The Royal South-Carolina gazette — Charles-Town, S.C., 1780-06-20 00:00:00, page 3

to, tiic Prinier: of the Royal South-Carolina Gazette.
Gentlemen, . , ~ ~w
IF you conceive it proper, I think you will do
a fetvice to this country by publishing G%
Vernor Roberson's late proclamation-^ and if
you fuppmfe that the few crude and undigested
Hints I have indexed can be the means of making
a single member of,the community happy, 1 shall
consider myfelf amply rewarded.*,
A LOVER of TRUTH.
IS there a man in tlus.country who once glo
ried in being a fubjed of the King, and con
.fidered it an honor to be descended from
that country that railed, maintained and gene
houfly supported his forefathers at an immense efa
pence of blood and tfeafare, t^at can peruse Go
vernor Robertson's proclamation without expe
riencing the most intereQing emotip,ns of the
Imuran heart? His foul mail it be Thrilled with
wonder, aftonifument and. admiration at the gl
ncrods lenders made him by his Sovereign,
whom the force of fa^ion, the voice of clamour,
the language of declamation, the insidious arts
of cunning, designing, deceitful dnd.Qefperatemen,
who held nut glittering profpeds and tinsel hopes
of dominion,grandeur, dignity and honors among
the nations of the earth, led him for a time to for
get and renounce: I fay, can it be possible that
there is an inhabitant of this country so infatuated
as hot 'to rejoice at the glorious profped of being
happily re-united with that country; under "whole
government they once enjoyed the richest b!ef?
lings of the earth :—The heart so obdurate as not
to experience poignancy and remorfc, grief, art.-
guifh and vexation of mind at having lifted hi^
arm against fuck a prince, mult be hardened in,-
deed—a prince, uhofe mercy is beyond compu
tation, who has uniformly wilhed rather to re,
claim than to punish. That this was the case, the
inoft violent at this day cannot deny ; and that
thoie who had the sway in this infatuated Country,
industriously and artfully insinuated, that the leni
ty, mere, and clemency of the King and Parlia
ment ofGreat- Britain arose front weakhefs & fear.
While'! reprobate and deleft the man so hard
ened #'nd obhinate as to glory in his parricide—
who has. 'arrived at such a pitch of guilt as to re
joice at Acting his country act the molt ungrateful
part thathihory ever furnifhed, leagued with the
enemy of his fathers, in attempting to pull down
that noble fbh&bre of government that has for
ages beenthe admiration of the world,and to whole
fullering care lie owes his exigence and conse
quence ; I tjncere!y lament that there are many
worthy .characters who have been step by step hur
ried down the dream of rebellion so far, that from
a millaken pun&hio of honor, they are prevented
from following the wilt of their hearts, and em
bracing the generous offers madethem to return
and enjoy all the pleffingsiof peace. How much
it is to be wifnhd th,it reafen would relume her
feat in the breads of such charters as 1 have
deferred, and that they wpul'd treat with proper
contempt and indignation the evil faggeftions of
thole who, enemies to their peace, persuade them
to plunge themselves in misery and irretrivab.e
ruin ; who, regardless of the condition and filia
tion of their neared and dearest council,ons, hur
ry'down the precipice, never to rife again. Good
God ! What woeful havock; devastation and ruin
have fallen on many of the melt amiable part of
the creation ; —the tender offspring left' in pajnful
agony and distress, helpless and unprotected, liable
to infatand injury, without even perhaps a friend
to tell their woes. One would suppose that these
were, ties of such a nature as not to be refilled;
but add to this the happiness and pleasure expe
rienced by a generous mind, in returning from
his errors to a sense of duty ; which, when rea
ibri is left to itfelf, mud produce real and un
feigrted happiness. While these turbulent and
perfecting spirits in the northern provinces; to
Whom our misfortunes in this country are owing,
are experiencing the calamities of war; this coun
try will enjoy the mod beneficial and extensive
commerce, very different from that they expe-,
rienced so lately under a sanguinary system of
government. Instead of empty ffiips from New.
England, which carried awdy the valuable pro
duce for a bubble, paper money, which the north
ern people, from the fuperiof voice in the counsels
of Congress could doubtless command at will,
they will have the mod valuable cargoes from all
quarters. Much higher prices will be given for
all the commodities of the country (indigo ex
cepted) than ever was known before, and that too
in solid coin, gold and silver, while the ports will
be filled with riches and merchandize on rea
sonable terms. The country is capable of pro
ducing all the various articles exported from eve
ry colony in America, which must bring an ama
zing resort of merchants from every quarter of the
ethpire : Infteadof 200 dollars for a bulhel of fair,
less than one will purchase that quantity. In fine,
so manifold and various are the advantages that
may be derived from Britilh government, that you
cannot too eagerly shew a define anti wilh of par
taking of them. When youare truly sensible of
four iituation, I am persuaded you will enjoy the
fame terms oEci 10 the inhabitants vi New-
York governments
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
James Robeitfon, Esquire,
Captain General and Governor in Chief, in And
over the Proyince of New-York, and the Ter
ritories depending thereon in America, Chan
cellor and ,Vice 'Admiral of the fame,, and Ma
jor General of His Majesty's forces,
A Proclamation.
