The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1781-09-29 00:00:00, page 1

A PROCLAMATION.
& NISBET BALFOUR, Enquire, Lieutenant - Colonel
of His Majefy's Twenty-third Regiment, or Royal Welch Fu
fem, Commandant of CbarleJlown, ^c.
_ HE REAS the Right Honourable Charles
„ a;Earl Cornwallis, by Proclamation, bear
^% ing Date the twenty-fifth Day of July 1780,
. ^'^> 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,
onthe penalty of Seizure and Sequestration: Notwithftand
which, I have reason to believe that many of those who
inflexibly persist in an unnatural Rebellion against His Ma
jefy's most auspicious Government, under which they enjoy
edthe highest degree of civil and political Liberty, have, both
before and since the said Proclamation, made and executed,
lor will make and execute, Deeds, Conreyances 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, ftridly enjoin and require
all Persons to whom anv Deed, Conveyance or Assurance of
Lands, Houses, Negroes, or other Species of Property, hath
been made and executed, since the firft day of January, in the
Tear of our Lord 1775, or which shall be hereafter made and
executed, or their legal Representatives, to tender tne fame
at the proper Offices in Charleftown, to be recorded ; that is
to fay, all such Deeds, Conveyances and Assurances of Lands
and 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 A ffurance 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 refpedively, or some
lawful Magistrate, that to the bed of his, her and their Know
ledge and Belief, such Deed, Conveyance or Assurance was
I made for a valuable Consideration, bonafide 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 Assurance, shall immediately be seized and fe
quefler.d; 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
I Monger Time for the Production, Proof and Registry of such
iDeed, Conveyance or Assurance, if, on considering the Nature
^d Merits of the Application, they shall 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 fccret or clandestine 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 Tranfadions.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at Charleftown, this
Tzventy-fecond Day of Auguft y in the Year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, and in the
twenty-fir/l of His Majefly's Reign.
N. BALFOU R.
By Order of the Commandant,
H. Barry, Secretary.
WILLIAM CLARK,
No, 4, Bay,
Has on hand, a few PACKAGES of
HARD Ware, Shoes assorted, Broad-Cloths, Fur Hats,
Worsted, Thread and Silk Stockings, &c. which he will dis
pose of at a very, low Advance. \h.
To be Let, Sold, or Exchanged for a Plantation near Tow:,
A final! HOUSE and LOT in King-street.
Enquire at No# ^4, Meefing.-ftrcct.^
By His Excellency
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. 8.,
7 icrd and Commander in Chief of all His Majejiy's Forces
'within the Colonies I,big on the Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-
Scotia to Weft-Florida, include, ^c. ^c. tfc.
(PROCLAMATION.
AVING Reason to believe, that there are
many Persons residing among the Rebels, as
a ''° Numbers serving in the Rebel Army
'"^ Militia, who are with-held from joining
Y& H their Countrymen and Friends, now serving
His Majesty in the different Provincial Regi
ments, from an Apptehenfion, that they
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:
[think proper to give Notice to all Persons who shall en
eageto serve His Majesty for three Years, or during the Rebel
loo in any Provincial Regiment they may make Choice of,
within ninety Days from the Date hereof, that they shall re
ave on their Inliftment (he Sum of SIX GUINEAS ; and at
tie Time of their Discharge, they shall be entitled to the
Grant of Land His Majesty has been graciously pleased to pro
mil to the Soldiers of the Provincial Regiments.
GIVE N under my Hand, at Head-quarters, in
Neon-Fork, the twentieth Day of August, 1781.
11. CLINTON.
By His Excellency's Command,
John Smith.
from SATURDAY, September 29,
RO Y A.L
SOUTH-CAROLINA: Printed by R. WELLS & SON, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
VOL I.
AS there is an absolute necessity for the fubferibing Admi
nidratrix immediately embarking for England, and for dis
charging, previous thereto, every debt contracted in this province ;
it is therefore requested and expected, that all persons indebted by
bond or note to the estate of the Honourable Sir Egerton Leigh,
Baronet, deceased, will make immediate payment of the fame, and
the interest due thereon ; failing of which, by the firft of November
ensuing, circumstances will reluctantly compel her to put the fame
into the hands of an Attorney, to be sued for without diftin&ion.
