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THURSDAY, Novembkr
THE
GEORGIA
SAVANNAH : Printed
® Copy of the Georgia Charter
vL; P” by Almon is very incorreft,
and w^3 every Manufeript one
36? ‘T* that we had in this province before
v*/ ■*• the Rebellion. A Subferiber has
AR.-** **• \a/ favoured us with one that has been
7t\ } \l/i C) iluted with different copies, and
VjL/rv/Trx'JSAxJl* we mean to insert fomc portion of it
now and then in our Gazette until
completed. The fame Gentleman has promised us Copies
of different Papers regarding, this Province, .the Originals
of which were destroyed during the Rebellion.
CHARTER of GEORGIA.
GEORGE the fecona, by the grace of God of Great
Eritain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of
the Faith, &c. to all.to whom these presents fhatl come,
greeting. WHEREAS we are credibly informed that
many of our poor fubjefts are, through misfortunes ahd
want of employment reduced to great nete/fities, insomuch
as, by their labour, they are not able to provide a main
tenance for themselves and families, they had
incident to new settlements, they would be glad to be
fettled in any of our provinces in America, where, by”
cultivating the lands at present wa'le and defokte, they
might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for them
selves and families, but also strengthen our colonies, and
increase the trade, navigation, arid wealth, of these our
realms: And whereas*our provinces in North America,
have been frequently ravaged by Ind : an enemies, more
■ South Carolina,- whiehv thtr Jaffr uriiiii.i.
-'•'fey d'tm’i ‘ v.• ■ .n.i ‘ :;
sword, and great numbers of.the Eugllfn inhabitants mi.*
.♦fcrably massacred, and our loving fubjefts who now inhftyt
there, by realon of the. fmillnefs of their’ numbers, will,
in case of anew war, be exposed to tftie li ice calami ties,
inasmuch as their whole southern frontier continueth un
settled, and lieth open to the fold savages: And whereas,
we think it highly becoming our crown and royal dignify .
to protest ali our loving fubjefts, be they never so diflant
from us, to extend our fatherly compaflion even to the.
meanest and moft unfortunate of our people, and to relieve
the wants of our abovementioneJ poor fubjefts, and that
it will be highly conducive for accompli/hing those ends
that a regular colony of the said poor people be fettled and
s eftabli/hed in the southern fr-mders of* Cardin i: Ans
whereas we have been well allured, that, if we would be
graciously pleased toereft and fettb a Corporation, for the
receiving, managing, and disposing, of the contributions
of pur loving fubjedjt?, divers prrfoas would be induced to
contribute to the uses and purpefes afyrefiid : KNtdAV Y£
therefore, that we have, for the considerations aforefaid,
and for the better and more orderly carrying on the fail
good purposes, of Our special grace, certain knowledge,
and meer motion, willed, ordained, confHtuted, anTaV
pointed, and by these presents, for us, our heirs a id fuC
ceffors, do will, ordain, constitute, declare, and grant,
that our right trusty and well beloved John Lord Vilcount
Percival of our kingdom of Ireland, our trusty and well
belovedEdwardDigby,GeoreeCarpenter, JamesOglefhoipe,
George Heathcote, Thomas Tower, Robert More, Robert
Hacks, Roger Holland, William Sioper,Francis Eyles, joiin
Laroche, James Vernon, Willi amßelit ha, E/quires; Stephen
Hales, A. M. John Burton, -Bv D. Richard Bundy, A.
M. Arthur Bedford, A. M. Samuel Smith, A. M. A
dam Anderson and Thomas Coram, Gcntl'emen; and such
other persons as shall be elefted in the manner hereafter
mentioned, and their fucceflbrs to be eleftgd in manner
at-herein after is dlrefted; be, and /hall be one body po
litick and corporate, in deed and in name, by the name
of the Tru/tees for eftabli/hiug the Colony of Georgia ia
America, and them and their fucceUbrs, by the fame
name, we do, by these presents, -for us, bar heirs and
fucceflbrs, really and fully makor<fain, cohlitute, and
declare to be one body politick and corporate, in deed and
“in name, forever, and that, by the fame name, they an J
their fucceflbrs /halt and may have perpetual A;cceflion; and
that they and their fuccelfors, by that name, /hall and
may forever hereafter be persons able ana capable in the
law to purchase, have, take, receive, and enpvy, to them
and their fucceflbrs, any manors, meflnages, lands, tene
ments, rents, advowfons, liberties, privileges, juri fac
tions, franchifes, and other hereditaments, wiiatfoc. tr,
lying and being in any part of Great Britain, of whatso
ever nature, kind, and-yraiityy they fee and in
perpetuity, not exceeding the early Value of ,-ne thaufand
pounds beyond reprises, also eflutes for lives, a-ul for
years, and all other mannerof goods, tli ,: reir. ahij tfijjilP
whatsoever, of what name, nature, qualitv, or value,
fosver, they be, for the better leading, lupoortingj and
maintaining the said cobhv, and other uses aforefaid* and
to give, grant, Uct, and o. mi. c,. the'faid manors. mrf.
