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pwfte Red Sea and tfanjfalorc, - This port' u doubtlefs long ftnet in the poflcffioU of the In dia company." By this tire the fate of both the Ma hometan chiefs is determined. Letters from Portfmouth itate, that Sir Alan Gard ner is io ill, as to pc opugcu io ur..c give up his fituatioo'as feconi In command of the Chan- nrJ JJert. 7 : gsBONrjuiyri.;: ;"- An Imperial Aulic decree has been publifhed here on the 1 2th inft. by which the Empire is again decla red in a Xate of war againftlFrance, and the pay ment of the Roman months, as well as the quaintuplc coo tirtgent, is demanded of the ilates of the Empire. - LEGHORN, July i?.- Laft night citizen Reinhard, the commiffioner of the government and all the public officers embarked on boaru jeintvo r wchim., -r, '. that they hal betn'captured.hy thcnh crmxers,; . s. k. tlrn. The French nald s equipage, ; .. u-v uv. feemtd at (irit determined to defend our city, but they , are' now prepariftg;toewcnateJt.;rtQf thejroops have marched to join Moreau, but there remains a gar- rifon in the fott and citadel. : J A dangerous confpiracy has btcn difcovered here, which had for 4ts objeft the deliveiing up. this place into the hands 6f the Auftrian. by prcVidufly.fetting fire to different parts of it. The confpirators were ve ry Numerous, and had made the moll formidable pre parations to enfure fuccefe. It is confidently Rated, that gm. Moreau will ar- IrAin Srutfrard here the 2 oi Auguii. niw" .--0-.--frn-r(ii' with the following details ref- rive i ire between Toitona and Aleffandru. H r.ght vingcoTbeyo tween Tortbaa and Aleffandria, on the Eormida and ' .ui-rk.i-:w .MK-thfvrtnd Bobbio. The van-euard is at Novi and. in the valley of O.ba. fhc Orfog ofthe a,my amounts to 6o,cco nen, and cdnhits oi the AuftriandivifionsofVukaffovich, FroelkHrZopff, Bellegarde, and Kaim andf the Ruf&ap troops nup der the command of Pankraton and Roiruoerg. 1 he corps of general Ott had advanced from the country or Modcna in Tufcany, which has been evacuated by . Macdonald, There is Itili a rrcncnirniou horn.- ' . . i i iV-Maffena is certainly fuperior in force.to the arcti duke. and it ouf great furprife, both in Sitzei-i.-j Frati.-. tlmt it hamot vet attaclted the ee. jauu av ;Yk, ----- , i my, for it is not boked upon as a. dhKiiU matter to compel the iuunan io rc-uu.i .w....w - Auftrian army is in want of every . thing, the iold.ers are dilcontentea, ann are luuicmuta four oi five days. Defertion is very common among them. The archduke has fallen back a little. The camp traced before Zurich has been rsiTcd, and is about to be transferred a league behiud that place. The park of artillery has alfo fallen back., The heia" quar r r .1.' t,.n t,atibferrei from Kloteil tersoriiie artuyu" jv ww... - - - . to Flach, a leagues backward, and thole of Hotze from Zurich to Kloten.I The advanced guard, which is not vtry numerous, is in the Limraat." LONDON, July 26. , Th'c French "evacuated Boiygna on the 30th June, after havine occupied it three years. The patriotsol1 "lowed the Ercn-eh, The Cardinal Archb.Ihop ot lio logna went tb.meet the Auftrian with the inhabitants ; and at night the place was illuminated." - - Jetters have been received .rrom pir o. omim, Thev ftnte the French army to be in fa'cli a (late of diftfefs that it . was : V:M., Mnmh M annt iff a UUlt WOU1U De aucmuieu. nruitf the laft affaolt. 10b Frenchmenlh a general; - .0. : .- i j -I?i-rA.sfrr:rk.: -'at their head, iucccedcu in peneiraiiiig ji;:f.$ .touVardfiHigeTfern mati cat Cby' the Englifl. Thc brcach waaiiffyTeet. wiKe, and in it fell the flower of the Ficnch army.