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[No. 29. Vol. IL]
The INTELLIGENCE,
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£T SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLB ONE
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Ter Sale at tlusOJJice,
The fallowing BLANKS, which are neatly prin
ted 0:1 excellent Paper.-
MERCK ANT's ENTRIES, different kind*
Manifests, oreigu and Coafliug
JILLS of EXCH .NGK
SEAMENS’ ARTICLES
PESTS of CONVEYANCE
MOR i'GAGES
TOWERS of ATTORNEY
yiONHOES INDENi UK.ES
BILLS of SALS
BOARD OF HEALTH,
June 20th, 1808.
appointed by the Board of
II ilth. to draft an Addnf to the citi
zens of Savannah Submit ikefollowing :
flfTiE B of Hcalth, beg leave to *d-
JL dieis their fellow citizens, on the
belt means of preserving the health of the
people, through the pr. lent arid approach
ing feafons. Experience too fatally con.
voices of toe necessity of tiling every
prevention, and it is ho; ed a liule care
and attention, on ihe part oS each family,
will tend to prevent many inilances of
tlifeafe amonp.fl ns.
In thefrjlplace —Certain days are fixed
fortheCi y Scavenger to attend and r -
move out of the limits of the city, all of
fe ‘five matter. It neceflarily happens,
that in many places, the carts cannot at
tend, till a iate hour in the da\—it is ear
seltly recommended, that fetch matters as
are usually thrown into the streets to be
r moved by the Scavenger, fhail be retain
ed in the fiables or otherwise under cover,
cat of reach of the fun, till the cart may
b ready to t k“ It aw..} ; and all vegeta
ble or animal natter {liquid be either
buried on the loss or kept in h uses undei
cover until the day and hour A the tsta-
Venpei’s a’ rival.
In the fecot’d place —The privies sh >ti!rl
becareiully examined, and it full or very
cffcnfive, c lea tiled ad purified. The firft
©bjeef is to be accompltfiied by finking of
boles, removing ami bury'oj the offenfive
matter.
Ihefecohd objefl mw be fccured by a
mixture ol 1 me water and ley, made from
the allies of oak or hickory wood. Lime
v>ater is prepaied Item half a pound oi
quick ft.me ittne, fl icke ‘, and then diffolv.
*d in fix quarts of water, ihe mixtuie to
be frequently (sirred up-through one day,
fay eight or ten times, when prepared in
*<n eauben vessel, the water wili be rnof)
Jierfefih The ley may be eafiiy made by
fB ling any vessel with well bu: r:t allies, ol
the before- mentioned wood, and filled up
Vuh boiling water ; 33 loon as cold, equal
prts of the lime water and ‘ey, tr.'X and to
gether, will foim the compofiuon fit to be
Lie i in the privies, and the quantity above
Specified will be fufiicient for - e days
life ; it fiiouid be repeated every thiid or
fourth day, through the futnmer a id fall.
I . It is cffenttally ffary that eveiy sub-
I fiance animal or vegetable, sh >u!d be carc
■ fully removed from each lot, io that the
■ eiTeftof the fun fhopld n t operate < t
B.*Uen>, when they cannot t e busied ; ibth
■ ought to be undercover, and the obj bt
■ oeiiig of such importance, it is hoped the
■ *h'uble ol due attention wil! not prevent
■ .•be accomphfhment.
I G case of difficulty in procuring the
■ ®Bies ol the p/oper wood, to m-ike b y of,
I *°ur ounces ot pot or peat! ashes dill .ved
■ ! na gallon and a half ol wd “i , will q ‘al
B ,r >firength ffrong Icy. Pot or peat! . tins
■ tan be had at 20 cents pei pound.— I'ama.
Bites may find it lets double,’ and t .e tx-
I Pjhce will be but trivial to ire t he (ulution
B°* pot or pearl ashes, in (lead ot ley.
■,. * n the third place —The water iif A in
I Rchens, lor waihmg dtfhcs, pots, 8c „ is
■ fithdally thrown out on the sane i,nt
i adv ; by which means the pla eel
■ *-is kept wet, which under ti e inlTu ice
• l 4 ' a vertical fun, is high \1 j us, to
• K ,l,ed y which, it is tecoiiii.ended that
■jj h difli washing, &’*. be Ipread ovei ihe
or lots, in diffeieut places each day,
tna: the water Dial] not be depofned on
■&* fame dav, twice ol one pan.
B| the fourth place-— The venders of
•# UCd POVUVO* f fuvh ** ytwk ali'd
PUBLIC INTELLIGENCER.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, July 15, 1808.
fi.h, aie in ihe habit of throL ir).g>, into ihe
ffreets, the pickie, oltentimos in a putrid
Ifate, proving very offenfive even to pro
pie puffing along the ffreets, it is of. ie .
porunce that ail iuch pi< Ue fhquld’ le
buried, at le-ift two feet under ground.