All persons having any demands against said estate, are desired to
fend in their accounts for payment.
M. H. LEIGH, Adminiflfatrix,
^ ''A. HEREAS the Enemy are in the greatest Want
°' a " Sorts of, Supplies for their Army,
w hich cannot be procured but with in
finite Difficulty, except from this Town ;
an d as it is the indispensable Duty of .every
Friend to the British 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
selves for that Purpose.
AND WHEREAS I have Reason to fufpe&, 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 fecrctly 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 FIFE 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
Justice
GIVEN under my Hand at Charlestown, this Tent r
Day of September, 1781, and in the Twenty-jirflTea
of His MajejWs Reign.
NISBET BALFOUR.
WHEREAS notwithstanding a former Order, dated 12th
April, 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 Instance of Negleft,
or Disobedience of this Order will be punished 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. ERASE R, Town-Major.
Commissary-General's Office,
No. 3, Queen-street.
THE Planters and Factors inclined to contrad 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.
(BYPERMISSION. )
On FRIDAY next, the sth Day of October,
• At TENo'Clock in tbe Forenoon,
WILL BE SOLD,
By COOKE & WEB B,
At Mr. George Fardo's Store, No. 26, on the Bay,
PART of the Personal Estate and Effects of the late Dr.
William Loocock, consisting of sundry Negroes, a new Flat,
some Cattle, Horses, Houfhold Furniture, Plate, &c. &c. &c.
HENRIETTA LOOCOCK, Administratrix.
WILL. CLARKSON, Administrator.
Who have several LOTS in Charleftown for sale, or to hire
or let on leale.
Such of our friends (who have permission for felling) and
will favour us witli the disposal of their negroes; furniture, plate, &c.
are requested to fend it to the above store, or to our ftpre in Broad
ftreety on or before the day of sale. ft COOKE & WEBB,
CbarleJlown, September 25, 1781.
I AM direded by the Commandant to give public notice
to the inhabitants of Charleftown, that such of them as
may have any complaints to make relative to the billets on
their houses, do attend at the State-House, where a Board of
Field Officers will hear and redress their grievances every
Monday and Friday. > JAMES FRASER,
X A&ing Barrack-Master.
SOUTH-CAROLINA. ; , :
By NISBET BALFOUR, Esquire,
Lieutenant-Colonel of His Majefly's 23d Regiment, or Royal
Welch Fu%ileers, Commandant of Charleftown, ^c. &c. &c.
A PROCLAMATION.
GARRISON ORDERS,
Bth September, 1781.
.OW^^
THE
W. SMITH, Administrator.
to WEDNESDAY, October 3; 1781.
GAZETTE.
N. B. Wanted, a few Dozens of empty BOTTLES. Enquire
as above.f
A DOCTOR being wanted to attend the Parish and Tran
sient Poor, any Gentleman properly qualified and willing to
undertake that office, will pl^afe fend in proposals immediately, to
28/6 Sept. 1781. JAMES BENTHAM, & 7 Church
t LAMBERT LANCE, % Wardens.
BY PERMISSION.
On MONDAY, the 15th of October instant,
At TEN o' Clock in tbe Forenoon,
WILL BE SOLD,
At the Sign of the Red Lyon, No. i6r, King-street,
THE Houfhold Furniture and Personal Effects of the sub
scriber, confining of about ten feather beds, holders and pil
lows, a number of fneets, blankets and table linen; an eight day
clock, mahogany deiks and book cases, ditto chairs, diking and tea
tables, looking glasses, china and glass ware; also all his plate,
pewter and kitchen furniture, and many other articles too tedious
to enumerate ; likewise a parcel of dry goods, pots and Dutch ovens/
two riding chairs and harness, one as good as new, and exceeding
light and neat, sundry fuddles and bridles, two boat grapiins, a large
beam, scales and weights, a final! ditto with brass leaks and weighty
and a small library of books, &c. &c. &t.
