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I SATURDAY, October 28, 1786, I * ■ v 1 T H.t Igegrgia state gazette 1 0 » I 'INDEPENDENT REGISTER. . - . - - - - -- r ------ r T 1 ....: r.i . 1 "" ■ « ■ ■ i . ■■ , . FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Constitution of Georgia. . I '■ ■—■■■ ■■■« - • - • - i- r r i ■ - r ~ -‘i - u . - * * ■>" _ . AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. SWIT-H, Printer to the ft ate 5 Mays, Strides' of Intelligence, Mvertijeraents, tie. wtU k gnaefulltfreceived, <md every kind of Printing performed. By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS assembled, August 19, 1786. . • a report of- a Committee, to whom was referred a V p letter from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Refci‘vedr t 'That the Secretary for Foreign Affairs catife to pe made out separate lifts of the numbers, names, and own ers of the .Negroes belonging to the citizens of each state, and parried away by the Britiflr, in contravention of the late treaty rfpeace, and that he ti2nfmitthe laid lifts to the Executives bf the States to which they refpeftively belong. CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary, In C O U N C I L, Oftober 5.5, 1786, I Or As red, the Rdbiution ofCongrefs of the 19th of August I t last,. that relates to Negroes carried away by the Brj- . ■tli, in contravention of the late treaty of peace, be publifli fth alid tiiat all persons within this state, concerned therein, |e requested to make a return of all Slaves of the above de* Iriptioa to the Executive. ExtrcSi frem the MinuteSi I JAMES MERIWETHER, S. E. C* I To THE PU B Lie. ul>e fuhfcrtber , at the request of a number of I his rejpeftable friends , propojes to open , in I this faun, IV French School, On the \stbof November next. IE flatters himfelf that he is enabled to teach his pupils to read, speak, and write that pobflied and polite Bnguage, in a method that will Facilitate their progress more ■Jeditioufly than has heiherto been attempted. His method ■ealy, and his exertions, he hopes, will be crowned with Beefs, at the advancement of his scholars in that universal Bigue will be his principal aim and fttidy. It hoie Ladies and Gentlemen who will favour him with Bjr patronage, may rely i>n his exertions. B'ery Scholar ought to be provided with a Grammar.and ■Houary; a quantity of which he expecls in a ihort time B1 Charleston for sale. I ‘ P- J- J. WUCHTERS. »ugufta, Oft. 25, 1786. If- ' I WANTED, I Twelve Thousand.. Pounds, 1 IN CERTIFICATES, 2S “ ie LegSfl&tiirc will receive in payment for con p rptrty; for which Gold and silver, or Rice ls - *’ ,vca * For geusipus propolaE apply to the ■' -ocif- in Savannah. B R I C 4 & CO VV A N. [Na. V.\ CRTEF JUSTICE’S CHARGE to the Granrl Jury of Chatham Counfy, at the Superior. Court begun and holden at Savant nah on Tueiday the 3d inst. Gentlemen of the Grand Jury) THE higft otHce which you are now called to execute -needs no arguments to evince its importance, or to enforce the necefiity of your Uriel attention to the several duties annexed to it. jßut, numerous and momentous as these duties aie, l dull, front® just perfualiunof your ability and attachment to the real interests of your country, remind you only of a few objetts which merit in an especial manner / your very serious consideration, leaving thufe of a leld inteiefting nature to your own recollection. Among the former of these, Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, the.rc is not one more llrikingly alarming than the great and unneceiTary number of taverns and tippling houfea tolo latcd tin 0110 nout this state ; a circumdance the jnore to he regt etted, as, iuftesd of being applied to the lalutary re— freftimeut and neccliary accommodation of the wearied traveller, the foie end of their iuftitution, they are perverted to the lhameful purposes of idlcncfs, dnmkcnuefs, profane r.e. r 3, and every other evilwork that can degrade the man, Oi dcfti oy the Chnftian. Am! happy would it be for us, if these detestable praftices were confined to the dcfpicable hue and infatuated vulgar only; but it is a melancholy truth, that, even in taverns of superior order, principally intended for the social, the rational enjoyment and sentimental entertain ment of gentlemen of the firit taftc, rank, and foctvnt, we too often Ice a3 little regard paid to the laws of iociety, oc. ta the rules 5f decency and decorum, as in the inferior finks of ignorance and corruption; a consideration, which jnuffc deeply affect every individual, who either withes well to his country, has any sense of propriety, or refteds but a moment on the inevitable fate of the infant generation now rearing up under examples and influence, which muftoneday terminate: in their utter ruin, if not timely removed* This laudable work now rests in a great meal'ure with you to'effect, ani therefore will certainly engage your most serious attention. Nearly allied to this infamous ccurle of national grievance, is that execrable practice of gambling, fj prevalent among us, and so characteriftical of numbers of our fellow citizens as to reader tis ihdifcriininately a by-word among our neigh bours ; a practice which, if it does net divefi; its votaries of every thing femimental, liberal, benevolent, and honest, which is too often the case, does at ieaft deprive their country of thole many and great advantages,, which, especially in its infant ftatc, it pants for, and which it might derive from their sober attention to its real interests; their inattention therefore to this noble object is highly reprehcu!ible. Ii vain may wc erect and endow, at-the public charge, aca demies for training up our youth in the principles of religion, morality, and virtue, whiift examples of the most abandoned profligacy are fuftfered tc militate, unchecked, agaiaft the tm- * availing precepts of moral rectitude inculcated in our schools. But, as the vvifdom cf our laws has amply provided for the fuppreflion and punifinnent of these great and crying c.jor mitics, it.refts now with you, Gentlemen of the Gran 1 Jury, and as it is your beunden duty, I have 110 doubt, but it will Lc your unwearied misAvrry t? brilg forth evtry d.diu-