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fmi FRANKFORT, Septembers!.
“ t VxcTpRV of the Archduke,
sH wt And the taking of Manheim.
• 3:>; 't
|j The archduke Charles, has, as I have
4-1 ''intioned to you before now, through his
Mljcedily marching towards Philipfburg, re
(FrljMveJ that fortrefs from the bombardment
jsllte* the French, and forced them to retire
Jj Inwards Manheim. This day I have to
jUi'Ammunicate to you, the important intel
mlpence, that the duke has compleatly bea
jPjJjfl 4n the enemy near Neckerau,and Min-
drove him out of his strong holds
pi .?4»d took the city of Manheim, 1800
1! 'i’renchmen, among whom are the gene-
Vj ! r al of Mealen, and Le Felle, and 61 offi
. S.«, 'jers, were made prisoners, a flandards 18
|l Jfannon 3 howitzers, 13 ammunition carts
f jnd seven waggons loaded with balls fell
nto his hands, the following is an extra#
f 1 J4fthe duke’s letter, dated the 18th which
l lbe transmitted from head quarters at
Ijl Schwetzingen, refpefting this glorious af
.j Fair.
i|||| “ After raising the liege of Philiplbitrg,
j|, it be bombardment of which had laded fix
' I davs, the greated part of the hodile troops
|i ‘ drew across the Rhine, and took a poll
ution from the urft bank from Ogerf
t! heim, towards Worms. The division
P Roche garrisoned the fortrefs of Man
-1 |»|ieini, and the entrenchments which were
>ere#ed during dimmer at Necherau, the
i I 1 fortrefs of Manheim was not in the lead
j | demolilhed as has been announced in the
i j public prints, the works were partly as be
||j f fore, and partly so improved, that they
| appeared psffedly secure againd any
11 Coup de Main, the village Necherau,
H which is totally Airrounded by an inaccef-
Hj fible broad and swampy ditch, and fee ms
Si to form an ifhnd, has for its access two
B bridges which are guarded by formidable
entrenchments and batteries, this adds
I much to the drength, with which nature
|» has favored this illand.
“ By the position and operations of the
H enemy, I was fully convinced that he*
meant to defend to the uttern of the for
fi tress of Manheim, and its adjacent en-
M trenchments, he was bulled unintermit-
H tingly day and night to F-xtend his batteries.
Further I received intelligence from tin
quedionable authority that the directory
had transmitted to general Muller extra
ordinary indru. f tions 10 maintain, and not
to refinquidi Manheim at any rate, in con
lequence :>t which preparations were made,
to move the cannon from the left bank of
B the Rhine to Muiheim.
“ This induced me so accelerate the
premiditated attack ; she enemy nude the
mod reiolute and obdinate refinance at
and seemed to rilk all for the
maintainance of that fortified place ; his
fire was excedively heavy and without in
termission, yet uotwithdanding all this, an
aflault was made by our troops upon the
bridges leading to Neekerau, which were
carried with a determination that seemed
to pervade all ranks alike ; the enemy was
entirely diilodged from one of his en
trenchments, and in this manner not only
the village of Neekerau, but the whole
I s fortified ilie became ours.
“ Aft<*r this, without loss of time,
Ilolzhofe, a place situate on the river
Rhine, between Manheim and Neekerau,
equally as ftrongand as well fortified as the
former, was attacked by our troops—here
also the enemy made the fame refiltance as
at Nicherao, but this fortrefs being aflnul
ted wfith the fame spirit of determination,it
was soon carried ; the garrison was partly
labred down, and partly with their com
manding general made prisoners.
“ This being done, we erefteda battery
in the greated hurrv near Holzhofij, againd
the bridge across the Rhine, and at the
£ fame time, at which we opened our bat
teries againd the bridge, an attack was al
so made upon the entrenchments which
the enemy had eroded during the preced
ing dimmer fenfon, along the whole front
of the fortrefs ; these two were carried,and
so quickly was the flying enemy pursued,
that our troops along with thole of the
enemy prelfed into the city of Manheim ;
the drawbridges therefore could not be
flint, and Inch was the confufion and pa
nic of the garrison, that all those who had
not prcvujutly fled to the left bank of the
Rhine blame our prisoners.
