The South-Carolina & American general gazette — Charlestown [S.C.], 1777-06-05 00:00:00, page 2

likewise appointed one of General Clinton's aid du-eainpo.
Yesterday the bill to empower his Majesty to fecurc
prisoners fufpe&ed of treason in America, the Letter o <
Maique bill, the militia pay bill, the bill relative to elutions
for LaftTndia directors, and thirty-three other publick and
private bills, received the Royal Assent, by virtue ot a,
commission under the Great Seal for that purpose.
Extract of a Letter from Paris.
'' Your papers have repeatedly mentioned the lofa of
the Pomona in a ft^rm off the :fle ot Martinico; your
Admiralty does not think proper to reveal all it knows,
but the truth of the bufinets is this: Ihe Licorn French
frigate, of 32 guns, convoyed a Dutch (hip cut with arms
and ammunition ; they fell in with the Pomona out at
sea; the attempted to examine the Dutchman ; the fri
gate of Francedemanded him to defiff ; the confeqnence was
an engagement ensued, and the Pomona funk in the con
flict,—Dr. Franklin is gone for Pruflia, and so tar has his
negociation succeeded, that England dare not take any
Ruffians into her: service, for then Prussia fats upon Ha
nover. I think a war inevitable, and yauf conditions de
plorable. I beat 20 other language in Paris."•
The additional corps, which are to be feint from Ger
many to America this season, are to amount to 11,600
men ; alfb^goo from Great- Britain, an.i 200® from Ireland. :
This is the present arrangement but wid probably be in
creased—sir paper.
March 10. Hie Majesty has demanded of Lord Sand
wich a detail of the navy in its prelent state, and the
services to be provided ^or; ftdm which, it appears that
after the fix flilps for Lord Howe, and alter providing for
the East and Weft Indies, there remains for. the Channel
^nd Mediterranean service 2'6 fail of the line.
The papers have been much mistaken in reprefehtmg
Pbiladffphia so weak A 3 to be expo:ed to what 6 or^coo
men can do; there are four contiguous counties, the
militia of which amount to 36,000 men, who would march
immediately in case ol an attack. All the military men are
clear,'that an attack up®n that city before the army is
collected, in the fpruig, would; though fuccefsful at firft,
prove fatal._
Mr. Jenkinfon continues in the fall possession of power;
he is acknowledged to be the confidential Premier.
Three engineers have lately been sent to view the south
western coast of Ireland, which looks as if an invasion was
apprehended there ; and the motions of the white boys
coincide to g've a just alarm for tire situation 0 a kingdom
that has not an army of 5000 effective men in it. Never
did this country experience a more dangerous crisis than
the present. .
The disgraceful and injudicious punifhmeut of whipping
the soldiery it at length become so offenfive to the publick,
that the officers find it expedient to perform this diurnal
butchery within the walls of the tilt yard, fiom whence
half starved mutilated wretches are seen to issue every
morning, railing the resentment, and claiming the com
passion of humanity. „
A conspiracy, it is said, has been difeovered at Philadel
phia, for betraying that eity, and the members of the Con
gress into the hands of the Royal army, had Lord Corn
wallis been able to cross the Delaware. By this difeovery,
it is said, his Lordship's schemes were all rendered abortive.
It was yesterday strongly reported, that John the painter
had, upon a promise of pardon, made a lull difeovery of
the whole dark tranfadion [fetting fire to the dock-yard
of Portfmoufh] for which he was convided on Thursday,
and that several persons of eminence in England stand ac
cufed. It is to be hoped, that, upon this occasion, the
legislature will recur to the dark sanguinary business which
was set on foot by Titus Oates and his adherents in the
last centuiy, and not fuffer the annals of the present to be
polluted with stains of a fimllar nature.
Curiosity is agog to find out the name of the merchant in
the citv of London, on whom John the painter had the
bills for 3001. as it was not mentioned on the trial.
Extras of a letter from Paris.
