The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1781-06-06 00:00:00, page 2

SH O T.
Fighteen-pounders, round, - — 1 3054
Twelve-pounders, ditto, - 767
Nine-pounders, ditto, * 338
Six-pounders, ditto, - —: 600
Three-pounders, ditto, - - • — 200
Total Shot, 4959
Gunpowder, (lbs.) . 4689
Hand Granadges, — 143
Fuzee's for ditto, 156
Slow match (cwt.) 7°°
Handspikes, spare, - I —— 75
Lint-Stocks, 67
Mufqucts with bayonets, - 1 45
Ditto without, ,
Pouches,
Cartouch boxes, —— 2 4
Waist belts, 59
Cutlasses, 5 °
Pistols, ' 59
Efpontoons, 2
Drums,
Moulds for casting mufquet balls, - 2
Lanthorn, ——" 1
Dutch flags, — 10
Screw Jacks, ' — . _ 9
Halberts, — 2
Mufquet ball, — 4 °°°
Flints- —— —— 27000
' JOHN WILLIAMSON, Major commanding Artillery.
Coty of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Edhouse to the Hon.
Major-General Vaughan, dated St. Martin's, Feb. 6, 1781.
I have ' the honour to inform your Excellency, that the
island of St. Martin being summoned, surrendered at difereti
on the <th inst. The form of the furrenderl inclofe.. All
publick papers, stores, &c. are secured by the Quarter-Matter
General I fear it will be impossible to give an exact inventory
cf the goods by this opportunity ;. butasthe Quarter-Mailer
and Commissary are employed in taking an Account of them,
I hope to have them ready by the next. .
I have ordered the inhabitants to fuppty the troops with
frefh provisions, and fliall begin to put.the Island in a state of
defence as soon as the troops are properly quartered; I have
the honour to be, &c. ' H 9JV ,
. Lieut. CoL 13th Regt.
- Governour HEYLiGER,not having it in his power to make
any defence against the British forces which have invested the
Island of St. Martin, surrenders the fame, and a|l rts dependen
cies to Sir George Brydges Rodney and Genual, Vaughan.
Well knowing the honour and humanity of thefe ( two Com
manders in chief, the Governour recommends the tc^a and its
inhabitants to their clemency and mercy.
ABRAHAM HEYLIGER, Pretor.
THO. KELLERTON,
Martin, JOHN SALOMONS GIBBER,
LUCAS TEN TOOZER.
Admiralty-Office, March 13, 1781.
Captain Stirling of his Majesty's ship Gibraltar, who
came to Plymouth in the Swallow fldop from St. Euftatius, ar
rived at this office this morning, with dispatches from Admiral
Sir George Brydges Rodney to Mi. Stephens, of which the fol
lowing are extracts and copies.
Extras of a letter from Admiral Sir George Brydges. Rod
ney, to Mr. Stephens, dated Sandwich, St. Euftatius, Fe
bruary 4, 1781. , . . .
HIS Majesty's Hoop of war the Childers joined me on the
27th of January, with their Lordihips mbit secret orders,
his Majesty's royal declaration against the States of Holland,
and their fubjeds..
General Vaughan and myfelf loft not a moment s time in
putting his Majesty's commands into execution ; we imme
diately embarked the troops destined for the enterprizc, and
the whole being kept a most profound, ecret; we failed from
St. Lucia on the 3 cth of January.„
To prevent the French penetrating our design, the whole
fleet appeared before Fort Royal and St. Pierre's, Martinique,
which island we greatly alarmed; and having left Rear Admi
ral Drake, with fix fail of the line and two frigates, to watch
the motions of the four fail of the line and two frigates, then
in the Bay of Fort Roval, late in the evening of the said day we
proceeded for the Dutch inland of St. Euftatius, and dispatched
Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood with his squadron to environ
the Bay of St. Euftatius, ahd prevent the escape of any Dutch
fliips of war or merchant ships that might be at an anchor
there: he most effectually performed that service.
