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truth f rom that man who had refused the hearing of all
I oos jtion, and built his Opinion from the do&rine of one
or f ro m a search only for arguments on that side of
Kg question which he had prematurely espoused.
I There is such an enormous vein of jealousy meandering
through every P art of tl,e bod y of society that no innova,
lion, no new system, no institution, can possibly be ad
mitted, without the most strenuous exertions on the part
If i tt . ostensible promoters. New systems of religiori, new
Principles of philosophy, and new constitutions of
pent, have never been established without the greatest
Imposition. In theology the blessed doctrines of the
maculate Jesus were scoffed and hissed at, till their truth
Insulted the understanding of their opposers. In philoso
phy the immortal Newton boldly bared his breast to the
Prrows of satire and calumny, till all nature -manifested
Pis principles, and the only recompence for his labors was
Pii eternal monument of gratitude in the bosoms of hij
■successors. In polity our own country comes immediately
■within our knowledge; in the assertion of our independ
pnce, what opposition in sentiment? What a discordant
pollifion of opinions? WHat numbers of our most learned
■citizens, Americans in principle, but fearful of the conse
quences of an open profession, left their straggling coun
try, to seek protection in the arms of its enemy? Yet
■Christianity is established, Newton’sjphilosophy is substan
tiated, and Americans free.
I conclude this imperfect essay with the opinion of the
Beamed Locke Upon practice and habits: “ As it is in the
■body,” says he, “ so it is in the mind, practice makes it
it is, and most even of those excellencies which are
looked on as natural endowments will be found, when
pxamined into more narrowly, to be the production of ex
prcise, and to be raised to that pitch only by repeated
pftions. It is practice alone that brings the powers of the
■mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.
■Nobody is made any thing by hearing of rules, or laying
■them upon his memory; practice must settle the habit of
■doing without reflecting on the rule, and you may as well
■hope to make a good painter, or musician, ex tempore,
■}y a leCture and instruction in the arts of music and paint
ing, as a coherent thinker, or strict reasoner, by a set
Es rules, shewing him wherein right reasoning consists.”
A POLYHUMNIAN.
Translated for the. American,
I’ LIBERTY. EQUALITY.
| FRENCH REPUBLIC.
F Army of St. Domingo. \
f PROCLAMATION.
? Headquarters at the Cape , 22d Prairial,
i * (June 10 JlO tb year.
I’he General in chief of the Colony of St. Domingo to
ft its Inhabitants.
|| Citizens ,
I TOUSSAINT was a conspirator; this you will be
Budge of by the enclosed letter, direCted to citizen Fon-
Baine. I thought it my duty not to endanger the tran-
Buillity of the colony. I caused him to be arrested and
Bmbarked, and I send him to France, where he is to ac
count for his conduct to the French government. In an-
Bther letter, directed Fontaine, he discharges heavy in-
BeCtives against gen. C.hristophe, and he complains that
Ben. Dessalines has abandoned him.
f| He forbids Sylla to lay down his arms, and the culti
vators to work on any plantation but those intended for
Brovisions.
II He sent one of his accomplices to gen. Dessalines to
Bduce him Hot to submit with good faith.
■ He depends much on Massinet, in St. Mark; he is ar-
Bested. .-, k y N
B I have inflicted punishment on that miscreant; and I
Brier all the generals of division of the army to compel
111 the cultivators who are still in arms in the mountains
Bo return to their duty*
II The cultivators are not the most guilty, it is those that
Biislead them; in consequence of which every commandant
If the national guard, every officer, overseer, or planter,
who shall be found in an armed meeting, shall iminedi-
Itely be shot.
II As to the inhabitants of Ennery, I cirder that they
Bhall be immediately disarmed, for having been so tardy
Bn submission.
B- Gen. Brunet shall cause this order to be executed.
I’ The chief of the general staff shall cause the present
Brier, together with gen. Toussaint’s letter, to be print-
Bd, published, and posted; and he will, with all speed
Bwssible, send it to the whole army throughout the colony.
■ (Signed) - Le Clerc.
WPpy of Ex General Toussaint's Letter to Citizen
I Fontaine.
H °u give me no news. Endeavor to stay at the Cape
V long as you can. -
II It is said that gen. Le Clerc is in a state of bad health
Bt I ortuga; this you must be very particular about in-
Horming me of.
B You must see •, for arms from America (Nouville.*)
V s to the flour, for we are in want of the last kind, it
Bught not to be sent without passing throught Savna, that
|B k know the depot where it might be placed with safety.
■ If you see the general in chief tell hjm positively that
|B e cultivators won’t obey me. Tbey w T ant to make them
at Herincourt, but the overseer ought not do it*
H, I ask-you if you can bribe some of the attendants of
iB e general in chief, that we might free D ;f he
jß ou!d be very useful to us, through his credit both in A
and somewhere else.
■ Inform Gengembre that he must not leave Borgne,
■ re ,t; is necessary that the cultivators should not work,
pi ** r" lte lo me at the plantation Najar.
■. (Signed) Toussaint Louverture.
