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SATURDAY, Mirth 17, 179*-]
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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Judge Walton % Charge in Wilkes.
Gentlemen of tit Grand Jury, ...
BY the law just now read, you perceive
that alterations are again made in the
system of our civil jurisprudence. It has in
deed been hitherto our misfortune not .to have
been able to have digefled a code equal to
our fafety and happiness. The cause may be
traced to the foundation of oup eflablifliment.
The revolution having changed the principles
of things, a new era commenced. Laws
and customs which were familiar to the elder
inhabitants, gave way to the influence of new
impreflinns. Parties were the consequence ;
and one system has only taken place, in its
turn to yield to another. The firft aft which
pafled for the regulation of the law depart
ment, under our present constitution, gave
to the judges the right of exerciling chancery
powers, which were undefined ; the second
cncreafed their latitude, and made the prac
tice of England, heretofore, the criterion,
except as to mortgages i and the present re
duces all disputes to the ultimatum of juries
in common form. , This appears to be the
language and tpirif of the constitution. The
complicated pleadings, therefore, in.tbe chan
cery flile,, will give way to a
fj ccial decision as therein and by the firft aft
is pointed out. If all the suits, on this foot
ing, which are depending, ftiould be breught
to trial, your avocations, gentlemen, will be
iocelTant during the term. I will not, there
fore, detain you by details of duty which
your own knowledge and experience in courts
render unneeeflary. The Attorney-General
v/iil lay beforeyou such business as he thallhave
ready from time to time, and the intervals
(hall be filled by fpccial trials, until you thall
be «eady for your particular prefcntments.
It tikes, Feb. 29, i;p*.
Trcfcntmenti of the Grand Jufy,
VVE are happy to find that morality and
good order has so much prevailed that there
is no public grievance or prevailing inconve
nience that comes within our knowledge.
We return our thanks to his Honor the
judge for his sentimental Charge, and express
our happiness to find good order and regula
tion so far ptevail in the' courts of juftide un
der his direftion.
H. Freeman, Foreman \ James M'Cormick,
Jacob Early, Richard Wariham,
William Bibb, Bedford Brown, •
Spencer Branham, ' jerte Heard,
William G. Gilbert, James M'Lean,
William Samson, Elijah Pope,
Peter Tetrill, D. Hillhoufe.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. to.
r"ir HE plague, Which Bill rages in tnis ca-
X pital, has carried off a number of per
sons residing near the Dutch Ambaffador’a
hotel. Its ravages in Egypt have been ter
rible; the number of persons deftroved is
estimated at 20b,0c6, araongft which are
20,000 soldiers and M/uirluck‘s and 12 Beys.
In the Morea mo ft of the inhabitants are fled
to escape the contagion.
LISBON, Gaoler 28.
This evening was married, by the Rev.
Mr. Hill, hie Serene Highncfs the Margrave
GEORGIA
of Anfpach and Bareith, to the widow of
Lord Craven, and fitter of the Earl of Berke
ly. The ceremony wa6 performed before a
number cf tefpeftable witneffe«, the ambaf- v
fadors of Russia, Naples, Holland, Vienna,
and all the English gentry that could be col
leftod together. Captain Dorfet served as
father, and the whole company tupped with
their Highneffe*, after the ceremony, at the
Pruflian miDirter’s hotel, where the Margrave
had taken up his residence.
a ; STOCKHOLM, AW. 1. ;
The experiment made by Mr. Vonacken,
in prefeuce of the court and foreign miniftera,
of immediately extinguishing a house on fire,
•has had great fucccfs. Two houses were
daubed over with tar and grease, and filled
with comburtible ftuff, and.afterwards, when
they were set on fire, Mr. Vonacken dissolved
a very fraall part of his composition in the
water to be employed, which extinguished -
the site in eight minutes time.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 20. " '
All the trench emigrants have received
orders from M. d’Artois to repair to Coblentz
with all possible speed.
PARIS, Nov. 18.
Frefti accounts of iufurreftions excited by
the refraftory Priests, and consequent mur
der?, are hourly arriving. From the northern
part of France it has now communicated to
the fouth. At Remy, near Aire, in Artois,
the number of the insurgents was*fo great,
that they were obliged to call in the aftittance
of the garrifoo of Aire. The relult is not
yet known At Rofiere, Luneville, and Nan
cy, fimilardifpolitions. Infhort, at this mo
ment the ferment is universal from one ex
tremity to the other of this kingdom.
