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ftateof Genoa, over which liet the great road from Lombard; to Genoa. On the peak of the liigheft mountain is a narrow pafs which will hardly admit three men to go abreaft, and this pafs which is defend ed bv r forts is nroDerlv called the Botchetta. : It is the key to uenoa. .. SAVONA Is the feebnd town or grandeur -and opulence, Irt rtheftait of Genoa.-- Its ftreugth comCibifagzfA but principally in a citadel of much importance Glu tted between thtport and the city, upon the height conveniently difpoTed to defend and protect both the one and the .QViCr,... . i.. ,.. , " ' THE RHINE. The Alb, the paflage of which by the array of Mo reau has been officially announced; is not a river. It is from the mountains, of the Black Foreft, that the chain of mountains of the Alb, or Alps of Suabia, ri fes itfelf, ruuninff in a direction nearly parallel to the courfc of the DanobeT Betweeu Koenighroun and GeifSSgert their fummits are moll elevated, and here ate the fottrces of different river, which run in oppo fitc directions. From thence they gradually diminifh towards the Danube alon the Brent. They occupy afpace of about twelve German miles in length and three or four in breadth. They are covered with woods and prefent very, rural Undfcapes and difficult Communications. They arc connected by different branches with the Black mountains, with thofeof the country of DarmfUdt and of Farnconia. BASSETERRE (St. Kitt's) May 31. The United States frigate Philadelphia, Stephen D cator Efq. commander, arrived here on Sunday, la company with a fchooner (he had captured. June 14. - On Sunday la ft the cattel that carried the French prifoners to Guadaloupe, returned from thence, hav- ing upwards of twcatyjnaIlcr8J?(LAurctican veflels op board in exchange. -T-7-A-FrencrvCarttl from-St-.Martinls.. alfo arrived here the French ; and that the French General Moreau, had, iu a third battle, defeated the A ultriau troops on the Rhine,' and further, that orders had 'nlfd arrived there by' the Corvette', "prohibiting the cap lure of'Atnerican veflels." k ' exchange- j on Taefday, with 2 c American prifoners, to sm 1 r ii ", tor me nice number or rrenenmen, wmcn navtngoo tained, lief proceeded with joGaudal. upe. Oa Tuefday fome American vefTels, homeward bound, arrived here ; and a Freuch privateer fchooncr was fent in by the frigate Adams, capt. R. V. Morris. June zi. A cartel from St. Euftatius, arrived on Monday " PHILADELPHIA, ly 15 Extrmft of a letter Jfrom Mr. Patriae Target to ,andreai Uroti Efq. 4attd Cwttah TMllahafee, creek Nation, " 01. ivurKs was lurrcnoerea to oowtes the 20th May lalt, and by thelrrtitles 6f capitulation buween him and the commandant, the latter was permitted to march out, and with difficulty got an c fcort to fee him and his men fafe out of the Bay. Dunns' thcfietre. r 1 t ' i , . . . . . O ? nowics captures two or tnree velieis laden with pro vifions and.other ftores, for the ufeof the fort, juft as they had arrived. v Since General Bowles got pofleflibn of St. Marks, the Indians are flocking to his flandard from every quartereven the prince of this town,' immediately af ter the Colonel had gone to the talks at the Toekaw bateheei, ftartel down to the mikhick maker, with many others of the Tallaff:esf jCiiTetaha Sctu. .. ' ' The Colonel stfived' here the' night i before lafl from the" Tookawbatchees ; j the chiefs there have tak en his talks, and have prorhifed to hold their warriors in rcadinefs to go with him at his call, and aid him with all their might iii reftortng peace to the nation, reducing the Seminoles and others to obedience, and cxpeUing or takiug every mifebief-maker that comes into their land. ; "" - Bowles's next. dcGgn is fufpefledto be. ..aain.ft Pcnfaccla as he has now got not only a ftrorig force, but plenty of proviGoos