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beeh dafliing againfl the walls of Valencien
nes; they may convert that unhap; y city in
to a heap of alhes and ruins; but they will
never subdue the invincible courage of its
inhabitants) and of the republican soldiers
who defend its ramparts.—Hiiiory does not
furnifh an instance of so cruel a bombard
ment as this city is doomed to fuffer.—For
these three weeks near 200 pieces of cannon
have played upon the city, both day and
night. The garrison makes failies every
day, which proves not less fatal to the ene
my than the loss of battles.
“ Cobourg, finding that the fire of the
fortrefs slackened, thought it was dcilitute
of ammunition, and attempted to scale it in
the night between the sth and 6th. The
Englilh, the Hungarian Grenadiers, and
Hanoverians, were to perform the talk, by
means of barges laden with scaling ladders,
which were thrown into the fofl'ees.—Gene
ral Ferrand perceived the enemy’s design,
and fudered them to ap roach, but when
they were preparing to throw up the scaling
ladders, he allaulted them iniiantly with a
ihower of balls and cafe-lhot, which lighted
upon them in every direction. Ihe number
of those who fell victims in this ralh enter
prize, is computed at about 6000. I am po
litively sure, that Cobourg was determined
to facrifice 5000 men to fccure himfelf in
the fucccfs of this afiault. r l he ailailants
thus rej.ulfed, took flight in eonfufion, and
were pursued into their camp. The ex;lofion
of a mine which was blown up the fame mo
ment at the Rolleux, compleated their defeat.
Since the beginning of the siege, the
enemy have 101 l a groat number ot cannons,
which were taken, spiked, or difmouuted.
An epidemical malady, occasioned by the
putrid exhalations from the woods of kaimes
and the camp of Famars, spreads desolation
among the combined armies. The hospi
tals of Mons and Bruflels are not
enough to contain their lick and wounded.
(Signed) CHERIN, Adjutant-General.”
16. The treatment of the royal family
is less rigorous than formerly. The repara
tion of the Dauphin from the queen is the
only circutnUance of cruelty that has been
added to # the pall.
The commiflioners oa duty in the Tem
ple are no longer changed, ami continue to
wait on the royal captives. They treat
them with refpcdlful greatness. They are
not only fuffered to walk about, but even
their table has been bettered.
Tifon, the woman who waited on the
queen, has turned lunatic. She was imme
diately taken out of the tower, put in a se
parate room, and a nurfc aligned to her.
The dau; bin is now allow ed to play in the
garden with his new keener; he mav also
speak to the cfcntinels; an indulgence which
was never gramevl before.
LONDON, July 26.
Private letters from Paris observe, that
Charlotte Corde, the affaliin of Marat, had
private motives of her own for commit
ting this adl. It is said, that five facriiiced
this villain to the manes of a friend whom he
had caused to be guillotined.
Condorcet is the firft person who has fal
len a vi&im to that fanguinarv decree of
the National Convention, which punilhes
with death any person who shall write or
speak against the new Constitution. He is
already accused, and that accusation has been
decreed, and what is to follow in those
cases is easily foretold.
Cuftine is likewise denounced, so that in
flead of fuecouring Valenciennes, he may
take the road to Paris.
The French have now in the Mediterra
nean 16 (hips of the line, four of 40 guns,
14 frigates, fSefides sloops, cutters, &c.
A letter from an officer in India, receiv
ed by the laft' ships, fays, “ that every thing
there remains in a quiet and improving state;
and that there is no profpeft of any person
fiarting up, to disturb the present tranquili
ty ; that our once formidable foe is complete
ly cr'ppled, and it mull be some years be
fore he can make head again. He has not,
however, paid any of the Ilipulated sums;
and his two Tons (the hostages) have been
obliged to borrow thirteen thousand pounds,
for subsistence.”
