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jj R Avnoi.ru & BuNCE, THE law of the State of Geor ijjf» oin requiring all officers civil and military to take the oath therein prefcribtd, direft \ed that the oath fliould be taken within « fix months from the palling of the aft p the aft paffid the 16th February last, and the time allowed for taking the oath, ex- I pired the iGtli Augult, and accordingly P the Governor’s Proclamation required the S Clerk:, of the Superior Courts to make a return to him of all officers who by that R time had taken the oath, as well as a return of those *ho had neglected it. After the 16th of Align o, the Clerks were not au thonied to administer the oath to any per son, and those whose negligence had con tinued to that time had incurred the penal ties pf the aft, and no fubfequtjnt conduft could re-instate them. I mention this, bc fl cause i have been informed, that in con sequence of advice from pretty high au thority, a praftice his been lately adopted of taking the oath at the present day be fore the Jnftices of the Inferior Court, a praftice which cannot answer any good I purpose, and which the law does not war rant. Those therefore who have negleft ed taking the oath to the present time, would do well to let their negligence con tinue, it is now out of their power to com- I ply with the aft, and it being believed that the Executive however well pleaf'ed with the aft a: fir ft, or instrumental in procuring it, is now clearly convinced of its being unconstitutional, it will not proba bly be further afted upon till the meeting of the Lcgiflature. Those who now take the oath, Voluntarily place themselves in this dilemma, they acknowledge the aft obligatory, and themselves to have incur red the penalties of it, and if so, they are incapacitated to exercise the funftions of , their offices, nor can their situations pos sibly be (uttered by taking the oath in a manner, and at a time not warranted by law—however well disposed the Governor hi.iv be, there is no provision in the law for the exercise of Executive clemency. ZENO. Me firs. Randolph (A Bunce, THE encouragement given to the tinging school lately established in this place, and the patronage likely to be af forded the teacher, must give real fatisfac fi .ii to the lovers of vocal music, and par t tirularly so, to those who delight in sacred harinoMV. From the attention fliewn to this branch of polite education, and the daily incrcafe of the school, we may flatter ourfdves that what Doftor Watts called, “ that unhappy manner of tinging of read ing line by line,” will soon be done away l in our church. If the fingers will gener- 1 ally furnifli themselves with hooks as they ufua'ly do in other places, after the pfaltn is ivm out they wiH be able to ting it, without the inconvenience of reading and tinging alternately ; the music will then be more agreeable, the sense of thepfalm will ' be better preserved, and the t’ffeft produ ced will be more pleating and important than in the mode now praftiled. For my | own part I have attended to both modes of tinging in church and have experienced their different effefts upon my mind ; and • when I have heard a psalm well lung, with all the different parts of the tune, and with out hearing the music every moment in terrupted by the insipidity of reading line after line, my mind has been irresistibly elevated above the things of a temporal na ’ ture, and I have felt involuntarily devo tional. But I appeal to every person who * Ins attended public worlhip in this place, j. whether the tinging in our church ever has produced, or ever can produce fueh J an etfcft in the dull and lifelefs manner in J which it as usually performed: it makes indeed a little variety in the public worship f —but ’tisa variety unpleasant and fatigue iug—neither calculated to gratify the ear, to elevate the mind, or to improve the heart. How it fliould have entered the head of 0 nnv person who has any pretention to I (kill in music, that to ting one part only of a tune was better than to ting threeor four | parts, is not to be explained by the ordi § narv rules of calculation, but may be ac i counted for on principles which pollibly ~ will be hereafter attended to by l SOLO. MITTAU, June 6. On the 3d instant, the coniort of Louis ( XVIII. arrived here after a long and dirti ly Ci, h journey ; her buiband went to the , tUrtance of four leagues to meet her, but found her at half the way. Their meeting, V a'er aie pa rati 0:1 of eight years, palled m reverie and misfortunes, was extremely