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Au OIJ Man's SONG on the lub icfti, it rs our Women.
'[ II O' agt at my Ihow has taken his fland,
' And tane has fretch'd o'er m ; his wrink'ling hand,
Cur Patriot fair Eke a charm can inspire
Inibree .'core anl ten, twenty's spirit and fire.
Boy fill me a lumber -As long as I live,
T e patriot fair for my toast most I give ;
Here'* a healthto the Sex of every degree,
W . re rAe^nefs and beauty with firmueC agree :
No mere will I nibble of times that are past.
My with isthe prefect 'or ever may hli:
Already I fee alky George in difpair,
Should be vanqGlh the men, to vanquish the fair.
Of Greeks and of Roman enough has been said,
To Codrusa^d Brutus full tribute been paid ;
O'er musty old heroes no longer I'll dream,
Living beauty and virtue enliven my theme*
Could time be roll'd backward, and age become young
My heart (well with ardour, my arm be new firuag,
Under Wallington's banner I'd chearfully fight,
Where the smiles of the fair with glory unite.
Fill a bumper again boy, and let it go round,
For the watersof youth in claret are found.
The younkers shall know, I've the courage to dare,
Drink as deep as the bed to the patriot-fair.
From RIVINGTON's R oTA LGA zE ttE, of
the 19th of July, 1780
S A V A N N A H, June 15.
" O Y f me people from the back county this week,
O we are informed, that the rebel feat of govern
" ment is new in the ceded lands, where a certain S:e
---" phec Heard, afls as Governor or President, and Dooly
" keeps together about 300 men that Twiggs and one
"of the Innman's have been kill din Carolina; and that
'' H nr, Candler, in attempting to carry off his father,
" William Can % A property to the northward, in com
" pany with Daniel Me Carty, had been flopped at the
" ridge by some Carohneans, who took charge of their
" tffcfti they having fled o save their lives"
^ We are dtfred to fay, that Mr. Johnson, the
Printer of theßby I Paper a Savannah, although right
ly informed r foxing Prefid nt Heard and Colonel Doo
ly, who from the lafl accounts, actual!, support the Go
v^nment of the S ate of Georgia, in the face of compli
cates d''firult!c> and dangers, is nevertheless, mifintorm
ed refof& ng Colonel Twiggs, as we presume he is with
regard to Captain Innman The former we know to be
in North Carolina, at the head of t',ofe gallant men, with
whose affiflane he has deservedly acquired so, much re
patatmn; and may, e'er long, make another visit to
Ogeicive, where he has twice defeated two of their pick
ed par its Tie firft, in the year 1779, when Prevoft
was on James Jfland, in fight of Charleftown, the Colo
nel went down ^ith a party of militia, drove in all the
enemy's out-posts, and fixed his quarters on Ogeechee,
centrcally between the garrisons of Savannah and Sun
bury, by which he cut off all communication. Governor
Prevail w:o had returned into Georgia with the grena
diers of toe 64h British regiment, detached 50 of them,
under the command of Capt Moller, reputed to be an
exceeding good officer to d'dud,e him. The Colonel,
discovering his approach, on the 28th day of June, met
him in an open corn-field; killed the Captain, wounded
/he Lieutenant, bayoneted 15, took 32 prisoners, and
3 made their escape with the guide. And it is a faft that
C knrl Twiggs h^d but 35 men; and his onset was so
rapid and vigorous, that viHory was obtained in an in
ftant, and at the expence of only one man wounded,
who afterwards recovered. T'is gave great alarm to
th° two garrilons, ard was more the cause of drawing
the Britilh army out of Carolina, than the attack at Sto
no.
