- : PRICES CUR R £~Jv"/T"
\*iV . * • ■.• •.T 4 »• V - '. m '£
Philadelphia, Augufl: 13.
per quantity—dollars a r iqo «enj-«.
Dolls. Cts- Dcl/f Cts.
ANCHORS, pr.b. io NaiL, %d, io</, 12%,
Au u n, ciui 775 and 20d, per lb. 13
ftitto, Roeb, pr lb. jj per lb. *ij
Afkcs, pot, per ton, 170 0//, Unfeed, pergatl. I2J
• Pearl, 150 Ofe,
Mrrack, per gallon, </,/*>, fr cafe, - 9
Ftacon, Shoulder, pr. lb. 10 '■' Sweet, be fly in
Flitches y 13 per bsx, 10
Brandy, eommon, 160 " dV»o bajkets, XI
•Goniac, 1 6j a 2 bottles, 7
Brazilttto, per ton. So SpermacetiJ>rgall 106
Bricks y per M. J . ■ 1 Train,per bbl. 18
Bread, ftjip, per cwt. 6 IVbale y per gal. 4©
Ditto, pilot 9 JO per cafe, 7 jp
Dittoy small "water London y per doz. 2jo
per kogy y<j ~American do. boit.
Beery American, in Jof- /»<7. 2
ties, per dozsn, hot- * Pitch, per bbl. 4
ties includedl 60 Pork, Burlington, per
Ditto, per barrely 6 r barrel, 19 *• 20
B odrds,Cedar per Mfeet 3© -Lower county, 19
■ Heart, 30 — Carolina, 16
— "-Neiv England y l 6 So Albany, pr buffs. q *
:oai, 26 Peppery per lb.
pine, 28 Pimento, 14
—-—Sap, do. 18 Ruifinsy befiper teg II
■■■' Mahogany ,pr.foot Ditto per jar, 6
above are the fballop Ditto per box £
prices, for the yard Rice, per civt. j °
price price, add I </«/- -#«/?« per barrel 5 JO
l* r , cents, pr M. Rum y Jamaica,pr gal. 167
Brimjlone In rolls, Antigua I J4
«4»f. a 6"I Windward. I 40 ""
Beefyßo/lon, per bll. 13*16 "Barbados I ( 27
iT Country, ditto 14 -Country, 2VT. £. 97 \
Frrjh, cwt. sto % Saltpetre, per cwt. 50
Butter per lb. 18 a 20 SaJJjfras, per ton /
—in kegs 14 J , i'//#, ($0 V
Candles Sfer*--. per lb. 561 Steel, German, per lb. 14 7
■ —Wi* I' l —Englifoyblifl.pr crut. 12 24 n<
; Myrtle Wax *"20 J —American, per (on 133 33 4J
■' Mould taile'tvl 8 19 I —Crowley's, fa faggot ai
— Dipped I 5 I Snake root, per lb. 35 ®n
Cbeefe, Envlijh, per th. 2o I Soap, brown per lb. 12 on
• —Country II * I'^J —14 of
Chocolate ' 25 a 301 —Cajlile 22 an
Cinnamon 66 J Starch 14 f P'
C/oi/« I 501 nu ffipt doz bottles JO es *
Cocoa, toer cwt. ''18 J Spermaceti refined pr lb.' un
Coffee* Per lb. 25 /o 2$ I Ehglifb. No.
Coal, -per bttfoel, 30 J J I, per yard, 33 ve !
Copperas, per curt. 3 I -Botion, N't. I, </». 30
Cordage, American,pir I ' iVa. a, rfo. cu '
'■a;'. '16a 18 I Sugar, lump, per lb. v ' c
Cotton, per 16, 33 ft ——Loaf, Jingle res. 1J cot
Currant, rol —iß,tto double ditto
Bu'i, ftujjia, per piece, ISSIBJ Havanndi, ■white 20 < ' ec
Ravens "II —"—D'tto hrazvn 16
Dutch Sail Duel 14 1— Mvfcovadop.cv/t Ilaff 67
Feathers, per lb. 661 Eajt India, pr. __
flax, ditto 111 tnit. I 4 6<J
Flaxfeed, per biijhd 6o| •?/>. Turpentine pr gall. 66
Flour, Sup. per barrel "10 50] Salt, allum, pr bajhell 66 T-i
Common, 9 1-2 i xoj—Liverpool 1 34 H
Bur middlings, belt, 8 I —Cadiz 60
Meat, Indian '4 I—Lijbon 63 CCn
1 1 ditto Rye, 4 loj Ship building 0.
