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of the Leopard to carry those
orders into efFed : Therefore.
Resolved unanimoujly , That
all communication with the
British (hips of war, now with
in our waters & on our coafls.
and with their agent or agents
among us, be difeontinued, 8c
that tv T e will use our belt exer
tions to prevent all such inter
course, and that all perso ns
guilty thereof (hall be deemed
infamous,
Resolved unanimoujly , That
we will view wi.h abhorrence
any attempt at such commu
nication, and deem any person
or persons enemies to our
country, who shall direfcfly or
indireQly hold such intercourse
or render any aid or afliitance
to the British ships of war, by
supplying them with provisions
or neceflaries of any kind
whatever, until the decision of
our government be known.
Resolved unanimoujly, In or r
der the better to effect the a
bove purpose, that a commit- j
tee be appointed tocorrefpond I
with the inhabitants of the j
neighbouring counties, and 1
those of the waters of Elizabeth
liver and the lea coast, notify
ing the flagrant outrage that |
has been committed and the
measures palled by us, anc re
commending similar tneafures
to their consideration.
Resolved unanimoujly , That ;
our fellow.citizens, the Pilots
of the Chesapeake bay and
Hampton, whose patrioiifm we
told in the highest edimation,
are requested by this meeting
to dilcontinue entirely, then
profeffional services to all iirt
tifli ships of war.
Resolved unanimoujly , That
we view this unprovoked, pi
ratical, savage and afFafrin like
attack upon the Chesapeake,
with that horror and detelfatr
cm which should always attend
a violation of the faith of na
tions, and the laws of war ; and
we pledge our lives and onr
properties to co operate with
the government in any mea
sures which they may adopt,
whether of vengeance or of re
taliation.
Resolved unanimously . That the
nayor of thisßoroug i be i qe st
id to rail upon the lieut. col. m
mandant of the militia, to hold in
cadiness, an armed force ter ie
lurpose of defence, and form ry-
M s those resolutions into t Ter.
fl Resolved unanimously , That
Biese resolutions be extendi and to aii
British snip-, of nar which in iv
Bereafter anchor within our pores,
Btui! complete reparation is made
B° government fortius detestable
Bntrage on the Chesapeake.
I Resolved unanimously, Fh.it a
Subscription be opened and left in
■lie possession of the dial in n, to
Bise a fund to Ire applied to the
Belief of the. wounded a:.d itie fam
ilies of the killed on board the
Bliesapeake. under the direction
| the superintendant ol the bos-
Bt&l, the mayor of ihe borough
B Norfolk, and, Richard Blow,
■ sq. of Portsmoutli.
fl Resolved unanimously, 1 hat the
B'tiirnittee. be requested to corres-
Bnd with the inhabitants of the
Bincipal s<-a-ports, and endeavor
Bfaras in their power to obtain
Beir consent to these resolniions,
kfur as effectually to w itbholu all
Bpplies to any British armed ves*
■lon the coast of tne L. States,
Btd ample justice is obtained by
Br Executive.
unanimously t 1 hat the
Bperuuendant of tiie Hu-pita 1 , in
Bee.cut of thedeam ol tiie unlor-
Biiite mariners of theLbesaptake,
B'v under his care, report tiie
Biietothe Committee, who shall
Bet the funds subscribed, tic hay
m expense of toe luueral, uiki
B said Committee are hereby
B>i acted to invite their fdloiv-
Bzeusto attend, and to make the
Btosary arrangements.
Resolved unanimously, That the
Collector I) * requested to f>irriisli
one of the Revenue! cutlers to
watch over and prevent anv con
inunication with anv of his Rritan
-10 ntajestv’s ships an I that the
commandant of tiie fort he re
quested to co operate with this
ineasirre.
Resolved unanimously That
copies of the proc pilings of tliis
meeting he traosrn'tted bv tiie
chairman to tbe President of the
U. >t r'es ao I tbe Governor of
V : r(Tini:i, a , ij t | wt they be pub
fished in the newpapers of this bo
rough.
