The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1782-07-20 00:00:00, page 3

CHARLESTOWN, fo LY 24.
ON the gth instant, a committee of officers of the Country
Militia waited on Lieutenant-Colonel Balfour^ and pre
inted to him an address, signed by all of them then in this
griffon, a copy whereof we have been favoured with, and
fehich we now present to the Publick, together with Colonel
hlfour's aniwer. ,
To NISBET BALFOUR, Esq;
lieutenant-Colonel of bis Majefly's twenty-third regiment, (or
Royal Welch Fuzileers) Commandant of Cbarleftown, &c.
&c. &c.
The ADDRESS of the officers of the Country Militia,
SIR,
The officers of the Country Militia now in Charleftown,
feel the greatest concern on being informed of your intention
Shortly to leave this Province, and they cannot let pass the
occasion without expressing the sense they have of the services
you have rendered the Publick, and joining in the general
ipplaufe of your conduct in the difficult Ration in which you
have been placed, among a people of difcorda'nt interests and
whose passions were deeply interested in the matters that
came under your cognizance. But in particular they find
themselves under the ftrongett obligations to acknowledge the
attention you have paid to such of the loyalists as have, fyd for
protection tQ Charleftown ; and they presume to hope, that
your benevolent Support of the 'numerous distressed, together
with your eminent Services, will prove powerful recommenda
tions to the favour of a fovepergn as much diftinguith^d „by ^
tender regard for all his Subjects as,for firmnefs in maintaining
his own dignity and the laws,,
The officers qf the Militia wish this address to be considered
got as a mattehof n^refprna,' lut'asineant to exprefs,their real
fentiments.and the regret-with which they part .witli you.
they with you a prosperous voyage and success in all your fu
ture undertakings.
Charlcfiwn, gtb fuly, 17821 '''
, Charleflown, Jaly gth, 1782.
Gentlemen,
I return you my sincere thanks for your kind and affectionate
aidrefs, <wbich meets_my warmejl feelings, .and claims my mofl
fyncere acknowledge cuts, face it comes from a body of gentlemen,
;fpcklable in their political ftetioos, and endeared to ew>yfaihful
fenant of the drown, by their honourable faffermgs in the ge
neral cause.,
Let me thank you so" the kindness with which you express to me
tyur oerfonal attachments, and kt me afore you, that they will
flways, on my part, be reciprocal.
% In mr pub tick capacity, Ihave never received greater fatifec
fem, than when it afforded the mews of relieving the waists, cr
\dfa anting the interns of the King's frierus in this tires ince;
and I have therefore, Gentlemen, the higher pieafare in receiving
tris tedficnialff orn you, who, from abilities, interest andfrm
'uefs, are dfervedl, placed at their head.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
With fedi^uts rs themes fmeere regard,
Tour mfl faithful and
.Obliged Servant, ' --
N. BALFOU R.
! To the Officers of the.
South-Golotina Militia.
Another address of a similar nature as the above was
fefterday presented 16 Lieutenant-Colonel Balfour by the
'Committee of Loyalifts' in this garrison. The following are
copies of the address and of Col. Balfour's aniwer.
To NISBET BALFOUR, Esq;
Lieutenant - Colonel of his Mafrlfstwenty-third regiment,
or R„ad Welch- Fwrileers, &fc. .&c. &c.
WE, the loyal inhabitants of South and North Carolina,
now in Charleftown: being informed you intend fhortlv
to depart this Province, think ourselves indifpenQMy obliged
to express the grateful sense we have of your unremitted appli
cation, in the difeharge o-your duty as Commandant, arid hu
mane attention to the diftreffts of the Loyaliftsin 'his Garri
fonrand although we have laboured under the heavy preTure
of many grievances, we are persuaded their continuance ought
in justice to be attributed to a deficiency of your power, and
not to your want ofinclination or exertions to grant us relief.
As your long residence among us in the fation you have
filled with integrity and honour has afforded you the most
ample testimonies of our inviolable loyalty to the King as we 1
as veneration for the B itifh constitution. which have drawn
upon 113 the resentment of his revolted Subjects, we tfuft, you
will explicitly represent to his Excellency the Commander in
chief the difficnl ies wherein we are involved, whereby you
will render us essential service. .
Reposing an entire confidence in the national support # -nd
protection, we with you a speedy passage as well as the ut
most prosperity, and are happy in an opportunity of manifeft
ing our regard.
Gentlemen,
lifter so long a residence among you, I cannot but fee! peculiar
fotislaßicn at this mark of your perfanal regard; this proof f
my publick conduct bring approved by thofr, whose close infpeßion
muff have render d them the most competent judge of it.
