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The Subferiber,
INFORMS Isis Friends and Customers that
he h; s for the preferit fixed, his abode at Mr ~
llfPi no e r’s house, facing the call oart of the
South Common. where tie carries <>n lis ftuft
nefs as form*rly. He hopes for the Continu
um-- of their Favours
He lias loft in’the night of the Fire, a KEY,
that winds up an Eight Oiiy Clock—Abo, a
large Mahogany TABLE, with eight Feet :
ll* would he glad to get information of the
latter, and thankful for .he return of the Key
if lound, as it can he ol no ufc, but to
Balthuser ShaiFfsr.
Dec. C>. 79.
james Wallace & Cos.
HAVE removed their Goods to the red Store,
on Taylor @Miu,ik’s Wharf, facing the
liiuff, where they will tranfafct Bulincfsas usual.
Dec. t). 7Q.
Andrew W. Johnston & Cos.
INK iRM their friend*, that they have taken
the (lor* lately occupied by Mr. Jos. Mil
ler, in Mr. Wm. Taylor’s House, under the
jJltiJi —Wh re they have for (ale, a general and
neat Assortment of Dry Goods, which they
will fell low for calh or produce.
Dec 6. 79.3 c
bdw. STci. STEBBINS~
BEGS leave to acquaint their friends, and the
public in general, that, they have opened
their. Store at the corner of Broughten-ftreet,
facing the Well Commons, at the house occu
pied by Mrs. Polork.
And having received an additional supply of
GOODS, (unable to the prefenl season, lay the
Audio, (I,tot. Robinlon, which makes their
afiortrn“nte- umlop,,
Savannah Dec. 6. 79.
Git.NET fc? BROTHERS.
Inform their friends and the public , their fore on
the Bax being br ut they h ive mooed to St
Ji l 1 an-St r£t r . almoji ohpofite the Mar k
-Ir, cohere they have on Extcnfve Afortment
oj frejit Imbort and buropean and India
G O O D S,
Suitable to the ft ,son, which they will fell low for
CaJ/i. or country produce, by llholfi/c, or Re
tail: Such as
OUPERFIN “I cloths and caflirn rs, coarse
O md fine I'wanfdowns, coatings, flannelsand
(urges ; negro plains, feudal cottons, duffil and
rose blankets, fhaloons, ratine's, moreens,
tabor -ens, durants, ca'ltmancoes, ruffels, cam
bazetts, catnbJets, velvets, thicksets, fatinets,
princes cords, janes,dimities, Dutch, India and
English lu'.eftrings and tabetics, wide vertians,
Ft ntch and English (ilk (bawls, muslin do. a
great variety of chintfes and callicoes, fat in
ribbons, line plain and tamboured book, and
jaconet mnfhns, worked cravats, heft English
ftik. plated, and patent (lockings, cotton and
fir.” worded do. French & Iriib linens, twilled
modes, t la k Barcelona handkerchiefs, linen
and cotton do. silk high top buttons, flat do.
bobbins, tan'*, twill, (owing-ink, coloured
thread, and iniet, iilk binding, -aloons, fur
and kid gloves, romals, India bandatmoes.
coat lr and fine b"d tick*n, a.id bed cords, fine
sntl coarse sh >"s, cambricks, la; ‘*, and edging,
and many utb :. articles, too aumerous to men
tion here : Also, 3 lew calks of RUM and
G 1 N T , and 3 fe>.y thoufmd weight of CHEESE
Savannah, December 6. 79th
lilOivlAS SMITH,
ISM IS leave to inform his Friend*, in Town
) and Country, that (trice the fire, hulias
opened a Store <<ll the Bay. in Major Harden’*
ra •of buildings, nearly oppofitethe Merchants
(3 Planters Coffee-Houfe— kn& having laved a
ecu tdeialth par* off his Dry Goods from the
.Devaluation, tog*.Vr with a large Ailortnent
jut: srr wh. by the Trvall from England and,
the Apollo from .New-York, makes his affor.-
uv t nearly as general as before-, and which he
will fell on hi* uftal low terms.—He trulls
that the dilUnce from the renter of the Citv,
wiil not prevent h s Friends coming to his (lore
as usual. The Articles he has jult received,
principally consists of th\ following, vie.
