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For the Augufia Chronicle.
Observer. No. I,
SCI e n c E.
WHOEVER has been acquainted with
the republic of letters, and With man
kind, muff have observed how often pedantry
and fatfe learning have taken to themselves
the name of Science, and assumed a feat in
the temple of real knowledge. Amdrtgft the
numerous train of those who claim the ho
nor of being learned, rtqt fa many are truly
so as has been generally imagined. There
if re many whose minds are empty, anJ Whole
underltandings are.not enlarged, by a regu
lar train of thought. .. Tinsel atid external
(hew may create a great noife v and af
ter them the unmeaning applause of a certain .
class of people; but the penetrating mind will
always fee through tlfc deception. * Trite fci
knce fee ins rather to be confined to men Os
genius, or at leaff the fcientific men muff have
some little share of it: It is cldfkly ccnneftecl
a train of independent t-egutafTgtfefliona.
It does not consist in servile imitatiod,. or in
mechanically leading over a huge collection of
authors ; but it is the offspring of good think
ing—of a flrong mind and perfetfferipg inves
tigation. —Genius is the child of nature ; in
dependent reflection springs from genius, and
science is the refolt of reflexion. Hence let.
those who <wip for knowledge , learn, that
thinking is their hufintfs. The thoughtless
man may read forever, and not advance, a
(ingle inch upon the field of knowledge.—To,
•what purpose art adive mental powers be
llowed upon us, if they>e not set in motion ?
The moving principle contained within the
human mind dots not profit us—dots ndt tend
to improvement,, if it be not brought into
operation. Continued mental iniditfity wduld
feaniih science from the world; Whtreas the
contrary Would product gradual, but perpe- .
tusl improvemet. ....
A being like man, poffelTed of initlledual
powers,'*ft»ould remember, that, ill thfc gene
ral circle of science, there is ample room for
advances ; the field is widely extended, and
winy parts of it yet unexplored« Paying,
thereforei a fauable refped to former pro
moters Os hum an knowledge, tyfery feienti
fic man' should fuffer the powers of his mind
fO operate freely,—lhould (piritedly inveffi
gate, and induflrioufly add, to the quantity
of human science already laid up in store.
Too great a diffidence of ope’s own abilities,
where genius is tolerable, has a detrimental
influence upon science. A far ritort mode-„
fate genius than the phijofophic Newton may
fojfibly difeover errors in some parts of that
grtat man’s work, and make improvements
in. others. Therefore the adive principle of
every man’s mind ought to be exerted, that
the joint efforts of all gtniufes mar;, coincide
to produce the greartftpofltble effed. By this
I do not mean to recommend a Ipirit of ar
mganrt, but only* spirit of adiyity and ani
mated jperfeverance.. .And the latter maybe
recommended for this reafonTrue fcience'
is cloftly connetted with the true dignity of
human nature: It enlarge* the underflandiug;
it refines, . embellikhes, .gtalts. It adds a
bright luftre to the charader of man; —it
•nobles hjs him to an
tflevated ftatton in the fyffem of
GEORGIA.
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COPENHAGEN, Augufl u ,
It is certain rtiat an obflinatc Tea fight took
place between the Swedith and Ruffian fleets,
at about thirty mile 6 east of Bornholm, on
the afith of July,. which laded from 2 o’clock
in the afternoon till eight o’clock at night,
when the Ruffian fleet wag seen fleering more
toward* the east, and the Swede* feemcd pre
paring to follow them*
Fro/n the Lower Augufl 4.
By a courier and fomtprivate letters which
arrived here this afterat 3n, we learn, that the
above fca fight had ternynated in favor at the
Swedes.
?■■■ P A R I sj Augufl f. ,
Yeflerday a large decjted boat was flopped
Upon the river, with gunpowder and small
(hot •, the commander or captain produced a
passport ligned by the Maquis de la Fiyettfc,
and couorterfigned by the Mafquis de la Salle,
second in command. The populace immedi
ately inferred there was fora* plot against their
liberty—ran to the Hotel de ViUe to call oh
the iyfarquis.de }a Fayetlqjor an explanation
concerning the powder, and loudly demand-,
ed h» head. The Marquis pacified the mul
titude by signing his name feverat times be
fore them, and remarking that it bore no rs
femblance whatever with that upon the pair
port, and that it was a snare designedly laid
to avert from him the affections of the people.
The populace, thinking then it mull be the.
Marquis of la Salle, went to bis house, broke
it open, fcarchcd all lys papers, and.put a
seal upon all his effeCts. He luckily was not
within. While they were gone there, M.
la Fayette aflemblediome militia to guard the
avenues of tpe Hotel, in order to prevent the
multitude from returning there.. The project
remains iq a flyle of mystery, as it i* not
pofliblc the gentlemen above-mentioned could
be concerned in the proceeding : if they had,
the populace would readily have beeu appear
ed by their avowing the powder to be for the
defence of the people.
