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SATURDAY, February t, 1T93.]
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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Judge Slith’s charge to the Grand
' Jury of Green County .
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' Gtntlemtu #/ tbt Grand Jury,
IT rnuft afford fioßular pleafurc to every
charafter who is vested with the power,
and at the fame time the taflt which, by the
fuff i age* of our country have been conferred
on me, to be aided in the execution of them
by a grand inquest so refp«fta>le as the
' prcfent. ... ,
The institution of Grand Juriee i» one of
the important in the hidory of jurjfpru
dence, and added to the ancient dutiei pro
perly belonging to that {ioftitutien, modern
experience hae convinced not only the pro
priety, but in mauy inftaace* the oeceflity of
Grand Juriee extending their view! to the
situation of the government* in which they
live, end etpreffmg their fentiment* on pub
lic meafuree, so that your duty will natural
ly divide itfelf into two objeft*. One |of J
which cannot be more ltrongly trapreffed on
your mind*, than by a recurrence to the oath
you have taken, by which you will feel your
felvea bound, deligently to enquire, and true
prefentruenta make of all offences committed .
within the body of your county, that dull
by any mean* come to your knowledge, whe
ther agaioft the police of your particular
county and (he peace aod harmony of it*
citizen*: Tbe other j* of a more coinpre
kenfive and political natuic, such at pointing
out the evil* that exit io government*, and
tbe mean« remedying them, and in prefen.-
mcota or inftitittion on rhir fubjett, our
views ought not to be confined wuhiu the
- narrow limits of a particular’'ftate. But I
bold it a dury we owe our country to exoref* |
our though** with freedom oo the
of the general government; also our repre
feutation* whether in the state, or federal
legiftature will alWay* fee 1 tbemfeive*
bound by the featitnent* and w.ihc* of their
conftitucnta,. and the knowledge of tbofc
ftateraent* and wirhe* must have a good
tffed :n directing their coad fd.
There it ore fuhjetf, gee tie men of the
1 grand jury, I gdi in a parifcutar manner to
call your attention to— I mean the unfortu
nate difference and party an«mofitie* which
have for fomc time involved vou in almost in
a state of civil warfare; the extraordinary
fertility of your couotry, and the high state
of cultivation and improvement to which it
liae been for several yeaw rapidly progreffmg,
rendered it justly efteeaubfe, tbe mod delir
ablc situation ia the fate; that those great
• and pleating advantages ibould thu* be check
ed in iheir intancr, and borne down by a
torrent of civil difeord, i* indeed a melancho
lj and oue that ought to make
a deep imprefliun on the miod of every good
citizen* It i* not with me to determine
wner< or m whom lie* the error, but iluuld
account rnyfelf ia nothing more happy thao
in imerpofilog my influence to conciliate the
'dthip of citizen*, where minds have
a<re* iy been too Img at variance jjri.b each
nicer i it is vhhvoa gentlemen, to red refs
*vi! of a panlic aa ura, a 'egijlar admiai- (
strati >o it the laws, and a due application of
puiih aenr* for a?* be only lading
and -.a*s ana* if iecurity y ial *i lasts; let
fbise* a oue, sad patty differences will fab-
GEORGIA.
fide, aud peace and harmony will again be
come charafterittic of your county.
W. SHTH, lua.
True Copy,
Test. PARKS, Clk.
Grten> County, January Term 1793*
i. We the jurou on our prefent f
aa a grievance, that thej»iftice» o* this county
are not turnilhed with the laws, (» a* to
enable them to aft in the leveral du«iea of
their offir** _ . / .
*• We prelent at a grievance, that the^
joflicea of tbit county fail to act up to the
duties of ’heir office* in not inforcing the law*
of thi* state. , .
3 . We present Jonas Faucbe for disorderly
behavior, for going with a number of armed
men in a tiotoua and warlike manner, and
dispersing the guard then placed by'thel civil
authority for fuppotting the goal °* «*ia
county, and fafe keepiug of the prifoner*.
Witnefa, Alien Stewart, Elihu Lyman,
William Daniel!, and William Devereur
4. We present Joseph HU» to diioidetly
behaviour in cutting aud breaking the faffi of
the «indow of the court boufe, the nrft day
of left Ortober, * ’ .
„ Witr.e(», William Cochran, Eiq. a d
Charles D-nitlL
e. We request that tbofe our prafentmenta,
with hi*. Honor the judge’# charge, be pub
lilhtd rathe Btate Gazette.
6. >Ve lastly return hie Honor the Judge
our thank* for * bis judiciou* and candid
* charge. • .
Lewis Lanier, Foreman, Peter Cartwright,
John Brewer, Jame* Leak, G. W. Foster,
John Arm >et, Adam Simonton, Walton
Harris, William Cochran, Wdlista Greer,
Tbomaa Wade, Rbeny F. Patrick, James
Tbomplon, Samuel Fienigan, William
Gc«>rgc.
