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6ih. That no pilot ought
to conduct any British aimed
jhip into our harbois or v/h~
ter s
-7th. That we will heartily
concur in a (ufpenhon of a!i
intercourse with Great Britain,
until such intercoucfe can he
enjoyed on terms of reciprocal
reipect and independence.
Bth That we will pledge to
the government of the L). S.
our fortunes and our blood
for the support of ail measures
which may be necessary and
proper to vindicate the rights j
of our country.
9'h. That we will for the i
space of 30 days, wear a crape j
on the left arm, as a testimonial
of ourrefpect for the m m ary,
and regret for the lofg>, of our
brave tars.
10th. That the proceedings
of this meeting be published in
the pipers of this town—and
that the prdideut and fecreia*
ry be rtquelled to iranltnit a
copy to the executive of the
Uin cd States.
JOHN SHORE, Chairman. 4
Attcff.
John F. May ,S,c’y.
I lie Schooner Margaret K.
Bailey’, Captain Ferguson, of
and bound to Philadelphia,
with a cargo of Sugar & Cob
fee, having a Pilot on board,
was captured on Friday lall
oil the Capes of the Delaware,
by the British ship Leopard,
capt. Humphries, ana sent to
Halifax Tints.
Philadelphia, 1 5th June, 1807.
His Br Tannic Majefty’j Con
sul General,for the middle and
four he in ilatcs of America,
having ohiei ved great inaccu
racy in the manner of prepa
ring Qj.iara.nune Manijcjls lor
goods, {hipping from hence
for the poi t of Great-Britain,
recommends to the merchants
engaged in that trade, a par
ticular attention to the regula
tions heretofore published.
1 he quarantine manifelts are
t 0 be proved Affirmatively or,
Negative’”, as to (lie growth,
Produce, or manufaOutc of the
ref >eQ ve articles before a ma
giflrate,3coj\ding to the forms
preferibed, and atteffed by his
Majesty’s Confn!, or where
there is no consul, by two
known resident Butifli mer
chants. These manifeits are
to be writien in words,at length
and in continuity', upon a le*
paratc paper, diftind from a*
nv documents from (he cul
loms, and, totally uriconnect r
et’, with any invoice, hill of la
ding, cerufkae, or notarial at’
teltaiion whatsoever.
P. BOND.
Ivan
CHATHAM COUNTV.
INFERIOR COURT— CHAMBERS.
Williainfoo & Cowling, ~s
vt. C Cass Bail.
Benjamin Crook.
ON the petition of Benjamin Crock,
ftatirgj that heis confined tor debt, by
virtue of a process iffuiag from the Hon
die Superior Court of Chatham County, at
the suit of WiHiamfon ami Cowling arid
first he is unable to pay the debt for which
he is confined,urto give bail to anfwcr the
Same; but is wi ling to deliver up all lit*
est Me. real a.id perfuna! for the be
nefit of his creditors, and graving to be
admitted to the benefit of the inljl vent
Debtors’ Adis of this fiate
It h mat re/. That n Rice of this ?.t-nit
ration be served upon each of the Credi
t >rj of the said H:njaniita Crook, or pab
sillied in one of the Gtaettca of this city,
tiiatthey mty appear at the coct hord
>n Savannah, on the 13th day of Augalt,
-■•fumy, to shew eauft (if an, they ha"-;
why the pravei of the petitioner t -
uot be granted.
A. S. BULLOCH,
john h. mot::.,
.i. r. c. c. c.
Qxtrafl from tbs Mlnrtu, Jiit
Itbcf 1 Ho 7.
‘ J 0:1. i’. iiOLLES. Clk.
PATRIOT.
