THE
NORTH
CAROLINA
MINERVA
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R A L E I G H A D V E R T I S E R.
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R A L B IG T. Published every TUESDAY by HODGE and BOYLAN.
Vol. IV.
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CHARLESTON, September 27.
, Late European . Accounts,
Received by Trjter day's Arrivals.
. - LONDON, Auguft 3.
Paris pipers to the 29th of July inclufive were re
ceived yefterday. They brinfc the confirmation of the
capture of fall Tufcany, with the exception of Leghorn;
where theyjeft a fmall garrifon, probably to prptcct
therlaft embarkation aud fliVht Of their offi-'ejCH. MC
w'alFjhad efcapea to Genoai n it teluctaTbuE Till whole
baggage and - artillery were' takfa by an Eiiglifh hrig
and two privateers from Minorca. ; '
The rcc
Freach, who remained there at the time, are kept as
hoftages for the. Neapolitans who have been fent into
France. -'
General Maffena is ftatcd to-be in greater force than
Jthe Archduke, and fome murmurs el'cipe at the inac
tivity of the French. --
-IiAhe interiort)f Ftancei troops are continually re
lje Paris
aniongft others the garrifon of Corfu.
W hear no more of Prufiiari mediation and the eon
ftttutional king, except in the Club du Man'ge.Q'-
the contrary the-French paper's allure, on the authority
of the Journals of CouriaHdl" that the yonng'Duke of
Orleans has recanted the errors of the revolution, and
It received into the raercy an J favor of Louis XVII I.
The ffaatipMs in Jthfi outh are affrrted to be pub-:
licly committed in the ftrctts of the great cities atrtoon 1
day, and am id It the appuufes- of the paiUngers. -1 he
Cho Jans and robbers of the department are a chief care
f the public mind, and ' the atretls of emigrants and
coafpiraters form its principal amufement.
Tbe difcovery or a plot for the infurredfon of Al
face, in which Aoftrian emifT.iri.es, defcrtcra, and prieih
are ftated to follow the Iri Pn practice of fecret oaths
and enrolments, is the mod worthy of notice. -
The generals who were fo lately in a ftVtc of accufa
tinn are promoted to command;, whik the arrival of
Ceo. Victor at P;iris is to be added to the difmifial of
fo.manv of hi3 unfortunate colleagues. Great hopes
aie entertained that. the forced loarY will I? thrown "tut
ia"ttir CoutTcft of Mer?. 9
The refijii2tion of Talleyrand is at length accepted ;
both he and Ramel are thanked for tlse'ir-pail fcr.viccs.
Reinhard, the directorial commjflary in Tufcany, is
appointed his fuceeffpr. But there is rcafontp believe
he was taken prifoncr with the' retinue of Macdonajd;
which have been captured near Legbornr llobtfit Lin
net fuccccds Ramtl, as minifter of finance Camba
ceres is new mini'.tcr of juftice., and Bourdon miniitcr
of marine. " . . - .v..
The Clef da Cabinet of the zi!i July aforts that t!e
mbined fleets have failed from Cadiz-' .-.The -Dutch
fcave (reeled telegraphs all along their cpalt. ,
In addition to the intelligence brought by 'the Pans
papers, a letter his been this, day received by a mer
c iutile hoijfe in. town' from Venice, ftating that the
. jCiogvOf Naples made feis re-entrance, into his cnpiul
ot the 20ih June ; and that thVcitadels oi AldTatidna
and Plagi, had furrenered "tdlfie -'Att&ro Ruffians.
Ivi3utua; it is faid, jnuit foor. a!fo Tarrendcr,' having,
but little orovifion. and rio hobes of relief.
The Vienna neivfnapeis fay, -that two Spaoifii mef-'
"angers n?.ve arnvea.irom rans, wia pmuipuiuw-wi
" peace. . It is certain that the Spanifh legation at. Vi
nna ha3 laboured for a brig time to detraci the Impe,
ihl cd;utby negotiations. . The Ehperor Paul loog
fia.e folicited his ally to difinctimber himfelf of thefe di--plonviitie
fpied,; wtiorarc iihder-the-Tlrrfion-TtfheChe"'
yaiic"D'Azara,'.a.' man notorious JoiLjttolutionary
principles. ' ' ' . .. .
