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f.|fer M AHINE LIS T.
Entered Inward. if* "Vi„
f c loop Good Escape, *VV hite, .Bertirada
Schooner Hiram, Ross, Charleftou
Ship Superb, Hammond, T*'.’ 80.,0n
Schooner Betsey, Hippms, >Ja^u
Sloop Republican. Hartilon, St. Mary s
Sloop Lucy, Stanton, * , j^ndon
Scliooner Evelina, Chi pm an. Cape Fiancois
.folly, Smith, Stonington
Ship Alexander, Tilbury, London
Cleared Out.
Sloop Sally, Meferve, St. Mary's
grig Bette r and Peggy, Durke% Baltimore
Ship Melpomene, Jqhnfton, Kiugfton
Schooner fopfham, Kerrifon, St. Domingo
The ship Wafliington, Scott, from London, and ship
Thomas, Higgins, from Liverpool, arrived at Charleston
1 aft Friday; and the barque Castor, Paul, from Liverpool,
on Saturday. V
The Mac, Hill, and John Adams, Parrot, are arrived
at London from this port.
ELECTIONS of Members of the State Legislature on
Monday the 4-th infant .
In Franklin County.
Dudley Jones, Esq. Senator} Meflrs. Wilkins and
Hooper, Repreientatives.
In Oglethorpe County.
Bell, Esq. Senator; MefTrs.. Philips, Hudfpeath,
and Jourdan, Representatives.
In Glynn County.
Barnett, Esq. Senator; Gilbert Gignilliat, Esq.
Representative.
In Camden County. j
Janies Hutchinson, Esq. Senator; Jackfon,.Efq.
Representative.
Married last Thursday, in this city, Mr. William
Henry Spencer, to Miss Lucretia Jenkins. At Wilming
ton Hand, the fame evening, the Rev. Mr. Charles O.
Screven, to Mrs. Jones, widow of H. C. Jones, Esq. .
DIRECTIONS for Vessels bound from the South
ward to Exuma Salt Pond, situated to the Eastward
f lbe Port and Harbor of Exuma, from which it is ,
j distant between 3 and 4. leagues.
FRQM the Bird Rock (the northern extremity of
Crooked Island) to the north end of Long Island the course
S is N. W. distance 25 leagues. Give this a good birth,
i say one or two miles, on account of two reefs (easily di
stinguished) which extend from the two points of the north
end. From hence haul up-S. W. by S. This course will
bring you on soundings, when you will see Hog Key and
Little Exuma, on both of which are settlements. There
are several rock? <?r small keys ranging with the coast; these
may be kept close aboard. When you see the houses di
stinctly hoist your colors, and a boat will be sent cut to
bring the vessel to the anchorage at the pond. The pond
is to the east of Pigeon Key, and Pigeon Key bears from
the north end of Long Island due S. W. and by W. dist
ant 9 leagues. Stocking Island, which forms the harbor
j of Exuma, is distinguishable by a beacon on the highest e
nf;nence, and this is about 5 or 6 miles to the westward of
i the eastern entrance of the harbor. The east side of Long
j, Island is a bold shore, and wholly free from reefs and
sunken rocks, r If you go round the north end of Long
Island towards evening it may frequently be advisable to
come to an anchor, to avoid: the effefts of currents during
the night, which may easily be done on very good ground,
after doubling round the north end, any where under the
lee of the land miles.along shore. In this case
the eye must dire£l you, the water being perfeftly clear,
and the bottom visible. y
The following Courses and Distances are subjoined,
as they may (it times be serviceable , and the Charts
arc not to be defended on.
From Bird Rock to south end of Long Island, W* i.t
leagues.
From Rum Key. to north end of Long Island, W. 7 or
8 leagues. , ’
1. t
From Little Island to north end cf Long Island, S. W.
4 leagues. f * * jy'T'r
From Bird Rock to Rum Key, N. N. W. 16 leagues.
From Rum Key to. Watling’s Island, N. E. 6 or ydeagUes.
7 Communication. ‘ _ •’?
AS the Yankee Philosopher has favored the public with
his observations on the foibles of our females,, their cha
rafter would fall into disrepute, were no attempt made to
defend it; for bis observations are so pointed that their
feelings must be much hurt by them, though they are sen
sible that they are without foundation, and we shall be
i convinced, upon refleftion, that, whatever were his mo
tives, his ad\ ice was not very acceptable or necessary.
