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t>f IrWn.cl todtfrroy f ft-t “n Lyuch’s €tfk.
vhlch they eftacted, though oppof&i by a considerable bo
dy of the enemy. On this oteJfion Captain Blacker and a
Serjeant *£re wounded,’ but n-tt badly , ihe Reb&ls loss i
thoufeht td be more confiderabTe.
S :ne few days fi'nce Mr. Mariott of the Queen's Ran
g-rs ma le *rs efe*oe from the Rebels, and brought in with
h,n*,to Georgetown# 15 men ; this event is.the more for
tunate, as he had been unjuftifiably feizcd’, in breach of a
flag of truce, by Marion, under the pretext of retaliating
the detention of PflPftell, who, having broke his parole,
was b y mi doubt an objeil for capture, and as he is now
fafely biged in out Pr-voft, it is fn be hoped he will c t
jt ail y experience what the Laws of War in such cases
award.
This afternoon arrived a fleet from New- v ork, undef
convoy of the Jupiter armed lYm, formerly the Farges In
dianan. They left Sandy Hook 16 days ago, in company
with a fleet having on board a large body ot fore's, under
the. command ot Msjor General PHiLLtrs, which th> y
parted with the 2tft of last month a few leagues to the
northward of the Chefapeak; the wind being then favurr
able, it is beyond a doubt that the fleet got in on the day
following. ‘n.’ ,
Jpr\l 7. A letter from St. Augustine, date! April id,
faysj ** A veflel arrived here three days ago from New
Providence, by which we learn, that the /hip 1 onyn,
(Japt. bound from this ter Liverpool, will's taken,
after s very obfeinate and gallant defence, by a rebei pri
vateer of 22 and carried into Cape Francois. Cap?.
Waid and all his officers were wounded, of his men 7 Were
kided and wounded.
“ The fame veflel brought intelligent ji'hich had been
received from Hispaniola immediately before /he left PlO
- bv a cartel, that Admiral Rodney had taceu fi'-
fail of Dutch men of war of the line, and a large outward
bound fleet to which-they were convoy— i hat the number
of Dutch veflels taken by our Weft India fleet, including
those taken at St- Kuft .tius, exceeded yoo j and that .ar
maments had been je.nt againlt ail the ocbei Dutcn let de
ments in the Welt indies.”
A FEW NEW TESTA
MENTS and SP EL
aferi&£MLß ‘< > (.VIC'S id Ire fold at
tire Printing Office for Ca(h. .
TH h Snle of.thc Kftate and, Effects of Robert
R e, late of Augulla merchant, aSaclvertiTcd
by fame* R e, one of the executors on tne 15th
IV! irch 1 ft, is iieiehy forbid, and pot oft* riil fur
ther orders from R BECCA RAR, Executrix’
Auguftu, 7th-April, 1781.
Two Guineas Reward.
STRAYED or Helen off the Common of Sa
vannah on Sunday the ill inftanr, fHR EE
HORSES belonging to the Qu irrermaller G me
rai r s Department* viz. A Black Mare, with half
ro ch mane and a (hort tail, about 15 hinds high,
A Bay Mare, with a half roach mane and short
tail, *l4 hards high, with fome white (addle spots
on her back Anda.Black Horte, near 14. hands
high, half roach mane and (hort tail, branded on
the mounting (boulder D
G R. Whoever brings
them to the Qiftrtetniafter Oerteraf’s Depat wuent
at Yamacraw fhuli have tne abovementiooed re
ward. _ /
“ wTn Te and,
A QUANTITY of TAR and
BARREL STAVES.
PETER DEAN.
April 12, 1781.
‘ln theCOUR7of t r *CE AbMLRAL'’r.GEORGIA.
Tne Advocate General, on the elation of Samuel
Wentworth; of the Lady Dunmore, a private
sloop of? war, on behalf of, ‘
Agairjl
Fifty hoglheadr of tobacco, forty three calks of
indioo; eighty nine bundles of deer skins, and
funqry other n'.cch?ndize, ftved from the
wrecked (hip (Santa Eaz,. whereof one Joseph
/: t) hr was hue M-dter.
