The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-08-23 00:00:00, page 2

AJinguLir Instance of Gratitude in an Indian.
AN Indian, who had not met with his usual
success in hunting, wandered down to a
plantation among the back settlements of Virginia,
and lacing a planner at his door, alkyd fora morsel
of bread, foi he Vas very hungry. The planter
bid him be gen^ for he would give him none.—,
“ Will gou then give me a cup of your beer?"
said the Indian. —" No, you shall have none here,"
replied the planter.—" But I am very faint," said
the lavage, h will you give me only a draught of
mold water?"—Get you gon^, yob Indian dbg, yob
{hall have nothing here," laid the planter. It
happened some months alter, that the plainer went
cna ihooting party up into the woods, -where, in--
tent upon his game, he miffed his company, and
loft his'wqy; apd night coming on.' he wandered 1
through'the sorest, until he'efpied an Indian #
warn. He approached the lavage and
asked him to ihew him t^e way to a plantation on
that fide of the country. “ It is too late for you
to go there this evening, hr," laid the Indian,
" but if you will accept of my homely fare, you
are welcome." He then offered him some venison,
and such other refre fhments ds his Lore afforded,
ahd having laid some bear ficins for his bed, he
desired thkthe would YepOfe himftlf for the night,
.and he would awake him early in 'the morning,
-and coriduß him on his way. Accordingly, in the
momingyhey set off, and the Indian led 'hith out
of the sored, and put him in the road he Was to
go; but just as they were taking leave, be stepped
before the planter, and turning round, feared full
in his face, and bid him fay whether he recolle&ed
his features. The planner was now ftruct with
Thame and horror, when he "beheld in hrs kind
piote&er, the Indian whom lie had so harlhly
treated. He confeffed that he knew him, and was
full of excuses for his brutal behaviour, to which
4hc Indian only replied,—" When you lee poor
.Indians fainting for a cup of cold water, do not
fay again, get you gone, you Indian dog!" The
Indian then wrihed him well on his journey, and
pest him. It is not difficult to fay, which of these
^wo had the belt claim to the name of a Christian.
Foreign Intelligence.
LI S BO N, March 9 .
A Ship arrived here left week from Rio Janeiro,
1 ^ hath brought to a merchant in this city, a
letter written on board a French merchant *fhip
from Bourdeaux, which was oft the Gold coast,
near the kingdom of Juda. This letter advises,
that a conquerable revolt had hrifen among the
negroes; that all commerce was fufyended on the
coak; that upwards of 40 fei^s.there, among which
we e fcvepl Dutch, French,. Imperial, and cfpe
riaily Portuguese, had altogether experienced the
fame fate, and must doubtless return with much
loss, having, been able to get but very few ne
grocs on board, and having moreover been obliged
to throw the tobacco into the sea, for fear of a
contagion.•
March 20. The dorms we had on our coast,
about the end of January and the beginning of
February, have b'een felt with equal violence in
the island of Madeira: the sea threatened to over
flow the city. Some houses in the village of St.
Jani were blown down, and it is computed that
thirty persons .perished under the ruins.
V E N I C E, April 16.
An express fromSpalatro hasbrought an account,
That the plague had broken out there, arid had be
gun its ravages by the death of 30 persons.
P A R I S, April 17.
We are allured, that the Count de Vergennes,
has had a conference with the Ambassador from
the court of Portugal, relative tothe eßablifhment
on the coast of Africa, and that the whole matter
was entirely fettled to their mutual fatisfaction.
April 19. The city of Dunkirk having ever
been an object of the highest importance to France
to preserve it in its present date, letters patent were
registered on the 19th ult. confirming all the for
mer privileges granted to the city, port and har
bour, and inhabitants, both natives and foreigners.
April 26. A plan of arrangement has been
formed, for the distribution of the flips belonGn^
to the Royal Navy. It is said, that the firft depart
ment is to be kept at Brest, where there are always
to be 30 Chips of the line, 20 frigates, and 16 cor
vettes. The second department's to be at Toulon
where 25 fllips are to be Rationed. The third at
Rochfort, with ic firft rate men of war. The
fourth at Martinique, with 2b4hips. The fifth at
St. Domingo, with 10. The sixth at the isle of
France, with 10. Total 110 ships. Thus distri
buted, the Royal Navy will be very expensive;
burthen that will be amply compensated for, by
the rapidity of its operations in case of a war.'
H A G U E, April 21.
Wednesday the ? + h in Rant, the States General
came to a number of rcfcltitions, tending to remove
every difficulty in the way of a perfeß accommo
dation of differences with the court of Vienna,
and expressive of. the highest refyeßy and mod
profound esteem towards his Imperial Majesty.
April 28. The Austrian government defines Mr.
