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£-ndu&, aad tat delusion which appear* to jtre
vail in year mind. y
** with refpeA, Sir, your Excel
lency’i moil obedient servants,
“ B."LINCOLN*
> “ EStAING.
** His Excellency Msjar
General Prevoft.’* :^
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A> C*. ~f i 9 y **
paragraph t> a South Carolina paper, of De
cember sd, dated Williamsburg, Virginia, Novem
ber 13th, fays 44 We are informed from urqaefti
•aable authority, that seven French Wipe of the line,
of the Squadron of Count d’Estaing, are to winterja
the harbours of this state, in order to protest our
coafta front any attempts of the enemy 3 two of these
Clips are already arrived at Hampton, and mote are
in light { one of them, the Pendant, hat on board
aoo invalids, cenfifting partly of lick, and partly of
tbole who were woaoded at Savannah.”
The fame paper contains the following adfertife
ments 1 “ Augujia , in the Slate of Georgia, Novem
-44 her 4, 1779. Whereas, from the invafie% of the
44 State by the enemy in December last, the absence
” of many of the member* elected to reorefont the
44 different counties in tbe Hotifh of AAembly for
“ the prfelent year, with other unavoidable causes,
** fevaral ineff.ftual attempts have been made to con
•* vatse a legaT Ifaulb or Reprefeatatives : And
44 whereat it ia efential to the welfare and happi
-44 nefs of the State that a legal and cooftitutionsl
“ H >ufe of Aflembly Ihould be convened at fooit as
4 * polTiblei We do therefore earocflly recommend to
“ iu.h af the citiaeot of this State at have preserved
” their fidelity.to the canfe of America, and we e
” inhabitants of the counties of Chatham, liberty,
44 Glynn, and Effingham, prior to the re
** duftioe of these counties by the Britiih forces, to
*• repair to fach place within thia State at to them
Ihall appear fate and convenient; on the fi>d
44 Tutfday ia December next, (that being the day
* 4, appointed by .the Conflitution for a General Elec
.** tien throughout the State, in order to cleft proper
44 per(ons to represent those counties in the General'’
44 Assembly for the ensuing year, that a full, free,
44 and equal representation may be had to proceod on
44 bufineft of the utmost importance to the commu
-44 nity : And it ia the opinion of this Board, that
44 thia town will be the mod eligible place in the pre
** Tint situation of afaira for the meeting cf the As
-44 frmby, which will be oa the firft Tuesday in J
-44 nua ty next, agreeable to the Conlitution of tWe
44 State. My eritr of tbe Board. JOHN WERE AT,
Fre(idnt.”---[ Yok may meet at your appointed time
and plate, but, unlcfs you Are very expeditious in go
ing through your hufinefs, you may probably be obliged
to adjourn to fame other part, as it is not expelled you
•will feel Hold enough to waif for your friends coming
to pay their ref pells to you ] . *_*„
“Qo Friday next, (he toth December, will be
fold, at the houft formerly occupied by Count Fu
laflri, several valuable articles of genteel boufehold
furniture, late the property of Edward Fenwicke.
Also, at the fame time and place, will be fold, run.
(Sty articles of furniture, late tha property of Tho
mas Frntricke. HOPSON PINCKNEY, ShlT, Cht
Did.” r
Lad Saturday was married; Dr. Simuel Beeercftj
lo Miss Elizabeth-Ann Bowen, daughter f Mr.
Samuel Bowen, deceased.
. On Tuesday lad a Court of Srlfion of Oyer and
Terminer and General Gaol Delivery began to fie
holden here before the H-m. Anthony Srokee, Esq;
Chief Judice, and the Han. Martin Jollie, E:q.
Assistant Judge.
Dies.] Miss Sally Martin. Cornot Colin M -
Bean, of the Light Dragoon*. *
. i—mnmm #. r
_ Mr. Printed, A paragraph in yeurlift paper men
tions n match to ha run between two herfes, on Mon
day next, for 50 guineas. As it ts totally without
foundation, the ptrfen at whose r.queft it was pyrin
your paper ia desired in future to have matter* afeer
tained befo.e he annexes Gentlemen* names to them.
*
CHARLESTOWN, (South-Carolim) Dec. 3.
A FINE body of continental troops,’ being
part of the reinforcement from Virginia,
have arrived here since oar lad. A much greater
number are Ihortly cxpeAed.
There are now, it it said, upward* of ixoo
Britons and Germans, foldiera and sh lorr, pri
foncra of wdr, ia the Sidles gaol ia Philadel
phia.
