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property to the owners of it, unless such owners
with the enemy, and, in that case, to deliver
it to the Brigadier General of the diflrid in which
it fs, as they answer the contrary at their peril, for
speedy and effedu-d punifliment shall be inflided on
tfce offenders: And Ido direct all Justices of the
Peace dil’gcntlv and Faithfully to execute their
office, and to use all lawful mear.s that maybe
iiecefTary for apprehending, securing, and bringing
to justice, folk persons as are or may be accused of
the abovemen tioned or any other criminal offence:
I do moreover command all military officers of this
flats to give such aid and affiflance t© the civil
magistrates as they may require for that pur pole :
And J do exhort all those who know, or have re don
to believe, where any plundered property is con
cealed or secreted, or by whom it is pcffeiTed, to
make difeovery and give information touching the
fame to the nearcll magiflrate, in order that proper
fleps may be taken for the recovery thereof.
Given under my hand and the great fcal, at
the High Hills of Santee, the fifth day of
August, 1781, and in the sixth year of the
Independence of America.
John Rutledge.
By his Excellency's command,
John Sandford Dart, pro Secretary.
- Srpt. 13. The Rebel army having received
considerable reinforcements, Grn. Greene has been
induced to attempt an enterprise of a more hazard
ous nature than his extreme wariness had before
allow ed him; We ane infenmed-tbat JMSaitmDy
morning he attacked pur army, under the command
of Lieut. Col. Stewart, at the Eutaws. The onset
was furious, and at firfl made (Ome impielTicn.
After an obflinate confiid the career of the emrny
was checked ; .their cavalry, led by Col. Waflung
ton, who were the pnoft daring, being vigoroufiy
charged by our infantry, were ?.X ondfe hemmed in,
tihiF afforded. an opDortanityofonr mtillcty- b( ing
|h# RTb^dafa^|r.ytL.cy
.paifttlc :hgeherat rdll en'fuco. The
field, flrewed with the killed and wounded.of the
enemy, and two field pieces, were left to our vic
torious troops. Col. Wafiiington is wounded and
taken prisoner. Upwards of 200 of the Rebels
were buried on the field of battle.
A party of Rebel militia having approached the
Foiks of Fdifto lately, with 2n intention, as was
supposed, to cfl.ffihffi a poll to overawe that loyal
cpur*try, Capt. Connaway, of the Orangeburg h
militia, went in quell of and came up with them, on
the 15th of lalt month, at the head of the Four
Mile Branch, killed 18, and dispersed the reil, and
took 25 horses, with a number of swords and p.l
tok, Sec. 1 - : ■” r
15. The following is extraded from the
log book of the cartel fehooner £aft Florida from
Philadelphia :
“ The 27th August failed from the Capes of the
Delaware, saw a fleet in the offing, was brought
to by the Monarch of 74 guns, and carried into
the fleet, which confided of 23 fail, 14 of them
line of battle ffiips. , They acquainted us they were
bound for New York, arnTmade drift, enquiry af
ter Admiral Graves, and if the French fleet was
on the coast. We informed them that an American
Blip had arrived in the Delaware with intelligence,
that she had left the French fleet ten days before
bound into tr.e Chefapeak Bay; and that the
French enquired if they had any men on board the
ship capable to ad as pilots. -—-——-
“ September 1. Stood close into the Capes of
Virginia, and there difeovered 23* fail of (hips,
moil of which deemed to be large ; the wind being
]N. E. blowing frefh; occafioncd them not giving
us chaie. W e supposed them to be the French
fleet.*’ ■ ■ == --r
This day died, in the 49th year of his age, Sir
FgtrtSn Leigh, Bast, his Majefly's Attorney Ge
neral for this province*
S A V A N N A iri, September 27.
ABOUT the firft of this month Cylcs Tillet, with a
few Loyalists, fell in with a party of Rebels, be
tween Bror.d and Savannah rivers, on the Ceded Lands,
and killed eight of them, without any loss on his fide.
And about the 10th Capt. Samuel Tillet, with five men,
tlifarmed 16 Rebels at different places on the Ceded Lands;
he a!fo attacked the Heard’s.Milb. killeh three.
of them, drove the others irom their port,_an<Pbrought
off 28 horses, and four negroes belonging to Loyalists, with
Which he has f.nce arrived in Savannah.
