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fVoLi Uj 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, —>&■ - 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* [Vo, 52]