fuages, lauds, tenements, .fcfcnfiitt'ametitSy-gDDds-,• chat
tels, and things, whatsoever aforefaid, by lease or leases,
for term of years, in pofieflion at the time of granting
thereof, and not in reverfton, not exceedingrhe term of
one and thirty years from the time of granting thereof, on
which, in case no fine be taken, flipll be refereed the full
value, and in case a fine be taken /hall be reserved at leafl
a moiety of the full value that the fame (hall reatbnlMy and
lona fide be worth at the time, demife j ami that
they and their fucceflbrs, by HaII and
may forever and capable in the
law to purchafey: have, take, receive, and enjoy, to them
and- their fucceflbrs, any lands, territories, polTe/fioris,
tenements, jurifdiftlons, fi mchifes, and other heredita
ments, whatfover, lying and being in America, of what
quantity, quality, or value soever, they be. t r the better
/upporting, and maintaining the ‘lud colony ; and
thatj by th; ftamc aforefaid, they /hall and may ! z all; ;§
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sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be
anfwcred unto, defend and be defended, in all courts and
places whatsoever, and before whatsoever judges, justices,
or other officers, of us, our heirs and fucceflbrs, in all and
Angular actions, plaints, pleas, matters, suits, and de
mands, of what kind,,nature, or qualityToevej* they be;
and to aft and do nil other matters jypd things'fn as ample
a manner and form as any other our lidge fubjefts of this
our realm of Great Britain ; and that they and their fuc
ceflbrs forever hereafter (halt and may have a common leal
to serve for thecaufes and business of them and their fuc
certors, and that It /hall and may be lawful for them and
their fucceflors to change, break, alter, and Jg a ke new,
the faiTfeal, from time to time, and at their pie afure, as
they /hail thin k*efl. And we do further grant, for as,
our heirs and fucceflbrs, that the said corporation, and the
Common council of the said corporation herein after by us
appointed, may from time to time, and at all times, meet
about their affairs, when and where they please, and tranf#
aft and carry on the business of the said corporation. And,
for the better execution of the purposes aforefaid, we dfr, v
by these presents,. for us, our heirs and fucceflbrs, give
and grant to the said corporation, and their fucceflors,
that they, and their fucceflbrs forever, may, upon the
third Thurfdsy in the month’ of March yearly, meet at
• foine convenient place, ta be appointed by the laid corpo
ration, or the major part of them who /hall be present at
any meeting of the said corporation to be held for the ap
pointing of the said place, and that they, or tvyo thirds'of
fach of them that /ball be’ present, /hall, at such yearly
meeting, and at no othar meeting pf the said corporation,
between tlie ho!n s. of ten jn the morning and four ic the -
rnowinif Clio Arfli...eleft -such- per- “
, fdn brperfons to be memHerilbf the tjad corporation ai .lhey ■
/hall think beneficial to ttic good defigns.of tire faidcorpj
• ration. And our “further will and pitfafure is, that, if it
. /hall happen that any of the perfoii herein after .by us'ap
pointed-ag.the common council of the fail corporation, or
any other persons to-be elefted and allmitteJ members of .