The other defeat was in the present year, and just be
fore the capitulation of Charleftown. During the siege
of that place, frequent parties were sent dawn to beat up
the enemies quarters about Savannah, with a view to dis
tmsthe enemy, aad to raw troops from the siege. Co
lajtl Twig s with his men, united with a party of the
South-Carolina Militia, under the command of Colonel
Pi-kerf, a very gallant good officer, went down with re
fpeaible force, and drove the enemy within their re
d ^ts. Trey took poll upon Ogeechee, the latter at
Buyer's phonations, two miles from the ferry, and the
former on Governor Wright's, lying upon the river. A
party of to v n.n. drawn chiefly from the corps of York
v.>lunters, and an Heffiau regiment, was sent out of Sa
v nah .0 attack them under the command of Captain
Cork n, of Creger's battalion. Colonel Twiggs's post
bohg nearest the enemy, of course had firft to engage.
Conklin :1a med re attack in the usual way of the Bri.
sh, in front and flank, which would appear the more
c fluffing, as the Colonel had but 32 men with him. He
ch oi< bed Captain Innman with 8 men tocheck the detour
0 : :is let, under Lieutenant Supp e, with 15 men, while
t, limfelf, with the remainder, eppofed the enemy's
main body, under Captain Corklin. The Colonel's men
are celebrated for fore shots, and being so much inferior
in cumbers, and Colonel Pickers too far dirtant to fuc
cour him to time, he had recourse toan expedient, which
in fuchtales is certainly juftifiable. He ordered some of
his beft,marksmen to rush up and single out the officers,
rich was execute lin a moment. Captain Conklin fell
by a mortal wound, as did his lower officers, and the
men being without an officer, save a Corporal, were
focn routed ; eleven were killed, and more wounded.
Captain Innman on the left was not lets fuccefsful. He
met Suppl vith half his number, threw himfelf into a
bird he was obliged to pass, k lied 6 of his men, wound-
e # dm,an' obliged him t , retire. The Colonel and Cap
tain then uniting, pulh.J the enemy, and tok several
prisoners ; but having boats ready, r t y crossed the ri
ver, and ma e good their retreat to Savannah, where all
the officers of the party have since died of their wounds.
PALuADELP HI A: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLA P, in Market-street.
Colonel Twiggs, upon this octafijn also, had but one
than wounded, who is fi^ce we 1.
It is by such exertions thst Georgia has hitherto main
tained its independence— And if thrie a&ons ar not
great, t.ey are a lead brilliant : Nor can we fear that
men of such gallantry and good condufl will ever be dif
troyed by a few cowardly Tories.
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Phil delphia, July 29, 1,30.
To the PUBLIC.
AN Alvrrf^mmt having been publidid the 25b
intt. in Mi. Dunlap's Pa er, by the Agents for for
feited Eft^tes in the city of Philadelphia, proclaiming,
that n the 28th of Au{u% they int nded to fell by
Public Auction, among other Estate, “ t#o yea.
Rent of jool. fcnnfymaria Currency each, iffuing-Ctt
of twoLuo Gound on the weft file 0 Second-street
between Slfafi.s And Mulberry street, on^ of them in
the tenure or David Staffer, and the otherjn the te
nure^ol Cokr el IGi Melcher and Adam Melcher, late
the Estate of Andrew Alien."
The case stands briefly thus.—Tie fubferibers held
the premises under two different deeds from Andrew
Aden and Sarah his wife, both dated the 21st of Au
gust, 177 y each Lot fubje& to a yearly ground rent of
266 -nd 1 3 Span Ih Silver Dollars for ever. Provided,that
if either of the owners or tenants of the said two Lots,
should at s.ny time within the /pace of ten years from
the dt: of the f^id deed, pyo tender to the fai,d An
drew AI n, his heirs cr affi^ns, 5333 and 1 3 such Dol
iar^as aforefaid, besides the arrearages then due, the
ground rent should become exurdt
In April, <77, Col. Melcher, eldest son of Leonard Mel
cher, deceased, ch behalf of himfelf and his brothers
and lifters, ( two of whom were minors ) offered
to the said Agents the Ripulated sum for ex
tingwifhing that ground rent in Continental Money,
and upon the Agents refuting to take it in lieu of
Silver, the Colon I by petition comp ained to the Su
pr me C urt, and the Court configuring the said peti
tion, decreed on the 7th day of April, 1779, ' n the
words following, viz. that " the Re,r f ntatives of
the said Leon rd Melcher are intirled to extingtith
the ground rent aforehid, by paying to the Agents for
forfeited Eftate# of persons atta ntrd cf H gh Treason,
in purlu&nce of an Ad of Affem dy of this Common
wealth, the sum of 5333 and 1-3 Dollars, in the law
ful Currency of this Commonwealth, together wi # h such
arrearages of ground rent in the said Currency as (hall
he du for the Lot aforefaid, at the time of payment of
the said sum of 5333 and 1.3 Dollars in like manner as
if the fail ground rent had been r^ierv d and made
payable in the said Currency of this C mmonwealt , of
which the fiid Agents for forfeited Ettatrs are to take
notice and govern themselves accordingly."
