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XIX. And be it further ordained, by the authority i
aforesaid, That all persons whatsoever who shall do or ex- 1
ecute any matter or thing for tht preventing or extinguish
ing of fire, or in removing the goods and effeAs of the ci
tizens endangered thereby, in obedience or in pursuance
of this ordinance, or the commands or directions ol the
Fire-Masters, or the Mayor or any of the Aldermen, arc
hgreby indemnified and saved harmless against all and every
person or persons whatsoever.
XX. And be it further ordained , by the authority
aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any person of
persons to carry gunpowder, without a secure afuLproper
covering, in any waggon, Cart, dray, or otherwise, through
the squares, streets, lanes, or wharves, of the city, and
any person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars.
XXI. And fa it further by the authority
aforesaid, That no merchant, faAor, retailer, or dealer in
powder, or any person or persons whatsoever,-in this city,
shall retain, keep, or have &i his, her, or their possession,
at any one time, a greater quantity of gunpowder than
fifty-six pounds weight, and, on any information given to
the Fire-Masters, the Mayor, or either of the Aldermen,
or the same coming by any means to’ the knowledge at
them, of a greater quantity than fifty-six pounds weight in
the possession of, or within tlie enclosure or enclosures of
any person or persons whatsoever, at any one time, the
Mayor, Aldermen, or Fire-Masters, are hereby required
to report the same to the City Council, whereon, proof
being made, the offender shall be fined in a sum not ex
ceeding fifty debars.
XXII. And be it further ordained , by the autho
rity aforesaid, That the master or commander of any ship
or vessel, which shall or may, at any time or times here
after, arrive at or in'the harbor of Savannah, having on
board more than fifty -six weight of gunpowder, shall, with
in twenty-four hours after his mooring at or opposite the
city of Savannah, cause such gunpowder to be removed to
the magazine; and every master or commander of any ship
or vessel, owner, consignee, or other person, bringing such
gunpowder, shall pay to the Powder Receiver, over and
- the fees allowed him by aA of the Legislature, for
every hundred weight, one eighth of a dollar, to be applied
towards the repairs and improvements of the said maga
zine, and the Powder Receiver shall then receive the same,
giving a receipt to such person or persons, specifying the
weight so received; and the Harbor-Master is hereby re
quired to give notice to, and inform the master or com- •
inander’ of any such ship or vessel, so arriving at or in the
said harbor of Savannah, of tlie duties required of him by
this ordinance; and any master or commander of any ship
or vessel who shall negleA or refuse to comply with the
terms of this ordinance shall be liable to a fine not exceed
ing one hundred dollars.
XXIII. And be it further ordained+Jay the authority
aforesaid, That it shall not be. lawful for any person or
persons to carry on the trade of sugar baker or refiner,
brewer or distiller, or the occupation of chymistry, or
ginning of cotton, within the limits of this city, under a
penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for each and every of
fence; and it shall not be lawful for bakers ot bread tq
carry on their trades within the city, unless their bake
houses shall be built and paved with brick or stone, co
vered with tile or slate, or their situation should be so
remote, and attended with such security to the adjacent
buildings, as to be approved of by the Fire-Masters, or
any three of them, under a penalty not exceeding fifty
dollars for each and every offence. • : -
XXIV. And'be it further ordained, ‘by the autho
rity aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful to keep any
stove within the city of Savannah, unless the same be
kept in an enclosed place, and the funnel of such stove be
let through the light of the sash, and the vacant place a
round it filled up with sheets ot tin, or, it it is let through
the side or end, or any part of a wooden house, then the
hole through which it passes shall be at least one-foot in
diameter, and the space remaining shall be filled up with
sheets of tin, so that the funnel aforesaid be four inches
equally distant from every ‘part of the wood, and extend
ed two feet from the house, or eves of any roof; and where
the funnel is carried through any part of a house that is
lined then it shall be let through a tube of tin, which shall
be at least three inches distant from the tunnel, and the
space between the tube aiul the wall shall be filled up with
sheets of tin; and an v stove or stoves, ere Aed and fixed in
anv other manner than herein directed shall be taken
down at the expence of the owner, and the person or per
’ sons using such stove or stoves shall be liable to.a fine not
exceeding fifty dollars for each and every offence.
XXV. And be it further orduined , by the authority
aforesaid, That all chifnnks shall be swept at least once
in every calendar month; and in case any chimney shall
take fire it shall be adjudged such chimney took fire for
want of sweeping, and the person or persons possessing
the house, part of the bouse, or building, in - whiqji such
chimney is, shall for every such offence forfeit a sum not
exceeding twenty dollars,’ awl if a fire engine arrives for
assistance, then, and in that case, he, she, or they, shall
forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.