——Sl\p fluff per c-wt. 333 I frames per ton i% 6?
f'tflu per Km, 2$ I Ditto Live Oat, jf6 ,
Sin, Holland per cafe, 750 Do. Red Cedar prfiot
Do. per gall. I 9;, I Shingles 18 inches, pr *
Glut, per lb. itl M 4 '
Qinger,whiter ace,pcrrwtlZ I Ditto 2 feet 9f% 2
Ditto, commm 16 I Ditto 3 feet drejfed 16 *°°
Ditto, ground 24 I Staves, pipe pr 1000, 60
Gtnfeng,. per lb. 301 white-oakhogsbtad 45 33
- Gurpoiuder, cannon ,per Red oat ditto 28 ,
23 Leogan 33 4 °'
Ditto, fine ghfd, 28 — Barrel 30
Grain, WhtutprUJb 1.5 Cj 2 Heading 44 "35'
" As*) 1 ISi ins Otter, best pr piece ill
Oats, , 60 \—Mints - J, m ?
-Indian Corn, 90 a 9; —Fox, grey *0/o>4 f n °'
Barlev, I 20 | — Ditto fed l,to
ief fhelledpr.lb. I — Afartint r© f° r J
——Bjchuhcat per I -"-Filers e9
buflel, 7J —Bears 3 in (t
fISMs, pr. lb. 13 —Racoons 60
Hemb, imported, per I— Mufk-rtts, 37 COnt
3®° —Beaver, per li. I 62*
America*, per lb, 10 —Deer, in hair lyi 33 °
Herrings, per bbl. 6 I Tar, N. "Jerf. H gall. CtS "
Hides, rami pr. lb. %to 9 I per bbl.
Hops, Carolina, £2gall. 1 so
HogJl.'ad loops per As. '30 I Turpentine, per bbl. .3 2G
Indigo, French per lb. I Tobacco, j. River iefl T
Carolina, I I 10011. 7£ 8 J
Irons, fad per. ton 133 33 " 1 PcUrfburg 6i 6 .JO
Iron, callings per c-wt. 4 Potr-wmac 3^5
- Pee,„fylv.b*rfce,rerlt i 33 6i <j
Ruff,a per ton 97 Carolina 4a S T-i 0
■ ffS' 3i \Tea Hyson, per lb. Ito 2 £*
„ 21 * iS\—Hyfon Jkin, 83. wate ,
ail rods, 12&T5 I %sichong, liil 3 p 0
f unk per envtt 5 - —Congo, 50 w ), r
Lar ', hog,per lb. lA—Bohea, 35 '
Lead in pig,, per mit. 533 Tallnv, refined, per lb. 14
7 Tin, per box 16 jO
" '3 33 Vanilla, per lb. to a 24 Xh
~ r 9 v trdigreafe, do. • 1
Leather, foal per lb. 2» Vermillnn, 1 co
Lignum viU perton, 2 4 Farnifi, per gallon, ch ; efl ,
Logwood, *40 IVax, jUees, per lb. 33
Mac, per lb 12 Whale-bone, long,pr ib. 12 T ..
Maclarel, bejt per bbl 12 Wine, Madeira pr p. 226 n
———fecord ij-iality 8 Lisbon, 126
Judder, bell per th. 20 Teneriffe,pr gal. 80 f„ ?
Marble wrought pr foot 6c Fayal, 67 £
Ma,t spar, dUt. 60 , Port per pipe 11 ?
Molaps per gall. Do. ,n Ut pr dost A "
' P er , — Claret,percajk 40/0 JO
-four, in bottle, doz. 12C -Sirrrv, tergallon IJ O
per dozen, 1 40 .| Malaga, S 4
COURSR OF'EXCHANGE.
On London, at 30 days, per jf.ioo fieri, par. •
at 60 days, par & ,62 i-i buT,he
— at 90 days, 161 a 162 1-2 acc ° mi
Amiterdarti, 60 days, per guilder, 42 4nd ®'
■ QQ days. 40
>3i- i
Dillrifl <*>f to wk.
