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About The Georgia gazette. (Savannah, Ga.) 1788-1802 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1798)
JUST RECEIVED,.. P*r the B?ig Friends Adventure, Cap:, CBartcs Whitr son, from And for Sale, iow lor Clilh* 1 2 PuncUpons Molars, f 6 Ditto Windward Island Rum, ’. v , 10 Hogflieads prime .MufcovaJp Sugar. I Jobnfton, Kobertfon, and Cos. Savannah, tilth July, 1.79 s - , - - yusi Imported, • ‘* ‘■ • By Thomas Hogg, In the Ship Julius Pringle, via Cbarlefton, ~ The following GOODS, Which he willfell on rcafonable tertns, at bis Store in St, Julian fired, Johnson's square: SED, blue, and purple copperplate furniture chin'tfes JPafliionable printed calicoes and fancy ch'mtfes 6 4ths chints fliawls lawns and cambrics Red, blue, and purple bordered lawn handkerchiefs Red Chinese printed handkerchieft and 6 4ths huwhums 7 Bths, 4'4ths Irilh liden 9 Bths brown ftieeting Jnfh and Ruflia .flieetings 7 fiths diaper .and diaper tablecloths 7 Bths bod tick 9 4ths and i o 4ths bed bunts to 4thS huckaback, Wown holland, and check handkerchiefs Scotch thread, tapes, bobbin, and ft: wing silk Ruffe!, calamanco; dirrant, and fhalloon Mens, youths, and childrens hats Broad cloths and caflimcre > Whitechapel and common needles Pack and mixed pins writing paper-and ink powder Steel com and coffee mills Socket spades hooks and hinges Iron rim locks with brass knobs Paints and oil in iugs sd. 6d. tod. apJ 2od. nails. Savannah, B tb July, 1798. bhcrilf ’s Sales. On the firfi Tuesday tb September next, will be fold, at the Town of Riceborougb, between the hours of X and 111 o'clock, by public outcry , The following Lands:. r V MI AT valuable and well known Rice Plantation, in • JL tlie county of Liberty, containing 350 acres old lur vcy, aooacrcs of which is said to be of the firft quality of inland l’warnp; 100 acres are cleared and tinder fence;-on tlie premises are a large bam and other necelfary buildings. The above traft is bounded weft by Thomas .Shepard’s, north by Elijah Lewis’s, east by John Mitchell’s, south by jfohn Mitchell’*, Andrew’s, and Estate of John Davis’s ands. Sewed and taken under and by virtue of several execution* as the property of the Estate of John Hext, and pointed out by the Adminiftratbr. 300 Acres, hi the said county of Liberty, bounded south by Wiliam Gibbons’s; eaft,by the Estate of Droit's, and .weft by John Dunham's lands. 4a Acres, in the said county of Liberty, bounded foOtheaft by James Wood’s land, and portheaft by the Eftue of Gideon Dowfe’s land. 200 Acres, in Glynn county, on Cedar Creek Swamp, bounded on all files by vacant land at the time-'of survey. Seized ana taken under and,by virtqe of an execution, at the suit of Mefirs.. Qrooklhanks and Speirs, as the property .of -James Wood, Elb. and pointed out by the .defendant. 200 Acres on Colonel’s Island, adjoining lands- ofijobn Mitchell fen. Esq. and la a very old survey. ,too Acres, in Effingham county, in the diftrift of Ebenezer, bounded northeast by‘Savannah river, and on every other fide by lands vacant at the time of survey, originally surveyed for John Hopkins in the year 1759. Seized knd taken under and by virtue of several executions as the property of Mr. T homas E. Law, and pointed out by the defendant. Conditions ca/h. - JN 0 . JONES, s. c. c. Riceborougb, 16 tb July } 1798. Infcnor Court, Chatharti County, July Term, 1798. Ordered, THAT the Court lie adjourned until Monday the 6th of Au";uft next, at which time the several Colleftors of Poor and County ‘faxes, and Overseers of the Poor, that have not vet fettled their accounts, are requested to attend at the Courthoufifc pntcifeiy at 9 ‘o’clock in the forenoon, wi Ji their accounts and vouchers, for settlement. All persons within the tounty of Chatham, (the jurisdic tion of tlie city of Savannah excepted) that keep taverns, billiard tables, or retail liquors, or those that intend so to do, are notified, that tliey must apply to the Court by pe tition, and take out under futh regulations as tiie to** direfts, under the penalty of forty-three dollars. Extract from ihp"Minutes, . . ■ Justus H. Scheuder, c. i. c. c. c. •'Savannah, July 