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I iic vidoty <i iitr ■- I ki
the fr f e.i it Camden, are ev.i
mentiwnetl as tw o of me moll
j mvjrunt events of the revolu
tion. At Saratov b.’'he fupe
i .os gene: aifhip -if Gai es, a glo
rious and bl .0 Uefs v:ttory was
gained over the enemy, com
mand tl by Burgoyne i at Cam
dm, owin; T to the cowardice ol
h:a miutia, he wfia unfortunately
defeated by Cornwallis. Ihe
r,umcr ms and important ben l iits
however, which flowed fro n this
happy vifto.y, amply compen
land tor .tire paitul evils whicli
followed thi-i dilahrous defeat.
No one exploit atchieved during
the late war, not eVeil the fplen
did vi‘lory pained by the com
mander in chief at Trenton, or
that of Green at the Eutams, can
be compared with the con ven
tion o Saratoga? eitntr a ref- j
pedis the brilliancy of the action :
itleli, or its beneficial confe- 1
quenecs to America. Having, |
by his e-xpenen ed tic II in mili- j
tary tactics, and t,is protound
knowledge in the itratagems ol j
war, completely encomp.tfi and fhei
army o’ Bur c oyne, becon'peil and!
hi n to lurrcnder up. n fuel, j
terms as he th /tight proper t ,
grant. —From me rdpcCtive fi
luati n o. the tw j armies, ac the
time ch.s ■ onvcntion v/as negpei- i
aimg, It was expected that Ciielt j
terms of lurrcnder woo'd be
huilh and degrading j bjt o
the contrary, -ftivj were I’uch
mild e; o.s, us only the generos
ity *.f Gat s CO'jM off:i, or tot
honor ol the Brit.fn general (
would permit him to accept.
Infl ad of adding mortific •-4 elO ft J
to de ! e t*, and mluit to iis or
tune, with a nob ends of loul
fcaice ever paralleled; lie cx
pielfed a lympa diene lonow a.
the humiliating condition of his
antagouilf, ri-ltraincd his owuj
lokiicra from beholding die en
emy, wnen piling their arms,
a'ti permitted them to march’
out ol their camp with the ho;i-|
o sos wai. Such moderation ;
and inch generous conduct, at j
lmli a crilis, when victory wasj
in Ins gi alp, when success was
abot t to i rown lus plans wnh
the i-urt-sof glory, when the
foil-, ide of fortune was flowin’
in upon hi n, rxcite the hi.-lint
admit anon, and demand tin.
mod unfeigned appl.itife. bur
cels too o.ten n aius the fold.r.
giddy, cruel and overb armg :t.c!
leads him to th ; co nmiflioti o
ad o s unwoithy of hinnclf anti
unw.ithy o the caul'e tor wnich
heconteuds. Not lo e.ith res
pect, to geneial Cates, for he
was govrr. e , tliroUglKiut h;s
whole h c, by die pmniples of
prod'll e, moderation and
-- But, i may oe atked,
w. .. wee the import.*-, t bene
fits reluEmg from ihe hinen ler
of B argo; ne ? Were w; to an
fw. r this q .diion, in one word,
\vv might lay, dir, were mnu
merablt ■, tne iubjed, htw-yer,
requires a moie particular in
vetti: -ion.—During die cam
} aignsoi ‘75 iir >d ‘7'', until this
fortunate event, almott every
engagement the Americans had
fought with the enemy proved
umuccefs'ul, aim It all die ir ci
ties and leaport towns were ta
ken or dtflrov eel by them, and
th repeated frowns of fortune,
cufi a melancholy damp upon
their lpirits. Ihe lurrcnder of
B iigoyne and h saraiy, compo
led of levcn ttioul md of the en
emy’s bravdt troops, was a
tranla-Cti. n calculated to revive
their del;.ooding ho, cs, convin
ced them ct tfic probability ol
eventually provmg luetcisfu:,
and encouraged them to conti
nue t. c:r ttmggic for iudepeo
cence. W n.e i the convcnuou o
Saratoga vv.o> ptibliJy known,
it ocx aliened univerUl jov
tlirou. hoot the continent. It
not o iv exittlirjced the tiefpon
duig hopes ot Atpcrica, but at
lo gained her ihe Eicnch alli
ance, winch proved afterwards
of the uibioli important e to he
Cauic ; and itfuiiher blade J the
almott expiring hopes of the Bri
tilh mmuiry as to fubduu.g A
rxct.ez. Had .-t Birgay .: ban ;
compelled t i furren-kr b/ the L- |
pirior roilitaiy talc-nts of Genera! j
Gates, America would probably ft ill
have been a dependant colony ol Great
B: team; her independence? would have
