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Just Arrived,
And for Sale, on board the Schooner Martha, the
following Arttc/es :
43. 200 Weight of India .Sugar.
5 Tons of Ruilin lion.
5 Tons of Swedes Iron.
lOj Pieces India Cottons.
150 Pair of Womens Slippers.
For purticul.u s apply to the Mailer 01 board,
lying at Melirs. johniton and Robertlon’s
Wharf. ‘ Feb. ao-11 20-3L*
NOTIHCA'IION.
* I ‘H E Membris of the Grand Lodge of Geor-
JL gia, and tfie rrfprCtivt Lodges by their
propel Representatives, are delired to attend
at the Long Room 111 the Filature, 111 the City
of Savannah, on Saturday the 3d day of March
next, at 10 o’clock in'the forenoon, being a
Grand (Quarterly Communication..
By order of the Right Worfhipful Grand
Mailer,
WILLIAM BELCHER,
Grand Secretary.
Savannah, February 20. n. 102.
Notice.
ALL persons having demands againil the
eilate of John Howcl Roueits, decealed,
are requeued to pre lent them ; and all persons
indebted to the eilate of the laid dcccaicd, are
likewtfe requeiled to make immediate pay
ment to
HENRIETTA ROBERTS, Afting and
qualified Executrix.
Savannah, February *O, 1798. n.iOa-Bt
Tax Collector’s Sales.
Will be fold on Thursday, the 12 th April next , at
the Courthoufc m the I'own oj St. Mary’s, in
Camden County,
The following Trails of
LAND, situate in laid county; to falisly the
taxes due for 1796, and 1797, and the unears
ot Taxes up to iuid years.
14,000 Acres Pine Barren
Land, granted to Richard Carnes, and tians
frrred by iaidißichardCarnes to George Barker,
‘l ax ao dollars 21 £ cents, and colls.
R. M G ILL IS, c. c.
February 8. 101 lOt.
‘Pax Collector’s sales.
To the Proprietors, Agents, or Trujltcs oj the
following liads and Lots of Land. Jituate and
lying in Camden County— U ill beJotd on idej
day the \\th day Augujl next , at the Court-
House in the town if St Marys, tn fetid County,
for the luxes daejor 179 b & 1797. viz.
15,000 Acres Pine Barren,
Land, grimed to George Ogges.
15,000 Acres ILnc Barren, granted
j u George Nailer.
15,000 Acres Pine Barren, granted
to i. I’. Carnes, tax 114 Dollars He Cents
and colls.
25,000 Acres Pine Barren, granted
to Abner Mitcltel, tax 4$ 1) ollars Cents,
and colls.
89,000 Acres Pine Barren, granted
to James M. Holmes, tax ia Dollars cents.
50 Hammock, on Cumberland uland,
of the fit ll quality, granted to Angus Mackay,
tux 4 Dollars, 9b Ceuts, with coiis.
Lors No, 30 6c 26, in tile town of
91. Mary’s,originally granted to Richard Cole,
deceas’d. Lot No. 31, in laid town, originally
grunted to Nathaniel Alhiv, deceas’d, tax 6
Dollars, i a Cents, with coils.
K. McGiLLIS, C.C.C.
February 8, 1798. n. 102-6111.
REMOVAL^
Thomas Robertson,
HAS removed to Citizen Smith’s New Buil
dings, Market-Square, where he continue., to
carry on the
Vendue Cr Cos mm [[Hon Bujinejs.
He lolicits the patronage oi his friends, and
hopes from attention and punftuaiity, to merit
their confidence.
Jhji received on Conjignment ,
And lor sale very low lor Caih or Produce,
A handsome aifoi tment ot fuperfine, lecond
and Yorkfhirc Cloths ; Caliinieres and Swaul
downs ; tamboured Mullm Aprons ; Ladies
black & coloured Hats, and a lew Reams \\ ri
ting Paper.
January 23. n.94.
To be Rented,
And pojftjjion gvvert on the JirJ} day of fa
rt navy mxt,
A Rice Plantation,
In Mclntofh county, of about 100 acres ol
Rice and Proviiion Land, all under fence,
and planted this year. On the plantation, is a
good dwelling Houle, Barn A Machine. The
present years crop will be fold to the tenant if
ueiircd. ior iurtner particulars apply to the
iubferiber on the plantation.
Wm. Mclntosh, Junr.
