North Carolina Gazette

              n o r t k-c a r o k i n a gazettf vol 9 saturday auguft 23 1794 (^ 450 london may 12 revolution in poland thk following articles ai*e coplf.fl fr^m the bi-:pl in gazette of i he 3ct.i ult a s the infurreaion of madalinskw jl and lozciusko growseven day rrore ferious than was though at fitft we hope a ih ri account of the begin»:n ot this re volution will not be un vefcome ro our rea <'•■.: — brigadier m.«d a llnsky a south rruifia by birth had fince june 1793 not rcc ivca ny pay for his troops lait febru ary he went to wjhuw to make his com p aints end to demand the fiim owing to him he received part of it butwasiold at t'le fame time a great part of the polilh amy fho^id be fiibanded and he and his brigade an-iop.g t e reft i-t this he wss irritated and the ruffian general igel stroft.1 cft-ired ro rake him and his b.i ade hvo t e ruffian fervice aruidefied him to ccme with hit rr><:n to warfaw madalinscy promifed his and r turned to mala a ; but initead rs paying h s men vi h the mone he rece/v.d at warfaw he treated the neighbouring nobility and tri^d to perfuade them to rife againft p.uf fia andrujij and told them that himtfe/f being a south rruffi n it would be an eafv matter for h m to bring abcur an ir.fur r-dion in that country ; and laid he was lure every one wou;d follow his par:v js fjori as he ihould ma e his appearance he was oiag to purfue the fame plan in great 1'rlnd lie aid that genera kozcjusko who had two regiments of infantry and ca v.vv with him would do the fame in cri co'-v kti i sendo . ir ; and as madalinficy had rov-'.cd i'ru lia he would go to da c~w to join ko2ciu(ko and tien march v.nercvci any reu lance houlrl be made accordingly on the iit of march mada liniky marched frcm mala'wa at the head cf i^comen bur nor as he had promi'ed to gnu'ra igelftro'em to proceed to v?r faw bur in the n'ght of the 14 th furpriz d t!ie pru'.tian village of szernfk it;e following n ght lie furprized wiflogrod arid at that pz on the 18 h pait d the river weichfei and wen to sachaczew t ok t\c fait duties which rhe pruflians had co lecled there snrt ordered that all rhe fo reign co 1 e&orsof duties fhou'd leave v ourh pruffia or e]f at his return he would treat t em as n mies from hence he purfued his mar : rowards inow'o z in all theie places madalin&y fopnd imail piquets of pfjl ms :\ is ufual in a 1 front er towns co fiftsng of from 20 to6o men e>ch part ly huitars partly i fantry 1 , but withou any artli'try'or ammunition excepting what was in their cart uch boxes jhe*e f:n;i!l parties lei g unab.'e to make any refiftance v ere of courfe o ged to give way before 1 body oi 1200 men at inowiorz rhougii fltare were only about 40 pruftin they contrived to re-ard the march of madjlin ile for m re than ha'f an nru by d drov ing pnrt of t ! - bridge till at aft a party of pol n ers fu am acrefs the river and cjine up on ihcir r.-ir i he pruffians at the lame time having tx-.«ended all their ammu nitiori were obliged to furre.»der had they been able to have hood only a few hours long r perhaps mada'infky's nfur r cl on mi h hav terminated here as the battalion ol heinrkh two companies of fuzi!eers o ._ : fwa!d wiih two pieces of c on and a party of 1 renck's huftv un der the command of col buodtnbrock were on their march thither ; but the in fantry being much fa-'gued with forced inarcnes could not conie up in time a;id madalinlky d:d not top a moment longer than was n j ceitiry to refreih his troops trenck's huffars however were up in time enough to mau foiuc of his rear prifoners — the reft of the b:riy proceeded for opoc eno and : udr.wze in end mir in w ici later place midaliufkygci ho.'dofthe po lifli cheft which contained so.oco crc • ; aid al o four > i ces ci iron ordi nance ; after ivkico ej • tied generaihuz t.uflco at csacow in the dtfiei«nt fk fmifhes on ijjs ma^ch tocr.cow irepiuflians oiti k^d and 105 piifoners amoi&g wi cm weiv b.e of ficers i he piiioncrs howter vs fcnee been let at liberty ori l.eir pa e no to erve againft the patriot the pruffians have taken four pv:iiih uiricers a.,d 50 pr vates while theie matters were tranfa&ing gent r 1 kozciufko with r s tro p , was near ciacow and the r'l.i an which confuted of 60 men l.<iv ng evacu ated it he 100k p-.-ff ffion of it in t e m rket place he addreffsd'be inhal iiants imeatng them o i>.ge his troops and join him n the defence of ris country after this he went to r e town hci.f , whert hewasrecaived by a g at amber of po!ii~h nobility w o were afiembied here jhefen.ade him ccn»mar<d r in chief f the troops collecled fur lieera ing polar j j 2nd h took he caths h.s army them a - fo o k theojihs to lbcr;:c their country after which ubferiptions were opened t,r rai.ing money prcvifions and recruis the quota 10 e fan iii.ej by craccw alcac was 5 a ecruits du^'ikg hele tranfaftipns in the esftern part < f foiand which is next to pruffi aid aufl.ia tl.e 1 me troubles broke cut : n warfaw itfeif bi is were circulate v hich beoran with the wcrtis " long live in a 1 alinfky iaci koz rufe 1 at the fame time a grca numb r of fofifh ioldiers arrived th-.re in fmall parties pretending that they were upon furi u t an«j thaj : he y nad on:y come to nefide a few days at wari'aw till they ihould join their regiaientsi upon tl.e time pretext many others whohadnevef bee i in the army p it on t gimentals c ■ nerai igelltroem ordered rhat the ioici.ri fhould iraniediately join their ie ! p live re giments and that thofe who we.e not foi ciers ihou d lay alihe tne uniform — the latter part of his ordev was coinp idd i h but tm fo'diers ibil continued to conceal themfelves in warfaw till an oppor unity prefented for their riling againlt the ruffians whom they at lalt drove out of warfaw the king did e e y thing in his power to queil the inlrrcclion but it was ah eddy becone too form tiabie since the ffcir.miih v.hich took place at raclawice thirty miles from x.cav none of he proceedings of general kozcr\;fico have reached warfaw excepilg that he h s ntercepted fever^l couriers v e re however affurcd that his iorce confifta of 8000 fold ers befides 5060 poli(h gentle men who have turned out as volunteers the ruffians have to eppofs him about 70-0 men under genenl den fow a d tor manf w which before the infurreaion i-.t warfaw had received ?. reintorcement of 9 co men the whole ruiti.n and prulnai troops in poland amount to about 30,000 and reinfor.emen s are aily expected in the arienal at warfaw the ii-furgentstook 400 or according to fome accounts 900 pieces of artiiery in south pruffi 1 rn r'.fing has taken place though madalinffey had faid that the whole people in that quarter would he inftantly up in arms many nobles who had been im piifoned h.re on iufp don of their bci ac ccitary to his plan have fince bee liberated major dziarnanewfki one of them who was confined at graudenz r t nuin ilill in cuito dy prom the weichsell april 2d koiciuflio has eolrencbcdhimfcif in the ne ; g'bourhood of cracow waning for rein forcemei ts ; and it is faid thst gen razu jfity and ca ky arc on their way to join him wiih 4000 men a houfe be:ong ; ng to prince adam cz artorinfky has been pium.ered by the ruiuns on the pretot if his ion being imong the iiifurgents at crarow hi the infur<edli.nat vvariaw a nephew of the i ufiian general igeiflroem was killed the insurgents count uron the neutrality o auftria and hope to be affiiied by tha r > urkc certain it is rhc turk fo fcr:ref s cf choczim has been reinforced wiih 5000 men ; and aiio v at a camp has been orm e along the river ligs which is occupied ty the bofuiaus the meft warlike mong v e 1 u kiih ro ps large magazines have been fo med at jsfly for the turkiih troops ; ana the prince of moldavia and \\ sl.chia has rece ved < rders frrm ti.e port . to g v c afriendly lecept.on to ihe infurgent fhmld an of them be obliged to feck re u e hcrc in ■ onf,qu.nce of this the au&rians a-.e colkaing a large ior.e on tie lurk fu fnn ticrs ludicrous pun-jhment infiiffe i on a titled sogu — the j refu nptivo h : r toascotch p cr ige h..vin been ieized in thr 1 very ac of cheating an l i igrant of ranlc a play the ' ompany coniidered in wh t ma:;ner bt fliou'd bepurifhed one fuggefted kick ing o hers w'.fhed to tavq him before a ma g it rate ; but the french ariftocrat w'th vh;t ?\ r eu:kc c ms a gererous ntten ticn to rank propold that thecii cumitance fho d no be nude public it he would fub mit to h ve the " ott'endirg nar.d ' bian-:".ed with an f the initial of friponj tjie idea w.is no iv-oner mentioned than acceded to by the cu pr:t and the frenchman hea ted trie pektr ex.cuted it with " s^ns cuorte barbarity 1 he spartan boy ne ver fuffered more heroic coni^anak th-»n this oper;t:oa was iub.nuted to by the rnodt-rn creek dublin may if the port of t^h k ng:^om are opened for the importation of corn iothec;roht relief ci 1 e inhabita ts of this city w;.ere bread i no.v 2d per pound — tj.e dufj on the lm p station 1 of foreign wheat is about is yd jer barrel ai il on br.tiih flour is 8d per hundred the importation of corn from great bri uin becoming legalized on saturday laft the 10th i ftant in conftquence of th gc neral a eimge pri e ■ raouaiing f o that laid down in the com a^l iheeii r ior and bet y of tarmontb captain jones laden v'vh wheat rrrivtd in this iiarbour from lon don on that dav and many other veilefs loaded with the time commodity are « x peclied to arrire ciai y from that and otner er.giilh j or;s i he d parity in the price of wheat and flur in the london and dublin markets muft make the impo tation of thef articles th ther while thepn ient demand continues a vei y profitab'e branch of commerce — m london accoroing to the laft returns the average p^ice 1 f wheat was fo moderate as 49s 9a per quarter — here with anunem ployed poor it is neariy double the fum it is not a lit tie remarkab'e that the op eration of the co n laws wasiongfince fore told by flic i3:e henry fiood in the houfe of commons ke predicted th.it it would only be benefi ial to theariftocracy end it would enabltthemillerandthe monicd n^.an to enter into combination to ihe great in jury ot the community years have fince e up ed a d now i«.r flood*s prdidion is fulfilled fucha combination las aclualiy taken pi ce anj in a year of aboundance the j.ur>iic kwe a fmaller lo^f than at any time h rrto.ore in the memory of uie oidsft perfon living