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Georgia
On tht late SIEGE of Savannah.
(Continued from our laft.fj
IN the French army there was alto a coloured
brigade cf Nfgrces and Mulatto**, fuppofid
to cor.ii of about 700 men. It hat been uf
uaJ, I believe, in the Weft-Indie*, with the
French and Englilh, to employ black* and
fl-ive* again ft or.* another, though among the
former only they are said to be regularly trained.
In this refpeA therefore the French, in the late siege,
have done nothing unusual ; perhaps these troops
have not committed more disorders than ethers, and
it may very leafonabty be supposed, in cr.fe of fuc
cefr, they would have been admitted only to the last
share of plunder. It wa* natural for the beCeged to
follow the example of their btfiegere, and within
their lines to put arms into the hands of all fueb
y Wscks as were willing to bear them. Reasons ex
isted for these measures within which could not pos
sibly be pleaded by thole without. Their number
probably did not amount to n third of these that were
brought against us; in general they behaved well,
and had as strong personal motives to fight as many
of their masters; had they fallen into ibe enemy 4 *
bands, to be transported to a much fevercr servitude j
in the Weft-ladies was tht least they couM txpefl j
and however Tome of their former mtftera without
might, or may possibly blame and threaten them,
that they willed to preserve their liver, thrir present
tolerable condition, or that fome wouid exert them
selves for the fafety of tender maftere, it what they
can hardly ba condemned for in any courts of hu
manity. Since the siege a nvjnoiia! was presented
that they might be disarmed, which was favourably
answered } and though all mifehief could nut bn pre
vented, and fome of them have followed very evil
pra&ket, fome under pretence of orders, and fome
without even a pretence, or only under pretence of
ordersYrom men aon-exifting, hunted up and drove
off cattle, and fold them, as it i* said, at h# rate of
a dollar or two per head to fueh persons as chose to
have dealings with them in that kind of traffick, yet
as the laws in genera) are open, and dimes of this
kind may be profecoted for at any time when they
can be proved, they may be proceeded against now,
•r hereafter, whenever injured persons (hall think
proper t and if any fliould be found Kill in arms, nr
giving room for lutpidons, every while m.n may
put tne Militia Law in execution, and difaiisi them,
wnlefs provided with u proper ticket from their owa
refpeftive mafte-s. Though the Congress has re
commended the measure of putting arms iato the
hauda of blacks, it asuft be montloned to the honour
of Souih-Carolina that the recommendation found
few or no advocates in their Afembly. Though u
Colonel was po(fibly found to accept such a command,
the measure was deemed highly impol.tick 5 these
who did not rejeft it from motive# of danger might
perhaps be afraid to rifle or lose them in the service
when nothing but continental dollars was proposed
•sacompenfation. Except once in fight of this town,
when our grass and forage cutters were fired upon,
nnd once when the French landed upon Hutcftinfor.**
I Hand, the Negroes were not feat without during rhe
siege; the grass cutters behaved with mors refolwtioa
and spirit than could have been txpe&ed, and tbqfe
on the island drove off the French with lofp, so that
they never returned again.
The fituaticn of the besieged, and the ftrtngth es
this ganifon, on tko oppronch of the enemy, were
far from being such at could be willed; a place in
veiled with a5 fail es the line, besides other naval
force, and an army by land which m : ght be supposed
very laige, though fortified and garrisoned in the
strongest manner, without being chargeable with ti
midity, assy feel very ferieaiapprehenfions; a force
by no means comparable to this a few months ago
truck very great terror, and produced a proposal of
neutrality, which, had it been accepted, would have
deprived the French of their confederates, and our
neighbours of an opportunity to ftraio their forces
hopes and boasts to the uttarmoft; and it is certainly
happy for this province that iu enemies have now
made an experiment which issued in a manner rather
more inglorious than that neutrality by which they
were willing at the fame time to give up Congress and
France, ana remain tame fpeftator* of the conflict
and their own approaching fate. k Here wa* a re.