and others (tores. Cel. Hawkins, Agfa General of the United States. Fort St Marks is Gtuated on a point of land' form ed by the junction of Apalache and Wtaother riverabout the fame iizc, and infulatcd by a deep wet ditch, join ing the. river s.0 The fort is built of hewn ftone, the walls are nearlyoJ'eeLhigh and defended by twenty pieces f ordinance. It was for met ly a place 6fcan. derable-imrxrtancen4hLjrj day A letter of marqueTrom Gaudaloupe, laden with ..Swiafflii fince the Floridas were ceded to Great Britain by the peace of 1765. On account of the moals, and.nume rous oyfter banks in the Bay and River, it is not con fidered as a good fea-port, but is advantageouflyTltu atcd for the Indian trade. ' beve ai American veflels have arrived in this and the neighbouring ports fince our arrival, molt of which have been vifited by Britifh cruifers end permitted to pafs without difficulty. Mq(1 people are and have been of opinion, French cruifers would not moled -unarmed American veflels, but when w e are to judge from what lalt" wlih two'oHrbYiborrfrrM L.-'.LP Happened, t Here" appears iome reeionlo. do'jb.t, at th fame Aav with ten Frrnrhmrn " Of the Ue71trCtTWct&T ed general meeting held tn the city of Philadelphia boo. PROCEEDINGS fugar and coffee, was brought iu by the United States brig Eaple, on Monday and On Wedncfday He United State fchnoner Ehter prizc, captain Shaw, arrived, accompanied by the French privateer fchooner Cygne, of 4 guns, and up wards of 60 men, which (he had captured the preced ing afternoon, after an engagement of about three quarters of an hour. The Enterprise was becalmed under Baffeterre, Gaudaloupe (without Ihewing co lours) and at 3 o'clock P l. on Tuefday, faw the a bove privateer come out, running before the wind, and about 4, the latter (being then under the lee of the Enterpnze) fired a (hot at her, wketv-an engage ment commenced. The privateer finding it impoflible .to efcape, kept up a heavy fire of mufketry, (her, guns being of little ufe in her thea fituation) on"the Enter prize, andJtrock to her, after receiving two rounds of grape from her, in which (he had 5 men killed, and the captain and 13 wtunded. The Enterprize had 1 man killed, and 2 wounded. " This morning a re captured Englifh fchooner, and an m. m . s m " m mi ! alt sAracrican brig, (the latter bquna tor rnuaaetpnu; weie&Qt in by thf United States ftip Merrimack. NEW-YO RK; July 3f. Captain Stajod arrived on Thurfday in ten days .from St. BaitholomewsTnform8, thaThe left Marti? liique on-the ift of July, intlant ; that cm the after noon he failed from thence, aBritiflv packet arrived there in eighteen days from Falmouth, the Captain of which affured him that on his parTage he fell in with a Britifh frigate, the Captain of which informed that. he wat bound to the firft port in England, witji difpatches from" Lord St. Vincents, Hating, that the Breft fleet was out, confiding of fifty one fail of the line, befides fmaller -vreflels-andregueflinff a reinforcement. It rwatlddeailiatn'6thef lnfurrecion- had:broken"?fft in Ireland which had affumcd a formidable afpeft, and ac- Tcafioned eon fiderable alarm to the Britifh Govern ment. 1 -Captain Stan wood further infotms, that on the day he .failed from St. Bartholomtws (the 1 4th inft, ) a French gentleman Captain 'JDuvialla, ffoin Bor- in Alav It was moved by Mr Bingham, and feconded by General BloomheJdr rhat.a refpeitful teftimontal tothe memoryofGene ral WamiHciton, be entered on 'the ecordsof the Ge- ncral Society of the Cincinnati, which was unani. mbufly agreed to and Mr. Dingham, Major Pmck ney, and General Dayton, were ajjpomted a commit tee, -to cjiifider and repcirt the fame Mr. Bingham, from the committee appointed for th it purp fc, reported the following teti;iomal of re fpeel to the memory of General Wafhington, which was twice