The South-Carolina & American general gazette — Charlestown [S.C.], 1777-05-15 00:00:00, page 4

LONDO N.
PROCEEDINGS of the HOUSE of LORDSin
the present Seflion. —Continued from our last.
THE Eatl of Sandwich fai I, he could give a direct
anfwerto tie qncftion now proposed ;he could as
fare the House from his own certain knowledge,
thrt before any late preparation was made on our part, we
had a naval force efficient to cope with any now at Brest,
fitting out there, or preparing to depart. The armament
alluded to was but a small one confitting only of fix flips of
the line; but if it had been greater, we were fufficiently pre
pared. In arafwer to something suggested by the Duke of
Gratton /relative to the real motives or the armament, whe
ther it was or was npt occasioned by the difptltes fubfifcing
between Spain and Portugal, he said, it was not; but as
France had thought proper to augment her navy, he thought
it his duty to agree with his brethren in offi e, not entirely
to t r ust to assurances. Assurances were on some ocefiong
to be firmly relied on, when they were accompanied with ap
pearances that bore a full and inequivoeal testimony of their
truth ; when they were not, they became an objed of serious
attention, and called for suitable meafureg from those whose
business it was to watch them. As to the ckpence objected
to by the noble Duke, however prudent it might be 10 at
tend to it in some Situations, in others it become an objeft
of no concern. An early and timely preparation on our
part would have the effect of fuflantial ©economy ; it would
probably be ihe last expence; for, by incurring it id tifne,
it might, perhaps, prevent a much greater.
The Duke of Richmond again rose; he begged to Rate
the quefton on a larger ground than it was propounded by
the noble Duke who spoke last but one He observed, that
the no le Lord who undertook the defence of administra
tion, had eonfeffed, that the French were fitting out a fleet
at Brest; thuji consequence of that armament, not on
account ofthe depute between. Spain and Portugal, his
Lor flfp#with the rest of the cabinet ministers, had advised
,his Mjfly to make the present proposed naval augmenta
tion. He Ihoud therefore be glad to know, if the prepara
tions in the ports of F ance were of a long standing, or
whether they came on y to the knowledge of administration
with n a few days; an, if they were of a long standing,
how came a'mhiiftration to de ert king the necessary mea
futes earlier ? He again fep chended ministers very feverdy
on thsli mce, Which if longer persisted in, he should im
pute to the most unbecoming an criminal contempt, or to
their inabity ot giving a fitisfadory answer.
Lord Vifcotmt Weymouth f rid, the absence of two cabinet
ministers, [Lords Gower and Suffo k] was the occasion
of that fib nee on the part 0: administration which had been
improperly imputed to a reluctance or inability to give
fititfaftion to the House. He defended the speech from
the several objections made to it; and said, he particularly
rose to explain a matter which had been unwarrantably
prtff.d on the noble Earl Who spoke last or. the fame fide.
The noble Duke who spoke before h m proposed the fol
lowing di'emma:—eitbe r Administration knew of the ar
moment fitting out at Ereft, or they did not gif they d-d,
and 2ied so much in their duty as not to take the neceffuy
steps to meet and counteract, then we were biameabe; it
they did not, they were Rill more censurable for negledtng
so indiipenfible a part of their duty. Now, in his opinion,
without admitting either conclusion, the matter might be
clearer up, and ministers, instead of incurring any just
censure, woul be found to have a&ed perte&iv Confident
and judiciously; for they knew that the preparations were
going on; and they resolved to keep pace with them. In
answer, therefore, to the charge, why did you not arm
earlier? It is enough to fay, that notice was received or
the armaments going oh in France; that administration
availed them elves of th t information ; that the ships in
tended for service were fitted for lea; and that when the
moment arrived, in which it was prudent for this country
to mike her real intentions known, orders were given for
3 press, the Arps were ready to receive the men, and, as
Toon as the number of seamen neceffwy to proceed to sea
are procured, it is only to ship them, and the business will
be compleated. He congratulate I the nation on the ad
dress, and the erpe 'ition with which the whole was exe
cuted ; and was glad to find, though nothing of the kind
was intended, that the secrecy with which the whole was
conduced, should make the tranfadion pass unubferved in
general, and should have, in particular, escaped the eagle
and observant eyes of the noble Lords on the other fide of
the House, who, by their tota° rnorance Of the precautions
and preparations his Majesty's Servants had wifely been
making, shewed their vigilance and activity, while it de
monstrated the prudence that accompanied that vigilance
which could effect its purposes, without creating an alarm
cither at home or abroad. It was no secret to great num
bers, that the nation was not only prepared, but earlier
prepared than was expected by those who might think they
would have an interest and a vantage in being before hand
with us, and thereby taking us by furprize.
