The Georgia journal: and independent federal register. (Savannah, Ga.) 1793-179?, December 14, 1793, Image 1
The GEORGIA JOURNAL: * x \ AND X * Independent Federal Register. Pub. tivic: a wfftf.] Vol. I.] Cl VITA VECCHIA, August 12. By a gentleman just arrived from Barbary, we learn that a strong ar mament is ready for sea in the port of Algiers, which conlifts of nine fail, of from 18 to 40 guns, manned with numerous crews of desperate ruffians. It was not publicly known who was to have the command ; many think it will be given to old Abdallah, a fellow of invincible courage, very bold and daring ; in the wars with Spain, he was a terror to that coast for many years, and did lurpriling acts of bravery, both on sea and on fliore ; he has often attacked flops of double his o\frn force, and, after the molt terrible and bloody conflicts, car ried them into Algiers. It is thought thele sea wolves will be let lool'e against the French barbarians. WARSAW, August 31. On the 24 : h inst. the deputation of the diet terminated the conferences with M. de Buckholtz, the piuilian ambaukdor. r ihe litting of the 16th, in which the treaty was iigned, has been ex cessively. Itormy indeed. In the conference of the sift. V>y tax; aiwarwdon of the .'loilia t a nfr • a dor, the limitation of the new fron tiers, fitch as they are to i e described in the treaty, have been fixed in a prehminary manner between the de putation n and M. <ie Buckholtz. According to the report made in the fitting of the diet on the 19th inst. the army of the crown ftii! conlifts of 2?,1 33 men, and that of Lithuania of 12,780 men. The troops of the re public have received no pay for thefc fix months pafi, a.id are in so dis” trailed a condition, that nothing but their patriot)fin can retain them m the king’s service. Yhe Pohih armed force, which has been left Dehind in the provincesleized b\ Kuffia, amounts exactly to twenty four thousand men. According to anew and accurate ftaterfierit, the revenues of the provinces alienated by the empress, amounts to thirteen millions, fix hun dred and nineteen thou and, nine hundred and forty-fix Polish florins. i’hofe of the provinces taken pof fefiion of by Pru.iia, amruut to iix millions, -seven hundred and eighty thoui’and, four hundred and eighty fix florins. And thole left to Poland, to leven teen millions, seven hundred and ele ven thousand, fix hundred and tour florins! VIENNA, August 29. It is reported here, that h;s im perial and royal highness the arch duke Charles, governor general of tiie Austrian Netherlands, will be married to a Britiih princcts. r. jje - --MM SAVOY, August 23. The Piedmontefe have now recon quered Savoy, arid even with more lpecd than the Trench had lift year rendered themldves matters of that tiut-.hy. Acc uinn of Piedmontefe, WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.’’— Franklin. SAVANNAH: PRINTED BY JAMES CAPET, ON THE BAY, NEAR IHE COFFEE-HOUSE. confiding of one battalion of the Swits regiment of Rochmond, one bat talion of native infantry, and three squadrons of horse, on the 15th inst. fell oh the French, who were Rati oned at Salenche, with seven pieces of cannon. The enemy, trusting in their superiority, made the; attack ; but they were defeated by the Pied“ montele column under the command of the marquis de Sales, and driven from the field with great lols. On the 2 Ift the column having re ceived a reinforcement of 3000 men, attacked the French near Salenche, defeated them, took all their artillery, and drove them from Fauffigny within two leagues of Geneva, where they remained 48 hours without tents or provisions ; they entered the Gene ve; e without waiting for the Piedmon tefe, who were this day at the gates or Geneva. Two other Piedmontefe columns had pa fled Mount Cenis and Mount St. Bernard. The firft, under the command of the duke of Monferrat, drove the French on the 15th from their redoubts in theTarentaiie moun tains ; the second furprized the ene, my’s entrenchment* at Termignon and Us environs. The French w,t rna<io~.rtly tod; fliglit, .! -vi g rfl the:.;- artillery and nicy.mimes to the victo. rious Piedmontefe. ‘The tree of liberty was felled every where, ami the royal cockade hoi fled; the whole country rose againi! the * French, who were pursued.” or>yvr BRUSSELS, August 26. By accounts received from Lyons, we learn, that the republicans have’ received a complete defeat there ; and the following are feme particu lars of tlie action, which was very bloody : After railing the camp of Bourg, 20-000 republicans advanced against Lyons, under general Iv. Herman, and bein2 arrived within a Ihort difiance O of that city, they repeatedly iinn rnonccl the inhabitants to furrendrr, and receive them as brothers and friends—this was refufed with firm nefs and courage, and the trumpeter was threatened to he hung up if re appeared again with any fuck propo lltion. In consequence of this refufal, hoflilities commenced against the city, into w.iich they threw shells, and fired cannon balls; but nothing could shake the courage of the Lyor.efe, who swore they would alt peri ill Avoid in hand rather than betray tiieir country and their fellow citizens. All the flower of the youth of that popir lous city took up arms, and joined, the troops for the defence of the place ; aud at the moment when the republicans were dispersed, and iiitie expefted it, they failied out upon them with inch impetuolhy as not to give them time to rally, and made a dreadful {laughter among them. It is said that ahnoft all the artillery has fallen into the hands of the Lyonele, to- whom, during the aftion, many of the enemy’s regiments united them selves, and by that completely finifhed the defeat. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1793. OSTEND, September 14. The jranfports, with the 19th and “7 th regiments, and three companies the 42d Highlanders, landed this morning n good health, and marched'’ immediately to join the army. ■wrmuJi TOURNAY, September to. 1 he French were n.oft completely drubbed yesterday on the fide ot Lille, by general Beaulieu, who drove them to the very gates of that city, his army having pui sued them to Helevn mes, which is not above halt a league horn Lifie. The Atiltrian chafieqrs have made considerable {laughter ot the e wretches in revenge for ihe bar barities exerciled on our troops, having killed yesterday above four hundred 1 ot them. * A considerable quantity of artillery 1 pa fled through this place ir. the night, j rorti the prince de Cobourg’s army, | towards Ypres, where it is laid the j j French are in fort ‘’, to the number ■of 30,000, under general Houchard. I This man, who about twelve months | ago was a horse dealer, is now march. , mg an army to raite the liege ol Dun* ; kirk. ( The reports here are rather con /i- -vfficlory. Among the people it is laid, that general Beanfieu is march ing an army of 20,000 men to the sf fiftance of his royal highness the duke of York, v.'n the other hand, the people in office in the neighbourhood of Ypres and Courtray, are in hopes that his royal highness will not expuie that traft of country to be ravaged by the French, but will march his army to its relief, though it ffiould feeni that the Dutch are in fufficicnt force for that purpole. On the fide of Ouefnoy tlie Auflri ans have penetrated at St. Oner tin,! without meeting any enemy to oppose I them. LONDON GAZETTE. Extra£l: of a letter from the earl of Elgin, to the right honourable lord Grenville, dated .Sep tember 10. 11 My lord, fS I have the fatisfaclion of inform ing your lordship, that this morning La Qiufnoy surrendered to the troops of his imperial majesty. At midnight the town ceased firing, and an officer came out with the terms on which the garrison propol’ed to capitulate. Thele terms were rejected in so far that they deviated from the point, which general Clairfayt had reiolved to infill upon, namely, that the gar rison ffiould be prifoners’ of war.— This condition, though combated, did mot appear unexpected ; and the of fice on quitting general Clairfayt gave allurances that the stipulations he had consented to would he accepted. At the moment of dispatching my mefifen ger, the capitulation is not actually iigned, but as prince Cobourg, gene ral Clairfayt, and count Mercy have severally confided tome thelurrender, and authorize me to communicate it to your lordffiip, I hope my doing so will not appear hasty. “ Fhe garrison is to march out on the 13th inlhnt.’’ LONDON, September 7. General Omeara, who commands in Dunkirk, is an Iriilirnan. In the year 1758, lie was second lieutenant in the Irilh regiment of Kouth ; and when the Irfth brigade \yas incorpo rated, in 1778, lie had a co unsay in the regiment of Auvergne. He is now about 56 years olu, and has rifeu to the prelent rank from a furies of bravery and good conduct. Dunkirk, is firuated on the east fide of the itrairs of Dover, fro 1 ■ hich port it is only ten leagues diftmt, as Calais is seven leagues. Ihe Gazct* teer places it in latitude 131. and lon gitude 2- 20. but by ;Vja. lyrie's tab'es, the north latitude firi', 2-, ami the east longitude 2, 22. it lies 12 miles nearly east of Cal. , having between 1 hole two towns the fort re is ot Mardyke, and the tonified town of Grave)ines. In the year 1787, it was found to contain 4500 hordes and 27,000 inhabitants ; the approaches by sea have this inconvei'ieece, tbit ; tiit the foi ts of the IV. fir irk, with those of Rev. rs Gil hard, and “Fort b;.- c,. ; ate fi criced, there is no gc:fi-v ucar'- , enough to the town, to baa cr it with effect, as they defend the harbour : ; and to the east and weft tides of the two banks there are nothing bin funds and Ihoais and if a windThouu! set ; strong from .he weft, there is no f.fe ; am hm age without the forts in the main channel. Gravelines and Mardyke defend Dunk rk so well on the S. W. that the town is not to be attacked on that flue till both tliofe p aces are taken; File canal of Mardyke begins jm the canal of Bergen, near Dunkirk, aud is 6678 yards m length, and between 50 and 60 yard broad; no Ids than 30CD yards “1 length from east to weft, winding south to north, and 600 yards farther it lias an incomparable ftuice, with two bafons, one 44 feet broad for large vessels, and the other 20 feet broad, for final! craft. Gravelings is a fmali, hut strong town, 1 5 miles to the S. W. of Dun kirk, and seven to the N. E. of Ca. Lis ; it stands on the Dover channel, near the inou h of the Small river Aa: It is defended by-a good citadel on the land fide, and a fort towards the sea. After the late peace, M. de Ca~ lonne, then in the adininiftration, invited above too American families from Nantucket, to fettle at Dun kirk. Those people had been employ- ? ed in the fifhery (chiefly the whale t fifhery) which, in corifi ic-rjce of the reparation of Ameri. a fro 1 Great-. Britain, could no longer be pursued there. The religious opinions of tho: Americans were those of the QuatyG and Baptists ; but such were the nuji- n ranees of the ample feenrity and pro- , 1 teflioa for their civil and religion*’ I rights, that 14 ffi:p| arrived in h harbour of Dunkirk, in 2786, with i their families and tiLifts. How they ‘ ••vifl att, 0:1 the prefeit occahofty re- ( mains to be afcertainejL [6 Dollars per Ann . [No. 4.