North Carolina Gazette

              n o rt h-c a r o l i n a g az e t t e vol %) saturday may 24 17^4 (** 437 fhe banifh court to demand an exp-icit an fv/er refpecling the inten ions of i denmark vi.h refpecl to the french hepublic i he reafon ot this is dared to be that a danifh eitel bound from copenhagen to france being lat?!y captured by one oi uie cruizers fomeof ths lures ve.e found to bear a mark as having belonged o the royal arfe nal of that place march 3 an aftie'e from frank ort appears in a german paper brought by rh laft rr»ail,{ta fing that the circle at suabia had met at uim wpon the king of prufiia late propo fals with which they had abfolute.'y refufed to comply from bradenburn leveral circumftances as ate mentioned as indicting that the k ; ng of pru'j?a will go no more to the rhine : lo which it l added that that mo narch will nor uiff r a fingle recruit to go to the army tili tr>e lui fidics he has de manded are fortii coming jilarch 4 the fiencli have f read themfelves into auftrfan luxembourg either to caufe a di verfion or to fi rm a cordon round that important for re's which is its capital the ftate of the armies en the rhine and in flanders con tin ae unvaried on the freiuh fide we are certified b new decrees an • provifions that the defertion from the troops of the maf are numerous and alarm ing every thing is dill quiet but the iky s io v a d he.vy the element is fmooth ut a hoilowroar viorates on the car and the agitation o ihe air prepares us lor the burft • in of the cloucl and the violence of the whirlwind note from the secretary oj sic n if the republic of ctnoa pj ihe britijb confitl mr confal i am ordered by the moll serene govern ment of genoa to late to you the moll extreme uneafinefs with which they fee the . daily difficulties and obstacles wluch sic thrown in the way of the geroefe mer chants and all tfiofe-who undfr the prc.ec tion of theneu^rriiity of ihe republic are employed in this ufeittl and honourable em pfoyment . - i am farther ordered to to yotl the furprize and grief which have bten communicated to the mind of the mo,t se rene government by the events of that cv r on which hbftile praftices were praqiied ith a violation of the genoele territory i he mod impartial conduct and the moft exact neutrality -, a neutrality fo advanta geous to the britiih hips in the port of ge nda afforded the mod serene government llrong grounds to expect from great bri tain a treatment of a very different nature i am commanded sir to declare to you that whenever the englfh vtflels hall en deavour tochace any fhips v\ithin the reach of the cannon of the forts they will imme diately be tired at conformably to the edict of neutrality and to the univerfally acknow ledged rights of nations the mod serene government defires that you will communicate fhefe determinations to thebritifh minifter mr drake in order that they may be tranfmitted tohs court from which a fcru reparation for the aggref fions;committen by our marine commanders is expected signed the secretary of state of the iv od serene government of genoa albany extraclofa letter from an cfcer ihe u nited states cavalry to his friend m this an ** state of kentucky lexingtc n «' march 5 1794 « the main body of our army is cantoned on the s v branch of the miami fix miles advanced of fo:t*jei:'erfon and eigh ty from the river ohio — we have alf o an eltabiifh;.d pod on the field where general clair was defeated . the difficulty of transporting forage f r the cavalry to the head of cur line induced the cn'mjnander in chief to fend us to this place for winter quarters ; and where we found people of fafliiunand hofpitali y we have been or dered fi on this laft mouth anj reached head quarters a.t greenville the 16th ult it was intended the light ireops fhould make an e\curfion i;i the enemy's coun.ry ; deftroy their towns and eltablifh garrifons c lean affure you fir we are prepared tog'.ve'the tawny fons of the wildernels chace but unfavoi able weather prevented jn confequence of which the dragoons were remanded to their winter cantonments where we arrived the firft inflant after a march cf one hundred and lixty miles •« ihe intention of the commander in chief wi!i bee.'edled no doubt by the legion uniefs ufturances'of peace flop the intended blo.v " avrcfls have raged at head-q'iartcrs feme refignations have been accepted everal officers have beencafla'ered and oi hers have laliun by duelling the day before i left head quarters a duel was fou;.ht by a lieu tenant in the firft fub ; egion wi h an officer of the f.,me grade belonging to the third waich terminated in the fudden difll.lution of both : this will caufe a vacancy for the promotion of my friend v r several va.uab'e ofii ers lay in the dufl who have been hot in angle combat — and it appears that neither the f v-re penalty of the law ror regard tor a future ftate is any reftraint on rlus falhion n'cn of fierce courage and of hign fpirits often upon trivial cir cumitancee feek for prompt revenge which proves fatal in its confequences — it is tc this prac-icc efficeps in general afcribethe r;entiencfs and complaifance accompanied with thai rtipechul