The royal gazette — [Charleston] S.C., 1781-09-26 00:00:00, page 1

A PROCLAMATION.
B, NISBET BALFOUR, ffuire, Lieutenant - Colonel
of His Majesty's Twenty-third Regiment, or Royal Welch Fu
fleers, Commandant of CbarLflown, Wc.
„ HEREAS the Right Honourable Charles
A^ Earl Cornwallis, by Proclamation, bear
<9) ^^ Date the twenty-firth 1 ay of July 1780,
did forbid a.i Perilms' whemfoever to fell or
difpote of any Lands, Houses or Negroes,
,^%r^~\ without previonOy obtaining a Licence so to
* > '{^"™ do from the Commandant of Charleftown,
on the penalty of Seizure and Senneftration: Notwithstand
ing which, I have reason to before that many of those who
inflexibly perfid in an unnatural Rebellion against His Ma
jesty's most auspicious Government, under which they enjoy
ed the highest degree of civil and political Liberty, have, both
before and since the said Proclamation, made and executed,
or will make and execute, Deeds, Conveyances and Assurance s
of their Efates, for the purpose of defrauding their honest
Creditors, as well as to elude those Forfeitures which the Jus
tice of the Law has'amiexed to their Crime : I DO THERE
FORE, by this my Proclamation, ftriftly enjoin and require
all Persons to whom any 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
Year of our Lord 1775, or which ihall be hereafter made°and
executed, or their legal Representatives, to tender the fame
at the proper Offices in Charleftown, to be recorded ; that is
to fay, ah such Deeds, Conveyances and Assurances of Lands
and Houses, at the Register's Office; and all such Deeds, Con
veyances and Adi:rances of Negroes or other peribnal 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 lame to be
recorded as above, at such Offices, the Person or Persons to
whom such Deed,Conveyance or Assurance hath been executed,
or his, her or their legal Represent atives, together with one of
the fiibfcribing Witnesses, or in Case of Death, tome Person
acquainted with his or her Character of Writing, shall malre
Oath before the said Register or Secretary refpeflively, or tome
lawful Magistrate, that to the belt of his, her and their Know
ledge and Belief, such Deed, Conveyance or Assurance was
made for a valuable Confederation, bona fide due/ and not to
elude the Payment of any just Debt, of 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
quefteivd:.PßOVlDED neverthelcfs, 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
a longer Time for the Production, Proof and Regiftrv of such
Peed, Conveyance or Assurance, if, on considering the Nature
and Merits of the Application, thev shall think the fame rea-
Fonable. AND for the more effectual Prevention of the
Frauds above alluded to, all Persons, who are or shall be
rarties, Privies or Witnesses to any Deed, Conveyance or
Assurance, whereby any Species of Property is, are or shall
,e granted, conveyed or assigned, either absolutely, or under
t any secret or clandestine Trust, expressed, implied or refnlt
-ling from any Construction or Operation of Law, for the Pur
poses aforefaid, are in like Manner ftriftly enjoined and re-
I paired to give Information thereof, to one or other of the In
itendants of the Police, within three Months from this Date, as
ithey will answer the contrary at their Peril, on Proof of the
Concealment of fucli fraudulent and criminal Tranfadions.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at Charleflown, this
Twenty-second Day of Augujl, in the Tear of our Lord
One tboufand seven hundred and eighty-one, and in the
Twenty-firJl of His Majesty's Reign.
N. BALFOUR.
I By Order of the Commandant,
H. Barry, Secretary.
WHEREAS it is ne?effary, for the preservation and fafety
of this Town against fire, that the proprietors or te
-Inants of the dwelling-houses should, agreeable to law, provide
I tnemfelves with one' fire bucket for each fire-place in the said
Lr^g-houfes ; they are therefore hereby ftridtly enjoined
limmediately to furnifh themselves therewith: And those
I persons, who after the firft day of October next, shall be found
) todifregard this notice, may expect to be treated as defaulters.
I By Odder of the Commandant,
C. ERASER, Town-Major.
September 4.% i,B±.
PRO CLAMATI 0 N.
&,.- AVING Reason to believe, that there are
many Persons residing among the Rebels, as
&$ a "° Numbers serving in^he Rebel Army
LT '"' Militia, who are wihi-hdd from joining
MH ° '''" their Countrymen and Friends, now serving
HiaMajefty in the different Provincial Regi
ments, from an Appiehenfion, that they
null 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 :
I think proper to give Notice to ail Performs who shall en
gage to serve His Majesty for three Years, or during the Rebel
lion, in any Provincial Regiment they may make Choice of,
within ninety Days from' the Date hereof, that they shall re
ceive on their Inliftment the Sum of SIX GUINEAS ; and at
the Time of- their Difoharge, they shall be entitled to the
Grant of Land His Majesty has been graciOnfly pleased to pro
mile to the Soldiers of the Provincial Regiments.