TJF. it Remembered that nri the 23d day ef Miv, in the
t i v Tuiwh year of the Independence of the Vni ed States
Ot Fxancii Sh/iluj, of the said diftrift hjth
dept .ited in this office, the title of a l.oo'n, "the ri,ht whereof Aug
he clainjs as f-nprietor in the wordsfollowint*' THE
:MS/> PPOfN TMF.Nr, or 1 HE ?ORCK Or CREDUI I
TY, a «rw Comic Opera in three a«s, bv .Andrew Barton, TIIIS
tlq 2d edition icrtfed and corrected with large addition! bv C
thesivhor " '
" f i'chaninjr gold ! that doflconfpireto blind, A TJi'.
" Mans' err-ig judgment and mifcuidc the mind,
4< In ic«*rch of thee, the wretched worldling goes t t>t?t
"Nir d feais, tho' fiends of oi g ht oppofc " KE '
In ocnfofniity to the aft of the Congress of the Uoitedi < - a,ho1 '
Sta.cs r eirtitlrd •' Anaftfor the encouragement ot leamin-r anivoun
In fccurjpg ?ne copies ofmaps charts and b-oks to the OR#
and l>fbpnetors of fucf, copies during the timet therein men- genne '
, . CALnwr.t.l, Clk Dili Penn. Also,
T,.t j, ouOieta anil b< pubiijhtd in the ceurft of In, tr thru lord, an
i* ' uljraa fft A«gu
"r™ Landing,
1 v „
From sit board the Schooner Expedition,
St. Croix Rum&:Sugar,
For Sale by F. COPI'INGER,
oils'Cts AHg.tt § 2JI South Frant-ftieet.
13 India Goods at Audlion. i
». > j
11 Friday next, at lb o'clock in the morning l , will be
v/ fold at auction, at No. jfi South Front-street, about 1
1 60 bales »f India white G»od-s entitled to the drawback, t
9 confifting-of— j
Lone Clotbs t
Bafta.
Gur'rah3
. Emerties
jg 06 CoflacS ' f
Humhunjt t
1 b Tanjihs. d
2% . MuH Mulls.- r
Edward Fox, Au£l'r. t
1 Aug.ii. o
4 — :— f<
XT AN ARTIST,
Rejident at Mr. Oellert's Hotel,
16 MINIATURE LIKENESSES ('
/\ '®ken and exectited in that elegant and delicate
j -ti fti'e, which is so necessary to render a Miniature Pic- t)
r j ture an intere'fling jewel. fl
He Will warrant a strong and indisputable refem
j blance; and he takes the liberty to lay before ths public ,
of this place his moil earned intention to deserve their pa
tronage by his befl endeavors to please. / w
i N. B. Specimens are to be seen. ' ra
,54 Ma 7 11 5 M
140 _ ■' ' " ' ca
i, 27 F 0 R S A L E, nf
l % A verj Valuable Estate, '»
/"CALLED TIV ITT E N HAM, situate in the th
0 township of Upper Derby, and county of Delaware, be
14 7 1-2 miles from Phiiad -lphia, and half a mile front'the inj
2 24 new Western road: containing 230 acres of excellent land, r y
333 45 whtch are good watered meadow, 90 ttf prime wood-,
land, and the reft arable of the firfl . quality. There are mC
35 on the premifesa good two (lory brickhoufe, with 4 ro<sms
12 on a and cellars under the whole, with a pump-well ar «
14 of cxcelltDt w »"' r in front; a large frame barn, IhbU, Mi
22 aIK * other convenient buildings ; a fnioke-houfe ani-ftone, Th
14 Iprijitr-lioufc ; tw« good apple orchardn, and one nf peuh- ,
JO es. The fields are all in clover, except thpfe immediately ? 0:
under tillage, and are so laid out as to have the advantage ' or
of water in each of them, which renders it peculiarly con- by
33 venic nt for grazing. > j s y
30 fitnation is pleasant and healthy, and from the high .1, „
cultivation of the land, the good neighbourhood, and the i.
25 vicr.ity to the city, it isvery suitable for a gentleman's hi "
country feat.
