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■t SATU RD AY January 6, 1787, r - [No. XV."] T H E GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE { '■ •' *■••• ' O R INDEPENDENT REGISTER. V *V ’ * * ” * * • * ' 1 " » —————— FREEDOM of (he PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Constitution of Georgia. 'W^W AU GUST A: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to the State \ EJfays , Articles of Intelligence , Advertisements , &c. will be gratefully received * and* every kind of Printing performed . •> % •*• «•» * h .!<• v.. < ■•...* x -... *-.•«* -••.v*« , /GEORGIA. % the Honorable RDWARD TELFAIR, Esquire, .Captain-General, Governor, and Commander in in and oxer the state. j^forefaid, A PROCLAMATION. W£iEREASI good and fufficient information hath been received that a certain banditti of run away Negroe men, who have been out-layers before and fmce the evacua tion of the town of Savannah,, have lately, embodied thtm felves, and have with arms opposed the militia that have been, ordered out to suppress them, and have also committed sun dry depredations, ion the property of the inhabitants of the counties of Chatham and Effingham: I HAVE THEREFORE by and with the advice and consent of the Honorable the Executive Council, thought fit to issue this my Proclamation, hereby offering a Reward of Ten Pounds for each of the laid run-away Negroe being brought to trial, or good and fufficient proof before a Magistrate, of each or either of the l|id run-away Negroe men being killed.. GIVEN under my hand and the great seal of the said Rate, at Augtifta, this twenty-firft day of December, in the year of our Lord one. thousand seven hundred and eighty-fix, and of our sovereignty and indepen dence the eleventh. ’ EDWARD TELFAIR. A « » - * a •< •« wv* «* • « By bis Honor's Command , J. MIL T 6 NT Secretary. GOD SAVE THE STATE! IN COUNCIL, December i, 1786. A Communication from the Quarter-Master-General of this day, with its enclqfures, was received and read : Where upon Ordered , That the claim for horffs against the state, that may have been taken or died in affcual feryice will properly come in tl\e line of duty of the Infpeftor-General, to report to the Executive* ExtraS from the Minutes , JAMES MERIWETHER, S. E. £. INSPECTOR-GENE OFFICE, Aiigufa , December 22, 1786. AGREEABLY to the foregoing Order of the Honorable the Executive, all claims against the state for horses taken or died in a&ual fervicc, or pay rolls for militia duties performed, are requested to be given in without delay. Also the Officers of the General Staff are requested to re port their several departments immediately to GEORGE HANDLEY, InfpcSor •General. -A ~.r T. | V Ull t ■ ... ,| ...... 11 . •• NOTICE. The Subfcribcr keeps a House of Private Entertainment For a few of his friends and acquaintances, with good STABLING fo* HORSES. ' MEHEMIAH WADE. , • »• - t ; . . I. , • - ' Washington Post, THE Port from the towu of Wafliington in Wilkes Comity to Augusta, will arrive here this evening, and will set out to morrow for Wafliington. It will continue to ride weekly during the present year. All letters left with the Printer of- this paper for Wilkes County will be fafely conveyed* And thpfe left at Henry Moungers in Wafhing* ton, will be conveyed weekly to Augusta, under certain re gulations which can be seen at the Printing. Office. Augujta , Jan. 5, 1787, ' < '•» * < - -V \ i ..it!. THE paitnerfliip of FORSYTH 8c MEALS-having ex pired, ail persons indebted thereto for dealings m their (lores, or for lands and lots at Galphinton, fold at the Au gusta Races last November, and at Wilkes and Wartiingtoa elections in December, are requested to make payment to Robert Forfyth, who will fettle all legal demands against the said concern, ROBERT FORSYTH, Npfv. 30, 1786. JOHN MEALS. 4! , , ■ ■ ■:■■■ . 11. ■■ ■■ LOST. ON the night of the 2d. instant, a black leather Pocket Book between Augusta and the Sandbar, with sundry papers of use to no person but the Subscriber, amongst which are Geo. Jones Esq’s. certificate for one hundred and fifty Pounds, Mr. Geo. Peter Wa.nheddeghim’s Note for twenty eight Pounds, an order 09 Thomas Cole, Esq. a Note of John Fears’s and a Note of E. Arvices, and many other papers. As the payment of the whole is (loped, the person who will de liver it to the fubfcribeC with the papers (hall receive eight dollars Reward. JAMES LAUDER. Avgujl , Jan. 4, 1787. j F O R S A L E , THE LOT No. 19, situate and fronting on Broad ftreet, and extending to Ellis-street, adjoining the Lots whereon Mr. William Wallace, and Messrs. Connell, Brown 8c Co. live ; containing nearly one acre and three quarters. For terms apply to the fubferiber. JOHN APPLING. Augusta , December I, 1786. NOTICE. THE qopartnerrtiips of JACK, DOUGLASS, & Co. and JACK & DOUGLASS'having expired, all persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate payment to Samuel Jack, who will attend at his Compting-Houfe, in Augusta, in Broad-street, (where Mr. Thomas Graves late ly resided) to fettle all legal demands against the said con cerns. SAMUEL JACK, Dec. 21, 1786. DAVID DOUGLASS. H