ver wrong, abfnr d, vmiifuve, and "contra
dictory, boldly maintain the certainty of the
foods of. the French in Germany. .They
pronounce the Auftrian General in chief a
hy, And all his raeafures as weak and defti
tute ofvifdoin and Gwierallhip. - .
, m.c uum opinions, aitogetner-independent
of men, ' determined to have no guide . bu t
ruin. W e eealure one party, when evident-
tejctog' for -iJefenfc-:. and lelf government,
France : hid'bur beiti.hes for iaccefs but,
now Ttie Iks 'become mii ' of ths rmd.tnrd.tv..
raife
thefierrc cf Mantua or fall tinhn rhp rr)rw f c- r . . 7 1 V - .
. ; v. r: A-'onnnrro: Tallica oc to be
rearot OUOliaDartf: VrorrifnniPhmrin rnr . 1 ' . -
i .. , - .. : . " r-i -v,n,.wc in orr to nrevent inv let-
rants-r me.ot tn&gartiliomng prderscon
1 tendinis for' moreieri'Lor v Jot her 1 Vlf r rirW-
i r it fi u.iia,. tne merits
of the confctf. arc - totally changed,-a id good -men
mutt dehVe to fee her nroTeets defeated.
i -vut .iiuwui itgai uuig .iqb merits or tne
cotroveriy. ierus examine the Drobabilitv.
of tucccf to thepbns of the French Diret--.
toryr vv e -mail loon knpvv the real itateor,
V fate or the two coiite'ding parties;-.'. - :,
, intention oi tne trench was, to puili
-tn armies puuiy into lt.aiy . and Germany,
-aim uy . gi-cpi. cuuris,'ienaer victory certain
i in; f , t luppoieu , would compel
tae xutcs ot. Italy, and Germany, into a
iep.irute;'aCe,,'''rthus ' reducing . the- power.
ot noitna, ; ana terrifying the bmperor"
iniu a c-tc, un mei
r , own terms, be-
. j
lorfe hcouid liaye; time, to tbrm new. Um,
or m;;lorceints inro airion- It , was
fthriirbjcdmight'luLcecd ;Ttlie"ihan-
lait advices, this appears to have been done
So far as we can yet judge fronj events, ai-d J
uit j-uiiiiuiioi me armies, we may pic
nounce the plan of the Arch Duke to te good
genen-lllvp.---1 j inay prcye (btherwifeT; Fur
at any; rata appearances are in favor of it.
it hasbeen iuffueitedthata divMiou of Mo-
reau's army may utercept : Prince Charles,
and cut ort his retreat towards Bavaria. But
this luppofes that Mareauxan ipaf e a ; large
partoius-ajraylhiHj'iaf
peror can fend no reintbrceme'njti! hejaL
ters from reachirlor the XSWfinrv sf
belore theirs,bjhewere difappoinud in
their hopes.,,; I informed the-government as '
jooii as tney.
On my arrival in tKis citv. I was 'arrrfl-ed'
and conducted to the cattle of Ha, the mer
chants of the city bailed me ; I met withthe
moft d4ftigu:ihed reception : the whole, city
can,e to meet me, the admiral's Ihip hoifted
the broad nenrfmr m-hpn T
net - 1 ,i' . . . . -
" 1 he'liril bpii;ations of fuch .a plan- cduid
-nraiy iui w weeeed 5 as the f rench had the
advantage of timeini frcrccy ivery thmV
i X -w V1UU1 V
v . ; ' . 1 iiu, 11 v, 'is.ouvious tnat
great' obitatles vyould prelent themfclves to
uie e&ecutloa of. the deugn; 1 When the
I're'ich Armies had broken through theAuf
H V ; ''- .. 41.UUIC) nicy
ind aconudcrable fpace c,f open country to
1 r j verie', in which few difficulties occurred.
"Gut tae .right wing, under Buonaparte, had
to cucouiuer very difficult roads .in Tyrol,
i;i,d 'even lLould he pals all the mountains and
4.:..iws, u mm; dc oone oy hard fighting and
" i.f.aier.ic; iois. The Auiirians difputing eve
if nv.lt of ground, retarding then' march,
, and they retreated, drew nearer to the
Amtriah territories,, where fupplies and re,
i; icrcciutn;s't.re at: hand, while the French
Were ubrclilag farther from their own" re
fouTcesw v very sWp of the French ihefeafed
their danger, andlcfleued that of thc-Aullri-an
; ' : : . .: .. j. : , . , !