Jug. The people of Lisle are reported to
have prepared themselves for a siege, and to
be resolved to bold out to the last extremity,
j They have distributed circular letters through
out the four departments of the north, in
treating the inhabitants to coalesce for the
general fafety.—One of these letters runs
; thus :—“ On the day, the hour, the instant,
that the cannon of the enemy fire again!! this
city, the alarm drums and the toefin {hall be
founded throughr-t the notth ; the calls of
■ liberty—of an expiring country, {hall be
j imperative; and an army of 200-000 men,
I linked in the indiflolubie bonds of equality,
j liberty, and fraternal love, {hall afiemble
in an instant, attack the satellites of the def
| pots, and crush them at once.” The com
mittee of Lifte is charged to concert with the
other dcpartriients to carry thfefedeligns into
execution.
When Valenciennes was invested, the gar
rison confided of 1 i,coo men; so great has
been the mortality, that 4,500 only remain
fit for duty, and about 1,700 sick. Great
numbers of the inhabitants have been killed.
i During the siege, 453,800 {hells and balls
were thrown in. Provisions of all kinds are
abundant and excellent.
9. The people at Paris accuse Cuftine of
being the occasion ofthe furrenier of Mentz,
and loudly call for his head. The fem of
that general is arrested.
PLYMOUTH, August 6.
An account was received here this morn
ing, that a privateer was arrived at Meva
giifey, which had fallen in with the French
fleet in the bay of Biscay, confiding of 14
fail of the line,- besides frigates, and since
j which, that {he had fallen in with Lord
Howe’s fleet, and communicated the particu
j lars to his lordlkip.
WINCHESTER, Sept. 16.
ExtraEl of a Utter jrovi a gent Lilian at Knox
till’, territory fouth of the Ohio t to his
friend in this town , dated August 31, 1793.
rt On the morning of the 28th instant,- a
' body of 60 Indians attacked Henry’s station,
o n Baker’s Creek, 2 5 miles from this place,
and seven from the nation—they killed two
men, belonging to the mounted infantry,
who were ordered out to scout round that
I and the nine-mile settlements—one of the
party was a brave soldier and a good citizen;
! his loss will be felt not only by his friends,
but by his country. The fayages then rufti
ei on twice, as though they intended to take
the station by afiault, fired two rounds each
time, but retired without doing any da
! mage.
“We have expefted an attack from them
at this place for feme time past, therefore
hold ourfelvesin readiness—the inducements
for such an event are very great, as there is
a magazine, which contains a number of ex
cellent mufquers, and a great quantity of am
munition, which their young warriors Hand
I in great need of—abftrafted from this, there
! is plenty of merthandife, Sec. which would
inevitably fall into their hands ihould they
take the town.
“ The company of federal troops which
were here, are divided into three diviiior,-.
—two are stationed on the frontiers, the
other remains here—these, added to our own
militia, will amount to 70 or 80 efteftive
j men. Besides the magazine, merchandise,
I See. in the town, we have to defend about
j 40 horses, which are generally very much
| scattered ; however, if we are apprised ofthe
enemy’s approach, time enough to equip our
selves; wc are not afraid of 200 of them.
“ I have just heard fro. 1 Cumberland, that
a party of fix Creek Indians were difeovered !
on that frontier, immediately .pursued by a
party of whites, rive of them killed, and the
other taken prisoner.”
BALTIMORE, Sept. 28.
By a gentleman who came paflenger in the
{hip Atlantic, arrived at Wilmington, (De
laware) from Liverpool, v which place {he left
the 17th of August, we are informed, that
Mavence was taken by the king of Prussia,
about the 20th of July, and Valenciennes
by the duke of York,- on the 2d of August
—That the garrison ofthe latter was redu
ced to 4000 men before they surrendered,
and were permitted to depart for Paris, on
condition not to aft against the combined
armies for three years—T hat preparations
were making for attacking Dunkirk—and
that the queen of France was under trial,
and had paiied her firit examination.
A person offers to bet 700 dollar;, t ’ ...
