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Vol. 1. 1 rith all their forces and took i position be “ A Cafli'dione. extending to the:r right to H h? Mincio, and their left towards Chiefa. T h , v collected all their torces to give us battle, ■ “J s os importance to anticipate them. The ” nera l perceivingAhat it was nceeflary in the Vj. place todeftroy the divilion of the enemy, t Salo and Gavardo, he was advancing to these * ointi when he was hopped at Lonado, by an Officer who demanded a parley, faying, ‘ that the left w*ng of our army was surrounded, and th?t his General denied to know if the French, uld surrender ?’ Buonaparte answered ,q 0 an d tell your General, who wilhes to in- J u | t ,1,.. French army, that lam here. It is himfelf and the corps which he commands that are prisoners. I know it is on: of the co liimns cutoff by ours at Salo, ar.d prevented frnm taking the road to Trent. Tell him, th.r jf he does not surrender within, eight mk.utes, ,ud if he fires a fingl” (hot, I wj;. ord-r every inan to be put to dea h Take, said he, the bandage from that gentleman’s ’yes. You 1- die general Buonaparte, with the Hall of the rVpulican army. Go, te!l your general h he mav make an haedfome capture.’ The on ctr requested leave to renew the .> -rhw. “During this time every or-pir.. v made for the attack. The com-minder oft - intmy’s column d’lired to be heard H - pro pnfed to surrender, but he wilh-d to -link'- tsrms. ‘ N answered the g-ner,.,. ‘ you ar ,ll prisoners of war.’ They v/iffi’d to hold a tonfultation on the ful jetb. The gcti’ial gav me orders to march the grenadiers wi h th light artillery, and to begin the attack. H broke from the general of the enemy, who iu ihntly cried out, ‘ We are all surrender .-d.’ “ Three Auffrian battallions, am .u iting to men, with 30 hula’ns, 4. pieces ot Cannon, and three ftandavds, ranged in order ot battle, laid down their arms, &c. which were imme diately collected, and transferred to a place of ircurity. Being thus certain that the enemy’s corps at Salo and Garvado were deffroyed, the com raander in chief ordered the whole of the ar my to march towards Caffiglione. We trav elled all night, and m the morning we found ourselves, w ith nearly the whole of our army, in presence of ‘that of Wurmfer, conlifting of 35,000 men. “ The column of General Scrrurier had or ders to march to Caffiglione, in a direction to wards the rear of the enemy's line. It so hap pened that he found himfelf close to their quar ters, at the very inliant when we weFe to com mence pur attack. “ The enemy presented a formidable line, with artillery. It was doubtful whether they meant to attack ns. The com mander in chief anticipated them in our right wing aided by our cavalry, and eighteen pie ces of light artillery, attacked th’ir left at the very moment when Scrrurier fell on the rear. At the fame time our centre and our left wing, •xtended on a line of a league ar.d a half, be gan to inarch and drove in the advanced polls oi the enemy. “ As soon as it was perceived that the column of general Scrrurier hung on their rear, the ene my ordered a retreat. We pursued them as far as the Miiicio, and took eight hundred prifon ors, with fifteen pieces of cannon, and one hun dred and twenty caissons. “ This day, the 19th, one of our columns is bearing down to the Mincio, and a divilion will pass it at Pefchiera. I hope that Wurmfer will have no reproaches to make Beaulieu. “ For eight days we have been on horseback ; our horses are dying with fatigue, and we are physically exhauited, though mentally invigo rated. We shall give no repose to the enemy, until 1 their army is deffroyed. lam going to mount my horse. Adieu. (Signed) ALEX. BERTHIER. By the Charleston Mail, late last Evening. By the Schooner Juno, Capt. Cla Ate, Arrived at Charlejlon y from New-For t a late Bojfon paper <was received , from •which thefollowing Intelligence ts ex traded, i BOSTON, Odober 26. WAR! Between Spain and Great-Britain, may now be considered inevitable: if any doubts remained they would be dif iipated by the following, received lince our last from Halifax : PROCLAMATION, By his excellency Sir John Wentworth, baronet, lieut. governor and com mander in chief in and over his ma jesty’s province of Nova-Scotia, and its dependencies, Sec. See. Sec. WHEREAS information has been communicated to me by his grace the duke of Portland, one of his majesty’s principal secretaries