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SATURDAY, September 6, 1788; GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE O R INDEPENDENT register. » • * * 1 4 'REEDOM of the PRESS, and TRI A L by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Ctrfiituticn of Georgia. tu GU ST A: Printed by JOHN E. SMIT H, Printer to the State-, Pfays, Articles of Intelligence, Advert ifements, if c.will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing perfernted. I Mr. SMITH, Publication in your paper of the 9th inst. addrelfed to me, under igriature of one Hopkins, is one of ilanderous performances that is the d effetf of a party spirit, which, un- Utely for this Hate, prevails uncor is not my intention to fay any thing apkins, nor ainfwer the iufinuations ined in his publication ; I have placed vithiu the pale cf criminal law ; he here, no doubt, receive that punith which is due such audacity :—I will in myfelf into a bog in pursuit of an fat u us. ie following are not mere atfertions, le efTeft of party violence, or fiial fadion ; neither do they want the rt of principal gentlemen to place them nt. They arc fafts supported by af ts, from winch the world will deter mh me, that the late publication is rom its address to the lignatnxe,and ns aflertions which no decent cha in the republic dare countenance. of 7 PERSONALLY appearedTTio ia.y mas Mills of Savannah; iner , who 1 being duly fwofn, declares, ie is well acquainted with the con ind behaviour of Thomas Gibbons, vannah. Attorney at law, since the if our Lord one thousand seven hnn and feyenty-five ; and this deponent that the said Thomas Gibbons never any commiffion',. civil' or military, ' British government, ti J or is this de it acquainted with any tranfatlion of lid Thomas Gibbons that is prejudi d the cause of America ;• bur on the ary, the said Thomas Gibbons hath friendly to all clafles- of men that distressed under British authority, for attachment to the American cause ; t is confident with this deponent’s ledge, that the said Thomas Gib was the only Attorney at the' bar would atf for many persons then ar -1 for their attachment to America,- or treason againlt British government, further this deponent faith, that it generally received among all clafFes en, and particularly by tbofe that the warm friends of Britifli govern , that the said Thomas Gibbons was endly to that government; insomuch, the said Thomas Gibbons was made >jett of British persecution, and was ned to the citadel and common gaol ie town of Savannah, and after be taken up, $n a Q palled the then House ' T H‘g v of AlTembly to perpetuate his imprison ment. Szvorn to this o th of ) rr « j t „q/ l / „ ( t HO3. MILLS. August , 17 82 * before y SAMUEL STIRK, CL.U. State of } PERSONALLY appeared Paul Georgia . S Porcher*, lately cf the State of South-Carolina, Planter, at prclent of Savannah, Gentleman, who being duly sworn, declares, that fomc time in the month of July, which was in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, this deponent wjis taken prisoner by a party of the British army, in the (late of South-Carolina,’ and brought to the town of Savannah, and lodged in the Citadel, but from there removed to the Provost, as it was nearer to the house of Thomas Gibbons, of Savannah, At torney at law, who a&ed as this deponent’s friend upon this occasion ; and this de ponent faith, that after being confined in the Provost for about four days, the said Mr. Gibbons procured leave for him tube removed to a house in the town of Savan nah, and in a few days, by the exertions of the laid Mr. Gibbons, this deponent obtained permiflion to return to hit plan tation in the state of South-Carolina, on parole; and this deponent, from his dis agreeable situation, and the rigorous mode of persecution which was then adopted by the Britifli government towards all thole who were the friends of the American ; cause, w r as induced to offer to the said Mr. Gibbons, as be then afied as an Attorney, a very large sum of money as a fee ; hut - that t’ne laid Thomas Gibbons declined accepting such money,’ and would not fake an advantage of this deponent’s ne -5 cefiities, but willingly stepped forth as ; his friend, arid by vigoroufiy exerting himfelf in this deponent’s behalf, he wa3 indulged with his parole, and had liberty to return home.’ Sworn to this if l PAUL PORCHER.. Augufl, 1782. 5 SAMUEL STIRK, Q^U. State cf ? PERSON ALLY appeared Wi!- Georgia . ) liam Littles, junior, of the ■ county of Burke, in the l£ate aforefaid, Gentleman, who' being duly sworn, de clares, that some time in the month of September, which Was in the of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty, this deponent was taken up by one ' * A wealthy Planter of Black-Swamp,* in the state of South-Carolina. f A Member of the Legifla.ture for the county of Burfce> for the years //pri a i [No.cn.] Samuel Montgomery, who pretended to ad as a magiflr?te in the said county, un der Eritilh authority, for being a friend to the independence of America, ami biought to Savannah under a guard, and . compelled to give cxceflive bail toanfwer the chatgi; that he vtas lodged in the com men gaol inr Savannah, and other wise was mod giievoufly opprefi'ed by Eritifti authority. And this deponeue further faith, that from his firrt coming in'o Savannah, he made application to Thomas Gibbcns of Savannah, Attorney at law, who gave him every afliflancc in his power during his loathsome confine ment: And this deponent faith, that dur ing his confinement i:l the said gaol, which was for upwards of one month, he knew the said Mr. Gibbons to aflifl many persons who were in confinement under Britiih government,.for their attachment to the cause of America. KjHXC) ft to thlS 1 rvTT' M T T'T'T'T T* * iyhjul y ,x 7 ?.x. \ W!L 1 LITTLE ' J un - SAMUEL ST IKK. State of > PERSONALLY appeared If- Ci'corgia. y rael Bird, of the county of Chatham, in the Hate aforefaid, Planter, who being duly sworn, declares, that some time in the month of Ortoher, which was in the year of our Lotd one thotifand seven hundred and seventy-nine, this de ponent was defirotis of moving his family and efTerts otrt of the slate of Georgia, into the Hate of South-Carolina, hecaufe of the unfuceefsful attack then made on the enemy, who were in pofieffen of the town of Savannah, and apprehenlive of the confequencc3‘ resulting from the mis fortunes of this Hate at that time; —this deponent had in consequence thereof, moved his family and effects from Oge chee as far as Mrs. Hannah Gibbons’s plantation, on his way, and was prevent ed from moving on by the deftrurtion of the bridges on the Anguffa road, and be fore he could make his escape, was taken prisoner by one George Fox and others who were out-lyers in that part of the slate, and brought a prisoner to the town of Savannah, and lodged in the common gaol for the fyace of three or four months. Immediately upon this deponent’s being taken, the plunderers from Savannah went out and took eighty head of his cattle and all his (beep, and would have greatly di flrefied his family, net having then left a milch cow for their ufe* Fortunately for • this deponent, Thomas Gibbons of Sa vannah, Attorney at lawr, being then in the neighbourhood, and Without any applica-