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NOTICE is hereby- givti:, that tt.e
warders and Vcfltymen of the pari(h of
Christ Church (by virtue of t!h Aft for regulating
the Town and Common of Savannah) have or
dered that an Affcilinent of One Dollar be paid,
by ‘ftH and every person and persons who do or
shall inhabit, hold,’ use or occupy, pofleft or enjoy,
any lot, house, ifcarehoufe, building, tenement,
or hereditament, any square, street, or place,
Within the limits of the town of Savannah, Ew
enfburgL Truftces Gardens, and Yamacratv, or
any of tn hamlets to the said town belonging, for
the purpose of cleaning and keeping clean the said
tovvn and common, agreeable to the dircftions of
the said aft. RICHARD DAVIES, Clerk.
Savannah, June 4, 1781.
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Catherine and Jane Gordon
HAVE removed from Broughton Street to the
house on the Bay next <loor to Mr. Dun*
can’s, where they continue to make up and fell
All Sorts of Millinery.
They have to difpofe'of, An Assortment of Gfofs
and Queen’s Ware. y l___—„ r t
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At Publick Vendue ,
On Friday next, at half paft“lo o’clock, at the
fubferiber’s house, will be fold,
AN Assortment of Dry Goods, confiding of
Marseilles quilting, mock ditto, corded and
fibwfcred dimity,, perfian and royal qord, chintzes,
(lamped cottons* striped liqlland, checks, candles,
black Barcelona handkerchiefs, window glass, &c.
On Saturday at 11 o’clock, at the house of Vin*
cent Gray,
One Negro Wench and Child, .four Head of
Cattle, and one or two Boats, the property of
Patrick Dunbar, deceased. _*-■
, i 3 thjune, 1781. V ZU.BLY jun. L. V- M.
To be fold at Publick Vendue,
At the dwellinghoufe of the fubferiber, at the sign
of the Swan, in Savannah, on Monday the 23d
of |uly, at ten o’clock in the morning,
THE Effefts of the late Elizabeth Gresham,
deceased, confiding of two negroes and fome
household furniture.
BENJAMIN ANSLEY, Adm’r.
12th June, 1781.
MarjhaPs Sales.
1 O Bt;S O L U,
On Monday the 25th June inst. at the house in St,
James’s Square where the Superior Courts were
last holden, between the hours of ten o’clock in
the forenoon ad one in the afternoon* the sale
to begin at ten o’clock precifefy,
A NEGRO Fellow, Sampson; Wench Betty,
and her two Children ; late the property of
George Oiborne, seized by virtue of a mortgage.
D. FRASER, A. P. M.
f Sa vannfl h> J^ ne 12,l 2, HI 1 ,?? 1 *,
(Vjlly , pro. per. Admini- J
ftra"r of WjUy, \ At , ac b„ f nt.
versus f
fchu Ration Leconte , J
PUrfuant to an order from his Majesty’s Gene
ral Court, in tlm ciule made, I (hall, on
Thutfday the sth July next, proceed to the sale
of two Negro Men Slaves, named John and Clofs,
the property of John Eatton Leconte, the absent
debtor, as it* is said, at the house in St. James’s
Square where the Superior Courts were formerly
holden, between the hours of ten o’clock in the
forenoon and one in the afternoon, the sale to be
gin at ten o’clock precisely.
* D. FRASER, A. P. M.
Savannah, June 13, 1781.
L O N D O N, February 17.
ON the 1 “5 tli inst. the Ciceronian Hero,Tie
longing to a society of ladies at Bristol, ar
rived with a large Dutch (hip from Euftatia to
Amsterdam, reputed worth i6,0001.
Report from the continent fays, that the Zodiac
French man of war of 74 guns was wrecked the
7th inst. upon the rocks near the mouth of the
Poulle Dauvette, and about .a7O men, including
officers, were saved; the. Captain, &c. perished.
Feb. (8. The Csefar privateer of Bristol has
sent into Cork the Hazard, ha American veffel*
bound from Nantz to America, laden with mili
tary (lores, bale goods, and an assortment of other
articles, which were much wanted in the port (he
was going to.
