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Louisville, June the 6th, *798. Ordered, THAT the General Order* of the 2sti| ultimo be pub lished in the Gazettes of Savannyiahft Augusta. Attest. THOMAS JOHNSON* Sec. E. D. Headquarters, Lou'tfoilk, May 29/76, I^9B. GENERA fegO R D E R S. IT is recommended to of the refpe&ive Brigades to permit a troop'orSwfe to be raised in- every county within tlveir whole numbers will possibly admit of it. 4 . The refpeftive troops of hotfe already commifTioned are required to equip themselves complete! y both with refpeft to horses and accoutrements, and to hold themfelvesdn readi ness to take the field at the shortest notice. The Commanding Officers of regiments and battalions in tiie firft Brigade of the firft divilion will attend to the difeipline and equipment of their officers and men, and hold themselves in readiness to defend the coast, in case of invasion from any enemy; and, in case of a&ual invasion, the officer commanding where the invasion takes place will dispatch an immediate express to the Commander in chief, end to the Commander of the Brigade, ’ for orders, and in the mean time refill the enemy with ail his force. • The Chatham Artillery will not leave the City of Savannah Without ordefs from the Commander irt chief, except in (mall detachments for the river Savannah or Thunderbolt river, or Augustine’s creek, for the defence of the city. The Commander of the Brigade, in case of aftual invasion, will, until the orders of the Commander in chief reaches him, march, if he thinks proper, any part of tlie remainder of the Brigade to any place or poll within the fame. The Commanding Officer of the fecund Brigade of the fii-ft divilion will hold his brigade in readiness to support the firft brigade on the shortest notice. Tlje other General and Fld Officers are required to at tend to the difeipline of their relpe&ive commands, and be Sared to defend their country against any attack which, ough tlie Commander in chief is in strong hopes will not tajte place, it behoves all ranks of citizens to guard against any hofliht approach, By order cf the Commander in chief, THOMAS JOHNSON, Sec, F, D. <2 fc O k u 1 a. By His Excellency JAMES JACKSON, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof, A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS I have received information from ti e Mayor of the City of Savannah that certain Ne groes or people of color are I hipped off from Port au Prince, in the Weft Indies, for the ports of South Carolina and Georgia, and many of them are on board vefiels bound di rtily to Savannah: AN D WHEREAS policy dilates that persons of color, used to the horrid feenes of maffaCre which of late years have been fo'barbarotifly pra&ifed in the Weft Indies, without rfelpett to age or sex, fliould he prevented from coming within the limits of thin state, to diffufe their seditious and cruel tenets, and the acl entitled, “ An A<ft to organize the Militia in the (everal New Counties of this State,” makes it the duty of the Officers of Militia in the firft Brigade of the firft Divilion, in their refpedtive difiriifts, to apprehend any Negro, Muftee, Mu latto freeman or freemen, slave or Haves, who (hall here after arrive in any port of this state from the Weft India oV Bahama Illands, and to keep such persons in fafe custody until they can be examined before the Corporation of Sa vannah, orany three Jufticesof the Peace for any county in the laid divilion, who are authorized to cause such per sons to be exported at the expence of the importer or own er, who are alio made liable for the expence of apprehending them: Taking.the fame therefore, and the situation of the present state of public affairs, and our local concerns, into my moft serious deliberation, I HAVE THOUGHT FIT to issue this my proclamation, hereby charging and requiring all Officers, Civil and Military, to be aitive and vigilant, within their refpedtive diilr'ufts, in preventing and opposing any of the people of color, deferibed by the afore faid law, passed the twenty-iecond day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-fix, from landing within any port or place within this state; and in case of such landing, that the Militia of the district where such landing may be, and thole of any other diftridl into which inch persons may come, do immediately pursue and apprehend them, and all of them, in order that they may be exported agreeably to law: And I further charge and require the Magiflrates of diftridts, and Captains of compa nies, to be vigilant and adtive in Jiaving the Patrol Law fully enforced, without any exculb whatever, as they will anlwer the contrary at their peril: And I call on all elaffes of citizens to come forward with cheerfulnefs and perform those duties which the situation of public and domestic af fairs requires of them: And I also further charge and require all Officers, Civil and Military, to be vigilant in appre hending and exporting all and every other Negro, Muftee, Mulatto freeman or freemen, Have or slaves, who has or may have come within the limits of this state, under the defeription aforefaid, finje the palling of the afore-menti oned law of the twenty-second of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninetv-fix, in