■ r " e c fy from the original,
K l be general of division, chief of the general staff
of the army, Dugua.
i■j -j {j. y jMijilVUlC) t(K. Cither*
■ < a t • k tan Airti one of Tcus&ikt**
HS * ■ ---
(> ■ * : • tert
-—Lands for Saie.—-
Tra.ft of Land, containing ;co acres, old fur-
V - > ’ ve y, on the rjver Alatamaha, 20 miles above the
town of Darien, having a water courfe,’ by the name of
A ex Creek, communicating with the river, and navigable
lor rafts ol any dimensions. On this creek is one of the
finefl situations for a mill feat in the Bate; the greater part
well timbered, and fome firft quality rice land on theriver;
n ® ne Lrabt ot 500 acres, old survey, in the county of 1
Chatiiam, within 7 miles of this city.
IC?* Plats may be seen, and terms known, bv apply
mg to LEVY ABRAHAMS, Broker;
Savannah , August 12.
In COUNCIL.
Savannah, August qth, 1802;
Resolved,
THAT tile Bth and 9th feCtions of the ordinance, en
titled, u An ordinance for granting licenses to per
sons keeping billiard tables, ot retailing Ipintuous liquors;
within the limits of the city of Savannah, and hamlets
thereof, and for other purposes thereifi mentioned, v be
publiflied twice successively in the Gazettes of this city,
for the information of those concerned.
Bth. And be it further ordained , by the Authority
aforefaid, That every person taking out a license for ret
tailing of Ipirituous liquors in lets quantity” than a quart
ffiall have plainly 7 painted, in letters not let’s than two
inches in length, on iome conlpicuous place over them
door, on the outside of the Ihop or houle, fronting the
street, wherein such Ipirituous liquors are fold, the name
of such person, together with the words, “ Licensed Re
toiler of Spirituous Liquors
9th. And be it further ordained , by the authority
aforefaid, That every person or persons who have hereto
fore taken out a license, or Ihtil hereafter take out a li
cense, for retailing spirituous liquors, neglecting or refuf
ing to have plainly painted, as aforefaid, the names of
such person or persons, together with the words, ‘‘ Li
censed Retailer of Spirituous Liquors” within the
space of sixty days after the publication of this ordinance;
ffiall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to be reco
vered and applied as herein after mentioned.
Refolded, That the Marlhal do summon before Coun
cil, at their next meeting, all persons who have not com
plied with the requisites of the laid sections after the pub
lication aforefaid.
Extra Cl from the minutes,
Thomas Pitt, c. c.
Fur b a l
A convenient Dwellinghoufe and
Lot, flituate on a copier in a central and healthful part of
the city. There isf on the lot, an additional building, by
means of which the lot and improvements may, withfmall
expence, be divided into two productive and commodious
tenements. Inquire of the printers.
March 1, 1802.
Lands for Sale.
A TRACT, containing 300 acres, in Glynn county,
and another of 600 acres, both surveyed in 1769;
the former on a branch of the Buffalo swamp, and the
latter about 20 miles from Brunswick, equal in quality to
any in the county-.
A trad of upwards 3000 acres on Canouchie, excellent
pine land, on which was a mill feat before the revolution;
it will be divided so as to suit purchasers.
DAVID LEION, Broker.
FOR “S “A L £,
The Farm Lot, No. 1, Percival
ward, Holland tithing, containing 45 acres old survey; and
Two Farfn Lots, Nos. 9 and 10,
in the Village of Hampftead, containing together 100
acres old survey.
The vicinity of the above mentioned lands to this city
mull render them an object to persons who wish for luna
tions for small farms near town. For terms apply to
JAMES ROBERTSON*
Savannah , 2qtb May , 1801.
To be RENT ED, or for SALt,
A TWO STORY HOUSE on
the east common, with A good kitchen and other conveni
ent out buildings. For particulars ’inquire of
TOHN M‘FADZEN.
lAX COLLECI OR'S SALE.
Will be fold , at M'lntoJb Courtboufe , on the 24/(6 day
of Augujl next ,
500 Acres of Land, granted to
Button Gwinnett, in laid county 7 , for the taxes of 1800;
taxes, ten dollars, and costs.
M. M c Leod, t. c. m. c.
Juhe 8, 1802*
N OTIC £.
ALL persons having demands against the Eflate of
John Currie, efq. late of Savannah, deceased, are
requested to render them in, properly attested, to mr. A
lexander Currie, at the late residence of the deceased; and
all persons indebted to the said Eflate are called pn to
make immediate payment, that provilion may be made
for difeharging the debts and legacies.
Alexander Admiinitiators,
Joseph Miller, with the will
„ Andrew M‘Credie, J annexed*
Savannah , 10th June, 1800.
