The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1782-01-05 00:00:00, page 1

By the Honourable
ALEXANDER LESLIE, Esquire,
Lieutenant-General, and commanding His Majeflfs Forces in
the Southern D'flriE of North-America, &fc. &c. ^c.,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS many of the Inhabitants of this Province,
regardless of the Allegiance to their Sovereign, of which
they had so lately made such solemn Declarations, have affix
ed his Majesty's Rebellious Subjects from the other Colonies,
in reducing this once happy Country to its present deplorable
State of Misery and Confufion;
AND WHEREAS r a Number of well-affected Persons,
partly through Dread of the Cruelty of their Enemies, and
partly from falfe Representations being made to them of the
State of Publick Affairs, have been induced to embrace a Cause
which mutt inevitably bring them to Ruin:
IN ORDER THEREFORE to prevent others from falling
into the fame unhappy Errors, and to quiet the ill-gtounded
Apprehensions o' some well-meaning People; I do issue this
my Proclamation, hereby assuring His Majesty's loyal Subjects
in this Province, that they may rely on speedy and effectual
Support being given to them, by the Exertions of the Forces
under my Command; and that, in every Event and Situation,
their Interests and Security shall be considered as inseparably
connected with those of His Majeftv's Troops.
AND I DO ALSO HEREBY'GIVE NOTICE, That
the severest Punishments shall be inflicted on all those, who
having solicited fdr, and obtained the Enjoyment of the Pri
vileges of a British Subject, shall, in Violation of every Prin
ciple of Honour and good Faith, again take up Arms against
His Majesty's Government, or shall serve in any civil Capacity
under a second Usurpation.
GIVEN under my Hand at Charleftown, this Fifteenth Day
of December, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Eight,-one, and in the twenty-f cord
Tear of His Majesty's Reign.
AL E Xr. LESLI E.
SUCH persons as are willing to furnifh this Garrison with
WOOD from the firft day of January ensuing, for the
life of his Majesty's troops, Ind deliver it at any of the wharfs
in this city, are requeued immediately to fend in their pro
pofols, in writing, to this Office.
AND such persons as are capable of supplying CARTS and
WAGGONS for the purpose of conveying the wood now
cut on the Neck to the several landings, are desired to pro-.
pose at how much per cord they will undertake to deliver it
at those places.
,AND such persons as have small VESSELS and CRAFT,
and will employ them in bringing WOOD to this Garrison,
will meet with every suitable encouragement, and the money 1
paid them immediately after its delivery at the wharfs. ±
ANY persons having demands against 'the BARRACK DE
PARTMENT, from the 6th of May last to the present
day, are requested to bring in their accounts, as soon as possi
ble, to receive payment.
Barrack-Office, 29th December, 1781.1
Commissary-General's Office, e
No. 3, Queen-Street.
THE Factors and Planters are hereby informed, that the
following prices will be paid for all well-cured FORAGE deli
vered into his Majesty's Forage-Yard at Gadsden's wharf and Cum
mings's Point, where proper persons are appointed to receive it, viz.
'Two Dollars per hundred for well-cured corn blades;
One Dollar per hundred for.hay ;
One Dollar per hundred for rice in the flraw ;
Three Shillings for good clean flraw ;
And a fair market price for Indian corn Ihelled or in the cob,
Tough rice, and cow peafe.
Chartefto-ivn, December 17, I7^T.t
Charlestown, December 22, 1781.
HAVING certain information that numbers of Negroes,
the property of the enemy in general, and of thefcqueflered
estates in particular, are held in this town by people who have no
right or authority to detain them, as well as others the fame pro
perty, who, under various pretences, go about uhcontroulled, to the
distress of the inhabitants, the detriment of Government, and in
direct violation of orders that have, been repeatedly issued to prevent
such practices: IN ORDER THEREFORE to put an effedlual hop
toluch abuses, I HAVE, by virtue of the powers in me veiled, for
the seizure of the property of the enemy, appointed Mr. James
Gordon to receive returns of all such negroes, which are directed to
be made to him, at his office at No. ri, Tradd-ftreet, on or before
the 31st day of this present month December ; and the said James
Gordon is empowered by me to hire out all such negroes as shall
not be employed in the different publick departments ; and all ne
groes who are hired out, or have leave to work out, tinder passes
from me, are directed to pay up the arrears due from their wages at
fiid office, and receive new passes, or be otherwise disposed of before
the said 31st instant, on failure or negled of which, they will be
considered as vagrants, and confined.—Any person or'perfons em
ploying or harbouring such negroes, without such renewed passes
tinder the hand of said Mr. James Gordon after the above date,
(thole employed in the King's service always excepted) will be con
sidered as designedly concealing sequestered property, and punished
accordingly : And that no person may plead ignorance, I have di
re&ed this advertisement to be inserted in all the Gazettes fix dif
ferent times.
