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SATURDAY, Oftober io, 1789.] 1 THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE • *.*• « ■ AND ; GAZETTE of the STATE. 2.. ' ' x 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 ..... ,J ‘ Z Many names of eminence have been pro feribed, and the place mentioned where mo. ney was depdfited for those who (hould appre hend them. , v * 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-’ 1/ . 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, ‘l "* 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 _ * t v e •, Every body kuowr the inferiptinn on tho ftirtie of this lunglny tyrant in 'he Place den VKloites at Paia— lAnnuah /trs»