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From paris pipers to the 16 h
of ' Bober, received at N’rw.
York, hv the ffiip Argus, from
St. Scbafti.n's.
Patavmn Army.
Brune , commander in chief D the
mini Her of wnr.
Head quarters, at B me * wick,
14 th J'tndnnaire, Ott. 6.
I was confident that our po
fit-on in the rear, woold have
decoyed the enemy ioto fdfe
meafurcs; ’ he balde of Kar-.
kum has undeceived ♦h- m Wei
fought fr- rn 7 in rh* morning
till 8 at » ight T he enemv was
lepulfed and purfu* d a* Egmont.
11 pieces of cannon 1500 R uf
fian and Enghfh prilbne’S, arc
the fruits rf the vißory Gene*
rals Gouvion, Roftodand, Van
djimme, Bonhornme, A übree,
Simon, Malker and Durctte,
exhibited fucli talents as d- cided
the fate of (he dav. I’ll Toon
fend you a lid of thofe brave
men who diftingudhcd them
fclves.
1 falutc you, lepublican,
BRUNE.
P. S. Lord Chatham, brother j
to Mr. Pirt, is wounded in the;
neck. The general killed at the
bat le of ! ergrn is not Mr.
Knox, but the Ruih nli uten rt
general Gerefplow, who c m-1
manned the expedition under 1
general Hermann.
The general of brigade, to citizen
Dubois Crane p mtoifter of war .
Head quarters . at Btvrwi k ,
24 Lh Venae moire, ft. 6,
Th enemy attacked ou* lines 1
this morning at five o’c'ork.j
'I he b *tt e w *s i dtcibve d n mg
the mofl of he day. At three
o'clock the commander in rhi I
Brune Tallied forth at the herd,
of h’s ha talion. which mea'uie
decided th vißory. 11 pieces
of cannon 1500 Englifh and
Ruffian p'ifoners, a great num
ber of flain, principally Kufli
ans, with a great number of
wounded are thetrophies of this
vißon , During 8 hou;s, lan
giage and balls thundered amidft
our line.
1 faiute yru with rrfpeß,
ROS ICELAND.
Executive Directory.
MeJJage lo the councils of ancients
and five hundred —hyA Vende .
maire . B th^ar.
Citizen repielentutives,
Vißory has returned to her
fide itv. She ag in embraced
the fGndards of the re 'uhhe.
In Igyft, Buonaparte has rif-;
pla) ed prodigies of valo f . 18,!
000 m- n, who comp .fed the
amiy of ihe - nerm , have been
all either flain or tak n
In Batavia, Brune has defeat
ed the I ulfians and nglifh
The French d>mv diiplayed the
moll heroic courage agamd an
enemy of far fupenor force
The Anglo Ruffians hid a / eat
number Cain, and we took from
them 11 pieces of cannon, and
1500 pri r oncr*.
In Switzerland . the republicans
h;ive acquired additional glory. 1
In a teleg aphic il meffa/c ficm
Maffena, dated yefterday. he;
fays: I have complete y dt/eald :
i Suwarrcw. His army is in full
flight. \ medage received yef
iterdiy, dates as follows :—I he
Ruffian army has loft, ft* thou-i
fand men, and a great number j
of ftandards and pieces of can
non. uwarrow has retreated
into the country of the Gn'om,
and fknlking in the mountains
The loffes of the republicans
on thefe feveral ocrafi r 'ns, arc
very trifling; which we attribute
to that heroic enthufiafm fo pe
culiar to French republican ar
mies.
LAGARDE, Sec. Gen .
COHIE’\ Prefident
P A r IS, Ottober 11.
T he enemy have been driven from
before Mentz a*d the hi ckadr rail
ed ; 10,000 tea farts dr/armed and
■ 3000 men taken rrifoners, oneflad
ard and two cvred ammunition
waygons, this took place in the dif
fered’ attacks from Soltz lo Mentz •
j This mom nt it is faid the head- j
quarters of the. French D *tch and
Batavian army are removed to Aik
maer , |
Among the 1 sno5 no prifonrrs taken
1 on the 4 th in ft in the battle of Caf
irfcum 9 by the French and Dutch
tr ops , is the king of England's
r-gimrnl of guards; this regiment
i cnmpofrd of fame, of the firfi
nob t families in England.
14
7 h a ha f tle in nhich Suwarrcw
w s defeat'd and put to flight took
\p ace at It rf Maffma command- .
ed here in per on : he had previonfly J
feat to the. divifion f general Le -!
courbe , a reinforcement of 12,000
mm .
Ottober 15.
Buonaparte at Paris
A nvffage of the executive direc
tory of yefierdav , contains the fol
lowing particulars ref petting Buon
ap rte:
*’ 7 he directory announces to you, |
citizen reprfen atives , with pleafure. !
that t- ex h >ve received the news of
the armv of Egypt. General Ber- !
thur who landed the 9 h infant , at
F> ejus , with the general in chief
l uonapa te , the generals ! anef
Marmonf , Murat ani Anercnffy ,
and the tiiizcns Monge and Btrtho
let, informs (hat they have left the .
French army in the mo ft favorable
function"
Cries of “ vivr la republique" \
w re hard from every p irt of the
hall—Corel in a - ifeour/e ce ebrates
the vittoties of the French armies—
h'Jigns the oraif scf g nerals Bu
onapfi'le, Maffma and Brune—he
fin 1 J he s A dem mdmg that the Fren . h
ai my in Batavia have not ceaftd to
deferve well of heir country,
Otto her 16.
