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Georgia Gazette.
(No. 750.)
IVANT ED ON RENT,
A SMALL convenient DWELLINGHOUSE in a
centric part of the city# Inquire of the Printers.
Johnflon , Robert Jon, and Cos.
RETURN their sincere thanks to their friends who
have employed them in the Dilpofal of their Crops,
and inform them, that they continue to tranfadl the
Commiflion and Fadtorage
Business,
in all its branches, flattering themselves that they will ren
der entire futisfa&ion to those wlio may employ them, by
their attention, punctuality, and difpatih.
They have on Hand, for Sale, 0* low Terms,
imperial, 0
Hyfon, and >Tea;
Young HyfonJ
Paper hanging,
Soap in boxes,
, Glass ware,
Prime beef,
Superfine flour,
Salmon in half barrels,
Brandy,
Hollandfe geneva,
Mufcovado l’ugar in hegflieads and barrels,
I Jamaica rum,
Coffee in Tiogftieads and bags,
Loaf sugar In tierces,
Nails and brads afiorted,
Bar iron ditto,
Window glass 8 by 10,
A few bales Kendal cottons,
Ditto white plains,
Flaxen oznabrigs;
A quantity of English gunpowder, Futid FF;
7 London bottled brown flout. \
ALSO,
Rice, tobacco, and
A few hundred bufliels Indian corn.
Savannah, December 14, 1797.
[SAUNDERS MOTTA,”
HAIR DRESSER ,
ID ESPECTFULLY informs his customers, and others,
EL v tliat he has removed to the /hop occupied by Mr.
Cummings, next door to the eastward of Mr. La Goux.
lie returns thanks for the encouragement he has met with,
Ini humbly fo}icits a continuance of their favors.
Savannah , January 4, 1798.
I Fifty Dollars Reward
I r— ■ “n UN AWAY last night from the
I 1 Q, XV fubferiber’s house, the following
! ! Negroes: Sharper, a country bo::i
I t j e ‘ low ’ )Ut 3° years of age, full 6
1 feet high, remarkably thick and strong,
I yellowilh complexion, plealing coun-
IL-;— tenance, speaks plain Englilh, walks
I . very upright, commonly wears his hat
P’. rimed to the right liie of his head, exceflively artful,
pna nandyat any work. Nanny, his wife, a country born
wench, about the fame age, 5 and an half Feet high, black
lomplexion, smiling countenance, very heavy with child,
Kseaks plain English, and commonly wears handkerchief,
■ied about her head and neck. Joe, her child, 3 years of
■v,’ay their blankets, many articles of clothing, and Tome
P'iOv itions.. I hey Were completely dressed with new frits
pi dark London brown bath coating* It is fufpedted they
lave gone to fome of the Carolina neighboring plantations,
phere Sharper has a great number of relations and acquaint
ances. Any person that will fee lire them in tire common
paol 01 Savannah {hall be entitled to my warmest tranks
|nd die above reward. EMANUEL REN GIL.
I Savannah, January 4, 1798.
r~ FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
pUA A WAY from the fuhfcriber at Savannah, this
I morning , toe Negro Man and Wench hereafter
P defribed:
Ifc TT*"’ 1 | a country born fellow, near
I! Lw or quite 38 years of age, about
I dfS 5 fc** 3 or 4 inches high, speaks very
H plain English, has a very gross voice,
a y c d!owilh complexion, and is re
markible for having 6 toes on each foot,
-and 5 Angers on each hand, has loft fe
■ vend of his fore teeth, both above and
■o\y, and has very thick lips, had on a brown jacket and
B- ri nearly new, and carried away with him a dark
H? 1 -‘"m brown broad cloth coat, with many other articles
EN N\, his wife, a country bom wench, about the
s ge and height of the fellow, of a black complexion,
■ a Tmafl scar cn her left cheek, as well as can be recol
fpeaks very plain English, has a finall waist, and is
ma ‘e, is very fenflb’e and artful; Ihe has a mother
• pother relations in the Fork of Broad River, near Pc-
Elbert county, where it is nv'ft probable they
w <Wrcufte- proceed, fliould they be-taken up.
jJk perlon apprehending and delivering them to the
ot the Prison at Savannah Shall be entitled to the
A Hrd. . SaMcel Wall.
’ X.vembcr 24* 1707.
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1 79 8.
war officeofths united states.
January the ift, 1798.
WHEREAS frauds have beef praftifed in obtaining
warrants for Bounty Lards, due to the Officers
and Soldiers of the late Continental! Army, by the produc
tion-of forged instruments, to check in future such impoli
tions, it has been thought advisable tliat all persons having
claims for Bounty Lands, whether in their own right, as
legal representative, or by virtue of iny instrument or deed
of transfer, be required to forward their rtfpc drive claims
to the War Office, on or before the firft day of January,
1799, in order that such claims ina| be duly examined,
adjlifted, and determined Upon.