' Nloreau m th? centre7, and jourdan on the
left! were for a tiuje ,eo1u.ily iVtcefsfal,- but
i.s thty vK'dncTd, they. were fubject ro the
-.ptV'??11!?"?' country ,-and
to''thiiiVcohmi'enctc ddficuh roads, whVli
'iivreafed as theyVa'puacbeJ Auilriaand Eo.
hcaui. V' j ;;. : . ., .
4;Vi:at could, thr AtlHart Generd do. in
the movent of uniyefal defeat J . t , was nc.
ciliary fovTi'iii'to turft the tide ofi'uciel, lit
inUr to g'Ae.cburagc to.ihe Auiirian forces,
.
w-s 00 ahern.Miyc.: i he Auitrian forces.
e.tk-nd by -a frric? of difaltors, were not
co::i;-fem to i;i;ct thV whpfc of the three
l;rencH;armiatonceJt wa iiecciTiry to
wcAcn their focetn p.ic point, to llrengthcn'
it m anc wt rt' and check m u log of the ad-
t vanung wetny. , 'i he jrolicy oi thU fcttci to
U jitd-iisd by.ihffe caumllanccs U
Ka dangcx tculd accrue from Morcair
. aiiv.'.ue'.t, as thatili'vilMofihe anuy wuit
. tiuct a great boJy of rciiJorccments Jroai
' Audria and l!iMg-ry. ' On tb o.her wkr
. a defeat of J(urdan,4f it did not compel Nloi
,t xzim torcutat, would give ue fplrks to the
Adiirun, ;
... At that moihcntVa r 'vival of fpVltiamog
t'.e AuUrki wa equal to a h?rt cf rcnfon.c'
mcnt and aaua1,!) would be, the mjatn of
r-ihngVolunucrai.wcU as nvv Iojci in
greater numbers t
, A fni of o 1 j win oTCxi frc:ich mi S
tl o rtdutatheKingprNaplei to brc-k the
VTf.idke, and Wauhjo or jo,oco trcopstd
wiltproblbTyprove, t
1.1 trout, by thj month of Ottcb';r, Would
ce i'uhy fuiticient to face Moreau andBuon 'i
partej in Kavaria) and the Tyrol", With ah
their forces. ""f '
'A hefe 'conjectures fuppofe no interpofiticn
of the Empreis and the King of rruifia. An
interference ot one or the other, 'or both
would "materially chance the ilpect of aftairsl
After all, it is proper that we at this d':f
tan'ce ihould be niodelt. in living opini. ns,
on iiich great iandxoinplicated operations, in
countries hot well known by ui It . is not
fate to pronounce "politivcly ou plans or cha
faclen. We have fnggeUed only th pro
, bability, in our opinion that the Fi-eiieh arm.es
Will be compelled to abandon Germany oa
the Kight of the Rhine, and Italy too, before
the dole of the campagin
v. November i . '
. Capt. Pearfon, of the brig Mary, from
Gutdaloupe, lalt from Anguilla, 24 daySj
informs that the French cruizers capture all
Americans that fall" in their way -that he
faw two taken under the guns of the fort at
Guadalonpe ; and was intormed that ab uit
iiKty velfftls had been carried into ht. Bartho-
lomews. AH the coatts of the French Ifiands
are infefted with thefe picaroons many of
them very fmall and mounting only a fwivel
in their bow.'
It is with regret we announce the csptute
of our vcflels in the "Welt Indies by the
French- The Britilh have,.. in compliance
with the treaty rut aneiid to the Capture and
The conttitutrd authorities, the
of-t he-1 anohmd 1 erfnrtes 7rinvtim: ;
and offered "me their ftrvxes", tbey told toe,
1 that, aitonilhed at my fetting otffor St. Dc 1
mmgo, with commiffaries ; J thev had ever v '
I moment expected my. return to France, tha:t
iuty maue a great diltincUon between me and,
tiioie raitals.- .:, "V; -'.:', - .. .
I have been tyanfported fi-ona St. Domirt- to
go, becaufe I AVijhed, to prevent the diforder '
and roooLrv v. hirK w'
exerciu', becaufe I wiflied-tbf return of or
der, becaule I fpoke in favour of the return;
of; the proprietors; v. ho are : not emigrants
and whole habitations a're MnriApreA V"
t aule I was for transferring the feat of wr
into the foreign colonies, and for eft ablilhing;
1 ctxc m our. own. . : f
1 he Diredlory x)f the Republic, afts hcrcF"
"with iirmvefs, anditsftcps feci'ire a good cf
: feel, it itrikes the terror ill, j-r-the late coh-J "
, . n- u aty Oi Douceur has dlcoyered many cuiltv-:
wanvnuiieA unu jue uianc are concerned in the
plot .: this excites no Turprife, when we con
" iiJer the plans they have framed for the to- "
Ionics, and v l:at they Ay ill do there, they
have drawn around them all the rafcals of
the colonies, and of he old and new worlds
I lliall give no details of Ojiir .fucceffes j ;our
armK 6 continue to be triumphant. .