the said common council in the manner herein after direft
ed, shall die, or /hall by writing,, under his or their hands
refpeftively, resign his or their qlfice or offices of common
councilman or common councilmen, the said corporation,
or the major part of such of them as” /hall be pies nt, shall
and may, at such meeting cn the said third Thursday in*
March yearly, in manner as aforefaid, next after -such
death ©**6fignati tm f mf&vt-fn /bid
corporation, eleft and choose ofie or more p.rfon or per
sons, being members of the Did corporation, into the
room or place of such person or persons w hich /hall be so
dead, or so resigning, as to them flial! seem meet.. And
our will .and pleafurc is, that all and every the person or
persons which /hall from time to time hereafter be elefte-d
common eouncilmen of the laid corporation as aforefaid,
do and /lull, before he or they aft.as comnlori couacilmen
of the said coiporacion, take an oath far the faithful and
due execution of their office, which oath the prelfdcnt of
the laid corporation tor the time being is hereby authorized
and required to admini/ler to luch person or persons so e
lefted as aforefaid. And our will and pleasure is, that the
firft president of the said corporation /hall be our right
trufly and well beloved John Lord Vilcount Percival, and
that the said president /hall, within thirty days after the
pthing of this chaiter, cauls a summons to be ifiued to the
several members of the said corporation herein particularly
named to meet at such time and place as he /had appoint
to consult about and tranlaft the business of the said corpo
ration. And our.-will and pleasure is* and we do, by these
presents, for us, our heirs and fucceflbrs, grant, ordain,
and direst, that the common council of the said corpora
tion /hall consist of fifteen in number ; and we do, by these
fare fen ts, nominate, constitute, and appoint, our right
trufly and well beloved John Lord Vilcount Percival, our
trufly and well beloved Edward Digby, George Carpenter,
James Oglethorpe, George Heathcote, T homas Tower, •
Robert Moore, Robert Hucks, Rogerl Holland, William
Sloper, Francis Eyles, John Laroche, James Vernon,
V/iiJiam Bclitha, Esquires, and Stephen Hales, A. M.
to be the commoirtuuncit tff the said corporation, to elm
ti -vae in their said offices during their good behaviour. T
’ ( ‘i/b it conti-nutd. )
L O N D O N, June 17.
‘T’HEY write from Madrid, tint advice was received
X from the Havana, that the L! San Fraucifco D'Aris,
anew 74 gun /hip, caught fire off Fort Moro, where /he
was at anchor, and was totally deflroyed, but her crew
were.air laved.: i- I^.—-i_
June 2 .4. The SpanilhJettecs received in Paris by peer
fans of diftinftion mention that the Minlflry have receiv
ed very unwelcome news from the Havana, which they
wiih not to lay before .the publipk. Four ihips of the line,
with their crews, are said to be loft.
Friday’ morning L.apt. Leslie, ot the Enterprize frigate,
‘arrived at the Admiralty with e difpatches from Gcft. Elli
ot, Governor of Gibraltar. “1 hele dispatches bring ad
vice, that the Spaniards having resolved upon a general
attack upon that place, both by lea and land at the fame
time, a fleet offeven line of battle /hips t five frigates, fix
fire/hips, and three bombs, failed from Cadiz, the land
forces at the Jam e time, advancing nearep the garrison,
keeping up a continual cannonade, throwing: ftrclJs,
trpon ’ the beneged, and cresting new batteries still nearep
to our works, many af 1 which were blown to pieces as soon
-as fini/hed. The Spaniards, despairing of being aajc to
take the place by regular approaches, determined on the
desperate attempt of making* a general alDult, of which
Gen. Elliot being apprised; caused. two msfed battents- ti>
be ereiteu, and'cannon mounted on them, so thA he
might these batteries if the enemy did attempt t
GAZETTE.
by JAMES JOHNSTON.’
storm the place, and play upon them on their flanks, which
they not being apprised of would not be able to avoid
which succeeding accordingly, he fuffering the enemy t
advance almost within pistol /hot of Queen’s Battery
which was manned by three companies of Briti/h grenadi*
ers, and two of Hanoverian, who then fired on the enemy,
the ma/ked batteries at the fame time opening on theic
flanks, put the enemy into the greatest confufion. Gen
Elliot taking the advantage immediately sallied, with four
battalions of Britilh and three of Hanoverians, and charg-’
ing the confufed Spaniards with ihcir bayonets totally
routed them, destroyed all their new railed works near the
place, took several pieces of cannon and military stores
with which they retired into Gibraltar. The Spaniard*
loss in this affair is supposed to be near 5000 killed and
wounded, the latter chiefly with the bayonet, and zooo
prisoners; and to add to their misfortune, a fliot from our
works blew up a magazine of powder, by which fisveralof
their men were killed and wounded. It is not knowit
what officers of diftinftion they loft, but it is thought many
of them fell, among the rest the principal engineer in the
Spani/h army. The loss of the garrison was very trifling*
the Spaniards being in such confufion they could not oppose
them. In consequence of this decisive blow the Spaniards
are said pd have raised the siege, and returned into the
country with the utmost precipitation.
June 27. Two new packets are ordered to be built, on
,anew conftruftlon, to carry the.mails to New-York and
the Weft Indies, and are to mount 20 fix and nine pounders.
