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s A V A N N A H, April id. Wednefdav the; 4th inilant a Committee C ) from both Hpufcs of Alterably attended by H,iicr on Lieutenant Colonel Clarke, and prefetued him with the following letter ; which grateful mark of attention to hi, me. its from lo refpeAible a part of the community w3 rcccivul by him with that polite acknowledgment becoming his character and the cxcafion, as welt to the Gtnrle men of the Committee as to both Houses of Af fernbly, in tire juifwcu .'adjoined. S I R, IT is with particular concern that the Upper and Commons > I'outes of Afjcmbiy learn tue duties of your comm’ and require your ablcnce for p, time from this province. j / The good order and clifcipline you have pre ferred in this garrison fmee your arrival, your seal for the King’sYervice, and the very polite atten tion (hewn by you. upon all occafiom, to the loyal inhabitants, induce both Itoufes rrnanimoalU to l offer you their warmed and bed chunks, confident that in so doing they cxprcls thelenfiments ol tnc people at b'ge. You may, Sir, be nflnred that your abfeoce will be much regretted by the King's here, anT that it is their c .rnett w.fh you may Ipeediiy rctuiu. But should his Majelty’s service call you to a more impoitmt command, may honour, health f ’ and happinek, always attend y uu, and may you meet w ith that reward ever due to diftinguilhed merit We have the honour to be, with the liighelt re fpt-a, S 1 R, Your moft obedient humble servants, JOH NGi<A HA M, Pit:fide nt, ... By Order of t ■ •a* $4% F^R;-:KY,'"Sd'hTK^l Dy Order of the Commons Htuft of Afftynhly- Lien t . ( i ol. Alua Fi> Claa ke , Commandant of the Provinces , ts Georgia and Eafl Florida. iavunnah, Georgia, 4th *pnl 1781. Savanna f, in Georgia, A £ >if.th, 1781. GENTUMEN, MY firfi on being honnu r rd with the command nf his Majesty’s troops in Gor gia, Was to dildharge the trull : reposed in me to the utnioll ol my abilities; and the having be.u lo fortunate, in the proleeution of tlvit and ugn. as to meet with the uppr button of two f-ich rrlp.eifl.ible bodies as both the Houses of A ilkmb'y. cannot oat be in the higf.cfl degree flittering to me* I fli til wimi pleaiurc return to tms pr >vince when the duty which now Calls me from among ft you will allow of it. I btg of you to accept my hearty thanks for your good wilhes, which I receive with toy fit s faction ; ana I can only lament the little pr >bibi _ litv thre is of mv ever being able to make a ref jrp a lequate to the h*gh fmfe l- have of Comerrcd on YOJr letTer Os Aclb ;day ; but should such an opportunity offc', I fhali embuce it with avidity, and'in the m -an time, b/ my vc v flnceie good wiihe for the pr ofperiry of vojr pro vince, endeavour to prove with how much g-ati tude and refpeTT have the honour to remain, C k tl.km in , \ our much obliged,- moil obedient, and a- voted, humble f< i-vnnt, A f.URF.D CL ARKE. To the John Git sham, E q Pref. dthi of the Honourable the Upper Ilttu'e of Aftmhh. ... 1 ‘ To the U nourahle Savmt F L Fa p r Fy , Y.fq Speak tr ,/ft’f Hmturable the Commons lioufr of Aif tn’d.: The folfowii g Vctueis (*ig red bv urm-ard- of ico of tne piip.wipa) mhaoit of tms town] was preferred on Thurfd.iy luff, vtz —„ 7 0 ALU PE DCL 1R KE . EfinJre Lieutenant Co ffr! of hi r Mjxjr/iv's Seventh Regiment of Font', and Comm indent of Georgia and Raft Florida. Tue AipU R L k Sos tue Loyal inhabitants ’ of S uvannyh. WE the fubic:ibers having learnt, with the great.lt .oicern, t at rhe King’s service renders your p'tlence rcaffi'y in E ill Florida for fon.e time, embiace this opportunity of tendering you our'moft grateful ihanks for your ,eadiuefs, upon all c ccmfions, to pfr mote h s tVlajeity’s fer’- vice and the lccuiity 0 1 this province, and for your Very polite attent'ou to the inhabitants. Ferinic us to rfi jreyoa, that vve fh.ill flnccte'v regiet your abfcnce, and do moll earnellly. with your speedy return amongll us. “ * Be p.lc led. Sir, to accept our wa tneff \viflies for your heakh and huppindk ih-ough !Te,Nn 1 t at you may meet, with that reward from mo’ molt grauous Sovereign so jufljy due lo ; oar merit. % Savannah, in Georgia, die £i ’ sth -April, 17S1. she COLONEL’S ANSWER Savannah, in