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CEOR G I A
By His Excellency JAMES JACKSON,
Governor and Commander in chief of the Army and Navy
of thi* State, and of the Militia thereof,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS I have received substantial information
that William A, Bowles, styling himfdf Director
‘General of Mufcoghee, in letters dated headquarters, St.
Mark’s Fort, June the sth, 1800, addressed to certain
citizens of this state, and of the United States, has en
deavored to seduce them from the v ir allegiance which they
owe the said States, and to prevail on them to enter his
service, and to enlist men within the bounds of this state,
and the United States, to fight against the fubje&s, troops,
stbd government, of his Catholic Majesty the King of
Spain, with whom the United States are allied by the
moft solemn ties of amity and friendlhip, and by virtue of
the treaty of San Lorenzo el Real , concluded between
the high contracting parties on the seven and twentieth
day of October, 1795, and signed by Thomas Pinckney
on the part of the said States, and the Prince of Peace on
the part of his Catholic Majesty, and which treaty was
duly ratified, and is now of full force, and citizens of one
tide, and fubjedts of the other, are thereby forbid com
mitting hostilities on, or entering the service of the ene
■mies of, either of the said contracting parties:
And whereas, in and by an adt of the United States,
entitled, “ An adt in addition to the adt for the punilh
“ ment of certain crimes against the United States,” pair
ed June the sth, 1794, and continued at different periods
by different and several laws of the said United Stales,
and now of force, by virtue of an adt palled for the fur
'tber continuance thereof, and approved on the 24th day
of April of the present year 1800, it is enadted, “ That
“• if any citizen of the United States shall, within the
“ territory or jurifdidtion of the firtne, accept and exercise
i! a commillion to serve a foreign prince, or fta’e, in war,
“ by land or sea, the person so offending shall be deemed
“ guilty of a high misdemeanor, and lhall be fined not
“ moire than two thousand dollars, and lhall be imprisoned
M not exceeding-three years:” And it is therein further
-enadted, “ That if any person lhall, within the territory
“ or jurifdidtion of the United States, enlist or enter him
“ fclf, or hire or retain another person to enlist or fcnter
hiinfeif, or to go beyond the limits or jurifdidtion of the
“ United States with intent to be entitled or entered in the
“ service of any foreign prince, or state, as a soldier, or
“ as a marine or leaman on board of any velfel of war,
letter of marque, or privateer, every person so offend
“ ing lhall be deemed guilty of a -high misdemeanor, and
“ lliall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and
“ be imprisoned not exceeding three years;” provided,
“ that if any person so enlisted shall, within thirty days
11 after fitch enlistment, voluntarily difeover, upon oath,
u to fome justice of the peace, or other civil magistrate,
<c the person or persons by whom he was so enlisted, so as
“ that he or they may be apprehended and convided of
“ the said offence, such person so dilcovering the offender
<c or offenders ft util be indemnified from the penalty pre
* feribed by this aft:”
And whereas it is highly probable that the said Wil
liam A. Bowles may be countenanced and authorized, by
fome foreign prince or state, in the proceeding; and hosti
lities he has taken and commenced against his Catholic
Majesty, and under whose protection he may aft, which
Would bring him clearly within the aft of the United
States afore recited, as well as those who might accept
and exercise commissions under him, and those enlisting
in conlequence thereof, and if this should not prove the
case, the said William A. Bowles can be considered in no
other light than a common plunderer and vagabond, and
a common disturber of the peace of nations, he having had
the insolence even to threaten the life of the Superintend
ant of the United States in the Creek Nation, substanti
ated by documents now in my hands:
f And whereas fome of the citizens of this state, and
- the United States, may be deluded (by the promises and
allurements held out to them by the said William A.