November 14. n> 74*
BILL s”
On LONDON and BOSTON,
For sale by
BLivulton C? Hart ridge.
November 7 . n 7 a-tf
ASSIZE of BREAD.
TTnvcn^ AV \ NNA *> February so, 1798.
IK -j 1v *“” luprrhne HOUR, may be purchaf-
U A A 4 , Do ‘ lai * l> pr barrel; therefore,
w TtiUrtir* wci ‘ h ’ ,ib ' 6<,z - ‘■$ dr
to Ske due h n o l tice kCri S ' Um ot Br =* d are
WILLIAM H. LANGE, CityTraafurer.
Columbian JHufeum,
For the MUSEUM.
“ Good name in man or woman
“ I> the immediate jewel of our fouls:
“ l-ho feats my pur ft, feats trajh ; ’tis something,
nothing ;
“ ’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to theu
“ sands.
“ But he who flches from, me my good name,
“ Robs rue of that which not enriches him,
“ And makes me poor indeed.”
SnAKEsriAni’s Othillo.
OF all the causes which have a ten
dency to make focicty unhappy, which
embitter our moft rational pleasures, and
which poison the charms of communica
tive beings; that of defamation is the
moil conspicuous : While pity (hall cx
iftjin the human bread ; e’er the generous
feelings which animate humanity, {hall
ceafc to have place among men; while
virtue (hall have one votary,and be con
sidered as the dignified ornament of hu
man nature —so long will calumny be de
refted. The envenomed tongue of the
iiandercr inflidts wounds the moll treach
erous and cruel, like the dagger of the
a Baffin, it strikes where leait expedted ;
and its innocent but unhappy objedl, of
ten falls a vidtim to the wily arts of the
malicious.
• *d life it is a matter of fome
to reflect, that where men,
’ common confcnt, for their
edition and welfare, have a
* iciatc, in order by the aid of
mts of ail may be more easily
iupphed, and by a reciprocation of good
dikes, make each other happy, and pro
mote the ease and felicity of the whole :
Is it not a matter of allonifhment, that
m such a foil the weed of calumny l’nould
have a fp.mtaneous growth ; and by its
baneful influence deltroy the culture of
the milder virtues ? Yet true it is, how
ever melancholy the refledion, or with
what fmcerity may we deprecate the
consequences of such a vice, that such is
the tact; and the possession of the moft
amiable qualifications which can grace
fociety,or adorn the domefiic circles,can
not insure the pofleflbr of them against
an unfavorable eftiu.aiion in the jaundi
ced eye ot thedefamer, who views fupc
rior merit with a jealous aspect; nor
can it prevent the barbed arrows of de
traction from being shot from the cor
rupt quiver of the slanderer,. against the
objedt of ins aemoniac revenge. The
malevolent disposition so evidently dis
covered by thole who practice defamati
on as a trade, is demonstrative evidence
of the impurity of their hearts. r i race
iource, and lee from what
teg Often from an envi
, frequently from private
K in our expectations or
, occalioned perhaps inno
party defamed : Bui the
a juit foundation, and feafts not “ with
rancorous rapture on the melancholy ca
talogue” of a friend’s diftreftes.—No,
the resentment of a man seeks not to flab
leputation, it demands atonement tor
teal injuries, and takes the moft liberal
means to obtain redress: But the bale
calumniator weilds his stiletto in the
dark, and stabs by surprise his unhappy
object. With what little dignity can
a teeiing and reflecting mind suppose the
person to be pofleffed of ? What virtu
can it to such perion attribute ? C - \
ther would it not presume that the do
raon delamajion had banished from his
votaries every virtue ? and that the bo
som of luch person was a vacuum, where
every grace, feeling, virtue, and honor
was cxrinft—that could fit down in a
cool deliberative moment to entertain a
private, and what ought to be asocial
circle, with a dish of icandal, confiding
of murdered reputations, properly cur up
harfhed, minced, and well fcafoned to the
palate, ready cut and dry, by way of a
lecond course. Who can behold the ma
tron, whole conduct should make good
the old adage, “ example goes farther
than precept,” and to the riling genera
tion exhibit the fair example of the fe
minine \ irtues adorning declining years;
descending from her elevated llation in
focicty to become the retailer of private
scandal, without feeling a mixed emotion
offorrow and indignation, without a
smile of pity and contempt. Ye fair,
who in the bloom of youth and beauty,
are formed to adorn animate creation,
whose smiles can charm the hearts of all
beholders, and make the bitter draughts
of life go down, fuffer yourfeives tube
persuaded that scandal makes more wrin
kles on your brow than that iron hand
