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<eiiaud. The Imperial getieial, Qjiof
danovuii, commanded on this oecafion.
HEIDELBERG, Oe». 24,
After the victory obtained by the Aulfrlani on
the 18111, the French regained a little ground, and
took pofTefiiot of the huts they had built near Man-
In im. They have just been driven a second time
from thence, and the huts set hre to. The soldiery
and peasants are already employed in opening the
trenches.
The Auftnans are in poiTeifion of the rrenches j
Ctuated on the Necker ; and this enables them to
annoy Manheim, which they do with every success.
General Wu;mfer'sarmy before that city is 52,000
ftiong. In the aft ion of the 18111, the loss of the
French is e(tistated at 2200 men ; their general,
Au'linot has betti made piifoner. Agreeably to
his statement, the t«rtref< of Manheim is ih want
of provifiotv. Gen. Count commander
of the regiment of Gtmngen, has been made pri
fuller by the enemy.
The throwing up of the entrenahments before
Manheim, is compleating with the titnioft expedi
tion : the second parallel is already completed ; and
to effed this operation the peafaijts for fifteen
leagues in circuit have been employed : they are ex
tremely zealous in their taflc; and 12,000 men are
working daily.
The multitude of pontoons which have been
brought before Manheim, lead to a presumption
that the Auttrians intend to cross the Rhine, to at
tack the fort which bears the name of that river.
The French have offered to surrender Manheim to
General Wurmfer, provided he will grant them
the cutlomary terms of capitulation. To this the
General has consented, on condition that they will
at the lame time, surrender the fort and jlechcs of
the Rhine. This condition they have refufed ;
but have piopofed to acknowledge Manheim as a
neutral city. Their proportions have been reject
ed, and the operations ot . the siege are carried on
with the utmost vigour.
It was General Hoche, who, on the 18th, scaled
the redoubt of the Necker with three battalions.
Among the officers the Auttrianslolt on that occa
October 24,
is the only son of Gen. Latour. Gen. Coun'
Wnrmftfr "had a horse killed under hiih. Gc'neis
Audinot, who made priloner on that occalioh,
is the natural son of the manawr of the Paris The
atre, entitled, L'Ambigue-cortuque. He has been
brought in here, together with his adj.uant; and
in cur hefpitals 250 wounded French are lodged.
The head-quarters of the French array are at LOll
- Gen- Pichegru, and Mellin of Thion
ville, pay fiequent visits to Manheira.
VIENNA, oaober 23
" According to all accounts, the enemy sack
and pillage a " l ' le countty through which they pass.
They have plundered the city of Limburg and set
fire to the suburbs. In the enemy's proclamations
they endeavor to jultify their immenle requisitions
by stating, that pursuant to the ciders of theNati
unal Convention, after the 14th inllant, the line ot
neutrality is no longer to be refpetted, but all pla
ces are to be occupied and treated In a hotiile rr.an-
ner. Even the city of FraKcktort had already re
ceded requifitiofis to an enormous amount, irotn
which we have fortunately been able'to liberate it.
" Our having forced the enemy to retreat is of
thegreatell as the whole battering train
had already reached the left hanks of the Rhine to
dellroy Mentz, but has now suddenly been remo
ved.
COLOGNE, Oft. 24.
'Till row we have had no circumstantial details
of the retr at of the Sambre and Menfe army ;
the causes, however, begin now to develppe them
selves. The line of demarcation deceived both the
French and the Auftiians. The Anftrian Com
mandant6 had received assurance that Ecchelfchamp
was comprised in the Prussian neutrality, and they
acted accordingly. Nevertheless the French pafl
ea the Rhine at that point, took the Aultrians in
flank, and obliged them to fall back in great con
ftifion* The Cowit <tf Vienna was informed of
th.s, and that the Court of Befiin die) not sonfid
er the line of neutrality to have b:en violated. —
The Emperot in coiiftqiience ordered hi# Generals
to att as «-ircuniftanees requivec, without previous
ly confuting him. Tide iael appeals to have Ueeti
that this authority extended to "he faffing of the
line of demarcation, if th'.y
The Aultiiaii genera.
selves of tli's liberty, ant
ih .1 ou p. They ihi
b. , drove in th
tia «. of the Frei-.
