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SATURDAY, December 5, 1789.] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND GAZETTE of THE STATE. FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, lhall remain inviolate. New Confiitution 0/ Gtergia . . 1 ' hr '• «•' s * AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. S M I 1' H, Pointer to the State; EJfays , Articles of Intelligence , Advertifentente , will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing performed. ;* 4 For the Augusta Chronicle". Obu-iver. No. 11. tITF \ATURE AS CONNECTED WITH GOVEPtNMENT. TH E improvement of the arts awl sci ences depends upon a variety of causes, yvhofe operation is more or less conspicuous, according as the era of the world and circum ltances of the country give to it a favourable influence. But perhaps there is no cauic. whose apparet?: operation has been greater in the pr6tnotion of literature, than that of go vernment. Various have been the inftanres, where this has affarded such strong aflifUnce to,the feeble efforts of a people, that human knowledge has taken a sudden and important rife, and government has received the fruits of its own labour. Nothing is loft in this way; the money which is expended for this purpose it, in a lhort con fe of time, return ed to government with an intereil of fifty per cent. It is returned by the numerous streams «f knowledge and information, which circu late through every part of the date, and wih ©u: which no countn can oerfo; m hufmefs with propnety, order and d fpatch. It is re turned by diffifiug individual and happioefs—by giving dignity to the (late, and placing it upon an equals withothej dates and kingdoms—by cultivating a fpmt of or der and national regularity—by giving a spring to the investigation of governmental principles? and in this way to difeoysr and eftablilh the rights and true dignity of human nature.-It is returned by difpellnig igno rance, the parent of civil complaint—byroot- , ing out prejudices, those terrible pests to all improvement and civilization, and by Ankuig a fatal bl*>w to every thuie detrimental to fo cietr and derogatory to the character of man. The beneficial influence of information upon any country are, therefore, an tndorement to government to extend its arm for the pttrpofes cf human improvement. True it is, that there have been periods of time in the hiltory of man, j„ which several great geniufee h .ve artfen; it, in fpiteof all opposition, have broken down the barriers "of ignorance, and dtfeoyered the beautiful field of truth, adorned with its Ample and native ornaments. But tltefe inltances are rare, and therefore will not applv gene rally —ln general, the human powers need everv encouragement to help them along m the acquifttion of ufeful knowledge, and the the cultivation of those principles which art beneficial .o society. in this view of the mat ter, a query may arise, whether lomethiug li miter to what has been done in Frai l and England, and other literary countries, would not be subservient to the mterefls of li era ture in the Vittti Stall, of Amiri,aj-v a. That some important quellton tor difcudion Arnold be propore I aonually to the yooth of every principal ,«s«Mry. and * premium given him. Who, m the judgment of learned men, mould excel in the exertiuni of g.nti, and the SJ„ of #W«.- 1 l ‘ u ''l u,r ; ,he P re ’ mium to entile bed from the hand of govern mem at it w mid mfpire greater ambition and edd dignity and important a to the buliuel. of lueraiuro. ALFRED. GEORGIA. n T T S B tJ K 4 G H, O&obtr 3 v . By a gentleman who arrived here on Wed* nefday last from the Falls of the Ohio we are informed, that the expedition which had left that place, under the command of Major ; Harding, had returned ; that they killed eight Indians, and took two prifonets, without the loss of a single man. , . Hp also further informs us that another ex pedition, consisting of 1500 volunteer*, was to leave Kentucky about the firft of this month again# the Indian towns on the Wabath river. A gentleman from Clarklburgh informs us, that, on the pth of September last, a certain William Johnston. wh» lives on Ten Mile Creek, about eight miles from' that place, went to watch a deer lick j on his return home found his family were miffing, arid his cows, hogs and Iheep, lying killed about his houle; he immediately to Clarkfbugh, aud got a party of men to him to search for his family, when « small diftante from the house they found four of them killed and scalped, the otheis, viz. two .young wo men and two boys, could not be found, and were supposed to have been taken prisoners.. It is not known wriat nation of Indiau* ih<» party belonged to, or the number it consisted of. FAYETTEVILLE, Oadtr 26. On Monday last the Honorable Benjamin Lincoln, Cyrus Griffin, and David Hum