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the French, wijii advice of the event, and to
ofitx th« homage of their citizens to the
- General. - _ .
«• 1 he townfmeu received the P rench army
tvith allpoffible deraonftration* of gladnefi and
welcome ; and ever fincc then the road baa
been thronged with multitude# of Bourgeon,
Who exchange vifite to their friends from
whom they have (o long been (hut out. The
implement of siege which were earned there
have been brought back since Sojnrday last j
there being artillery enough in the country for
any attempt! that may be neceflary during
their march. '
« Yesterday there waa a triumphant com
memoration of the rapid this town
and the fl3g voted by the National Con vent ton
in honour t>f the valient defence during the
Ccgt> waa presented by the Municipality to
the view.of the Burgeoia, from a temple erefted
on the ruin* of the houlei demolished in the
parish of St. Saviour. At night there were
• bonfire* and a general illumination.
*• A combat i* expelled befo e
the paieie> get to Bruffela, the enemy having
4 all direfted their retreat that way } but io the
prefen Bate of ardour on the part of the
French, and animated a* .hey are by the event
of the battle at Mom, it i* not imagined that
the Auflitena, inferior befidei in number, will
be able to bold out long.
** The Bishop, and all th* adherent* of the
Court of Tournay, aa well as all the emigrauta,
rcfcated with the Austrians, anebcarned off
aa much of their valuable aa they could ; but
the Episcopal Palace fill! contained animmcnle
booty, which fell into the hand* of the Ft each
Gendarme*, who refpefted all other private
property.
** M. la Bourdonuye railed bis camp ytf*
terday morning at tffrec o’clock, and marched
v on toward* where Duraouritr’s army
will probably join him, and the expedition on
BrulTeltea be attempted.
“ Offend, Courtray, Iprei, and all the rest
of the provinces of Flanders being ungarri
fooed, are no doubt fallen ioto the hands of
the detachment for Dunkirk, who were com
missioned with that'expedition. ”
H fie Cafftl was, yefferday, reported to be
in the power of the French.
Rumour* are current at the public officers,
that some diftu bance* hive occurred id Ire
land. Jbe last Dublin Evening P ift mentioua
the difpofittoa of many counties and town* tou
revive aud enoe-fe the volunteer corps, so
.that they might Shortly be expefted to amouat
to 80,000 men.
(.The following centains the best connected
account pf the causes which led to the retreat
of the Combined armiea, we have fecn- J
PORTLAND, Dece hber *5.
Capt. Titcomb, in the Ship, 'kriaedne, arriv
ed here on from Liverpool,
which place be left the toth of Oftober. Just
before Capt. Titcomb failed, he saw and con
verged with the noted Col. Tarlton, who .
waa then directly flora the Duke of Brur.f
- wick’i army. The account given by the Cai.
* * was as follows: That the French General, ,
Dumourier, bad taken pofi'effion fron of the
Duke of Brunswick—That he had pofttd the
ether two Ftencb armies, one on the right,*.
and the bther on she left of the Duke. Dir*
mouricr gave way, aod retreated before the
enemy, (carrying with'him the people of the
country, together with all tßt live flock aud
all their provisions) till he had drawn the
- Duke's artny into Champagne. Here Du
mouner made a ftaad, and proposed a tru :c.
Mean while, the two armies on the right and
Jett of the Duke, were marching towards his
rear ; aud in their prog refs, werei like Du
mouricr, cither taking with them, or caufiag
to be removed, all the live flock, provision
aod forage in the conntry. It wa*<ctie time
ot the vintage, and the provifiona of the Auf
' triaos and Pruffiana falling Short, they bad
rccourfe 10 the grapes which abouod in that
country. The immediate eonfcqnence of.
Which waa a deadly flux ai2»ng the troops.