af nt fr^ n ai Far ttav before yesterday arrived also the IVmccis of France. Maria There fa, front V tnna. Louis XVIII. let out in the p, m. : ;to receive her; the firft port house , c ; n "->S to i e the place of meeting, but the P'HKcfs having much hiftened herjour <*U ncV * mtt by the way. The mo ir.ent of her reception afforded a fccne cx ltm Animated by the fame Louts XV 111. the Dukv of Angouleme, and the Princess, quickly left their carriages, and the tears of joy gullied from every eye. The Princess tnrew her felf fobbing at the feet of Louis, who im mediately railed and mod tenderly embra ced her. The Duke d’Angouleme was then pre sented to the Princess as her future spouse, and received bv his cousin with uncom mon tenderness. . The marriage of this beautiful and anna b!e Princels will take place on the tenth instant. VERONA, June 11. Proclamation of general Suivarronv, to the in habitants of Lucerna and St. Martin , in the wejl oj Piedmont, “ People, what part have you taken r Seduced peasants, you support the French, the disturbers and enemies oi the public tranquilitv, while tranquility, can alone se cure your existence and happiness. Flie French have declared themselves the ene mies of Jesus Christ. Ihe ancient attach ment of your fathers to the doftrine of chriftmnity, has procured you the protec tion of England. The French are now the enemies of that power, your benefac trefs, our ally at this very moment. Sup ported by our viftories, as well os by the aififtance which the God of chriftians deigns to grant his warriors, we are arrived at the foot of your mountains, and on the point of entering them, if you continue to persist in your blindness. Inhabitants of the vallies of Lucerna and St. Martin, 1 the time of repentance is not yet past, hasten to join our banners; for they are bleft by heaven, and viftorious on earth. The fruits of the plan are at your depofal, if you become our friends; and the mighty protection of England fliall be continued to you ; the more so, as your consciences will never permit you to expose yourselves to the galling reproach of having been the satellites of your tyrants and seducers; in uniting with us, you will become the de fenders of true liberty and tranquility. SuwARROW Riminizkoy. KINGSTON, (Jam.) August 20. One of the crew of the Hermione fri gate, who was brought a few days ago from Charleston in the Sprightly cutter, was yesterday executed on board the Acafta fri gate, pursuant to the sentence of a Court Martial. August 22. By a gentleman arrived from Jeremie, we learn, that Rigaud is still alive, but that he has received a wound in one of his arms, which will occasion it to be ampu tated—Daily lkirmilhestake place between the two contending parties, and only four days ago seventeen wounded arrived at fe remie, from Rigaud’s head-quarters at Mi raguanne. NEW-YORK, September 2. Tranflatcd fm the Commercial Advertiser. (Continued from our last.) Second letter from Colonel Barbaczy to Prince Charles. Head-quarters, Gerfback, May 1, 1799. My Huflars brought me last evening, a few hours after the departure of the ex press, that carried the dispatches I had the honor of addrefling to your royal highness, two men whom the armed peasants had met with about 10 o'clock in the morning on the right bank of the Rhine, a small distance from Kelli. Tiiefe peasants after pursuing them a considerable time, over took them a little beyond the Wuilfett.— Knowing them to be Frenchmen, and fuf pefting their appearance, they firft thought of putting them to death ; but as they as sured, they were neither spies nor fofdiers, and that at the moment they were met, they were making preparations to repafs the Rhine in a peaceable manner, to return home, it was thought best to fend them to me. To all the questions I put, they an swered in very evasive terms—l ordered them to be examined. Each had a purse of fifty pieces of French money ; and in the pocket of one was found the following billet : “ Rafadt 9 Floreal (April 28) 8 o'clock in the evening, u “ We leave this place in one hour—you will fee us between nine and ten —our car riages will be lighted— John will be in the firjiy and lin the fourth, with the papers. I recommend the third and the fifth to vou ” (Signed) ROSENSTIEL.” After reading this billet I law that I had two of the aftors in this detestable plot, whose authors had been so well guefled, at Raftadt. I hoped to learn from them the particulars, but it was impolfible to make them speak, and they have constantly kept a fileuce, which menaces, even of death, have not been able to make them break! 