The Portland gazette., 1820-06-29
From ase Connectscws Mirror.
SAVANNAH.

II would appear BY the fecsat conduct ol
the city authorities OF Savannah, that having
:" come TO an sgresmen, with bell sud made
= acovenant with death" they felt themselves
10 situation to cope with Onnipotence, and
TO defy alike the laws OF God and man. am
led 70 thn inference by what has appeared in
. late Savannah paper and sincerely do
hope that this may Be the last public act ii
outrage, committed by the rulers Of that mis-
cradle. devoted city, on The Institutions Of So
ciet, and religion.
II aPpears that By resolution Of the CITY
Council, published IN the Savannah Republi
can Of The lob inst that al the FREE male
negroes shall be rsqsirsd to 's level part Of
" the line Of fort'6catsons 10 Farm street, and
TO do such other work on the streets as shall
"be pointed out By The street aud lane Com
mittee'; and moreover, that 10 case Of refu
sal or neglect Of any such FREE male ne
" sross to work a. required BY the Resolution
" above, the Mafshal be, and IS hereby r.
"qu'red 70 co~smit ~ amt to jail, to be con.
+" fined there o0e day for each day he or thew
may be required to work."
! do not protess 10 know what Is mean. in
the language Of Georgia BY FREE negro !;
but when the term Is explained by this Reseis
ton, Il means wretch who Is likely 10 fiod
no security from oPpressioa, till be finds il il
the grave. -
On The sane page Of the paper, there ap-
pears a. - Ordinance 10 permit Markets on
- Sundays, and for other putposes"-Some
seadsrs not we'll verssd in The tarieties Of En-.
glish dialect, may be puzzled to understand
the meaning Of The latter clause Of Title :"
but i is sufheientIy explained by the Ordinance
itself.
The solanp decree ofAlmighty God, /. Re
member the Sabbath day 10 keep il holy" is
repealed BY !" b il enacted By the Mayor
and Aldermen Of The City OF Savannah, iha,
The Market Of this city skdIy, and may h omen.
- oad ssed an epssv Sunday ef aIs year, ill
The bous ot 10 The morning !" and also, be il
enacted BY The authority sfosssaid. that the
Shop keepers shall Be allowed the privilege TO
keep open their Shops essyy Ssnday until 8
o'clock, A. M" These Ordinances look
strange in land Of liberty and Of the Christian
religion and stranger yet, in city. on which
one vial Of Divine wrath has been but recent.
y emp.ied. ~
! cannot forbesr observing in conclusion,
that ever since their ealamitous conhsgration,
the Transactions Of their city authorities have
heeu marked by q spirit Of ferocity and exas-
perstion. II is hsrdsto ascertsin the motives
which produced The decree relating 10 the un.
fortunate blacks but il certainly looks like q
malicious attempt at retaliation. for the simpa-
thy shown them in common with The other suf.
ferers by the people Of the Northern cities.
The resolution itself looks bad enough how.
ever. without scrutiny into the motives which
produc.dh.
ODD REASON FOR Bad SPELLING.
A young gentleman, whose capacity tor
learning 10 not provesbial, having seen young
lady, and wishing to i6tpduce himself 10 her,
wrote Gathering letter, filled with the most
extravsgant professions oi love. Upon show
ing il to frieand' ''There my boy (said he
what do you think Of that ?" His friend on
looking il over, observed. There are moi
three words in II speIt right" The other ex.
chimed, " How do you think . man can
spell we'll with such horrid psn."