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GEORGIA. By His Excellency JAMES JACKSON, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Army |n and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof, AFRO C L A M A X I O N. WHEREAS I have received infoimation from the Mayor of the City of Savannah that certain Ne nor people of eoleftre (hipped off from Port au Prince, c Weft Indies, for the <poru of South Carolina and Georgia, and many of them are on board vellels bound di teftly to Savannah: AND WHEREAS,poIicy didates that persons of color, used to the horrid feenes of maflacre which of lace years have been so barbarously ptadifed in the Weft Indies, without refped to age or sex, flionld be prevented from coming within the limits of this ftatc, to diflufe their seditious and cruel tenets, and the ad entitled, < An Ad to organize the Militia in the several New Counties of this State,” makes it the duty of the Officers of Militia in the firft Brigade of the firft Division, in their Vcfpedive diftrids, to apprehend any Negro, Muftee, Mu latto freeman or freemen, flavc or llaves, who fliall here after arrive in any port of this lUte from the Weft India or Bahama Wands, and to keep such persons in fafe custody until they can be examined before the Corporation of Sa vannah, or any three Justices of tlie Peace for any county In the said division, who are authorized to cause such per font to be exported at the expence of the importer or own er, who are also made liable for.tht expence of apprehending them: Takiug the fame and the situation of the ■relent ftatc of public affairs, and our local concerns, into my moft furious deliberation, I HAVE iHOUGHT FIT to iflne this my proclamation, hereby charging and requiring all Officers, Civil and Military, to be adive and vigilant, within their refptdive diftrids, hi preventing and oppofuig any of the people of color, deferibedby the afore £itd law, palled the twenty-second day of February, one thousand leven 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 diftrid where such landing may be, and tbofe of any other diftrid into Which’ such persons may come, do immediately pnrfue and apprehend ♦them, and all of them, in order that they may be exported agreeably to law: And I further charge and require the different Magistrates of diftrids, and Captains of compa nies, to be vigilant and adive iu having tlie Patrol Law frilly enforced, without any excuse whatever, as they will tnfwer the contrary at their peril: And I call on all clafles of citizens to come forward with tbeerfulnefs and perform \hofe duties which tlie situation of public and domestic af fairs requires of them: And I alio further charge and require ell Officers, Civil and Military, to be vigilant in appre hending and exporting all and every other Negro, Muftee, Mulatto freeman or freemen, Have or Haves, who has or may have come within the limits of this state, under the delcription aforefaid, since tlie palling of tlie afore-menti oned law of the twenty-second of February, one thouiand seven hundred and ninety-fix, in any manner or way what ever; and to keep a watchful eye over ail and every suspi cious Have or Haves, free Negroes or Mulattoes, although not within the defeription of the said law. GIVEN under my hand, and the great seal of the said state, at the State lloufe in Louifviile, this eleventh day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and in the twenty-second year of die Independence of the United States of America. JAMES JACKSON. By the Governor, JOHN MILTON, Sec’ry. GOD SAVE IHE STATE. asmzeFor THE Price of Superfine Flour being 10 dollars per barrel, and of Fine 9 dollars per barrel, of 196 lbs. wt. nett, the Loaves mull weigh as follows: lbs. oz. Os the best fuperfine quality, al2 1.2 cent loaf, a 9 6 i>4 cent ditto, 1 1 Os the second quality, *l2l-2 cent loaf, 2 5 ft 6 1-4 cent ditto, 1 a t*2 June t> 1795. W. H. Lange, c. t. CITY