read, unanimoufly agreed to, and ordered to be entered on the records of the Society, as the firft att of the prefent general meetihg after its orga nization t : ' .Under the mofl profound impreflion of venerati on and affection, the Society ot the Cincinnati, at a general meeting, are called upon to exprefs the mourns ful tribute of their forrow. at that .awful difpenfation of Providence, which has recently removed from their councils, their"mQch tevered and lamented Prehdcnt General. The arduous, thbUgh fuccefsful ftruggle, which terminated i n eftabhing the' libefttes.of our coun t ry, 1 - i .1 . -'r ' : t -J t.?. 1 ' j j n. . of public life, ia which his .merits as. a llatefman ri. proach of danger again required his ferviccs. The cri fi5.was. 'important, and the fituation delicate- A . nati on which had-mingled its blood with our's in the de fencet)f our liberties,-had now an timed a h ftileap-pearuncc-'A. war from this unexpected quarter thread tened the peace of our country. ; ' Wathiftg.tori who never hefitated when urged bya fenfc of duty obeyed the call of ihe government lie 3ifilMriii( retirement, hazarded a reputation, confummatc in, every point of view, and aflumcd "the command bf-the armies. . His. military companions, whp had frequently' wit neffed the"m:gni mityofhis conduct in feafbn9 of ad verfity, aS wellaj of triumph, felt the force of their countryV appeal to arms, WUilft Wufhington was thejr; leader. "' v " In this momentous crifis of our affdirs, by the in fcrutablc decrees of Heaven, he was fnatched ftcm Ameiica and the world. - Under this prtffure of calamity, which more pe culiarly operates upon the fenfibilitie of this fociety, their oply confolation is dit tved fiom thejanimating re fledion. that although he Is fummoped to the eujey- "meilts o thehappnrreTtNfesofTrmnrc-rt the br.ight example of his virtues and talents will ftill fi:r- vive, aiid theTnheritanpeof his' name prove a fu'ui in centive to heroes and legiflators w ho will ilrive to emu late" his fame, and merit the glory he. has acquiicd." , A veffel has arrived at Salem ft oa Gibraltar, which .Jbrings.. accounts to neatly the middle of June. We learn by a gentleman frm the former p'ace, that the'' ,ir'l .i..' r.' 1 1 i- : 11 1 irniHiKin. nv i in. ai ti vji . i mi viinr a ii hi iri( i- a for tie from tGenoa about the i8f h i t)f May, and had fuccetded in driving the b fitjjet fim before that place-. with great fi tighter. ,This intf!Ifgence is 'verbal ; a letter by t he fame vefl'el, addrejfTed to a-refpeftible' houfe in Salem, dated the beginning of June, fay?,'. MafTena mull have furrendered ere this, as by the lalt t? e TP ' ' t r 1 a - -. . juhuuli ui t inter rroui au amciicaii uc'piciin to m owners in Philadelphia, dated St. Sebafliaus, 6tk one I "a got 'feiied--byte-Poiry-a tietainto m railage ...ioLaai.idicationr -anT tut- 1.1,1 ivi za fiom' Norfolk to thia port, litelv been carried.. into StAndeio,- where fhe is j:ow decatnt d. I wt .the above, fuppofing you wifh every informrtion of the kind as iufuier." From Paris papers, received bv the Polly, from Sebaftians. - Paris, June i. On the 2Cth May arrived in the Road from Havre, the American frigate-. Portsmouth, capt. M'Ncj'l, o f 26 twelve pounders, in 86 days from Nsvv- York -Two officers ca:ne afhorc near the Battery de la Heve, and were efcorted to the city by the fuldiers of the poll. They went 19 inform the commander, that this frig-.