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The Gleaner from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 2

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The Gleaneri
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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Lcs" melted the fcnl hito all the ttr.dcr refi of ucre noon beii fc tire melon, Ta ltd lip The wss ictnud rd uvcdcu'rl ioilu wirg cuitr '1 found. A great number of rebels have -lately been tsken ncihb luring count, a- th Foreign Intelligence. uondon, oa. 10. terford.

Jnfanti yj Viti arms rc verftd. FLEETS. Capt. Keatc iutoiireftAViicr, Ou .1. uy jail vi which means-hi'-wbs enabjid 10 count 47 1 he Hcrfe, with his fidclc, and piDols.

theJinend frigates, wiih lsils btnr, ai.d tuj he'" fri Extract or a iettrr Troia an ouiccringcnejraij AbercrombieVdivifion On. the ad infi. we advanced toward the enemy, but met with no oppofnion of any conj Icquciuc till within tour miles of this we wet oppofed on the beach by cavalry and artillery on the fand hills to our left by the French infantry Sir Ralph Abercrombie had two horfes hot under hini. and Yas in the ihickett of the 'aclioir alt appearanceun tver reiptct aesiiy lor lea. Other vcffcls were in a ftatc bf.

preparation, and one Ihip of line except her fore. Pall Bearers. Cols- Rmley, Pyr.e, PcMBecreu Cols. Gilpm CORPSE. maft, which had Ceen tskch1 out, which cc-uld be replaced and figged in a jew' hours- MOURNERS.

Mafonie Brethren. Citizens- raWJER-ELBE, October 14. ot he je-vaied lawn, cn the bants of the PctcJ confirms cur late private intelligence from '-Sa- vigli, and of the Horming of Pignerol by the im. perialits Prince Litchtenflein commanded in. iuK, wnere the huuy vault js pUcedr 1 he caj ry hshed, the infantry marched touardrj Mount ar.a formed their lires the Clergy, tjj Maloiiic brother? 2126 the cit.zens defc'eiided jj the vault, aud the funeral fervice of the chir ftead of Field lylarfiial Ott, who was ill.

He met the French at ten in the morning, a. bout 3 miles from the place, and attacked them with fucli refolutenefs and intrepidity that he was mailer of. the whole town by The Auftriaias, -lots was inconfiderabie, hty lock feveral hundred prifoners, with feme field pieces. Another exnedition. bv Maior General Belle.

was performed. The firing was repeated fr0Li the y(Iel iu the river; and the founds tchctc from the woodland hills 'aroUnd. Three general. discharges the infantry. cvalrv.

and 11 nieces artdlerv lined tl anrmating his brave troops to viclory. We owe jriuchjOt" our luccefs to4 his exertions and courage. alone put an end 10 the which wa raolt dsfperately fought on borh fides. Our artillery was 'charged by the enemy's cavalry, but repulfed them with great lofs. The 49th regi.

men: bore its (hare of the brunt of the battle. Out bf 390 men, which was the number that went into the aclion, there were 30 killeJ, 50 Wounded; and 30 are miffing. General Coote's brigade is faid to have loft aob men in killed and wounded. We hear that the enemy has retreated to Beverwuk, five miles from Haerlem. The 90th brigade was oppofed to ours They came from Lingnedoc Their lieutenant colonel is taken 'prifoner, and their general was killed.

We have had hard fighting, but we hope to have good quarters ih return." Tlie army had been reinforced the day before the battle by a corps of nearly fix thou land men "from Normandy; a circumftance Which adds to the glory pf the viclory in propor. garde, in funport of General Kcfin, ayainft Suza, banks, of the Potomak, back of the vault, paid tr at the fame time had the delired licet. au trioure to the entomoeo commander in Lh( i I i "a important pals into the plains of the Ai miet, of the United Statesand totherc of Piedmontfrom which Major Mefo had been nerabie departed here. forced by thifee "times hi rjumbers was retaken I Thp. fun was iiow iettrng.