In the fifth place —lt is camelily recom
n ended to mallets, owners or confignces
ol veffeis, in ibis port, to I ave the holds
of their veffcts ventilatid, at lead once in
ever week, by a wind-fail, or otherwise.
And finally- —I; is recommended to the
citizens lobe vigilant tn discovering, and
reporting to any member oi the Board of
Health, any putrid matter, whether ve e
table or animal, so that it may be imme
diately removed.
Ordered, That the fame be publilhed
three times in ‘he C tv Gaz-ues.
ExtraFt from the minutes ,
TJ-W. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
. NOTICE.
WILL BE SOLD,
On Tuesday /he \Bth instant, at the coii't
house in the city if Savannah ,
SILVER WATCHES
V. EARING APPAREL
TABLE aid BED LINENS, Bc c.
Bd.-nging to the estate ol Juiia Hig
gins, devealed.
AND,
One GOLD WAICH
One GUN
One pair PISTOLS
One SWORD, and
Sundry other ule'ul ARTICLES
Belonging *<< Fiederuk Hutzen, iate of
Sava nab, decealed.
Sale to r'-mn enc? at 10 o’clock.
CONDITIONS CASH.
ED : WHITE, E'chealor,
T ! y 5 *7
N. B Persons having demands against
either of the above estates, are requested is
render them authenticated • and ikost.w.
debted mil be kind enough to pay.
Marshal’s Sales,
Gn the firjt Tuesday in Augujl next, will
be Jold at the Court Houje, in the cuy oj
Savannah ,
THREE LOTS OF LAND,
In ihe town of Darien , M Intcfh County .
Lot No. 1, containin 14 . leet in from
on the water, and— >eet b cR, bounded
eoft by Hampden M int< fh’s lot; north by
a jot belonging to n e academy oi M Inn sh
county, wt Si by lots oi John H. MTntofli.
Lot N .. li, late the property ol (he
M‘l auin County Academy, containing
go ieet ft- m, an i 135 leet ifi depth.,
iiounded noith eali by a iireet, west by lo
No. 12 f qli by bn No. 1 „
L 1 N . 12, containing p> feet front,
arid L.et in depth, bound noitii eafl by
a street, wed by lot N ■>, 13, f>>u 1 h ealf by
lit No. it, with the t minings and i:n
proverrients on laid lots. Levied on as
the prope ty of fT niy Harford, by viriut
<>l an execution obtained by Eliiha Etfhei
8c Cos.
ALSO.
The schooner DOLPHIN, with her
* kb', apjraiel and furniture, as (he now
:es in ihe ti’ Cr Savannah. Seized as the
property of Tohmas and John William
fr,lo f tis<v several executions, obtain
ed ,y the United S'a’es. Conditions
cash.
BF.N. WALL, m 1. .
Jdly j
CAUTION.
ALL persona are Cautioned agairrfl hiring
or harboring a Negro Fellow named
bOuOMON, formerly the property of Mr*.
Sarah Dantford, without a written order from
the fubferiber, as he holds all right and title to
said fellow. Persons violating this caution will
be proceeded againlt as the law direfts.
JOHN P. POURNEL.
July 1* Vd
WAN I ED immurliately, a
GIRL ab>ui 1* t.r *3 years of age—
one who can come wt ii recommended
for her honrltv and fohrit ty, will meet
wiih conttant employment.*— Apply at
this Uffii’i-.
June 41
FROM THE LADIES MISCELLANY.
THE CONTRAST;
OR, WAR AND PEACE.
IVritten ly an American Gentleman ivhtie in cap •
tivity in Tripoli .
When the sweet fouling morn rolls her orb thro’
the sky,
And the white clouds are flying afar,
I rove
Through the Grove
While no danger is nigh,
And with pensiveness utter a heart-broken sigh,
As I think on the horrors of war.
O’er the earth hofule armies in battle around,
Spread deftrndtion and carnage afar,
While blood,
Like a flood,
Flows with crimson the ground,
Andthe groansof thedying unnumber’d resound,
Oh 1 the horrors of merciless war!
Heaven hasten the time when the battle fhail ceafs
And dread terror be bauilh’d afar,
When love,
Like a dove,
With the emblems of peace,
Shall return to the ark, and wretchedness cease,
Which embitters the horrors of war.
Then the vulture despair, from misery fly,
And no ill-omened grief-bearing liar,
Shall keep,
Gentle flrep,
From the fatherlefs eye,
Nor difturl) the repose of the brave with a sigh,
For the wide-walling horrors of War.
ALFRED.
—"■l n-n.
©rscrarTiON OF THE
BOCK OF GIBHAL TAR.