XXVI. And be it further ordained , by the autho
rity aforesaid, .That it shall not be lawful for any vessel,
Augusta or otlier boats, to have a fire or fires on board
after sunset; and that no person or persons shall be allow
ed to carry fire or fire brands about the streets, except the
same be covered in such a manner as to prevent the sparks
from communicating to the buildings, under a penalty,
in either case, not exceeding fifty dollars if a white or
free person, or a punishment not exceeding twenty lashes
if a Negro slave.
XXVII. And he it further ordained , by the autho
rity aforesaid, That the City Marshal shall, immediately”
after the passing of this ordinance, and each and every
year thereafter, go through the city and take an accurate
list of all the Negro and Mulatto free men in the city,
and make a return of the ;ame to the 1 i e-Ma tcrs, who
shall have full power and authority to enrol them and
attach them to the engines belonging to the city, in such
way and manner as the said Fire-Masters may think ne
cessary, or enrol them as axe-men and assistants in con
veying the fire hooks, ladders, ropes, and buckets, to the
place of danger, as the Fire-Masters may direct, and, for
every negleAor <3i>obedWicA of the orders of the said Fire-f i
Masters, stieh offender shall be tried before the Board of i
i Fire-Masters, who shah have full power to judge and de
termine of their neglect or disobedience, and to inflict a
fine not exceeding fifty dollars, provided they have no
sufficient excuse, and that they recover the same by war
rant, to be signed by the Chairman- of the Board of Fire-
Masters, and, in case of refusal or negleA to pay such
fines, then they shall be liable to receive such corporal
punishment as the Said Fire-Masters shall think fit to in
flid, not exceeding thirty-nine lashes for any one offence.
XXVHI.'Mnd be it further ordahud, That all or-,
dinances heretofore ’passed respecting fires, except an or
dinance, entitled, An Ordinance to prevent the pernici
ous PraAice bf ttoiling Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine, in the
City of Savannah, and the Hamlets thereof, and for other
Purposes therein mentioned,” passed the first November,
one thousand h ,seveft hundred and ninety-one, be, and the
same are hereby repealed.
In COUNCIL, Savannah, December 2, 1799.
‘■ Passe n,
(L. S.) , TH. GIBBONS, Mayor*
Attest, ~r.)
Thomas Pi 't, c. c.
—Cheap Plains. —-
THE fubferibers have received a quantity of BLUE
PLAINS, which they will fell at per cent, on
the sterling cq'.l.
ROBERTSON, and CO..
29* A O^a^r,ftisol, ,
TOE-SUBSCRIBERS
Have imported, pqr the Cleopatra and John Adams,
aft from Condon,
AN EXTENSIVE AND WELL LAID IN
Allbrtnient of GOODS,
~ IVbiek f bey. m ill fell very low.
ALSO,
50 caffs London bottled porter,
12 filhing leines complete,
12 lets (very’ full) neat tea china were,
A few caffs of handfbme cut glals ware, and
A few cases of cordials and pickles.
• • :y, ~ ;0 ,N HAN D,
20 tons Glasgow pot nu'tuil; and
200 barrels frefh flour.
SCOTT and CO. No. 4 Gibbons’s buildings.
CLOCKS and WATCHES repaired.
A L S Q,
GOLD and SILVER ARi ICLES of all kinds
maae avd r paired.
rll HE<fubferiber rcfpcdi’ully informs the public, that
1 the- above mentioned, work will be done at his ihop
on the Bay, jaft below the large new brick building, and
that every care will be taken to render fatisfaiftioii to thole
who may be pleased to favor him with their custom.
j ‘ M. GERMAIN.
October term, isoil
THE following persons being drawn as Jurors to serve
in the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, to wit, John
Copper, Xaig, David’ Gugek John Bolton, James
Belcher, William Davidfoii, John bmith, James Wallace,
John Macintosh, David Leion, I due Fell, and being duly
fummoned to attend, did make default, it is ordered,
Thjit the (aid .detaultgra be.rauxl m the sum often dollars
each, unless an excuTe, on oath, be Hied with the Clerk,
on.or before the ijrit day of next Court; and that this or
der he publifiled in ‘the Gazettes of this city twice fuccei
{Ecl.S*;** ‘ - -|f( , V. l v
CON ATA NIT NO PL E, July 20.
rpilC dupatefiffs from admiral Keith are dated the
.. ? 29th. June, and confirm the report that admiral
Ganthc-uinne had been seen off the coast of Africa, and
chafed by an Englilh squadron,. which took five of the
tranfportg*. The. .Engfifli fiiip the Swiftfure, which was
going back to England 011 account of being out of condw
tion, was taken by the French.
