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.il(i in our
who burned
,o has tried, for
to our veffrls and
..re ; he, in a word, who
promised to Pitt, that he would
, port* and our marine to a heap
Riding in the night in this road with
lamond, which he commanded, he took
orfair, Le Vengeur, aft#r*rtri{k cannonade,
-..d was carrying her off, when several light
•veflels sent out to intercept him, attacked and
obliged him to yield, together with leveral
Tngliftr officers. His intention of setting fire
. to this place cannot be doubted, since there
■was found upon him a fnlphurated faggot, like
that which was di (covered fome months ago
under one-of oqr frigates on the flock*. We
•nform you, that not having a place of fafety,
%ve have sent him under a good and fafe ef
fort, until National justice (hall pronounce on
11 the crimes of this monftrr.”
We are adored that the Direftory have
given orders to bring him to Paris, and to
onunit him to prison as an incendiary.
Aral l 26.
A member of the senate ol'Hamburgh is arri
ved at Paris to fettlethe differences with France.
We are allured that there is very lately arrived
at Balle, i new agent from England, charged
•o renew the negociation with France. Sir
Sidney Smith arrived yesterday in Paris, with
Xwo other Englilh officers. He has been
conducted to the old prison of the Abbaye.
According to a letter from the Hague, the
Dutch fleet, ednfifling of thirteen fliips of the
line and frigates, has turned the Britifli Isles
by the North, and is gone to the Cape of Good
Hope. 4>
VICTORY IN ITALY.
On the 13th of April.
TAt general rn chief of the army in Italy, to the
executive direSlory.
Head-Quarters, Carcare, 26 Germinal, (14th
April.)
M I have given you an account of the open
ing of the campaign on the aoth of this month,
(April 91 h) and I have informed you of the
vi&ory gained by the army of Italy on the
fields of Montenotte : I now give you an ac
count of the battle of Millenlimo.
“ After the battle of Montenotte, I removed
Head-quarters to Carcare ; i ordered General
Laharpe to remove to Sofcllo, to menace the
eight battalions that the enemy had in the city
f Cairo, General Maffenna marched with his
division to the heights of Dego • the General
f Division, Angereau, who had been on the
•narch two days, was in the plains of Carcare;
the General of Brigade occupied the heights
©f Bieftro 5 General of Brigade joubert, with
the firft brigade of Infantry, occupied the in
♦erefting position of Sainte, Marguerite. On
the sift (April sth,) at break of day, General
Angereau forced the passes of Millcnfimo, at
the fame time that General* Menard and Jou
bert drove the enemy from all the neighboring
positions, surrounding by a prompt manoeuvre,
a corps of 1500 Auftvian grenadiers, at the
bead of whom was Lieutenant-General Pro
veyra, who, far front laying down his arms,
na surrendering prisoner of war, retired to the
summit of the mountains of Coflaria, and en
trenched himfelf in the ruins of an old castle,
•xtremely ftrOng by its position. Gen. Au
gerrau, advance.! his artillery, and cannonaded
him during several hours.
At 12 o’clock I summoned General Pro
vevra to furrrndor. He solicited to speak to
me, but a strong cannonade, on my right pre
vented melroiji then going to him. He treat
ed with general Angereau during several hours;
hut the conditions he required being unrea
sonable, and the night approaching, Gen. An
gereau formed four columns, and inarched to
•he castle of Colfaria. Already General Jou
hert had entered the enemy’s trenches with 7
amen; but he was struck on the head and
thrown to the ground, and his soldiers think
ing him dead, the movements of his column
arelaxed, His wounds are not dangerous. The
second coltimrt, commanded by general Panel,
.marched in great lilcnce, but that general was
killed t the foot of the enemy’s entrench
ment*. The third column, commanded by
the general Quenin, Was equally difeoneetted
jin its march, a ball having killed that officer.
In the mean time, night cbitiing on, gave me
reason to suppose the enrnly would defend
themfelVe* {word in hand, for which I made
jprejM rations.