The Rock of Gibraltar is most worl
ds; fully situated; its shape very mud
resembles a barn, but is of different co
lors ;it runs out into the its whole
length, which is about three miles, the
extremity of which is called Europa
point, from its being the most southern
part of all Europe. The east side io
bounded by the Mediterranean sea,
the west by Gibraltar Bay norm by the
Spanish lines, south by the Straits of
Gibraltar. The north end is highest,
being one mile and an half. In a fine
day, from here, a person may see al
most to Malaga; and the beautiful
town ofEstanpona, by the sea side, has
1 most delightful appearance. On the
hills the sun shines long after he has
set at Gibraltar. The hills in Grena
da are beyond it. From the top ol
die Rock may be seen the Straits of
Gibraltar, Cabrita point, (which wide
Europa point forms the bay} mountain*
in Spain, the town of Algesiras, the
Queen of Spain’s chair, the neutral
ground, the Spanish lines, two Rivers
in Spain which communicate with the
bay, very large rocks and hills in Africa
the town of Gena, Apeshill (Mount
Aybla) and almost to ‘Tangier, and ma
ny other places.
On the east side, at the bottom of the
Rock, which is nearly perpendicular
and very cragged, is Cataline Bay;
here is but one house j there aresQVe
ral caves or holes in the Rock, where
the fishermen live; there is a garden
belonging to the house, where the ow
ner sells wine, porter, fish, Bec. to
those who go about the rock examin
ing its parts. Tl>e lower part ol this
side is sand: on the higher part grows
a plant of which brooms are made ;
tiiere are a few guns on this side. Be
tween the house ‘and Europa point,
high up in the Rock, is a cave, at the
entrance of which are three stones, so
much in the shape of men, dressed in
the Turkish habit, that I, as well as
most other travellers, took them to be
such, to the great amusement of my
guide, who, for flat purpoae, asked
Who lx No. 136.’
me ii f did net see three ii ensiumgat
he caves mouth. Git. at part ol ufia
ice northwaid is sandy; at the bot
om are also found muscics in plenty.
On the v est side, at the bottom is ti,e
ov nos Gibraltar, a very j opulous
pi; Ci . le ii g i-cmc few of most nations,
but chiefly English and Spunk h; these
two 1 st are the languages chiefiy spo-i
Ken. On this side, higher up, neaiet/
Em opa point, is a vt ry b.rge cave, call
cd St. Michael’s; the entrance is so
very steep, that it is descended with
some difficulty; from this place are
several avenues, or a great many wind
ings and narrow places, of which no
one has ever found the end, though
attc tnpttd by many; some believed
they go under the Mediterranean sea
eastward, but one or two go different
ways ; it is said that one goes through
xhe Rock to the town, another finds its
way out at a little distance from the
entrance ; the water keeps dripping
I through the top, and forms several cu
rious petrifactions, and some pillars are
formed of great thickness, some hung
like lsiclcs ; there are a great number
of loose stones in tlie bottom. On this
sire, near the north, is a large cld cas
tle, called the Moorish Castle, being
built by them, when in their posses
sion ; it is ah b ick, but so thick that
it has resisted a great number of shot,
which may plainly be seen by its Side;
a continuation of the building to the
sea side is formed by a kind of wall*
Between this and the north end are se
veral caves cut tl rough the rock, out
of which are pointed a n.;m! er ol guns
in nearly in all directions, but most
command the land side, or Neutral
Ground.* Each have its name, as bi.
George’s Cave, Lord CoriiWallis’s
Cave; the latter is very spacious.
The magazines are also in the rock.
To these p.ace? a soldkr at ends the
company. The north end is very
steep, almost perpendicular ; here are
also several guns and large mortals,
with shot and hand granades piled up
in order, and always ready. In look
ing southward along the top of the
rock, the middle is considerably lower;
but rises again at the other end, where
is a signal tower: and beyond that is
Windmill Hill, where it descends
sometimesgradually, sometimes steep,
till it terminates in the sea, where it rs
called Europa point, as before menti
oned ; the lowest part between the
north-end and Windmill Hill is called
the Saddle of the Rock. Here are
some buildings for the guns at North
End; they point mostly to the Spanish
lines and batteries, of which there are
two; one battery north east commands
the bay, the other on the west coast
near the Mediterranean sea. From
the north-end to \\ indmill Hill the top
of the rock resembles the ridge of a
house or barn, so narrow that no on*:
can walk on it, but very craggy.
North Encl.f us before said, is half*a
league high down to the Neutral
Ground; the signal tower informs the
town and the ships in the Bay, what
ships are coming east or west, and of
what nationQ Under the signal tow
er are two guns, one of which fires
every night at sunset, and eight o’clock
in winter, nine in summer, and day
break every morning, called the sunset
S un - T . .
At Windmill Hill is a signal tower,
but never been used; centinels arc
constantly at all these places. From
Windmill hill in the descent to Europa
point isa large stone handsomely cut iu
* The only entrance by land,
f Monkies inhabit this part; fonrte
large ; but whatever way the wind blows, thcY
always get on the lee fide of the rock*—the
people may take them, but are not allowed to
kill one on any account.
£ A Hone thrown from this place, 1 perfot*
may count one hundred and thirty, quick* t**
fore it rochet the fe va the fee £&