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SATURDAY, May it, 179 M THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE f ' * ' • AND ' GAZETTE of the STATE . FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, (hall remain inviolate. Conjiitutio* •/ Ctargi*. AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to tni State-, E/ays, A,ticlei Intelligence , Advertisements, lie. will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing performed. LONDON, January *B. THE Be'gic States have at length agreed to a folcmn treaty of union, on the model of those of America, and declined what was at fit ft pfopofed, to vest the fove teign power, with certain leftriftions, in the #f an individual. Jollow'ng are the Articles of the Treat*. Article I. All the Provinces agtee to unite tud confederate, under the denomination and ti;lc of THE UNITED BELGICK. STATES. Art. 11. They agree to form and con centre among themieives a sovereign power, limited to their mutual defence; raising and paying a national army \ making and repair ing fortifications j forming and concluding al liances pffenfive and detenfive with foreign powers 5 fending and teceiving ambafradors, Jrcfidents, agents, Sec. the whole of whu-h, Without diftiafiion, fluli be done \>y, and Under the foie authority of the power thus United, without any iefetence to their refyet give provinces; each of which, however, tvill have its due influence, through rhe me dium of it* Reprefcntativea, in the delib« ra tions that shall rake place, relative to the dif ferent ofajerts included in tin 4, tr««y. Art. Ill* For the exe? eif'e of this sovereign power, there shall be a Congress of Deputies from each Province, uuder the name of the •• Sovereign Congress of the United Belgick •tates.* Art. IV. The Provinces (hall always pro fefa the Roman Catholick and Apoftilick re ligion, and inviolably maintain the unity of the Church; and the Congress shall, there fore, be bound to follovt and maintain con nexion with the Holy See. Art. V. The Congress alone shall have the power of coining money, in the came of the linited Belgic States, and to fix its standard and value. • t Art. VI. The Provinces of the Union shall make provision for the expences attend ing the excrcife of sovereign power, in the fame proportion as under their last Sovereign. „ Art. VII. Eeach Province shall preitive all its rights of foveregnty, its laws, liberty aud independence, in all cases except those in which they have mutually agreed to cede them to the Sovereign Congress. .. Art VIII. fn case any difference shall grife refpeding the general contribution to ward* the xpences of the state, or any other ©bjeti whatever, either between the Congress and one of the Provinces, or between one Province and another, the Congress shall en deavour to fettle them amicably; but should tKs endeavours of Congrels fail, then each , province (hall, at the requisition of either par ty, nominate a person to fettle the matter in dispute; and both parties shall be bound to abide by the decision or award that shall be made by the persons thus nominated. Art. IX. The Uni ed Su e* pledge and bind themselves mutually to aflift each other, and to make a common cause, as of.en as auy one of them fhsll be attacked. Art. X. Out Province fhallnot be at li berty to cent rad any alliante or engagement with another Province, without the cenfem •1 Coogrtfs. The Province* of Ftsuders, however, shall be it liberty to retinue wnn Weft Flanders, on condition that each hsve Repreftntiiives in Congress, with a right to tote freely, end without control, Art, Xl* The Voten shall b» w 4 inetutahifl# GEORGIA ■ Art. XT. Civil and military (hall never be ttufled to one and the fame person. No Member us Congress shall be employed in the military fervite, nor shall any officer in the army be capable of being elected a Mem bet of Cougtefi. Ail parlous in the service of, or receiving a under any name whatever, from auy foreign power, shall be incapable of fit ting in Congress; as shall likewise all persons who, after the ratification of this T.caty of Union, (hall accept of ahv title of honor, oi any military or other order of knighthood, fiom any foieignjiovver. The Members who signed those articles were those from Brabant, Guelder* i land, Flanders, Weft Flandeis, Hainaulr, Namur, lomnay, Toufnaifis and Mechlin. The States of the Province of Limbourg, having met the 31st of December latl, feut to the General Affcmbiy thiee of their Members, the Abbot of PkOihuc, the Baron de Negri, aud M de Lalfa-ili de Saiute Mine. Bui thefethtee Members did not sign the Antcies of Union, as their principals had uot authurried them so to do, although the States o! Brabant, who had a'way«, been on a foot ing ot (tieoiithip and alliame with th -fie of Limbourg, had sent to the latter the resolu tion Ly which « was declared, 4 that the Lmpetor had forfeited his fuverei^nty.