nemy bad blown up the bridges near both of these cities; but the general had them re-conllrujled without delay. General Meiifrault crofted the Lahn (lear Weilhourg with his brigade, to support Ge.ie |al Haddiek, and encamped near Afohaffendorff. The encamped before Limbourg, on the banks of the Els. General d'E' hack pnr filed the enemy on the road leading to Hadamar ; * and, while General Kray proceeded to Montabaur, General Boros continued his march in the lame diredtion, with a view of railing the fiegc of the fortrefs of Ehrenbreitltein. According to the re port of deserters, the enemy crofjed the Rhine near Neuwied, and in the environs of Cologne. October 19. Field Marftiall Lieut, de Staader this moment states, from Ehrenbreitltein, that the fortrefs was delivered, on the 18th, by the advanced guard, commanded hy Gen. Boros, after the enemy's corps of oLfervatian had been attacked by the above guaid oh the heights of Ems. Notwithstanding the great superiority of the former, it was defeat ed and puriued to the other fide of the Sayn. The enemy retreated with more precipitation than ever to Jis other lide of the Rhine, by means of their bridges near Ncuwied, and wiih boats. General Boros took pod on the heighth of Rotherhahr, and is preparing to advance, in conceit with Gen erals Kray and Haddiek, to Neuwied. Different detachments as the army having been sent yelterday to the other fide of the Lahc, the corps de refcrve and mai.i body are now crossing 1 that l iver before L mbourg, The necessity of col lecting provisions, which it is impotlible to find in the environs of the Laim, completely ravaged by the enemy, has obliged a part of the aimy to make a itand for two days near Weilmunfter : this, however, has not prevented the advanecd guard from pulhing en, General Kienmicr entered Hohr on the l8:h, having puifued the enemy in their flight to that place. General Haddick is advancing on the road lead ing to Frtilingen. OiSohei 22 On the 20th, Gen. Haddick advanced to Uck erad, and pui faed the enemy to the Siejje, with out being able to come up with them : it r ppears,' by an intercepted order, that they hid crossed the Rhine near Bonn the day oefore. (Jen. Bi.ros i:i encamped before Bendoiff, and cannonades the re doubt constructed at the head ui the bridge near Neuwied. The enemy have in tha: redoubt I 2CO men and 10 guns. Notwithllanding it is, protecft ed by more than 40 guns, fi.uated as wi.ll on the islands of the Rhine as 011 the height of Tour- Blanche cn ih: other bank, the general ispiepar ing to carry it by tiorm, and has tor this purpole been reinforced by three battalions of grenadiers. The enemy, it is probable, will not wait the at tack, more efpeciaily as '-heir encampment opyo fne Neuwied is but weak. They conti;:;:e to re tieat with an incredible precipitation, and in the utmoll disorder." Thty evety where blow up their ammunition waggons. Prisoners are every moment brought in, as well by the soldiery as by the pea fonts. By the latter many ot the enemy are put to death. Two 12 pounders, a howitzer, and 1" araniu nition waggons, taken irom the enemy, have been itnt tu Metitz. GROSGERAN, o£t. 19. The French lisve just been defeated in the vicin - ty of Miuihcim. It appears'that Gen. Pich.-gru had ordered the garrifan of that city, which hid been considerably reinforced feme days before, to make a sortie and'diflodge the Aufttians from the banks of the N teller. The sortie took plate yes terday, at four in the morning, when the Aullri -Bis wire attacked; af.ei a veiy obstinate conflitt the left wing of the French army ga>eway. The Austrian cavalry atlacked in its tu: u, and drove '.lie er.e ny to the Necker, where many of them wer drowned, and the reft taken prisoners, to the a mount of several hundreds, among whom 13 liieir general, syl! the Rhine, ha!lenc« J up the .country. The greater par; at the Sambre army It opt at Mu. heim, ofpoutc oyr ci:y, and formed a eampi Bn" 1 hey could