12, 1798.'',;’ interior Court, Chatham County, July Term, 1798. T appearing by the Sheriff's return that tlie following X persons were duly fununoned to serve as Jurors this term, hat made default, viz. Robert Murdoch, William Clarke, Samuel W all, Richard Keating, * Hampton Lillibridge, Michael Miller, John G. Williamson, John M v Cul lough, • Charles Tondee, John Lillibridge, Ordered , 1 hat tliey be fined in the sum of 20 dollars Cfch, unlcfs they (hew good and lufficient cause of excuse, made upon oath before any Justice of the Peace, and filed in the Clerk’s Office within 30 days alter publication here of, so tluit the merits ol the lame may be determined by thV Jufiices at their next nutting. Extract from the Minutes Justus H. Scjir.uwcß. c. r. c. c. c. FOR SALE, OR TO BE RENTED, A House and Half Lot, situate in f&enfbjrgh, at javfent occupied bv the lubfcpfter, to •wbMii appl>. . - Mart Sacnszss. . JA. ANDERSON, Comaker, RESPECTFULI Y Informs the public, and those who , have ffvorfed their custom, that be ha* re moved to Mr. Ifiiac Pel’s Row, where he carries on tlie above bufinefe Us ufta!. Those who may. be pjcaicd to favor him with employee will give fatisfaftion to, D rc K, A STOUT young man, of a yellowifli complexion, with a fear on his forehead and upper lip, and a bump his fliin, ran away from the fubferiber, without any pro vocation, since last January, is well known in Savannah, being always employed about house. It is supposed he is harbored by Negroes in Col. Wylly's swamp, and at Wil mington, where Capt. Smith plants, and at other illands. He took with him, amongst other clothesy a clay colored fiurtout coat. Jt Dick returns of his own accord his abferice will he o verlooked; if taken, a reward of 20 dollars will be paid on delivering him to the Keeper of the Workhotife. . . IV. STEPHENS, . Final Notice. A GREAT number of the inhabitants having npt yet made their tax returns for the year 1798, they are requefled to do so on or before the last of as all those that niay then be yd in deftiult must mqCjft to he dealt with as the law directs. t , , , JuS*rtr§ H. ScHEuiSEjt, . t. a. c. c. Savannah, June 16, 1798.’ , ’ . mriCEISHI’REIiTGtP'M, “ THAT an Eleftion wjll be heldj on Saturday- the 28th instant, at Andrew’s Meetinghouse, for an Alder ,man to repreient Oglethoi-pe Ward in the City Council, - the former election having been declared illegal. . .. .By order of Council, , ‘ 1 Thomas Pitt, c. C. Savannah, July 16, 1798. IT appears without doubt that tlie Emperor will not re main an idle fpedtutdr of an attack againlt Naples; and this is the probable motive of the movement of tlie Austrian troops in Italy. ~ - Toulon, April *B. Four Frigates, under the orders of tlie Chief of Division Peirie, have arrived in this port from Ancona. They have brought naval (lores, very valuable, from the arsenal of Venice, conlifting of brass cannons, cables, fads, &c. . * . Gen. Buonaparte is expeded at tfiis port. Paris, ApHl 18. The reunion of Geneva to the French Republic has been detpiitively pronotmeed 26th Germinal. The Tribunal of Roijie at its firft fitting has aboJilhed the Inqhilition,’ the Tribunals, and all ecclesiastical jurifdicti <>nß. April if). A courier extraordinary arrived from Ra ftadt to the Directory h<is brought the happy news that the Deputatio^-of tlie Empire has accepted all the conditions of peacij proposed by the French Republic. It is said that ‘our Plenipotentiaries will in future aft only as mediators to fettle ‘thb indertmitie* of the claiming Princes. It is laid that Tallien- is preparing to accompany Buona parte to the Mediterranean. He might be more ufeful to the Legillative Body; and it is matter of aftouiflmient tliat he Who on the 9th Therniidor so happily joined in saving trance and his colleagues-has been till now omitted in the total” reeleftion of the Members of the Convention. London, April 10. There Ls a paper handing about in the higher circles, by which they are entering into a so lemn Engagement for tlie better ohfei-vance of the Sabbath. It conlilts of fix articles of ielf denial, of the following tenor; -$* T ‘ . - -i 1 hat they neither lhaU give nor partake of hot dinners upon the Sabbath. * - That they neither ftiall give nor attend routs, assemblies, or concerts, upon tlie Sabbath. 