The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1783-12-18 00:00:00, page 3

A&s perfectly confident not only with
justice and equity, but with that spirit of
conciliation, which on the return of the
bluings of peace, fhotild universally pre
vail: And that Congress (hall earn c ftly
recommend tothe several dates, that the
skates, rights and properties of such last
mentioned persons (hall be restored to
them, they refunding to any perfons^who
may be now in poffedion the bona fide
price (where any. has beer, given) which
such persons may have paid on purchasing
anyof the laid lands, rights, or properties'
knee the confifeatiOh.
And it is agreed, that all persons who
have any interest in confiscated lands,either
by 'debts, marriage-settlements, Or other
wise, fh.ll meet' with no lawful impedi
ment in the profecutlon of theirjuft rights.
Art. VI. That there shall be no fu
ture confifeations made, nor any profecu
'tioris commenced against any person or
persons for, or by reason of the part which
he or they may have taken in the present
war ; and d'hat no person shall, on~ that
account, fuffer any future loss or damage,
either in his person, liberty, or property:
and that those who may be in confinement
un such charges, at the True of the rati
fication of the Treaty in America, shall
brimmed ately set at liberty, and Yht "pro
fecufioris so commenced be' discontinued.
Art. VII. There shall be a firm and
perpetual peace between his Britannic M^
jefty and the laid ft tes, and between the
Subjects of the one, and the citizens of
the other; wherefore all lioftilities both by
sea and land shall from henceforth cease ;
all prisoners on both sides shall be set at
liberty, and his Britannic Majesty shall,
with all convenient speed, and without
causing any cleftruction, or carrying away
any Negroes, or other property of the A
merican inhabitants, withdraw all his ar
mies, 'garr'ons. and fleets, from the Tid
United States, and from every pols, pl&e
and harbour within the fame, leaving in
all fortifications the American artillery
that may be therein, and Ihall also order
and cause all archives, reports, deeds,
and papers belonging to any of the laid
Rates, or their citizens, which in the
course of the war may have fallen,into the
hands oi his officers, to be forthwith re
stored, and delivered to the proper ftafe
a nd persons to whom they belong.
Art, VIII. The navigation of the ri
ver MiffiHippi, from its lource to the O
cean, foal forever remain fee and open
to the fubjeqs of Great Britain, and the
citizens of the United States.
Art. IX. In case it fooujd so happen
that any place or territory belonging to
Great^Brit in, or to the Umled'states,
Should have been conquered by the frms
of either from the other, before the arri
val of the said Provificnal Articles in A
merica, it is agreed that the fame shall be
restored wit rout difficulty, and without
requiring any compensation.
Art. X. The solemn Ratifications of
the present Treaty, expedited in good and
due form, shall be exchanged between the
Contrasting Parties in the space of fix
months, or footer, if possible, to be com
puted from the day of the figniture of the
present Treaty. In witnels whereof we
the undersigned, their Ministers Plenipo
tentiary, have in their name, and in vir
tue of our full powers, signed the present
Definitive Treaty, and caused the seals of
our arms to be affixed t ereto.
Done at Paris, this 3d day of September,
in the year of Oar Lord One Thoujand
Seven Hundred and Eigbty-fbree.
(L. S.) JOHN ADAMS.
(L. S.) DAVID HARTLEY.
(L. S.) B. FRANKLIN.
(L, S.) JOHN JAY.
CHARLESTON,
December £B, 1783.
ON Saturday, the 13th inst. a very numerous
^Meeting of the Republican Whig-Citizens of
this Capital, (Members of the MARINE ANTI
BRITANNIC SOCIETY) were convened, ac
cording to appointment, at the City-Tavern, to
celebrate their Anniverfary;—in honor of the day
on which, .the Britifo troops had evacuated this
Metropolis.—A very elegant dinner, worthy so
joyous an occasion, was prepared in the Long-Room,
ushered in by a peal from the Bells of St. Michael's
Church, and by fame military music, After dinner
the thirteen following Patriotic Toasts (proposed
by the President, Vice-President, and other offi
cers of the Society) were drank.
ill. The free, sovereign and independent United
States of North America
2d His Excellency, Gen. Wafhington,—the
unexampled Citizen and Hero of the New World.
,3d. His Excellency, Gov. Guerard, and the
State of South-Carolina.
4th. A virtuous coalition and permanent union
to the RebPUcan Whig Citizens of this State, un
der the energetic name of the Marine Anti-
Britannic Society.
sth. The United States, in Congress assembled.
, 6th.. His Mod Christian Majesty, and the other
sovereigns of Europe who have become the friends
and Allies of America. , 1
^ 7th, May, the Trade and Marine of America
s ooy rife, feperior to the machinations, commerci
al jealorfy and rivalfhip of her natural foe.
Sih. May the Cruelties and Maqufaftures of
Great Britain be equally despised by every Ameri-
can-
9th. May the yet inexorable foe to American
greatnef c , the haughty recusant of reciprocity, and
the votary of monopoly, who, by prohibitory edids
and ads Till meditates to cramp o(ir L Trade, dis
courage our Manufaßures, and obftru& the growth
of 0111 amarine, never (hare in the firfl, be out-done
in the second, and ever cringe to tlie prowess of
the last, .
. loth. , The memoraole fourteenthof December,
the day on which the British foe had fled from this
State being the dated Anniver!ary of this Society.
1 "G j The virtuous Republican Whig-Patriots
of the State of South-Carolina. ../
izth. A speedy refloration to oar Chamber of
Cothmerce^ , solely confiding of true American mer
chants, patriotic planters, and the trading Whig-
Subjeds of our Allies.