1 ou mr.y publ:w mv letter. ' .
N O U p O L K, i November, 22. .
ocean.
PHIL AD E LPHI Afi7thNtv.
T R A N S L A T.I O Ni
Citizen P. A. Adct informs his ftllovci
tkens, that by order of the Executive I)i.
rccicry, he has to-day notified the becretary
, cf State, the jupenfion of the functions ol the
Minuler Plenit otentiary of th2 French Kc
public, near the. United States ot America
and that in confequcncc of the laid fupci.li
0.1, they mua from this day, addrefs their
deuiandi or claims to the Conful General or
thc'psrticubr Confuls of the Rcmiblic.
At Philadelphia, the 25th Brumaire, the
5th year of the French Republic, one
and hidivifible, (the 15th November
1796, O. S.)'
Ry the notification figned P. A Adct in
this day's papcrlt appears, that the NUnif.
tcr of the French Republic has by order of
bis government fufpended hiv rhiniftcrtal
funclidns here. Mr. Adet'i ncte comuuni.
eating this dctrrminaibrt lus b;6n handed to
ujforpubltarion. let length prcvenii its.
'immediate ptiblkation ; but to fatif the im
patience id the publ:c we (hall give in a day or
two aHrftch ot' jucontentsi The. duTatu.
r facTw 11 cf the Fremh gocrnmcnt aj the ton.
unci 01 our executive toward them u tli
Juror.
Yefterday arrived the fchoone'r Amazoa, -
condenmauon (four veilels, except when Sept. 9, faw two brigs to the fouthvvardof
carrviiin on contraband trade i fo that it is i TnKi thp,, Kln-,;,, . u c j . ,,
a rare thing to hear ot their leizmg American J 29th, fpoke one of the brigs, -whom. '
veilels. A fewinllantcs occur, and this! formed that he lett the other with her colours
hardly can be avoided, as neutrals are always i flying in dillrefs, being d ove infide of the
employed mpre or lcls ..in illicit trade ; and ; J anUer's-lllar-ds Reefs, this brig he expefted
.... .h .W.M Ml II . T J UU Lilt. V' -IV I II III I IX III'TITITI I IAI. I III. ' J I
. v " ."iijiiiwii wvn 1 1 111. n use npar-
the Coxcombs, the floop , capt. jobe:
Creen, from Kingfton, bound to Alexandria,,
out 18 days Oct. 14th fpoke the fd;oonet
Saily, oi New-York, from Kingfton, boundl
to the Havanna the captain and tvo4lave4 .
had died orf Cape-Antonia ; on chc 27th,
fpoke'a fchebner from Havanha, w ho had ta
ken out the crew of the brig Sally, of New.
oi k, that had foundered olf Cane . Anthnta
the khooner was bound for the Havannafar
provilions.il-?Mov. 17th, fpoke the fchoonr
Eoiton, capt. Clark,, in lat. 36, ,20, from
Cape Francois, lhjucd' to Philadelphia, whe
fupplicdcapt. Chapman Vithprov;fionsI
Lalt evening arrived the Icbooocr Three
Jofephs, captain . Bramble, ip days from
Oaudalour'e ; tapt Bramble inform tltat all
i lhe riench emigrants, were ordered to leave '
St. Bartholomews, and it was fiippofed the
French intended to take . poflcfCoi).
The tngliih had made , no preparation for
attacking Gaudaloupe all their naval force.
cre coilctling at Matunique, butitWainot
Mtun lur wnac cxpcuiuon.-,
'1 he French capture ill American ; vcflcl
botmi to an Englfli port,' who have French
fupcrcargocs 011 board, or are addrtflcd to
any of the French Emigrantii' ' :
ground ot the mcafure.
''-'' Ndrmhcr iy t V
rfrcrlbtedfnmth Courier French. ) '
Extract-of a letter from Gen. I). Rocham.
Urn, t.t ere oThU fricndi In this city.
CcjiU tfltitt Dturfaux, the 4b Cement.
-1 am fafe arrived here after a palfye of
46 day 1. '1 he agents of the F.:;eiutive