n orth-c ar olina gazette vol xi j saturday octosfjt 1 1796 no 559 the paper which we rcctwid is entitled ntnnehes pollitiqucs one ofthe molt ref pectnble journals pubiilhed in paris cf ihe victory obtained by the french on the 18th ult atrenchen the general ref ult ol the action only is mentioned in the meffage from thr executive directory to the council of five hundred i hey state the lofs ofthe auftrians to have been 1200 prifoners and ten pieces of cannon and they make a quota tion from general morfeau's letter who says their lols is enormous with this vague account we muft reft satisfied till the ac counts by the hamburg mail reach us or the french themfelves chooi'e to publilh some more particular details of this atftion by a letter from gen jourdan of the 2d ii.it it appears 1 hat he has effected a junc tion with kleber ; has re.croffed the rhine and compelled the auftrians to fall back to the lahn it is attempieel by tile french journalists to afcribe the late retreat of gc neral kleber and lefov re and the various defeats they experienced to a premeditated icheme for drawing the attention of the auftrians to the lower rhine with a view to facilitate the paffage of thac river at straf biarg by the divifion of gen moreau but it seems evident that from a fpirit of vanity they have been led in this inftance to mil take the catiie for the effetf *, for the immenfe luls sustained by that army which were dri ven back to dulveldortf from the lahn and the bieg could 110c be compenfated by the reduction of fort kehl and fubfequent vic tory which there was then a probability of gaining letters from italy of th 20th and 21ft of june mention afuccefsful bally by the gar rii'on of mantua w ho compelled the fren h to retire with confiderable lofs on the borders ofthe 71 yroleie a paitial action took place between the advanced polts on the 27th in which tiie french were defeated with the lofs of 200 men heft the ai-chduchefseuzabk.th has been pubiilhed in order to encourage the tyro lians -■ vienna may 2 derueft aunt j i was very glad to be informed by you of the good difpositions of the tyrolians whole fidelity i never doubted of i lend as many reinforcements as i pollibly can every meal ure is uken to flipply the pro vince of tyrol with grain and ammunition for the defence of the country at this very moment i lend you cannon alfo and istue the orders that the pealants fliall take up arms dearelt aunt 1 beg you encourage thofe good people and allure them of my royal fa vour and latisfactiom we may then hope with an entire confi dence that with the help of god our dear native country will be saved if all united we make every poliible effort hieldsheim june 22 to the congrefs convoked here by the king of pru'ha and the duke of brunfwick wollenbattel the follow ing provinces and ftates have already fent deputies branden burg brunfwic-hanover brunfwick-wol fenlattcl the duchies of holliein kingof denmark pomerania king of sweden mecklenburgh and arenlherg . the bishop ricks of muniter lubeck and oldenburah paderborn hildefheim ; the principalifies of waldeck and pyrmont the counties of buckeburgh and detmold the imperial cities of bremen and lubeck two deputies from the prince abbot of corvey and two from rheda .. many other deputies from different circles are daily expected thole who are already affemblcd reprefent the w hole circle of lower saxony the greatest pai t of vv ettphalia and oni half of the circle of upper saxony june 20 the pruflian regiments who are ordered to protoct the line of neutrality will pals through the biflioprick from this day to the 29th inft they confift of the following re giments infantry duke of brunswick prince louis ferdinand and the depot battalion of vv edel cavalry cafabino guards cuiraflier guards and cuirailiers of byren 1 he ar cillery commanded by colonel hufer paris ji,!y 7 aiimy of the sam and mf.t's head-quarters at neuymeh julv 2 jourdan commander in chief to the execu tive directory citizen directors } have the honour to infdrm yon that the d.viliou of the army under general kleber left duffeldorff on she 28th oi june the divifion under general grenier palled the rhine at oa gne 0:1 the 29th and join td ths troops under kleber i his corps ar rived on the joth at the sieg on tiie left bank of vvbich rhe ene ny had ttaticned about 1 2oo light troop adjutant general ney attneked with his ufual inipetuofsty and took aboat sixty ot ths cavalry beiides killing and wounding a tolerable number the icth regiment of chalfeurs exhibited the stronger proofs of courage in this action and perform ed all their movements with the greatelt ce lerity and precilion general kiebcr halted on the ift of july on the kit bank ofthe bieg in order to wait the arrival of provifions and to give time to general lefebvre who had directed his march to siegen to reach the place ofhis destinati on i his d.vilion of the army had orders to advance tlrs day in front of ukerath in order speedily to effect my junction with general kleber i made that uivifton of the army which was encamped between coblentz and andcrnach pafs the rhine this