attention of one < fficer to another and which it is faid renders cur gtuatvon in the army more agreeabla than it would be without this cuoom : hut vv.at ays found reafon and phiiofophy v r e certainly often get rid of troublefome men in mis way but they generally lay afide good characters before they fall oar army is in high fpirits and have the greatefl en fide nee in the commander in chief as well as in the other general of ficers r l he cavalry is well formed and is molt sflfuredly a very fine corj s the re ggnation of major rudolph our comman dant of i oife i confuler a great lofs ; he was an officer of talents and high reputation in the army he left the fervicc and depart ed for france where i be eve he arrived in feafon to fee the glorious defeat of the combined armies by the bare-legged free men of the french republic , " cur park of artillery is in ample order officers generally well appointed and mer properly chofen for the fervice •« the infantry and rifl men cannot be excelled in cifcipline and martial appear ance . . ...... " if england fhould drive us to the extre mity to obtain conipenfaticn for her pira ti cal captures of american veflels ; and hof tihtie commence on our part i do bclier cur army can reduce all the polls from de troit to quebec but fir i fincerely hope the calamity of war may be avoided and that trat haughty and imperious ration may fatisfy our citizens for her unlawful feizurcs ** hatisf-iction to our commercial men will net anfwer alcne — we muft not fuffer the weftern pcft to remain in the poftefiion of the britifh the partial viarwe lac heretofore carried on againitthe inriians i-f continued will cxhault millions of mok^ry l on d on match & . /\ dvices were yederday received from / \ bruffels of to iate a cate as the 3d inft p.t which tiofie no intelligence had arrived thereof anv action of importance on the frontier — the fldrmiihes of tiie advanced rods were continued as ufual with lofs of n en on both gees and whh alternate fuc ce's at dru.t '., irwm rr$<rrf*<n that aco-d ! r f to the p ii of operations concerted with cjl fvlaek the french were immediately to •- att ici . ' in heir 1:6ft prominent point t w is a o believe ' there that inft ructions of the f»rn i n ort had been received by the 1 - nch genera's from the committee of fabiicfafety un ler fuch circttmftances « general en pragej erst rrv he confrdered as un avoid a lie — it was expected to take place on tendsy la but the mention of any parti cular day cam o.iiy be received as matter of conjecture ten thoufand more men are to be taken from the productive labour of scotland a-id converted into foldiers — the ;\ i i ia of england are to be doubled or at leait nearly fo 1 his dreadful drawback on the true we ith of the country is never taken into the account by thofe who iicct to calculate the exp^nces of the war and yet s'i this fhould be confidered as fo many millions of money voted to government as a fupply as to the bloo i of our fellow creatures that makes no figure in the efti rnate 1 he french have their new plan for the prsfent campaign as well as the combined princes oi europe they are lodeciaie all auflrian flanders bfabant liege c une t ;".'■•:' integrante de la republiaue ; and it is p able that this decree hss already puf fer a n e'invnnry to the attack on the r"mics that all the friends of france in thofe countries may be roufed to join them . but what i of more confequence to their c ui v - 1 •■■; have fucceeded in procuring an arm^d neutrality switzerland denmark sweden and vcn : ce have entered into a negociation for maintaining the rights of v itions wounded violated and infsilted bv belligerent powers and to this confe deracy they have invited america fiorenee genoa and all other sa'es foo have b?en ineffectually bullied as well as thofe now at w r who have been diced to idd to the tyranny of the courts who call them feiv s tr»cir friends tj coniequsr.ee of this league howe ver fe b!e ir may appear in comp-uifon wirh tl^e numerous powers who are combined for the maintenance of privileges a^init pri ciples will be formidable when the czv.['z is examined the preamble to their conjunction mnflbe that they dared to pre fer the bleffings of peace the horrors of war and their lang\rage to the prince will m turally he — l you may entail thels horrors on ycur fubjects white we contenr our felves with fecuring to other peop ] e the en joyn^cnt of indullry a?iy plenty you may carry on daughter and defolate the earth while we carry on its con.merce and thrs while the princes ot europeare fpiiin the blood of thoufands for theories that will not bear the ted of reafon the iveutral states will derive all the blelun^s of which they are deprived a new memorial has been d patched to equip a fquadron of eight iail of the line and four frigates to a£l in co junction with that ot denmark for the protection of trade and for caufmg rei'peel to be paid to rhe neutrality of both kingdoms ; the united fquadrons will make a fleet of 2 fail of the line independent of frigates ; this meafure bv no means breathes good will to the con cert of princes a^ainit france ' the regent of sweden has refolved t