THE King having been graciously pleased to honor
me with the care of * province, where in a long
residence, I have cohtraAedran elleem for some, and an
affection for many iof its inhabitants; I proceed with
great pleasure to announce Lis benevolent intentions.
: It is his Majesty's wish, by the revival of the civil
authority, to prove to all the colonies and provinces, thaf
it is not his design to govern America by military law,
but that they are tp enjoy all the benefits of a local Icgi
flation and their forme,r cohftitqtionv
-To this end I have brought out the royal appoint
ments for forming the council, and supplying the places
of Lieutenant . Governor and Chief Justice.. And in
concurrence witli the Commander in Chief of the Brj,
tifh forces, who is also his Maj^fty's Commissioner for
restoring peace tp the colonies, I shall, as speedily as the
public exigencies will permit, give order for opening the
courts of judicature, and co a+enir.g-the assembly; and
in general proceed to the execution of the powers reposed
in me for the free course &d complete re-establishment,
both of the legislative and executive authority. ^ - .
I take great fatisfa&ipn in the anticipation of that
happy day, wljcn, relations, friends, and fellow-gti±
zens "having, dismissed their gloomy apprehensions, .ffiall
re-embrace each other-,and return to the offices, plea
lures, and employments of peace. Your country with
yotir antient privileges, will then .participate in ,an cx
tenfive commerce, and be.exWpted from all taxations
not imposed by ,yourselves. 0 • .. :.
Until I meet you,regularly In General Assembly, for
the restoration of mutual confidence, and the remedying
of private, as well as public evils, 1 pledge myfelf to med
of all classes, in- every part of the province, that it is the
cohjpaffionate -desire of your Sovereign, and of the parent
country, to unite in afte&ion as in interest, with the co
lonies planted by her hands and which have long flourish
ed under her care,-- —that the foggeftions of her inten
tion ,0 impair their rights and privileges., are thy arts ?f
malice and. faction,• and that every insinuation made
by the domestic enemies of Great-Britain, of her being
d)fpofed,to abandon the provinces to internal anarchy,
and the mifehiefs of their jarring interrfts and claims,
or to the fraudulent and ambitious views of foreign, po
pish, and arbitrary powers (of wh° m your fathers had a
wife and virtuous jealousy) is equally falfe and malicious.
Happy herfelf, under a constitution which is the envy
and admiration of surrounding, nations, She wishes to
include in one comprehensive fyffem of felicity, all the
branches of a flock, intimately conne&ed by .the ties of
language, manners, laws, cuftotr s, habits, interests, reli
gion, and blood: %{ 3 %, >. t )
I lament with the ingenucusthoufands of America,
'who amw^egonrileal ^ti^^^fr^^^^^^'°? ai ' a *'°"2^P'
to yourtrfCT^'^^^^^^Aie red
fellow-&jeas in the other quarters of the worlds that
the NEW who have found means to acquire a sway in the
management of your affairs,.have been averse to every
uniting, system of policy, and studiously Shunned thte
phths to harmony and peace.^ %< -
But it is not my aim to calktbem.to a hopeless and
mortifying review of their condu&. Can they want evi
dence at this day, of the detestation of their measures,
by. an increasing majority of theii; own .countrymen ?
And having every thing to fear,from their exhausted pa
tience, I warn them to desist, from any future attempts
to retrain and seduce the loyalty of others, and wifely to
provide against their resentment, by Signalizing them
selves, as heretofore in exciting, so now in closing the
feene of their intolerable calamities. And I hereby give
the strongest assurances, of effectual countenance, , pro,
te&icn, and Support, to all perlons who .avail themselves
of the Proclamation issued bv his Excellency Sir Henry
Clinton/dated at James, island, the third day of March.
Less inclined to reproach thap to conciliate, to aggra
vate than.to forget, even the guilt of thole, who, privy
to the repeated calls of Great-Brjtain to friendship, up
on terms adequate to the delire and expectation of their
conflituents, yet nevertheless forbore to reveal them, that
they might, with the greater ease, press the antient en
mity of foreign foes, to. the aid of, their own ambition
and avarice, I export them to Seek an early refuge in the
- abundant ,clemency of tlie crown, from the perils to
which they have exposed themselves, by measures frau
dulently.concerted and tyrannically inforced, and afford
ing by the cotriplicated miseries they have brought upon
their country, and the mighty ruin Still impending, irre
fiftable- evidence cf the folly and.pialignancy of the
councils, by which its affairs have been conducted.