He must have the welfare of the ladies very much at heart
to relate a circumstance so much against himself as the
answers of a eertaiu person by monosyllables to his ques
tions; he did not perhaps recolleft that her backwardness
proceidqd, in all probability, mare from a dislike than
from an inability to converse with him; and her joining
her companions on a future occasion in the exercise of
their tongues nukes the probability still greater. Neither
does his observations on their education appear mote cor
r ct than his former conclusion; if they have not received
tnese advantages it is.very evident that, it 13 not their fault;
why s.'buld they by blamed because their parents have not
g;u :i thrill opportunities to improve themselves? whete
they have had these advantages in their power it will be
io"nd ttyav their mental improvements have been great,
and we sav with truth that our city lias produced charaft
ers that are ornaments to mankind, and, without being
particular, it will be sufficient to notice the Asylum So
ciety, and (Jit- characters who compose it; th .n which
perhaps <r more philanthropic institution never was created.
’ AN OBSERVER.
ANECDOTE.
Several vea r s ago, when the ■ ■■ regime, l **? was otvar
ttred at Minorca, it was observed by forae or the company
at tnetr <&. ■ ■ • .cnu ciL
Pi able , fl f ™ r ; 1 * cook w “ ftnt for’ mJ ra-j-mfed:
he lUku tha: he h.d procured rhe crater from an adjaceit
well, and hal „ied tne beii meat, fct. Tins was by no
means fatiiiactory. Ihe well was ordered be inlbmlv
mlpefted,. and the remains 6f fevera! Frenchmen, whofl
bodies had been thrown into it by their countrymen, to
conceal their iofs, when the ifiand was captured bv the
Englilli, were found at the bottom of it. ‘This repbYt was
madetto the command 7 •:g officer before the dinner was re
moved from the table, and had an immediate effect on
tlie ttomachs of every one who had tailed the broth: But
an’ old. Scots officer, taking up the soup ladle, Tiled his
plate from tlie tureen, and exclaimed, “ In gude troth I
w’tjh o’ the French army was in it.”
FLORENCE, Auguf 2j.
WE learn by fome velTels which entered tlie port of
Liyorrie that tlie French squadron sent to Tunis
to demand latisfaftion from the regency for the mfult of
fered to the captain of a French veile!, and to the French
commerce in general, bears a demand to the dey; in the
name of the firft consul, calling upon him to pay a present
indemnity of 200,000 colonnari, and an annual contribu
tion of 60,000 colonnari. In case of refufaj the French
government menaces , the dey with inflant war. It is re
ported that other French velTels have failed to Algiers
with demands equally strong, amongfl others, that of his
immediately setting at liberty all ilaves, to whatever na
tions they may belong, now in the Algerine territory. If
the dey refufes to accede to these conditions the French
(hips have orders to blockade the port.
Paris, September 9. Mr. Fox labors with great dili
gence in the researches be is making in our libraries for
materials.for the history of England which he is writing.
Citizen Ludot, member of the tribunate, is appointed
by the fir ft consul chief justice of St. Domingo.
1 he chief ot brigade BJanchot is'appointed by the firft
conlul governor of Senegal and its dependencies.
; ■London, September 6. On the 14th of August was
executed* at Swabmunchen, near Augfburgh, a woman,
aged 38, whole crime is of a nature calculated to fix the
attention of thole who fttidy mankind. Between the 15th
of January, 1798, and the 2d of November; 1801, this
.woman set fire to the tbwn of Swabmunchen 15 times, in
confecuenCe of which 30 houfts became a prey to the
flames, and a great number of persons Were reduced to po
verty. Several individuals, on whom fuipicibn fell, were
sent to prison; but at length, happily for them, the real
criminal was discovered by * laborer, who caught her in
the feet. Her name is Maria Franklin; after seven exa
minations, in which fie denied the crime, ftie at length
■on the eighth conftfled her guilt, and pleaded in her j uni
fication, that from her youth she had been tormented by a
violent penchant to set houfeson fire; that (lie has refitted
this delire for a long time, but at length, overcome by her
pailion, (lie had burnt the houses alluded to, without any
end in view, and without any rerhorfe. This woman, in
other refpefts, had condufted herfelf with great propriety,
and did uo| appear to be deranged in her mind. She was
beheaded, and her body burnt.
A new high priest of the Jews has just arrived in London
vfrom Holland. His name is Hart.- Mr. A. Goldfmkl
went to receive him in Efiex, and brought h'un to town
last week in his coach and four. Mr. E. P, Solomons and
all the principal Jews attended in the procession.
A French emigrant ha* been areefted in Russia for call
frig Bonaparte an emperor!
On the 28th of Kfay, in the midst of a violent storm,
there fell at Ptiz-a-Midiel, in Hungary, three large’ mattes
of ice, each’ forming a square of three feet and two inches
in thickness, and weighing 11 quintals. Eight men were !
unable to move them. - The greatest part of them were
remaining on the third day afterwards, notMthHanding
the extreme heat which succeeded the storm.