markable difference; the army before Sarenpah did
rot consist of a few hundred men unprovided with
(hipping and artillery, but wat in every refpeA so pe
ri or to cveiy refillance that could be expe&ed to bt
rmde, and a proper acquaintance with the real
ftrengtß or weakcefe of the besieged will excite our
poAetiiy to farm a more proper judgment of whit
iicuar Providence was done upon thia occasion. It
should be remembered therefore that, of the army
that arrived here in November and December last, a
very costfiderable part, companded by Col. Mait
land, wa at Beaufort in Seuth.Carolina; the tom.
munication between us and that part being impeded,
and Vxprefle* mifearrying, the way beeame every day
shore difficult, and whether these troops Woold ar
rive to all thoughtful persons more and more doubt
ful | and yet it does not dimioifh the merit of men or
officers then on the fpotto fay this detachment was of
the utmost importance, and that the increasing diffi
culties of their passage, which nothing but the bigheft
seaUndardour for th* service could have overcome,
filled many that kept tsp a good countenance with
vert gl ocmy'rtioAion *. Aconfiderable part of m
nsd ammunition) noth tko Vigilant and Com of the
SAVANNAH: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1779.
strongest gallics, ware actually prevented by the e-
r d tho, **\P r “dence and bravery kept them
?' “* of . “>• •njy • hands, tbe want of them was veiy
wr!c and r f gfetUU b 7 U ,ba * • regard to
the fafety of the place and his Majefty’, service. Part
n.fo of the troop* thatkad been ftationad at Sunbury
tound themfelvea intercepted by the eaeufy, and re.
ying perhaps to# easily upon a word nf honour fell
into their hands and were made prisoners, the ne
,7'*PP r T ,c . h been f> rapiJ and unfofpeAed,
and-the infer,only of o ur number* having rendered
it necelLry to call in all our eut-pofts; their adren
al* w ; r * lo „ fwift and unnppofed that many well af
tested to Government could not possibly reach this
nuce in time, and that others thought they had fuf-
I""?* “ bome > of h *™ l * •• “o*
at all impossible that Dme only waited for the event
havbLdwTiV ‘r h °“° Ur * du, y* and conference,
they had bell take in £0 critical circumstances. The
militm on .ftualftrjucidunng the siege in general
a JrZ ‘V 1 ’ *> ro l’n officers'and £ 0
qetred laftiog honour, yet there were a Few that
SE™.? the * ne ’ n fovt# that were impatient of
!) von i eu?n r<ft ’ V'"* and wu not otrtaia be- .
* 7 # " d tbe P o *bily of the contrary that there was
WOrk,Uat . had “•* been
W'r n> imtJhr lh * i*V mjr * yt ** 001 “"common in
’..k-rJET? ® u ,e(ren nao, ber#, yet it has been
trutb * ,h:lt once during the siege
imouTeH r . fe ß ular, 'nUi.ia, volunteers, and fail or.,
mounted only ,0 * 3S o m . n ,ft u ,||y upon rfur
iod A • ber * ru,jr t 0 op P° fe ‘he strength of Franc#
frothy, C V to defend such extensive wo.ks as,
to e?JI TV 0 a ° f i pUce h became nect(Tay
u 1. ,h ® and army with it, and
pruoablyall thefoo-hcld of Bri.ain in these fou.he.n
From Z f° l ‘° Up ,0 Franc * or Congress.
t rom this t. u .caount of the strength of our gtrrifoo
a judgmont miy be formed .f whft might hare been
I" 4 ;* lhe of what was done on
thi* landy spot, and who will have the greatest rea
glaiiMido^ 1 '” * n, *°orial of it with the deeped
(Tt bt entinued at Itifurt.)
To St fc’jfj Ptrlslitk Sale, ■
O. Moncf y next the ieih irftant
The SLOOP >T. ANTONIA, as (he
now lies j
Also, The SCHOONER TWEED.
For particular* apply to JOHN TUNNO.
PUBLICK AUCTION.