On the 3d instant the General and myielf, with the remain
der of the fleet and the troops, arrived in the Bay. The men
, of war being Rationed against the batteries, and the troops
ready to disembark, the General and myfelf, in order to save
the 6ffufion of blood, thought it necessary to fend to the Dutch
Governour the summons I have the honour to inclofe, with
which he instantly complied. „ , ~ ~,.
The surprise and astonishment of the Governour and inhabi
tants of St. Euftatius, is scarce to be conceived. The Mars, a
>Dutchrihip of w^r of 38 guns and 300 men, commanded by
Count Byland, and belonging to the department of the Admi
ralty of Amsterdam, having arrived at St. Euftatius, had allayed
their fears of hostilities.
I most fincerelv congratulate their Lordihips on the severe
blow the Dutch Weft-India Company, and the perfidious ma
gistrates of Amsterdam, hAve sustained by the capture of this
island. Upwards of one hundred and fifty fail of ships and
vessels of all denominations (many of them richly loaded) arc
taken in the Bay, exclusive of the Dutch frigate called the
Mars, 'which I have commissioned, manned, and in a few days
Ihe will cruize against the enemy as a British (hip of war.
There are besides, five fliips and vessels of war from 14 to
26 guns, all compleat and ready for service. .-
A Dutch convoy, confiding of 30 fail of merchant flips
richly loaded, having failed from St. Euftatius, under the
protection of a 60 gun ship about 36 hours before my arrival,
I detached Capt. Reynolds, of his Majesty's ship Monarch,
with the Panther and Sybil, to pursue them as far as the la
titude of Bermuda, ihould he not intercept them before he
got that length.
All the magazines and store-houses are filled, and e^n the
beach covered with tobacco and sugar.
The Islands of St. Martin and Saba have surrendered, no
terms whatever having been allowed them.
[The summons and answers were the fame as those in Ge
neral Vaughan's letter.]
Copy of a letter from Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney,
to Mr. Stephens, dated Sandwich, St. Euftatius, Febru
ary 6, 17^.
S 1 R, ,
SINCE my letter of the 4th instant, by the diligence and
activity.of Capt. Reynolds, the Dutch convoy, which bad
failed from Euftatius before my arrival, has been intercepted.
Jan furry to acquaint their Lordihips, that the Dutch-Admi
ralw^s killed in the action.
1 fed I have the honour to fend a copy of Captain Rey
-19 S etter; and am, with great regard, Sir, your molt obe
and aloft humble fervent, G. B. RODNEY.
RUN away on Tuesday the 29th of May, a MULAI IO
MAN named WILL, about 22 years of age, with a very buShy
head of 1 air, and a remarkable fear on each cheek and in his fore
head; had on a blue negro cloth coat, with red cape and cuffs, speaks
with the Virginia or North-Carolina accent, and by Seeming Simpli
city will be apt to gain belief, being a most artful, designing fellow.
FIVE GUINEAS reward will be paid for apprehending and deliver
ing him at No. 2, St. Michael's Alley, TEN on the conviction of
any person harbouring or employing him in Charleftown or the har
bour, and FIFTEEN GUINEAS on the conviction of any master,
seaman or other person concealing him with a design to carry him off
this province, will be paid to the informer, by
4 , ROBERT JOHNSTON.
(COPY.)
SI R, ' Monarch, off Saba, February sth, 17%.
I HAVE the pleasure to inform you, that yefte^day morning
I fell in with the convoy you did mu the honour to fend me
in pursuit of. About ten o'clock I ordered the Mars, a Dutch
ship of .war of 60 guns, to strike her colours, which she re
fufing to do, occasioned some shot to be exchanged. The
Monarch received no damage, excepting three men wounded:
I am not informed of the number the Dutch had killed and
wounded; but, among the former, is their Admiral, though
his flag was not hoisted at the time of the action.
