The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-12-23 00:00:00, page 2

From the NEDF^LANDSCHE COURANT,
a paper printed in Holland, of Sept. 20, 1784.
WE have the pleasure th lay before our readers .
the original date papers, relative to the dispute be
t Ween the Emperor and the States General.
Letters from the Minifler Plenipotentiary at
Bfuflels.
" Honorable Sir,
" The translating of the resolution of their High
Mightinesses of the 13th infant, having detained u's
feme days, we have not been able till the day before
yefterdy to pay obedience to it. We have in con
sequence thereof requeued a conference with the
Prime Minifler, and we had the honor of delivering
to him their High Mightinesses answer to the pre
tensions of his. Imperial Majesty, and likewise their
counterpretenficns. We have joined to these a me
morial which we have endeavoured to draw up agree
able to the intentions of their High Mightinesses.
We have the honor to inclofe the whole, for the
infpedion of the States. The Minifler answered us
in a very polite manner, that he would lose no time,
Jn informing of it their Royal Highntffes and his
Imperial Mailer.
We have the honor to be, &c.
H. HOP,
W. A. LESTEVENON,
P. VAN. LEYDEN,
RE, VAN DE PERRE,
Brussels, July 29, 1784.
(Inclofed in the foregoing )
" The memorial which was delivered on the 29th
of May last to the Minister of his Imperial Maj< iffy
through the Plenipotentiaries of their High Mighti
nesses, has increased their ea^neft with to fee a 1 the
differences between them and his Imperial Majesty
terminated by solid arrangements, founded on the
basis r of their antient friendship and mutual intereffs.
In order to fettle these from the beginning, the
Plenipotentiaries of their High Mightinesses ate pro
vided with the neceflaiy initiations to answer the
controverted articles of the fliort Rate of the preten
'lions of his Imperial Majeffy, and are ready to make
every concession which they'may think in any wife
confident with the just rights of the commonwealth.
Their High Mightinesses ate persuaded that the
discussions in which they are obliged to engage them
selves, will not leave the lead doubt about their in
tentions, which are and always will be to preserve
the friendship and affi&ion of his Imperial Majeffy.
They have reason to hope, that so just and equitable
a Monarch will be fatirfied with the proofs that will
be laid before him of the justice of their rights, anti
give up his preventions, Which though exiting, were
never Sufficiently examined or invefligatea ; or at
lead that his Majesty will lend a candid ear to con
ciliatory proportions, and thereby give a further
proof of those favorable fentime"nts which the com
monwealth is persuaded fiom his repeated and posi
tive assurances, be ente'rtains. Nothing can be more
pleating to the Plenipotentiaries, than to find in the
orders which they have lately received, a Similar
Spirit of union and good intelligence, so perfectly
Agreeing with their own inclination. 1 hey have too
much reason to be flattered and Satisfied with the
dispositions which his Excellency the Minifler ofhis
Imperial Majefly has test fied on every occasion, not
to be persuaded that he has no different object in
view from their own, and they hope the answer
which they have the honor to deliver to his Excel
lency, and the conferences that will take place in
cenfequence, will Speedily havethe desired effe& and
such as will be mod agreeable to the intentions of
their Maders, and their own wishes.
They follow in their answer the order which is
followed in the date of his Majesty's pretentions and
answer to every article in particular. They conclude
with dating the counterpretenfions f the United
Provinces of the Netherlands.
Done at Brufieis, July 27, i;8.,.
H. HOP,
W. A. LESTEVENON,
P. VAN LEYDEN,
P. E. VAN DE PERE."
ANSWER so the fliort date of the pretensions of
his Majesty the Emperor-King, delivered by bis
Majesty's Minifler Plenipotentary to the Minister of
the States General, in a conference had May 4th,
1784.
id. It is pretended th^t the limits of Flanders,
agreeable to the repeated declarations made by her
late Majesty the Empress Queen, and his Majesty
the King, of glorious memory, mud remain fixed
according to the boundaries fettled by the treaty of
1664, and they must for alo g time have remained
doubtful, his Majesty expels that their High Migh.
tinedes will appoint Commissaries to meet those that
will be appointed by his Imperial Majesty, and fet
tle those limits wih them on the only footing which
his Majesty will admit or acknow ledge.
Answer. Their High Mighrineffes are perfe&ly well
acquainted with the declarations mentioned in this
firft article, and have always considered and Hill
do confider it as an indisputable principle, that
similar ads, made by one of the contracting par
ties, cannot, without the content of the other,
be fufficient to annihilate a solemn treaty which
they' have never renounced or Swerved from.
