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cille Cl.niercila, or, The little glass
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Heaven iii kinditel:, fv.iJs ui lvtiittr—
Fattened, Ja:..ful ! licav’n is r.ifc .
Br ghiwrpr fyed* speet t -m nro .v.
Weiijh 'i do/rn hy each paSinjpth'iwV,
I ariy ilr . pr, the lily’s hf ul—
Charg’d wi h ram the tender tiow’r
l’c.itive link', itb beauty (itii.
Ri il* the dark ft'.rm far away,
S’s a livelier hue if giv’n ,
The lily glitters doubly g.
‘I he drop that press’d it catr.e fro.n heav’n
OOK TO SENSUHLU T.
GTV’E me the kindling eye, from whence
I learn within what tumult* fwtll
Gi c me lire lip’s mutt e.oqueiice,
Which more than tongue (hall tell.
Too coy to breathe the fofteft vows.
Too warm tv let her wilhesdic ;
Though nndeft, yet what love ai:„ v , 9
She gives the lock— perhaps the sigh.
Then come thou fyfnjiathiling power,
Dear Serihbility dclcend I
And flilj, with youth’s delicious hour,
I hy magic and thy fwcetncfs blend.
AN ORDINANCE,
Tu raif.- a fund fur tl e fuppurt of
a Watch in the city of
Savannah.
1") Eit Or.]linedby the Mayor and Al
) do men of tie aty of Savannah, <J
it is hereby ordained in the outhotitj of
the f. me, in conformity with the att of
the f.tj-iArture tti that case made and
pi iivi led, that for supporting a public
watch in the city of Savannah, a tax
fliall be levied oil property and petfous
within the limits and jurifditlion of the
fahJ 1 ity, as follows, to wit; On all
Houfea, Buildings, Lots, and Wharves
within the laid city, as well unimproved
as improvid, and including all lots held
by Icafe from the Corpoiation, twenty,
five tents on every hundred dollars value
thereof, to he alLlTed and valued by the
.A fl (Tor appointed by virtue of this Or
diiiauce, and to be paid by the owner
thereof. On all Houses, Buildiugs,
Lots and Wharves, owned by persons
reliding out of the limits of this State,!
as well unimproved a, improved, fifty ,
cents for every hundred dollars value |
thereof, to be pniJ by the owtu r thereof, |
his agent or attorney On all encroach-I
ir,;i upon the river Savant ah, which
wvn. cetttfi and by tile City Surveyor, and
reported to the City Council by Com
mi'li liters under the authority of au act
o! t c Legillature in that case made and
provide.!, and confirmed by a resolution
ol Council palled on the- 14th day of J.m
tir.iy in the year one thousand eight
hundred and five, ten dollars for each
foot which the said encroachments may
citefid btyond the line ellablilhed and
afcetiaincd by said certificate and report,
to be paid by the proprietor* of the
wharves to which the i <id encroachments
are attached. On all encroachments
Upon the laid riv. 1 .Savannah be) ond the
lint ellabhihcd by the laid certificate auJ
report, which have acctucd or been made
fr ee the (aid report was made, twenty
dollars for each foot biyonJ the line e
ltabluhed and afeertained as aforefaid to
be paid hy the owners of the wharves to
which the fame are attached.
Provided, that nothing herein contniti
cd Hull be coltllrued to operate as arc-1
lease of lucti encroachments, or as giving !
Colot ot title to the lame in tavor ot the
perton or persons by whom they were
made, or of any others claiming under
them.
rlnJ It it further cKkuneii, that every
p.rton trailing in this city, who rtftdts
therein, (hall pay twenty five ceuti on
every bundled dollars value of his Hock
In itade. And that every person trad
in,; tn this city, who hath not paid, or
btcome lubjeff to the payment of a tax
to the Hate for the yc. r etgiiteen hun
dred and tive, Ih ill pay fifty cents on e
very hundred dollars value of Ins iloek
in tiadc—That tvery male white tnha
bitant above the age of twenty one
year,, who may not otherwiU be tub
jett to payment ot a tax etjual to five
dollars by virtue of this Oruluance, (hail
pay a tax of one- do.'lar. That each and
tvery tree i eg'i or pe-rton of color tuha
bi.ing the city *ud txertiUug any trade
or handicraft, or the butiucls ot a carter.