beta facrificed upon the altar ot tyran
ny ; and those heroes who fought her
battles, who offered uj> their fortunes in
her caufr, who rilked their fives in de
fence of her liberty, and who arc now
hailed as the saviors of tl*cir country,
would have been branded by the igno
minioui epithets oi rebels, aid punifiied
!3 traitore to thei- king. The peculiar
lituationof the parlies belli ;erent at that
; crisis, warrants this inference If so,
bow great n.ud be the debt of gratitude,
which America own tu the deceased
General Gatls ? ‘l'he An-.ericans, as a
national people, caruot Le accuied of
ingrciitude ; bat yet we alledge, that
t' re are fume individuals, who have en
deavoured to Lla km th •’ unsullied fur
face of his rrputatiou, to cast a foul flig
ma upoa lus honour, and to depreciate
i bis great krftices—that there are many
[ who have forgotten the great, import
| ant, and blood lefts viilory of Saratogo,
: and only remembered the unfortunate
defeat at CaruJcr. What then, It us
[crquire, were the circunnftances attend
Tig this defeat ; what was the conduit
of Gath upon that occalion ; and
what are those facta which have ®cca
hi/Oed tins torrent ami invrdtiv'c ? It ts
true, G a- Gatss was defeated at Ca:n
----i den ; but does it therefore foil uv, a a
| rice firry conhquentc, that this oefi at
j was occafiontd by his rr.ifconduid ? By
Ino m. cns Owing to hi, late victory,
the aiinie of the people were railed to
the L'gheft pitch of expedtation, on his
I'du.ig the command of the southern ar
my. Their difappoiritment, oil his (it
ft ?t, n\a confequcntly more severely
felt But a moment’s impartial atten
tion to t!ic circumfta'ices attending th s
i”ifortunate dilslttr, will demouftrate
in.w improperly, iiow unjustly the hern
of Saratogo has been accused of unmih
tai y conduit. The troops which lie
c >ntir -nded at Camden, were mollty Vir
ginian and North. Carolina militia j there
were very few continentals among
them. As hrs army waj lttperior in
nnnit).r3 to that of the enemy, he wa
in aed from that, ausJ other parcutly
favourable circa alliances, to liflt an en
gagcnierit. Accoulingly, he choose an
advamngeoui ground, drew up his men
in an cx elleut pofruon, and gave fuila
bit- orders for concluding the battle;
at theli. lt onset, however, nay ev.-n be
i n e the tneiiiy had tired th.tr lirlt round,
I the militia were seized wi .h a sud ltn
[ panic, tirrev/ do\Vn tneir aims aud fled in
[diimay. This Slight of the militia oc
leatianed difarder among the continen
tab, and gen. Gsth wa comp-. 11. *,
as the only mode of preventing a
overthrow, to order a retreat. j -a
this view of the defeat at ‘ ianvicn u
name oi Heaven, where ought
sure to fall—upm the fhouhlers
experienced gen. Gates, or up >u th
ot nis cowardly rnilitia ? Molt undoubt
edly the latter. Yet ‘ this is the tuai
and front ot his offending.’ Allowing
that Gates was defeated, not from his
own imprudence, but from the cowardice
of his troops, yet is it a thing so very
surprising, that a soldier fhouhl be de
featta ? Was not Walhington, the de
nn-god ot your idotitiy, no” oniy on-.-e,
but frequently defeated? It Wsfhir.gton
was l .h times unfortunate, and not c“
veil tcrjvred, why fhauld posterity damn
the character of Crs tor this one and
only misfortune f it we arc to gtve en
tire credence, on the one hand, to the
pujn lived ielations ot foreign luftoriaps/
a we arc to yield up our opinion merely
upon the talie acculations of public
or privatecnetnies ; if such arc to be the
giounds oh which wc are to rell our
judgment, then would the character of
igc-n. O’ i.-.-i be datuned indte.t ; but if,
!ou the other hand, we arc to believe the
! unprejudiced relations of living authors ;
! *f vv - are to lea l the fair pages of Aine
: tican history, or it we are to confide in
tiic verbal tcllunony of those officers who
shared with him the dangers of that day,
to far from condemning fas conduct as
criminal, we- mutt commend it as highly
piailc worthy.