To fubft.mtiate such claim a ftridl observance of tlie rales
heretofore Hfued from tlie War Office Will be indiipeufable;
and, in addition to what is required by tlie said rules, the
certificate of the acknowledgment of a deed or power of
attorney inuft also set forth the place of refideuce and oc
cupation of the claimant op person making such acknow
ledgment ; and, when the proof of pprfonal knowledge is
by a vvitnefs or witnelTes, their place or places of refiLnce
must beset forth in like manner#
JAMES HENRY, Secretary cf War.
EX ct UU VE Del'A l l iviiiN i. •
Louisville , February, 1798.
CONCURRED resolution cf the 2d instant being
jL_L presented and read, as follows’:
In the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES*
Friday, the 2d February , 1798.
The House proceeded to take under confiJeration the
resolution moved by Mr. Watkins, of the 3iftulimo,
pointing out the method of filling vacancies that may hap
pen in the ensuing Convention, and the fame being read is
as follows:
Whereas a just and equal Representation is inseparable
from the idea of a free government, and the rights and
happiness of no people can be fecitre without a due apporti
onment of such Representation: And whereas no provision
has been made whereby such just and equal Representation
can be accurately made, afeertained, or apportioned: For
remedy whereof, Be it rcfolvcd, That it /hall be the duty
of the Captains or Commanding Officers of Militia through
out the flute to make nut fair and accurate lifts of all free
white persons, as well young as old, rfcfidiag within the
limits of their refpettive company diftridls, and they are
hereby required to return the fame, dpiy certified under
their hands, to the Clerks of the Superior Courts of tlie
several counties, on or before the;firft Monday in April
next; and it (hall be the duty of ihe said Clerks to trans
mit, by the hands of the Member/ of tlie Convention, all
such returns, under leal, to the Irefident of the Conven
tion, for the information of that Body,
And whereas no mode lias hithdrto been pointed out for
filling vp such vacancies as may hajipen by the death, refig
natii'n, or otherwise, of the Memoirs returned to represent
the state in Convention, Be zt rfolvM, That his Excel
lency the Governor be fully authorized and empowered,
and he is hereby required, to issue writsrf election for filling
up such vacancies; provided that no ejection fliall be held
in any county without ten days pr-ivious notice thereof
having been set up in writing at threejor more of the moft
public places in the county ; and all fith eieftions Riali be
held and conducted, and the returns niade, in like manner
and form as is preferibed by law for the election of Memb
ers of the Legislature.
And on the question to agree to,the fame it palled in
the affirmative. Ayes 24. Noes 14.
Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the fame to the Se
nate, and request their concurrence tljefctcj,
ExiraSi from the Minutes,
James M. Simmons, Clerk.
In Senate, 2d February 1798.
The foregoing resolution being taken and read was con
curred in.
’ Tefi. Wm. Robertson, Secretary.
Ordered, That certified copies thereof be transmitted
for publication to the Printers in Savannah and Augusta,
for the information of all whom it may concern.
Attejl. Thomas Johnston, Sec. F. P.
Marshal’s Sales
WILL be fold, at the Cqurthoufe in Savannah, on
the 1 oth day of April next, between tlie hours of
X and II o’clock, A Traci of Land, containing 300 acres,
in. Burke county; another Tratri in said county, contain
ing 400 acres; Two Lots, with the Buildings thereon,
lituated in Broughton street, Heathcote tithing, Decker
ward, in the city of Savannah; seized as the property of
Mordecai Sheftail, deceased, to fatisfy an execution in
favor of Levi Hollinfworth, said property being mortgaged
to secure his claim# Wi
. . a BQWEN, Marflial.
Savannah, February 8, 1798.
SHERH Fs Sale.
WILL BE SOLD, on the firft n April n xt, a*
tfn*Coiirth use in ihe city cf San*.b, bciwitn im
hours of X nd JTJ o’clock,
The followirg Tratfds of Land,
taken und'T execution a* the property of Ro®ei ?#>kei Saunders.
E'q. dccrafed, to f*ti*fy surd-y exicution*: Ore Hal*’ of De
merc’s Ifl-tnd, situate in the Alannuhi, containing jao acre.*
of the fi ll quality cf rice land. 650 Acre* in Liberty coumy,
forme'ly the property cf Will'am Jone , Esq. deceafrd, and
frtc h tifi’encc of the f#id Roger Pake* Saundera, being a
body of vo-y valuable and highly fultiva ed rice land. 400
Acre* drfcr'b and or fi o*<e in faA county. 1(2 Acres in dure.
350 in and tro. *c.o Acra in diro, A Muicv of 39 Tr’fis
f ia:o ace-1 in Trankjm couniy. Acres ii. W#(h
irgton cocnry. A Moiety ot 375 Acre* in Greene county, joo
Aaicson Saprlo. 600 Acres in St. Andrew’s r>a ?fl.
hTCIIAUD WALL, S. C. C.
Sav#nub. ift Fcbroarv, syad. . . - -
(4 dollars per ann.y
SHERIFF’S SALE.
the firft Tuefdar ill A.pril next will be fold, at the
of the following
NEGROES, viz. Charts, Qusfl,, Prince, Bob) and Oua,
leized by virtue of an eikution as the property of Edward
Davies, Esq. deceased. j
[ IUCI-URD WALL, s. c. c.
