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fidc.rjf In fubflaoci Is trie,' tecanftf wetliink it
tremely probablel I fpr readers recollect the view; we-
, hate given of the ct mp.iign, founded upon accurate
enquiry and mature rcfteclion,' they will be at nolo fs to
j j perceive hejjrpundson which' the opinion is founded.
- - jt vfiHbe1 teetrfr0l4titf0cul'fcuteriiof'ihearlnr,'
Hof refcrve previous torthis decifivc action, .that
French 'jhad gained confi jerabtc f ac van t ages. I-.f-Frpm-;
?i pofl'rion of 'the Stradella,lvere their principal forced
at to be concentrated the atmy moved forward a
w pifdiclfd, Jnihe..JijermiBa,ioii to Icic' genMe-,
las as little time as vpoflihlc to tanceritfatc bir forces.
Upon the 9th 'June, btf,ie the urmy "wag ' affemblcd,'
Buonpirte and Berthier feiit gen Lannes with at
fit org corps by 'he great load lending front Stradeila
: to Piedmont by Bfannrrttratt
ter having, left a garrifon in Gri)04, ' had proceeded by
forced rmuches to Vogber, in "f'ler to attempt to re
cftabliih iKeVpmmanicationvwitfr
After a fi-vere engagement theullrians were bea
tert vyiih ytry - great lofs, V jefs, jtfia ated, than ,
6000 prifoncnf and above 30CO killed "artd wounded.
After th:l-important . fiiccefs., the Ffnch having ft ill
r farther "eonVt ntraudlthm
from i5itzcrrand
action,... wt re p a inuxmn 10 advance in great lirengiu..
Indeed! he battle of the 9th wan 'frainuined by on
ly tlire di.viljons pf the Ficiich army, thoft; of Lan
ncs, Vittor, and Charaberlhaa at kail, po moVe aTe
mentioiii'1. ' -
.After the 9?.h, tlu fitiiation of the Impcridifts was
tin's ; gen. ' Mclasthad evacttsrtrd-Turin, leaving 8ceq
meii in the citadel, proceedi,ng towards Alexandria.
Turin w.is immediately occupied by part of the army
of reCerve that had hi en left ' in the valley of Aotfte,
and hy the corps of gen. Turreau, who had advanced
on the fide of tyvii. - Thefe'co-ps united veuld form a
con!) ienible force. Ge! Suchct, or rather the in
defati;frthle MafTciKi, living taken the command of the
army;--formed by the gatnfon of Genoa, though cer
iulMy Wot very tit for fe'rvice, and the centre of that
ar'ry, advanced torwards Safeilo and Acqui. There
j,re accounts that thU part of the army had reached
f Mihi:nr) and St. Jaq.ics. They would then advance
in the direction we have mentioned, and according to
the wrdeti of Buonaparte, towards Piedmont, harraff.
iiig the Auilrians, and in faft catting off 'theii retrtat
by the Gcnotfer Tbe army of ttlervc advancing by
Vocheta, then towai.'Is Toitona, the Au'trians weie
-completely iicmmed 111 by thefe three cdip. If they
were' defeat! d at Maringo, which s between; Ajeffrtn.
dpa and Tort ona,. and wicliin ifuv miles of the for
mer, they arc ubfohrtcly 117 the power cfjhf enemy.
We can fc n: tly.be fur prife '. thn if the conf; q.'"ccs
-4htl4;&ur)
It is Tittle to fay thatj'n' about a muiuh .Buonaparte has
recpnquered all I'ly, and annihilated the pi'oiide'l 'of
ptg AnliridM arnirs,. faft decided the fate
of tne war. Thrre U n.hing ui hiiory fupei tor, if
at all comparabe to th's extraordinsfy campaign.
SALEM, Auguft8. 1
; r v ; trcm LEGHORN. '
The brig Suky, Captain Stewart, from Leghorn,
. which he left on t!ie- i8(h of June. The prevailing,
accouats at Leghorn, refpefting the operations of the '
hollile armit 8, ?feeni't . heq m : t e irreconcilab'e with
thofe we have by'the" ay nf londin. Captain Stew-'
it fayi, that about the 4'h to the 9th ot June greit
zlirm luNfiiled in Floreme and at Leghorn, in confe
quence of BiDn ipart'e'a eiitering Milan, and his pro
gn fs towards Fiorrcce ; and that the people of Flo
fence r fe in arms, determined to defend their country
. to the lad j and the lame was to have been done at
Leghorn on the 14th ; but on that dny letters and dif-
Tranjljted for tk Federal Gazette. 'S
Report of;general iSeffjliiics,' commander; in chief of
the irrny of the'jc'ftlilbbeebeit in thede
' partment-of the Southt,t9 t General iu Chief of
thc armjrof ScrPomingPfe-; ; ';- 7" '
T 1 6th Mer (iu1y;4) StHyear.
