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[IIURSDAY, January 18, 1781. T II K GEORGIA SAVANNAH :■ Printed by fG E O £ G I A. he P R F S F. N T M ENTS of the GRAM) JURORS for the Pro vince a are fa id, at the GENER AL COURT, begun and holdcn at Sa vannah 1 uefday the 9th, We 1- nefday the u>th, Thursday the j ith, Friday ‘Re I2tfo, and Saturday the 13th Day sos JANU AR Y, I\B 1, be'ore the FTonoura >k’ Anthony I Stokes, F quire, Chief Jufhee, ard the H incurable Martin Jol lie and Lewis Johnston, Esquires, AOl Rant Ju g *s. v O i Vl[ jTE di'? G';m I Jar-os cf our sovereign Lord y V %&&& \ >f Georgia, upon our oaths present: k F. Tfe a greit grievance of a dangerous tendency , ; the number of Negroes who are fuffeied to erea Land inhabit houfta in and about the town of Sa ji van nah and panfli of Cimft Church, and who Sharbour, and even proxedi with fire arms, Negroes, liun away from their owners By information of If William .Hafiimond, of St John’s parilh, mill -1 Wright, \ 9 11. We present, as a great grievance to his jSMajefty s liege fubjedb, the protection given to who absent tbemfelves fom thqir owoets and take reluge in the Citadel, by which the own ers are excluded making feaich for them. hi. VVe present, as a grievance of dangerous gponfequence, the ruinous condition of the rodaL and bridges in the pa<i(hes of m. John and St. And- ItlU’U F v in for nution of Mr. lfaac Antrobut and ■Mr. Jofeph* Baker. £ f F’ rt!ent > as a great grievance, the want ||> a Magi it rate in the d.ilrhlVof Little Qgechre, I ■ We prelent the minout coiiidon of the gChurch in the town of Savannah, | VI. We prclenT, as a grievance, the practice of B" re bunting. By information of Mr. G .urge Fox. ■ ‘ We prelent the ru.nous co H'tion of the |Market in the town of savannah. By information of John Pvuppert. - VIII. VVe present, a* a grievance, the want of |,a Harpourmafter/gi- the port of Savannah. “ ° ur rec I u est tint these our preferment* be ipublilhed in the next Gazette. ■ ’U. . m~ r- . ydiiam Struthers, Foreman, -r— (L S ) *Mnuel fvraus, (I/S ) Ps I— T”g.Eyming, ___ (-L.S.) Joseph Baker, (f Christopher Bantz, r (LSI Jishn Inlyf (lV I Hy. Kcall, L ! I, James Low, . _ , (L.,.) John l ouus, - (L.S.) Jonathan Foix, c \ I. I. Antrobus, Peter Henry Morel, - (L.S.) Aaron Moore, . ‘■ } (L.S.) p Nathaniel Ott, <*, /r es? Mathias Afo, (LSfo I “ A (LS.J K. A1 Curmick, (]_, s.j I ‘ *i f ■ r ■ 1 ■ f ■ *: - TO JANUARY, 1781, the follow jn ~ ORDERS were made by the COURT on the foregoing Present- ~ * Ufo# c i That the Attorney General do tain ps many C f the laid prelentments into bills d*i’ in* ieictment as t|ie nnture of the said several pfelenG ; pients will admit of. v . KzAno IT J.s J IITHER Qrderep, That the Clerk of the C r own do cause a copy of the said prclentment?, Aviui thefe'fo.ders, to be lafd before h.s Excefeney the Governor, the Honourable hb Majuty s Comol. and the Honourable the Com mons Houle ot Affembl) ; and do also cause a copy of the fame to be infeiced in the Gazette. By the Con rt, JOHN SIMPSON, P. & C. C. Crown Ofdce, 13 th January, 73i. . ‘ ■ ; ■ • ‘ • V ■ J GEO R G I A. By his MajUly’s General Court, Hol den at SaVan!iah on the qth, ioth, ■- nth, 1 2th, and 13th Days pj Ja- WnFPvEAS Robert R.eiJ, of Skidaway Aand, planter j and— • ~ * 4 Shepherd, of St. John’s parifli, planter; were rtfpedively by ballot, and summoned to appear as Giand Jurors at this Court, as it is said, but they the laid Robert Reid and Samuel Shepherd did rcfpeflively negleA to appear at this Court; it is therefore Ordered, That they be se verally firseJ in a sum not exceeding eight pounds sterling, and that a capias do dfue out against each of them lor such sum as they (hall be severally fined in, unlcfj each of them do ihew good and luftcient cause ofexcufe to thi Judge* of this Court, or one of them-at his Chambers, such excuse to be made upon oath, before one of the Jukices of the Peace of this province, within thirty days from the date hereof, cxdalive of this day. And it i> further Ordered,. That a copy hereof be