WHEREAS an information hath been exETETt
_ed, admitted and filed, in tins cause, in
order to condemnritio-n, for the c.iufes therein al
f.gucd, of the laid fi ty hag/Eead* of tobacco, for
ty three calks of indi. o, eight-yrdne bundies of deer
fk:q., and ce.tain other mcich ndize, part of the
Cargo hived horn the wrecked flup Santa F*z,
whereof one joleph Ofer was late Master: And
Wheieas the dual monition hath been iffiied from
this Court, and duly returned, and no claim hath
bven made, or cause (hewn againll the laid con
demnation : Thele are tiierelpre to fcivc notice,
tn.c the judge of the Laid Court will, on Monday
the day of this instant 4 piil* proceed, in tne
usual manner, either to condemn or acquit the a
forefaid several articles of merchandize, included in
the information aforefaid, agreeable to tiie course
of the Admiralty and the lawn or nations.
. By th- Court, 1 > ■
; ? JOHN MACKENZIE, Atfing Register.
SuVaiinaii, 71b April, 17^1.
An ACT tc appoint Commiftiohcvs in ench Pariftr “
throughout this Province ro take into their Caie
and under their Management all deserted Pr©-
pertv, idle and runaway'Slaves, found in their
refpe&ive Panfhes; and for other Pu.pofes
herein after mentiohed.
YrfHERIi AS thtrt are at present many efi .Ns,
’ ‘ lutbreai and per final, <wi/l?in this province,
belonging to persons in rebellion, the prefer
<vatlo&pf -which m. ill be of pub lick utility, li'c there
fore pray your moj} sacred Mtijejly that it may be en
aftid, And be it enacted, by his Excellency Sir
JAMES IVRIGHT, Baronet, Captain General
and Go-vet nor tn.chief i ? and over this hit Majesty's
pro-vince ts Gtor ic 7, bv and nvith the advice and
content of the lie-our able (he Upper lionfe and the
Coil toms bhue of Affcmbly of the )aid province, in
G-neral Afftmhly nut, and by the authority of the
fame, shat it fhait am may be lanoful to an l f.r
the CoTtimiJJiotft'i b\ this act appointed to ajb, de
maudp feizc, and take into their poffjfio/t, alt lands,
houses, negroes, horjes, cattle , h r gs, Jheep. planta
tion tc.oJj and utaifU, koufekUd furniture -and all
other property or ejlate of ivbat kind or na’vre so
ever, whether read or personal, which now it-, or
hereafter , during the continuation of this afi, may
He reputed to be the property of any pe fan or per/onj
who now is, or hereafter mat be, in rebellion a
gMnjl his Majefly, (and again ft whom there is ro
action, or other civil process . depending in the Ge
neral Court) returning into the Secretary's Office
of this province a particular inventory of what they
jhiil take u and r their charge, wthin one month
u r ter doing thereof refpxflivtly ; and the f*,d pro
petty to occupy, poffffs, u/'e, and employ, a>d tve
produce thertof to fell and dijpofe of as the laid .
Comm [fionets frailjudge tnoft beneficial to the own
ers of tuch property, or those who may become enth t'd
thereto : Provided niwoy wfl.bat no proiseity-what
“nfpfnrymtTrve feizeaentrvyn, by an, or euver 0/
tbe.CoM/niffiQKers dfioretaid . except in the prtfence
of a credible per (on, whole name and place of abode
Jhall he written on the inventory hesein brfo/e di
recled to be taken, and returned, together with the
fame, into the Secretary's Office-
And be it further sna£Ud, That the said Com
m ffon'ers shall awl* to be p iblifi-ed in the Gazette
of this province, for three fuccejfi vt weeks, noritei~
requiring all and evt/\ perfoti or perjons. having in
his, her, tr thtir pop f ion, or under his . her, or
At heir ca r e, or diretti'.n, any property
whatever of or btlongivg to any per fan reputed to he
in libtli.ou as a fort said, within the space of one
month f/otn the aute of iucb notification, to render
in a true,/ juf , and fu l account lltreof, to the
Com/niffiQver or Ccmmijfiaeets Jor tit parijb m
which Such property mav be —fir
A r d be it FnaHed, 7 hat where a person hath
in his or her poffeffton any such property, and Jhall
neg-est or nfuje to dtliver up the fame, agreeable
to the tenor of fueh notice, then, and in juch case,
it Jhall and may be lawful to and for any of the
ComoijJimcrs he rein named,, or hereafter to be ap
pointed. to commit every Jiu I person so neglecting
or refnfng to render cm account, and deliver over
such property as afore laid, (save and except all
fnch per lons as jhall w.'thho and any fu h property by
tbe order or authority of an\ Court of jjefiee, or a
Judge t ’ertof) to common gao’ of Savannah,
there to remain, without bail or mainpri~e, until
he or jhe jhall l ave rend''id such account, and
delivered, or aufed to be delivered over such pro
perty as afjrduid.
