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SATURDAY, Dcctihber 12, 1789.]
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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GAZETTE of the STATE .
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AUGUST A: Printed JOHN E. SMI TH, Printer to the State; EJfays y Articles of
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For the Auguda Chronicle .
Obfe rf er No. TV.
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LITERATURE OF GEORGIA, j
THE <ll ft (ettlements of every state in the
world, where .wisdom ha 3 had any part
in their regulations, hive been conduced with
refeience to the iuture improvement of the
Jrts and Sience >, and the general diffufipn of
information Experience having taught the
absolute neceflity of funds, in order to carry
on »he business of education, young states
have availed themselves of this, and have ge
nerally reserved certain tracts of land, that
they may become a landed property, capable
of anfwe'ing the various future exigencies,
vthich arise from the promotion of human
knowledge.
The Hate of Georgia, amongst others, have
jfhewn, in this refpeft, a specimen of yvifdom
and pie l aution, and laid the foundation, on
which *he edifice of /cience may be reared
With public utility and benificial grandeur.
The lands, reserved for this purpose in
Greene county, w 11 soon become a fund fuf
ficientto answer every demand in the business
Os literature, which this Hate can poflibly de
ttxt, • ■
These lands are said to be of the firft qua
lity ; and their increasing value, as the coun
tiy becomes more populous, will, ere long,
make the business of education sure and per
manent. As the state is now furniflied with
ample funds, 1 whbfe value is continually aug
menting, it will therefore be our wisdom not
to nuke anV division of them, but preferye
them whole abd entire in order ta answer the
purposes of an Urliver/ity,
The moment a division of this property is
made, that moment the Univcrfity is struck
with death, and literature dies with it: At
lead it will strike fuefcra fatal Mow to it,' that.
>V will never recover, nor will the arts and
sciences ever arrive at any great degree of
perfetlion.—There must be great expenditures
for procuring a large liberary for obtaining
a mathematical, philosophical, and aftrond
mital apparatus ; for furnifhiug an elegant
Museum. bee. before literature can arrive at
any considerable degree of fplendour or per
son. Should these lands be divided among
tbefeveral Academics of this ft of
this Kind could ever take place; tor the pro
perty} when divided, will not be fufticicnt to
raiife either of the Seminaries to any great de
gree of eminence. It is vain to think, that
by this division, all the Academies can be
brought to an equal point of importance:
there must be a head, a fountain, to which all
ttie branches must bear a relation ; but if the
fountain be dried up, will not the streams
cease to flow ?—lf this state desires to pro
mote science upon a great and liberal scale;
if (he aspires at equal eminence, in literary
fame with other dates, (he will preserve cntiie
the foundation now laid for a future Umverfity,
ALFRED.
Hit Excellency the Governor sent the fol
lowing mclhg* the Geaeral Afl’cwbly.
GEORGIA
STATE-HOUSE, Augujia , Dec. 9, 1789.
The Honorable the Prefidtnt op the Senate , and
the Honorable the Speaker of the Hou. e of
RepreJentatinjes .
The Tre'afurer, in conformity to order, has
furniflied a llatetnent of the Treasury/ by
which the General Aflembly will readily per
ceive how neceflary it is to attend to the ar
rangement of the Finances:—lt will ulfo
• readily appear that the tax for the year 1789,
together with the arrearages of taxes, will by
no meahs remove the piefent prelTute on the
Treafuryv to accomplifti which, I am hopeful
> means will bfc devised aud appropriations made.
In order more fully to elucidate the state
■ ftient referred to, I (hall observe that in Janu
ary 1787, there appeared to be omftanding
: iii Governors and Speakers warrants 12,8491.
6s, xd l-i, and in that year there was is
sued in Governors warrants 19,4311. 19s. 5T
3-4, together with Speakers Warrant* to the
• amount of X. 4741. 15k. and in the year 1788,
Governors warrants 15,991 1. 14s. iod. 1-4,
< and Speaker’s in the fitae year 1,252!. 17s.
and iu January 1789, Speaker’s warrants
203''1- 128. rod. amounting in the whole to
54,0371. 4s. 6d .1-2; from Whlcn io iu Vc
deduded 49,309!. 15s. 6d. r‘-<’ lb Gover
nors and Speakeis warrants’deftroyed by the
Committees of Finance in the years 1788 and
1789, leaving a futplus ontftanding at that
time of 47271. 9» rod. 1-2, to which is
to be added Governors warrants of 1789
11,687!. 3s. 3d. and 13,715!. of anticipa
tion payable out of the tax of on which
may be eftiinated 12,000!. this fuin together
with 9,9141 9s. 1 id. of the warrants drawn
in 1789, (being part of the said Cum of
11,6871. 36. 3d.) will leave a (orpins of
3,487!. 13s. 4d. which with the former of
4,717!. 9s. iod. 1-2, will amount to
8,2151. 38. ad 1-2. The arrearages of
taxes from the several counties cannot be as
certained—by the mod flattering estimate they
will not exceed 3,0091. leaving thereafter
~ sum of 5,2151. 3s. 2d. to be provided for.—
There appears to be in the Treasury 141 in
medium, too ragged even for circulation, and
also the sum of
tle ments, equal in value to about 85c! flerling,
which sum appears to be the only prefeut re
source in the power of the General Aflembly
for appropriation, until new funds are devised.
