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ANTIGUA.
gyam, Judge of the court of Amiralty.
Owners IA Agents of Privateers*
John Taylor, a refugee from Vi rgmia.
Captains M‘Xindley and Newton.
MONTSERAT.
Harcum, Judge of the court of admi
ralty, the bafenels of whose character is
reprobated even among privateenmen.
Owners avd Agents .
Meflrs. Drotts, three brothers.
Brades, Harper and Brades, four bro
thers, whose rapacity, inhumanity, and
meanness to the Americans who fell in
to their hands, cannot be deferibed in
ito lull force.
William Byan Wyke, Notary Public
of the llland, and Ibn-in-law to judge
Harcum.
William Baxter and Cos. more sene
icn. and humane than tne others.
DOMINIQUE.
Owners —Heathcote and Neilfon.
Their prizes generally carried to Mont
serrat (alias, Li tie Sodom] bccaufefure
of condemnation there.
St. CHRISTOPHERS.
Archibald Ei'dare, Judge of the court
of Admiralty. As proof of this gen
tleman’s venalty, a note in his hand
writing, addrefled to Anthony Somer
fall,of St. Kitts, (a diilinguiihed priva
teer owner) requeuing money, without
any promile of refunding, ergo, a bribe,
has been already publiihed.
Thomas Tuckeit, Attorney-General,
whose avaricious meanness made Priddi,
a wealthy mulatto, sponsor to one of his
children.
Barclay, Marshall of the Court of ad
miralty, and agent for fome privateer.
Meflrs. Woftwick and Allmans, whose
conduft was so base, as to be condemned
by the other agents.
Benjamin Emery & Joseph Emery,
twin brothers in iniquity, one of whose
I privateer took the (hip Sidney, ox’ Baiti-
I more, Handing into the road of St. Eu-
I llatius (a neutral port) —Ihe was libelled
I and tried in St. Kitts, and though ac-
I quitted, the supercargo was obliged to
I pay a certain Moore , clerk of the court
I of admiralty, a considerable commiiiion
I lor the fate keeping, during the trial, of
I :0,000 dollars, found on board the Sid-
I nty.
Anthony Somerfall, who took and ii-
I belled a veflel belonging to William Pat
-1 terfem oi Baltimore, coming from Bar-
I badoes, for St. Kite’s, and whose cap-
I tauvhad’ orders to value himfeif on laid
I Somerfall.
I Med rs. M f Laugh!in and Dennis, dc-
I cent lor privateers’ agents.
! NEW-PROVIDENCE.
I Privateers’ Owners and Agents.
I Lord Dunmore, formerly a negro
I fteahr in Virginia.
I Captain Sherman, Captain and own-
I e ’ of two privateers, a refugee of Rhode -
I Eland.
I Captain M‘Kenney, an American rc
|%e. ;
I Captains Grant and Hugh Dean.
I BERMUDA.
I John Green, Judge of the court of
I admiralty, an American refugee, and
■ formerly sign painter in Philadelphia.
I John Fiiher, Marshal of the court of
■ agent with MfLcch
■ lui for th Zjjavy American prizes.
■I C~ Balmer, Attorney General,
B*no was publicly horse whipped on the
H parade in St. George’s Bermuda.
■ Privateers’ Owners and Agents.
I Btidger and Edward Goodrich, A-
H ® eri can retugees. < *
I Tucker & Cos. Birch, Joflah Bafden.
■ • Ueutenant Stokes of the army.
Ip ~l Godet, a refugee from St.
|r?/ UUS ’ a bankru P c both in character
■ and undeviatine in the prac
■ of.roguery. 5 1
la,,’ | act > may be said with truth,
lor v C ‘"''-ft r j ie w^°'ie °f the inhabitants
■i “°' T ; m jT s ’ s or Bermuda I Bands, were
■ reuea ia privateering, becaale those
■ , Were :!ot owners, or personally
ILL • on b oar d privateers, generally
Ij t ne^ r , oes hired to lerve on board them.
| :!s olafs, however, we accept
|rots--suref sure wort ßy MelTrs. Per
|tvi’ a “ oid “pr* Harvey, who in eve
l^vh’I anCC treju U this piratical practice
■ *
|irw a ‘‘ n °t conclude without mention-
n' a3 P rtmum mobile of priva
| . rtnu da, at firlt, and its active
r 1,1 tlie execution ; but as he is
% e* c £ o t*-e other world for adjudi-
Columbian sTufcum, £&♦
cation, we let him red ; only observing,
it will be unfortunate for him if this
word bears the fame import in the
court of Pluto, which he gave in that of
Bermuda.