The Duke of Richmond returned to the question put to
the firft Lord of the. Admiralty by the noble Duke in the
blue ribbond [the Duke of Grafton.] He said, his Lord
ship had art ully evaded giving a direct answer to the
question proposed to him. He had answered, that the naval
force of this country, before the press warrants were is
sued, was superior to the armament then fitting out at
Brest. He begged leave to put the question upon a more
general ground. Is the naval force of Britain, now ready
to proceed to sea Efficient for home defence, and for the
necessary defence of the empire, fuppoQng that France and
Spain should break with us, either by abetting America,
or in case of an attack upon Portugal? This, his Grace
said, was a question that could not be evaded or angered
in the affirmative, without a profeffed design to mislead the
House, and impose on the nation.
The Earl of Sandwich answered, that our fleet was in
prime condition; that the complements of our ships were
nearly made up ; and, that we could fit out a fleet at a
Ihort notice, nearly equal to all the powers of Europe.
The Lord Wycombe [Earl of Shelburne] said, he was a
frmiJhed that the House could continue to submit coolly to
the contempt with which administration had treated it,
both in the speech, and the manner in which the speech
was defended in the courle of the evening. The speech,
he said, was a piece of metaphysical refinement, framed'
with a ptirpofed design to impose; the defence made to
continue the imposition, was nothing more than a firing of
sophisms, no less wretched in their texture, than insolent in
'"° r ° He faid ' he w " n ° S reat metaphyfician, but
Bill he knew enough of the science of metaphyficks to fee
and detect the manifeft fallhoods, clothed in the fcmblance
of truth, particularly when the garment was so thin or
the disguise so gross and ill-fitted, that further confidence
would be madness, and remaining in error would he the
effeft of the most senseless stupidity.
[To be continued.]
THE Remainder of Mr. Sb ttowes Houfliold and
Kitchen Furniture, together with his Negroes,
Horses, and a neat Chafe with a Folding I op, will be
fold by publick utcry, at his House in Qceen street, on
Thursday the 2-d Day of May instant. At the fame
1 ime and Place will be fold, an exceeding good London
made single rowed HARPSICHORD. °*
§ EDWARD OATS.
MRS. BURT having opened a School in Queen
ftreet, nearly opposite to Col. Charles Pinckney,
proposes teaching a few young Ladies plain Work and
Knitting, and hopes by her Care and Attention to merit
the Approbation of those Parents who please to intruft
their Children with her.§
A Quantity of Whitehava COALS on board the
Ship 'rank!in, at die End of Matte's Wharf, to
be fold for Cafli, by HENRY CROTCH. *
OUR Copartnerfhip ending this Day by Alexander
Gillon's retiring from Business, We request every
Person indebted to us to fettle with fobn-Spatt
Crips and P orian-Cbarles Mey; and thole to whom
We lire indebted, are desired to call on them for Payment
on or before the firft Day of August next.
May 1, 1777. cm.* ALEX. GILLON, & Co.
I Shall be much obliged to those who are indebted to
me to fettle their Accounts with Messrs. Cripps &
Mey before the firft of Anguft next, particularly those
on open Accounts or Notes, and for Interest due on their
Bonds. *cm. ALEXANDER GILLON.
A SCHOOLMASTER is much wanted at the Pub
lick School on James-lfland; his Abilities need
not be very great ; if he can only teach Reading, Wri
ting and vulgar Arithmetics accurately, and is sober and
diligent in his Profeffion, he will be made welcome. §
A Single Man, capable of teaching English and
Arithmetick, and willing to undertake the Tui
tion of a few Youths in the Country, will meet with En
couragement by applying to HttNRY HYRNE. §
TO be fold on very teafonable Terms, about One
hundred and ten Barrels of Rice, which will be
delivered at a convenient Landing on Santee River.