of age, that it destroys then.ild infir.uat
ing influence which to you to properly
belong over all, and that it renders you
less beloved, lels revered, less admired,
and far less happy. W hat man, fenfiblc
ot the dignity of his nature, will fuller
hiaifelf to be degraded below the irrati
onal world, by becoming the moll cruel
enemy of his species ? How ungenerous,
unamiable, and cruel, does it appear, to
hear a member of either sex, attempting
to wound the good name of another in
his absence, and condemn him unheard ;
surely such a person must be insensible of
tlie worth of that invaluable blessing cal
led an honest fame, to go to work deli
berately to deprive a fellow creature of
it. All mortality is frail, all are liable
to err ; liberality would view leniently
the faux fas committed by a human be
ing, and not attempt to preserve the pe
rithable remembrance of it, by detailing
the event in the gross, with every ag
gravating circuinftance that rancour
could suggest. One consoling reflection
however occurs, that the fbafts of calum
ny often rebound as from the target of
innocence, and wound the one who hurls
them with such ungenerous malice. Who
can listen with indifference to the calum
niator, without experiencing the reflec
tion, that his own reputation when ab
sent will furnifh the next treat : Indeed
the fubjeft is endless, and has been the
theme of every writer, and a matter of
astonishment to every age. Every honest
man, fays Addison, sets as high a value
upon a good name as upon life itfelf; and
1 cannot but think that those who privi
ly aftault the one, would destroy the
other, might they do it with the fame
security and impunity.
To point out an antidote for so glar
ing and deftrudive a vice, is Ample and
eaiy ; Let the person about to propa
gate scandal, cop fide r for a moment the
odium thrown upon his own charadcr,
as well as the persons about to bespo
ken of, by such calumny. Let such per
son confider, that to defame by pro
pagating the lies of malice, is unmanly,
ungenerous, ignoble, malignant, cruel
and unjust : And lastly, let it ever be
remembered, that the artifice of thebafe
calumniator, to injure the absent, and
his attempts to dim the luftre of anoth
ers name, is the poor resource of a nar
row and ignoble mind, and which damns
the attempt to build a reputation upon
the ruins cf anothers fame.
Every moment of our lives, youth
and beauty, progress to decay ; the vvif
dom and the honors of declining years,
is every day fall verging to the silent
grave ; and in the evening of our lives,
perhaps little comfort will arise from
the consciousness of having traduced the
reputation of others. That calumny
may be banished from society—that its
votaries may be hurled down the ftrearns
of oblivion—that the aged of our sex
may never impair their own dignity, by
becoming retailers of private or public
defamation—and the youth of the fame,
never impair the luftre of their charms,
nor forever forfeit their just claim to
universal refpeft and admiration, by
vilifying anothers name : And that the
other sex may’ never degrade their cha
racters in feciety, by contemptible de
traction, is the vvifh of
EUGENIUS.
PHILADELPHIA, February 1.
Miffs. Clay pooh s t
A mifrepreientation of the traufac
tion which happened yesterday, in the
Houfeof Representatives, between Mr.
on and Mr. Griswold, having been
ib\ died this morning in the Aurora,
. following more correCl statement of
tE fad is handed to you, to prevent
the injury which that mifieprefentation
feetn designed to do the character of an
injured man.
Yesterday, in the House of Repre
sentatives, while the Members were bal
loting for Managers to conduct the Im
peachment of William Blount, Mr. Ly
on, Handing by the Bar of the Houle,
and addressing himfelf to a circle, ot
which Mr. Griswold was one, made
the following observation. — (t T hat the
Reprc(ent3tives in Congrels from the
State of Connecticut, were conducting
in the House in direct opposition to the
wilnes of their constituents—that they
were pursuing their own interell, and
cared nothing about the public—their
object being to obtain offices for them
selves; and that it mattered not wheth
er the office was worth one thousand or
nine thousand dollars ; that the repre
sentatives of that flare were administer
ing opium to their constituents, to lull
them asleep ; and that if he should go
into that itate and take on himfelf the
management of a Printing press, for lix
or twelve months, he could effeCt a revo
lution, change the whole politics of the
flare, and turn out the present Repre
sentatives.”