On the *jth (April ljth) at break ol day,
the Austrian and Sardinian army', apd the
Trench army, found thejnfelves witnin fight of
*achothef; my left, tommanded by General
Angereau, blockaded Proveyra, several of the
enemy’* regiments, among whom was that of
©'•gliofb, attempted to penetrate my centre.
Oen. Menard repulsed them ; I soon after or
dered him to fall back on my right; and be
fore noon, Gen. Maffeha attacked the left of
the enemy, which occupied with strong en
trenchments and batteries the village of Dego.
XygS * troo P* to the road leading
from to Seg.no. 6en. Laharpe marched
with bis division in three columns, dole in a
uft| that of the left, cora*B<ied by Gen
‘areal, April 22.
ho has been taken at
1 who set fire to the
• the Englifti were
ce. It is faidthat
to the Port of Ha
hea were found
Htovre a place
l to Rod
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how-
pira-
his
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Columbian iulufeum,
Caufoe palled the Bermida under the fire of
the enemy and attacked their left wing. Gen
eral CervOni, at the head of the second column
also traversed the Berrnida under the protec
tion of one of our batteries, and marched im
mediately on the enemy The third column,
commanded by Gen. Boyer, turned a ravin,
and cut off the retreat of the enemy. All these
movements, fecondcd by the intrepidity of
the troops, and the talents of the generals, ac
eomp’.irficd the putpofe expe&ed. The enemy
surrounded on all Tides, had not time to capi
tulate. Our columns spread death among
them, and put them to flight. While our right
made the necessary dispositions for attacking
the left of the enemy, General Proveyra, witli
his troops in Colfaria, surrendered as prisoners
of war.
Our soldiers attacked the enemy on all sides,
and pursued them. General Laharpe put him
felf at the head of four squadron’s of cavalry
and briikly followed them.
“ fVe have by this viflory, taken between /even
and nine thonfand prisoners, among whom are a
lieutenant-general and about 20 or 30 colonels,
and almost the whole of the following regi
ments : three companies of Croals, a battalion
Ol Pelegriin, Stein, Vilhcm, Schroeder, Tem
tach, lour companies of artillery, several supe
rior officers of engineers, in the service of the
emperor, and the regiments of Monlferrat, of
the Marine, of Suzc, and four companies of
the grenadiers in the service of the king of
Sardiniayaa piece* of cannon, with caffons,
Sec. and 15 stand of colours.
“ The enemy have had between 2000 and
2500 tnen killed, among whom is a colonel,
an aid-de-camp to the king of Sardinia.
“ I will fend you further particulars as soon
as I (hall have received the details of this glo
rious affair.
(Signed) BOUNAPARTE.”
The Senate of Venice has ordered the King
of Verona to quit that town. Cormartin has
been concluded from Cherbourg to St. Lo,
where lie is to be tried by the tribunal of that
place.
The place of our Ambafliidor at Venice has
been offered to Charles Lacroix to induce him
to quit the Minillry ; but he infills on being
appointed Ambafladorto theCou rt of Sweden.
“ I am going to mount my horse again
(fays Bounaparte, in a letter to one of his
friends) I seek. the Austrian army and find it
no where. For want of other employment, I
shall fall on the Piedmontefc army. The next
Courier will bring you fome news.”
May 1.
The directory being informed that a num
ber of seditious persons, serving in the Legion
of police, had refufed to give up the barracks
to the volunteers lent to occupy them, ordered
a detachment of troops to dislodge them.
Some of the mutineers having requested the
troops detached againil them, to fraternize, the
latter replied, that they knew of nothing but
the law, subordination, and government.
The Directory was obeyed with the utmoil
pun£luality, and all is now quiet. Several at
tempts have been made to fttr up an iufurrec
tion in the suburbs, but they have ail proved
fruulels.
May 2.
Promifory notes of mandates are now daily
printed, so the amount of five millions, but not
withflanding the great numb rof workmen em
ployed in making the paper tor the nidiiuJßs,
it will not be ready for foine months.
.May 3.