Resolved unanimously* That the
citizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth,
and their vicinities, be req e ted
to wear a crape for ten days, as a
testimonial of their respect for ihe
memory of those persons on board
the Chesapeake, who have fallen
victims to British tyranny and
premeditated assassination.
Resolved unanimously, That this
meeting approves, and de*ms the
conduct of our fellow citizens of
Hampton, in destroying the water
casks belonging to tbe British fri
gate Melampus, highly laudable
and praise- worthy
Resolved unun'mouxly, TbatTh.
Mathews, Cl lairman, Thomas
Newton, jun. Luke Wheeler, !
Thedorick Armistead, Richard :
Lee, Moses Mvers William Pen
nock, William Newaum, Thomas
Blanchard, Daniel Bedinger, Seth
Foster, J. W. Murdangh, Richard
Blow, and Francis S. Tavlor, be a
committee to carry the foregoing
resolutions into effect.
Resolved unanimously. That
this meeting tender thanks to Gen.
Thus. Mat hews, tor his able dis
charge of the duties of tbe chair.
(Signed)
THOMAS M \THEWS.
(Test) Sam. Moseley, Sec’iy.
June ir t .
On f ucfday w<? gave a
fFiort account of the fad affair
which now engrofFes all time
and a!! convsrfation—Shortly
after that publication,the Chef
apeake arrived in Hampton
Roads without Colours, the
Officers without Arms; and
about 4 o’clock in tiie after
noon of the fam--’ dav, ( Fw C
dayjthe wounded men arrived
at this place, and were imtne
diatcly lent, to the Marine Hos
pital, where every thing ne
cessary and comfortable is pro
vided for their relief. The fol
lowing is a lift oftheir names,
and of the names also of those
killed.
/I List of the Killed and Wounded
on board the frigate Chesapeake:
killed.
Joseph Arnold, City of Wash
ington.
Joint Laurence, Pennsylvania.
John iSiiarkli, Philadelphia.
WOUNDED
Mr. Brook, Midshipman.
Robert McDonald, Washing
ton City.
Thomas Short, Virginia.
George Perceval, Philadelphia.
Francis Coonhoven; New York
James Eppes, Petcrsbujgh
Virginia,
Cotton Btown, Candia, N. Damp,
shire,
Peter Simmons. Prussia
Win. Haodrick, Albany, N. Y.
Peter Ellison, Denmark.
John Hayden, Baltimore.
John Parker, New-York.
William Moody, Delaware.
As the anxiety, rage and a
larm on this (abject, instead of
fublitiing, is increasing and
the whole of this part of the
country is ripe and prepared
for any thing that may pro
inife revenge, vve hasten to lay
before the public all the par
ticulars of this unhappy affair,
that we have been able to
procuie in addition to those al
ready published—it is fully
afeerrained that this is not at
all an affair of accident, that
the oiders were regularly sent,
that the Leops'd went out of
the Capes prepared forßion,
that (he took every pfTible
advantage of the unpepared
1 and alrrmfl defertcelefs late of
the Chesapeake, and tat (he
did every thing (he cmld io
destroy her,until there emain
ed not the fmalleit petence
for further fire or for and liberate
murder. It appears hat die
Leopard after bearingdown on
the Chesapeake, fen a boat
on board with a cofy of the
Captain’s inftrußiots, which
were to procuie four men Ha
ted to be mutineers belonging
to his Majesty’s fLe, then on
board the Chesapeake, or at
lead to demand a featch for
them—the boat was near half
an hour along fide, and after
much talk, was, by (ignat or
dered to the Leopard ; file had
fcarcelv got out of danger be
fore a (hot was fired into the
Chesapeake, and that was suc
ceeded by a broad-fide ; seve
ral others followed, until it ap.
peared evident that mifchiel e
nough had been done and the,
Chesapeake’s colors were down.
lii all this time the latter ship
fired but two, or a; moft three
scattering shot, and ibefe al
most acciientally and without
order, for so wholly unprovid’
ed was flic for aßion, thal’tis
laid her Cables were coiled o
ver the Guns, and as the pow
der had not been properly
dunnaged, and had been difco*
vered to be damp, they were
that day engaged in getting
it out to dry, and the fires in
the ship had been all put out to
prevent accidents.
