The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1781-08-04 00:00:00, page 1

OSNABURGS
Irish Linens
Ditto Sheeting
Cambrick
Lawn
Printed Linens and Cottons
Checks and Bed Tick,
Printed and Check Handkerchiefs
Barcelona and India ditto
India Chintz and Nankeens
India and English Perfiahs
Plain and figured Lutestrings
Trimmings for ditto
A neat Assortment of fashion
able Ribbons
Silk and Thread Gauzes
Diaper Table-Cloths
Womens and Girls Stays
Corded and India Dimity
White Callicoes and Humhums
Velverets and Jeapnets, spotted
and striped
A neat Assortment of Mille
nary
Mens line fashionable Hats
Felt Hats
Superfine Broad Cloths with
7 rimmings
Hunters do.
Coarse and fine Blankets
Diaper and plain Tape
Jvory and Horn Combs
N. B. Excellent Red Port at 245. the Dozen—best single
refined Sugar by the Loaf at 2s. the Pound—Strong Ale at
r6s. the Dozen.
IRISH Irinens and Sheetings
Russia and German Irinens
Scotch Ofnaburgs and Sheetings
Scotch and Hollands Bed Ticks
and Sheetings
Manchester Goods of all Sorts
Printed Goods of all Sorts
Checks and Check Handkerchiefs
Threads of all Sorts, fine & coarse
Haberdashery Goods well assorted
Cambricks, Silks &Thread Gauzes
Ribbons, Sewing Silk, &c.
Mullins, Silks, Romalls and other
East-India Goods
Hats for Ladies, Gentlemen and
Children
Hosiery, Silk, Thread & Worsted
Gloves and Mits of Silk, Jean,
Kid Skin, &c
Silk Mercery assorted
Stuff Mercery ditto
Military & fine Shoes & Boots
Ladies Stuff and Silk Shoes and
Slippers
Superfine Broad Cloths and Ket
feymires of scarlet, blue and fa
shionable Colours, with Shal
loons, Buttons and other Trim
mings
Second Cloths of various Colours,
with Trimmings' -'
Gold and Silver Lace, and Li
very Laces t
Negfodoathing, blue and white
Blankets, Matraffes, Camp Bed-
Reads, Camp Tables and Dif
penfarics
Slops of all Sorts , .
Perfumery and Hairpowder
Tortoifelhell, Ivory and Horn
Combs
Loaf Sugar, Teas, Pepper, Spices
and other Groceries
Ironmongery well assorted
Bar Iron and Steel
Ploughsares
Iron Pots
WILLIAM M'W HAN N,
Next to Messrs. Lindsay's, on the Bay;
A Neat Assortment of ,
European & East-India Goods, viz.
Will Le SOLD, by Messrs. COOKE & WEBB,
Before the Exchange,
T^IFTEEN Negroes, a Canoe, a Chair and Harness, &c.
£ the property of the estate of Mr. Lewis Ogier, deceafcd. All
persons indebted to the said Lewis Ogier, are requeued to make im
mediate payment, and his bond creditors to render a Rate of their
demands, to | ARCH. BROUN, Adminiffrator.
-o be fold at Eendue, on Wednesday 22d Angus, 1781, at the duel
hng-benfc of the late Mr. William Coates, I deceafcd, at Greenwich,
in Chris Church Parijb,
'T'llE House and Kitchen Furniture, with the Wearing
X Apparel of the deceafcd. The property not to be altered until
the money be paid. Those that have any demands agaihft the estate,
arc requeued to fend them in.
JONATHAN SCOTT, Administrator.
1 he fubferiber hath feme airy Tenements to let, very convenient
for gardens and padurage, &c. Safe from the troubles of these tiines.
With a Choice of genuine and firft Quality MADEIRA, imported
direct from the Bland. f
No. 33, on the Bay, l
Has received by the Ship Pallas, Capt. Cleiland, from London,
A large Supply of GOO DS,
Very suitable to the Seafori, \
Which he will fell by the Package or otberwife, upon the nwf
reasonable Terms.
The AR IICLES couff ebify as follows, viz.
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On WEDNESDAY, August 2 zd, 1781,
At ELEEEN 0 Clock in the Forenoon,
From S A TURDA Y, August 4, £to WEDNESDAY, August 8, 1781.
