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SATURDAY, December 2 6,' 1789.]
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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For the Augusta Chronicle .
Observer. No. VI.
JHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
HE author of these Numbers has hi*
theito made some unconnected obser
vations concerning literature and human im
provetnent in general: He has mentioned,
that there are defers in all former plans of
education \ and that, in some future day, he
ihouid throw out some hints, which might
lead to a reformation and amendment: —It is
an important and arduous talk to attempt an
alteration of an eft-blilhed system j but per
haps an attempt, though feeble, might lead
to a farther iuvcftigstion of the subject, which
in the end would be ferv ; ceable to mankind.
This (halt be laid before the publick in a
regular plan, at some future period, when
the lefieftions of the author’s own miud lhail
have matured the lyftem which he proposes.
It was never his intention to introduce this
new plan ot education • into the- Numbers
which he is now pubjirtiing : I» these Nutn
teis he aims at nothing but miscellany j the
oofervations, therefore, will be various, and
such as naturally arile upon the fuojcCfs which
inay be itivelfigated. 1 .
** Iu this Number it w*s intended to give a
jketch of a plan of a Phiiotupht al Society ;
such an one as might be formed in. and prove
highly ufefui to the date of Georgia; but
other bulinefs has pievented the writer from
preparing it ; it mu ft theiefore be deferred
tp ‘occupy the place of a future N amber. -
ALFRED-’
NASSAU, November 14.
ADVICES from the Weft-Indies inform !
us, that the French colonists have
caught the flame of freedom, and eagerly
follow the example of their countrymen 111 ,
-Europe. ', .
At Martinique the Governor, by (hewing
a disposition noftiie to the measures of the j
National AlTembly, and endeavouring to gam
the aid of the people of colour in support of
the despotic cause, had so irritated the pa- j
.triots, and all the men of property, that it
was doubtful whether he ihouid be treated ,
a . .he Governor of the Baft,le wa., orbefent
,0 France, there to be dealt with in the man.
ner most agreeable to the new government.—
One or other of these, our information fays,
was certainly to be his fate.' . # . .
The military at Martinique had, 10 imita
tion of* their brethren in France, declared for
.he popular fide; and the badge of freedom, |
the national cockade, was umverfally worn.
We are anxiou. for intelligence from St.
Domingo The real for their rights, and re-
opprefiion, in a variety of mftances,
dilplayed by the inhabitant of that powerful
J„d opulent colony, will not permit a doub
to be entertained of the.r ardour and fpint
on the present occasion,
■ The Earl of Effingham it appointed Gover
nor of lamaica. A London pa;<r of the I pth
All lU#. fa,*, that a frig*'* ,lt " n * ;
o.« *t Poitfmouth for that #at on, and to eaf j
•paver ib« mw Governor and hi* to«<• >
GEORGIA.
B’ O' S T O N, November 14^
Notwithstanding the numerous accounts ot
murders, executions and malTacres, which
the Englilh papers lay have been perpetrated
by the French patriots, there is good autho
rity for aliening that the decapitations amount
only to nine, viz The Governor and Sub*
Governor ot the Baftile, the Prevoft de Mer
chands, M. Foulon, M Bertier, M -Monte
fon, the miller at St. Germains, the Mayor
of Sr. De'nnis,’ and Count de Beiczuue. Tho*
too many, yet as few as could beexpeded.
The last accounts from Europe, brought in
the veflels which have arrived here lately,
date —That
In FRANCE
the tumults have tublided, under the wife ma
nage went of the national militia, who have
the Marquis de la Fayette at then-head. That
the national afletnbly were dill proceeding in
the difeuflion of the constitution ot France.
That the principal points had been difeufled
in the committees, and had been fubmttted
to the Aflembly. That on the declaration of'
rights, some considerable debate had ensued,
on the propriety or necessity of v it»» being “at*
fixed to the constitution; but after Icvcral
da.s it was determined that it Ihould. aeve i
ral articles of the organization have been fi
uiflied in the Bureaux , but the gi eater part
yet remains to be complcated ; ami they pur
sue the object with a deliberative perfcvcrancc
which mult eventually produce a conditution
highi y beneficial to France, and to the rights
ot mankind. That the refugee nobility had
not yet returned, but that it was geuerally
expected an ad ot ainuedy would be parted.
Thai every thing would be buried in oblivion
—and that them return would be speedy. j
In HOLLAND
The mod flagrant violences are dill commit
ted hr the favourers of the Stadtholder, on
the patriotic party. The confequenccs have
been murder, and depredations upon proper
ty ; and the common order of people are so
infatuated in favor of the house of Orange,
that the eflablifhment of a delpotifin is an e
vent as much expected, as if will be cafy to
be effected.