' My Central, . ' ' . -'. .
. ! I marched this tnornijig with the remainder of the
.right cojamn, and that of tKeIcft to "occupy the
heights of the plantation pufretc he tli 6 1 h 7th,
gth aod imh demi-brigaswercse
tifvrd there, I laVthc trny-in; gteit tTumbers en ;5
camped on the glantailQipofreev' inMhe-plai na
of Acquin. I formed the Jight, di
vifitnts ; the rijht commanded by the chief of biigade
Laurrht Dcfir ; the centre by the vhfef of brigade Paul
Louvtrtuie, and the left by the chief of brigade Do
mage. Thefc :" three; dtviiionrlbtgaii their march' for
the plantation. The firlidrvifiou had fcarcely arrived
at its dctlination, (the two, others being flill on their
march,) when the enemy feeing this manoeuvre, made
a Tally from theplafitation and . took 10 flight.' , The
divifion commanded by"0otnagei fell in with antl ea
gaged them, but tne affiit wasot feriuJ"ttrHil their
arrival at Acquin. There thy enemy then rallied and
gave battle : The 4th and 8th dean-brigades which
were in advance, fultained the fire of the enemy for
two hours, when, the other two divifiors having come
up with the enemy, he waa beaten and put to route.
I ordered the Cavalry to 'Mifitt, ; who made a great
(laughter, and the enemy. were purfued to the Cea fliore,
where a , number of them, who auempted to emba?k
were deftroyed in the water or among the reeds. 1
retuinedand ordered the column under gen. Laplumc
which had not bctn engred, to march ahead on the
great road to Cayes, in onlcr again to purfue the ere
my to a certain diftance; bnt at, the inftant 1 aniveJ
at that town, another column of the enemy, which
had ftllied out from PAnfea-Veau, attempted to take
us by furprife-, and I had fcatctly time 10 draw up the
third battalion of the ath demi brigade, when he made
his attack ; he was however, quickly repulfed.
I made in this lad affair many priloners, whom I
fend to you, among others,, the chief tf brigade Pi
verger, two pair of colours ind one brafs four pound
ler, Piverger has been wounded, and 1 have givetl him
all the jffillance in my power. Many of th; hit e and
colouicd inhabitants of theparifh of Acquin have nDtk
ed to u.'and I have. treated them with all the com-
pHfTion and huraanTty wEuh you have prtfenbed in your
intl'uclions. ' - ' ' ' ;'
AVc Tirive "taken the port folio of Rigaud, and the
opie3f - jisv lettcts j -and -4iearrowlyt feaped - being'
taken himfclf. . ;
We have alfo found in ore of the forts en the fea-
ammunition. v 1 canHOLinferm ycu ol the quantity as
I have now a fever at the. moment of -witting
Health and -rtfptct,
(Signed) DESS ALINES.
Another d'fpatch from general DvfTlines to general
Touffiut, dated I'Anfea-Vcau, July ih, mentions
that place "and the neighbeuthood having btrn cleared
of the "troops under Rigaud, and that Petit Tfou was
on the point of.briug evacuated by thin. ; that the in'...
habitants and cultivators of .Acquin and I'Anfca Veau,
.who had fled, had moftly rttutned to their homes, and
received, the victorious troops of Touflaiiit with cpen
arms. ' " " -; '
v"t Brunfwick, Generat rahh
Mills and Abraham Btflent, . Com'raobers.- . ,
New-Hanover, John Hill, Senator Major A. D'
Moore a.nd. Colpnel. Sa.macl' AftelCommWri '-. f
Wayne,' Richard CrpornTS'lor i Tofeori '
and Barnir-M 1 Kinniff.- Comm6nffi U l. .. "''' .
Lenoir, Simon . Brbtor.:: Senator I tl& rwl
and Mr; Etflerling, Comrtibftcrl. -'Cv Jy,r .-v
Jones, . DuranxHatch Senator f Arnoi johqfioir
and John T., Bryan tCtmm6ner8. ," :
Craven, ;Vaiiaml.Gafton; Senator; Ley! t)awfoa
and?JameaitJing,?arhmpncrs,;J , :
;Jow5:f,ewrlf.,,. Geprgc'.El'lii.''' -; '
ii Town of ,WiltningtoW, ofhua G.' Wright.
