
BUONAPARTE.
Buonaparte Commander In Chief.
Headquarters Cairo , I d Vendemairgy
September 2 2.
Soldiers,
We this duy celebrate the id day of
the 7UI year of the republic. Five;
years ago the independence of the j
French p ep e was thrca’cuie 1, but you |
rock Toulon, the prcf ge of the tuinor
the enemy, A year after, y u beat
be A ftnans a: IT go. The following 1
year you were on the fubm t of ih j |
-A 1 p?. Y u ftruggled cgainll Mantua j
for 2 years, a d y. u gal cd die famous j
victory of St. Ge rge’s. Lad year, you
were at the feu tea ct the Drave and
Ildcfoufe, returning from Germany.
Who would then have la : d that th s
day y u weird be c n the bar ks of ti e |
N le, in the centre of the anc ent conti |
tei.t ? From tl e lifhman ce!e rale J |
inatteand commerce, down to the hi !
de. us Bedouin, you fix it c attention of.
th.e wold. Sold ere, your deftiny is
glorious, b.cr.ufe you are worthy of
what have done, and of tl c opinion
which is entertained of you. You will j
die with hono', I ke the hiave m n whofe
names a.e infer bed on the pyram ds ; o
you wi.l return to your c<~un ry, cr v.re:*
with laurels, and w th the admi/at’on 0:
every p opie. During five months which
have ehpfed fince v;e left Europ fl , we !
have been U e obj -6ds of the p rpetual j
f (licitude of our ci untrym n. 'i’his day j
forty mil .oos of men are thinking of j
you, ‘i hny all txclaim, “ It is to j
the r labors—to tl e V b’ond, that we 1
Ik all owe a general pea e, repofe, il»e
profpenty of commerce, and the auvan |
tages cf evil liberty. ”
(Signed) S
BUONAPARTE. '
BOSTON, Feb'tarv 5.
Arrived armed iTupa Mercury, Per
fon, aud VV. fhiogtoa, Gunn ngham,
f orn Leghorn, 97 dayr. Ti c latter
fell in, on the 19 h Nh v. in th.e put of
Gibraltar, with a French z beck of two
nines, and four fixes on her wtifl, £tid
lined with fwivels fore and afr, manned
with 50 Mm, who bore down upon
him, and fired a pun ; the Wafh og’on
was prepared with 12 fives, and tout
2 q hands, lo engage her, which (he d ; d
fo; about half as hour, dur ng whiwu
j'fie zAcck attempted to board tlie
Wa tiio’toa» bat it the mom nt of this
| manceuv e, capt, Cunningham fired a
well directed b oadfide into the Rover,
and obliged her to lh:cr off, w.lh great
■ flau u h:er,
I NcAV YORK, February 12.
I Rbe commencement of war between
France and .America, which we men*
j turned in cur paper of Sa urday, is not
jan event in the had furpr flog. The
jtwo countries have been, in fact t r fo me
j triTJe in a ll:te rf v.’ar ; and it is w .h
i p cafnre we fe? America refill with fp-'rit |
. the unprincipled attach of an enemy,
wlk lc cocvvi.ien.e p_ihapB do a noli
;how ,t at il is time to commence hoi - !
tHi re, A war btw co France and
America is now a matter of very 1: tie
intert.li. In it there can 0 cur nothirg
of gre: t and war! k’ Atchi.vem.at ; and
con mere al ilia rs have long been fob
jeded to all the tReSa of its influence.
America may hurt the French Wtft-
In i a Ci lonica ; but France he 9 hug
ce led 10 regard their poiTtlßou as a
pc ;H of iror-ortanec. Ail that ran re
in r 10m th s v. ar p, that America nil
pro'eft her oun coajls, and France will
con inue io plunder her commerce in Lu- 1
rope.
BALTIMORE, February 11,
Ihe o.deers of ille dorp of war Bal*
1 m ' e, we It am, have all nfi>ned, ex
cept Inc hill lieutenant of ma ices, and
furgeon’s mate, and have encra’ y
efMhefh-p; affi shat the crew, difla-
with the r fltuation, havr mutinied
ai d refufed to cb.y orders of the ofliccrs
tha remain. # The rftffel wna lying,
w.:en left by the failing matter, capt. |
HocJgk fs, who arfiv d yellcruay, at :
j Lrauty IDand, from which they are de- ;
j term ned not to dir until their grievances i
| are rtdrtfled. In the mean time they '
pcim 1 1 no boat to come aonglide with
nitue th s n two petfjns in her. Both
uic ofliccrs and crew, it is f id, are
jirritaca a: the dllmiiFd of their fitll,
commander,
CHARLESTON, February 22.
The collector of this port having re- 1
j reived informaHoo from rhe federal go * j
j vemment that fevcral perfona were about
to embark at Hambur, h in a vtfTcl
hound to th'S pert, whole views, it was
fil'd, were Tortile ! o this county, be
tor feme time paR baa g’veo ordusfor
a l perfona cemng from Hamburgh to
ibe ItrA’y examined. Ycfterdny, on ti e
; arrival of the brig M'ncrva, ir was found
| that there wrre live pafLnptrs on board
|of her, who it was probable w re thofe
defignaied by the gevernmenr , they
. ir g two wh;'e Frenchmen, two men
Jof coltrr. and a woman, were air.fled ;
1 on examining their baggar.e the e were a
| number of let era found ccr c aled in two
tubs which had Die bottoms. y\a do
j authentic account cf the route, is of
tnrfe letters has yet been nude public,
we are not able to fey what the v cws
i f thofe p.;r p e were ; flwjjid they be as |
i has been reported, cf a bollile otiute,
v,t will rake the car lie It oppor.unity of
layn : before the public whatever the
coidli'ut' d author!,its may deem proper
for publication,
The f u m*n and the woman were
yefterd:.y lodged for Lfc keeping in
Fort P cckney ; the two men of co or
were put in irors, they were put in fe
parate apartments, ,
Oac of the men, we are informed, is
a Mr. Ai rman, or Salmon, member of ,
! the late conv n ion of F*a ce.
