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THURSDAY, December
THE
GEORGIA
SAVANNAH: Printed
TOMORROW, the 14th instant, will be fold,
at the Cellar of James Herriot, Esq. on the
Bay, the sale to begin at 10 o’clock precisely,
RUM in hoglheads, quarter caflcs, and kegs?
Madeira and Port Wine,
Mufcovado Sugar in barrels,
With a Variety of other Articles.
D. DUNCAN, L. V. M.
Savannah, Dec. 13, 1781.
~G E O R G I A, fT.
By his Excellency Sir J AMES
WRIGHT, Baronet, Captain-
General and Governor in Chief in
and over his Majesty’s Province of
Georgia* Chancellor, Vice-Admiral,
and Ordinary of the fa m*i”
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is foggefted tome, that the Rebels
procure from the town of Savannah considerable
supplies of fait, ammunition, and cljathing, which ren
ders it alfojutely necessary that every noHlb'c means (hould
tfe used to prevent, as*far a* may be, their ’ getting such
foppHesi AND'WHEREAS the Commons House of Afo
fvmbly, SoW. fitting,” by their addrcTi to nne of the thl'rd
i.iftsnr/do reqfifeftthat I will aduft allfoch ateifrrrtsj-fpf
the prevention of carrying fait and other goods Out of town,
os (hall appear to me nrioft effectual, a (Turing mft that they
would moft cheerfully concur in such steps as 1 might fee
expedient to purfae : WHEREFORE I have thought fit,
by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty’s Honor
able Council of this province, to iflhe this my proclamati
en, ltriftty and forbidding, and I do forbid and
caution, all and every person and persons whomsoever
From trading with any Rebel or enemy, or affording him
any supplies whatsoever, on pirn of being prefociited to
the utnnft rigor of the law. And, the better to prevent
any such supplies being obtained,-1 do hereby order and
direst, notify add make public, thaf no goods, ware*,
merchandize, fait, ammunition, or other effefts whatfo*
ever, firatl from henceforth be foffered or permitted to be
carried or transported by ‘and out of the town of Savannah,
without a permit, particularly fpecifying all such articles
as aie intended to ba carried outj‘ firft obtained from one
of the perfoni herein after named} nor by watery without
a like permit, and unless the boat or other velfel taking on
board the fame (hall repair for that purpose to the Public
W harf, and receive her lading from thence, under the
direftion and infpeftion of Mj a Anthony Montell, Har
bour-Mader, appointed for that purpose, unless where the
commodity is bulky and a special itcerife is obtained for
piking in the fame elCswhere, and in such case the said
boat or veflel is to repair to the said Public Wharf, to be
there examined and searched by .the said Anthony Mon
tell.* And, in case any goods, wares, merchandize, fait,
ammunition, or other efthfts, shall be attempted to be
transported Or carried away, but under the regulations
hereinbefore contained, all such effefts are hereby direfted
to be detained, and the person and perfmveoneerned m
attempting to transport or carry away the fame .hall and
tnay be apprehended and carried before one of his Majes
ty’s Justices of the Peace, and punilhed as the law diredbs,
os being persons ffifoffefted to his Majesty’s government,
it being certain none othet will make such unwarrantable
attempt*. And Ido further notify, that Lieutenant Co
lonel Clarke, commanding hla Majesty’s troops here,
Martin Joilie, John Simpson, and Samuel Farley, Esquires,
are the only perfon* having authority to grant such per
mit* and licenses, and for carrying these regulation* into
dueeft'eft; I do therefore hereby require and command
the aid and afiiftance of all hi* Majefty’s.Jiege fubjefts
whatloever. In testimony whyreoflhave hereunto ft t my
hand, arid carried the great seal of the province of Georgia
to be like wife affixed, this 6th day of December, in the
jeir of our Lori 1781, and in the year of his Majes
ty's reign.
• JA. WRIGHT.
By. hi* Excellency"* Command,
Gto. P’rsnACr, Dep. Sec.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
RAN away last njght, A NEGRO BOY,
named STEPHEN, ajbout 14 years old, had
on a red coat, black waistcoat, and brown tiovvi*-
er, is bow-legged- A Reward of Two Guineas
Avill be given on delivery of him ?t Mrs. Macfar
lane's to HENRY GLEN TON.
Savannah, Dec. 13, 17S1.
ALL whatever are hereby forewarned
from harbouring, concealing, or in anywise
employing, ary Negroes belonging ter the Estate
of the late Rev. Dr. Zubly, or the fubferiber,
without a ticket from him, particularly a fellow
ramed Billy, but iometimes calls himfelf Billy
Mtytrs , and a wcfich called Hannah- Any person
who will C'fe information of any of them being ip
harbOnred, employed, or concealed, fojts the of
fender may be brought to punishment, flail receive
f. ve rc\va:d on conviction.
D. ZUBLY jun.
FOR SALE,
By James Belcher ,
At his (lore oo the Bay,
A few Barrels Superfine
Philadelphia Flour.