Bowles) from their fidelity to this state, and the United
States, and may embark in hostility against the faithful
ally thereof, previoully to the poifibility of any step being
taken to prevent the fame by the President of the United
States, on account of the distance of his reiidence from the
i’outhern frontier of Georgia:
I have ‘thought fit to issue this my proclamation,
hereby notifying all and every person and persons, reiid
ents, inhabitants, or citizens, of this state, of the said
treaty, and law of the United States, and of the perfeft
harmony and friendlhip exilting between his Catholic Ma
jesty and the United States, as they will anl’wer the con
trary at their peril; and I do hereby ftriftly charge and
require all officers,, civil and military, belonging to this
state, to be watchful and vigilant in apprehending and se
curing any person or persons, relidents, inhabitants, or
citizens, within this state, who may have received, or
may hereafter receive, any commillion from the said
William A. Bowles for the purpose of committing hostility
against the Spanilh government, or on any other pretence
whatsoever, as well as in apprehending and securing all
and every person and persons, relidents, inhabitants, or
citizens, within this state, who may have enlisted, or may
hereafter enlist, in any troop or company raised, or to be
railed, in virtue of any such commillion or commissions
from the said William A. Bowles, the fame being con
trary to the true intent and meaning of the afore mention
• ed lokmn treat)-, as well as the existing laws of the Unit
ed States.
Given under my hand, and the great seal of this
state, at the Statehoule in Louisville, this Bth
day of July, in the year of our Lord 1800,
and in the 2 jth year of American Independ
ence. JAs. JACKSON.
By the Governor, \
Horatio Marbury, Sec’y.
GOD SAVE THE STATE.
To be KEhi-f.ED, or for SALE,
A TWO STORY HOUSE on
the east common, with a good kitchen and other conveni
ent out buildings. For particulars inquire of
JOHN M‘FADZEN.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT the City Council will, on Monday next the
21st instant, proceed to eled the following Officers,
with the salaries and fees annexed, viz.
A Recorder, with usual fees.
A Treasurer, four hundred dollars per annum and fees.
A Clerk of the Council, three hundred and fifty dollars
per annum and fees.
A Clerk of the Mayor’s Court, with usual fees.
A Marlhal, three hundred and fifty dollars per annum
and fees.
A Sheriff, with usual fees.
A Clerk of the Market, with usual fees.
A HarbormafteT, with usual fees.
A Melfenger, one hundred and twenty-live dollars per
annum and fees.
A Grave Digger and Keeper of the Grave Yard, with
usual fees, and a salary of feventy.-five dollars per annum
for keeping the grave yard doled, clean, and in good or
der.
A Surveyor for tire City, with usual fees.
The candidates for the refpedive offices will lignifv
their intention in writing*
” •• By Order of Council,
Thomas Pitt*, C. C.
July 14. , ,
N U TANARUS, i- C E.\
THE Copartnerftiip of HAMMOND and WILLI
AMSON dissolves this day by mutual confeut. All
persons having demands against them are deiired to call
on John P.- Wiliiamfon for payment, and those who are
indebted to that concern are requested to make, immediate
payment to the said John P. Wiliiamfon, who is autho
rized to receive all debts that are outstanding.
S. Hammond,
John P. Williamson.
Savannah, July 15, 1800.
FO R SAt E, ~
A N E G R O GIRL,
About 18 or 19 years of age, a complete houie servant.
Inquire of the Printers.
fubrirribcrs, executors of Jacob Walriburger,
X eft], having piyclrtltd the Northern Moiety of the
Island of St. Catherine for the heirs of that eftate,’ ghe
notice, that no hunting or other inroads will be permitted,
except by expreis perifniffion of one of them, on that pro
perty. .Any person di (cove red acting in defiance of this
warning will be dealt with agreeably to law. Those only
who are at preftnt on the property as tenants are except
ed. John Morel, ,
r Tn°. Milledgf,
Jas. Jones*
Savannah, July rr, 1800.
“NOTICE.
ALT- periofis having demands against the Estate of dr.
Benjamin Tetard, deccaled, late of the county of
Chatham, are cleft red to render them in pronerly attested,
and those indebted to said Estate are requested to make im
mediate payment, to
James Mackintosh, adm’r.
Savannah, 16 th July, 1800.
HERE AS iny wife, Susannah Steptoe, has left
V V my bed and board against my will, these are
therefore to forewarn all persons from entertaining her, or
dealing with her on my account, as I am determined to be
the disposer of my own property, and to pay no debts but
those of my own contracting.