“ The number of prisoners taken on
this occasion, confidsof tSoo men, among
them are the brigade generals Maefen and
Lendl*, with 6t ftaff and other officers.
“ We took two standard, eighteen can
non, three howitzers, thirteen ammuni
tion waggons, seven carriages laden with
balls, nunv granade balls and other war
like implements, besides fcveral hundred
wt. powder.”
Signed,
ARCHDUKE CHARLES, F. M.
UPPER RHINE, Sept. 16.
The following is the summons on the part
of the French to the ccmmander of
Philipfburgb, the Rhingrave of Safoi :
Mr. Commandant !
LThe fort re** which you defend, is now
blockaded upon all files, and a tirong ar-
my covers the blockade. Every thing is rea
dy to bury you ami the troops of the garri
son under its ruins ! In the name of hu
manity, I demand of you to prevent the
: effufion of blood, and your inevitable ruin,
1 by surrendering the fortrefs of Philiplburg
to the French troops. I allow you two
hours for consideration ; if this timeds e
lapsed fruitlefsly, force alone will be my
1 guide and my law.
I faluteyou with esteem,
The general of division and com
mander of the blockade of Philipf
burg, 20th Fruftidor (6th Sept.)
LABOLLE.
THE ANSWER WAS —
General! /
I cannot answer your summons which
just now has been delivered to me, in any
other way than that of a man of honor
and a soldier, that is, that I will do my
duty, and use all means in my power,
to repulse the attack of which you inform
me. M
I allure you, General
my perfe# esteem,
RHINGRAVE of SALM, L. G.
PRESIDENT’S SPEECH.
Philadelphia, Dec. 3.
This day at twelve o'clock , the Prcjident of the
United States met both Houjes of Congress,
in the Reprejentative Chamber , where he ad
drejfed them a* follows : —■
(ir. NT L MEN OF THE SENATE, AND
GenTEEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE
SENTATIVES,
IT is with peculiar f.it'sfaftion, that I meet the
Sixth Congrels of the United States of America.
Coming from all parts of the Union, at this critical
and intereding period, the Members mod be fully
pofiVfled of the lentiments and withes of our condi
ments.
The flattering profpc&s of abundance from the
labors of the people, by land and by lea, the pros
perity ot our extended commerce, uotwithdanding
interruptions, occasioned by the belligerent date of
a great part of the world ; the return of heaith, in-
Judry and trade, to those cities which have late-,
ly been afflidted w.th dileafe, and th various and
iuediin ible advantages, civil and rehgious, which,
tecured under our happy frame of government, are
continued to us unimpaired, demand of the whole
American people iincere thanks to a benevolent
Deity tor tke merciful dispensations of this provi
dence. But while theie numerous blelfings are re
collected, it is a painful duty to advert to the un
gratetul reiurn which has been male for them by
lorne of the people in certain counties of Pennfyl
van.a; where, reduced by the arts and misrepre
sentations of detigning men, they have openly redd
ed the law directing the valuation of houles and
lands. Such defiance was given to the civil autho
rity as rendered hopeleis all further attempts, by
judicial process, to enforce the execution of the law,
and it became neceflary todireft a military force to
be employed, confiding of some companies of regu
lar troops, volunteers and militia, by whose zeal and
activity in co-operation with the judicial power, or
dT and fubmifTion were redored and m’ny of the
offenders arrested. Ot these some have been con
vided of mtfdemeanors, and others, charged with
various crimes, remain to be tried.
