The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-10-18 00:00:00, page 2

Foreign Intelligence.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 2,
THE Grand Seignior has just issued an Imp&
rial Edift, by which the British merchants
are exempted for the future from the Maftaria du
ty on till goods imported from their country to Con
stantinople, and bn such unprohibited merchan
dizes as they export from Constantinople to their
own country, after paying the other customs pre
scribed by the Imperial Capitulations.
The plague prevails in Aany parts of this city,
particularly in the quarters of the arsenal and har
bour, though its progress is happily retarded by the
xoldnefs Bf the weather, and the northerly winds.
Ihe accounts from the islands are very alarming.
At Smyrna the infection has increased confi'derably,
and has again manifeked itfelf at Kerfon.
VENIC E, June 5.
The Plague rages in Dalmatia, particularly A
Spalatro, which city, consisting lately of four thou
sand inhabitants, is already nearly depopulated.
The suburbs however are yet free from the conta
gion, nor has it hitherto extended itfelf further in
the Neighbouring island bf Brazza.
R A A B, (Hungary) May 26.
On the 24th lad a large quantity of burning dud
fell near this town, pretty nearly resembling that
seen in the late ravages in Iceland. This inflamed
fulphureous shower, which is supposed to have
proceeded from some volcano, lasted only about
a minute; but in that short time burnt the hair off
all the cattle that were in the fields.
MA NH EI M, June 6.
A dorm happened in our environs on ihe 17th
lad, which was followed by so heavy a shower of
rain, that some villages were entirely overflowed
bv it. The waters were two feet higher than after
the thaw of the 27th of February; and at Erk and
Wefthofen some houses were overturned. The
fog; which presaged us so many evils lad year, has
appeared again at intervals, since the Bth of May.
Our letters from other places make mention of the
fame phenomenon.
PA R I S, June 14.
M. Le Comte de Ve+gennes, Pfefident of the
Council of Finance, Minister and S&cretaiy of
St^e for the Foreign Department, and Grand Trea
surer, has petitioned his Majesty to accept his re
signation of the latter pla^e, and the King has con
ferred it upon M. de Calonne, Minister of State,
and Comptroller General of Finances; he took the
baths of office on the 13th.
L ON D O N, July 2.
Extrafl of a letter from Vienna, June 8.
" A few days since, a singular occurrence occa
sioned the death of a young gentleman and lady of
this city, who had been lately married: Attending
divine service in the church of the Augukines, the
lady knelt near a monument ornamented, among
other fculpturcs, with the figure of death armed
with a dart, and there being a casual fra&ure in
the marble, a small piece of the dart broke off, and
lodged in the head of her cardinal, which, upon
her return, die mentioned to her husband as an ac
cidental and indifferent event: but he had no sooner
heard the account, than, struck with superstitious
terror, he exclaimed, '• alas! this is a presage of
the approaching death of my beloved wife." He
was tlre fame day attacked by a violent fever, Wliich
soon terminated his exikence; and in less than a
week after, his wife experienced a similar fate, in
consequence of excessive grief for the loss she had
fuftdined. Urey were buried in one grave, and
their fortune, which is considerable, devolves to
very distant relations.
Ilie Ladies of America, at the beginning of the
rebellion, contributed, by some female fumptuary
edicts, to do an essential service to their country;
and can the ladies of England obje& to give their
country a similar support, though in a different way,
by promoting the tax on ribbands? Surely not—
on the contrary, they will ftiame the men into a
cheerful compliance with every other tax, while
they prove by their attention to this, that their pa-
Tiotifm can only be exceeded by their beauty.
, Ihe lyuem of tarring and feathering has taken
place in Ireland; but the misfortune of it is. that
they do not know their friends from their foes!
Mr. Pitts India Bill is so essentially different
from Mr. Fox's, that it will pa ss ^Houfes of
larliament without alarming the kingdom. It will
not vek the property in the hands of seven men,
liable to the controul of a man of no property at
all; and it will not operate in such a manner as to
let a fide all the chartered rights in the kingdom !
Extract of a letter from Paris, May 20.
1 Abbe de Beauchamp, Vicar-General of
Babylon, has communicated to the Academy of
sciences some new akronomical observations, made
on the eastern coak of the Tigris, in Asia. This
philbfophcr departed in October 1 783, in order to
make observations at Baffaro, after which his de
sign was to traverse the northern ffiores of the Ca
spian sea, with a view of afeertaining the course
Under the patronage, and at the expence
Government, th© Abbe is engaged in an cntcr
prise, the issue of which will probably contribute
to the advancement of Science, and the extension
of commerce."
Mr. Pitt's calculations, and ingenuity in replying
t'^e several members, who objected to the mode
of fettling the unfunded debt, were truly aftonifh
™^°. Ills remarks were made with such minutiae of
judgment, as could not be exceeded by the oldek
arithmetician in the country, and tended to con
fute, in the plainek and strongest terms, those vi
sionary systems which were opposed against the
measures he had adopted.
It is an excellent observation of Dr. Goldsmith,
" that the nakcdnefs of the indigent might be
eloathed with the trimmings ofthe vain:" there is
much truth in the remark, and much propriety in
the Miniker's making articles of vanity, such as
ribbons arid gauzes, the particular objh&s of taxa
tion.
I he manly candour and liberality of the Premier
were; on Wednesday, extolled by Mr. Fox; bilt,
alas! neither truth nor falsehood, neither com.pli
meiits nor brow-beat -will cffe& another coalition!
Ilie political dams^tion of the coalition lias pro
bably proved the political salvation of the country.
