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VIENNA , OBober 12.
Letter from bis Royal Higbnefs Archduke Charles .
Headquarters, Donauefchingen, Oftober 7.
THE unfortunate occurrences in Switzerland being al
ready known, Llhall confine myfelf at present
merely to giving the outlines of them, and Hate the events
which have taken place since.
On the 25 th ult. the Ruffian corps under the command
of lieut. gen. Korfakow, on the Limmar, and the column
of field marfiial lieut. Hotze, on tiie Linth, near Uznach,
were defeated by the enemv. The former * orps retreated
by way of Eglil'au to the right bank of the Rhine, and tiie
column of field marshal lieut. Hotze, on the 26th, by St.
Gall, into the diftricl of Vorariberg.
Field marfiial prince Suwarrow was at Urferen, and
gen. An Ten berg at Steig, on the 25th.
On the 26th field marihal lieut. Lincken defeated the
enemy, and took prisoners tv.-o battalions of 1300 men,
with the whole of the ftafF and ether officers, and two
{lands of colors. On the 28th he advanced to Glarus, but
not being able to open a communication either to the right
or to the left, he law himfelf under the ncccffity to with
draw to the Grifon country on the 29th.
Field marshal Suwarrow has, however, according to a
circular letter which has been received this morning, de
feated the enemy near Glarus, and taken toco prisoners.
At the fame time the column ot the Imperial Ruffian ge
neral Rolenberg made 1000 of the enemy prisoners near
Mntten, and took several pieces of cannon; the enemy’s
loss on this occaiion was likewise very conliderable.
Charles, Archduke, F. M.
Paris, October 16.
■ Headquarters at Zurich, 9th Oclol'cr, 1799-
Afajfcna , General in chief, to the Executive Direßory.
Citizen Directors , —Obliged to be present lucre (lively
at different points of the line, where I was called by the
urgency and importance of the military operations which
took place without interruption, I have not hitherto been
able to inform you, otherwise than by telegraphic dil
patches, of the movements of the army from the 25th
September to the Bth infh. but lam about to supply the
deficiency by a /ketch of these movements, waiting till I
fliall be able to give a more detailed account in a report to
be lent with the colors taken from the enemy.
Before me was the Ruffian army of KorfalofF. It occu
pied the line of Zurich, at the confluence of the Aar and
the Rhine. The Andrian army, commanded by Hotze,
who occupied the right bank 1 1 the Lint, and whole line
extended from Linnth to the upper lake of Zurich, and
defended by a flotilla; and finally, the corps of the Andrian
general JeUachich, who occupied the passages of the Gri
fon country.
Bv means of a falfc attack upon Brack bv gen. Men
ard, in order to draw thithrr a part of the enemy’s forces,
I puffed the Limat force atDienkon, and the Lint between
the l ikes of Zurich and Wallenthal. At the passage ot
Lietikon the batteaus were launched into the water in the
face of the enemy’s fire, and under the protection of our
artillery, and in Itfs than two hours we had a bridge acrois
the Limat, and ieco men upon the oppoffte bank. Gen.
Caron commanded tiie advanced guard, under the orders
of gen. Gorge, who commanded the division.
At the passage of the Lint 200 swimmers, their fahres
in their teeth and their pikes in their hands, formed the
advanced guard, put the enemy’s pofls to the fworJ, and
thus prepared the success of the day; gen. Soult com
manded this operation. ‘IT.e refultof the battle fought af
ter these two passages was, that we occupied the western
part of Zurichberg, and effabliflied ourselves upon all the
right bank of ti e Limat. Zurich, femmoned to surrender,
had offered conditions, a part of which might have been
accented; but, with an unheard of ferocity, the Ruffian
advanced polls having fired upon our flag of truce, and
wounded two trumpeters, I gave the enemy battle on the
26th September, at the end of which Zurich was taken
sword in hand* The generals Mortier and Klein com
manded the attack of Zurich on the left, and Leve upon
the right bank. At the fame time Suwarrow, whole
inarch had been combined with tlx intended attack by the
armies of Hotze and KorfalofF, forced the passage of Go
thartl, and marched en mafic eg-.unft the little cantons,
(Uri, Schwytz, Zi.g, and GL.ris) in order from thence
to unite the two armies, to take the command of them,
and conquer the French territory.
KorfalofF being betrtca, and Hotze killed, Suwarrow
could hardly expect to conquer.