To give due effed to the civil adminidration of
g vernment, and to inlure a jud execution of the
laws, a revision and amendment of the judiciary sys
tem is indifpenltbly neceflary. In this extenlive
country it cannot but happen, that numerous ques
tions receding the interpretation of the laws and
•he rights and dut.es of officers and citizens, mud
arilc. On the one hand, the laws should be exe
cuted ; and on the other, individuals fliould be
guarded from oppredion. Neither of these objeds
•s ufficiently assured under the present organization
of tae judicial department: I therefore earnedly re
commend the fubjed to your serious consideration.
1 erlevering in the pacific and humane policy,
which had been invariably profelfed, and finccrely
put hied, by the executive authority of the Unitea
States, when indications were made on the part of
the French Republic, of a diipofition to accommo
date the exiding differences between the two coun
tries, 1 hit it to be my duty to prepa.e for meeting
their advances by a nomination of miniders upon
cettam conditions, which the honor of our country
dictated, and which its moderation had given it a
right to prelcribe. The afiurances, which were
required ot the French government, previous to the
departute of our envoys, have been g ven, through
their in under of foreign relations, and I have di
reded them to proceed on their milfion to Paris.—
I hey have full power to conclude a treatv, fubjed
o the constitutional advice and consent of the Se
nate. Ihe charadcrs of these gentlemen are sure
p.edges to their country, ih-.t nothing incompatible
with us honor or intered, nothing inconfident with
our obligations of good faith or friendflfp to any
other nation will beilipulateJ.
It appearing probable, from the information I re
ceived, that our commercial intercourse with fame
ports m the Uland ot St. Domingo might lately be
renewed, I took luch deps, as teemed to me expo
diens to that point. The retult being fa
tistador), 1 t..en, in conformity with the ad of
congrds on the iubjed, direded the redraints and
prohioitions of that intercourse lobe difeontinued,
on terms, wluch were made known by proclama
tion. Since the renewal of this intercourse, our
r uizcns, trading to thole ports, with their property.
In examining the claims of British fubieds by the
commifl,oners at Philadelphia, under the fixtha.o
V amuy ’ CoTnrr,erc c and navigation
vuh Great-Briutn, a difference of opinion onS
deemed elfential , n the interpretation of that an cle
as arilcn between the cemmufioners appointed bv
-he United Starts and the other memben of
board, from whtch the former have thought it their
duty to wi hdrawr. It is finceieiy to be regret ed
thn the execution of an article produced by a mu’
•u.l fp rst ot amity and judice thould hale been
thus unavoidably interrupted. I, p, however, con
hdently xxpedej, that the fame iptrjt of amity and
the fame i«ufe of judt.e in which it originated,
at i leal to latutadory explanations. In conte
quence ol the obdacUs w the progress of th* com
mitfiAn ln Phtbdelphia. hi, Butannic majedj has
t , , Co K m!U,O,ierS ’- af,fH,i " tesi UR
n * . '•* ‘ tvc,uh «>» the treaty, relatias to
Am:r ’ C * n veffcls? to witSLw
.tom the board httiug , n L w ]or, but with the ex-
. | press declaration of his defjprm’nation to fulfil, with
.* punctuality, and good faith, the engagement which
‘ his majesty has contracted by Ins treaty with the
I- Unite/ States, and that they will be ir.ftru&ed 10
e relume their fun&ionr, whenever the obftaties which
impede the prdgreis of the commission at Philadel
’ phia, lhall be removed. It being in like manner,
3 my sincere determination, so far as the fame de
-3 pends on me, that with equal punctuality and good
faith, the engageemnts con raCled by the United
1 States in their treaties with his Britannic majesty
lhall be fuelled, I shall immediately inftruCt our
minister at London, to endeavour to obtain the ex
planations neceflary, to a just performance of thole
engagements on the part of the United States.—
* With luth dispositions on both sides, I cannot en
tertain a doubt, that all difficulties will loon be re
moved, and that the two boards will then proceed
and bring the bufinels, committed to them relpec
tively, to a latisfaftory conclulion.