The two (hips,after this,flood
farther off to sea ; and the A
mericaa ship of war the Chd
apeake, underwent a regular
search from his Majelty’s fh:p
the Leopard, and four men
were taken,two of whom were
fail] 111 Be native imyru Had .'V
mericans, who had escaped
after long confinement.
The world is always’ curious
to know the fir ft occasion or
the fir ft act of war ; and we
have been thus particular that
the origin of, pet haps, anew
one may not be forgotten. —
We should blame no captain
for executing the orders of his
fit pet m* - it he exerted them
like a man, but the cold blood
ed, cowardly cruelty, with
which this bulinefs was effect
ed, reflects dtlgrace and dti
honor on the whole B-tuflt
Navy; lie weil knew that the
Chesapeake was little better
than a lumbered itore ship
carrying out lupplics ior the
Mediterranean, as totally uu ■
prepared lor action as ttneon-
Ictous of danger, and without
waiting to fee the effect of
one broad fide, or to oblcrvc
if (be had (truck, he continued
his fire till, in the sea phrale,
she was quite cut up. Some
of the (hot went quite through
the hull, her rigging and fails
are torn to pieces, and ihe ar
rived with five feet water in the
hold.
Let the English boast of this
aßion and of the burnings of
F airfield together, nm let atom
remember that iuntiar con.
dud will produce similar ts
leCt—the fpirii of tbe Cuuntiy
is at lafl routed, and Britain,
detested in all quarters of the
earth but this, is at lad detested
here—die has no Ally now
but tbe white Negroes of the
North.
Yelterday a more numerous
and mote unanimous collec
tion of people,a Hem bled in this
place, than was ever befoie
witnessed—hut one voice, hut
one fentitnent, hut one spirit
of retaliation and revenge was
to be heard or seen, temporifed
hov/ever, by quiet resignation
so the will of our Government
Jor the prefail , in full and ar
dent expectation of opportuni
ty of redress hereafter.
June 26,
(SCJ-A fubfeription is opened
for the relief of tire wounded
on board of the Chesapeake,
and the Families of thole who
have been killed. The paper
is lodged with General Titos.
Mathews.
The Leopard has returned
into the Bav, and remains with
the other fitios; al! the Pilots
have been landed at their re
quell.
..■
A meeting of the Citizens was held oil
Tuelday last at the Eichangc, in con
feqnenee of a Noiification by Jih” T".
Noel, Mayor, to take into con fid ration
certain refalution* tranfnsitted by the
Crmmittee of Cwrrefpondence of the
Borough of Norfolk an t town of Portl
m uth, relative to the late daring and
pira >cd outrage committed by a Britilh
iqtu Iron on he United Sta’es’ fiiio of
Wir the Cartitnst.—Epiv bo Tp.l
tai ■ Ivng cdled to the Chair, and
Tiio U P CmabLTott appo nted ie
cretary v, ayor proceeded to lay
before the Meeting a com nu’ication
from the committee f correfpondrncc
—to fiate g ncrallv the objedtr of the
present meeting, and to invite his fellow
ei izetin to co-opcrate with the citizens
of Ntirfojk The following Rtf I t iotn
were then proposed, and unaniwuojl) a
donted:
Rtf lived, That the thanks of this meet
injr he tendered to the Mayor for the
prompt minner in which he 1m acceded
to t'lerequeft of the Citizens of Norfolk,
and invited hi* f •llow-citizens of Savan
nah so convene thisday.
