The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1783-11-06 00:00:00, page 4

Charleston, Odober 4, 1783.
No. 3, Broad-Street.
BY virtue of the powers which have been
vested in me by an Ordinance lately passed by
the City Council, entitled, " An Ordinance for de
fending and ascertaining the duties of the Harbour-
Mailer of the Port of Charleston," I DO hereby
order and direct the pilots of this bar and harbour,
not to bring any vessel to anchor within the distance
of fifteen fathoms from the outermost vessel at any
wharf.
And I do hereby require all masters or command
ers of vessels, as follows, viz.
/ That as soon as they Ihall be fafely moor'd, they
will rig in their jib and driver boom, and lay their
fpritfail yards fore and aft; and that they be careful,
should they come to moorings, without more parti
cular directions, to lay their anchors parallel with
the centre of the dock belonging to the wharf at
which they are to take birth, and bring their Hern
liable or cables, on the inner quarter of their vcffel,
as low down as the lowest part of the counter.
That all vessels light, or taking in cargoes, shall
flack their falls, and give an inside birth to a loaded
vessel.
That they fliall not, upon any pretence, permit
any ballast or rubbish to be thrown into the docks or
Channels of this harbour.
That the greatest care be observed in boiling pitch,
tar or turpentine, on any of the wharves, to guard
against accidents tfrom fire.
That ail fires cm board vessels in this harbour be
put out at the expiration of one hour after sun-set.
And iallly, That no seamen be permitted by them
to remain on shore longer than one hour after sun
set. upon pain of such seamen being deak with as
the law directs.
And that no person may plead ignorance of the
consequence of disobedience tomy orders, I chink it
necehary to make public the following elaufe of the
above recited Ordinance viz.
And be it further Ordained by the Authority afore-
Jaid, That if any person or persons shall molest or
attempt to obftru& the said Harbour-Matter in the
execution of the duties of his office, all and every
such person and persons fliall, upon conviction, in
the Court of Wardens, be liable to be lined at the
discretion of the said Court, in any sum not ex
ceeding Ten Pounds flerlitig; and on non-payment
thereof, shall be committed to the common gaol,
there to be confined for any space of time not ex
ceeding thirty days.
, ROBERT COCHRAN, Harbour-Mafter.
George Greenland,
ACQUAINTS bit Country friends that he hill
.continues the FACTORAGE BUSINESS, and
he will esteem himfelf much obliged to them for the
Sale of their Produce. All favours direaed to him at his
Store No. 86, Meeting street, shall be pun&ually at
tended to.
N. B. Rum, Sugar. Salt, dry Goods to he Sold.
ALL aerfons having demands again# the estate of
Charles Clifford, of the Horse-shoe, are re
queued to make them known, on or before Monday,
the 24th day of November next; and thole who are in
debted to said estate, are requeued to make payment, or
fettle to >he fatisfa&ion of the Subscribers, within the
above term,
ELIZABETH CLIFFORD, Executrix.
70UN POSTETL, Aaing Ereutor.
qpHOMAS JERVEY & JOHN ALLEN
' WALTERS, acquaint their friends and the
public in general, that they have entered into
Copartnership, in the Fa&orage and Commiflion
Business, and have purchased Burna's old wharf,
whereon are excellent ftcres fit for the reception
of rice, ir.dico, or tobacco; and will be greatly o.
bliged to all those who will employ them in felling
of theit produce: due attention will be paid to
their interest, and every endeavour exerted to
give fatisfa^ion.
MRS. MELLISCENT COLCOCK, begs kve to
inform her friends and acquaintance, that the
Bar engaged a commodious ard airy Houle for the pur
pose of accommodating Young Ladies as Boarders ; their
parents may be assured of the Orißeft attention to their
be exceed ingl, obliged to her late
faufbanG 3 debtors for a small part of their accounts, to
forward her in this undertaking, and is ready to give
undoubted bonds in payment of any demands agairft
his estate.- Bonds, notes, &c. placed in his hands
for recovery may be had by applying toCharles
Cotefworth Pinckney, Esq; to whom the fees are to
be paid.
Negro Shoes,
(™OOD Country-made, to be Sold at
Three Shillings per Pair, by ISAAC and
SAMUEL DACOSTA, on Motte's Wharf oppo
site the Market.
04. 22, 1783.
mr. JOHN BONN !° TT > has in
his possession, a Negro man
named TONEY, about 24 years
of a g e , 5 f eet leven inches high, of
a yedow complexion, cut on the left
eye and on the left leg; fays he be
longs to John Lefener, and bought in
Charleston, at Public Vendue. Any
person or persons possessed of a legal
right in said Negro man, are desired
to make known the fame to
THOMAS HALL, J. P.
^. 2 7> i7 8 3.
CAME to the plantation of j^hn. Pcftell, at
Beach Hill, about ten cays ago, a Negro
lad, DICK, 17 or 1€ years if age, pitted with
the small-pox, has on an <ld white negre cloth
jacket and breeches, fats he cam? w"h his matter,
one Styatt, from Virginia to Charleston, and that
his said matter went off witth the British. The
owner may have him on proving his property and
Paying the charges incident thereunto.
