The Royal Georgia gazette. (Savannah, Ga.) 1779-1782, January 20, 1780, Image 1

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Georgia
Ran away thofkthßfcsavrnmtodft
ctuatlaßCes of daring iaferftce,
A Negro Mao, .
lamed CHANCE, of a jello* complexion,
•*try boro, os year* pf age, ftnlble, ftooal
fa hi* whlk, about five feet t*o inches high,
and of a (lender make.* A reward ts tea dol
lar* will be paid the perfea who delivers hiqt
to the fabferiberi and it* bv aa improper
ftftaace, he (hdhfd bektol*4Tito attempt t?
take hiia, the few rfwill be paid
the parton who kill him for snaking fuck it*
Claee> $.. A- r t
The NEGRO BOY adierVifed'thh
jjth left November, is ftjjll ftbfea t, and was
tefeued lately by a foldfcer from a flare* who
was cbndu&urg him home. A reward okfix
dollar*.will be aid for the bey, and the (sms
fam to the Informer, open conviftioa of tha
refeuer, fey JOHN MOLLRYNB.
Jaa. 20, ,iySd* , ; -
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FOR S"A LE,
A . QUANTITY of ROUGH
’ RICE, INDIAN CORN,- IN*
3MCO, and TAR. Apply to Mr.
R>?, Merchant in Savannah.
**B(fc?!*L£ . „
EUBL IC K JUjC 11 OK.
Xn*idaV the ltd iullant, Jtl i o\lck, at il>* Verw
dua-Neare, WILL BE SOLD*
CUGAR aad COFFEE ia bam!**
° JAMAICA RUM*
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A FEW BOXES SOAP,
=A LS 0, f
A PARCEL es SAILS, waft f thrm neW*
TALLIRACH aad WALLACE.
January if, lyfo. V *
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ALL pkrfjjM Indebted to the Rflate of tii
mitel Gillespie, dcceafed, are desired t
Make immediate payment $ aad tbqfa having
demands again ft the fame to fend in their ac
cauats, properly atteftid, i> #
ALEXANDER CUNINGHAM* Adah
*AV AN N A Hi Janaafr to.
T AST week •(n icki- g tatti*ter was coma
.. mitted ea John Ritter, a moil iooffenfive
inhabitant, as he was tothing to donrt as a
Juryoaka. The fellow that perpetrated the
deed is fajd to be a deserter from Pla(ki** corpt,
tnd is m confinement.
Ob Sunday night a promiDhsf only Ton, a
kodt ift \ers of age, of Pater Young, at Ac
aon, was fhdt as he Rood fey-his mother jthrde
bullets palled through htm and n door into and
partition, and he immediately expiie<C\Tbe
Coroner*# Inquest brought ilia WilfuHif order
by a Negro fellow called. Sambo. The said
Negro stands committe/, Jid h& 1 fcf the info,
lence of Blacks meets (ben with greater checks
than hitherto, and their arms are taken from
them, the coafequeaccs may * rove very fcriui*
Mnimai<vtrfio*i *** the amthurd putt im the Paper es
the ylb December, teaching tht jitge at Savannah. ‘
UP W O pofiiion# in tbat picca, i>. my humhie opini-
A on, are vary exceptionable, via. whme the author
li Wfitrng Concerning (he inhabitants ot ibe c< tlntry
Who did nut join the forces in town, he is pleslVd to
express himic f thus i “ Others thought they bad
** Aifficisdt fesfont to reriuin at hjiae, of whom it
** is not at alt impossible that fuuA only waited for
44 the event to decide what part in hore>,’ duty*
44 and conicience, they bad better taft#, info ethical
” drcumftinces.** Here appear t to be a proftiwtion
of the term* beneur* duty, and conscience # Hon
our is that tteem which a parfvn acquires from a
Itott tenur of life, or whan his demsaaeor It eon
fitait With lua principle** and that delot dm and
v m . ttf iihtr ■lfiftEhfc'tl
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SAyARNAHt JANtAftJtt i<J, i‘ 7 it£
tv’ • ‘ i
‘eivrtiQr whichi constitute the Vharsfter es a-geademam
