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Jr, m the Peterfburqh Intelligencer.
J'he following is dn exiroß of a ku
irr yrcnv'd by a gentleman in
this town, from a rn^re/pendent
in the city of Ralngh . North -
C arohna.
«< A moft furious fpeftarle
yva* exhibited in tbh city a few
da* s upo, A female of the fa
nine species was delivered of the
rnoß pcrf< ft Insm naturae that
lias ever bee r > beheld in this
part of die world, or I believe
in any other, I will give vou
as acfUratc a defrription of it as
I can. Its fbape refemblrs that
of a ehild more than anv thing
elfe I can compmc it to In
deed it appears to be a rompo
lition of the human and brute
parts of the creation. It has
thrrr heads, viz. one on each
fhoulder, and anot' er between
them—the one in the middle is
the rxafct reprefe ntalion of a
human fare ; thole on the (boul
ders no Vvay differ from thole of
a dog. ft ha* fix legs, two of
Which fland upright on its
back and four tails, I forgot
to mention, that the middle head
inflead of being covered with
ban fimilar to that on the body
is furnifhed with black curly
hah, ike that on the he »d of
a negro-—md hands, inHead of
paws, ,<re placed on the ends of
thofe legs or arms (which ever
they may be called) which (land
upught on the hack.
“ The owner of this cuiious
aromal expefts to make a fortune
bv it—be fets out in a few days
on his travels, and will no doubt
pals through Petrr (burgh, when
y< u wdl lee with vour own eyes,
and I dare fav vou will be as lit
tle able to account for fuch
flrange appearances a I can br.
To naturalißs, the following
quere is fubmitted. viz. Whe
ther the foregoing birth origi
nated from an unlawful connec
tion or from a mdconrennon—-
cr from what other caule ?
From the EXAMINER,
QUERIES
Ad dr e fid to Judge Chafe, by the
} fitter of the Examiner.
Were you not a irn richer of
forp’els in the yen 1778, when
the French fh er under i/ER ring
anchored in the Delaware ; when
Mr Gerard who arrived in that
fl( er as mmißer plenipotentiary
fu>m France, pplied for fuch
provifions as wou'd be ne» effary
for »he ule of faid fleet ?
Were not congrel* anxious to
procure piovifions upon the
c.'fir R and mob (Economical
terms for the ulr of the F enrh
fleer ; and n»'t a committee
apponted for this purpnle,
wbof* dory ir was to rnnkr* put
chafes without employing mer
chants ?
Did not the members of con
grefs mak- folemn declarations
of 'ecrec* upon fuch ore ifions:
and did you not av.ul vourfelf
of »he important information
which you obtained a‘ a member
of rongrefs, and write pnvate'v
to yur agent Mr, DoHey to
purchafe up all the flour he
could ?
In conleqnence of your orders
?.o Dorley, did he not purchale
up all the flour to be procured
in Baltimore then almoß the
only mart for that article on the
continent ; and weic not the
committee of congrcfs, by being
thus foreßallcd, under the ne
ceflity of paying to Dorfcy from
40 to rjo per cent, on about
20.000 barrels of flout ?
Did not general Gadwallader
of Philadelphia after 'he cam
paign of 1778, acrufe you pub
licly of this breach f confidence
and was your rrply conlidered
as ary thing mote than a witty
and impudent evafion ?
In confequence of your info
lerce on this orcafion, did nor
genera! Cadwallad'r call upon
you and threattn you with cor
poral chaflilement, which y< u
efraped by meanly fathering the
offer Tivc Icttfi upon a Mr.
Giles.
You cannot acquit your fell
by candid anfwers to thef* chat
ges Mr, Chafe; and if you do
not, what are the people to think
of your hypocritical cant about
religion and morality ?
I Iball give you time flr, to
corifider of the propriety of de
fending yourfelf againß thc!»*
enquiries ; and as you may at
tempt to excufe yourfelf by a
pretended ignorance of the »ea
fonable qneßions which havr
been propounded to you, I
(ball enrlole you a paper. T
finally, you conclude to remain
filent, I fball do myfelf the plca
furc of addreffmg you again.
II U M OUR .
A T AX (fays an Fnglifh pa
per) is foon to be levied on all
fcclding wives, as it is lately dif
covered that moll of the innu
merable bachelors, where
to be found, remain fo more
through fear of being frolded to
death, than from any mercenary
confideration. They are to be
rated as follows : for fcoldmg
every morning, 201. per annum
t* ice a day, 40I.—three times,
501. —every other day 16!.
one a week, if not on Sundays,
151, —on Sundays, 1 oi.—~!cold
ing a hufband into a conlump
tion, the jaundice or any lin
gering dTorder, 1001 —fcoldmg
a hufbmd to death, 5001. —
fcoldmg hcrfelf into a fit of byl
tencs, toool,
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
LONDON, June 24.
This morning wc received by
exprefs, Pans Journals to the
22d ir.Rant. The intclligenct
they coutain, is moR impoitam
and momentous.
The operations of the French
army of Rrferve, exhibit an un
interrupted fenes of vidfones ;
and from the following Bulletin
it appears, that the campaign in
Italy is al’carty terminated by
the total defeat of the Auflnan
army.
Telegraphic ByrnfiN.
Pans, 2d Me/fidor — June 21.