"°/ t 0 assure the -States General, that nothing will
be attempted against their acknowledged territory,
but that as his Majesty's estates extend to the glacis
of Lillo, the Commandant is deiired to take care
that nothing happens between the soldiers and the
ABftrian pa fr rols. 'ln the mean time we have
received advice, that in the night of the. 2^d, a
detachment of 30 Austrians took possession of Old
Lillo, a small fort, about a quartet of a mile from
Lillo. Ibis little poll had been in a'manner neg
lected since the peace of ,Aix-la-Chapelle, and ser
ved for a kitchen garden for the Commandant of
' Thilo. It is remarkable, that in the map of Aus
trian Flanders, 'taken in 1778, by order of the
Court of Vienna, by the Comte Ferraris; the said
fort of Old Lillo, is marked as not belonging to
the Austrian teriAoiy,
> L, O ? D O N, May,,.
Minutes of a meeting of the, committee of ifft -India
Planters and Merchants, 111. 'ey.
Lord Penryhr reported that Lord Sydney had
this morning informed him, that his Mwefty's
ministers were aware'of great jealouhcs being en
tertained, concerting the allowance of American
ships to be carriers of the produce of the sugar
colorue's; but that being very desirous to give im
mediate relief to the sugar colonies, they had the
following proportions under their consideration,
on which they wiihed to have the sentiments ofthis
meeting, viz.
i* Id permit the navigation between the Ame
rican Rates and the frigar colonics, in American
veiled, not exceeding 80 tons burthen.
2. To limit the produce they Ihould take back,
by the value of that 'which they brought.
3. To limit the ports in the Cigar colonies to one
port in each of the Leeward inlands, and threein
Jamaica.
The committee having taken into their,moft feri
dhs cohhdefation the proportions above Rated, are
unanimously of the opinion, already by the plan
ters and friefthan't's repeatedly {admitted to his
Majeßy's ministers, that nothing but the unlimited
permillibn'of navigation by American ships, be
tween the American dominions and the fngar colo
nies, can permanently support the true interest of
this country in that refpe&; and that, under proper
regulations of such intercourse, the jealousy "enter
tained thereof, would be wholly grorindlefs. But
they will,, at the fame time, thankfully receive
such degree of relief to their present urgent uecef
fities, as Iris Majesty's ministers think themselves
authprifed, at the pre ferft moment, in prudence,
to give, and thereupon they fub'mit
1. Whether the tonnage may not be extended
to ico tons, provided theybe vbffels having only
one deck.
2. The committee are not aware of ary reason,
why British plantation produce should not be con
firmed in America, preferably to French: the
limitation of tonnage certainly obviates all jealousy
about their bringing any such produce to Europe,
such veflels being wholly unfit for that navigation;
and the American demand, is the only demand for
a greatpart of the rum, without the sale of which,
the British fngar colonies cannot subsist.
3°. Whether there can be any objection to
admitting this navigation to any port in the sugar
colonies, where a custom-house is established.
4. Fhe freight of lumber from one port to
another, in the laid island, especially to ports lying
to windward of the port of importation, would,
in many infiances, be at lead equal to the freight
from America, and would greatly enhance the
price of so bulky a commodity to the consumer;
and the committee are not aware of any benefit
thkt would result from the limitation proposed.
Refolded, That Lord Penryhr. be requeued to
wait upon Lord Sydney accordingly, and solicit
that the relief which can at present be obtained,
may be given as speedy as poflible.
Extras of News from India, 3th of April, 1784.
B O M B A Y, Nov. 30.
" Whether Tippo Saib means to make peace or
riot, is not yet known. The Marattas have wrote
us, that Scindia has wrote Tippo, that if he does
not comply with the ninth article of the treaty, by
evacuating the Carnatic, and giving up all the
forts he is in possession of in the Carnatic, that the
Marattas will join the English, and not make
peace again with him. I think, if such a letter
reaches him, he will not think of continuing the
war.
'• We have a very large army down on the
coast, and Col. Fullerton was, the beginning of
this month, within one mile of Pallicotta-Cherry,
with 1730 Europeans, 14 battalions of Seapoys,
and 60 guns. General Maclcod commands on the
cord; and the large force which has been sent to
lidecherry, has been sent in case he does not
comply with the articles agreed upon, when the
ceffatron of hostilities took place, the firft of
August last, which was, to provide a buzzar to
supply our garrison in Mangalore, with all kinds
of grain, such as the countiy produced, amplv.
and at the usual prices ; and to permit such articles
as the country did not afford, to be brought by sea.
This article he has not complied with futlv, either
on Ihoreor from without, and but with very little
grain, which is every thing with our Seapoys, so
that our garrison may be obliged to f mender the
fort for want of provisions, if he will persist in
this conduc'd. General Macleod means to force a
landing of the forces lately sent, and relieve the
fort of Mangalore: this bufiriefs must have been
determined on, and decided four or five days cast;
but I hoy the has net perfi&J in with::o'h±ng th)
'"ppb' o ' provihom, and that we fhaii Inertly
hear he has made a peace.