* With a view, therefore, to determine the States of Limbourg to accede to rhe Union, it was resolved that a body of the patno rck troops fliould match into that proviuce, and tane poUeffion or it. It was hoped thet these troops would pass the Meute at Ltege; and on that account a letter was written by the head* of the Patri ots to de who received it va the 9th inst. at mghr. But the Pruftian General, de Schlieffen, | without whose confect the if fecras, would cot, of could not, comply with the wiflics of the Patriots, refufed to comply with them, btcaufe he prefueaed a fun ilar re quisition would belmade by the Court of Vien na; and if he was to comply with one, be could not, with confiflency, refufe 10 grant a fijmlar requeft* if it fnould he made by the Emperor.' . Another circuraftance occurred, which pre vented the lei riots from taking poileffion of the Province of Limbourg j, it was the defeat of a body of 800 Biabants on the 13th lust. near Rochofort, where rhey left 300 dead on the field. It is now determined, that as th* Patriotic force Cannot pal* the Meuse at LiC f ;e, they (baiiatVifet. “ A regular free periodical paper (a thing \ which all kings and ftatefincn dieadj is tui known to Spain but pamphlets are bong'.’, up with an aridity proportioned to the dan ger with which they aie printed. One in particular has made much noise, ard h«»i g ven, tt is thought, a feriou* wound *.u go vernment in its most critical part. 1: 1* a catalogue of all the cruelties, horror*, and outrages agaioft humanity, prattled uuder the oame of relijrion. E w *ry pig* i& ftamei) with lome fangulftary tsle ; *»d *l‘ e au -' , °' f this attack on the holy oftice, has related » whole with a tinspliehf and pitHoa the nwft affecting. A person, fufpertld »»»h* has been thrown in K o| *t »«»d l « wi.l i"> doubt, uld <«tMltfttffUJmw wlnnn r fVoi. IV. No. CLXXXI2.’; hit pamphlet deplores s hut, in tht mea* time, the pamphlet it (old, and hat «vt«* found itt wajr into all the provincet.” MONTEGO-BAK, March If. Advice it received from St. MatVa, Hi fpauiola, that, on the id of thit month, a number ee people of colour, to the amount of 700 and upward!, having poflefled them-, fcives of lcvcral field pieces, formed a camp iu th.v diitntf, and exhibited an appearance of humility h-ghly alarming. A deputation of fivf gen lemeu being lent from the A (Tern* biy to demand the teafon of so extraordinary a proceeding, ihe inlurgema demanded that a lemonftrance, which they then deliveied ta the Deputies, lb *uld be pretexted i mured i* ateiy to the General, anti that an anftoer there* to ihould be given without delay, the papetf being conveyed, as they tlefited, proved t#, be a feirfibie and well written drail of ths various claims the ftee people had on what they termed the jujiict ot the w bitef, with whom they demanded an equal 0/ all and immunati wbu /‘never, tho privilege of rcpiefemauon, and oi qualifying f r all the learned profefiious, aud concluding with the avowal of a determination to pro ceed to extremities should their demands bp treated with neglect. On perusal of thia pa; er, it was judged advileablefo aflcmble * boily of the militia, who, headed by the Ge neral, immediately went against the camp f on their artival tUe infurgenta fired, aud fl« 4 to the mountains ; thiee or four of tha white* were killed, aud one of the ringlcadeis of the inturgente was taken aud iuftauUy be# headed. A proclamation tyaa then iflued, otferjnjj a re waul of 5 0 half joes for the head of ar? ptnicipil offender, and in iht courle of a fe* , day* no. lei’s than %y were brought i«. Ua Sunday the 7111 intt. a very great majority of thole woo had formed the camp, finding all the<r attempts completely frustrated, came 111 and took the o.lth of allegiance to the nation. One >r two of the principals, for whom ihgfe rewards oic offered, ai« not yet taken. PROVIDENCE, (JR.. I ) Hiareß 4. What meatures the great Council ol th® Union may take with us, bcfldes leaving ua to the operation of h r arts of trade, aird to our owu dedruflion, it would be prafumptim* in u» to fuggeft —But, if any degree of re ltu.me.it could be tuppofed to enter into their deliberations, might we not expetf the molt rigorous tieatmeut would be the confeqi.eim# cf unexampled moderation, ignoini„iouJiy • abuled i After the fiift day of Ap r, l» tonnage att w.ll be enforced agaiufl us ; th« operation of which mull be inevitably a Mend ed /iitb m iery aud difliefs —Congreil has certainly a right to cornel ua to pay 9’i/ quota of rite oebt cunttacted by the war i *>ius though they HiouJd agree to conftriar ua f.»« leign and wdependeui, yet upon the princi ple* of an incoiporate union, they mud flill view us a p irt us the Uuited States, subject to the general g v-crnme'it, and liable to pay out piopottiou of the expeucc aciued and accruing thereby. And is it Just that tha othat Uu'Sk ih'uiM fuliain the wholccxpama ol afial luhM>g and adiniuilterin* the Maral governinstti, leconng the waitm laniwty* 4c. &<.«•- '•-and thoc this date, with out rwouhiuti.ijf* towaid* ii» •*H*A a t f 10