“ The Firfl ( onful has ob
tained a complete victory on
the 29 b Pramal (June 18 j
fight thoufand Aulinans and
forty pie< es of cannon, are tak
en by the French armv. Six
thouland dead, belonging to the
vanquished, remain on the field
of baffle.
“ The enemy capitulates for
the reftorafion of Genoa, and
the foitreffes of Italy and Lom
bardy.'”
Second Buliftin’.
Same date,
“ The army has been vi£fo
nnus at Maringo,—This battle
has decided the fate of Italy,
and announces peace.
“ We wait for an anfwer from
Vienna. T he armies will re
*ume hoftilities within ten days,
if the anlwcr be not favourable,
“ General Defaix is wounded
in the head."
Maringo, where the battle
mentioned in the above bulletin
was fought, in a village on the
right of the Botmidda, and the
Tanam, and about five miles
diflant from Alefl’andria.
Paris , June 24.
Gen Oudinot, writes from
his H. Q. at Brigno, June 4,
that Gen. Rochambeau ente»ed
T ice the 29th, that the Auf
'rians had retreated by the Cof
di Tennc, in Piedmont, and
that he was following them.
He has taken from 2 to 3000
pnfoners. [This was anterior to
the lurrtndn oj Genoa, 1
|une 18 A letter from Nice
of the yh announces the arri
val of Mallena, and his pioce’d
me to join the army at Port-
Mourie.
A German Gazette aflerts
that the Fmperot has peremp
torily demanded to have the
18.000 Bruifh troops in the
Mediterranean placed under
Gen. Melas.
June ig has been re
captured, and huf het is march
ing towards Genoa.
Genoa is to be garrifoned by
our troops
Petiet, Ccun/eilor of State to the
Crnfuls.
Milan , June 10,
The Fi ft Conlul writes to
me to-day from Brom, the fol
lowing letter :
u We had yefterday a very
brilliant affair. Without ex
aggeration the enemy had
15.000 men killed and twice
as many wounded. We have
made 4000 pnfoners, and taken
five pieces of cannon. It is the
c ps of lieutenant general Otr,
which come from Genoa by
fenced marches; h« wifhcd to
t pen a communication with
P'.aifance,
“ As I have not time to dif
patch a mclfengcr to Pans, 1
qucfl you will tend to the
Conluls by a courier extiaordi
•ary.
“ The army continues its
march for 1 ortona and Alex
ntiiid.
“ r l’hc divifion of the army
of the Rhine i> crudely anivid,
1 part of it is already beyond
die Po
Health and icfpcft,
Signed P£Tl LT.
From London papers to the 10 th
0) June.
Fvkis, May 31,
OFFICIAL. "
“ From Nice, May 10.
“ General Maffena firice the
opening of the campaign has
talfn ll,coo piitcr.ers. The
refourccs as to piovihons are
afcerrained. He is M'.rlcs per
fe6ily feconded by the pe o pl e
of Genoa, whomanifed the belt
difpofitions "
OP Pin A L BUI I F. TIN,
9th Prairie I , May i O .
“ The miivder at war has
been informed from another
quarter, that Genoa had been
re-vi£tualled for thirty days on
the 15th of May, and that they
continue to receive divers pro
vihons,
" CARNOT.'*
May 23.
While the army of referve is
defending the Alps, general
Thurrcau was advancing with a
divifion from Sufa to Rivolij
that three divifions are going to
Italy by St. Gothard, and thnC
the fiege artillery was carrying
acrols by Mount Blanc.
Antibes, May itp
The Auftnans h ave evacuated
Nice. They entered the repub
lic, but have been repulsed by
Gen. Rochambcau. We arc
again upon the Var, the ancient
boundary of France. The Auf
tnans have filed off through the
moumams on the road to Coni.
This precipitate retreat can alone
be occa honed by the motions of
the army of referve.
Vienna , May 17.
It is thought that dudng the
late (form, which forced the
Enghfh for a moment to fufnend
the clofe b ockade of Genoa,
that city received iome provu
(ions.
Fifty thoufand reinforcements
are marching towards Suabia.
The roads arc covered with am
munition and artillery waggons,
TO RE SOLD,
At the Plantation of fOIIK
HaRGEOVE , Dcceafd , in
Jefjr, [on County , on the 3 d day
of October next,
All the PERSONAL PRO
PERTY of faid deceafed;
confiding of Negroes, Horfes,
Cattle, Hogs, a valuable Still,
and Houfehold Furniture, &c.
Conditions, C ASH.
ANN HARGRAVE,
A dmx.
September 2, 1800.
TO BE SOTdT
On the 10 th of September next, at
the houfc of Mr. SAMVEL
CARPER on Dry Creek M*
tween the hours of 1 o and 11
o'clock , the foil wvg articles, be
ing tart ot the PERSONAL
ES) ATE of JO HN WILSO X,
deceafed ,
Con tilting of One MARE
and SADDLE, one SII VEK.
WATCH ; and fundry aitides
or HOLSFHCID FURM
TUR t, coo tedious to mender.*
Conditions of fate, CASH.
MARY WILSON.
A dmx •
Jefferf on county, Aug . 19.
National Magazine.
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Magazine, are rejpeEl, vliy injarmed
that the 1 ft, 2 d 3 d cud 4'p
numbers a'e juft received , end reoe
to be delivered at this Office , uhe i
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received.
Stpumber 2,