" A war appears to every one here inevitable. It is ut
terly incredible that Inch immense expences should be sub
mitted to, if it was not to answer some more effectual pur
pole than to alarm: Every nerve of this country will be
hrained to have a fquidron at sea early in May, tor what
service remains a profound secret. It is determined that
the revenues <>fthe monasteries Ihall be appropriated solely
to the augmentation of the fleet. They talk of having 40
fail of the line at sea.
March 14. Colonel White, a member of the Continen
tal Congrels, it is said, is certainly now at Madrid, nego
tiating with the Court of Spain.
Letters in town from Amderdam mention the report of
the difpmes between the Turks and Ruffians fubfidmg ; as
orders from the Court of Peterfburgh were gone for the
dilmiffion of part of the troops which had been raised,
with a view to the war that was expected to break out.
Negociations are again in agitation fora port in the Medi
terranean, upon which the Czarina has very much set her
heart, as necessary for several of the great commercial
schemes which are at present going on in Russia.
it is hardly to be credited what apprehensions there are
at present in Ireland, left the Spaniards should land there,
if a war breaks out between the two nations: No;fo much
from the danger of an army of regular troops, but from the
general infurredion which would infallibly take place a
mong all the lower classes of Catholicks in that kingdom,
and under circumstances too which would make it dread
ful beyond expression. It is fnppofed to be upon this ac
count, that very particular orders have been sent to the
Lord Lieutenant to attend to the state and difpoftton of
the troops in that kingdom.
Yesterday inftrudions were signed 6y his Majefty^for
General Sir William Howe, in America, and sent offex
prefs to Portsmouth, where a ship is ready to fail with them
the firft fair wind.
Dr. Franklin, fays a correspondent, is certainly set out,
or upon the point of setting out, upon a journey to Vienna.
InftruAions of an extraordinary nature have been sent
to our minister at Madrid.
Letters by the Wed-India mail, which arrived on Wed
nesday, fay, that the Weft-India Islands in general have
but a bad appearance of a crop this season, and in addition
to this misfortune, a number of negroes have died, owing
to the great scarcity ot prov;fions.
The Weft Indiamen, without guns, which arrived too
late at Portsmouth for the convoy, are failed for Corke,
where the Southampton frigate lies to convoy the (hips,
and will fail be'ore the end of this month.
Four large Weft-Indiamen, who have taken out letters
of marque, and intend failing together (having entered
into articles for that purpose) have advertised their time of
filing, that ships of no force bound thither, may take ad
vantage of their convoy.
Coolant inop le, ( Capital of the Turkifo Empire ) January
qo. Two couriers have brought hither the happy news of
thedefeat of the Peruana in the neighbourhood of Bagdat,
Of the raffing the siege of Kerkind, a-nd the hopes of feeing
the town of Baffora delivered from the dominion of the
jegento ; whose influence, in the affairs of Persia may pro
babiy decline, if the rumour, which prevails at present,
of the death of the Sophi, should be confirmned.
London, March 17. Lord Geo ge Germaine is not so
firm in his feat as he was previous to the arrival of Gene
ral Clinton from America; it was not in the power of of
fice to prevent the General's having repeated audiences
of his Sovereign, which backed bv the Ncwcaftle tatereft,
have lowered the coniequence of the American secretary,
at least with the Buckingham house junto.
The fracas which lately happened in a Coffee house near
St. James's, having been variohfly and uniairly related,
the fo^owing is the real fa<ft from one of the by Zanders'.
Mr. R n, formerly an officer in the East-India Com
pany'3 service, being ober profufe in she abuse of the
Americans, whom he repeatedly (tiled a cowardly, illite
rate and treacherous set of people, and among whom he
had never found one that was worthy the trust and con
fi lence of a gentleman, was 1 replied to by Mr. D s (a
Virginia gerftleman then taking chocolate at the fame table)
that he was an American, and had many valuable ac
quaintance in that county, whom h^looked upon as much
, a>ove the illiberal epithets thrown out against them, as a
gentlemanAvas the superior of a kidnapper, and denqandet
of#Mr. R. th recal hiswords; this being replied to, that
he yet saw no reason to alter his opinion, Mr. D. threw
the chocolate into his fate, which for some time covered
the blushes mamfeftly produced by the appellation of kid
napper, and gave no small diversion to a few fpedtators,
dur ng the application of a wet towel; a few threats
passed from the aggressor, which was ail then, and from
appearrences„all that will happen further.