Valenciennes and Mayence are not taken
Any body inclined to take the bet, in j
find his man by applying to the printers here’
Os. JJ q'’
The following account of colonel Daughert\
expedition again/t the Indians , is co*i
from the Knoxville Gazette of the 2-tk
“On Sunday the 4 th instant, a volunteer
company, confiding of 180 men, from the
counties of Knox and Jefferfon, under the
command of colonel George Dau»hertv
ailembled at Gamble’s station, on Little Ri!
ver, for the purpose of marching into the
Cherokee towns, and on the fame day crof.
I fed the Tennessee : the next day they march,
ed to Big Tallico, where they killed two
fellows and a squaw, and took one squaw
prisoner: on Tuesday they eroded the moan
tain to Tynoila, a town on the Highwaffee
river, wounded one fellow and a squaw,
took nine prisoners, burnt the town, and
destroyed a large quantity of growing corn.
After liberating 0 prisoners, the company j
proceeded to the Big Valley Town, palling
feverai villages on their march, which they
burnt, and destroyed the growing corn. On
Wednesday morning the Indians fired on a
party of white men, in view of their camp,
and wounded Archibald Lacky j the fame
day a party of Indians polled therafelves ini
the gap of a mountain, where the white men I
had to pass, and on their approach fired on I
them ; the white men returned the fire, kil-1
led three Indians, wounded feverai, and put I
them to flight: the? next day the Indians I
fired cn their rear, and wounded one man;l
the fame day the fcompany took fix prisoners I
at a village, gathering provisions; and to-1
wards the close of the day they killed four I
fellows and a squaw, and wounded feverai I
others. On Saturday morning, the 10th ■
{before day) a party of Indians fired on the!
white men in their encampment, wounded!
James Henderson, Nicholas Davis and Johnl
Frame. Monday the 12th, the volunteers!
returned to the settlements byway of Bin
Pigeon, in Jefferfon county :—the ptifonei®
they brought in, who were all examined fe®
paratelv, Yay, that the Indians had receive*
notice of the intended visit of the white peo®
pie from Swananoe, a frontier settlement i.®
North-Carolina; and that all their youn®
men and warriors had gone to John Watts®
at Euftenaula, where they were to hold fl
council and war dance. v
The party killed in the whole of the®
route nine Indian men, and by miltake, tw®
. squaws, and brought home seven women an®
children prilbners.’ > I
On the 17th of August, a party of fit®
Indians, who had ambufeaded the path froifl
Wells’s station £0 Kelly’s, fired on a party 0®
5 white men, and wounded mortally M®
Abraham Wells. Fie died next day, leavin®
a diftreflfed family to lament his untimel®
death : the other whitemen made their e®
cape, without returning the fire upon tl®
Indians.
On the night of the 21st of the fin®
month, some Indians burnt the dwelling
hoafe, a waggon,, and a large quantity <®
fiax and small grain, on Piilol Creettj ®
miles from Knoxville.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25. Jj
That immense number of waggons, »®
of them from far beyond the Allegjw®
that ufedto crowd Market-street, at this!®
son of the year, aie totally difapueared. ®
are told that the streets of Baltimore are r®
thronged with them; ahd thus not one ■
the lead ill consequences of the deftruch®
yellow fever, is the chance of its e rente®
turning, for a time, a considerable bra®
of trade into another channel, and occ®
oning many new connections in a rival c®
All hopes of effecting a peace with ®
hostile tribes of Indians, being now gn~en®
great preparations are makingat or , t r v \ i ®
ington for a campaign. General Vay®
army at present ccnfifts of yoco. ®
troops, riflemen, artillery,.. ai-d J r “ aa ®
befidesone regiment of hone, of 200 , j; ®
men.- The volunteers from Kentucky ®
consist of 1 goo mounted infantry', *•- ®
commanded by General Scrrt.
Is in excellent fpirlts, and fk lto ®
state ©f superior difcbviixwv