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C E ol G I A. ‘
By HU Excellency JAMESjAuKSUnT^
Governor and Commander in chitT of the Army arid Navy
of this Stated and of the Militia thereof,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, in and by n a<fts entitled^, u An Aft
explanatory of that Part of the Charter of the
University of Georgia relative to the Board of Vifiters,
and to empower the Senatus Acadcmicus to decide on a
proper Place for thFScatof that Inflitutioh,” parted the
sixth day of February in the present year, one thousand
Seven hundred and ninety- nine, it is enadlcd, “ That, in
virtue -of.tlicir several offices, according to the true intent
and meaning of the said Charter, the Governor, the Judges
jof tlie Superior Courts, the Prefidcht of the Senate, and
Speaker of the House of Representatives, do, and of right
ought now to constitute the Board of Vifiters, and a part
of the Senatus Acadcmicus, of the said University:”
AND WHEREAS, in and by a Resolution of both
Branches of the Legillature at their last: feflion, the Go
vernor is authorized and empowered to iflue his proclama
tion, requiring the Members of the Senatus Academicus
of the University of the State of Georgia to convene at
Louisville, at the moft convenient time in his judgment
between the Term of the Stmerior Courts in the present
year, to take under “their consideration and adopt such
- rncafurcs as may heft promote the objeft of that Institution:
• I HAVE THEREFORE THOUGHT FIT to issue
this my proclamation, requiring the attendance*.as well of
the Members of the said Board of Vifiters as of the Mem
bers of the Board of Trustees of the said University, at
the Statehouse in Louisville, on Tuesday the second clay
of July next, then and there to form the Senatus Acade
micusy and proceed on the important duties of the Institu
tion accordingly.
Given under my hand, and the great seal of the
said fiate, at the Statehouse in Louisville, this
eighteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand fuven hundred and ninety
nine, and in the twenty-third year of American
Independence.
JAs. JACKSON.
By the Governor,
Horatio Marbury, Dep. Scc’y.
GOD SAVE THE STATE.
CASH receiv’d and paid by JOHN GIBBONS, as
Treasurer of ibe City of Savannah.
D. C.
Received of the late Treasurer, W. H,
Lange, Esq. hy the hands of the
Committee of Finance, : 2 1762 3*i
Os William Norment, Esq. Tax Col
leOor for 1797, J : ;
Os Julius 11. Scheubcr, Esq. Clerk of
the Inferior Court, being part ot the
county tax of 1797, 429 dollars
cents, and 182 dollars 3ij-cents, 611 62 J
Os John Millen, for the valuation money
paid by him for lot No. 13 Franklin
./V’rd, : : : : 600 o
Os Meflrs. William Ton and Jones, of
the Theatre, as a benefit to the poor
of the city of Savannah, : : 129 j 5
Os Mr. William Birchinlhaw, for the pri
vilege of exhibiting an Elephant to
public view for a certain time, : 50_ o
-, > For ground rent, : : : 38R6 71-j
j* For lictnfcs to retail liquors, : 2016 33
) For fines, : : : 2 22 50
For market fees and flail rent, : 476 50
For Negro badges and waggon licenses, 241 12}
10 593 S'i
D. C.
Paid the Mayor, to be transmitted by him
to the poor of Philadelphia, being so
much rclinruifticd by the fuft*erers by
fire in Savannah in tlie year 1796, . 1768 8
On account of the courthoule of Chat
ham county, : : : s 3933 35 l
On account of the poor, out of Meflrs.
