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339 jtftufesk ON VARIETY. I'll livfe nb more single, but get me a wife lor change, lays poor I’om, is the comfort of life. A wife then he got, and no mortal could be, A few weeks after Marriage, more happy than he. But when children and squalling began to in crcafe And aloud scolding doxy molested his peace, I wilh in my heart I was quit of my wife | lor change, lays poor Tom, is the comfort of life. ANECDOTE 1. An Indian chief being alkcd his opinion of a calk of Madeira wine, presented to him by an officer, laid, he thought it a juice extra&ed from women’s tongues aad lion’:! hearts ; for after he had drank a bottle” of it, he laid, hi could talk Jot ever , and fight the devil. Lawyer* and chambermaids, said a wicked young fellow, are like Balaam’* ass, they never speak unlcf* they fee an angel. u* mam m mti+mik ‘HWcmiu “GEORGE” R A LSTON, Being favoured with part of the Store of Mejfrs. Loring 13 Seaver, under the Bluff, HAS opened a'number of utefuland lcafonable G O ODS: Where he will thankfully serve any who wifii to favour him w'ith their cuflom. Savannah, December 8- So ‘.James Wallace &? Cos. HAVE removed their Goods tothc red Store, •n T.\ylor iS Miller’s Wharf, facing the Bluff, where they will tranfaft Bufiaefs as|ufual. Dec. 79. Edw. C? Cl. STEBBINS, B KGS leave to acquaint their friends, and the public in general, that they have opened their Stove at the corner of JSroughten-ltreet, facing the Well Commons, at the house occu pied by Mrs. Polock. And having received an additional fupplv of GOODS, luitablc to the pre fern season, try the Apollo, Capt. Robinson, which makes their assortment complete.. Savannah Dec. 6. 79. STATE of GEORGIA, City of Savannah. By John Y. Noel, Mayor of the City of Savannah. PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, there is season to fufpeft that this City has been designedly set on FIRE, in several instances, fincc the 23th of November last. To bring the perpetrators of such dreadful a£ls, to speedy punifhinent, and to prevent a repetition of such attempts —I do hereby with the consent of the City Council, <if r a reward of ONE THOUSAND DOL LARS, to any person who will give informa tion of any person or persons, that may have been concerned in any luch attempt, to be paid ©n convitti*n of such person rr persons. And it is hereby earnestly recommended to the In habitants that they be watchful in their Yards and Out-H iufes, that any firtuTe attfimor* of a ftmilar nature, may be fruilrated. Given under fay hand and .be fed of the Corporation of Savannah, this ei'+hth day oi December ; jn the year of our lord, cite thouTltid seven hundred and ninety-fix, and i.i the twenty-firfli year ol th- Sovereignty and Ind ’pende.icc of the Uuited States of America. JOHN Y. NOEL, Mayor. My the Mayor , Thomas Pitt, City Clerk. The Subfcliber, INFORMS his friends and the public, that he has hired Saunders, and that he intends car rying on the HAIR DRESSING BUSINESS, as formerly, in a fiaop how building, where his former one flood. t. DAUGHERTY. Savannah, Dec. 6. FOR SALE, A Chaise and Sn/key y Enquire of the Printers. December 13. n.Bl. FOR SALE, That Valuable Traft of L A N D, SITUATE on Argyle Ifiand (about Nine miles from Savannah, by water) originally granted to John Race, Esq. deceased, found to contain on a Re-lurvey, 378 Acres ; four •ctes of which is contained in two Knowls, one of them being fufficicntly large for a settle ment, and fafe from common Freshes, the rest Prime Swamp, on an excellent pitch ofTidc- The above tvaft is bounded North by the Plan, tation of Richard Wayne, Esq. South by the Plantation ol Mr. Wm, Williamson, and East and Weft by the branchej of Savannah River. For further particular, apply to CALG, MACLEOD & Cos. Where a Plat of the Re-survey may be seen. Savannah, July 2. * law.tff GEOIVGIA, } Bv Edward White, Register of (l. s.) y ‘Probates for the county of Ed.Whit*.