The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1781-09-22 00:00:00, page 1

A PROCLAMATION.
By NISBET BALFOUR, Efauire, Lieutenant - Colonel
of His Majefly's Twenty-third Regiment, or Royal Welch Fu-
Jileers, Commandant of Charlejlown, ffc,
Vto HEREAS the Right Honourable Charles
AW? Earl Cornwallis, by Proclamation, bear
ing Date the twenty-fifth Day of July 1780,
Th'. did forbid all Persons whomsoever to fell or
dispose of any Lands, Houses or Negroes,
without previously obtaining a Licence so to
do from the Commandant of Charleftown,
on the penalty of Seizure and Sequestration : Notwithstand
ing which, I have reason to believe that many of those who
inflexibly persist in an unnatural Rebellion against His Ma
jesty's most auspicious Government, under which they enjoy
ed the highest degree of civil and political Liberty, have, both
before and since the said Proclamation, made and executed,
or will make and execute, Deeds, Conveyances and Assurances
of their Estates, for the purpose of defrauding their honest
Creditors, as well as to elude those Forfeitures which the Jus
tice of the Law has annexed to their Crime : I DO THERE
FORE, by this my Proclamation, ftriXly enjoin and require
all Perlohs to whom any Deed, Conveyance or Affiirance of
Lands, Houses, Negroes, or other Species of Property, hath
been made and executed, since the firft day of January, in the
Year of our I,ord 1775, or which shall be hereafter made and
executed, or their legal Representatives, to tender the fame
at the proper Offices in Charleftown, to be recorded ; that is
to fay, all such Deeds, Conveyances and Assurances ofLands
ard Houses, at the Register's Office ; and all such Deeds, Con
veyances and Assurances of Negroes or other personal Property
at the Secretary's Office, within three Months from the Date
hereof, or from the Date of such future Deed, Conveyance or
Assurance, at fartheft. And that on tendering the fame to be
recorded as above, at such Offices, the Person or Persons to
whom such Deed,Conveyance or Assurance hath been executed,
or his, her or their legal Representatives, together with one of
the fubferibing Witnesses, or in Case of Death, some Person
acquainted with his or her Character of Writing, shall make
Oath before the said Register or Secretary refpeXively, or some
lawful Magistrate, that to the belt of his, her and their Know
ledge and Belief, such Deed, Conveyance or Affiirance was
made for a valuable Consideration, bona fide due, and not to
elude the Payment of any just Debt, or to prevent any legal
Forfeiture : On Failure whereof, all such Lands, Houses, Ne
groes and other Property, thereby granted, bargained, fold,
aligned, transferred and made over, on Proof of such Deed,
Conveyance or Affiirance, shall immediately be seized and se
questered : PROVIDED nevertheless, that if a Compliance
with this Proclamation should be rendered impracticable in
any Case, by intervening Accidents, the Party affected shall
have liberty to apply to the Court of Police, which will grant
a longer Time for the Production, Proof and Registry of such
Deed, Conveyance or Assurance, if, on considering the Nature
and Merits of the Application, thev fnall think the fame rea
sonable. AND for the more effectual Prevention of the
Frauds above alluded to, all Persons, who are or shall be
Parties, Privies or Witnesses to any Deed, Conveyance or
Assurance, whereby any Species of Property is, are or shall
be granted, conveyed or assigned, either absolutely, or under
any secret or elandeftine Trust, expressed, implied or result
ing from any ConftruCtion or Operation of Law, for the Pur
poses aforefaid, are in like Manner ftridly enjoined and re
quired to give Information thereof, to one or other of the In
tendants of the Police, within three Months from this Date, as
they will answer the contrary at their Peril, on Proof of the
Concealment of such fraudulent and criminal Tranfa&ions.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at Charleftown, this
Twenty-second Day of Auguji, in the Year of our Lord
One tbouf and seven hundred and eighty-one, and in the
Twenty-firft of His Majesty's Reign.
N. BALFOUR.
By Order es the Commandant,
H. Barry, Secretary.
WHEREAS it is necessary, for the preservation and fafety
of this Town against fire, that the proprietors or te
nants of the dwelling-houses should, agreeable to law, provide
themselves with one fire bucket for each fire-place in the said
dwelling-houses ; they are therefore hereby ftri&ly enjoined
immediately to furnifh themselves therewith: And those
persons, who after the firfl day of October next, fnall be found
to disregard this notice, may expert to be treated as defaulters.