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s.j VANS A l’ y July 13, 1807
of.V adjourn'd meeting ts the Citizens zints hr’d
on Friday last, at the Frrfbyterian C.'.urch a
-1q it Pefo’ution of the ytls inflant. *Tie
Committee reported the following Refoluticnt
‘uhi.b were received, read, and unanimoofy
adofed, a-d ordered to be publ’Jbed :
WHEREAS the people of these Pro
vinces ere vet they had hroken afund-r
the tie which united th-m to the British
Government, .inn assn icd to th'mfelves a
separate and independent rank am mg the
Nations of the Earth, even in the verv in
fancy of tlitir exist nee, defli ute of re
f.iurcei for War, wit ho it men, wthout
money, without arms, without ammunition
and without experienced Military Com
manders ; regardin', of rh -f * great and ar
| duuu difficu'ties. miod u’ 01 Iv of the in
1 d:-"i ie, the • -p.. ..Hi >. sand the tyrannie*
j of Great Britain, an ; animated to r, fiftance
h’. that unconquerable Spirit which in
du e I th-ir F tners to temot the wiM ami
drearv rcefies oft 1 is tl en tr.i kief and fe t
rail,ing an u <1 the elevated oT ‘ ND \RD
of tiieir l/IUKRTI” ~in th-. prefen e and
under the proieißion 111 fuperin'rading
guidance of Almightt God, (iij on th 4 h
day of July, 1776, p a clai n to the aft n
ifiied vvo : 'd,t eir unalterable de'crtni a
tion to refill to f ffe.i-:g and to death, ttic
great and might v Power of B it on—Vnd
reiving upon the solemn and m ,tual iiledge
of life, of fortune and of sacred honor, eir -
er to nobly fall in Frcedot ,’s eaiile, or else
to fix li r Stand,rd ,11 diefe Shores
And -he'eat, as itw is naturally t > l>e cx-
Bpertcd tli at the exterior realionsof a G 1-
T-riunr-nt thus emulating from he nonleft
emotions of the human heart, liming I’ ac;
for its obje&and Liberty,for its end, (lu u’ 1
be marked by a ficrea ndu olcviatii.g ad
herence to these great aud u laltera • e
princip’es of Juftiec. by which men svh -
tber individually orcolle&ivelv, are b uu 1
to their fellow men—S it h,s bapneied
that thef: U. States in their interc u f vitli
foreign nati ns, have un ormlv nil l ie Ia
condudl hi.’hlv liotmrahle ro themselw &
hithe to f-.tisfadV rv to t’ ofe with wh m
they have he n c nn dl and
NevertheVfs, the G venment of Great
Britain unm ndfid of th, fe dutirs of rcci
proci y which a w fe nation cino t tad tn
difeover, and a just one wII never refute
to perform, ha h in numerous inftmeet
made unjnftifiable ag relfiuns upon our in
terests and hath violated our ri rhts, and
inflated our dignity as a free and inde
pendent nation.
She hat! p’uo'ie-ed our Merchants of
their ptopirtv cn the Ocean—and hath
j violated the perfoual liuerties of cur citi-
I e s bv Imprelim.-nt.
| She hath blockaded our Sea-ports ; she
! hath mu dered a citivtcn of these U. States,
i for his r'-fuf.il to comply wi ll her lawless
i rrq nfitions, and baili added, cold blooded
j irfu tto this on rage,in offering atonement
j by t’ c m eke. y of a trial—
t Shell it ,f-nt her armed veTels into ur
I har'-o-s in defiance f pt fitive inlubitimis
j —an I her petty officer, have in their of
i final communications, written in langu ge
j ot infoience of th; fu-fi Magistrate ot our
I N. ion.
For all thef# injuries (lie hath refufed to
negociate upon terms of reciprocal jufiice,
and hath opened her batterie- upon us, to
ftifle amid the thunder of her, cannon, “nr
numerous and well founded ciaimi agiiuft
I her cabinet.
