The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1781-03-31 00:00:00, page 1

SOUTH-CAROLINA.
By Lieutenant-Colonel
NISBET BALFOUR,
Commandant of Charlestown, &c. &c. &c.
A PROCLAMATION.
' HEREAS a Number of lawless Banditti, un-
Sanctioned even by the assumed power of the
V'^^^ Rebels, have of late, by their plundering and
Robberies, much distressed the peaceable In
'Y habitants of this Country : AN D WHERE
AS one MACKAY, well known about Sa
vannah River, hath particularly distinguished
himfelf by becoming a Leader of these iniquitous Bands, I DO
hereby offer a Reward of ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS to
' any Person or Persons who shall fecufe the said Mackay, and
him Safety deliver at some Post in Possession of his Majesty's
Troops; and also a Reward of FIFTY GUINEAS to any
Person or Persons who in like Manner shall secure and deliver
up any of his Affociatqs in such nefarious Practices ; extend
ing also his Majesty's free Pardon, and the above Rewards, to
such Accomplice in these Crimes, as shall discover the Haunts
of his Associates, so that some one or more of them may be
brought to condign Punishment: AND I hereby call upon all
his Majesty's liege Subjects to be diligent in discovering the
Perpetrators of such atrocious Villainies, warning every one,
that whoever shall be found to have aided, assisted, or conceal
ed any such Felons, will be considered as Accomplices, and
punished accordingly.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Charlefto^n, the
second Day of April, Anno Domini One Tboufand Se
ven Hundred and Eighty-one, and in the Twenty -firfl
Tear of bis Majesty's Reign.
NISBET BALFOUR.
By Order of the Commandant,
H. Barry, Secretary. _
Cbarleflown, April 2, 1781.
I AM directed by the Commandant to fignify to the Publick,
That no Powder, or other species of Ammunition, is to
be fold or disposed of in any quantities, without express per
mission from the Commandant, or those by him authorized
for that purpose. C. FRASER, Town-Major.
THE Subferiber desires all Persons indebted to him by
Bond, or Note, to difeharge the long arrears of Interest
due thereon, without further delay.
Charlefloven, 3d Abril, 1781. EGERTON LEIGH.
rrFH proprietors of NEGROES employed in the Quarter-
Master-General's Department, are desired to call at his
office. No. 2, on the Bay, and receive their wages from the
ift of January to the 31st of March, as soon as they conve
niently can. They will be good enough to bring certificates
of their property from the Commissioners of Claims. J
3IJ? of March, 1781.
To be Rented for One Year,
SEVERAL very valuable PLANTATIONS in Prince Wil
liams's Parish, and on Port-Royal, Hilton-Head and Da
fufkee Islands. For particulars apply in Jackfonburgh, to
$ R. MACKENZIE.
f^OUND some time ago in Broad-street, by a negro boy, a
GOLD WATCH CASE. The owner by properly dc
fcribing the fame, paying for this advertisement, and giving
a small gratuity to the negro, may have it again on applying
to the Printers J March zd, 1781.
A PERSON well qualified for teaching Young Ladies,
in a genteel family, may be heard of by applying to
the Printers. *c.
t For LO NDON,
'° ''" "'"' '''e s's Convoy,
The Ship Calvert,
Capt. Thomas Beilby;
Burthen 300 tons, mounts 14 carriage guns, with
^™- -^^ men ahfwerable, a Rout faft failing vessel, has
good accommodations for passengers. For freight or paflage, apply to
the said Captain on board at the Fish-Market Wharf, or
GREENWOOD & LEGGE, No. 44, on the Bay.
N. B. A few calks of heft LONDON PORTER and some
COALS, to be fold on board the said ship.
S PETER BERRELL, Master of the Brig King Midas, from
ft Corre, lying at the lower Market Wharf, intends Failing soon,
be will dispose of the following .Articles, very cheap for Cash, Pro
duce or Government Bills, viz.
Fresh Flour in Barrels
Choice Mess Beef in whole and half ditto
Mess Pork in half ditto
Choice Rose Butter in Firkins
Tallow in ditto
Mould Cantles'and Soap in Boxes
English Peafe in Calks
Coopers Nails in Kegs
Genuine Hoilandfe Geneva
Mens and Womens Shoes
Starch, and Hats, &c. &c.,
Commissary General's Office, No. 59, ^een-jircet.
npHE Farmers and Planters that are in possession of good
£ Hay, Corn Blades, or Rice Straw, are requested to bring
it to the King's Forage Yard, at Gadsden's Wharf, where
they shall receive a fair Market Price, in HARD DOLLARS,
for all they deliver.