From some shot in her malts, I have ordered the Panther
to take her in tow. 1 < f # '^
By the activity of Capt. Hervey and ray Lord Charles Fitz
gerald, we were enabled to take poff^nion .es ^be whole, and
to make fail with them by four o'clock in the afternoon.
I have put Mr. Drury, the firft lieutenant of the Monarch
into the Mars, and I beg leave to recommend that gentleman
to your notice, as an officer of much merit.'?
I have dispatched the fafteft failing Vessel to give this infor
mation, and am concerned it is not in my power to be more
particular. ''
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient and most
humble servant, F. REYNOLDS.
Sir George Brydges Rodney,
Eart. ifc. l^'c. We.
Extract of a letter from Admiral Sir GEORGE BRYDGES Rod
ney, to Mr. Stephens, dated Sandwich, St. Euftatius
Bay, February 6, 1781.
I BEG you will inform their lordships, that since the cap
ture of St. Euftatius, three large Dutch fliips from Amsterdam
have been taken and carried into St. Christopher's. As their
cargoes consist of all kind of naval stores, I Shall order them
instantly up to English Harbour, Antigua, for the use of his
Majesty's fleet.
The acquisition of this island seems every day to be of more
and more consequence to his Majesty's service, and of distress
to his enemies. A convoy from Gaudaloupe for this island
for stores, have been seized, and are now fare in the bay.
Hague, (Holland) March 3. His Excellency Prince Galitz
in, Envoy extraordinary from Russia, held a conference, on
theist instant, with the President of the Spates-General, and
presented the following memorial from the Empress of Russia:
" High and Might, Lords,
" No sooner had her Imperial Majesty been informed of
the British Ambaffadour's fiidden departure from the Hague,
than, without waiting for any further explanation, guided
only by the friendship and good-will die bears towards the
two contending powers, and awakened by the alarming ten
dency of a measure so detrimental to their mutual welfare
and tranquility, she directed her minister in London to make
the most earnest representations to that Court, to prevent,
if possible, the matter being carried to any extremity, and
to recommend the most conciliating measures; offering at the
fame time to promote them as far as was in her power. Al
though her Majesty has not yet heard of any answer from
the said Court, she has some reason to think that the over
tures made by her have been favourably received. In con
sequence whereof her Imperial Majesty does not hesitate to
give a frefh proof of her good intentions for bringing about
a reconciliation between the two powers, whom she now
supports, and who have lived so long in such natural and
perfect harmony which best suits their refpedive interests,
by offering them her.fervices and mediation for the purpose
of putting an end to that diicord and war which have lately
broke out between them.
“ While Mons. de Simolin, her Imperial Majesty's Minister
at the Court of London is fulfilling her commands on this
head, the underwritten has the honour to acquit himfelf in the
fame talk here with their High Mightinesses, and to assure
them of the zeal and readiness, he wishes to have an op
portunity to display, in forwarding the defireable work of
restoring the said States to their wonted peace and tranquility.
That difintereftedriefs, impartiality and benevolence, which
have hitherto stamped every action of her Imperial Majesty,
are equally conspicuous in the present instance.
“ The wisdom and prudence of your High Mightinesses
will easily distinguish those sacred cbarederifticks, and didate
the answer which the underwritten Shall transmit to his
Imperial miftfefs, as a proof of his having executed her com
mand. (Signed) Le Prince de Galitzin.
Hague, March 1, 1781.
Marche. Their noble and great Mightinesses, the States
of Holland and Weft-Friefland, having examined the above
memorial, have accepted of the mediation offered by the
Empress of Russia.
Extract of a letter from Vienna, February 14.
“ Orders are given for 30,000 Hungarian troops to march
diredlyto the Austrian Netherlands; various conjectures are
formed concerning it; some people imagine, that our Court
has failed in the mediation for a peace between the belligerent
powers, and that the Emperor is going to take some Steps
in order to enforce by the sword, what he cannot bring about
by negociation."
London, March \§. It was yesterday reported that Sir Jo-,
feph Yorke had his final audience of the King on his embassy
to the Court of Vienna.