Georgia, April yh, 17 81 - . G b N T LUMEN, I CAN claim no merit for having attended to the wishes of Lieutenant General fcarl by promoting h;s MaJellyN fer Vice, and the wel fare of litis province, to the utmoll of my abilities j but the very honourable teftitnony 1 have jull how received, of my condutl havirg met with the ap probation of so itfpedfabie a fee of Gentlemen as tne Loyal Inbubit-iuis of Savannah, call? for my \v?.'melt acknowledgments; and I should think my (eif particularly, happy in being capable of mak • ing a more ample return, for the polite hiark. of attention (hewn me by your very Battering addreU, than merely a Airing you, that 1 shall with euger rreL embrace every opportuuitv that may offer of evincing with how rnuth fmcerity and gratitude (far the miny favour? conferred on me.ftnce my refidcnce amongfl you) 1 have the honour to runarn, Gent, emen, Your ir.cft obedrent N and mod Li eh fid — l —— h ruble servant, A LURED CLARKE. To the Loyal Inhabitants of Savannah. On Friday last the Rev, Mr. Zubfy, being on his return from Charleflown, confined to his bed in a covered waggon, was attacked bv fomc ban - ditti oppohtc Mr. Rofc’s pLnutibn near CooUw. hatchie; fix of them appeared,’ but horn another person taken by them mo,njng hedearnt trrey were eight in the whole, and had no hsr'e? ; they looked very ragged, took all the oalh linen, clomhirig,” Sec. from Mr. Zublv and has son, to a confiderabi.e amount; they could not be prevailed O % rffoogfr’ theydaid it -was re?'lv hard to take them. They sud they were thtqp pple called Rebels o£y cd 1.0 perfoual violence, nor ic-qaired any paioie, and made off in gteat hake and app.r cnt confuiion and fear. A few days ago a party plundered at Middlesex ferry ; Stephen johnfon was one es ebeir number. A? Col. F emvick at Pocotalig> is very active an J vigilant, it Is to be hoped he will four give a good account of them —>thev fe“in y ifri J of the G’eers A rewa<ri offrred by Col. Balfour of 100 guineas for M.lckuy, and 50, with a pardon, to any of his acc.omplicrs that rn-.y bring him hi; or give intelligence, will probably h*ve a very e{fed. On Friday the kth i;,fr. a rived hce, th* polarre Sally, khpt Ofbrrn, after a pail age of 2 J days from A’ rigu I, hur Iml ho n St. Croix in 18, When the le t trie AVii Jniiits it was (aid tne B i tiih force? had got of the Dutch lettle ments of Curo 70a and ‘'urinam ; Sad that at the couirr.er.cerrenr of hostilities againfl the Dutch five of their men bf Wdt had been taisen, me! a i tnntier °f merclianrm>°n dpfl.oyed, near the Fexei, by part .->f the Rritffll ‘|-et Suae of Admiral Rod ney’s llups were ciuifing to \vi;o]ward of Murtinieo. ‘Several rebel Vvfi'ek had lately arrived at bt. Croix, where their car-,-oea iveie dilpofetfof as formerly. Eight days b fo-eC'Pt Ofb im got into Ivlve. in lit. 28, lie Gw afret of tail of vefiei? itceiiug N. E. but doe- not know tvhat rh; y ocie, T't.e London fleet Cmn'teltgwif the 3ill ult. Mot day lafl arrived at Tybre, the (hip Jupiter, * Ctpt f >-’: New-York. in the Labi, of D-preciatioo of Congref Bills it u ill, be nectiDry firfr to hfeertain tiu; original ‘ v due of the pap. r End to be depreciated. It is e vide*A, unf-d 1 this is done firll, no truth nor exail • pels can any part of the table. The corre (j 01. dent that furuifhes this hint (gems ofdpinion the Coinmirtee will find more difficulty in fixing this dLndnineucaLnitide thanln any calculation re- Ltive to its particular periods. TO BE SOLD, • ■ f- ‘ * * On Tuvfd.iy tiie Bth of Mav, at puSl.ck vchdue, in Savannah, A SM ALt. STOCK of CATTLE b< W;„ 2 and A- to the ERate of the Hon. John Hume, Esq deceased. JAMES HUiVIE, Lxccp tor. - . t ~*”V I — L - Two Guineas Rewardt QT R AYED pr Bolen off the Common of Si -1 v.mn ih oirMandav tluTzd inflant, Four Her fes bebjng ng to the Qiiartermafter Geherkl, viz A C:earn Coloured Uorfe, i 4 ) hands hiah A I ttle remarkably fit Roan. A Grey young Mare. /A nd a Imge Ihy Hoife, rnaikcd on the left fido of ho neck D f _ f n^ J brings them to L : eut. ,1 razor, AO.flant Engineer at Savannah, (hall have the abovenicutioticd reward, and no queilions will be ailccd. Gemfemfcri Yn&y afeomiiiffdatedi with Lodging and Breakfafl at the houfedf Mrs. Perkibs