1 hat they neither ftiall ride out nor travel on horseback, not in carriages, Upon the Sabbath. I hat they lhal! exert themselves to fiipprefs all manner of employment and Worldly bulinefs upon the Sabbath. That their lervaets iiiail not he fulfered to go abroad upon the Sabbath. 1 hat they (hall, with their hou / *i olds, begip and con clude the day with prayer to the Almighty; arid attend divine service at least twice in tlie ccurfe of tlie Sabbath. “ This pajx;r, which is now in circulation, has-Veceived the signatures of a great number of the Dignitaries of the -Church, and a Committee is formed for deviling’ the best means of making the -religious observance of tlie Lord’s Day general throughout- the empire* Many prOpolitions have been made towards this molt feridu&efld; ‘thrfirft of which, as it would obvitrtifty strike every oblerver of the manners of the lower dalles, is, to ftiut up all tiie public lioules, inns, and taverns, throughout tlx kingdom; and lecondly, to pals a bill for the’ tripling and quadrupling of ail turnpikes on that foteinji day, so as to make Sunday .jaunting too dear for the pockets of'tlie people. Many other itiggeftions have been made, in which, however, all the learned- Prelates are not agreed. ‘ The Ojiera performances c Saturday evening are .in future to begin earlier, that they may be over and the . Theatre cleared before Sunday 1 morning. This order is in confequetice of the regulations which are under conTulera tiou for the endeavoring to coireft the public manners. The following is taken from an Edinburgh paper. We have tlie plcafure to lay before the public a copy of the propoled declaration refpefting the obltrvance or tlie Sabbath; we are glad to find it expfeffed in terms so mo derate and proper as mill render it acceptable to every iriend of Chrißianitv. Fhe pTopofing of any parli onentary amendment of the existence of the laws for Uie observance j of Sunday has we underfiund been poftpontd. Tlie follow ing is the propoled form of declaration: “ We whose napiei are hereunto fiibfcribed, being ’ deeply fcnfibfo of the great importance of the religious db* fcrvancc of the LcrcTs Day to thriaterefts of CluilUaaity j ami civil society, do declare, that Tf* hold it highly uJi per on that day to give or accept invitations to entenS m<?nts oraffembiit*, or (except in cafe* cf urgency oTS pwpofrs of charity) U> travel, or to exercise ourworwß Occupations, .or to employ our domeftic* or dependent ■ any thing interfeliiig with tlicii- public or private r*J V duties. “ And, as example and a public declaration of the ciples of our own coiiduft, more particularly at this tinfl may tend to influence the conduft of others, we do he* lS declare otn A solution to adhere, as far ,as may be pra&9 able, to the due observance of the Lord’s Day, accoidi J to the preceding, declaration.” V Edinburgh, April 5. Supcrfiition. A coumrymarj a few days ago, walked eight miles to a small town with J few old cofiin nails, which he brought to a brass foundtil •there; to be call into two rings, to lie put upon the greal toe of his wife to cure her of the cramp. 6 ■ • ‘ I I State of New Hampshire, I In-the House of Rcprefcntativcs, June 8, 1798. Voted, /t. I r ~pHAT, in consequence of certain exprellions used bjl X Mr. Howard in his prayer in this House, and hiJ omitting to. pray for the Prefidetit and Congress of the l T nl ited. States this i day, .this House do not wifti any forthel fervice* from him h Ghaplain, and that tlie Afliftant QerlJ be directed to furnilh him with a copy thereof. , John Prentice, Speaker. [Tbis Howard, we nnderfiand, is an itinerant preachcrA born at Amberfifand educated at Dartmouth, J\T ew | HampfiAre.; His sermons and conversation have beeim a long lime replete with Jacobinic sentiments; anM be has been noted for bis 6'tclufive partiality to cutm late Allied, the French. Ilis appointment tberepri I Could have been dictated only by that tolerant jpn[ I of candor and liberality which have ever cbaraSlaM ized tb.e EcdcraUJls cj this country. We hope the nn-fl anintous vote of censure cf so rcfpeßable a body M men will not only influence the conduft of the yoiu.Jl preacher in his future peregrinations and labors , bua ts all others who have frayed from the path of recJ titude and federaiifni .] 