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SATURDAY, Oftober io, 1789.]
1 THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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; GAZETTE of the STATE.
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FRE EDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAI h , ,» v . . .
-• , yJUR Y, to remain inviolate forever. ConJHtution of Georgia .
AJJ GU ST A: Printed by JOHN F smith iTT~~ "I " ‘
Intelligence i Adverttfemenis, & t . w iU be gratefully receive/, a/dL/f k/nPof PrMng
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
STOCKHOL M# June 30.
INTELLIGENCE has been received here,
that, on the 18th inst. a.Ruffi'*tr corps,
voder the command of General Michelson,
attacked the Swedish troops at St. Michael,
commanded by Col. Stedingv The aftion be
gand at midnight, j n which the Swedes kept
their ground, and fought very bravely for se
veral hours ; but Col. Steding perceiving that
the enemy must at length succeed in turning
his front, and attacking him ip. the flank,
thought it prudent, in order to save his men
and artillery, to evacuate St. Michael,,, and
retreat to Joekas, which he' £ffefted with a
very trifling loss, having saved all his baggage
«nd (lores, except the powder, magazine,
which he blew up, to prevent its falling* mio
the hands of the enemy. In consequence of
this retreat, the Radians have entered into
Sawol.x. On the other hand, the King, at
the head of a corps of 5000 men, with jo
pieces oi cannon, has parted the river Ky
mene, and made an irruption, near Kelrys,
into Ruffian Finland.
Jul, 3. A courier who arrived yefljerd-iy
morning with* letters from the King to the
Queen, the Prince Royal, and Baron Arm
feit, brought the firft news of an action be
tween the troops under his Majefly’s com
mand and a corps of Ruffians, whom he met
on the 28th pad within two miles of David
ftadt. His Majeftv mentions no particulars in
his letters, only that he had defeated the ene
my, without receiving any hurt himfelf; but
the courier reports, that the King, with on
ly 2000 of his troops, which compofcd the
vanguard, without waiting for the rest of his
army, advanced to charge the enemy, who
amounted to about 5606 men ; that the Ruf
fians stood the fire of the Swedes, with great
intrepidity, for a considerable time, and in
their turn attacked the Swedes with bayonets
fixed, which occafioaed the latter to retreat
about 20 paces ; but that, being instantly ral
lied by his Maiefty, who alighted from his
horse, and encouraged them in person, they
returned to the charge, and put the enemy to
flight*, that the Rttflians ip their retreat hav
ing pafled a defile, the Swedes in the pursuits „
ffifeovered another body of the enemy, drawn
up in a line at the opposite extremity, which
situation not permitting an attack With any
profpeft of fiiccefc, the Swedes defined i but
that, making a circular march through a wood,
they charged the Piufiians in flank, and en
tirely routed them* The lots on the fide of ,
the Swedes is reported to be three officers and
about 150 men killed, and three officers and
nearly 100 men wtmnded. The loss of the
enemy cannot be afeertained, as they cariied
off their dead.
.PARIS, July iO.
Every thing is now quiet in this capita!.
The militia perform the duty of the police so
effectually as to prevent every fpecics of rob
bery and pillage. The troops arc moving
away a* faft as possible, and there are no fol
der* in the neighbourhood of Tatis, except
the French and Swiss regiments. The Due
t)c Chatelet ha* resigned the command of the
French Guard*. The King has restored M.
de Montmorit) to the Department of v o reign
from which he hid been removed t
end he* appointed M# ‘l* St. Pritrt becier»*y
of State for the Home Department, in the
G£ OR GIJ,
room of M. de Villedeuii. The Due de Li- i
ancourt is chosen President of the National
Aflembly, in the room of the Archbilhop of
Vienne, wfiofe time was expir<ed«.
30- M. Neckar arrived at" Verfaijles on
Tuefdair. evening last, and this morning came
_ to the Hotel de Vjlle, where fie was received
with every mark of joy and fatisfatfion. He
was escorted from the. Bridge at Seve by a
large party qf hOyfe of the Pari* Militia, who
also returned with him to the fame place.
On Tuefday last the Marquis de la Fayette
; performed the ceremony of incorporating the
French Guards, under the appellation ci Gardes
dtia Nation* by which they are henceforward
; to be diftinguilhed.
From OTHER PAPERS.
P A R I S,. guly
The reports of the deatlis of Mertrs. Fou
t lon and Berthier is now authenticated The
' firft was Intendant of Paris, and had counfcl- |
led the King to declare the nation in a bank
rupt state. Berthier was foil-in-law to Fou
lon, and had amailed coyliderable quantities
of corn for the supply 0 f the iroopfc. They
both qqderwent a summary trial at"the Hotel’ I
de Vi He beloie the Permanent Committee,
and were executed at the Place de Grev*.