of state, that the molt indubitable proofs of the hostile in tentions of the court of Spain against Great-Britain, have determined his ma jelly to order his naval forces, in every 1 quarter of the world, not to negled any favorable opportunity that may offer of attacking the fleets of Spain, either sing ly or united with thoie of France and Holland, or of striking any other blow at the polfellions of that crown : and also fignifying to me his majesty’s com mands, that I should, in the moft public manner poflible, give such information to his majesty’s fubje&s in this province, as may belt enable them to prevent on the one hand any mifehief which other wise they might fuffer from the Spani ards, and on the other hand to do their Uf moft to distress and annoy them, by ll aking captures of their thipa and by deltroying their commerce. .lha/e therefore thought fit, by and *tth the advice of his majesty ‘s council, ** publish this proclamation, hereby calling on, and requiring all his majes ty’s liege fubjc&s, within his province of Nova-Scoria and its dependencies, to take due notice, and govern thcmfelves accordingly. Given under ray Hand and Seal at Arms, at Halifax, this 17th day of Odober, in the 36th year i?fhis Majesty’s Reign. J. Wentworth. Our HaHfax papers to the 13th, make frequent mention of the French lquaJ ron, at Newfoundland. “I hey state its force, by repon, to be from 6 to 10 fiil of the line : that they had destroyed the Pay o’ Bulls, and were extending deftrni’ jn t.trough the tiiheries—thata p'ifo roin Cape Broyle, who cfcaped t • . a nepiember, law seven lail oft n:a, and he supposed their inten 'VHs to eater that bay, and destroy ’ : e lcttlements and filheries there. A ncr rrom TrepaiTey dated September >, rays, the squadron landed 2000 men, ,1.1 burnt the buildings at the Bay of Bulls—that St. J ohn’s was their objed ; but that there were 4500 men there. The general opinion was, that whether they lucceeded in their attempt on St. J ohn’s, or not, they will destroy the out harbours. By Cant. Stowell, fror August 30, we learn French were at Frankfor. e cut, that they should visit fi aihv. Alarmed at the threat, the Hamburgers requested the prince of Denmark to ne gotiate with the French not to put their threat into execution, and to make an of ferofa contribution. A few days be fore capt. S. Allied, the prince returned from the French camp ; which occalion ed great rejoicing, demonstrated by il luminations, firing of guns, and a prn ceifion on horseback ot all the burghers in the streets in martial uniform, prece ded by music. The national cockade is much worn at Hamburgh, and it is the general opinion the French will compel that city to become fubjed to Denmark. HALIFAX, (n. s.) Odober 6. The Quebec fleet, of 14 fail, home ward bound, under convoy of the Pearl frigate, met a severe gale of wind off the coalt of Labradore, on the 18th Sep tember, and were dispersed, only the frigate, and three of the convoy being to be ieen the next morning from the (here. An express from the (freights of BelleifU. the 2211, informed, that three French fri gates were seen near the Quebec fleet, which was at the time in the narrowest part of the (freights. Twelve fail of iquare rigged vellels, half loaded, in the adjacent harbors, are exposed to the de llrudive ravages of the French. The militia of the town have been paraded for infpedion ; they amount to about 700 men. Odober 18. A letter of marque has failed for Ja maica, with commilfion to capture Span ifti veflels. Late, Important and Intercjhng Intelh gence, from French , London and Ham burgh papers , by recent arrivals. English Official Accounts. From Prince C H A R I. E s’s army. Windecker, Sept. 10. Capt. Anftruther, of the guards, in the absence of Col. Crauford, gives lord Grenville the details of the Army of his royal higlmcfs, to the 10th. Hav ing quitted Wurtzburg, the sth, in pur suit of gen. Jourdan, H. R. R. found 2000 of his army polled at Afchaffen burg, which were attacked with spirit and defeated, with the loss of 1000, 600 of whom are prisoners. On the Bth intelligence was received, that Frank fort was evacuated by the French, and his royal highness pushed his advanced guards to the Niuda—on the 9th to Dettingen, and on the 10th to the im portant poll of Friedburg. Ten thou sand inen were drawn from the garrison of Mavence, as a reinforcement. It is reported, that Jourdan is alfcmbling his army at