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Muk'r w are informed,
IVata Spanish fiflling arrived at that place with
toms prerents for the ledfanst Th* Seminolies un*
deiftaodiafe their errand permitted the Spaniards to
tand> aod rccefysd their prtfenti, The Spaniard*
informed Ain't that they purposed to return in a
. short tirtte with a greater quantity, and that, in the
mean time, they w.tt!d Jeaie one of their people •>
niongft them to aft at onef heir Belovld Men, After
the Vefleifailed* the Semin&iiet, latighmg at the ere*
dulity of the Spaniards* fcaiped the BeUved Man*
This will Terse at a memento to the Dona how far
they may in future depend on the promifea of their
Indian friends,
* A late Carotin* p*per, We are told* mentioigrjlie'r
Having itceivsd in Charltttjwn from M irtinilo, by
way of St, Euflati*, an account of an engagemarfc
in Ofteber lad beiweeirthe British and the combined
fleets of France and Spain, which waa the bloodied
that ever happened* and that the former had l ift two
capital ih ps and the latte’ three; la a paragraph
preceding*tbjs account the Bri ilh fleet is fsfu to have
tonfifted of 4.7 (hip* of the line, and the combined
fleets of 61 j and another following it m k-s the
number of our fhip* 54, and that of the enemy 47.
A letter from a Genrlerhan in Sr. Eufiatia to hi*
* correfpomient in Cnai'leftown* Cyra Vvffel amved
from H .Hand b'ought advice of there having been
An aft ion betweeo the above fleets, but does not f.y
id whole favour it teiminated,
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IMPORTED BY
J. SIMPSON junior,
In the last-SHIPS from LONDON,
/ A LARGE and GENERAL ASSORTMENT
**• of GOODS, among which are ironmongery and
hardware, to be,li>ld at the Brick Store ne.r the
Main Guard Muufe, where is wanted A LARGE
QUANTITY of INDIGO and HIDES.
FOR* LO N D O N,
The SHIP HERO,
v THOMAS ROBERTS Matter, *
nrILL fail without fail in two month** or lefi*
” frum the date he ef. For p;flage a ply 10
Jonathan Simpfjn, Efqj at hit ftorr, er to (aid
Mailer. December jo, 1779*.
~ O *S T*
At the Cantunmant of the New-Jeifey Volunteers AT
the Orpnan-H ufr, on Chrirtmas Day,
A fmail Bay Mare,
With a blase in her f*ee. Wit-ever del'vers her to
Capt.jCocens, us that ‘Corps, at N 0 . I*s, Brough*
4on Street, fhiil be rewatdeJ.
Miniature Portraits r
drawn by &
’ BOYLE ALLWO'BTH.
He may be heard of at Mr. Lowe*., next door
to the Officers Guard Room, savannah.
DC. 20, 1779. ,*■
iLight Dragoons.
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ALL persons having receipt* from Carat.
Tawf.*, or a: y otter ( ffi cr of the Light
D agoor.s, for i'or'es porch ifed f.-r that service,
will, (upon bringing p'Oper proof ot their loy
alty Slice the receipts were given, and of their
having afted >n the lines at Savannah duiiig
the la.e fiej>) receive payment, by a; plying
to Capt. AfCh'eb'jj}.4%atPpi>elk of that corps,-*t
Mrs. aarah Gi plania'ion, on or before
she 15th day of January next,
Capt. Campbell wi'l pay cW poreegj pti given
iby C*pt. Tap fe whkb are not produced pjei
out to Istb Januarv,
Savtni ah, zed December, 1779.
Ten Pounds Reward.
WAS b.-o v e/open lafl ri?ht, th3t part of
Mr. | a bom lyv’fe occupied
by me, an 1 Carried cfT, i powder Fuag
fcoarwhb white liring. tape lied. without any
buttons on i*. ; a Marfcille* quilting waifleoat
with linCn fieeves, a black diawbov ditto, one
* pAir cordurcy breeches, one pair black cotton
deniftns and :to. o- e Ihirt irtnfb -d C, with fome
Hocks, &c. T"e above wilT be given
to any person who will give rftinformation
where any rs the articles are f c-cted, so that
4hey arfe r- c ivered ; and a further reward of live
guineas if the cifn be found, and the offender
Aotmfted, will be paid by
~ ~ . r .. . lOHN DENNJSTON.