THOMAS HALL, J. P.
oa. If, 1783.
TO BE SOLD,
On Monday, November 24th, 1783,
M the Plantation of the late M r s, Elizabeth Clifford,
of tbe Horfefboe, deceased;
THE PERSONAL PROPERTY of the said
deceased, confining ;f between twenty aud thir
ty negroes, among whom are, a very good cook, writ
ing men and lawyers, and'prime titid 'flaves; also, a
parcel of rice in flack?, a lew barrels of the last years
crop, corn, a few head of cut e and Irrfee, plantation
tools, 'bonfhold afad-krtchen'furnituie, &. &c.
Tire condition's of the Lie, are ready money for ail
Turns at and under twenty pounds Stirling, and for all
fum# above, one half to be pud infix months, ard tt
remaining half to be paid in twelve months 'fiom the
day of fair, upon the purchaser's giving bond and ap
proved security, paying interest from the day. The pro
perty not to be altered till the conditions are complied
with.
All perrons having demands agafoft the frid estate,
are requeued to make them known within the above
term ; and those who are indebted to call and fettle the
fame.
JANE POSTELL, •
'ELIZABETH WAYNE, J Adminx °
JOHN POSTELL, Adminft.
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To be Sold,
AT Public Vendue, on Monday the
Third of November next, at the house of
Henry Poofer, deceased, on Four Holes ; —Four
Negroes, Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Houfhold Furni
ture, and fandry other Articles too tedious to men
tion.—lhe conditions of the Sale will be made
known on the day of Sale.
CATHARINE POOSER, Admx,
JONH BROTHERER, Admft.
STATE of SOUTH-CAROLINA.
An ORDINANCE
For establishing and regulating a Nightly Guard and
Watch, in Charleston.
BE it Ordained by the Honourable
the Intendant and Wardens of Charleston, in City Coun
cil assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the
fame, That immediately after passing this" Ordinance, a com
pany of men shall be railed to a& as a nightly guard in Charles
ton, and shall cohfift of one Lieutenant, fix non commissioned
officers, one drummer, and twenty-four privates, which said
lieutenant shall be appointed by the City-Council, and be
commiflioned by the Intendant, and after taking the oaths of
allegiance and office, he shall enroll thirty men and a drum
mer, to aft as a nightly guard as aforefaid, and shall make a
return of the names of the persons so by him enrolled to the
Intendant whenever thereto required, and if the Intendant shall
disapprove of any person so enrolled, he shall be difmifled, and
another shall be enrolled in his stead.
And be it further Ordained by the authority afore
laid, That the said lieutenant shall choose from among the
men so enrolled three fit and difereet persons to aft as Ser
jeants, and three others as Corporals, and shall cause one
Serjeant, one corporal, the drummer, and eight privates, pro
perly armed and accoutred, to attend every evening at the
City Guard-House, or such other place as the Intendant shall
direct, there to keep a regular guard every night throughout
the year, from one hour after fun set until fun rife the next
morning. And in case of fire, or any other alarm in the
night time, the Lieutenant ard the whole of the Guard shall
immediately repair to che Main-Guard, properly armed and
accoutered, and there continue in readiness to execute any or
ders they may receive from the Intendant, or until they are
discharged by him ; and the said guard, whilst upon duty,
shall be careful and vigilant in keeping peace and good order
within the said city, and shall use their best endeavours to pre
vent fires, murders, robberies, and other outrages or disorders
within the fame ; and to that end, they shall, at all times,
When called upon, be aiding and allifting to the Magistrates of
the city, and to the Watchmen hereafter to be appointed, and
shall apprehend and take into their custody all fufpe&ed or dis
orderly persons who may be found wandering apd milbehaving
themselves, or in any manner disturbing the public peace, by
noise, tumult, or riot, during the night, and shall confine the
person or perlons so apprehended in the Guard-House till the
next morning, and then deliver him or them to any of the
'ky Confjables, with the accusation, to be carried before one
of the Wardens of the said City, or any justice of the Peace,
to be examined, and if not charged with any breach of the
peace, or aft of felony, the said Warden or justice of 'the
Peace, shall difeharge him or them, on payment of such fora
as he shall in his discretion think adequate to the offence, so
-as the fame do not exceed twenty Killings.
And beit further ordained by the authority afore
faid, That a fufficient number of watchmen, not exceeding
two to each ward, shall be employed, and ihall go upon watch
'every night at luch places and in such manner as the wardens
shall severally appoint in their refpeftivc wards, and at the
hours hereafter mentioned, (that is to fay) from the twentieth
of March to the twentieth of September from ten o'clock in
the evening till day-light the next morning, and from the
twentieth day of September to the twentieth of March from
nine o'clock in the evening till day-light the next morning;
and the said watchmen ihall each of them be provided with a
ftaft, a lanthorn and a hand bell ; and they arc hereby empow
ered and required during the time of their keeping the watch,
to apprehend all vagabonds or disorderly persons who shall be
found disturbing the public peace, or whom they shall have
just cause to fufpe& of any evil design, and to carry the person
or persons so apprehended to the Guard-house, there to be con
fined till morning, and then dealt with as is before direaed.