RAN away about two months ago, A NEGRO
MAN, named TIM, formerly the property
of Mr. Andrew Stark, deceased, is knock-knee’d.
Four Dollars Reward will be paid o delivery of
him to SAMUEL BEECROFT.
Savannah, Dec. 13, 1781.
* - ■■ ■ iJ .in— 1 mm • —m
A LL persons having any demands againil the
Hi fublcr/ber, Wnlianii Knox, Alexander
Wright, and John Changing, Efqrs. are requeft*
ed to deliver them in for payment to
NATHANIEL HALL.
Savannah, itthDec. 1781.
SAVANNA H,, December 13-
-*ir • AST TJiurßUy was-married here, Dr. Thoma*
l i Taylor, to Mif* Bellamy J ohn fioh, daughter ~
of Dr. Andrew Johnston. “
CONSIDERATIONS on the Ameri
can War. From Major General
Lloyd’s History of the late War in
Germany, &c.
I TAKE it for granted that every body has or may have
a map of the feat of war in this country, and therefore
have not given it here. Politicks have not in tha least
contributed to bring this important war to a happy con
dufion, probably have retarded it. In general I have ob
served, that when they Interfere with military operations
they have rather retarded than accelerated them:’when an
*rmy is one* in the field, and the plan of campaign fettled,
let the General go on his own way, he is on the spot,
and, with the assistance of hi* officers alone, can deter
mine what is to be done, and how it-is to be done.
As lam totally unacquainted with the face of the coun
try, it is impossible for me, even foppofing I was a com
petent judge, to form any opinion of the different adfions
which have happened there during this long war ; moft,
if not all of them, have been foccefsful; it is therefore
just to conclude they were conduced with vrifdom and va
lour; why the refolt of them did not answer the expecta
tions of the publick will appear from what we (hall soy on
the fubjecl.
We must beg the reader will reeollefl what we have said
*on the line of operation, ands on t!v; nature and prin
eftablilhcd with the manner in which the American-war
was conduced : it will, We think, appear, that the want
of success did not arise from want of valour; or
of wisdom, in planning or executing the various a&iom
which happened, but from those difficulties which arose
from the nature of the country, and perhaps likewise from
the defers in the general plan of war, that was adopted
i- The country i* open, that is, it has no fortrefs except*
ing Boston, New-York, and Charleftown j it is very ex
tensive, and very thinly inhabited in proportion t© its ex
tent; so that there is no one province, I Believe, which
could maintain a fleet and an army for a month, which of
course must be supported from England, that is, on a line
of above three thousand miles. Whoever confiders this
only, and calculates the infinite difficulties
ijv^ranfporting and maintaining an army of forty thousand
men, at such an immense distance, will find many reafona
which have concurred to retard and fruftrate the progress
of our arms. Posterity will admire the adivity and vigour
of our counsels, and be aftonilhed at the resources of our
/country. The Ministry could do no more than place and
maintain a prodigious army on the spot where it was def
ined to aft :no fault can justly be imputed to them; they
arc Icqultted by every wife and moderate man who confi
ders th<3r conduft as to this point with impartiality.
Though the country has no fortrefs, it is however very
strong bv nature, and has very few good roads; it is still
in its infancy. •
Let us now examine what seems to nie the real cause of
©ur little foccefs in this long and unhappy war.
New -York is the point from whence our army must ad
vance into the country; from this point, with a radius of
a hundred miles, for example, deferibe a femi-cirde,
whose diameter it the sea coast; as there is not, within
that circumference, any one fortrefs whose pofi'effion will
render you master of a certain traft of country between it
and the coast, it follows you cannoc eftablilh a certain line
coperation ; the enemy is encamped on that portion of
Circle, and on whatever cfoeftion you proceed, he meet*
you, and, if you preft him, retires where he pleases, hav
;:fJng an immeafo country behind him, vvliich furnilhes him’
with provilions from every point of the ctmpafs; whereas
you., a re-drained to New-York, you cannot follow tfib en
* Set Major Genera! Lloyli Hijhry of ‘the American
yyar t VoU 11. Chap. 111. Page 133 to 117.
f Ditto t C/eaj>. }V. Page 13S r 143.
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ROYAL
GAZETTE.
byJAMESJOHNSTON.
emy too fir, bccaufe )oti have not a fufficient number of
horses and carriages fer that purpose; and moreover, the
enemy may attack your line behind you, and cut off your
army, or force you to retire. \ While he has an army id
the field you cannot separate yours, without the greatest
danger, twenty miles from New-York* If within the
fu poo fed Circle, or any other circle, there Was a capital
fortrefs, your line of operation \i of course determined be
tween New-Yoik and such a fortrefs, in which case you
* march and oh that line, the enemy must Follow yoaor
anticipate you, he must fight you or let you take the place:
whereas, as things now are, you are reduced ti marching
and counter-marching, advancing and retiring, within a
circle, a whole campaign, even for twenty campaigns*
without a possibility of bringing the enemy to a dccifive
„a£lion, which the principles of aft offenfive war require,
or of fixing yourselves on any one point. After much
trouble and lads you must neceflarily return to
and so on for tweftty campaigns, uniefs you or the enemy,
totally exhausted, give up the quarrel for want of means
to keep it up.