In tbit situation, the Duke readily agreed to
Dumourier’* proposition of a truce. This
waa just as the latter would have had it. An
interview took place betwixt the Generals,
in which Dumobrier, after a dallying confer
ence of fcvetal days, informed the/Duke that
be would do nothing decisive till he had writ
ten to, and heard from the National Conven
tion. During thia tims* however, the French
Armies were improving every moment. That
> ;
of Djsnoutier had taktp fucb pofitlons as rea*
itabfolotely impregnable. Those oa
the right and left were ptogreffug toward*
the Duke** rear, and a* they went, swept wita
* them ever? article of provifioa, whether for
mao or bead.—After a trace of five or fix
day*, and when the Austrians and Prussians
were reduced to the utpioft distress, some of
them flarving to dcarfa, and other* .dying of
the bloody flux, Dumourier pretended to grow
diflatisfied, and said he would break the *ruce
up ! The Duke aftoniihed and confounded,
proposed to continue it; and it was at this
time, probably, that he made the coucefiion*,
and adopted the kind and conciliating lan
guage which Las been mentioned.—Dtimou
rier, however, said ** No—he had continued
the truce long enough—now he mu h fight*
A truce betwixt two parties i* a thing that ia
well enough, while both will agree to it, but
when one orthem difagree y it will always hap
pen .that the other muit cither fight or run
away. This was precisely the Duke’s fitua*
Ucn; and he chose to run away. By this
time,, however, General Kellennan had gained
bis rear ; and although his army was not of
fufheieot force complsatly to flop th* prpgtefs
of the D'jke, it was ftill* equal to the purposes
for which it was inteoded. viz.—to retard
aad lurrafs him ; and drip the country of e
very kind of provision. So that famine aad
dcfolation were spread on the right, the left,
- »od in tb* front of the Duke retreat
ing army > diieafc and death in the centre;
aad in ;he rear was Oumourier and the sword.
Theretieit was as rapid as it could be made
with an army of lick, dj (heartened and dying
foldiers—nurabcrs of whom were left behind
as also their baggage, artillery and millitafy
fto/es, in immenle quantities. —Nothing was
said in the Duka’s army at this time, on the
fubjeft of Mantftfloi ; and if he is hurried on
at this rate he may not have time to- ifiue
another till he gets fairly out of the French
territories—or if he (hould, it is pofl/ble that
Dumourier might not Hop to read them.
PHILADELPHIA, January 8.
Me. BLAN-HARD the bold/ERONAUT,
agieeablr to his advertisement, at five minutes.
pad ten u’clock*yefterday morning, rose with a
BALLOON from thePrifouCourt in this city,
in prcfcncc of an immeufe concourse of fpefta
tors, there afietnbled on tbcoccafion. The pro
cef» of inflating the balloon commenced about
nine o’clock.—Several canon were fired*'
from the dawn of day until the moment of
elevation,*-* band of music played during the
time of iuflating, and when it began to rife,
the majefcal tight was truly awful and iutcrcft
ing,—the flaw movement of the band, added
Solemnity to the feene. Indeed the attention
of the multitude was so absorbed, chat it was
a considerable time e’er silence was. broke by
the acclamations which succeeded.
As soon as ths clock had struck io every
thing being punAuslly ready, Mr. Blanchard
look a refpcdful lcivc of all the fpeftators, and
received from the hands of the Prefideut a pa
per, at the fame time the President fpokc a few
words to this bold adventurer, who iinmedi
tcly leap’d into his boat which was pointed
blue and spangled ; the balodo was of a yel
luwith eolui’d-fiJk highly varniiheJ, over
which there wti a tiroug net work—Mr.
Blanchard was drefied in a plain blue (nit, a
cock’d hat and white feathers. As soon as be
was io the boat, he threw out some ballad,
aud the baloon to afeend slowly and per
pendicularly, whilst Mr. Blanchard waved the
colours of the United States, and also those of
the Fre%ch Republic, and flourished his hat to
the tboulamls of citizens from every part of
the country who flood gratified and aftoniihsd
a: his intrepidity. After a few minute?, the
wind blowing from the northward and wefl
waid, the baboon role to an immense heighth
and then flnped its courfc towards the south
ward aq4 eaflward. Several Gentlemen gal
lop’d down the poiut road, but soon lofl fight
of jt» for it moved at the rate of 20 miles
an hsur.