Urayman or hu<klt.r, (full pay a las ot
ten dollars over and above their taxable
property. And that each and every o
I'ii r negro or perfou of color, males
ton the age of ei iueeo to forty tive
yeai*, and fcuu c trcuu the age ot four
t. mi te. tony five years, (hall pay a tax
ct tour do.lars, over and above their tax
aaicpiop’ rty That every inhabitant
wiuiiu this city (lull pay atas of twenty
tue cents on cacti flive within thccity,
tiv.m tiic agent lourtceti, to the age of
toil) live > ars, of whom he or llie is
(fie owi.cr, rfut whom he or Uie may
i <ve tit taie or management ; —Like
’ e t e undo mentioned turns oa Car.
c- ot the to- owing detci'ptioos, u
eilipiov O wi-fui, the en >, lo ft •
vy Cbanor, Po.f cuati'c,
. ■< 1x.., „> oth r Carnage ni
k tv OT WUccl., leXeCpl tkhd i
other carria;;-* used for draft,) and t
very Curru.Se, two dollar*. On every
l.uir, Su lcy, and other two wheel
Carnages, (carts and > rays excepted)
with top* one dollar, without tops titty
cents- *\nd that each and every prac
t tinner of low and phyfk, faAur, bro
ker, and eomunffion merchant, fhj.ll pay
a tax of two dollars.
Aid hr it further ordained hy the autho
rity afore/aid, Chat an kfLifor (hail be
appointed, who (hall be, and hereby is
author/..d at.d required, to make a jult
and accurate Ifatement and return ot all
perfoni and property fubjeft to the taxes
above fp>- died, and to ufTcis and edimate
the valur ’hereof, by the belt information
which can be procuied,
AmJ le it jut tier ordained, That the
afTtifor i.i to be appointed, before he
(half e; ter upon the duties cf office,
Iha.l take and lubfcitbe the following
oath,to be aunJtiiAcred by the Mayor.—
jto wit;
M I. A. B. do folemniy promise and
jfwtar, that I will, to the heft of rr.y !
j knowledge, (kill and judgment, afeertaui |
) date and return all persons and property ‘
within the limit* and jurifdittion of the
city of Savannah, fubjetft to taxation by
virtue of “ An ordinance to raise a fund
for the fuppurt of a Watch in the city
of Savannah” That I will not for any
fee or reward, favor, partiality, felf-in
tertd, malice, or hatred, in favor of or
againlt ptrfon or persons whatsoever,
afl.ii and return any person or property
not fubjedt, or omit or oeglcdt to affffi
ar-d return any perfou or property lub
je£t to taxation under the fame. That
1 will not eitimate or aflVfs any property
at any fuoi or rate different from the
true and j ilt value thereof, and that i
will impartially aflefs atid return all pro
peity, per fans and profefiior.s by tlie
said ordinance diredied to be afTefT and and
returned, to the bed ®f my judgment,
according to the true intent and meaning
thereof, so help me God 1”
And that within thirty days after
hit qualification as aforefaid lie (hull make
laud icturn into the clerk’3 office of the
C irporattor, a digest of the affdrmeuts
made hy him ; and that any person or
persons who shall conlider him, In r, or
theuifelvcs aggrieved by the afTelfmcnt
of hi ■•, tier, or their property by virtue
of th.s Ordinance, fitch person or persons
may appeal to the City Council within
twenty days alter a notification lhall
have hein given in two of the public
Gazettes of the city, that the digetf has
been made and returned as atorefaid ;
and the City Council lhall be, and here
j by ate authorized and required to decide
> upon ail appeals which may be entered,
I cither by confirming the affefTtntuls,
lot making such reductions thereof as tu
jthun may appear to be jult and right.
Aiul he it further ordained, That it
I lhall be the duty of the laid aff.ff.ir, to
j call upon each inhabitant of the ciiy,
and to require from him or her, informa
tion of his or her taxable pr. petty, and
of the true bona fide value thereof ;
and that in case any ptifon shall refufe
or r.cglcit to give information of their
property ftibjeiff to taxation as aforefaid,
or if the fa id alii. li-/r shall not be inilv
fatistied, cither as to the enumeration or
ffatemeut of property, or the value there
of, it shall Le hi* duty by all other lsw
tul means, to obtain the moll accurate
information of fucli property, and the
value thereof; and it shall also he his I
duty in like manner, to obtain informa,
tion, and make returns of the property
and value thereof belonging to absent
potions and non refideuts ; aud that the
laid assessor tor his lirvicea by virtue of I
this ordinance, fiiail receive five hundred
dollars, to be paid out of the city trea
sury.
xnd he it further ordained, That with
in thirty days aftt r such notification lhall
have been publilhed by the clerk as a.
iorciaid, the persons fubjedt to taxation
j as above fpecibcd (hail pay the amount
J of their alidimaits rdpc.dt.vcly to the ci- j
I ty treaftirer, who lhall be allowed for!