:As the attention of the publics has been of late much
engaged on thg present situation of General Lee, a cor
respondent has sent us the following dates of his prefer,
ment in our army, the authenticity ts which may be de
pended on. “ In the year 1753, he w*'s appointed 7th
Lieutenant in the 44th regiment; in 1756, Captain in
ditto; in 1761, Major in the t®%d regiment ; in 1763, he
was put On half pay, the regiment being reduced ; in 17)2
promoted to Lieutenant-colonel."
Four jo gun ships and fix frigates, are to go out to
America this spring with the several convoys.
Lord North is so well recovered, that he took the air in
Hyde park on Friday and Saturday morning ; his physicians
have preferred the life of tie Bath waters, as soon as his
Lordship has fufficient strength to undertake a journey.
This being the convivial anniversary of St. Patrick, the
Knights emigrant of the Shamrock, will assemble according
to antient usage in St. James's Park, and parade from one
to four o'clock ; after which they will retire to the several
temples of Bacchus in the metropolis, and celebrate the
Christian Hero with true heathen devotion.
The Lord Chancellour has given notice to his feri+ants to
hold themselves in readiness for a difmiffion, as he intend
ed soon to resign the seals.
Malta, Feb. 9 Letters from Turin inform us of the dis
grace and imprisonment, in one of the fortreffes of Pied
mont, es Mons. Vaci, Minister of State to the King of Sar
dinia. Letters from Spain leave us no longer room to
doubt of the destination of the fleet which failed from Ca
d;3 the 15th of November, for there are authentick letters
from Montevideo of the preparations that were making at
Buenos Ayres for its reception.,
London, March to. On Tuesday last, in the House of
Lords, Lord Suffolk presented copies of foreign treaties,
which were ordered to lie on the table.
The army of France confided on the 4th of February last
of 169,800 men ; 46 000 militia were to be added immedi
ately to it, their place to be fuppiied by new levies; 6000
infantry were at the fame time ordered to Brest, to serve
on board the men of war fitting out. The preparations
for war began early in Septembers and have not cealed
ever since.
A dispatch lately came to Lord George Germaine's of
fice from Sir Basil Keith, Governour of Jamaica upon the
great preparations carrying on by the Spaniards at the Ha
vana; they have a whole army there, and a fleet of four
74 gun fllips, and three 64, with fix or seven 40 gun fri
gates; and the whole is represented to be in great for
wardnefs If this is accurate, we hold Jamaica by a very
feeble tenure indeed !
It is now known with certainty, that the Congress have
some of their members negociating at Paris, Madrid, Vi
enna, Berlin and Stockholm ; and that the danger, which
is the molt pressing, will arile :rom the quarter least ex
pected : His Swedish M jrfty has his plans ot commerce as
well as his neighbours, and is very desirous of procuring
an eftabli ihment in America.
The publick have been under a great errour in believing
that the Duke of Wirtemburg was able to fulfil bi; en
gagement of railing 4000 men for the service of Great Bri
tain; since the fad is, that before it could well be experi
mented, the French Minder at the Court of Stutgard de
manded a conference with the Duke, immediately after
which the measure was at an end, from which it is plain
that France forbad it.
Reports are very strong, that Lord North will, upon the
cone ufion of the present sessions, be called up to the
House of Lords, and that Mr. Jenkinfon will fuccecd him
as firft Lord of the Treasury and Chancellour of the Ex
chequer; it is even said that this arrangement has been
mace some time.
Governour Johnftdne is very soon to occupy a post of
confidcrable importance in Administration.
The reason why this session of Parliament will be so
much shorter than was expected, is, several very conside
rable objeds not coning into it, particularly the civil lift
debt and augmentation, the silver Coinage, and the East-
India Company's charters; all which are put off to the
next.