The ACt of Congress, relative to the feat of the
l government of the United States, requiring, that
, on the firft Monday of December next, it should be
transferred from Philadelphia to thediftridl, chosen
for its permanent feat, it is proper for me to inform
’ you, that the commissioners, appointed to piovide
t iuitable buildings for the accommodation of Con- 1
grefs, and the Pidffclent, and for the public offices
~ kof the government, have made a report of thelfate
■of the buildings, designed for these purposes in th>’
TCity of Washington, from which they conclude,
I that the removal of the feat of government to that
place, at the time required, will be practicable, anci
the accommodations fatisfaCtory. Their report will
be laid before you.
Gentlemen of the House or Repre
sentatives,
I shall direCt the estimates sf the appropriations,
neceflary for the service of the enfmng year, toge
ther with an account of the revenue and expendi
ture to be laid before you, During a period in
which a great portion of the civilized world has
been involved in a war, unusually calamitous and
deftruCtive, it was not to be expeCted, that the U
nite.l States could be exempted from extraordinary
burthens. Although the period is not arrived, when
the measures adopted to lecure our country against
foreign attack can be renounced, yet it is alike ne
ctary to the honor of the government, and the la
t'ifaClion of the community, that an exaCt (economy
ffiould be maintained. I invite you, Gentlemen,
to- injwftigate the different branches of the public
expenditure. The examination will lead to bene
ficial retrenchments, or produce a convi&ion of the
wil'dajn sf the measure to which the expenditure
relates.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and
k Gentlemen"of the House of Repre
sentatives,
At a period, like the present, when*momentous
changes are occurring, and every hour is preparing
new and great events in the political world; when
a ipirit of war is prevalent in almost every nation,
with whole affairs the interests of the United States
have any connection, unfafe and precarious would
be our situation, were we to negleCt the means of
maintaining our just rights. The result of the mis
sion to France is uncertain ; but however it may
terminate, a Heady perseverance in a system of na
tional defence, commensurate with eur rsfources
and the situation of our country, is an obvious dic
tate of wildom. For remotely as we are placed
trom the belligerent nations, and desirous ?$ we are,
by doing justice to all, to avoid offence to any,
nothing short, of the powerof repelling aggressions,
wi l secure to our country, a rational profpeft ol
sfcaping the calamities of war, or national de
gredation. As to mylelf, it is my anxious desire, so
to execute the trust rspofed in me, as to render the
people of the United States prosperous and happy.
I rely, with entire confidence, on your co-opera
tion, in objeCts, equally your care, and that our
mutual labots will serve to increase and confirm
union among our fellow citizens, and an unshaken
attachment to our government.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States, Dec. 3, 1799.
Isaac Herbert,
Has jufl Received by the Janus, Capt. Elijah
Smith, Z 3 by other late arrivals from England.
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
European GOODS,
Suitable to tbe present & approaching season
He has also received an Ajjortment of
GROCERIES;
AND ON CONSIGNMENT,
RAISINS in boxes,
ALMONDS,
COFFEE in bags, and
LONDON PORTER in bottles,
Which he will dispose of on moderate
terms, at his Store upper end of broad
street, where the current market price
will be given for tobacco, cotton and
other country produce.
December 25. (ts. 24.)
CHEAP NEW STORE.
Eleazer Early,
Pur chafer of Tobacco, Cotton and all
other Country Produce.
ASSURES the Planters that he is now I
opening, (in Broad-street, at the cor
ner brick Store, occupied last year by Mr.
Collin Reed) an extensive a (Tort men t of
cheap and well feleded Fall and Winter
GOODS;
And hopes from his determined atten
tion, beinga young beginner, to meet with
a liberal encouragement of public favor.
He has on consignment ,
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF
books,
Carefully Selefted.
ALSO,
Three Trunks of Aflorted
SCARLET CLOAKS.
December ,5. (,f. =4 )
; f * SAVANNAH, Dec. 18 ,
: George Harral,
Duke-Str3£t, Market-Sou.’
