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Me/frs. Power* & Siymnur y
A Report is now circulating through
out town, that General jacki'on
w as the writer of the late Presentments
?) f Chatham County, and that I carried
them in } further, that he was the
author of the one against: the (hopkeep
crs( 1 was on the Grand Jury, and on
m y oath, and despise the assertion; but as
it appears to be an electioneering trick,
played off through the channel of Mr.
fohnN. Fry and others, to hurt General
jackfon, I think it proper to declare,
that the fame is an infamous falfehood.
I like General Jackson well enough, to
coincide in my own sentiments with
him; but I will be a tool to no man :
Idofolemnly declare that I never ex
changed one word with the General on
that fubjeft, and that I never received a
sentence in those presentments I brought
forward, from him ; nor did he ever
give me a hint of presenting the (hop
keepers, or any other class of citizens
whatever.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant*
Thomas Robertson.
Savannah, Nov. 7.
NASSAU, (Ncw-ProvidencC) OSober 7.
The frequent heavy rains and fliarp t’nundc r
in last month ; the fun having eroded the line,
and the moon having changed, without any of
those convulsions of the e'ementi, so generally
dreaded at this season, in the tropical latitudes ;
thele circumstances induced us to be aimott
certain that this year, like the preceding] eight,
would have palled over undiftinguiihed by any
extraordinary injury being sustained in thele
islands by violent florms. So generally was
.insconfidence entertalnr ~ that vessels employ
ed ir. the droging business amongst the islands.
we;c purfumg their respective voyages asufuol,
in the moll tranquil fieafon of the year.
In all these favorable and flattering expecta
tions, we have been di(appointed ; and we
now entrr on the unplea lent duty of narrating
the progress and effects or a storm, which, al
though neither so tremendous ordf.ftructi .e as
the Welt-India hurricanes, fat fur pa des any
thing known here for many years.
On Monday the 3d instant, in the morning
and forenoon, the weather was wot and fqiui
iy, and forebode the approach of a levere tem
ped. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon it began
to blow hard from*, s. e. accompanied with
heavy rain, and continued to incieafe in vio
lence from the fame quarter, till pa ft q o’clock;
the tide rofeat the fame time full 3 feet higher
than what is usual at the full and chap.ire cf°the .
mooa.
At half past 9 the storm abated, and about
so o’clock the weather became moderate, and
continued so till near 11, when a drizliug r ain
and high wind let;in from s.n w. and soon
rose to a gale still more severe than what had
blown in the earlier part of the night from the
opposite quarter.
At 4 o’clock in the morning of Tuesday, the
wind began to fall, and about an hour after the
weather became moderate.
When daylight appeared, a moil diftrefiing
feene was opened to our view. Os all the drip
ping that were at anchor in the harbour the
preceding day, only the Swallow sloop cf war,
th” (hip Union, Borrowdale, and the khooner
Polly, Barnet, remained afloat; and the fliove
“'as fee n lire wed with wrecks of all deferip
tions.
Ihe sea continuing to run high, it was im
poflible to have any communication with le
veral of the veffds that had signals of distress
cat. till the afternoon.
We have to Lament the lois of fome lives on
this melancholy occasion ; among them two
very valuable, ufeful, Worthy men, Capt.'Wi!-
liam Gillespie, of the brig Glory, and Capt.
Tames Burnside, of the tloop Anna. Four of
the French prisoners are miffing, nd ere sup
posed to have been waflied overboard, when
the prison Ibips went adrift. A Negro man
belonging to Cant. Artrill, one belonging to
the Estate of Mr. Tartnall, and a Negro boy,
belonging to Capt. Elliot, were drowned.
The following is the bell information we
can procure of the fate of the vessels that were
w the harbor. His Majesty’s sloop Swallow,
Capt. Fowke, rode out the gale ; sustained lit
t*e or no injury. Ship Nancy, Davidson,
grounded, but got off little damaged. Ship
Union, Borrowdale, rode out the gale ; loft her
mizen mall. Ship Lively, Moultrie, difmafted
snd grounded, but got off. Schooner Alice,
Siowell, driven ashore, but got off without
much injury. Brig George, Hendcrfon, ashore
°n Hog Island, not materially injured. Brig
Glory; Gillespie, ashore and bilged. Brig
Brothers, ‘Wallace, ashore, loft her bowsprit,
tnd otherwile much injured. Brig Africa,
gone to pieces. Brig Sophia, Crothcrs, loft.
