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SAVANNAH, (Georgia,) printed by
Mei Tis. M-LEAN & BARWKS, .
YOU will oblige one of your Subfcri- j
bers by giving a place in your paper to the fol- i
lowing hit of Gentlemen, who are recommended ,
to compose the next Council, aai z.i City Gitfi
sera :
Charles Harris,
JOHN H. MO2.EL,
THOMAS U. P CH AS.LTQN*
THQMA3 BO'JTK.£* >
j'j&'t.'BOLLES, i
NORM iN M'LEAM,
atton PEMBER i ON
THOMAS UICB,
JOHN BOLTON,
JAMES BOND READ,
THOMAS DECHENEAU3&
ASA KO^E-Y,
THOMAS robsrts&n,
Edward Harden,
CITT OFFICERSs
rky Martbil— JOHN PETTIBONS.
Jhiriff—JOHN WILLIAMS.
Cicrk of CcunciI— ALEXANDER. S. ROT, c?
• D ‘D. WILLIAMS.
Clerk of the Court —H. W. WILLIAMS.
Clerk of die Marker—JOHN IHLVOR,
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Messrs. Printers,
Among the candidates offering for Clerk
cf the Market, we observe Mr. William Waller.
When we reflect upon the pitiable situation of
this’young man, & take into view his capability
of performing the duties of the office, we hope
that the friends of humanity will be unanimous
in his fapport. We meSn no difpar?gement to
the o'her candidates—-yet, IvJeffrs. Printers ei
ther of them have more than double the oppor
tunities of “ elbowing” their way through life
to what this candidate has. Some may raise an
objection to Mr. W. fcecaufe he is a cripple, but
we can fay with truth, that he is not so misih so
as to prevent a faithful difeharge of the duties of
the office for which he now offers. We trufl,
therefore, the Electors of our city will give him
i preference, MANY
UAn. M'LZAIi Sc BARNES,
It is with pleasure ! announce
to my fellow-citizens, that JOHN
EPFINGER, Esq. is a Candidate
for the Office of SH EK IFF for this
COUNTY, at the ensuing election.
This gentleman’s chara&er for ref
pe&abiiity, integrity and found Re
publican principle needs no panigy
rick.
A republican.
August 7 47
WE are authorifed to state, that
Charles Cope is a Candidate for
the Office of City Marshal, at the en
suing September eledion.
Au gust 4 46
t Ct I beg leave to announce to the
public that JAMES CLARK, is a
candidate for CITY MARSHAL,
at the next feledion..
A REPUBLICAN.
August ti. 4 8
NOLDS offers him-
Jfeff a s a candidate for Clerk, of the
\Market, at the enfutng election and so-
Jicits the aid of his friends.
August 11. 4 g
l offer myfeif a Candidate
or tQ Council, and solicit the
if rages of my fellow-citizens at the
approaching elertioii.
A CEO; PITCHER.
■Aaguft 7 47
JOr JOSEPH DAVIS offers
muelf a Candidate for ihe office of
at the ensuing eledion, and
uffiages of his fidlow-citi-
SC1 “* August 18 40
Public
TUESDAY,
(£3- WE are authortfed to an
nounce Mr. Christopher Gunn, as a I
Candidate for Alderman, at the en
suing eledion.
August 7 47
An Ordinance,
To amend an Ordinance entitled * an
Ordinance for the purpose of es
tablishing and organizing a regular
Night Watch, for better protebting
the City of Savannah.”
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savan
nah in Council assembled, and it in
hereby ordained by the authority of the
sane, That part of the alorefaid or
dinance comprised in the firft fi.dlon,
amhorifing the eftabhfhtnent of a Ci
ty Watch, to conlift of a Superirv
tendant and fifteen Men, also the dis
tribution preferibed therefor, be and
the fame is hereby repealed.
