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Jfv the arrival of the P.ng Sukev , Cant. Thrafh
rr, at Charlejloa, a Briflol pnptr of the t-jh of
June has been received, from which the follow
ing cat rath arc taken :
LONDON, June 22—*5.
On Tuefdav advice was received at Calais
frbrti Paris, that the Preliminaries of peace
between five court of Vienna and the French
republic had been signed ; and in consequence
of which intelligence there were great rejoic
ings in every town from Paris toCalai*.
Ml confirmation oi this intelligence, L’Fclair
of th” jyih milant has the following paragraph
•nder the head of Paris :
“ The report tliat the preliminaries of peace
•with Auttria ere signed, was spread yellcrday
•vening throughout all Paris, and is repeated
thus. We are assured it is at Bade that they
have been executed, and that the directory ac
cepted them the iright before last : if this news
be true, therr will immediately be fometliing
official on this head.”
Thus then a war, which is said to have been
undertaken by ionie of the continental powers
iior the purpose of dismembering France, is
likely to terminate in fevering from .the Em
pire large and fruitful provinces ; for it may
ealily be forefeen, that the French government
w ill adhere to its fyflein of making the Rhine
the boundary of France, and that it will not be
possible to ooftruA the execution of this plan.
Whether deserted as we are by our allies,
and every other circumflance considered, the
Britilh cabinet will deem it expedient or fafe
tocoiitinue the y/ht singly again ft France, a fliort
lime inuft difeover. It is evidently the opin
ion of the monied men in the city, that it will
not ; for on the ground of the emperor’s paci
fic difpolition, Hocks have experienced a con
liderable rile.
Yesterday arrived Paris Journals to the very
late date of the 19th inclusive. According to
the accounts detailed very much at length, in
these papers, it appears, tliat the career of the
Frcncli is not less luccefsful on the Rhine, than
it has been in Italy. The French, however,
are so much in the aft of exaggeration of the
losses of the enemy, and the suppression of that
fuflainrd by themselves, that we know not
what degree of credit to attach to their details;
tho’ the fuCeefs of their operations Items un
doubted. They give accounts of a battle at
Altenkirchen, on the sth, in which they took
3700 prisoners, five pair of colours, nine pieces
of cannon and Jtwo general officers ; and efti
*nate the iofs of 1500 on both sides. At
Barckcnirit and Obeiflein, the Auflrians were
•compelled to retreat to Bingen, on the l heights
of which the French Hate that their armies have
ftaken an advantageous-position
At Neider, Lahnllrin, Pfoftendorf and Her
cheim, other aftiona took place ; in which ihe
Adihians are Hated to have loft 540 prisoners
und 23 cannon. Jourdan it is added, has puf
fed the Rhine, with his principal forces, in the
environs jjof Audernach, Coblentz and Nicu-<
l>adt ; at which ..latter place he has fixed his
head quarters.
A Paris paper of the 17th, contains a letter
dated the sth, from the archduke Charles, at
ilentz (to whom it is not said ; and in a Dutch
paper the fame letter is given from the head
quarters of the archduke) ; this letter mentions
attacks made by Jourdan, on the 3d’ and 4th, in
the environs of Lantereck ; in which the Aus
trians were compelled to retreat to Oppcnheim.
It is added, that the french meditated anattack
on Keiferfiautern ; and fume of the French
accounts fay, that they had become maftersof it.
Buonaparte has just sent ten millions to Ge
noa, in addition to the seven millions which
he had lent before. He Has alio transmitted
two millions to the army of the Rhine. The
army of Italy is attended with no cxpence to
the republic.
Milan makes a more formidable rttfilbnce
than could be cxprfted. The garri
loned by general de Sales, with 4000 t ’rarn.
iic is invested by 12,000 French ; but his re
ply to the summons is, that while he has a man
remaining, he will not furrendejs. The French
•were prepared to give the assault at the latter
end of May.
The accounts from Spain feemr to indicate
the incrcafing influence of the French in the
Cabinet of Madrid, and, of courie, an incrca
flng enmity in the Spaniards to this country.
front L’Eclair of the i&th.