And on TUESDAY the 16th Day of October,
At TWEL HE o'clock,
Will be SOLD before the EXCHANGE,
Eight prime SLAVES, viz. two men good house waiters'
and manager of horses; a man field flare, a prime plain cook
wench and her two children, a good waffier and ironer, and a
young wench, a good house girl; they are all of a good character,
fold for no fault, and may be depended on for fobriet, and hdnefly
as any of their colour ; likewise all my LANDS in the country,
plats of which are to be seen in my hands; also a LOT the corner
of Church and Tradd streets, lately advertised for private sale. The
terms and conditions will be made known on the days of sale by
the V ndue-Mafter. | ROBERT HUTCHISON.
A YOUNG MAN, that can dress hair in a tolerably man
ner, and that is defirbus of attending a Gentleman, may hear
of a place, by applying to the Printers hereof.|
FOUND by a negro man, on Saturday the 29th ult. on the
Green, a SILVER WATCH. The owner on describing the
fame, paying for this advertisement and giving a fmdll gratuity to
the finder, may have it, by applying to the Printers.}
™frrf '° r S' Augustine, and St.
. John's River,
The SLOOP
^^BEGGAR's BENNISON;
John Edmonds, Master;
Now lying at Greenwood's wharf, a sass sailer, mounts two four
pounders and four swivels, and has good accommodations for pas
sengers. For freight or passage, apply to William Forman, No.
94, Tradd-fLeet, or to the master on board.|
ABSENTED himfelf from his maker's service, on Wed
nesday the 19th ultimo, Tom, a muftee fellow, about 35
years of age, near fix feet !)igh, has a dint in his cheek eccafioned
by the tooth-ach, a very buffiy head of hair, well known in Charlef
town as he has attended the markets for many years, supposed to
be harboured in the town. TWO GUINEAS reward will be given
for the delivery of him in the Sugar-house, or to the fubferiber on
James-Bland. All makers of vessels and others are hereby fore
warned from harbouring or entertaining the laid fellow, as they may
expert to be prosecuted on convi&ion of the offence.
yames-Tfend, Sepicedier 2„b. I JOSEPH RIVERS.
T"' -CO-PARTNERSHIP of Graham & Burt, being
this day dissolved by mutual consent, they request those in
debted to them to discharge their accounts; and those who have any
demands against theffi, to make known the fame, in order that they
may be fettled as soon as pdffible. They beg leave to return their
sincere thanks to those Gentlemen who were ple^ied to give them
tile disposal of their crops, and would be glad of a continuance of
their favours to William Burt, No. 13, Bay, or at the Scale-
House on Burn's wharf.
CbarleJloiun, October I, 1781. f
Imported in the British Hero from LONDON,
And to BE SOLD BY
RUTHERFORD & AINSLIE,
No. 6, Elliott-Street,
By the PACKAGE or PIECE,
The following GOODS, viz.
IRISH Linens and Sheetings
Printed ditto
Flour in Barrels
Porter
Ironmongery well assorted
Earthen Ware
Haberdashery assorted
Double and single refined Sugar
Excellent Port Wine in Bottles
Hats, Umbrellas and Perfumery
Birmingham Ware
Pewter Ware, Scales and Weights
Mancheft# Stuffs
THERE will be a CONCERT, Vocal and InftrumentaJ,
a CONCERTO SOLO upon the Harpsichord, by a Ladv,
and SOLO upon the Violin, &c. and a BALL, on Monday,
October Bth, at the State-House.
TICKETS for admittance to be had of the Printers, Mts. Stew
art's, No. 22, on the Bay, and Mr. Abercromby's, No. 2,
Queen-street, at Half a Guinea each.
To begin precisely at Seven o'Clock in tbe Evening.
Being empowered by the Commandant to purchafc a few
HORSES for the Cavalry,
Any of the Inhabitants who may be poflefled of Horses that
will answer that Purpose, and will oblige the Service by part
ing with them, will apply to me at No. 20, Broad-Erect, o'
at the Town- Major's.
BY PERMISSION.
JOHN COFFIN, Major,
Commanding a Detachment of Dragoons,
Stationary
Silk Goods, Ribbons and sewing
Silk
Mens, Womens and Childrens
Shoes.
Ofnaburgs and Sail Cloth
Hoficry, Turnery and Gloves
Slops well assorted
Superfine and fancy Cloths
Second and Yorkfbire dicto
Scarlet, blue, white and other
Caffimires
Shalloons, Trimmings, &c.
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