, -Towg of Halifix, Richard'H. Long. ' '
y, Statements? xotn jor "Umhtrs nf Congrefs
, . , . t . . Stanford. Strudutck.
Orange, . , 'v 44. ' ,57
Chatham, ' ? 649 f ; 249
Randolph,,; .?5$ 3
Pcrfon,; ,t 482 y.:ii$?i,-? :::
f , . f v . Majority for'Stanford S$i
FAYETtEflttfi'DijtRXCT.
Grove.
Cumberland, 677
Moore i 5 1 6
Robefon, 512
Richmond, ": 595 ,
. 'Anfon, . 7 16
Purvtance.
in
"9
-190
11
120
Majority fot Grove 21 9
' Wl t M 1 N G TCN1") 1 3TR t c T.
Hid.
Brutifwick, 2I6
New Hanover, 346
Onflow,
Duplin,
Sampfon,
Bladen,
532
201
4c5
3"
GilUfpie.
' 27
:245
87
431
53
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R A L E I G II, August 2, 1800.
patches were received fra-n Florence announcing thzt FuJeturntJromjbeSJeaton -frr Member s6f -the
vv.f i c v u(ivbiuiof uu unw. i - ,4 ncA JC flc fill J7ycl7iiy
-DcicaifrveTnTro, with conftclerable lots, and
that every thing was then fafe. Till Captain Stewart
failed, there were no new alarm, from any'recent fuc
cefi of -the.- Frerclf, and Lufitiefs went on in its ufuat;
covrfc, and great rejoicings were had. on account of
the fuccef3 of" the A u ft runs. I! They, rnuft therefore
have been in the higheft; degree furprifed to have re
ceived, in the mid!t of thir fecuiity, the account of
Buonaparte's . victory, of.the-. f8ih, if-true. But if
Melas was ignorant of the force and movement of ttTe
Tiench,"iid vvoiKer thatitbiypccp!e.houild be fo. r -
" " ExtiGtl f a letter' to. a gitiemiH- in tin ioftw dated
-xv;"1 ; Leghorn' June 13.
' Since the capture of Genoa, Buonaparte with 49
or " 4'676co. "men has mac! e a n" en try in t o TFaly", wlilcTT
to inucn tncitaied the fears ot the people of this coun
t y, that an entire ltdp waaxput. to bufinefs, aa they
weijrfjJtLBiihu arrival here.X: However, yjfterday
and this day-bunss-the intelligence of his af my ber
ing defeated two Generals ierrurier and Lake,
.w'th- 6pqo men, prifoners ; . many killcdand the reft
- flcdlowaids SwitVerland. The people oKTufcany
and the north of Jtalyj'averrifeii en'. roafie..'...that anW.
wehave nothing to fear, from that quarter.. X-
t Nolefsth.in i8co inhabitants died fn Genoa duF
ing the liege, for. want of provifiohs. - -
' I have j i'l feena letter from Bordeaux of May 4,
hich fays the cotnrnifno.iers;were fettling every thing
. )tr..entirc. fatisfacipn, and were t6 return. to Ame
. jrica thifctiril of this month, and that a fhip Had failed
flrpa iheac'c to the 113c ofTraac'' ' ' -
WW . s . - ... ...
or ttoDCton county, t-ol. Xtias tiarnes. benatori
.
Robert Haills and Hugh orown, Commoners. 0 1 r
- Mobre,-Malcolm M Neil!, Senator ; Jac6b Gafter
and' Murdoch' Marti'n,' .Commoners. ' r
" Richmond, D. M'F.arhnd,, Senator ; John Speed
and Stephen Cole, Commoners. -
Anfon, James Marlhall, Senator ; Ifaac Lanier and
Donald Rofs, . Commoners, . " ."1
Granville, Thomas Taylor, Senator ; Benjamin E.
Perfons and Sterling Yaftcey, Commoners.
Fraftklin, Jordan, Hill, Senator ; Brittain Harris
and Thomas Lanier, Commoner?, - .
Warren, James Caller, Senator ; James Turner.and
Thomas E. Stimner,-Commoners. '
Randolph, Henry "Branfon, - Senator . Mr, Bailey
lirTdMTchief H'Tyr"C6mmbner'8.
Djp'in, L. VVatkiii9, Senator ; Daniel GhlTon &
Charles Hooks, Commoners.
