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Title	North Carolina Gazette
Masthead	North Carolina Gazette
Date	1794-11-22
Month	11
Day	22
Year	1794
Volume	9
Issue	462
Technical Metadata	Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was
Creator	F. X. Martin
Date Digital	2009-04-07
Publisher	F. X. Martin
Place	United States North Carolina Craven County New Bern
Type	Historic newspaper
Source	Microfilm
Format	JP2
Project Subject	State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive
Description	The Saturday, November 22, 1794 issue of the North Carolina Gazette a newspaper from New Bern North Carolina
Rights	Public domain
Language	eng
OCLC number	601566693

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Title	North Carolina Gazette
Masthead	North Carolina Gazette
Date	1794-11-22
Month	11
Day	22
Year	1794
Sequence	1
Page	1
Technical Metadata	Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 2004099 Bytes
FileName	18cen03_17941122-img00001.jp2
Date Digital	4/7/2009 7:14:57 AM
Publisher	James Davis
Place	United States North Carolina Craven County New Bern
Type	Historic newspaper
Source	Microfilm
Format	JP2
Project Subject	State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive
Description	An archive of the North Carolina Gazette a newspaper from New Bern North Carolina
Rights	Public domain
Language	eng
FullText	nor t h-c a r o l i n a g a z e t t e vol p saturday november 25 1754 at 462 hague auguft 10 we learo bv letters from zealand that the french about 400 in number hare taken fort ifabella fituare on the maritime dyke of dutch flanders about jktli a league from fort philippine letden auguf 7 . the tatefl advires from the rhine con cur in rating that the imperial and pruffian ! i.-r.-.iei have renounced all further optrati j oiis on the left bank of that river concert j rating themfelvef and in th\t pofition j keeping on the defenlive for tiiis pur : poie manhehn has been put in a ftate cf j fic^e ; and mentz is to have a garrifon of j 10,000 aufirians \ \ london augvfl 14 ; the larcderrve of hztt caffel has 0h1 \| f \ all his fubje<3ts able to bear arms to form j therafelvca into regiments he has alfo j marked out a camp for 40,000 men near \| eer^en whuii is 10 cover frankfort audits 4 ftrio lieba 17 3 auguf 8 a fea;.ort in t'ie dutchy of ccur'and } a cor;?s of 12.000 poles rnoft regulars uh thirty pieces of cannon and two mor tars enrered this town on the 6th inft \| the ruffians were drawn up in order of battle before this place and tried to difpnte the paft.tge but they were foon overpow ered andpur'ued with fuch fpirit by the po lilh iroops that very few or them efcaped 1 l'ne very moment uit i'oies i^o poueut or ( ofliebau a kuflian hip arrived ; the crev feeing liebau occupied by the poies was rnrdly able to efcape as the poies kept j up a heavy fire of artiiiery on them another report mentions that po'angen j on the baltic fea is occupied by a corps of i io,coo poles which expofes in fome de gree eaft pruffia a::d particularly iviemcl i a pruflian fortrefs and harbour j breda aug i-i yeflcrday the french made a general at tack on all cur out polls and after obiti j mte engagement on both fnks the frencn j retired > grubin auguf 8 ; the poles approi ched yeflerday within two miics of titii place the ruffians con m r.c!ed by the heroic krufalo went out to m et tho enejny but they were forced : to retreat liehau is occupied by the l oles fines the 6th inftant auguft 9 in ihe engagement of he 7th jnft the b-ave lieuu col kurfa'ow was mortally wounded betides one officer and twenty fix rank and file taken prifeners by the poles ' hey began on the morning of the sth inft to cannonade the ruffian poll about two miles from liebau and re-took foon after their former pofition at noon ano ther canonsde commenced on a ruhian battery in the neighbourhood of liebau and continued till four o'clock when the ruffi ans began to retreat in good order ; they were nurfued by the poles half way to this town thro 1 which the marched quietly in the evening vienna auguft 9 this article tranflated from an hamburgh paper fnews that the chiefs of the cru fide againft france arc as much harrat ui at home as abroad } october t a recen order of the kin in council has been publifh?d at home prohibiting the ex portation of pig iron and cordage ior 6 months j fauchet the new french conful ro the united state , and his predc.elibr ge net are faid to be infeper;ble comp.im ons ; america may therefore be predimert unlikely to derive any advantage from the fubfti.ution the meafures will till bo the fame â€” tho the man is changed as a proof of the amicable nifpofitioii prevailing between the united states and great britain in confequence of mr jay's m flion it wi',1 be fufneient to obferve that every vefh arriving from that quarter its the different ports at hone carries frefli and extenfive orders for britifh manufact ures during the courfe of the hit week report has been induiinoi.fly employed in circula ting a number of different accounts refpect ing the pofture and circumftances of tho bri lfhand french forces at gua^aloupe inoft of them of an unfavourable description to the former ; but yelterd>y by a letter faid to have been from a gentleman at bafie terre dated 30th september the wool wich is mentioned to have anived thaf dit from martinique hav ng left the ifland ire company with he admiral ; we trufl that this tatemeut is correct as alib a report that w.,s current at the fame time founded upon the verbal account of the captain or a velie a rived from gaudaloupe that a larga party of engliih failors had attacked the e i;emy and gained a tonfijeruble adrannga over them so vague apd uncertain are the rariou accounts on this lubjcct that we can only uare v ,.