By Order of the Commandant,
C. FRASER, Town-Major.
September 4th, I^U
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. B.
General and Commander in Chief of all His Majejiy's Forces
within the Colonies lying on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-
Scotia to Wefl-Florida, inclusive, ^c. ISc. Idlt.
PROCLAMATION.
AVING Reason to believe, that there are
many Persons reficling among the Rebels, as
CT7&ff, also Numbers serving in the Rebel Army
tt and Militia, who are with-held from joining
—g their Countrymen and Friends, now serving
™ s Majesty in the different Provincial Regi
ments, from an Apprehension, that they
fruft not only Inlift for Life, but perhaps not be allowed to
make Choice of the Provincial Regiment, to which particular
Connexions may naturally incline them : °
I think proper to give Notice to all Persons who shall en
gage to serve His Majesty for three Years, or during the Rebel
lion, in any Provincial Regiment they may make Choice of,
within ninety Days from the Date hereof, that they shall re
ceive on their Inliftment the Sum of SIX GUINEAS; and at
the Time of their Discharge, they fnall be entitled to the
Grant of Land His Majesty has been graciously pleased to pro
file to the Soldiers of the Provincial Regiments.
GIVE N under my Hand, at Head-barters, in
New-York, the twentieth Day of August, 1781.
11. CLINTON.
By His Excellency's Command,
John Smith.
R(!)Y AL
From SATURDAY, September 22,
SOUTH-CAROLINA: Printed by R. WELLS & SON, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
Vol I.
By His Excellency
SOUTH-CAROLINA,..-.
By NISBET BALFOUR, Enquire,
Lieutenant-Colonel of His Majesty's 23d Regiment, or Royal
Welch Fuzileers, Commandant of Charleftown, ^c. ^fc. &c.
A PROCLAMATION.
a HEREAS the Enemy are in the greatest Want
of all Sorts of Supplies for their Army,
which cannot be procured but with in
finite Difficulty, except from this Town ;
and as it is the indispensable Duty of every
Friend to the Britihi Government, to use
his utmost Endeavours to prevent their re
ceiving such essential Assistance, I DO THEREFORE call
upon all His Majesty's Subjects resident here, to exert them
fclves for that Purpose.
AND WHEREAS I have Reason to fafped, that divers
Persons in this Town, as well as in other Parts of the Pro
vince, seduced from their Allegiance through Avarice, or
actuated by baser Motives, have secretly supplied the Rebels
with Arms, Ammunition, Warlike-Stores, Salt, Medicines,
Boots, and every article of Saddlery: I DO GIVE NOTICE,
That all Persons detected in such criminal Practices, or fur
nifhing the Enemy with any Kind of Supplies whatever, will
most assuredly be punished as Traitors to their King and Coun
try.
AND, for the more effectual Suppression of an Evil so pre
judicial to His Majesty's Service, I DO HEREBY offer a Re
ward of FIVE HUNDRED GUINEAS to any Person or Per
sons who will give Information of such atrocious Offenders,
so that they may be convicted, and made Examples of Public
Jufticc.
GIVEN under my Hand at Charlestown, this Tenth
Day of September, 1781, and in the Twentj-frjl Tear
of His Majesty's Reign.
' NISBET BALFOUR.
WHEREAS notwithstanding a former Order, dated 12th
Aprils 1781, directing all persons whatever to deliver
in to the Ordnance-Store, all Gunpowder and every other
Species of Ammunition in their Possession ; yet there is great
reason to believe; that Quantities of Powder have been re
tained on board different Ships in this Harbour, and fold to
Persons who have made a very improper Use of it, to the great
Detriment of his Majesty's Service :
It is now expressly ordered, that the Owners or Masters of
every Vessel which at present is, or may from the Date hereof
come into this Harbour, do immediately, or in the Space of
fix Hours after they come to an Anchor, make a true and
faithful Return at the Ordnance-Office, of the Quantity of
Powder or any other Species of Ammunition they may have
on board their Vessels, that the fame may be taken into Cus
tody and proper Receipts given : Every fnftance of Negleft,
or Disobedience of this Order will be puniflied with the SEI
ZURE and FORFEITURE of the Vessel and Cargo for his
Majesty's Use; and any Person who will give information shall
receive a Reward of FIVE HUNDRED GUINEAS upon the
Vessel and Cargo being condemned.