WILLIAM SMITH,
Needles and Pins
Mens and Womens Gloves
Stationary
Glass, Queen's, China and Tin
Ware
Scotch, Rappee and Plain Snuff
Assorted Calks of Hardware
Mens coarse and fine Shoes
Military ditto f•
Womens and Girls leather and
callimanco ditto
Mens and Womens silk, thread
and cotton Hose
Sail Duck and Cordage
Linseed Oil in Calks
Paints ground in Oil
Bar Iron, Nails
London Porter in Bottles
Strong Beer in ditto
Port Wine in ditto
Barley in Kegs
Best single refined Sugar
Best double Gloucester Cheese
A few Firkins of Rose Butter
Crosscut and Pit Saws with files
and rasps
Soap and Candles
Mutton Hams
Hung Beef
Tongues
Ship Bread
&c. &c. &c.
Cast and wrought Iron Money
Chests
Iron Teakettles and Skillets
Nails and Spikes of all Sorts
Tacks, Brads, Pump Nails, &c.
Hardware and Cutlery
Tin and Block Tin, Copper and
japanned Wares
Tin in Sheets, and Iron Wire
Pewter Ware well assorted
China, Glass and Queen's Ware
Turnery and Hair and Copper
bottom Sieves
Cotton and Wool Cards
Carpets and Carpeting
Mortars, Petties and Bellows
A Pair of Concert Horns
Anchors, Cables, Cordage and
Blocks
Sail Canvas, Twines, Lines, Bed
Cords, &c.
Paints,ground in Oil, dry Okerin
Keg% and IJntfeed Oil in Jars
Allum, Copperas, Spanish Brown
and Brimltone
Sadlery rind Qhaife Harness
Bolting Cloth & Pavillion Netting
Sallad Oil and Vinegar
French and Spanish Olives and
other Pickles
Basket Salt and Mustard
Rappee and Scotch Snuff
Oronoque fmoaking and Pigtail
'Tobacco
Window Glass of different Sizes
Gunpowder and Shot
Solid bored Cannon from 4 to 12
Pounders, with Shot and Ap
paratus
Butter, Cheese, Soap, Candles,
and Rein Deer Tongues
Round and split Peefe
Porter in Hogsheads of a superior
Quality
;Englifh and Hollandfe Gin
French and English Brandy
Port, Claret & Calcavella Wines,
rrl HURSDAY lift returned into port, the privateer
E schooner Refolutiqn,;Capt. Porter, late matter, having
JL taken a fchooifer laden with dry goods, &c. During
her cruize, off Halifax harbour, foe fell in with a fliip of be
tween 4 and 500 tons, with 12 four pounders and 23 men (three
of which were sick) laden with English goods, bound from
London for Halifax; and it being a dead calm, she rowed
within call of the fliip, when the commander hail'd, Whence
from ? Anfwcr, Halifax. After which the following difedurfe.
Is two Ihips (naming them) arrived there ? A. Yes. Will you
Gome on board ? My boat is leaky, but if you will fend your
b^at on board, I will come. Accordingly she captain of the
Ship sent his boat, with the. fecund mate.and boatfyvain, on
boai'd the schooner, and after taking a' glass together, the boat
returned to the ship. After which the captain of the ship de
sired Capt. Porter to come on board, and spend the evening, it
being a fine night; to which lie replied he would; when the
boat was' again sent, and he went on board; but before he
embarked, he told his crew to lay the schooner along Qde, and
board her a'v> soon as he had got on board. The boatswain
overhearing lxm, kept it to himfelf till they got on board the
ship, and then fried, “ A Traitdr." On which the fliip pre
pared for action, and an engagement ensued, when the ship
ihot away the Rei%lution's foremaft, and she rowed off, other
wise the fliip woviX have been captured. They carried off
Capt. Porter with them.
Saturday last arrived here a Guernsey privateer brig, mount
ing 36 guns, and 120 meV, captured by the Continental frigate
Alliance, Capt. Barry, in /wmpany with a French frigate of 40
guns. The privateer made some refinance, but on receiving a
broadside from the Alliance A^uck. She has 15 tons of gun
powder on board ; several of her cannon are brass. Another
privateer of 20 guns, at the fam.", time in concert, made off,
but was soon overtaken, and left in company with the Alliance
20 days since, when the above prize parted with them.