- Certificates of good behavior at tlje rjattiepr A-oaianu on other Dccafions, were found in the pockets of many o the flain. Sir Sydney writes, with refpea to the garrifon, that the Turkim troops were at firlt dagger ed by Uhe tremendous fire of the enemy, but that they rrtI1n rcMwred from their terror, and behaved wiih the greatcft bravery: '"" A lubTequent letter ttom a youog rrenca oiuger, one of the party employed in adcpmpHlhintha French entrenchments, ftatesf that previous to" Juonaparte's madp a rxth and feeble attack.-and that Sir Sidney had failed in the Tigre,- towards J oppa, in ;lpe nope or reaucmg iiuuwjjui.nMt" V , . . ; The(oJlaihg intercepted Difpatch from Bnorjapattc ; to the Executive Dire&ory, has been publifhed by "U'-. HtMin' Pnrli anr? tFfpivt'd Sv IIS ExCtlleiKV cruizers.- - - T A6ril 16. " On mv irrival In EirvDt I witneiTed the fuccefsof aU my plans and my en.terprizes,- according to my, inoft aligma-qSpectatioTis; 1 alfocotcruiasd., the detign of acoomplifhing all the projects which we bad formed andJthe eAimatio.i jafjheRepublic to their height, and of enjoying the happinefs of feeing all our wifties fulfilled. , But who could anticipate the fatal action of Aboukir, or forefee the total deflruftion of our mari time power ? The itatidns of the Ottoman and En glilifquadrors off thefe coafts, prevent any velfeh from putting wiuioui ocg ricu, wu. w.K.s,..r7' our enemies deprivea me ot every .jae'?nin& ?ou intelligence, or receiving any from you, and confirms me in tlf? defpair of finding out a pTper communica tion in order to acquaint you with my real fitnatioo. You know the number of troops which I brought with me to Egypt. It is with the decpefl concern I mud inform you, that it is confiderably reduced, and that 1 have experienced the raoft affefting loffes. The engagements which I had to Main in my nareh from Alexandria . to Cairo againft the difFcrc-n l.o.df.s of Arabf ; the various battles wltich 1 have hud with Mourat Beyijhe difference cf the climate, a-d tlw quality 4f the waTer7tovhich-our-troc)ps -havcBot. beeri 1 able to iccu tiea which We have . fuffered in paffing the Defei ts ; the wwt inft wjth it a kindf rtibiih, to enable us to cook our pfyfcpiwnhe'infeatouVtxhalations artltdg from 6Jthy ftreeis, wher duft.ofa cry fine kind, fa'wtn by the flightci ' wJnd irfto the eycVendcr a great part of jojir armf blind, and deprive it of all aaivity ; and finally the plague which prevails at Xavt6 ud Alexandria cities among our foTdlcfs who arenot fefoned agaioll its attacks, are the feveral motives which-have redu ced this fine army to ne.rly "one third f what it was. I am alfo obliged to dittribute the number of troops remaining between the different ports of Cairo, the adjacent country, and the coafts I find it necetTary to guard; and it follows from this divtfion cf my force, that I am weak in every point. . . . . i f ht3 it ft f jc&etf aiouiuitt!ttWofetive of the country ; but their dith.'fofil or our arms, relumed the offenfive when they perceiv ed they could do it' with impunity, and became each of them a feparate enemyiwhom we have had to oppofe, whllft the lower clafs we had fiibllued, being naturally plunderers, took advantage of our wcaki.cfs to icxercife their prracy, and fled fiom us .with as much of our pravifipns and ammunition as they were able to carry off They even drove away, in ievrral places.our ca mels, with the baggage of the a.my. We ex petted fnpport from thefe people ho have left our troops in wirrt of all kinds of provifions, f tlut. the different bodies of our army, weakened as it is by . the caufes I have enumerated, are Cdiiltantlv harraffed By thofe ,we fit ft brought over to ; our fi.de, and whv have fiuce de fcrted us, finding we were not formidable enough to keep them ir. awe. They now join the! other natives, march in bai'ds, intercept all the paffes. and cut off the communications and convoys of the. different corps of the armyK f-. "v ' In Inch painful extremetieB, gens, nave com mnnly.no rcfource but in the Urength and courage of their troops ; and until the-prcfent moment I have had every poffible reafon fo gratify my feeling with proofs of the valor, attachment, and fnbordination of the troops under my command. But Tiiice the mif fort lines with which we are oppreffed, and particularly fince my army has been informed that the Turkifh ar nf ron lule rable force is in full march to thefe nunrnVfi. it has be?