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AY, September i, 1787. ■Georgia state gazette ■ O R K INDEPENDENT REGISTER. m _ roy FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Constitution of Georgia • Bf U\G UST A: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to the State ; PJfays, Articles of Intelligence, Advertijements , &c. will be gratefully received , kind of Printing performed, B>- v-- . .. . . . k. NETHERLANDS, April 30. | Mj E learn from Bruxelles, that a general ferment reigns in all the Aufirian Low ® " Countries, and particularly in that capi- Hlt the tranquility with which all the revo lunyHapparantly took place in the form of go , : Hint of the Belgic provinces was only an ap nppce, and that lately a violent opposition has the projects of his Imperial Majefly. pSWei *rs even assured, that the dates of Brabant are ||sbout to take a resolution to refufe any subsidy un ptil things are put upon their former footing. If Pj&eTe are confirmed, the tranquility of ■phtfe provinces may be dilturbed, particularly as Emperor is so fully convinced of the utility of lithe reforms which he withes to eHabliih, that he I tyillnot easily give them up. T R E C H T, May 10. |BL anding all the promises of not fending gte-p»ore troops into the province, we yederday Recounts that the battalions of Van Effe- Hmq and funder were upon their march this way, H|pon nylflgh the council was summoned, when they sSirere fortl-.ally made acquainted that quarters had Q>MHf< niiJrrrd for four companies of the regiment Hpf'%jut Efferen, two of which were to be quarter gild one at Meeren, and one at Harme- Sghfy «attd other places, in such a manner as to cut •flf fttt eom munication between this city and Hol ''Hjpe Council gave it as their opinion, that Ought to be quartered upon the diflrid e&y, without the permiflion of the council; perceived it was the possession of the . <*7 which all Holland could be laid under f water) which was aimed at, they determined to fends* corps of volunteers to that spot; upon which Liooo jfomediately offered their fcrvices, but it to fend only a corps of 250 men, with three pieces of cannon, un- of M. d’Averhoult, with orders Hjrdfcfftefhe commander of the troops to quit the this city, or in case of refufal to repel BMfWfcn*. Accordingly, being arrived at Kp»jSfl*f4i T M. d’Averhoult sent an officer for the purpofe, who received a very un- and immediately returned ; but was lpPy'|ot half way back before orders were fShrfch td she troops to fire, by which Mr. Vifcher, commander of the riflemen, was killed. —This Kf|l6ib3y fi£nal was fuffieient to our burghers, who lltmneJliately fell upon the troops with uncommon bravery, and the adion became general. M. d’ iKverhoult perceiving that the number of the enemy r than he had intelligence of, retreated Mt-ftjf-*|iJutphaas, where polling himfelf advan- he continued the action, and obtained a Swfete vidory, having sent, as a proof of it, ! pwggons loaded with arms, baggage, prifo- Ifajepnilitary chefl, colours, and other tro this city. This has greatly animated who were very anxious, and perpe- E<*\ v ed with various unfavorable accounts, Hcgons came up t 0 the S ates c * t s f * leverv peaceful man mull lament that K civil war ha* burll forth; God only it my tni, and what Will be the The number of killed and wound not *et afeertained. ■K { k arn that a few days since, a number 0* glntcflfes #*7» according to report, were fen* from to rc ?i mctlts in provinces of HjjXsrLnd and Utrecht, ordc»] j n g them to be in for marching VTJon the lhortell notice, inhabitants are directed to have their horses rea<ly for the removal of ordnance, &c. We can aferibe these events to no other cause than a design to attack either the city of Utrecht, or that of Wyk ; but a projed of this kind is not likely to be attended with any success, since the inhabi tants have taken the moll effectual precautions againfi a furprize. May 13. The following is a lift' of our killed, and some of our wounded in the late adion :—Mr. Cornelius Vifcher, Adjutant to M. d’Averhoult, killed on the firff difeharge; and B. Vlander Vleck, of the artillery, killed a Ihort time after. The wounded are, Van Schyppcn, a bombardeer, who had his arm broken, and a bullet lodged in his breast. He continues in great danger at a house near the place of battle. Jacobus Eyffclcnberg, sou of the city crier, a child es 12 years old, while supplying a cannon, was Ihot in the belly; and qpon his return to the city at two o’clock in the morning, he afeended an elevated spot, and ex claimed, “lam not yet dead, and am Hill a pa triot!” In the late rencontre we took 27 prisoners, ac cording to whole report about 100 men were kil led on their fide; and of the burgesses of this place seven are killed, and about 25 or 30 wounded. Among the booty obtained by the vidors, are 30 officers chests, 460 mulkets, a great quantity of ammunition, &c. &c. together with the military chefl, containing 40,000 florins. Upon the arrival of the fugitives from the regi ment of Van Efferen, at Viane, they were dis armed, and detained prisoners of war. On the 14th, at 5 o’clock in the morning, 20 hussars and 20 jagers went out under