February 25.
1 The brig Two Brothers, of
C3pt. Sc bow, from Liibon, which place
he iclt on 1 he 1 ilh of November, on her
p:lT;,;c, :n !at. 37. long 59 met with
a (iv.tc gale ot wind, wtiich carried
;:u :y I oth mails, the ru 'der, two men,
and cve;y thing upoa deck. Tee crew
were then unable to guide the vcTTe', and
His d.i'.ted a? the mercy of t*»e waves
in:o the latitude of the Wat Ind ts
On the 25111 of January, one of t e
peop e d.ed with hunger, and it was
egiscd by the cicwon board to tut him
1 into p ecc? and eat Mm, when forfunitely
1 on the 26th, fell in with the fchooner
j Auicra, ca P*» Cowls, of Button, b und
to v haneftun, from Demcrara, which
fuppticd them with previous and necef
farn.B, a J toi k the vdbrl in to* 10 the
e gc cf the Gu'j-h, where the cable
b-oke in the night, when thewefTc! drilled
I ac’ain, until Hie fell in with • coaflcr
from Charldlon to George'own, corn*
1 by capt. HarnTon, who polite'y
, - 1 PP he people on board with waer,
and p oted the tcHcl into Bull's B.iy.
lie crew were without water fev a
j d-yg, and fer lix days cat on yof a cat,
and lomc rate,
* February 26*
YcftercNy morning ainv'd the fc’ 00.
nrr fax, capt. Snow 7 , 14 Jaysfrona St.
Kit Fa.
G p*. Snow Ic't Sr. Kitt , a in com -
Wi: ’> r 4 »a lof American vefF.ls, bou d
to d ffertnt por 3 in the Ui.i cJ 8 ares,
n (Ur convoy of the United 8 ates b t 1
No Idle capt, Wilhame, and Richmond*
cap-. Barron.
i he convoy bad not en irc’y cleared
..'.e harbour of BafTeter re, when they
d;f. rvered two fnga'cs llacddig in, the
one had the other n tow.
One of the frij-a es was inure Tardy
kn r w.i to be the Unit'd bta'cs frigate
IC ot if:hat on, cap , liuxton, and the
Notfolk, enpr Williams, tore away to
Ip ak her, Cap'', W. went on buaid
ti e Cot Itt Hat on, ai d re; c vid l! rg o*
rio is intelligtnc- from cap*. Tmxion,
that tlx frg te he had iu tow w.s the
French fr gac lufu genie, of 44. guns,
wh ch ho [ fid cap urtd.
I Capt. Truvlon difcoTrred lie French
frigate to tl.c win. ward of Neva, and
I hove out hia fiords which ml heng
I ar.fwerct’, be y ave dwfe to her, ami
! commenced the ad on, I’ht Frenchman
| crouded fail to get c fF, but after a chafe
I of three hi u 8 fhe was c<mp'etcly ov t
haul d, and was brought to dole action
off St. Kill’s *, this faded f-.r three
quarters of an hour, when the
man hi v r.g th head of lia maiuuiuSt
carried away, Ifuuk Ms colors.
Tie Coiiftd'rttion had but two men
k'!e i, and f ven wounded, the French
fiigat: hod 40 k. led, tnd a gicat nuun
fctr wounde .
Opt. VV. received 'etters from cr.pt,
Ttuxton, for the fccietery of the navy,
w ich he pur on boa d otic of the ton*'
voy bound to No fo k.
Opt. Truxton in coded f o carry bis
prize into B. lf tcrre, St. Chn’floi beds,
to rtlir, and fend her to the Unit d
Sta’ea. '1 he I Infertile was on acm IV,
and on y4or 5 days out, 7’ic finng
Was dili.uCtly heard in St. KdFt),
We a»e informed t at the Frcnd nun
who were t.kvn out of the Hamburgh
brig M;ocrva, and co; fin d in Fort
Fioi kucy, are n vv l from their
dole cotifinem' nt, and fufTcrcd to vale
about ike F rt, and ,i,at their baggage
has hern rt flori d to them.
We have fathered no farther 'tiforma*
tion on the fuljedt of the pep -rs deti-6t -d
iu the Han.bargb vtflVl wh ci cm be
relied o ;—a inn k. was ye ferday found
on board her, the contents «.f which it
is G'd are of coufiJ rab e importance.
LOUISV I L L E,
TUESDAY, March $ t 1797-
The treaty b*twe n the Un’ted
St.itea, and die C -e'okecs, lias been
ra iti d by the Frefidcot cf ibe Uu ted
Stales.
Ture’l 7uf ft, cfq. cf Medford,
. MifTachu r cr 8, ia appointed con fu 1 of
ILc Uuited Slate a for SurririMm.
A perfon iu Lorc'on, writing, or
ra*her meaning to write to a friend in
the country, to dir-d to him at I? e
Saracen’s Head, Mnowh I', or at N-r.
Joct’yn’s an apothecary, under t c
r’uzz C;V nr Garden, vro eq« f 1
lows ; Dyewreft fur me, at the Srj vu*»
UcjJ , in Sowhat, or at Pit. Jaw fl agi %
potty carrier, under the thh* Common
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