And be it further Enafted, by the authority a
forefaid, That tbe-Comm’ ffioners f all, whenever
thereunto required by the Governor and Council for
the time being, render in a t>ue. juf, and (epa>ate
account, of all property so feizcd or taken poffejffion
of as as aforefaid in their re fpeftive pat i/Joes, and
o f the falesMt-d di/petal of the pr.biu-oe thereof j
and, on Puffing such account, Jetty over the n,tt
proceeds thereof after deducting atl juf and ne es
fary charges and expences, into the hands of the
Puhhck 1 reajurer of this province, who, after
deducting his CQirrniffions, is hereby required to pay
over any such money under the di ection and to the
order of any Court of jullice in which there is pro
cess depending again ft the owners of such monies ;
and the said. C nmmifjioners Jhull aljo, when re
quired by the Governor and Council for the lime
being, deliver over to the claimant all property
tak&n into thtir p off?ffi on-, where the claim appears
to the Governor ia Council to be just a net / eajonable .
And bo it’further Enacted, by the authority a
ferejuid, That, for the- purpose of carrying this afi \
into execution\ the following perjons are hereby ap
pointed Cnmvtiffuners jor the jeveral parijhes herein
after’ mem toned, that is to /ay I'For the pa> ■Jh of
Lbty'ft Church, George Bailtie, David ontaigut,
and deter Dean, Ejquites, and M'it Ham Lyford ;
for the parijb of Saint Philip, James Butler and
Joseph Fox, E;quires , and Benjamin Stills ; for
the pari/h ‘of Saint Join, Simon PaterfonAddoger
A si/a 11, and 7 imon Monro, F.J quires ifar the puriffb
of Saint Matthew, Thomas rhyming, John Gold
wire, and Nathaniel Pslhill, Esquires; for the
fatifi of Saint George, John Thomas, sash$ ash ■
Montgomerie, aiid David Tuff'H, Ej quirts ; f ‘*■
parijb of bin ft Paul, Janus Gricrfon,
Ft'Lean, and 1 horn as Haters, Esquire's,
feph MaddoA, Planter ; for the parijhes c f $ !I
Andrew Sai i James, Saint Patrick , Saint
Saint Thomas, and Saint David, Poderidt Af?
t'jh, James Spald’u?, Charles M‘ Dona let ‘f Cm
Downie, anl David Delegall, Ejquh es.
And be it Enacted, by the authority afocft'M
That the Commijf opens ( ppointed. /w .the
aforefaidand each of them , Jhall be inti; , ■
their trouble aAft ig from the r rejpefiii t trunjjm
tions, pur chafes, reaipn, payments,
and diipo/als or sales, the sum of ten pounds J
cent, and no mere, on all nett joins by them
inn the hands of the reufner, who ;s
directed to allow them /ueb comnh.fji us in aciouM
And K- it , united, by the a- ■ : • -.- y aforefsilm
That if any Com mifloner or Cos - viiffto tiers ha ; V
appointed, or to be appointed, /ball here “f
die decline, tnglcd, or refufe to all, or Jhall I
future rtffif v* g.ve up bis or their appiStntmtdM
other or oib-rt ttra l be appointed m hit or tpM
room by the Governor and Council fitr the tim kl
ing: Provided always, and it is Toe re by dicletJm
That nothing in this aft contained {hill be /,■
Jfrued to exten lto any real or per,o/>al properly M
this pro v:ncc bt to •!> in 7to an\ prrfon, eitoer
o> abfe/it, apai aft wham any a ft: or or Suit •uifojß
fot-ver, by attar- /;i:nt or otherwije, 01 ary
fed judgment or o’he.’ p> ocejs, is depending in Ll l
\ Court m this province, any Doing in this aft c; ( B
tamed to the contrary thereof in anyvr.fe OstuinM
j landing ; ard in case an\ p r oc /< who ‘Joe*ie>
here fi,er be jued ‘.nt agaiu ft ary fn on vho
b* she owner of ah, real und i- > fnal e.ltate ik
/lands of the. Comyts {foster s,■ or any d> finer of
Ts. :,f
fit j ftcdyd havie so the oraer ana ehreftidn
Churl ofjuftics out of whichj uch proefs may ifweJM
the fame manner as if this aft had never ban mail..