Enquire of the Printer.§
A LL Persons indebted to the Estate of the late Dr.
William Roberts deceased, by Bond, Note or 0-
therwife, are requested to difeharge the fame as soon as
poffihie; and those having Demands against the said
Estate, are desired to fend in their Accounts, properly at
tested, to ANN ROBERTS, Administratrix. §bx.
Beaufort, April 26 1777.
THE Subferiber being to depart for Europe or the
Weft-Indies within sixty Days, requests all Per
sons having Demands on him to call for Payment.
§ CHARLES SHAW.
Baufort, April 26 1777.
THE Subferiber being to depart for Europe or the
Weft-Indies within sixty Days, requests all Per
sons having any Demands on him to call for Payment.
ALEXANDER CUMINE.
Beaufort. April 26 1777.
THE Subferiber being compelled to leave the Pro
vince in sixty Days, desires all Persons who have
Demands against him, to call immediately for Payment.
§ NICHOLAS LECHMERE.
WANTED to hire, a white Servan* to wait upon a
single Gentleman ; every Encouragement will be
given to one that can be well recommended. Apply to
the Printer.§
RICHARD COX desires all Persons having any De
mands against him to fend them in immediately ;
and as soon as he receives what is due to him for ser
ving the PQlick of this State, he will pay them. *
PALMETTO SOCIETY.
AS the Twenty-eighth Day of June, 1776 will be ever
memorable in South Carolina, for the signal and
providential Victory obtained by our gallant 1 roops over
the formidable Fleet and Army of Groat-Britain at Sulli
van's Island, a confilerable Number of the Inhabitants of
Charleftown have associated themselves together, princi
pally lor the Purpofc of celebrating the Anniverfery of that
D y with decent and chearful Festivity ; to that End, they
nave procured the Ule of Mr. Fall's Long Room for the
Day, where they propose to dine together ; and they here
by give Notice, that they will be glad o f the Company of
any Gentlemen, Friends to Liberty, and Lovers of their
Country, who may incline to join them in commemorating
an Action the most important in its Consequences to this
State, the most honourable to our Troops, and the molt
drfgrace Ul to our Enemies, that has been known since
the Commencement of the present arduous Struggle fcr
Liberty.
TICKETS for Admission at THREE DOLLARS each,
must be applied for, at least three Davs previous to tho
Meeting, to any of the Stewards, viz. WilliaM Mason
or William Johnson; Efqrs. Messrs. John Calvert,
James Wakefield, William Valentine, Ro
bert Howard, Richard Cole, or George Flagg.
By Order of the See etv,
+ALEXANDER ALIXANDLk, Secretary.
Navy Board, April 29, 1776.
THE Commissioners of the Navy are in '1 ant of a
Number of ?egro Ship Carpenters or Caulkers.
4 ny Persons having such to hire by the Year, are de
sired to apply to
EDWARD BLAKE, First Commissioner. §
THERE is a Vacancy for schooling a Child on the
Bounty of th: South -Carolina Society. Apply
to § JOHN M'CALL, jun. Clerk.
TO be fold, An exceeding good Cook Enquire
of the Printer. §
For Sale by Private Contrail,
ONE Thousand Cords of Firewood, at a Landing
about 14 Miles from Chatleftown.
§ JACOB VALK.
FOR SALE.
ATetit and Marquee, Trott's Collection of Laws,
some Calks of line Hand-picked Indigo Seed, a
very fine double-rowed Harpsichord, &c.
./ § JACOB VALK.
FOR SALE,
SEVERAL valuable TRACTS of LAND near
Coofawhatchie Bridge fit for Rice or Indigo. For
Particulars, enquire of * JACOB VALK.
SUPERFINE Northward Flour, Rougl ißice by the
Barrel, and Indigo Seed of the true Guatimala Kind,
to be fold opposite Roper's Wharf, by
GEO. FARDO,
Who has to dispose of, a very good House Wench,
about 40 Years of Age, capable of every Kind of House
Work, and fold for no other Fault but her sulky Disposi
tion; also a neat Northward made Riding Chair. §
A LARGE Quantity of BRICKS to he fold at my
Landing on Cooper-River, 9 Miles from Town.
* JOHN MOORE.