Alas! thee WLJ glory vsas stt jprzvtr No; the name.cf 3 X.T "TT ri I I livo i vx me nuiencan rrtuocni ana ueref will triumph I over' death the undcude brighti.efs of his Glcty will illuminaie fetcr ages. rion.as it incrcafed the difficulties of obtaining it. Wh'nt contributed cflentially to our fuccefs was. as we are informed, the able and fnirited NJElW. YORK, Dec ie.

Extract cf a tetttr )tcm CediZ, to a fctnthmtzl with i nf ci or: force. Th Fr 1 1 1 a eti on both flanks and their rear in fuch a manner as to throw them from their advantageous pbfitiom near Rivoh, and drive them beyond Su Ar.teno, when night put an end to the purfuit. The French loftbove 1 coo. men, 400 of whom were made'prifoners' The Auftrians loft 230 men, in wouncjed, and milling, with 51 horles The Court Gazette further contains the nlcial reports of the Archduke of the affairs in Swiszer. land on the 25th, ftating that Gen.

Hoi ze was killed, early in the morning, retreated towards Litchtenfteig, after having arranged ihencdWy plans with: Generals Lenken and Jelkcbich icr the fafety-of the Grifon country and the Vorul. berg. tkir cttyt dated ld Jug. 1 799. The fi: nation cf tiade here Jcr An-tricanvj els is gicomy, cn scccunt cf nunrber ot privateers, which fure to attack and cspt'i every American veffel that is not well armtdsJ manned.

Yefierday a vetlel arrived from Bode with 16 f.uris, and 35 men, being io well csicn: ted to give them a Wna reception the privattt kept a 1 ei'pcdlul diftance frcm her. 1 think government bughc to fend a frigate aqd ere to prottci the trade of theUc llllClllUil Ul 4 AJll.MlZ VVtliltl iuun tage of a fhort recef of the tide to pufh along the' farids, and thus was enabled to turn the left flank of the enemy's pofnion. Almoft the whole of the force that we had to oppofe was, French, general Brune not venturing to reljT on the Dutch corps, 'which were confcqucntly fta. tianed in thufc parts which were of lca(t impor. tance.

Nothing but the extreme fatigue, uatu. rally refuhingfrom an action thai lifted twelve hours without intermiflioo, in a country lull of the molt formidable and complicated obftacles, prevented our army fiom taking immediate ad. vantage of theViclory. The inhabitants of Alk. maar actually refufed per million to the retreating and defeated army to pals through their town and fhut their gates againlt them, which were gladly opened to the tluke of York on the 3d of October.

colonel Lumfdaine, of the 55th, Is the ooly field officer whofe lofs have to regret. Generals Moor and Huntley were bath vtouuded, though not dangeroufly. From the contents of the gazette extra, and from what vye have been enabled to add it feems unnccef. fury to that the 21 of October was a dav number of our veifels condemned bythe Frcs: rnnfnU li.Tf vhnff i nrifciclin extendi Algcfiras, amcunts to 221, all with very cargc-fs, (fsy dollars upon an avenj PLYMOUTH, Ocl. 22.

The Spanifii frigate jueitioiied in ivy to have been in company wiih the L'Thetis when the latter was captured by the Ethajion, on the 16th inllant, arrived here this day at noon (lie is called -Sari; mounting 42 gnilS with 350 men, from Havanna bound to Fen ol, bdeii with cochineal and ivory, and a quantity ot dollars, faid to exceed two millions. She was captured 011 the morning of the 17th inft. aticra running fight of two hours, by the Naiad, cl 38 guns, capt. VV. Pietrepont, Triton, 32 guns, caprainJJ.

Diby. The San Brigada had lever, al men -killed and wounded fiie is valued at 400,000 iter lin'. which together form the iirimenfe fum cf EJct Million of dollars, nine-tenths of -which ntyh hare been faved 10 our couutry, had we hadtn three vtffels cruizing bet ten This port andfa mcuth ef tr.e Straights. 20, 1799. 1 he Senate of the United States have cctr-t an order, that the members wear black GEORGE-TOWN, Dec.