f nd be it 1 /, acted, ft hat all the property b/iotM
ing to Rtbi’s an A Infected peifons, v.hich <u|
Jeiztd on its the parijhes of Saint Paul and Saji
George, in eon It quern t cf the incursion made by M
R be Is under one Ciarje in the mouth of SepttmhM
L/t, and which profit! t\ hath been detained wM
Juice, on aaou- 1 of the and .inqutney, cr fuppoJtlsM
linqueney, ts thi owners thereof, Jhall be deinirM
over to the Cornm:ffljncrs for the said two hM
mmtiuned pai foes, and the perjons -who Jei<rAM
detain, and mb property, and a ifo alt who
and ajjiftfd therein, are hereby indemnified
all a firms and p ; o'ecutions that it ay be commiaU
on account the: top, 0> of unx ether aft or matter, foß
tr cpptifng ai.d .Uf.p, effing the jma r toeiiton of
ana bii folio tr s. |
And be it further Enailed, hy the authori n|
fort said, That if any aft ion or Jt.it jha it be
or commenced agairft any per fin or per lons for aiH
matter tyr thing in purjuance of this aft, finfl
and in such case, the aft ion or Juit.Jfrail be i'ttiil
or com rat need vithm Jix months next after //Viß
committed, and not afterwards -, and the defining
or defendants in such aftion or Juit to be brought
and may yi. ad the general ijfue, and give thsjM
and tb*-gen'ii mu iter in evidence, at’ my
* be had Ter, upon-, and if the plaintiff 01
f all become uorhutcd cr di/continue ha. her, fg
f'eir a fit on or a tions, suit or / ut f s, or u{on ‘ZArd'®
or demurrer jud rn at jhall be giv.n a am.Jl rfl
plaintiff or plaintiffs, the defendant cr dj\ r.v&'B
jh ‘aU and may recover double 10/ls,- and have /<><■
remedy for the fame as any and fevdant cr deftnlwl
hath or have in other cases of- law -
ono be it fui tlur Enabled, by the authontp I
forefaid, and hat this aft /ball be and continue //■
force and ejfcft for and during the space of fo®
y ars, from au-1 after the pf/iug thereof, andfm
/hence to the end of the next jejjijns of the GVfffo®
Ajfertifrlv, and no torger, 5
-* B) Order ot list kurrmons House of AfTembly.B
SAML, FARLtr, Speakfll
By Older of the Upper Mode of Affrnibiv, B
LEWIS JOHNS lOm
Council Chamber, 9th Aptil, I^Bl,
Alien tel to,
JA.trRIGHT,
v On Tucfllay next, at nine o'cbck in the morning I
Will be fold bs Auction, I
Otn the Puhlick Wharf, B
PART of the Cargo of the Schooner Polly,
of a quantity of lignumvitae, clayed sugar, and yi l ®
also the lifting, anchors, and cables }
wife said fehooner as flic\lies flrauded at ‘l’v'hec.
D. DUNCAN, JfoVjß
WANTED, An OVERSEER, who underlHnd®
bulincfsp to refiJc on aaiver fw.imp plar.tat'O n, B
Apply ta .• X NATHANIEL HAt®
Who has a Quantity of Hand-picked Indigo Seed veh®
he will dispose of cheap for calk, delivered at his ph !lt ß
tion..
Morton Hall, nth Afr'l t —--—B
v BLANK FORMS of Aj7r]rtTMti tikm
ut thi Printiftg Offict,