r tom the preceding views of the mi
litary career of our hero, evliat. opinion
oujjtit his country men to entertain of
his character as a general ? How-cver
great the abilities of Gates, as a general,
might have been, yet his fubordiuate
ttation u ider the commander in chief,
renders h;s aAtons less known, ‘and Icfs
j tpieadiu. The example of Alexander
j the Great and Parmenio, warrants this
ol lervation. This example is not quot
ed with a view to undervalue the merits
ct \\ * filing km, but merely to ihew the
re don w iy the exploits of G iles are not
more konyn, and more celebrated. Yet
no one, it lie is in the leait acquainted
wito his uitions, can doubt, but that his
military tiients were great; that his
ftiinus was well calculated to form the
general, and that his experience render
ed trim worthy of the command he held
under \\ alhiugton. Had fortune cast
tne lot of Gates in the fame mould with
that of Csefar and Bonaparte, his talents
might have rendered him, perhaps, equal
ly celebrated as a coi quer.or But the
phere ot his aitior.s was confined with
n narrow limits, and his ambition led
him to conquer, not for fetf-aggrandixe.
nient, but tor the good of lus country.
In performing the part of a soldier, which
hu pat nothin induced him to ad upon
the ilage of American revolution, he
fhewtd lumfe.t, upon every occalion, as
delervuig ot that confidence, vrhieh was
placed har. by h : s enu-.try men.
( To be Continued.)
PROM ENGLAND.
The following articles are copied from j
London Evening papers of the 3 :
May, received at C'narlcfton, via Nev.
Y ork.
LONDON, May 3.
The alarm caused by a report of a
meditated attack upon Portugal by the
French, has entirely fubiided. TANARUS
Hortuguefe Envoy, yelterday, fenfc an r
tice into the City, stating? ‘ that from
all the accounts he had received that
day from Lifo >u, there was not the least
cause tor alarm. Several letters from
Lifts.,ll of the 16th ult. mention, that a
rumour of an attack upon Portugal, by
the Spaniards, was in circulation, bu:
no credit was attached to it.
We learn by letters of the 2d of A
pril, fron Gibraltar, that Mr; Cart-
had gone- on board the Pompee,
Sir SUnej Smith, to re conveyed back
to .Algiers, the diff- re ces between tlit
Dky and this country having been ac
commoda ed.
This niorning v;e received the Ley
den Gazette, ot the 29th ult contain
ing the Paris r.e-.vs up 10 the 2jth. The
Hamburgh nail, due on WcdneiJay, al
so arrived th morning, with letters and
papers to the z6t!i ult. Tlit-ir coutents
arc of great importance. All tiiv ac
counts from tliefe several fourcts agree
in ftaung, that the difference between
France and Austria has been fettled
Phis rcfult, according to lome-has been
fleck dby the furrendcr ot Catturo to
tin: French. Others date, that France
has been fatisfied with a passage by Pon
teba and Trieste. The Hamburgh ed
itor, however, doubts the truth of this
intelligence.—The French troops have,
in confeqneuce, rtconimenced their
march for Rhine, and the Ruffian
prilon.-rs are returning home. A Ikir
inifh to<ik place 0:1 ue 22 i, near Ratz*.
ourg, between a lmaH corps of Swedilh
cavalry, and a detachment of Pruflia i
infantry, in which the fottn -r weic de
leated, an forced to relreat,, with me
iofs of feverai kiued anu wounded.