Binnaparte paffed fame days at
Corfca , where he was v fil'd by the
office*s of health, who p > tftnied him
a certificate of difpcnfciionfrom the
quarantine . 7 a11.0n has Icjl an eye
and is at Malta with many other cf
the departed. Bunn par e went cn
j board a frigate , which was efloritd
hy three others, His hath is feme
what impaired*— hr will re/l iwo or
• three days at Frejus. Lucian and
\ Joflph Buonrparte have gone to
meet him .
It is impojfdle to deferihe the def
pair of th when they heaid
of the d feat of the fleet at Aboukir .
tvery ore indulg'd the mojl faal
conjectures. The countenance of
Buonaparte, always fi m and always
immovable, reflated hope and con
fidence to the arm y.
His name al re s in that
cmnt'v a i a>my of 50,000 men %
1 his reputation and this rnvinc ble
often ant , are not m>re due to the
glory of his arms than to his pro
four d policy
SIXTH C VGRESS
OF TH i
UNITED STATES.
H US. OF h- tPP F.SENTATIVES, j
Wedne/day ijecember 4.
The hou c h rvmg met, rcfolv
cd it tlf into a commit ee of the
whole, Mr. Rutledge in t l e
chair; and after having under
1 confideranon the t'u hdent's
fpecch, Mi. J< utledgs- icpmted
. the folk wing resolution viz. 1
I *• That it i' the opinion of
this committee, ihat a iclpi ttful
addrtTdHghr to be prefen ed by
the h ule of reprrleuatives to
he p efic*en» ol th. U States,
in anfwe r to his Ipeecu to both
houles of Tong es. at the corn
men em nt of the leilion, con
taining .illur me s, th t thishou r e
O * (
wi I duly <xi end lo the mpor.ant
objefts ruomimnded by hiurro,
;tfui. Cv.nfideration winch was
j afcrrwa.ds agreed to by the houle,
and Mcllrs. Marfhal Rutledge,
S* wall, Li ing! on and icho
las, wcie appointed a committee
to piepare ihe addieis accord
ingly,
c n motion of Mr. Livingfton,
the Ltter from Mr. Trumbull,
was referred to a leleft commit
, tee.
| On moti. nof Mr Thatcher.
; the houle then p-oceedcd to ihe
I choice of a ch .plain, to inter
change weekly with the . hapla n
of the ferrate ; and upon exam
inmg the ballots, it appeared
that Dr. Green was duly eledled.
having forty four votes.
The houle then adjourned,
till to-morrow morning, at 11
o'clock.
In the fenate, the rev. Bilhoo
White.
was chofen chaplain. j
Ihurfday , December 5
The Ipeaker laid before the
houle a letter from the fecretary
of the treafury, accom anying
document from the rommillion
ets for luperimcnding the pub ic
buildings at the ci;y of Walh
mgton, containing flatements of
the expenditure of monies, and
j the ptogrefs in the objc&s for
w hich they were appiopn .ted,
from the 1 Bth November, 1798,
to u\e ;B.:i November, 1799.
A mcffage was received from
the Prefident of rhe U. States,
by Mr bhaw, his fecrctary, con*
taining fundry documents prow
toiled in his communication to
both hot fes on Tucfdav.
i ft, relating tothc mfuneftion
>n certain counties in the Hate
of Pennfylvania.
a renewal of inlcrcoutfc
with St. Domingo, by procla
mation from the Prefident.
3d, relating to the opening of
a negociation with the French
Repul lie*
The documents relating tothe
mfuneflion in Pennfylvania
contain* d.
ift. A letter from Richard
Peters efq. diftri& judge to
Timothy Pickering, *fq. f ecrc .
taiyof (late containing a Rate
ment of h s proceedings on the
fr fl information of an cppofi
tion to the laws for laying a di
r 61 tax, and a tax on houfes,
&c when he iflued his warrants
tor apprehending the offenders.
2d. A report of the nrnfhal
of the diftrift, mi.de to the fe
nctary of (late relating his evi
dence of the cxiftence of fuch
opp ifition, and its preventing
him from executing the warrants,
iflued by the diftrift judge, on
the offenders,
3d. Several depofitlons to
corroborate the fa6fs which ex
cited the interference of the exe
cutive.
4th. A proclamation of the
Prefident of the United States.
sth. A letter from the fecrc
tary of war to the governor of
Pcnnfylvania, requefting him to
order certain militia companies,
to >he aid of others, in order to
quell the in(urrc6lion, and aftifl
the tnarfbal in , apprehending
offenders.
6th. Inflrudbons from the fe
cretarv at war, to brigadier-gene
ral M'Pherfon, who was appoint
ed to the command of the expe
dition.
The documents for renewing
negotiations with the French
Kepublic contained,
iff A letter from Patrick
Henry, efq. late governor of
Virginia expreflive of his fenfe
of the honor done him by the
appointment, but which he de
clined 10 accept, on account of
his age
2d. A copy of a letter, dated
Paris, Auguft 28, 17981 f rom
citizen Talleyrand to citizen Pi
chon, fecreury of legation at
the Hague, expreflive of the
readmefs an§| defire of the French
dire&ory to renew the regoci
ation with the United States.
3T An anlwer thereto.
4th A letter from the fecre
tary of (late, in confluence
thereof, informing Mr Muna),
the mcruan minifies at the
Hague, tha* the Prefid' nt ha
commiffioned chief jutliee Ell -
worth, and Mr, Henry, i° con
juu&ionwith himfclf, (Mr* M uf *
ray) to treat with »hc French
public, but, that the two forn r
gentlemen would cot de; t ir