" Ine committee at Madras have difehafged
General Amro the service, arid sent him home in.
aGnali Grethe fortitude, to Fatyand: she left
Madras the 16th of October; and Colonel Lan;
is appointed, by them, to be Lieutenant General
on th? road, and to the command of dm army."
D^c. to. By a letter from General Macleod,
dated the-28th ult. off Mangaiore, he informs us,
that lippo Saib has at lad permuted a supply of
provirions to be thrown brio Mangalore. Ihat the
formidable appeal ar.ee of fc many Grips and troops,
all prepared to land in boats, had brought lum to
so that many lives are saved, and I hope that he
will make peace fbordv. It is Did, Mr. Sadler is
arrived at Seringapatam, and a Mr. Spanton, pri-'
vate secretary to Lord Macartney, to treat with
Tippo; but what Wil! be the ripfhot I know not,
as it is wrote from rfidras, that 'the Governor-
Gcneial, ozc. nave x^nt tiem orders to continue
the ceb^ion df hoJEities, but no; to stir in any
tbm^ebe, so that I fpppofe Aey mean to depute
agents from Calcutta so treat with Tippo Saib.'
American Intelligence.
NEY-HAVN, Tune 17.'
A New-1 erk paper of lap Fridav, has the fell oaring
'article :
QUCH torids in this and other Rates, as mav be
k) preparing to remove to that l^d of Gfoen
Amboy, are desired to remember— all is not 'cold
that glitters. 'Fid's golden truth has been recently
experienced by two support ?r.sof the Nritfi
Lion, in the Jerries, on Monday last. Allur
ed by flattering invitations from the good reopld
of New-Brunfw ck, Brfcariiway, &A. Thomas
Crowell, and Elias, Barns, exhibited them well
known faces at Woodbridge, a village about five
nriles dißance from Amboy, where Barns had pur
chased a place: as soon at their arrival, was ar
ngrinced to the neighbourhood, a number of the
inhabitants (being general muster) formed a cem
mittde to represent the whole, arid after receiving
the necetfary orders, waited upon the welcome
Grangers, and informed them of the great joy en
tertained by the village at their arrival, they being
just such people as were wanted among them. Mes
sieurs the tories, behaved with becoming dignity ;
after a writable acknowledgement for so much ci
vility, they declared that at firft they were inclined
to have fettled at Port-Rofeway, a place, as they
were informed, of great plenty, but receiving
earnest invitations to fettle in Woodbridge, and
being acquainted that such persons as were heavy
laden would find in Amboy a place of ref, they
were inclined to become good citizens. Tlris tory
flourifh being ended, the Woodbrigians one and
all returned thanks for such unexpe&ed goodness ;
one, more forward than the rest, declared that for
his part lie was pleased to the heart at such a happy
meeting: he had been dcfperately afraid the tores
would have all gone to Scotia; but assured his new
friends, that he was Torry to inform them the
people of Woodbridge had unanimously agreed
that all returning tories foould be tarred and feathered
previous to being allowed to fettle. The gentlemen.
made a flout refinance—talking much about the
sixth fcHion of the definitive treaty—-of the re
commendation of Congress—the people of Fifcata
way, Amboy, New-Brunswick, &c. but all in
vain, they were Gripped in an instant, and as com
pletely tarred and feathered, as if the operation
had been performed in either of those great semi
naries, Connecticut or Boflon; after fitting sometime
in their new apparel, they were permitted to de
part, 'to think on what is pad, and scrub at
leifure.'
PHILADELPHIA, foe 23.
An Irish vessel now in our river is said to bring
an account of three engagements between the Bri
tish soldiery and the Irish volunteers. In the two
firft, the volunteers being overpowered, were o
bliged to give ground; but numbers collecting
from all quarters, the viaorious conquerors of Ame
rica, now in Hibernia, “ advanced backwards"'to
their strong holds, with as much activity as they
did nine years ago from the plains of Lexington.—,.
What audicity! to treat British omnipotence so
cavalierly.
B OS TO N, June 27.
By a gentleman from Canada we are assured,
that the Canadians behold our present growing
importance, in the scale of empires', with a long
ing eye. Oppressed with the weight of tyranny:
jurisprudence—connected to the inhabitants of the
United States by vicinity—and prompted by the
part she illudr : ous monarch of their mother coun
try and his fubje&s have taken, they most seriously
meditate a revolt from their present usurped makers,
and frem determined to add another star in the
American condehation. The extent of that fertile
province; the advantageousness of its filiation for
commerce, and its proximity to us, make this
revolution an event devoutly to bo wiflicd.
The public arc informed, that the Light-house
at the enterance of the harbour of Newport, so
completely repaired, and the lights burning there
as lot merly.