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’ • COUNTY-,V
imsnd;g to be at the
ippfoachiag election. for. SHE!I I Ff
>f this Cooney; Imw aoprifr ray lei
i> •; eid ; is ■•'• - ? •/. .. ■ ‘.
dr a Idi;’-Mi d:f;batgeof the duties
> : Me office.—l Oiaii be thankful foi
iietr fairugs
JOHN EBBING Ell.
4uguft 2 5 6 2
WE arc audioriffd m flat? that
John Chr i flop her Gugci is a candidate
v>r the Oh Me of Clerk of the Market,
u the rfijuiug elcdliou,
AuruOAsc r*
D. D. W ii!ijtss .accAlamts his friends
feh'i-klluvf citizens ti at he is a o.>ndi
i :r the ofhcc oj clerk ro Che Gltv
Council, and requ. ii> their support at
beenilimg elecLOr*.
A uguli 2 j /* 2
W E asp audiosifed to ft ate, that
Mr. Charles Cope is a Candidate {ei
{) fhce of • tty M-ufhal, at the en*
Mi-tig. Sc ptember elecliou.
4 46
*•• t3* ibegleav et o a n.l *ou nc?t ot h e
ptioiic that J AMES .CLARE, is a
randidate for CITY MARSHAL,
St ihe ftexi elvCtioft;
A REPUBLICAN.
_ Augufl la. 48
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f 3 ‘‘OLDS offers him
*E !f f a candidate lor C/Vri 0/ the
at lhe cwfuing election and fo
ittiu ihe aid o! his friends.
Auguß 11. 4.3
‘ l offer myfelf a Candidate
*• c^Cier <w to Council, ands dicii the
itiLerages of my feilow-citizens at the
approaching election.
CEO; PITCHER.-
Augull 7 n
r *3n JOSEPH DAVIS offers
nimfoli a candidate far ihe office of
Gironor, at the ensuing eledtinn, and
- Piffnyges of his fcllow-citi*
A Ci3 L ‘ Auguit lb UO
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\ An Ordinance.,
To amend an Ordinance entitled ( an
Ordinance for the purpose af ef
j tabliflting and organizing a regular’
Kirht Watch, for better protetlinn
the City of Savannah.”
-(A) it orupintd by the 1/1 ay orxmd
jIJ) Aldermen- of the city of Savan
nah in Council assembled, end it is
[hereby ordained by the authority 0/ the
Afcnc, That part of the don Aid : or
-1 dsi.aace'coiLprifc-d in the firft i .tiion,
duilUiOruing the eiiabhih.-nent of a Ci
py Watch, to consist of a Superin-,
j tendanLand fifteen Men, also the ettf
inbutidn predenbed therefor, b'£ and
ithe fame is hereby
i And be it farther ordained by the
‘authority aforesaid, That from cud
j after the palling of this .ordinance, that
• the City V’atch ehabhfhed conhilof
| one Superintendent, one Deputy £u e
! perintendatuand twenty one men, to be
Sinned and accoutered agreeably to
The original ordinance, passed for that
: jwrppie*, and that the twenty-on? men
Lppciuted or to be appointed by the
City Council, in all bn divided, into
j three L Ciioos or {quads', under the pi -
(rebison of the lupeiintendant confitt
irig of fevers men each, to be ddrgna
j .eJ and known’ by lections No, one.
’ tzvo tnd three. Thai the WT.tch affem
| ble at the Guard licufe immediately
j after the beiuiag cf the Drum, That
tiic > aveu ;;i biz wvcn ume z-* ‘
mit of their being at their posts by
nine o’clock, under the fol'!cv:b:g re
gubitions ; The. fuperiniendant ihal!
lend put two ledtions cptififurg or
fevers men.each, as aforefaid, for the
firft watch, and the third feet ion are-to
remain in the guard, hpafe, and-cm
die city clock ilrikeing twelve, fe
beve tw fc cf t!;e feet torts previoufty
{'erst cut, as the ft|pcrirstecdant nav
direct, and theTectipts coming off du
ty at twelce o’clock,"(hall on the city
clock ftrlkeing three, repair to. the
polls of the other La ion put c;. duly
at nine o’clock and relieve them, and
continue on duty during thereovdrd’
er of lhe night, the duty of each, fac
tion to be io apportioned bv the- fu
perintcndaiit, that the aggregate time
oi watching and relief for the week be
ts cqu.ii as .circunsiLnccs v-.-ii! a -h -h;.