This,Command has afforded me ro higher pkafure, than when
it gave me the means of relieving the dilrffis of your friends ;
and I havefelt no greater uneafafs in it, than when unfavourable
circum fiances, or the calamities of the times, precluded my so
doing.
Thus rfpefling your principles, and tommiferating your foffer
mgs, you way be assured, Gentlemen. I frail not fail to represent
the hardfoibs of the one. and the firmnefs of th other, not only to
the Commander in Chief, but wherever else my duty may render it
proper, or,our intere/ls can require fitch a teflimeny
With everyfentimedt of refoefl and ejieem,
I have tke honour to be,
Gentlemen,
. \Tour most, obedient and faithful servant,
N. B ALFOUR.
To the Loyal Inhabitants of
S' uth and North Carolina.
Yesterday arrived here the schooner Dispatch, from Jamai
ca, which the left the 31st of last moheh,
DEATH. Mrs Mary Ton, widow of the late Jacob
Jr fiuire, of Thrift-Chureh Parish.
Car PERMISSION.)
OUCH persons as have accounts against any of the Contt
p nental Officers of the North Carolina line, for fapphe: to
tnem when pri oners in this G rrifon, are desired to furnish me
therewith on or before the 27th intt. in order that the.fame may be
immediately transmitted to an agent (without the lines) appointed
for the purpose of liquidating and providing the means of discharg
ing those accounts. G. HOOPER,No. 9, Legare -Greet.
ItTift mn, IQtb fitly, 1,82.
HUGO KIRKWOOD, at No. 164, King-ftrect, intend
ing 10 depart this province Shortly, requests those who are
indebted to him to make payment, and desires all persons who have
, any demands again# him, to bring them in to% discharged.
CoMmissary-General^s Office.'
CHARLESTOWN, 23d July, 1782.
ALL Orders drawn on ttys office for calh from the 24th
N ult. are to be given .in on Mpnc@y6 and Thurfdaps.
Those delivered on M mdays wiTbe fettled on Wednesdays,
and those delivered on Thu (days will be fettled on Saturdays.
All persons having demands on this , office, on any account
prior to the 24th June last, are to give in their claims on or
before the 24th August next, as no claim after that date can be
admitted.•l
PUBfICKAUCTION.
T O-M ORRf) W, the.2sth instant,
✓lt the Subscriber's No*e on the Bay,
A large Allotment of DRY GOODS,
Suitable for the Season,
A Quantify of HARDWARE, &c.
At TWELVE etta,
A few Cafles of.
Choice high flavoured old Jamaica Spirits,
and 20 Barrels. Sal: Provisions.
ft 0 N E o'clock, in th' FrcHANG',
A commodious HOUSE and LOT,
No. 6% in Meeting.^ ROBERT NORRIS)
.'- . W'o. has to di/btfcf;
A few caffs prime Tn%o, a ourmtity of Cotton in the ft one, 1
few barrels English and Phihidel^hia Flour mes Beef and Pork,
A^ifcoirado. and loaf. Surir a fA, pipes and half nipes Madeira
V, me, Bir Tron, Military Shoes., Ofnabn+gs,- Raffia Sh-etinc and
Driilmp, a bale of Stons/an'WJortm lit of foweVery and plated 'Ware,
a few. boxes Spermaceti and mould Candles, Soap, Butter, Cbeefe;
ana'Tobacco
‘NT'':'™. ™ be r #hy°#> m n to such perfins as.have a riroper
IV Chim to the bdhnce in my h # m±, be^np/oft tn the ".glare'of
she deceqfed William Ton; Srlfet, to tnthetric<t % their accounts,
and rer def fheni. to mes before 'the 20th of Aufod fat,. <vfen fy
t^fa&ion will be riven as far h^ the proper, wiv ert-n ^ and those
who do-'ndt ofre ih theifr ^ifr. pin- to th^ above date ne d riot
apply afterwards DAViD GIRDWOOd, Admr.
To he fold, before t^ E^han^, briwern Twelve and Que 0 Clock,
on Tfur dtyße.tCb of AutuH frt,
SFVER^L NEGROES and three HOUSEL la'ethe pro l
pfrty of M% Thais Bourke, seized ou execution, and fold by
order of thr Board of Police, ' * =
. Horfeahd Lot, No. 29, Broad-ft-e^t,
Ditto, 48, cm the Bay.
Ditto. '&>, in King-'reef.
fuk 24,\h% TAMER BRISBANE Shroff.