American brig Mary Anne, Johnson, alhori*.
. Snow Charlottec, Tucker, ashore, dillmaftcd.
S-hooncr fruoßlue, ashore. Schooner Lovely
a U, ioft. Schooner George and Ophelia, do.
Schooner Sailor’s Delight, ashore. Schooner
°fly, diftmafted. Sloop Maxwell, ashore.
* OO P Henrietta, Brown, drove against Forbes,
1 unro, and Co’s wharf, injured in her upper
or ks. Sloop William and Mary, ashore, loft
er bowsprit and keel. American (loops Pian
'r. Fancy, Catherine, and Harriet, loft. Sloops
\ !‘ ni > Burnside, Conrade, Newton, Rambler,
c, tot, and St. Andrew, loft Schooner Little
ymg Fish. loft. Sloops Sally and Dolphin,
bchoouer I ittle Negro, loft. Sloop
ashore, difmafted. Schooner George,
a 10r U, Sloop Betfev, loft. Schooner Packet,
-. a thunder and Rattlesnake gallics, ditto,
wo prison vessels, do. One ditto ashore.
a j r _ boats, loft. A Spanish schooner
V.” ,O P> Two schooners and two sloops,
j_’. l 0 na me* we have not learnt, do. A great
4.,? , <); rts were loft, and foine driven ashore
•<>£= westward.
~ -cNarciffusand Porcupine frigates were
i Jj- n ?? under Sandy Key, about 7 miles
mjitowtr, when the gale came on. The
Columbian iFlufeum,
Narcissus, we are truly concera id to state, is
randed on Long Key ; happily not a l,te is
off, and a is expected that great part of the
itorcs wtll.be laved. The Porcupine *fter the
was leen at anchor under Sandy Key dif
mafted Wc have only learned that lb - drove
over a reef, and that it is expended lh e will be
got round into this harbor.
The injury sustained aftiore on this island is
trivial wnen compared to the devastation amonj
the lhipping. The hr’fry of Christ Church,
tiees, fences, Negro huts, and fome old build
ings were blown down ; Ja d two and wllin
honfes in the suburbs of thi, town unroofed °
reports given by he vMfters of sever
al vends arrived from t:i.: norlinvard and well
ward since Tuesday it would that they
haa not the gale nearly to violent as it was
here.
NLW- Y OKK } J&ober 12.
A vessel and cargo, belonging to Rof
ton, valued at 14001. was tome time
ago captured byaprl va :cr Hritilh cruu
cr, carried into Jai mica, condemned,
and the owner to pay costs of court.
The agent of the merchant appealed soon
after to the court of Chancery in Eng
land, and the judgment was there re
verted, and orders feat to the governor
ot Jamaica, to attach the privateer-agent
for the property, except the coils, which
the owner was adjudged to pay in both
courts, amounting to 1200I; which was
nearly the value of veil'd and cargo.
Should this decree be established as a
precedent by the court ol for
all American property that Wk been
condemned in a iimilar manner, it would
be better to conlfder the whole as loft.
A Paris paper of August: 14, contains
an extraft of a letter from Rourvilie,
French vice consul at Lataka in Syria’
on the Mediterranean coast Hating that
on the 16th Floreal, at half pa ft mne in
the morning, an earthquake began which
lasted 86 seconds, with various (bocks
and undulations, Terrible was the ei-
Itci. More than jooo perions were
buried in the ruins of houses. The
house of the vice consul was moved with
the in., mock, and toon fell j the letter
was written in a tent where he, and his
fellow countrymen, had taken (helter.
A great part o( the Molques were
deftroyed* The government ordered
all the houses which were injured to be
pulled down, to prevent further mif
chief.
Slighter (hocks were frequently felt
afterwards along the (bore. The vil
lage of Gibel was totally destroyed; and
many houses in Torrofe and Tripoli
weie tumbled down, Tlius far the
letter.
Lataka is situated on a point of land
on the coast opposite to Cyprus. It is
the ancient Laodicea. It contains a
bqut 5000 inhabitants, according to Mr.
V o!ney* and its trade is conliderable.