I directed against Schwvtz t.be divif.on of Mortier, and
againlt Weffeii thedivllion of Soult, then cc.-cmauled by
g.. n . Cafan, and I marched m\lb If aguinfl Alter, in th.e
canton of Uri; but Smvarrow had pa fed from Schachen
tlr.cl into the Aluttontlu.l, anil h.e w as in force in the environs
of Mutt;.n, and had cii rafted a carps against the valley of
Glarus. The iinpombiiity cf acting to advantage in fuel)
narrow rallies had determined me to leave Suwarrow the
liberty of entering into Switzci land. I hoped that, rreffed
bv the battles which I had fought with him in the valley
cf Mutton, and fatigued with a refinance, if 1 opposed
him. h.e would cor.ie cut of his hiding place at the point
of F.nfilden, where i had no more than a single battalion
of observation, and that I could fight him at mv Li lure
in the open field; but being desirous of avoiding a general
and decisive engagement, he threw himfelf into the Gri
for.s ht the valley of Firms, continually harassed upon
ti e Ranks and in the rcarbv the ceres dellined to attack
him if he had remained; hr withdrew himfelf by frightful
...air, and with despair in his he at, leaving in our power
2000 wlniii'ied, part of Ins artillery, and almoll all Ins
ICorftlbff, informed of the danger of Suwarrow, had
h.afli’v | a beret! a crops, rrinpofal.of the featured remains
of bisfermv and that cf Hotze, the Batavian contingent,
t ] le c; iips of Conde, and of all ti e Austrian coqis which
def: n'led the valley of” tlx Grilons; he willed to march
towards the Tlnr. and from thence against him with the
and \'.li; 1 sos Mer.oid, Large, and Gezan, at the lame time
t'-.ut ;i i. Huit marched against Reincch. I found him
i„ the ’i fur an .i the Rhine; I beat him, and forced
Iff.-. 1 hcvond ti.li river- ciT.vadii.- g 1 dm, with fomc time,
-> .- ii )ti x bridges cf C Alliance and Depenhofen,
wh.ih I itr/.ed.
- .h 1 punjoie not to enter here into any details I
cl!:;.. . i-.oid fperi.irg cf the unihAen firtnnefi of our in-
fantry, and the inconceivable zeal cf the light atfdlery,
against one of the mod vigorous charges-jjpruUery ever
executed; both have immortalized themfWes this day.
T'lie light artillery, charged and labred in the middle of
the affray, cUJ not cease to- manoeuvre and fire grape shot.
A part of our infantry often having met the enemy’s ca
valry, with moll lively, and continued and Heady fire, re
ceived them at the points of their bayonets without moving
a line, while another part of this infantry charged them
in flank with moll unexampled boldness. .
’ The refillts of these different battles are about 18,000
prisoners, of which 4.000 are wounded and could not be
carried away by the enemy; more than 100 pieces of can
non, 13 stands of colors; 4 generals taken prifioners, 5 ge
nerals killed, among whom is the general Hotze; the re
taking of Gotliard, of Glaflis, and of all the vallies that
enter into it; finally, the total loss of the enemy in these
different afFairs is more than 30,000 men.
Health and respect.
Massena.
Headquarters at Alexandria, the 27th of Thermidor.
Buonaparte , General in chief, to the Executive Di
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Citizen Directors, —The Stli Thermidor I caused the
caflle of Aboukir to be summoned. The lon of the Pacha,
liis Kiaya, and all the officers, were desirous to capitulate,
but the soldiers refufed.
The ptn the bombardment was continued; on the 10th
many batteries were eftabiifhed on the right and leh of the
isthmus, many gun boats were funk, a frigate was difinafl
ed, and lent to lea. On the nth the enemy began to
want provisions, and Tallied out into feme houses of the
village adjoining the fort. Gen. Lannes hastened to the
place, and was wounded in the leg. Gen. Menon took
liis place in the command of the siege. On the 12th gen.
Devouft fti'ed many of the houses where the enemy had
made a lodgment, and cast himfelf into the fort, where
numbers of the enemy were killed. ‘I he ;?.d battalion
of light infantry, and the chief of brigade Mongo, behaved
with great spirit. The 15th our batteries were upon the
counterfcarpe, our mortars kept up a very aftive fire, and
ti.f castle was a heap of ruins. The enemy had no com
munication with the squadron; they died of third and hun
ger, and took the part, not of capitulating, which they
do not underfland, but cf throwing away their arms, anu
coming to embrace the knees of the conqueror. The son
of the Pacha, his Kiaya, and 2000 men, were made pri
soners; there were found in the castle 300 wounded and
1800 carcafcs. Some of our balls killed as much as fix
men. In the firft 24 hours after the Turkish garrison march
ed out more than 400 prisoners died, in consequence of
eating with too much avidity. Thus the affair ot Aboukir
costs the Porte 18,000 men, and a great number of cannon.