The N. S. S. St. Tortola del Trapana, Capt.
Mazara, a Spanilh transport of 500 tons, laden
with stores, See. bound from Bilboa to Cadiz, is
taken by the Tyger letter of marque, and carried
> into Scilly.
A Dutch ship laden with cloathing and provisions,
&c. bound from Cherburgh to the Weft Indies, is
taken by n “She failed under
convoy of a frigate, \vj|h fome otner vtffuis, but
feoaraied fall Monday in a violent giie of wind, in
which fae loft her rudder. ~ ~
A French (hip, called Le Saint Tarafion*. of
500 tons, bound from Alartinico £9 Bource.iut,
laden with coffee, indigo, cotton, Si c. k taken by
the Prince William letter of marque,- and carried
i Ito Kinfafe.
A large Norway (hip, laden with mads, tap,
hemp, Sec. bound to Brest, is taked by the Sea
liorle privateer, and carried into Fowey.
Feb. 20. On Friday last M. -Corbet, Esq late
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, landed at Ports
mouth from that island, and thefcex* day came to
his house in Southampton, where he was soon after
put under arrest by the Commanding Officer of
the Dorfetlhire militia quartered there, who had
received an order for that purpose. We hear he
is feon to take his trial sot his conduft upon the
landing of the French in Jersey.
- Feb. 21. Ycfterday advice was received that
the Atlas, a French man of war of 64 guns, had
been loft in the late llorm* and every foul on board
had perished. The Atlas, with three other (hips
of the line, failed-from Brest, and were cruising to
the weft ward, in hopes of meeting with the home
ward bound East Indiamen, when they met with
a violent gale of wind, which difmafted two of
them ; one was drove on (hore, and was with the
greaceft difficulty, after throwing overboard her
guns, got off; the Atlas went immediately down,
i It is said that Sir Thomas Rumbold, who is jyft
returned from the East Indies, has, upon a fair
calculation, made 25, cod a week ever since he
has been out.
Feb: 28. Sir Joseph Yorke was introduced to
his audience at St. James’s on Wednesday by Lord
Stormont; his Lotdffiip continued bur a few mi.
nutes in theclofet, after which tlr Joseph remained
in elofe conference with his Majhlty till near five
At the final close of the poll last Saturday for
{he city of Bristol the numbers tferc, for Mr.
Cruger 2771, Mr. Daubeny 3143; majority for
Mr. Daubeny. 372. Mr. Cruger’s friends have
demanded a fetutiny, which has been granted.
March 1. The Spaniards loft in their Pensacola
expedition, L* Glotiofa, a 50 gun (hip, built at
the Havana,’ foundered at sea, and 390 Tailors and
200 soldiers, with their officers, periflred ; the
Trinidada transport, Europejmilc, of 600 tom,
having on board 400 foldieis and a great quantity
.of (lores, foundered at the fame time, ana all pe
rished ; three line of battle (hips difmafted, one of
which caught fire the day (he arrived at the Ha
vana, and received so much damage that it was
thought expedient to make her an hospital (hip or*
hulk, ■
Last Saturday the Elizabetha Cacherina, a Dutch
vessel from Merael, with 322 pricks of flax, 8
packs of hemp, 54 half cheftj, mats, &c. supposed
to be worth !2,0c01. was brought into Hull by
the Caroline privateer of that port,’ Capt. Gee.
The owners of the Fame privateer of Dublin
have received advice from Capt. Moore, that, since
(he failed on her last cruise from Gibraltar, (he had
, the good fortune to capture a French Turkeyman,
bound from Smyrna to Marseilles, which (he has
carried to Leghorn, computed tot be worth
10,0001. sterling. ‘
Extraft of q letter from Cork* Feb. 12.
“ The Spitfire privateer, Capt. Ootfgrove, of
6 four pounders and 10 swivels, has, after a cruise
of ten days, brought in the Juffrovv, Gertrude,
from Curacoa to Amsterdam, valued at 12,ocol.”