And be it fur -her ordained by i ?
authority aforesaid], ‘That ‘-each officer
and watchman fhali provide hi.rftV.U
at his own expence, With such arms
as are directed iu the fifrlt fcctbin of
tne ordinance ft>refiahlHMttg
Watch. See. and sJfo that each and
every watchman have a Cairtdge Oox
containing not iefs dxatt twelve rounds
oi ball cartridges .anda spare ftirit, anti
in default !hereof. lha.U be fined in
the sum. of five dollars j and the fee
dons of the watch that may at any
lime be in the guard hottfe. on relief,
Ilia!! be isable to perform duty on any
emergency and at ih • discretion of
the fupcrirster.dant, and that the deputy
fuperintendant fhali perform an equal
proportion of duty with the iupespi
te ncUnt, I'pbordinate to |tis ordeys and
directions, and in the absence cf the
fuperintdndant. the deputy is to fill |
his Ration with like powers as are 1
granted to the'firperfntendant.
And be it further ordained , That •
fa much of the lail feet ion oi the <>ri- ]
giiiai ordinance as 11sal.es provjfion ,
for the pay of the fupenntenoani r.r.d j
|W'uichim u fcc aacl chs lame l. hereby ,
| repealed.
‘’ I
.And he it further ordained , That
the fuperintendaiH fliall bp allowed
hxty dollars-per, month, and the de
ptuy f;ipertntendant forty dollars per
moreh,’ payable monthly, and that
each of the fakl watchmen fhali be al
lowed one dollar- per nigl.it, for each
.flight.of duty being performed by him
.ar;ibelli, to be a remained by the daily
t lub -ina.lt; by the fuucrtmetHiant
or deputy iupetintendant, and also to
be Daid monililv.
In COUNCIL,
Xav&aina 1. July Qih i 1807.
h--h-, f-j- p A sse.d,
| L.S. X JOHN Y. KCEL,
Mayor.
ATTEST.
ALEXANDER S. ROE, C.C.
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from the Charleston City Gazette.
No. IVC
• 2 ft fr:rnndty of the pirsom said to is Mutinous
British Seamen, <ivss forbidden sj the csr.eti
-Ifuitch and laws of *je country.
I have already uiewn from Vat
td, tffst the right of nations to punt ft.
ts not uulimittedj but founded on r;e
ccffay. He fays, that puniOimctst is
only authoriffd ,v hen necefiaiy foi
,he defence and fttrety of the. ftatefj
and that ciirites wholly affecting othet
‘rations, give no such right to thy
| lovereign within whole territot y theh’
‘.suiCors may .he fie ftrd, and I hv,v
contended3with truth, 1 think, that ft
no right to pouts'll, bccaufe the defen
der cannot he legally known as an of
fender, so their can croft no right tc
bind him and give Intn over to another
power tb be pumlhed for she fapiv.
“reason. But this dcclrine’ become-]
more imprcfiiyc at this era, vrnen gen-J
era! liberty , is- more rever’ and, . a;,c
when pcifonal liberty ft coniidered as
Ift c red right. It is ft HI railed iu in
“importance lursdcr the conflitution of j
a Free Republic, which” lays, -that n, I
person Ciall be deprived cf his iff
iSperty or property, without ciue pro
.ccfs of law. It is not necefthry then,
to get into the facrct arcana and hid
den myitery of our law, to prove that,
lhe government had no lipht, tt> at a ft.
this.. 1 urr.endej—lt is, engraved “on the
porAls andpn the {iKidamental pillai
of cur political edifiance—it is not to
be fought for in the pandects or re
eons, in -the receipts of Emperors., or
ia the opinions o,i civijisps—Hi ft .read
ir. prominent churaAers,. in.the char
ter of our lili&ctii-cs.T—'W-hat citKEen,
v.-net-r.o'r in St out of power, has a
tight to imprifou’fdr'a
ftreemau, far there isnoffilliutuon in!
this particular, between, a cuizuu and
any other ireeman, but under the
lavs? And what laws.would give to
■my citizen c the counuy, or to any
officer of the government a right to
seize and deliver over to the agents of
Great lititain, a mutinous Briulh sea
man. “1 he ri-ht is jult as perfect to
bind and diitver ov< r to thesn an un
offending Atnetican citizen. —'i’he
law is a Ihield which completely cov
ers the hi ft, and if it lie penetrable by
•force, it can proud neither from ille
gal violence.—l aver, that according
to the laws of our country —accord-j
ing to die Engldh common law, thefe|
fsimau would have been jultiiied, not]
txcuiedf but jollified, in putung to 1
death any man m the country, whoj
should have arrelted them lor the
■i?
purpose of fuirendetmg them to ib.c-
Inteiligeneer.