inserted in the publick Gazette of this province. Dated in Court, the 1 3th day of January, in the year cf our Lord 173 1. ■ J - ‘ *’• By the Court, JOilN SIMPSON, P. h C. C. Crown 0(E:e, 1 3th Januaryi 1781. * ;• • • ■ • <v i v-ia'-s- . - iii, ii 1 ■ ■■■im ■■■ ■■■ lii ■ ■h i 1 mmmrnmmtmiimmmm mmmw GIORG 1 A. I ‘XTTTIriREAS Thomas Gibbons jun. of Christ ’ Church parilh, planter ; William Thompson, of Savannah, merchant; John Wallace, of Savannah, merchant; Matthew Roche, of Savannah, taylor; and John Hobbs, of Christ Church parilh, planter ; were fcverally drawn by brtttot, and summoned to appear as Petit Jurors at this Court, as it is said, but they the said Thomas Gibbons jun. William Thompson, John Wallace, Matthew Roche, and John I ;obbs, did refpedlively neglect to appear at this Court; it is therefore Ordered, That they be feveral’y fined,in a sum not exceeding four pounds sterling, and that a capias do iflue againll each of them for such sum as they shall be relpedtively fined in, anlefs of such defaulters do Ihew good and fufficient of exculc to the Judge* of this Court, or one of them at bis Chambers, such ex. cu fo to be made on oath, before one of the Julfices of the Peace of this province, within thirty days -from the date hereof, exclusive of this day. *nd it is further Ordered, That a copy hereof be ipferted in thfc Gazette of this province. Dated in Court, the 1 3th day of January, 1781. r i ‘ ‘ “• By the Court, JOHN SIMPSON, P. & C. C. U..:Uic\yß OJK.cc, . I- ‘ •- - -so ; ■. ‘ . • . I * • \ . T 1 , - ‘ i* BLANK FORMS of different forts to be fold <*t lklFrin{ini Offer, rNfow-i ROY A L GAZETTE. JAMES JOHNSTON. -4 J&f -IY ber in tall Florida fome time ’ in September last, A Negro* Fellow, named CAiSAR, formerly the pro* ■ perty of Thomas Netberclift, Esq. A&tmm IS a m irtac^c feiiow, 4 1 iuii bad Englilh for a country born, is by trade a carpenter, but having been used to go in a schooner he may pass for a sailor. Whoever takes up the said fellow, and comim** him to the Workboufe in Savannah, (hall receire *1 mo Guineas reward, and Ten Guineas to any ber fon or persons prcfecute the person who harbours him noW, or wbd brought him from Florida. Wm, CANTON, Jan. 10, 178 r. ’ // V A BSE NT ED them- * L Y selves from the fub fciiber, and supposed to have followed the at my - into Georgia in 1779, the Negroes: Edinburgh, st tall Him fellow, formerly the property of Mr. Herriot, a cooper by trade! Simon, a tall flout mode fellow, formerly the property of George Palmer, deceased ; he is ren dered remarkable by having the end of his nofocut off. These two had the smallpox before they went away, and are a good deal marked with it. , Cuctjse, a tail Aim fellow, about 20 years old. York, a flioit thick fellow, about 25 years old. Primus, a Ihort thick fellow, about 30 years old. Billy, a Ihort thick fellow, about 3 5 years old. Johnny, a well made fellow, about 20 years old. lfaac , a tall fellow, about 20 years old, difablei in his hands by being burnt when a child, but not so much bat he can handle an axe or a hoc. One Guinea will be given for each of the above Negroes, and all reasonable charges, on their be ing delivered to Mr. John Charles JLucena at Sa vannah, o; to the fubferiber in Beaufort. If they will return to their duty they will be forgiven. JANE GEOVE. Beaufort, January 6, 17 81. Commons House of AfTemblj, 15th January, 1781. NOTICE is hereby given, to all persons hav ing demands again ft the Publick of this Pro vince, That they do deliver in their accounts, at tested on path, to the Clerk of this House, dn or before the sth day of February next, after which time no accounts will be received. jiv % Order of the House, / 1 ‘ JOHN M. TATTNALL, Clerk. ,/* ‘ ‘ . ‘ ;l.- ‘ . . ‘ ■■■■ n ■ 11 .■■■■ LOST between Cherokeehill and Savannah last Sunday afternoon, . Afaikloth Wallet, Containing feme wearing apparel, a pocket-book with papers that can be of no use to any but the owner, and a letter directed to Mrs. Anne Moore in Savannah. Any person leaving it with the printer flial! be well rewarded.