Sampfon. Jofiab Blackman, Senator j Jaa. Thompv
fun and -VWlliamClinton, Commoners. " :
Halifax county Major General Cat.ney Senator ;
Stalling Harwell and M. C. Whitaker, Commoners.
Northampton, John M. Binford, Senator; Mr.
Cotton and Mr. Pebles, Commoners.
Majority for Hill 884
IlMrr John" St
votes a Reprefcntative in Congrefs for Newbern Dtf
tricl, in the place of Mr. Spaight. :
Mr. Robert Williams is rc eledted by a great majo
rity, a Repretfentative to Congrefs for the counties of
Rockingham. Stokes, i-uny, Guilford, and Cafwejl.
General John Hamilton oppofed him, -
By a gentleman dircd from Halifax we learn that
Mr. Allluri vraa confideredto hayea mjrty-in-. that
diflridl-ra letter from a countyjn the dUtrift confirina
the fame. Mr. T Blount is the other candidate.
Mr. Archibald Henderfon it it eApeaed w'i'l h Tc
lleflHjfof" county' of Rowan
gave him neaily I COO votes, Major Matthews 250 &
Mr. Locke 241.
On the 2d of June, a difpatch from Buonaparte was
received in the Silting of the Council of State, ,in
which he flill affects the brief ftyle of Cafar Vem
vitieiic'i ! That of the Chief Conful, howtv.t r, is nei
ther fo explicit not ex pit ffive ' Tout ra un micux I"
; ' All goes on for the beiV4 " v ' ,' "
- 1' O R 3 A L E, .
BETWEEN no w;aird December next, the fubferi
fcer's well known valuable, plantation, including
upwards of 20c6 acres of land ; on which is a valuable
"Saw and Grill Mill Se?t, within 3 miles of Cape Fear
river, attended with the mbtt and beft timber of any
othc rfituation in the parts, accompanied with many
fine never failing fprings of cool watcr,and goodrange
for hoifes, htgs and cattle.
The order, conveniency, and fituation of the lan
fa(ion beings equal to anyother in the. parts. The
cult ivatcd fie 1 dbe i 1 1 g jt t Jea ftj; o a ere? , u nd e r g 00 d jji
cloTure, upPrTwliicirTt a largertwo.ftcryWe7"witF
a 'piazza and balcony, fixtien glafs windows, a" lrge
under cellar, two.laigc brick' 'chimneys,. vith fix fire
.places, moil comm (iioufly"adapted for plcafure and
fatibfaftion, and a number pf o;her out houfes, adjaPcnt
to an excellent fprtng, a beautiful choice apple and
peach orchard of more than fit hundred bearing
trees, many .other fruit trees, and a vineyard ,that will
yield at leaft. a hogshead of wine yearly, &c. Alfo the
plantation and houfehold utenfilj", a quantity of bee-,
hives, cattle, hogs, fheep.'geefe and goats, and many
othe'things too tedious to enumer?te all which, if.
not privately difpofed of . before the firft day of Decem
ber next,' will be expofed to public falc on that day.
r C , . l:.:.. -I - - JOHN POWERS.
RobeToWTnml'jtuJ'ltlXTCCr'. "
Nafh, John Drake, Senator ; Georffe Boddie and
Rcdmun Bunn, Commoritrs. . X
? Rockingham, Henry Scales, Senator ; Drury
Smith and Jofhua Smith, Commoners.
Guilford, Hance Hamilton Senator ; Samuel Lind
fey and Jonathan Parker, Comtfioncrs. .: "-', '
- Stokes, Peter Hairiton, Senator Charles Banner
and Henry Dobfon, Commonert, - . v, .
STATE of NOR.TH CA ROLIN A,
FaYETTEVILLP. DlSTtlCT.
l' VrXp.Term,
S 1800.
T"MatthT;Hicks,' vs. Charles Mcdlock. -
The Defendant's death fuggefted leave for iht Com
plainant to revive by bill, with notice by publication
in the Minerva. - r-. ". " 1 ' , - ; ;
-NOTICE is therefore given, that at Apt il Term, "
1 800, the bill of revivor of Martha H'cks aforcfaid,
againft Agatha Medlock, George Medlock, "and Wm.
Jordan, as the Executors and Rcpreftntatives of the -faid
Charles Medlock, was filed in the effice of the -Clerk
and Mafter in Equity, for the Diftiift aforefaid,
in the townt of Fayettcvillc, afoicfaid, to flitch all i -perfont
concerned are bound fo attend- . -- 1.
GEORGE MUMFQRPj c, rfP . t. .
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