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Trom PORCUPINE*KAzIt*. filling Mircf, u M l* ’ imUB. TtICA is taken from the close <jf the ®* CANNIBALS PROGRESS,” publijled By me* TBs paper may bap fen to fall into the bands of fame vtbo utay not fee the pamphlet, and the reader •will excuse me if I think the matter it contains of importance enough to merit as wide a circulation as p r f ■ Americans, r| ‘HUS have you ieen the confe<jt*ncM of French X Invasion, from which you have also seen that no compact, no convention, no treaty, no tribute, will preserve any coimtry in which these infernal monsters can either by force or fraud once get a (toe footing. 1 hat they will leave nothing unattempted to get such a footing iaJthefe Hates is moft certain; so that you lave only to de termine whetlier you will witness horrors such as you have read of, and perhaps dill worse, or bravely resolve to keep off the contaminating cutthroat crew by the thunder of your cannon and the point of your bayonets. Peace! peace! peace!— Ah! this is the toothing found by which you have been and yet are lulled and deluded. A corrupt and 1 wicked fadlion, vho are combined with the despots of France, and who are continually endeavoring to •divide you and keep you disarmed, in order that you may fall an easier prey to them lei ves and their Gallic mailers; This abominable taftion, in l'pite of all your boasted know ledge, and still more boasted love of liberty and independ ence, have contrived to hoodwink and delude you, and to make you submit, with fceming resignation, to injuries nd intuits unheard of; and all this have they done by a continual canting repetition of tlie lingle monosyllable, Peace! But, ever! suppose it poftible to patch tip a peace with the haughty Divan; suppose that your Government and yourselves were to abandon every thought of preferring your national honor and independence, and basely knuckle down before the altar of Gallic deipotitin, bearing the de mand Tribute in your enervated hands; and suppose that, in confluence of this, the grovelling tyrants were to con delcend to honor you with the fuperciliousgrin of fotgive , Itefs; suppose all this; would all this ensure you your be loved peace , after which you banker and pine with the fondnels of the lover and the fretfulnefs of the claki?— The anlwcr to this question is best given in the fate of die dt graded republics of Europe , to whom, on like conditi ons, France has already granted the blejjings ol Peace. Holland Hands firft in the catalogue of niiiery and diflio tior. Holland, so lately the feat of freedom, commerce, industry, and affluence, having been pillaged by its dear ally the rapacious Republic of France, and forced to de clare war again!! Great Britain, by which it 101 l both its maritime importance and nearly all its foreign valuable potfellions, presents at this momont the fad lpectacle of a country divided againl! itfelf, governed by the haughty mandates, and awed by the arms of destitute of commerce, its navy annihilated, defaced almoll from a- Jnongft the nations of Europe, and reduced to a mere ske leton of that power which once so nobly contended for real liberty, and which dilputed with Great Britain the empire of the main. If I alk you .to what this mighty downhill is to be attributed you will not liefitate to anlwcr, that it was effe&ed by the introduction of French principles, and by the united efforts of the crafty and the credulous; by the traitors who (as ours do; still cried peace •with France, apd by the filly people who lifttntd to their deluding voice. Geneva owes its ruin to a peace with France • Without the leal! excufc in the world, in the year 1792, the French marched an army againl! this little Republic and surrounded the city. The Guievefc, having called in their neighbors, the Swiss, to their afliftance, were in a fituationto defend tliemlelvcs, and ftcprefl'cd their determination to do it. The Convention (ever as base as it was bloody) finding this to be the case wheedled them into a negotiation. A treaty was made, according to which the Swiss were to be sent Cway and the French army was to retire. Ihe army did retire; but, when the Swiss were gone, the villains of the Convention annulled the treaty; their army advanced, Entered the city, and were joined by numbers of traitors. All the blejjings of a French revolution began; the rich were plundered, feme of diem put to death, others to flight; the poor little Hate became a province of I*ranee, and from