The office to be opened on Monday next, the 24th instant, and
Attendance to be given from ten till one o'clock.
_ t JOHN CRUDEN.
THE copartnership of fames M'Murray, & Co, being this
day dissolved, it is requested of all persons indebted to
them, to make immediate payment to the fubferiber; and
those to whom they are indebted, will fend in their accounts,
andreceive payment. JAMES M'MURRAY.
warlftfecwn, December io, 1781.^
From SATURDAY, January 5,
B A RRACK-OFF I C E,
Charlestown, December 29, 1781.
ROYAL
SOUTH-CAROLINA: Printed by R. WELLS & S ON, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
Vol. t
Loaf Sugar
Green Tea
Black Pepper
London Duffil Blankets
White Plains
India Nankeens
Sugar by the Single Loaf at is. Bd. the Pound.
To be ibid by Auction,
On MONDAY the 14th Day of January 1782,
At the House in Meeting-freet, lately occupied by lIOPKIN PRICE de
ceased, pursuant to bis last Will and Testament,
PART of the Personal Estate of the said deceased, consist
ing of Houlhold and Kitchen Furniture, Plate, tanned Leather,
raw Hides, Lime, Lintfeed Oil, red-oak Baric, Shoemaker's, Tan
ner's and Plantation Tools, Bar Iron, Carts; together with a small
collection of Books on various fubje&s, and sundry other articles.
Also Fifteen valuable NEGROES, among whom arc Shoemakers,
fanners and Curriers, Butchers, House-Wenches, and handy Boys
and Girls; likewise a Perriagua that will carry four cords of wood,
and a Canoe.
'1 he Condition of this Sale, which will begin precisely at ten
o'clock in the forenoon, is CASH, to be paid down previous to the de
livery of the articles, and the property thereof not to be altered until the
condition is fulfilled. ROBERT WILLIAMS, )
WILLIAM PRINT, , Executors.
JOHN-CORBYN MORRIS,)
Who desire all persons having any demands against the estate, to
make them known ; and those indebted to it by bond, note or other
wise, to difeharge the fame as soon as poffiblc. Such gentlemen as
have borrowed books of the deceased, are also requested to return
them to the executors, as their detention will be detrimental to the
file, particularly of those in setts. $
On WEDNESDAY the 16th Day of January instant, and
the following Days,
mil be SOLD at PUBLICK AUCTION,
At Mr. Solomon Smith's, No. 8, in Tradd-Rreet,
All bis elegant and ufeful HoufboldFurniture;
AMONG a great Variety of other Articles, are the fol
lowing, viz. A very elegant Mahogany Book Case and Ward
robe, glazed in the Gothick Take; Bureaus, Writing Delks, Maho
gany Dining and Pembroke Tables, Side Boards, Waiters, Chairs, &c.
fix elegant Marquee Beds, with Chintz Furniture, and Bedding com
pleat; a large handsome Bedstead, with green Moreen Furniture,
Feather Bed, Matrafs, Blankets, &c. twoSophas and four easy Chairs,
with Covers compkat; an elegant and rich Assortment of Cabinet
and inlaid Furniture, confining pf Tea Tables, Urn Stands, Trays,
Cadies, Tea Chests, Ladies Tambour Writing Stands, together with
a very great Variety of Looking Glasses, Prints, ornamental and
ufeful China and Glass Ware, Table and Bed Linen, Carpets,
Paper Hangings, &c.
AL S O,
Several ufeful Articles of PLATE.
At the fame Time and Place will be disposed of,
A. TRACT of LAND containing^ 300 acres, at Godfrey's
Savannah, about 50 Miles from Town, joining Lands of Alexander
MacQieen, Esq; on which is a good Dwelling-House, where Valen
tine Lynn formerly kept a Tavern ; the Situation of the House is ex
tremely pleasant, and about it is an Orchard which abounds with a
Variety of Fruit Trees; the Land is rich, and produces fine Crops
of Rice, Corn, Indigo, &c. It is about five Miles from a Landing on
Afhepoo-River. If agreeable to the Purchaser, a House in Town,
of equal Value, will be taken in Payment.