A Paris paper fays, b'lly three' 0 Ffour'oT ouiTge"
ctraU remain wilh the army of NjoIcs, the reft being
either killed or xVatiwded' - . .
Fvom th; uniform and authentic aJ vices rj?ceivc J, as
well from France as from other parts 6f the continent,
wecjtn ho longer, doubt of te im.iiediatt and total de
Irtfenincc orital
jl7rrepovfraWy-nMod oa thewtth of JUfe, upon
the banks of theTrebbia. From 'that, day, the ene
my have thought only of feenring a retreat : ; that of
Cj4cdonald appears incorrjprehenfible ; for it is impof-
, jBble. to divine why heoujijLJf
icTinfurgents of Tufcany, while the territory of Ge
r.oa was open to his army. We havcno.autrtentic ac:
count of his prcfent fituation : he is, indeed faid to
l;ave "embarked with his Staffrat Leghqrn7 "andthat
the remains of his army have jrot fhe'mfelves into that
jjhi i nea pable -bokJmg-otf t -for- f cn-trrrg4ttri
Twhich wis ppen to him ; arid reVieats upon Nice, by
rgl.a.Inorthe'li.rincipal ity of Oheille, and the
"' ... nxi. ViAr' flLu?irkn'' l'ff hv Marf'n!ilil
in the valley of Tano,' has returned to Gc,noa in fufiL
cient time to rejoin Moreau.
Thus, on tW loth of July, the latter had about
0,000 men, fome thoufands of whom he pofted in the
Bochetti j not furely, as we arc told, in the frivolous
hope of covering Genoa by defending this celebrated
paflage-but to retard the march of the llies,7andaf
ford his army time to accompiim its retreat. Genoa,
left in pofleflion of its inhabitants, famifhed, and iu
ofrwnting, opened us gates tojthc ojiurorju
"Ail the ehlightciied mriitary men iii : this,: country
acknowledge the fiiperior merit, of Suwarrow, iBfthef
la te decifi v c aci onsr a nd co n fe fs he has dem on ft rated 4;
capacity and . energy beyond their expeioftiiHli!
greatly admire the happy bold riefs, ( whiiitfomlCi
villers have igiioraaUyeiifujre
cried hisrear:raiBdoned fevcral potltto'os and collect
ed with his peculiar promptnefa a body dfx3,cxx men ;
with which : marching himfelf to reinforce the infuffi
jcieut corps-joppofed to the enemy, by a decifiviTand
irrefiftible blow, made hirafelf,' once for all, the undif
puted matter or Italy. N -
' According to the .lift accounts, the allied at my,
60,000 (00, had its-right upon the Imperial Fiefs,
its left upon Coni, its centre at AlelTindria, its advan
ced pofts at Novi, and its head-quarters at Vogherar
A reinforcement of 5000 men has arrived at Nice,
to join Moreau who is retreating towards them.
- Since fome dec.
Fancc tojthe pub? t c yri ters, .to the denunciators,, and.
to the aiarmifis, we'afe told the oioft frightful truths
of the atrocious condufl of the armies tmd commiffa
riesin Italy. Forexaiitpte At the evacuation f the
Neapolitan ftate, the. moft barbarous and mamclefs
Cruelties verc- exercifed'iipon ..the' women ; and old 'A
hieh were, in various placea, call inp the flames or maf
facrcd, to the number of between three and four hun
dred. The verified :exceiTes u'poij .this recafion, fur-pafll-d
all thofe with which fome other, diviliqas of the
Italian army had before polluted thcmfclves. Thefa
vage and atrocious banditti even murdered fome of thti'r
ovru officers who attempted to restrain them. Such
wa&-tK reward whitii the 'nrthabitahts have"- received
for their afliitance'or neutrality which enabled thefe
brigands to take pofTeflion of the country, who have
proved themfelves as merciiefs after defeats as ifir
their victories. -They have left behind them, howe
ver, a detcftntion-of the republic and French corfnex-
whtch not thc.lapfe'of Jets will wear away.