not maintain that portion The At. ilriatts advanced rapidly. On the 2 l It,they we at Weinbourg, 13 leagues from Cologne. Odtober 2b. A letter from Heppenheim of the 20th !Vat:> •' This morning at four o'clock we hraul a viulrr.l cannonade oh the tide of Mauheiiv., which litlied nil day. We hear that the Anftriurj attacked the 'igh' wing of the French arSny below Seck-nhc.r.i, and drove it U'der th? gu::i of M;f»hc'im. i'h<- *iultiians, ir 4 (aid, took 900 priioners. in tins .umber is General Mirinud." Cfuti< Jnurdan i* ro'icMnrstmij a prit of h:s 'loops?.! : "jinforcc hi? left wi::~, by w'li' h it i.i f*iiiiK'i sic meat s to v'xecittc the ge- H'li i frovtirr lit ;it a!i points of the 'mi, Irom Nm wied to Iv'iiiw:wauii, i" ouier regain, if poffihk, tl>e ground »c has ic ! l. While t'u-x has been fc much action o« this fide, the iirmits on the U;-(/.»r Rhine hs»e tewiaed tranquil ; and the jtwir ol HcppeuhC'im no thing remarkable lias happened. PORTSMOUTH, November 9 The wind is now from the Ncth, ami it is fa 1 d the Well India expedition takes ill departure from St. Helen's to-monow morning at day-light. PLYMOUTH, November 8 This morning rhe wind came about to the North- East, when the Ruffel, of 74 guns, Capt. T. Lar com, wi.h a fleet confiding of 16 fail of victuallers under convoy, get >.nder weigh, and failed for Qui beron Bay, with provisions and all kinds of nectlla ries for the supply of the (hipping there, and the troops on isle Dieu. DEA.L, November 9 The Btaver a new sloop of war, of id guns, Capt. Warner, now equipping at Chatham, is or dered to be expedited as ffift a 8 possible, to carry out Government dilpatches to Jamaica immedi- ately. The St. Peter, Capt. Cordfton from Rochelle, arriveJ at Weymouth 0:1 Monday, with several captains of the Jamaica fleet, lately taken by a French squadron. Tlicy gave an account of the following (hips taken, viz. the Exeter of Bristol ; Mary ot Bristol; Jane, Princcfs Mary, Orient, Providence, Thames, Albion, Kent, Filher, and Uriana, all of London ; the John of Scarbo rough. • •• The St. Peter left Rochelle the 26th ultimo at which time only four or five of them arrived at Roch fort or Rochelle. CONGRESS HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday, Janiu-y 19. Mr. Giles presented the petition of Frederick Guy er, stating that he had made; discoveries in relation to the Longitude, by Lunar Ohfei vation, and praying the encouragement of Cengrcfs. The petition of the Adiniiiiftrators on the estate of Samuel Powers, deccafed, was read—praying indem- f>r fi'nt'ry taken by fak' dece-f ---j4, ui his lit. tiw«, which C- rtifi.-ares Ind turned out to be ccnuttcfe t. The petition was grounded 011 tMs idea, that the fraud had r.een con.twitted ihro' the neg licence of the publit Agent. The pet:t:on, on motion of' Mr. IVtalbv-ne, was referred to the committee of Claims. Mr. toopcr presented the petition of John Carpen ter, a captain in the late Continental army —read, and referred to thw Committee of Cfaimd. In committee of tlie whole, on the bill mJcing ap propriations for the Support of Government,for the year 1,796, Mr. Nicholas remarked on the furn appropriated for the Department of State, that it was conformable to the eftirnate made prior to the temporary law which was pallid the last Seilion, which law added 200 dol lars to the salaries of the chief clerks in the Depart ments of Treasury, State, and War —whereas the items in the b!:l for the Treal'ury Department rated the lalaries of the chief clerks agreeably to the tempo rary law. It was fa:d in rrply, that the gross funis were conformable to the exiit.iig, not the temporary The gross fuma for the Departments were flruck out, and the committee ihen went thro' the several items. Mr. Williams, pursuant to notice formerly given, moved-to iirike cut the gross furri a-propriated for the Mint. Mr. Smith, (S. C.) observed, that great part of the sum was for salaries eilabhihed by law, which mult be