Accurate details of the battles which took place on
/ cfh, 6th , and jeh of June, between the Imbe
ii,il and French armies of the Sombre and Mtufe
of the Rhine and the Mofellc.
The battle of Altenkirchen.
On the sth. at day-break, the general Cob
land attacked the entrenched camp of the Aus
trians before Altenkirchen. After a combat of
four hours, as bloody as obstinate, viftory was
still uncertain. General Colland, equally ir
ritated at the loss which his troops experien
ced, as with the refillance of the enemy, com
manded the charge to be beat. The grenadiers
immediately advanced with fixed bavonets,
and the camp was forced in all parts. Three
thoutand seven hundred prisoners, five stand
ol colors, nine pieces of cannon, frven caissons,
• great number of waggons, two general offi
cers, one of whom is dangeronfly wounded,
* ru ' ts °f this viftory : they reckon ttoo
killed on both sides.
Battle before Rerchnfelt and Oberjlein.
It whs the division of'gencral Marceau which
was charged to attack tfie left wing of the
Auflrians at nil points; after several bloody
battles, m which both parties loftra vtft num-
Her of men, the Auftrian* fell Hack. The
French advanced by forced marches; in the
interval general Championnet attacked the
Auflrians at Strembrrg and its environs, with
Inch slaughter, that they were forced to throw
themselves precipitately upon Bingen, where
be followed them, and took possession upon
the heights.
At the fame moment general Bcrnadotte
drove them from the Nahe, parted his army
•rrofs the river near Bengin and took an ad
vantageous pofitioo. Another battle took
r ! <* on the Gian.
Battles of tfitier-Lahnflcin , Pfotendorf, ami
...... Htrchein.
which W the A l n n ns - thc advlot >€us portion
e'n'nUCr. T,in ? 0n lhe d Went points,
generals Grenier and Bonnard attacked them
grounded themtook 5000 prisoners, .3 pie
t7t',nn"° * nd dumber of effoons and
wtggona. On the gjb, ,f tcr roid-day, general
Columbian iEufeum,
Kleber ordered the blockade of the fortrefs of
Ehrenbreitflien.
On the following day, several strong columns
palled the Lahn ; the firlt arc aftually at Naft
len and Selters, 10 leagues from Frankfort and
11 from Mentz.
The archduke Charles, astonished at the
matches and the rapid (accedes of general
Kleber in the vicinity of the forefls of Weftcr
wa’d, and the other fide of the Lahn, and wish
-111; to oppose to the French armies the molt
considerable forces, retreated his army from
the Iltinfdruck, made it defile by Mentz, that
in consort with the army of Field Marflial
Count Wurmfer he might cover the right bank
of the Rhine and the river Main ; but general
Jourdan anticipated and fruftated these plans,
by making his principal forces cross the Rhine
in the environs *of Audernach, Coblentz, and
Neuwied, to advance upon the right bank.
His head-quartci s arc aftually in the last named
town.
A letter from general Hochev of the 18th
Prairial, Hates that the Chouans in the Canton
Graoe had delivered up their arms, and their
example was cxprfted to be followed by all
who remained in arms in the department of
Maycnee.
June 25.
Defeat of the French on the Rhine.
We early this morning received Paris jour
nals to the 22d instant, inclusive. From gene
ral Join dan’s letter, it appears the French have
been on the right bank of the Rhine,
by the archduke Charles. It is certainly not to
be expeftrd that a French General will give a
faithful account of the disasters experienced hy
his own army ; but ft iff there is fufficient in
the letter of Jourdan to warrant the concluiion,
that the defeat which he sustained, has been of
foinc magnitude. This indeed is evident,
from the avowed consequence of the aftion,
Jourdan being reduced to the needfity of re
calling the Rhine with precipitation, and Ric
her, who had rapidly advanced to the banks of
the Nahr, having been compelled to fall back
to the Sieg.
It should not escape our readers notice, that
in a former campaign, the Sieg and the Lahn,
were the places that the republican army met
; with a severe check.
ihe retreat of general Wurmfer, and of the
archduke, from Hunfdruck, it now appeal. t
were fkilful manoeuvres to enable them to at
tack the French, on the right bank of the
Rhine with more advantage.
