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[ v*ol. r.j £ A VANN ATI, (Gruiici..,J printed by Mcif.-t, M‘LLAN 53* 3 -VFJM^S, ‘/DU will oblirjs one of you? Sabfcn lers by •giving api ce in yuur paper to the fol owinr lift cf Gentlemen, who are Recommended o <*>?<& the next CouilcM .and as-Cky OS ‘vtS * Charles ri.iß.rrs, p. ij jj. morel, T:iOAAS V. P .CH .ELTONj ~.. ra.j . AS EQL T *EM, JO-3 T.. EOLLES, i\OR R -.iV l‘* .n-. ATTOM PEMSKR iOtf, THOMAS UfCF, johm Bor/rc-jr, P i TER D V'• VRO.vT A j Dl.CiAn.A_i.-uL L. ‘asa ho': .7, ‘■'■h6'.;as luirEP.TsoN, vdvVv'V") il ir.r.EV. ” f ‘ , , ‘mTT'OFF&Ms t rr.i? M rsliti —JOH.M PEn ISOME, ..kieiiff-JOHN /WILLI u-M3- *Cirk of Cqun.ii-5-AL- X KDPR S. RG2, er DD. WILL!A \:t). CterkbftSe Mayer*.Court—H. W. WILLIAMS. . Clc.k of the Market— JOHN TIILVOR. $3 WE are author 1 fed to an loinVcs Mr -Chriihipher Gunn, as a Safrdicfare f sr, Aider umn, at tbs J;,],. el est On. Anguff 7 47 i To'W£.£LICTD3S CP CEJTEAM ’ • 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 i— 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 1 1 ° r’ 11 I l : 1 C vrj {■ -a v • V A i-i IJk J *) \ 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. —■ ! 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, -s>l