G THE N under my Hand, at Head-Barters, in
New-York, the twentieth Dav of Augu/l, 1781.
11. CLINTON.
By His Excellency's Command,
John Smith.
Sir HENRY CLINTON, K. B.°
General and Commander in Chief of all His Majeflfs Forces
within the Colonies lying on the /Atlantic Ocean, from Nova-
Scotia to Weft-Florida, inclufav, i^c. f^c.^c.
From WEDNESDAY, September 26,
ROYAL
SOUTH-CAROLINA: Printed by R. WELLS & SON, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
Vol I.
By His Excellence
Commissary-General's Office,
N°- 3, Queen-street.
r rHE Planters and Factors inclined to contrast 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.
SOUTH-CAROLINA
By NISBET BALFOUR, Esquire,
Lieutenant-Colonel of His Majesty's 23d Regiment, or Royal
Welch Fuzileers, Commandant of CbarleJl&wn, ^c. Wc. &c.
A PROCLAMATION.
&; § HEREAS the Enemy are in the greatest Want
°' a " Sorts of Supplies for their Army,
which cannot be procured but with in-
V finite Difficulty, except fiom this Town ;
,fo| ' an d as it is the indispensable Duty of every
gP^^^^S F" en d to the British Government, to use
'L' u^<~ his utmost Endeavour's to prevent their re
ceiving such essential Assistance, I DO THEREFORE call
upon all His Majesty's Subjeds refi,dent here, to exert them
selves for that Purpose.
AND WHEREAS I have Reason to fufped, that divers
Persons in this Town, as well as in other Parts of the Pro
vince, feduc.ed from their Allegiance through Avarice, or
actuated by baser Motives, have secretly 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
ni/hing 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 'o His Majesty's Service, I DO HEREBY offer a Re
ward of FIFE HUNDRED GUINEAS to any Person or Per
lons 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 Tenth
Day of September, 1781, and in the Twenty-fafl Year
of His Majesty's Reign.
NISBET BALFOUR.
Cbarleflown, September 25, 1781.
I AM directed 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 Anting Barrack-Master.
Bth September, 1781.
WHEREAS notwithstanding a former Order, dated 12th
April, 1781, directing ail 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 notv expressly ordered, that the Owners or Matters 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 Veflels, that the fame may be taken into Cus
tody and proper Receipts given: Every Instance of Neglect,
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. FRASER, Town-Major.
ALL aftive YOUNG MEN, fit for Light Horsemen, and
willing to serve his Majesty King GEORGE, for the
space of Two Years, or during the present Rebellion, have
now a fair and honourable Opportunity of revenging them
felvcs on the Authors of the many Cruelties and horrid Mur
ders committed on their Relations, Friends, and Fellow Sub
jects ; of teftifying their Loyalty to the bet of Kings, and
manifefting their Abhorrence to this unnatural and unpro
voked Rebellion; by applying to Lieutenant-Colonel George
Campbell, commanding The King's own American Regiment,
now quartered in this Town, who has power to raise a Body
of Light Horse, to be attached to, and serve conftarttly with
the said Regiment. Each Loyal and imart young Recruit shall
receive FIVE GUINEAS Bounty, and a CROWN to drink
his Majesty's Health, be provided with free Quarters, a good
Horse, Pay, Cloathing, Arms, Accoutrements, and every
other Requisite fit for a Light Dragoon, such as a Cap and
Helmet, a Brace of good Pistols before him, a keen edged
Sword by his Side, and good Boots and Spurs. Thus equip
ped as a Gentleman Dragoon, he must carry fare and certain
Victory, acquire Honour to himfelf, and render Service to
his Sovereign and injured Country.
Savannah, §tb June, 1781.
GOD SAFE THE KING.
N. B. Any person who brings a Recruit shall receive a re
ward of Half a Guinea. Such serviceable, adive, able, and
young Dragoon Horses as are to be fold, will be purchased,
and a generous Price given, by applying at the Colonel's
Quarters, the yellow House near the Weft Gate.
GEORGE CAMPBELL,
Lieutenant-Colonel, and Commanding.
GARRISON ORDERS,
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&IB^¥^M&|
LIGHT HORS E.
THE
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to SATURDAY, September ^9, 1781.
The world, perhaps, will not be able to reconcile this charge
of lavage inhumanity on the part of the enemy, with the ur
banity and kindness they ihew to the British Regulars who fall
into their hands; but the reason is obvious to every person
who is on the spot.