2c the It Ihon, and that the chair of ifee Prclidect hicudtd wiih overhung with curtain black, and the hIe hambc lined in fttrl fa rivet as a ttftsmcny of refpecl i or the tier, ty their b( loved and regretttd late fellow glorious hi the highelt Jegree to the Britiflj and uafllan arms, and advantageous to the caufe we Jupport. No cfScialre turn of total wounded, killed, or appears in the' Englih paper we have received but it is ftated that the combi. ued Rufiian aud liritilh forces made 4000 prifen.1 On Wednefday laft, the mortal part cf WASH ip'GTON the Greatthe Fatht cjf his country and the friend of man, Was configiied to the tcmb, with folemn honors and funeral pemp. A. multitude of perfons sflembled, from many miles around, at Mount Vernon, the thcice tboe'e zen, Gectge ers.

The Prclident, with deep regret, anncosd to the army, death cf its beloved Chief Otl eral George V3h1ingtcn. Sharing the gr'r which every heart mud feel for fo heavy svdh flicling a public lofs, and defircus to cxpteu i high lenfe uf the vtft debt of gratitude, hich due to the virtues; talents, and ever mcmcti' ferviccs of the illuftrious deceafed, hedireclst luntral honors be paid to him dttll the ni'u llations, ynd that the efficers cf the army ari the feveral corps of volunteers wear crpe cm left arm bv wav of mcurninfr for fix mot'- and laO relidence of the illuftrious chief. 1 here were the groves the fpacious avenues, the beau tiful and fublime fcenes, the ncble manuonbut, alas I the auguft inhabitant was now no That great fcul was gone His mortal part as there but how afftcling I how awful the of fuch worth and thus, to mortal eyes, fallen! Yes! fallen fallen i In the long and lofty Portico where. "o'ft the he ro walked in all his glory, now lay the finouded corpfe. The countenance (liil xcriipofed and ie rene, feemed to exprefs the dignity of the fpirit, which lately dwelt in that lifelefs torm.

1 here thole who paid the la II fad honors to the benefactor of their ctuntry, took an impreffive a fai well view. 5 On the ornament, at the head of. the ceffin, was inferibed Surge ad judicium about the middle of the coffin, Gloria Deo and on the filVer plate, GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, Major General Hamilton will give ibe ncc1 1 t.a.l crucra jor carryiiig iijiQ cjicu, toc ic egoing tions FRANCE- The army of the French Republic, for. the 8th ydzr with the exception of the Eaft, under the command of Buonaparte, is to coniili of 565,212 men the maintenance of whom will colt 128, 374, 263 livers. There are to be 400 coniniiflar.es attached to the armies who wiil coil 2,188,000 livers.

SPAIN. The Court of Spain, ffays a Paris article cf the 3d OitiJ has given orders for a great number of troops, and particularly cavalry, to file off w. wards Ellremaduraj as it is fuppofed that the'En. glilh and Pertugucle are meditating an attack in that quarter. IRELAND- I- The Dublin Journal of OQ, 3, mentions that the two noted, rebel Jourdan and Gannon, have furrendered to'the; mercy 6f go.

vernmeht. Their.w'retched followers, amount: ing to upwards it is.faid. will cf courfe be obliged to al )n a limilar manner, and the in fur. gency in the quarter of Cunnemara be ly annihilated A great inany piker have; been feueil in Mary's" Abbey'; they were conveyed (as a dead body) in large coffin which excited fuf. Given at the War Office of the Ui states in rnnaoeipnia, tnis of December, A.

D. 1799, ant twentyfourth year of the Independent: the faid States. By command 0 the Preident9 JAMES M'HENRV, Secretary ot NAVY DEPARTMENT, December 20, AorsifimA I i tilts A fr Ka 99. ic. 68.

Between 3 and 4 o'clock, the found of artillery The Prefidf nt, with deep affiiclionannoitfi from a veffel in the river, firing minute guns, a. to the Navy, and to the Marines, the dca! cur beloved fellow citizen George Washing7 woke afreiii.our iolemn iorrow a he Corple was moved--Arband of mufic, with mournful melody,.

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