_N. B. Not having any knowledge
of the privateerfmen, &c. of Jamaica and
Tortola, it is hoped those who have
been there will fill up the deficiency, and
make what additions they lee tit to the
other iHands.
P. S. Among the gentlemen of the
navy, the moll aftive in the plundering
business, have been those of Murray’s
fleet, and of them particularly Cochran.
of the Thetis frigate, Bull, of the Argo
nant, and Hope, of the Bull dog Hoop of
war.
From the borders of l l ALT\ April p.
The French appears now as if they
were disposed to efFeft by force of arms
what they have been unable to effieft by
gentle means, farther loans of money
from Genoa. They are at present Un
der the walls of the city. The jealousy
and apprehenfiqn of the citizens is di-,
viued betwixt the French and Imperial
troops. Since the arrival of Salicetti
at Genoa, thtj inhabitants seem to incline
to disorder, at least it is feared, and so
many tri-coloured cockades are seen,
that a perlbn might conceive liimfelf in
a French city. Many of the rich citi
zens have been alarmed at this, and
have sent their valuable property into
Tuscany—About forty senators have
fied to Turin with their money and
jewels, and left behind theni a protesta
tion against any farther advances of
money to the French. When they ar
rived at Turin they found the city also
in an uproar ; they therefore went from
thence to Maryland, where they got
permiflion of Duke Ferdinand to “re
main. The diiturbance in Turin has
iince been quelled by a party of the
Außrian army.
The imperial troops are drawn to
gether here from all quarters. It is in
deed said that they have got poHelhon
of the polls of Bofthewa. But this is
not confirmed. The French are also
receiving every day reinforcements,
and the tate of Genoa is novr in a Hate
ol uncertainty.
FRANCE.
COUNCIL of FIVE HUNDRED,
29 Germinal , April I 8.
In a me Hag e the directory exprefled
itfelf as follows. — tc In watching the
manoeuvres which tend todellroy liber
ty, and in alking of you the means to
repreiS'the authors of them, we have not
101 l fight of royalifm, nor of the refrac
tory’ priells and emigrants, who are its
principal agents. Our means,- however
are inlufficient, unless we. are to be sup
ported by the law. The departments
which surround Lyons have been the
principal theatre of their intrigues for
effeding a counter-revolution, and Ly
ons itieit has been the central spot of
tnefe intrigues, from 1792 to the arrival
of the.national representatives, Ferreux
and Defpinafiy, in that commune. A
fraudulent trade of certificates ofrefi
dence is carried on there, and this part
of the republic is even menaced by a
civil war. We submit to you the ques
tion, whether it would not be proper to
annul all the certificates of residence de
livered by the commune of Lyons, ?rom
1792, to the arrival of the above depu
ties, and have them reviled.” Referred
toacommilHon of five members to make
their report to-morrow.
Philadelphia, July 6.
Counterfeit Dollars.
The public are hereby notified, that
there are a great number of Counterfeit
Dollars in circulation. They are well
executed, but are immediately deteded
by linking a (mail hole into them with
an awl or graver, and then applying a
drop of aquafortis, which is to be met
with in every druggist’s or apothecary’s
ihop. If the coin is base metal coated
with silver, (as is the case with those
now in circulation) the inllant it is
touched with the wet cork it will bub
ble like boiling water and leave verdi
greafe in the hole and round the edge.
No (lore-keeper or merchant ihould be
without a phial of this liquid, but it
Ihould be cautioufiy locked up from chil
dren and careless people. The belt im
preifions of these counterfeits bear the
dates of 1791 and 1793 —they appear to
be (truck by a firong engine, the imooth
part having a high polith.
J ul v 7.