During the 15 days that this expedition lafled 1 was
highly fatisfied with the spirit of the inhabitants of Egypt.
No movements appeared, and every body l.v.d as unial.
The officer ot engineers, Bertrand, and the commandant
of the artillery, Gaultier, behaved with the greateil ffif
tinclion.
Health a - .d refpeift.
(Signed) Buonaparte.
Stretfiurgb, CSlober 8.
Official bulletin from the Haft” of the army.
u The army of the Rhine has retaken f.lanheim and
Francfort. The enemy has 101 l 3000 men; 10,000 peas
ants of the levy’ en majfe have thrown down their arms.
Among the prisoners is an entire company of Cossacks.
We occupy anew the whole line of Mentz, Manheim, and
Francfort.
“ The passage of the Rhine near Seitz has been equally
fucceftful. After having dissolved the levies of the peas
ants our troops took holtages, who are already arrived in
our strong places. Suwarrow is already completely routed.
He is pursued in the country of the Grifons.”
October 12. A telegraphic uifpatch from Bafle- this
night dates, “ Madina has beaten Prince Charles. De
tails to-morrow.”
Pcrtfiioutb, October 20. In the night between Friday
and Saturday, blowing a violent gale from the s. e. the
Impregnable, of 98 guns, Capt. FAlkner, coming from
Lilbon, was driven alhore near the Wool filers, between
Langftcne and Chichefter, and immediately all her units
were cut away to lighten her as much as poffihle. Every
assistance from the dock yard and Hips at Spi head h ive
been lint, but having this afternoon upwards of liven feet
water in her hold very littie hopes are entertained of her
being got off, and at any rate that cannot happen till the
next Ii ring tides. All the crew and the greateil part of
her (lores will be fared.
Seven o’clock p. m. Sundry boats are just coming a
fho’-e from the Impregnable; and we are lorry to learn
there does not appear the finaliell probability that she will
ever be got off; (he is bedded several feet, and filled.
SALEM, December 13.
Ip ROM the id to the 26th September 32 failures took
place in Hamburgh, amounting to upwards of 38
millions marks banco; and since those the principal banker
of the city failed for iS millions, and demands 4 months
to extricate himfelf, which the merchants assented to.
The failures will continue.
Philadelphia, December 19. Lafl evening, about 9
o’clock, the city was alarmed by the erv of fire; it pro
ceeded from Rickets’s Circus, which, in a few minutes
after the difeovery, was enveloped in flames; they com
municating to a range of new three ftorv brick buildings
in Sixth llreet, the wooden part of five of them was nearly
all deflroyed; the flames alio communicated to O’Ellers’s
hotel, and left nothing but the bare walls unconsumed.
The fire originated in the back part of the flage in the cir
rus, just as the curtain was about riling for the performance
of Don Juan, and made so rapid a progress among the
Icencs as to render ineffedlual all efforts to check it; there
were about 300 persons in the circus at the time, but we
are happy to learn they all escaped without injury.
Pctcrjburg, (Virginia) December 13. On Frill ly
Lift both Houses proceeded to the choice of a Governor,
and on counting the ballots they flood as follow:
For Mr. Monroe, . . . 11 1
Mr. Breckcnridge, . .66
. Mr. Madison, • • . 2
Mr. Stuart, . . * . . j
Charleston , December 36. Saturday arrived the flfip
Serpent, Ogden* Baltimore, in distress, out 18 days,
bound to Leghorn.
SAVANNAH, January 9.
MARINE LIST.
Entered Inward.
Sloop Commerce, Armllrong, St. Bartholomew’s
Schooner Cotton Planter, Ross, Charleston
Brig George, Weston, Ditto
Charlotte, Smi.h, Ditto
Polly, Bailee, Jamaica
Schooner Lovely Lass, Reynolds, Ditto
Sloop Friendfliip, M’Koy, Charleston
Cleared Out.
Schooner Sally, Chalker, Sunbury
Sloop Hunt rest-;, Chichefter, Charleston
Schooner Rutha, Govel, Wilmington
Ship Rebecca, Vernon, J amaica
Kingjlon, (Jamaica) December 7.