\ Chatham, in the Rate afore faid. WHEREAS, Henry Putnam, of the city of Savannah, merchant, bath made •ppiication to me for Letters of Administra tion on the Estate and Kffe&s of Seth Crane, late •qthe lame place drerai'd. Thtfe are therefore,to cite and admonish all and Angular, the Kindred and Creditors of the said S-tn Crane, deceased, to be and appear before me at my office in Sa vanna , on the 26th day of December next, . , cause, ilauy they have, why Letters of Adminiftra ton Ihould not be granted him. Given under my hand and leal, at Savannah, the sbth day of November, in the year of our Lmd 2706, and in th* till year of American lu*Upendcue. Columbian iHufcitm, &c. ROBBERY. ON the night or the morning after the firft fire, the desk taken out of the Store of Mr, William Kinder, was broke open, and therefrom taken, about EIGHTY DOLLARS in Cafti, also the fubferibers pocket book, con taining several Notes and due Bills, and other papers of no ufc to any person but himfelf ; likewise a receipt of Mr. John Cunningham, to William Finder, for Three Hundred and Eighty-five dollars & ten cents, (mentioned in said receipt for part payment of the boat Chance.) Any person giving information of the Cash and papers above mentioned, so that they may be had, or the offender or offenders brought to justice, shall be liberally rewarded. I have sundry Goods now in my pofleffion, which was taken out of Mr. Finder’s store, on the night of the fire. The owners thereof, are requellcd to call on the fublcriber, south end of the Court-houfr, and receive them. CLEMENT W. ANDERSON. Savannah, Dec. 16. 11.82. Strayed on the morning of the Bth infl. a chefnut sorrel MARE, 4 years old last spring, her ears trimmed clbfe, and her fore top cut short, branded cn the near shoulder I. R. or I. B. has a small white spot on one of her fhouldcrs, and gaulcd with the geers on her right fide and thigh, trots and canters, had a small bell on when Ihe went away. Two Dollars Reward will be given, and all rcifon able charges paid, on delivering said Mare to Mr. Porter, or JOHN LITTLE, Living in Yatuacraw. December 16. 41.8 a. Five Dollars Reward. RUN-away from the fubferiber, on Mon day the 28th ultimo, a Negro Fellow, na med Friday, lately purchased of Mr. Ebenezer Jackson, and formerly owned by Mr. Cofhma Pollock. As he is well known in and about this city, any further defeription is unnecessa ry. Any person delivering him to the fob feriber, or the goaler of this county, shall be entitled to the above reward. MATTHEW JOHNSTON. Savannah, Dec. 16. n.82. The Subscribers will be very much obliged, if the French Gentleman, who took their File of Papers, during the firft fire, into his custody, (but whose name and relidcnce isforgotton) will have the goodnefsto returnit. DUNKLEY & SMITH, Who have for hire, a young Negro Wench, who is very steady, a good plain Cook, and works well with her Needle. ■Savannah, Dec. 13. U.Bl-4L The Subscriber from Charlef tOn, intends carrying on the COOPERAGE BUSINESS, in this place, he takes this method of soliciting employment in his line, and flat ters him&df, hi* attention will give fatisfa&ion . DAVID MANNERS, Who wants to hire, one or two Fellows, who uhderftand the above Bufuief*. December 16. 4L 82. ‘Twenty Dollars Reward. ABSENTED himfelf from his mafter* fer vic.c, on Tuctdav the 27th of September, a MULATTO FELLOW,called 808, a wait ing Man. and used to taking care of Horses. H • A about 5 feet, 6or 7 inches in height, ra ther likely and well made ; has a bushy head of hair, which he generally wears p'aited. As bo was purchased from Mr. John Chviftran Smith, he ufttally calls himfelf Bob or Robert Smith. It is reported that he has been teen in Savannah. Whoever will deliver the said Fel low to Mr. Caig in Savannah, or to the fubferi ber in CbarlefLon, lhall receive the above Re ward and all reasonable charges. Alexander Edwards , Oftobcr 1 tth. 68-sf a Plantation, On the Salts: SITUATED on Red Bird Creek, ©ppofite the Island of Olfabaw, and within three miles of Hardwick, fnrveyed upwards of 40 ■ years ago, containing 1076 Acres ; 130 of it is cleared ; a considerable part of which is fenced in. This land is Very fmtable for Cotton, In digo or Provision : Also for Lumber, having two convenient landings. On the premife* aie a Dwelling House and sundry other buildings. Apply near Savannah, to Richard Wylly. Nov. 15. 74** st. CAPITAL SAW-MILLS. following very valuable property, is JL offered for Sale. Eight thousand four hundred acres of LAND in Winton County, South-Carolina, on a creek called the New Three Runs, with the valuable Saw 3 Grist Mills thereon. The latter procure by toll a . large quantity of Grain, the former witli prop er management, wilt cut on an average, four thousand five hundred feet of inch boards per day. Four Saws are worked at present, and the stream is so abundant as to admit of several more being put up, and constantly employed to advantage. Tliefe Mills have been lately re built by an excellent Mill Wright, and arc in finitely fupelior to any in the Southern States. Their working is never impeded by frefhes or want of water. Rafts of 30,000 feet are, and larger may be, brought from thetoouth of the Runs to Savannah, in fix days. Persons dil pofed to purchase, w ill please to apply to G AIRDNERS Sc MITCHEL. Savannah, December (5. 