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VOLUME I.] • TO THE PUBLIC. subscribers having commenced the Printing Business in the City of An gu;?a, take the opportunity of the firft jmriber of their Weekly Paper, to return the ; r grateful acknowledgments, to their numerous subscribers by whom their un de; taking has been generously patronized; anti to allure them that no pains will be fpj'irH to render their paper a vehicle of } tiijwful information, and a fcource of ra tional amusement. Added to the usual ditficuliies which present themselves, to tfiofe, who with but moderate funds, at t§-’mpt almost any eftablilliment, the Sub ,lfibers have had to encounter peculiar in conveniences, which necelfariiy prevent ed thei. Pubiilliing the AUGUSTA HERALD as early as was at firfl: con- : ftemplated; but as no wilful negligence can be imputable to them, they trull the delay will be excused by a liberal community. From the arrangements made, the Edi tors cf the Herald hope to be able to fur rtifli their readers with a detail of the lat ell European events, and the earliest do nieftic occurrences, and by a judicious feleflion of moral and entertaining publica tions, to engage the attention of those who , are indifferent to the political events of the * world. It wilt be the conflant aim of the Edi tors to conduct their paper in such an im partial manner, as not to favor the party Kiev’s of any set of dehgning individuals, , wh ic a free difcuflion of public measures whii ever be admitted.—But resolving to T * U PP°rt I'berty °f the press on pm"? and , * just principles, we heflitate not to fav that ,t * • no publications will iflue from their press . 1 calculated merely to bring the Federal Go , verntrent into disrepute, or to withdraw the confidence cf the people from those % j/Jwho administer it. Though not expelling in the enlightened City in which they re- fide to be presented with any such pieces, yet they deemed this declaration neceffarv, , ias a future juftification, should they be j r ■ found hereafter to have rejected the pro . fduflions of such as will not, or cannot, m u ’ r make the diftin-ftion between the liberty „ and the licentiousness of the Press. I ! To give general fatisfa£tion will be the tonfrant aim of the Editors, and, to aid heir efforts, they take the liberty of foli ating from their literary friends, such af aftante as their leisure and talents will en able them to furnifh, towards rendering the Herald universally entertaining. ' GEORGE F. RANDOLPH. WILLIAM J. BUNCE. CONDITIONS. /. THE AUGUSTA HERALD will be publi/li-d evey lVed*efday % and will be delivered tofubfcribers in town. 11. 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At the above office all kinds of printing will be performed with accuracy and dis patch, and every favor gratefully acknowledged. Those gentlemen who have been so obliging as to take charge of fupferiptions for the Aagufta Herald, are requelled to re turn them as soon as possible. Augvfta, July 17, 1799. Mejfrs. Randolph Gsf Bonce, By giving the following a place in your paper , you will oblige a Subscriber. 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 . I . . ,1