phreys, Efqts. Coinmiffioners Plenipotentiary for rcftming and eftablilhmg peace and am»t> with the Indian nations fouth of the Ohio, palled through this town on their return to New-York. . , Notwithflandmg the Commissioners have not been able to conclude a definitive treaty wi h the Creeks,’ yet they have received the ffrongeft affiuaiices from Mr. M‘Gillivi iv, ' and ail the othet Chiefs and Headmen prefen , that the fame tranquility which has prevail . * for fome'mdntha palP, shall be inviolably feVved on the part of that nation. The Su preme Executive of the state ot Georgia ate also taking efficient measures for preventin outrages and provocation on the part of the inhabitants of thefiontiers of that da e. W 6 learn that the Commiffi »neis sent mel* sages to the fevetal nations of Indians which are at peace with the~Uriited states. We have iikewife been favomed with the following authentic communications : A meftageto the Cherokee nation of I d air, ;* fronr'he Ministers Pleni, otentiarv ;o. re storing and eftablilhing peace an 1 am ty between the United States of America anJ all the Indian nations fduateti w.thin m' limits of the said Hates,/ fouth ward ot the river Ohio- J Brothers of iht ChlMees nation , We have been made ve& t happy bv rerev ing information from the pifyljc; newspapers, that on the 16th of June lift, aWe w * concluded with your nation, bv the ( omm f ftoner of in behalf of trial (bie; and that in this truce, a treaty was ft. pulated to be held as foo.i as possible, and in the mean time, that all ooflilities ihould ceale on both Tides. Whereupon we the said Commiffiontra rlt» nipotetitiary aforCfaid, Ho think pro;er to confirm the said trine, and tpy»ve 'he itrm est a tin ranees of the fiie jfc* of thf United btatei towards I, •* okc * ttAUOn * And we have made the fame known to all thofc whom it might concern, and , articular* ly to all the inhabitants of he frontier:, bor dering on the Cherokee towns and fen lements, declaring, in coofequence ot toe full powers veiled in us by the Supreme Executive of the United States of America, that it is the sin cere intention of the (aid dates to cultivate a friendly intercourse between our citizens aud your people, aud ftiidly enjoining a observ ance of the tince aloiefaid upon the former. head Min and •waning Lbuft of ihe Chero kit if hearken to •what -we nave 10 ,ay t you* Notwithilanding there are fonie difficulties atifing from the local claims of North-Caro lina, which prevent us at prefenf from writ ing to you 10* fully as wc could wilh, yet we would not omit so good an opportunity to af v lure you, that when thofc difficulties Anil be temoved, the general government of the Uuit cd States will be desirous to take every w.fe mcafure to carry into effect the substance of the treaty ot Hopewell, as well as o con vince you ot* then jufticfe and fnendlhip. Ae'io Broit ers , ' w e* , We have nothing more to add ?t this, ex cept that we with you all the happiuefs which we with to the mull dear'of oui frliow cuizena ; and that we will lend to you another incline on the fui>jed of public affairs, before . we lhall return to the beloved city of Congress tioin wheme we came. hone at bwvunni.k, under our bands and Jeals t this thirteenth day of in the year of our Lo.d one thou fund /even hundred ana eighty -n./te, and in the jiur~ t tenth year of the inueftndtmt of the Unit* ed dta ej. (Signed) f . B. LINCOLN. C. GRIrFIN. D. HUMPHREYS. Attest. Duvta S. Franks , Secretary. Lu aii rhoie whoiD it mr concern.' The Commiflionera of the United States of Amenca, for leftonug peace aud amity be tween the Uimed States aud all nations of Indians lituated within the limits of the said dates, southward of the river Ohio, fend greeting. % Fo; afinuch as we have been given to under ltaud that a truce has lately been concluded at the Warlord, between the Commiffiouer of the irate of North-Larolma on the' one part, and the Head men of the Cherokee* on the o.hcr, in expectation that a farther negocia tion for the purpole of eftabliihiug permanent , eace and tranquility, will take place as soon as he ciriumftance* may admi: ; and where as we have few an official meiUk-e to the ( he ;okee nation, with full aftuiances of the con tinuation of the good dispositions and fr.end -7 imtmions of the United States tow aid them. Now therefore, we the Commissioners Ple nipo entiary aloielaid do think pioper to make the fame known to all thufe whom it may concern, and particulaily to all the in habitants of the frontiers bordering on (he (owus and fetilcmen a of the said ( herokee nation. And we do declare, in virtue rd the lull power* vested in ua by the Suprei- e Ex ecutive of thi United Suits of Aineiica, fiat it n the limeie intention of ibe said United States 10 tJtivau a iiitiraly imetcourie AA & 1 \■ l t [VoL. IV. No. C' XVI.)