New-York, May 30. On Monday ' last arrived ip town,
Lieut. Noble, aid-de-camp to Major-General Philips, with
an account that the General was taken ih'on James-river the
loth instant, and a violent fever ensuing, baffled all the means
used for his recovery ; on the 15th he expired, most fincercly
and universally regretted.—He was an officer of long service
and distinguished reputation ; in 1759, the General, together
with Col. M'Bean, Major Duncan Drummond, Major Willi
ams, and Capt. Foy, received the thanks of Prince Ferdinand,
for the activity and zeal which in so conspicuous a manner ap
peared in their condud at the battle of Minden, on the firft of
August; the year following; at the battle of Warbourg, the
General afted at the head of the brigade of British artillery,
which he brought up on a gallon, and by a severe cannonade
seconded the attack in a surprising manner; such an appear
ance of vigour ftrhpk the French cavalry with terror, and
obliged the enemy, who had palled the river Dymel, and were
formed, to retire with great 'lofs and the utmost preeipitation ;
the Marquis of Granby, in his letter to Lord Holderneffe, the
Secretary of State, intimated his high sense of this service,
which much contributed to gaining a brilliant victory ; he
continued to serve with success and glory through the whole
German war. His Excellency, our Commander in Chief,
having been pleased to place him at the head of the British
troops in the dominion of Virginia, he acquitted himfelf with
his wonted vigour and< efficacy in the important service per
formed by the army at Petersburg, the particulars of which
we lately announced to the public, and to.which we refer our
readers. The. General's body, we are informed, was depo
sited in the church at Petersburg. : ~ L ,
Last Monday arrived the ship Triumph, Captain Pindar,^
privateer of twenty 6 pounders, from a fuccefsful trip to the
Weft-Indies, where the spoils of St. Euftatia proved beneficial
to him. On the 25th instant he took the brig Ajax, John Harr,
master, from St. Croix to Philadelphia, with dry goods, rum,
salt, &c. .'
The fame day arrived.the brig Schuylkill, Capt. Young, (for
merly taken from the British, and called the armed brig Hope)
of 14 guns. She was taken by one of his Majesty's ihips off
Delaware. From on board this vessel we have been favoured
with some news-papers dated in March; they were found in a
captured packet, which left England with the March mail, and
said to be bound for the Weft-Indies.
When the fleet of Admiral Arbuthnot lately appeared off
Rhode Illand, the French troops who had been embarked on
board their fleet, were.all landed; and by some of the Romu
lus's company, escaped from prison, we are informed great
sickness and mortality prevails among their feameri; marines
are called to perform the sailors duty, as from 20 to 30 corpses
are said to be buried at a time. Bad humour too still sublists
between them and the rebels. Mons. de Barras, a Rear
Admiral of France, having arrived at Boston in fix weeks, on
board the frigate Le Concorde, the command of the French
squadron is surrendered to him by Mons. D'Aftouches. The
French fleet confits of five line of battle Ihips, and four fri
gates..
Three large whaleboats are now fitted but at Philadelphia,
and ready to fall down, in order to protect the trade of the
Delaware, against our cruizing whaleboats, which have great
ly annoyed it. These boats are also intended to cruize along
the Jersey fliore, from Cape May to the Hook, our coalters
will therefore be oh their guard.
Philadelphia, June 2.
Mefoge from the President and the Supreme Executive Council,
to the Reprefentatrues of the Freemen of Pennsylvania, in Ge
neral Assembly met.
Gentlemen,
THE exigencies of the state, the requisitions of Congress,
and the representation of the Commander in Chief, of the
federal army, have made it indispensably necessary to convene
you, before the time of your adjournment.
We have endeavoured to execute the.laws you have enabled,
to furnilh the fupplics required, to recruit the Pennsylvania
line, and to support the frontiers, by such means as you have
put into our hands, for theft important purposes. But after
devoting our best abilities and utmost attention, we find so
much in the former to be amended and altered^ and so much
in the latter to be supplied, that a farther progress without the
aid of the legislature, would L A involved ihe Ifate in diffi
American Intelligence.
BOS T O N, May 14.
THE
culties, which prudence, wisdom and firmnefs may now re
move, but which time and inattention may ripen into incurable
evils. That of a depreciation of our fate currency is the most
alarming. Having fan and felt its ruinous confluences on the
c ntinental money, in the loss of public confidence, the violation
of private honefly, and the difireffs it has brought on the mojl
virtuous part of the community, and which an unconquerable
love of their country, could alone enable them to support,
we could not fee this fatal malady again sapping the vitals of
public credit and future resources, without giving the alarm,
and calling upon you, who alone possess the constitutional
powers of prevention and relief. It cannot be denied by tbe felfyh,
fa&ious or dijaffehted, that the exportation of the produce of the
country is great, the returns quick and profitable; that Provi
dence has bluffed us with plentiful crops, and that present
profpeas are unusually rich; and it mus equally be admitted,
that the army, the government and public creditors, fuel all the
e ffia j of real, undftmbled poverty. That the sense of indi
viduals, (if we may judge by their conduct) and the sense of
the legislature, so materially differ, with refpedt to paper
money, that it mud be wholly laid aside, or supported by
more general approbation and concurrence. And that some
'"'"HT 3 m "' be immediately adopted, to relieve the present
necefiities, more adequate to the end, than those which have
been lately attempted ; or the consequences are two obvious
and too alarming to need enumeration or description.