COUNCIL, Savannah, June ii7i79^ RESOLVED, That notice be given in each of tlie Ga zettes, that an Election for Ten Aldermen to re present the different Wardsrim 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 Meeringhoufo; Franklin Ward, at the Courthouse; Decker Ward, at the Marfcethoufc; Derby Ward, at D. B. Mitchell, Elq.’s nt .v building; Reynold's Ward, at the FUature; Anson Ward , at Mr. Port’s fchool room; Percival Ward , at the Enginehoufej Heatbcote Ward, at Mr. Childs’s house; Warren Ward, at the New Theatre; Wa/lineton Ward, at Mr. Brooks’s hoiife. RESOLVED, That the MagHtrates of the County be requested to attend on that day, at jo. o’clock in the fore noon, at the Courthouse in Franklin ward, for tlie purpoie of conducting the said Election. Extraßfrxau the Minutes, Thomas Pitt, c. c. Tax ColL\iL>r’s iaft Notice. AN Y -pgriba m- who are in arrears for tax of Chatham county, for the year *797, coming forward ftrnd fettling tbe fame, previous to the ill of July next, ■will prevent execution tafuig levied immediately tliereafttr. June 10, 1798. W, Norment, t. c. c. c. Union Society. . THE Members of the Umoa Society are requested te meet at the Filature, on Monday the 2d day of July next, Drecifely at sunset, it befog ft Quarterly Meeting. By Order, PETER $. LAFFITTE, See’y. Iff* SHJsKTfT’iTbA On tbe jtrjl Tuesday, being the 3 d day of July next, will be fold , at toe Gourtboufe in tbe city of Savan nah, The Property under mentioned, viz. A HOUSE and HALF LOT in Broughton ftreel, con taining 30 feet in front and 90 feet in depth, seized and to be fold as the property of Mr. John Gable. A LOT OF LAND, fiuiate in Little Ogecliee Diftridt, containing 45 acres, laid to be adjoining lands of George Millen, Esq. seized as the property of Mr. Robert Greer. ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, situate and lying in St. Philip’s parifti, on Great Ogechee river, bounded by Zettler’s land, containing 450 acres, seized undtr execution as the property of Thomas Lee, deeeafed. Also at tbe fame time and place, A NEGRO MAN, named POMPEY, seized and to be fold as the property of Coxe, deeeafed. Richard Wall, s. c. c. Savannah, May 25. 179-. r SHEKiFi s .vU i On tbe firjl Tuesday, belli c tbe 3 d day of July next, will be fold, at the Courtbotifc in tbe city cf Savan nah, . ALL that Trail of Land, containing acres, in . Bry an county, formerly the property of Sir James Wright, (known by the uamc cf the Orange Grove Plan, tarion) now seized and to be Ibid as the property of Jo&ph Day, Esq. deeeafed. At tbe fame time and place will be fold, *5 Negroes, seized as the property of Edward Davies, Esq. deeeafed. ‘Alfo, Two Negroes, feizel and to be fold as belonging to the Estate of Mr. Joseph Cuthbert. Savannah , May 31, 1798. R. Wall, s. c. c. SHER]FF , s SAI FS ; On Tuesday tbe 3 d July next will be fold, at tbe Gourtboufe in the Ciiy of Savannah, The fallowing Tracts cl land. Pointed out by tbe Executor cf Solomon deeeafed , in order to pay the arrearages cf taxes due for tbe year 1795: 287 1-2 acres in Montgomery county, surveyed in the name of Samuel Pain, on the waters of Ganouchie river, surveyed in January 1784. 287 i-a do. imfaid county, in the name of Reuben Ba con, on Great Ogechee river) fiuveyed 10th March 1785. 287 1-a do. in laid county, m the name of William Ayres, on Canouchie river, surveyed sth October 1785. 237 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of Samuel Crawford, on said river, surveyed 4th October 1785. 287 1-2 do. iu said county, in the name of Francis Parker, on said river, lurveyed 2d October 1785. 287 1-2 do. in said county, in the name of Jacob Da vis, on said river, surveyed sth October 1785. 287 I*2 do. in said county, in the name of John Willi ams, on Boggy gut. 287 1-2 tio. in said county, in the name of John O’Neil, on the Ohoopee river, surveyed January 1784. 