in Broughton Street. ■tTTHRREAS the Commons Houftbf Assembly ’ hath appointed Mr. Jenkins, Mr.Telfair,Mr. Laerfon, Mr. DbuglaL, Mr. Baillie, Mr. Moffman, ar.dbVl r. Hall, to be a Commitree to afeertain the re gular Depreciation of Paper Currency, commonly called Reb£l or which circulated in this province in time of the rebellion, and the Committee aie empowered to fend for persons, papers, and records: And whereas the forming a true, exatt, and extensive Table, for the purpose aforefa and, may be of the utmoll importance to pubiick justice, as well as to the inteieil of indi viduals, and it is nectfUry so obtain every infor mat.on whicii can elucidate so interelling a matter; T r ERE FORE .ALL PERSONS . who either bought or (old lands, negroes, goods, or arv o ther p r operty, in this province, or any gold or fiver com nr bullion, for the paper currency a foie mentioned, :n time of tuC rebellion, are requelted to transmit ?o the Ch.iiiman of the Committee, within two month- from the date hereof, the terms of every such purchase or fde : And the find Com- will meet every Tuesday, at the house of the Chairman, and the.e fit fom the hours of nine to eleven o’clock in the (oruioon for the dispatch of bofinefs. SAMUF.L HUNT JENKINS, Chairman of the Committee. S .vannah, 20th of March, 1781. MarfhaPs Sales. *, ‘ a mm. % 1 T-0-.. i&l & f “* - Oa Monday the ;cth April next, at the house in St. James s Square where tne Superior Courts were 1 >l( holcien, between the hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and one in the afternoon, the faie to.begin at ten o’clock pieciiely, A Lk AC I of Lind in St. Paul’s parifb, con taining qoo acre?, more or lets, bounded on tht fijkb by .‘■'avann ih river and lands of Thomas Red, Widow Ftier, and Peter Torquend, and on tie welt by vacant lands, late the property of Francis Stringer. Aifoa 1 ri_t dn St parifh containing 1 00 acres, mote or Ids, bounded on the north by Great Ogechee river, and vacun r on all other iiUf,-.; ana another I ruct of Land, containing 20- O ..... acres - more oriels in St John’s parish, vara- ton all sides; and another Tratt of Loid, conta n ng 6jo acre?, more or less, in S?. PhiitpV ptiriftrg boun ;e( on all fules by vacant land ; late the pio w perty of Tn<mas Lvnn. **nd two Etaa? V f.and, fitunfe at Wrightf boreugh, in the pirifh of St Pau', containing 700 ac;es, more or Ids; and also two Lots of Land lituate at A .gulla, adjoining lands of Horrey and < the fa id lots, fOO acres of fvvamp land ; late the property of William Gocdgion. The whole seized on execution D. FRASER, A. P. M. Savannah, March 28, 1-8 . TO BE SOL D, On p*ytUay the gih next, at the house in St. James’s Square where the Supefioi Courrs weie Ijß ho.'dei), between the four- of ten o'clock fn ti e forerocn arid one in the afternoon, tiie sale to beg h ..t ten o'clock precisely, A i If-vCf of Laid “ cpKYa 1 iiiug res, more or less, in the parish of St/Matthew, bound ‘d iouth-eallerly by lands for (he use of the Church and lands of David Thorn, n© r tb-eaftevly by land- of Hillary Butt, and on the other Tides by vacant lands ; and anoti.cr Trad of La 4, containing too tfrore-or less whereon Hillary Butt LteL refi ‘ed, in tle (aid parish of St. Matthewq on Rooty Pond, joining lands for mer v granted one William Moore; late tne pro perty of Hillary Butt, deceased And a Trad of Land, containing acre?, more or less, in the parish of St. Andrew, which trad w. s granted to Stephen Drayton, bou- ded iouth eallerly by lands of Alan and Ann Stuart, and on all other sides by vacant lands; and also mother Trad of Land, in the kid parilh of St. Andrew, formerly granted to the (aid Stephen Dray to it, containing 300 ceres, more or less, bounded no thwardlv by lands of Stephen Dray ton, fotithwaidly by lands of Alan and Ann Stu srt, and on all other sides by vacant lands; late the property of Alan Scuart, deceased. All the above seized by virtue of executions. - D. FRASER, A. P. M. Savannah, 4th Anriß r~Br. RAN A vVAY irom tiie (üblcnber a niomn ago, A NEGRO MAN, named WILLIAM GREY, about 47 years old,-formerly belonged to William lO’firycn. Whoever will take him up, and deliver him to the printer, have ci.e guinea reward. ‘ J AMES HAYES. ..JMarch 29, 17S1.