After obtaining this decree of th? Supreme Court the
Agents to whom it was delivered, I'l refufed to take
the Continental and State money in lieu of Silver, till in
the month of September n?xt following, t -e f'id David
Schaffer, owner of one of the said Lols, and the said
Ilaac Melcher and Adam Melcher, to whom in the di
vision ant settlement of their said Father's Eftat:, the
other Lot was co veyed, made a so; mal tender to the A
gents of the redemption money and arrearages of rent
due, in such money, as by the Ad of Gtneial Affmly
was declared to be the Currency of this State, and the
Lil Agents feveraily and jointly refufed to accept thereof,
a few days after the tender was made and refusal giv^n,
the said Dmd Schaffer, Isaac Melcher and Adam Mri
ch^r, did pay according to Law, to Isaac Snowden, Esq;
Treasurer of the State tax, each of them the amount
of the money by them refpeftively tendered to the A
gen:s, and took the Treafwer's receipt?.
Jhe leth October, the fubferibers presented a ref
pe&ul memorial to the Prtfident in Council, setting
f rth the case as it is herein befoie stated, together with
thrir ritie, deeds; the decree ofth^ Supreme Court, the
account of rent due to the said Allen's estate, and the
receipts cf the said Treasurer, praying that an A& he
made in the name of the Supreme Executive Council,
for extinguishing the rent charged on the «states of the
memorialitts-.-This memorial, the deed a d other pa
pers were delivered to the Secretary the io<b of Octo
ber, remained with the Council full four months, until
on the nth day of February it was considered and dis
missed by the following resolve :
" Refolded, That reasonable legal doubts having arisen
" to the said tender, as also to the jurifdi&ion of the
" Supreme Court, in thecate of the Commonwealth be
« in^ a creditor and not a debtor. And upon en
" quiry it being fowad that it has not been the practice
" upon the A& of Affsmbly, to extinguish redeemi
-6< bie ground rents as prayed by this petition, the fame
" be dismissed, and the parlies be left to their remedy
“ at law."
Upon this occasion, the fubferibers find it proper, pub,
licly to make known and declare, that under the Laws
of this Commonwealth, by the authority, and agreeable
to the decree of the Judges of the Supreme Court, they
themselves have already purchased the said two ground
rents, and paid the fame into the Treafary as herein be
fore stated; and therefore do forewarn all perfonsof pur
chasing fiom the said Agents, the laid two several
ground rents, or either of them.
DAVID SCHAFFER,
ISAAC MELCHER,
ADAM MELCHER.
A few Reams of small
Cannon Cartridge Paper,
TO BE SOLD BY
JO ~H N D U N L A P,
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
WedneNay, May 31.
The report of the Committee on Ways and Means was
read and adopted, and is as follows ;
" Tl.at in tire opinion of your Committee, it is of the
utmofi consequent e, that every possible measure should be
taken to forward toe collection of public taxes, and that
every Member of this House should engage immediately
on his return, to inform the Treasurer and CollfHors,
&c. efthe county in which he refidcs, of the Laws passed
during this S flion, for enforcing the collection of taxes,
and use their utmost influence to accomphfh this very nfe
ceffary business."