Tranjlatei for the ARGUS.
Coni inual Victories on the Rhine*
A passenger in the D-i l-pitch, capt. Dodf
worth, from Bourdeaux, has politely handed
in die “ Coamer Republicans, of June 19 and
23, printed at Paris, from which we have hafti
, ly translated the following
late and important articles.
PARIS, 29 Prairial, June 18.
It is generally reported in the Council of 500,
a courier is arrived who in the name of
the Emperor requests an ARMISTICE, and
propolrs that several important places, such as
MENTZ shall be held as pledges during the
negociations.
It is further added, that the principal diffi
culties were obviated this night, and* that the
PRELIMINARY CUT PEACE is figned’ be
tween the directory and the Envoys of the Ca
binet of Vienna at Paris.
MUNSTER, (Maynefeld) June?.
Bus leha- of the Armies of the S amb*e and Meuse, of
Prairial 19, June 7.
1 he principal part of the divifioii-undergen
eral Le Fefre has sassed the LAHN , the remain
der is upon the right bank, with that of gen.
Colaud, as well as almost all that of gen-. Gre
■ nier.
Gen. Bonnard, with part of this last division,
and other troops, forming a body of 7 to Bboo
men, will this night encircle Ehiembreitflfcin,
which he is going to blockade.
Gch. Championnet this night partes the
Rhi ne at the mouth of the River Lahn, with
his divifionby which means, besides the
‘troops employed’ before Ehrenbrcitftein, there
will be to-morrow on the other fide of the
Rhine, ko,ooo men, ready to aft.
Ihe divillons of general Marceau, Pbncet,
and Bemardot, continue to occupy the Hundf
druck ; they keepdn check the army of prince
Charles* which it is said-has just sent conlidera
ble reinforcements to’ that commanded by
prince Wirtemburg, which is ENTIRELY
ROU TED: The head quartCFS-of the division
of Hundfdrutk arc advanced.
A considerable body, of Auflrians have re
treated to'Kirn and'have taken a very advan
tageous position; but they are absolutely cut
off from the reft’ of the AuftCian army, with
which they can have no further communicati
on. I hey are so far (unrounded that they will
soon be obliged to lay down their aims for
want of fuccoursand provisions.
Gen. Erttouf, who arrives from Nicuwicd, re
turns to-morrow ( June 8) to establish himlelf.
Ih the affair near Nieuwied. I informed you
that he took fmm* the enemy 4piecei; I-was
mistaken, for there were 12 ; besides this we
have found in the magazines wh'jclj have fallen
irrourhands 13,000 quintals of flour, 300*000
bundles of hay, and 30,00 b bushels of oats.
P A R I S, June 20.
The council of 500 waited yefterdav for the
message from the Direftorv, which wasexped
.trd would have announced peace with the Em
peror. The message did not come ; but this
expectation was not without caufc. Every
thing induces us to believe, that we shall not
long be mistaken.
By the schooner Dlfpatch, Capt Dbdfworth.
in 48 days from Bordeaux, we have received
Paris papers to the 16th June, fbur days later
than before received. They contain no articles
oi great importance:
brom lhe Gazette Fraueaife —13//J and
l6th June, 1796.
Ex trad of a letter from the Head-Quar
ters of the Archduke Charles, at May
ettce, the sixth of June,
“ The battles which were fought yes-
terday and the day before, in the envi
rons of Lantcrick, a strong town about
eight leagues from Deux Pont, will
form an epoch m the annals of warfare,
on account of the bravery and obstinacy
displayed by our troops.
General Jourdan attacked us upon our
centre with a boldness which seemed to
assure him viftory. Our troops repuls
ed him twice with considerable loss; he
returned a third time to the charge and
yith such impetuouftty that our troops,
in spite of their firm resistance were ob
liged to retreat; this they effefted with
good order to Oppenheim, Win waller,
and Mayence in order toprefcrve a com
munication with Field Marlhal Count
Wurmfer.
