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TTPIURSDAY,'January 4, 17S1.
T H E
GEORGIA
SAVANNAH : Printed hj
From a New York Paper of the Bth
November ioH.
COPY of an INTER CAPPED LETTER.
W'XOfXK umK 1 ‘vritten General Officers
g W of the New Knghnd lines thiuk
JSRq * c our duty to unite in a serious
w i ,vG a-tdrers to the leveral’States to
yjrvj/ which we belong, to re-prefen t
vTw.WV'A'AV t * lP distressing condition of their
Jn./ A^Ts4 officers in the army
After having'joined our brother officers of thq
line at large, in two ineffi-ttual applications to
Congrcls on the fubjett, nothing but the pared
regard far the fsfety pf'the country could impel us
to unffertVke a third epay of this Lind.
We beg leave to p-;emife that a large proportion
of the officers engaged in service with an intention*
of making one campaign only ; neither they nor
theic'Country tjioitght pf t.he.ir
, ■TEATin.elituHonTt -
constitutions, and* cireucniUncef, fofbid it; but,
from a conviction thatttheir growing experience
was of v.Jue and importance to the esufe, they
have been induced, again!) eve'-y'confideratiort cf
i private nature, to extend their services from one
period to another, conlhmtfy flattering themfelve§
that every new campaign would be the lad, and
bring about the wifhec) for aera of their return to
the bosoms ot their families and friends.
The perfeveranee of the army under hardftfips
smd wants excited admiration and applause of the
‘enu .try, until the personal and family diltrefles of
the former con (trained tkem to remind their fellow
ei*.xens of the want, on their part, cf equitable
and .grateful returns.
. F om f bat time many Inye feigned to entertain
ill gtounded and impolfflck jetiouiies of the army ;
fome have charged the officers with acquiring
wealth, and rffpirirg after honour* and diftinttibhs,
>t the very Time When it has rrq -ix:l all the perfua
iion within the comp.iis of language and argument
to retain them in service.
A laudable prids arising from a jail feme of the
real dignity of tludr employments and flat ions,—an
ambition of excelling, which has b.en esteemed by
all' wife nations as a passion amiable in itfelf,‘and
effentiaf to the authority that js necefTiry in every
well constituted army,—have rendered the officers-
Os our army opprobr-ou. to too mmy ii civil life,
fome of whom, and even those in power, and of
influence, we fear, have laboured to counteract and
debase the pnr.c’Dle, by chancing the officers, not
o ly h suitable provffion to maintain their charac- ‘
te-, but by leaving them to want the oecelTries
of food and clothing
• *
1 he officers are fenfjble of the pub’ick embarraa
frien.s, they have been attentive to the adminiftra-
Uon of civil as well as military affairs, and forward
f a * u S£ffi' n g their thoughts on every proper occa
fmn with an honefl zeal of promoting the welfare
0f irv r rmy r They do not look for im
poffibihtiesrfrorn government, but they wife to fee
that effufion of a liberal heart which it is poffibie to
exhibit in a ftatc of poverty.-
~ G .“ ero s‘y is ihccharadleriftick ofafoldier; for,
t- e love of hTs country he lavilhes health and life,
tor whtch nd equivalent can be given him: Shbuld
he not then be spared the mortification of receiving
h\s pittance from a reluttant hand ? ‘
P re^ nt oft he majority of the peopC
vtho bear the burthen of the peblkk charges (re
l-° P °n°, nei t £ th< ! ‘""Mfel prices of the neceffa
■ ncs of life. If a „ objected that those who subsist
by fined falarres, or by the intercll oftheir money’
cr have been ravaged by the enemyif'are a great
iharers as the army in the pubhek calamity; it ar
gt.es perhaps no more than that they ought to be
favoured by fome exemption, or that those who
them UuCfCC e^s flloul£ kxoutribute to indemnify
‘.Vas the case andjcircumftsnces of the army fully
unda stood by triple at large, we are perfumed
thi, vv.fdora and fallibility would render their fi.
ttmion eligible antfhappy as poffibie.
w'Z SWW asfar from an honourable,
ffiue as n has ever done. Our allies, however -
ficrons theinritentipns, have not been able to give
w -it* eu petted affiAancc ; perhaps Providence; by
repeated dil’appointmcnts from this quarter, designs
to convince us that our neG and salvation is, under
Gad, to be derived from our own exertions.
There is no ground of hope the enemy will re-
Imquilh their objett till they find tfce country pre
pared to defend itfelf, that is, until they fee an
army opposed to them as regular its their own, and
on as permanent a balls; Our present condition
pronufes them the fpeedv accomplishment of their
; wishes.
Ah arrfiy, confiding of a few inadequate thou
faruls, almolLdejlitute of every publicU supply ; its
officers, whose table* once abounded with plenty
aud variety, fubfilting month after month on one
bare ration of dry bread and meat, and that fre
qnently of the meanett quality ; their families look
iug up to them for their u/ual support; their chil
dren tor the education to which they once had a
title. . •- ;
m P ur p^ ni ‘ Ch human nalur®--.Too wllto ap.
prelmjid They ffiaihitivrtd contend long with an*
-army under such circnmftances.
lii faithfulnefs to our coantry we make this re*
presentation without the felicitation or knowledge,
.of those officers who are the chief fubjetts of it ;
they, we are assured, are generally determined to
resign their eomniiffions at the dole of this cam
paign; indeedit is impossible for them to continue,
•let their virtue **tnd inclination be ever so great;
and we cannot hut express to you that we (hall con
fider the loss. of the present body of officers as little
fhoi t of the diiiolutioii of the army.
i t the country i* competent to its defence with
out a regular army no more need be fatd on the
lubjett; let our’s progress, as it does, to its diffo
-1 uion ; on the other hand, if an army well
appointed and provided is abfjfutely neccffary, the
fubjetts of it mud be made easy and contented with
them, (re.*i on able tilings will fatisfy them.) The
officers have, we conceive, a just claim to a hand
fome support according to their rank, for the time
present, and to be secure of an after ptrovifion to
compeufite for the loh of business, apd to enable
them, when die war is over, to live among their,
brethren above contempt; without this provision,
a pitiful penury, if nut want-and misery, mart be
the unavoidable portion of men who have faithfully
their duty as officers and citizens.