March 10. A gentleman who left Cadiz the Bth
February gives the following informatiop Wpeft
ing the fleet of Spain in Cadiz under the comjnand
of Lieut. Gen. Don Lewie de Cordova: The fleet
consists of 32 fail of the line, comprised of tfie
Cadiz, Ferrol, and Carthagena squadrons, vijs,
that of Cadiz, 22 fail of the line; of Ferrol, fix j
and that of Carthagena, four; 50'gun ihips 7, fti
gates 11, xebecks 4, bombs 5, firelhipe 4, ilore
ffiips‘6, and tenders 5.
On Wednesday and yesterday fevcral Dutch ves
sels, which have been detained in port in conse
quence of the commencement of hoiliiities between
that nation and Great Britain, fell down the river
to return to Holland, agreeable to the. late stipula
tion of both powers, that the (hips belonging to
both nations, detained in consequence of the rup
ture, (hould not be deemed prizes, but have liberty
to return without interruption.
Paris t Feb 23. If is now aflually decided that
M. le Compte de Graffe will command the fleet,
which will fail (horjtly from Brest, cenfiflingof 20
(hips of the line. The other five lying in that port
are destined for Rhode Island, under the command
of M. de Barras, who is appointed in the room of
the late M. de Ternay. M. le Compte de Graffe
has already taken leave of his Majesty, and as all
the officers belonging to his fquadronr who were
here have departed very suddenly, it is presumed
that this fleet will put to fca sooner than Was at
firft imagine^
WCH A RLE S"T (9 ’-V j-1 J a „f -s
i. J ave been iav.mrcd w‘Hi the f!1 i d’
the. tytra.ionj of tlie Royal'Army in Vi’-- r ; *
_ On tiler rcahof April failed on the w>.i£la J
r.iv.i;, G-n. PhThips Commander in ehjtf of the l
forces, and Capt.'Palme; of the naval <Jepartmeutr
Apiil _o. /y. party of troops landql abreaftof Hop
and, from whence they marched to Williamflrr, Jbti
they deftroye the ftpret to a confiicrable amou nt
Col. Alwrtrombit .landed at the me-atl, ot Cl.ickaotn.nl
Crec.t, and marched up to the ship yard, where thev bur {
a ih.p a,- aS fans, ahn,ut At for fe i, three g alliJ ; ,
a bnj, bcfidcs a quantity of iaila, cordage, and naval flore:
to a cortfidtgrahle amount. ‘ J ’
April -2. They were joined by thofie from Willi-w
bnfg, When they all embarked, and proceeded'further
the river. U P
April a S . The troops landed at City Point, and march
e. 4 to Pcterlbutg, where the rcbcji had taken poObfljon of
a height to feoure the town ; our troops drflodged them
from that, wjth the iofs of one killed and 15 wounded?’
the rebels had 200 killed and wouuded. Our truo-s cn
tered-the town, aad destroyed 4300 hogsheads of tobacco’
besides other vabable stores, to a very greac value. ‘
April 23. The troops marched from Peterffcure up t;,
Oftiorn s, where they took one {hi p of 21 gtms, one ftU
of 18, one bng mounting 4, pierced for 16, two bri
prerccd tor 14 gUfts, two new fchoohert, a large sloop, an*
lome small veflels, in aft 14 fail, loaded with tobicco
flour, and other stores; at the fame time they burnt fevel
ral veflels which the rebels had run on (hore and could nos
tyirn themselves.
L Thc marched from OfUrn’s to.ward r
City 1 oint, and on ike 3d they all embarked at Shirts*
Hundreds. J
J* W 6 ’ The whole fleet and army came to an anchor
u ’ omt dlfpatches bejng received by Geo
Phillips from the southward, they proceeded up the river*
the fame day.