LuBuCK, April 23,
To-day, at noon, a ik rmilh took
place at Scrdorf, betw < n iVlolin ana
Ratba.. v-tw f a trrad corps of
Sweedilh c vaJ.-y and a detachment 01
Pruifia. Infantry she .Swe.'cs were
summoned by .- pi .Hi jit. to retire,
width thev r ufliifr the iat er attacked
them Th. S we-t-s being .0 weak to
make t-fift r .... rrtreated to a 1 eminence,
tv tit 1 e th . uma.-n again attacked them
aud hirer 1 them \o rt- -cat en.irely. In
.1,18 (k rmilh Uv.ral were kitied and
wounded on both fiLs
L< me, March 24..
The garrison of Gue,a amounts to
’ fix tho mi men, aid appears to be well
p,. uiaiied. It is b.fieged by twenty
lour*.. uTii.’ men, and fired upon from
iruc n mortars and howitzers, and thirty
twenty ioarp.jU'.iders, Marlhal Malfe
| ,1. is a. K -:z -i, opposite Mellila, where
■ a coi i.dcai .e um her of transports are
| collected tor *h.. ejnvtyancc of the
French army to Sicily.
Mar.h 29
The kvjra! ieeret couflftories that hit
holi ids iat ely held, anti the prayert
lie nas pv it ‘he etfigh altar of St.
Peter a Paul, in the Vatican,
prove t. .ordinary events arc in
contemp ~on. It is generally believeei
here, ihat Pus VII will rtlign, and
Cardinal Feleh be ra.led to the Papai
1 dignity, w.lO will remove his feat to A
-1 viugnon ; in w hich cale the Hate of the
I chu ch wi'.i ie incorporated with the
kingdom cl Italy.
Pbtbrsburgh, Match 29.
The Ruluxn troops which had march
ed into Germany, as well those assembled
in the South, as those in the North of
that country, are ail at this niomeul up
on tneir return to their country. The
corps of the army of Moravia, which was
the tirit that rtpailed the Ruffr -t fron
tier, has already, in the greater part,
returned to their old station.—The Im
perial guard, and other corps of the gar
rison ot Petcriburgh, have alio returned.
P.istis, /tp'il 24
The projeß of the law tor the new or
ganization e>f tne Ba :k of France, pre-
I Luted on tne io a of this tnontn by
government to the leg.llative body, was
! aaap.cd the day bcfoie yeftercay m tluet
aflc.ubiy, by a majority of xct6 to 70.
SHERIFF’S SAELS.
On the Jirji Tuesday in A**uft
next, wtll le Jcld at the Court
bou e, tt: ibis city, between the
hairs of 10 and 3 o'clock,
ALL that Lot ot land in tne
city of Savannah, known by the
number five, third tything Rey
nolds ward, containing 60 feet
in width, and 90 feet in depth,
with the improvements thereon,
by virtue of a foreclolure oi
mortgage, given by the heirs and
representatives of John Haupt
deceased to Chriflina Dasher.
A negro man named Dick
taken under execution to I'jtisfv
John G omett, pointed out bv
the plaintiff.
T. Uobcrtfon, see
, J u b’ 7 9 1
T’ tJ T 7 i Tt T~’ ,
I 1 A-L.FI i
BY PER MISSION. i
rHE Lad ics and Gentlemen of Sa- I
vannah, are molt >-efDe£tfii’!v in
nrmed, that OX WEDNESDAY
EVENING the gth infant, there will :
be an EXHIBITION of the moil
‘.Vonderfu! Curiosities that ever were
vitneffcd in the United States of Ameri
ca, called the
PHANTASMAGORIA,
cr a trof/Dr.Rfui DitriAr of
OP l iCAg ILLUH 3N5;
Which introduce the phantoms or
apparitions of'the di-ad or abfer.t, in a
view more completely illusive than has
ver been witnessed ; as the objects fair
ly originate in the air, and unloid them
felvts unuer various forms and fixes, such
as imagination alone has hitherto paint
ed them occasionally, afluming a figure
nd molt perfect resemblance of the he
roes and other billinguifhed chara/.terft of
pall and preftnt timc3. This Spcttreol
ogy proltffes to expose the practices of
artful impellers and exorciits, and to
open the eyes ot those who itill fofler an
absurd belief in
Giiaofls and Disembodied
spirits.