To tbe Author of 44 Thoughts on the lata Siege of
Savannah.’*
jA WRITER al leifute it certainly inexcusable in
advancing any thing to publick view of a dark,
an uncertain, or dubious meaning. Some of your
44 Thoughts” for lsd week are of this nature, and
require fame illustration. To attribute a fsnfe pf
honour, duty, and conscience, to weuters of the e
veut, ia order to decide vebat part te take, per foes of
no principle or eftablifced way of thinking, and to
Affirm that a set of men in tha line* of Savaanah be-
liavod with great propriety; aad acquired liAieg fte
pour, during the late siege. and at fame timesfleH*
that it wit not certain beyoud the possibility of the
contrary that there was not a .man in the 1 ino# that bad
not rather been in the camp of threnemy, mud be
either paradexes or apparent contradictions. The
med exceptionable paragraphs are those of tbe locood
columa of tho Gstette, that begin, fa the and eth end
end in the eyih lines froth tho tap . And that other 1 *
thought they bad fuffetent reasons to remain at borne, of
•whom tt-u not at all impossible that feme only waited
f%th* mentis deetde what part in honour, duty, and
conscience, they bad heft take in so critical circumftan -
ces. Principle in mankind ie so nearly allied to ho
nour, duty, and coufcienee,-that in mr opinion the
tatter cart not properly exid without the former. That
there ate people pofltfisd of various principles, ftm*
of which *’# diametrically oppofm u each othar, and
Siasy poff.ffrd of no principle at all, are truths in-
by ihoft m the lead acquauitad with hu
mtn nature, and the cor.dud of a gieat part of man.
kind in thia age. Therefore the waiters of the event,
the time-servert f that mean to fail in with the
victorious party of whattver denomination, caonot
certainly be afluated by any fix:d principle, and;
ftriflly fpeakmg, muff be totally dedituto of a duo
lenlo nf duty, and cor feience. v
44 Tbe Militia on affual service during the siege in
general behaved w:tb great propriety ; officers and met
acquired lafttng honour, yet, there were a few that
went over to tie enemy, font that were impatient of
military rule and reft ramt.” These are indif P utble
flits, but as you bave undertaken to givefome ac
count of the condrta of the Militia on thia occsfi n,
it ought to be neither imperfea nor partial. You
might with equal t-uth and judice have continued
the detail, and given fume account of ibnfe.rhat went
camtrtonly by the appellation of SKULKERS. Os
these there were miny who could not on any
ration be prevailed pon to JW tbe fatigue and
danger wttbotherv. Them mo.e flutter* .hit feig.ed
rherafelves fi k; -them we-e Jkulkers ihit inhabited
deep cellars ; there were fiulktr* that took refuge in
deni and caves under the B.uff and at Yamecrawi
there were Jkulkers that dispersed themfelvet among
1 Slipping in the river and upon HutchtnfW* 111-
andj there war tfkulkegp that availed themfelvet of a
preteace of being prifoneN, but in faA were waiters
• Os the event, in order to pay their court to and attach
themUlves to any power that (heuld prevail. At
matter* and aod dtiring the siege those men wert certain -
7 * grievance amongd us j their conduft was
therefore naturally the fobj.-ft of many irurmur.
,n B , councils, and conventions; n the lines,
when it was ftequently in sgitaticn *0 bunt them out
cf their lutkmg placer, and tem; el them to aA the
part of good citif.ns ana member* of the community 1
bnt !•* however was objeAed to and over-ruled!
forthta fiibdar.tial reafoo, thatfuch peifons could be
eonfiJered in no other light than as notorious coward*,
and therefore wete better abf-ot from tbe linee, at
their presence might.* all probability corupt .tber*.
and rnfeA them wnh cowardice. *
The above defeription of men within tbe line*’
together with those tha,t lodged in fwamys and thick
els, and the tuaiters of the event ia various parts of
the country, amounted to a numerous and ißufiriont
body, far superior to the 3,0 militia, of all denomi,
nations, that nobly braved all danger w the lines,
and set the much bonfled and pretended irrefift.ble
power ©f their implacable adverftriee at defiance. •
Bit the in ill remark able of all yoUr 44 Thoughts **
and what hat alaimed maayperfons, are the follow
ing words, which you are particularly called upon
to explain : they are at least only capable of a double
“ Andit iinti beyond
the pojfihthty oj the contrary, that there was net a
“ or workr that had not rather have
44 been in the camp of the enemy.”
L t An OFFICER.
Savannah, 14th December, 1779.
t *-
TE/’HEREAS, dbring the late siege of the
* hewn of Savannan, a great many Herfes
in the Qjartcrmafter-General’a Depart
jneat were kilted, end many f yu out of the
lines and were stolen and left: AMD WHERE
AS e connderablc dumber of Horfet ere imme
diately wanted to replace fuck as have been loft:
Therefore all perfoes are required to aid and
assist hit Majesty’s fervtce in this particular, aad
W brin# into tosye forthwith all the.Horfta
which they ,caa possibly spare, and deliter them
jo. plijor Fraser, the Deputy Quartermaster-
Genera l , end, for which they will be paid the
full value in taih: And Notice if hereby given.
That, on failere thereof, the law* la such cases
made and proyided will be enforced. .
By Order of his Excellency the Governor]
ft’ ‘ a k D ’ E * BA< i K > Dap. See.
