The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-08-12 00:00:00, page 2

& home; and that people would try to mend
gcmfelvcs, indead of bellowing so much fruitlefs
and thankless pains in admonishing their neigh
bours. You, fir, have bedowed much time and
labour, end oil, floods of ink, and reams of
paper, in advising ministers of hate, arid correct
ing the the measures of government; and, after
all, I date fay, you vour/elf will allow that they
-are, at this moment, not one bit better than when
you firfl undertook to mend them.
Therefore, talite an old man's advice, friend
Woodfall; let a pattern to 'thy brother printers;
leave for a while, the care of the date to those
who are paid for it, —look at home; begin a
reformation there, and " correct thffilf for the
^example of others."
Tarn, '
Thy fincerc well-wisher,
EMENDATOR.
Foreign Intelligence.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 24.
Tranquility has not been interrupted in this •
capital, and the late arrangements made with
Russia, have not been productive of any troubles,
as some foreign papers had infiltrated. The in
habitants are incessantly employed in building
houses, in tberoom-pT those dedroyed by fires in
1782, and the government have ordered divers
works of embellishment; a fountain is condtufting
at the expence of the Grand Vizier, which is to
serve at the fame time as an ornarncht to the city,
and for the life of its inhabitants. Some new
regulations, in the public ©economy and the
finances, and divers plans on thrifubjeT, are new
under consideration cf the Divan. The Grand
Signior enriches with translations of many good
foreign books,the public library'which he formed :
some time ago, and which already abounds in
Arabian, Persian, and Turkish manuferipts: those
treating of politics and commerce, are particularly
the objects of his attention: endowed with know
ledge very uncommon, before^his time, in the
fergglio, he endeavours' to extend it, andis sensible
that the people, in order to be happy, muff be,
enlightened. The printing office, which had ,
been shut up ever since the death of Ibrahim
Effendi, has been re-opened by his orders.
LO NDO N, Aprils,.
Some difpalches are received by government
from the coast of Africa, by a ship arrived at
Falmouth. Matters are by no means fettled in
that quarter. The Trench do not seem fatisfied,
though they are in possession of Goree island, the
river Senegal, Fort Louis, Arguin, Gajam, Por
terrie, Ppdore, and Angoule, according to Lord
Shelburne's Treaty of Peace. The Dutch are
very uneasy. They have a strong squadron on the
coast, and they leave no matter untried, that can
puzzle the British trade. Complaints are already
come home on this head; some reform must there
fore take place, or that valuable trade be entirely
loft.
The popular qiHenfions in Holland undoubtedly
wear a serious afpe&; but the idea that has gone
abroad, of there being reason to apprehend a re
volution in the government of the United Provin
ces, seems to be ill-founded; for the King of
Prussia having fignified a resolution to support the
Stadtholder, in the constitutional exercise of his
authority, it may be presumed, that if the male
contents should proceed to extremities, his Prussian
Majesty will not lose a moment in pursuing the
most vigorous and effectual means for reducing
them to obedience.
By some late edicts and regulations, the King of
Spain shews a resolute determination of giving all
imaginable encouragement to every ufeful art,
particularly agriculture and manufactures. A re
ward is to be given every year, to the person who
excels most in every province of the kingdom, in
all the arts. And the King assures his fubjeTs,
that he will give a particular reward to every one
who makes an improvement in any branch of in
dustry. The Prince of Asturias intetefts himfclf
much in this e ftablifhment.
Extract of a letter from Paris, April 13.
" The Comte De Grade arrived in this city from
I'Orient this day, amidst great acclamations, an
end having been put to the inquiry into the cause
of th§ disasters on the 12th of April, 1782. The
report of the,Court-martial, we underhand, to be
favourable to all the officers employed on that day;
and the conduct of the Captains Marbeeuf, de la
Clocheterie, Dames, Elterine, and two others,
has been much applauded for preserving their ships
the Elizabeth, St. Esprit, Rolande, Amerique, &c.
when the enemy, under Admiral Hood, pursued
them through the Mona Passage, where the Caton
of 64, and the Jason of 64 guns, both now in the
English service, were taken by the detachment
under command of the English Admiral. The
Dutch Commissioners visit almost daily at the Eng
lish Ambassador's hotel, from whicli Something is
supposed to be on the carpet."
May 4.