She hath recently, in the fame fpuit of
lawless violence ilmilf on our (hares at
! tarked the United States’frigate the Chela-
I pcake, then unprepirtd for add m.— me
( hath stained the decks of an American vo-
I sel, with the blood of our citizens, and bath
] attempted to dishonor the fitg of our ns
i tiou—and many of our cuiz-n even now,
J langttifli under the wounds, which the per
j fidi us cruelty, and rulfian outrage oi tfiof;
I sea-murderers have inflicked.
| Since then th Britifli government hath
• uniformly evinced towa ds he American
i Nation and People an enmity ft deeply
rooted, that her inf tlenee, aggrellintis and
lifuipstions have un formly itioreaf-d in
the ratio of the pacific overtures and m 1-
J deration of onr Gsvcr-immt —Since the
I hath basely chosen to direiß an attavk at
1 thi3m tr.jnt when the external relations of
J -jure unt ry are dilturbed by our uun ttled
i difTereii’ts with Spain—and its interna)
j traiiqudity hath bos* 1 jeopardized by tr i-
I ter ius machinn'ions, ft tirc -ir.es n# with
I one heart and one mind, to rally around
i the Standard! f c .r National G ivernm.-nt,
| and at toe hast, rd of Suftering# and of
| Death, to burst through the emud yr ocu
j now darkens around the hitherto aufullied
I fame of- our Nation.
I j, due to the manes of on- murdered
! Fellow-Citizens, to give vent to thof-
I fee ings of indignation, which swell a'mo ft
to burftiu't in everv America 1 bofim.
| It is dm to the Chief M .giftrate & Repre
! f.-ntmives cfour Nition, to wh m, uu-ler
Heaven, is confided the awful duty ot di
j redliug thedeflinie# of America, i,. this ar
duous crisis, to n?ture them of our nn
| efaliug devotion to the caufc of our com-
I man Cover.-.—O ‘ our u >aoim ius and un*
j alt’rablo determioatinn to support them at
every hazard, in the puiflit of just m*
iuus of retaliation, orof veng ance.
{* is and uc to oor. elves, ifi u we
should notdisg-a i the memory
of our ii’ i-.tno.r; ancestors, who
preferred death, to slavery or
i dishonor.
| W'pr a.’- fore. It i* Petilved by
th.: J-ncu ‘>f Sivnnnn’i, in Ge
neral ‘Meeting A\-;mviied.
Thu cvety Citiz-n do wear,
Crape oti the left arm for a .or
mg!it, to wince his sorrow lot
the fTeatii of our u,fqmtoa> se
nett who were wardered by
City • ii a aoliricsjof :'* Lew-
pard. in his perfidious *nd unpro
voked atuck up.aa the Chesa
peake.
IJ solved. That the indignant
r eelings which have been excited
•n our bosoms by tills unprinci
pled violence, will never subside
until gotcinment shall base re
ceived complete and exemplary
satisfaction.
Resolved, That from this mo
ment everv Citizen of Savannah
considers himst If entirely at the ‘
’isposat of the Government, pre
pared to subn.it to every priva- j
lion— o encounter every toil
to Have every clanger— and with
alaciitv, to perform ‘ every duty
which he Government shall nj jin
Heselved, I hat unt 1 th-- pt. a
sti’e ot the General G n erntn nt
be known, the 1 itiz. ns of Savan
nah will hold mi eoiimi n;ic...i(ni
I wi h the Briti-.h h>p.. ol warwith
| n our waters, anti .n o.ir coasts,
I and that they will brand with in*
f .my ever person detected in vi*
j oi.e) 11 g 1. re . itttton.
I /\csoivccl, I hii a Comjvtt.ee
| be appotu ti to correspond vith
j t“e lnhabi ants of ihe Ea t* ,n
i Conn 1 . , so ann.-unce to th* n
j lie nieasur •? atioo ed In o , and
1 iO recommend their concurrence
! tlrerein.
Retoived, I'lnit t'"*se resoluti
ons be extended to all Britt h
i armed vessels which may hcreaf
jur come within our w .ne un.
til complete satisfaction ts -n ~!<_*
to the Government fur ini-, uu
-1 p.inripled outrage
i Resolved, Hia: the Chairman
be authorized to purchase an A
, merican Ensign, tuid to cause the
j same to be transmitted \n the
; keeper ot the Light*house, in or
der to carry into effect our rhso*
i lution of the 7th instant relative
ly ro a concerted signal.
licsoived That the Commit*
> sua and Otricers of the Military on
! the sea coast, be requested to
i hold their respective commands
j in readiness, lor the purposes
I contemplated by these resoluti-
I Olio.