Superfine and (rcond Broadcloths.
5 00 pieces Mnflins, generally aflbrted.
u-yths and n-pbs (u per fine Counterpanes,
p! in it'd ‘ringed.
Superfine $-4 Ik* Cotton sheeting.
A large auoruneni of P.omal, Policat, Lawn,
Bordered, V'jnty, coloured and French Hand
kerchiefs.
3-4 hs* 7dths, and j-yths IGd Ticking.
8-4' hs. d-4 ’s. 9 yths, 10-4'hs and 10-4 Bed
Bunts, with holders and ti pillows complete,
too S lk Umbrllas.
Oil i afe Hat covers.
An Ass irttnent of’Cherks. & English Humhums
6 cases Mens. Wont ns md Childrens Hats.
Superfine whit*, fca let and red flannel.
White, brownie blue Plains of the best quality.
An afiorttnent of Coating*.
Durants, Callimanco, Shaioons andß,uftrls of a
very fup*rior cjuality,
Callicoes and Chintfes.
Silk, Twist, E'ert it, Buttons and Tapes.
iCOlbs. a (Luted Ounce Thread.
A large assortment or Oznaburgh, wliite, brown
and black Thread, (hoe Thread.
B and Cord*. Marnbro- and l i(h Lines, Chalk do.
A general Assortment of Cordage.
Oznaburgs, German Rolls and Rulha Sheeting.
CamUets and camblct Cloaks.
Scarlet and Bath Coating Cloaks.
A large assortment of Books, a catalogue of
which may be seen at his ltorc.
B'*d(ides, and 44ths Carpeting.
An assortment of Hosiery.
N *groCaps and Stocking*.
Pins and a larg* assortment of Needles.
Ton of fad Irons.
1000 Iron Pots and (killets of every Dimenfron.
Chaffing Dishes of different lize.
A largequantity of Waggon Boxes.
IK-*, Axes and other Plantation tool*
too M. Saddie Tacks and Br.-ds, all size.
Saddle Bofles, Webbs, A oth -r laddie furniture.
An assortment of Locks and othet Hardware.
A.: o( which he will fell very low tor Cash.
Th *le who v. ifh to,purebafe by wholesale,
Jhal! oe supplied onthever-* lowvft advance.
l>ec,9. 79*
Columbian Gc,
GFORGE RALSTON,
Being favoured with part of the Store of Mcfrs.
Loving iS Seaver, under the Bluff,-
HAS opened anumberof ufeful and iealonable
G GODS:
Where he will thankfully serve any who wish
to favour him with their cullom.
S vannah, 8 8o
For Sale,
On Term very F-afy to the Purehafcr :
3000 Acres of Land, by ori
ginal lurvey,iu M'Tntofn County ; One Thou
sand Acres of good Iwamp, and the remainder
Provision and Timber Land ; Two Hundred
Acres of the I wamp is under excellent bank,
which, together with about One Hundred
Acres of Provision Land, all under fence and
planted this year, forms a Plantation with ma
ny conveniences. Oa the Plantation is a good
Dwelling-Houle, Water Machine with twelve
Peftl"s, and other out Buildings, in complete
Order ; and the Rice Fields, commands three
very large Reservoirs.—Vessels of 150 barrels
of Rice burthen, can load within a mile of it ;
in a Creek, where, a Saw-mill may be advan
tageoully erctled, and which (together with
the Refcrvoirs) makes a Crop perledlly fecurc
in any season.
For further particulars, apply to George
Woodruff, Elq- in Savannah, or on the Planta
tion, to
JOHN FI. M’INTOSH.
December 9. 10-ts
To be Sold,
On the 23 d of January next ;
All the Household Property
of the Estate, and at the House of the late
John Houstoun, Elquire.