STOLEN out of an Officers trunk on Janies-I flaiid, a Pinch
beck math, much worn, the miker name Cowan, Bom
burgh, the outer case carved, had a iteel chain, brafr key, a Giver
set leal With red florae, a mad, ' a gold ring with a whi # e Rone, And a
head in the inside of wh ch is tie motto “ Lx D.Q John Hay, of
Morton, Esq; to fames Imrie, 1773 " and a pair of'^ry large Shoe
Buckles, only plaud, with three row of fludd^. If offered to any
watch maker or jewel er for f e, or any other person, they are de.
fired ts flop them, and a handsome reward will be given, by upply—
in, to he Prhrret*
To be for,
"rH IT fine ENGLISH H >R'E, at present owned by
JL Mijor Andrew DeVeaul There will be 1 went / Chances,
at. Five Gunea* each. • 1
Those Gent'men who wish to have Chances will be plcdf;d t@
jeav # >h : r Name; with,he Printers. ft ',
LfIELr PUBLISHED,
And to be sold,
By ROB-ERT WELLS & SON,
, lu one niwwe Quarto priw 'l'wc Guineas,
POLITICAL ANNULS of the present United Colonies
from their fettlemcnt t.^tbe peace of 1763, compiled chiefly
from records., and authorifed often by the insertion of hate
papers.
Il faut eclairer fkiffrEpar les lois, et les lots par I'hfoire..
' Manti;souJE.V.
By GEORGE CHALMER S, Esq.
(BrPERMISSIO N.)
To be fold at Publick Audion,
On THURSDAY the Ift of August next,
At ONE o'Clc&k, at the Exchange,
(If not disposed of before at Private Sale,)
THAT valuable HOUSE and LOT, No. 28, Bay, well
calculated either for a tavern,, store, or private f mny; the
ho fe fannying of fix very good fire rooms, with convenient defers,
:md an excellent D y Cellar- the length of the houfe^a large Bick
Y rd with an excellent well of water, a very good K tchen/ and
1 large Store Room above, with every other conveniency for c large
tamiT. The oremifes, may be vie ed, and the terms known, any
rime betwixt this and the day of file, by applying to the fub&ribers
it their store, corner of Broad-ftieet and the Bay.
BLAIR & WAI LACE.
For LONDO N,
& The SHIP
HAPPY RETURN,
William Gickie, Master,
Burthen about 300 tons, is a fine Blip, fails remarkably faft, and
will in two months proceed with or without convoy. For freight or
passage apply to | |W. SMITH, No. 33, B^y.
THE fubferiber being arrived from Savannah in Georgia,
1 intendsrto follow the practice of PHYSICK and SURGERY in
this metropolis, and hopes that all his former customers and friends
will favour him with tfcr custom, as they may depend on being at
tended on by himfelf with the greatest cate and diligence. 'I hough'
inoculation is the most fafe and happy method of communicating the
small-pox, yet notwithstanding the great success attending this mode,
it requires preparation and c re; therefore, to accommodate those
who five remote from gentlemen of the faculty, the true Prepara
tive Pills are recommended, which entirely correct all crudi ies, and
render the patient fit for irifeaion .with the greatest fafety. The
many thousands vho have been 'cured irf the ' conffe ts twehty years
from enHe Pills, without any other medical assistance, will recom
mend them as he true Preparative Pills. They arefohlat , and 8 doll
lars the box,with directions. A certain diforcer cured v'ih fhrgreateft
dis, arch and secrecy, with the utmost safety a 1 d witTu>t,t hindranceof
bufnefs; the lues veneria,jaws, leprefy, effectually cuYed, .The ge
neral approbation he has met with from all ranksof peerhe in Great-
Britain, Ireland, Holland and Germany, aqdiitetyffl of the large
tori',, op the Cpritiuent of America will recommend him:
.Nil. .Advice,o die poor gratis. .PETER DANVOLDs,.
% N 0.56, King-ibcet.