Yesterday an account was received-that the Jamaica
flefct were in Eeuh road, which, with the Baltick fleet*
make between 500 and 600 fail in that foad. *
- . **9* ii i /iTifll 1 rtlportaucc are suppo sed
-to have fironght” Lord Motmftoart Ivorfte from Turi* ; re
port fays that the King of Sardinia has offered his media,
tieu to procure a general peace.
On tbs nth instant the Queen Charlotte privateer of
London, Cspt. Janies Henrick, fell in with four Ameri-.
can privateers; in lat. 49. 30. N. long. 16. W. two of 20
guns, and two of 18, fixes, nines, and twelves, one of
which, called the Essex, of 20 guns and 134 men, he cap
tured in figh.t of the others, and carried her into Kiafala
the 14th. I,
June 30. A private letter from Paris authenticates *
recent account publi/hed here, of Mpnf. de Suffrein
ing failed for the Mauritius immediately after his aftioa
with the -Briti/h Commodore, where he must remain for
a considerable time in order to repair the damages fuftaijj
ed in that aftion.
Ex trail of a letter from Copenhagen, by a gentleman in the
retime of a foreigner of diftinftion in a fub/ick capacity i/r
town. ,
“ Our Sovereign has ordered his Minister at the Hague
to insist upon an immediate and fatisraftory answer to hi*
just demands, and not to admit of any unnecessary delays.
Our squadron is now ready to aft upon any service, but
deftgned for Cronftadc, is compleatly manned, and fo
reigners of ail nations, that are maritime powers, allow
it to be very well found and equipped in every refpeft,
Ships of the lint: * Juftitia, 74 guns; Princeft Sophia*
70; Princess Frederica, 70 j Elephant, 70; * Infeods
nezar, 64; Nouvegian Lion, 60. Frigates r Marianna*
44 guns ; *St. Thomas, 36; * Moen, 36; Bornholm,
36 ; Christiana, zS. Those marked thus * are built from.
Engli/h models. - . - • ■
The Alert privateer, Capt. Llewellin, is arrived tt
Bi i ftol ft ora the coast of Africti ;*lhe has taken three Jbtotch
velTels, one of which was given to the prisoners, after
taking out rooo ounces of gold dust, ten tons of ivory*
&c. one fold on the coast with 320/laves; the other*
mounting 22 guns, is hourly expefted to arrive at Brifto£
having failed from the coast before Capt. Llewellin.
The Union cutter of Poole, Capt. Broom, has taken
valuable prizes to the amountof about 20,000!. and is on
her passage from the coast of Africa to the Weft Indie*
with her prices.
Wc learn from Cork, that the Julius C*far and Refti
. tarion prl-vateers have 1 captured three Dutch merchantmen
from the Cape of Good Hope to Amsterdam. Those valu
able prizes are said to be worth more than 300,000!.
July 2. Since the arrival of the Duke of Gloucefteo
and Lord Mountftuart from the continent a convention of
deputies from all the belligerent powers, to be held in the
Austrian Netherlands, is now currently talked of in the
ministerial cofl'cehoufes about St. James’s.
The Sturdy privateer, Capt. Holden, of Jersey, hats
carried into Falmouth a large Dutch priie, of 300 tons*
from Amsterdam to France, laden with all kinds of /hit*
stores; /he is cqlled the Jacobus Henritta Anna Matilda.
From Paris the advices mention-that the creditors 6f
Dr. Franklin, the rebel agent, are more clamorous than
ever. Upwards of 47,000 k sterling are now ootftanding.
The morned men will not dilcouiu his bend without that
additional security 0/ a capital house, banking or mercan'—
tile.
July 4. Six veflels are now fitting out in the river oi*
a peculiar conftruftion, they are intended to carry twv
long 48 pounders brass, and in the center there are bed*
for morWrs, after the manner of the Spani/h gun boats.
July 5. The following formidable fleet is in the har
bour of Li/bon, all equipped and ready to fail on the /horteffc
notice; the destination is unknown : La N. D. de Con
ception, 80 guns; La N. D. del Pilar, 74; La N. D. de
Bonne Compjgnie, 66; Le St. Sebastien, 66; Le St.
Antoine, 66; Le St.Jofeph, 66; La N. D. du Seeours*
64; La N. D. Mere deDieu, 64; La N. D. Faveur, 642
La N. D. de Belem, 50; La N, D. de Grace, 42; La
N. D. de Nazaret, 40; Le St. Jean Baptiste, 383 La
Vrinceffe de-Brafri, 34; La Feris, ,34.
July 7. The following new /hips of the line are now
loady for sea: Africa, .64 guns, Capt. Ncwcnhajji, *n4