-in to murmur, has'no longer dif- fembled its difcontent, and has even matiifefted open demonftrations kl difobeJience and incoordination Since then my courage has abandoned me', my defpair has been extreme, and leeing no laicty out m cue eva cuation of Egypt, colleifted a body of foldiers, wh.) like myflf wcrcdefjjerate, and with the hope of find ing fomc- veffel -o. tbc.Coa.il jpn.dof which we might return to pur country, I advanced to attack Ati f..o n-x-ra n Tnnna i and I even aDtrroach(d the town f A- But Ghezzar Pathar Wheommands m the- latter place, and the Enghth iquadron, anchored in , the road, ; have placed my corps between two firefX have to engage a confiderable army, and I lofe every day a confiderable' number of men. Neither do I fee any means of extricating myfelf pjithc other fide of, the coaft, as we are in the middle .of Defer ts, almoft without any provifions, at the mercy of Bedouin A rabs. It would have been very fortunate for mc to have returned to Egypt, but our retreat was cut off by a certain Oezir Oglou, Nsplous, who is at jlije head of 20,000 Arabs, and is an active leader. The Chief of the Drufes had difpatched a letter to me a (hort time before my departure from Cairo, and had engaged me to advance to An'feh, by affuring me that they would come to rr.ee t me with an army of from Pq to 100,000 men. 7 Ghezzar "Pacha having however, difcovered the fubjc& of the lettertmik their children and relations as h oft ages, aiid confined, them in the Caf ! - i : . law. . - Thus, inftead of beipg Crwceable to us, they har-' andvhc had threatened ' to put the hoftagei to deatk. (hould they 'violate his diredticms ; and were forced by the meafures he had adopted, to prove their obedience and fidelity.' Iri this critical fit uat ion lioimrd a 4IIU HUdllJI. ---------- - r- - j-, applied fcallng ladders to the wall of the town of Acre, and tefolved to ftorm the place. I fprung the miner hut it hadr a contrary effect, and 300 of our gallant hlnwn tin. The moment the befieeed per- ed our dilatter, they iook aaantagc c 11 to raasc - . . .....' '....1. rl-.. ..t-i "S WllTl OUT ilUUUa i uauiv-A auui- - t r -1 I Ml "'m (hock, fell back, and aoove 4000 oL inem were K.mea r ir ir 1 n. e - 1 . er . or taken prupners. we anoiou iomc gcuciai omcers. Such is the fad fituatipn in which I am pj?ce I have fcarcely refolution to infarmyou of it." : NEWBURYPORT, Sept. io. An account of the following we are informed haa been tranfmitted, with the proper vouchers, to the fe crctary of State, and will doubtlcfs appear iujdne fca-, , fon. It was, however the wifh of the party ccern cd, that bi fellow citizens fhould be early made ac quainted with the cruel and urjun; treatnent he tecetT cd on board a Briuth man ot war.J he Turki(h A mbaffador7 Tl57T3 j. ; . 1 1 1 .. 1 i .. .1 'i.u:ru I f.nf a nerfon to enauirc dto the motivejot their con- on board a t rencn lugger, -camuicu uv im5-iiw . rr..T. , . . .. . . bb ' I.iA .aWd their aiifwer was, that thev werc no looker ra'afte rs of t h'el r s0 wn act toiisEatJGrjiaMtJlia. had IU U fcfc.V, T " - .- - r . --- - - .- .i feized their wives and'childrcrras hoftagesrand pointi ed out the manner in which they were to behave.