1 lend them to your royal highness, that they may be interrogated by vourfelf in person, and their fate decided. I learn this moment by deserters, and , French prifcncrs whe have just Iced brut’ in, that Jean Debty on arriving at Stras bourg, has had the baseness to impute his own crime to my Hufiars—to thole Hus sars whose escort he had forced his unhap py colleagues to refafe —who had ran, up on hearing the cries of the vittims, in hopes of luccouring them—who (hewed so much attention to their widows and their whole train—who finally had just recondutted himfelf in fcfety to the banks of the Rhine.! This new infamy had con vinced me that the Machiavilian directory had proposed to effect a two fold objett by the afiafiinatiou of its ministers—and that its view was, not only to get rid of their persons and the writings which might serve to condemn themfeives, but also give birth to a fubjett for calculating the victo rious troops of his majesty the Emperor and king. Happily ttiis monltrous ca lumny falls by its own absurdity; for what motive can my Hufiars befuppofed toi*ave had for committing this molt infamous att ? It was not their hatred to Frenchmen ; since of 15 who were in the carriages, they left 13 alive, and difpatche ’ only two. It is not the desire of plunder; for they touched neither the gold nor the silver nor jewels, but only took the papers. Will it be said they atted by order of their chiefs, and that these wanted the papers of the legation ? why then did they take the pa pers, only to throw them into the Murg ? Was there ever any thing more inconfift-' ent? Do we not here recognife those who at Rome caused one of their own officers called Duffaut to be assassinated in order to attribute this murder to the ministers of the Pope? In (hort, do we not identify the very men, who caused their lick in the hos pital of Veronas to be maflacred, with a view of imputing that butchery to the Ve netian Senate? Their machinations are known—all Europe resounds with their crimes, and Heaven is preparing to make them recoil upon their own heads. I am, &c. BARRACZY, Colonel. P. S. At the moment I was going to fend off an express with this letter to your royal highnefsa detachment of my Hufiars brought in ten other Frenchmen whom they found on the borders of the Black Fo rest, and who after making some demon strations of rest fiance, and firinga few muf quet (hot, surrendered. They have owned that within 8 days, they were sent from Strasbourg, to the number of 27, in order to strike this blow, and that they were not informed before the evening of the 28th April, of the moment when it was to be put into execution.— They add many other particulars, which your royal highness will learn better from themfeives. I fend them to you under a strong guard together with the two firft. My Hufiars will take no rest, until they have found the remainder of this band. September 5. New England Fortifications. An excellent toast, given by a Lady. “ The bed Fortifications of our country — the Navy, the Meeting Houses, and the Public Schools.” The Lady who gave the above, is certainly well versed in the ta&ics of a free government, and were her name known, ought to be toasted by every Patriotic American. IN EUROPE Affairs still wear an afpett still not less pleafing—Maffena is driven from Zurich, in Switzerland to the Canton of Berne, by the Archduke Charles. The latter was very cordially received at Zurich. The Burgomaster, Ktfchefperger, an officer of the Municipality, waited on the humane and brave Prince Charles, and recommen ded to him the protettion of the citv, in the fulleft confidence of his humanity. The German official accounts state “ When the venerable old Kilchefperger presented the city keys to the young hero, whorefufed accepting them, faying, “The keys of the city are in very good hands.” This mode of condutt cannot fail to con cilitate the affettions of the Swiss. The strong position the French have occupied near Zurich, since their retreat, seems to indicate another bloody feene. Maftena is flow and stubborn, but sure, in his “ backward advances.” WASHINGTON, Augufl 14. Unfavorable accounts have been seve ral days in circulation refpetting the dan gerous situation of the Miami fcttlements. It seems the surveyor, out running lines, consonant to the treaty of Grenville, has been forbidden to proceed by a considera ble party of Indians—The settlers on Mad River, have taken the alarm, and are for tifying themfeives; particulars, we have not been