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A PIECE appeared in the Augusta
Chronicle of the 13th July, signed Bru
tus—First, pointing out the end anddefign
of orations on the fourth of July, and
secondly, censuring the author of the ora
tion delivered on the fourth July last,
which was received by the audience with
general applause —His principles respec
ting the design of orations, plainly points
out the man to be one of the anti-federal
French faction in America, so dangerous
to the prosperity and welfare thereof, and
aifo, {hews that he had been pricked bv
the truth of the observations made in the
oration, which makes him kick, jump
and bellow.
He fays, that orations on the fourth of
July, is meant to cal! to mind and perpet
uaie the feperation of the United States
from her mother country Great-Britain !
Orations, when delivered on that auspi
cious day, ought barely to be a pure re
capitulation of fa£ts; reciting the cause,
and circumstances which induced the peo
ple to declare themselves independent, and
ought not, by any means, to be tinftured
with scurrilous abuse of other nations,
either for the pall or prefant.
What! Mr. Brutus, nothing to be said
on the 4th of July, except what relates to
the circumstances, that induced Americans
to declare themselves independent of the
mother country ? This would be narrow
policy indeed—nothing at ail to bs said
refpedling the circumstances that daily
occur in the present period, and that near
ly affedl that independence so dearlv
bought with the blood of thousands—l
hope Mr. Brute, you and your party will
never be able to muzzle the mouths of
Americans, to prevent them from speak
ing freely on every lubjeift that relates to
the preservation of their independence, as
well as to the causes that produced it
Your endeavors to add fewell to tnat fire
of anarchy, which is daily extinguifliing,
I trust will fail, and you will only burn
vour own fingers, by every new Hick you
attempt to put to it.
Your second part, refpe£ling the author
of the oration loosing fight of his objeft,
and your attempts to jullify Jefferfon and
Franklin, and clear them of the charges
brought against them in the oration, does
not deserve an anfwer —the truth of these
charges are two well engraven for you to
obliterate—the oration, was neither pre
pared nor delivered for you or your parry,
but to guard the unwary against such prin
ciples as you profefs —lt was done at the
joint requeftof the volunteer companies
of Artillery and Infantry ; and will be
printed at the reqneft of a lift of subscri
bers, and the man who from your princi
ples, would commit it to the flames, de
serves a trial of that element after the In
dian form himfelf.
A VOLUNTEER.
* LONDON, May 7.
Lord Bridport’s Fleet.
Skips. Guns. Commanders.
f Rt. hon. Id. Bridport
Royal George uo< Rear admiral Pole
t Capt. Domett
Prince 93 R. ad. fir C. Cotton
Neptune 98 Capt. Vafhon
St. George 98 S. Edwards
Glory 98 Thomas Wells
Caesar 84 Sir J. Saumarez
Le Prompee 80 Charles Sterling
Ajax 80 Hon. A. F. Cochrane
L’lmpetueux 78 Sir Edward Pellew
Achilles 74 Capt. Geo. Murray
Dragon 74 Geo. Campbell
Renown 74 A. Bertie
Superb 74 J. Sutton
Magnificent 74 E. Bowater
Ruflell 74 H. Sawyer
fßear admiral hon.
Mars 74 < G Berkeley
( Capt. Mon&ou
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 1799.
Sixteen fait of the Lime.
The Venerable, of 74 guns, captain fir
C. Fairfax, failed to joiu before the news
of the failing of the enemy arrived. Since
which the
Atlas 98 Capt. J. Jones
Formidable 98 ——E. Thornborough
Ramilies 74 ——R. Grindall
Robust 74 George Countess
Saturn 74 T. Totty
Canady 74 ‘-Hon.M.DeCourey
Triumph 74 T. Secombe
Defiance 74 T. R. Shivers
Belona 74 ; Sir J. B. Thompson
Have failed from Plymouth. And
I Vice Admiral Sir
RoyaiSovereign rio< . A. Gardner
Bedford
QiieenCharlotte 1.0 f AJ - WMdhed
Captain 74 SirßStrachan
P.epujfe 64 J. Alms
Are about to fail from Spithead; making
in the whole thirty fail of the line, nine of
which are three deckers.
