The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-11-08 00:00:00, page 2

P A R I S, August 6..
THE Sieur Partenay du PleHis, Commiffa,' of
the Clades of Treguier, in conference of
orders sent to him by the M>rfhal de Castries Mi
niLUr of the Marine, hath delivered to the Comte
de Roman, (on the part of the King) three brass
wbttar-pieces, as monuments of the valour of the
late Chevalier Rurnan, his brother, ,Captain of a
ship, who, from the year 1779 to 1780, took the
illands of St. Martin and St. Vincent, headed the
assault at Grenada, ctimmlnded the gallics and ar
tillery at the Hege of Savannah ; and who, on the
loffi of August 1780, was killed in the action bc
btW&m The NympEe “frigate of 32 guns, which he
commanded, and the English frigate the Flora, bf
44 o ins midA howitzers. Thele mortars have
been fixed on the pilasters of the principal gate of
the court-yard of the castle of Rumain.
± V N D O N, August 16.
About the end of June last a poor woman died
in the hospital at Aberdeen, and was buried in a
churchyard in the neighbourhood. A company of
voting iurgeons agreed with the grave-digger to set
some mark on the grave as a direction for them ;
but some perlon, in order to disappoint the grave
-digger's employers, moved the signal to another
grave, that of a woman who had been buried about
three or four months. The party came, and, di
reffed by the 'mark agreed upon, dug up the grave,
drew out the coffin, and carried it home. .But
upon opening it a vappur like flame 6f brimstone
came forth, and fuflocated them in an instant. Two
women 'alto going past the room fell down dead.
It is laid that eleven persons thusff^ffieZ
On Thursday the 15th inst. died, at Matlock, id
Derbyshire, Ann Clowes, widow, aged 103. She
measured 3 feet 9 inches in height, and weighed
about 481 b. The house she reCded in was as dimi
nutive (in proportion), as herfelf, containing only
one room, about eight feet square.
It is laid that no lefsthat 2000 families have emi
grated from the Thirteen United Provinces, and
taken refuge' in the new State of Vermont, the
people of which are now at open war with the
State di New-YorK: and notwithstanding every
effort of Congress; they find it impoflible to keep
tneir' fubjetts at home, l.ch is the grievous oppres
sion of their taxes, and the weakness of govern
ment. O poor John Bull! turned lying Ned in thy
old;age!—-,
We hear from Georgia news of an ev&nt, the
confcquences of which are dreaded. The Prince
Solomon sent a body of troops, under the orders of
his lon, to the frontiers, which were laid waste by
►the Ottoman troops. The party had a sharp engage
ment with the Turks, in which they proved victo
rious, but the Frince has loft his son. This event
may occasion the loss of Georgia.
August 17. The bombardment of the city of
Tunis by a squadron of Venetian and Maltese men
of war, is the next news of consequence which we
may expect to hear of from the Mediterranean.
'1 he Venetian squadron, which confided of 5 ships
of the line, besides galhes and half gabies, four
bombs, and seven store-ships, were to fail from
Corfu the 6th of lad month, under the command of
an Admiral, the Chevalier Emo, who was then to
proceed to the island of Malta, where the Knights
of St. John had prepared a reinforcement to join
him; from thence he was to proceed immediately
to Timis, and the operations were to commence di
rettly. Ihey were expected to be before Tunis
the 15th of July, so that what they have been able
to effect mult have been done before this time.
funis is not so large or well fortified as Algiers,
hot is its situation towards the sea so magnificent.
But the Tunisians have been reckoned the most ci
vilized and polished of all the Barbary states, hav
ing neither the savageness nor disposition of their
African neighbours. The manners of the people
of the capital are reported to be even more refined
than thole of many nations of Europe; their di
ftin&ions of rank are preserved with great deco
rum'; andhhey cultivate most of the arts of Euro
peans. The Tunisian women are reckoned the
fined in the world; but it is a misfortune their
charms are heightened by cosmetics peculiar to
their country, a difeovery of which has been often
-attempted but never yet made. Tunis has about
4000 houses, with a proportionate ritimber of inha
bitants of all cafts;'
By letters from Chichefter we learn, that on
Saturday evening last, as an Excise Officer and a
party of light horse were looking out after some
Smugglers, two Gentlemen of that city, Mr. Tup
per and Mr. Gillam, passed them on the opposite
fide; and the Excise Officer observing to the fol
'diers that Mr. Gillam was a noted smuggler, two
of them instantly fired and killed the unhappy man
upon the spot. Mr. Tupper, though excessively
fykcd at this extreme ass of cruelty and injustice,
phrfued the villains, and infixed upon searching
the muskets, and that the men who fired should
Surrender; which they did, and were concluded
to Chicheder. On Sunday the Coroner's Inquest
fat on the body, and brought in their verdift Wil
ful Murder, and the prisoners were the fame day
conduced to Horfham, there to take their trials at
the assizes.