Peterjbuitb, July 3c. Citizen D,uroc, having failed
in;the objeA |>f his miffioh at this court, is about to leave
Ruflia for Stflckholni.
By an ukaifc $ games of hazard are prohibited under
severe penalties.
lapndon,, .A v g v Jd .. 2 4* Dr. Alexander Croke is ap
pointed judge, of the vice admiralty court at Halifax, with
a ialary of iobol. per annum.
Augujl 25. Tle following orders have been circulated
by lord Nel ion on board his flotilla: fp
>’ Medufa, Downs, Augufl 18.
Vice admiral lord Nelson lias the greaceft i'ausfadion
in fending tr> the captains, officers, and men, under his
command, that were employed on tlie late attempt on the
enemy’s flotilla off Boulogne, an extract of a letter which
lie has-receded from the firft lord of the admiralty, not
only approving of their zeal and persevering courage, but
bellowing tht highest prail’e on them.
The vice admiral to allure them, that the enemy
will not have long reafbn to bo all of their security; for lie
■ trulls, (jre long, tp assist the 91 in person in a way which
will completely annihilate the whole of them. laird Ntl
fon is convinced, that if it had been pollible for men to
have brought the enemy’s flotilla out, the men that were
employed to do so wouid. Have accompliflied it. The mo
ment the enemy have the audacity to call off the chains
which fix their vefTyls to tlie ground, that’ moment lord
Nelson is well perluaded they will be conduAed by his
brave followers to a Britilh port, or sent to the bottom.
(Signed) Nelson and Bronte.
Ext raft of a letter from ecrl St. Vincent to lord vis
count Nelson, K. B. dated the vjtb infant .
“ It is not given to us to command fticcefr. Your
lordlliip, and the gallant officers and men under your or
ders, mod certainly deserve it; and I cannot diffidently
express my admiration of the zeal and persevering courage
with Which thh gallant enterprise was followed uri 1, I
mentmg mod lincerely the loss fudained in it. ‘Themin “I
ner m which the enemy’s flotilla was made sod to ‘I
SeT- d h <> nd to r each , other ’ could not have been foretell J
the highest prune is due to your lordffiip, and all
your command, who were aAors in this gallant attempt 1
r j ,IC G s°*'S ,a ’ Lon 'J° n front New York for Havre del
G.ace, with indigo, cotton, tobacco, & c . is detained b y |
the Admiral Mitchell and Alert hired armed CHtters! andl
sent into Dartmouth. ’ and l
• 2(l i ? IT . Henr >’ B rown Hayes, who flood con I
vicled since the fprmg affixes at Cork of forcibly runnine|
away with m.fs Pike, a Quaker lady of great fortune ?!
> — g d
Au gujl 27- A French frigate, the Ceres, and flv J
her convoy, have been taken in the Mediterranean, afterl
an obftmnte resistance.
September t.’ Porto Fcrrajo, which made so gafla J
a Band again ft the French, has had no other commander!
during the hege than mr. Isaac Grant, late Engliffi vice!
conlul at Leghorn, who being driven from thence wten!
the French last entered it, took refuge in Porto Ferrtjo!
> and at his instigation the-inhabitants, and a ffw'Endi®
(tliere bemg no regular ganiforf) have nobly defendt!
them helves againfl the republicans, beating them off twi3
with great ‘daughter in attempts to florm it. V
. September 9. Mr. Charles Pinckney, the new Aiac!
ricaii ambassador to the court of Spain, arrived fome Ci!
ago off the coast of Suifex in the Fox, .which veflel beinJ
bound to the port of he fliifted his baggage onfl
boaro another vessel, bound to Hamburgh, whither he in
gone on his way to Madrid.-. ■
A . n °P eil boat, as a flag of truce, arrived at Dover from!
Calais oil Monday, with dispatches from mr. Merry, and!
brought n:r. DawVon paflenger; he is a member of the!
tongrefs ot the United States of America, who has been!
Over to fettle the treaty between the two powers.
Sept ember 12. Dispatches, supposed to be of great im!
portauce, were received by mr. Otto, arid communicated!
to ministers. It was yefterclay reported with confidence
that the negotiation was on the eve of being broken off, isl
not abfoluttly at an end; and flocks experienced a depref!