SIMON SALLARD STEPTOE.
Burke county, May 1, 1800.
SALEM ; June 25.
Particulars of the less of the Jhip William and Henry,
Thomas Bickfrd majlcr.
CAPT. Bicklord failed from this port on the 24th of
April last, bound for Amsterdam, with a valuable
cargo of liigar, coffee, and tobacco. Nothing remarkable
occurred until the morning of the sth of May, when, at
half past 3 o’clock a. m. they were alarmed by the veflel
striking an island of ice, which, from the thick fog that
then prevailed, it was utterly impossible to avoid; indeed
it was not seen until the ship had struck, although a good
lookout had been kept then and during the night. All
hands were immediately called, and the vessel was found
going down Very faft; her hull was completely immerged
in 5 minutes after file struck; the jolly boat was instantly
hove out of the long boat, and the mate and two hands
got into her; the captain with eight hands took to the long
boat, wliicb, while they were in her, floated from the ship
as (lie was going down; two men, who had not been able
to get into the boat, being below when the ship struck,
were shortly after seen upon the quarter, and were imme
diately taken off by the jolly boat; previous to their being
taken off they had cut the lashings from the oars on the
quarter, which were taken up by the men in the boats, of
which they were before destitute. After the ship had dis
appeared all hands took to the longboat, and were at the
mercy of the winds and waves; but he who calms them
had not forfaken them; the binnacle had floated from the
quarter deck, from which they fortunately procured the
compass. Providentially they had been fifliing the day
before, and the lead and baited hooks of a cod line were
thrown into the boat; a spare piece of rigging was also in
the boat, which they unftranded, and fixed to the lead
hooks,- with which they took three, cod fifli, which, with
a piece of ice they took up just after they had left the ship,
was the only sustenance they had for 7 days, when they
arrived at St. Mary’s in Newfoundland, three men being
badly frozen, and the rest very weak from such extreme
fufferings. Half way up the bay they were met by a
fhallop from St. Mary’s beating out, the crew of which
kindly put her about and towed her in’. In attempting to
land at St. Mary’s, owing to the furf, they stove the bot
tom of their boat through, which accident obliged them to
haul her 011 ihore and thrap her. From St. Mary’s capt.
Bickford and crew took passage in three fliallops for St.
John’s, wkre they arrived on the 16th of May. At this
place they found a ship bound for Boston, owned by a
mr. Patrick Hunter, who very humanely refufed a palTage
to capt. Bickford and crew, unless they would pay hint
80 guineas, (although he knew that neither capt. Bickford
nor his crew had saved a dollar) and find their own provi
sions. The captain of the ship, who is now in Boston, had
it been in bis power, independent of the owner, would .
have very willingly given a passage gratis to the whole
ship’s company. Capt. Bickford, rather than be thus treated
by this man, took passage from St. John’s to Liverpool,
where he was kindly treated, and there procured a fhallop,
in which, with all his crew, he arrived here on Friday
last, in 8 days passage. The captain of a New York brig
very humanely offered capt. Bickford and his fliip’s com
pany a passage to New York gratis, which offer they ac
knowledge with gratitude.
Springfield, May 19. On the flight of the roth inst.
the wife of mr. Yhom&s Hubbard, of Brimfield, in this
state, was delivered of a Angular objed, weighing about
nine pounds: A child was born, or hither was produced
dead, ha ing two heads ahd faces, two necks, four arms,
four thighs, legs, and feet, but having only one trunk or
body; every part was perfect, and the child handsomely
featured.—Thi. is a lingular produdion, but it may be
relied dn as certain. If anv difpute'it they may .fee it by
apply mg at the lioufe of dr. Thomas Babbit, of Sturbridge,
who lias obtained liberty to carry it home to preserve in
spirits, tq gratify the curiofitv of the inquisitive.
Neve York, July 24* The Francis transport, a Britiflu
snow of about 260 ertns burthen, failed from Portsmouth,
(England) about the 22d of November last, with a num
ber of paffenge s, bound tq the Isle of Sable. On the 22d>
December they arrived in fight of their destined port, and
the night following experienced a tremendous gale, which
drove the ship on the lands, where she instantly went to.
pieces, and involved nearly 40 persons in one common
cieltrudion.