There is no good plan, no proper system in the deliberation
of his Majesty's confidential servants, fays Charles Fox, Mr.
Dunning, and others of the fame complexion—and too true
would this now have appeared, if the dispatches sent to Sir
George Rodney, had not been most secret. The openness of
ministers difeovered their designs against the common enemy
hitherto too soon, and consequently the champions of England's
glory, took patriotick advantages ofit!
The disappointed patriots who were rejected as subscribers
to Lord North's loan, and who have such immense sums of
money to lay out at small interef, may now be accommodated
in DoCtor Franklin's loan, even on their own terms ; for the
talcing of St. Euftatius will so derange the finances of Neckar,
and the usurious plan of the Amfterdammers, that the Doctor
will be obliged to have recourse to his good friends in Eng
land, as the last resource. To relieve the distresses of poor A
merica, come exactly within the pale of patriotick humanity !
ALL persons having any demands against the estate of Capt.
Charles Dawson, deceased, are once more requested
to bring in their accounts properly attested ; and those indebted
are desired to make payment, to
Chark blown, MARTHA SNEAD, Executrix.
isth May, 1781. WILLIAM GRAHAM, Executor.
I^HOSE Persons whose Horses were impressed and valued
on the 16th of April last, are defined t 6 call at the Quar
ter-Matter General's Office, No. 2, on the Bay, 'for payment,
as soon as possible, as no claims on this account can be ad
mitted after the 30th of June next. They will please to bring
a certificate of the value of their horses, from one of the ap
praisers.-—Those persons who furnifhed horses at Monel's
Corner, to the detachment under the command of Lieutenant-
Colonel Small, are also requested to call for payment, bringing
certificates from him of the value of their horses.
Charle/town, 28th May, 1781..
William Kerlhaw, and William Riddell,
Having entered into Copartnerlhip, under the Firm of
KERSHAW & RIDDELL,
BEG LEAVE TO INFORM THEIR FRIENDS,
THAT they intend carrying on the FACTORAGE BUSI
NESS upon Greenwood's wharf, where they have ereded
compleat large store for the conveuiency of storing rice, tobacco,l
digo, &c. &c. put into their hands. They likewise intend keeping
supply of rum, sugar, salt, plantation tools, &c. &c. for their counts
friends that may favour them with their custom. They flatter then
selves they will have it in their power to give every fatisfachon th?
may be wanted.
N. B. They have to rent for one, two or three years, a good hrs
STORE and CELLAR on the said wharf, being as good a stands
business as any in Charleftown; also a compleat large SAIL LOFT
For Sale on Burn's Wharf,
WOOD, Lumber, Rice, Indigo, Salt and Cordage.E
quire, at the Scale-House, of JOHN SMITH-
Any person in want of a SCHOONER, may apply as above
RUN away from the fubferiber's southern plantations,
the month of June, 1779, the following NEGROES, viz.
Tony Leah, now in town,
Ely Kate
Johnny Abel, gone with the French
Ben Brutus, at Mr. Blake's plantation at the Saltket^
Billy Stepney, at Mr. Smith's, Pocotaligo
Cain Abraham, a bricklayer, now in Charleftown
Primus Neptune
Dublin Cyrus
Bella Jack „ ,
The above is a true lift of negroes belonging to the '
scriber. 1 WILLIAM MAXWELL
Who desires all persons indebted to him by bond of note, to,
off the interest, and renew their bonds. \cn. ,
RUN away from John's Island about ten days ago,^
negro fellow, with remarkable thick lips, named
on when he went away, a blue furtout coat, white woollen
and carried away with him a bundle of cloaths, amongh " 1
a red duffil blanket. Whoever apprehends the said
brings him to his master, shall have a reward of FIVE G°" fa
and all matters of vessels and others are hereby warned, q
harbour said fellow, as they will answer it at their P°™: r-rv\
CharlfoTun, JOHN
Muj'astb, 1781. - ' t N 0,8,, Chureh-A-e-
THE fubferiber has given up his store in Elliott-street, and
I taken a large store, &c. on Greenwood's wharf, facing the
scale-house, where he will be highly obliged to the publick in gencral
and his friends in particular, for their custom in the few articles he
deals in, viz. Sugar and coffee, rum, brandy, gin, wines, corks, all
forts of glass ware, Queen's ware plates, dishes, tureens, bowls, &c,
also all forts of tin ware, and a neat assortment of camp kettles, fill
kettles, flew and saucepans, speaking trumpets and lanthorns, codfilh
and potatoes. He has very good accommodation for the florage of
tobacco and country produce, and will do the utmoll justice to those
that will employ him in the Factorage Way. Bread, flour and por
ter very reasonable. t/ce GEORGE THOMSON.