< Williamfion and Jones’s benefit for
their use, : : : : 105 62J
t)n account of repairs to the filature, 47
On account of *the public m arkets, : 109 24
On account of the wells, ladders, fire
hooks, &c. : : : : 794 201
For firewood, candles, and beating the
drum for the city patrols, : : 231 50
For refurveving Oglethorpe ward, laying
/ out a new’ ward at tlie upper end of
Bull fireet, and furnifking an approv
ed p! nos an exchange, &c. : 227 121
For making Negro badges, : : 19 28
For officers fularies, stationary, &c. in
cluding 100 dollars advanced to T. _
m Norton, City Marshal, : : 1008 72
(/apt. Throop for the purpose of purchas
ing trees and completing the line on
the Bay of Savannah, : : 200 o
Contingent expences of exprertes, port
ages, Fire Mailers, &c. &c. : 171 7 j
Balatice in hand, : : 1978 18-*-
U i0 593 5*4-
*T reafury Office, City of Savannah, lurch 23, 1799.
ffc* Certified bv JOHN GIBBONS, City Treasurer.
~ NOTICE IS HiAEiir GIVEN,
Council will, on Monday the Bth dav of April
wxu proceed to appoint A CTT'T SvhVETUII,
HJfP such fees as shall be eftablifbed. That who nwv be
■fcandidtttes for the appointment will figiufy the Utoe in
*
• By order jjf Council,
■. ThuM/s Pis r, c. c.
xu
their business, in the ufuri line, will henceforward l>e con
cluded upder the Firm of
TAYLOR, MILLER, and CO.
Savannah, March 22, 1799- -
... - HYSON TEA , *
Just received by the Sliephevdefs, Capt. Rogers, from New
York, and one chest opened, for sale, by
DICKSON & JOHNSTON.
JUST LANDING, and FOR SALE, cm Anciaux's
~ wharf.
A FEW hogftieads prime ‘ AMAICA SUGARS and
RUM—COFFEE in tierces and barrels —and
PIMENTA in bags—by
JOHN ROBINSON.
March 27, 1799.
’ PUBLIC AUCTION.
On Tuesday the id of April, at X o'clock, will be fid,
on Anciaux's wharf, without reserve, to clefe a con
cern,
OLD Jamaica spirits in puncheons,
Two pipes Coniac brandy,
Teneriffe and Malaga wine,
Saltpetre, pepper, all-spice, ginger, glue, copperas,
Alum; crockery, glass, and tin ware;
A quantity of hats and Negro (hoes,
Bar iron. _
Conditions: Cafli on delivery. .
J. D. DICKINSON, Au&ionier.
March 27, 1799. — :
Mcjfrs. Yr inters,
IN your last Gazette there appears a statement from the
Committee for receiving Donations for the Sufferers by
Fire in Savannah in the months of November and Decem
ber, 1796, publilhed by order of Council, which, as it
refpe&s the Estate of Noble Jones, is certainly entirely
erroneous; for this Estate did not receive a farthing of those
donations, nor was there any part allotted to the said Es
tate, so far as has come to the knowledge of those con
cerned. The Committee thought proper to allow the Es
tate of Mrs. Mary Bulloch, deceased, a’ part of its losses
by those fires, and the Administrator did not think himfelf
authorized to relinquish it. It is not intended to animad
vert further than appeared necessary to correct the error in
the statement publilhed.
Savannah , 27 th March, 1799.
TIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED from the fubferiber’s plantation on the 9th
instant, A BLACK GELDING, about 9 or 10 years
old, 14 hands high, has one hind foot white, and branded
on the mounting {boulder with the letter N. Whoever
will return the said gelding to me shall receive the above
reward. DAVID JOHNSTON.
March $7, 1799.
G E O R G I A.~l By Charles Abernethy, Register
(L.s. ) > of Probats for the county of
Chas. Abernethy.J M‘lntofh, in the ftatc aforefaid.
WHEREAS Mr. John Collins and Mrs. Jane Col
lins have made application to me for letters of
admmiftration on the estate and effects of Angus M‘Kay,
formerly of St. Andrew’s parifli, now MHntolh county,
planter, deceased, as next of kin, These are therefore to
cite and admonilh all and Angular the kindred and credit
ors of the said Angus M ( Kay, deceased, to be and appear
before me, at my office on Eagle Neck, the 25th day of
April next, to shew cause, if any they have, why letters
of adjcniniflration should not be granted them.