- They were, thefe fore, compelled to follow his. order 1, I. R t c h nC-AVLf er. of Kitten-; com mon wealth of . MaffachufettSr dccUre folemnTy and ,trnly that J ,waa ; a leaman on boaid the fliip Pomona, Nathaniel' JCen- tiatd, mailer. ' That while the faid fliip was lying in the harbour of Kingfton,. Jamaica, being on more at i wast jfhftiled t)T three Bri- ; tiih otticers, who aJked what imp i rxiongeu to 1 1 aa fw ered them the American (hip Pomona. They then afkTd foTmy wo They then diew their cutiaiic, beat me wuti tnem,,, ami dragged me,, together with another yauog man, t belonoing to Bolton, by main' force, until tliey got us to the king's yard. After this z guard was placed i over us, until we were carried ou board the Brvnfwick of 74 guns C. Rutherfprd, commander. Here, the treatment I received was nabre cruel and abufive. Af ler.br?ng .n.!board a little time, I was "ordered err thus q uirt e r d ec. k tlie office r s otTw hcK"drder'c1 he Boa tr drami as they expreiled it. 1 was taicea flpww.in inc waift, where the faid -Boatfwaiu's mate continue. to flog mc with a three inch rope till he was tiied : He ; then called a marine to his afiiltancc, wrVo took the, mnc nA fnlfnw rt Ma t tain nls hv'flnfffin? me until I . ,x't"-i ...... .-.. ...w-. r 1 00 fmtl.-1 f.'irr-nlu (rnA hr on m v (Inatlin which 1 had on, were all cut to pieces. I waR then ordered to.UiBj. ty in the waift. In going down the ftarboard fidc not going fo faft as the failing maler thmignt I might; he gave me a kick, and knocked me down upon the gun deck calling ne at the fame time a damu'd ya kce rafcal. c. The next day, 'captain Kcr.nard, hearing of what, ' had happened, endeavoured to come on boat d. to effct my releafe hut the lieutenant ordered the centioel t fire on the boat if (he attempted to approach the.fhp Captain Kennard then procured a wtit for .the, cap-" tarn jf the Mo. and had him airefted when Aore. Who was obliged to give'bonds that I (hould be dtUvcr ed up I wa" accordingly fent on (hore, but in fo mart pled a condition that I was unable to "do duty pn board f . J T 1 I - !. 1 . J . .rrkA ' ior ten oays. i ncrcny auxujwicuj;c tntj n.ijjt,u,.,n' captain Kenard for his exertions on my behalf. trJt was owing to his determined conduct, in not, ftoopipg . o:,:jU .' r.-. 7 . t iiu! (Vm tfiJ mercilefs hands, Numbers of American , failors are now hcld by them in a ilate equal to, ahj flav.ery,. RICHARD C ARTER. Stale of New ffamjjbiret ,. .., : : , ; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : . Bf it known, that on this third day of Septfb,cr, A rJD';-?oh.e 'ihoufand'Teyen' hundred and nirtety-ntne, before me -Daniel H'imphieys, Efq Notary Public in and for (ad State, duly commiffioned and-fworn, dwell ing in Pprtfirou.th, within the fame, perfonalily ca,me Richard Carter, of Kitttry; in the county, oi Totk, and commonvveaUh of Maffacku ing byme duly fworn, on his oath, did depoh? tbc true, the matters and, things in tne iorcgofng rooavit, by him fubferibtd, declared and fet forth. V hereof an attellation being required, I have" granted tjiefe pre- Tents. . ' : : ;, r In teflimony whereof, I hae hcrcimto-'fct my fcal of oitic, on the day above writjen. .: ; , - ..''( tvtm.f umDUDru(' ". :L . - - --Notary Public. ( X K KHK KX X KK K K K K K - K Kr PUR-SU A NT to an order of the County Court of tT7 i . t 1 - - a . ..t jiu y asr, inc, unuerwmien VpminimHtij imkw for the "purpofe, w ill, on Tuefday tbe. 3d day of Dc cerober next, at the falls of Neufe river, proceed tc Let to" the Ioweft idder," the building of. a public ' Bridtre . acrofs the faid River, at- or near the falls ; ' which is to be kept by the "undertaker I n good repair for public ufe, feven complete years from the time it is finifhed.and received by the Commiffioners. ; . Good liniber and convenient, will be furnifliedxr,f, oy tne owners tncreot, anu tne mony inau oc pvutiu; ally paid when the woik is complete- lhe undctjtaker ' "HTit givmgcmr;'lvithrapproed fecurityo-p6ornul faithfully what he maV undertake,' to' T 1 R. STTTHFRTIAND. ; SAMUEL HIGH," JOHN MARTIN, iVak:, CSi&tr t, 1799.;
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