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■ SATURDAY, 0 dober 23, 17^0?] [THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE I AND GAZETTE of the STATE ; FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, rtiall remain inviolate. ConJJitution of Georgia* >■ AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN R. S M I T H, Printer to the State* PJfays* Articles cS Intelligence , Advertisements , &c. will be gratefully received , and every kindof Printing performed. *■ - ■ - ■ • - —1 •• —**—• 1 ■ - GOVERNMENT HOUSE, Augujia, October 14, J79°‘ T HE rank and arrangement of the Mi litia of Effingham coun r y are eftabliih- Cd this day in the following otder : Caleb Howell, Esq. Col. August 24, 17.81. Daniel Howell, Esq Lieut. Gol. Feb. 15, 1785 Benjamin Lanier, Major, Feb. 15, 1785. Firfl Company. John Everett, Esq. Captain, Oft. 9, 1787. William Durrance, Gent. Ift Lieut, do. Aaron Cone, Gent 2d Lieut. do. Second Company*. John Martin Dasher, Esq. Captain. John Kogler, Gent, ill Lieut. Earned Zettrour, Gent. 2d Lieut.. Third Company. Thomas VVylly, Esq. ( apt. June, 1787. Jonathan Rohn, Gent, id Lieut. Matthew Rohn, Gent. 2d Lieut. Fourth Company. John Cope, Esq. Capt. Off. 2, *787:. Christ. Dasher, Gent, id Lieut. May 7,1788. Joseph Wm-. Spencer, Gent. 2-d Lieut. Fifth Company. Clement Lanier; Esq? (apt. Feb. 15, 1785. John Mezele, Gent; id Lieut. Aug. 15, 1785. Walliam Kulhing. Gent. 2d Lieut, do. Sixth Company. Na.hbniel Hr.dfon, Esq (apt. Feb. 15, 1784. William Shepperd, Gent. iff Lieut* June 25, 1788. Henry joice; Gent. 2d Lieut, do. Seventh Company. John Lott, fen. Esq. Capt. Off. 9, 178)’. John Lott, jun. Gent, id Lieut, do. Stephen Miles, Gent. 2d Lieut. do* Eighth Company. John Mickell, Esq. Capt. Oft. 9, 178*7. Thomas Jones Knight, Gent. Ift Lieut, do. John Lanier, Gent. 2d Lieutenant, do. Ninth Company. John M'Call, Efq* Capt. Oftober 9, 1757. William O’Niel, Gent, id Lieut, do. George M‘Call, Gent. 2d Lieut, do. By Order of th> Commander in Chief) J. MERIWETHER, Secretary. • gke* &* efccfrdi'gfosfa LONDON*, August 10. Orders have been signed at the admiralty, and sent off to the different ports of Great- Britain and Ireland, to withdraw the press warrants, and for the officers to return home with their accounts to the board. Whitehall , Augvfi 5, 1790. Thi6 morq -ing one of his Majefty** messengers arrived from Madrid, at the office of his Grace the Duke of Leeds, his Majefly’s principal Se cretary of State for Foreign affairs,- withdif patebes from the Right Hon. Alicyne FitZr Herbert, his Majefty’* Ambassador Extraor dinary and Plenipotentiary at that Court, con taining an account of the following declara tion- and couater declaration having been signed and exchanged, on the 24th of July last, ly his Excellency on the part of his Mijefty, and by his Excellency Count Florida Wane*, Jiis Catholick Majwi'f Minister and Princi pal Secretary of State, on the part of the C»» tholic King. DEC L AHA T 10 N. Hit flritinnick Majefly Ikvlng complained il e uptuie of ciuam n/ty belonging, to GEO R GIA. his fubjefts in the port cf Nootka, filtrated nn the north-weft coast of America, by an officer in the service of the King, the underfigne *, Cbunfellor and Principal Secretary of State to his M.ijefty, being thereunto duly authorized, declares in the name and by tht'Oider of Ins said Majesty, that he is willing to give Ltis faftiem to his firirannick Mijefty for the in jury of which he has complained ; fully pei fuaded that his fard Ikita nick Majesty would aft in the fame manner towards the King un der finular circumstances 4 and his Mujcfty further engages to makt fall reftit ut ion of all the Bricifh veffrls which weie captured at ' Nootka, and to indemnify tVie parties inter efied in thufe vessels for the losses which they lhall have fuflained, as soon as the amount thereof (hall have been afeertained. It beiug. understood that this declaiation is not to preclude or prejudice the ultericrdif cuffioii of any right which his Majesty may claim to form an exclusive eftabiiihment at . the port of Nootka. In witnef# whereof I have signed this, de claration, and feilcd- it with the teal of nvy arms, at Madrid, the 24th of July, 1 79 P. (L. S.) Signed- LA COiYirE FLORIDA BLANCA. COUNTER' DECLARATION. His Catholick Majesty having declared (hat he was willing to give fatisfaftion for the in jury done to the King, by the capture of cer tain vcffels belonging to his fubjefts in the bay of Nootka; and the count de Florida Blanca having signed, in the name and