May 8.
We are not yet enabled to communicate
to our readers any fatisfaftory intelligence
from Lord Bridport. A squadron failed
from Plymouth oif Monday for the west
ward, consisting of the Queen Charlotte,
of no guns, four other (hips of the line,
and two frigates. .
The Hamburg mail which bfecartie due
this morning, arrived in course.
The Vienna Court Gazette of the 24th
ult. contains an article which states that
Buonaparte had succeeded intranquilizing
Egvpt; and from this, and an article from
Constantinople, vof the 3d ult. it appears
that he had been very fucccfsful, and had
penetrated into Syria.
An army of 30,000 men under Ghez
zar Pacha, is stated, in the article from
Constantinople, to have been defeated by
the French general, and great apprehen
sions were entertained that he would make
himfelf master cf Damascus, Jcrufalem
and all Syria.
On Monday lieutenant Alt, command
ing one of his majetty's fciwoiu n, ’rrh'cd
at Portsmouth from a cruise off the coast
of France; and was yesterday morning at
the admiralty to communicate to Mr. Ne
pean, the following information relative
to the Brest fleet:
Lieutenant Alt spoke several neutral
vefiels from different ports in France, all
agreeing in the failing of the above fleet,
which they state to consist of 19 fail of
the line oniy and fix frigates. The cap
tain of a neutral from Brest to Cherbourg
acquainted him that he saw the fleet fail
on Thursday morning the 25th ultimo,
that the next morning, from the hills a
bove the town, he saw the whole fleet at
anchor in the outer road, and was inform
ed that part had returned the following
morning in consequence of changeable
winds and fogs. On Saturday the wind
coming round to the S. E. they failed a
gain. One of the neutrals saw the fleet
fleering N. W. afterwards spoke an Eng
ifh Hoop of war, w hich flood away im
mediately for lord Bridport.—Lieutenant
Alt was very particular in his questions to
afeertain the true state of the case; one ac
count informed him that there were 30
fail of transports with the fleet, but this
was not corroborated by any other. A for
eign gentleman, paflenger,acquainted him
that the general opinion at Brest was, that
the destination was Ireland—that in a cer
tain latitude the fleet would separate into
three divisions. They expelled one might
be intercepted, which would fufficiently
employ lord Bridport, to enable the others
to land the troops, of which every fliip
was as full as they could flow. An em
bargo had been laid on in all the ports
previous to the failing of the fleet.
May rr.
Yesterday information was received at
Lloyd’s colfee-houfe, that the French fleet
had been fern by a Dane, fleering dire&ly
towards the coast of Spain, and that he
had the day before palled through a squa
dron of fix Spanifti men of war, cruizing
ofFFerrol, as if waiting to be joined by
the French fleet. This intelligence was
in part confirmed by one of our own fri
gates, which reconnoitred the Spanilh
fillips, but the admiralty have no regular
advices of the faft. It was, however, ve
ry generally credited, and gave a strong
countenance to the supposition that the
combined fleet is bound for the Mediter
ranean, in hopes again to peftefs the do
minion of that f«a.
M»MR 2.
ral tq/k \
PARIS, May 3 4 \ \ I
A very extraordinary repo t was fprea*-'
this day in the two and is now thll
fubjett ct every tctnve:iut:oii; w: are
lured that the telcgraphe lias 21 r.ver,'-
the aGdduration of our plenipt.-um : ar- v s, \
Bonnier and Robefjur, in a village t etwr <1 , fIHBBK
Ratfad: and Strafourg. Jean Derby wis < Bgßsßfl
the only pe; lon who escaped the fjjv .f •;
the afiaffins.
‘lne emperorcf Russia has dec!?red w r DDB
against the city of Hamburg. L rcival s ■||!|JH
to be seen in what light this will be v.\ - HH
ed by the king of Pruiiia, under whole :fl
protection that city is, and of England
hcrfelf, for whom it is the medium
through which file draws all the gold cf BBHj
Executive Directory. :?B
Majfcna, general in chief to the executive oi- I
\ Vtttoty of the French republic. flßflßj
He;id-quarters at Zurich, the
7th Fioieal (April 26.) Ijßllslil
Citizen Directors, ,"B?
