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Mei ns & Mackay OCCUPY the wfearf and flores late In poiTeflisn of Mr* John Cuningham, inferior to none in thE city for the (loreage and (beamy of pfepertv.—ln the Shipping and Fa&orage Line they offer their ferrtces te the Public, and flatter tbemfelves tlrat every fatisfaftion will be afforded tbofe who may em ploy them. THEY HAVE FOR SALE, 15 pipes Bourdeaux brandy, 13 ditto Spanilh ditto, 70 barrels (hip bread, and 20 ditto pilot ditto. Savannah, January i, 1798. 3 Boxes Hats aflorted, at a low advance; 28 Barrels Mufcovado Sugar; for faie by GAIRDNERS & MITCHEL. January 27. Opening by Georgs Ralston, A Handsome AJfort merit of Printed, lam oreri, an 1 Plain Muflms. Also, lately Received, \ Two Caf,s of Lidiei, Gentlemens, Boys Beaver Hats. February 1. NOTICE \% hereby given, That John Cuningliam, late of Savannah, Merchant, who has lately re moved to Great Britain, did, on fjie fifth of January last, by deed of alfignment, duly executed,\ransLr and aflign to the fubferiber, all mortgages, judgments, fjaecial ties, notes, books of account, and other evidences of debts due to the said John Cuningham, and to John Cuningham and Cos. for t e purpose of paying and fatlsfying a judg ment obtained m behalf of Simplon and Davifon, of London, Merchants, against the said John Cuningham, in the Cir cuit Court of the United States for the IXftrcl of Georgia, in the term of April 1 All persons indebted to the said John Cuningham, or John Cuningham and Cos. are re quested to make payment to the fubicriber before the firft dav of April next, at which time suits will be commenced iodifcriminately against thofb who fail to comply with thy requilitiort. CRAIVFORD DAVISON, Dated January 25, 1798. Marshal’s Sales. Will be fold, at the Courtboufc in Savannah , on Tburf day the ijl cf March next , between the hours of X and II o’clock , ONE Thirteenth Part cf a Plantation, or 7' raft of Land, containing 6032 and 3-4ths acres, known by tlie name of Monteitb , l’cized as the property of James Greenbow, surviving Copartner of Greenhow and and elfair, the former purthafer not complying with the conditions of faie. Ad IN, That Undivided Halt Part or Meiety of.the Wharf Lot, with the-Shares and Improvement thereon, situated under the Bluff in the city of Savannah, at prelent occupied by Owen Owens, set forth by the Plaintiff’s At torney to latisfy anxrriecution in favor of David M‘Credie. ’ r 0. BOWEN , MarJhaL Savannah, February r, 1798. SHERIFF’S SALbS. ON thr fuft Tuf fdv, heii g h 6h da , f March tuxt, ‘h Coui'houfe tn'hr Cuy if S v.nndu, between ihe houij ol Xmml lil o'clock, W LL BE iOLP, Two Negro. Men, Mi-d on lo fa >tfy aii dgmem obtained by Peter Deeraux, Esq. agatt.fl Peter Henry Moiei, Esq. and poimed out to be the pro jKriy oi th'. said M s rc , 11 it is fa and, bv ih pi.int ff. Affo at ‘he fame ;lace W4LL BE SOLD, All that Lot of with the Buildings th-reon, in he et.y ‘ ( Savannah, known by Wo. 19 .W.fhirgton Wr , ron’ eg S . Ju.ian ftrcit, otnnie| 60 i in 9: f-'t in drp h, a 1 prrfnt in h v (T (Tio i of Own Owen , Eft}, (c'ted at tne p openy of Mr, Jap'es Murtl-ei, ilfreafct', ’ MCHARD-WALL, s. c. c. S vann-h, iff Feb>ury, 1798. \ SWtliljr'F's SAL.b. ■T BE SOLD, m th?- firft Turfday in April u x, at \Y ‘hr C “irrh’ ufc in the city of S.vanrah, bciwieu the h-.iysof X tui 111 o’clock, / The following Tra<flg of Land, tit-d r f xfciH'nn ai Ihe property of R f,er Paike Satinde-j. Esq. dfifaf* I ', < fat aly fut (i yfx cutioni ; One Haf* of Ds turr'i PRintl, fi'tui in the Atatamaha, containing 500 aues t>l. tht fi H <|Mk' ify of fl# land. 6so Acres in Libtr.y courtly, fo'iM/ly Hu t'V f William (one , Esq. iteceaf-.H, ad Lite'ln r.ft ■ i ‘•* of ‘ h said R”;er Parkff^Saunde;a, b- 104 a body of rr)( va u~hl# and highly cultivated nee land, Acre* tirkttlr-ti trr irmttc tn f'U-Couty„ tßi Acres in di to. 350 A.c* iff <t HER, *co Acrra m dit'o. A Moieiy es 39 Tr 6ts 01 iteo *rr.*thii4 KtanLlm ci un y. Acres 1 Waft>- Jn jton county A Mai ty o‘ 375 A tea in (.rcene comuy. r o Aateann Sapclo. 