ExtraEl of a letter from the Hague, August 6.
" Petitions having been presented to the States
of Holland and Well Frielland^ complaining of
Foreign Intelligence
the inability of the Members of the Regency to
repress seditious diftburfes and tumults, particular
ly that of the 10th of July, and praying that effi
cacious measures might ensue from such disorders,
the fame were referred to the proper Committees
for their conlideration, who having given in their
report, the States proceeded on the 28th ult. th
deliberate upon the affair, when the majority of
the Deputies were of opinion, that Commissioners
should be sent to enquire on the spot into the causes
of these tumults, and of the complaints and appre
lienfions that have prevailed in that city; but the
Equestrian Order having again demanded copies
of the papers in order for their further consider
ation, the final determination of the affair has been
put off to a future day."
By the last Dutch mail we learn, that an affray
lately happened in the city of Arnheim, from a
very trifling cause. Some of the Burghers not
liking the conftru&ion of a wall which was build
ing round ode of the Church-Yards in the Citv,
presented a Petition couched in very improper
terms, to the Magistrates, demanding an answer
on a future day; but before that could be regular
ly given, a mob assembled and demolished the
Wall, with the iron railing, &c. The riot conti
nued the whole day, the guards were doubled, and
the military ordered to patrol the streets the whole
night. While one of these patrols was palling
by the Burghers guard house, they were fired up
on from within, by which a Grenadier was killed,
and the Commanding Officer and fevGal soldiers
wounded. Their comrades vowed revenge, and
would have,cut the Burghers guard to pieces, had
it not beeri for the spirit aud activity of Colonel
Quaadt, who commanded in chief in the city.
Next day, August 3, the Magistrates assembled in
tire I owri-Houfe about fix o'clock in the morning,
when they were suddenly blockaded by a number
of Burghers under arms, who declared they would
fuffer none to go oupor come in; till all their de
mands were complied with. But Col. Quaadt ap
pearing at the head of a battalion, the Burghers
immediately decamped with the utmost speed:
they threw away their ftandafds, and many mud
ket's were broke in the flight/'
Extract of a letter from Dublin, August 5.
" Yesterday, about two o'clock, the Duke of
Rutland arrived at the Castle from the county of
Weftmeath, supposed to be in consequence of an
express dispatched for his Grace the day before,
relative to the military outrage on Monday night.
" We are informed that a Special messenger was
dispatched yesterday evening to his Majesty, witli
as impartial an account of the riot on Monday
night as could be obtained. The Lord Lieuten
ant declares that he will not screen the offenders.
, “ Three of the gentlemen concerned in the a
bove riot, we hear, have given bail.
" At a Meeting of the .Corps of Independent
Volunteers, the following Resolutions were agreed
to;
Resolved unanimously, That we behold with the
highest indignation and concern the unjuftifidble
conduct of certain officers in his Majesty's army,
on the night of Monday the 2d curl, who inde
cently and abusively attacked the wife and person
of a citizen of this metropolis; at the fame,time
committing the most flagrant violation of the laws,
by a&s of outrage and riot, difgraceful to the sol
dier and the gentleman, and subversive of the peace
and security of the public.
" Resolved unanimously, That from the com
plexion of the'times, we think it incumbent on us
to invoke all our fellow-citizens not yet disciplined
immediately to join us, and learn the use of arms;
as from the Volunteer strength, the people of this
kingdom have the surest protection for their civil
rights, relying at the fame time, on our brother
soldiers now associated, that they, will hold them
selves always in readiness, properly appointed, to
turn out on the shortest notice, for the security and
protection of every inhabitant of this city from
such outrage in futuie."
August 20. An evening paper fays, it was yester
day reported, but we hope without foundation,
that the Empress of Russia died lately at St. Petcif
burg, of the malignant fore throat. If this report
be true, her Imperial Majesty's death may occasion
very great revolutions in the State of Europe.
The Thirteen United Provinces are separated
from Great-Britain; but with regard to anv govern
ment of their own, they seem to be adrift in the
Atlantic Ocean! That Body called the Congress has
no solid footing upon earth; no ground to hand
upon, that it can call its. own ; nor any fubhantial,
coercive, or compulsive power over individuals or
bodies of men! Every infignificant province, start
ed up into a State, bids defiance to the Congress,
the Representatives of all the United States, and
puts the flat negative upon its a&s, resolves, and
recommendations! A hopeful system of free govern
ment this!—Enviable date of this new Power, just
dropped from the clouds!
DUBLI N, July 22.