B'om the Extracts of 3'r. Arnrßsox’s Pamflet w'ich ^
haitors bane airetdv pubUJhed; a iiy, cm. m,y<.rj , „./ff,
, inripul ()bj 8 was. to pie are the kriras cj Ic:t^p.c of
ringl&rd foricrimufa.gf c r Idea* of return ng .mre in
§«bjrfio\.—to &o%i)it e had iffici °f Jf '- a >uj icion,
it is hecefory to olf v, that the. P<,pi .let in quehioi
Gas 'i; pars yri.id sfuie .be N.e^s cj the sfj'«r a t York
ftown ba r.ac id £> giuod.; <noitw Ibe Qjo profergo give
tee author's ewn Idea)on this Subyki, es they a,e etailed in:
the Pp,e die to bis 1V rk.—One comfortable Erflexion L re,
offers iff, licit tri . And Feos, a. d eve, ofir foilltert
Waiter in B i ain, make id an inaifye jible.a>tic.e ts eve ,
Treaty which is to be proofed to the line icans, that the
LyaliJls Jhall b- fe ur d m th ir Property, aid what has been
taken from them /ball be fab, restored.
AFttr considering what ha- been Led in the preceding part of this
Lifrdy, the following quell on would riiturally occur to ever,
attentive enquirer —" Anh &h it fhouid be a hutted that it was
" ar firft unwi!e in Britain to 'begin to plant colonies in America, and
" impolitic in lam afterwards to encourage her lubj< % to n igrate
“ whither ; ' yet, as thelc things l ave Eten h'reac, dole, dim carrot
" now be undone, and as in conlcqtcnce thereof the colonies have
" become considerable, and their trade ha grown to be an object of
" gr at magnitude, would it now be wife and po itick in Britain.
" to renounce a'l claim to that commerce? Would it not be more
“ judicious in her rather to cultivate that trade with the utmofl
" care as the mod effectual mean's in her power 'o reap any a van<
" tag? from the colonies, and repair the errors ffii ihas arteady com
" rriitted.' 1 '
The answer to this qb< r, is obvious. It is the interest of Biitain td
promote her own ma: ufa&Ures and commerce to the utmost of htr
newer; therefore if Should be her study, by every judicious method,
she can devise, to secure to herfeif as much of the American trade as
poffibic.
" I- it, on the other hand, the inrereft of Britain to chh^hbe to
" defend arid protect her American colonies; to fr hr their battles
“ as heretofore, at her own expence, without drawing from thence
"'Efficient funds to indemnify her for the additional charge thus in
“ burred, both in her civil and military eftablQhriient?" Sure y not.
Inevitable ruin, Ihould such a fyitem be perfiiled in, n.ult be the
consequence;
Wh^v is to be done in such a dilemma? America -refufes to be
taxed, or to fabmit to such regulations as are necessary- to Secure h r
trad 'to Britain. F wodlclbehappy if any device cnd be invented,
by which theparent country could'be Secured in the poffeflion of ever,
thing t fftnrially valuable in their commerce, and be r lieved from the
expetice of protecting them, while at the fame ti ne the Americans
were left at liberty to affe's on themfelve. -whatever taxes they ihou d
incline, without the intervention of any foreign power whatever.
N>r does it Teem impossible to accomp ifh thity cuud the prejudices
of all parties be for a ihort time rem<>ved. '-
There' are particular regdat one of gCvernmefit. which, with
out being * in th mlelve ruriore -grievous than others, by ho'ding
up to view at ad hues an appea mce of inferiori y and lubje&ion,
are etc ©hnglv hum liat ng and grievous to Ite orne. " 'Were re'-
sons as thicca hops, fays Fal caff, I would not g ve, them upon c%
pdfort" Th sis tlrWlariguige ofhuman nature in all ages and coun
tries; and this ^ the reaf in why every inferior fc efy)<o sup with,
a maevdent jeaioufy to the Superior power which govbrhfit, and is
at all times disputed to think itfrif oppressed v, every exertion of
power, ho vever mild it may in effect be ) In'thi, mitiher'ti e Amt
ricauS have alwavs beheld with a peculiar jealouly and uneafinefi
those political regulations that Bf^n^has adeptej with regard to
them. Nor ' ffior>d'*e—&r any other : ,bd fy of'n^n accustomed to
the ideas of freedom, have been effected in ary other manner.' It
was natural; the relation 'the, bdr^'to u, lieceffarily fugge ed it
Why, theh, Ihouhl we be difp fl'd to blame, wi;h haffti epithets,
men who h tye a&?d in 4 triaimer 'fo natural, 'and in a manner not at
a'l ime?;npatible with the tell tifyoGtionsrf mind? :
Bar if the people of A aeriea to notdeferve to be harshly blamed,
for errors naturl ly afiriQ f*om the peculi riy of their fitnation, far
leL do the Rulers of Br? in deserve these ere epitheis that have been
bellowed upon them. I mean no ap logy for present meh or nta
fures. But, affufedly, protection received by airv body of people