Conditions Calh.
December 9. 80.
THOMAS RHODES,
Has juf opened for file at the Store lately occupied
by Mr. James M'lntosh, Watt’s Buildings.
NAILS, 2od; tod. Bd. 6d. 5 & 4(l. Broad
Hoes, narrow do. Grubbing do. Mattocks,
Failing Axes, Broad and Club do. Socket
Spades. Hooks and Hinges, Frying Pans. Brick
layers and Pl.iifterers Trowels, Grid Irons,
Whip Saws, Mill do. Hand and Tennant do.
Parlour and Kitchen Fire-dogs, Brass Walk
Kittles, Short, Barr Lead, Gun Powder,
Paints & Oil, Spirits Turpentine, Rice Sieves,
Assortment of Carpenters Tools, do. of Coop
ers ; Soap and Candles, White Plains, Blur
Strouds, London and Bristol Duffil Blankets,
8-4 9-4 10-4 Rofedo, White Flannel, Seamens
Great Coats and Jackets; Humhums, Hyfonand
Souchong Tea, Oznaburghs, and a variety of
‘ihrr Articles in the IRON MONGERY and
GROCERY LINE, which lie will dispose ol
at a low ptice lei CASH.
Savannah, December 6. 79. 41.
SALES at AUCTION.
On THURSDAY, the 15th instant, will be
SOLD at. theSubfcribcrsStore, fur the bene
fit of the Underwriters.
One Bale WOOLLENS,
Confiding of Plains and Blankets, damaged in
the ihip Role, Cspt. Hill, from London
A L S V,
A considerable quantity of Broadcloths, co
loured and white Plains. Blankets, Flannels. &c.
and a variety of HARDWARE, consisting of
Nails, Hoes, Axes. Hinges, Bolts, &c.
J. D. DICKINSON, Auction""r.
Savannah, Dec. 6. ci).
w A N T E D t
TO purchase or rent, a spot of ground fron
ting the Bay—apply to ANDREW ANTHO
NIE’S ftoreon the Bay, opposite Mr. Bolton’s
time. Savannah, Dec. 6.—i*t*.
£s3* The SHI P~
/NGfTSi 3L’ General Lincoln ,
fAoiy ROBERT LAWRANCE
<M> Master,
v: 1 ’ GUf ‘# Is hourly expeeled
from New-York, and will proceed direst for
Liv-rpool—Slie will take Cotton or other light I
freight, if application is soon made ; for which
01 raffage, apply to
EWING & AH CALL,
W HO have juf received by the Br ic TRYALL,
from Greenock, and assortment if
O/NABURCS, Hats,
Check Handkerchiefs, Negro Caps,
Printed do. Nails,
White Checks, Copperas,
I Thread', Pipes,
Irish Linens, Scots Coals and heft
Hofirry,* London bottled porter
Also, a few’ Puncheons Ncw-England RUM
Which they will fell on a very moderate
advance for prompt payment.
Savannah, December 6. 79. gw.
For New-York,
The handfomrly accomrao-
SCHOONER
HUNTRESS,
J OHN Wasson, Master :
Will fail on Thursday, the Bth inst.—For
Freight or Passage, apply to the Captain, at
Telfair's Wharf, or
Richard Dennis,
Who has on hand, for Sale,
Holland Gin by the Pipe,
Sherry Wine,
Country Rum,
Sugar, pr. hhd. and bbl
Molasses,
Salt,
Pilot and ship Bread,
Superfine flour in whole and halfbbl.
Prime and Cargo Beef,
Cheese, Powder, Bar Lead, &c. &c.
Dec. 6. 79- t
PHILADELPHIA, November 21.
AUTHENTIC.
Translation of a note from the Minister
of the French Repub ic, to the Secre
tary of State of the United States.
Legation o f Philadelphia.
