The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-03-04 00:00:00, page 1

Not i c e.
THE fubfeuber has indiscriminately placed all
his Book Accounts in the hands of Edward
Rutledge, Esq; to be fixed for immediately, there
fore all that are concerned are desired to avail them
selves of this notice.
, Matthew Kennedy.
L ^achfonbarongh, Feb, 4 , 1784.
To be L E T,
And Entered on the frfl of Abril, 1784'.
TH E Hcufe in which Mr. Gideon Dupont
now lives, on Harleflon, confiding, of four
rooms, kitchen, ^carriage house, with Cables for
four horses, and the use of three acres of land ad
joining, wlrch may be appropriated to a garden.
Also to be Let by the Year or Month, to any
person who will employ them in the country, Four
exceeding go ^Carpenters, one of which is capa
ble of giving a Bill Scantling, and executing any
Piece Work in the neatest manner, and has built
Pounding Machines. —Also a Compieat Bricklayers
Apply at No. 68, Tradd-Hreet, to
JOHN HARLE3TON:
Who has to difpefe of at bis Rice Hope Plants:
tion, a large quantity of White Flint Corti and
Red Peas.
WANTS EMPLOY;
AM IDDLE aged man, lately arrived here;
undetflands Bookkeeping, &c. Likewise
fining of wines, having tranfaded business many
years that way. five of which he had the manage
ment of one of the mod capital wine cellars in
Lisbon. Any G,ntleman that may want such a
, person by directing a line to R. C. to be left at
No. 26, Tradd flreet, shall be duly waited oh
South-Carolina Society.
qrHE Members of the South-Carolina
4 # Society are requeued to attend the Weekly
Meeting, on 1 uelday the 16th of Mar ''. next, pre
cisely at fix 0 clock in the evening, at the City Ta
vern, Broad hreet, being on business of high import
ance to its interett. By Order of the Society, '
JOHN M'CALL, jun. Clerk.
February 2fh, 1,84.
Master Taylors Society.
TH E annual meeting of the Master Taylors
Society, will be held on Thursday the 2<th
day of March, at the House of Mr. David Burger,
where the Members are desired to attend at 1 1 o'Clock
in the forenoon, to tranfa& business of importance.
By Order of the Society,
John Ruberry, Secretary,
FRANCIS CLARKE, Cutler,
^t the Sign of the Cress Swords, on the Bay, %
INFORMS the public, that he now makes and
repairs all loris of Cutlers work, v:2. Swords,
kitchen. calving, table, dessert knives and forks,
cheese chifefs, Surgeons and Motors instruments,
spring flames of a new confirmation, case flames,
razors and penknives, secret and traveling knives,
Printers plcw knives, pruning and gardeners knives,
fiddlers and shoemakers knives butchers knives
and the ben floated Heels, txylors (hears, copper
and filvehmiths plamfhing Hakes and hammers made
and polished. Any persons that pleale to favour
him with their custom, may depend that the greatest
care will be taken co their advantage} and no dis
appointments
THE
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON: Printed for A. TIMOTHY
THURSDAY, MARCH
LONDO N,
^rom the MORNING CHRONICLE.
^the PROPRIETORS efEAST-INDiA
STOCK.
AT your laR # General Court, you' seemed to
adopt an idea then held out by one of your
body, learned in, the law, “ to carry your Charter
to your Sovereign, .and to Surrender it at his feet"
1 ell®w-Citizensfr beware of such raffi tumultuous
men, nor suffer finiQer designs to lead you to an aft
Io violent and pnju.ftifiWe; an .a& s o fully fraught
with iniquity, as to be totally defthute of the fmadeft
ray of juftfee for i^ cGde. Such advice can only
be considered as proceeding from the petulance of 4
school boy, or tne dark and deep laid, plot of the
]atfallm of his country. r Undoubtedly the original
intent of granting Carter,, or aty, particular im
munities to feieft tether, though evidently for their
advantages could never have been meant to produce
effe&s militating agaipft the general good, much less
as tending towards the ptin of the State. Experi
ence ,otycan prove what effect are to arise from
speculative advantages, therefore; all {peculations are
depending in a greater or lesser degree upon chance,
put mere materially fb upon wife conduft. tout
[Charter wasin the firfl inflance a fpe'culation, chance
favoured and wisdom glided your measures so long
as you confined yourselves within the just exercise
of your liberties ; and perhaps it would have proved
happv for this nation had you never exceeded those
bounds bf moderation and justice. Such conduA
might have kept ^t a distance those riches which
have created the luxury that has hastened our def
tru&iun. ~ It might have drawn our attention more
towards jhe preservation of our possessions in the
Well, and prevented us from being now forced to
seek retribution in the East.
, Your Chartpri, fay violent and interested m^n,
" e °'. '° ^~ r '° , nature as ought to secure them
from infringements. Certainly all charters are in a
degree sacred, that is while the interest for which
they were granted is finely adhered to, and the
uses they promised to the State are fully answered.