Rafelvri, Th3t the thanks of this meet
ing be an I they are hereby given to ihe
Citizens of the borough of Nrfolk, and
town of Portsmouth, for their patriotic
Ref Uut ions.
Rcftlvid, That Edward Telfair, William
Steph-ns, George J mes, Peter Henry Mo
rel Charge Harris, Joseph Habc iEiin,
W.l'itmß B.illoch. John Y Noel, Ar
chibald S. Bulloch, John M. Berrien, John
Cum n ng,and T. U. P. Charlton, be ap
pointed a committee to report by resolution
or otherwife.M t i adj turned meeting, to
he held ou Friday the loth inst. at I S <>’
clock; and that the C'liatrm tn do invite the
citizens to aflembte on tliat d.v ii the
r rr/fyirnan
R fo'veJ, That the X.ieut. C and O ttiman
dant of the Chatham county regimen. be,<Sc
he is hereby requeued, to hold hisr g ment,
and particularly tiie Volunteer Com lanics,
in readiness to march at a momeut’s sv lin
ing to any points to which it m.y be ne-
C.dfary for the n to repair, to prevent sup
p ins being furnilbed to Sritifi Sip, of
War.
Ref lived. That the Chairman of this
m-c iHgtlo, and he is hereby diretted, to
communicate die proceedings of this day
to his Excellency the Governor, and to rc
queft him to order the immediate organis t
ti.mof thcMilitiaof lUe'/Eaftera Dif.ritt,
that they may be enabled to refill with
promotuudi .>nJ c iergy, any attempts on
theliv t and properties of the people of
this Hite, by a British armed fret: And
that his Kicell-ncy be also lolicited, to or
der provisionally, the delivery of arms to
the Militia of this Dilbitt, when eiigen
cies may render that mcafarc ncceffary.
Revived, That the Keeper of the Light-
House be requeued to hoifi a signal on the
appearance of armed vcffels; and that tbe
Cull ftiir he also requcfled to keep the Re
venue Cutter below, with infiruttions to
communicate the fperdieft intelligence of
the approaeh of British Ships of War.
Rc/01-oet, That the Pilots be, and they
are hereby requefied, to refufe thetr pro
fcffional aid to any armed fhipsof the Bri
tilh nation, until the sense of the Ameri
can Go. erument he known.
Refilv.d, That the thanks of this meet
ing be tendered to tbe Chairman, for the
able dlfcliarge of the duties of his app int
nunt, add tliat the proceedings of this
meeting be publilhed iu the different Ga
celtes of this city.
Ry cede t of lie Chairmen,
T. U. P. CHARLTON,
Recretai y
NOTIFICATION-P 9
Agreeably to a Resolution agreed to by
the Citizen- aif rnhled at the Exchange on
T cfday, the yth inst.—the Citizens of
Savannah are hereby invited to attend ait
Adjourned Muting, to be held in the t'REh-
BYTERI “VN CHURCH, on RRlDaT neat
at 12 o’clock.
EDWARD TELFAIR, Cleirtnan.
TO THE PILOTS
OF THE CITY OF SA VA KVA H .
jQe Couforinahlv to a Rtfoluto nos
your Fellow-Citizens, assembled at the Ex
change, on Tueiday the 7UI inst —yn are
herriiy requejted, to rc use your t'roi lfional
aid, to .ray armed v flels ot the B tii'a
Nat jon until the fenle of the American
Government be known.
, EDWARD TELFAIR, Chairman.
I Blank Bills of&ale
1 Ysr Sal: at this OFuc
eauaesa s . r.s. res. OT
Maririe Intelligent
-rsr. fSSt
PORT OF SAVANNAH
C 1. E A R E D.
! Sloop Delight, Cooper, Charles
ton
; —Columbia, Buckner, N. Y,
CHARLESTON June ap.