Bon of one per cent. There was a minor likewise tha!
nir.. Addington v/as about to retire, and that mr. Pitt w J
again coniing jn. *]f ft be true that the negotiation i!
really at an end we draft no: be surprised to fee mr. Pit!
come forward from behind the curtain. If the iiegotiatioi!
be not entirely off we belie'e it wilt not last much longer!
We fee very little hope of its iuccfcfs.
I iie Eafl India Company have received letters fron!
mr. Barker, their agent at Aleppo, dated the 15th of Jul
ly, containing tlie lubftance of private advices receiveclß
there from Cyprus down to the 7th of the fame month: 1
“ His majeily’s (hip Diadem had arrived there from th!
coast of Egypt, and stated, that at the time of their deJ
parture a firing of cannon was heard in or near Alexandria!
1 hat about a dozen of deserters, who had fficceeded ini
quitting Alexandria in a boat, and repaired on hoard onl
fleet, dated the place to be in the greatest distress for tbl
want of piovifions: That, about 40 leagues to the weft!
ward of Alexandria, his majesty’s Ibips off that place gav!
chafe to four French fl.ips of the line and one frig itc!
which efcajied by tlie favor of the night, and are fuppoft'!
to be part of admiral Gantlieamiie’s squadron, which, it isl
laid, had again failed from . Toulon, reinforced by eigi'!
Blips ot war taken from the king of Naples: -That it !
iuppofed, if admiral Gatitheaume could not fuccced i:H
conveying succor to tlie French in Egypt, he would prob!
ably surprise the island of Cyprus, in order to effect a d®
verticil ofour forces in favor of the enemy “on flie”cbhtiri
ent ot Africa: That tlie French have lately made a fortil|
in which they were repulsed, with lots on both Tides: Th'!
intelligence is confirmed by private advices received at AH
ieppo from the camp of the grand vizier: That Ins mniefl
ty’a IVigate Iphigenia took fife by accident, while cruifin J
before Alexandria, and was destroyed, but all tlie eve'!
happily saved.”
September 14. Some Janiflaries, under a leader coni
neAed with Pail'wan Oglou, have taken Belgrade, depoi'e J
the pacha, and appointed anew one, supposed to be del
vo:ed to Paffwan. The authority of the Porte in tiufl
quarter has received foine rude fliocksj and Paffwan threat®
ens it'more and more. We should not be surprised to ft®
part of tlie Turkiili forces recalled from Egj.pt to ftoptl®
alarming progrels of the pacha of Widdin.
September 15. The capture cf Belgrade, the bulwar®
of t:.e Turkish empire in Europe, by a corps of Janiffari®
commanded bv officers in the iervic6*of Paffwan Oglm®
has produced the greatest sensation. Paffwan Oglou h®
it now in his power to threaten the capital of Turkey. ®
is mentioned, as a poiitive fuA, that the emperor of Ge®
many, by virtue of a iecre.t article in the treaty of Lum®
ville, has promil’ed not to take any measures to flop ®
hinder the progress of the pacha of Widdin, as long 1®
the latter (hall continue to observe the laws of good neigl®
borhoorl, and abstain from niolefting the Austrian fubjed®
whether Greeks or Christians.
Falmouth, Augujl 29. Arrived, the Prince of Wale®
capt. Lovell Todd, with a mail from Lisbon, 24 dayß
passage. Spoke, on the 25th inst. in lat. 49. 23* long. ?®
45. the American fiiip Ruby, capt. Malcolm, from S®
vannah, fbr London, all well. Spoke yeflerdav, 0®
Sciliy, the American fiiip Rein-Deer, from * Londo®
bound to Baltimore, out 8 days, all well.
SALEM, Oftobe'r h. I
ON Saturday last arrived, the ship Martha, capt. Job®
Prince, from the Mediterranean, through who®
polite attention we are enabled to give the public for®
fatisfaAory account refpeAmg the expedition of Ganth®
aumt’s squadron, and a confirmation of the capture of C®
iro by the Turkish and British forces'.
The number of troops which this squadron carried m®
and which in the French papers has been stated at 8000, a®
sometimes at 10,000, was aAoally no more, than 400®
which number better accords with the capacity of the fhi®
on board which they were embarked. A few days befo®
capt. Prince failed from Murfeilles, which was on the 29®
July, Gantheaume’s return to Toulon was announce®
having been fruftrated in the objeA of his expedition; I®