Lift Tuesday fe’nnight, as the brigartine
Capt. Caldcleugh, of 6 three pounders, and having 12
men on board, was going from Sunbury in order to proceed
on her voyage to Jamaica, (he >vas attacked by two Rebel
gallics, fchoonir .rigged, at ten.o’clock in the foretiodn;
the larged, commanded by John Braddock, mounted two
carriage guns and a number of swivels, had upwards of 50
men, is about 60 feet long,-and rows with 26 oars ; tire
ether a'.fo mounted fome f\yveis; they kept abouGher till
two in the afternoon, and were prepared for boarding, but
th: bride fire from the brigantine then obliged then; to 3
fhcer off. During, the engagement she Dunmore ran .them
Analh ffaiy- afcajfl 5 ftiebeiicived aa*
damage, but it’s imagined the largest galley loft fome of
•her nmn, as several holes were perceived in her fails, and
the grape (hot was fecn to light on each fide of her. Thi
brigantine,- after -getting abeut 60-leagues out to sea,
sprang a leak, which oljiiged her to pus back, and (hr .ar
rived at Tybec on Wcdr.cfday evening the 19th jut. with
fix feet vntCi in herfeij. Th. &£ m
with her antagonists, but a few (hot fined at them imme
diately compelled them to bear away. The Dumr.orc 3
leak being (iopt, (he is again ready to proceed on her vos-
a L ,e ’ \ u
k Marsikp.] Capt. Roworth, o\tlre King’s Rangers,
Miss Ninby Deveaux, daughter Dcveaux,
Life, of Beaufort, South Carolina. x,
GEORGIA.
By his Excellency Sir JAMES
WRIGHT, Baronet, Captain-.
General and Governor in Chief in
and over his Mnjtfty’s Province of
Georgia, Chancellor, Vice-Admiral,
and Ordinary of the fame,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the exigency ‘of thp publick affairs in
this province require the aid and afiiftanceof the
Legislature, I have therefore, by and with tl|e advice and
confirm of his Majefly’s Honourable Council, and pursu
ant to the powers veiled in me, thought fit to iifuc this my
proclamation, requiring the Members of the Commons
Houie of Afiembly to meet in Ceneral AfTembly,.at Savan
nah, on Tuesday thp second day of October next ensuing,
then ta,fit for the di(patch of publick business; ard the
find Afilmbly is hereby required to.meet accordingly.
Given und*r my hand, and the great seal of- the pro
vince of Georgia, at Savannah, this 26th day of Sep
tember, in the year of our Lord 1781, and in the
21 ft year of his Majeftv’s reign.
TA. WRIGHT.
“By Ill's Excellency's Command!”
Gr o. D v kr BA.c,E,*Dep, Sec.
GOO SAVE THE KING.
FOU ND, * •’
A BU NCH OF KEYS.
The ownet may have them by _■ applying to the
•TC ”*V r —— *■: vm r- *
Wanted iniriiediabely, - ”
/% PERSON who unde.Rands making TAR.
-Any verfon applying to the fubferiber on
the Bay Will iiu-ec with good encouragement.
JAMES HERRIOIY
Savannah, Sept. 27, 1,751.
To be Let , and may be Entered the of
next Month,
A Commodious House
in RrougHron C treet Inquire of
ELIZABETH ANDERSON.
’ fc AKbN UP on the Ogechee road last Sun
■ 1 day, A SORREL with a bridle
on, about 1.3 hands high, branded on the near
thigh X_LL Whoever ow f m fa id horse inly have
him by applying to BENJAMIN ANSLEY.
Savar.hah, Sept. 2j, 1781.
W Flt/eas, bv an adl of Affcmbly, palled Hie
2d day of August last, entitled, “ An Aft - ”
for farther amending an A <sl foi constituting and
dividing the several Diftri&s and Divisions of this’
I'ro‘vilice into Farifhes, and for cllabbthing of reli
gious Worfliip therein according to the Rites
and Ceremonies of the Chhrctt of England ;
and rdfo for empowering the Church-wardens
and Veil ry-men of the refpeilive Ear idles to
Rates ft*r the Repatf of .the Churches, the
Relief ol the Poor, and other parochial Services ;
and for enlarging the Publick Burying Ground at
Savannah, and induing the fitmc it is EnatitJ,
T’hat it shall and nmy be lawful to and for the Rfc
rtbForofficiating Clergyman, CijUicii-wardene, and
Yeitr) inch, of the pan lb of Chriil Church, or the
majority of them; to raise such a sum and sums of
tfie paihh, notice thereof iXcliiU fiidt
/given in the Gazette, as shall be requisite and ne
ceffitry for all or any of theFeryices in the laid aft
mentioned, provided Eke fame Hull not yearly, or
in any one year, exceed the lum of one hundred
and twenty pounds lawful money of Great Britain,
by an equal tax, to be afTeffed, collected, and le
vied; in the maimer and agreeable to thedire&ions
of the before recited ad. - _ . __
‘/’••'•‘dN'tjticrfriiereby givcir;*Tfartlie'ChurcH war-"’
dens and Vcflry-men for the parifh’ of Christ
Chujch, by virtue of the aforefaid adt, have order
-ed that the followfing sums (to be paid in gold
fiiver at the prelcnt current rates) lhall be levied
and afTeifed on she inhabitants of the said parish, to
wit: #
The sum of Fourpence upon every Have, Four
pence upon every 100 acres of land ; Seven Shil
lings and Sixpence on every improved lot within
the town of Savannah, Ewenffeurgh, Truitets-
Gardens, and YnmacraW, and on the hamlets
thereunto belonging ; Two Sliillingson .every lot
vvil/rin tire limits aiSffmcP; Fourpence
upon every idol, value of flock of goods on hand
fur falc.
By Consent of the Veltry,
S. H. JENKINS, ‘ 1 Church•
JO SI AH TATTNALt, j warden.