The budget will not be opened till after the holidays;
and as soon as the resolutions of that day's committee are
reported, and drawn into bills, the sessions will be ended.
It is now whispered, that government know so little
what to do with General Lee, that the pleasure of punch
ing him is loft, in the inconvenience of doing it. He will
be brought, it is said, to no trial yet, but be retained
prisoner till the war is ended, and then tried for high
treason.
On Tuesday last, in the House of Commons, when Mr.
Luttrell ft; ted the ill condition of the men of war at Spithead,
and charged the Admiralty board with wilfully and wick
edly deceiving Parliament, and the whole nation, so far
were Mr. Buller and the other Lords of the Admiralty
from disproving his allegations, that though he repeatedly
called upon them to decide the controversy by producing
the weekly returns, and which must fully have afeertained
the truth, they shrunk away under a fhameful equivo
cation and conscious guilt ; neither was there one article
advanced by Mr. Luttrell but which lie undertook to au
thenticate, upon the most full and competent teft'mor.y.
Monday night's exprels to the India house brings advice,
. that Lord Pigot, Governour of Fort St George, was turn
ed out of office by a great majority of the council, and
that they had chofeh Mr. Stratton their Governour till
the Company's pieafure should be known.
l^^^ffiffi^^^l^^
FOR PRIVATE SALE,
A PLAN FATION containing 500 Acres on Captain's
LI. Creek, about 36 Miles from Charleftown, and near a
Plantation of Humphrey Sommers, Esq; on the Cypress,
good for Corn, Indigo or Rice, within five Miles of Vert's
Landing, about 45 Acres of which is cleared and planted
with Rice and Corn; but the present Owner chufing to
^eap the Crop, he will fell the Plantation to be del'vered
in November next. For further Particulars, enquire of
* JACOB VALK.
FOR PRIVATE SALE,
, ,A Large commodious House and Lot in Broad-street,
wish Coach-House and Stables, &c. &c. A House
and Lot in Meeting-street, near the State-House. A
House and Lot at Hampriead, opposite the Corner of
Mr. Watson's Garden : And Plantations and Triads of
frLand in almost every Part of this State, by
§ JACOB VALK.
FOR PRIVATE SALE,
A Plantation and Twenty seven Negroes in Prince
%Villiara's Parish, to be delivered the firft of De
cember next. * JACOB VALK.
—_. —,
F 0 R °SALE,
A SMALL SCHOONER, burthen about 60 Bar
rels of Rice, or io or 11 Cords of Wood, with a
good Set of Sails, &c. § JACOB VALK.
Wasted to Purcbafe, for ^bicb the Cash oil'l be given,
A Dozen FIELD SLAVES that can be recom^
mended. Apply to § JACOB VALK.
RUN away from the fubfetiber about a month ago, a
ft ut, Lk y Nego Fellow, named CAESAR, of 2 yelw
complexion, about § feet 10 or it itches high, a*d about 26 years
of age, fy,ks remarkable good E gl sh, and very artful, dreff.s
very neat, and is fo;p fed to be harboured in and afrUt Charl«A
own ; he may peihtps try to get a pffgc to feme of the Weft-
India ifhnds. Whoever will deliver him to the Warden ts the
Work-h use is Chrr ! eftown, or to the fu>fe iber in Angufß, fall
receive FIFTY POUNDS reward, and aP eha gen
t ANDREW WLFAN.
n UN away from the Tubferiber, a likely Negro Fellow
of the Curoma te ciroy, &ut 25 yeats<ld ; feet 6 i chei
high, h i three ma*ks like dabs on li left arm, (peaks vey good
English, his nambe NERO ; carried with him a suit of white bfo d
cloth, a brown bath-costing ftite tr, a p,i r of blue M^ (buffer
velvet breaches, several fummerjitems arid beeches, trffhd sh ns
flockings and shoes, a holder pistol of WilCn' s m kt, and a cotte
tet i; tkawife a knapsack bekh my name wrote on it in large
characters; the Shirts and handkerchiefs he hsare marked IM ; be
took with him aifo a bright chefrut GELDING, kb or 11 yeais
old, blind of the lift eye, branded on the cheek of the fame Gale
IR in one, on the m timing (hodde. with a heart not very viable,
has a white lo fc of hair betwixt bis ears, and federal saddle foots on
his back. FIFTY POUNDS reward will be pai< on delivery of
^ fallow and hoife to me at Ponpon, or the Warden of the
Work-house ; the horse may be left at Mr. Hatfield's in Cbatlcftcwn.