# A private letter from an Irish gentleman at Paris,
gives the molt splendid account of the very distin
guished manner in which, his Majesty the King of
France received the celebrated M. de Suffrein, late
Commander in Chief of the squadron in the East-
Indies. This gentleman, who is just arrived at
I'Orient in the Medea frigate, was no sooner
announced at Versailles, than the King and Royal
family, who were that, moment fat down to dinner,
afofe, and went into a chamber, where 'the Ad
miral waited. His Majesty, with thatcoridefeend
ing affability and familiar grace, which, when
properly shewn, do Majesty so much honor, em
braced the gallant warrior, now returned to the
bosom of his country, with the well earned laurels'
of many a severe vi&ory, won in -the service of
his Prince. I have read of many heroes of this
.nation, faid'the 'Queen, and I rejoice to fee them
united in the brave Suffrein. The King, then
knighted the' Admiral with his sword, andthrow
ing a broad blue ribbon, with,a rich emblem
annexed, 'over his shoulder, fluted him a com
panion of the most illustrious Order of the Holy
Ghost. " This is all I shall dofor 'you to day,"
said his Majesty. '" Tb-tnorrow you Tail foe. a
Peer of France, with an estate Suitable to that
dignity, and ray own acknowledgment of your,
eminent services." The ostentatious honor of a
Roman triumph cannot Tie with so gracious a
reception, by a whole Royal family; rior will a
Prince who knows how to regard true merit, in a
manner no less honorable to himfclf, than to the
person so highly distinguished, ever want servants
emulous of acquiring some share of the glory so
judly attributed'to the gallant Sufficin'!
May %
The reports that prevail, of the revolution in
Denmark, are undoubtedly founded on the' bed
authority. The character of the Monarch is def
piled by his fubje&s, who have long wanted to
throw off their allegiance. His morals are depri
ved in the extreme, and his abilities of the lowed
kind, in the estimation of that country, arid the
treatment whicli an unfortunate Queen received
some years ago, excited a referitrhent againd the
authors of it; which, though silent, ha's not vet
expired, and has had no final! part in the cornmo
tions which agitate the people. The King has
been compelled to fubferibe an iriftrutnent, by
whicli he lurrenders the government of the state
to his fpn, who is but 16 years of age, and it is
said, that he intends to retire, without any views
of recovering his sovereignty.
• , On the 28th of April lad, the Lords 'of the
Admiralty, and gentlemen belonging to the arts
and feiences in London, were very happy ifa feeing
that day, what they never expelled to fee, whicli
was the perpetual motion; also, to Know how to
make a true reckoning, by throwing the log-line,
particularly at night; also, 'of knowing how a
watch gains or loses time from the fun, if no
observation can be takeh ; arid to find out the North
and South Pole at sea, without the help of fun,
moon, Rars orcompels; and of knowing the cause
of the variation in different latitudes.—All those
various, new and ufeful difeoveries; the above
gentlemen have feen'that day, by that divine and
moral philosopher, Do&or Katterfelto, at No. 24,
Piccadilly. More than 3000 k have beeil spent on
that perpetual motion these three years, before it
was finifhed; and as Katterfelto wifhbs that his
name, as well as his merit, may be remembered
for these hundred years to come, in this kingdom,
he will therefore, for a few days, shew to the pub
lic at large, the above new experiments, as well as
the perpetual motion, which will be carried to
Petersburg in a short time.
In Scotland, upon the whole, the elections will
go in favour of Mr. Fox's friends, to whom that
country looks for redress from the most humiliating
grievances that can exist in a country reputed free.
Their peasantry arc the Haves of their landholders,
because they weigh nothing in the scale of repre
sentation; and a member of Parliament there, has
only to secure the intered of a few fclf-creakd
magistrates, in order to be ele&ed as a representa
tive for thousands, to whom he by no means holds
himfelf respon sible, and who neither can nor dare
call his conduct in quellion. On this fubjed many
of that countiy have written ably, and the writings
have diffetninated a spirit of liberality, and a just
idea of the consequence of the people, in a govern
ment like that of Great-Britain.
I_
American Intelligence.
HARTFOR D, May 25.
Last Wednesday the important question of
granting an impost, agreeably to the recommenda
tion of Congress, was brought forward in the
House of Representatives. The debates were
managed with manliness and candor, suited to the
magnitude of the fubjefl—the doors were open to
the anxious curiosity of the fpe&ators, and after a
full difeuffion, the yeas and nays were required,
when a majority for the impost were 51.
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Philadelphia, July 10.
Sunday last, the 4th of July, being the Anni
versary of the Declaration of OUITnDEPEND£NCE'
thirteen changes were rung on the bells of Christ
Church.
In commemoration of this great and glorious
event, a company of fcle6l citizens, and the mem
bers of tire Cincinnati, who were in town, assem
bled, the two subsequent days, at the City-Tavern,
where the occasion was celebrated v. 'th that j.?y
and festivity, the ever memorable idea of hide,
pendeuce must have created and inspired.