(•rtsihih, 23 and Dec. 17757.
f 6 AT 56 i ft, \
Oil Wednesday the lath d*y of January, 1780,
pAR rof thePERSONAL ESTATE of Clement
* Ma Min fen, dreeaied, coi fitting if Negroes. The
conditions will be on the day of frltt
lewis Johnston,)
, - GEORGE BAILLII,) E * ccut#m
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ALL perfefls indebted to the Estate of Wil
liam Bath, deceased, late Pilot in thd
Navy, are de&red to make Jmtheiute pay
ment ; and those having dediinfls again ft thd
{.fame to fend in their accounts, properly a tie ft*
dd, to *
JOHN MILLS, Admlnifratof.
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A LL perfms indrbted to the Estate of Moses and
Ann Dyafs, decrafedj are dtfi.ed to nuke pay*,
meat of their hoods, notes, accounts, or other f;>e
chlties, ta the fubferiber) and those having demand!
against said Eftais are dc.fired to fend them in, pro,
ptrly attested, to
JOIIN-DANIEL HAMMERR>
. - A Sing Extcetor.
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A FEW HEAD of BLACK CATTLE werd
brought (O'my plantation since the siege of Sa
vannah by a certain Robert who was lined
unforiu lately drowned. The cattle may be (ten
Were, and auy peifoi * proving their pro|>orty ia them
may hare them again by applying to
MARTHA YOUNG.
Gran.ham, D.c, j, 1779. ‘
~ FORiA LE~
By JameVsßelcher,
At his Store in Breugliton-^treet,
A FEWPUNCHEONS JAMAICA RUM,
1 \ by the puncheon or gallon) likewise, A
QUANTITY of excellent SALT by the bttffitl; *
RAN AlVjiY from tbi Subfcribfr foeri
after tfe Defeat of the French and Re
bet Armies ,
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Two Negro Men.
(YNE a tavlor, about five f< et eight inches high,
• ,b ut 35 years of xge, fpraks much through his
nofc, and is with difficul.y to be undetltood; he
has been lately seen i^Eunbuuy, -Toe oilier lellow
is (uartq bum, abnm *0 years of age and five fr-t
Are or lix incites- high, cf an open pleair Acountcn
aec, he was Grmeily the propeity
William Hrr in. near Sudbury ! Buh of the ebeve
Negroes are called JAMES. Ten Dollars Reward
will be paid for tacit . f .he said Neprces to auy per*
f.n who will deliver them to me at S ivanrah.
ALEX. WY I LLY.
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Yrtafurer's ofiffi t&ih
the f-irowng perfans have taken out
V Lice. La, i„ live Province f Georgia, fir One
year, c. n"'pft?i>'g the firft f OAyber lft, vi<.
GEORGE WEECH, for teta : 'tng fpiriuat li
qu re, at lus houfi near the M.tting-llaufe ia
S .van.-ah 3
THOMAS WILSON, for retailing (niritoua li
qu.rs, at his houfc celr the Myeting-il ufc ia
Savai.nah |
Thertf.rr, it ary peifon will give ir.formatior/
upon oath, i fany otheie, b'fides those afxive-men
tioned, that Dial! fell any wine, beer,
brandy, rum, or other Drang liquors whatsoever,
inlefsq antiiv than three gailonr, or keep ask t
tie-alley, Ihnffl -board, or l-'lliard-table, ot any
gamirg place witnifjtvtr, i fli til uarte<, Xcharge,
give, or lend, any liquors, in order to evade the Li*
cei.fe Law, sh >ll, tipm* due ‘■e.r vidlioa es the tfFen
dcr, receive ihe Itim rs Five Pounds S erling.
LEWIS JOHNSTON, Pu ,iuk Trcaforer,;
The Treafurei gives the above notice agreeable to
the direction rs the Licet.fc Law, but a. Ua it dvicr
mtaed to carry that law ft-idtly into execution, as
far as L lies with him, be thu.kt it proper to inform
th f-it may concern, thit e- cry peifon offerdiug
ajair ft *h’S law it subj R to s line of Ten Pctieds for
every (.(Fence y and a lib, that all the licences granted
btfoie the firt of Odobtr left expired at that time;
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Two Guineas Reward-
RAN AWAY from G eat-Ogechea Ferry
erd of Novimber last,- A NBGRO MAN,
n med SAVfBY), but ma probably chacgehis
hsme, and oafs for a tayfvr; he is about five
feet r.ice inches high and 35 years old, and baa
a nick in 0.. eof h:sears. A WENCII named
Maßl\, with hes CHILD, named CHARI
TY; (he is a very flout lusty wench, has loft
fome of her fore teeth, is of a yeltowiCi com*
rlexion, a seamstress, waflter and irorer, and
formerly belonged to Mr. Dopin’, who lived
at Yamatraw. Whoever will deliver (a id Ne
groes at the Prcvoft (hall receive the above re
ward from Mr. Swarfco, or
, PHILIP DULL.