STOPPED da Friday lad from a Muftee Wench, one
Fifty Pounds Bill, and one Twenty-five Pounds Bill.
The Owner proving the laid Bills, and paying for this
Advertisement, may have them by applying to
71/4, 8,1777. ± DANIEL THARIN.
HATS cleaned and lined in the neatest Manner, at
the House nearly opposite Mr. Glen's in Elliott-„
street, by t HENRY CRIM.
BACK °oißtry INDIGO SEED raised last Year oil
new rich Land, and Hand picked, to be fol! by
1 JOHN-LEWIS GERVAIS. °
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Arnout Scher
merhorn, late of Charleftown, deceased, are desired
to make Payment forthwith to the Subferiber ; and those
who have Demands against the said Estate, to bring them
in, properly attested, to
§ DANIEL BELL, Administrator;
FOUND some Time ago by a young MaTrwho car
ried it to F'illiam Gowdey, Silversmith, in Broad
ftreet, a CHASED GOLD WATCH CASE. The
Owner, on proving his Property, paying for this Adver
tisement, and giving the Finder some Gratuity,may have
it again by applying ts Mr. Gomdey or the Printers, j;
WHEREAS the Commissioners of the Marketa, from
mmy corroborating Circumstances, have Redon
to believe the good People ot this State are greatly irapof
ed on by the Free Negroes, who usually attend the Market
to fell Veal, Mutton, &c. on Commission : and as they are
desirous in uture o' redressing so great a Gr evance, they
there ore give Notice, that oom and after the 12th Bay of
May infrant, no Free Negro or Slave shall be permitted to,
fell any Thing in the Markets', without a Ticket firft ob-°
tamed, from the Owners of such Calves, Sheep, Hogs, &c.
fpecifyinz the Prices thefyzre willing to fell at, in order
tnat the Inhabitants may be fatisfied whether the Owners
or Sellers are the Extortioners.
N. B. A Ticket was lately produced to the Commif.
fioners, wherein the moderate Price of Four Pounds Ten Shil
lings per Hundred for Corn Blades, and Twely-froe Soil
lines per Pound for frefh Bu ter, w? 8 limited by the
Proprietor; and another Ticket, limiting the Butcher to-
Five Pounds per Qjrter, for hind Quarters, and Four
Pounds per Quarter, for iore Quarters of Mutton —No
General T eket, n future, will be allowed to Negroes who
fell in and attend the Market. May r, 1777. +
IT is recommended by the Commissioners of the Mar
kets, that those of the Inhabitants who usually pur
chase of the Free Negroes or Slaves who fell in the
Markets, that they demand a Sight of their Tickets, in
order that no Advantage may be taken.|
I^o be Let, A large Dwelling House in King street,
. where Col. Powell now lives, being 24 by 44 Feet.
* three Stories high, having fix large rooms, with a Closet
and Fireplace in each, and two small Rooms, a Cockloft
over, and a Cellar under the whole House, a Store-room,
Kitchen, Wash house, Stable, Chair -house, Poultry-house,
Yard and Garden. Apply to WILLIAM HOPTON. *
ALL Persons indebted to the Subferiber, are desired to
nay or fettle their Accounts with Mr. Thomas Horfcy,
whom I have authorifed for that Purpose: Those who
neg ; e& this notice, will find their Accounts in the Handa
of dacob Read, Esq: Attorney at Law.
* JOHN WARD, Taylor.
Cfearirfron, May id, 1777.
AGREEABLE tc the Direßfons of an AB of the General
^fferndy of this State te regime the Rise and Afcc cf Bread, &c.
I HAVE enquired the Price of Flour, and find that im
ported Lorn tie Narthtra £u-t€s to b: at Nine Pounds per
Hund cd Powers Weight; and Carolin# Flour at S± Pounds, both
being u'ed by the- Bakers, at nhigh Price the Half C:owa Lozra
most Weigh as follows, viz,
Of which all Bakers of B cad ere required tc tak: Notice.
GEORGE SHEED, Comtn £ry-&Gusre T i
Of Northward Flour,
lb. ez. dr
Whit e, 1 2 0
Whiatif, 1 it 0
Houshold, x 4 0
Of Carolina Flour.
lb. or.
Whit e, - 1 12
WhEATZN, - 3 I§
Houshold, - 3 8