What I have (aid of New-York is equally applicable to
any other point from Boston to Georgia, and, indeed, t a
every other coast in the world! If your enemy Can keep the
field, if the country is open/ extenfire, and destitute of
fortrefles, within reach of the shore and the harbour you
occupy, you can never carry-on a war with success. The
history of all wars, and of all expeditions, the fix fruitlefa
campaigns we have made in America; confirm the truth,
of our principles. _
Yet by the lingular positron of th.e poffc{~
‘fiott oFCanada, the fupeVioritv of our fleet, ’ and^theaSlv-
Ity of hii Majesty-s Mintfters, I think that, rSotwitfi- ‘
Handing the difficulties which arise from the distance, thfc
face of the country, and the nature of the war, it might*
with the forces whichJtxve been sent into that country,
have been concluded in one campaign with glory and fuc*
cefs. *
The head, the heart, and fupport*of that rebellion, re
volt, infurredlion, (do not dispute with me about names)
are the four provinces included between Hudson’s river and
Boston■: If we could or can fuhdue thefc four provinces the
war is at an end.
Let us therefore examine whether, with an army of
thirty or forty thousand men, supported by a powerful
fleet, we could or. can conquer these provinces. I fay we
could, and always can j if we can be masters of Boston, froitf
that harbour draw a line to Albany, or fome given point
on Hudson's river not far from it, which is 150 miles, a
corps of fix or eight thousand men advance from Canada
towards Albany, leaving Hudson’s river always on the
right; take pofleffion of Rhode-lfland, and of Newport
on the continent, with as many men, chiefly light troops,
■with very few field pieces, and fome howitzers, and as
few carriages as possible; the more light horse the bettor,
because they can forage at a great distance, and aft with
vigour and celerity. The main army, twenty thousand
men, at Boston-. Iftld) may advances to Hsdfbn’s river/
1 fay that another of equal goodness and force canaot pre*
vent it, if the enemy leaves that river, and goes to qieet
you towards Boston, one or both of the abovemefttioned
corps from taking pofleffion of Albany, and of fome other
polls upon it, and by moving about, and avoiding agent-’
fal aftidft/ he is surrounded and must perilh. If he beats
your main army, or quits his line of operation to pursue
either or abovementioned corp:-, he cannot avoid hit
fate. It is evident that the more he advances on the lin’
from Hudson’s river towards Boston the more certain ia
his ruin} fur tins r&aion, an. array aiding upon one line
must relinquifti it, if the enemy can oppose it in front*
and at the fame time on its flank ahd rear*
In Ihdrt, to conquer America, you must draw a line
from Boston to Albany, and a4Von-tbafr-line in the man- ‘
uer we have proposed : all operations on lines, drawn from
the coast into the country, from Boston to Chaxleftown,
will prove hereafter, as they have already dune, unfuc
cefsfal.
The*"^
A FRENCH writer, speaking of the different coun
tries he had seen, observes, that Germany is fit t*
. gravel in, Italy to put ujtat, England to think 4®, ami
France to live in. By this he evidently alludes to the
manners and difpolitions of the people, and not particu
larly to the beauties df the several countries thcmftlves.
The rough unpolilhed manners'of the'German would in
duce a man, after fatisfying his curiosity, immediately,?**
quit him; the foft effeminacy of an Italian might plcale
f° r * while j the ferioUs gravity of a thinking Englilhman,
fits him as a proper companion to ftudv with j but there
is co doubt that the loquacious sprightly Frenthmart
would be the least unexceptionable character of the foot for
a man constantly to reside with. The merits of the two
firft charters wc will leave td others to determine, and
confine ourfelvcs to the two la£.
First, an Englilhman is not mote notoiiouofor his gra
vity than either a Spaniard, a German, or a Dutchman J
he has his periods of mirth and gravity like the French
man, though perhaps “his hours of reflexion (if they may
be so called) render him the least happy of the two j for a
Frenchman, under a sword and bag, a tagged coat and a
fnuff-bor, waves the thought that he is a Have under an
arbitrary government, that his moft privy thoughts and
concerns are in the potfeflion of a defigiiing confefibr, aad
that his poverty obliges him to submit to the servile a£!>
employ him in. This is admiraiMv
defcirbed ia a poem, jt/Wf the ‘manner of one of j uvtqar*
satires: , - ■’■
All fciencet a fafting Monfieor knows,
Ev’n Bid him goto Hell, to Hell he goes—
And as his patron hints the cold or heat,
He’H sukc iij is-day* y Tq fweif •