case, opulence, and independence, fell to the lowell degree of misery and vaflalage. Genoa, by yielding to demand after demand, by paying tribute upon tribute, and by swallowing humiliation upon humiliation, thought to el'cape the general w reck; but no; a revolution has been effeded, as at Geneva, and followed by similar conlequenccs. Hamburgh, Bremen, and Luheck, though so remotp, have not been able to avoid the outllretched arm of French rapacity and power, bur have been compelled, as the price of peace, to pay a tribute of fcvcral millions, in return for which they arc hourly threatened with final feibvcrlion aiid total ruin. Venice made peace with the French , ind thereby gave them an opportunity of dii'piaying the tieacherouinels of their charader in its fulltft glare. Alter, deluding die people of this state with the hopes of liberty, equality, and independence, they pillaged the city of its trealures, de ftroytd its mol! splendid institutions and costly ornaments, hnd levelled the pride of ages with the dust. Tliey took poffefiion of its inoft valuable iilands, plundered it of its navy, beat and murdered hundreds of its inhabitants in mere whim and caprice, and finiilied their perfidious work by delivering up the mife cable people to the government of S ilrang(x,and of ajMonarch whom they had always p.ffeded to confiucr # one of the greatel! enemies of liberty, and whom in their decrees and proclamations a tliouf* •nd times ftylcd a despot. Switzerland doles the awful leffotu This Republic was. like the United States, a federative one. It had long been equally the admiration of the ftiresrian and tiie civilian, and not unfrcquently tlie fubjeil of the mult’s praise. Yet, by peace with France, tltis much admired Republic lias been tom up root and branch. Switzerland, . basely forgetting the murder of the King’s guards on tlie ictli of August, odicioullv came forward, tlie firft Hate of Europe, to acknowledge the Republic of France . The Swift> observed what they called a ueuuality; but it was vilely mfiacrtr, rfwavs operating tnfevor of tlie French. r When these latter hail swallowed up the neighboring coun tries they quarrelled with the Swiss. 1 hey ordered them to fer.d away the Englifli Ambaflador, which would have been done, had lie not spared them the disgrace by retiring. They were next ordered to banilh tile Emigrants; they negotiated and complied. Now there was no ground of quarrel left; an infurrettion was therefore excited, and the jgcncrous French marched in their army to protetl thf poor •I pprejfed in fur gents! In short, \X\e HELVETIC UNION was now told that they mufl change their constitution. Tliey negotiated, but still the enemy approached. The Legislators met; tliey offered to make feme alterations. Thole would not do. They must receive a conjiitution from Paris . They refilled, and colluded their army; but, still indeci- Jive, (just like our House of Representatives) they ordered their army not to ad. At last, while they were still de bating,-comes the French fans culottes and disperses them at the point of tlie bayonet. The Swiss army was found; j the people were brave and active; but what, with such Go- ( vernors, were they to do again!! ten times their force! j They nrfhed on the enemy’s camion; were blown to pieces , k by thouftmds. The women fought by the sides of their i hu/bands; no less than eight hundred of them expired under the fabres of the Woody French. With these gallant females the liberty of Switzerland groaned out its last. TJhus, Americans, nave all the republics oj Europe, For their endettvoring to conciliate with France; for her 1 tame submission to injury and insult; for their whining, cringing, and crawling for peace; been finally rewarded by the fubveifion of their governments, by the loss of their property, by the massacre of their people, by being reduced to the last degree of national wretchedness and disgrace, and by being rendered tlie (corn and contempt of the Universe. But the example is not complete, without (hewing you what would have been the effect of an eppoftte conduit . This you must also learn by again turning your eyes on Europe. There yon will perceive that those who have fought the French with bravery, who have obstinately re filled the progrels of their principles, and who have never yielded to their insolent demands, are still secure in the enjoyment of jtheir commerce, their Wealth, their liberty, and tlieir religion. Viewing the general desolation of Europe, tlie fallen state of all the