Provot, General of Brigade, and Chief of
of Police, is taken into cultody. The Legion
ills ofVeirfailles have torn their colours ; the
mutineers are to be arrellcd and punished. It
is to be hoped, (fays l'Eciair,) that the) re
revolt which happened thele iail days, will
open the eyes of the public to the dangers at
tending a military government.’ 4
The grand Duke of Tufcanyhas presented
count Carletti with a country feat ol coniide
rable value, in order, it is supposed, to engage
him to remain nlent. with regard to the causes
of|his disgrace, and the orders he had received
from his mailer on that fut.jecl.
May 4.
General Hoche has, wun the approbation of
the directory, proclaimed an atnncily for de
serters. Neither deserters taken with arms in
their hands, nor Emigrants are to compri
sed in the am nett y-
May 7.
The Minister Plenipotentiary sent hither
from the King of Sardinia, ia the Viceroy of
Cyprus and Sardinia.
Letters from Bourdeaux of the 28th April,
inform us that two days before mere arrived
a ship irum the Welt-Indies with deputies
irom the Cape to the I reach Legiflaturc They
are of all colours, whites, mulatto,.*, and ne
groes.
May 8.
During these three days part all the National
domains fituaied in the department of the Seine
have been put to tale. For every one of these
ellates there were ao, 30 or 40 bidder*. The
fame eagerness will probably be noticeable in
the departments: and before three month* are
pad, there will be no tootc national property
to fell.
Letter from the General in chief of the army of
Italy to the Executive D reftory.
“ Head-Quarters at Lezerio, the 3 d
Flortal, (April 22.)
“ I am to inform you of the capture of Ce
va, of the affair near Mondovi, and of our en
try in this place.
“ On the *7th (April 16) citizen Angereau,
general of division, attacked the intrenched
camp near Ceva, occupied by 8000 Picdmou
tele troops.-—1 he? columns commanded by ge
nerals Beyrraud and Joubert, fought the whole
day, and carried moil of the enemy’s work*,
and their loss amounted to from 3 to 400 men.
“ The enemy, fearing to be turned on the
fide ol Kallellino, evacuated Ceva during the
night, and we took polfellion of this place
where we found fome supply of provisions.
“ The Piedmontefe army, driven from Ce
va took a position at the point of confluence of
the rivers Durfuglia and Tanaro, between No
tre Damede Vico and Bicapue.
“ On the ill Florcul (April *O,) gen. Serru
rier attacked Khe enemy by the village of St.
Michael, and forced them out of it; but the
division which was ordered to attack the ene
my’* left, not having been able to find a forma
dable place iu the Tasuro, vr'a* thereby preveu*
tfd from forming the intended attack, which
obliged General Serruricr to fall back ; the
fame night he returned to his former position.
“ The situation of the enemy was
ble, surrounded by two deep and rapid rivers.
They had cut down all the ranges, and planted
batteries on the banks. We spent the whole of
the 2d in making dispositions, seeking by falfe
manoeuvres to conceal our intentions.
“ At two o’clock, after midnight, General
Maffena passed the Tznaro, near Ceva, and eri
tered the village of Lezengo. Generals Guieux
and Tiorello, Hopped at the bridge of Terre.
My design was to march to Mondovi, and to
oblige the enemy to change the field of battle ;
but General Colli fearing the lifue of the com
bat, at two o’clock at midnight, retreated, leav
ing behind all his artillery, aud took the road
for Mondovi. At break of day, the two ar
mies were within fight of each other. The
battle began in the village of Vico : General
Floralla and Domartin attacked and took the
redoubt, which covered the centre of the ene
my, and the Sardinian army abandoned the
field of battle ; tbe fame night we entered Mon
dovi.
“ The enemy has loft 8000 men, of whom
1300 are made prisoners. A Piedmontefe
General had been killed, and three are made
prisoners. Eleven stand of colours, and eight
pieces of cannon, have also fallen into our
hands.
“ Our whole army regret the fate of gene
ral Stengel, who was mortally wounded,
charging at the head of one of the regiment's of
cavalry. (Signed)
BOUNAPARTE.”
P. S. To-morrow I will fend you 21 stand
of colours, four of which belong to the bod e
guard of the king of Sardinia.