RAN AWAY, from Colerain plantation, about fix
weeks ago, A NEGRO FELLOW,mamed NERO;
he is a flout thick black Negro, of the Guinea country, a-
u v '.i •, t; et 6qt 7 i.-nvies high, with lik'd .cell, .
be is goy.t .yp the eoun'.i y. Ten regard Ittli
be ; fid 611 dtiK'/dog hnrt:: ‘itbfcrrr.-van/k-r-'■’ ”
1’ *r hi~rf in ■■ 01 {fit* fet,-,
‘ ; ; 2 'l LI J w-; it ? $f: ’ v
proposals
By DAVID BROWN, No. 372, North Third Street,
Philadelphia,
FOR PUBLISHING BT SUBSCRIPTION..
A COMPENDIUM
0 F
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY:
in jive Volumes;
By JOHN WESLEY, A. M.
“ These are tby glorious works, Parent of Good,
w Almighty! Thine this universal frame ,
Thus wond'rqus fair! Thyfelf bow ivond'rous then!'*
T he erudition ol Mr. Wesley Hands in competition
with the firfi writers of the present age. He was of a
d.eep penetrating mind matured by long experience in
feientife studies. He willingly embraced any toil which
might promote the wisdom and bappinefs of mankind.
’With this view he compiled this System of Natural
Ph ilosophy.
This work is not too diffufe, not exprefftd in many
words, but comprised in so moderate a compass as not to
require any large expence either of time or m0ney.......'.
Not maimed or imperfect; but containing whatever is
known with any degree of certainty, either with regard
to - the earth or the heavens, and this in the plainefl
dress; simply and nakedly expreft, in the moll clear, eefy,
and intelligible manner, that the nature of things would
a110w..,;.... 1 o which are added, the moll valuable difcov
eries both of our own and the foreign societies, ancient
and modern. Ihe learned have admired this performance
as a moll ufcful and inJlruSiive compendium.
CONDITIONS.
I* T his work will be neatly printed, with anew type,
on fine medium paper, in five volumes, each volume
containing nearly four hundred pages duodecimo.
11. A volume will be publiflied every three months,
neatly bound and lettered, payable on delivery, 1 dol
lar and 40 cents.
111. Subscribers names will be annexed to the lalt vo
lume.
IV. An elegant portrait of the Author will be given as
a frontifpiece, executed by the firft American artist.
V. As soon as fufficient encouragement is met with the
work shall be put to press.
VI. Those who obtain ten fubferibers, and are responsible
for their payment, (hall receive one copy gratis.
Philadelphia , June I ft, 1802; * *
Id?* SUBSCRIP I IONS are received by N. Jomnstoß
and Cos. at their Printing Office in Broughton street, Sa
vannah. As the fubfeription paper must be Cent off for
Philadelphia by the end of August those who wish to he
iapplied with the above work are requeued to fend in
their names as soon as possible.
FOR SALE,
At the Printing Office in Broughton street,
BLANK Bonds, Foreign Inward and Out-
Mortgages, ward Manifefts,
Bills ol Sale, Coasting Maniftfts,
Powers of Attorney, Entries of Merthandife,
Apprentices Indentures, Liquor Entries,
Land Conveyances, Baggage Ditto,
Bills ot Lading, A few Boxes of Types fol
Prices Current, marking of Linen.
ALSO ,
The Vagabond, a Novel; Watts’s Hymns and PfalmA
The Progress of Pilgrim bound together;
Good Intent in Jacobini- New Testaments,
cal Times, after the Man- Psalters, and
ner of Pilgrim’s- Prcgrels; Hornbooks*
Watts’s Pl’alms,
fANE HUNDRED DOL
KJ LARS REWARD. Sto
len from the fubferiber’s planta
•gr® 7 vq tion near Georgetown, on or a
. idMu bout the 27th April last, a likely
BRIGHT BAY HORSE, 7
years old, about 15 hands high, trots and canters very
neatly and of a very gay carriage, branded on the mount
ing buttock LD, walks last, and has a trick of throwing up
his head often when rode. As well as the fubferiber cqn
recollect he believes the said horse had a few white hairs
in his forehead, and a light streak on his nose inclining to
one of his nostrils. The above deferibed horse formerly
belonged to the federal troop at or near Augusta, in Geor
gia. It is probable the said horse may be offered for sale
lomewhere to the foiithward of this in fome of the towns,
Dr possibly in the upper country.
The above reward will be paid upon prosecuting the
thief or thieves to conviction, or, Ihould information be
given to the fubferiber, by poll or otherwise, so that the
laid horse may be recovered again, a reward of 20 dollars,
w.*h all re: fonable charges, will be paid by
Francis G. De Liesseline.
Georgetown, South Carolina , June 4.
PZ 7* Any information given to the printers of this ga
zette relative to the said horse will be forwarded with dis
patch.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT OF LAND, containing 300 acres, a great
part of which is inland swamp, the remainder good
corn land, situated on the Three Runs in Effingham coun
ty-
A TRACT; containing 200 acres, of the fame quality,
and joining the above.
A TRACT of 450 acres of exceeding good provilion
land, on Great Ogechee river, about 45 miles by land
from Savannah*
A TRACT of 150 acres river swamp joining tji*
above.
Inquire of the Printers.
IST, 1802.
f~. ‘ ; ring 9 dollars per barr-'T
4 •• y j H Celfe
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