any manner or way what ever; and to keep a watchful eye over all and every suspi cious Have or slaves, free Negroes or Mulattoes, although not within the defeription of the laid law. GIVEN under my hand, and the great leal of the said state, at the State Houle in LouiiVille, this eleventh day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and r.inety-eight, and in the . twenty-fecund year of the Independence of the United States of America. JAMES JACKSON.. By tlie Governor, JOHN MILTON, Sec’rv. OOD SAVE iHE STATE. KJ™ TO BZREXTED, A SMALL TENEMENT, In an eligible situation for a retail (hop, being in a populous part of the city. Apply to the Printers. - Friml Slavts^ Arrived in the ffiip Eagle, Capt. Benjamin Howard, from Africa. The sale of the Cargo will take place on Monday the 18th instant. Conditions cash. Apply to / JOHN WODDROP, at Messrs. Caig and Co.’s * Countinglioule. June 13. FOR PUBLIC SALE, on Monday the 1 Sth infant , on tbs pretntfes , A Houfc *nd Seven Years Lease of a Piece of Ground, near the City Tavern, 30 feet on Barnard street and 60 feet deep to the lane. Further particulars will be made known on the day of sale. JAMES ADAMS. FOR SALE, OR TO BE RENTED , A House and Half Lot, situate in Ewenfburgh, at present occupied by the fubferiber, to whom appl). ’... Maby Saunders. May 28. THE SUBSCRIBER WANTS AN OVERSEER. JAMES GUNN. Litchfield , June 13, 1798. CITY COUNClL,Savannah, June 11,171/8. RESOLVED, That notice be given in each of the Ga zettes, that an Election for Ten Aldermen to re present tlie different Wards in this City will be held on Monday the 2d day of July next, at the places herein after mentioned, that is to fay: For Oglethorpe Ward , at Andrew’s Meetinghouse; Franklin Wards at the Courthouse; Decker Ward , at the Markethoufe; Derby Ward , at D. B. Mitchell, Efq.’s new building; ‘ Reynold’s Ward, at the Filature; Anson Wards at Mr. Port’s fchool room; Per civil Wards at the Enginehoufe; He at bio te Wards at Mr. Childs’s house; Warren Wards at the New Theatre; Wajlmgton Ward, at Mr. Brooks’s house. RESOLVED, That the Magistrates of the County be requested to attend on that day, at 1 o o’clock in the fore noon, at the Courthouse in Franklin ward, for the purpose of conducting the said Election. Ext raft from the Minutes, Thomas Pitt, c. C. CITY"COUNCIL,Sivannab, June 1 1 , 179&. ORDERED, I hat notice be given, requiring all per sons having demands against the Corporation to ren der in the fame to, the City Council on Monday the 2th. instant. ~ Extraft from the Minutes, Thomas Pitt, c. c. SC?” F OUND, A Bank Note for ioo Dollars. The owner, on describing it, and pay ing for advertising, may have it. Apply’ at the Printers. To Me firs. Seymour and Woolhofter. Gentlemen , I WOULD recommend to you in future to be cautious not to alperfe the character of any man .by the mere dkVion of a person that is generally despised, otherwise you will thereby become rtfponfible vourfelves, and ob noxious to your profdlion. You ought cautiously to a void tlie insertion of falfehood and feurrility. Jane 14, 1798. JN ° i MILLER. BROUGH 1 to the Workhouse in Savannah, A Negro Fellow, named York, fays he belongs to one Mr. T awney in Charleston; he is about 5 feet 6 inches high, and about 50-years of age, his breuflk greatly: scarred by a burn from jxnvder, as lie fays. June 13,1798. ‘ Jacob Theiss, Gaoler. GEORGIA."! By Edward White, Register of Probats ( i,. s. ) 7, lor the County of Chatham, in the state Ed. White.] aforefaid. WHEREAS John Wereat, Esq. hath made appli cation to me for letters of administration on the estate and effects of William Handley, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonilh all and lingular the kindred and creditors of the laid deceased to be. and appear before me, at my office in Savannah, on the 14th day of July next, to shew cause, if ;uiy they have, why letters of administration fliould'not be granted him. Given under my hand and leal in Savannah, the 14th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1798, and in the 22d year of American In dependence. MARINE'LIS T. ‘ Entered In ward. Sc hooner Roebuck, Delmont, Marti nioue Ship Eagle, Howard, Africa Cleared Out. Schooner Polly, Briggs, New York In the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 22d ult. Mr. Sitgreaves moved the following reso lutions, which lie prooofed to be referred to the Committee appointed on that partof tlie President’s speech which re lates to the protection of commerce and the defence of the country, to be reported on by bill or otherwise, but which, on tlie request of Mr. MtiWll and Mr. Venable, were ordered to lie upon tlie table till next day. Refoived, 1 nat toe Commanders of the public armed vefiels of tlie United States be'authorised bv law to take or deft toy’ any crullers oi the French (ball seizure. Resolved, That the* Commanders of the public armed vcffels of the United States be authorized and direded to take and destroy any cruiser of the French Republic that may be found attacking, on the high Yeas, any public or private vessel of the United States for the purpose of search or seizure. Rcfolvcd , That the Commanders of the public and pri vate armed vefiels of the United States be