lav services in receiving and paying the
money to be railed by this Ordinance,
one and an half centum out of the
monies lo received ; and it any owner
jot any house, building, lot, wharf, or
other real property within the city,
! lhail rclufe to pay the alfiffincnt made
! aiorclaid either upon iuy.ii house, bail- i
| ding, lot, wharf, or other real property,:
I or any encroachment attached thereto,!
a warrant of tittircL ituil forthwith be,
iilucd by thetitaiureragainft any goods’
or chattlca that may be found on the l
pi'cault*. and the fame lh.tll be feizai
anti fold at public auction, and so much j
Hull be deducted from the amount of I
fitch file, aswilt bcfufiicicut to pay the
tffelFuent aforefaid, and to defray the
coils ai.J charges of Inch seizure and
lale; and the ovcrp’ui, if any, ihall be
paid to the perlon whole goods or chat -
tics shall have been leized as afoietaid.
Aod it no goods or chatties can be
found on the premtfes, 01 if the fame
be lnluthcient to dil'charge the whole a
mount due as xforclaiu, then the said
houi., building, whan, lot, or oti cr
real property, Ihall be fold at public
auction by the Trcalurer, in Inch mantlet
and under i'ueii regulation*’ and rtllric-I
tioas as arc directed by the tax law of Hie :
date.
And It it futfer Ordained, That if
any pertonfubjed to the payment of a
ny tax or aiTel.mcnt by virtue of this
Ordinance ihall neglect or remit to pay
to the Trcalurcr within the time limited
as a ton. laid, the amtaint of ins or her
tax or atf.-istnent, a warrant ot diltrefs
fhaii be tfiued a..d pta'ceeded on ta the
manner above painted out, againtl the
JjOOyiiOltd w.Utllttl Ot iUy.fi uCdUvjUCC'.i :
and ths: in case any free negro, or ftee
person of color shall neglect or refufe to
pay the city Treaiurer, his or her tax as
aforcfaio, within the time auove limited,
a warrant of diltrefs lhall lffue agairtft the
good* a.J chatties of futh free negro or
person of color, and shall be proccedtd
on in the manner above pointed out ; But
if no goods or chatties can be fouud be
longing to any free negro or perlou of
color who may be delinquent a3 aforefaid,
| the Treasurer is aitthorifcd to blue an
{execution again ft the body of futh free
negro or person of color, and to commit
him or her to the cuitody of the goaler,
who i3 hereby required to receive
the body of futh free negro or person
of color until his or her tax, with
cofla and charges be paid : aud
eveiy free r.egio and person of co
lor shall, in conformity with a public no
| tiiication to be givea by the afltii'or,
I make a return of his or her name and
age, and of tLe names and ages of his or
I her childien, and of bis, ter, and their
j refpedlive places of abode and occupali
| orv, to the alfeffor, who (hall enter the
j fame in a book to be kept for that pur
pose, and if any free negro, or person of
j color (hall rieghct or refufe to make
, fuc'i return w.thiu the fame time, aud
in the fame manner preferibad, or shall
give in a wrong name with intention to
’ j deceive the aflVffjr, he or (he lhall in ei
j ther case be doubly taxed, and proceeded
j againit in the fame manner, as above di
! retted with regard to free negroes or
■ persons of color.
1 And be it further Ordained, That all
■ real aud p’ rlonil property within the ci
|ty of Savannahfubject to taxation as a
, tjreiaid, and ddtovered by the afTeffor,
! (hall be liable to alTeffment, at the fame
rate and ii the i*me proportion, and
’ 1 lul jcit to the fame process and difpofi
: lions, as any like pmperty in the city,
,of which an HLfTtner.t is made, and the
a.Tcffor an J Treasurer are hereby with
j the fame power*, and charged with the
j fame duties to inforce payment of ta£es
on property dtfeorered as aforefaid,
which they are charged and veftec with,
m recovering any other taxes due to the
city.
Iu COUNCIL,
Savannah, nth April, 1806.
-M.++o-M-*-
ftp'"’ ft USSED,
t L . S-ft JOHN Y. NOEL,
t-5.4 Major.
ATTEST,
["] J. M. WILLSON, c. c.
G E’.JinGla.
By his Excellency John Mil
ledge, Governor and com
mander in chief of the army
and navy of this state , ana
of the milit’a thereof,
A Proclamation.
