North Carolina Gazette

              ° r t-h-c a r o l 1 nag a z e t ie vol 9 saturday november 29 ijp n 0 - 4^3 frankfor t sept i nphe duke of wuntesabujg and the i jsrfho of conft.ince 2s thechief prin ces of ih'z circle of su;;bia have fent the following note to the states of that circie ** whereas the late events on the khine an in the netherlands and the meft ur gent letter from his royal tfighneis the duke of saxe tefc'ncn excite more than ercr the apprchenhons ofaninvafion of the circie of suabia the states are fummened to fend wi rout lofs of time their contin gencofa militia of 40,000 men for the defence of the circle and to fahe care thai they be rcaa'r ut zr.c firft orders that hail : be received jo march to the rendezvous j which hall bcpoimed cut tb them with : regard to a genei 2c rifing in a maft the re ; gulatiom of the letters patent of the c ir i de dated feb i2 are tc > be obkr ed " ! at fribourg a tranfport jo cwt offilver j and gold coming frcin brafil hat been f*op j pec the following curious anecdote i*3 been pttblhhed in the german newfpapcrs : «• citizen michaut commander in i chief of the french army of che rhine j found means to get into the forrrefs of i matihcim undcr a mod artfu'l dffgtlife | he took a view of the whole place dir.f.d 1 fupped and flent at the principal inn c:\l j led i faltzer huff michaut or leaving j that city g?.ve a confidetable funn of mo ney to the butler of the i:;p and a letter telling him that a fervant would come and fetch it away on the next day 1 l\z butier waited feveral days but the letter was not fetched av/ay ; this induced the people to j infeal it and they found the icllowinff i words in it : " lc c'ttoygn michaut central dts ojkj cul ussf a f sir fie irr rr f t a ete t ia cbjftedie a fdanhmrrt ,*' or f citizen michaut gen«r«l ot the ns cuh::es t j flipped here this evening and wag at the ! pby at manbcim \ he elector of txere ha c requeued the c rm mic diet to exempt • im irom all ex traordir.arycoriir!bntidns andtoprocurehim ; a i'^'t nt ir r:vihc:uion at the bsx't peate a j eievftcratfe hud already prc : vi ? to the french inraflon fuitaincu a lofi far exceeding 3 ooc ; coo ci rix uol-ars ehrenbreitsti n sepu 10 a deferter arrired here yfftcrday who brotxght us : he information that the eh«my t tr re j is making great preparaiiptij of defence e*pe£fcitig to be attacked by the allies the iniiabitar'ts at fjtft thought that they preparing to retreat ; nit upon a nwmber of germans having beef put in aft re of requihti n td work the c t;enchmen s and to er ct new b»:tcr:es ; they were bonvfrfced of t!ie contr.nf . it was expected on our fije that an at tack ou'd h.vo taken pi?.ce agamit the french lines th.e diy before 3 citerday 1 the head quarters ot the imperial army i were to be eii.vtfh'fhed at chtufon five leagues from treves j but all this vas con fined to different niovcmenrs and tyoiuti ons'-ofthe corps under general b.anken ftcin in which ft'veral obftinale and bloo i llcirrr.ifhes toolc place between the ad t-irceii polls of rhehfifferent armies a briuge will be thrown orer the meu r e trahrbach ; arul ano:her bridge wil.be thrown over the rhine ajjbove manheim the imperial ar:r,y are cohctntratiug their forces on the right bank ul that river which they have cr ft^d in a ft ong body in onlst to direct thtir operations againlt ttif french frontiers in alfvice and by this will make an important diverconin farourof the com bined army in the lo-.v countries a number of imperial roop3 are lation ed in the foreft called odenwaid who eve ry moment receive frefh rcir.vrcemcnts genevese revolution gene v~a angul 28 you are without doubr acquainted that arms i^e been again taken up m this tftv 3 nd tnat : what ii called the co ern c nt h j c.^ufed themoft violent rev ■]- onifu to b 5 amft^d and put upon their trials seve , r.lpenons of the number cf whom i con klswyon i was confidered this vent at the oegmning as a fortunate one and felt a isrt oi confolatlon at led thefc niifcrc ants wage war on each other ; but we have fines had reafon tc change o-xt opi ; aion as j u ihall hear i j he it y remained prctry nearly in the . rate in wh ch i defcrilied et to you in my ! latt till batur jay he 23d inftarit the day i or which the rerojunonias g^i n reforted i rearms v.iti;oui ibejr predfe obj-a being i known it fcemed indeed tf*t hia nd j kiiurre£tron wasloicly dirtusd againft the j agitators ot the revolutionary party who i were attempting to excife the utmo-1 dif j oijere and to provoke new aflaffinations : i and that the government by ' arrdung i theie fadious men v as ferio'ufly bent on di j miniihwg the miferies'oi the peaceable hitu j zens : but this was one of ih q ihoifand er ! rors into which we have fidie'n : the perfidi ous policy which has been tiie fourceofour recent misfortunes is rooted in the heart of the principal leaders who in the attain ment ot their aim empioy every dexterous 1 rehnementby decciying fdsne terrifying i others and conducting afj the clafics of ; citizens into a road ti e winding of which prefents a dangerous precipice jt now ap pears to me that the ihotiv'e'.of the jail in iurreciion wa to give to he revolutionary committee t permanent and