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The GEORGIA JOURNAL:
AND
Independent Federal Register.
Pub. twice a
Vol. I.J
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
December 13.
The committee to whom was referred
that part of the prdldent’s speech
which relates to ihe transportation
of newspapers, report,
1 hat after a communication with
the poft-rnafter-general on the fubjeft
under consideration, they beg leave
to recommend the following provisi
ons:
iff. That the post-master-general
be authorized to direct his deputies to
receive subscriptions for newspapers.
2d. That every subscriber, at the
time of subscribing, pay to the post
master the amount of half a year’s
portage on the paper, which he en
gages to take, and half of the annual
price of the paper.
3d. That of the portage, thus ad
vanced, he retain one-fourth of a
cent, for each paper he will have to
receive or deliver, duiing the firth
half year ; and of the price of the
paper, twenty-five per cent, and re
mit the relidue of the portage to the
i>o(l-office, and the refidne of
the price of the papers to the printers
thereof, with lilts of the (übferihers.
4th. That the postmasters, and not
the fubferibers, fhail be relponflbje to
the printers ; they receiving the
twenty-five per cent, before menti
oned, as cornpenfation for the above
intended agency in the business.
They fuggelt the propriety of se
curing the printer’s money, by the
fame bonds of the postmasters, by
which portages are feenred—that du
plicate lifts of fubferibers fliould be
lent by the postmasters to the general
port-office ; and that upon the com
plaint of a printer, against a post
master, payment may be enforced,
under the lame bond that secures ar
rears of portage in the office.
That where the mails fhail be car
ried, by contra<rt, agreeably to the
power given to the post-master-gene
ral, by the fecund feeftion of the law’
“ establishing port-offices and poft
roads,” it may be lawful for the poft
niafter-general to allow to such con
trafiors, in a settlement with the ge”
neral port office, for the postage on
newspapers, a proportion, according
to the distance by them carried, and
the distance by the public port, io as
to make a just dividend, according to
the dilfances carried by each.
“ WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRYP’-Franklin.
SAVANNAH: PRINTED BY JAMES CARET, ON THE BAY, NEAR THE COFFEE-HOUSE.
That when letters or packets, to
go beyond sea, are received by a post
master, it fhail be his duty to make
them up into mails; and for each
Ifctter or packet, he be permitted to
receive one cent.
That any letter sent among news
papers, be subjected to double port
age, and where a memorandum or
writing, other than the address, be
on the newspaper, such a newspaper
be fubjeirted to double letter postage.
That the magazines and pamphlets
be transported in the mail, at the
following rates—one cent per sheet,
for their conveyance not more than
fifty miles :—and an half cent over
fifty and not exceeding one hundred
miles ; and two cents per sheet for
any greater distance.
Thar members of congress be al
lowed to frank letters or packets, not
exceeding four ounces in weight.
That it be made the duty of the
masters or commanders of fiiips or
vellels, failing from one port of the
United States to another, whether by
sea or otherwise, as well as the mat
ters or commanders of all fiiips or
vertels arriving in any port of the
United States, from a foreign port or
place, to deliver.all letters by them
brought, at the port-office of the port
or place where they may arrive, in
hours after such arrival.
FOR SALE,
AVERY easy-running CHAISE
and Harnels, nearly new, which
will be difpol’ed of low for calh.
Apply to the printer.
January 20, 179 ft.
NOTICE.
ALL persons who have demands against the
late Mr. jAMEo INGLKSBY, are re
qucflcd to deliver them to the fubferibers, pro
perly attested ; and thole indebted to said estate
are desired to make immediate payment.
ELIZABETH INGLESBV , adminiliratrix ■
1 HUMAS HII.LS, adir.inijUator.
Savannah, December 11, 1793
KToTTcII
CONSTANT attendance will be given at
the fubferiber’s office, for receiving pay
ment of the taxes, until the fir ft day of March
next : —All taxes unlettled by that day, will
be levied upon, without diferimination.
FRANCIS COURVOISIE, T. C. C; C.
Sovannah, January 14, I 79*1 ’
Ladies’ Siioes and Gloves.