--ate had been fent to Havre, to wait there for the Com- ' miffijners, "who were ne?ociating tviih our govern ment. They received affurances that the French na tion, and particularly the inhabitants of Havre, would give them an honorable and hofpitablc reception. They returned on board with a French officer, an interpret er and a pilot, who were doubtlels charged to offer the capain any afljllance he might (land in need of, and to'make the necelfary arrangements for thr entry of the fr igate. On the officers going on. fliote, the Portsmouth fired 15 guns. The batteries returned the falute with 9 guns, which was anfeied by- the rorism:n witnic more. ine negociatronrts-niea bem? honorably terminated for both parties; , and, it and in which they fouhrunder his banners, aird fhar ed vvith-him. the danrs and toils of the field, attach ed him to thifr focicty, by, -ties oTThe moinntimatend" is eTpdedrlrcTi wilUcave endearing flature;"riis valor and prudence ieemed to I this city the latter cad'or June. - - - 7 m--r - A - - - r V -- - ' - - -, . ". , ; June 2. For three days we have had no news from the Chief Conful He had in formed the Conful Cam.bace.res that he fhould be fo'mc' dav& without writing This controul the events of war, led the American armies to vieSoiy, and achieved the independence of their country. Whilft mingling their, tears with thofe of their fehW citizens, they are naturally tiupelle to . ' . ' 1 j nourout their enuiions ora deeper rearer, tor thcfirrc--Ijudd.en liience announces trie excctition ot lome areat deauxT-crave Jiim a written article in Frcnchr-which fta . .ted, that he had jufl received information from Point j Petre, Guadaloupe, of the arrival there of a French : corvette, in nineteen days from Burdciux i and that the newt (he brought is at follows : L " That the tegociation between the American Com-- mifljonen, and the French Republic had terminated amicably ; all differeneea fettled and a peace con cluded :-that General Buonaparte had arrived be fore Genoa, in time to relieve General Maffena ; ' -that Buonaparte had made prifoners of three fourth's of the Auftrian troopi qnder command of General 4- (Melat) that Italy 'was entirely iu tkepoffeflion of naraK1 Irvffl whirh thev have fnftained. " But it is riot "ortly in their relationfhip to'this il Infltr.iouB character as foldicis, that the Society of the Cincinnati have cauic to deplore his Iois, military operations. Until' the preient, buonaparte .has nut paffed a day without .writincr to his wife, to the Conful', or to the minifters who were in need of fonie decifion.. , . ..r.. ... --' The minitter of war yeftcrday received a courier ' When the ftorna of war had ceafed to tage, and the blcfgngs cf peace had -been reftoed, their jcountry . I . from Genoa. He brings intelligence that General was (uffering . under the weaknefs of a confederation, I MafTena, 'in'a for tie made at feyeral points', "tooi. 470 which threatened the exiflence-of that union, which I or the enemy prifoi.ers, and has procured pTOvifions ineir joini cuorisia arms uauiu cucuiidtiy woutriouiea j-iur unys to eftablifh. With his aufpicious-co operation, a conftitutiori ThejTwritc from Delingen, that Gen. Moreau had fent an adjutant to Gen. Kray, to inform" him that was formed- calciiiatcuY by its wifdom and enerrry. to 1 France preferred neace to war : ""and if the Imperial .redeemTus from that pVoltrateT (lite to which y been reduced, and to rjcu.ore tnat reputation -wnicn our 1 wo.uiu retire beyond the ' Khtne, m vorder tnat tney country had lofr, from'the imbecility of the old fyftem. I might in the nea'.i time treat of an armift ice. Gen. -The administration of the government was commit- I ICray, it is faid, fent for reply, that the anfwee to. 'ted to his care, and hit country will ever hold in grate- I thefe proportions mud be mada at Vienna. ful remembrance, the inflexible virtue and-fortitude 1 1 They write from Vienna that the diftrace of Gsn.- with which he conducted its attairs, and laved it from J Mack is certain He wilt be no longer m ter vice ; the effe&s of domeftic faction and foreign intrigue. . lnevcrthelcfs, he will enjoy his penfion. It is faid that ' ' r . r . J .L .' i flf f 1 I I' ll. . 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