paid until the law is repealed. If the gentleman means to suspend the whole appropriation law, till an enquiry is gone through with, refpeftinj* the Mint —the bill may be delayed perhaps two months —the confluence will be, the gieatelt cmbanailments in all the De partmentsofOovcrnmeiit; an appropriation law ought always to be pafit'd at the beginning of the year —con- Sdcrable time is already elapsed. Mr. Smith laid, the coinm ttee has deducted eonfiderably from the sum contemplated for the support of the mint, but he was of opinion that the expencesof the eHablifhment m»!l be increased, if the felecl committee fliould Report iu favour of those improvements I'uggtfted by the Direc tors of the Initirution. Mr. Williams entered into a general consideration of the mint eftjbliflimwnt—He the ex pences were overpropnrtiined to the benefits derived io the public from the Inftitution—tnat the advantages are loral, and N confined to the vicinity of the place where the money ij coined j and this arii'es partly from copper coin being more valuable than the rough cop per. Mr. YVi.liams referred to the fcveral ails relative u ths mint; ami listedfrom them, that the initiation in acct.uuilating Uill, of t xptnee to the Unite'! ' titti —Mr. V. :ll;ams wilted a further enquiry before « * r r for the put-hii'c of cjpjitr was a (-.•l uiinnni liit liiutun to thil iiein, which n;il dollars. rctd to— is ten ho Mil J. Swfth said thst the mint eftabllfhmenr had ,peveph«ena favourite With him; but (till he conlider the piylcut motion ss net itn&ly in order. Iv]r. Scvh>.-v . k hf* col the motion as out t thc, io repeal tUc !avr U) the in. 1-anco. ion, aintnn he foliiiets ivir. Oai'atin rose to pate principle-which it of imports iu€ lo lay down on this occation; it tht eU-eifii'a 01) thep qucfhon grounded on a diiuifit principle, Hinild on loine future Oicalion be ,»t'forvird. TJw principle was, that tins liouk , hi Uv wititkoldini appropriations when li.ey tC itjpp t.tl' Utu OU Of CoVCI :,I"ilC'llt. r l ii i r fie •»• jA'is flainly to be inferred fro* the;: rail ice ot fiie Hirtife, in- their patting annually an approprictior —J-; . i.;>rv:d, that in one irf'.ance the House had efSarmi r«-ot«"t)i.it principle. In refpeil to the pay tiieat.of ihe inltfflf on fhi-'public d J>:, for the IVpport of 'die public credit, the House had thought it nerefla to give up rtii! rigkt. If tii'u principle is not juii, ••ou'tc be left to make a permanent pi c,w. f-riii.i-'lit iC-rv-U'; i<.t v -\>vuper, Oflv'C- Mr. Sedgwick in reijy to Mr. Gallatin faid.lhat !ir vetv mmrh douijird il»c truth of the priivcipl. advanced t.y the gentleman from PcmifyNania.— lie cited ieveral cases tofe* that thof the f»la- rit-s ■ ere -tn.iialiv voted, ytiie conttitution ex- I>r.l':.lv (.iri-virirs that the of the Prelijent ftiill ... . be- tis< rialird of dimi'iifbc.! during the lime I,jf vvl. hhe is eU£t*d- Here thtvpu Mi c faith is ulcdjjed to provide aecardingly; tie nitianced the eaies of the judges, &<%. in which no dilcrrtionavy powercaa'J»f. ex..r.:ifed, $r,d sdded that if the doo trins .e existence of the e(lab!i(hment, as -involving « expenee to the public, and ex citing discontent and general dilappointment.— Mr. Page remarked that the coining of copper was a ver> great and general accommodation to the peo ple at large, ana that in time as the inftiiution pro jirefled, tlie preeious metals would be coined to pyblic advantage. Mr. Nicholas said his motion was mifunderllood his object was merely a suspension of the provilion for, the pre.sent, this, he tiiJ not suppose would go te arrelling the operations of the Mint alij^et^ier. The motion so far as it reflected feveial items was negatived Mr. Williams moved to strike out the sum stated or deficiencies, the reasons of these deficiencies he remarked were not in pofTeffion of the Committee, which ought to be the cafe previous to voting far 'for such a sum as 18,300 dollars. Mr. Gallatin said he (hould prefer