I received in my wr.v from Bafle to Zo- * B&ffilj
rich an extraordinary difj atcir from gene- | B 'j
ral Lecourbe, by which hb informs'W a, ’
victory obtained by the right wing of the. ■ 888
army of Helvetia. I hasten to transmit
you the details of it. , wmBL
On the 3d Floreal (sad April) the ene- |||||g
my attacked the principal petitions of gen. j ' 188
Lecourbe, with a superior force. They L
dirt died thejr attacks again ft Mancfa and “
Remus* ‘lf 1
At the firft attack they repuifed our .* h|
troops, and got poflaflion of the village of ‘
Remus. But the second battalion of the
44th demi-brigade, beaded Sod:ur, its lIH
chief of brigade, marched boldly again ft 4 |||i||
the enemy, and drove them back to th:: aBB
mountains from whence they had defeend- V f HH
ed, after having beat them m the village. ( ■Ay. s i
While this was pafling, the fir ft batta* HI
lion of th; fame demi brigade brat and it WBm
pulled the enemy at Schitiins and ,Poi■§§
Martin, where their attacks were asTfrlr f J||"
less as against the rdf of the line. W| M Bi-
During this day w,e made 800 * BH
among which were a major, fix ifljjj
fix lieutenants, and five enfigr.s. TV*. I SB
loss in killed and woundeJ amounted to -&k|S|
more th3n 400 men. |J|I
General Lecourbe, in making particu* f fUf
!ar mention of the 44th detni-brigade, at- I—*
so renders jufiice to all the troops engaecit f <JJHB
in this action. He particularly praises hi* *
artillery. ■
—''A )
STRASBURG, April aa. ®
Mejfage of the Executive Direflory tc the court- f j,; H&Si
cil of five April 26. a.
“ Citizen Representatives, ilf’ /fl
“It is incumbent on the French re- k***. B
public to obtain triumphs over her enemies c B
by the force of her arms, and the pecuni- ° 1
ary resources which she fliall be enabled to lV
call forth to provide for her expeucc. i\,i. ’
“ The mcafures which you have recent- 0 , —*>
ly adopted, that thecaufeof liberty may s [ o |
have under its standard 200,000 additional c t h e I
defenders, will produce the desired fffeCt S -1
but that success might meet the wishes o’: |
the na ion, it is indilpenfibly requisite that I
you IhoulddireCl your attention to the ftafej, the * I
of the finances, and complete the ’» I
necelfiiry for the current dilburlcments. ~'4 * t- I
“ The executive directory has ordered 3- !
the minister of that department to furnifti'M lV
a statement of the revenue received, andß|' ot
an estimate, as nearly as pclfib'e, of the M bv«
product likely to result from the punAus! M
execution of the financial regulations.— fLi,.-—"*
His report is annexed to the melfage, andMfj
rhe diri&ory refers to the contents of it. ff ff an d-
From his report it appears that the deficiM 1 fckT
which has so mttch varied since the com-.P/jltittlc
mencement of the year, from the fuccef 4 /ir g a fl.
five changes of laws and circumftancesftv Jb|i be
amount to 67 millions. *t the
“ It is our desire, citizens reprefentaolh.m *.
tives, that France shall finilh in a vi&ori rdffmg
ous manner the struggle which she has tulle mid
fuftain for the success of the cause of liber.aied like
ty, and of that of her allies. Toaccorr,l(dg> out
plifh this, a good fyfiem of finance is ne;h|a trf fif
ceflary to her. The receipts and 1 ice
are not balanced, and the executive one
tory renews its demands with urgence fi T re
you to employ the most efFe&ual and fpetjj*? tof. -v uod
dy means that they may be so without d«fcd, at th*‘
lay. a) “I h
“ Such is the objeA of this roeflagil rHhrl’p
which it invites you to take into your injfcj rV«'*. ——
mediate consideration. ff c s
(Signed) Barr at, President.
La Garde, Sec. Gfrtwa .
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