Lately died at the Hague, M. Du
m a s, commercial agent, from the U. S.
to the Republic of Holland.—Under
the old government M. Dtunas was not
acknowledged in an official capacity. He
was conlidered as of the Patriotic Party ,
and was on that account refufed to be
noticed by the government.
PHILADELPHIA, October 12.
e learn that the French have cap
tuied SIX 1 Y fail of the Jamaica Fleet,
and that all were immediately destroyed
but fix thereof which are now at Ncw-
Caftlc.
This capture was made by one French
irigate and a Privateer.
We conceive ourlelves authorized to
predift thefpeedy downfal of Britilhai
rogance and power, from the following
extract ot a letter received by the Editor
ot this paper from the celebrated Tho
mas Paine.* The latefuccetfes of F ranee
would lead us to expedl the coniumma
tion of whatever they r may undertake.
“ Pans * August 7.
ft The fuccefles of the French army
are astonishing. I believe they medi
tate an invafton of England.
“ The American charadfer is so much
funk in Europe, that it is needfary to
diftinguilh between the government and
the country.”
* Paine’s means of information in Pa
ris, no one zvitl attempt to deny. Aurora.
SAVANNAH, November .4
DIED, of Coiifunftioit) fbnrtly after
bis arrival in this crty f Mr. Oliver
Dr u c e, of Maffachujitt r*
fDarmc UfatGcr.
L ST'E R EI) INIVARD.
Schooner Lacker, Hutchinlon, N.Providence, 16
CLEARED OUT
irig Amazon, Rhodes, New-York
“Tor SALL
SUGA R in Hhds. and Barrels,
Best Green COFFEE,
By BORDMAN C? HILLS.
Savannah, March 28. 1769.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
On MO A DAY, the x\thmfl. at \o o'clock,
W U.L BE SOLD,
At Mr. Anciaux*i Wharf
the SCHOONER
L a Jcune Creole ,
With her tackle and apparel, I
as she now lies.—Conditions CASH.
Wm. Belcher, Auctioneer.
November 4. 7'\'|t.
For Philadelphia,
To fail on TUESDAY next,
The SCHOONER
Mm HIvFTY,
qdfelLv*'*! A few paffenoers ean he
accommodated, apply to
“-■.TrsLjrlidr Ws* the Mailer on board, at
\lr. Clay's Wharf.
Savannah, November 4.
John D'homaca,
DENTIST,
HAS the honor to offer his Cervices to the
Gentlemen and Ladies of Savannah, in
;he above line, who may wifli to employ him ‘
in the different branches of liis art.
He cleans, prevents, and flops the c.ariofity
of the Teeth ; lurnilh-s the means for preferv
n; them in a found state ; places artificial
Teeth undiftinguilhable from natural ; plants
and transplants all human Teeth, with the
greatest dexterity.—Apply at Drayton-ftrcct
corner, on the Couth common, at John Pou
lain’s house.
Savannah, Nov. 4. * 7i-2t.*
WANTED,
To Pent or Leaf , for a term of Years ,
A Plantation,
SITU A i F. on the Salts, adapted to the cul
ure of Cotton : From 100 to 150 Acres
ot cleared Land will be required, as the person
who wants, intends planting it the ensuing
spring. A fettled pla.-.c with buildings will be
preferred. If any haveto otter, apply to the
Printers.
November 4. 7 l-ts
TO BE SOLD,
In Ehenczer, on the firjl Saturday in
December next ,
ALL the Personal Estate of tbe late Henry
L. Bunts, of laid place decealcd, con
fining of 5 Negroes, a lew head of neat Cattle
and Sheep, house and kitchen furniture, &c.—
Conditions will be made known on the day of
Sale.
JUDITH BUSH, Administratrix.
Ebenezer, Nov. 2.
TO BE HIRED,
BY the year or month, a good COOPER,
alio a WENCH, who is a plain Cook,
and a good Waftr. r and Ironer—Apply to the
Printers.