The King wiote the following letter to M.
de la Fayette.:
. “ I am informed, Sir, that a considerable
number of my soldiers, of divers regiments,
hajve abandoßed their colours, to join the
troops of Paris. I authorize you to
those who may have arrived before you ha\*h
received this prefect letter, only, pnlefs they
lhould prefer to return to their refpeCtive
corps, .with a billet from you> itt (bhith case
they will not experience aiiy thing difagree
able* . v
/. •*, As to thi French guards, I authorize
them lo enter into the militia of my capital,
and tfaeit pay pod fuhfilteoce (lull be con ti
nneduntil my city of (halt have taken
arrangements refpeCfiflg tbtir fubfiftence*
“ The four, companies Who are herd to
guard my person, (hall continue, to perform
thatfervice, anp will fake -care of them.
(Signed) . « LOUIS.’’
. —•*•!. 'll
LON D 9 Nj Augufl is.
Letters in town from Rotbfryland, in the
county Os Armagh, Ireland, dated the 18th
ult. give an account of the desperate and
alarmipg riots flill fubfifliug between the De
fenders and the Peep of Day Boys, Di (Tenters
and Roman Catholicks, in that county.
Tbefe, letters mention .a desperate .engage
ment having taken placfc on the nth ult. at
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[Vol. iy. No. CL XIII.}
Lifenegadda fort, where a large body of the
Peep, of pay Boys had polled themselves with
ammunition and provisions; they were at
tacked by a body of the oppofi e-party With
rnufqoetry,, and afterwards: pretfed by the
bayonet, and upwards of fifty men killed, fe
vesal mortally wounded, .many made prifoo
ers, and the rest put to flight.
Extrati of a letter front Louvain, Juty 3r,
■ “ After wnat happened at Tirlemont, we
were iu fear of fometbing (imilar taking place
' here ; and in faCt our commandant received
accounts that a number of peasants had sorta- .
ed apian for entering this place on the afcth,
upon the ringing the alarm bell, whiKt the
people within would find enough to employ
the troops; howevei,. the commandant took
the neeetiary precautions to preserve good or
der, each battalion was furmfhed with a piece
of cannon,, the guns of the place weie point
ed up tbe high ftieets, and the pa:io!es and
guards doubled, with ordcis to flop ah whom 1
they should meet aimer : In the aiiemoon
some of the military were iii used by the po
pulace, but upon the appearance of , a sh ug
detachment the mob di/petfed ; however, be
tween eight and nine o’clock, they began
plundering in some of tbe bye corners of the
town, all the bells rang, arid the garrifonaf*
fembied under arms; but were laluted with
flones and muiket (hot, which they anfwcred
pretty warmly, and the people difperled, but
aliembled in other places, and oppciled the *
troops; rnlhort, the confufion foou becamte
general, and was incrcaicd.hy accounts that
a number of peasants we it, approaching the
town j A party of the troops wax immediate- .
ly lent against them, upon, whom the peasants
fired; on which the troops began to fire*
which they continued till the mob was dif
peried. Ihe firing iafted in tbe town foufr
hours; and numbers were killed. The next .
day a number of armed peasants were leen on -
the road to Tirlemont; but a. paity of dra
goons drove them away, after killing several.
Trauquility is now reflored, and the prefer-•.
vation.of ibis place entirely owing to the *,
wile tneafuics taken by the commandant.”
Jhe late chp;. Pacha was to (et out on
the 6th of june from Adrianople, at the
beau ot taooo men for Ifmail,, where he was
to rake the command of 60,000.
Tne Ruffian fleet i$ in much more force on
■ the Black lea, Jtjiau was expefled^
Nalif Effendi, who married the late Grahdl
Sigiiioi s daughther, together With his father
and brothers, have loft thtir heads.
The French andSpamfh ministers are en*
deav<iu r jngto bring about a peace. . r
■Ma fl y wonder the King of France is not
mc-rC -spirited and prompt in the embarcaff- .
intnts by which he is iurrounded. Those
. who. are no enemies to defpotifinvfay, he -
trifle* wiih . his army, as we d id in our difputd
with Afherita : The tafe is very different ; -
the troops we sent to that .Continent, were
obediefit so command, but however a lever*
fo France might tend to imimidatfl
the inforgents, his majesty has no power to
exhibit one.; though at thehead of tbe army,
the troops are immoveable to his word, and >
"ic is worihy of notice, thatthe <
profefs more royalty, and .cry up patribtifin -
less than any other. 'The king himfelf has 1
more confidence in one troop of the
.brigade, U>an in a wholefqua«iron of French.--'
-Jiorfes, a teafoa may indeed be assigned fur that l