The foregoing is part ef the estate of Jacob Harmaa, 'W
20 aeceafed, and offered for sale by |, ut
* 6 6 Mordecai Lewis, iac«
o<sl. 5. eo.] Surviving -Executor. acc
66 ~ * ~ ' , Sg»
66 Lott eTy Gei
56 p 0R f ifi "efixthoufand fix hundred and fixty-feve. '° W
60 ~1".1 and fifty cents, by a deduction of fifteen per der
cent from the prizes, and not two blanks to a prize, viz. tow
I Prize of 5000 dollar* is dollars s*oo® bees
6> : 1000 1000
i joo -
20 100 loco
99 *? a 1000 1
,09 ' 49JC I
12 00 jooo tern
5 La(t drawn numbers .f 1000 dollars each, 1 j^o
33 2332 Prizes. ~~ 1 gat<
4018 Blanks. 44,450 c ]a n
33 ■■ — 1
6350 pickets at Seven Dollarseaeh, ~ .tD (J.
By order of the Dire&ors of the Society for eflah'liih.
26 U^ fulMa nufaaures, the fuperintendants of t}ie Pat
*4 f " Lott f^ hlve "q u ?fted the Manager, to offer the B
10 torefund g th '° the ,' l "Mi c , and have direSc-d them tcr 1
50 n[he formerTT yt ° who have purchaled Con
« in thfs or exchange the tickets for tickets not it
6o rhe lottery has aSually commenced drawing, ,„d will r °", K
37 ntl " ue Bntl 'finifhed. A lift „f the Blanks and Prizes ttchl
52 frfS Va C ° . CC 01 William Bbckburn, No. 64
33 ets may -° will tick- vour
Dated this 17th day of June, 1796 , "
- 0 • 7- JV CUMMING, lavv ''
Yo c N°Jr^ H N^S r lanagm - w
J" ng ' s eo ivedi
LANDS, and i n '
T-T>T-u ? a T son COHnt s'> Virginia, f or Sale. mertt
rlf L CORta ' n, "g-5000 acres each, and a moiety them:
■1 JKs£&>%,«*■ - •— -f—
' SERSS^SST-•' - cb ' r -"»' S
4 fw&mit -by
0 . ru FOR SALE, wl, ; c r
The Cargo df the fhi P Potomack Chief, cOnfiftingrof fl. "
» k . 450 Hbds. Toba CCO, cvet
s ch.efly from the upper warehouses on South Potomac, and to ° ,a
2 ri,- -• . . ot a K ond q tahty. ufurpi
St
> terms apply to EMANUEL WALKER w,tho
' tm&w Th
> The urig Mar-y Comn
'm$M FOR sale, * u
AND may be seen It Abiah and William ,ra ' tor
suss.r"«£ ->»
James Brown, a malt!
w»h» M. k . > kp.SijS" 1 rh
Jamaica Spirits EJ,
>A and a FEW BARRELS SHAD. your
- AU? ' ,3 C fevant
Spanijh Treaty Ratified. ~ ,iot hit
TIIIS DAY, Publilhed by J. ORMROD, No 4I tain an
Cmeinut-Street, in a handsome P amh! tt '. ' will ind
TREATY US St;
C B h E r^ EEN the ' Unitcd ot America and h
Catholic Majesty— with the Prefideut's ProrL •
an trouncing its ratification. raclamattou
ORMROD has lately Tubliftied the Britifn ai
£C Alf e R ea l"v' w /v c!; mjt ch in size witjii the above " Wl
Also, Birke s celebrated letter to the Duke of v"j war
n * BfWer t# ' %es th (
♦. the proti
Latest Foreig j Inttliigence.
» / ______
r , From Englijh papers by the ihip Farmer.
SR, ,
facet. CAMBRIDGE, Miy zB.
" Wedriefday laH afforded the Inhabitants of this
j t place a little ete&iooeeringamufemeiit. The mcm
witl be ers the Onivetfity met at the Senate house, and
t, about Ve-eleftc<) I'he man who has totally apoftati/ed from
jwback, the sentiments he piofeflVd when he was fiill elec
ted, and who, v.«_- doubt not, will in a fliort time,
be conlidifred, by the people at large, as the %'eat
eft ruife rhe Almighty ever permitted to p'ague a 1
nation. His colleague, Lord Eufton, who has
fupportedliis measures, and whole guilt is aggrava
ted, when we consider the contiaft which the con
dtift of his noble Father, the Duke of Grafton, (
( preferits to his view, was iijeewife re-eledle 1. Nei
r. ther Mr. Pitt nor Lord Eufton made any fpeeth
on the occafiun. A boy, who was asked the rea
son, f;iid well enough, " they did not inteud open- t
ing their mouths till dinner time.''