; 1 35°3 4M a y the thirteen Stars emblematically
adorning the imperial pavillion of confederated
America, prove a luminous constellation, enlight
ening the bewildered, and directing the footfleps of
the oppressed of the world, to the flirine of Liber
ty; And may the . thirteen Stripes, on the re-
Verse, ever red on the backs of her enemies only.
The thirteen subsequent volunteer Toasts, (from
the other Members) th.n followed in rotation.
rd. May the Rulers of our Confederacy soon
display a becoming reverence for their o^n, as well
as their Counts, honor; in a fyirited Retaliation
of the injury which the King and Council of Great
Britain hath done to the Commerce of this Land,
by Ordinances, exclusively confining the recipro
cal carrying trade, between his Wed-India Islands
and thele United States, to Briti/h Subjeßs and
Briti, Bottoms.,.
2d. May the Allies of America ever ehioy a
preference in her trade;—And may Alien Nations
partake*o'aty of its gleanings.
3d.. ,May Americans ever retain a due sense of
gratitude to tneir Allies; —And may corruption
never warp them to prefer a foe.
4th. Prefperity, opulence and increase to the
Ma ine dnyi-Britannic Society ; —And may no So
ciety ever furpais it in harmony, charity and bene*
Yolence..
^tn. The immortal memory of those virtuous
Citizens and Heroes, who have nobly fallen in the
defence of their Country.
6th. May the Tory-Caitiffi of America never
obtain a residence therein ;—And may the Fugitives
of one state ; be never permitted to fculk or fkreea
themselves in another.
7th. May we execute in prosperity what we
have resolved on in a virtuous adversity.
Bth. May Freemen have no Superior, but the
Laws of the Land.
9th. Freedom to those only, who possess firm
nels to support it, ,
10th. May American virtue ever fruftrat lie
policy and perfidy of her Joes,
11th. v May the genuine fpiribof Republican °n
ever preside over the Councils of this State ; -A 1
may the Leaven of Ariflrocracy never enjoy a pa,
therein.
12th. May the Public Servants of this State
always represent, and never mijreprefent their
Constituents.
13th. May virtue and not wealth, be the only
criterion, in this State, to designate ReJpeßability.
MARRIED] Sunday night, Mr. Sebastian
Spencer, to Mrs. Elizabeth Spidel.—Yefterday,
Mr. Thomas C. Russel!, to Miss Mary Starnes.—
This evening, Mr. George Smith, jun. to Miss
Elizabeth P. Smith, daughter of Mr. Josiah Smith.
Just RUBLIs'H E D,
A And to be Sold
At the PRINTING-OFFICE,
No. 100, Meeting-fireet,
(PRICE TEN PENCE)
The South-Carolina & Georgia
ALMNACK,°
--OR
ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS
For the Year of our Lord
?-' .-..,17 8 4.
And the Eighth Year of American Independence.
-To be Sold by AUCTION,
On SATURDAY the 17th of JANUARY next'.
At Hayne Hall, near Jachfonburg,
Ninety valuable Negroes
A Belonging to the Edate of the late
COLONEL ISAAC HAYNES
Among the Men, are
DRIVERS, WHEELWRIGHTS,
CARPENTERS, COOPERS, tc.
Among the Women, are
HOUSE BENCHES, COOKS, --
SEMSTRESSES, WASHERWOMEN, &e
IN order that Purchasers may be enabled to
avail themselves of two Crops, in addition to
the one now on hand, the following easy and con
venient mode of payment is propofed,—On bond,
bearing intered from the Day of Safe, being given
with approved personal security, only one third of
the purchase money will be required in three
months; for another third, a credit of one year
.will be allowed; and for the remaining thitd, a
credit of two years.
Richard Hutson, }
Thomas Hutson, |
Edward Darrell, '^Executors.
Thomas Jones,
John Crqskeys, J
JUST ARPrfoA
A Few jars oT excellent Blue Raisins, to be
Sold, by the jar or pound, at No. 80,
Tradd-dreet.
To be S OLD,
TWELVE fers of excellent Blue Paifos,
at Mess Colcock & Gibbon's Vendue Store
on Beale's wharf.
JUST IMPORTED,
AND to be Sold, a HARPSICHORD, very
neatly finished, with two sets of Keys. En
quire of the Printer.
Wants a Place,
A Single man, well acquainted with driving
carriages & managing horses. He has the best
recommendations from Gentlemen in whose fervici
he has been employed. Enquire, at Mrs. Pinck
ney's, Orange-street, or at the Printer's.
JACOB SASS, Cabinet-maker,
Nb. 16, Queen-ltrcet,
ACQUAINTS, his former customers and t^
public in general, that he has a. large and
commodious Shop, where he carries on the Cabinet
and Upholsterers business, and intends, to follow
the Undertakers business in all its Branches, where
the Citizens and others who are Unacquainted
with hte custom of the country, may be Applied with
every necessary for funerals, on the shorted notice-
N. B. Wanted a quantity of red cedar boards,
for which a generous price wiil be given.
ISRAEL,JOS BPH,
BEGS leave .to inform the Merchants, and
others, that He will purchase Indigo on the
usual Commissions, and hopes that his former ex
perience in that article, and the advantage it will
be to them, will procure him their favor. Ap.
ply at his house, No. 135, King-Creel.
4 * 4 — - —.— r^
wanted'
IMMEDIATELY, for a Gentleman intending
to spend the winter in this City, genteel fur
nifhed lodging,—one or two bed rooms, a parlour,
rooms for servants, a stable and chair -houle. En
quire of the Printer, or of Dr. Read, No. 8,
Bay-continued.