THE subscriber has iuft received, per the
(loop Lark, captain Auftcn, from New
York, three cherts of wcll-aflorted ladies’ line
oarle shoes. Alio, a box of habit and
loves, of the firft quality : which will be
ed of on the lowed terms, for caffi or
HENRY PUTNAM.
atinah , Jan. l 8, ’ 1794.
wo Guineas Reward.
N-AWAY, on the 26th December ult. a
Guinea-born Negro,called POLLYDORE
mt live feet two inches high, speaks Ewg
cry rapidly and imperfectly; formerly
-operty of Mr. Abraham de Lyon, of this
—lt is supposed that he has taken refuge
vliere near Ogecliee, where lie is said to
a wife.—Whoever apprehends said Ne
and lodges him in gaol, or delivers him
e subscriber, fhail have two guineas rc
, and all reafonabie charges.
JOHN MOORE.
rannah, Jan. 14, 1794.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1794.
WANTED,
From 30 to 50,000 WHITE OAK
STAVES and HEADING.
HENRY PUTNAM.
Savannah, January IJ, 1794*
r T I HE subscriber takes the liberty to ac
quaint the planters and the public in ge
neral, that he continues to profccute the
FACTORAGE & COMMIS
SION BUSINESS only ,
and hopes, from his alliduous endeavours, to
promote the interest of thole who may favour
him with their commands.—His (lores are as
convenient for the reception and fccurity of
produce as any in this'city.
Sff Orders from the country will be punc
tually attended to.
ROBERT WATTS.
Savannah, December 28, 1793.
r T I HF. knowledge the fubferibers have of the
A SOUTHERN COUNTRY, arising from
their bavins; made an accurate and adtual
O _ t
survey of the fea-codft anti inland navigation
of this (late—induce them to proffer their
service to gentlemen poflelling land in these
counties, as surveyors, capable and disposed to
difeharge their duty in that line.—And if re
quired, plats of the fame elegantly decorated.
PARKER, HOPKINS, & MEERS.
December 11, 1793*
GEORGIA, sßy James Whitfield, Register
(L. S.) > of Proh.ils for the county oj
J. V ’in T EFIE LD. J Chatham, in theJlate aforefaid.
WHEREAS Mr. Henry Putnam, of the
city of Savannah, hath made appli
cation to me, for letters of admini
ftrition, with the will annexed, on thd estate
and effects of Doctor George Fraser, formeily
of the said city, deceaftd ; THESE are, there
fore, to cite and admoiiifli all and lingular the
kindred and creditors of the said George
Fraser, dcceafed, to be and appear before me,
at my office in Savannah, on the iirfl day of
February next, to fliew cause (if any they
have) why letters oLadmiuiftration cum tef
tumento annexo, fliould not be granted him.
Given under my hand and seal, at Sa
vannah aforefaid, the ad day of Ja
nuary, 1794, and in the 18th year of
the independence of America.
Hills, May, & Woodbridge,
HA VF. received, per the: brig Mary A one,
captain Ramage, from London, and other
vellels from Europe, a general and •well-chosen
ajfortnant of
EUROPEAN GOODS ,
which they will fell, at the very lowed prices,
at their (tore, nearly opposite the Vendue
lioufe, for present pay, in calh or produce—
as they do not mean to extend credit, after the
last of this month.
p/f They beg leave to tender their heft ser
vices to all who are plealed to entrust them
with business on conftgnment, &c.—They may
depend 011 the utmoftlafety, punctuality, and
dilpatch.
Savannah, Dec . 28, 1793*
Received, per the /now Alinervu, captain
Scovel, direii from Cork,
A SMALL conftgnment of BEST IRISH
LINENS, and for sale by the subscriber.
Who will charter said vessel for any .port in
the Weft Indies, if applied for soon. She is
strong, and well calculated for lumber, or any
other cargo.
HENRY PUTNAM.
riTjrvFor sale or charter,
the new faji-failing /hip •
SseissL AUGUSTA;
AN American bottom, all complete and
ready for sea.—Unless speedy application
is made, the present plan will be altered.
For terms apply so
ROBERT BOLTON.
Savannah, Jan. 14, 1794.
PAPER MEDIUM
OF THIS STATE, for sale by
DANIEL COURSE.