THE underligned minister plenipo
tentiary of the French Republic, now
fulfils to the Secretary of State of the
United States,a painful but facredduty.
lie claims, in the name of American
honor, in the name of the faith of trea
ties, the execution of that contrast which
allured to the United States their exig
ence, and which P rance regarded as the
pledge of the inoft sacred union between
two people, the freed upon earth : in a
word, he announces to the Secretary of
State the resolution of a government,
terrible to its enemies, but generous to
its allies.
It would have been pleaftng to the un
derfilled ininiiter plenipotentiary to
have only to exprHs, on the present oc
casion, the attachment which his govern
ment bears to the American people, the
vows which it forms for their prosperi
ty, for their happiness. His heart,
therefore, is grieved at the circumstan
ces which itnpofe upon him a different
tafle. With regret he finds himfclf com
pelled to fubihtutc the tone of reproach
for the language of friendfhip. With
regret also his government ttas ordered
him to take that tone ; but that very
friendfhip has rendered it indifpcnfible.
Its obligations, facrcd to men, are as sa
cred to governments; and it a friend,
offended by a friend, can justly com plain,
the government of the United States,
after the undersigned minister plenipo
tentiary shall have traced the catalogue
of grievances of the French Republic,
will not h>e furprized to fee the Execu
tive Directory, inanifefting their too
just difeontents.
When Europe rose up against the Re
public at its birth, menaced it with all
the horrors of war and of famine 5 when
on every fide the French could not cal
culate upon any but enemies, their
thoughts turned towards America; a
sweet sentiment then mingled itfelf with
thole proud sentiments which the pre
sence of danger and the defne of repelling
it produced in their hearts. In Ameri
ca they saw friends. Those who went
to brave tempests and death upon the
ocean, forget all dangers in order to in
dulge the hope of visiting that Ameri
can continent where, for the firft time,
the French colors had been difpiayed in
favor of liberty. Under the guarantee
of the law of nations, under the protec
ting fhacle of a solemn treaty, they ex
petted to find, in the ports ot the Uni
ted States, an asylum, as fureas at home ;
they thought, if I may use theexpreffion,
there to find a second country. The
French government thought as they did.
Oh ! hope worthy of faithful people, how
haft thou been deceived ! So far trom
offering ro the French thefuccours which
friendfhip might have given without
compromitting it ,the American govern
ment, in this rdbeft, violated thelettet
of treaties.
The 17th article of the treaty of ami
ty and tommerce of 1778, Hates, that
French Vessels of war, and those ol the
: United States, as well as thole which
shall have been armed for war by indi
viduals of the two dates, may freely
conduC. where they please the prizes
| they lhallhave made upon their enemies,
without being, fubjeC to any admiralty
or other duty ; without the laid vessels,
on entering into the harbours or ports
of France, or of the United States, be
ing liable to be arrested or seized, or the
officers of those places taking cognizance
of the validity of the said prizes: which
may depart and be conducted freely and
in full liberty to the places expressed in
their commilfions, which the captains
of the said vessels shall be obliged to ihew;
and that on the contrary, no shelter or
refuge shall be given to those who shall
have made prizes upon the French or
Americans ; and that if they Ihoulcl be
forced by ltrefs of weather or the danger
of the lea to enter, they shall be made to
depart as soon as possible.
In contempt of these stipulations, the
French privateers have been arrested in
the United Slates as well as their prizes;
the tribunals have taken cognizance of
the validity or invalidity of those prizes.
It were vain to feekto juftify thele pro
ceedings under the pretext of the right
of vindicating the compromitted neu
trality of the United States. The fads
about to be stated, will prove that this
prete’xt has been the fourcc of (hocking
pcrfecutions against the French priva
teers, and that the condud ot the federal
government has been but a leries of vio
lations of the 17th article of the treaty
of 1778.