4al Acru m !t. Andrew's parish. RICHARD WALL, S. C. C. Savannah, tftFcbtuirv, 1798. CI 1 Y SHERIFF'S SALfcisi ON Tirfdav ibe 6 h Mai&b next, ictvvecn the of X and 111 oL ! ®ck, at the Courtboufe in PrarkttH WILL BE SOLD, % A Sulkey and Harness, also an.elegant Bay Gelding fit the saddle or chair, tiken as the property of J*co& Cunes, poiuted cut by the plant ts. also, Two Year3 Lease of a Lot of Land in Ya macraw, tog-ther w h he Improvements the>eon, tikenasthe prr.per-v Thomaj Mitchell, cece.fetl, ptrioud out uy the p a miffs Aitorr.ry. PETER S. LAFFITTE, S. C. S. Savartnah, ift Febiusrv, 1798. ALL persons having any demands against the Estate of David Wilson, decealed, are deli.-e l to fend in their accounts duly at tufted, and those indebted thereto to make immediate payment, otherwise fuiti will be tom rucuted agaiuft them. DELPHI A WILSON, Admrx. U CIT7COUSCIL. 7<)“ ON motion of Mr. Young, seconded by Mr. Hobcrt fon, , , Rcfotvec l, Tbtj notice be given m the next Gazettes of ♦lie city, forbidding the faie of ft wetity-fi’ e Negroes, ad veruftd by Mr. Noment, Tax Collector of C tatham coun ty, as being forfeited to the Hate, the said Negroes being confined by the Corporation, under the following cl.iufe of a law of the Date, entitled, M An Aft to organize the Mi litia In the leveratYlett Counties of this State, palled the 22d Februarv', 1796, as measures have been and are now taking by the Corporation for carrying the laid clause into effcdl, viz. - And be it further enacted, .That .the Officers of the Militia in the firft brigade in the firft division (hall be au thorized and empowered, in their refpeedive patrdl uiilricts, to apprehend any Negro, Mu flee, or Mulatto, freeman or freemen, flav e or Haves, who lhall hereafter in any port.of this Prate from any of the Weft India hama Illands, and to keep such M;:flees, Negroes, or Ivlu lattoes, in dole and faie custody, until they can be exam ined before the Corporation of Savannah, or any three Justices of the Peace for any of the counties lying in the laid division, who to caule Inch free man or freemen, ilfffeaWdJyes, to be exported at the ex igence of the importer or ovVner, which Inch importer or owner is hereby made liable for, as veil as for the expence of apprehending or keeping such persons.” Extract from the Minutes, THOMAS PITT, C. C. l o $ r, BETWIXT Meins and Mat kay’s wharf and the Twelve Mile Stone cn the Augnfla road, Lift A Red Cornelia i Seal ftt in God; device, a coat of arms; motto, “ Fro Fatria .” Ihe finder returning it to f.Lc Printers wall receive Five Dollars reward. ‘’ 4 ‘January 26., NHEkJFKs SALES. TO BE SOI D, on TucMa ih- 6th cl.iv ot March ext, at he Cos 1 thoufe m the couniy of Scr ven, The follov-ing Property, \iz. Elf ’ en Hun 1 red A res o’ L n \ inc u; ing a >er V good Saw MiH, a Dwct'inghoiFe and Out Bui and ngs, on wh.ch t' dePridant lives, Six likely Country born Nig'ors and Stxiy H*ad ol Cat'll-. All b> and under rxerutir-n aai ft_J .hn Greene bn. at the fait of the Executo-s of BctjammW. l.amfon and Sat ah M Her. Also at . he-fame time arid p’aff, Twa li indred Acres o! Lend on Savannah river, rs the fi ll qu-iuy fw.imp, fosd as the pi opr tty of Caltb and Daniel He wei, at the futt ot the Executor of Treutlen. * JOHN BRYAN, S. S. C. 59'h January, 170,8 HARTFORD, December if?. \T TE are unhappy to learn from various parts pf inju ’ V ries having been received from mad dogs ; the last Salem paper mentions, that two or three children have been bitten in that town within a few days. The Authority and Selectmen of New Haven have, in pursuance of a vote of that town, offered a reward of 50 cents to each person who fliall kill and destroy a dog going at large within the limits of that town, and have requested. four perl’ ris particularly to attend to the business of destroy ing them. Hew Fork, December 25. The Gazette of the United States lays, The brave Capt. Burgess, who was killed in the late engagement with ‘the Dutch fleet, was connected with fome worthy families in Philadelphia, and well known to many of its molt refpe£tal>!e inhabitants, to whom he had recommended hirafelf by the dignity of his mind and tl|e amiableness of his disposition. While tears of Empathy flow freely for this afflieftiag calamity, which Aas deprived his relatives cf a son and a brother, and the nation of one’ of its 1110 ft diftinguilhed offi r cers, let consolation be drawn from this reflection—as his lifarwas eminently irreproachable, his death, in'fuch acaufe, wayenvia’oly gloiious; he expired, as it were, in the arms r,f/\ ieftory, having borne