However pacific the dispositions of Leopold
the following account may perhaps have a fe
rions issue with the pourt of Vienna. Lall
Saturday two volunteers the province of
Britanny, at present at Maubeuge, took into
tneir heads to walk into the Aufirian territo
ries. The Hulan guards on duty seized
them for the transgression, and as ulual,upon
such occasions brought them to their corps de
guarde. The news arrived at Maubeuge. The
volunteers, fired at the idea of their com
rades being taken up, marched immediately in
an immense body to the guard-house. In
vain the officer and guard argued upon the
propriety of their conduft. On his refufing
to give up the prisoners without orders from
his commanding officer, he was fired on j
, 18 of his company were killed on the fppt,
and several wounded; the remainder were
only able to save themselves by flight. The
volunteers returned with their comrades in
triumph, after having left a national ftaudard
flying upon the conquered fortrefa. . j
LONDON, Nov. 2*.
t By the latest accounts from the coast of
Guinea, we are informed of the death of
King Dahomey, and the acceffton of his son
to the throne. This ceremony was attend
ed with the facrifice of two thousand animals,
and m the black catalogue, 800 of the human
Jpecies were comprised!
By this day’s French mail letter* are re
ceived 1 , Hating that the Kibg had refufeH his
. afleat to the decree of the National Aflembly
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[tot. VI. No. CCL XXXIV-1
for confifcatmg the property of the exiled
princes.
Extras ■•/ a letter from Cadiz, Nov • 13.
44 The latter end of lad mouth a flout Al
ferine rover was funk, off Cape St. Vincent,
by two Portufuefe men of war, after a very
ebltinate reliftance, and ail on board petifheda
So daring were the pirates to the. lafl, that
they were seen nailing their colours to the
matt as they were fluking; the Portuguese
had a great many killed And wouuded, and
one of the men of war was much damaged
in her fails and rigging.”
The lame letter fays, the Dey of Algterc
is making very aftive preparation# for war,
and that, in addition to Ruflia, Sweden, the
United State* of America, &c. it is thought
he will not be long before he breaks with
France.
It further adds, “ The Mediterranean
swarms with Algerine cruisers, which moune.
Tom 18 to 20 guns, manned with defperatG
crews of hardened ruffians; these fellows pay
no refpetts to the colours of any nation, but
take and plunder all (hips that fall in their
way, except the Englilh, who pads without
interruption. It is spoken of with confidence,
that feverai nations intend to form a junction
of force* in the spring, on purpose to drive
thele free-booters into their own ports.”
The lafl accounts from Ceuta mention, that
a serious quarrel is expefled between the Dey
of Algiers and the Emperor of. Morocco.
The dates of Brabant have (hakeu off their
obedience to the lupreme council of thajfc
duchyj; and their contempt of superior juiif
didiou has induced the emperor, as duke of
Brabant, to order their fedicious and refrac
tory decrees to be ignominioully torn front’
the records by the common crier. The whold
ccpintty is in a (late of ferment.
The expence of the war between Auflria,'
Ruflia and the Pone, is thus calculated on
pretty certain information : ■■■•.Auflria
400,000,000 of florins ; Ruflia 100,000,000
of roubles; the Porte 250,000,000 of piaf
tres. The late war ha 9 destroyed 130,000.
Imperial foldier*, 200,000 Ruffians, and about,
the fame number of Turks, making in all
530,000 men.
Several Frenchmen, who had caused writ*
ings on liberty to be translated into Portu
gucle, were lately put on board a yeffelto bd'
sent back to their country.
KINGSTON, (Janaitt) Jan. it. „
A regiment of free blacks ha# been lately *.
railed in Nova Scotia, for the service of the
island of Barbadoes, by a captain of the re
gulars, wh# was sent from the island for that
purpole. Their pay is the fame as that of
hi# majefly’# troops.
An intelligent young mulatto man, name#
jamiefon, lately overseer on a mountain itt '
the parish of Port-Royal,-died i*'this towo
lafl Sunday in'the highefl flag* of the hydro
phobia. About fix week# since a dog', be- r
longing' to the' neighbouring property, going 4 '
into the houfei during dinner tiiiic, was at
tacked by the house dog, and Jamielon, in
terfering to separate them, was (lightly bitter
by the former immediately over the ball of
his left eye. The dog wars soon after
The wound exhibiting no bad fyrhptoms, an<f
healing very quickly, wa# lor gotten, whin,*
about teta days ago, the unfortunate youag£
man, returning' fro.tf the Held, felt flhtff&r