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at Saulgrn, the
■ f ' l(h an d 13th. They announce, that the
lit riant had been completely ■ beaten, on
xotb and \ith, in ike environs of
‘i; uc bart. T wo colours, fix cannon, 3000
[oners, amongjl whom are fifty-fix offi
were already at head quarters ;
, 00 0 other prlfoncrs Were ex petted in the
‘tourje of the day. I herve thought it my
]{ nt 'y to make you acquainted with this
t nu* by an extraordinary courier. The
prijoners report, that the emperor has no
uort forces in the interior of Anfiria, and
that he has Jent to the army all the troops
which he had in reserve or in the garri-
Haussmann.
’ ARMY of ITALY.
Extraft of a letter from general Ange
reau, of thefecond Complementary Day,
Sept. 18.
All the A'tfirlans who at this mo
ment combat in Italy, arejhut up in Man
tua, with iVurmfer their general. How
he will fuhfift there I know not, with
20,000 men, 4000 of whom are cavalry.
o:tr loss has been far from co fiderable in
lL late battles.
“ Our army blocks up Mantua, Gen.
Vaubois is advanced beyond T rent , to
keep, in check the enemy who may remain
■i,i the German part of Tyrol, end to fearn
the communication which is to be efi tted
no th this army and that of Moreau.
Reinforcements are daily arriving, which
will enable ns to fend a column to Tnfi,
and even Rome aid Naples, ifue
sejfary, Jince the Jovtreigns of the two lat
ter countries are of bad faith.”
Ex trail of a letter from general Buona
parte, commander uz chief of the army
of Italy, to the executive directory.
Head-quarters at Milan, the I Oth
Yaidemaire, (Ott. J J sthyear.s thyear.
After the battle of St. George we tried
to draw Wurmfer into a Jecond engage
ment, in order to weaken his garrison by
frequent engagements outside of the walls ;
we therefore took good care nut to occupy
the Seraglio, in hopes that he would dra w
up on th fame. IV ? continued only to occu
py the bridge of Govcrnolo in order to faci
litate the pajfage of the Mine 10.
On the lyth supp le merit ary day the erie
ny wnt with 1,500 men, cavalry, to
Cartelleccio. Our picquets fell back as
thy had been ordered. The enemy went
no farther ; the 2 and vendemi at re they mar
ched towards Goveruolc, following the
right bank of the Mincio ; after a very
lively cannonade, andfeveral charges by
tar infantry, they were routed, and had
eleven hundred taken pris oners, five can
non with caijfio is completely fixed.
General tCilmame, to who n I had giv
en the command of the two division s which
bfieged Mantua, remained in thefamepoji
tion until the %th, hoping that the enemy,
from a desire to obtain forage, would at
tempt a j.ally ; but the enemy had encam
ped at the Chartreuse before the gate of
Pradella, and at the Chapel before the gate
of Cre nfi. General Ki Imams mads his
depositions, and attacked the two camps in
different points, which the enemy evacua
ted at his approach,, after a fight fire of
mujquelry of the rear guard.
The out pofis of general Vaubois have en
countered the Auflnan division which is to
defend Tyrol, and has taken 110 prisoners
of the enemy. BUONAPAii 11£.
LONDON, October 13,
The Marquis de Bouille and Mr.
Mallone, will shortly fail fur St. Do
mingo, with general fir Ralph Aber
crombie. That part of the regiments
of Moncalembert, Hompefeh, and Lou
veftien, which has hitherto remained in
England, is deltined tor the iiland.
A letter from an officer on board the
Unicorn frigate, dated Spithead, Octo
ber 11, after mentioning the arrival of
that (hip, states the following particu
lars nfpeCting her cruise : “ We feil
in to the eastward of Scilly with the
Surrinam fleet, bound to Amtterdam ;
we captured four large snips, one brig,
and a finuggling lugger, all of whom
have arrived fate, except the lugger;
we could not inan any more, being in
expectation of failing in with a Dutch
frigate of 44 guns. The Governor of
Cayenne and his lady, with all their
property, are on board one of these
ships.”
The Spanilh ambaflador’s furniture
and effects are all on sale. The Spanilh
tonful and charge d’alfair’s M. Las He
ras, have taken their palfage on board
the neutral (hip Zeeluit, captain Jancens.
The ambaflador will follow if his health
Permits.
OCiober 14.
The Spanilh consul, took his depar
ture from England on Tuesday la ft.
Ihe ambaflador still remains for in
ductions from his court.
BOSTON, Nov. 17.