We have the fatisfadtion to acquaint you, that the line is
again formed into refpedable strength, arid that a detachment
under General Wayne, has marched to the relief of our fuf
fering brethren, in the southern states; in appointments and
equipments wp can justly fay, our troops have never taken the
field in a more refpe&able condition, and we have no doubt
they will prove a most valuable, as well as confideraWe rein
forcement to the southern army.
We must beg leave to remind you, that by a law of the
state, the assembly should at every session fix the pay of the
militia; but it has been omitted for two sessions. While so
great a part of the community, and those of most property
and consideration, exempt themselves from this duty, it can
not be expected that the poor and middling class of people,
will cheerfully perform it for the trifling sums they receive,
or be fatisfied with the small composition made by the delin
quents.
There are considerable numbers of prisoners drawn into the
state by the orders of Congress, which require constant guards;
there are also occasional services to be rendered, and the dis
tance of our line adds a new and forcible consideration, to
keep the militia on a refpe&able footing, as our principal de
pendance, in case of invasion or other public necessity.
It would exceed the limits of an address, to enter into a far
ther detail. Ihe fecrctary will lay before you sundry impor
tant papers, and this board will chearfully make such farther
communications as may be necessary.
And we most earnestly entreat you, Gentlemen, in this ses
sion, to lay aside all other con fiderations, which do not tend
to the establishment of public credit, the supply of the army,
the relief of the frontiers, and the maintenance of civil govern
ment, all which how depend upon the issue of your deliberati
ons. The ere, of the people of this state, and of all America,
are upon you, ah,d we trust they will not be disappointed, in
the hopes they have formed of the wisdom, firmnefs and in
tegrity of your meAfares. JOSEPH REED, President.
Council-Chamber, Philadelphia, May 31, 1781.
New-York, June 4. Saturday was sent in here by some of
his Majesty's Ships, the rebel privateer sloop Phoenix,' William
Wattles, master, from New-London, on a cruize, 17 days
out, but took nothing.
The fame day a cartel arrived here front Boston with pri
soners, among them was the matt of the Ship James and Re
becca, Capt. Harden, from Liverpool for this port : He failed
the 27th of March, but on the 28th of April, lat; 40, lon.
39, was taken by the rebel,privateer Franklin, of 16 guns,
after a hot engagement of t\#o hours; but five days after the
James and Rebecca was retaken by an English man of war,
and the privateer with difficulty escaped.
The rebel privateer sloop George, Chaplain, master, of io
guns and 35 men, was taken off the Hook, last week, by the
letter of marque Ship Theresa, Capt. Stout, inward bound
from Jamaica.
A number of whaleboats from Connecticut got into the Bay
at Blue Point last week, and took off one boat, plundered
some others, and fobbed Several people ashore of considerable
property : This soon induced a party of the militia to follow
the crews of 4 boats down to the Canoe Place, where they
last Thursday morning furprized them taking their rest, killed
one, wounded another, made all the rest of the party prison
ers, and brought off the 4 boats, with 30 stand of arms, &c. &c.
Part of the prisoners are now in the Sugar-lloufe.
,Mr. Abraham Clarke, of Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey,
who has served in Congress for some time past; we hear has
refignod his feat there, and fays there is nothing more requisite
to be done at that board.
An inhabitant in the Philadelphia market a few days ago
bought some provisions from a country woman, and paid her
for the fame in silver; a Continental officer Standing by, pur
chased some of the fame kind, and offered payment in their
Specie: This the woman refufed, and said she would not give
her produce fox such vile Trafo; on which high words ensued,
and a number of people soon got together, among them the
Captain of the Hermione, who espoused the country woman's
cause, told the officer he intended to impose on her, purcha*
fed all her provisions; and sent them on board his own vessel.
June 6. By authentic accounts from Lloyd's Neck, we
learn, that a party of about 150 associated Loyalists and other
volunteers, aflifted by Capt. Steele, in the Keppel brig, and
some other armed vessels, landed on the coast of Connecticut,
and marched some distance into the country, when they met
with a severe pppofition from a body of rebels, double the
number, having a field piece. The Loyalists notwithstanding
they were thus opposed, collected a large number of horses,
cattle, sheep, &c; which they drove down to their boats and
brought off. The engagement begun at seven o'clock, and
continued very hot until eleven. The rebels loss cannot be
afeertained. The Loyalists had nine men wennded, one of
whom is Since dead, the others,are likely to recover.
Capt; Hubbil being ill, the Loyalists were commanded by
Capt. Charles Thomas, and Mr. Thomlinfon, associates.
At ten o'clock last Friday morning, another IkbA Mail was .
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