Bat how it honour applicable to‘l man who will
hot aA according to Me own fcfe e/f right ami
wrong, but remain in fuse* Until he okaains a
opportunity ufaßing for in)er> Duty is that oh
hgation which a |*m oWla t* fnpemre or fbcty,
which it performed by yielding obedience to die sous
ftituion t The dhtlihl Aan dues what he fmcerely be*
lievea to he right* although he May he iniftaken ) be •
eaufe error it either uivtafeitrle or entciblr, there
fore cxeuTable or culpabje* as m* tbs ianMm&iltrv*
ewoQ * ‘ hold of every meana if
and invcfttgMM Hu fubjeA with all at •
teniae to tbe fcigheft of his capacity* yet cannot
five att the truth, bis firfr fa iavinctble* therefore
cxcUfhble, Wf coat ret. TfthHlo* Is duty attributable
1? the chat after above, deferred | Eonfcienta if a
*■■*s judgment es hirf&if when he enaaparta” hie
cwnduft with the’ laws httmta and diVine# These
definitions are tg eetble to cqir.ttWn acceptation and
ikndai ftsndiog* and it it evident these tertph bear no
fignification Rich can be o(ed inThe abovemenriesea
p.fitioo without she higVcft utipropriety*
. The fecund exception is eehd in theft pterdsi
And it w*s not fcerraiii Beyond the .pombility cf
“*the contrary* thSr there was not a man within oujr
“ works th*Yhad net rather Been in (hstsuspof the
“ ehemy. v This is a very extraorotiiary aflsrdon int
deed; but perhaps the gentleman his Tome pCrtfcu*.
larjatcnt jufl.fi ible meani .’g in it* but as it (lands
must unavoidably give ffencp to ail the Geoilctma
of the army who were to the l.ntr* and at the fame
time convey a mod fcandaloi,* rqpett to the enemy*
who trt*y imagine that hjs Majesty’s army is in a great
meafute eonttpted in tihhir favour.
Such exceptionhlo' parts of that eentlptiftil pied*
in my opinion* and I presume ntfo to tke
sense of the pnblick, dp rhitlenge an eh r ian; tisU
bran apology From the conliuhalor#
Plato.
■ a Writer in f imothy, paper
faith: “ / txiauld Undertake to rt
iuce 4ur debt rttifbin the cotnpaft of
1d,006,000 flirting* (if it may be te
duccd to that it must be triore,) 44 aWd
make good the tojfes Uibicb the aged übidmUs
and orphans haiit fttflered in tbat tithe*
These lodes are not afeertained, and
though widows, Orphans, and the Aged)
to be yet here Is im
plied a treat and general loss which
even these prlVikdgßft per funs are #ot
to hope to fee rtpaid 1 for this grave
undertaker proposes only to makegood
the lodes wit bin on& yiair t and, after
firft encouraging -hopes that the debt
might be reduced to the moderate sum
of io,6ot> ooo* if all others besides
Widows and orphenft would with
their lofs* deftrdys evert these hopes a
gain, adding 1 44 At leatt 1 can die
thonftrate tbat it coutd bane been done ti
tbe.lafl twelve months” but I
will never be done hereafter efcoept by
a general tfankrUpAcjs Such are the
comforts of a moft infatuated people#
richer than eVer, yet *0,d00,c60 ia
debt, without the ieaft profpetl of be
ing able to pay or carrying their point,
And yet stupidly advancing, 44 Whene
ver vie ebbofe our enemies jbeuld mote the)
tiulfl go* and moft imp'udeotly afiert
ihg, that the King's troops are paid im
note# of their oncers# “ at milch inf tr
ier to coHtinentskds continental ate to milted
dollars.* With such tales are an infatu
ated people fed, find by such lias they
must Inevitably \k or rather
destroy themfeirts.
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CtmtHnitHOPLE, AngtJft.