Ihe Univerfiiy of Cambridge was once famed
SES f° r its Whig Principles. It has formerly produced
lelicate famous Pit riot 8, and lias made noble Hands againll
re^lc " tyranny. But alas! How is the gold become dim——
the moflJint gold changed !
public , hlle the "' r . ce Wis carrying on at the Senate
-ir pa
houfe by Mr. Pitt in person ; a "ft ill greater farce I
was carrying »n at the Town-Hall by his faithful ~
manager of this Borough—our present Mayor, Mr.
5 Mortlock. There were about fifty persons pitfent, aC
"* ' commonly called Freem'ti, that is, men who are ge- ij
net ally created by the Mayor, and who are Slaves
t0 ''is wl " a "d pleasure. There were, however,
:it the three or fouropen countenances, which we thought (a
ware, betrayed a confeioufnefs of the difgraceful fccne go- .i
m the ing forward—A t6w men, appointed in an arbitra- „u
' y min '" tr b y an '"dividual well paid by Govera- an
■e arc ment , choosing two representatives, for a .populous Q
•oims tovv "> ,n which a large majority of the inhabitants .....
a ' en °i fuffercd to vnte - The two late members, e(1
abUf, Maj. Gen. Manners and Col. Finch were re ele&ed:
S-g [t'ey muttered a few words, (which scarce half a .l
lately f ,ze " P to P' e could ''"O expteffive of their regard w .
"tag? [ ort , he welfare °f the country, by which, jud«i|)g h i
" leir P alt condua, they mean, that as their trade /r,
Jh '» X ;"'. ! hc )[ Wl " do «" their power to support
d the theM,nlft e r in carrying on that war, in which we jL
nan's " " cen * on £ engaged !
The eledions were succeeded, as usual, by feaft
man, 'Og and caroufmg, and plenty of beer was diftri
butec} out of doors. The behaviour of the popu
, lace was however tol.rably peaceable, and no other
>r. accident took place than a little fcratchino and £
- fighting. We wi/h we could fay as much for the Za
Gentlemen Freemen in the Town-Hall, who sol- r "„
eve. ' OWed "P fh «"" drunkeunets and difor
per der, and who did not part without blows. The
, iz . town, however in general'was not disturbed on the
pooo occasion. '*'■
tboo . and
toco p To the Eleaort of Wejlnunjler.
tooo j
I9JC IT is only in times like the present, when at- P
- K>' ,iO l T dC Z
'000 [f T ,lla V hc P r^ rcf3of •*> candidate can possibly nr !
: be, from the Huftmgs to Newgate, and frotTNew T
t ares the times; for.any man who eould reafona- i
bly be even fufpefted of deserving what I have fuf
T ' wo " u " »y »■' v* Zl
f 1
m ro.sh,, „ho, „„d„
SGE"-f'4 , WSi5 M
TS - iZJIT \ 'l ran "y of ,h9ir own , under
ivediaatoc" <le" $ !l forms ) « temporarv, elea "
J: ■«s*!£t£, ,h * •"""
:tr tht-mfelvts on t ) le fame thrnl' '"Z"'
he fuveieien •hv • i ' c t ' le a y
\M tMe lnrts oi Ounn
J" ' b " 'I* govommcnt I
Hon"a,,"/'';' * /r
ever the crown fK-,'l k r , ° when- had o
nd peX„ s m t.ri !Cr,> n eaWaliened ' and
ufurpers, the mofl 'ti ( ° w »h these to ear
Be be destroyed a of royahy will ceed t
if- the king will have no mef 3 '"! f fn "-' e f' ei > "ear I
ar faithful fubjetHs- and Cl ° pr ° lowr 'fi
without a defender. ° W " flnd " a >'
- fon^gLT'h?C^Se f y-tf v Cat
Commons of the Realm y ' whole laud,
Xfc to r es.st these proce^
i to their plunder and ,vm ? ° PP ° fi - A
i, myfelf to reprtfent you ia th n JI y . : f a P m " ( # er entren
K the puVfc oHour el " ,,,g
a mailer or promote a minlller, or" tTbefl Ch °° fC
portion of power or I bellow any pafiagc
yourehoice I ffaould aikr'" 1 °" <hc their e
the lall perfpn who o'ught "to prefenT^'' Hf " C ' B
your notice, But if vn„ P rc jent himfrlf to gates
servant, whose duty it i, to Pl " P °f ' PP ° lnt 3 pc<r£,li
hi. own; to ma; l) ,L y o P r h r Ur ' ntCrfft ' S,e «' :
tain an office for ri . R ' npt to oh- Tl
' will independendy of 3 „ T ,fin « I y y°>.r Colaud
nexioni; I may then with a "d a.l other con-, and drt
»<!%.L.„r. h £S ''T* •!:' - b »-
JOHN_HokNETOOKE.