On the 2d instant, off Porto Rico, the lhip Achilles,
Capt. Hogg, from London and Martinique, fell, in with
the French letter of marque corvette L’Entreprenant, of
18 guns and 190 men, from Curacoa, which Hie engaged
for one hour and 20 minutes, when Capt. Hogg boarded
and carried her. I lie lcls on board the corvette is 25 men
killed, and about 50 wounded; the loss on board the
Achilles 1 artilleryman killed, ar.d several wounded. The
corvette arrived yesterday at Port Royal.
Philadelphia , December 19.
On Saturday the 14B?inftant died fuidenly, at his feat
in Virginia, Gen. Gkorgk Washington, commander
in chief of the armies of the United States of America;
mature in years, covered with glory, and rich in the as
■ fedtiens cf the American people.
When men of common character are swept from the
theatre of life tl cy die without the tribute of public notice
or concern, as they had lived without a claim to the pub
lic eftoerc. When perftonages of more exalted worth are
summoned from the femes of sublunary cxiftence their
death calls forth a burst of general regret, and invigorates
the flame oft public gratitude. In obedience to the wiflies
and voice ol their country, die orator, the poet, and the
hiilorian, combine to do justice to the virtues of theircha
racter, while the labors of the painter, the sculptor, and
the statuary, in perpetuating their likeness, do homage to
their memory.
But when, in compliance with Heaven’s high mandate,
the hero cr the age lies numbered with the dead—
when the reverend stage, the august ftatefinan, the father
of his country, has resigned his breath—when the idol of
an empire, the envy and admiration of distant nations, and
the brightest ornament of human nature—when Wash
ington is no more—let a fenfte of the general loss be
teftified by the badges of a general mourning; but let not
the voice of eulogy be heard, left the weaknefts of talents,
and the deficiency of language, do injustice to the luftre
and fame of ti e deceased!
From Vernon’s Mount behold the Hero life!
Resplendent forms attend him thro’ the Ikies!
The /hales of war-worn veterans round him th-ong,
And lead, en wrapt, their honored Chief Hong!
A laurel wreath the Immortal Warren bears,
An arch triumphal Mercer’s hand prepares;
Young Laurens, eift th’ avenging bolt of war,
With port majestic guides the glittering car;
Montgomery’s godlike form directs the wav,
And Green unfolds the gates of endless day!
While Angels, “ trumpet-tengued,” proclaim thro’ air,
‘‘ Due honors for the Firjt of Men prepare.”
Extract cf a letter from Alexandria, received at Bal~
timore , dated the 15 th inJl..nU
“ I mention to you the truly melancholy event of the
death ol cur Washington; he made his exit laid night be
tween the hours ol 11 and r 2, after a Ihort but severe ill.
r.ds of 23 hours; the disorder of which he died is by feme
caUcd the drupe, by others an Inflammatory Ouinfy, a
fiilbrder lately Fo mortal amongst children in tins place,
and I believe not until this year known to attack persons
at the age cf maturity.
“ % information is from Dr. Die!, who was called in
at a late hour.
“ Alexandria is making arrangements to fliew its high
esteem for him; we are* all to close our houses, and
w; fhou’ddoii one if our family had departed; the bells
are to toll daily until he is buried, which will not be until
V. edndday or I hurfday; he died perfectly in his fenftes
and, diem Dr, Dicks account, peiieiftly resigned; he in
formed them he had no fear of death, that his affairs were
in good order, that h.e had made his will, and that his
puoiic bulintfs was but two days behind hand.”
. George Town, December 20.
On Wcdncfday last the mortal part of WASHINGTON
the Great, the Father ot liis country and Friend of man
was conhgned to the tomb with solemn honors and funeral
pomp.
A multitude of persons afilmbfed, from many miles r
round, at Mount Vernon, the choice abode and last refid
ence of the illustrious Chief. There were the groves, the
spacious avenues, the beautiful and feblime feenes the
noble maul,on, but alas! the august inhabitant wax now no
more. 1 hat great loul was gone. His mortal part was
there indeed; bm ah. how affecting! how awful the fpec
tade ot luch worth and greatness, thus, to mortal eves,
fallen!—res! fallen! fallen! ■ ’
. t! ? e anc * loft y Portico where oft the hero walked
in all Ins glory, wow lay the fhreuded corpse. The coun
tenance, mil competed and fterene, seemed to express the
dignity of tbe spirit which lately dwelt in that lifek-fs
lorm. 1 here those who paid the last fad honors to th.e
benefactor 01 his country took an impreftive, a farewel
On the ornament at the head of the coffin was inferibed,
-URGE AD judicium, about the middle of the coffin,
Gloria Deo, and on the fiber plate,
general
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Departed this life pn the 1 ;th December, 1/99, Act. 61.