79. Was delivered to the Sub fciiber by a Negro Fellow, from Mr. Ncth erclift’s Plantation, a Black Ilorfe, about 14 hands high, bushy Mane and Tail, with a white Star in his forehead, a chain round his neck with a bell rove through it, alio a small old Brass Lock. The Owner is desired to apoly to JOSEPH HILL, at the Sign of the Ship. Savannah, Due. 13. So-iat. A valuable Rice Plantation^ TO BE SOLD, By the Commiffioneh of Columbia Acade my . A VALUABLE traft of Land Sc Rice Plan tation, well improved, lying on Grcat- Ogeeche, fifteen miles from Savannah, former ly the propery of Sir James Wright, called Sandy Hill Plantation, containing lour hun dred and fifty acres, part tide Swamp, and a dwelling House, forty five feet by thirty, with two brick chimneys, a kitchen and walhing house with brick chimnies, alio a good Sta ble and carriage house : For terms apply to James Jones, Esq. of Savannah, or either of the underwritten Commissioners, who will gi-ve immediate pofieffion of the premifrs, and will make a good title to the purfchafrr, on com pliance with the terms. lithe above men tioned Land, is not folil before the fifteenth day of January next, it will then be fold at Public Auction at Louisville, to the highelt bidder. W. FEW, A. MARSHALL, JAMES M’NEIL, Commissioners of Columbia Academy. Dec. 16. }<jv. The Subscriber having luf fered very considerably by the late tires, re queits all those indebted to him, to make as early payfnents as pofTtbfo, at his store, next door,;to Mcilrs. Hamilton and Hartridgc, in Duke street, near the -Market square. J. T LAWRANCE. Savannah, 13th Dec. 1796. n.Bl. BOSTWICK HOwif INFORM the Public, that they carry on the SHOE MAKING Business, at their Ifcop adjoining Mr. Htllh Tavern, in Market-fquarc, wliere may be bad Boots, Bootees, Mens lined and bound Shoes, wholesale or retail, Womens Morocco and Stull Shoes, Negro Shoes, by the pair or quantity—all which will be fold as low for Cash, as can be purchased in the city. Savannah, Dec. 6. 7^, For Sale, On Terms very Easy to the Purctiafer ; 3000 Acres of Land, byori ginalfurvey, in M‘lntofti County ; One Thou -I'and Acres of good swamp, and the remainder Provision and Timber Land; Two Hundred Acres of the swamp 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. On the Plantation isa good Dwelhng-Houfe, Water Machine with twelve Pestles, 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 tageously erefted, and which (together with the Reservoirs) makes a Crop perictlly fecurc in any season. For further particulars, apply to George Woodruff, Esq. in Savannah, or on the Planta tion, to • JOHN FI. M’INTOSH. December 9. 10-ts FOR SA LX The Plantation Laurel Hill , JOINING Ogechee Caufewav, contain ing 960 Acres Rice Swamp, moreorlefs : for ■ merly the property of Sir James Wright. For ; further particulars, apply at Mr. William Spen . ccrs, to ‘ DAVID AIKIN. November 18. 75-ts Tax Collectors Notice. THE fubferiber informs the public, that he is paying constant attendance at his Office year 1796. The law demands said Tax b/ the firft day of December next. PHILIP MILLEDGE, t. c. c. c. Savannah, tad November, 1796. Danl. Jno. Greene, Inform* his Friends and the Public, that hehas- Conaraenced the Factorage and Commission Business , On Clarke’* Wharf—And flatters himfelf, from his attention and punctuality, to merit allure ! of public favours m that line. Oftober 7. 