On WEDNESDAY the 23d of January instant,
(If afair Day, if not, the firft fair Day after)
Will be SOLD at PUBLICK AUCTION,
At bis Plantation on 'fames Iflanf, obbofite the Town.
A VARIETY of
Houfliold and Kitchen Furniture,
Among which are Bedsteads, Beds, Matraffes, Bolsters, Pillows,
Blankets, Curtains, Quilts, some Pieces of Flannel, Linen, &c.
AL S O,
All his STOCK of CATTLE, confining of about 50 Head,
some Sheep, Goatkand Horses, the Plantation Tools, together with
Corn, Corn Blades and Peafe..
LIKEWISE,
Two very good MARKET BOATS.
The Conditions will be declared on the Day of Sale, by
t COOKE & WEBB.
Imported in the last Vffels from London,
By ROBERT WELLS & SON,
And to be fold cheap for Caih, or Government Bills, by the
Pieci or Package,
At No. 71, Tradd-Street,
THE FOLLOWING GOODS:
ANTHONY WARWICK, & Co.
No. 90, Church-street,
Have imparted in the Admiral Barrington, Paffmore, and Ca
tharine, Conkie, from London,
A considerable Assortment of GOODS,
CONSISTING CHIEFLY OF
IRISH Linens from is. to 2s. 3d. sterling per yard, British
Ofnaburgs, Carolina Broad Hoes, Shonc's best bottled Porter in
Cases, Single refined Loaf Sugar in small Calks, Black Pepper in
Calks of loolb. each, A small Quantity of Saltpetre, and a few
Bales of London Duffil Blankets, which they will fell on very reason
able Terms for Calh, Bills of Exchange, or Produce.
The, have also for Sale, on the fame Terms,
High proof Jamaica and St. Kitt's Rum. Mufcovado Sugar in
Hoglheads, Tierces and Barrels, and a few Cases real Holland Geneva.
They bave likewise to dispose of,
A new-conftrufted Corn or Wheat Mill, with which two Negroes
may grind five Bushels of Corn in an Hour, and it will make as fine
Meal Flour as any Mill on the Continent; in Ihort, it is the moss
compleat Thing of the Kind that has ever been imported, or perhaps
ever made. The Stones are the best French Burr, and the Frame
very fubffantial, and without an Accident the whole will last these
fifty Years.
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THE
Irilh Linens
Cambricks
Ofiiaburgs
Ilofiery
Belt London Boots
Men's Shoes
GAZETTE.
to WEDNESDAY, January 9 , 1782.
BEST Hyfon and Bohea Tea
Loaf and Mufcovado Sugar
Jar Raisins and Currants
Prunes, Figs and Tamarinds
Citron and Orange Peel
Almonds in the Shell
Basket Salt
Pepper and Allspice
Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace and
Nutmegs
French Brandy
The Subscriber has for Sale,
By the PACKAGE or PIECE,
The following GOOD S,
Imported in the Fox, Capt. Hunt, from Bristol, iiz.
NEGRO Cloths, striped Duffils, Bed Blankets, spotted
Rugs, Linen Checks, Cotton ditto, Check Handkerchiefs.
Hollands, 1 icks, Mens and Boys Felt and Castor Hats, Sailors
black bound ditto, Mens and Boys Leather Shoes, and Womens Cali
iimanco and Sattinet Pumps in Trunks, properly assorted; Brifto!
Beer, London Porter and Herefordihire Cyder in Bottles, Window
Glass, Egyptian Fountain Ink Pots, Pencil., Tin Plates, Co'rks, a few
Charts of the Harbour of Charleftown.—He has likewise, (contrary
to his firft Intentions) opened his Packages of IRONMONGERY
and CUTLERY, confiding of Hoes, Socket Spades, Axes, Nails,
Locks, Hinges, Bolts, Latches and Catches, Anvils, Chiffels, Files,
a "' Forks, Currier's Knives, Drawing Knives, Penknives,
Sciffars, Razors, Lancets, Taylor's Shears, Saws, Carpenter's Pencil
and moulding Planes, Brass Scales and Weights, Iron Weights, Kit
chen Dogs, Scythes, Wedges, Shovels, Steelyards, Ox-chains, Vices,
Hammers, Horfcbruihcs, Sickles, Slates, Iron Wire, Brass Candled
flicks in Pairs, Spits, Frying Pans, Iron Pots, Skellets, Gridirons,
and mod other Articles in the Ironmongery and Cutlery Way toe
tedious to mention. THOMAS GRANGER,
t No. 81, Tradd-ftreet.