authorized to retake any veffe! of the United States wliich may have been captured by the cruisers of tlie French Republic, and to take or destroy any cruiser which may have made such capture. Resolved, That the public armed vefiels of the United States foe authorized and dlre&ea to take or destroy all armed cruisers of the French Republic which may be found on the coast of the United States, within of the ftiore. On the 23d Mr. Sitgreavcs called up the aforcfyd refo* lutions, when Mr. Macon moved that, instead of referring them to the Committee for the protection of commerce and’ the defence of the country, they fliould be referred to tho Committee of the whole on the state <?f the Union. This motion was succeeded by a motion made.by Mr. Davis to postpone the further confiderationxif these resolutions until the second Tuesday in June. ’I bis motion produced a de bate, which took up tlie remainder of the fitting, and the House adjourned without taking the question. In the course of tlie fitting the Senate sent down a hill which they had passed, for concurrence, fer the more effectual protec tion of the commerce ancl the coasts of the United States, which received its firft reading. Tins bill, as reported, is as follows: - A BILL more effectually to protect the Commerce and Coasts of the United States. WHEREAS armed vejfels belonging to the Republic of France, add atizens thereof have committed depre dations on the commerce of the United States, and have recently captured the vejjels and property cf the citizens tbereef on and hear the coajis , in. violation of the law of nations and treaties between the United States and the French Nation , Therefore be it enacted, by the Se nate and House of Representatives of the United States cf America, in Corigrefs ajfcmbled , That it Jhall le lawful for the Prejideht of the United States, and be is hereby * authorized , to irjlruft and direst the Com manders of the armed vejfels belonging to the United States to seize, take , and bring into any port of the United States , to be proceeded against according to the taw cf nations, any armed vtjfel fitted out at any port belonging to the said Republic , or elJ'ewhere, being com mtjfioned by the French Government, and which Jhall be found hovering on the coasts of the United States , fr the purpose of committing depredations on the vejfels belonging to the citizens thereof; and also to retake any Jbip or vejfel of any citizen or citizens of the United States which may have been captured by any such French cruiser. On Thuriday, the 24th, a motion was made to postpone the consideration of inftrutitions to armed vefiels of the TJn.tcl iithe 411 June, and loft by a great majority* The reference of Mr. Sitgreaves’s resolutions,. as also the bill from the Senate, on this iuojeCt, was carried by a great majority. • On Monday last, about two o’clock p. m. after a tliua derfliQwer, accompanied with wind and hail, a tree opjx> lite the nolife of Mr. John Smith, near the Market,- was ft ruck with lightning, which afterwards entered his Ihop , and set fire to a calk of rum. This occalioned the alarm j of fire to be given, and the inhabitants from all parts of 3 the city having repaired to Mr. Smith’s soon put a Bop to 3 the flames, without-much injury to the goods in tlie lhop, 1 or any part of. the building. Same day one of the pilot boats overfet between the city ] and Cocklpur, when a Mrs. Gaffner was unfortunately | drowned. ft he City Council on the 1 ith inst. eleAed Mr. Green! R. Dukes Sheriff, and Mr. Benjamin Wall Marflial, oil this city. Charleston , June 9. Appointment by Authority! George Woodruff, Attorney of tlie United States for thil District of Georgia, vice Charles Jackson, resigned. June 11. fthe snow Harmony, Marlh&ll, which failed I with the schooner Maria from Port an Prince, bavin;! upwards of 100 of the inhabitants of that place on board! arrived in Rebellion Road on Saturday last. June 12. On Saturday last, about ope o’clock, a viol lent fquali, a thunderguft, passed over the Santee canalß A number of Negroes employed in the canal took IheltrH from it in a hovel tliutswas erected near, tlie double aqueduct. Soon after a large tree was blown down onthtH hovel, which in its fall killed five Negroes and wounded® fix. l our of the killed and five of the wounded to Mr. Theodore Gourdine. Capt. Bowers, of the brig Commerce, which arrived on® Sunday from St. Vincent’s, informs, that a few days be® fore he left it the Britilh April packet had arrived at Bar® bados; that in ltveral newspapers received by the packet hfl read an account of the seizure and confilcation of all Amt® rican property in the ports of France. v I FRESH GOODS. A CHOICE Aflortmeiu of SPRING GOODS, !■ ported per the ffiip Carolina, Capt. Malcolm, diri®| from London, for sale on a credit, if applied for Limnei® atelv. JOHNSTON, ROBERTSON, and CO® June u 1.758. ASSIZE FOR JUNE, 1798. | THE Price of Superfine Flour being 10 dollars f*® barrel, and of Fine 9 dollars per barrel, of 19b wt. nett, the Loaves must weigh as follows: lbs. or* I® ~Of the bed fuperfine quality, a 12 1-2 cent loaf, 2 2 |H .jy ~ a 6 1-4 cent ditto, it 9 r: s£ the second quality, al2 1-2 cent loaf, 2 5 a 6 1-4 cent ditto, 1 2 June 1, 1793. W. E C. t* ®