AUGUST 28, 1807.
No am am M : Lit an &? Willi am L. Bar ne s,
agents of Great-lit hein ; atid if th-y
had fufferel death in fotne conse
quence of such arrest and -furrendvr,
u would be, according to law, murder
in sh. L who aided and a {lifted. —•
This is, indeed, Raffing an extreme
; case, and if a- vcrr.nicnt had ignorant
j !y or opprt(lively, thus interfered, the
j agents of governmeffit would not, pro
! bably, haveftuffered the puniftiment
of tha: offence, but if. (hews how true
it ft, that this fiurrender was forbidden
by the cor.ftiatuon and laws of the
country, for off.lever iti u punifija
ble legally, mult be legally foN’i :drr,
nay, whatever, under a g )vernmem oi
laws, is not lezaily Punishable is led’di*
ty foTbidden*
Someperlorrs have referred to a pracs
. *
’ucc that exists ia relation to fcamen,
by which their commanders are ena
bled, when buy have ab(bonded, to
have them arrelted and confined un
der prcceis of" 1 v.% until the vdfels to
vrbtea tney were attached e t<3-•4^.t 1.3
fail, when they are delivered up to the
sKaft -re cf these vcffbb. Bccaufe this
has been Lenin foroe inllances, it lias ’
been supp 1 fed general & applies ole :o
icrdgii, as well as American feathen ;
and no: kwuv/tng under vrhat law this
io suthondd, it has been suggested
that bur nragKltates dr conns of jus-
I • • ‘_ 7 _ __ ‘ 1 |, v
:.ice V'/ K.k c iia Jikn irbunnui clwOicq t >
! fur render to the Eritilh agents, tha
pci-o sf id to be mutinous Bridfti
ieamen—but .0 altogether a a.iltake,
st ft■ e ?.v.tb.or iunde; whi _h Aracti
cd’n fesme'n are it rs dealt with, is am
-i ft or emu.ed ** r n act tor
the regulation of feara n ir the tn -r
----chor.-s’ ferv.ice.” The penbis’, who
arefubj.ti to.its provi fieri,-are oi::/
■those who h-.ve :i,med article in our
j fusr.ee thereof, apd ‘\vhofsre_ in the
! mach?aits’ Livies of.the LL States.
CftVlft.
? 3.0 M THE SAiiZi
; No. V.
T Vhsn these had given vt> the prciwkn cf the
civ:!, and lj catering in our see -Bee, Lcccree
tttljsS to military law, they were protected by
the public filth, and the In nor cf cur flag.
IN the present state of ih'ffigs,
the disgrace which we have (offered is
out irreparable j but had we furren
! tiered these men, it would have beem
’ ceen eternal—it would have been a
vivkuiun of our laws b*.fine their e;i
hftinctjf, and afterwards a breach of
the public faith. I admit that, whea
tuhjed to the military Lw, it was ivs
the power of thtftr to have
furrsnderea - theai, beesufe,’ in that
case, they were not iecired in .their
liberty by the civil laws or the coun
try. Perhaps, the cmre&neL of this
concclfion, in the extent in which l
L'd i; down, ‘may be queftnmed; bus
it wifi be pcrfedtly harutlefs in its ope
ra ft on on this enquiry, and therefore’
need not be limited. This, however,
v,ms not their lituation, when we eo
bite.Them—t hey were then out of
the power cf their occufers; and this,
though they could not, probably*
have proved it by a logical expedition,
they knew as well as the molt learned
jurilts, from th= common imprelfiou
of mankind on the Lpjeti, and no
doubt, relied upon it. They knew,
too, that we wet * not a di(honored
nation, and they could not have ex
p- ded that we would be guiltyof a
breach of faith, that would have dis
graced an highwayman. I rejoice,
that, tltough they were uvktaken m the:
fiecurky tifcry expsCtcd ? they have nos,
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