Great numbers who had ncglefted to pur
chase tickets were sffliffed with considerable
regret, at net having been immediately prefent'
in the prison court to lee the preparations, and
to witnsfs the undaunted countenance of the
man who thus sublimely dared to fear through
the regions of the air. And it is reported that
a number of ladies and gentlemen intend to
open another and more extensive fubfeription
at Oliers’s to indemnify Mr. Blanchard for ths -
■ expeucci he had incurred) which it is said arc _ 1
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exceedingly greater than tht amount oi the
filfl fublcription.
Anxiety for the fafety of Che jErcnaut was
painted on every face from th# time the citi
zens lofl fight of him, and various were the
conjetture* as to the place wWfere he would de
fend.
About left evening we
were happy to meet Mr. Blanchard again in
this city going to pay his refpsfts to the Prs
fident of the United States-He iuformed us,
that his £rial voyage lasted forty v -fix minutes
in which time he ran over a space of more
than 15 miles and then defeended a little to
the eaflward of Woodburyin the date of New-
Jersey.—where he took a carriageand return
ed to Coopers terry —and was at the Prefix
. deut’s as we have already mentioned at half
past 6 o’clock lad evening.
AUGUSTS, Jan. 26.
«
A cautionary hint—That those who may
bring, or cause foto be done, the final] pox
into this town, will be pun ilhed with the ex
treme severity of the law as it would cer
tainly, be infinitely prejudicial to the public,
a* well at hundreds in this place who have
never had the infe&ian ; and although some
few perfoas might receive au advantage, many
would Suffer cruelly. The authoritative cha
racters, it is hoped, will therefore interpose
for th# general good.
Augusta, February 2, 1793.
N. B. The above camion is ia confer
queace of a report, that the small pox is
brought f ont Savannah in Mr. Harris' boat,'
and that it is now in Springfield: And te
prevent those, anxious .of spreading fucha
dangerous complaint, from doing so.
From the Gazette of the United States•
It is devoutly to be wilhed that France may
finally succeed in her form of government
without' a King. A great republic, wifely
cenftituted and adjminiftered so as to fccure
life, liberty and property, not only from vio
lation but from the fear of it, will make the
cause of liberty refpcftablc, and in the end
triumphant throughout the civilized part of
the world. One reflection occurs—lt is high
ly interfcfting to the bappinefs of the human -
race that great rather than small portions of
the earth fliould be fubjtrfted to one govern
ment—provided the many millions forming
one nation enjoy a petfetlly free constitution.
There are many obflaclcs which small and
feeble independent nations oppofc to the
diffufion of that principle of the fraternity of
mankind, so carneftly inculcated by the
French National Aflsmbly. - A great nation
is a great family.—But fear, jealousy, rival
fliip, and th* spirit of commercial monopoly
which has afflicted and disgraced this age of
improvement more than any other remnant
of barbarism build up Alps and Pyrenees to
separate the *ittle independent States of the
old world. The means tbsy adqpt to guard
agaiuft evil are the worst of evils. They arm,
and their fccurity againfl each other requires
taxes and opprefflon*—But a great nation not
having cause to fear the loss of an independent
govern meat is lef* prone to quarrel with it*
neighbours.—For surely a fiee nation will not
seek couqucfta—therefore it is happy for pos
terity that America and France being great
nations will have nothing to fear—being free
will have nothing to wilh—theft power and
their example will do much towards diffufmg
over the earth that system of peace, that frater
ni: y among nations which will give the pofflblc
fcopefor the improvements of fcie.oce and the
happiness of the people. —He therefore that
would break the union of America would blast
the hopes of mankind.
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