C. FRASE R, Town-Major.
Commissary-General's Office, No. 3, ^ueen-flreet.
THE Planters and Favors inclined to contrast for good well
cured, Corn Blades and Hay,
Rice in the Straw,
Rough Rice and Indian Corn,
Peafe and Peafe in the Hames,
And good, clean, dry Straw,
To be delivered into His Majesty's Forage Yard, at Gads
den's Wharf, or at their Landings, may be treated with, by
applying, to the Office, from Seven to Twelve o'clock in the
Morning. FRANCIS- RUSH CLARK,
Commissary of Forage.
LIGHT H O RTS E.
ALL aftive YOUNG MEN, fit for Light Horsemen, and
willing to serve his Majesty King GEORGE, for the
space of Two Years, or during the present Rebellion, have
now a fair arid honourable Opportunity of revenging them
selves on the Authors of the many Cruelties and horrid Mur
ders committed on their Relations, Friends, and Fellow Sub
jects ; of teftifying their Loyalty to the best of Kings, and
manifefting their Abhorrence to this unnatural and unpro
voked Rebellion; by applying to Lieutenant-Colonel George
Campbell, commanding The King's own American Regiment,
now quartered in this Town, who has power to raise a Body
of Light Horse, to be attached to, and serve constantly with
the said Regiment. Each Loyal and imart young Recruit shall
receive FIVE GUINEAS Bounty, and a CROWN to drink
his Majesty's Health, be provided with free Quarters, a good
Horse, Pay, Clqathing, Arms, Accoutrements, and every
other Requisite fit for a Light Dragoon, such as a Cap and
Helmet, a Brace of good Pistols before him, a keen edged
Sword by his Side, and good Boots and Spurs. Thus equip
ped as a Gentleman Dragoon, he must carry fare and certain
Victory, acquire Honour to himfelf, and render Service to
his Sovereign and injured Country.
Savannah, 3th June, 1781.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
N. B. Any person who brings a Recruit shall receive a re
ward of Half a Guinea. Such serviceable, active, able, and
young Dragoon Horses as are to be fold, will be purchased,
and a generous Price given, by applying at the Colonel's
Quarters, the yellow House near the Weft Gate.
GEORGE CAMPBELL,
Lieutenant-Colonel, and Commanding.
A Quarterly Meeting of said Society will be held at Strick
land's tavern in Broad-street, on Tuesday the 2d day of Octo
ber next, where the Members are earnestly requeued to attend pre
cisely at eleven o'clock in the forenopn, bn bufiiiefs of importance.
By Order of the Society,
JOHN M'CALL, jun. Clerk.
%* Dinner on the table precisely at two o'clock.
GARRISON ORDERS,
Bth September, 1781.
South-Carolina Society.
THE
GA rt^r-nfri I
to WEDNESDAY, September 26, 1781.
(B Y PERMISSI O N.)
TO BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE,
For Cash, Government Bills, Corn, Rice or Indigo,
And may be entered upon immediately;
fl° THREE Year's Lease of a LOT of LAND, between Nth
21 and 22 on the Bay; on which is a convenient dwelling-house
fnd a large commodious front store, together with a back-ftcre, cel
q and kitchen newly erected and paved; the lot is 73 feet deen and
', r ide; its fixation for trade is so well known that it needs no
description, and with little expence may be fitted up for a Tavern.
, ALSO,
^'^T^'S ™ r '° Lease of a LOT of LAND, on the
"° °' U'lity-Alle, next the Bay, containing 90 feet deep and
16 feet front. On the Premises is a house 32 feet long an< Tl 6 wide,
' finifhed ; th - re ar e materials on the spot, which with some
addition will make a tplerable good dwelling house; there is allo a
good well with plenty of water in the yard.
, If the said Lots are not disposed of before the 2d of Odo#
ber next, they vili on that day be put up at Public Sale, by
„ t COOKE & WEBB..