80° Other printers we hope will make this public. Ihe Thetis has taken an 8 gun French privateer, with! 80 men, off Block Island. A. 20 gun privateer French lliip has been fpokenbyal vefiel arrived at -Cape Ann to the eastward of the bankJ Tlie French Captain was on board tlie American. T he merchants- df this town whose veflels and property! were convoyed by tlie St. Alban’s have, we learn, voted! to present Capt. Pender a piece of plate, not to exceed 100 1 guineas in value, as a mark of their esteem. Arrived, Ihip Gato, Kobertfon, St. John’s, (New Brunf xvic) 8 days. Capt* Robertson informs, that out of 7 French privateers from Hispaniola 5 of them are taken and sent into Halifax, among which was the Jane. June 15. Admiral Jervis failed from Lilbon on the _2 2d ot April, with 5 Blips of tlie line and several frigates, on a crude; and on the 28th Admiral Nelfqn failed with a Iquadron to join Admiral Jcrvri. June 18. In our I-egiflature all is harmony and energy. Maffachufor s has regained her ancient charafter. ‘ Tlie Prefidetit’ mav well be proud of his own state, notwith standing tlie bickerings of a few little towns. The eleftion of Mr. Dexter to the Senate of the United States is a h?ppy circftmftahce; he is every thing that a ftatefinan ought to be. No Federal Senator for this com monwealth has before been chosen by so large a majority. Leglfiature of Maffacbufetts, June 15. A resolve came down from the Hon. Senate, requesting the Governor to direst the Quartermaster General to pro vide and mount cannon for the protection of tlie seacoast. • [By this resolve 50,000 dollars are appropriated for tlie above pcrrpole.] , The Hon. Mr. Bridge brought down a. resolve empower ing the'Treaturer to borrow of the Union Bank a fom not exceeding 50,000 dollars, which was read and concurred in. : ‘ - Portland, (Maine) June 13. ‘We Hop the press td announce, that this morning arrived here, Ihip Merchant, Capt. Fitzgerald, in 44 days from Liverpool, bringing pap ers to the- 29th April, leveral later than before re ceived. After editing our eyes over them we find but little information further than what we have already given. ’ New Torkyjunc ij. ‘ Yesterday came on at the May or’s Court the triaPof tliofe concerned in the late fracas at tho gaol, when Edjvard Jaifiifon, Stephen Belknap, fh°* mas King, Joseph -Fowler’ jitn. John Watson, Hugh M‘Clure adVord Kelldg, William. Foulk, and William Kimberly, W{;re, convifted. of brbakiag the prison; Reubert Weeks; Thomas: H. afid William Hogsflefli. Fh* whole i2, couVifted’ of assaulting Peter.Loniknd witk at intent tb’muitier, all of whom, except Kellog, to be coil* fined ff? hard labor in’ the ,uew state prison for 18 months; and Kellog'ift/r “One year. Tliey were condtlftcd to their new rtfideuce'at arftite hour last night. ■June 14. ‘ TiilV day ‘failed the Ihip Harmony, Capt* Kollock, for Calcutta. A Mrs. Kobertfon and her three daughters Went passengers. The Harmony‘is fitted out hi a warlike manner, mounting 16 nine pounders, and has 6| men. On leaving this port lhe gave a federal salute. Brig Mary, PeudJeton, from New York to Jamaica, i* taken and carried into Cape Francois. - * ” • June 17. This day arrived the ihjp Alexander Hamil ton, from Bourdtaux, which failed on the 26th April- In this vessel came passenger, the Hon. J. Marfliall, one of our Envoys Extraordinary to the French Republic. Gen- Pinckney and Gen. Marfliall received their passports on a nd,e ’ 14th April, which, though not a formal dilmifial, was ne ‘ verthelefs confidenjd tantamount to the fame. Mr- Gotf remains in Paris- He is “flattered into a hope of effeCWf an accommodation, although to his colleagues not afiw 73 of hope remained. The ilincis of Mils Pinckney, to wtw a reiuience of i’ome weeks in the south of France was p** feribed by her pbyiician as indispensable, retarded for w®* tune the departure ot’ her father: But it is expected Gen* Pinckney is now about leaving France, provided he
