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• ttitferatUns u ban the hale of Public Affairs. A PAMPHLET under the above title has lately met the public eye. This production, highly creditable to the abilities cf the author, to the pen ot Lord Auckland. After descanting at fome length tin the want of energy which the French nation has dlfpbyed on every g rea £ cafion, the author proceeds to a(k, “ How it is possible, from so pailive a difpofitien, and from a nation fii broken and enervated, to expett a civil war. It is not only con tradi&orv (fays he) to our experience of what they have endured, but to all just reasoning and combination of the future. In my opinion there are wanting the feeds and principles of a civil war. All the enemies of revolt and nifurrection are in the hands of the usurper; and tin the people there is neither desire of freedom nor aCfive feme of oppreflion. The new fanaticifm of Liberty is extiiuft, and buried in the fame tomb where tlie zeal and antique faith pf Loyalty repoft*. The Monarchy had its 10th of August, the Republic has had its 4th of September. If the 1 hrotie could fall without a civil war why may not the Republic? If the destruction of the moft revered and ancient eftablifh mehts could collect no votaries, and arm no party, why should these novel fancies and unprofitable forms? I a/k why, even if the people were the fame? How much the kfs, then, when the people is effete and dull, desirous of nothing but repose, obedient to every.ypke, and indifferent fyftem? The ruins of tbeCowkurion still remain; but the winds whittle in them, and they are only a (belter for banditti; yet who attacks them? The Government holds by occupancy, not by title; yet who claims against it? It rules by will, without pretence of law; yet the people cling to it; it seems fbmethjng still, because it is tranquil lity, a calm and passive state, flattering to the indolence and torpidity of their fouls. What does not the memory of past evil render tolerable to mankind? What Govern ments will not the experience of anarchy and revolution fivet on their neck? Civil wars, I think, require not only energy, but principle in a people; they mutt revere their caule, their leader, and themselves; they mud feel the justice of tlieir quarrel; they must desire one known acknow ledged end or remedy. The rest is the plot of a seraglio, Or the revolt of a mob. What energy, what principle do we discover in this degraded people? Do we think this people will now take up arms for the freedom of an electi on, or the violation of an article in a Constitution scarcely two years old? That they will fight for Pichegru and Bar ihelemy, who would not draw a sword for the Capets or the Bourbons; or defend tire gospel of the Constitution, who have betrayed and abjured the religion of their forefathers? Let us rather go back again to our aftignats, or .resume our march to Paris; they are fafer follies than those confident theories of our enemies calamities and crimes. “ I think there is but one fafe and honorable way of tonfidering the state of the French at this period, namely, as potteffing the moft powerful empire in Europe, placed Dnder the control of the moft despotic government* I be- Jiold this government wielding the whole physical means and power of the nation without mora restraint or limit—■ employing the whole resource andpqpulatipn pf their coun try, without obffecle or embarraffmeiit from any law, pri vilege, custom, or immunity, without any scruple of tneir own mind, or fear from the spirit of liberty in the public mind. In their conquests they are still more (if more is pofiible) uncontrolled, unfcrupuloUs, and absolute. The whole universal power and produce of the old and new ter ritory, the growth of every field, and the labor of every arm, is placed at the diferetion and arbitrament of this re morCelefs sovereign. Whatever moves or grows upon the whole furface ot his dominion is his army or his magazine* Whatever is is his. What he leaves is benevolence*— what he Ipares is generality—his half .terror is moderation —his imprisonments, humanity—hij transportations, ten cemefs ol blood* Whatever he abstains from is his praise —every thing (hort ot its extreme, his merit—every thing Hot worst, his goodness. His commands to the Councils are his love of liberty—the third part of which he has not deprived the public creditor is his respect for property. The Redadeur is his freedom of the press—he is judged nega tively, and whatever remains unperpetrated of tyranny or avarice is enjoyed by the people as his virtue of his gift.’