NOTICE is hereby given to the Inhabitants, who have not
yet made returns of their taxable property to the Enquirers
appointed to receive the fame, That they do, on or before MoGiy
the firft day of October next, deliver in to the fubferiber, a return
of their houses, lots and slaves in town, otherwise they will be
double taxed, according to law. JAMES BEN LHAM,
1 Church-Warden.
11 is hereby desired, that all persons who have any demands
against the Parish of St. Philip's, Charieftown, since the re
duction of the town, do deliver in their accounts to the fubferibers,
on or before the firfl of October next.
September 24, JAMES BENTHAM,? Church
178r.t LAMBERT LANCE,§ Wardens.
Excellent wired PORTER,
Imported in the British Hero, from London,
And to be fold at No. 46, on the Bay.
(B Y PERMIS sYonT) "
On MONDAY next, the Ift of October,
Will be put up for SALE,
At, the Exchange, precisely at TWELVE o'Cloek,
THAT delightful situated RETREAT or FARM upon Ash
ley-river, near the ferry, containing 300 acres, lying between
Edmund Bellinger, Esq; and William Roper, Efg; eight miles from
Charleftown. On the premises are an elegant dwelling-house, a
kitchen and stable, uniform, the (tables after the English taste for ten
horses, overfeer'shoufe, negro-houfes, barn and other out houses,
requisite for a well fettled plantation.
The wood land abounds with oak and hickory, also a great qua -
tity of live-oak near and about the dwelling-house, and by a late
improvement of an extensive garden after a tasty manner, may, with
attention be as profitable as it is-pleafitig.
The meadows between the river (on which is a good landing) and
the house, yield besides feeding a flock of cattle and horfee, a large
quantity of hay.
The prqvifion land is as good if not preferable to some land there
abouts, and yields for what has been planted this season exceeding
great, as may at present be seen. Attendance will be given on those
who please to view the premises; and any person inclinable to treat
by private contract, may be informed of terms and price, by ap
plying to J JACOB VALK.
Jamaica Spirits
Weft-India Rum
French and British Brand,
Geneva in Cases
Madeira and Port Wine of ex
.ccllent Qualities
London bottled Porter
Double and single refined Loaf
Sugar
Bohea, Souchong & Hyfon Teas
MufeovadQ Sugar
Jar and common Raisins
Jordan and Shell Almonds
Sugar Candy and Spanish Juice
Prunes and Currants
(BY PERMISSIO N.)
On MONDAY next, theist of October,
Will be put up for SALE
At the Exchange,
Immediately after the Sale of the Plantation,
Thirty-feyen Trails of Land,
OF which handbills will give a description where situated,
which being well known, the purchaser may be assured of ob
taining a proper poffeffidh at a peace; and though the owner is well
convinced of the urtfeafonable time to offer them, yet !s so eircum
ftanced for the want of obtaining payments from fequeflered eftate#
and others in the country out of reach, that rather than not fulfil his
'engagements, he will facrifice his interests, and fell them for cash or
bills on London, to the highest bidder, let the price he what it will:
1 JACOB VALK.
On TUESDAY next, the 2d of October,
MACNAIR & MAXWELL,
Have imported in the Ships Restoration and Britilh Heroj
,(, . fr% London,,
AWell-chofen Assortment of Pickles, India Soy. Ketchup,
Swe # .t Oil, Cayenne Pepper, Milliard, and excellent Wine Vi-i
negar, which they will dispose of by Wholesale and Retail, at ihcih
Store in Tradd-flreet, nearly opposite to Bedon's Alley,
At TIVELVE o'clock,
Will be SOLD before the EXCHANGE,
By COOKE & WEBB,
A NEGRO WENCH about 21 years old, who can waftu.
iron ard plait extremely well, is also a good seamstress, is fond
of nursing children, and is in other refpe&s very handy about the
house; she is in short a very valuable wench, and is fold for no fault,
but. her ®wner is under the necessity of raffing feme money.j
They have also for Sale,
(BY PERMISSION.)
Black Pepper
Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves and
Mace
Trudels, Morells and Vermicelli
Perfumery and Pomatum
Shaving Boxes and Powder Bag#
Razors in Cases
Wl.ite Wax Candles
Hunters, glazed and tipt Pipes
An Assortment of Brooms and
Brushes
Queen's and Glass Ware
Soap and Corks
Basket Salt
Scotch Snuff, &e. &c. &c. „
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