CHARLES MORGAN,
Stationer & Bookbinder,
' Begs leave to acquaint the Publick,
THAT he has taken the Store, No. 106, Broad-street
where he carries on the BOOKBINDING BUSINESS'
m all its branches; and has for file, Writing Paper, Blank
Books, elegant Etwee Cases, Red Morocco "Pocket Boob
and most other forts of Stationary.
Charlejiown, May 22, 1781.
THE subscribers intending to go to Britain by the fi r ft op
portunity, request those indebted to them, will please
immediately to.make payment; and such as have claims against
them, to call for a settlement on
CAMPBELL, STEVENSON, & Co.
t No. 19, Church-street.
IT is requested of all persons indebted to William Bryce,
late of Charleftown, merchant, deceased, to call and make
payment; and those to whom the estate is indebted, will
please make their claims known, to
X JAMES M'MURRAY, Administrator.
Two compleat Saddle Hories for fate.
Enquire of WILLIAM BURT, No. 1,
Queen-street. |i
JAC OB JACO B S,'
Licensed VENDUE-MASTER,
BEGS leave to acquaint his friends and the publick in
general,'That he intends carrying on the VENDUE BUSINESS
in all its branches, for which purpose he has hired a very convenient
store and cellar in Broad-street, near the Exchange, Non, for the re
ception of such goods as his friends may please to favour him with <
to whose interest a ftri& attention will be paid, and flatters himfelf
with the hopes of giving general fatisfa&ion, being well conversant
in that branch, having followed the fame maj|y y§ap in Georgia and
in this province. ft.
JUST IMPORTED,
And to be fold on the most reasonable Terms for Cajb, Bills, or a
reasonable Credit, by,
ROBERT FAR QUHAR, & Co.
No. 10, Broad-street,
A large Assortment of
European and Eaft-fndia GOODS, viz.
IRISH Linens, Brown Holland, Russia Drabs, Garlix, Dow)
las, Oznaburgs, Sheeting and Milngavick Linens, Long Lawns
Linen and Cotton Stripes, Bengal Stripes, printed Linens, Callicoes
dark ground cottons, India Jeans and Dimities, Drawboys, Lorettas,
Marseilles Quilting, corded, floured and striped Petticoating of an
extraordinary quality, Corduroys, Kerleymires, Velverets, Gauzes,
Tapes, Threads, Ferrets, Counterpanes, elegant leaved work A
prons, Handkerchiefs and Ruffles, fan edge Coventry Lace, Rib
bons, flofs Trimmings; Twill and Crape fringe, black, white and
Skeleton Wire, fcolloped ditto, .muslin Gauze, plain black and incle
spot ditto, plain striped Trimmings, twilled and rich broad ditto,
Lawn Gauze and. Tiffany, an elegant assortment of printed Shaul;
and Barcelona Handkerchiefs, Womens and Mens silk and leather
Gloves, Womens silk Mits and Callimanco Shoes, Mens fine ditto,
Military ditto, with a Variety of Glass and Queen's Ware ; also Rum,
Sugar and Tea, choice Port Wine by the Calk and Dozen, Soap of
an excellent Quality.
N. B Planters may be supplied on the best Terms, and their Pro
duce taken in Payment.|