On Monday the 1 jth inst. ot ten o’clock in the For
e SOLD o'* 0 '* ° PP ° fi “ lhi Vend * e *Honfe,
ALL THE REMA'iNING STOCK OF GOODS
V.;. be !°"* io S *0 Mr. JOHN WALLACB, con
- biting of the follow,ng aiticlos, via. Sheeting linen,
dowUs, r anabrigs, biown rolls, felt hats, bed bunts,
. . **dj,yarn hefe, broadcloths, calamancoes,
check handkerchief,, men* and womens ready made
Amu and (hifre, &c. Sc:. Sc:. 7
A few * a t eh ° r c,a red Sugar; and fofiT
Z$ L ?Z AC * ““W4LLACE
lavanaah, December 7, , 77 p.
Notice is hereby given,
•pHAT the Court cf Sessions of Oyer and Ternti
•ll T * nd G * ne,al G “>! Delivery of thia province
will be hoi den, oa Taefday next the inft. at
teo © clock in the forenoon, at the late dwelling,
house of the H >n. James Edward Powell, Esq. *
By Order af the Court,
JOHN SIMPSON, P. and C. C.
FOUND by a* Os my Negroes, the 30th
N r!ft 1r V , 779. A Sorel HORSE, aboet
14 nands high, branded oa the cfT(boulder NB
Bad the mobatiog buttock S D ’
calling at nty house, N 0 .4, oa the
have him again, oa paying the vfuat charges.
JAMES HERRIOT. r
ITTMERBAf evil disposed peonleTin go-
V W tag up and down Savannah Hirer, have
made a praftico af trefpsffigg on the plantation of
Mr. George Kincaid, absent from the province,
and on Friday tko 3 d Uftant, in the ereniug,
broke open the dwelling house thereon, carried
away a mahogany double theft of drawers,
chairs; end other furniture, also took the fffißes
out of the windows; this i* therefore to forbid
tre (puffing in future, and to offer n reward of
pounds for difeorering and coavifiiag any
of the offenders | and as there must ba purchaL
* r * ,f Roods ia and about towns it b
hoorea them to make it known Jiow they came
by Atm, otherwise they may depend en being
profieegted apoa thtir bwagdifeovered. Infer
r* h ,o
If * T ZIJsYf. t .
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Gazette.
James Walker,
HAIR DRESSER from
* ha P ubl ' ck That he intend,
tellewlng said bufiaefs in Savannah, next door
to Mrs. M'FarlaneV Ladiss and Gentleman who
may be plcafcd to employ him may depcad on being
ft D~i* DeWeft Ufte * “ and °* ,h Awwft noticaT
■December p, 1779.
• GEOR GT A.
By ril Ex “U* nc y ,** r 7 A MKS WIGHT, Baring
rs- V* ?"'™}'. Govtrtttr, and Ctmmandtr it
*1- Province of Georgia, Cban~
ctUtr, Viet- Admired, and Ordinary of tht fame,
A PROCLAMATION,
by an aft, intitled, U An AH to
at J , : eve ?. f * ■ ■ M ‘ h aa ma y be, ffic spreading
of the Smallpox in this Province,” it is. amongst
other things, cuifled, that, from and after the eighth
d*y of April next enfuiog tbe uafling of the faid|6f,
if any perfoa whatever within thia province dull
inoculate or ingraft, or cauf* to be inoculated or
ingrafted, the disease or distemper commonly cal.