May 8. One half the troops landecLat Cab bin Point
and at Chipoch, they destroyed joo hogfhe-ads of tobacco*
the remainder of the troop* proceeded by water to Citv
Point, where they landed. “
May 12. Gen. Phillips died at Petersburg. Gen. Ar
nold commenced command, and on the 16th was icia-d
by Urd Cornwallis. ■ J
_ May 2r. A fleet of transports, with 2500 troopst
board, under tl,e cornmandofCoJ* lohafon, arri-v-sj in th®
’ Lord Cornwallis, who'fe army, when Joined by them, a.
mounted to 6472 effedfive men, all in good health and
high spirits, having plenty of every thing they could wifli
for or dc/ire. . -
Thc Cork fleet whi h arrived off the bar last Saturday
left ciut port on thc 27th of March) in company with a
number of vi&u2|lers and tranfport* for Gibraltar, under
convoy of part of the grand fleet, the main body of which
were erniling between Scilly and Cape Clear, where they
were j j;:icd by the vidluallers and transports abovementi
onel. ’
The .WarwU&i Capt. Elphjnftone, and the Solebay,
Capt. Everitt, were the convoy to the fleet for this place*
Every transport and victualler is fafelv arrived.
On the 9th of April the Warwick spoke with a SwediA
merchantman from the Canaries for Li/bon, the mafltrof
which informed Capt. Elphinftofte that he had spoke with
Commodore Johnftonc’s squadron seven days before, all
well. /
Commidore Johnftone’s squadron conflfts of the Hew
74, Monmouth 64, Romney 50, Ills 50, Leander 50,
Jupiter 50, the whole copper sheathed. On board of the
squadron were the seven additional companies of the Con
vention regiments, the 2d battalion of the 4id, the 97th
Fulhirton s, and the lootli Humberfton’s, which with the
marines would form a body of about 50c o troops. Major
Oen. Meadows, the St. Lucia Hero, had the commands
The destination of this armament had given rife to many
conjectures. 7
1 he Right Hon. the Earl of Lincoln, Major Geo;
Gould, Lieut. Col. Stewart, Hon Lieut. Col. Conway,
Lieut. Col. Morgan, Lieut: Col. Leake, Lieut. Coh
Grinfleld, I-ieut. Col. Coates, Major Dawson, Major
Hatfell, Major Marjoribanlu, Major Maxwell, the Hon.
Thomas Irving, Esq. Receiver General of the Quit Reqtt
and Member of his Majesty’s Council in this province, tluu
Hon. Thomas Skottowe, Esq. Secretary,of this province
and Member of his Majefty’* Council,THenry Pcireneau,
Esq. Treasurer of the province, the Rev. Mr. Robert
Cooper, formerly Rettor of St. Michael’s, with a number
of other gentlemen, came pallengers in the fleet.
On the paflage the Warwick took two brigs bound from
Guadalupe for Boston.
Ext rad of a letter from London, dated March rz.
11 Twelve millions were wanted for the new loan, xnl
upwards of forty million fubferibed; so little ground is
there for the reports of the national credit fairing.”
Last Sunday Capt. Sounders of the Queen’s Rangers,
with a party of hone, furprued Snipes’s gang at the Horse
Shoe, and cut up it of them; it is thought fome mors
of them were killed in Snipes’s Mill House, which was
set on ffre. A number of fine horses were taken, and fe*.
veral prisoners, among them fome who had, in conse
quence of great solicitation, been admitted to the pri*ir
leges of Britilh fubjeds; they were this.afternoon brought
to town, and lodged in the Provost.
Death. In the 77th year of his age, Gabriel Mani
gaultjEfq.
sane 8. One of the vi&uallers, in endeavouring to
come over the bar last Tuesday, unfortunately got on th
south breakers, and a high fweli prevailing next day,not
withftanding every exertion made to save her, she wi*
loft; part of the cargo is saved.
When the fleet left Ireland it was the general opinio*
that a peace would speedily be brought about by the medi*
ation ot the principal European powers j a Congress ianoW
fitting at Vienna for that purpose.
It was confidently reported that a reconciliation with the
Dutch will certainly take place, fome offers being a&uallf
made.
We hear Capt. Ardefoif, of the Ley a lift, i* promoted t*
the command of his Majesty’s (Hip Royal Oak.
Died yesterday, Mrs. Skottowe, wife of the Hon. TM*
mas Skottowe, just arrived with the fle:t.
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