repair s ail cquiolut. Unfortunate' „ the Americans were tot,
nor i ver could be, in a condition to pay a proper equivalent to Bri
tain for the !o'S file fudairied on their a count. Their filiation ft r*
bits it t arid it is this untowata circumflance that ha ever en&frrafftd
Minivers in r^fped t> American affairs, and mad< ic equally imp-T
---fible, on the one band, to pron-ote, as they were bound 0 do, the
intere% f the pirent„ftatc, a: d, on the other, to Satisfy rheHulk g
prejudices of the people.•
The monopoly of the American trade has been at all times the fa
vourite object, of the Emriilh nation, and has, •from the sir's fetrie
ment of these pr vinces, been an unceasing cause of df obtent to the
colonies; They ft It it from the beginn ng, as a gr evous m rk of
fubjeClion, and it has continually rankled in their bosom. It was to
them the worm tbit nwrdetb It has been the ec:et cause of almofk
all the jarring that have happened between them and us. Early did
they make efforts to evade it; but it was at all times f mud to be such
a sacred object it the eye. of the whole Eitg ilh nation, that not &
whisper durst he uttered again ft it, for fear of giving an instant and
univctfal ' alarm, which would Kav« united all ranks of people in Bri
tain is one min. Other causes of grievance, that would be more fa
vourably received in Britain, wee fought so- $ and, in the meats
time, every mode that ingenuity could d vise. was adopted to elude
such laws as were made to fe are the monopoly.
Governours in America, arid Ministers in Britain, brig winked at
a'mof an open and avowed contravention ofthefe laws. This did not
serve to corici iate the good wi 1 of the Americans; it only laid the
foundation of new di treffe: . In corife „uencc,of repeated 1 Ices from
the fervaqts of the Crown peremptory inftru&ion c were sent to the
Governours to check there flagrant transgressions of a 1 a emed the
bulwark of the commerce of Britain. The confeqvence was, that the
Americans were seized with the most inveteidte ah ipatby to every
person who favoured ihefe fchames. Every contrivance which cun
ning could invent, was adapted to thwart the publick exerti ns of
any one who was concerned in these detected regulat oris. Those of
the Americans, whose trade had fuffcred by the interruption of the
contraband commerce; laid hold of every popular fu'je& of dec ama-'
tion to inflame the minds of the people; which was the immediate
cause of the disturbance, that now prevail.
I hive been tltyspa ricular in tracing the cause of the present ca«
lamties, because it afldrds a lesson of he higher import.rice in r #
lonlal gbvermritnt. I have already (hewn, at great length, tl;C
Britain, iuEeaA of being benefited by this reftraiht on thl Amen am
trade, w^reall, hurt confidetahly hurt by t, in as far as it, tootc
effea. She therefore imposed a load on the Am rican*; which the,
felt as * grievous bppreihori, without doing herfclf the fmalied fcr
vice. They felt it with indignation, like the P. inces vho were of
old complied tb drag the chariots of their conquerors; not so much
became of the pressure of the burthen, as because of the fubjeaion
it implied Yet, hurtful as it was, or unimportant at the be I, it is
probable the British nation would, at any time, have w lli° g y under
taken a ten ycars war Father than have voluntarily relinquished it.
Where prejudices of this kind' prevail, it is a most vt.iu to enter in
to argument; set it is fcarcey possible to avoid naming feme re
flexions on a case of this hatHtri' Were the meaftire fraught even with
many beneficial crinfequ'c r c*s, these wool I be purchased every dear
by a general difeonterfrof so large a pari of the fcng's fubjeds. Were
it accompanied with ihatry a vantage- to the community the difficul
ty of enforcing it is so great, as to deter a man of moderate principles
from attempting it. To insure a monopoly ofthis kind, many pre
cautions rriuft be taken, which , c/otopanrid with a great expence to
the Stafe/ and- wafle of pfoplte, and which, after all, never can
prove effectual. These efforts, indeed, us ally serve no other mdi
than tdlenfich orfe frfoj fmen-at the exrence of another; to mulipl,
crimes, and to 'aufan&f without neceflity # he number arid Severity,
of punishments; to render the inttrumen a of Go ernmerit infolent*
mid ' oppreffroe, and toWteftate the affe&ions of tie foverned. if
then it vs&tQd he miprudßWto' force even a br/ifoY' ,meaftire at the#
risk of a'l these kiccrfvcniences,-bow mtch metre imprudent must it:
teto arit&btot;th fflfc.ie fivonf of a measure that «f acebrnplifhedd
must prove hurtful. Would, it not, therefore, be wife in Britain te