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SATUR DA Y, April i 6, *l7B ft ..
GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE
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His Honor the Chief Ju dice’s Charge to the
Grand Jury of Chatham County, March
Term, 1788.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,
IT mud afford apleafing fatisfa&ion to eve
ry worthy member of the community,
when by a due execution of the laws, offences
of a public nature become less frequent. This
county has experienced a reform as awful to
the evil minded as it is honorable to the citi
zens, and on your couduft as Grand Inquefl
will in a great measure depend the contiuu
aueoffo inestimable a blefling.
I cannot help regretting that our paper cur
rency thould dill continue depreciated to one-’
third its nominal value; The small sum of
50, c001, could increase the circulating me
dium very little (if auy) beyond the real de
nand, and as the paper is receivable at the
Treasury in all cases whatsoever, under the
ity'iited’ faith of the date, no doubt can, with
any degree of judice, be entertained that it
will not be redeemed and cancelled within
the time * limited by law. The federal con
stitution has wifely taken away from each of
the states the power of emitting a paper mo
ney ; therefore no further emiflion (liappily
for us) can ever be made by the date. The
tear of that power being again exercised was,
I firmly believe, the primary canfe of the
depreciation.
To heal the wounded credit of the Hate,
ar.d to prevent the consequent injury to inno
cent creditors, whether public or private, is
the duty of every good citizen. In some of
our filler dates laudable exertions have been
nade with success in favour of their currency r
(111 my opinion) are bound by every
principle of honor and judice to follow the
example. If the mercantile and landed intereds
«vili join in a solemn covenant to receive and
uppert the bills of credit at the uominal value,
to rejeft the mutulated fiber, which has
cut for didioned purposes, and, let me
J dd, by difhoned men, they will entail honor
thsmfelves, and redore the charafler of
j e public to the level of judice. If this
sentiment diould meet youa approbation, I
h**.! hold it my duty to urge the necefiity and
utility of the measure, by every means in
r.\Y power, in the other counties. As the
1 e giflature have not thought it proper to re
f;ceni the paper immediately, it depends on
lC people, and they have it in their power,
wake it aufwer all the purposes of gold or
fiver.
The Tax Law for the present year will be
before you. You willpleafe to nomiuate
* difereet peifon in each uqnft to receive
the return? *Si taxable property, as two
! ! 'ccivers for the lad y eak ' V crenot
C fluently punctual in their t duty, u^ { b(J
~ 4 ft 0 1" lbe mSlb.
14th August, 179°* 1 y ca 5 £
t vide tbo 7* jwtoww* u ‘ t “*
Guild Juiy.
necefTary to avoid a reappointment of them.
The ninth presentment of the lad Grand
Jury which was convened in this place has
been very particularly attended to by the
Honorable the Legislature; it now reds with
the Magistrates to prevent idle or disorderly
persons having an afyium in this county. ,
The monies arising from tavern licenses
being, by a late law, appropriated solely to
county purposes, you will no doubt feel your
selves more drongly impelled to be very cir
cumfpeft in difeharging that part of your du
ty which relates to them. To keep a tavern,
billiard table, or Ihuffleboard; or to retail spi
rituous liquors bv less measure than three gal
lons, without a licence from this Court, is an
indictable offence: Before offenders againd
that law can be puniihed you mud present
theta by bill of indictment.
« H. OSBORNE.
Chatham, 4 th March, l;83.
Prejentments of the Grand Jury ;
toe Grand Jurors for the county of
▼ ▼ Chatham, on our oaths, present:
id. We preient, as a grievance, that the
Harbour-Mailer of the port of Savannah per
mits velfels to be loaded in the dream oppo
site Yamacraw, and in other parts of the har
bour, contrary to law, to the great injury of
the channel and the holders of wharf lots By
information, of Mr. Mordecai Sheftall and
others.
ad. We present the fhamcful and villainous
practice of mutilating the coin, and earnedly
recommend to the Honorable the Legislature,
if the laws are not already fufficient to pre
vent it, to pass a law for that purpose, as this
bale praftice is ruinous to the trade of this
11 ate, and only benefits a few avaricious in
dividuals.
3d. Vvc present the Commissioners of the
lower division of the Northwed Road, also
the Commiflioners of the diftria on the fouth
fide of Ogechee, for neglecting to work on the
roads within their refpedive diftrids, accord
ing 10 law, whereby they arc differed to be
much out of repair
4th. V/e prelent, as a great grievance,
the frequent riots that have lately happened
in the town of Savannah, and the praclice of
ringing the bells, and firing of guns, at un
seasonable hours, to the great didurbance of
the inhabitants; and recommend that the
Attorney General be applied to to prosecute
offenders who may be guilty of such practices
in future
sth. The Grand Jury, with concern, ob
serve the depreciated date to which the paper
cunency is reduced, in their opinion, not so
much owing to the sum in circulation, as to
the circumstance of its being a legal tender in
all payments, and think that the interference
of the Legiilaiure only can remedy the evil,
api ropmting a iuad U r finking it.
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We recommend that Claud Thompson be
admitted to the rights of . citizeulhip. in this
ftaie.
We recommend the following persons to be
appointed Receivers of the Returns of Tax-*
able property, vix.
Trederick Shick, Franck Courvoifie, foe
the town ofSavannah*
Thomas Gibbons, juu. for, the diftrift of
Little Ogechee.
Tames Jordan, for the dirtria of Great
Ogechee.
john Morel, for Cherokee Hill dirtria..
Nathaniel Adams, for White BJuflL
Seth John Cuthbert, for the Sea Islands.
haHiy, We thank his Honor the Ciuef
Judice for his charge, and requefl that ic
lame, together with these our prefeutmenL*
be publirtied in the next Gazette, and laid bl*
ore the Legislature at their next meeting. \
Jo(.llaberrtiam,/ r a/-^«i^a,HamptonLilUbridge;
Rayd Demere, Charles Odingfclls
Peter Deveaux,/ James Bryan,
S. Hammond* John G. Williamfony
John Berrien, t.# * Joseph Forster,
Ebenezer Hills, Wm. H. Spencer,
James Moore, • Edward Cowan,
Joseph ( uthbert, Simons Maxwell,
John Penman, Scaly Thomas,
Robert Holms, Wm Gibbons, jun*
Samuel Newell, James GaJUache.
James Parker,,
BERLIN, December 26.
IT was thought here that the affairs of HoI« *
land would have been fettled as soon at*
the King’s troops had re-eftablillied theStadt*
holder, but we are now affined that tranquil
lity is far from being reflored. Since the last
revolution different pretensions have, they
fay,been formed on the Republic, andamongffc
others the Order of Malta strongly reclaim#
its rights on Utrecht, and all the ancient pof
fcffions of the Order, which have been secu
larized in Holland". According to the public
reports they have even alked the protection of
Prince Tcrdinand, in quality of Grand Martl£
of the Order of Brandenburgb,
V I E N N A, December 26.
On the 16th of this month, 8000 Croat#
palled the Save, near Lyka; where they hrft
took in a defile, between the mountains, and
entrenched thcmfelves up to the teeth-*Tfiefo
troops, under the orders of General Devins,
have since abandoned that poll, which is con
sidered as the key of Bofoia, in order to pre
vent the Turks from invading the ferritoi te#
of the f mperor, and to be within reach to
invert the fortrefe of Bariaiucca, which, i*
1737, was besieged without effed. At
intention of this movement, the Aurtrianue
neral has lignified to thcTui ki/hcommaouanik
the protection of fcolavoau from 4ii irrupt ion?