The Phantasmagoria to form and estkilh
the folloai'ing phantoms :
The aErial progrelfion of old Father
Time ; the King of Terrors, in differ
ent ffiipcs ; Femidc Spirits, Death in
d'ffcrent forms and ugfnefs ; Death
fuatching from below a young lady, her
mother deploring her fate ; the battle of
two Ghoalts ; the Devil beating the
drum with one hand, aud playing a horn
with the other , a flying Bat, with her
natural motion ; the Oath of the Witch
is, this is a superb piece, a Magician tx
ercifing his power by refeuing an inno
cent viclira from the grave ; a Lawyer
having made a compact with the Devil,
r icen in chains toilowing the latter ;
the head of a wicked man surrounded
by serpents ; the disfigured appearance
oi Touffciint, the modter in the dungeon
where he expired ; a fkelclon, the ex
orc-.1l in a pcliion ; the elopement of Piu
io with Proserpine, a French Monk car
lying (iff a young tr.aid in 3 bundle of
.traw ; John Bui! ; the irfideof the baf’
tile ; t e dungeon where the celebrated
Lafayette was confined ; a Mermaid ;
country ieat, the inn, rain-boiv, itorm ;
wo Frigates, in a cairn ; a number ot
;uriou3 charicatures ; alio o! annimiils
and other obj .As too tedious to men
tion.
European L har afters.
Prince Eugene and piincei Stepania,
son and daughter to the Einprels of
France ; the King of Spain ind family,
in their royal carnage ; Piinccof Peace :
the Review 01 Bonaparte's troops, they
are seen defiling and drtffed in different
customs, with the mufie at their head ;
marriage of Bonaparte ; the bulls of
ihe unfortunate Louis XVI : the queen
and daughter ; the ever fit:mortal admi
ral Nsifon.
Characters dear to all true |
A mei icans ! ! 1
THS BUST OF kits EXCELLENCY
Gen. George Walhington.
Hl3 EXCELLENCY
Thomas jeiferlbn,
Piefidcnt o ! the United Statex.
TH. E IMMORTAL
Benj am in Franklin.
The whole to conclude with a or and dis-
O
play of
Artificial Chinese
FIRE WORKS-
A Flovvc’- • a Garden ornamented ;
St. Peter’s Church of Rome; the fa
mous temple of Solomon ; a Masonic
emblem ; the emblem of agriculture, &e.
CdT ‘Y iciets may le had of Messrs.
Seymour o’ Woalhopter,
Days of Exhibition, Mondays, IVed
nesdays and Fridays. The performance
will begin at haij ptijl ftven o'clock.
Admittance one dollar.
No people of color admitted for the
i prefect.
■Hv 3 90
THE bUBocRiBER,
HA\ IXG taken the ff.jre latelv occupied
hy J & J- VVyliy, otters for Idle an af
lortment of
1500 TS and SHOES,
ON MODERATE TERMS.
BEING about to leave the hate, he has
aurhoriH Mr. Francis i'ufts to tranlact bu
linens tVi lnr.i dunng his t.bfer.ee.
DANIEL WOODS.
J ul r 4 3 £ 89
30 Dollars Reward.
RAN A WAY from the fubferiber or the
isth February last, wom
an named NEL.I- i , ihe is auout 5 feet two or
tliiee inches high, thick made, ha ; reraarka
ble thick lips, and black teeth, which aie ve
r.- far apart, and lisps much when ip aking.
Sue is well known about town, where Ihe
may he enticed to work ; and is ftippofed to
be harbor; and at times about the Orphan Jlo.ife
and Mr. Wilkiufon’s p!anta*ion war Savan
nan. ,he auove reward \vi ibe given to any
pc *1 on who will deliver her to the j irer in
Savanna.i, —r inijtni the iublerijer w here die
:na* be taken.