Such is the barrier treaty, concluded in the year
1715, and the following agreement, refpe&ing
tire Emits in 1718, which :^ir High Might^ef
American Intelligence.
. NEW-YORK, ^c.3.
Exbrafl of a letter from an Officer on board, the St. Ju
an, Neapolitan flip of war, dated Carthagena,
, Aug. 29.
IT has been the fafhion in the combined fleet
against Algiers to speak difrefpe&fully of our
fleet and that of Malta, No people could aft bet- ,
ter than we both did the firft day ; in due boat,
containing 34 men and two Officers, We had both!
Officers killed, and 30 of the men'; this was our
only boat employed, and surely a circumstance fuf
ficiently difcour^gfhg to make further attempts very
difagreehblL
There were a number of Gentlemen who were
called the Gallant Companions, from their chufing
every dayto fight five battles, firft with the mortar
boats, when they retired, they went up with the ;
howitzer boats to action, then they fought with the
gun boat's of the right wing, after which the gun
boats of the left wing, and then leaped on board .
the galliot, commanded bya madman, who with ,
3 eight pounders, undertone to secure the retreat .
of these boats, oppofmg himfelf not only to a Tur-,
kifh galliot, and 73 boats, but also to the fire of the
town, where the guns mounted were known to a
mount to 680 pieces of heavy artillery, whicli were
served with admirable dexterity.
After our unfortunate repulse, the firft division
of Don BarceWs Squadron put into Port Mahon,
the second into Malaga, arid the Admiral's division
went into Carthagena. The Admiral by some ac
cident fell into the fca,and had not prompt fuccour
been afforded him, would have perished. The 1
Spaniards exhausted all their efforts, together with
their ammunition, without coinpleating the intend- -
ed object."
CHARLESTON,
bECEMBERz^, 1784.
Extraß of a letter from Paris, ton Gentleman in Nero-
York, received by the last French Packet.
WE hear that the noble, the generous, the
philanthropic feheme of the god-like Doctor
Fothergill, is riot buried with him, but is likely to
be revived and put into execution; Several worthy
and illustrious persons in Europe, are forming an
association in order to eftabliSh a flock fufficient to
carry this admirable feheme into execution. With
a fubferiptiori of 300,0001. they imagine they will
be able to ferid proper Missionaries to the different
parts of Africa, not to teach the Christian system to'
the natives, but to inftru'6l them in the art of culti
vating the sugar cane, which improvement would,
at one and the fame time, enrich those countries,
and convince the miserable rulers, that it is more
advantageous and profitable for them to employ
their fubje&s in this ufeful husbandry, than to fell
them to the whites, and enable the poor in Europe
to eat Sago.
The heart of every good man will glow (I am
sure) at this intelligence, and Form the most fervent
wishes for the accomplishment of this sublime, this
consolatory enterprize. It was M. Vic. d'Azier,
Secretary to the Royal Society of Medecine at Pa
lis, who lafbyear pronounced to a crowded and li
fts have ev4 considered, even after the afore
mentioned declarations, as binding upon both
parities.
The Commissaries on both files are at this
moment poffefied of a map of the limits fettled
by that late agreement, which are very differ
ent from those established in 1664, they have
confirmed its authenticity by their respective sig
natures. This m 4 p is bill exiting, and the Go
vernment General of the Anftrian Netherlands
have more than once demanded and obtained a
copy of the fame, whenever their own, which
is generally kept at Brussels, was mislaid.
The description of the limits authorized by
this map, has always in every similar difference
that has arisen since [the year 1718, beet ad
mitted as a rule whereby to accommodate them,
and it was not till the year 1776, that the
Government-General declared, that they did not
think themfclves bound by the aforementioned
agreement, and that they confidcred it as being
of no force or validity.
It is Certain that the 'agreement has not been ,
Tully attended to, but it is ho less true that the
not fulfilling some particular articles of at reaty,
is no more than the renunciation of one of the
parties, a fufficient reason to annul it. Their
High Mightinesses have never swerved fiom or
renounced the treaty or agreement of 1718, nor
have they called in quefuon the limits fixed Or
fettled by it.
7hey think themselves therefore intitled to
consider themselves as bound by the aforefaid trea
ty of 1718 only, and in no wife "obliged to re
gulate themselves by the former agreement of
1664.