by or der of his Catholic Majesty, a declaration to this effeft, and by which his said Majesty ' likewiie engages to make full reflitution of the vessels so captured, and to indemnify the parties interested in thole vellels tor the losses ' they fliall have fuflaiued, the undei signed Ain , baffador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary cf his Majesty to the King, being thereto duly and exp.refsly authoriied, accepts the said de claration in the name of the King, and de clares that his Majesty will tonlidcr this de , claration, together with the-performance of the engagements contained therein, as a full and entire fatisfaftnon tor the injury of which tirs. Majesty has complained. The underlined declares, at the Tune time, that it is to be understood, that neither the said declaration signed by C urt Florida B'an ca, nor the acceptance thereof by the under signed, in. the name of-the King, -is to pre clude or prejudice, in any 1 efpect, the right which his Majesty may claim to ar.y eftab- Llhmcnt which his fubj-fts may have formed, or fiioub! be desirous ot forming m future, at the said bay of Nootki. In witcefs whereof 1 have signed this Cou nter Declaration, and lc-aied with the leal cf my arms, at Madrid, the 24th ot Ju ly, 1790. (L. S.V Signed ALLAYNE FITH-HERBF&T. SAVA N N A H, Sept. 2]. A letter from tr. Mary’s, daied the io*l> inst. received by a mercantile hoolc in this city the 19th, contain# the following intent* pence, Mi. ** We hive the pleafureto inform vou that tI.C king of Spain has or ered the Gnvtrwou of thf ploii ai not in receive any Negi..e» from the U.inrJ u! Asn.'iu. A* <>l ficer arrived here t:*n days part from the G >»* vernor ©f Eart-Florida, with a prociamat: an to this purport. Enclosed you l>«ve a c<vy of the Governor** orders to his officers cor> manding on the frontiers, which you mar publith, if >ou fee fit, as coming from lan t* Feagrove, llq. Colledor of*St. Mary’s/ lclt' the information lh »uld be doubted.” By a Royal Schedule of the 17'h of la ft May his Spanish Majesty has been pleated to* declare, that the pradice of giving freedom? to Negroes from the United States, who* llniild take refuge in Spanifli territories, iliall* cease for the piefcut; of which I give j*»i notice, that you ffiould so give to uudeiffand to anv Negro who may seek proteflion on this frontier, tit. 2A^gnji % * j;r,o. (signed) JUAN NEPOMACINA DF. QUESADA.* Governor Eall-FluiiJa. DiTcded To the Commanding Ojjictrt on St* Maryj Ri %er t Honda . A U'G U S T A,* GElober 23, * ! Returns of Reprefentaiives . Bjfing&am corny. Elihu Lyman, anATho - * mas Wyllv, Efqra. Liberty count v- pmes OignlPiat, Ferdi-- nand O’Neal, William- M*lniofl»/ and jjiyes* M. Stuart, Efqrs. Franklin county* Captains Houghton and 4 Franklin. On Friday the i j*h inst. the honotable James Iredell, one of the AflWiate Juflices of the Supreme Court of the United Sratetf, ar rived here, and on the fame day the Circuit * Court for the Diflrid <>f Georgia was opened— ■ a fufficient number of judges-not attending to* proceed to business, -the Conn was adjourned * to meet at Savannah*on the day .’appoinied by law*. We-'are informed that the f*a! cf tlfe Cir- ’ cuit and D.ltrid courts, lor the difljid of Georgia, has a; rived in Savannah. The President of the United States has heen * jdcaled to appoint Robert-Morris Jnd/e for the diltrid of New*Jerfey, in the place of the • Hon. David Breaily, deceafedf On the nth ult. the Prefidcnt of the United * S;ate» at rived at Mftunt Vernon. l.afl evening arrived from the northward,, ti e Rev. Mr. Palmer, and Mfe. Paimer* The Virginia Gazette and Geneiil Adver tiser cf the 2ad Sept, fays .A “ We learn from thF weflern country that -' K the K'eiuuckey Convention his determined iiflke favor of a.reparation, and large a;e making in that country for off-vfive one-* ratjons jgaintt the Indians, who h%vs conj r mitred fi many murders, and ha. raffed thtf** country f«» much, that it can no louder he*en## rimed ; such devaluation m*y fbo'-vly beexJ* j cctej to taka p'a'-c tin* the name of a Shawl* - nefe* nation will be no-more: Tint, on fide the Cu'nherlandvnoontain?; jsleafitu? p»» r '* fped* are it» view ; a genera! peace likl lake jifare with the f anthem tribe* ; *.XtvA n * a i«l crf< .cot lYffeir. of y '"e tun- nt*"|or*» hertii* edablnhed under the aufpkes of Contrtf* - ; Ik \ (n: of the mdricfl fe f ins-in a t#.npe r a* *»* f tlob.ioua tliiipte, wt'h t'n» ir »'Wre-aiMC (. haivcU, efer yet c*pfn««cttl, f.ve*: tr. *** •' *T I>> [VbL. IV. No. CCi5 ,