63-ts William Lamb, HAS FOR SALE , The following Articles at hi* Store bcldw the Bluff: COrdage, well alforted, White Rope, do. Oars from 1 * to 18 feet long, for Boats, Prime.Beel and Pork, in barrels, Herrings in do. Northward Rum in Puncheons, Holland Geneva in Pipes, 1 Teneriffe Wine, in do. ’ Malaga do. in Qr. Calks., very goad, i Spermaceti Candles, pr. Box, Mould and Dipt do. pr. do. Turpentine Soap, pr. do. j Chocolate, brft quality, pr. dot. Pilot Bread in Barrels, Loaf and brown Sugar, Linseed Oil pr. Barrel or Gallon, Bricks, a few thousand, Tubs, alforted fixes, , Sugar Boxes, alforted in nests, Wooden meafores, half bushel to half peak, Log and other line* for velfclJ use. Sewing Twine, Time Glades, Blocks, alforted. Green Sc Sky Blue Paint, in one pound pot*, Nail*, 4d, lod and ao penny, Pump Tacks and feupper Nails, St. ÜbesSalt by the bufhej or larger quantity Savanuah, Nov. 8 7-tf. PUBLIC AUCTION; Tuesday, the 12th Jay of January next at the Merchants (£ Planters Coju-Houfe freafely at one o'clock — J • , r y WILL be fold the Schoonci Ha* L PHCEN Ix, ///tKAL 60 l6s P register, P ro P ert y of the late Capt. Christopher. Whi, PL£ dcc Aod, v, ith her tackle and’ apparel as (he now lies at Axkx. Watt’s, Wharf—The inventory may be seen, and conditions known tiny time be fore the fair, at the fubferibers (lore. Ail persons having demsnds against the estate of the late Capt. Christopher Whipple deceased :tTe desired to render them in properly authen ticated, and all thole indebted, are requested to make payment immediately. EDW. SWARBRECK, Admin if fator. Savannah, gth December, 1796. bw.l* Affkr The SHI F ‘ /■■'ft't'fpM General Lincoln t ftVPL ROBERT LAWRANCE Mait a a , SV. .Is hourly expected from New-York, and will proceed direst lor Liverpool—She will takeCottoft or other light freight, if application is soon made ; for which or passage. apply to PAVING & NBC ALL, W 11 0 have j xfl received by the Brig TRYALL from Greenock, and assortment q/’ * OZNABURGS, Hats, * Check Handkerchiefs, . Negro Caps, Printed do. Nail*, White Checks, Copperas, Thread, Pipes, Irifii Linen*, Scots Coals and best Holicry, London bottled porter Also, a few Puncheons New-England RUM Which they will fell on a very moderate advance for prompt payment. Savannah, December 6. eg, o jW For AMSTERDAM, The SHIP (Sm P E G G Y, B 2D ’ CoTTLS Mi*f ter, who has- good aecom modations for a few Palfeti gers if applied for before the 25th Cur rent. Apply to the Master on Board at Bolton’s wharf. Bth Dec. 1796. Sheriff’s Sale. On Tuesday the 3 d day of January next will be fold by public outcry, at the Court-House in this city, between the hours of t-O and 3 o'clock, TEN NEGROES, Seized under execution as the property of Ma cartan Campbell, Esq. decealcd,- All that Island called Great Wafliw, containing 1080 acres, more or left, situate eastward on the sea, weft on Ruitmey Marshes, north on Little Tybee, with the im provements thereon, in poffeflion of Mr. Willi am Wall, seized under execution as the pro perty of Josiah Tatnall, jun. Esq. and Mr. William Wall. Conditions cash. T. NORTON, s. e. e. Savannah, December a, 79. SHERIFF’S SATES. To be Sold on the firfl Tuesday, in January next, at the Court-House, in the’ town of St. Marys, in Camden County, the following, 7040 Acres bounded North, by Sheftall’s land, East by land belonging to John Ferries, on all other tides by the waters of Back, Crooked, and Cumberland River, seized tinder execution, as the property of John Ferric, at the suit of John Parker, also, 700 Acres Hammock swamp, and Pine Land in said County, bounded South- Weft and; South-East, by land of Thomas Cry er, East by Ambrose Gorden, and all other sides by land vacant at the rime of survey. 200 Acres bounded on all (ides by land of Jacob Wied, and James Sca grove, seized under execution, as the property of Daniel Miller, at the suit of William Simp son, a l so, 1647 Acres in five Traifls, in said County of Camden, seized under exe cution, as the property of Samuel Smith, at the suit of William Johnllon. Conditions cash. R. M‘GILLIS, S. C. C. St. Mary*, December 6. 79 .qot. To be Sold, Qn THURSDAY, the 2 td day of December next, at the Wharf of the Subscriber s : The Personal Estate of Capt. Aoustus Rogers, deceased, confiding of One Moiety, or Half part of the Schooner Com merce of Charleston, burthen7s ion*Bs-gsths, together with a like part of her Sails, Cablet, Anchor*, Boat, Tackle and Apparel—Five Negro Men, viz. Every, Tom, Joe, Peter and Will; one Negro Boy. Peter —Some Wearing Apparel, Quadrant, Liquor Case, two Trunk# and a Chest. Condition*. CASH. The Creditors are requested to fend in their Account*, properly attested, and those ixdcbtcA to make immediate Payment, to. JOHNSTON, ROBERTSON & Cos. Aim. ‘i jlruUrs. Savannah, Nov. it. The Creditors of Joiim M‘Qu£XM, Esq. of St. Augustine, are requtft ed to fend in a state of their demands, to Mr. CharLe* Harris, Savannah, -who w:L forward them to the fubferibers, authdnlcd to make known his ptMpofals lor a ffnal fot ileuicut df hi* Debts A Tun no, ? Attorneys. 1. S ’ Dn*. tg. *‘ tf ** No. 82.