V’V JPL RKAS, I have rece'-
% V official information
of a molt wilful'and crutl mur
der having been committed 01
the night of the 25th of hit
month, rear the plantation of
Mr. J ohn M Call, in the county
of Effingham, in this (tare, o:.
the body of JOHN LONDON,
Esq. lenator for that county.
And whereas, it has been re
p'denied to me, that from Lv
cial auidav ts which have been
taken, there can remain but lit
tle doubt that the aforefaid mur
der was perpet-ated by one Lew
is M‘Gahagan, who has ab
sconded, and who is of middle Ua
ture, has light eyes, and hair in
lining to be red, is fume what
freckled in his face and on his
hands, and has a i.nail piece out
of or.e of his ears.
Li oider therefore, that the
Lid Lewis M'Gabagan may be
brought to exemplary juitice, I
have thought fit to mue this my
Proclamation, offering a reward
Os ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
dollars to any person or per
sons who will apprehend and
lodge him in the jail of either ol
the counties of Chatham, Rich
mond or vYilkes * and I do
charge and require the jailors of
the rclpedive jails above men
tinned, that in the event of his
being placed under the care ot
citnir ot them, he will be par
ticularly v gilant and attentive
to his l.tfe keeping.
And I do hereby also charge
and require ail officers, civil and
m.iuary, belonging to this state,
10 Dc a.aing and alLfting in ap
prehending the laid Lewis M‘-
Gahagan, lo that he may be bro’c
oy due courle ot law, to answer
to the charge aliedged against
ban.
Given under my hand and
the great seal of the state, at the
j State Houle in Louiiville, this
ijdoay of April, in the year of
our Lord, 1806, and of the In
dependence of the United States
of America the thirtieth.
By the Gorzxsot.
JOHN MILLEDGE.
dfos. MjUjt&r, Secretary f f Stottf
SL PER I Oil COURT,
Chatham County, )
1m EQUITY.
ON the petition of John Mead
fitting that being poflefied of
Icvcra) notes cf hand and eviden
ctsof debt, belonging to the fate
Ambrose Gordon decealcd, as
lpecified in the Schedule hereto
annexed, and that the fame have
loft •, aud that copies of the lairte
as near as the pentioner can re
collect are r.oiv lodged in Je
clerk's office, together with an
affidavit that the farr.e have been
been loll: by accident; & praying
the benefit intended by the fixih
feclion of the judicial aft of
1799, ancl circumflantial
proof alfo laid before the
court, It ij that the
said notes and evidences of debt,
be eftablilhed as directed by the
said lixth feftion of the judicial
aft, on the said John Mead pub
lishing a notice for the /pace cf
fix months in one of the public
gazettes of this city, unitis cauie
lhall be shewn to the court with
in the laid fix months, or other
matter lhall appear Cos the court
againit the fame.
SCHEDULE.
ONE drawn by Alexander
“jchr.jion, dated -jtb May 1 804,
payable ut June rßcq, for 44 h
do-iars and 47 cents. One drawn
by Green R. Duke dated 13th
June, x3c2, payable 30 days af
ter date, for ii dollars 53 i- 4
cents. One drawn hy Lemuel Kol
lock, dated 6tb Augujt , 1 800, pay
able 10 days after date, for 187
dollars 50 cents, . One dt awn by
Hugh Magee, dated 3d May ,
12 04, payable Go days after date,
for <sl dollars 97 cents. One
drawn by Charles Lindtrgretn ,
dated 3d May, 1805, payable 30
days after date, for 100 dollars ,
One drawn by Nathan Beal for
100 dollars, but to whom payable
ldo not recoiled, left by Charles
Goodrnn, esq, for collettlon. A
receipt signed by sir Ec omas Bon
salt of England for too pounds
sterling, to Miss Ann Davies,
wish several receipts an the back
for tie interest.
True extradl from the records.
J. BULLOCH, Clk.
Tin. 31. nw. 6m. 41;
OioaciA, 1 BY Joiin G.
Effingham County. > Ncidlinger, Clerk
/• CJ. Neidienget jot the Court of
Ordtuary for the county aforefaid.
WHEREAS Mrs. Elizabeth
London, the widow of John London
la e of the county of Effingham, in
laid slate dec j. and John Williams,
Esquire both of the city of Savann?h,
and slate aforefaid, have applied for
etters of adniiniftration on the estate
and effedts of the said J-hn London
deed, as nearest of kindred to the
laid deed. These are therefore to
rite and admoniih all and firgular the
kindred and creditors of the said
deed, to flc their oljedlions in my
office on or before the third day of
Alay next, to fliew cause (if any rhey
have) why letters of adinmiftration
fhou and not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal
at my office in the county and
slate aforefaid, this thirty firlf
day of March, in the year of our
Loid one tnoufund eight hun
dred and fix, and of American
independence the thirtieth.