Savannah, Nov. 4. 71.
in 1 iinTi 1 ■ - ■’ ‘ ■ ■ I■ !■ I'■ .te 1 “ r n *- 1
]ull Imported, by
GEORGE RALSTON,
Onboard the BRIC BEI.LONAfrom NEW
YORK, and other Arrivals,
The Following Articles , in Addition to his Former
AJjortment , viz :
BROAD CLOTHS, Caftimers, Swanldown,
Flannels, Dcmett, white and blue Plains,
blue Stroud, stripe Linfey of v.nious patters ;
gentlemens white, blue, clouded and black
Silk Hole, pattent Cotton ditto ; ladies Neck
Laces affbrted, ditto blue and gold do ; Garnet
Heeds, silver Thimbles, bra Is do. Pocket-Books,
Tooth Powder and Brushes, Smelling Bottles,
Fig and Liquid Blue, Cotton Lines, Hemp do.
Bed Cords, Hanibrd L'nes, Leading do. Nells
Trunks, Brimstone, Rice Sickles, Cutteau
Knives, Lancets, Claw Hammers, Handsaw
Files, Cross-cut do. Table Spoons, Soup La
dles, fmgle and double lpring Chelt Locks, do.
do. Pad do. Drawer do. Brass Handles, Din
ing-table Hinges, Screws, Shoe Pincers ; curb,
liaH curb, and fnafflc Bridle Bitts, Stirrup
Irons, Plated Spurs, ftcel spring do. Saddle
l acks, Cloak Pinns, Brass Cocks, Japann’d
Waiters attbrted, Sugar Cannisters, Tin Gra
ters, Sail Needles, Palm Irons ; a few dozen
best Mustard, in bottles, &c. &c.
Savannah, Ocl. 14. 65- ts.
Tames Aval lac e,
Having taken into Copartner flip, Mr. WILLIAM
DREW, the ftupntfs in future will, be carried
on under the Firm of
James Wallace {5? Cos.
Who have for Sale, by Whole fa/e or P.statl ;
A Large aifortment of Irilh Linens,
O/naburgs, Sheetings,
Printed Cottons, Romals,
Printed and Check Handkerchiefs,
Durants, Shaloorts, Calimancocs,
Cliccks, Bed Tick,
Jeans and Fuftiaus,
Corduroys, Royal Rib,
Buff and white Caifimere,
Ladies and gentlemens Hati,
Childrens black, brown and drab coloured do
Mens and Boys Courfc do.
Ladies fine Cotton Stockings,
Mens thread and Cotton do.
Cambric, ounce and coloured threads,
Silk and Twill, Bombazeen,
White Cbappel Needles,
H ud Wat# affbrted,
4, e ) , 6,8, id and aod Nails,
Englilh Linseed Oil in jugs,
White Lead and Spanilh Hrown, gro in Oil,
Salts and Cdpp ras in fmallcafks,
Mill Saws, Hooks and Hinges, &c. &c.
—-ALSO
A few Hhds Draft PORTER.
CROCKERY WARE, in Crates and Hhds.
a (Totted.
Kollock & Parker,
Have just Received a Frcfh Supply of genuine
D R U G S, Sc.
Which they will fell on th<* moft reafonabie
lermsfor Calh. at their MEDICAL STORE,
St J/?un Street, near the Columbian Printtnt
Office.
The following are a few of the Numerous Articles ,
which their AijoUmenttonJi/is of viz. :
A f-OES, Alum, annato, antimony, aqua for
-1 K us, anileed, ;u lonic, affafoetida, ballanr
of capivi, ballam of Peru ; pale, red, and yel
low bark ; borax, calomel, camphor, caraway
Ucd, eaffia, tailor, caftor oil, chamomile flow
ers, cloves, cochineal, coloquintida, Colombo,
coriander feed, conlerve of hips, ditto of role*!
cream ol tartar, oau dcluce, emetic tartar, el*
lence of bergamot ; essential oils of amfeed,
cinnamon, cloves, juniper, lavender, lemon,
mint, orange, pennyroyal,rhodium and favin - t
gamboge, gentian, ginger, guin ammoniacj
gmn arabic, giim guaiaemn, hartfhorn fhavings’
ipecacuanha, iiinglafs, jalap, linseed, liquorice,
luh.irjy*, magnelia, miiuia, mez.ercon, mulls,
myrrh, nitre, nutmegs, nux vomica, oil of al
monds, ointments, opium, pearl barley, plat
ters, qun kfilvei, rhubarb, lalfron, lago ; aka
-1 me, Eplom, Glauber’s, and Rochelle tails;
lai lapalilla, senna, Iquills, Spanish flies, fper
maceti, Ipirits hartfhorn, compound spirits of
lavender, lweet Ipirits nitre, rectified spirits
wmr, sugar of l ad, lulphur, valerian, vcrdi
giile, vitriolic ether ; blue, and white
vitriol ; volatile aromatic Ipntis; role, Hun
gary, and orange flower water ; lago powder,
1 1 uhlan blue, patent yellow, liquid blue, col
leaf. white leather, bell white and green phials,
nipplefhelU, pill boxes, i*c. —Also, furgeon*
pocket afid other instruments, and a complct*
aifortment of parent medicines.