• The wages and rations of the officers, if paid in
fpecic, much !els in notes, aro by no means fuffici
ent to tupport them w'ith decency arid comfort to
themfclve?, and advantage to tfie service : The ne
defl.Ties and conveniencies of life are raffed to two
of three times their former price in specie ; and as
to the depreciation notes, (fo* called) they do not
iafatt fell for one third their nominal value.
It is our opinion that nothingffe(s than tho no
minal sum of the wages and rations, made good
from time to time in its relative value to the pro
perty of the country, will or ought to be fatisfac
tory. ,1 his has been done for the New-York line;
and as to a future provision, oar’s ask no more than
what the lafl mentioned state, and the southern
Rates, have done, or may da, for their refpettivc
lines fervmg in the feme army with them.
If it (hould be thought bell to vary the mode of
payment, there will be. no objettion ; a sum in
grois will be more agreeable and advantageous to
the eaflern officers, and more confon?nt to the fen-
P revr ailing in their dates, than an annuity
unaccompanied with services : And here we take
the opportunity to mention, that fome dates seem
to be taking'meafures to attach to themselves the
affettion of their own troops ; with what views it
is done we know not, but we (hall suppose similar
motives to the fame line of Coudutt muff exid in
every state.
We beg leave to add, as a measure of propriety
and justice, that a reasonable consideration be paid
to officers w ho through want of health (hall be o*
■bhged to retire before the end of the war.
NA T H.G*BE*,M.Gen. JohnStauk, B.Gen.
OAm.H.Pakso^s,B.Gen. j. Huntington
H. Knox, B. Gen. Art. JohnPatersqn,B.G.
J- Geovia, B. Gen. ; _
_ (btipricx Service.) Q
}ii: txitilgncy Jonatkfln Trumbull, Efo.
Gwfntr Stan of Connie!itut.
, ;y?. . htbuKOK,
ROY A L
GAZETTE.
JAMBS JOHNSTON.
m / T> AN A\YAY fome
IV time ago from Mrs.
Xfary Thomas’s plantati
g on in South Carolina, the
tXcUILJL Negroes;
G!d Rose, a (hort black Ebo wench, about 0
years old; —Celia, a (hort wenth, (daughter to
the above Old Rose) about 36 years old; —Eifey,
thick and chubbed, (a grand daughter of said Rose)
about fix years old Cato, an elderly fellow, of
a yelLow complexion, and hufijand of the above
Gel in, but perhaps changed ; —Kate, a middle filed
\Vbnch, with her country marks about her face*
speaks bad Er.glifh, of the Angola country Sci
pio, a middle sized well set fellow, 36 years old ;
—Dick, a middle sized well set fellow, and son to
a (hort wench vvith a call in one ey*, very
-good Engliffi,. is smart and sensible, anj[ about 33
years old ; —Will, a (mart waiting buy, tail, long
visaged, with two large fore teeth, which are con
tinually (hewn by his mouth being ieldom (hut, had
on a green coat trimmed with livefy lace* which
was his waiting dress; —Country Sue, a middle
sized wench, but rather inclined to tall, a sister to
Celia, and daughter of Old Rose, 32 years old.
Whoever delivers the above Negroes to M.
Thomas in Charleftown, or the fubferiber in Si*
vannah, (hal! be handsomely rewarded ; and who
ever harbours, conceals, or carries them off, may
depend upon being prosecuted to the atmoft rigouf
of the.law. D. ZU3LY jun.
IM ■ ,1 ..-■■■ mmmtmmmwm
G E O R G I A.
\TTHEREAS, in purfoance of an Att of tho
* General Assembly, the following perfims
have taken out Licenses for the year commencing
the firlt week in October, 1780, vet.
CHR IST-CHURCH PARISH:
Alexander Allison, \ -g
James Hhyes, . .
Benjamin Wright, g
Thomas Wilson, csl
James Black, .2
Jfaac Baldwin, V, g
, David Murdoch, 1 S'’
Thomas Manuel,
George Weech, - ‘• *
John Smith, 7 ts o
Either Thomfoc, ;-
Benjamin Ansley, y
John Pouiiain, V -•& i
Nathaniel Jones, /
Thomas Mills, /
. George M‘Aully, /Bo 2 g
’ Jacob Mofet, I u §,
Elizabeth Farquhar, ) £
ST. MA TT HRJV's PARIS tit
Jacob Biihler, to retail spirituous LiqudrJ
in Ebentzcr.
ST. PHILIP'S PARISH:
William Fenftcr, to keep a Tavem on the
Road to Sanbury. ♦ J
Therefore,* if arty per son will give information*
on oath, of any other besides those aboyemention
any wine, cyder, beer, brandy,
rum, or other strong liquors whatsoever, in less
quantities than three gallons, or keep a (kittle alley,
(huffle board, or billiard table, or any gaming
place whatsoever, or (hall barter, exchaoge, give,
or any liquors, in order to evade the License
I.aw, he or the (hall, upon due convittion of the
offender, receive the sum of FIVE POUNDS
STERLING.
’ T .j* ‘ •’ • ~r. ‘• 4- U • tV. f
Savannah, 30th Dccwnbcr, 1780.
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