And be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That from and
after the passing of this ordinance, that
the City Watch established consist of
one Superintendent, one Deputy Su B
perintendamandtwentyonemenj to be
armed and accoutered agreeably to
the original ordinance, passed for that
purpole, and that the twenty-orte men
appointed or to be appointed by the
City Council, {hall be divided into
three fettions or {quad?, under the di
rtdion of the fuperintendant confilt
ing of {even men each, to be designa
ted and known by fethons No. one,
two and three. That the Watch afftra
ble at the Guard Houle immediately
after the beating of the Drum. Thai
the Watch let at such time as will ad
mit of their being at their polts by
nine o’clock, under the following re
gulations ; The fuperituend-mi shall
fend out two fe&ions confiding of
seven men each, as aforefaid, for the
firft watch, and the third fectionare to
remain in the guardhouse, and on
the city clock ftrikeing twelve, re
lieve one of the lections previoufiy
Cent out, as the fuperintendant may
direct, and the lection coming off du
ty at twelve o’clock, shall on the citv
clock ftrikeing three, repair to the
posts cf the other section put on duty
at nine o’clock and relieve them,, and
continue on duty during the remaind
er of the night, the duty of each lec
tion to be so apportioned by the fu
perintendant, that the aggregate time
of watching and relief for the week be
as equal as c ire cm fiances will admit.
And he it further ordained byt'n
authority aforesaid, That each officer
and watchman shall provide himfclf
at his own expence, with such arms
as are directed in the firft lection of
the ordinance forcftablifhing a Night
Watch, &c. and also that each and
every watchman have a Catridge Box
containing not left than twelve rounds
of ball cartridges and a spare flint, and
in default thereof, shall be fined in
the sum of five dollars ; and the sec
tions of the watch that may at any
time be in the guardhouse on relief,
shall be liable to perform duty on any
emergency and at the diicretion of
the fuperintendant, and that the deputy
fuperintendant shall perform an equai
proportion of duty with the fuperin
tendant, subordinate to his orders and
directions, and in the absence of the
fuperintendant, the deputy is to fill
his flation with like powers ?.$ are
granted to the fupenasciKUnt,
And be it. further ordained , That
! so much of the last section of the ori
ginal ordinance as makes provision
for the pay of the fuperintendant and
watchmen be and the fame is hereby
repealed.
/I]id be it further ordained, That
the fuperintendant shall be allowed
sixty dollars per month, and the de
puty fuperintendant forty dollars per
month, payable monthly, and that
each of the said watchmen shall be al
lowed one dollar per night, for each
night of duty being performed by him
or them, to be ascertained by the daily
returns made by the fuperintendant
or deputy fupenntendsns, and also to
be paid monthly.
In COUNCIL,
Savannah, July 6tk, 1807.
4+-K-44.++++J Passed,
t L. S. *! JOHN Y. NOEL,
Lh-h.-m.m4
attest,
ALEXANDER S. ROE, C. C.
From the Charleston City Gazette.
No. 111.
The demand of the persons said to be
mutinous Briti h seamen, was unau
thorised by the laws and unprecedent
ed m the history and pratlice of in
dependent nations.
THIS fubjed is of considerable
consequence to lhew clearly to the
ci'izens of the country that, if they an.
obliged to go to war, they Hand on the
vantage ground of truth, will, no
doubt, add to their zeal and thei.
firmhels, and conlequently to their
country’s means ol deience. 1 here
are many things reciprocally granted
ny nations. I hose which one L
nound to grant, the other has a r*gh
toinfift upon, and may ft cure by force
if they be denied— i hefe are denoin
mated perjedu rights —Thcfe which
the nation denominated imperfell
rights, and may be granted or not at
the plcalure of the nation which is be
fought thein.— Vattel prelim. sec. 27
From the foregoing difcuflion, it is
therefore clearly ken, that the pre
tence under which it has been attempt
ed to juliify or excui’e the conduct oi
the Leopard, is unfounded; for, tho
it be admitted that it is ulual among
nations to give up to others all then
malefaGors, whefe Crimes have been
committed within thtir territories
which I positively deny, yet if is only
an iwper/ett right—one which no na
tion is authortled to seek by force
Another writer on this fubjeft, (Mar
tens p. 107) fays, “A sovereign can
puniih foreigners, whether they have
committed a crime in his dominions,
or whether, after having committed it
in a foreign country, they seek fhclier
in his domions” —by which is not
meant, I presume, that a sovereign
may puniih those who take Ihelter in
his dominions for all offences com
mitted in the dominions of another
sovereign, but only for i'uch, accord
ing to Vattel, as attack or invade the
“ common falety” of nations, for so
far only does the just power ot the
sovereign extend. In neither case,’
fays Martens, “t's the sovereign per
tectly obliged so send them for pun.