I he sloop l'itct)Ulhip,BL N
i cmako, which arrived on Sir
t itnd.iv lull from Philadelphia,
is lieighted by the U. Stales
with Hone lor the fouincntions
I in this harbour. This looks• as
j if fomelhing was to be clone;
j and we mav now hope that we
shall not have canfe again to
complain of our defencelefs fi
tuatiori,
*
wants a sifuai ion.
A YOUNG WOMAN of
unexceptionable Character, would gladly
eng ige loattetnl ou a Lady, to any of the
j Northern States, or to Europe—Kmolu
| ntetit is not her objett —A line addrt iTe i
| to li. [. and lett at this office will be ai tend-
I ed to,
I July 9 ts.
I *
CHATHAM COUNTY.
; INFEt'.I tR . OUk C—CHAMBERS.
WilUa ufou dc Cowling,
vi. C Case Bail.
Benjamin Crook. J
ON the pc itiuti of Be-jamin Crook,
It itiur tl at he is conli-.ed for debt, by
j virtue of a procels ifTuiug from the Hen.
j the Superior Court of Chatham County, at
j the suit of Willia ufon and Cowling, and
( that he is unable to p.y the debt for wdiich
| he is confined, rto give hail to anfwcr the
j f me; but is wi ling to deliver up all his
j cft.tte, real anri personal fort the be
! nefit of his creditors, and pravit g to bet
admitted to the I cnefit of the it.folver.C
j Deb ors’Atts of this date—
j it n eaue-e , That n dice of this appii
j cation lie l aved u iou each of the Ctedi
j tvirs of tliefaid Ben] tmin Cro. k or p.b
-----j billed in one of the Gazeots of tt is city,
that they may appea at the c urt lioufe
| in Savannah, on the ‘3'h day of Anguft,
j ei.filing, to fii?w cause (if any tin y have)
j wliy the prayer of tl,e petitioner ihould
1 not be granted.
A. S. BULLOCH,
JOlltN ts. MO BEL,
.1. r. 01c. c.
Eetirai l from the Minute 1, this
tub e/ “July, i Ba. 7
juo i . BOLLES, Clk.
(i 1 1 m
Sheri jfTs 4iles.
At the court-house in the city ts
Savanna 4,
WILL AE SOLI),
on the first tuesthy in August next
Lot No. 5, Moore Fytliiuw
, Percival Wardpvitli the butlciings
and improvements ; taken m exe
cotionas the property of tiie es
tate of Joiio We teat, deceased,
to satisfy a judgment in favor ot
O ■;ven Owens.
Postponed from July ?ales-
T. ROBERTSON, s. c.c.
July 9 f8
Aclministr itr.r’s Hales.
On Saturday the f-rji day es Aupejt"ne*t,
WILL fF. SOL D,
At the eenrtloufe in Brunfwi t. Glynn i'im
[y bttuuem the hours of ten and tnrelve o
stock ,
TT'lVii NEGROES, ami !ou Twenty
JF head of CATTLE; being the person
al property of Mrs Saiah Bu'nett.dec
Conditions made known at the lime of
JOHN BURNETT,
Administrator.
Julv 2. 66 ini
! 50 Dollars Reward,
j X TJILL be given tt, am person
VV apprehending a negro man
called DU K, about five leet
high, antlaliout ‘2'i years of age,
is a likelj- - country bom ledow—
i He escaped from the custody of
j the Subscriber, on tiie 2ls ot A
; pril last, near Crooked River
1 Bridge. Anv person proving said
j negro to be harboured by a white
j person or persons, shall receive
i ONE HUNDRED I) J LEAKS*
JOaEIDI CHEWS,
and. s. e. c.
St. Afttry t yune I S. C"X (ts)
! NOTICE.
THE Subscrioer forbids ail
persons, trom tiiis dstt, to
! give any credit ott bis account,
[ without a written order from brut.
j. A. MUJURICJC.
{ April E3 4 *