On which Mr. Grifworld replied to
Mr. Lyon, that he was much mistaken ;
for he could not produce the effeCl if he
should go into Connecticut, or change
the opinion es th mcaneft hoftlcr.
Mr. Lyon fajki he knew the temper
of the people of Connecticut, he had to
fight them in his own diftriCt, whenev
er they came there. Mr. Griswold
asked him whether he fought them with
a wooden fvvord ; upon which Mr. L’
on spit in Mr. Griswold’s face. * ;
Mr. Griswold, from refpeCt to the
House, and being instantly cautioned
by lome ot his friends, reprefled his in
dignation.
The motion to take up the fubjeCt in
the House, was made without the previ
ous knowledge of Mr. Griswold.
Ft cm the Hos oh C entitle/.
T H E DOG S.
[The legislature of Connecticut, having
pafied a salutary law for lellening tl c
number of dogs,, the wits of that itate
have embraced the opportunity to let
off a volcy of small ilnot from theiv
wit-fonreffes.—As the fubjeCt ofdog
taxing is now before our legislature,
the fol!owingy> de ffrit may not be
trial a prop os.
Cc* vent ion of Dogs in Connecticut, Sunday
faniiaiy 7, 1798.
hen the world was wrapt in Hill,
nefs, and the pious and the good were
bending in devotion, the Dogs,as though
drawn by one universal sympathy, ai
feinbled on a mountain near bimfbury
Mines. A silence reigned throughout
the whole aflembly, when Joivicr at
length propoied to chcefe Lion president
tor the meeting : Scrip was appointed
fccretary,— ihe president then opened
the meeting by the following jf etch :
” Brethren of the Canine Race,
We are drawn to this afiembly as bv
the cords of calamity and univeriai dis
tress.—The legislature of a people,
whose doors we have guarded through
the silent watches ot darkness, whole
fields we have protected from thieves
and robbers, and whose persons we hav®
defended againffaffaults and insults, have
cnaCted a law to exterminate our whoi*
species, and ro cut oft'our rank and Han
ding in the animal world. Being now
met, wc have organized our aiiernbiy
for the purpoi'e of foiemn debate, and to
adopt mealures for our fafety. There
fore, Brethren, observe order, and ex
press your minds freely.”
T he fubjeCt thus opened, appeared in
finitely important. Every one of the
afiembly from Jowier down to Whapef,
made a speech.
When the others had done, SneerwclJ,
an old cunning cur, drew the afiembly's
attention by a long and interesting
fpeechification, in which he obferveit,
that “ the aCt of the legislature was not
less cruel than impolitic; not less un
constitutional than unjult. It is true
that fome dogs have been attacked with
a hydrophobia, which may be communi
cated by a bite, by indenting the fkiu
of the affaiied, and mixing the faliv*
with its circulations. But it follows
net from thence, that if the diseased ani
mal be the fubjeCt ol penal laws, that all
the race ot dogs shall be exterminated.
The human race are no less fubjeCt to
madness than ours, and yet they would
confider it highly unjuit to cut off the
innocent with tde guilty. What is it
but madness, that has lately deluged the
European fields with blood ? What is it
but madness that prevents that proud
and profligate creature man, from en
joying the bieffings of liberty, and his
rights, (derived merely by the use of
hands) to universal dominion over other
animals ? What is it but madness, wLick
now involves the United Mates in con
troversy, where there is no room for
contest ?
“ T he distemper among them is com
municated by biting, in the fame manner,
as among us. When Mr. P had
made an imrcenfc fortune by Tennejfee
Lands, he became mad enough to covet
more ; but he realizes, that his wealth
has no enjoyment appurtenant to it.
The disorder spread. Mr. B and
others grew mad for four millions in the
east. The legislature of Georgia became
mad, and fold twelve millions of acres to
Gunn and others. T heir madnels in
creased, until they burnt their own re
cords, disgraced their own government,
and subverted all ideas ot governmental
faith and honr. Some ot their gran
*decs run mad, and bit molt lamentably
Mcflrs. j and W ; Mciirs.
P , 1 and Company ; these run
violently mad, and bit a great number
ot people in Massachusetts ; all these aie
now mad, and trying to bite all who
come with in their reach. Gunn lt
Greenleat; he bit a great number of ti.tf
molt cautious men in Finv Eng hi,sc.
T hcleareall max!. But the noise there
of, like oar fytnpathetic notice* k}
No. 102.