Fourcrcy , the celebrated French Che
mist, observed in the lirft fitting of the
National Infhtution, t( that men are mas
ters of the arfcnai of thunder f being
enabled by their difeoveries to blow up
the sphere which they inhabit, and to
let the world on fire.” That this is not
a mere flight of fancy, wc fee from what
has been done and attempted by fome of
the political French chemifls. These
gentlemen have let Geneva on fire
they have let the United Netherlands
on fire ’ is Hill burning—and are
now about setting Genoa on lire, in or
der to produce a change in the directors
of the bank of St. George. They at
tempted to set England on fire, which
gave rile to Mr. Madison’s famous pre
diction and very generous offer, to feed
the Englifii exiles. Befidcs all this,
they have for fome time part been mak
ing experiments to set lire to the United
States—As yet, thank God, their ex
periments have fucceedcd only in part.
July 8.
T he Pppe, the king of Naples, the
princes of Parma and Modena, Sec. will
loon be compelled to follow the exam
ple of Viftor Amadens. All these ter
rible blows happen at a diltance from,
and seem in the eyes of many little to
afFefl old England ; but they are really
concentring over the heads oi the Eng
lifn and how long will it
‘e>c berbre England and its partizans will
be reduced to appeal in amass to the
generosity of the French Republic ? A
dreadful event indeed, but w'hich mod
likely will Toon happen.
SAVANNAH, July 29.
Arrived Brig William, Capt. Wells,
7 weeks from Liverpool. No papers
was received by her ; peace was much
wished for, and was generally supposed
would loon take place, as there had been
anew election for Parliament.
Capt. Wells informs, that great quan
tities of Rice was received from India,
but of a very inferior quality, was fel
ling at 27 and 2Sf and expe&ed to rife.
By request of Mr. Richeyfon and his
friends, we arc deiired to inform that
the Mr. Grant who was killed, came to
the house of Mr. Richeyfon in company
with Mr. Shandley, and insulted him,
instead of his going to Grants house, as
misrepresented in our last ; that he was
no terror to society, but quite the re
verfc, .
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On GAMING.
MANY volumes have in every age
of the world been written on this nefa
rious plcajure. The praff ice of gaming
is old as the deluge. The nations of
ancient Greece were much addicted to
it. The Romans borrowed moft of
their virtues from Greece; acquired
likewise their vices; among others that
of gaming. The Eaflern nations are
aftonilhingly attached to this practice.
The inhabitants of the island Sumatra,
will flake not only their movable pro
perty, but also their wives and children ;
and to such a head has this nefarious
pleafurfearrived, that they will risk their
own liberty on the issue of a cock-fi Hit.
The kingdoms of Europe are now in a
condition which precludes the possibility
of much play ; Hill the spirit of gaming
is amongH them. In England, this
vice has arisen to an alarming height.
The nobles of that country are mch
addifled to this kind of (port. From
thence, and France, has America been
made acquainted with this imaginary
pa (lime ; and it is now encreafmg to so
alarming a degree, that every friend to
the country mufl shudder at the event.
This vice is carried to an aflonifhing
height in this city—The writer of this,
to his certain knowledge, knows tha
feverabgaming tables of a certain defcrqß
tion,areat work nightly : how many
other species he leaves to persons of more
extensive information to tell.
At one of those finks of corruption, a
difinterefled fpedator learns the moft
ufeful leflbn, a lesson purchased by the
dire experience of his fellow-citizen.
‘Tis here the eye of the Gamester, half
dosed, is covered with a sickly fi Ith
his pallid check (hows want of rest-—his
negligent dress points out the uproar in
his breast.—With a heart elated, he
views the near approach of gain, but
O ! dreadful rever-e ! his air-built cas
tles vanish from fight, and twice the
former depression envelopes his spirit.
Ye who frequent those depots ofde
ftruction, can any of you fay, that he
has ever lelt a pleasing result when he is
winning, or has not been overwhelmed
with remorse when his all is gone ?