THI TY PdFWDS will be given for the negro fi gy, and
TWENTY for the horfc, with all feefonalle th rges
* JOHN MOURET-
Q UN away from the fubferiber on Sunday June 1, 1777,
a Negro Fellow named ^OB ; bed on when he went aw„y §
pair of black breeches, check (hitt, green rout aid a :ed waificoet,
nd (peaks go d EngEffi. Whoever will t'-ke him a, the said boy,
(h Il^ce+r TEN POUNDS rewire. FRANCIS ALLEN. §
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THE fallowing Ilrays arc produced btfoie me to be tolled, viz.
By William Harvey, Efy; a br ,t bay GAdirg, abut 12^
hands h^b, with a ring busby tail, end branded m ,he manning
buttrek AC. By J,hn Bailsfad. Esq; tn aged, ed 0^ Gelding,
I3J hand+ high, with a small piece fl ped on of each car, end b&K,-
cjon the mounting (boulder fcmethiig kc ([) Tie owners
are to prove their property in fix months to th# sf^cn of
§ RLTDRD P^i.K-cTOBC.
SIR IYED into my plantation at Gooft-creik, a 'me:lfa k bay
GiLing, abctr 13 hands high, branded cn ths near th iilder
7C, about , years old, with a dock tail. The owner m y apply
at Goefe-creck to * JAMEI SKIRVI^G.
John Hern tots : mill bay Cel&g, abotr 7 or & years old,
unbranded, is a natural trotter, and ear raak din both ers,
h^s a small bell m rk:d with 3 dots, appeeringly made with < pu tch.
the owner of the ab®ve ft ay mirft prove his property at the Spartan-
Plain, (Fair-Forefl) before JOHN THOMAS, jun. J. P. *
I AM informed of the foTowirg strays, v'z. By the ^fV. Frederick
Diwfer of a feewn b>y Giving, abtut 13^ ha^dt high, about x,
years old, a small Bar iu his foiehead, braided on ihr mounti g
buttock like H 1,, but not very plain, and no other viable brand.
John Stroman of a menfe-coloured Gelding, about 14 hands high,
1% years old, branded W, a crocked bl ze in his forehead, both
hind feet white, a roach mane, paces and trots. John Z mmerman
of a sorrel Gelding, about 14 hands high, 6 years old, a final! blaze
in his forehead, a natural trotter, branded on the mounting Moulder
T
H, and no other visible brand. Robert Cannon of a black Gelling,
abiut 1% years old, 13 hands high, branded on the near (houLer
I
like a heal and E, and an obscure brand on the off buttock. John
Robifon of a bright bay Gelding about iaf hanfs high, is years
old, branded on the near buttoak HR in one, a natural pacer, has
several fiddle (pets. Wooever claims any of fiid Grays, meft
prove their property at Orangaburgh before
* JAMES CARMICHAEL, J. P.
MR. Andrew Broughton, fen. informs me of two Horses ;
oie a yellow bay, branded on the mounting (boulder T r> ;
the other a black Horst, branded on the eff (boulder H z, on the.
mounting (boulder H To joined, and on the fame buttock ^
John Mergandollar of a white Hefe, branded gF in one. John
Retford of a bay Hotfe, branded on the racunting ihculder and but
tork something like 6. Blake Leay White of two Herfes; one a
cheihut sorrel, no visible brand; the other a bay, branded on the
mounting fhouk'er 6, and on the buttock g. The owners of the
above Grays must prove their propertv before
I. §„ 'JOHN WEIGHT, J.P-