LONDON, May 2 , nt,al L
j the rsiri of a country nc fp«dily pre- which d
-»f c,„, c ;:„ iO . _ srs,
• *■ fi . tuallon tG our royal alli c 3 are .
i m eu, that ileal}* even v,c pity of French repu^.
„ " A ."f; unu / e 110 t^,nel : i,.g msod."
Jr'rt i Wj " nC l i S " e "S' h °f M «nory
When the Senate of V«„. c Kavc notice , ,
. count d* Prov&nce ( Louis XVI 11 \,, " e
° f,hW the Venetian territories,
CZ and A r d ° " 0t f° r Z et ! hat 1 Kin,, of France
A packet, containing fxret difbntrl
d«ke of Brurfwuk, Jthe /übicKt' *" lf *
T cc " Itance, has lately been inteiceptedbv ~
t t'me, gr .j n con f e q llence 0 f w hi c h a <ft 0 f \ J cn " z ~
0 has bc,W " ac " tamMlti HWfl^ Place
if cob- 17, ireug'bt
by the Parmer from Lonrlm s
rafton, OFFICIAL DETAILS OF Sf
Nt '" RIES OF THE FRENCH ARMIES Ttp'^
speech QN TH£ RHIN£ AND , N n UP
e rea ARMY OF THE SAWBRE AND THE met,/.
°P Cn * Extract of a letter f (om o^^
famed Tm 7** ?
duced C ' l .°, ? X^ CU " VC D^^ory.
gainst H - ad %f rt^ r6 ' « Raiment,
lim . i6ih Praiifal f juire a \
Urn— « Citizen Direßor,, U
mate, n c V "t" the b °"°; to ! nform r ou . by mv letter
farce t "TV .'," Cncm T ''ad broken the
,hT ,'sk /m r""r ,vo " IJ — <«
tilt 1U i ; ' b "" C "> Si« YOU „
sent accou of tfl! hrlt movement of the army.
"■ H "J? 'i* »*•*•. ,~i»
laves , " <Jk!r "' k . took a Potion, partly on the Nahe
" er - MaXu 7 h '" r " f Sohnerwal(} - General
Ugh, vvh ° was encamped at Berke.ifeld, at
= go- I t n h 77 \ wT d P°'tS
.itva- ItL 'SL ,he Nahe ' Snd wh ieh ™'ght have
»era- ' . He'beat them in,
■^r' 1 c " ncd d P otts - Oeneral Championet mmX
ed the ot Nidder-D/.bach, which h
alf a "P not /°, i,aVe ° Cl ' U P ,eiJ '
the conditions of the armijfice : this ca.tonment
yTV ' 7 T' nY cncam P cd ' '« <"Otifidera
rade / f Vr" P ° Wt3 ' dif P a "he ( J' on the trh
port ' (J n" C f V !r °°P S to attack th e advanced
we P ? ,- "" 31 Mar " a «. but they did not fuc
we ceed in forcing them.