LONDON, April 26.
A letter trom Spires, of the 4th inst. Hates,
that great difeontents prevail in the French at
my, on account of the difeuffion of genera;
Pichegru.
The king of Pruflia is Arming —but why or
wherefore, except to preserve the line of neu
trality, which the French have lately violated,
must at present be only conje£tured
General Bounaparte, who commands at pre
f“nt the Republican army in Italy, is about
thirty yeart ol age. Under the ancient regi
men.. fie was an officer of artillery, and enjoy
ed the reputation of a man of talents. He is a
native of Corfic, and son to the ci-devant Got*
ernor of Calvi, in that Island.
The Hamburg banking house which lately
failed, was for no Id's a turn than two millions
sterling.
In a Journal, entitled ” Le Spe£luleur,”
publifned at Aix-la-Chapelle, under the eye
of the constituted French authorities, it is sta
ted, ihat according to a very moderate estimate
of the turns of money, provision, cloathing, &c.
fumiffied 10 the French army by the provinces
fituaied between the Meufeand ihe Rhine, their
value amounts to 257,515,000 livres in specie.
The king of Sardinia’s subsidy goes out in
guineas, in a fwift failing frigate; should the
Commander not find his Majelty at home, h
has diretlions to return back with the cash
with all poffi'ole difpaich 1
On the 4th of November next, Mr. Wash
ington intends to retire from his station, in
America, and it is expeiled he will be succeed
ed by Mr, Jefferfon.
( A letter from Hanover, of the 23d ult. men
tions the affembiage of an army of Prussians,
Hanoverians, and other neutral “troops, to the
amount, it is fa id of 63,000 men for the pur
pose of defending their refpeilive countries
irom all bolide irivalion.
The king of Sardinia dreading the rapid fuc
cefles of the French, is said by a Paris paper to
have retired to Venice.
We understand that the magnificent diamond
of the Guarde Meuble, called the Regent, is
to be sent to Prulfia, in payment for 10,000
horses, which have been purchased on account
of the Republic.
On the Rhine, the Paris papers afiert, that
hoiiiiiti’s were to re-commence on the ad.
There was a report at Paris, on the Bth inst.
ol a vitlory having heen gained by the army of
the North. *
May 7
Yesterday morning the Paris Journals up to
the 4th inst. arrived, and confirmed the ac
counts of the successes obtained by the French
in Italy. It appears from the ofticial reports
made by the commanders to the executive di
retlory, reports which it is idly scrupulous to
lay are not generally accurate, that, in the se
cond a£lion, the Auftro Sardinian army loft
between 2000 and 2500 men killed, ana near
9000 men taken prisoners. Os the latte* it is
obvious that many were willing captives. The
number of Piedmontefe taken, can only be ac
counted for by their difaffedlion or panic.
May 13.
We b&ve letters from Leghorn of the 17th
of April, aud from Franckfort of the 3d inst.
at which time the Armiilice was still in force
on the Rhine, though daily expe&ed to beat
an end. These dates are three days later than
those brought by the mail.
BOSTON, June 11.
It is with regret we learn, that the
President ot the United States will de
cline being a Candidate for that impor
tant office, at the next ele&ion. It be
hoves, therefore, the citizens of the
United States t that none but Federal
Ele&ors be appointed at the next choice.
Extract of a letter from Nent-York y
June ;.
“ You may rely on the genuineness
of our Legifiature, and Executive, and
may fafely count on twelve votes for
your worthy fellow-citizen John Ad
ams, as President of the United States,
in case the President is not a candidate.’*
The following fadt it deserving of no
tice : Some time ago a column was er
etted at Brest, in France, upon the base
of which was inferibed “ Long live
Wajhmgton ,” but since the ratification
of the British treaty the infeription has
been cut out.
June 13.