Holland seems at present to be torn by factions
similar to our own; and wealthy as that nation
may boast itfelf, extensive in colonies, and superior
in a marine which burthens the waters of the
world, it isa question, whether a few years will
not fee the Seven United Provinces partitioned,
like Poland, amongst the mightier powers of Eu
rope. And this is what they have to look for, in
consequence pf their interne divihons, The h,r.^
cy of the times is growing universal. Even the
pnlegmatic Dutcli have become more mad. if
possible, than our own diflra&d nation. We may
truly fay with Job, that we dwell in “ a land of
darkness, as darkness itfelf, and of the shadow of
death, without any order, and where the light is'
as darkness."
American Intelligence.
BO,S T O N, Octobers
SATURDAY arrived the brig Two Brothers,
C attain Higginfon, in eight weeks from Got
tenbeig; by her we learn, tha. a rupture was like^
ly to take place between Sweden and Denmark ;
and that great preparations were making by those
powers, for carrying on a vigorous war.
WORCESTER, (Mfoufati) Sep. 30.
Died at Nefqueunia, in the State of New-York,
about three weeks since, the Woman who has been
at the head of the sett called Shaking Quakers,
and has assumed the title ofthe Ele& Ladfa What
is extraordinary, a brother of hers, who was one
of their prineira] elders; died the fame week, and
with the fame cutchder. They were taken with in
ward bleeding and died "ery'f ddenly.
" ! S . n °,' improbable that ffie manner of worship
praarfea by those extravagant entlrufiaftics, might
conduce to a rupture of the vcflels, and occasion
tliis mode or diflohttion ^ as many of their ceremo
nies requite such unnatural didortions, and con
tinued agitations of every limb and muffle, as mult
fheck the strongest constitution; and the texture
of the human body is too delicate to render it a fit
habitation for such violent and disorderly spirits.
We hope these indances of untimely death in these
who deemed themselves immortal, will induce
others who adopt this gymnastic religion, to com
paie the danger of ruining their constitutions witli
the benefit which may arise to their fouls from such
violent exercise.
PH I LADELPHIA, 08. 2.
Last Saturday an award was madejin an a&ion
brought by Herbert Jones arainft John Fenrife)
in favor of the plaintih of 35!. damagesLwithcoKs,
Ihis interesting acliomvas brodgffi by Mr. lones
against John Penrife, master of the ship Welcome,
belonging to ty hVtc&ven, for male-treating him and
his family on their passage from Liverpool to this
port.
It appeared by the evidence that this Captain's
conduct towards his passengers in general, and Mr.
Jones's family in particular, was such as will for
ever disgrace him as a man. For the rigor of his
authority was not only felt by the men, but the fe
male pait were likewise the objects of his baseness
and cruelty, as it was proved (amongst other things)
Mrs. Jones had nearly fallen a victim to his bru
tality.
Near twenty of the passengers appeared at the
trial, who, as witli one voice, came to bear tefli
mony of this man's inhumanity, tyranny and op
preflion.
As this suit was carried on from no other motive
than to make a public example of so notorious a de
linquent, the plaintiff has directed that the money
awarded him as damages should be appropriated to
charitable purposes.
CHARL ETT O N,
NOVEMBER 8, 1784.
Extract of a letter from Paris, August 3.
ASI ANISII courier arrived yesterday evening,
at the hotel of the Ambassador of that nation,
in (even days from Madrid, where the important
intelligence had arrived of the complete destruction
of the city of Algiers, which was set on fire in fix
or seven different places, on the 16th oflaft month,
and all the public buildings burnt to the ground.
Ihe Commander of she Maltese squadron has,
gained great honor by this a&ion, as he had the sole
dilpofal of the bomb and gun-boats, whose incessant
difeharge of artillery put the Moors in such a panic,
that the majority deserted the town as soon as the
flames broke out.
A prodigious number of people are slain; among
the above are said to be the Rechah, or Prime Mi
nister of the Dey, the Pacha of the fleet, and seve
ral other Officers. The Jews all went into the back,
countiy with their treasures, before the Spanifli
fleet arrived, expe&ing what the fate of the,place
would be against so large a force, where they re<
main in huts.
Don Barcelo, the Commander of the Spanish
squadron, remained still before the town in the
bay, to compleat the total deftru&ion of the city,
that, if possible, no vestige might remain to cause
any trouble in future to any of the European
powers."
On Thursday evening last Charles Lining, Esq.
Ordinary for Charleston Diftri&, was married to
Mrs. Mary Rose, eldest daughter of Edward Blake,
Esq.—And atNewport, Rhode-Ifland, Mr. Stephen
Mazyck, of this State, to Miss Nancy Eafton,
daughter of Mr. Walter Eafton, of that city.
Died, on Saturday last, of a short illness, Col.
William Massey, a gentleman universally beloved
and lamented.—And on Thursday evening, in the
bloom of life, after four days illness, much regret
ted by all who knew him^ Mr, John Kuccfhaw,
Merchant of this city.'