1 hey who at one time gain, follow the
delusive phantom until not only their
winnings, but even that which (hould
put bread in their mouths and cioathes
on their body,is gone.— Nor is that all;
by a constant attendance at the gaming
tjible, that spirit of industry—that plea-
sing reflection which honell reward
brings along with it, is loll; —their taste
is vitiated—no rcliih for domellic en
joyifient remains; the right fytlem o£
nature is perverted, and a total derange
ment of both mental and bodily faculties
enlues. Ye who have yet remaining a
fenfc of the dangers which are the relultr
ot such a delufivc pastime, fly from the
ideal pleasure of this Hydra; ccafe the
vain puriuit before it is too late, and the
pleasure of a good ad ion will be the re
sult of this felf controul.
MtjJ'rs. Towers kj Seymour .
I w onld beg leave to mention to Coun-*’
oil, through the channel of your paper,,
that 1 think their Wtjlern Scavenger
does not do his duty ; for the Welt
Common is really a nuisance—the fmelL
that exhales from it, is enough to knock,
a man down, when eroding it in the
morning, owing to all manner of filth,
and dirt being thrown out near Mr. Ep
pinger’s corner. I hope therefore, thac
Council will direct the scavenger to
carry the filth further out from the
city.
Humanity, gentlemen, mull shudder,.
when informed that the dead car cases of
lonic of the new negroes, have been leer*
floating up and down our river with the
tide. Good God ! Can it be
that the Captains of thofc veffiels, riding
quarantine, can be foinhumanas to throw
into the sea, the bodies of those people
who die down below ? If they have no
more humanity, I am of opinion, thac
if it could be proved upon them, they
fhouldbe severely fined ; this too, might
be easily found out.—When the health
officer pays his firil visit, he fees all the
people on board, lick or well, and whea
he pays the lull, he does the fame ; at
which time* Ihould any of the Haves be
miffing, the Captain Ihould be compel
led on oath, to tell what he did with the
body ; it he did not bury it, I am of
opinion he Ihould be severely punished
for it, for this is a great source of dan
ger to the citizens. One of these bodies:
may drift near to a landing place among
the plantations, there putrify and pro
duce a fever among the people of the
place, and thereby introduce a contagious,
or troublesome fever amongst us.
It is hoped Council will take all these
matters into confidcration, at their next
meeting. M.
Marine Hcgtffrr.
ENTERED INWARD.
July, , Days^>
28. Schooner Savannah Packet, Keen, r port
ed in distress, Charlelton, 5.
Brig Polly, Nye, do. 12.
Sloop Beify. Clark, St. Vincents, 35.
Ship Hazard. Hipkins, Liverpool, bo-
CLEAKED OUT.
26. Schooner Sally, Kirklcy, New-York„
Sloop P.ainbow, Haiding, Charlelton^
To-morrow Forenoon,
Will be Landed on A. Wan’s Wharf , from ore
board the SLOOP BETSY, Capt. Clark,
from St. Vincents :
A few Puncheons of good Proof
And well flavored RUM,
FOR SALE BY
Ewing 6? M‘Call,
Who v/ill give CASH fora few thoufantl
Shingles and Scantling,
Savannah, July 28th. 43-ts
—— —■..
Irilh Linens & Diapers,
FOR SALE:
Imported in the Ship Hazard,
* Boxes of 7-Bths, & 4- 4 ths LINENS,
, 1 Do. 3-4ths DIAPER.
Apply to A. D. Lawrence, at Mr. Dillons on the
• • . Bay. —
A L S O—Some Com pleat Chests of
Carpenters T O O L S.
Apply as above.
Savannah, July 29. 41*tf.
‘ * —T— “
Just Arrived ,
From AN AM ABO F, on the Gold Coast of
Africa, the SNOW WHIM, Robert M.
Ambrose, Mailer, with
102 Prime Slaves,
Generally from the age of 14 to 37, very heal
thy.—The SALK of which will commence, oa
Monday, the gth of August.
CONDITIONS—One half payment down,
and the Residue, the Ift day of March, with
such fccurity as may be required.
ALSO ,
Seventy Prime Slaves,
Imported mother Cargoes,and on the Condi
tions above.
ROBERT WATTS.
Savannah, July 29, rt.43.5t.
Ji For St. Mary's",
VtjT THE good new SLOOP
gfc HARRIOT,
El eat! ar Bemiss, Master.
For paflage only, and small freight, apply to
the Master on board, at Mr. Bolton’s Wharfj
or to Mefll*. Millcdge Si Packer,
Savannah, July rj.
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