HAS JUST RECEIVED, *
A the Ship Janus from LONDON
I ND NOW OPENING FOR SALE ’
aT S e an Ajjbrtment of the left OLj
, DRUGS, MEDICINES ?
SHOP FURNITURE, PERFUMES
PALTERS COLOURS, Sc. &/’
As eve * InpruA in thu City, ~/, id /„ 1
by WHOLESALE & RETAIL.
r<™, and, Country S,„ ts „ nd p ram
Physic, ’will be/applied with every article 1
!fc& ED,c,N f L,SE 'r
thdWthey can be procured in Charlellon
in any part of this State. ’ W
—SOME FEW ARE, .
Refined Cam- oil of cioves
phor Cinnamon
Best powd. red Bark Lavender
Pale do. s Mint
Rhubarb Thvme
Hippo Saflufraj
Cream of Tartar Amber
Quicksilver Japan Earth
Calomel, ppt. Carmine
Corrosive Sublimate Mulk
Red and white Prce- Roots. Valerian
cipitate Gentian
Strong Nitrous Acid Marlhmellows
Senna . Mazerion
Sweet Spt. Nitre Alkanet
Vitriolic ALther Rhuebarb
Gum Myrrh Turmeric
Benzoin Colombo
Gamboage Sarsaparilla
Arabic Liquid Blue
Kino Nankeen Dye in jugs
Scammony Rochelle
Tragacanth Epsom &
Chamomile Flowers Glauber Salts
Hartlhorn Tapioca
Balfara Capivi Vitriolated Tartar
* Peru Camharides
Sulphor Lunar Caiiftic
Tolu Extract of Bark
Englilh Saffron Gentian
EfTence Burgamot Tartar Emetic
Lavender Root, and BallLiquo
- Lemon rice.
PATENT MEDICINES
OF EVERY KIND.
SHOP FURNITURE.
TINCTURE, and wide mouth Bottles
of different sizes,
Iron, Brass, Marble and Glass Mortars
of different sizes,
Smelling Bottles,
Phials aflbrted by the crate or dozen,
Tooth Brushes assorted, ‘
Apothecary’s Scales and Weights,
Bed Urinals,
White Skins,
Phial Corks,
Nipple Pipes and Breast Shells,
Plaifter Spatulas and Bolus Knives.
PAINTERS COLOURS.
White Lead, Drop Lake,
Vermillion, Queen’s Yellow,
Verdigreace, Prufiian Blue, &c. &c.
ORDERS from the Coun
tiy ’will be Punctually attended to , and those
who pur chafe may rely upon having the articles
of the best quality. (6t.24.)
NOTICE.
HAVING determined to enter into
business in the city of Cnarlefton;
I take this method of informing the pub
lic, that I shall leave this place about the
middle of the ensuing month. In the
mean time the house and lot whereon I now
reside, is offered for sale or on lease ; and
a variety of Household and Kitchen’ Fur
niture will be fold low for CASH at pri
vate sale. Those who are inclined to be
come purchasers, or any person wishing
to lease the lot, may know the
terms by applying to the subscriber on the
premises. All those whom it may con
cern are also notified, that after my depar
ture from this place John E. Anderson,
Esquire, will be fully authorifed as my a*
gent and Attorney,to tranfadl any business
with them.
ANANIAS COOPER.
December, 2;. (4^.24)
L I g all whom it may concern.
HAVING Observed in the public
prints, two advertisements with the
signature of Augustine Edwards, in which
he profefTes to be acting for the adminis
trator of Anselm Leigh, deceased. I fed
it my duty to admonish the creditors o(
the estate of the said deceased, and all oth
ers in any wife concerned therein, against
having any tranfa&ion with the said Au
guftme Edwards, in that capacity, as I am
the ading administrator to the said estate,
and the only person with whom business
can be fafelv cone, concerning the fame.
BENJAMIN LEIGH.
December 25. (t.f 24 )