morning the paffage was performed in the prefence of a corps of five or fix thoufand men ; the whole of which would have been made pri foners of war had it been poliible for the cavalry to crofs the river fooner — as it was we took two pieces of cannon and about 200 prifoners to-morrow i shrill have the honor to fend you the particular of this affair in which se veral regiments aiid feveral officers dittin guilhed themfelves 1 have ordered one column 10 inarch to montabeur and another to thierdoll i hope to-morrow to be able to join general kleber and i lhall then endeavor to bring the enemy to a general engagement c reeting and refpetft ' jourdan the army of the sambre and meufe oh the opening of the campaign made a ikiltul diverlion on the right bank of the rhine in order to prevent the auftrians from attempt ing an irruption into lorraiue and alface the auftrians in fact abandoned all their pofnions in the palatinate and in thebilhop r.cks of spire and worms jourdan thru ordered a retreat to draw a great part ofthe auftrian forces to the lower rihine while general ivsoreau croffed the upper rhine nil defeated them in v abia i his plan was carried into ellmt i he inhabitants ofcarinthia in imitation of tlieir gallant neighbours the natives of the 1 yroleie have taken up arms to oppofe the entrance ot the french into their own coun try xo lo lb than 24,000 volunteers have already enllst'd a part of whom have taken poik-l 011 of thepafles which lead to the ter ritory of venice an articie irom vienna ofthe 2"jth of june states thac 150,000 recruits will be forthwith levied in the dominions of the pro vinces over which gen beaulieu has been appointed to prelide brunswick june r 4 . englnnd has not the leaft part in the tranf nciio.is which re preparing in the north of germany 1 he hanoverian troops who form part of the corps of obfervation pofted on he banks of the wefer are under the or ders of the ptullia commander in chief t his matter has been fettled by the king of pr'uflia and the regency of hanover one of 1 he objects ofthe congrefs which will foon be opened at hilderfheim is to fecure peace to the north of germany agreeably to the plan agreed upon by the french republic and the court of berlin by virtue of which prulfia and all the provinces whole neutrality shall be acknowledged under its meditation a ill be fecured againft the dangers of war the corps of combined troops now affem bliftgis deftined to enforce the pi 111 lately con certed with the french government it vs w therefore extrc'melj ridiculous to fuppofe that the armaments in the north ofthe ger many might perhaps be directed againft tho french republic who is a party in the whole plan and urged energetical meafiires for the maintenance of the neutrality in the north of the empire 1 efterday after cur paper had been put to prefs advices were received at the india t-jbufe by the way of buffbra which bring the important and agreeable intelligence of the capture of colombo in the illand of vv . ion by the britilh forces under the command of general stuart this event took placeon the 15th of february laft the lofs on our part was very ir.conliderabk 1 he ii-cafure and public property which will b shared by the captors are very great comprif.ng three lutch eaft-indiamen richly laden the capture of colombo completes the conqueft ol the illand ol ceylon preparations were making for an expedi tion agaiuit iiatavii and the spice ifiandi - 1 he pearl merchantman which brought the above interefting news to buffora left india on the 24 th of march ihe arro gant of 74 runs and an armed ihip were in queit of fome freneh frigates which had made an unfuccefsful attempt on dim advices have been received from the me diterranean which ftate that commodore nelfon had very gallantly cutout of a port near the gulph of spezzia four french hips lade with artillery and ordnai.cc stores de lined for the fiege of mantua i n s b ruck may 29 the following letter wrote by his majefty the emperor himfelf to her royal high nov that moreau has justified the hi h opinion which was entertaine-.l ofhis ikill general kleber has again advanced to the sieg jourdan has recroffsd the l*%hine be tween coblentz and andernach in order io join him and driven back the auftrians be ypnd the lahn 1 he bridge of newied is rc-ellsb.lilhed they write from toulon that anbert du bayet tired with waiting lor i he departure of tiie engiifh fquadron which conoinuesto cruife inceffantly before that port has let off for venice by land whence he will pruceed to constantinople a letter from rouen ofthe 2d july fines that writs oy.v;ct[\.f y.unil ; dy-'itn ter were iffued on the ilt againft citizen robert edi tor of " j he obferver and citizen lefe vre the printer of that paper neither of them was 10 be found when the officers went to execute the writs r a t i s b o n june 20 l o n d o n ju.'yi t he paris journal which we received by exjjrels yefterday morning was the only one that had come to england the emprefs ofrufila ha ( mfed her ain baffador to make an oral tied ration to ihe tl et of the german empire the follow ing im port :