September i3. By a gentleman arrived at Plymouth,
wdio has been making a tour of France, and particularly
of its principal seaports, we learn the following interesting
particulars: 1 here will be, in the collide of this and the
next month, ready for launching, 16 men of war, from
74 to 120 guns, at Brest, Rochefort, and L’Ortent. Pro
visions of ail kinds were very dear, particularly in Paris.
September 14. The minister of ’ Vn temberg has, it is
feid, protested against the plan of indemnities proposed by
France and Russia.
Gen. La Fayette is reported to be dead.
■ It is stated, on the authority of private letters brought
by the Lisbon mail, which arrived yesterday, that the a
larm caused in that capital by the sudden departure of gen.
Lafnes had entirely ceased, no apprehension whatever be
ing now entertained by the Portuguese government of any
unpleasant consequences arising from that event.
ALL persons indebted to the late Con
cents of
MEINS and MACK AY,
MEIN and MACKAY,
Are requested to make payments to MEIN, MACKAY,
andtX). All accounts due after the rft January next
will indiscriminately be placed in the hands of an attorney
at law for colleftion. y
WILLIAM MEIN,
£ 7 ROBERT MACKAY.
Savannah, 25 th CBober, 1802.
for^liverpool;
The Ship Prefidcnt,
Capt. Hilton,
Kfcn (launch new vefTel, has part of her cargo en
gaged, For freight apply to the Captain 4m board, or
GAIRDNER, CAIG, and MITCHEL.
Who have received by this vefTel,
6000 Bushel's SALT, ; ‘
Which will be disposed of low, if taken from alongside.
27 th October j 1802.
Ufrr.-g-a*■rafl*'/ ‘ -L ’ . .. k Y iir 1 ft -
Tff£ Greenwich p£:nsioner.
A SAII.OIVI was bom arid bred,
My father’s nanv-; was Midship Ned,
I doesn’t tell a story;
And when he died, says llam, savs she.
“ Suppose, my lad, you goes to. sea.”
[ Says I, That there's all one to me,
If ‘tis for Britain's glory.”
I learnt to splice, to” reef and clue,
To drink my grog till all was blue,
And tell a merry story;
And though I wasn’t very big,
Aloft I’d climb, nor care a fig,
Or load a gun, or dance a jig,
And all for Britain's glory.
When I came home again I found
My mother she was left aground,
I doesn’t tell a story;
For she was cheated, bv an felf,
Who married her for father’s pelf,
. Then spent the cash, and hung himself,
But not for Britain's glory.
I fought the Spanish, French, and Dutch f
You know it does not matter much
To tell a tedious story;
While mother liv’d why I kept she,
And, now I cannot go to sea,
ihe king, God bless him, he keeps me,
And all for Britain's glory.
A FISHING SONG.
From Sir John Hawkins’s Edition of Waltont
O! the gallant fisher’s life,
It is the best cf any;
’Tis full of pleasure, void of strife,
And ’tis beloved by many;
Other joys
Are but toys,
Only this
Lawful is,
For our skill
. Breeds no ill,
But content and pleasure.
In a morning up we rise,
Ere Aurora’s peeping, t
Drink a cup to wash our eyes, ■*
Leave the sluggard sleeping;
Then we go,
To and fro, -
With our knacks . ,
At our backs, •
To such streams
As the Thames,
If we have the leisure.
When we please to walk abroad,
For our recreation, *
In the fields is our abode, ?
Full of -deleftation;
Where in a brook, -*
With a hook, *
Or a lake,
Fish we take,
There we sit,
( ? For a bit, f
Till we fish entangle.
We have gentles in a horn,
We have paste and worms too,
We can watch both night and mofri.
Suffer rain and storms too;
None do here \
Use to swear;
Oaths do fray
Fish away;
We sit still,
And watch onr quill; >
Fishers must not wrangle.
If the sun’s excessive heat
Make our bodies swelter,
To an osier hedge we get
For a friendly shelter, *
Where in a dike
Pearch or pike,
Roach or dace,
We do chase,
Bleak or gudgeon,
1 Without grudging,
We are still contented.
Or we sometimes pass an hotlr
1 Under a green willow,
1 hat defends us from a shower,
Making earth our pillow,
WFere we may
. * Think and pray,
Before death
1 Stops our breath;
Other joy
Are but t oySf
- And to bg lamented.
Board of Commifliorers of Pilotage.
Savannah, June 16, 1802.
DESIROUS of conveying that Branch of the River
between Argyle and HutchinTon’s Islands into th
River Savannah, the Conwniffioners of Pilotage offer to
eontraft with any person or persons capable of completing
- the fame; for which purpose they will receive proposals
for four months. A Plan of the River may be seen at
the office of the Commissioners.
Richard Wayne, ’
William Hunter, 1
William Belcher, js* Commissioners
Tames Robertson, j
Wilwam War* ack, j