YifVrday arrived the brig In da fry,
My rick, 32 days from Lijbon. The day
before capt. My rick left LiJbou, the Ame
rican consul told him , that information
had just arrived, and was believed, of
the Spanish feet having gone into the Med
iterranean, and had fallen in with an
hnglijh fleet of t ran/ports and five or fix
Jail of men of war, from Corsica, bound
for Gibraltar, the whole of which thy
took and carried into Alicant .
NEW-YORK, Nov. 21.
Extract of a letter from the editor’s cor
respondent at Bordeaux, dated OCt. 4.
“ A courier extra, last night, brings
accounts that the archduke has been de
feated again by general Moreau.
“ The success of the army in Italy,
under the command of general Buona
parte, mu ft astonish all Europe. Peace
mull follow on the continent rery lbo.i.
1 lie reports is that Mantua has surren
dered with general Wurmfer and all his
army. This news has arrived from
Marfcilles, and it is said the accounts
are gone to Paris. We may not hear it
confirmed by the official letters in less
than 5 days.’*
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22.
Extratt of a letterfrom a refpettable house
in London, dated S th October , 179 6, to
a Merchant in this city.
“ The Directory of France have
granted a paflport to enable our govern
ment to treat for peace—lt is high time
a stop Ihould be put to the eftiifion of
blood. It is the general opinion that
there will be a war between Spain and
this country ; both kingdoms have laid
embargoes upon the vends of each other
in their ports. One of our frigates, the
Sea-Horse, has captured two rich Span
ilh ffiips and brought them into Cork;
we have a letter to day mentioning that
150,0001. in Tpecie has been taken out
of one of them, and that it is imagined
tne other has considerably more, exclu
sive of the value of their cargoes.
“ English Wheat 55 to 6os.,per quar
ter of 8 bulhels—ialt week it was 3s.
dearer.”
November 25.
ExtraCT of a letter dated Cadiz, Sept.
26, to a merchant in this city.
“ Yelterday the Spaniffi fleet, com
posed oi 28 ships of the line, 8 frigates,
and 2 corvettes, left this port. It is be
lieved they are bound to Carthagena,
with an intention of forming a jundion
with the Toulon fleet, in their way thi
ther.”
ExtraCl of a letter dated New- York,
Nov. 22, to a gentleman here.
“A gentleman of New-York writes
to his house here, from Malaga, dated
I.2th OCiober, that war had been declar
ed against England, and that the Spa
nilh fleet of 17 lhips had chafed Admiral
Mann into Gibraltar, and had taken
two merchant veiiels that were in his
convoy, one loaded with iulphur, and
the ether with lick troops; from every
appearance I believe it true.”
November 26.
A gentleman from St. Bartholomew’s,
who left that iiland fifteen davs ago, in
forms that Victor Hugues had made a
demand lor the delivering up all the
French emigrants there—this demand
had been refufed—on which a fccond
meflage was sent, declaring that unless
the firft was complied with, he would
immediately invade the iiland and take
pofleflion of it for the French Republic.
The inhabitants wore in the utmost con
sternation. Victor Hugues’s cruisers
cover the sea in that quarter.
On the 1 oth of Sept, ten days before
the capture of Mantua, gen. Buonaparte
decoyed 1500 men of Wurmfer’s horse
out of the city, made 1100 of them pri
soners, and took five field pieces.
Two dirifions of the army of Italy
carried on the liege of Mantua.
The division of general Maflcna, sup
ported by the whole corps of light troops
and the Italian volunteers, were march
ing through the Venetian territory to
Triftc.
On good authority wc afiiire the pub
lic that Mr. Adet has received no re
newal of his credentials since the orders
of the Executive Directory for a suspen
sion of his functions. On the contrary,
his re-appointment was received by the
dispatches immediately preceding those
which contained the orders for the fuf
ptnfion.
AUGUSTA , Dec. 10.
We undt.rph.ind that General Jackjon,
Edward It If air, Charles Abercrombie
and William Barn -ft, Efqrs. were the
tlettors m this plate for a Prcfdent and
Vtce-Prefdevt of the United States, and
that thy voted for Mr. Jfferfon and Mr.
Clinton .
Columbian JEufeum, Gfc
k>Al’ ANNAH, December 20.
We are authorifed to inform our Fel
low Citizens, that thefum of two thou
sand, thrre hundred and fifty Dollars in
Bank Notes, and one hundred and three
Pounds in South Carolina medium, were
yelterday received from Charleston, for
the benefit of the fuffe.rers by the late
fi res : that an additional sum of one hun
dred and fifty-five Pounds , Carolina me
dium, may he hourly expected ; and that
by a letter from the Intcndcnt of that
City, to the Mayor of Savannah, there
is reason to expect a considerable addi
tion to their Donations, so soon as the
members of the Legislature return to
town.