The house on the nth,at 12 o'do-’-
agreeable so alignment, proceeded"?!
the choice.of Federal Senators, ,hc hon
Senate having negatived tlieir fi r .l
choice—when the votes for the fi r ft
Senator being returned, the whole nom
ber were 140-71 making a choice;
Ihe hon. Benjamin Goodhue, had 7 -
and was chosen. The votes were then
given in ior the other Senator, the whole
number 136 —69 making a choice. The
hon. Theodore Oedgwick, had £6 an u
was chosen. ’ a
Died, at Charleftown, on Saturday
evening last, of an apoplcdtic lit, the
hon. Nathaniel Gorham* Esq. aged r Q
He was apparantly well, and attended
at leaure the evening preceding.
’ , June 15.
The commifiioners appointed toafeer
tain the true St. Croix river, areabou?
to tail lor Haaiax, irom which they
will proceed on their propofol sefcarch.
NEW-YORK, June ,4.
By the arrival of the ship juftinia
Capt. Lewis, from Cadiz, which place
he left on the 21st of April, we learn
that admiral Richery, commander of
the French squadron, was still in Cadiz
Bay. On the 23d, Captain Lewi* fell
in with the Lritilh squadron, under
command of Admiral Mann, of 10 fail
cruizing o£ Cadiz.
June 16.
Captain M'Neil, who arrived here
yesterday in the Brig Eunice, in 22
days from Aux-Cayes, has obligingly
informed us, that the British ship of wer
Salisbury, of 50 guns, on the 9th ult.
ran alhore on the Liffe of Vaohc, and
was entirely 1011. The crew amount
ing to 450 men, officers and soldiers,
were made prisoners of by the Ftencii.
The fails, rigging, and the better part
of her guns were laved.
PHILADELPHIA, June 14.
Yesterday arrived the (loop Friend*
ship, Captain Moulder, 20 days from
Cape Francois, who confirms the arrival
of the F reach fleet of 14 fail of men of
w ar at the Capes, viz. two74’s, the rest
5° s and 36 guns, with 5000 troops,
and brought in three British prizes, and
one Portuguese ship from Brazil to Por
tugal, with bars of gofd and gold dull,
eftimateU at 5,000,000 of money. An
embargo has been laid for four days be
fore he failed, in coafequence of fome
expedition on train.
Captain Moulder further informs that
10 fail ot the line were daily expected
at Cape-F'roncois, from Rochfort, with
troops on board.
Ship Mount Vernon.
A letter from Capt. Dominick, late
matter of the Mount Vernon of this port,
to Messrs. Willings and F"ranch, dated
10th inst. off Wilmington, contains the
following information : “ That they
had not dismissed their pilot boat more
than two hours—Cape Henlopen bear
ing weft, distant about 6 leagues, Thurf
aay morning eight o'clock, w hen they
observed the schooner F lying Fish, a
bout one league ahead, who immediately
bore down upon them, fired a (hot, and
ordered their boat on board, w'hich was
complied with. The boat with the se
cond officer and 4 men, went on board to
know their commands j the officer and
men were detained by the privateer,
which sent the boat back with farmed
men, and orders to Capt. Dominick to
fend the (hip’s papers, faying in the mean
time that the ship was laden with naval
(lores. The captain accordingly carri
ed his papers, which the privatcenmen
took pofleflion of, but did not examine;
but declared the Mount Vernon to be a
good prize. The captain cxpoftulated
on the impropriety of their conduct to
wards American (hips and property of
our citizens. They replied that they
had got good information, from one of
the firft American houses in Philadel
phia, that the (hip had naval (tores oa
board.
“ Capt. Dominick then prevailed on
them to examine the manifeft and regift’
er—and they appeared at length to be
convinced that (he was loaded with arti
cles which were on board, viz. coifee*
sugar, rum, (laves, fullic and logwooL
T heir only plea then was, that since the
treaty with Gxeat-Britain, they had or
ders and were determined to take every
American veil'd bound to or from Bri
tish ports, even on lufpicion of going to
them. After forcing capt. D. and ah
his (hip’s company out of the (hip, they
sent them on board the Flying Fdh.
June 15.
We have authority for dating that
Mr. Paris, (the owner of the privateer,
behaved with great tenets to
Captain, officers and passengers, (M r *
No. 38.