Savaanah, 16th Dec. 1779.
p AW AWAV from the fubferjber, A Nfi-
IV GRO MAN, named Htrckles, about t
yea’ra of age, ibort and well made, speaks goad
EogHih, had ea oxnabriga jacket aad troyvfers,
and is well known about town ; it it imagined
he is harboured by negroes abeut Mr. Kiacaid’a
plaautien. Whoever takes him up, and deli
ver* him at the Printing-Ofice, (hall ke reward
d JAMES JOHMSTON.
ft’- T> ‘ ~ ‘ft* ‘ •*? 4 ,
Rio* the L ON& O X G A • T £ V
VitttM h4l l s July
The the REFUGEES
in England tohia MAJESTY.
■V^ESTSRDAY the -Following Addrcih Wal t
1 presented to hi* Majesty by Sir WilHant
Peppe&U, Bare, being introduced by the Lord of
hi* Majefty** Bedchamber in Waiting: Which
Addrels hit Majesty wa* plcafed to receive very
gracioully.
- A%-. -’ “ “ •' 1 ‘ . • 4
. Te tbe KING's Moft Excellent Majc/y. # j
\ AT this important period, when your Ma
jefty’s arms era engaged in reclaiming year re
volted fubjeAs in America, aad in repelling the
combined and unprovoked attempts of France
aad Spain, we your Majefty** fubjeAt, who
from yoor Colonies have taken refuge in Great-
Britain, beg leave to approach the Thiono
with heart* and lives devoted tojrour Majefty*#
Perfe# end Government, and. to offer our unfeign*
#d thank* for those unparalleled exertions’ which
yonr Majesty has been pleased to make for the
relief and proteAion of yonr sfaithful Colonial
fubjeAs t And, notwith(landing your Majefty’a
arm* have net beee at.ecdcd with eli the eff ft
which thofp exertion* promised, and from which
occasion has been ukta to raise an indiferimi
nate charge of. difaffeAion ip the Colonifti, we
beg leave, hme of ea from our ewn knowledge;
and others from thp belt information, to affurd
your Majesty, that the greater number of your
fubjeAs in the Confederated Colonies, nct
withftanding every art to reduce, every device
to^intimidate, and a variety of oppressions to
compel them to abjure their Sovereiga, enter
tain the ilrmaft attachment and allegiance to
your Majdty*s sacred Person and Government.
In support of those truths, We need not aps
peal to our own fufferings j it is notorious that
we have faerificad all which tbe moft loyal fabt
jaAs could forego, or thehappieft could poflefs:
But, with confidence, we appeal to the ftrugglea
nude agaiaft the nfurpatiena of the Congrcfs,
by coutlter refolvcs in very large diftriAs of the
douatry, and to the unfucceUful attempts by
bedie* of the loyal in arma, which have subjec
ted them te ell the rigours of inflamed refent
ment;—we appeal to the fafterings of multi
tudes, who, for their loyalty, have beea fubv
jeAed to infiltt, fines, and imprifoaments,
patiently endpring all. i* tbe expeAation of
that period wh ch (ball reflote to them the bles
sings of your Majefty’a Govern meat;-—we appeal
to the thoqfandi now ferviag in your Majsfty’e
armies and in private fttips of war, the former
exceeding in number the troops inltfted to op
pose themfinally, we mak£ a,melancholy ap
peal to the maay families who have been
ed from their once peaceful habitations; to tho
publick forfeiture of a long lift of cfta’ei ; and
to the numerous executions of our fellow citi
zens who have sealed their loyalty with their
blood. . , r
If any cdlony or diftriA, when covered or
poftefled by your-tTOops, had bqea called upon
to take arms, and haid refufed 1 or if aay at*
tempt had been made to forth the loyal as mi*
litia, or etharwiie, and it had bedn declined,
w# fttould not Os thia occafiop have prefamed
that to addiefs your Majesty; but if, on tho
cohtrary, no general measure te the above ef
feA was attempted, if petitions from bodies ot
your Majefty't fubjeAs, who withed to rife in
aid of Government, have been hagleAed, aad
the raprefentationi of the moft rcfpeAablo loy
•lift* disregarded, we aflure earihlvet, that tho
eqeity and wisdom of your Majefty’l mind will
net.admit of Mt impreflions injurious to thf
honour and loyalty of your faithful fubjeAs in
those Colonies. , . .
Revering and firmly attached “to the Bririflt
Conftitu turn, which it has been tbe glorv of
your Majesty’s family to ftcengthen, and of
your reign to improve, we.lament tbe infetea
tiff of fiseb of our fellow fubjeAs in America!
whoraAing .open diftrent principles, or do
uded by their have thrown aiide their,
jest allegiance, and cast themielvet upon the
aftftance of the ancient enemy of their country,
liberties and religion j an nlliance which may
enflavp, bnt never can eftablifls the happinefd
of your Colofifts. Animated with these fend*
toents, we fnpplicate the fupreue Difpofur of
Events to crown yoer Majesty ’$ endeevonra with
n success proportioned to the righteousness of
yofir caufc; to fruftnMgp Aw ambitious defigna
of your enemies, gad finally to reftere to your
Majfty*s fubjeAs in America that auMgovern-
Ea* wki f‘. tl, q l <*( (•*
felicity. (Signed with iol namaa.j