ujnlimitted power to the end that while the hading revolutionifts fiiould rid themjtetves rf a icw ambitfodd men perhaps lefs wicked ! than themlc'iyei but who might thwart their operaiidnsj they might by that very r;ie?.furc tpalsfidate their reroiujicn an ; obtain by a general terror the fliort and i arbrituy mean they wiflicd to employ to that effect i hey hare dtftroyed the iuflu ! ence of the gen council and will alfo • deftroy thrt of the clubs and faftions they have inverted to their piirpofe apprehen five that ihefe mi^ht in the event follow up tbdr owfl plaiis or airtbitbn th-ir policy is to furroiind ihemrelvet by ihofc alone whofe want ot talerts and cnercry may make them the ready creatures o their will • with refpeel io ail others t ejfwifte^hef drive tlitm away or render them io unhappy as tu obiige ihem to ily fithcn'tility of the latter with ref|;c(3 to trade and aqzn ufackur.es is of little impor t nce to then ) tefterjajr the revolution ills jhot 1 ci t"2en named benoi conticted of having i fdred ':. ouavie the trench refident and th'.sniomng vitrlfe convicted of excit ing an i;ifu:rc£licn was alfo fhot fivs orfixother individuals charged i ano  tlicrcrime are to be tiie i several 1 ert'ona have been conveyed to h.ngard naxoely m m fie la rive trcmblci be umom sec vhi)c others luve been ordered to k^ep their houfes ; and other ag?;in have be^n procidiinccf : lam not in poffeulon of the lift ofthefe but fent thole of whom i recou left are picor chanbrier ci tvernois dcsfranges grenez and gueripgus hague september 12 ■ it is lo^mewhaf extraordinary that the dutch gazettes flioold not laerely fine the death of the young king of france but al io barrers'srepjr upon the fubject that ihe i emigrants ihould credit it implicitly ; rnj yet ihu noons french paper fiiould me n . rion the circua;{tai:cc at in although it appears nearly impracticable to complete the imperial army under saxe telchen yet it ii laid to be ihe defign be fore a ilep is tsken into the p«ys bas to diferpage treves and kt electorate emirc 1 this operation will not be very difi cu't if cs aliened the french army ot ihe ivloiellc be reduced to l3 ; oco men and that it has evacuated treves when i fiate the imprtdlibiiity o f can pleting tfjfc imperial army the preihmpti on ariles out of the reprefemation made by the princes of the empire the bilhop of opire fcxeufes himlelf from the contingent on the account of the proxissity oi his terri tories to france the mvafion of them by their armies and the lamentable and mifer able condition of hi fubjecls the kirg cf pruflia iijedgethii y ar with poland the infurre&icn of southern pruf fia the revok of thorn from which place the burghers hsve driven the pruffian gsr r.ion — arid finally he demands hji expejice to be paid fur tiie retaking of frar.krcrt & mayctice to conclude the circle of franccnia me tend that they armed enly for the purpdfri of territorial defence ai.d that its remote hefc from the thetsre cf the war excules them from the ftipulared contingent the archduke charles does net go to ■ vienna but limply as far as bom vner.ee j he returns to the army from geneva i learn that the revolutt j onary tribunal has condemned the m mai j let du p.;n a native of that city to lofe hi | head as fortunately for that celebrated | writer and excellent man he is not within | their reach they could only punifh his effigy j mvitkrheaxe and himlelf by the confiicitioit of his property general clsirfayt lias been twice at mae flricht - from thence he vifited the can p ; v,i h general beaulieu general gray com ( rnanded ; he refides in the town i ninety bakers are arrived at maeflricht i who iay they flwil be followed by 4 cco men i troops arc ccmiir ally palling through deu ] ren and merbde ;— 15,000 ngiilh are faid i to be at mafeyk j i 4 c«omen are arrved ; from germany ; at maettricht 4 oco have j marched n the place and the remainder are encamped en the other iide cf the meufe r i hofe troops fay that there are y t'o,oco fccre to arrive and that they w culd be ther by friday — all is here in motion and it was thought the grand army would pafa the meule that night or the next morning when i the iener came away i fmcercly believe the st.dtholder ha worfe information than any man in kolirnd i laft £ g h at tapper his hi jhnefs aflened ; that _ breda was iurr.unded by the french ; armies aril this morning anotfeer is arrived ; from rhat foftrels v%ho lays thit they hare i been reconnoitring around ih 3 t no french ! n)an has been ieeu wirhia ten ieagtfciof the place the count d'artcis is now faid to intend f ving as a volunteer with 110 millitary rank • whoever in the army of the duke of v cr fc i in ffiort io contradiclory are the reports here fo vague the authorities that is i n vain o build ihe speculations cf the polir : ci an upon intelligence fo perpetually confuted or confuted ' l o n d o n september 0 there are letters diredly from the spa mfh head quarters in guipufcoa d ted auguft 28 which fay that the ei em y hud made no further progrefs pampelnna in navarre remains altoee i thcr undiiturb^d 5 \ in bilhoa every apprchencon has fubfideji , m con^qnence of which an order lad been : aoadcdwithftortt & c . preparatory to thcij