Vi in. Stephens.
March *5 - 69 I
WAVI i : *
X X Apprentice to the PA,tin* B t
f\, fi iefs, veil be taken at this otti
1 lad of about 16, that can bring
-ecoaimcudation, none o ner need ap
ilv. July S
JAMES M. WILLbON, -
HAVING refignedhis OiTice as Clerk
the City Council, refpectfu.iy informs
hi friends and the public geneiaily, ti*at Ce
til! continue* his Office of
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Wheie Instruments of Writing of ever
description v. iff be drawn in a fuperur iiyle,
and at a liiurt notice, for a very modera'e
compensation. July t y yo
STOLEN or RUNAWAY
the fubferiber, a Ne
, gro Gi!, named MARY,
about fifteen years of age, well
grown, black complexion, piea
fing countenance, large breads
for her age, clcaihed with a cal
ico cc at and white wrapper, buc
had others, has a n,o:her at Mr.
Rodmans, in Suvann h.
A Reward of FtVE DOL
LARS will be paid for her de
livery tome or injai!; Twenty
Dollars on convidtion of her ha
mg harbored by a white peifo -,
1 and ten ii by a negro. Captains
of vtAelsare hereby cautioned a
ramll carrving her out of this
; slate.
ROBERT JORDAN;
July 8 90
For LIVERPOOL,
, The good Ship
Sarahtk Ediza,
_ HOLLAND,
Expedtcd to be diipatchcd in the course
of three weeks. For freight of Cotton
or for passage, please apply to
K. & I. Bolton.
Receive!far sale by said Sh-p ,
40 crates CROCKERY WARE
500 bufhcls Ground Salt
Bottled Porter
ON HAND,
Brown SUGARS
July 4 41 £9
IN COUNCIL
Savannah, 3 olh ‘June, 18c#-
t\ bill,
TO be entitled an Ordinance
o amend “An Oidinance for
c ‘ erecting and affixing Lamps
‘ in rhe fireets and public pia
-1 ces of ihe city ot Savannah,
c< fur rhe purpose of Lighting
S( ihe lame by night”—-paffed
14th Nov-mbtr iSoj, was read
cne third time,
Ordered, i'hat the laid bii]
do pals into an Ordinance, to be
entitled an ordinance to amend
an ordinance for eredEng and af
| fixing Lamps in the Erects and
public places of the dry of Sa
vannah, for the purpose of light
ing the fame by night, palled
14th November, 1803,
Tnat the fame be signed by
he Mayor, and published in the
gazettes of the City.
[strati from the minutes.
JOB . EOLLEb*, C.C.
AN ORDINANCE,
1 O amend an ordinance en*
titled so ordinance for eredf*.
ing and affixing Lamps in the
Itreets and public pieces of the
city of Savannah, for rhe pur
pole of lighting die lame by
night/’ pal Ted the 14th of.No
vember, one thousand eight hun
dred ano three.
BE it ordained by the Mayor
and Alder men of the citv cf
Savannah t in Council assembled,
and it is hereby ordained by tie
authority of the same, That from
Se alter the puffing of this ordi
nance, if any negro, or person of
color, being a Have, ihail re
ceive or purchase any oil, wick,
other article whatsoever,
which tray be iked or intended
:o be uled in or about the public
lamps, or lamps erected at pri
vate expense and lighted by the
city, he or fne so offending,
lliai! be punilhed with thirty
nine ialhes on the bare back, ac
the public market place, in mar
ket time, unleL the owner or
owners of such ILve cr Caves,
thad, be.'ore inch ptmiltiment br
mhiCted, pay fucta line at niav
oe awarded, r ot exceeding thir 7
dollars.
IN COUNCIL,
Savannah, 3 cth June, 1 Srtf.
3-rJ zp< fA:su>,
- JOHN Y. NOLL,
M.rier.
ATTtS r,
JOL T. 801 LES. c c