On the 4-th of August, 1793, a circu
lar letter of the Secretary of the Treasury
was lent to all I
d°opid
armaments in favour of the beliioA, if! ’
powers. These regulations immedial I
ly acquired the force of l avv> acd
agents of the government and the ‘r'bvZM
als concurred in their execution. TheMr
gave them a retrofpeftive effect aiß
caufed to be seized, in the ports
United States, the armed vessels a flK
prizes which had come in prior to
time. But even before these
Mens, adopted by the President, tus<S|
tabhftied any rule whatever upon tfl
prohibition of armament# the tribuna®
bad already, by order of tfie go vermin n B
alfumcd the cognizance of prizes r - ,S|
by French vessels. (No. 1.) Onel
the predecessors of the ‘underligned prefl
teffed against this, bcu in vain.
tribunals itill continued their profecu®
tions. •
On the 3d of December, 1797 till
President aiked of congress a
firming the measure contained in the*t3
ter trom the Secretary of the Treasury!
above mentioned. (No. 2.) This la\|
was palled the sth of J une, 1794. \Vha|
was its relult l In confequenoe of thi®
law, the greater part of the French privaß
teers have been arrested, as well as thel|
prizes, not ujion forma! depositions no|
upon eftablilhed testimony, not upon ®
neceliary body of propts, but upon th®
fimpie information of the confui of or.®
oi the powers at war with the Frond®
Republic, frequently upon that of failor®
of the enemy powers, sometimes accord®
ing to the orciers ot the governors, but®
often upon the demand of the diftrieft®
attornies, vvjho assert, upon principles a-B
vowed by the government, (No. 3) that®
their convidiots was fufficient to autho
rize them, without complaint or regular
information, to cause the privateers to
be profecutcd in virtue of the law above
mentioned (No. 4.)
When the ministers of the'republic
have aiked j office of the government for
the vexations experienced by thepiiva
teers, in contempt of the 17th article of
the treaty, they have never been able to
obtain fatisfadftion.
Thus, when on the 9th Frucfidor, 3d
year, (26 August, 1704) the predeceflor
of the underfignedaddreffed a complaint
to the government on this fubjett, the
(ecrcrary of state answered, on the 3d
September, 1704, by phrase indicative
of delay.
Thus, when the fame minister, on the
27th Vendemiaire, 3d year, (17ch Octo
ber, 1794) reminded the secretary of
(cate of the means he had propoied to
him, for putti ig an end to the meafure*
adopted against the French privateers;
when he caufcd him to fee that this
means, which confitt in requiring secu
rity from those who claimed the prizes
! as illegal, would prevent the enemies oi
■ the Republic from instituting so many
suits, of which they themfelvcs perceived
the injustice ; he obtained no other an
swer than that his propofitien relative
to securities was inadrniflible.
When on the 13th Floreal, 3d, year,
the fame minister expressed himfelf in
these terms, in a letter to the feeretary
: of state : “ You have alledg.ed, fir, that
the executive of the United States can
not interfere in the affairs of which the
tribunals have taken cognizance. In
admitting this objection for all the busi
ness now’ in suit, 1 do not the lcfs think
that your government could, by general
measures, bring back the jurisdiction of
tl.c American tribunals, concerning
prizes made by our vessels, within the
limits preferibed by our treaties, which
make part of the fuprrme law oi* the land;
It might make known that the facility
with which your courts oi admiralty ad
mit, without dillindtion, all the chicane
ry which our enemies create against us,
in the present war, is evidently contrary
to the spirit of the treaty.” The go
vernment paid no attention to these re
flections, and the anfwcr of the secretary
of slate merely notices the particular
fa ft which had occafioacd the note of
Citizen Fauchet.
What was the undersigned minister
plenipotentiary able to obtain in the af
fair of the Calliusand of the Vengeance *
Nothing.
The government of the United State*
mud have seen, however, by the claim*
which the ministers of the Republic ad
dressed to it, and by the great number
of fads, of which it has had a knowl
edge, how much the execution of the
measures of the President, and of the
law of the qth June, 1794, was contra
ry to the 17th article of the treaty ;
how much the agency of the tribunals,
who ought not have any cognizance of
the validity or invalidity of prizes, ten
ded to annul that article, and to deprive
the Republic of the advantage which
it allures to her. In fait, was it net
No. 80.