The TURKS,’
It is said in the German papers, have been de
feated in two pitched battles, with the loss of
many thousands in each ; but it is fufpelted,
in the Vienna gazette; where, it is thought
from the great preparations for war making
every hour, that the Imperial Joieph can
much more easily conquer his enemies than
in the field.
The POPE,
Poor fellow ! is daily decreasing in his pow er,
revenue and authority. In Prance, the //«*
nates are now denied him. The King of the
two Sicilies has also refuted his tribute to his
Holiness, and even m Avegnoa they begin to
doubt his supremacy - The triple crown,
therefore, 0! this pretended defeetfdant of tne
apostles Peter and Paul, rests upon b ,lf ,|,e
(mail tenure of the Pupal territories of ItaU.
Hu bulls and excommunications are article*,
but in little demand in the prc(ctn enlighten,
ed period—and his thunders* though tulmi
uated with all the energy of hicrarehial au
thority, will roll over the heads of tus form
er fubjefte in Europe iw vain.
In ENGLAND,
P rof^*
$1
• a
rity of this nation appears progrefling—it*
commerce extending—and, we hope, its li
berality and enlarged policy incrcafing.
Not a person is to be seen at (.'ape Fran*
cois, nor indeed at .ny of the French islands,
without a national cockade iu his hat, blua
and white—and Five la Matron is the cry.
Extract of a Utter j»om Ptter/butgb , (Rujfit}
da tea 'July 30.
“ Lad week a Swcdnh frigate, as she lay
at anchor, was taken by a small cutter of 18
guns, the cutter making a warp fad to he£
ringbolt and hauling alunglide. Capt. Paul
joiies, who was Admiral of the beer, was
taken up on fufiucion of a contract with the
bwedilh fleet, and lies in goal to be tried fofi
hts life.”
NEW - Y OAK, OBober ay.
Subdance of aProtcd of Stephen Wateroue*
late Marter of the sloop Rebecca, of Balti
more:
* Captain Waterous failed from St. Mar* ‘
‘tin l l l with a cargo confiding of fait, wine, al
monds, and dry goods, bound to Baltimore.
In latitude 19, 30/N. longitude 64, oo> W*
oil the firrt day of August, and the second af
ter he failed,’ the Hoop sprang a-lcak, and tho
wind bemg far to the Southward they con
cluded to bear away for Turk’s Island, and
employed all hands in heaving out fait and
other goods, which prevented her finking.
They continued pumping and lighting the
sloop till the next day at uoou, when die
overlet and was under water. The raafler
and crew, together with the owner, who was
also on board, continued on th* wreck about
four houis, when, having got their boat freo
j from water, they took to her, having oars,
provilion. water and compafa,'- and in the
night pafled by Turks Island } in this diflrefT
ing.fituation they remained three days. Oia
the sixth of August they made the Grand
Caucus, and about noon endeavored 10 get in;
but it being iu Irounded with a reef, the wind
blowing dtredly on, and a great sea running*
they thought it imprtfficable, and were ne
terred from the attempt,' and put oflf again ;
but a little alter funalet, fearing the coufe
quences of the nigh‘v they attempted to get
on fiiore, and, in palling the reef, the furf
ran so high, that in the hollow of a sea the
boat (truck and overfdt, by which misfortune
they were all tin own out, anjl the owner,
Mr. Le Gtofs, and <>ne of the hands, were ‘
diowned} the others, fix in number, held to
the boat, and, after being five or fix hour*
]o (he water, reached fhorc; from whence
in three week*., the matter got a paflage to
Tuik’s Island, ttoin thence to Cape Francois,
where he arrived the hm of .September, and
the next day took his paflage tor Rhode-
Island.” •
i\cv- 7. His Excellency William Liv ng
fton, Elq. ot Elifcancth-Town, has been re
eledc-1 Guv error ot New~Jerfey, by the Le
gulatuie of that state, i»ow conveued at Perth*
Amboy. •
On Tuefday the Federal Court for the di-
of New-Ymk, was opened in the Ex
change, hi*. Honor Juttite Duane pi eliding.
No buiiuefs being before the Court, the lam*
was immediately adjourned.
Tuefday evening lad (tie Comimflioner* Ple
nipotentiary for treatiu| w»sb the Nations »»f
L.dians Rmtn of the Ohio, rctuim*<! tuthi* ciIJL
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[VoL. IV. No. CLXIXS