his part nobly in a conflict the ilTue of which has railed the naval character of England f?ven beyond its former great-ids. • January 8. Died, at New London, Mr. John Weeks, aged 114; he married his tenth wife when 106, flie was only 16! His grey hairs’ had fallen off, and were lately renewed by a dfrk head.of hair; anew fat of teeth had made their appearance; and, a few hours previous to his death, he eat three pounds of pork, two or three pounds of bread, and drank nearly a pint of wine. [This comes from a person of the above place, who knew the man,] Philadelphia , December 29 *-~*Blood is drawn. — Grot. CXl!in, of the fchconer Friendlhip, of this poit, ar rived at New York from Acquin, informs, that on the 25th November, off Cape Nichola Mole, he was boarded bv an officer from the British frigate Severn, of 44 guns, a'fhip then in fight, under the Platform, which he informed Capt. Od'.in was, the Perseverance, Wiliiamfon, from Philadel phia, which vessel was 11 days out, had fallen in under the Weft Caicos with a French privateer schooner of 6 guns, and after an action of 4 hours obliged them to ftieer off; the Perseverance was bound to Port au Prince. Wc are lorry to hear that leyeral of the gallant Ameri can seamen were wounded; but we trail that a time will come whan they wiil be revenged.’ January. 9. Died, in the morning of the 3d inst. the Rev. Jacob Duc’ie. fie was a god man, and a good Ciiriftian; exemplary in his'morals, mild and affecVionate in his dil’ooiitions, and of tmi venal benevolence. While disease and extreme infirmity clouded the latter years of a life, in its commencement unuftully brilliant, they did not dHWhthatrbefrfiilncfii, n fUnati-uu and equanimity, found ed on the basts of unaffected religion, which he poiTtfTed in an uncommon degree. “ Blelfed are they who die in the Lord, lor they rest from their labors.” Harri/burgb, January 3 On Saturday evening last a Jury of inquest was summoned, in conlequence of* female infant being found dead in a house in this town. It ap pears that a certain Sally Taylor, a tingle woman, having been too often in conjunction with the opposite sex, and not wiftung her offspring defamed with illegitimacy in this ccsifdriou; vr irld{ to k ths terrible refolutitfi to (mother her child, and denying flic ever had any, but by the timely search of a number cl .the hugbffwrthn innocent viftint wa-, found fecretecl between tiie bed and bolster, where the inhuman wrrtch of a mother luftyred it to ftrtiggle away itsdife. One would think that her copartner in guilt, who ever he is, must possess very uneond'ortable moments on refleftin? his having been the cauli; of lb much cruelty. The mother was committed to prilbn on Monday morn ing to meditate on the awful doom that awaits her. We wifti u'c could ft op here, without detailing any further inhuman depredations of-mankind, especially at the commencement of anew year, but fate has decreed other wise. On Saturday and Monday 1 ift were brought to town and fafely iinprifoned, John Hauer, C. M : Manus> and Francis Cox, for the wilful murder of Mr. Francis Shitz; the particulars, as near as we have been able to collect, are as- follow : Francis Shitz, with his brother Peter Shitz, had been at a neighboring vendue on Thursday last, -and returned in the evening something fatigued, as the former had laid himfelf on a bench near a stove to rest, while the latter retire! to bed in an adjoin'mg anartment; they had not been long- in this tranquillity before a female of the house dUcovcrcd a light in the kitchen, and opening the door was frightened at the appearance of federal men, -and im mediately endeavored to awaken Mr. Francis Shitz; but Ihe had only in part effixfted her purp< fe, when one of the ulTaffins presented a pift )l to his head, which he difeharged, and killed him ort the spot. In the mean time two others proceeded,to tie bed room of the brother, Mr. P. Shitz, with axes, and at the firft stroke which one of them made •his axe caught the cord of the curtain, which in fome me a fure flopped the force of the blow; he was, however, very much cut on the (boulder, win ch can fed hinh to leap from his bed to the floor, and to have, the presence to seize the chair, with which he knocked them both down; but in leaving the room he received another deep wound on his posterior, which