the two parties is compatible, and that" ortcvof them
muft fall. . ; . . VX. '
Thefe divilions cannot fail to. end in violence and
profcriptioa ; and to complete the horrible picture of
France; we (hall, perhaps, fee a civil war. rage between
thefcifferent parties ot the repuolicans.
ion,
i tieir diluonor is pupiuneu turaugnout Trance, anu
contributes to the debafement and contempt, into
which every thing belonging to the republic is pro
grefTivdyssiand rapidly frtlling". " " , J :
" 1 The month of July haspiffed as peaccr.bly in Swit
zerland as June : whilit 0:1 one fide, .people are aftp
nif!ied at the ca-utlous iTiaclivity cf the Archduke Chs.
MatT'-'a is reproached in Frarxce for not acting on the
offeniivc. It is not till after the arrival of the 35,000
Ruffians, who are approaching frotn Swsbia, that the
earn .paigi will refume its activity. MafTcna boafts of
an advantage he obtained in the Valais on the 24th
July, jt was only a trifling affair of po its ; but ferves
to (hew that the French are prepared to defend this
frontier giinlt the progrefs of tic Imperial gen. Had
dick.. The levies go on very flowly id that' part of
Switzerland hitherto delivered. 1- -
Government re. not wit!ic5ut ,confiderableo anxiety
refpcAing the 6nal deftination of the combined fleets,
wKich it is feared, may yet attempt the favorite objed
of the enemy, in a defcfentjipon Ireland, if theyhavi.
bhehate'd t vigilant purfuit of Lord
Keith. - - ' . v
2 ;LOrderi it is faid, went down yefterdaytocouri
tiermand the immediate embarkation of the troops brt
the grand ezpedition, that this force may be directed,'
if ncceffary, f r the protection of the lifter kingdom
From the lafl: Paris papers, down to the ?oth of Ju
ly t ncluiiyely, we, can perceive that it may very foon
una id rrmj a fT 1 1 rt ' ' I 1 n . 1 . J L
be
Anarchical Jacobin's, emboldened by their firft fuccefs,
and toojmpetuous '-to. ,'mde;Rt'e7llei?-pce, have con
verted their club in the Thuilleries into a tza delibera
tive lodj ; they make'po fecret of their intention to re-,
e.ita.btifh a Convention, a Committee of PubTic Safety, and
t revive the ridiculous iyftcm of 1 793. On the other
hand the conftitutiorial Jacobins "and the Diredory
j n Illy frightened at. the boleraefs of the Terroriftsf at
teppt to'raaiiitairi fubordination, to p'rcfcrTe the coh
ftitution, and to fave France from a new reiVn of tcr-
-fori-whwh they ppfchcm&-wtrfdT
jrcrfal dchrc fpi Lthe ' rceftabliihment of the- mpnarchyr
The majoritjro f tlieCpuncilof FivtHandred is. in
favpr qC the anarchills, that of the aucicpts of the pic-"
Heni OTtrnment Thus we fee that the eilftence of
May we nct alk, 18 it poffiblc for any coycrn merit to
afSict-humanityVwith fo jaaany evils, as this horrible
ISZfcUiat4
j&m initjpflV- and that the returni ng r ie nfe jof r t he'pc "
ptebf that unhappyIandwifl peace, and fecurity to
.Europe, apd five their country from the interpofition
ot arangers.