Given under my hand and seal, the 25th day
of March, 1799, and in the 23d year of A-
merican Independence.
G E O R G I A.~l By Charles Abernethy, Register
(l.s. ) > of Probats for the county of
Chas. Abernf.thy.J M‘lntofh, in the Rate aforefaid.
WHEREAS Roswell King and William Cook,
Efqrs. have made application to me* for letters of
adminiftiation on the estate and efiedts of Capt. Farr Wil
liams, late of the said county, deceased, as next of kin,
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and lingular
the kindred and creditors of the said deceased to be and ap
pear before me, at my office on Eagle Neck, on the 25th
day of April next, to lhew cause, if any they have, why
letters of administration lhould not be granted them.
Given under my hand and seal, tlie 25th day of
March, 1799, and in the 23d year of Ameri
can Independence.
THE sum already fubferibed to the new loan is
15,000,000; only five million was wanted. If this
is not genuine patriotifin, what is?
Extract cf a letter from Mejfrs. A. Vail and Cos. dated
L'Orient, December 9, 1798, received by"Mejfrs.
John Bulkeley and Ssn the 31 st December -- -
“ SVe have to inform you of the ffifagreeable tidings
ot the capture of the American Ihip Pigou, belonging to
Philadelphia, owned by Meflrs. Mordecai Lewis and Jefle
and Robert Wain, and commanded by Cap:. John Green,
bound to Canton, left Philadelphia the .ill and the Capes
s th November ult. There were on board laid ship 150,000
dollars, which wire taken out and put on board the two
frigates that took her. Said frigates were coming from
the Weft Indies, and fell in with said fliip 7 days after her
failing. Tfifc Captain, officers, and Mr. Timothy F.
Wharton, one of tlie Supercargoes, (the other Supercargo
and tlie crew were distributed on board the two frigates,
who are arrived, one at Brest, and the other here) DoAor
and servants, remained on board the Pigou, who has not
yet arrived, and we presume file has been recaptured by
the English off our coast. We request vour acauaintino
tbe alorementiOßtd of this misfortune. * * *
“ Capt. Green, Mr. Wharton, James Cooper, and Ri-
L vridi 10 ineui the remainder are
a ‘ | •
last Sunday evening, and the letters,* as appars b>
‘Mackaut-fa’s advertiieroent, have received but little damage.
Capt. June 6 has returned from Philadelphia. Mr. Liston,
we undtrlbnd, approved of his condyA, which had been
iregulated, it seems, by a pefnive inflmaion given to all
(Commanders of Britilh packets in similar circnmftancer.
Cipt. Jones has refuined his command, and will fail on
Friday.
March 8. A Quarry of American Burr, for mill stones,
has lately been difeoverod near Pittsfield, (Massachusetts)
laid to be equally as good as the French Burr.
On the 24th ult. at Windham, (Connefticut) Mr. Amos
Tliatclicr, by heating fome spirits of tuqientine in the room
where Iris family was accidentally fired it.. The room was
instantly in flames; the persons tied, except two children,
who being in bed were burnt to death.
Lancafer, March 2. On Wednesday night as Miss
Cooper, an amiable young lady of about 20 years of age,
was returning from singing fchool in a sleigh with her two
brothers, the sleigh in parting by a waggon upset, and Miss
Cooper was almcft instantaneously killed. This melancholy
accident. happened on the turnpike, about 12 miles from
Lane after.
Died at Reading, on Saturday morning last, Mr. Charles
M‘Grath, the Chief of a Band of Comedians who a£ied
for the last fortnight in, that town. On Tuesday evening
he delivered his farewell epilogue from the theatre to a large
auditory of ladies and gentlemen with general applause.
He was getting ready to leave that for fome other place,
when, after a very short illness, death, the grand adlor,
ended his tragical and farcical course of life.