Savannah, ioth FejrHarj, 1798*
Will be fold, on tbe frjh fuefday in April next, the
file to commence X jp’c lock in the forenoon,
ioo N^GkOES,
Among whom are several trailei'men, bciongirig tothe Eflatc
of Roger Parker Saunders j Esq, deceased.
Alio ijc,o Acres ol GOI'TON LAND,
In ft viral trails, at Moblfey’s Ponds, in Burke countv, to
be Rid as the property o's Samuel Elbert, Esq. deceased.
Also, at tbs fame time and place, will be fold,
AM th it PIECE UPLAND, .
Situate at 1 amacraw, containing about 20 acres of rice
land, with the improvements thereon, formerly the property
of Moses Nunez, now ieized and to be fold as belonging
to the Estate of Edward Davies.
A HOUSE and HALF LOT
In the City of Savannah, in Broughton-ftreet, containing
about 30 fee: in front and 90 feet in depth, seized as the
property of Mr. John Gable.
Richard Wall, s. c. c.
Savannah , March 1, 1798.
SHERIFF’* SALES.
On the firjl Tucfday in April next, will be fold, at
Rieeborcugh, between the hours cf X and lit o'clock,
by public outcry,
The loiidwing valuable LANDS in Liberty
Count), viz.
400 acres, bounded north and northeast by lands of thg
Estate of Stevens and Estate of Sumner, eaflwardly by
lands of William Bacon and Thomas Young, and on all
other sides by William Jones. 130 acres, bounded south
east by lands of the Estate of Thomas Quirternian fen. and
on all other sides by thu- said William Jones. 150 acres,
bounded nortliweft by William Jones, and 011 all other
sides by lands vacant at the time of survey. 250 acres,
bounded southwest and northwest by Jofuh Powell and
Audley Maxwell at tlijj time of fuivey, northwest by
1 honias Carter, and on all other sides by vacant lands at
the time of furvey* Also several other trails, containing
in the whole 1320 acres, adjoining each other, bounded
weft by the Del’art, northwest by Irvine’s land, southwest
by lands of James and Jonathan Cochran, eaflwardly by
lands of 1 homas Bacon, and on all other sides by the said
William Jones. All the above trails contain in the whole
2250 acres, 440 of which arc prime rio; land. On the
premifes_aie a good dwelling house, barn, and other nccef
laiy. out buildings, put up by Roger Parker Saunders, Efq#
of late years. 500 acres, bounded on all sides by vacant
land at the time of survey, known by the natne of the
Goole Pond Traci. Two lots in the town of Sunbury.
One lot at North Newport, at preftnt occupied by Messrs.
Lanehefter and. Limbert# Also 500 acres, more or less, in
Glynn county, bounded northeast by Charles Weft, fouth
well.by .turtle river, northwest by Arthur Carney’s land,
and eaflwardly by vacant land at the time of survey. Seiz
ed and taken under and by virtue of an execution as the
property of William Jones, Esq. late of Liberty county',
deceased, at the suit of Edward Telfair, Esq.
At the fame time and place will be fold,
156 atr.s in Liberty county, adjoining lands to the
Ruth formerly belonging to Nathaniel Saxton, to the east
lands of Stephen Dickinion, northwardly lands of William.
Peacock fift. weftwariiy lands of John Quarterman, within
three miles of Sunbury, originally surveyed for Nathaniel
Bacon# Also a lot in the town of Sunbury, known in the
original plan of said town by tlie number 112. 200 acres
_in laid county of Liberty, bounded on the weft by William
Peacock, fouthwardly by landsof William Low, eaflwardly
by lands of Thomas and Jonathan. Bacon, within four miles
of Sunbury* Seized and taken under an execution as the
property of Nathaniel Bacon, Esq.
Likewise a trail of land in the said county of Liberty,
containing 100 acres, a very old furvey’, bounded on all
sides by lands vacant at the tune of survey, but now joined
on tlie foutii and east by the Estate of Hift’s land, north
west by Benjamin Andrew, and northwest by the said Es
tate of Hift’s land, fqjzed and taken under an execution as
the property of Mr. Thomas E. Law.
JOHN JONES, s. l. c.
Rieeborougb, 28 tb February, 1798.
r ntctttc e:
ALL persons are particularly Warned again/! purchasing
any Negroes, lands, or otlier property, belonging
to the Estate of John Rup ert, deceased, from any person
or persons whatsoever, as the whole thereof is secured, by
the will of the said John Ruppert, to the foie and separate
life of .Mrs. Burney during her life, and to her children
after her decease.
William Lewden,"|
Job# Eppingeb, J Executors *
February 21, 1798.
L (j V";Y
BETWIXT Meins and Mackay’s wharf and the
Twelve Mile Stone on the Augusta road, Lift TuefHay,
A Red Cornelian Seal set in Go and;
device, a coat of arms; motto, u Pro Patria.” The
finder returning it to the Printers will receive Fi*e Dollars
reward., . Jatutary & _