rt J '-r.r--
V ! Reinhard, who is to tepUc'.Talleyrand as'IujijiAcr
for Foreign Affairs, hat more capacity and mprality
than his predeeeflor ; he is mild in his manneri and
moderate in his principles ; he has filled, with, fome
degree of praife, the different fituations tp which" he
has been placed ; among others, That, of Commiffa-
ry in Th fcany
teprnry and moderation ; but it is doubtful whether he
will be able to exercifc hia new employment,, for u i$
faid he has been taken prifoner in a fliip, pn bpard of
which, he embarked at Leghorn. t . . , ,
Robert Lindet, who is made Minifter of the Finan
ces, was a member of the fampus Committee of PuiYte
Safety under Robefpicrre : he is a man of ability, but
"THt was nnt certain pn the 28th pf July whether the
JxcndLGcneral JpubertfeWa
about to be refigned by Moreau. . Joobert I14S had a
ferious 3ifj?iate wth . tlie Directory. He haa rnadc a
formal declaration, that he will not fct out to com
mand the remnant of the difpj(jted troops, whieb have
been beaten under ScTiereVahd almoft.annihilafedMi
der Moreau, but on condition of not being perplexed
with anyommiiTaries-of the govern meut, and of being
himfelf invefted with the fupieme command both civil
and military. ; r
The force ufed in France to compel the wretched
Confcripts to march, has already caufed many trou
bles, and will occafion many feri Inftrrrclio.n. Th t
'dHertion among them is immenfe ; no fooner arc they
arrived at the places cf rendezvous, ptat the army af-'
figned to them, and thiy arc unbound, than they feize '
the firft opportunity to efcape and return to their ha
bitations. . " r ... '
Avguji 3 2 orchch. '
L ie u tenant Tre fee 1 1 , of the Louifa gun brigf has
arrived at the admiralty tliis. noniing from Gibraltar,
Avith difpatches from Earl St. Vincent, announcing that
the combined fleets had entered Cadizj from whence ... '
fney had not failed on ihe 20th. On that day lord
Keith was expected to pafs the Qut with 3 fail of
the line, andwpuld tmmcdiately. proceed to th; block
ade of Sadiz. ..!'". - ;
ThVdifpatehes giving an account of the 6feit of
Tippoo Sultan, fent by NIr. Fawcrtt from Bombay,
were yefterday read irtheourt ofjHrectprs of theEaft:
Indii company4 , -
The action took place at the entrance cf the Ghautix9
on the 6th of March, and the vitorywia brilliant arid
complete -It was attended with great lofrf in the field
to the perfidious Prince" who provoked bur'aims, and
in its confequences may involve his fall frorn lhroae
which hehas held , fincc"the eabe of Scringapatam,
by the" "forbearance and gentrofity of Great-Britain,
v. r .t"-;' - .. ' ,
" A letter frbm general Stuart's camp at Setdapore,
dated the joth of March, ftates, that'Tippoo's army "
was then moving from Pcmpputtiunt apparently to
the eaftwardjVand that thjcKpcrgS-were in pofftflion
of the Hill of Seedafeer. - . . .
The following is an extract frbm the general orders. -ifTued
by the commander in chief, gen. Stuart after the
battle : ; 1 .
---- '. Y -TH E GO M'MAKJ) I R
! - -A.
IN CHfEF.
;, Camp near Setdapore,, Match 7i t7Q9
' The commander in chief is happy tp have fo ear
ly an opportunity pf congratulating the army on the
brilliant fuccefs obtained..-in -t lie conflict of yefterday,
iri which they were oppofednby the largeft body of
Tippoos prbcipal troops, commanded by himfelf in .
perfpn. He has pn this occafion particularly to return
hitflhariksQrsf-general Hartley, who exerted him
felf with his ufual judgment ;x to licntenant-colond ;
Montrefor, and thcTright Native biigade, who futlain
ed for the grcateft parr b'f the day the. repeated and r
iwarai attacks of the enemy's army after they had fur,
rounded him on all fides : to lieutenant fnlnnpi riu.-
Top, and thaf part ot the Eurppfan brigade for their
lpirucu viiaiKc wiin.u uB&iiy ucicaiu ine enemy, pif -thanks
are alfo due." ' . :
AH-Buonaparte hs perhaps fleered hiicputfc to'Suc,
in order to ffcape into the prorincci of tjie dccatcd
f