H dt‘s co f of lsft week ao-lefr than iefi
fine* broke out ia this City eafi its fsburbal
on. of W tiH*J*Hil
deacet ilrtkiw4 fix ftoufiu; eafi toother fa thft
cease# of CoeftsatMOglf, la Urn orfkt of (he
sytk psst, which raged upwards or if hoerm
aad cor fumed 30 befidfa about 6q*i
hovfts dr (hop . Different attempts bars baeo
mate to httrn Tera aad Galas, th refldaateof’
tha Pranks. t. QJ I ! ’ *''P
. #•&* J*tHP J 6. Last Baadap fc’a Sight;
aboet tea In the evening, an immsafy eeaatitt
ks nutter was thrown oat of the month of Yt
/nvias t it had tho appearaaee oir * bomihd
forge, and the fiery matter *s ejefted to the
heignth eftwo miles end ejialf perpendicular
kt teaft. Yhe breadth oi.tHs fiery appearanM
sSms pear Tour miles. An immeafe Black dauA
. we formed abcra'aod ell round the MeuaMih*
i ro “ JLe xJarld, tod
/irlfCdYlghtriHu, perpetually proceeded-, leek*
iN the wind did net blew toward*. Napier. The
cinders have been carried upward# of 90 mills
la a ftit'fiht Uae, had in difttnt p aces it waft
thought Naples was deftmyed. . *”*
Ltipjick. duguft go. • The report which pre-
Vails* that,the Kt*^• Os Fruilfia was afleasMiag
ha army of obfeiVstion, gaiaa ground, which*
it is laid, Will cohfiit es e cords oF between iD
and c 0,009 ace* which is to be commanded by
thh Duke Ferdiaand of Brnttfwick. IS is xlf#
said, thll before nrgt winter the aficftiTary re-
wiU bfe reiftd to fapply the deficiencies
from whence these cores ire td be drawn. -• ‘
_DuM, jafy so* The brave Gapt. Roy dr
Riled this awriULwiiAApri|MtaeroreA,gnaft
IS company. wjtfrwOW 24 g7tV deck,
being the fafteft filler he’ soon came (n fight Os
seven EngUftt privateers* and made signals fed
h>s companions to fullo# him | ha approached
them with great courage 1 , end, though he wae
deferted-bjr the other two, he attacked the One
my. and (beght them feved hehir, ftnkirrg onh
ahd taking five es the others in fight of tHo
port, of Which <hs inhabitants, officers, tec.
okra aye wit- efle. Owm the (here, who, on hie
return} loaded Mm with compliments, and re
ceived him with the loadeft aedemttiohs. Upon,
Mamining the erijtM* the Cepoi. of oefot
the moft coafiderible of them prevea to be i
women* who has f<? 11 abed the bufieefs es a
fongglet and Captaia of a privateer tot test
years. .* * rxr-?*— • -w- - •
if ague, Aggaft iy. Letters from Peri?, of
the 13th mil. announce, that the embarks tied
of the troops deftihed for adefteat oa England
was certainly go take pi tee the iieh 3 so that
eery interesting neWs Was expefted at Ptris bp
the latter cad of this moaUu Amongst the
trodps embarked, to ihe aomber of 60,00d
men, ffay He feme letters) arc it.obo Spaai
mde, aad five rift regiments. . • *
‘ ;v U W f * m GibraUar import* that the gar-
Mfoa 11 ia a good state of deferqfipfead that the
Ertperot of Merocfco gives the (Iroageft aflurf*
nneesof the conrtnaatioa of hit fricndftio, and
o/ his intention tdJake care to furaift that placd
with all kinds of previfteas, fire. ?
’ LON D O ts, dagajf if,
THE MinerVa latter of marine, of edd
, tou, 18 guns, fix end nine ponaden,
and J 8 men | a (cheftocr from Cadi* to North*
Csrolica, with Jiraady. wine. tec. sod the
Marlborough fetter df aerfine, es 34* tone, 1A
gnat* and 43 men, from Bufton for Hifpanfe,*.
with lumhe-, ci., ftc. are elf taken by tb&
Terri tie privateer, Ctpu Ayres, of Londoa.
Ofir trade io Russia ibis year has feeeo greeted
ibaa ever wai known. The eftpertatioß of tin#
Jead, cppj er, eoarfe linen, aad wooiea cletfis,
*°eg ells, worked ftnffs, arc. make feme h- ‘
mends for the loss of our American trade* eafi,
ia this, by treaty, we are to ftaad uprivalied.
Aogujt 14. Tha N. 8. Eeaevahi, Caps. Don
Antcmo Aquileja, a Spaailh frigate, of ifi
( Set the fourth pgg t . ]