able to learn—a few we pre sume, will give us to know how tar these reports are founded on reality j though there is little reason to doubt that the inha bitants are under considerable agitation. We have since heard, that the Indians have appeared in a considerable body on hoi lebac k— -that they declared themfeives to have peaceable intentions towards the peo£\e of the Ua'ued and avowed theirdetermination of attacking the Chick asaws, who had introduced on their hunt" ing grounds. Their having sent away their women, a circumstance unufua! when they war only with one another ha* been the occaiion of so much alarm amon» the frontier settlers, and affords a good rea* lon to doubt the truth of their profeffionj. SAVANNAH, September 20. On Wednesday evening arrived the ffiir> Nancy, Captain Samuel Newell, f Corunna, which he left on the 2ad of Ju. ly—Capt. N. brought no papers, but has politely handed us the following informa tion : —That previous to his failing, let. ters had been received from France which gave an account of a most deftrudtive en gagement between Gen M'Donald, and the Ruffians and Austrians, which lasted for three days successively, on the last of which he received a reinforcement, when he redoubled his exertions, putting all to the sword, and taking 2000 prisoners ; this aft ion was faught on the Bth July. That the French had declared waragainft Swe den, in consequence of their having agree able to treaty, furnifhed the Austrians with 12,000 men—That the French and Spa nish fleets (consisting of 57 fail of the line had formed a junction, after having been feperated in a gale of wind in the Medi terranean, in which 11 fail were difmafted ' and others much damaged) are now a£tu ally riding at anchor in Cadiz harbor, af ter having eluded the pursuit of the com bined fleets, and accomplished the landing of 5000 troops at Genoa —That by recent letters from Bourdaux, received at Corun na, Buonaparte with his army of 150,000 men, were ranging the country trium phantly—That the French have called in all their privateers, and as fall as they ar rive deprive them of their commissions, and that the French agent at Corunna had, previous to our informant’s failing, taken the commissions from fix, and sent them to France, by order of the Dire&ory. Capt. N. also informs, that a brig from Philadelphia. Captain Gerard, bound to Corunna, was captured by a French pri vateer and afterwards recaptured by a Bri tifti fiigate and carried into Lisbon, where he fterling salvage, and arrived at Corunna, from whence he failed for a market. HERALD. AUGUSTA, WEDNESDAY, September 25, 1799. EXPECTATION has for some time past been constantly awake, and curiosity liftning with eager attention for news in* terefting and important from the Mediter ranean, and anticipation uneasy at so long a silence already imagined a decisive bat tle to have been fought between the grand fleets in those seas, and the number of ships taken, began to be enumerated by the in ventive talents of restless news mongers, and to be aflented to by unfufpefting cre dulity. But the result of the operations in the Mediterranean Sea appears to be, that the French and Spanilh fleets after forming a junction, eluded the vigilance of the Britifli commanders, pafled out of the Streights and were fafely anchored off Ca diz. The object of the combined fleets remains unknown—something highly im portant is probably in view.—The French and Spanish fleets pafled out the Straits the 6th July—the English fleet it appears had not pafled out the 20th. This delay of the British, and the ultimate obje<ft of the French, we leave for the exercise of con jecture, till we are able fatisfacftorily to ac count for the one, or explain the other. Buonaparte’s situation remains un known—while in one instance he is repre sented as invariably fuccefsful, in another he is stated perpetually fubjeft to disasters. Sir Sidney Smith, has officially commu nicated to the admiralty an account of the citfeat of a French flotilla sent by Buona parte to aid the siege of Acre in Syria— The flotilla consisted of a corvette and nine fail of gun veflels—in coming round Mount Carmel, they were discovered, and immediately given chace to by Sir Sidney, seven fail out of the nine were captured, and the battering cannon,ammunition, See. with which they were loaded for the re duction of Acre, were applied to its de fence. The Austrian account of the murder of the French Ministers is well worthy of attentive consideration— That black tranf aftion appears yet not perfectly explained