Savannah, January 15, 1794.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
On TUESDAY , the 4th day of February next,
WILL BE SOI.D BY PUBLIC OUTCRY,
At the COURT-HOUSE, SAVANNAH,
THE SALES TO COMMENCE AT TEN O’CLOCK, ‘
ALL that trait or parcel of land, containing
862 ft acres, more or less, lying and being
in the county of Camden, on Great Satilla
River, butting and bounding fouthwardly by
said river, northweftwardly by Robert Mout
ford’s land, nOrtheafhvardly “by vacant land,
and fouthealhvardly by Ebenezer May’s and
Ebenezer Hill’s land, granted, on old bounty,
to Solomon Pendleton, and seized as of the e”f
tate (being pointed out) of the said Solomon
Pendleton, deceased.
100 acres of land, fituafe in the pariffi of
St. George, now Burke County, bounded nonh
ead on Savannah river, and on all other sides
on vacant land, at the time of the survey.
Granted in 1764, to Alexander Wood.
94 acres of land, fituatc in the pariffi and
county aforefaid, bounded eafhvardly by Sa
vannah river, northweftwardly by Alexander
Wood, and fouthweftwardly by lands of Tho
mas Red.—Granted in 1763, to James Red.
joo acres of land, litnate in the pariffi of
St. Paul, now Burke County, bounded north
east by Savannah river, southeast by land of
Peter Randon, and on all other Tides by vacant
lands, at the time of the survey.—Granted in
1762, to William Struthers, and conveyed by
Thomas Netherclift and Anne his wife, to Ste
phen Smith, on the 26th of May, 1786.
150 acres of land, fttuate in the pariffi of
St. Paul, now Burke County, near Brvan
Creek.— -Granted to Zebulon Hollingfworth,
in 1784.
A lot of land, fttuate at Euringfburgh, con
taining feet in front, and feet in
depth, together with the dvvelling-houfe and
Improvements thereon ; at present in the oc
cupation of mrs. Hcrfeman.
The whole seized as of the estate (being pro
perly pointed out) of the late Stephen Smith,
elquire, deceased.
N. B. Plats, grants, and titles of the above
lands (except the lalt), may be seen in the She
riff's office.
A Negro fellow, named HECTOR, seized
and taken under execution, as the property of
James Bullock, cfquire.
A Negro fellow, named WII 1,, seized as of
the estate of Jonathan Bryan, esquire, deceased.
Conditions offair, —CASH.
Lihenuife, at fame time and place, will he fold,
All that valuable iiland known by the name
of ‘ 1
O S S A B A W:
Containing between seven and eight thousand
acres, fttuate, lying, and being in the county
of Chatham ; hounded on the north by Great
Ogecliee river, on the north-weft by Bear
-1 f13.11 J river, on the east and nortli-caft, by the
sea, and on the south-east by St. Catharine’s
river : on the island are three fettled plantati
ons, in the occupation of John, Peter-Henry
and Bryan Morel, cfquircs.
The above iffand seized and taken under ex
ecution as of the estate of the late John Morel,
esquire, deceased.
Conditions of fule, —CASH.
gj‘ I he plat and grant of the iffand may be
seen at the fheriff’s.office.
EDWARD LLOYD, S. C. C.
Savannah, January 4, 1794.
N. B. Such property as may have been pur
chased at the iaft Tales, or which may be pur
chased at the ensuing sales, will, where the
conditions of the sales are not complied with,
be re-fold on the ensuing days of sale, without
any public notice to that effedt, at the rilk of
firfl purchaf^rs.
EDWARD LLOYD, S. C. C.
DRIFTED, the 7th of January, 1794, from v
St. Helena Iffand, a five oar canoe-builr
boat, twenty-two feet long, three feet ten
inches wide, one seam in the middle of her
bottom, from stem to stern; one large piece,
about three feet long, in her (larboard bow;
white sides, yellow streak, black gunwales, and
white quarter-boards. Whoever will deliver
her to the subscriber, on St. Helena, or to
Mr. Robert Bolton, in Savannah, fhail receive
a reward of twenty dollars.
JOHN POPE.
(VU I L L S
FOR SALE BY THE PRIN T r y
[6 Dollars per anu .
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