* Speaking of thl Forced Loan in France, and the Invafioil of England, the author observes: “ The iubfoription for tlie ennqueft of England, and the loan secured upon that event, can never fill but under fome mode of application ot the principle ot terror. It may be called enthusiasm of revenge, but it is nothing but a diredt tax imposed by ter ror, and paid by prudence’ and fear. The proprietor throughout the world is upon our fide, even the present or er o proprietors in France do not desire our min. The merchants, as they are still called, whole warehouses were plundered in every commune of die republic on. the 4th of January, cannot desire it.* The ih France, as veil as in every comer of the empire, put forth their feeble cries for peace, and desire the (lability of a government .without which the very name of property must before this , mve forgotten. They turn their eyes, with hope and coufolatton,- to this mighty Power, the'ark citadel of the civilized world, tlie last asylum of law on J er ’ an . d th , e tem pfe of justice and religion. It is ferra alone that they perceive tlie sacred foe bum bright tT P r re ’ Z r d { r° m hence thc y look for the for a moment that the conquest of these KLn mg tTf WaS the objea of their ambition, or a th^‘ r avanc G the 7 know our state is yet un a , ey fee P' reef a s ainft the coming storm. They wh - m .?' nrun £ of reduction and economy, which, (o k- , as ,L must be, and perfected as they ought RiDir*> W™* t^lC fortrefs and rampart of our fear- anl ti ey kn ” w ) ve lb a ke only with the merchants Kh al ° ne an J Peace* all-is to be •Ur 11,6 W s the present delpotifm of France.” ff r ‘ a °V “> ,b ‘ C <*~ / [* persons indebted to the I lnte ‘ 4 hereof arc requeued to make payment. GEOR G 1“ Ai ’•> By His Excellency JAMES JACKSON, Governor and Commander in Chief of tlie Army and Navy of this State, and of the Militia thereof, A P R O C LAM A T IO N. WHEREdS I have received information from the Mayor of the City of Savannah that certain Ne groes or people of color are shipped off fronj Port an Prince, in the Weft Indies, for the ports of South Carolina and Georgia, and many of them are on board velfels bound tli redtly to Savannah: ANQ WHEREAS policy dilates that persons of color, ufodto the horrid feenes of niaftacre which of late years have been lb bafbaroullv pradtiied in the Weft Indies, without refpedl to age or fox, should be prevented from coming within the limits of this state, td diffufe their seditious and cruel tenets, and the act “ An A (ft to organize tlie Militia in the several NevV Counties of this State,” makes it the duty of the Officers of Militia in the firft Brigade of the firft Division, in their refpedtive dirtiicts, to apprehend any Negro, Muftee, Mu latto freeman or freemen, /lave or (laves, who flmll here after arrive in any port of this state from the Weft India or Bahama Islands, and to keep fucli persons in fafe custody until they can be examined‘before the Corporation of Sa vannah, or any three Jhftiees of the Peace for. any county in the said division, jVho to cause fucli per sons ld.be exported Rt the thence of the importcr or own er, who are allb made liable for the expence of appro bending them: Taking the fame therefore, and the situation of the present state of public affaiis, and our local concerns, into my moft feriblis deliberation, I HAVE THOUGHT FIT to issue this my proclamation, hereby charging and requiring all Officers, Civil and Military, to be adtive and vigilant, within their refpedtive diftridts, in preventing and opposing any of the people of color, described by the afore faid law, patted the twenty-second 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 diftfict where such landing may be, and those of any •other difti ict into which such perlbns may come, do immediately purine 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 diftriefts, and Captains of compa nies, to be vigilant and active in having tlie Patrol Law fully enforced, without any excufe.whatever, as they will answer the contrary at their peril: And I call on all classes of citizens to come forward with chcerfulnefs and perform those duties which the situation of public and