Your Charters have fallen short in both defcriptions^
you have not confined yourselves to the pursuit of
commerce, but have become the conquerors of vast
empires; neither haye you fulfilled your engage
ments to the State, for giving to you a tacit right
to enjoy the government of those empires, but on
the contrary you are in an abfohte train of bank
ruptcy, and obliged to have recourse to the nation's
Support, though God knows that its own distresses
are fufficient. Had your abilities been equal to
govern territories of such immense extent and value,
your piefent distresses might not only have been
obviated, but your condition might have been such,
as would have enabled you to afford essential relief
to your country in the hour of her necessity. But
when we take a fair view of your affairs; what a
reversed profpea do we behold ? At home you are
totally unable to fulfil your engagements either to
the public or individuals ]ri Bengal, even your
bond debts are far beyond your abilities to difeharge,
and, without a virtuous reformation in every branch
of your service, mult remain so for many years.
Madras is in a similar situation, and as to Bombay,
their distresses can never be recoverable by that
government, though wisdom herfelf prefaced in ever,
department. Bor,e down and oppressed with two
millions of bond debt, While the whole profits of
the fettiement fall short of its necessary establish
ments in profound peace, more than eighty thousand
pounds per annum. What a profpea doth such a
situation promise to fourfelves or 'the public while
the government of the East is continued in the
hands of those who have plunged them into such
diftrels, by conduct that has net only brought you
to the eve of bankruptcy, but also disgraced the
britifh nation. I am bold in this assertion, from
my own knowledge, nor is it poffiblt to find a
4> 7^ #
No. 100, Meeting-street.
parallel, to the change we have fuffered in the East,
t? th !° the hft f eve ° y ears - Until that period, the
were in the highest estimation for good
faith, every government in that quarter of the
g obe, courted r their alliance, or sued for their
prote&ion, becatife they esteemed them unalterable
in their principles of honour and honesty. Number
fcfs examples might be advanced, to illustrate
t^e high opinion, that the country powers enter
tained of English faith, but I shall content myfelf
to instance one of a late date, and strong nature.
When the Bombay forces took the field, near Cam
bay, in order to reinflate Ragobah, in the Sovereign
ty of the Mahratta empire, his army were to a man
dispersed in the defiles of the Coppourvange country,
and the ministerial army (90,000) potted,in the
dired load between them and the English troops.
In this situation the officer commanding the Englifli
forces, judged it necefTary to endeavour to disjoint
the confederacy, by gaining over some of the Chiefs,
Whose forces composed the ramifterial army; and as
Mahajee Sindia (who has lately obtained the peace
from the Darbar of Poneh) was the most formidable
of these chiefs, he was fixed upon as the most valu
able; in confluence a correspondence, was com
menced with Mahajee^ which in a short time pro,
duced the wished- for effefl, as he not only withdrew
himfelf from the confederacy, but also offered to
^& with the English,, if provision was made for his
troops, nearly eight thousand. , Unfortunately, th 6
English [officer could not avail himfelf of this offer',
as he had been Hent imo the field without a single
rupee, however his grand objed was answered, as
Mahajee never aded with the confederacy during
the war; and to this he was induced, on the bare
assurance of an English officer, “ that if he a&ed in
Fuch a manner, he would thereby secure the firm
friendfllip of the English nation." This has been
related, merely to evince, how Highly British faith
was revered in India, until repeated and repeated
violations thereof, have reduced us to that con
temptible rank, which we now hold. And it is fair
to assert, that in the East, we have been treacherous,
even to deserve being proverbial. And all this h^s
been occasioned by the want of wisdom in every de
partment of your government, but principally in your
own. Ip you has been amply verified the Gentoo
iadage, “ Fish finks firft in the head."
And now, when you have connected your fate J
intimately with that of this empire, and by your
conduct proved yourselves beyond a detibt, totally
unfit to govern an empire of such immense extent
and value, you would aft upon the unmanly prin
ciple of “ the dog in the manger," and in addition
thereto, encourage ideas evidently fraught with
purposes of the most vicious and mifehievous nature,
namely, planting the feeds of difeord between
your sovereign and the other branches of the I gif
lature, with the hope of thereby, plunging this
unfortunate country into additional diffractions.
Recollect yourselves, my fellow citizens, in fimp
to prevent a commencement of such proceedings
which, if pursued, may justly give reason for lat fl
posterity to revert to your memories with horror!
_ Malabar,
Dec. 5, 1783:
A letter received from Jamaica, dated CRober
12,,17^3' by a Gentleman in Leeds, concludes
thus .•
" I should have been ready to fail for rhihde|-
phia in a few days, having got several articles ready
on board a vessel for that purpose, but an . refer was
issued this evening by the Governor for ail Ameri
can vessels to leave this place in 48 hours; there
fore my intended voyage was of course postponed.
Unless some measure is speedily adopted' for
checking the Volunteer ^uixotifm of Ireland, this
country may exped to fee her renounce all dllefo
& ' ^nd set up claims to abfokte iadefyeade^
No. 2192.