A ROBBERY.
ON Wednesday night, the second instant, a cellar undet
the house No. 31, in Mceting-ftreet, the corner of Tradd-
H-rcct was broke into, and TWO PACKAGES Larked WB, car
ried off, and another emptied of its contents.
The articles were, made Shirts, black Velvet Stocks, Ruffin
Sheeting Overalls, Check Shirts, Handkerchiefs and Thread
Stockings, about fifty pair of Womens Stays, some of them
very handsome and of the newest fafhions, &c. &c. &c.
A retard of IEN GUINEAS is hereby offered to any person or
perlons who ihall inform so as to lead to a difeovery of the robbers;
and it is earnestly requested of all Ihopkeepers and others to be ex
ceedingly cautious of whom they purchase any of the articles above
inentmiied, and to flop fufpecled persons; and upon fending notice
to the Printers, they shall be entitled to the above reward, if any
difeovery is made.'
The loser is refolded to prosecute, with the utrnoft rigour, the
persons guilty; and if any of the parties will inform against the
others, he shall not only have forgivuicfs, but be entitled to the
above reward.
CbarleJlown, January 4/^, 1782. f
FOR PRIVATE SALE,
At Cooke & Webb's Store in Broad-street;
Near the EXCHANGE,
A Light, easy POST-CHAISE, with harness for a pair of horses
An excellent fizeable Saddle and Chair HORSE
A CHAIR and HARNESS
A front PEW in the north gallery in St. Philip's Church
Several valuable Articles of HOUSHOLD FURNITURE, confin
ing of Dining and Tea Tables, Chairs, Sopha; Looking Glasses, a
well-toned. Harpsichord, two very valuable Landscape Paintings
&C.&C.&C, I 1
TO BE SOLD,
By ADAM AUSTIN,
At No. 50, Broad-street, Corner of King-street,
A L S O,;
A few Barrels of fuperfine Kiln dried FLOUR.%
NIVEN & SCOT T,
SADLERS, from Glasgow;
Date of Wilmington, Cape-Fear,
HAVE opened a shop in Church-street, No. 88, four door^
from Broad-street, and intend to carry on their business in all
its branches. They return their sincere thanks to those gentlemen
who have favoured them with their custom, and they may depend
on having their work done in the neatest manner, and upon the
most reasonable terms. \b.
TO BE SOL D,
THE HOUSE, No. 46, on the north-fide of Queen street;
lately inhabited by Dr. Keith. The lot is 72 feet in breadths
and 226 feet in depth. Also,
A LOT opposite to the above, occupied by Mr. Schultz,
and adjoining to Mr. Walter Gibbes's house, containing in, front
25 feet, and in depth 98 feet. For particulars enquire at No. 105,
Meeting-street. *b.
TO LET,
A SMALL convenient HOUSE, No. 13, Friend-ftreek
For particulars apply to Mrs. VERREE, No. 62, Church
ftreet, 1
RUTHERFORD & AINSLIE,
No. 6, Elliott-ftrect,
HAVE FOR SALE,
A FEW DRY GQODS, IRONMONGERY, WINES,
PORTER, FLOUR, &c. which they will dispose of at
a very low Advance, for Cafli or Bills of Exchange.±
MR. Emanuel Abrahams, of Charleftown, merchant,
liaving assigned all his real and, personal estate to me, for thi
ule of all and lingular his creditors; therefore all persons indebted to
him, by bond or otherwise, are desired to make payment, on or hex
fore the firft day of July next; and all such who have any demand
are requested to make them known t.
January if, ^. % ABRAHAM COHB«
Port and Madeira Wine es the:
firft Quality
Jamaica and Weft-India Rum
Military Shirts, Shoes &Trowfers
Irilh I j nens and Sheeting
Silk, sprinted and Check Hand
kerchiefs .
Copper Tea Kettles
Pewter Plates, Bafons and Dilhei
A few Sets of Foote's Plays,
&c. &ci &c.
Numb. go.