N. B. Those who have not Carriage or Craft to bring it in,
shall be provided with the fame, upon applying to the Office.
Cbarleftovm, March 10th, 1781. f
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Thomas-Loughto n Smith,
Esq; deceased, are desired to fettle their refpe&ive obligations^
on or before the firft day of May next. Those whom it may not suit to
pay the whole, have notice that the interest to that period is required,
together with a renewal of their bonds. THOMAS SMITH,'
March 1, 1781. f ALEXANDER INGLIS.
STOLEN or strayed, a liver colour and white water SPA
NIEL, a white spot on his right ear, and a very short brown
tail. Any person having such a dog, is requeued to fend him to
No. 69, Broad-street, where he will be liberally rewarded; and
any one detaining him after this publick notice, will be prosecuted, f
SOUTH-CAROLINA: Printed by R. WELLS & SON, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
ROYAL
Vol. I.
From SATURDAY, March 31,
PLAN of a Treaty of Commerce, to be entered into between their
High Mightinesses the Estates of the Seven United States of Hol
land, and 13 States of North-America, to wit New-Hamp-
Jbire, Maffachufets-Bay, Rhode-JJland, Connecticut, New
lork, New-ferfey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Vir
ginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia.
parties being willing to fix in an equitable and perma-
I nent manner, the rules which ought to be followed rela
tive to the correspondence and commerce, which they desire
to establish between their refpedtive counties, Tates, Subjects
and people, have judged, that the said end could not be better
attained than by taking for the basis of their agreement the
most perfect equality and reciprocity, and carefully avoiding
all thole burthenfome preferences which are usually the sources
of debate, embarrassment and difeontent, by leaving also each
party at liberty to make refpe&ing commerce and navigation
such interior regulations as it shall find most convenient to it
felf, and by founding the advantages of commerce solely upon
the reciprocal utility and the just rules of free intercourse, re
serving withal to each party' the liberty of admitting at its
pleasure other nations to a participation of the fame advan
tages.
On these principles the parties above-mentioned have, af
ter mature deliberation, agreed to the following Articles.
Art. I. There shall be a firm, inviolable, and universal
peace, and sincere friendfhip between their High Mjghtineffes
the 7 United States of Holland, and the United States of North-
America, and the Subjects and people of the said parties, and
between the countries, islands, cities, and towns situated un
der the jurisdiction of the said United States of Holland and
the said United States of America, and the people and inhabi
tants there of every degree, without exception of persons or
races.
Art. 11. The Subjects of the said States of Holland shall pay
no other duties or imposts in the ports, havens, roads, coun
tries, cities and towns of the said United States of America, or
any of them, than the natives and inhabitants shall pay ; but
shall enjoy all the other rights, liberties, privileges, immuni
ties and exemptions in trade, navigation and commerce, in
passing from one part thereof to another, and in going to and
from the fame to any part of the world, which the said natives
or inhabitants enjoy.
Art. 111. The Subjects, people and inhabitants of the said
United States of America, or any of them, shall not pay any
other duties or imposts in the ports, havens, roads, countries,
islands, cities or towns, Subject to their said High Mightinesses
the Estates of the Seven United Provinces of Holland, than the
natives and inhabitants of those countries, islands, cities and
towns shall pay, but shall enjoy all other rights, liberties, pri
vileges, immunities and exemptions, in trade, navigation and
commerce, in passing from one part thereof to another, and in
going to and from the fame to and from any part of the world,
which the said natives or inhabitants enjoy.
Art. IV. The Subjects of each of the aforefaid confederates,
and the inhabitants ofthe countries, islands, cities, and towns,
belonging to cither of the parties, shall have liberty freely and
securely, without licence, or passport general or special, by
land or by water, or in any other way, to go into the king
doms, countries, provinces, lands, islands, cities, villages,
towns walled or unwalled, or fortified, ports, dominions or
territories whatsoever of the other confederate, there to enter
and return from thence, to abide there and pass through the
fame, and in the mean time to buy and purchase as they please
all things necessary for their subsistence and use, and they
shall be treated with all mutual kindness and favour; provided
however, that in all matters they behave and comport them
selves conformable to publick laws, statutes, and ordinances
of such kingdom, country, province, island, city or town in
which they may be and live, and converse with each other
friendly and peaceably, and keep up reciprocal concord by all
manner of good understanding.