200 do. in Camden county, in the name of Robert Montfort, on Crooked river, surveyed in November 1786. 1150 do. in said county, in tlie name of Solomon Pen dleton, on Great Setilia river. 500 do. in said county, surveyed if the name cf James Hume, and purchaled at confifcated Tales by Solomon Pendleton, on Great Setilia river. Six Lots in the Town of Brunswick, granted Solomon Pendleton, viz. Nos. 19, 79, 217, 218, 219, 216. Also , at tbe fame time and place, wilt be fold, A Halt Lui in Mis City, in Broughton lire et, containing 30 leet in front and 90 feet in depth, seized and to be fold as the property of Mr. James Meyers, deeeafed, at the suit of Levi Skeftall. All that T rad of Land, adjoining the East Common, cbnuining about 108 acres of rice land and a~ bout 50 acres of high land, seized as the property of Mr. John Peter Lange. N Three complete Boat Hands, being the re mainder of the Negroes belong ing to the Estate of Roger Parker Saunders. Alfa, A small Sloop, belonging to said Estate. 1350 Acres of Cotton Land in several trads, bt Mobley’s Ponds, in Burke county, to Be fold as belong ing to the Estate of Samuel Elbert, Elq. deceaftd, the former purchafcrnot having complied with the terms of sale. v Richard Wall, s. £. c. Savannah, btb fune, 1798. ON the petition of Thomas Stone, (taring, that he was pollened of a certain bond, figntd William Harden, of South Carolina, for tbe sum of lixteen hundred pounds, condition for the payment of the Turn of eight hundred pounds, bearing date on or about the thirteenth day of June, one thouiand leven hundred and eighty-two, a copy whereof, as nearly as the petitioner could recollect, was annexed to the said petition, and lodged In the Clerk’s office, together with an affidavit, purluant to the act of AiTerably in that case made and provided; that the laid bond was loft or destroyed ; and praying the benefit intended by said act; It is ordered , That, on other circumftantiai proof being laid before the Court, the said- bond be eltabliflied as di rected by the said act, the said Thomas Stone pubbftimg a notice as therein required, and for the lpace of fix months, in one of the Gazettes of this Hate, unless cause iliall be Ihewn to the contrary within the laid fix months, or other matter fliall appear to the Court against the fame. J acob Wood, Attorney* for Petitioner. Extra3 from the Minutes of tbe Superior Court, M'ln tpjb County, >s tb September, 1797. John Baillie, c. s. c. c. w‘i. - - - - . . KF* TO BE RENTED , A SMALL TENEMENT, In an eligihle fituarioa for a retail (hop, being in a populous part of ibc city. Apply to the printers. Bufimfs. Apply to John l’igot, \Yatchmaker, Market square. • SHERIFF’S SALKS. ~ ~ On tbe firft Tuesday in August next will be fold, at Rice* borough, between tbe hours of X and 111 o'clock, by puUlic outcry, ■—**” * The following PROPERTY, ALL that vah- “ and well known Rice Plantation, or Tract of Land, in the county, of Liberty, in three separate surveys, containing, on a late rtfurvey, Bo# acres in the whole, bounded eaftwardly by lands of John Lambright, fouthwardly by lands of John Elliott, and northwardly by lands of the Estate of John Hext. 600 Acres, in the said county of Liberty, in two fur* veys, lying on Golhen swamp, which will be more parti* cularW deferibed on the day of sale. That handsome Situation on Colonel’s Island where John Mitchell fen. Esq. now resides, containing 130 acres, bounded weft by lands of the Estate of John Timmons, northwardly by lands of Peter Winn, Esq. east and south by fait inarfh. Also the following Negroes, vi/. Sambo, Saul, Wally, Pegg, Rose, and Jacob; the fellow Jacob is a carpenter, and has been run away upwards of two years, is still out, and will be fold as he runs. Two Lots in the Town of Sunbury, known in the on* ginal plan of the laid town by the numbers 237 and 238* The whole of tW above property seized and taken under and by virtue <£ fevers! executions as the property of John Mitchell fen. Efq* and pointed outby the said defendant. At the fame time and place will be fold , Two Negroes, viz. Nelly, a young wench, and Prince, a final! boy, seized and taken under and by virtue of an execution as the property of tiie Estate of William Bacon, at the suit of the AsbniniPirators of G. Dupont, and point, ed out by the adminiftrstor. 