Wetzlacr. “ From informa tion,” fays capt. Anftruther, “of the molt authentic nature, I can venture to assure your lordship that the French troops are in a state of confufion and despondency. A great part of the in fantry hare thrown away their arms, and are almolt naked. Their retreat has loft all semblance of order, and has become a’tumultuous flight. Exceflive fatigue has probably deltroyed more of them than the sword, and the continual dread they i.itcrtain of a general riling of the peasantry in the countries they traverse, hasfpreada panic among them, which renders them deaf to the com mands of their officers. The loss which Jourdan has sustained Columbian fEufcum, iiiice he advanced from the Lahn may be ellimated, without exaggeration, at twenty thousand men ; a number which mull be daily increafedby desertion, in the present ilatc of his army.” Capt. A. then concludes his letter of the 9th, with fcveral severe charges a gaintl the French, for having exereifed every species of violence, pillage and barbarity, in a language very different from that used by col. Crawford, his prcdecellbr in the office of correfpondcncc, To an American reader, they will ap pear inflated and illiberal. In another letter from the captain, of the 10th, he mentions, that general La'Four had checked gen. Moreau, at Munich, (or the river Ylerin Bavaria, the nigheit place to Vienna, at which the French have arrived) and driven him fix leagues ; but that he was oblig ed to resume his former position behind the Yfer. L’Eclairof the sth Septem ber fays, that on the 10th Frudidor (27th August) the French troops enter ed Munich. PARIS, September 13. General Bouonaparte, writes to the executive diredory, from Trent, Sept. 6, of the events from the 3d to the 6th September ; in which he gives an ac count of his having cut his way through the passes of the Tyrol, and of various attacks on the Aultrians, who opposed his march. On the 4th, he attacked the defiles of Morco, and another protected by the camp of Mori ; after a vigorous n-est of two hours the enemy fell back. Gen. Dubois, in pursuing the eneni), was mort illy wounded, and died faying, (t I die for the republic—would that I had time to know, whether ■victory is com plete.'’ The enemy having retired to Bqtverudo, were again attacked, defeat ed, and effeded their retreat to Trent. Heie they were again invaded in their retreat to llrong holds, and altera lbort resistance, harraffed by the brilk firing of our artillery, and the spirit ol our troops, they were seized wirh terror, and re treated with confufion. six or seven thousand prisoners, 25 pieces of artille ry, 50 chelts, and 7 llandards, arc the fruits of the battle of Rovcredo, one of the moll fuccelsful of the campaign. General Malfena has entered this city. Wurmfer has gone to Baffano, and gen. Vaubois is gone in pursuit. Several Ikirmilhes have taken place ; ioo of the Hussars, 3 or 400 of the infantry, and a standard of Wurmler’s hussars, are taken. Gen. Buonaparte concludes by faying, that i( you may soon expeft a more bloody and dectjive battle.” The Austrian Gazettes assert, that we loft 10,000 men, killed and woun ded, in the battle near Schwarzenfield. The Englilh government have pub liflied, officially, that the number of French prisoners in their pofldlion, is 16,000, whereas the English prisoners in Franee do not amount to 4000. LONDON, September 13. INVASION. Administration have already ordered the moft extensive works, to fortify Do #ver Castle, against the attempts of the French Republic. The woilcs are be gun—-among them is a covered way from the castle down into the town. In Elfex, there are already inuftered eleven thousand men, viz. the util re giment, the rest militia corps. September 15. Yesterday morning, and not before, an order of council was sent to the cus tom Jioufe, ordering an embargo to be laid on all the Spanlfh (hips in our ports. This is a measure of retaliation for the orders given in Spain for (lopping all Englilli veflels in the ports of that king dom. As, however, it may be erroneously reported as to the Spanish ihips now in English ports, wc have made particular enquiry, and find that the number does not exceed sixteen, the value of which is ellimated at about The va lue of the British property in Spain is calculated at 400,0001. It is said, that a Spanifti army, of 25,000 men, are marching at this mo ment through Eilremadoura, (a pro vince of Spain