Art. V. The Subjects and people of each of the parties, and
the inhabitants of the countries, islands, cities or towns, fub
jed or belonging to either of them, shall have leave or license
to come with their ships or vessels, as also with their goods
and merchandizes on board the fame, (the trade or importa
tion whereof are not prohibited by the laws or ordinances of
either country) to the lands, countries, cities, ports, places
and rivers of either fide into the fame, to resort thereto, to
remain and reside there without any limitation of time; also
to hire houses or to lodge with other people, and to buy all
kinds of lawful merchandizes and goods where they think fit
from the firft workman or feller, or in any other manner, whe
ther in the publick market for the sale of things in mart-towns,
fairs, or wheresoever those goods or merchandizes are manu
factured or fold ; they may also lay up and keep in their maga
zines or warehouses and from thence expose to sale merchan
dizes or goods brought from other parts; neither shall they in
any wife be obliged, unless willingly, and of their own accord,
to bring their said goods or merchanizes to the marts or fairs,
on this condition however, that they shall not fell the fame by
retail in Shops or any where else—but they are not to be load
ed with any impositions or taxes on account of the said free
dom, or for any other cause whatsoever, except what are paid
for their ships, vessels, or goods according to the laws and
customs received in each country agreeable to the stipulations
in this treaty.—And moreover they shall have free leave and
permission without any kind of hindrance or molestation to
remove themselves. Also if they shall happen to be mar
ried, their wives and children, if they have any, and their
Servants, if they are willing to go with their masters, toge
ther with their merchandizes, wares, goods and effects, bought
or imported, whensoever and whitherfoever they shall think
fit, out of the bounds of each country, by land or by sea,
or the rivers and frefh waters, notwithstanding any law,
privilege, grant, immunity or custom, in any wife importing
the contrary.
Art. VI. In the business of religion there shall be an entire
liberty allowed to the Subjects of each of the confederates;
as alio if they are married, to their wives and children;
neither shall they be compelled to go to the churches or to be
present at the religious worship in any other place. On the
contrary they may, without any kind of molestation, perform
their religious exercise after their own way in churches, cha
pels or houses with open doors; moreover liberty shall be
granted to bury the fubjeds of either party who die in th:
The following Plan of a Treaty between Holland and the
Rebel States of North - America, was found in Mr.
Laurens's Trunk.
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GAZETTE.
to WEDNEDAY, April 4, 1781.
territory of the other, in convenient and decent places to be
appointed for that purpose, as occasion shall require, neither
shall the dead bodies of those that are buried by any ways
be molested.
Art. VII. Furthermore it is agreed and concluded as a
general rule, that all and singular the fubjetbs of their High
Mightinesses the Seven United Provinces of Holland, and
of the said United States of America, in all countries and
places fubjeft to their power on either fide, as to all duties,
impositions, or customs whatsoever, concerning goods, mer
chandizes, persons, ships, vessels, freights, seamen, navigation,
and commerce, shall use and enjoy the fame privileges, li
berty and immunities at least, and have the like favour in all
things, as well in the courts of justice, as in all such things as
relate either to commerce or to any other right whatever, which
any foreign nation the most favoured has, uses and enjoys,
or may hereafter have, use and enjoy.
Art. VIII. Their High Mightinesses the Estates of the
seven United Provinces of Holland, shall endeavour by all
means in their power to protest and defend all vessels, and
the effects belonging to the fubjedts, people or inhabitants
of the said United States of America, or any of them,
being in their ports, havens, or roads, or on the seas near
to their countries, islands, cities, or towns, and to recover
and cause to be restored to the right owner, their agents or
attornies, all such vessels and effeds which shall be taken
within their jurifdidion, and their ships of war, or any con
voys failing under their attorney, shall upon all occasions,
take under their protection, all vessels belonging to the fub
je&s, people or inhabitants of the said United States of Ame
rica, or any of them, or holding the fame course, or go the
fame way, against all attacks, force and violence, in the fame
manner as they ought to protest and defend vessels belonging
to the fubjeCts of their High Mightinesses the Stales of the
United Provinces of Holland.