When this Province was conquered by the British arms
last year, the well affeded inhabitants, having in general
under the Usurpation, avoided taking up arms, by hiring sub
stitutes or paying fines, had ften very little service, and were
of course ignorant of military affairs. Happy in the revolution
that had taken place, and intent on the cultivation of their
private fortunes, they did not perceive, that to ensure a con
tinuance of that happiness, it was impossible during the con
tinuance of hostilities, for the British troops to carry on vigo
rous offenfive operations against North,Carolina and Virginia,
and at the fame time preserve internal tranquility in this
Province, without a spirited and hearty concurrence on their
parts. The desire of gain and love qf present ease, made
them blind to the duty they owed to tte community, and to
themselves. Hence the Militia was formed slowly and imper
fedly, even in those diftrids where the people were almost
unanimous in favour of Government. To this, however, the
Militia under Major Ferguson were an exception.
From these circumstances they were seldom in the field, and
c >nfcquently took few prisoners; and as the prisoners wer°
always delivered up to the British Officers, these last were
of course the arbiters of their fate. The Militia therefore
were not to be dreaded, and the Rebels might in their treat
ment of them fafely give a loose to their rancour and male
volence; but as Indians worship the Devil through fear, they
paid the utmost deference and refpeft to the Regular Troops
when prisoners in their hands, as it was from them only they
had to dread retaliation.
Some have given as a reason for this behaviour, that the Re
bels looked upon the natives as traitors, who joined the King's
army, but regarded the British troops as foreign enemies.
The futility of this argument might easily be Ihewn; it is
enough for our present purpose to observe, that there are in
stances of hundreds of the natives of this Province having
entered into the British regular service, of whom when any
were taken prisoners, they were treated in the fame polite
manner as if they had been born in Great-Britain or Ireland.
Their savage treatment of our Militia was so glaring and
inexcusable, that their General Officers have always disavow
ed any previous knowledge of it ; but unfortunately for their
reputation, those violators of the rights of mankind, those
murderers, are still unpunished ; they still enjoy their former
places of trust and confidence, and are as much employed and
caressed as ever.
I ihall here conclude, having already fufficiently encroached
on the bounds of your paper. On some future occasion, I
may, perhaps, trouble you with some. further thoughts on
this fubjed. I, U CULLU S.
For the Royal Gazette.
Mefffs. Printers,
UPON reading General Greene's official letters, relative
to the operations of his army, in this Province, I could
n °' ie 'P remarking, that although in general he may have
told the truth, yet he has not told the whole truth ; and that
although his invasion of this Province and fubfequept ope
rations, put federal of our posts into his hands, and enabled him
to get possession of great part of the country; yet, I assert,
there were other and more effectual means tried to induce the
unfortunate inhabitants of the open country to revolt, and to
give him that possession; means of so extraordinary a nature,
' perhaps the Public at any considerable distance from
the scene of action, may never be acquainted with them,
unless the outlines of the figure General Greene has chalked
out, be filled up with its proper shades, a talk that is absolutely
neceflary to make the picture compleat. These means were,
letting loose the Rebel Militia, in almoß every quarter, to
murder and extirpate our well affe&ed Militia, wherever they
could be found, after all refinance was at an end ; frequently
after they had , been several days prisoners; dhd sometimes con
trary to formal solemn capitulations entered into with them,
previous to their fubmiffion*. In very few instances have
they been treated as prisoners of war, as brave unfortunate
men, standing forth in defence of their country; on the con
trary, with a few exceptions, they have in general experienced
the most rigorous treatment: They have been put in irons,
1)^ the ir cloaths, whipped, beat, wounded, and mur
dered t, often with circumstances of the greatest indignity and
mod wanton cruelty. Those enormities which were thought
to be peculiar to the lawless banditti that infefted our frontiers
las t winter, were now found to be attendant on the Continen
tal army. It is in vain to urge in extenuation of these crimes,
that they spring up naturally in a foil that is the feat of war,
and cannot be prevented so Without doubt, the march of
every army must unavoidably give rife and # countenance to
many ads of rapine and cruelty; but let the Public compare
the Rate of this country after Lord Cornwallis's march through
itin May, 1780, and the condition it was in after General
Greene's progress last May, and the difference will be found
to be immense.
* Instances of this treatment happened at Fort Watibn, at Motte's
House, the Congarees, Orangeburgh and Augusta.
f This in the cant language of the Rebels in the back country, fs
called fuhdui^g the Tories; and putting a prisoner to death in cool
blood, is giving bim a Georgia Parole.
I It is greatly to be feared, that it is now too late to prevent them.
The friendly inhabitants of this country, finding themselves In gene
ral doomed to indiferiminate destruction whenever they fell into the
enemy's hands, and that notiring less than the loss of life and property
could atone for their adherence to the British Government, have
been driven to despair: In some late instances, they have retaliated
those cruelties they had so often experienced. However great the
instances of particular provocation may be, it ought to be the en
deavour of every friend of Government, to prevent the horrors of
a general retaliation. It must, however, give pleasure to refie&, that
it is impossible to produce a finglc instance of any prisoners being
improperly treated, who have fallen into the hands of our Regu
lar troops.
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