countries that have submitted to the scourge of the Republicans, and the calamitous, the brutal condi tion of these Republicans themselves, what a grand and noble figure ando I ;the people of Great Britain exhibit to sur rounding nations, Handing, as they do, firm and erctl a midst the storm, proudly determined not to submit to the will of the enemy, bravely resolved to facrifice every com fort in support of their religion and their liberties, and still enjoying all those bleflings of which other countries have in so ftiort a period been bereaved! Their trade and manu factures still flourifh “ through the state,” and fuqiafs the commercial enterprises and fucceflcs of all the other nations in the world. Agriculture, for from languidling during the war, has been purliicd with unexampled vigor and prol'- perity; all their excellent institutions continue to thrive under the unremitting aftiduity of tlieir Governors, and the oealelels generosity of the public; and the national bene volence has been mol! nobly displayed in the fuccefllve and ample fubferiptions for the relief of persecuted foreigners, for that of their own wounded soldiers and sailors, and for the benefit of the widows and the oiphans Os those who have fallen in fighting the battles of their country. The iuten court? between man and man is preserved unalloyed by suspicion; the charms of iociety remain unControled by ten ’ror; tlieir wives vaicl daughters deep. without apprehension of being disturbed by die violator or the affaflin; and their, property is fccnml by mild and well dilpenfed laws again!! tlie public depredator and the private aggressor. Their iftands in the AVeft Indies have been fecurcd, and aug mented by those of the enemy; their pofieflions on this continent have continued unmolested; their extensive and valuable territories in the East Indies have enjoyed the meft profound tranquillity; they have added conquest to conquest in Alia and Africa; the Cape of Good Hope is tlie guardian of their commerce to tlie East, and the rock of Gibraltar defies the poVer of Spain. In naval fame they have made avail acquiiition. In that part of the war which belongs to Britain they have obtained successes which fuqiafs the mol! brilliant examples of their ancestors: history abounds with tlie noble ueeus of Britifii tars, but it was referred for George the Third, after decisive and glorious victories successively gained over the fleets of France, Spain, and Holland, to fee his navy ride triumphant at the fame mo ment at the mouths of BreJ ?, Cadiz, and the Texel . Such, Americans, and fofituated, is the nation from whom, generally /peaking, you are defended. Compare her filiation with that rs the degraded peace seeking Republics of Europe, and then determine which example you Jhall follow. Independence, with all its attendant blejjings, is yet within your power; hut, as it was ob tained by arms, fa it mufi be maintained; and you have not a month, nay, not a day, left you to confder, whe ther you jlalUaJfutne those arms, or basely bend your necks to the galling yoke of the insolent blood tbirfy tyrants of France. IVanted immediately , AN OVERSEER to take charge of a Rice BUmtari on, for whom generous wages will be given. None need apply uakl's well recommended. Apply to JAMES'SMITH. New Land, Liberty County, 9 th July, 1795. ■ NOTICE.* _ . A LI. persons are particularly warned again!! purcbafmg juiy Negroes, lands., or otlier property, belonging to the Effate of John Ruppert, deceased, from any person or peribns whatsoever, as the whole thereof is 1 eCUred, by the will of the said John Ruppert, to the foie and separate use of Mrs. Burney during her life, and to her children after hair dcceafe. ‘ , , WILMAM LeWDEX.'I t- \ , . John EpKnses. J EiCn,tors - February li, 1798. C 1 A STOUT young man, of a yellowish I with a fear on his forehead and upper lip, and a bum* ■ on his fl'in, ran away from the fubferiber, without any JjH vocation, fmee last January, is well kneivn in Savannah. I being always employed about house. It is fuppoftQ h e v! • harbored by Negroes in Cos. Wylly’s Twamp, and at Wj; 1 mington, where Capt. Smith, plants, and at’ other ifl ßn( k J He took with him, among!! other clothes, a clay colored ■ I'urtout coat. I If Dick returns of his own accoi€ his atfence will be . ■ verlooked; if taken, a reward of 20 dollars will be paid lL 1 delivering him to the Keeper of the Workboufe. 