the Compte de Witgenftein, a relation to the Rhyngrave, and on the road to Zeiss met a party of the regiment of Thuyl, when a skirmish ensued, which terminated in favor of the hussars. However, as the Compte perceived a large detachment on the way to cut off his retreat back to the town, he thought proper to retire to an advantageous poll, where he wait ed for the enemy, and in a second action killed se veral, and sent some prisoners home. We learn that the Council of State, have re solved to commence a criminal profcctition againfl General Van Ryffel, commander of the line on the frontiers of Holland. HAGUE, May 13. Yesterday 100 men of the free corps of this place set out for Utrecht, burning wi h zeal, and in flexibly determined, if occasion shall offer, to ad with heroism equal to that displayed by their bre thren of the above city. We find the detachment of the free corps of Rotterdam, Leyden, Amfler dam, Haarlem, &c. are composed of a number of men fully fuffieient to make the inflruments of despotism repent their temerity. General Van Ryffel is taken under the especial protedion of the Hates of Holland and Wefl-Frief land. The Prince of Orange has written to the States General, informing them, that at the r-quifition of the Hates of Utrecht (that is to fay, those of Amersfort) he has dispatched patents to the regi ments of the Hereditary Princ.e, and to two squa drons of that of Thuyl, aii'chorifing them imme diately march into the above province, in op pof\\jon to the armed free corps. This letter is considered as an inHance of prudent advice to the fix provinces which have not agreed to the suspen sion of the Captain General. May 14. LaH night an express arrived here from General Ryffel, and one of the Adjutant-Ge neral to that commander. We learn, that all the oflietts of thejegiawnt of PaiUrdy, in garrison at v THE ■ ' ■ - —■! K Woerden, except only four or five, have refuted to conform to the orders of the province, and have in consequence been suspended. This conduft of the officers of the above regiment, had such an effeft upon the minds of a great part of the soldiers, that the majority of them mutinied, and joined in the usual exclamation of Oranje Boven. But by the care of the magistracy, this momentary tu* mult was appeased. This day the States filled up the vacancies occa sioned by military disobedience, so that the regi ments will be immediately again complete. From the fame place we learn, that mod of the third battalion of the Grenier Walloons, com manded by M. tie Citters, have also refuted obe dience, and it is intended that they Should be re placed by volunteers. LONDON, April 3. Accounts from the Hague mention the arrival of four regiments of troops from Prussia at Nime guen, in the immediate service of the Prince Stadt holder. Mr. Necker is baniffied, by order of the French King, to the distance of t'i leagues from Paris. This sentence is imputed to his having publilhed, without the royal permission, a letter in jollification of his conduct against the charges of M. de Ca tenae. Last week was diltinguilhed by no less than four inllances of silicide. This alarming evil has been greatly increased of late years, the causes of winch well merit the attention of the divine and the mo rail'd. The Royal Society met on Thursday night for the firft time after the Eder recess, when a paper was read giving an account of a new comet seen on the 10th of this month at Parisand a paper proving that the Wolf, the jackall, and the dog, were of the fame species. May 1. A large comet is cxpefled to appear the latter end of the approaching summer, or the beginning of autumn ; the approach of such bouiea is much to be apprehended, for, diould they ap proximate too near the earth, in palling tbe line of their orbit towards the fun, dilTolution might be the ir evitable consequence. The plar.et Jupi ter, which is above a thousand times larger than this terredrial globe, was pudied or driven by vio-* lence from its usual course, in the year 1680, and it is conjeOured by the bed adronomers that an universal deluge ensued in that great planetary body, and, if peopled, the inhabitants totally de stroyed. Noah’s flood has been very juflly imput ed to a similar cause. An embargo has been laid at the Porte on all fliips there, Amounting to upwards of 100 fail; some are ordeted to fee armed, and others to aft as transports. Nine thousand Janiflaries are ordered to Bender and Choczim, and 4000 to Oczakow. The Turks are also preparing to defend themfelvea between tbe Caspian and Black tea. ... May 5. A letter from Madeira, by the way of Liibon, fays, that the crew of an Algerine ga ey attempted to land, with intent to carry off some of the inhabitants; but a body of the natives, headed by an Englilh gentleman, soon beat them off, with the loss of 10 men killed, many wound ed, and 10 taken prisoners, and fold to the mer chants for Haves. ExtraQ of a Utter from Civita Vecebia, April 3* “ An American Ihip, with a counterfeit pass, has been lately taken in the Mediterranean by at* Algerine cruiser, and carried into Algiers. Two Captains and crews, with three passengers, were Jjafliuadoed in a very fevcrc manner, by order 0- [No. XUX.J