Extract from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
[The several Printers in toe State are requested to insert
theabove in their papers, and to continue it till the next
meeting of the Houfe.]
-f-o' b~F —s '0 l~d7~
The following Houses and Lands, visa
AN Elegant well built three ftcry brick houfeand
1 kitchen, situate at the south weft corner of Third
and Lombard- (treats, the let contains in breadth on
Lumbird street 36 feet, and in depth on Third-street
78 feet fubjeft to a ground rent of 151. per annum.
Also, a three dory brick house, situate on the fouth*
fide of Lumbard-ftreet, between Second and Front
ftreet?, the lot is feet front, and 63 feet deep,
Allo, a three fbry brick boule and kitchen, situate
on the caff fide of Sixth it ret between Arch and R^ce
ftretii, the lot 16 teet font and 51 feet and a half deep.
Also, a two itor, brick house and kitchen, lituate on
the ead fide of Fourth street between A ch c^J Race
streets, the lot 17 feet front ^nd 4, feel and a half deep,
fubje^ to aground rent of 10 dollars and a half per
annum.
Also, a plantation fixate one mile from Frankfort,
containing 76 acres, about ten acres wood land, and a
bout sixteen acres of mtafow may be made, a small log
house, tiame barn and ftjtle, it is well watered and
the fituntion high and pieplant. For terms of f a ie ap
ply toBONSALLMISHOEMAKE R's Office,
in Fuuttd lt.eet below Sprucc-ltre. t.
—— _u.,—. ,
B i'o, JGy 9. 1,80.
WANTS A PLACE,
A Young M A N,
%xr H O will undertake to teach Riding, Writing,
Ar thmetic in all its parts, Navigation by M r
catur and Circle Saving, Algebra numerically and li
teracy, &c. and would ve zl dto engage either in town
orcu'+ y, upon Lhtu rn* as the times will dmir of.
Enquire of Mi.CHARLES BISONEfrT,
Innke~per.
TO BE SO L D,
A Healthy N EGRO WENC H, about
Twenty years of age. Inquire of the Printer.
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
PICKED up off of Stamper's ^haif (the owner
being pofitivn to the spot) A common fiz: SILVER
WATCH, Chr a face, feel ch,in and key, a cornelian
stone leal, with the impreffionof a man's head, set in
silver, maker's vame and number forgot: A Print of
his Excellency General Washington in the bottom of
the outside c^. As 'tis likely it will be offered for
fair, it is hoped that Watchmakers and others to whom
it may be offered will stop it, for which the above ra
yard will be given by the Printer hereof, and no quefti*
ons alked.
THOMAS MORGAN,
Late of Baltimore and Stateof Maryland,
INFORMS the PUBLIC,
'T H A T he carries on the CLOCKand WATCH
1 Maker's Business as formerly, at the North East
Corner of Secend-Rreet Bridge, Philadelphia. Those
L dies and Gentlemen that please to favour him with
their Cuftem, may depend on his Care and punctua
lity.
N. B. Said Morgan hath a small quantity of Best
MAIN SPRINGS, Watch and Clock Maker's
FILES, &e. to difpsfe off. July 2,.
FOR SAL e7~
A GENTEEL Three Story BRICK HOUSE; two
'' rooms on a floor, Piazza and Kitchen, with a room
over them, in a pleasant part ofthe city. For particu
lars enquiie of the Printer.
Just Imported, and to be SOLD
BY W H OL ESA L E, BY
Messieurs C. P. & N. RAGUET,
At their store in Front street five doors below
Walnut street.
The following ARTICLES, viz..
WEST India Rum,
Brown Sugars, | B y the Hoglhead.
Mriaffes, J
Coffee, )
Cocoa, ) in barrels and ba ^
Alium Salt, in tierces,
Lemon Juice in calcs,
Gun Powder,
Flints,
And a large Assortment of dry goods.