domettic af fairs requires of them: And lalfo further charge and require all Odicers, Civil and Military, to be vigilant in appre hending and exporting all. and every other Negro, Muftee, Mulatto freeman or freemen, (lave or Haves, who has or may have come within the limits of this state, under the defeription aforefaid, since die patting of the afore-menti oned law of the twenty-second of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-fix, in any.manner of” way what ever; and to kfiep a watchful eye over all and every suspi cious Have or (laves, free Negroes or'MtrfattoeS, although not within the defeription of the said lav?. GIVEN under my hand, and the great feat of the said state, at the State House in Louifvitle, this eleventh day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and in the twenty-second year of tiie Independence of tlie United States of America* JAMES JACKSON. By the Governor, * JOHN MILTON, Sec‘rv. GOD SAVE iHE STATE. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT^ Louisville, Juke. tlie 6th, 1798. Ordered, THAT the General Orders of the 29th ultimo be pub lifiied in the Gazettes of Savannah and Augusta. Attefi. THOMAS JOHNSON, Sec. £. D. Headquarters , Loulfvilh , May 29 tb, *798. L O R D E R S. IT is recommended to tl:e lirigadiers of tlie l'cfpeiftive Brigades to permit a troop of borfe to be railed in every county within their commands w hose numbers will polfibly admit of it. ‘ The refpeiftive troops of hoffe already commiftioned are required to equip themselves completely both with rel’ped. to horses and accoutrements, and to hold themselves in readi nels to take the field at the Ihorteft notice. The Gommanding Olficers of regiments and battalions in the firft Brigade of the firft djviliou will attend to the difeipline and equipment of their officers, and men, and hold themselves in readinfefs to defend the coast, in case of invasion from any enemy; and,.in case pf aiftual invation, the officer commanding where the invasion takes place will dispatch an immediate tlie Gommanckr in chief, and to the Commander of the Brigade, for orders, and in the mean time resist the enemy with all his force. The Chatham Artillery will not leave the City of Savannah without orders from tlie Commander in chief, except in Jinall detachments for the river Savannah or Thunderbolt river, or Augustine’s creek, for the defence of the city. The Commander of the Brigade,'hi case of aiftual invasion, will, until the orders of the Commander in chief reaches him, march, if he thinks proper, any part of the remainder of the Brigade to any place or port within the fame. The Commanding Officer of the second Brigade of the firft division will hold his brigade in readiness to support the firft brigade on the (horteft notice. ? The other General and Field Officers are required to at tend to the difeipline of their refjieftive commands, and be prepared to defend their country against any attack which, although the Commander in chief is in strong hopes will not take place, it behove? all ranks of citizens to guard against any hostile approach. -By order of the Commander in chief. THOMAS JOHNSON, Sec. E. D. K7° BLANK LAND CONVEYANCES for sale at the Printing Office in Bisughtea street. STORY A JOVIAL fellow full of Ijxmk, The other day, by chance, got drunk;— His friend, who was a knowing nony, Wifli’d to convert hini mto moneyj So putting him into a lack, • t. He carrie l him upon his back Unto a surgeon of great fame, And for two guineas fold the lame* - The bargain dos’d; the cOrpfe began To groan, just like a living man! “ Hoi” cries the surgeon, What is here? “ The Dead is now alive, 1 fear!” “ It is no matter,” said the Vendviry “ You buy the body that I render, “ And therefore sot your fnind at ease, “ For you can kill him when you pleftfe.” C 0 M F 0 Z T. A GENTLEMAN whole lady produced a fine bov fijS months after marriage applied to a phyiician to account for this expedition. “ Make J ourfelf easy,” aniwered the Do£ur, “ this- ltappen? tnr the case of the fir A • child, but ‘neverafterwards*’ 0 A M QHAUSF Itl TE ! SOME persons relating 10 eich other the ittanv woh derfitl objects they had seen in the cotirfe of their travels, one of them asserted that he had Teen in Africa fome gnfs growing that was as high as a hoiife, and appealed to his companion for the truth-.of his ftory} this his companioa made no hefitatioii