Names of pajfengers in the Francis.
Dr. Copeland; mrs. Cape and two children, and a fep
vant maid; capt. Holland, 44th; capt. Sterling, fufiliers;
lieut. Mercer, royal artillery; lieut. Sutton, fufiliers;
lieut. Roebuck, fufiliers; volunteer Oppingfhaw, -ferjeant;
Moore, private; Thomas King, private; Abbot, 16th
light dragoons; Judd, coachman to his.royal bighnefs;
NithoHon Johnion, gardener; Bioomfield, liable boy to
his royal Inghnefs; a woman houiekeeper to lady Went-”
worth.
A gentleman who was on board the Francis just befor#
Hie failed fays the crew conlifted of about 19 persons.
Cbarlefton, July 7. Ihe Hamburgh lliip Johanna,
capt. Khron, arrived yeflerday, in 38 days from Lisbon.
Capt. Khron informs, that authentic intelligence had
been received at Lisbon of the fur-render of Genoa, with
the French army under Maffena, to the Auftnans.
1 he Ids of the Aultrians was stated to be about 12,000,
and that of the French about 20,000. Genoa was taken
by storm.
i he Johanna left Lisbon the 28th of May; the day be-’
fore capt. Khron was informed by the 2d lieutenant of the
Brhifn frigate Flora, just arrived from a cruile, that she
had pafud an American frigate, with a French 44 gun
frigate, a prize, bound to Falmouth; the French frigate
was reported to have been captured off Cape Finifterre,
and the American to have been the one which carried out
our envoys.
Several Amerjcan vessels failed from Lisbon for Boston,
New \ ork, &c. with the Johanna.
A few days ago, in lat. 28. long. 73. the Johanna waa
brought to by two English frigates, and dismissed.
July 11. In the Cordelia, which arrived last evening
from it. Thomas’s, came passenger, capt. Wilfofi, of the
brig Eliza of this port, which was captured the latter e and
of April last by a French privateer, and ordered for the
island of Marguiretta, near the Spanilh Main. Capt.
\\ ilfon was kept on board of the privateer, which carried
him to Guadaloitpe, from whence he made his escape and
got to St. Thomas’s.
The brig Industry, Dobell, anchored last evening at
Fort Johnllon, in 30 days from Kingston, (Jamaica.) On
the 25th of June capt. Dobell spoke the American ship
ianner, John Bryan master, from Vera Cruz, which had
been capxured on the 30th of May by the British ship of
war Juno. Ihe viceroy of Mexico and his suite were on
board. When capt. Dobell spoke her she was going to
Jamaica as a prize.
On Wednesday evening last the; l United States frigate
Chesapeake, capt. Barron, of 44 guns, anchored off the
bar. She failed on a cruise fome weeks ago, in quest of
two privateers which were off this coast, supposed to be
French, but has not been fortunate enough to meet with
them. About a week ago capt. Barron fell in with the
United States frigate General Greene, capt. Perry, from
the Miflifippi, having on board gen. Wilkinson, his fami
ly, and several Spanish officers, going to the city of
Walhington, supposed on the fubjed of fixing, the boun
dary- line between the United States and the territories of
Spain, which has lately been run.
SAVANNAH, July 27..
MARINE LIST.
Entered Inward.
Bark Nixon, Rae, Corunna
Ship Mary, Webber, Havana
Cleared Out.
Brig Betsey, Hughes, Baltimore
Schooner Orange, Brown, Charleston
Sloop Independence, Briggs, Philadelphia
Brig Eliza, Hopkins, Boston
Schooner Savannah Packet, Keen, Charleston
Sloop Friendlhip, Guillemet, St. Mary’s
Schooner Aledive, Rudolph, Ditto
Ship-Shepherdess, Rogers, New York
On Monday last Thomas Gibbons, efq. was reeleded
mayor of this city. , ,
Died on T hurfday last, aged 28 years, greatly regretted
by all who knew him, mr. William Black, millwright, a
native of Scotland. \ efterday morning, at his plantation
near town, mr. Nicholas Miller,