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Died on St. Simon’s island, mr. Thomas Cater mr.
William John Graves. Last Wednesday, in this city,
mrs. Mary Ann Gugel, widow, in the 68th year of her age.
|CT The harbor mailer of this port returns his mod
grateful thanks to the captains of all the American and
Briti/h veftels, for tlieir serious and pointed attention for
several days mourning for the illustrious George Walhing
ton, the hero of America. George Throop.
Col. James Stallings’s present reflraint prevent
ing his joining the procession, he exhibited from his hall
Kfindow, on a white Half entwined with black,-a mourning
flag, and a masonic square and compass in the centre, as
udemonftration of his sincere regret for the loss his country
(the United States of America) has sustained by the death
of its deliverer, great grand mailer, commander in chief
of its armies, bell ftatcfman, and worthiest citizen.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Monday, December 30.
Mr. Marshall, from the joint committee appointed to
eonfider and report what roeafures ought to be adopted jn
honor of the memory of gen. Washington, made another
report in part, which was unanimously agreed to by the
house, in the words following, to wit:
, > Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives of
the United States, in congress aftembled, That it be re
commended to the people of the United States to aftemble
on the 22d day of February next, in such number# and
manner as may be convenient, publicly to teflify their
grief for the death of gen. George Walhington, by suit
-1 able eulogies, orations, and difeourfes, or by public pray
ers. v
\ And be it further resolved, That the prelident of the
United States be requeued to recommend the fame by a
proclamation for that purpose.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Louisville, January 13, 1800.
The death of GEORGE WASHINGTON, general
of the armies of the United States, and the illullrious
leader of their victorious bands during the revolutionary
war, which secured to them the invaluable blellings of
freedom and independence, being announced, by the pro
clamation of the prelident of the United States, and it is
but a just tribute due to the moft excellent character of that
•nee great man, and father of his country, that a grateful
’ refpcdl (hould be paid to his manes, and a deep sense of his
loss be exhibited, not only by the United States, but by
the individual state governments, the Exscutive of
Georgia orders all officers in military commission, and
calls upon all civil officers within this state belonging
thereto, and recommends to every defeription of citizens
redding within tlie fame, to wear for the space of fix weeks,
to commence on the ill day of February next, a black
crape round the left arm, as a manifeftation of the affection
and veneration the government and people of Georgia poi
fefled for him whilst in this life, and the deep affliction
Tilth which they are penetrated at his irreparable loss.
I Thomas Johnson, Sec’y.
Augusta , January 18.
f’PUNERAL PROCESSION in honor of the late com.
manderof the troops of the United States, GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
On Tuesday last, pursuant to arrangements previoufty
• made for the purpose, a funeral procession, in honor of our
late general of the armies of the United States and preli
dent, took place in this city. The field officers of the
Richmond brigade and volunteer companies of artillery,
infantry, and cavalry, under the fuperintendancc of brig,
gen. Glafcock, together with a numerous body of citizens,
convened at mr. W. S. Smith’s to pay their last public
tribute of refpeCt to tlieir moft worthy commander in chief,
and late prelident of the United States.
At daybreak 16 guns were fired by the artillery in
quick succession, and one gun every half hour afterwards
until sunset.
At 12 o’clock the bier was received by the troops form
ed in a line presenting their arms, the officers, drams, and
colors, saluting; after which the solemn procession began,
ithe troops marching by platoons in inverted order to the
place representing that of the interment, the music playing
9 dead march, and the artillery firing minute guns.
- ORDER OF PROCESSION.
Cavalry.
Light infantry by platoons in inverted order.
Music.
Clergy.
Tall bettrers. *] f Pall bearers.
Col. Watkins, J Major Blair,
Capt. Kelsey, 1 * 1 C ipt. Cummings,
Capt. Sibhald, -J k. Capt. Toole.
General ftaff.
Intenclant and city council.
Other civil officers.
• Citizens.
Artillery.
• Having reached the place cf interment, pursuant to or
ders, the front halted, and, opening to the right and left,
faced inward, to admit the paflage of the bier, which tlien
palled through the ranks, the troops leaning on their arms
reversed; after the bier had palled the troops relumed their
position in line, and, reverfmg tlieir arms, remained lean
ing on them until the ceremonial doled.
The music then performed a solemn air, after which tlie
lintroduCljry part of the prelident an 1 major gen. Hamii-*
■ ton’s orders on this fu'ojeft Were read.
I The infantry then advanced and fired three vollie. over
Ithe bier; the whole then slowly moved into the church,
■ when a pertinent address on this iftournfi.il occasion was e
llegantly delivered by the rev. mr. Hull. At the coQclution
lof the address, vocal malic performing a solemn air pre-
I pared for the occasion recited tins fenlibilitv of the audi
ence; after which die procession returned, the drains being
iwprevioufly unmullled, and the inSfic playing the president's
march. ,
During the v?mle day v business was suspended, all the
ftoies in tliis commercial’ place were doled, and a!moft
every individual appeared to feel the loss mankind had
sustained, and to join his individual tears to his country's
sorrow.