did not prevent lTim> however, from lock ing the dcor, escaping cut of a window, and retreating to the where he placed himfelf in a narrow passage, armed with a pitchfork; but after waiting a cpnfiderable time, and finding the murderers had gone, he repaired im mediately to Shaffer’s Town, a distance of two miles, not withstanding his weakness with loss. of blood, where he spread the alarm, and by the vigilance of the inhabitants the above named were taken. It is to he remarked, that this intrepid young man, who thus defended himfelf, is only 17 years of age, and, although at prelent very much indilpofivtv th ere are great hopes of his recovery. motive which led to the above horrid deed is thought! to have originated with John Hancr, brother in b w to the decealed, who expected to fali heir to a very coiifiderabie estate, had he accompllflied his wicked [mrpofe.* 4 Fetcrfburg, January 5. On Friday morning last, at Richmond, an unfortunate Ex Noble of France, urged by motives and actuated by fe things wHich perhaps were ■known only to himfelf, terminated his existence by (hooting him lllf. The day following in Richmond a Mr. Henry Ander son, of that city, in a fit of intoxication, wantonly, and without anv provocation, (hot a poor Negro in the street. Char left cn, January 23. From the Havana we learn that a Britifti privateer had lately taken four (hips out of a Spanish fleet from La Vera Cruz ; the rest of the fleet had"” arrived at the Havana. The prizes were said to have foms money on board, and were taken in fight of the Moro and of several Spanish (hips of the line and frigates at anchor. During the embargo upon the merchant (hips at the Havana two frigates were ordered to Porto Rico. ’ On their passage one of them was taken by a Britilh frigate; tht other returned to the Havana. ‘There had lately been an engagement off the Havana between a Spanish frigate and a Brkifli (loop of war, and it was believed the latter would have taken the former if a fudJen breeze had notjenabled her to escape. January 25. In the Court of Selfions yesterday John L. Welch was tiffed for breaking open the (lore ok Mr. John T. Schmidt, and dealing .thereout a quantity of dry goods. He was found guilty, but recommended to mercy by the Jury. b, A squadron, composed of the following Clips of war, with TSO prisoners, fafielon tlae 1 ith inst. from Gape Ni chola Mole for Jamaica, to take on board fome more pri soners, wfth which they were To proceed to Laguira, on the Spanish Main, to procure the exchange of the crew of the Britilh frigate Hemiione, which if refufed they intended to lay fiegs to: Thunderer, 74 guns; ‘Hannibal,. 74; Carnatic, 74; Valiant, 74; Thames, 3.8. . - - - ■■ u * SAVANNAH, February 2. Requifttion rs the Executive Dircclory of France tt) the S-xvifs Government, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. 29 Fruclidcr, September 15. THE Executive Directory, convinced that the million. of Mr. Wickham to the Helvetic Cantons has no reference whatever to the refpeflive in te rest of England and Switzerland, and that his foie objatft is to excite and further plots againlt the internal and external lecurity of the t rench Republic, charge Citizen Mingaud to invite and require the Government of the Canton of Berne, and also tne other Helvetic Cantons, if nectffary, to give directions lor iMr. \\ ickham’s immediate departure from the teirito ries of Switzerland. (Signed) EEVEILITRE LEPAUX, Preu LAGARDE, Sec. Gen. Reply of the Canton f B erne. The Republic of Berne, always holding in the highest eftimarion the good intentions of the French Republic, has taken into mature conlideration the note transmitted to tliem by Citizen in the name of the Executive Directory oi the French They have to remark, that for nearly a century palt .Britifti Agents or Ministers have uniformly redded in Switzerland, and that Mr. V ickliam, whole departure from Switzerland is required by the Executive Directory, being accredited to all the States ot the Helvetic Confederacy as Minider Plenipotentiary, the Republic or Berne cannot decide separately on a fubjevFt which lo essentially involves the rights of others, and the neutrality of the Helvetic Body, as declared and recognized by all the powers now at war. The Government of Berne, always employed in maintaining harmony and good under-