The fphit of union by which their High Migh
tinesses are animated, induces them however to
consent to and co-or erate in fettling anew the
limits of Flanders, but their intention is, that
such consent fhali not be interpreted as a renunci
ation on their part to the aforementioned treaty
of 17I).
lußiiOUs audience, the funeral eufogium of that
wonderful man Dr. Thomas Fothergill, who was,
at one and the fame time, an ornament to the Bri
tifu nation, to the human race, and to the faiety of
Jrny.il, ts whickhe was a member, as well as a most
eminent physician ; every body knows his epitaph
to the man, who during his life gave three thuu
ianc! guineas to the poor.
\Vc underfland from you with great plcafurc,
that the system of the Marquis de Beccaria, is likely
to be adopted by icveral of your legislative affem
blies:—to your consideration, to the exalted honor
of so many excellent heads may human nature owe
the adoption of so ufeful a branch of Icgiflation;
may your bright example cross the atlantic to illu
mihatc some kingdoms in Europe, and serve to ex
pel the remaining shades of our Gothic darkness.
We are very glad the States of Massachusetts and
New-York are likely to be the firft to adopt it, and
change the punishment of death for public works;
I hope that in less than two or three years, your
criminal laws will be coireded and amended by
able Ecuariji§; if I was witl iyou I Ihould moll
certainly enrol myfclf in that fe&, and glory in the
appellation."
The schooner Hope, Captain John Chriftrie,
belonging to Alexandria, in Virginia, sprung a
leak at lea, which overpowered the utmost exerti
ons of the Captain and crcw,.whofc lives were pro
videntially saved by Captain Reuben Clarke, in a
whaling fidop from Boston, where they arrived the'
qth ulti
We hear from Beaufort, that a French sloop
with mollifies and ftigar from Leogari, bound to
that place, was drove ashore in a gale of wind, 12
miles from Old-lopfail Inlet, some time ago. One
of the crew perished, and the Vcffel and cargo en
tirely loft.
/ It is with pleasure we inform the public, that on
Thursday the 11th ult. Joseph 1 iVentyman, who
was concerned with Beniamin loh'fflofed Morris
Keaton in the piracy" a nif horrid murders late com
mitted on board the fchponer I ricridfliip, was likc
wife taken up in Kingston, Jamaica, and fafcly
lodged in the gaol of that place.
MARINE LIS T.
ENTERED I NIT A R D S.
Dec. 26. Seh. Georgia Packet, Pinder, Savannah
Sloop Adventure, Ashton, ditto
Brig Wilmington, W. Alexander,
X : -Wilmington
Sch. Ranger, A. Willis, ditto
Brig Neptune, Thomson, Jamaica
Brig Betsey, Trott, . ditto
Sch. Friendship, Jones, Bermuda
21. Brig Friendship, Perry, Amfterdanl.
Sloop Love and Ma'ry,_Bafden, Bermuda
ENTERED OUTWARDS'
20. Sch. Iwo Sifters, Peace, Martinique
CLEARED OUTJEARDS.
Brig Pomona, Gilbert, Barbadoes
Snow Assumption, Jean Baptist Olivera,
Lisbon
21. Sloop Wafhingtori, Newton, Georgia
THIS !) A Y, —
At our Audion-Room,
WILL BE SOLD,
At 10 o'clock,
A great variety of Dry Goods, just
arrived.
Among which are;
IRISH Sheeting and Iheeting linens, callicoes,
chintzes, oznaburgs, checks, handkerchiefs,
corduroys, Ladies Shoes, &c. &t. &c.
Cudworth & Waller.
EXCELLENT Raisins and Currants, Jordan
and Shell Almonds, Cheshire and Glouccfter
Cheese, Superfine Hyfon Tea, Loaf Sugar in faall
Loaves, a Jew Burlington Hams, and very old Ja
maica Spirits, )uft arrived, and to be fold cheap for
caJh, at No. 113, Broad-Jtreet, near the exchange.
For WILMINGTON,
(North-Carolina)
The Snow HOP E,
JOHN BROWNE, Master,
TO fail on Sunday, the 26th infant. For freight
or passage apply on board, at Eveteigk's wharf,
or to
WINTHROP, TOD, & WINTHROP,
No. 46, Bay.
FOR SAL E,
WHITE, blue, and green plains, and London
duffils; just imported in the Hunter )Jay,
from London, and to be fold on the moll moderate
terms, by the bale or piece.'
DANIEL BORDEAUX.
No. 48, Bay.
Who has Ukraife Jor S A L E,
GIN in cases, a few quarter cheffs Songlo Tea,
and the materials perfectly compleat, to rig, fit
out, and copper a vcffcl of I^o to -00 fo®s burthen.