We learn at this moment, that the
centre of his army has been attacked by
three strong columns of the French,
who have marched from the valley of
Ruperfweiller and Anveiller, command
ed by Gen. Moreau, in person ; but as
the principal position of Kaiferlautern,
eight leagues from Worms, defended by
the brave General Merzaros, appears
impregnable, we believe they will not
there have the fame fuccefs*
The number of prisoners and wound
ed which arrive here, prove, that in the
affairs of the 4th and sth, the ldfs has
been considerable on both sides. By the
firft opportunity you shall have the de
tails. “ i
The French not content with having
made themselves matters of Lautern,
Meflenheim, Creutfnach, Gemmerfheim
and Simmercm, a strong city upon the
Hundftruck, about five leagues from
Ehrenbreitftein and the surrounding po
sitions have advanced by a forced march,
and give out that they will again sur
round our city.”
BONN, June 6.
<( As I informed you yesterday the
h rench have made themselves matters of
Alaenkirchen, and the formidable in
trenchments which the Auflrians had
erefted on the heights. They were at
tacked the 4th of J une by the diviitonary
General Colaud.—The enemy fought
with the gxeateft obstinacy,- and the vic
tory was disputed from nine in the
morning till one in the afternoon. In
the mean time the Prince de Wurtem
burg had sent an officer of the huflars
with orders to abandon that position,
but the officers and dispatches fell into
the hands of the French. The enemy
fought in constant expectation of receiv
ing a reinforcement, till they found
themselves surrounded by the republi
can troops, then they attempted to open
themfeiveS 1 a passage, and twice they
were repulsed with immense flaughter—
they finally furre'nderedafter having seen
avast number of their comrades fall.
Among the slain are a lieutenant colonel
and two captains. Yesterday afternoon
there arrived here near two thou land
prifoners,-, among them are 39 officers,
the raoft of them of the regiment of
Jordes. The Colonel of that regiment
is expefted to arrive today with the rest
of the prisoners.
From the Aurora of Augufl 16;
: CESSATION of fiostilities on the
RHINE.
Tliere is a letter in town (we speak positive
ly) dated Boiirdeaux, late in June, and from
a person of relpcftabillty, that an
, extraordinary corn ier had just arrived there,
with intelligence of a ccffation of hostilities on
. the Rhine. The letter further Hater, as the
; news brought by that courier, that the Aullrians
had been repeatedly beaten, bad last much
ground, and had given uj> several. posts, witli
little more than the fcntolancc of resistance ;
that finally the truce was agreed to, and the Au
flrians had giveii up Mentz, as a pledge of their
• sincere de.firc for peace. The relpeftability of
our channel of information, and the lituation
of affairs on the Rhine, [at the date of our last
printed accounts, makes us place credit ih this
1 news.
The following paragraph, extrattcd\Jrom tht Ga
zette of the United-States of lafl evening , is cor
roborative.
SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES.
We hear that a veflci is arrived at Baltimore,
from and has brought papers to June
28, containing accounts of a cessation of hollili
ties between France and Auilria ; and that
Manheim, and fome other strong poils were
delivered up by the latter as pledges, ’till a
be concluded.
Since writing the above we have been favoured with
the extract of the letter alluded to, a trarflation
follows :
BOURDEAUX, June 23.
Extraordinary couriers inform us this mo
ment, that the preliminaries of peace with the
Emperor arc signed. He has given up the
fortrels ol Mayence as a pledge of his sinceri
ty and readincla to accede to the conditions
that France shall please to diftate to him. In
deed this is Jin no manner furnrifing, because
his troops refufed to fight, anJ chole rather to
surrender prisoners of war, as has been the case
in several late engagemen's on the Rhine,
where we have gained the uioft signal vi&drie*
and made 1 number of priioaert.
Just Received
Per Me Sloop BETSY. Pr T *. n
CORE and ISLANDS DELOS onthl
ward Coall of Africa. ‘ ’ tht Wlni
-40 Prime Slaves,
The greater part of which are grown and ve. v
healthy. l Y
wi ”
Scpumb., 6. ROBERT WATTS.