~ ‘ f ed *he fnullpox, in or upon him, her, or them
reives,-thcii'family or dives, or in or upon any,
o,h*r person or persons whatever,” (except aa
therein after excepted) “ or (hall wilfully or kuowl
mgly loflia, or cause to ba ii Sifted, the said dif
ea(c or distemper, or (htll use any aft, device, or
contrivance whatsoever, or (hall willingly or
knowingly do any aA, matter, er thing, by
„ by reason whereof, the infeftion of the
said dileaie or distemper may b* ibfiifted upon,
. V r * c '' ¥ed him bar, er thamfelves,
thetr family or (lavca, or aay other person or per
lone whatsoever, within the province as aforefairf,
°c b J b L cb \ orb y rea . fen whereof, the iofeAion
°* *" e disease of distemper may ba (pread or
* conimuaicated to any person or persons whatsoever
within the fame, then, and in every such case, c
wy person who (hall offend in any of the premi
fee, for everv Aich offence (hall forfeit the sum of
one haudred pouada sterling,” And further*
„ tk ** ‘* caf * *T (hall bo tMewUud we In
ftfA or being kwow tobeiafaAcd with tht ;
bid distemper or disease, (hall be feat, brought,
‘ ned > or convered, from the uffial place es re
* lidence of tbe said (lave, to aay other part of this
‘ Pjoriuee, contrary to the true intent and meaning
of this aft, the owner, ot other person having the
t< “j® j har S e t9er J fuf h Have, (hall held*
jvdged, deemed, and taken, to have caused and
. P!^“ r f dfutk *° *• committed, and (hall
. rub i ,a and I'able to the fame penalty and fer
‘ **■'• ta therein before impofad on any other
‘ potfonufefted with tbe faigdiftemper, and com-
ing, being brought) orient, within this pro
vtace, uoTef. fueh owner, or other person aa a
forefatd, ball upon oath declare that such Negro
11 l • l*. • and not eome > or wxs net sent or
brought with bt, or her knowledge or consent.”
5 S , S ,er f I** r btl * a "y or persons
sfg. b * i ßf f. aed w,t > * ba said disease, in a.yhouf*
” Within the Itmita of any town, village, or plan
/ uuon) within this province, every maftar, ow.
V’ L °l otb,r *’* rf ' n ‘he care or charge of
u •*" d *ely upon dlfcoveTy eH
„ f" c h i“fftton, fix, or cause to be affixed, on tht
front door of such house as sforc&id, and!fo at
4I moft P"b!uk place within tbe said tewnr;
villages, or nearest to the (aid plantations, advar
„ * ,f *"*‘ a ®g n, fying that tbe fmaUpoX Uat fuck
“ o "** 1 end ,n case fneb mailer, cwner, or other
person having the care er charge of such house us
„ 01 r,fu ' e or cause
to be affixed, fitch advertifementt hereby direftedL
!, e * cb ibd .'7"7 Pf” so negltAing or refufing
~ ?*,- f or f ei, soc *very such offence ten pound*
?, e i ,D ,f L And /* r ‘ h,r 44 *he* if, at any time*
„ “ fllail be‘bought expedient, daring the contln^
STJlftf 1 •?’ u * dn,i * inocularion, then it
i ,wf “ f . or the Governor or Commander
*• I”J h !. r° r th V'T e &*■ b y acd with the ad vie.
tt #B< * ®oni* n * of the Honourable Council, to givi
*4 f'T'J? 0 r for 5*I f#M being inoculated with ib*
f'd disease or difiamper, under such regulation*
nodreftriAtona as they (hall think proper, mad
notify by praelemanM, any thing in tblVaft con- ’
P ,h * co ** ra, y notwithftaadiag.” AND
WHEREAS the fmallpcx is fithi tv bare broke eat
on fome pianiatioaa in thia province, wherefore, in
order tv prevent the spreading the fame, and that so
of tht* province in that behalf made, and ffie penal-
KVi yjwhfiw ttaw., n..7SU
JiJg “4 .*• nc. ud co.fent of bi. Mij..
sty • Hooconble Coanctl of thH profitet* to ootifv
-4 k. <b. f... f d . 2^33
that due attentsen'Md obedience be paid by all 1 and
every person and petfona within this province to did
wl°rrer! B .f!£- r,oi Uw * “ will aafwer dm
contrary at thatr peril* *
GIVEN “"dcr my hand and the great seal of the
province of Georgia, this feth day of Decern*
>7. —h
JW hi Majtfty a reign.
By his Excellency's Command, W * IOH **V
a ®ho.D'*a*iah, Dep. tec. “ y
9 -•-All JUB kino.
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