April 11. 64.
iS’heritf’s 6ales.
On the firjl Tuejday in May
next.
WILL I>E SOLD,
At ike Ciurt House in the City of
Savannah, between the hours
cf ten ana three o'clock,
ALL that tratff ol iand, with
the improvements thereon,
lituate on the Thunderbolt road
about two or three miles from the
City of Savannah, containing
57 acres —leized as the proper
ty of Smith, Sons and Anderson,
co latisry E. JLevenlworth and
Cos
Continued from April fairs.
Conditions—one half payable
at yo days, a dilcountable note
with a good Indorler—the other
half on the firft day of January,
ißc7> Wi£ h a bond and mortgage
on the property.
I\ ROBERTSON, s. c. c.
-April 4. 62.
ALMANAC’S^
FOR Sals at tbit ojfite.
A pr:h s 4 6
SheriiT's Sales.
At the Court-koufe in the city of
Savannah, on theJirJl TUES
DAY in May next, between
the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock ,
WILL BE SOLD,
ALL thole buildings fituata
on North half part of lot No.
iheefiateof Philip Mines, the
property of Maurice Lehifij now
of Joseph Arnold. Three lots
being part of a five acre lot for
merly the property of John Cur
rie.
ALSO , 5
The following negroes to wit;
Rose, about 35 years of age, Sain,
by occupation a pa/nter; Pom
pey, his w ife-Iflabella, Cato and
Ctsfar, and a fifty acre lot known
by the No. 8, Also, the ho life
in An Ton's Ward, at present oc
cupied by the defendant, feizecl
nnder execution as the property
of Joleph Arnold, surviving Cos.
at the suits of Benjamin BufTey
surviving copartner, and Benja
min dulfey junior.
Continued from March sales.
Conditions Cejh.
T. ROBERTSON, see.
April I 61
Sheriff s Aales.
On the firft Tuesday in May next ,
at the Court-boufe, in this Cry
between tie hours of ten and
ihue o'clock, will be sold,
ALL that traft of land ori
Hutchir.fon’s Ifiand, com
monly called Bailie’s Point, con
taining two hundred acres, more
or less. Seized as the property
of James Moffman, under sun
dry executions.
Continued from April Tales.
Also,
A lot on Bay-street in Sayan-*
nah, joining the estate cf Doors,
containing 60 feet front, and 90
feet dejth; with all the bricks
on the j remifes, a confiderabie
part of which, was imported from
Liverpool a few” years a"o ;
ALSO,
A part of a lor, j 6 feet front,
by 90 depth, with the improve
ments thereon, joining the fame.
Seized as the property of James
Moir.nan, under iunilry execu
tions.
Conditions made known at the
day of sale, lold at the rifqueof
the former purchaser, he noc
having complied wuh the terms
of sale.
T. ROBERTSON, s c. c.
April 4- 61.
Sheriff's .Sales,
On the fir ft Tuesday in May
next, will be JqIJ a g fjyg Court
t-ouje in this city , between the
bruts of so and 3 o'clock,
iHE following negroes (to
wit) ISSABELLA, RACHEL,
LAWRENCE, JIM, BEES
and POLLY, taken under ex
ecution to fatisfy JatriES Alger,
the property pointed out by the
defendant.
T. ROBERTSON, s c c.
April 4 63
SHERIFF'S SALEff *
ON the firfi Tuesday in May
next, will be fold at the Court
llouje in this city, between the
hours of ten and three o'clock.
ALL that trade of LAND,
in the partition of Cuny
beriand Island, being rhe South
ernmost half part of Lot No. 9,
bounding on the weft by lands
so John FI. M’lntolh, north by
lands of the estate of Lynch,
east by the ocean and south by
lands of the estate of gen. Green,
luppofed to contain 400 acres,
be the fame more or Id's.
Seized by virtue of an executi
on, the slate, vs. estate of jus
tice H. Scheuber, dec, pointed
out by the Ex'or.
T. Robertson, s. c. c.
March ir
THE SUBSCRIBER,
OFFERS for faic fer cash, or
carter for Negrces, hre- houses and
Ims in the village of St. Gaul, one
which was formerly occupied by Sfe
piicn B ount, larscf this city, dec. the
mher two adjoining. For particuitr*
a??iy :o Mr. Jonathan Cline, in
vanr,ah, or in Waynefborough ro
Stephen Blount.
Jan. 24.. 20t, 46;