Art. IX. In like manner the said United States of America,
and their ships of war failing under authority, shall protect
and defend, conformable to the tenor of the preceding ar
ticle, all the vessels and effects belonging to the Subjects of
the said seven United Provinces of Holland, and use all their
endeavours to recover, and cause to be restored to their
right owners, the said vessels and effects that shall be taken
within the jurisdiction of the said United States of America,
or any of them.
Art. X. Their High Mightinesses the Estates of the seven
United Provinces of Holland will employ their good offices,
and interposition with the King or Emperor of Morocco, or
Fez, and Regency of Algiers, Tunis, or Tripoli, or with
any of them, and also with every Prince, State or Power on
the coast of Barbary in Africa, and the fubjeCts of the said King,
Emperor, States and Powers, and each of them; in order
to provide as fully and cfficacioufly as possibly for the benefit,
conveni^ncy and fafety of the said United States and each
of them, their fubje&s, people and inhabitants, and their
vessels and effects, against all violence, insults, attacks or de
predations on the part of the said Princes, or States of Bar
bary, or their Subjects.
-Art. Xl. It shall be lawful and free for merchants and
others being fubjeCls either of the said seven United States
of Holland, or the said United States of America, by will,
or any other disposition made either during the time of sick
ness, or any time before, or at the point of death, to de
vise or give away to such person or persons, as to them
fhffll seem good, their effects, merchandize, money, goods,
moveable or immoveable, which they have or ought to have
at the time of their death, or any time before, within the
countries, islands, cities, towns, or dominions belonging to
either of the said contracting parties; moreover whether they
die having in the dominions of either of the contracting
parties, or coming from any other part, although they be
not naturalized, and without having the effect of this concession
contested, or impeded under the pretext of any rights or pre
rogatives of any provinces, cities, or private persons, shall
freely and quietly receive, and take possession of all the said
goods and effects whatsoever, according to the laws of each
country respectively ; in such manner however that the wills
and rights of entering upon the inheritances of persons dying
intestate, must be proved according to law in those places where
each person may happen to die, as well by the Subjects of one
as of the other contracting party ; any law, statute, edict, cus
tom, ordonnance, droit d'Aubaine, or any other right whatso
ever notwithstanding.
Art. XII. The goods and estates of the people and Subjects
of the one contrasting party that shall die in the countries,
islands, cities or towns of the other, shall be preserved for the
lawful heirs and successors of the deceased, the right of any
third person always reserved ; and such goods and effects, to
gether with the papers, writings and books of accounts of such
deceased person shall be put into an inventory by the Consul,
or other publick Minister of each party whose fubjeC thas so
died, and put into the hands of two or three reputable mer
chants, that shall be named by such Consul or publick Minister,
to be kept for the heirs, executors, administrators, or the cre
ditors of the deceased : Nor shall any judicatory whatever in
termeddle therein, until applied to according to the forms of
law, by such heir, executor, administrator or creditor.
Art. XIII. It shall be lawful and free for the Subjects of
each party to emplc y such advocates, attornies, notaries, Soli
citors, or factors as they shall think fit ; to which end the ad
vocates and others abovementioned, may be appointed by the
ordinary judges if it be needful, and the judges be thereunto
required.
Art. XIV. Merchants, masters of ships, owners, mariners,
men of all kinds, ships and vessels, and all merchandizes and
goods in general and effeds of one of the confederates, or of
the fubjeds thereof, shall not, on any publick or private ac
count, by virtue of any general or special edidt, be Seized or de
tained in any of the countries, lands, islands, cities, towns,
ports, havens, Shores or dominions whatsoever, of the other
confederate, for publick use, for warlike expeditions, or for
any other cause ; much less for the private use of any one shall
they be detained by arrests, compelled by violence, or under
any colour thereof, or in any wife molested or injured ; more
over it shall be unlawful for the fubjeds of either party to take
any thing, or to extort it by force from the fubjeds of the other
party, without the consent of the person to whom it belongs,
and it be paid for in ready money; which however is not to
be understood of that detention and Seizure which shall be
made by the command and authority of juflice, and by the or
dinary methods on account of debts or crimes, in refoe& where-.
Numb. io.