And the said Watchmen shall go round and visit the different
parts of their refpedive wards at least once in every hour, and
in case of any fire breaking out, or on any other emergency,
ihall ring their bells and alarm each other, and the inhabitants
in their refpedive rounds, upon which they shall immediately
repair to the assistance of each other if necessary, bat in cases of
fire they wall return to their refpe&ive stands, the better to
difeover any other fire that may happen, as well as to prevent
any robberies, outrages, or disorders, and to apprehend an,
futpeded persons, who in such times of confufion may be felo
nioufly carrying off the goods and effects of others.
And be it further ordained by the authority afore
said, That in 'cafe any negroes or Haves found out of their
anafiers or miftreffes>houfes after the watch is set, without a
lanthorn and lighted candle therein, or without an open ticket
'er some white perfon'with them on a lawful errand, such negroes
'or ftaves may and shall be apprehended by any of the Guard or
Watchmen aforefaid, or by any other person or persons what
soever, and carried to the Guard-house, where they shall be
'confined till the next morning, and then be delivered to any of
the City Constables to be carried before one of the Wardens or
Magistrates of tkefaid city, who may, and he is hereby autho
rifed to Sentence such negro or slave to receive in the'haufe of
'correction or at rhe-public whipping post, any number of lafheg
not exceeding thirty-nine, and to be confined until the'ufdal
(feesare paid, unless the master or owner of such slave shall pa,
fourteen Killings to excuse the fame, which sum shall be paid
into the City Treasury for tl>e We of the 'Corporation.
And in case any negro or slave ihall be obstinate or refufeto
'Hand when ordered by any of the Watchmen or Guard in the
nighttime, it fliall and may be lawful for the said watchman
or ghard to use evety means to take and future such negrd or
slave, and if the laid negro Or flare ihould fly for it and betake
'himielf to ahy-houle for refuge, the owner or pofleflor of the
said house refuting to surrender the said negro or slave, fhal|
on conviction thereof in the Court of Wardens be liable to be
fined at the discretion of the fald Court in any sum not ex
ceeding five pounds. And if such negro or slave shall make
his escape, and he well and Sufficiently known, the matter or
owner of said negro or slave when taken fliall on requisition by
any one of the Wardens of the said city cause the said negro
to be brought before such Warden, or the Court of Waidens r
to be punithed according to the nature of the offence, at the
discretion of the said Court, or Warden as the case may be.
And any master or owner negle&ing or refufing to produce such
negro or slave when required so to do, Shall for every such ne
glerf or refufal forfeit the sum of five pounds, to be recovered,
in the Court of Wardens.
And be it further ordained by the authority afore
faid, That in case any person or persons shall assault, strike,
or in any other manner oppole any of the Guard or Watchmen
in the execution of their duty, every such person or persons
shall each forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding fifty pounds, to
he recovered in the Wardens Court.; and in case of non-pay
ment, be or they Shall be committed to the common goal,
there to remain in close confinement for any time not exceed
ing ninety days, unless such fine and the legal fees due on such
imprisonment Shall be Sooner paid and difeharged; and such
offender or offenders Shall also be bound over to the General
Sessions, and profeedted according to law.
And be it further ordained by the authority afore
faid, That if @ny of the City Guard enrolled as aforefaid, Shall
at any time be negligent or refufe to perform any of tne duties
required by this ordinance, or to obey the lawful orders of his
commanding officer, such commanding officer or any one of the
Wardens, may Summon such person to appear before the Court
of Wardens; and the said Court is hereby authorifed on con
viaion, to impofc a fine on such person, not exceeding ten
pounds, or to commit him to the common goal for any space
not exceeding thirty days.
And be it further ordained by the authority afore
faid, That the lieutenant of the City Guard eftabliihed as
aforefaid, shall be allowed five Shillings and fix-pence per day,
from the day of his appointment; and each Serjeant shall re
ceive two Shillings and fix-pence; each corporal two {hillings'
and three-pence; each of the privates and the drummer, two
Shillings, for every night when on actual duty; and each or
said Watchmen to be employed as aforefaid, shall be allowed
two Shillings and four-pence for every night he shall be so
employed and on actual Service; the firft payment to be made
at the end of three months, and all payments thereafter
monthly..
Ratified in City-Council this fourteenth day of
October, 1783.
Richard Hutfon, Intendant.
NICHOLAS COBIA has in hi# possession, a negr
bov, about ten years old, which he purchased
from James Jones on Edifto river. The bey on pri
vate examination has declared he belongs to yihu
Hashes, of Georgia, and was stolen from him some
time ago by one Reins. The legal owner is defied to
prove his property, before me.
THOMAS HALL, , P