having all that relates to the mint (truck out excepting the ialanes ; and that provision far the fpecified objt£U neceflary for that ellablilhment Ihould be the Uibjefic of ano ther bill—Some conversation here took plare, rela tive to the Iteps taken by the Committee of ways and means, to ascertain the reason on which this i'um for deficiencies had been inserted in the bill; it appeared that a sub Committee from the Com mittee of ways and means, had enquired of the aecountiug-iffficeis of the Treafiiry, and found, that the accounts of the officers of the mint containing the charges composing the deficiencies had been fettled and pa(Ted the cuftortiary forms of the Ttea ; Jury Department. Mr. J. Smith stated that this item was a dejjt agakft the United States, aad tho' something had Mr. Muhlenberg in the Chair. r;1-w i'or ccrta.u fpccihc;'. iii l/.ii.g, no t 7 .wl - rctK>ii rcmainec to :!il' cxp/c's provifivfis Jt iuili hesn flic! ? u .aet dif.r."tion, hf conceived it was out of the qaefrtou in the prcfept tfale—The Uuti«4 States owe Uie furr., they arii able to pay.it j utwi he f w no good reason for refiilinj? to do it. The motion for striking out v. as negatived. The committee went thro' the reit of the bill without alteration—lt was then repotted 10 the lioufe, with two anienomcnts. Mr. Bourne rnoyfcd to rctloie the item for the purchase of topper ; thij motion occaiioued a re newal of the debate refpefting the min*, winch continued 'till palt o'clock, when, without tak ing a vote, the hoiife ad;oiirned. Philadelphia, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10,1796, We hear, :hat accounts are received by way of Gi braltar, that a Treaty between Spain and the United States, was signed the 29th of November. The European Articles puMifhed in this day's Gazette, a*e copied from a London Paper ol the twelfth of November.— It will be perceived that the details aie more copious than have heretofore appeared, tho papets of the fame date have been quoted. Extract of a letter from London, dated oSaber 17, " We have juit sent off two young jniffionariea for Sierra Leone, in Africa; Mr. Rod way and Mr. Grig r ; they were lately (ludent6 in Briiiol Academy, a*,d appear to be young men of great fiiueiity and piety. " They will remain, it is piobab'e, at Freetown, in-Sierra Leone, teaching si! ooJ, preaeUing to «ur Negro Church ihjrc, and alf improving themfelvea in Arabic, that they may be prepared to go up into the country in due time, with a view of pro pagating the Chrillian Rtligion among the Hea then." ExtraH of a letter from Lond<&, dated October 17, " A fteor.d patt of Patne's Age of Reason is just published, much worse than the former ! '• To day the famous corresponding society meets at. lfliugton field—our whole country groans wilii intolerable burthens ; many murmur and com plain, "out thete is no present appeatarance of re diefs ; nor is there, I fear, among all our patriots, one ho'itil'mnn of fntt rate abilities, who date rilk anv ihi.ig f(,r :i,c falvati.in of bis country ! ' " Brothers has begun to prophecy atrefli; he a in a mad honfe; a publication of his, 1 have feed in rnannfi lipt, ci»mes out to mcrroW, to iCiount for thf fiijptnjtun of his predi£ied jildg* ments, and to threaten tlicir execution. " The number of people w!.o haveL>.cn deluded iiy this IB!'', is allos.ifhing." , , ' The brig Elizi, Capi. Yardfley, arrived at Ham bi:ig the 27th day after leaving the Capes of D«l*> ware. The liiip Londoa Packet, Capt. Smith, from Hambuig f'jr Bnltiir.ore, out 13 weeks, was spoke »ill be open at FIVE, and ihe Curtain life precilely at SIX o'clock. .icketis New Amphitheatre, CHESNUr-STIUEr. TC-MORROVV EVENING, January 31, Will be exhibited, Surprijiiig Feats of Horfcmanjh'ipc. With a great variety of performamces. [Particularly A YOUNG MAN, WHO und rfta«ds Book-Keeping, and writes a good hand, may hear of employment, by applying at No. i 13, south Third-flreet. Jan. so. §3t. >795 *795