The Governor of this; State, has is
sued a Proclamation, declaring that A
braham Baldwin and john Millcdge,
Efqrs. have the highest number of votes,
for reprelentatives tor this State, in
the Congress of the United States.
Was stranded within Sunbury Bar,
on the 12th inst. the Brig Betsey of
Philadelphia, Captain Abbot, from
Charleston, bound to Sunbury ; vellel
supposed to be entirely loft, part of the
Cargo saved.
IN COUNCIL,
Savannah, Dec. 5, 1796.
Mr. SHAFF ER, one of the Justices I
of the County attended, and informed
Council, that several French Citizens,
resident in the house of Mr. Pouilen, in
Draytondtreet,carrying on the Ginning
of Cotton, at a late hour of, night, and
that the Citizens in .that pirt ot the Ci
ty, are in much danger, and are much
alarmed, left the Cotton thou and take
fire. This information being taken up,
it is the unanimous opinion 01 Council,
that no Gin should be worked within
the limits of the City.
Whereupon Resolved, That in future,
no Gin lhallbe permitted to work with
in the limits of the City, under the pe
nalty of Twenty Dollars, for every of
fence. And the Marlhal shall at any
time, with the afliftance of the City
Guard, stop the working of any Gin.
Extract from the minutes,
THOMAS’ PI TT, C. C.
IN COUNCIL,
Savannah, December 19,1796.
THE extreme fatigue of the Citizens,
since the 26th ult. makes it neceflary
that they be as much as possible relieved,
during the approaching Holy-days.
It is therefore, Resolved , That no Ne
groes from the Country, shall walk at
large, from the 24th inlt, to the firft of
the nexth month, within the limits of
the City, without a Ticket in writing
from their Matters, or Overfecrs, which
Ticket, shall expiels that such Negro is
sent for fupplies,* and shall set forth the
nature of the supply wanted.
The present situation of this City,
makes it neceflary that strict order be
preserved.
Whereupon, Resolved, That it be re
commended to the Citizens, to refrain
from firing of Guns, in or near the City,
during the approaching Iloly-days :
And that the Capt. of the Guard and
the Marlhal, do report to Council, the
names, of such persons, who do not sub
mit to this recommendation.
Extratt from the Minutes f
‘Thomas Pitt, C. C
CITY COUNCIL,
Savannah, Dec. 13, 1796.
On motion , resolved, That the thanks
of this board be presented to the officers
and men belonging to the different vef
ieis in the harbour, for their exertions at
the different fires, by endeavouring to
extinguish the flames, and save the prop
erty of the inhabitants—and that the
fame be publilhed in the next Gazette.
Extratt from the Minutes,
Thomas Pi tt, City Clerk.
marine Htgtffer.
E.V T E R ED 1 S WA R D.
Brig Ruby, Man, Philadelphia.
Sloop Mclintha, Hammond, Nevv-Bcdford.
CLEARED OUT.
Sloop Rainbow, Harding, St. Mary’s,
Schooner Neutrality, Gray, Wefl-Indiei
Sloop Friendship, Biliary, Sunbury’
ASSIZE OF BREAD.
Savannah, December ao, 1796.
FRESH fuperline FLOUR, may be purcha
sed at 15 Dollars the Barrel; therefore,
The 7d. Loaf mull weigh, rib. 5 oz. o drams.
The ditto, oib. 10 oz. 8 drams.
Old Fine and Superfine Hour, at 10 Dollars.
The 7<i. Loaf mud weigh, lib. 150/.. 8 drams.
The 3J, Loaf, olb. 15 oz. 12 drams.
Os which all Balter* and Sellers of Bread are to
take due notice.
WILLIAM 11. LANGE, CitvTreafurer.
*** A continuation of P. A • A deft
Letter, in our next.
C3T LOST on the night of the firft fire, a
Feather Bed with a light coloured case, fup
poled to have with it two Blankets, a pair of
Sheets, and a Bolster.—Whoever will deliver
them to the lubfcriber, or give information
where they may be had, shall be rewarded.
SARAH IVANS.
(IT THOSE Gentlemen, who took on the
night of the firft Fire, fome Cambiet Coats
Ti outers, Jackets and Blankets, to keep them!
fclves comfortable, from the weather—-By re
turning them, will receive the thank* of their
humble (ervant. PETER MADDEN.