next to Portugal) which with a French army of the fame force, under General Scherer, to advance on the other fide, is to cause this kingdom to submit to the crown of Spain. Ac counts from Lisbon Hate, that every preparation was making on the fron tiers tooppofe the entrance of any holtile force, and that the nobility had greatly exerted themselves to raise a corps of volunteers. September 16. Yesterday morning a letter was re ceived by M r. King, one of his majesty’s under secretaries of state, from the mayor of Dover, dating that an Ame- rican veil'd was arrived there from Boulogne, the capt. of which reports, that he had seen a Paris paper of the 13th inil. which contain the news of general Jourdan’s having been entireh defeated in a second engagement with archduke Charles, with the loss of 15,000 men. We shall make no other comment on this news, which certainly requires much confirmation, than that it seems to be the opinion of well-informed men, that the archduke would ceitainly fol low up his firtl advantages, without giving time to Jourdan to rally Jiis forces. . September 23. Mr. Hoffman has arrived in London, from Paris, whither he had been dif patchcd by the Danilh Minister to pro cure a paflport for a confidential Agent of our’s, to repWr to Paris, for the pur pole of opening a negotiation for peace. Mr. Hoffman’s reception, it is said, w:as favourable ; and the answer which h* brings from the diredory, though not yet divulged, is said to be conciliatory. Other accounts Hate, that the French Hill infill on the reduction of our fleet to 40 fail of the line, with the ccflion ot Jamaica and Gibraltar. A Paris paper fays the Telegraph has communicated the intelligence to Lille, dating, that the army of Italy, pursuing its conqucfts, had beaten the enemy in fix l’ucceflive battles, taken 16,000 ptif oners, 20 standards, 70 pieces of cannon, innnenfe magazines, and 45 leagues of country. The wrecks of the army, wirh the general, are now surrounded. NEW-YORK, Odober 19. It is said a gentleman from Nova- Scotia informs, that admiral Murray ’s whole squadron, confiding of 13 (hips, was at Halifax lail week. If so, it will enable the British to make a considera ble defence against the French, who arc fuppoled to have attacked the place ; tho’ the acquiiition will be more impor tant if it finally surrenders to the re publicans. Thomas Macdonald, Esq. Counfel lor at law, has been appointed one of the twocommiflioners to come to America, on the part of his Brirannic majesty, puffuant to the late treaty with the UWted States. Thecommiffionw'hich is to beheld in this country, to decide the claims of British fubieds against the inhabitants of the United States, is to consist of five members. Two are to be appointed by his Britannic inajerty : tWo by our Ex ecutive, and the sth by the unanimous voice of the other tour, or if not unani mous by lot. PETERSBURG, Odober 25. The French have declared, by proc lamation, all the British ports in the island of Hispaniola, in a state of block ade, forbidding all neutral veflels en trance into any Britilh ports, under pain of condemnation. Odober 28. The trial of Major Blackburn, for killing Capt. Thomas, commenced at Winchelter, on Friday the 7th inst. and continued without intermission, until Sunday morning, two o’clock, when, after a clear and unbiafled inveiligation, he was honorably acquitted. SAVANNAH, November 8. Yesterday the F.ledion took place in this City, agreeably to the proclamation of the Governor, and the following w as the state of the Poll at the conclusion : State Senator. George Jones, 260. Repicfentativcs. James Jones, 381. Charles Odingfells, 378. |.B. Maxwell, 374. James Jackson, 263. Members of Congrejs. Abraham Baldwinand John Millcdge, had the majority of votes. Fitters of Pre/ident and Vice-Prefidcnt. Charles Abercrombie, William Bar net, James Jackson and Edward “Pel fair, had the greatefl number of votes. On the 19th of September the Eng lish (loop of war Cormorant blew up at Port-au-Prince; and of the crew, con fiding of 130 men, 7 only were saved. Died, in this City, Captain Tho mas Cos ffl n, of the Brig Mary, of Boston. * sparine Hegiffrr. entered inward. Schooner Nymph, Hill, Charleston, a. REPORTED . Brig Nancy, Smith, Port-a*-Prince. Schooner Ricc-Bird, Reynolds, from X. Piov. Neutrality, Gray, St Chriffophers. CLEARED OUT Ship Three Brother:., Dunbar. Bolton Schooner, Mary and Nancy, Rosr* s X- (’WY 297