50 Acres of Land in the county of Liberty, commonly called M‘Gift’s Cowpens, bounded on all Tides by vacant land at the time of furvev, taken under execution as the property of Robert Sallet, deceafcd, and pointed out by the executor. Three Negroes, viz. Dick and Cealy, common field slaves; and Frank, a cooper; seized and taken under exe* cution as the property of the Estate of Wniiam Norman, and pointed out by the administrator. 500 Acres of Land in the county of Liberty, bounded on the east by Samuel Burnley, and on every other fide by lands vacant at the time of survey, taken under execution as the property of Robert C. Baillie, deeeafed. Also 200 Acres of Land in the said county of Liberty, on North Newport river, adjoining lands of John Dollar, deccafed, seized and takjn under execution as the property of Robert Oswald, at the suit of Abraham Leggett, and pointed out by the defendant. Conditions cafli. JN 0 . JONES, s. l. c. Rkeborcugb , 3 otb May, 1798. - ; Ci y ShcrtH's bare. On Tuesday tbe %and day rs fitly next, will be fold, at tbe Gourtboufe in Franklin ward , A NEGRO MAN, named TONY, Taken as the j,roperty of Francis Mallory, pointed out by the plaintiff.’ Petel S. Laffitte, s. c. u fune 12. r | ‘'HE following articles were fund in Yamacraw fonfc X time in the month of May lull, supposed to have been stolen, viz. 1 dozen figured handkerchiefs, 1 5 yards blue cotton ca* lico, 14 yards ditto, xy blue check handkerchiefs, 1 3.4 yard blue striped silk aud cotton ftuff, 2 pair Tailors duck trowfers. The owner is dtfired to prove the property, pay charge?, and take them away, within thirty days, otherwise they will be fold lor the benefit of the County. PETER S. LAFFITTE, J. P. Savannah, June 20, 1798. ‘ . J GEORGIATJ By Edward White, Register of Probatl I (t.s. ) v > for the County of Chatham, in the ftaA Ed. Wh i te. J aforefaid . TTTHgRFAS John Esq. hath made applil V V cation to-me for letters of administration on the! estate and effeds Handley, deeeafed, Thefel are therefore to cite and admonifti all and lingular the I kindred and creditors of the said deeeafed to be and appear I before me, at my office in Savannah, on the 14th day ofl July next, to fliew cause, if any they have, why letters ofl administration ftiould not be granted him. Given - under m v hand ant Heal in Savannah, d*| 14th day of June, in the year of our LOHI ijqß, and in the aid year of American I dependence.’ *■-*'-*’ -•-• - GEORGIA.) By Edward ‘&Vhite, Register of Probatll ( L.s. ) r for the County of Chatham, injthe lb* I Ed. White. *■ z aforefaid. i WHEREAS John Pooler and James B. Youflfrl Efqrs. have made application to me for letters oil administration on the estate and effects of Theodore Gay,l late of Savannah, (hopkeeper, deeeafed, These are there*! fore to cite and admonilh all and lingular the kindred anal creditors of the said deeeafed to be and appeal’ before at my office in Savannah, on the 20th day of July next, ftiew cause, if any they have, why letter* of lliould not be granted them. “ # M Given under my hand and seal, in tbe city Savannah, the 20th day of June, in the of our Lord 1798, and in the aid yearß American Independence. -M ” NQTiC L...< ALL persons having any demands against the JwjPH of Mast Low, late of liberty County, deceaiw j are requested to fend them in, properly attested, to - A fubferiber, within 12 months and a day from the hereof, after which time the affairs of the said be closed, and all accounts not rendered will be excW®^ John Joues, Ada* ■ Rural Felicity , Liberty County, March 28, SAV.LNNAIi;’ItaiEpiTN. JOHNSTON^^I