ADVERT IS EMeUt.
ANY Mailer Carpenter, who is willing to
undertake the framing, raffing, doling
in, laying the floors, lining and partitioning*
House, sixty feet long, thirty-fix feet wide,
and two stories high, will please te deliver
their lowed terms per square, at the Printing-
Office of the Columbian Museum, addrciVed to
ROBT. WOODHOUSE.
For Sale,
Cheap for CASH or NEGROES :
A Lot of LAND in this place,
Ninety by 60feet, with a House Frameraif
ed thereon, 27 by 17 lest, and an excellent
Fence.
A trafl of well timbered Oak and Hickory
LAND, containing 500 Acres, of an excellent
loil for the culture of cotton, corn, &c. (ituated
on the Road between Louisville and Savan
nah, and within 30 miles of Louift ille : It'
being homiden bv two Roads that cross at
right angles, make* it a good stand for a pub
lic house.
Two Riding Chairs, with
Harness complete. For Terms, apply to Wm.
Norment, Esq. Mr. John Kreeacr, nr to
S. COWLING.
Savannah, Dec. eo.
For Sale,
rtjKSgp* A valuable
Lot and House,
gffiggllyt KgJfITJ In 2-iougbton flrcet, at
occupied by Mr.
uttf ~ Terms, pleale to apply to
lienedix & Cos.
Who have for Sale at theirJiore, No. 3, Commerce
Row, hitch Imported :
3>4ths and 4-4111* Irilh Linen, Platilles
and Brown Holland.
Scotch and German cotton Bagging.
Tickletiburgh and Oznaburg.
Hessians aud Roll Linen*.
Flanders and German Bed Ticking.
Flanders fhecting Linen,
checks, ftriprs.
coarle Towelling.
Black Pepper.
Holland cneefe*.
coffee Mills.
Fiddles aud Looking-Claffe*.
Madeira, -
Teneriffe, /
Sherry, \ WINES, in Hhdi. & Qr. cala,
Malaga, k
claret, *
Florence Oil, in Boxci.
Loaf Sugar.
A few bhis. excellent Jamaica Sugar*.
Holland Gin of the best quality.
Jamaica Rum and Brandy.
Window Glass, 8 by 10.
Half Pint Tumbler*.
Writing and Post Paper.
Linseed Oil in ]ngi, and casks.
Nails, 3d, 4d, rod and aod, &c. Sec.
Dec. 20. gj
Nathaniel Butler,
Watch Maker & Jkweller :
HAS erefted a Shop on the Bay, near the
ruins of the Old Coffee-Houfe, where he
is ready to attend to all Orders as usual.
He has on hand, a variety of Elegant Watch
* * —Alfo, an Assortment of Jewillert, &c„
All of which he will difpole of very reasona
ble for cash. December 20. 83.
Notice.
THE Clerk of the Superior Court's Office,
of Chatham County, is kept at Mr. Wm.
Normant’s house, fronting the western pan ot
the South Common.
Jamei Smith, c-s.c.c.c.
Dec. 20th.
100 Dollars Reward.
RUN-AWAY from the Subscriber, on the
17th November last, and supposed to have
gone up the river in a Boat, the following new
Negro Men, viz. Muffa, Bob, Bath, <2 ua > Bell.
The firft two can speak so as to be tolerably
well undrrftood; the other three can barely
tell their names. All the five, had Iboej, hats,
or cap*, two blanket*, two jackets, two pair of
trowfer*, made of negro cloth ; the last three*
had besides, striped flannel robbin*. On the
left fhouldrr blade of each, watthi* mark, T. Y.
with a silver brand. Th above reward, wilt
be given lor all, or TWENTY DOLLARS
for either, if delivered in Savannah to theSub
feribrr. From many circumftance* it is pro
bable, that the foregoing Negroes, have been
taken ott from the Subfcriber* Plantation, on
this River. A further reward of ONE HUN
DRED DOLLARS, will be paid, to any
Person or Persons, informing against, and pro
secuting to conviction, the Per ion or Pcrfoni,
who inveigled then. away.
THOMAS YOUNG. .
Savannah, 19th Dec. 1796.
Notice.
ALL Persons, in arrear* to Solomoxs
Loner., are particularly called ua<m tv
make immediate Payment ; and the Heirs of
deceased Member*, it i* hoped, will not fail
pay such fum* as appear* due to said
to the Treasurer theieof.
By order of the Lodge.
EBENE7ER BALDWIN. Trtoftrer
Dec. 22. A
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