Towards redressing the difoideri, arising from the lots
or want of charters, I recommend it to all concerned, to
apply without delay in the ordinary course for charters,
which Shall be granted asfoon as civil authority,akes place.
As to the public books cf records, so important to
your titles apd estates in all parts of the,colony, and for
merly lodged in the. Secretary's office, I understand that
they were Separated from the rest, by the provident cir
cumfpe&ion of my predecessor, whose merits are above
my applause, arid have often had yours; and having
been afterwards sent home for Safe ctritody, you may rely
upon their being carefully preserved; and duly returned
as soon as tht common tranquility is restored.
I now call upon every individual in the colony, to
Shew his allegiance, fidelity, and patriotism, by afford
ing his assistance towards accomplishing the King's most
gracious design of restoring the bletlings of peace and
good government: And they who Shall most distinguish
themselves by their loadable efforts for these good pur
poses, will most assuredly best recommend themselves to
the Royal approbation and favour.
Given under my hand, and the great seal of the Pro
vince of New-York, in the city of New-York, the
15th day of April, one thou And seven hum red and
eighty, iJ the twentieth year of his Majesty's reign.
JAMES ROBERTSON.
By his Excellency's command,
Samuel Bayard, jun. Deputy Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
ChadesrTown, June 20..
ON Sundaylaft the Brigantine Tybert, Capt,
Churnfide, arrived .here from Jamaica, but
hft from Tybee;, by her we are informed of aft
Engagement bct,yeen,,the, British and French
Fleets in.the Weft* Indies, Ita can learn no further
particulars than that Capt. Churnfide, five bays
after he left Jamaica, hailed a Vcffcl from An--
tigtia, the Captain of which informed him, that
two Ships of the French Line were funk during
the, Conflid, and that the British Fleet, notwith-
Handing the yaft, Force the, were opposed to, dis
persed their perfidious Foe, and, according to
Custom, ride triumphant ,on the Main
~Capt Churnfide left Jamaica on the 24th tilt
with, a Fleet of one hundred- and fifty two fail,
ten of which were bound for NeW-York, the rest
for, Europe.. His Majesty's Ships Hedor and
Sultan,, of ,74 guns each, Rul), and Lyon, of
64 Dbn Carolus pl — : , Salisbury and
Bristol, of 50% and the Nigeh of 36, conducted
them to the Gulph, and left them to proceed or.
their Voyage. The.Tybert parted with the
Fleet in. Lat b 29, all well.
For Sale by Auflion,
This Morning, at Ten o'Clock,
At No. Qs, Broad ftre,,
A large Aflortment of fashionable
DRY GOOD S,
:, Among which are,
12 Pieces of fine Marble Cloth, for Gentle
-1 men's Coats .
Camblets, Cords, Miffinets, Dorfeteens and
Crapes- , , ,
Dowlas, Rolls, and Oznabrigs
Some Bags Coffee, and 2 Calks Sal: Fiffi
London Porter in Barrels . „,
Calks fine Ship Bread, and some Barrels Flour
2 Calks Rappee Snuff
Calks of Raisas
Starch and Brimftonel
Chffts of Tea
Cases of Claret
Iron in Bars, and Blifler Steel
300 Bushels of Salt
Nails of different Sizes , .
Kegs of white and yellow Oafcer in Oil
A few Jug, Paint Oil
A few Calles of choice Jamaica and Wind
ward Rum ~
A CafK of Tobacco, and one of Mo^ffes
Some Bags Coe a, and Boxes of Chocolate
A few Dozens.of Scrubbing Bruflies
Rough Rice, Jeluits Bark
With a Variety of other Articles too tedious
to insert. ,
At the fanle Time, will be Sold;
At Naval Store, No. 1, near 49, upon the Bay,
A Quantity of
LAMP-BLACK,
And sundry captured Naval Sor^s, and Articles
in the Sri p Chandlery Wav.
CURRIE & NORRIS.
Who want to purchase,
A Quantity of White Oak Staves,
and Heading.
Public Auction.
This DAY, at Ten o'Clock;,
WILL BE SOL D,,
At Scarbrough & Cooke's
VENDUE STORE,
No. 7, Broad-street,
Loaf Sugar, Mufeovado do Cheese; Coffee
Best Kiln dry'd Flour
Caftile and Irilh Soap
A few Hogsheads Janies-River Tobacco
: A Trunk of Thread Hose and Socks
A Box of aborted Stationary
A Quantity of Ironmongery
At the fame Time, will be Sold,
A compleat Marque
A Piece of Canvass for Window Blinds
A falhionaole Silver Coffee Pot.
ALS O,
An excellent CHAIR HORSE,
For which a good Title will be given the Pur
chaser, upon receiving the Money.
Will fail on Thursday next,
(Wind and Weather pirmeing)
For Savannah, in Georgia,
The Schooner Success.
For Freight or Passage, apply to Mr.
John Morris; No. 43, on the Bay.