ishment to their own country, nor to
the place where the crime was commit
ted i net even supposing they have been
condemned before their escape. —page
1073 ‘*ThC of the empire* (by
Intelligencer.
AUGUST 25, e8o7„
Norman M‘Lean & William E. Barnes.
which is meant the (tales of the Ger
manic empire) obftrve the fame rules
in this relpebt as independent states,
and never grant the se requests but w
virtue of treaties, (of which there are a
considerable number) or out ot a reci
procal inclin'ation to be serviceable to
each other.” I imagffie bv this time
i it has been shewn that the Boston Edi
-1 tors have displayed on this fubjefi *s
little learning as patiiodim.
I have laid that this demand s uth>
precede.ued in the history and pra&icc
of independent nations- It is for
thole who negative this propofitiom to
give the ihftances. lam aware that
intlances may be exhibited, in which
the power of one and the weakness of
another nation, have led to the fur.
render of an offender againfl the la.ws
of the former, who had taken refuge
in the dominions of the latter. I re
collebl an instance cf this kind in ihe
Engldh history ; but in what reign, or
at what time it took place, I cannot
now recall to my mind—Great Bri
tain demanded of fome contimnta!
power one of her fubjefts who was
charged with fume offence of gr at
confpicuity and enormity, who w.iß
surrendered. I recoiled an .ther in
the Cute of ihe celebrated Napper
Tandy., who was demanded by Great-
Britain of the senate of Hamburgh*
and iurrendtred ; his crime was trea
ion—an ad conne£*d with the gene
ral defection of Ireland, which threat,
ed to (ever that kingdom from the 3d;
tifh crown, and he a conspicuous man
and a conspicuous ador in that re
volt.
But these infiances have not beer*
held Up to exemplify ihe rights of
nations, but to record the iufiiirnt and
tibulive exercise of- he power of fome,
and the weakness, pufahnimity and
difgiace ot others. 1 recoiled, too,
the fate of the brave and unfortunatq
Duke U’Enhein, over whole tare all
Europe, and every fympatheuc hearty
all overube world, wept. 1 kit then,
as I do now, in contemplating the
daughter of my fellow citiz ns on
board the Ch. fapeake, a.f unutterable
abhorrence and hatred of all unjust
power. Ihe murder of the Duke
D’Enhcm was as much warranted by
ihe laws of nations, as the Odughteir
ot the Americans who fell on board
the Ch. fapeake. Ihe only diftin
guifhtng circumltance that can be llat-
and is, that Bonaparte did not, per
haps, prevtoulJy demand him, but the
ule oi force was just as much author
lied by the rights of foveaigns, and
ihe laws ot nations, in the one case, as
die other, and, peihaps, more so; for
it was an opinion, perhaps not wholly
without foundation, th u many of the
old nobility had intentions dange
rous to the personal fafety of the u~
fm per. I know, too, that it may
be urged, that nations have requir
ed others to cause to be removed
from their territories, persons who
were supposed to be peculiarly hottile
to those making the demand; but
thcfe arc again not exemplifications of
the rights, but of the power of na
tions, and of the u jult and crue!
exercise of that power. Nor were the
viduns surrendered to be gibbmed,
or otherwise punished, or at all put
into the hands of their purfuors or
persecutors: but I will allow all these
I to establish an usage of nations, in re
; lation to like cases—l mean for ibe
j fake of argument —God forbid that I
! Should yield to so gold blooded*
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