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214 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.