■aft- m "/i 1 ' °Pf'' ation of lbe of the ar.
my deftiaed to aft on the right bank of the Rhinr,
,p„- " n o ft r h^•H> C ° mma ™ Klebcr, has beea
her Tm r"'", ■~S tr!;neral out on the 12th
and V 7,, 3 ' ° n h " marc!l t( * vapds '''e Sieg; and oa
the ■?5 i ~ ,B f d ay 0""* 0 «»ckcd
s ol ai,d rowed them completely. I <enclose you |£
for re^ rt ' b s r , wblch y°« will fee, undoubtedly not
she Tf I°V 7' lhit thC eXCt,tent d.Tpofiiions
the f ii- Gc " er3 ' wer e executed with «caJ and in
telligence by the General, under hi. command,
and with the utmost courage by the troops. You
will alfa find enelofed a cop, of his report of the
15th (June 3) which will apprise you of his dil
pofitionsi to force the enemy to abandon their pofi.
ent rr • rC \ ; - aad y° u wi « be pleased V_ feeing
that he attained fys aim by the dexteu'iy of his ma
■w- "f " Vre3 ' r and has by these ihhh the U.itd
de. °i u eiders of the country. Jam informed,
that this General proceeded ibis daj- towards AI
• tenkirchen, where the enemy, it woulu appear,
™ ean '° ,nake a I hope that he will have
luccelTes there equal ta those on the Sieg. The
movement of General Klrber h.u diftjuietrd the e
nera>"s snny en the bank of the Rhine. The
camp of 13aumh»lder, and all the troops which were
en on the Nahe, fmm its source to K;'ui, retreated
,0 " during la It nipht.
" C " (Signed) JOURDAN."
a- The General of Dmfwa, Kleher, commanding
ne the left wm K „f Uie army of the Samhie and
ie Mciife, to the cotpmander 111 chief, Joiirdan.
' " Head tersat Siegbeig,
f r gt j 16th Prairial (June 4.)
1 n® a \ f ' r ° U an acrount » my dear comrade, in
pt my Jail, that on the 12th (May 31) the army un-
Cf c °mnjahd liad marched to the position be
-- tween Bortz aud the Chateau of Uenfbcrg, roak
-9t mg a diitaoce of s even great leagues. Oh the fame
' e J,^" era ' advanced pods had two
1, uciripi&ea, one in the environs of th:
r- other on the archer, between TrofTdorff ar.d Omar
it —a few of our men were wou.itled.
e 'be 'jth (June 1) at four in the morn- »
•ng, the army proccfdcd iii two columns. The
3 u j ance ' f guard> commanc led by General Leftbvre,
1- had order* to force the pifTage of the Arher in .
, rout of rYofTdorff, at Ohmar, and at Lunarth ;
e to carry Seigbcrg, and immediately after to pro
ceed up the righi bank of the Seig, and post tt'felf
1 neai Happenchofs, so as to be enabled, on the so!-
owing day, t G cro ss the Sei)J, above Blakenhurg,,
to attack in the rear the position of Ukareth, in
cafe the enemy fliould maintain themselves ihert.
- T lie second divifioii, commanded by General Co.
: 'aud, had 01 ders to force the paiTage of the Sieg
on the two points of Mtindorff ar.d Menden, to
proceed up the left bank of that river, and to post
' before BurfdofF. The enemy occupied both
tie Acherand the Sie ', where ti.ey were flrongly
entrenched. About i.Tne o'clockKu the morning,
t e two divisions, being at Ihe points agreed on,
commeijted the attack with impctuf/ity, forced the
paflage >, and t:rove the "nemy every where from
their entrenchments. A part of General Lefefc.
*re s advanced guatd charged the enemy to the very
ga /r*ir° f er g> and imme ■ iately after took
pcliefTion of she city, and of the bridge on the
although defemkd by artillery.
The second division, commanded by Geniiai
t-olaud, divided the corps which the Sieg,
and drove a pait of those tioops towards the Rhine
—but as there was a warm tanonadeon the line of
• li; gberg, the General proceeded, conformably to
" 8 " r(^ er *» from Hufe towari-'s Buifdurff, f(>r the
purpok- of the advanced guard of Ge
' eral L<.febvre. He contented hi mid f with Icav- .
i»g two batta' „i 8 to watch the motions of the
ma,l body of ihe enemy he left in the rcsr, and f
p.". no; 3c!,;y to vetrcqt, by the rclite of the
v towards Mentz.—As soon as *1 wasceitain
1 » a t General Coiatid's division was .advancing full