Philadelphia, March 2. The President this day com
municated to Ccngrefs a report on the naval concerns of
the United States, from which it appears that, since the 9th
J#*. 1798, the following private armed merchant fliips
have been fitted out'from the different ports of the Uafc*
viz.
365 vessels, carrying 66,691 60-95 tons, mounting 2723
/ guns, and the crews amounting to 6847 men.
March 7. The President of the United States has re
commended Weanefday tlie 24th of April to be observed as
a clay of sassing, humility, and prayer.
Tlie Retaliation, we learn, has been rendered up to the
French officer who came here in her.
The French prisoners at Lancaster, it is said, are to be
sent out to the Weft Indies in the Retaliation.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
Gentlemen of the Senate,
I transmit to you a document which seems to be intended
to be a compliance with the condition mentioned at the
conclusion of my message to Congress of the 21st June last.
Always disposed and ready to embrace every plaufble
appearance of probability of preferring or restoring tran
quillity, I nominate William Vans Min ray, our Minister
Relident at tbe Hague, to be Minister Plenipotentiary to
the French Republic.
eftedliial care shall be taken in his inftn.llS.ions that he shall
not go to France without direct and unequivocal assurances
from Government, fignified by their Minister
of Exterior Relations, tiiat he shall be received in character;
shall enjoy the privileges attached to his character by the
laws of nations; and that a Minister of equal rank, title,
and powers, {hall be appointed to treat with him, to difeufs
and conclude all controversies between the two Republics
by anew treaty. John Adams.
United States, February 18, 1799*
[COPY.]
Exterior Relations, 3 d Divifon.
Paris, 7th Vendemgire of the 7th year of the
,* French Republic, one and indivisible.
The Minijler of Exterior Relations to Citizen Pichcn,
Secretary of Legation of the French Republic near
tbe Batavian Republic. . ...
I have received fugceffively, Citizen, your letters of the
22d and 27th Fructidor; they afford me more and more
reason to be pleased v. ith the manner you have, adopted to
detail to me your conversations with Mr. Murray. These
conversations, at firft merely friendly, have acquired con
fiflency, by the fandtion I have given to them bv my let
ter of the 1 ith Frudlidor. Ido not regret that you have
traded to Mr. Murray’s honor a copy of my letter. It was
intended for you only, and contained nothing but what is
conformable to the intentions of Government. lam tho
roughly convinced that, should explanations take plage
with confidence between the two Adminiftraticns, irritati
ons would cease, a cloud of misrepresentations would dis
appear, and the ties of friendfhip would be more strongly
united, as each party would difeover the hand that fought
to disunite them.
But 1 will not conceal from you that ycur letters of the
2d and 3d Vrndcmaire, just received, surprised me much.
What Mr. Murray is still dubious of has been explicitly
declared, even before the President’s message to CoDgrefs
of the 3d Mtlfidor last was known in France. I had.writ
ten it to Mr. Gerr}*, namely, on the 24th Meffidor aqd
4th Thermidor. I did not repeat it to him before he (ft
out. A whole paragraph of my letter to you of the ijih
FruClidor, of which Mr. Murray has a copy, is devoted
to develope still more the fixed determination of the French
Government according to these bales. ‘You were right to
assert, that whatever Plenipotentiary the Government.pf
tlie United States might fend to France, to put an end to
exifling differences between the two countries, would be
undoubtedly received with the refpe£l due to the Represen
tative of a free, powerful,*and independent nation. *
I cannot, Citizen, conceive that the American Govern
ment need any further declarations from us to induce them
to renew the negotiations, to adopt such measures as would
be suggested to them by tlitir desire to bring the differences
to a peaceable end.
If misunderstandings on both sides have prevented former
explanations from reaching that end, it is prefuinable that,
those misunderstandings being done away, nothing hence
forth will bring obftacies to tlie reciprocal dispositions, tbe
President’s inft/uAions to bis Envoys at Paris, “which I
have only known by tlie copy given you by Mr, Murray,
and received by me on the 21st Meffidor, announcing (if