Resolved, That the Chairman
j be authoiised at any time, at his
j discretion, to call a meeting of
! the Citiaens, who pledge them
j selves to convene at a moments
j warning
! Resolved, That these resoluti
ons be published, aiid that copies
of them be tiansmitted by the
Chau mm to the President of the
Uuiitd States, and to the Gover
nor ol Georgia.
Resolved, l hat ‘.he Mayor of
I the Liiy ot Savannaft, be req ,est
i evi to lortvatd to ti*e Coinin.ttee
! o. Cm ik .pondence ot me i>*-
j rougtt of Noiioik. and Town ol
i Bortsmoodi, cerutud copies of
the resolutions oi Uie Citizen* ur
bavaanafi*
In General Matting.
UDWAKD TiiLF.iIR,
Lb i man,
; A:-eft,
r HUM AS U. V. CHARLTON.
Secretary
| Spirited U Pairiolie Resolutions.
J At a meeting of the Military Vo'un
tcer coin .aines, coi'ipoi. ii t toe Cliattianr
Artil cry, Chath.n* C'gh l Dragoon, Cliat
ham Rangers, aud Sav .ntiali Guild*, m
| taciicu to tin: li. ft regiment of the firft bri
; gaJe, and fi ft div.fio.i of 1 f.e lUte of
j Georgia, on lucid a y toe 71b July, IdoV,
| at 7 i*. M
j Captain Benjamin Wall was called to
j the cnair a. i'rtii.ieat, and Gap.. Julin
’ Shclmau as vice-prtfidtu*, and bent, sum
j v.-a* chute 11 idcret.iry.
I Tne refutations of the dilTercut compa
l nie. v/erc read and approved.
lju ii-mion,
; Refit y, Tliat a general committee of
i tlirtt: from each c m lany be app.fi icd by
| It eir r.-fpcctive c.. 11. m inders, to report, di
j rebelv, rcl'oln jpii* to be forwarded to his
I excellency tbe governor, tend-oing our
I fei victs end heatty co-op taium in the
i means of defence ueculaiy on tins occa
lion.
And tlie following gentlemen We-re ap
pointed to that C'.maiit.ee.
| A-tillcry— i.ieut MLeod Dr. Jsme. B.
i Read & J* teimah Cuyler Drag ons— l.icui.
I S3i k, Cornet Fiymifig aval eikxa altr :•>.
I Roe. hangert- Lieu*. Ansley, tnfigh M
i Kcnoa an.l Rob. rt Haultou. CuarJs
i i.i ut B.iurke, tteele White and t.haf.es
i Howard: —win reti ed for a liw miuu.a,
| a a retained wit .tet, to -i’g relolu. unis,
wiiic'i were u.unimat ft - ag e-d <>
We ill” Volunteer Comp.me attached
to t.i- lirft Kcg.meut ol tl.efl.’ ’ Bigot
and firft Division o’ t’ e Mi.itia of the mate
of Georgia co-fed us < f me jul.ee an I
forbe.oa cc wh cli lusev. r Been exes cited
by our national governmeat toward otli.r
nations; and, f.eii gljt *-.ve to a l.i.fe ot
the dignity of the United awtts ol Ameri-
ca, as a free aud iiadspcndcnt nation, do 1
we VTW, whiiK an incJiynatinn aid an ab* |
liorreucc which vre cannot cxprcfi, tlie la r t j
p ’Ot, and unnarallc ed infub fTt?rcd to our
nation, bv the premeditated murder com
mitted 00 Our citixen* on board the (J!.c
fapeake frigate, under the command of
Commodore Barron, and believing that
these aft* will be rrj/irded bv ou r govern
ment as they Humid be, and 1
produce measures of retabarion and ic- -
yen re
We therefore, *nt nim-ufl ‘ Pert*?, and do |
hereby tenf’er to tfie gov *rtior and com
tn,tinier ia chief of our fU‘e, our ferviren
ass )ld? ’.rs, determined to obey with
promprneffi and alacritv tlie orders of our
in pp frig British aggro(Ti
on, and we pledge ourselves, onr liv as vnd \
our honor ts use our bed exertions, and to
he ready at a m me b warning, to ca r rv
into cie ution any measures which tbe
j govsm r may order f>r that purpose.