On Wednesday evening last, a most horrid
murdci was committed, between 9 and 10 o'clock,
on the body of George Inudlcr, Cordwainer, in
Arch near Fiontdirect# lie was fitting before his
door, imoaking a pipe, when an execrable villain,
in a check shirt, came up and run him through
the heart with a dagger, of which he died in two
minutes alter. A perlon was taken up the next
morning, on fulpicion of lowing perpetrated the
diabolical deed.
On Monday evening lad. a voting man goirt/
from this city to the Middle Fewv, on Schuylkill
was flopped near the place where the Centre-houfe
formerly llood, and robbed of a new coat by two
foot pad's.
dire late London papers contain lifts of a num
ber of newly created Peers, arid others in nomina
tion for that honor: so that, even if the people of
England should be fairly represented in the Houle
of Commons, (which is hardly expected the
influepeevf the ' Crown is daily furcating, by
greater addition to the House of Lords, than ever
was known in any other reign; and an aristocracy
seems to approach with rapid strides.
The Ann, Jack son, and Two ' Friends. Street
from Virginia; and Peggy. Been, from Charleflon
palled by Gravefend the 16th May.
Extrafl of .a letter from a gent% an in London, to
another in Baltimore, daied May 5, 1784.
" We oblerve the duties,laid on in consequence
of the reftri&ions, with Yelped to American ves
sels to and from our Weftlndttiflands; time will
shew the wisdom of the measure. on our tide.
Ministry, Mr. Pitt, and his friends, will meet
Parliament in a very large majority, having exerted
thcmfclves very fuccefsfully at tlie last elchiors. fo'
that if they mean well, the means will not be
wanting. Though I incline ftronglv to Mr. Pitt
when I compare him and Mr. Fox, 1 have already
seen so much of rainifters, that I can by no means
anticipate any good from any. In foit e of evety
effort, Mr. Fox will carry his election for Weft
minder. Out of the 44 Cornish Members, 38 for'
certain will be Firm with Mr. Pitt, and though
other counties do not furnish such odd's in his
favor, yet their numbers are greater than could be
expelled.".
Extracts from the Journals of Congress, Friday,
April 30, 1784,
C CONGRESS taok into confederation the report
> of a Committee, to whom were referred
furred letters and papers relative to commer
cial matters, which being amended, was 'agreed to
as follows; °
The trull reposed in Congress, renders it their
duty to be attentive to the conduH of foreign na
tions, and to prevent or restrain, as far as may be,
all such proceedings as might proven injurious to '
the United States. The situation of commerce at
this time claims the attention of the several states
and few obje&s pf greater importance can present
themselves to their notice. The fortune of every
citizen is interested in the fucccfs thereof; for it is
the constant source of wealth and incentive to in
dustry; and the value of our produce and our land
must ever rife or fall in proportion to the prosper
ous or adverse date of trade.
Already has Great-Britain adopted regulations
deftrudive of our commerce with her Wed-India
Islands. There was reason to expefl, that mea
sures so unequal, and so little calculated to promote
mercantile intercourse, would not be persevered in
by an enlightened nation. It would be the duty of
Congress, as it is their wish, to meet the attempts
of Great-Britain with firhilar reftriflions on her
commerce; but their powers on this head are not
explicit, and the propositions made by the legisla
tures of the several states, render it necessary to take
the general sense of the union on this fubje&.
Unless the United States in Congress assembled
shall be veiled with powers competent to the pro
te&ion of commeice, they can never command re
ciprocal advantages in trade; and without these,
our foreign commerce must decline, and eventually
be annihilated. Hence it is necessary, that the states
should be explicit, and fix on some effectual,mode,
by which foreign commerce, not founded on
principles of equality, may be restrained.
Ihat the United States may be enabled to fccuie
fuel? terms, they have
Resolved, Ihat it be, and it hereby is recom
mended to the Legislatures of the several states, to
vest the United States, in Congress assembled, for
the term of fifteen years, with power to prohibit
any goods, wares, or merchandise, from being,im
ported into, or exported from any of the dates, in
vessels belonging to, or navigated by the fubje&s
of any power with whom these dates shall not
have formed treaties of commerce.
Refolded, That it be, and it hereby is recom
mended to the Legislatures of the several states, to
veil the United States, in Congress assembled, for
the term of fifteen years, with the power of pro
hibiting the fubjeffs of any foreign date, kingdom
or empire, unless authorifed by treaty, from im
porting into the United States, any goods, wares,
or merchandise, which are not tire produce or
manufacture of the dominions of the lovereign
whose fubje&s they are.
Provided, That to all alls of the United States,
in Congress assembled, in pursuance ot the above
powers, the assent of Nine States shall be neces
sary.