A true copy in their own word* aa they
came to me from the Grand Jury.
E. E, PARKS, Clk. *
Jan. 19, 1793 *
L O N D O H, November 14—20.
The Fcench arc certainly going to fit out a
strong armament by sea, for their agents in thia
' city have within thi* fortnight bought up a*
bove 2000 ton* of hemp sos their provision of
cordage.
The following account, which we give from
the bed authority, strongly corroborate* the
t probability of one receiving intelligence of a
severe aft ion in the course of the week.
*« Intelligence wa* received by our Ministry
from BrUffel*, dated the nth inftant,,that the
AuArian array dnearaped i-i in advanta
geous position near Halle. Having been rein
forced by fevcal detachments, particularly
the corps near Tournay, uqder the command
of Prince Ferdinand de Wirteraberg, it a
mounted to about 34000 } —an addition 3 or
4,000 were at Aioft, in their way from the
interior of Flanders.
> The Duke of Bourbon, with Jain corps of
near 4,000 Emigrant*, arc ordered back
from Tirlemrat b Nivelle*. Dunnourier, ‘
with hi* main army, wa» near Soignits, on
the road from Mon*; the advanced guards
were clofc to thofc of the Austrians. Another
column has taken Tournay and Ath; and great
part of Flanders ia in their pt/deffioa.' Keller
nun (or VaUnca) with above 30,000 meo,
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had advanced from Givet to Cinct, in the di*
rest ion of Liege, immediately between Namur
and Luxemburg t by which meant the com*
murn'ratiou with the Austrian General Prince
H »henloc i* interrupted. *
We are iutoraed, that General DuraourisC
had entered Bruffel* at the head of a nume*
tou* arm*.
The Cobit of Stockholm has sffirded an
example to the (cvcrtl powers of Europe*
' of mngnenimitv and the pure love of Liber*
ty. The Duke of'Sudermaoia baa appoint*
ed M. de Brahl, the son-in-law of the great
Financier Neckar and Mibifter Plenipoten
* tiary of Sweden, at Paria, to recognise tbt
new Government and Republic of France.
The French viftora are said to have taken
pofleffinn of the capital of Brabant, on Sunday
the nth iftant, amid ft the most entbufiaftio
acclamations of the people. The fuccefiful lea
der affined them of the amicable iotentiona of
France, who was refolvcd to guarantee both
their persona and property. He told them that
that glorious republic had poured forth ar*
mies into their icrritoiie*, not to oppref* them,
butto fits them. From thi* period rhey nrght
date the birth of Liberty and the death of Dif*
potifna- Tht pomp and pageantry of Tyrant*
mult eternally fadeaway, before the refulgent
arm* of e greet apd enlightened net ion.
BruflVt*, not likving been put ioro any ffat«
of defence, the fsldicrs of France fouud but«
small quantity of ftorcs and ammunition i but
they rtiarcd what waa far more greatful to their
feeling*,—the bleffingaand congratulation* of
an emancipated multitude. "
The beautiful Arch-duchef*, who had her*
fe!f presumed formerly to fire a cannon on the
frieudsof fnedom, wh«* had herfelf a second
Boadicea, harangued her troops, and ftimulatfd
their courage—who had, in ffiort. with exem*
plary liberality, encouraged them with pro*
mife* and prefects, and V/ith confidence relied
upon their strength, their difeipline, an/will to
fc> v< her, fled with uncommon precipitation
from Broffels, attended by a train two milea ia
length, composed of Prince*, Petra and Para*
fi:e* f the mioiop* of Royalty, and all that love
to ihare “ the unbought g Ace of life. ” Among
theft, Lord Elgin, oqr moll noble and puiffcot
Ambafladot, also followed.
November, 20. The new* of the taking of
BRUSSELS arrived yesterday by three differ*,
eat channels ; the firft from, a banker of Paris,
who write* to bit correspondent, that a* ha
wa* going toffeal up hi* letter, a private lettee'
had been received, mentioning that Dumouriec
had taken potTcffion of Bmfiels ; the fecondl
by a gs Ottoman who declared upon Change %
«jtbat he had a,dvice from hi* relation* at Dun*
kirk, faring that three day* before the 16th
iiiftant, the French bad entered Broffele; the
third another gentleman arrived thi* miming?
from Brnffel* affir rt* that on Friday last he had
the plcafute tljjrcakfaft wttu Duraon*
rier at Bruffele ; aoJ yet the Monitor of thq
16th doea not mention a word of the capture
of that place.
Extra# of & letter from Lyle. Nov. It.
“ The gallant conduft of me French at tb?
taking of Mon*, decided the fate of all the
adjacent country, and determined the Andri
an army at Tournay to evacuate that place.,
«* On Tburfday morning before day brs-k,
yrithout watting for Ltbourdonn*?’* army,
which was advancing to besiege it, the
mfcgifirntce immediately came to wtud to