' to cut i's
theaten'e
Rhine, it 11.e French
The French
i t on
In this simple exp
tetreat of Cerleial J
treat, 111 which, witr.oi
abandoned a u hole
park.(i a
and feaugaytf, and the gre
even their arms and private prop
Suck «r.s ihe panic that Uveal co'ps, after
having p £e>! 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 th<r ia.tli ii
pteci p:
t f oi\ler —!
a' ivr.—
.•k'O ..-(i k ' ar: i*!ii ::
••vhi'iC ill : l !«* -.Vi.t.
.n iiu Hi • '••
fe of tlx
of a re-
y . tt'e, they
■ iw. -r it i* to«*et rid d the iniiu, the pro
i.c- mo.'l \* u!l[ l>c, 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, y<?t>tiie 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 .<n*' advanced is true-, he tonfefled that he
had hiilnr:o been gieatly miitaken injall his ideas
of 11
Mr. Nilb..las and Mr. GiU-s supported ihe mo
tion for linking oui lite- item for copper. The
qucdion put was carried is the affirmative
and the item struck out.
Mr. Nicholas moved t» strike out the items for
contingent expenses incarry on tlie mint.
Mr-Page opposed the motion, he coniidered it
as fti iking at tl>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
<i:i the 2d January, by Capt. Spoifwood, of the
Ckl; r.
NEW THEATRE.
On WEDNESDAY EPTENIXG, January »g,
Kill be jjrefeiited,
A COMEDY, cJied,
The RIVALS,
Mr. Morriit
Mr MoreioHt
i;.-. IVignel,
Mr. B.i.ej,
Sir Lueins O'Triggef, Mr. Vfkitlock,
Fag, Mr. Ma'jhall,
David, Mi. Francis,
Coachman, Mr. Warrel!,
Boy, Mailer T. IVarraU.
Mrs. Malaprnp, Mrs. Sbaw,
Lyiiiu Languish, Mrs T.'hvjball,
Julia, Mr 6. Francis.
Lucy, (firfttime) Mrs. DoSor.
To which will be added,
A SFE.AKING PANTOMIME, (written by the la*e
David Garrick) called,
Sir Anthor.y Abfoiute,
Capuii Ablolute,
Fuulithnd,
Acres,
Harlequin's Invasion
OF THE REALMS OF SHAKESPEARE.
With the original music—the accompaniment* by Mr»
GiUihgbmm.
entire aew Medley Overture,by Mr.it/jijfc
lflrle(|uip, Mr. Francis,
Mercury, (withfongs) Mr. MarJhaU,
Forge, Mr. Mureton,
Bounce, Mr. Green,
Frontin, If r. Har-Kood,
Taffy, Mr. B eete.
Bog, Mr. Darley, jna.
Simcn, Mr. IVgnell,
Snip, Mr, Bates,
Abraham, Mr. Biiffltt,
Juflice, Mr. WarrelU
Crier, Mailer I'arrtll,
Padlock, Mr. IVarrcll, jun.
Fairy, wi.h a song, Miss Stlemen,
Columbine, of the! airy group, Mil's Cilaffv,
Holly Snip, Mrs. Francis,
Mrs. Snip, Mrs. Row/on,
Sukey Chitterlin, Miss Willems,
Old Woman, with a song, Mr. Darley.
In the coisrfc of the Pantomime will be introduced a,
v-lriety of new Scenery and Machinery.
The Scenery dsfigncd and executed by Mvl Milbturtp.
BOX, One Dollar—PlT, Three-Fourths of a Dollar—
and GALLLRSf, Half a Dollar.
The Public are relpe&fully informed, that the Doora
ot ihe Theatre >»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
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