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efia&etA, :~
The frftESENTMfctttS of the 6rins
> Jurors for the ProVirtce tforefeidj
at the dourt of §efiioni of Dyer and
Terrhiner and General Gaol Delive
ry* begun and holden at Savanhah
on Tucfday the fourtetrtth Day of
December* One thousand feVeft hun
dred and fcventy-nine, before thd
Honourable AntHonV StoRBSj
Efquire* Ghief-Juftice, and the
Honourable Martin Jollie, Bf
quire* Assistant Judge.
WE the our Sovflreif K
Lord the KrN Qs’VtPflie Body of tnd
fAid province, upon otir path*, present j
L As a grievaace* the ruinous condition of
thechimnifes in the totvn of Savsttnah, Whereby
the life* and properties of ihoitohnbitaiits, and
. there* are exposed to constant danger froW
fire and other accidents. ;
* 11. We prefect, as e grievance, the filth and
naltinefs of the ftreetk* And the many daughter
houses in the town. 4
111, We present, as e grievance*’ the inde
cent praftice of burying dead bodies ih varioui
parts of tha town ind x\ environs, and not con
fining it to the usual place appointed’ fbr thaf
fofcmn purpose. F
- We prefetit, as a grievance, the grdai
number of Negroes that are fuffered to stroll a
baut, both in town and country* many nitK
fire-arms and other ofisnfiTe weapons, commit
ting robberies and ether erioriaitfet, to thd
Seat terror and annoyance of the
ereof j and we recommend that those employ
ed upon pnblick service fhoild wear feme badge
or mark of diftinCtioa whereby they aiey be
known.
V. We present, a* a grievance, the want ot
< houfa ot confinement aad correction for Ne
graes. * •
VI. We pteient, as a grievancs, tha prafeat
ruinous condition of the nigh roads aad bridges,
and the want of proper boats and attendance ai
the publick ferries.
VII. Wm pr.f.Mt, as a grlevaac*, tha Want
of a place for the reception of tha poor, from
which want the community lofei a number of
ufeful people, who pine and din ia the atmeft
diflrefs, deflituta of attendance and the Com
mon neceflarics of life
VUI. We lament the Want of An Aflateblyj
whereby all our grievances might be redrafted*
and the Civil EfUblifhment fixed ia its prapad
channel,
And, laftlys we return our tSsrlcs to hia
Honour the Chief.Jufticc f't his c&celleat’
Charge delivered at the opening of the present
Sessions, and request that the fame, together 1
with these our Frefentfhentt, ha pablifhad id.
the next Gazette.
JOHN MURRAY. Foreman* /L. 8.1
PATRICK CROOfcSHANKS* (L. S.)
THOMAS TALLEMACH, L. S )
JOHN HENDERSON, L. S.l
ALEXANDER M‘GOUN, .. (L. S.)
JOHNMILNRR* , L. S.l
lAMF.S BUCHANNAN* L. f.)
Alexander Wvllv, il. s.l
ROBBRT-WILLIAI4S POWEtL, (L. S.)
OWEN OWENS* (L. S )
JOHNSDANIEL HAMMERER, (L. 8.)
WILLtAM bUGUID, (L. 8 1
-" c James stephbns* l. $.)
JAMiS BUTLER, (L. S.j
DECEMBER 18, J^79,
The follov/ing ORDERS
by the Court on the foregoing
fentments j *■
Crdereo, That the Attorney- Geaeral do
turn as mtay aftbe laid pfefhntmeatt into bill*
•f indictment a* the rata e of the Aid several
pref< ntmets will a-mi of,-
* an* it is vvathea Oansai*, That thd
Clerk of the Crown do canfs a copy of the laid
prefen meets, with these orders, to be laid bef
fort bis Excelleecy the GevamoV, the
able Council, and before the.next Geaeral
Aftembly } and da also taufis a copy of the Umrf
to
Grown* OSce, aeth gteccmbcr, 1779. .