It must doubtlels be with
the General Aflembly. will proceed to lay
„ am additional tax fut the current year, a part’
of which (from the neceflity of the case)
must he collected in some (hort period ; and,
if in fpecifics, the season is now arrived which
is best calculated to the ccnveniency of the
pe°pJ*. .
The propriety 2nd necessity of provision be
ing made for the support of Government, the
contingencies that present themselves to view,
and the emergencies that may happen, ob
jcels of the highest magnitude'arifing out of
the nature and exifteiice of Government, rnd
which demaud the mod serious confideiation,
EDWARD TELFAIR.
CHARLESTON, Hov. \6,
The following intelligence n (tniwunitafed ha
gentleman who atr.v<d at BojUn tit id °J
OBober Jap, from RujJia,
« #npnE Ruffians and Swedes dill conti.
X nut bwitiliiii’f uor dwc« it
[Vol. IV. No. Cl XVli.j
probable that their difference will speedily ter*
initiate to their fatjsfatfion; the growing
greatness, together with the amazing increase
of the Empress’s authority, has not only me.
meed his Swedilh majesty, but ftrucka general
alarm into all the European powers* Her
bition appears unlimited ; and her diipofniua,
as well as her inclination to extirpate the
Tuikfr from Europe, have excited the atten
tioh of His Britannic Majesty, together with
the King of Prussia, to check her wonted ca*
rcer, and cutb thus early the encroachment#
of her power ; and by this junction to keep
the bafaiice of Europe more equally poized.
From thele principles the King of Sweden ha#
been induced to declare war—or from like
motives to engage in an alliauce with the Turk#
against the Empress. Should the be luccefsful
in the Black Sea by conqueit, her next objeft
woidrt be to reduce the swedes to a like sub
mission. 'iWbwediih kiughae wifely conceiv«
ed that a neighbouring power is to be watched
in its infancy, and not be permitted to grow
to such extremes as would be dangerous of
attacking tha f power; but justly conlidered it
bed to reduce it to its former limitations.
Had he tamely remained a fpettator, and
calmij nave oenejd the success of her opera*
* tione, he might have found it difficult to de
fend his own territory againti an usurpation.
However, the genius of the bwediih monarch
evidently appeals calculated for war; his en
< ter prizing character never imloded to hava
continued as an idic beholder, when his in
tcreft seemed fb nianifelily concerned in form
ing an alliance—iu eiuieaVourmg to coutroul
the rapid growth of the Kuffiau empire.—
His declaration of war was received with as
much aftonilhmcnt by the Court of Russia, as
it a like voc.feration had‘fpiung from ihemoft
distant quarter.
“ It is laid to he univerfaiiy the opinion
formed in Peterlburgli, that the Grand beignor
. has engaged to be at the whore ex;dice of
the war, provided Sweden took an aftive part
therein; betides furnilhing the King with z
confideraole loau byway of fecuiity, m case
ot failure on his lide, and to luppurt all the
charges which may accrue to his Swedilh uia
“ Long has the King of Sweden wifhej
for an opportunity to recuyer those poiieiiion#
iu Livonia* winch were wreried from his au
ceftors. The time appears now to be ap
proaching ;if favorable moment is miffed
perhaps another uever myy pjefeut itt«lf»
cuurfe r*tgit' Hitherto he has been
fortunate, a battle having been fought on the
confines of Swedilh Finland, about too mile#
from Pccerfburgh, which is •'Cported to have
latted tbiec days fucccffively; in which the
Swedilh King had the advantage, owing in a
great incafurc to the judicious muatiou of hi#
pott, which was happily cholieu ou the fummic
i _
M . *,
* Livonia may be confdered as the granary
of the Noith, be-ng very fertile iu corn,
which formerly fupplieti Sweden; but fiuce if
has been ceiled to the Ruffians in 1741, th#
Swedes ate imiuctd in time of scarcity to pur
chase ail men combes#, by paying ready caffi*
li hkewil'e abounds 111 infrebatdites of van.
ou# kinds. Ibis is fan! to he (he ground of'
me queue!, »* well at the King of bwedob
luylug claim (0 fomepsitsuf Ruiiuii 11*laud,
l which Mursii; la me bwedel.