7 * ■ W. I Fifty Dollar* *nevd-d. ‘ I RUN AWAY from the fobferiber, I about 4 weeks Snce, A Negro I Fellow, named Brave Boy, an African I i \ . bom ’ straight m-de and slender, about I 5 feet 6 inches hl gb, dark complexion, I 21 or 22 years of age; it is fuppofud I he will change big name to Abraham. I Ten Dollars, with reasonable charges, I will be paid qp hilflelivery to the Gaoler in Savannah, I and the above reward of fifty dollars for proof of his being I harbored by a white person, so that .he offender may bt I brought to punishment. Geo. Millen. Lottery Hall , June 45, 1798. i wENTY DOLLARS KEWAKD^ WILL be paid to any person who may lodge in tlft I gaol of Savannah, the following NEGROES; I Tom, a very well made smart little fellow, has his hair I tied behind, or rather on the top of his head, or near it; I lie is a cooper by trade. Fanny, his wife, a very likely I | young wench, about 5 feet 6 inches high, drefTes verj I ! neatly, and has been a house fervarrt. They are well I ! known about Savannah and mod of the plantations in the I vicinity, where they have always lived till lately. It is I supposed they wilt lurk about the plantation of George I Millen, Esq. or feme other in that neighborhood, from I wjicnce they will make frequent visits to the city. Ten I dollars will be paid for the de'ivery of either of them so- I parately. Fanny run away about two weeks ago, Tom 1 ytfterday. JAs. JONES. Ship Yard , *fuly 18, 1798. * I inlcnor Court, Cha ham Cuum), July Term, 1798. Ordered, , r the Court be adjourned until Monday the 6th A of August next, at which time the several Colleftorg of Poor and County'Faxes, and Overseers of tlie Poor, that have not yet fettled their accounts, are requested to attend at the Courtboufe, precisely at 9 o’clock in the forenoon, with their accounts and vouchers, for settlement. All persons within the county of Chatham, (the jurifdic. tion of the city of Savannah excepted) that keep taverns, billiard tables, or retail liquors, or those that intend so to do, are notified, that they mufl; apply to the Court by pe tition, and take out licenses, under such regulations as the law directs, under the penalty of forty-three dollars. Extract from the Minutes, Justus H. Scheuber, c. i. c. c. c. Savannah, July 12, 1798. Interior Court, Chatham County, July Term , 1798. IT appearing by the Sheriff's return that the following persons were duly summoned to serve as Jurors thifc term, but made default, viz. Robert Murdoch, ‘ , William Clarke, Samuel Wall, Richard Keating, Hampton Lillibridge, Michael Miller, John G. Williamson, John M‘Cullough, Charles Tondee, John Lillibridge, Ordered, That they be fined in the sum of 20 dollars each, unless they Ihew good and fufficient cause of excuse, made upon oath before of the Peace, and filed in the Clerk’s Office within 30 days after publication here of, so that the merits of the fame may be determined by the Justices at their next meeting. Ext rad! from the Minutes, Justus H. Scheubeß, . 1. e. c. r. Taken up at the fublcriber’s plantation, Screven county, on the main road leading ficm Savannah to Augusta, about the 17th May last, A BAY HORSE, about 8 or 9 years old, one hind white foot, blaze face, branded on the mounting Ihoulder 26, and on the near buttock IN, trots and canters, about 14 hands high, August 29, 1797. STEPHEN PEARCE. * UP in Savannah, A Negro Wench, who JL calls, herfelf Hannah, and sometimes Kate, and • fays it is two or three years since (he ran away from Chßrlefton, that (he belonged to the widow of Thomas Smith, but believes that Die has been since fold to feme person in the country; fhg appears to be about 25 years ’ old, of rather a y-ellow complexion. Whoever (he belong* to may have her by applying to Matthew Motz, Keeper of the federal gaol, and paying charges of advertising, &c* Savannah, sotb Sept. 1707. _ BROUGHT to the Workhouse in Savannah, A Ne gro Fellow, named Buck, about 5 feet 6 inc!>e* high, and about 40 years of age, (peaks very bad Engli!h fays he belongs to one Myer, in South Carolina. Nov. 23,1797. _ Jacob Tasissy Gaoler^ BROUGHT to the Workhouse in Savannah, A Negro Fellow, named Fork, fays he belongs tp one Mr. Yawney in Charleston; he is about 5 feejt 6 inches higfe and about 50 years of age, his bread is greatly scarred by a burn from powder, as lie fays. June 13, 1798. Jacob Thews, Gaoler. BROUGHT to the Workhouse in Savannah, A Negro Fellow, wfio cannot tell his name, nor that of l' s master; he is about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, and 40 years of age. Jacob Thews, Gaoler* July SAVANNAH; Printed #r N. JOHNSTON |