Rtfdvni uninim ufly, TANARUS! at a c. pyof these
our proceeding;*, be prciVnted to Edward
E< 1 air, }■ sq chairmmof the meeting of
ci ians , and a copy them'f he tranfmii
ted to his Excellency the Governor.
BI N. WALL. Chairman.
It. M. SriTFs, Sec'tj.
The officers of a Brriffi etif*
ter have behaved with much
infoience towards tbe mailers,
Arc. of several vHfeli (ieai
Pdifttnaquoddy Bay. The
Priffaniaqu addy divides the
j ILitifh irotn the American ter*
| lifoiy—and through the igno
j ranee, impudence, or ii.dif
j cr.tion of officers, disputes
j ni-.y unfortanate'.y often a rife
I there. It is probable the Bri- |
i tifh velfel was a revenue cutter, j
j as the Btiulh pretend much i
j ftnuggling is carried on near
’ ih- Bay. Difagreeabie as the
• a.Ttir is, we hope we may be
! permuted to doubt, that the
| cimvr acted under any fpe i
j cial irsllructions from die j
j ulh Cabinet Council ! or \
’ that (he has been sent from En
: gland on purpose to prove to
; us eidier British Friendship or
! Btiiilh enmiiy.
Boflon Palladium.
‘
FOWDi'R MILI.S.
On Timruiay morning, the
1 ißth ult. about 9 o’clock, a
| Powder Mill, iiiuaied about 9
1 miles from Brunswick, (New*
jerley) was blow.** uu, wid a
terrible explolion. Five men,
who were at work in the dit
ferent apartmenis, loft their
lives; leveral in its vicinity,
! were fevereiv ihocked. Ava
I luable Griit-Mill, and a Saw*
j Mill, in its neighbourhood,
j ware Blattered to ruins. It is
said to have contained 10 i
k-’gs of Gun*Powder. This
tliUreßing event was oCeafi >n*
ed by one of the workmen irn
prudently using a hammer in
and ivjng a nail through an iron
j hoop,in what they call the dry
! mg room, where luole powder
was Jc-tUered over the lioor.
i he mailer of the woi ks dilco-
I vered him in the ad, and reuri
I mauded him for bis temerity ;
j but it is lu pooled, as soon aa
1 me mailer withdrew, he per
| blted in the work, and in a
few minutes was blown into e
, ternity.
BV SATURDAY NIGHT’S MAIL,
CHARLES I ON, July
By a London p,perot the .jth May, we
I observe, that the men now in power m En
; gland have a- tei ra u-'d to make no conces-
I fious to (he U- a. 111 coiifequcnce of the re
j jetted irea:y—and that I heir conduct ill
tome ot the opposition papers is ticited
witii an u iuiual degree of hitter acrimony
j and tearful ipprehenfion. Nothing ell;
, new.-— liahimtrc American.
Capt. Girdon aud Du Tor Bolins, ot the
Cbefifr.tle frigate, arrived at Alexandria on
the 05111 ul‘ lu that government,in all pro
lul>.lkv, wn uificialiy imovmcd of th; ue-
I curreuee uu that day. The follow ng is
i fai-j to have been Cos i-.modore Jiarron , an
! wertoCapt Humphries -. —“Tliat he lliuuld
1 permit no foreign officer 10 mutter hum ,1;
hut, tliat it the Captain of the Briniit. Blip
w u and niufter his men atidi if--r an A nc i
can officer ,0 come on hiatd and t .kr II
iVme:ictus from h,screw, lie would tn (t-r
the Chempeake’s crew,and permit a tin
ulli officer to come on Ikm and aud fek'if all
’ the B. it,fh TuhjcCU therefrom.”
j The Washington Federalist, of
! Ju*m “7 r.avs ’* Tliat a rej.resen
| taiionwas inittls some time situ e
bv tke Brnisii to o'i.
vert tnent on tlr • Mibjcot
nifir who vote claimed l
i’r.tish as doiortors. An v n
” til institotvd Jrntn 11 hicii it. ionr
lv appo.uod that tfi.. tuen in qaes
don, were native American Ynti
/nis ; and of this fu t Mr. j rskiue
was satisfied,
“ A cabinet council injot mi
Tlmrsdav evouing, imm.-diatol v
after the receipt of
and again on yesterday morning.