, A large affcmblagc of ladits, drafted in mourning, at
tended the address at church, and their countenances, ex
pressive of their keen fenlibilitv on this distressing occur
rence, evidenced how severely they felt, and how iincerdly
they lamented, the death of the protector of innocence,
the patron of virtue, the friend of man, the benej'aSlor
and father of the American people.
M 4 R I N E LIS T.
Cleared Out.
Schooner Commerce, Hammond, Edentoa, (N. C.)
Cotton Planter, Ross, Charleston
Brig Atethufa, Smith, Providence, (R. I.)
Schooner William and Sally, Ellis, Brunswick
Ship Phebe, Clephen, Jamaica
Snow William, Johnston, Glasgow
Brig “intrepid, Christie, Ditto
Sloop Henry, Cheney, Newbem
MAYOR’S COURT.
January Term, 1800.
ALL persons having business in the M; yo"’s Court are
informed that the Court will meet on Tuesday the
2SUI instant, precisely at 10 o’clock.
Jan. 23, 1800. A. Minis, C. M. C. 3
MARSHSALE.
IVill be fold, on Saturday the Ift day of February next,
at the house of Alexander ‘Johnfton, on the Ijle of
Hope, preeifely at XII o'clock of the fame day,
NINL NliGKOisS. taken and to be fold by
virtue of an execution of Dr. William Parker against said
Johnston.
N. B. Ihe reason of the above property being fold on
the Isle of Hope is cn account of the indisposition of
forne of the Negroes; O. Bowen, Marlhal.
Jan. 22, i8oc?.
TO RE LEASED ,
One Hulfofthe Lot No. 5 Walhin^tonWard,
a corner lot, pleasantly situated on the Bay, 60 feeti’ront
and 45 feet depth.
ALSO,
The Lot No. 38 Columbia Ward, fronrng
the south common, near the burying ground, 60 feet
front and go feet depth.
For terms apply to JAMES ROBERTSON.
ASSIZE for JANUARrTx^.
THE Price of Flour being 12 dollars per barrel, of
196 lbs. nett, the weight of Bread for this month
mult be as follows, viz.
1 cents loaf. 61 cents loaf,
lb. oz. lb. oz.
I T 4 o 15
JOHN GIBBONS, City Treasurer.
Wan is a snuA uon,
As OVERSEER of a Cotton Plantation , or GAR
DENER,
A PERSON qualified for either, and who can fatisf)
any gentleman v ho may choose to employ him re
fpr cling character and capability. A line directed to J. H.
at Mr. Wood’s, Duke street, Market lijuare, will be duly
answered.
John Cooper,
Coach, Chaise, and Chair Maker,
Corner of Lincoln and Bryan streets, oppoftte Air.
Dillon’s Boarding House,
BEGS leave to inform the public in general, that he
carries on the above business. Carriages of all de
feriptions made and repaired; gilding, painting, and varn
ifliing; the whole executed in the neatest manner, with
punctuality and dispatch, osxreafenable terms, for cajh
only. All orders from the country duly attended to.
|C7 Wanted, Two or three smart Lads, as appren
tices to the above business, well recommended, to whom
liberal encouragement will be given.
Savannah , July 17, 1799.
A TEMPORARY HOSPITAL for the Reception of
all American Seamen is provided, by order of the
Collector of the Port of Savapnah, in a healthy and elig
ible situation south, of tlv<? city. Application may be made
to the fubferiber, who will take care that meet ffary attend
alice, &c. lhall be paid.
M. BURKE, Health Officer P. S.
Savannah, 4 th September, 1799.
BROUGHTto theWorkhoufejA NewNegroWench,
named Phillis has her country marks on her face
and left arm; speaks bad Englilb, is about 5 feet 4 inches
high, and about 30 years of age, has along white Negro
cloth wrapperj lays ftie belongs to one Duncan.
November 12, 179#. Jacm Thewst Ga*Jer.
STRAYED or fiolen from tl e fubferiber. on *1 e nigh*
cf the 15th ir.ftant, AjSREYKOBSE betwe. n
1 4 : and 15 hands high, if any brands tliev ara unknown,
long Twitch tail and thin inane, and luppoi’ed to be atie ft
-10 years old. A reward of five dollars will be paid ftr
the liorfe, and lo for the thief.
•■nusinab, 2 3d Jan. WILLIAM MILLS.
wANiIiD lO PUKCHASE,
T'WO young healthy FIELD WENCHES. For
JL them calh will be paid. Inquire of ti e Printers.
12 th December.
Inferior Court for Chai ham Colntv,
Ovt ~ . J’ jlyTe!{M > H 99-
N die petition of Charles Harris, Attorney for the’
Executors of the Eftat-js cf Francis Maria L. Dou
moufiay de la Vauve, and of Hyacinthe de Chapcdtlaine,
dec?aied, (hewing to the Court, that it will.he cf advantage,
and for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of laid F.ftates,
that Three Undivided Fifths of Two Lots, with the Im
provements thereon, situate in the city of Savannah, viz.