in Confirming, and declared, that in the very fame field where this grids grew, after having walked fome time be fat dmvn to rest himfelf, and in courfo <? f >; few minutes found himfelf rgifed 30 feet from the ground, in coniequqnce of having fat ujion a rnuftiroointhat’ was growing!!! ‘ . r i , 5 v -_, . . ’* ~— ■ - ; i—— ~ ■■ ~~ 1 * - “*-••' ~~ r '—- ■ -.rtkA repetition for Foreciofure* Robelrt H. jl^Ga£S.jj ; l , .n UPON the petition of james Bmer fen. pravmg tbc ; foreclofure bf tlie equity of redemption of-all those two trads of land, containing five hundred acres, more vt less, viz. one trad of four hundred acres, including tlie improvements of James Bruer junior; the other trad of one hundred acres, including the dwelling of other improve*- merits ol the said Bruer lenior; the four hundred acre trad originally granted to James Bruer feh. and the other trad of one huridfe'd acres originally granted toAVil- Ham Crawford; moregaged to the said James Bruer. ferw for the fecttrity of a turn of money .in the said mortgage mentioned; and bn‘motion, of Mr.,Cuvier, Gounfel for the petitioner; it is ordered , That the principal, intere'ft, and colb, upon the laid. mqrtgagg, .bq fiji'id.intoCourt, or the t(qiitty of redemption lie from thenceforth forer.lofed: An£ it is further ordered. That this rule be publiffied in the Gazettes of this state, xvf on the mortgager or hi* Attorney, at leaf! nine mouths previous to the time of the money being paid into Court *s aforefaid. ExtraH of the Minutes, ... ■ Joh> G. t. *. c* £. c* May if, 1793. . “ John ShoolbredJ T TPON the petition of Jolaf Shool verfus . > bred, praying the foreciofure of Isaac Delvon. J the equity pf redemption of all that Trad of Land, containing fifty aerbs situate and being iit the county of Chatham, bounded erifl by land of John Rut ledge, weft by the northwest road, north by laud of Alex* ander Brown, and fortth by land late George Kincaid's, which laid trad of land was late the property of William Wylly junior; and also all those two Lots of Land, situ ate and being at Vernonburgh, in the county of Chatham, and known by the No. 3 find 4, late the property of John Jameifon; mortgaged by Isaac Delyon, late of Savannah, to tiie laid John Shoolbred, for the security of a sum of money contained in a bond from the said liaac Delyon to the said John Shoolbred, -bearing date the firft day of March foventeen hundred and eighty-four; and on motion of Mr. Bulloch, Attorney for the plaintiff; it is ordered, That the principal, iutereft, and costs, tipon die said bond and mortgage, be paid into Court within twelve month* from this day, and, uiftefe the fame Hull be so paid, tlie equity of redemption .- will be from thenceforth foreelofed. and other proceedings, take place, purfuarit to tlie Act of Assembly in fucb case made and patted the 9th day of De cember,’ 1790. . r ,.r* ‘ ‘’ ’ And it is further ordered* in pursuance of the said aft. That this rule be piiblifhed in'one of the public Gazettes of this state, or fcrved on Isaac Delyon, or his Attorney, at least nine months previous to the time by which tlie money is directed to be paid as aforefakL Extraß from the Minutes , James Bulloch, e. s. ts. t. C• ON tbe petition of Thomas Stone, dating, that lie was poffttted of a certain hondrfigned William Harden, of South Carolina, for the sum. of sixteen hundred pounds, condition for the payment'of the sum of eight hundred pounds, hearing date on or about the thirteenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, a copy whereof, as nearly as the petitioner could recoliefl, was annexed to the said petition, and lodged in the Clerk's office, together with an affidavit, pursuant to the aft of Assembly in that case made and provided; that the said bond was loft or deftroyed} and praying the benefit intended by said a& ; It is ordered, That, on other circumstantial proof being laid before the Court, the said bond be eftabliffied as di* retied by tlie said as, the said Thomas Stone pifblifhing a notice as therein required, apd for the space of fix months, in one of the Gazettes of this state, unless cause lhall be‘ ; ftiewn to the contrary within the fakl fix months, or other matter fliall appear to the Court against the fame. Jacob Wood, Attorney for Petitioner. ExtraS from tit Minutes of the Superior Court, M'ln* t'ffh County, istb September, 1797. Johx Bailue, c. s. c. c. h‘U