The result of their tit-libTtiuous
has not v*t transpired. l> g |.mv
’ rer said, tliat capt. Decatur,who
is now at Richmond, lu, hneti
ordered to take cnnmvind of the
Chesapeake—lron which it in,tv 1
be inferred that the com lint of
commodore Barron will be in
quired into. It was likewise ru
moored yestmiav iveun g, that
Congress would b; immediately
convened.”
f * -i gembnun lately from 111-
h a x M dor ms us, tb it accounts of
die acquittal of Capt. VVitnov
I had be.-n rectivctl there, adding
! he had st.bstquentlv been
appoinied to the command of a
I ( 4 and was to be stationed on
; (he American Coast ! From the
j manner in Which it has been com
mu.dinted to us, we are dispos
ed to consider it a tact.
Relf's Gazelle:
According to advices received
in England, from Morocco, the
Emperor has solemnly declared
war against Russia and I r.gland.
The Devs oi Algiers mid Tripoli
have followed his example / and
there are at tins moment a great
number ol die Baibanau corsairs,
etui tug in the Meditciranetu,.
Several foreign.;** of distinc
tion tiavc be-rs arrested in Eng
land, and Hume of them t.eut out
oi th kingdom.
A London paper of the ltith
Mat > aayt, the eldest son oi King
Louts f li >il mi, the intended
ictessoi of the Lr.ii.etor iNa
polet 11 of France, died lattdy af
tlie Hague.
P I. Burr's t*isl i’ tti t ike place o*i tfyr
ff.it M-.ailay in nett month.
M arinol.n t diligence.
PORT OF SAVANNAH
ARRIVED.
Ship Dartmouth, S arr, V York
Charles, Atwell, F ttland
KrigDirt, H il'jklrvs, Boston
Sluon Favorite, :n*cd, Charleston.
Cap:. HoJsHns was hoirdeft on rHe gift
in ft ofT Cliadefton, hy the Britiflt Sip .p of
war Driver, in company with another thip
of war, law another ftiip fuppefe.l alio to
he a Blip of war.
Capr. Atwell was hoard? Ihy an Euglifll
Privateer,ofl'the Bar uu the Jell iuft
m see:’,tiixaiivmome,niaa*ne-.k>*r■*->*'**
Administrator’s Sales.
On Saturday the f.rji day ts Aagufi next,
WILL BE SOI 1), J
At tfc conrt b“*fr in Brunfwi.k, Glynn ccit/i-™
ty bel'ivcn the hours of ten and t'wel+s *’
c/cehj
NEGROES, and abou Twenty
L head of CAt'll.h; heinj* the person
al property of Mrs 3. lah Btwnelt,dec
j Conditions mid* huowu at th> time of
faie. -
JOHN BUliNi'/fT,
Administrator.
Jttlv 2. t'b lm
50 Dollars Reward y
| \X7IU- be given to anv person-
V V apprehending a negro nun
! called DK'K, about five feet
| lilt'll, ami about 23 years of age,.
I is a likely country bom leilow—
j lie escaped iroui the custody of
j ibe Subscriber, on the 2lsol A
| pril last, near C rooked lCiver
} Ijridge. Any person proving said
j i.ugio to be harboured by a “'lute
I person or persons, sluli receive
ON hi lIUNDKKD DOLLAR
jOSKPIi CKKVv'S,
i) ( • C.
j: St. Mary * ‘Jar.; 18. 6 2 ftj)
j NOTICE.
i nnHK SubscriOer torbids n|)
i 1. persons, from this date, io
| gee any credit oil bis account,
j vutooui a written order fr ail liini.
J A M-jiilfK'K.
I April Kl *3