Lot N". 2 (two) Ellis tithing, Heathcote ward, and Lot
N\ 37 (thirty-seven) Franklin ward, should lie fold, and
fliewing further, that the proprietors of the other two fifths,
that is to fay, Poulain Dubignon and GtandGiofimele. have
consented to the sale; it is ordered by (he Court , That
nine months publication of this rule flrarll be made in one
of the Savannah Gazettes, pursuant to law, and, if no
•bjrftions appear thereto, an order for sale abfolutc will
then be made of the laid three undivided fifths of the lots,
with the improvements thereon, as aforefaid.
Ext railed ftom the Aftnutes offaid Court, Savannah ;
the nth July , 1799.
Justus H. Sckksbkr, c. u. i. c. c.
iilta’c of Jacob Waldbuigcr, Esq.
A/TR. Miilcdge , one of the executors named in the will
IVJL of Jacob Waldburger, fcfq. having now qualified,
letters tcft.invntary have iftued including him as an adding
executor. If therefore there are any claims or demands
against the eftatc yet unexhibited or ur.fatisfied, all persons
so circumstanced are now, for the last time, called upon to
exhibit them to one of the fubferibers immediately for
settlement. Such persons as are indebted to the estate are
notified, that the executors do not feel themselves juftified
in giving longer indulgence than the firll of next.
John Morel,
John Milledge,
James Jones, J
Savannah, Jen. 3, 1799.
( y T ~
r pHE fubferiber having purch Ted from the Attornies of
JL George Lautcii, Esq. of Nafftu, New Providence,
and Elizabeth, his wife, (the daughter of James Edward
Powell, Esq. dcceafed, and the wife of Tliomas Shrader,
Esq. and, after h.s deceaft, cf Philip Moore, Esq. dt
etafed) that ft'racl cf Land, or Plantation, called CON
SI 11 U LION HII.L, about two and an half milts south
west from Savannah, gives hereby tliis public notice to anv
person or persons who may have, or pretend to hive, any
claim, at this time, or expert to have any right hereafter,
to the laid plantation called Constitution Hill, to Come
forward with a legal statement of Inch claim before.the lull
day of January next. Justus H. *
Savannah, February 13, 1799*
GEORGIA, Chatham County.
\TOTICE is hereby given, That, in pursuance of the
i. x act of the Legislature in such case made and provid
ed, application will be made, by and in behalf of the Ad
ministratrix of Abraham Gay, late of Chathnm'county, de
ceased, to the Justices of the Inferior Court of find county,
after the expiration of nine months from the date hereof,
for pennilfion to fell and convey the following Lands and
Lots belonging to said Estate, viz. A tract of land, con
taining 100 acres, originally granted to the kid Abraham
Gay in 1772, and situate in the then parilh of St. Matthew,
now Effingham county: 150 acres, originally granted the
said Abraham Gay in 1772, and situate in the then parish of
St. Matthew, now Effingham county, bounded, at the
time of the original furvfey, foutheaftwardly by land of
Langley, and on all other lidos by vacant land: acres,
originaily granted to Owen Jenkins in 1767, and situate
in the then parilh of St. George, now Burke county And
alio, two unimproved lots, known by the numliers 13 and
14, each lot containing 75 feet in front or width, and 330
feet in length or depth, at the Trustees Gardens.
W. B. Bulloch, Attorney for Mrs,
Beatty, the Administratrix.
Savannah, fth June, 1799*
MAN! OSH COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT,
* March Term, 1799.
ON the petition of Temperate Wood, Admjniftratrix
of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights
and credits, of Isaac Wood, deceased, praying the fore
clofure of the equity of redemption of a certain iflafid, situ
ate, lying, and being, in the county of MTntolh, (formerly
Liberty) known by the name of Moss Island, mortgaged
by Joieph Baker to the said Isaac Wood in his lifetime,
for the security of a futn of money contained in a bond or
obligation from the said Joseph to the said Isaac in his life
time, bearing even date with the said mortgage, and on
motion of Mr. Davies, as Counlel for the petitioner, it is
ordered, That the principal, interest, and coils, due on
the said bond, be paid into Court within twelve months
from the date, or the equity of redemption of the said mort
gaged premises will from thenceforth be forecJofed, and
such other proceedings take place as the law direfts. And
it is further ordered, That a copy of this rale be pnblifhed
in one of the Gazettes of this state, once in every mouth
for twelve months from this date, or served on the mort
gager, or his Attorney, at lead fix months previous to the
time when the money aforefaid is to be paid into Court.
Ext.rabl from the Minutes,
J. Baillie, c. j. c. c. m.
All persons indebted to the
Printers hereof are requested to make payment.