^ j.uu-.m and lÂ«ve our readme lxtrait of a htterfrcm a french cttiltmart at gumtlaioupe dated sept 30 " we are in a molt critical poiition we may able ro extricate ourfelves or we may tall the patriots landed in two p'a ces and immediately marched to our camp to attack it the pott at the gahazze was e vacua'ed fearful of its being aflailed in the rear and oar tnwps u back upon st jean the bri'iih ioldiers behaved with their uu al bravery and the tire fur thefe two d Â» has been inceflant the patrio'8 have iu;r rrtiny men and the brinih lines have noc yet been forced we momently expect the commanders in chief who have been ip prifedof our tituiition every thing is in confuliorj at bailaterre the women are fl . ing aboard the vefieis that will receive them ; and many men too itea a a y j n tue night although heÂ£ngli!h troops keep the:r ground ; if tney receive no faccours they mutt fall victims of fatigue and luperioritjr of numbers things cannot renain foiong at leatt in three days they will be driven otf or our people perifh had fkknefs noc have made luch havock there is no dpubc but the fpirit and intrepidity of the brave eugliih troops would vanquilh every toe that prefents iti'eif a court of vlce-admiralty will be held ae the court houfe the 14th init for the trial of a b.iganiir.e called the ceres jatc ; y com manded by robert floyd and t..ken by the boiebay trigate \\ iiihiu baynton faq commander wilmington delaware 00 15 yeft-.rday afrlred here the brig saly burr 1 horp marter im 14 days ircm su croix csptair thorp inforras that il wps con fijenty reported there iliat the french ir.d britifh had a fevere engagement at gauri louoe in which the former werrvic^o:icu and drove tiÂ»e latter to a fort uhich they hadeiectrd at haffcterre being the only poft they atthat uuit rciajh.4 foflelliaji of the commiffion eftab'i^ed here for the trial f thofe arreftcd or high treafon has already begun its bufinek and the confe quence of this is rhat tfaily more partakers m the treacherous prattkes are iaiprifo'ned a mag ftratc of ibe palitical department of this capital has been anefled on the 5th in an he carried on his manoeuvres two ve^rs and had aftumed the name of 1 frienl or ihe people his name is brand ftoeter he appeared as a poet in hh country and fo reign almanacs f is accomplices are ex pecred from all pirts of the hereditary do minions where they were ftarioned with the cxecrabe de%n to int midate the pub lic and to pillage the caftlesof the aobiii tj â– a regirhentofiiuflars is already arrived nd a regiment ofi iantry is daily expected to reinforce the j^jpriion the guards of the ub ; ic bui'uings are doubled and the gates of the city ihcouÂ£hty rcn jÂ«^j j fome i;ew ones are alio built ih.ir the i^ipital may be ftnit at night it s not fear but wifdom that induces goverrimeni to ta^o trefe meaf es in order to proven difur ccrs and to oc^upv iile people for the good of the ftr.te and their dwn benefit there is a report t at two deputies of the netherlands are arrived without bein permitted to apper.r before the i^mpero becaufe he knows no cour.try of t!,af name with whole inhabiiants he intendtd to i'pÂ«ak or trtat 3t john's anvigva s.pt 18 the portland packet cant limes r riyed heie'yelterday morni g with ihe fe cond july mai 1 , an 1 pioct-eds in tne ufual september 29 a f^vere fiiock of an earthquake was felt in this town iaft night about nine o'clock tnere was a report in circulation yefter day of the arrival of fix frigates with fome troops it martinique from america it is faid rhat prince e ward is wi'h them the following is an account of the cap tnres made by the french privatecrsin thefe fta which we have from goodauthoritv : brig brothers from london to philadel phia carried into st thomas's sli op samuel of barbarfoes cue out of martinique and a fchooner from provid ence name unknown are carried prizes into aint bartholomews three oth r englifti veffcls are carried prizes intd saint thorna the capiainsaid ofliccrs of the french privateers are frenchmen hut the crews we are informed a.e ctitfly comnofed of americans . . Â« ' rve'a s of a very r erious nature has ju!t ar rived from guadalou'pe the french em barked yelierday morning about 8 o'clock about 600 men at port louis di b.Â»ard ot lloops > fchooners and fuch other fmall craft 1 as they could procure and proceeded to lamentine where they landed nd having met with no oppofi ion were left proceed ing up the coumrv when this account came 2w ay all the engliih v ffels at lanaemine have been talcen except the one which brot this intelligence bay mahatid is in the pofteilicn of the e nemy as well as many other places which mud have fallen from the want of means of defence . â€¢ it is faid that a finale frigate could with , eafe not only have prevented the landing of the enemy but have funfc every veftel they had but no fuch frigate was near the place we will at prefent defer making any obfervations upon this extraordinary cir cumftance which has filled the minds of â€¢â€¢ very individual in this country with wouder and aftoraihmeiu

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