T he Subscriber,
TA KES this method of informing his frirnd*.
in particular, and the Public in general
I hat he is removed mto Prince St r°e f t i
the ncafell red house to the white (lone Ko ’i
lately occupied by James Smith, Est, JL ’
he contmues to Plaice PHYSIC and SUR
GEKY m us various branches, and hooes from
his attention heretofore to merit a continuance
01 public favour.
c . u MOSES SHEFTALL.
September 6, 1796.
N O T I C ~fT
T Sl *£ Lr ’ atteil ’at Louisville, o R the 20th
X of September next, for the purpofeo-fpay
mg the SPIES and MILITIA INFANTRY
to wit, Lieut. John T. Randolph, Coleraine”
for service from the id J.unc to 31st Decern!
her, 1794 ; Lieut. John D. Vaughan, Burnt
fort, lor lervices from the ill January to the
30th September, Lieut. Wm. E. Stuart
fort Defence*, for service from the 10 h Janual
ry to 31st December, 1795 ; certain Spies im-
Liberty County, lor service from the ill Au
gust to the 31st 06lober, 1794.
Ail.l Officers, Soldiers and Spies concerned
arerequefted to attend at the above time and’
place. only be delivered to thole
Soldiers or Spies who performed the service
and that in the presence of their Officer, or to
their legal reprcfcntatives, in conformity to
the Laws of the United States.
WYLIE POPE, P. M. M.
FOIE. —AII the Militia and Spies, that have
not drawn Pay on the Rolls heretofore adver
tifrd, are also requeftedto attend at Lcuifvillo
on the'aboveday.
Augull 2ad, 1796, £4-8t
For Philadelphia,
Welcome Return,
tj&w Benj. Labba e, Mailer,
WILL fail on the 15thinit;
For Freight or PafLge, hs
ving-good accommodations, apply to the maf
tcr on board, or to-
JAMES ALGER.
Who has received on CONSIGNMRNT, and
FOR SALE,
Elegant WINDSOR C H AIRS, of
different colours.
PICKLED OYSTERS.
SHERRY WINE.
APPLES, ONIONS.
SOAP.
CRACKERS in Kegs.
Bortled PORTER.
Mens fine HATS per Cafe,.and
A tew Thousand But BRICKS.
Savannah, Sept. 6th. 54. tr.
TOBES O L D, ~
At Public Auction,
On Wednesday the 71th day of Septem
ber, between teti and twelve o’clock*
at the Vendue House.
A Number of LOTS, bounding-
Northward, by the town Com
mon, EalUvardly by the road leading to
Thunderbolt, and the Sea I Hands, and
on other tides, by ftrects 60 and 45 fees
wide, Moft of these lots contain
by 120 feet, the dimensions of the oth
ers are mentioned on the plan, which,
may be seen at any time before the Sale,
at the Store of Mcilrs. Gairdners and.
Mitchell, and information refpeftfng
the fiiuation of the lots, will be given
by Mr. M‘Kinnon, the county Survey
or, to such persons, as may choose
ply to him.—The terms, will be one;
third cath, the remainder in equal pay
ments, at the expiration of one and two
years, from the day of sale with interest,
and rnort: age on the property.
WILLIAM BELCHER.
Savannah, Augull 16. 48.
Sheriff ‘s Sales ,
On Tuesday, 6th Day of September, next.
Will be !5 O L D by public Outcry, 35
the Court House, in this City between
the hours of 10 and 3 o’clock :
One undivided Moity ofthat:
Trail of LAND in Camden Connty, call’ and
COLF.RAIN, lying on St. Mary’s Rsvcr-
The whole Tra6l containing about
seized under Execution, as the property or
James Armflrong, Elq. pointed out by the o'*-
lendani—purchafed on Tuesday the 7th June
lafl, by N. Pendleton, Esq. for James Seagrove.
Esq. who has ncglefted to comply with the
Conditions of sale.—Conditions, Cash.
T. NORTON, S. C. C.
Savannah, Augufl 4, 1796. 45' ts
Cajh paid far a few Sheep-
Skitts at this Office,
No * 54.