‘MarjhaPs Sales.
“On Monday the 15th of Oitooer next Wl i
fold to the high ell bidder, fur cuffi, at the
fhal’s Office in Bull Street, the faie to b *
at ten o’clock preciiely, . ‘ e S !| i
M‘Goun and others 7 A TRACTTUu
[ t\ Os Land, ;„7
William Gibbons jun. J paiifii of Christ
containing by effing
50c acres, be the fame more or less, joining I j
belonging to the efiate oi William
elder. ‘ the
Benjamin Stiles 1 A Honf e an(l
v. Lot in the to
Richard Donnovan Murray. Jof Savannah con 1
tainingby eftim,’
tion 60 feet in front and 90 feet in depth,’ know
by the N 0 . 7, in Broughton Street, at p re f tr !
occupied by Mrs. ShancJ, and opposite the house
lately occupied by Mrs. Haven.
Samuel Douglass and anothe-\ A Dot or P aret |
v /of Lar.d, in the town
John Houfloun. /of Savannah, Con .
Same /tabling by effimatiej
v. ho feet more
Same. ) >r less, joins a lot of
the Hon curable Joha
Graham, £fq. and Jifnes Chapman. Alffi a
Tract of Land, in tlnee lo‘s, in the pnrj;h c j
Chrlfl Church, containing by tllimation 1 ‘SO acres
that 50 acre- each, imi e~o’ less, situated in e *
township of Vernonburgh, known by the Num.
bers 2, and 4, co tgiunu to ai djo n each 0 ,
and join lands of Thomas Frafcr,* to the
en lot N o y 7, granted to David Tubear, ar.d lots’
of Jolmftpn, to she north on lot of JacqU
Nungezer, together, with the dwelling houfej
* Savannah; Sept. 13, 1781.
i . *
’ “ “ ~ - • IIH ■ > ‘ I IIM ‘
On Monday the 15th of. Oftober next, will be
fold, at the Marshal’s Office in Bull Street, to
the highest bidder, for cash, the sale to begin
precifcly at 10 o’clock,
A, PLAN RATION or Parcel of Land, in two
. trails, in the parish of Chrifl Church, on
Savannah river, conmining 6qoaeres, be the fame
more or less, called Rae’s Hall, adjoining eailerly
on lands belonging to Crewton’s eflare, wefierlyos
a creek and lands late lUac Young’s, and nortiicrly
on Savannah river. Alio a small Iflund in the river
Savannah, opposite Rue’s Hall, in the paiifh of
Chi ill Church, containing by eilimation 40 acres,
be the fume more or leL. Ai.J alio a Parcel of
Land on Hutcninfon’s Iflmd, in the pnrilh of
Chriil Church, containing by eilimation 3 o acres,
be the fame more or Id-, being the welicrmoft
part of laid illand, bounded northwardly by Savao*
nah back river, foutlnvardly by Savannah river,
and eallwaudty by lands late Brfwton’s,
The property of Robert Rae, devifee of Jane So
merville, who was heiress at taw of John Rae, de
ceased, and fold under execution by ■ -
LEWIS JOHNSTON jun. Pro. Mar.
Savannah, Sept. 13, 1781.
On Monday the firfl of October next, will be fold,
at the Marfhui’s Office, to the higlufll bidder,
forcalh, the sale to begin precisely at ten o’clock,
TEN Negro Slaves, named Jeffrey, August,
Scipio, Fanny, Lady, Gritta and her three
children, 2nd Kate, the property of Noble Jones,
Esq. deceafed,* and fold under execution.
A Negro Woman, named Kate, the property
of Joseph Bell, deceased, fold under attachment.’
And a Negro Boy, named Charles, the property
of Daniel Wolecon, and fold under attachment.
And on the fame day will be fold, at the house of
Mr. James Habeffham at Little Ogeche£j
The following Furniture, viz. One large maho
gany dining table, a mahogany delk and’ book
case, two mahogany bedlleads, one clock case, a
mahogany counpng-houfe desk, a set painted
(helves, two mahogany half cherts of drawers, a
spinet, four ports of a.nwhegany bedUead, and -a
ciiuj’s crib, bp,fig the property of the said James
Haberfliam, and fold under execution.
LE WIS JOHNSTON jun. Pro. Mar.
Savannah, Sept. 20, 1781.
On Saturday the 20th day of Odlober next, will
be fold, at the Marshal’s Office, to the highest
bidder, for calk, the sale to begin preciiely at
1 1 o’clock, . ‘
A TRAC Por Parcel of Land, in the paitflvof
• , Chriil Church, containing by eilimation 590
acres, be the fame more or Id's, on the Me of
Idope. Alio a TiraA or,Parrel of Land, contuir
h'g 400 acres, be the fame mor? or less, lying
within three mi’-* j of Savannah, in the parish aforc A
said, and late the property of John Mjifedge. A#
alio another Trad or Parcel of Land, containing
250 acres, be the fame more or less, joining lands
oflsobig Wimberly Jones and the Eita;e of fr juic.