N. B. The yellow bark has been but lately
introduced into the United States, but is high
ly recommended by tome of the moll eminent
Phyhcians in the northern cities ; upon trial
they find it of far fu peri or •flicacy to the pale
or red. r
Savannah, August 5. 45 t s
Dilengaged at Prelent,
A Man that is perfeftly acquainted with the
culture cf Rice and management of Ne
groes —He has been for feverai years pail, em
ployed by refpefilable Planters in the state of
South Carolina, by whom he can be well rc
cominended —He has been originally bred a
Mill-Wright - the knowledge which he has
acqui red of Machinery, both in theory and
practice, will be an acquisition on an extensive
Rice Plantation.
A, line direeled to R. B. and left at this Of
fice, will be attended to.
November 1 It. Jo*3t
FOR SALE,
1 hat Valuable Trail of
L AND,
SITUATE on Argyle Island (about Nin
miles from Savannah, by water’ originally
granted to John Rare, Rfq. deceafetl, found to
contain on a Re-survey, 378 Acres ; four
acres Bf which is contained 111 two Know]*,
one of them being ifufficicntly large for a fettle*
.men;, and fafe from common Frcfhes, the refl
Prime Swamp, on an excellent pitch of Tide.
The above fraft is bounded North by the Plan
tation of Richard Wayne, Esq. South by the
Plantation of Mr. Wm. Williatrtfon, and East
and M est by the branche of Savan Jia h River
For further particular, apply to
, CAIG, MACLEOD & Cos.
vVhere a Plat of the Re-survey may he seen
Savannah, July 1. raw.tf
Taken up,
On the 16th instant, at Sedgcfield, on the south
fideof Great Ogechee, two miles and au
half from the Bridge ;
Two Red OXEN,
MARKED R. Cx. and niaikcd with a Poplar
leaf in one ear, and a Poplar Leaf and Slit in
the other ; one of them lias the ends of hj s
horns sawed off, and is blind of one eye. Tli
owner may have them by proving the proper!
ty and applying at Sedgcfield to
A. D. Cuthbert.
Oflober 2:. 6 7 *6t.
GEORGIA, I By Edward Whiti, Regilie r
(L- s ) ( of Probates for the County oc
1.0. Wh 11 t. j Chatham in the State aforefaid
WHEREAS, Owen Owens, of the City
of Savannah, Efquire.hath mad<“ appli
cation to me for Letters of Adminillration on
the Estate and Effeds of James Mirrilies, late
of the fame place Merchant, deceased, as prin
cipal Creditor. These are. theieforc, to cite
and ad.non.fh all and singular, the Kindred and
Creditors of the Estate of the laid James Mir
rihes, deceased, to be and appear before rne at
my Office, in the City of Savannah, on the 7th
day of November next, to (fiew cause, if any
they have, why Lcttei sos Adminillration should
not be granted him.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Savannah,
the 7 lh day of October, in the year of our
Lord 1796, and in the 2iftyearof Ameri
can Independence. lwim.
twenty Dollars Reward .
ABSFNILD liitnfelf from his maftrrs ser
vice, on Tuesday the 2 7 th of Septembci
a MULATTO FELLOW, called 808, a writ
ing Man, and used to taking care ot Horfts.
He is about 5 feet, 6or 7 inches in height, la
ther likely and well made ; has a hufhy hcaa
of hair, which lie generally wears plaited. A.
he was purchased from Mr. John Christian
Smith, he usually calls himfclf 3ob or Robeit
Smith. It is reported that he hi > been r een in
.Savannah. Whoever will deliver the said Fel
l >w to Mr. Caig in Savannah, or to the fubferi
ber inCfiarlcilon, (hall receive the above Re
ward and all reatonable char'"’s
Alexander Edwards.
Otlober i tth. f,g-.f
293