The Louisville gazette and republican trumpet. (Louisville, Ga.) 1800-1809, September 02, 1800, Image 4

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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. £*• Subfcribers to the Kat ana 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 fub/cnptions ter the zvork % ml A received. Stpumber 2,