Foulon was-the firft vitf im, and his bead, *f
ter decollation, was lhewn to Berthier previ»
ous to his execute*!!, which was attended (if.
we may believe the accounts) with circum
flances of brutal cruelty, too horrid to men
tion. •
There have been great riots at Havre and
I-larfleur. Several lives were loft.
7he Biihop of Chartres had nearly fallen a
vittim to popular indignation. He supplicat
ed his lile, and was compelled to give up his
Secretary, Mr. Thomafliu, who-was conveyed
to prilon.
The Abbe de Vermont is fled.
1 he Abbess of Montmarte ha;> been brought
to - the Hotel de Ville, and acctifed of having
concealed cannon aud other warlike (lores in
her convent .....
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Many names of eminence have been pro
feribed, and the place mentioned where mo.
ney was depdfited for those who (hould appre
hend them. ,
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The troops at Havre have given up the ci.
tadel to the Burghers.
The King and Queen are at Versailles;
Pearce a Nobleman or a gentleman opeuly at-
Cnded them.
Five Princes of the Blood are already ar
rived at Bruflels,
Every person; of condition who can get
from Paris, loies not a moment in bis efcipe.
Deputations from the province! pre
every hour, which add to the confufioji'and
tumult of the feene ; a feene in which, the
King seems to tit like a monarch of *• ftireds
and patches,” aftonilbed at hia.own nothing
ness; degraded, dithouored, and nude a
llave.
It is fuflicient to fay, “ there goes a spy,”
immediately to procure an execution.
Such is the horrid fpedtacle that prefentsit
felf :
The Baflile has hardly one (lone left upon
another, as every one trie* to dedrov some
thing ot what they call the Sepulchre of their
Liberties.
The Eugli.li at fuU meet with tvtry re-’
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CVol. HI. No. CLVIIIj
fpeft, as the infatuated populace seem to hold
them as their friends.
Augujl The fame feenes have taken
£‘ arc 88 at aIm 9 ft all' the other towns of
France, and this great garrison town is now
guarded jointly by the citizeus and the mili
tary, - • .
What would the imperious tyrant, Loui#
fay, could he revive, and behold hie
proud Palace of Versailles guarded by Ample
citizens in plain coats f —Such is the present
flare of the successor of this immortal man** .
Qn T hurfday last the four companies of French
Guards, who have done tbq King’s duty ae
Versailles during the revolution,-feeing the
Vei failles militia well eftabiiflied, determined
to march jOlf tl?c following day in a body,
with,their arms and, baggage, which they*
accordingly effetfed in a regular order, and
repaired to join their brethren in the capital#
At the instant of their departure a grenadier,
who >yas on duty, and attached to military
difeipline, could with difficulty prevail oig
himfelf to quit .his station. “ If I quit my
post," said he to one of the King’s Gardes du
Corps,. Who happened to be near him, *« I an*
guilty of a breach of military difeipline, and
am dishonored if I follow not my comrades
I am undone; pray be fogood as to relieve my
guard.” The latter refuting, inclination pre
vailed over military Temples, and he dole off,
calling at every step a relutfant look behind
him. , ~ .
W° sooner had the Fren*l ? Guards marched
off, than the Town Militia took poffeffiou of
the gates of the palace and the barracks.
The King, informed of this, instantly wrote
a letter to the Prince de Poix, Captain of his
Private Guard, who had put himfelf at the
head likewifp of the Versailles Militia fomc
dars before, .desiring to have the Invalids at
Icajl stationed at the Iron Gates, leaving it to
his judgment whether he would think it pro
per to mix with them a certain number of the
Town! Guard,
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This letrer was immediately printed and
ffuck up in Versailles, but wasprefently torn
down by the young people in town, who are *
determined that none but. themselves (ball
mount guard upon the King; and every rc
fpcttable cirizcrt in the plage .thinks it an ho
nor to belong tptbis Militia, who now do re
gular duty at the Hail of the National As
sembly and the Palace. ....
Mr. Pirv£t, one of the greatest Exchanger
jobbers of,this capital, and who is said to
Have been a mPncy agent for the Comte de
,Artois, has just broke for millions of li
tres, cj 575,000!. fterjing.
The Aiiembly have received a letter from
the little town of pun, in the Clermont oic,
informing them that they have fiezed a great
number of waggons, carriages, led borles,
baggage, &c. belonging to the Prince de
Lamhefcq, which had reached their town by
different cross roads, in their way to Germa
ny. The drivers would not declare t« whom
thev belonged, or rather pretended to be fer
vours of the Marq us de la Briche, coining
from the neighbourhood of Paris, and they'
fuppnfed that they were dertined for Thiou
vil-ej hut on examining the packets, carri
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•, Every body kuowr the inferiptinn on tho
ftirtie of this lunglny tyrant in 'he Place den
VKloites at Paia— lAnnuah /trs»