Thus Lord North, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Burke may
have been the faoiours of their country, without
ever intending it!
The geese of Wekminftcr talk of raising a sub
scription to pyrchafe a diclatofhf for Mr. Fox;
but whetlier of a Scotch island, or a gaming club, we
have not been able to learn!
Ilie cry in St. Stephen s againk the new taxes
was not so loud as was expetted; many bf the prin
cipal speakers, by the power of iheir eloquence, hav
ing rendered the taxes ncteffary, could fay but lit
tle on the fubje&, without personally abusing them
fclves !
Notliing could equal the eloquence of Mr. Pitt's
exordium to his new taxes. Without the tinsel rhe
toric of Mr. Burke, or the frothy declamation of Mr.
Fox, his speech “ came home to men's business and
bosoms;" and the house, for once, foundtruth and
eloquence united in a Chancellor of the Exchequer!
Mr. Pitt is no temporifag Minister. Knowing
the true situation of his country, he endeavours to
extricate it fiom fuiiounding difficulties. He
probes to the root; imposes taxes that must prove
productive; and instead of talking himfelf into po
pularity, and enrichinghis dependents, he is kem
ming the torrent of corruption, and actually bene
fiting the country at large.
The powers of Mr. Pitt's Genius, and the effects
of Iris integrity, are as mucli dreaded in France as
they are revered in England. Dikreffed as his
country has been, it is, like the palm-tree that has
been beaten to its root, riling again as fair as ever!
Ihe Phoenix of Britain, springing from the funeral
pile of his ancestor, displays its golden plumage to
save the island!
The cabals of the opposition on Wednesday's de
bate did Mr. Pitt infinite credit, as they clearly
shewed they were distressed for arguments, though
previously determined on obje&ion.
E X ET E R, July !.
Monday last, as a labourer ofthe parish of Mam
licad, neat tins city, was returning liome from
work, he perceived a rabbit hole newly closed up
uith stones, and wondering at the cause opened it,
when he found therein a new-born murdered in
f^nt. On infpe&ion it appeared, by a stab in the
child's neck, that the horrid deed was executed
with a imall knife or a pair of feiffars. Suspicion
alighting on a woman of the said parish, who had
been difm fled from service for being pregnant, flie
was immediately apprehended, and underwent the
drift examination of a neighbouring surgeon, who
deposed, at the Coroner's inquest, that she had de
livered about forty-eight hours previous to the dis
covery. On wliich, and from many other suspi
cious circumftanccs, she was yesterday committed
to the High Gaol for trial at the next assize.
Monday morning the seventy-seven convids,
which were confined in the High Gaol and Bride
well, and the two in Southgate prison, were lent
away for Plymouth in waggons, guarded by part of
the 70th regiment. They arrived at Plymouth
Tuesday morning, and were immediately put on
board the Dunkirk, an old sixty gun ship, which
was fitted up for their reception, and where they
aie to remain till tranlports can be provided to con
vey them to America. Two of them made their
elcape in the night, and have not since been heard
of.
American Intelligence.
RICHMOND, (Virgima) Sept. 18.
BY a Gentleman immediately from the Ken
tucky, we are informed, that the depredations
of the Indians are not yet at an end in thatcountry;
that 011 the 12th ult. as Walker Daniel, Esquire,
the State Attorney in that Diftri&, Mr. Keightly,
of Philadelphia, and a Mr. Johnion, were going
from the Falls of Ohio to the Salt-works, about fix
miles from the works they were attacked by a party
of about seven Indians, when Daniel and Keightly
were shot dead on the spot, and Johnston wound
ed across his break with a ball, though fortunately
he effected his elcape. The dead bodies were found
scalped, and Tabbed in a very barbarous manner,
but the Indians did not plunder them of their money
or clothes =
CHARLESTON,
OCTOBER 18, 1784.
T AS™ Friday was brought round from Sewee
JL.& Bay, the ri acht Diligence, after having been
run into Bull s Inlet by two Frenchmen, and four
negroes that were on board, belonging to the
owner, a gentleman inhabitant of the liland of
Surinam.
All the information we are able at present to
give, is from the following negroes, viz. a negro
man named jack, a boy by the name of Tom and
a wench called Sklly, who fay, that their maker
(Capt. Francis Schlegel) was owner of the said
Yacht, and proceeded from Surinam to Denrara
—that their mailer had fold some of his pro
perty in that Island, and received the money—that
in his voyage to Surinam, he went on snore on a
desolate Island, where he found two Frenchmelf
in dikrefs, and upon the principle of humanity
took them on board— that before they reached
Surinam, the two Irenchmen took an opportunity
to murder their maker, and they in attempting to
save 111 m, weie kabbed and cut in a mok cruel
manner—that after they had killed their maker,
and taken liis,money, which they divided, they
proceeded for this port, run into Bull's and came
to an anchor—that one of the Frenchman went on
fhoie at Sewee, and tlie other took tlie boat, and
with one of the negroes came to this City.
$ Informatibn of the above horrid murder being
g' vc , ! o the Judge of the Admiralty, a warrant
was iliued by him to apprehend the perpetrators ;
and it is supposed that the Frenchman who camd
to town was apprized of his danger, and made his
elcape on board a Spanish brig that failed immedi
ately after he embarked.
Lak Ihurfday evening Was married, Mr. Pete*.
Boillai, to Miss Jane Elizabeth Dupont,
daughter of the deceased Mr. John Dupont.
Tuesday last died, maker Palmer, son of Mr.
John Palmer, of this City.
Saturday morning died, in this City, Mr. John
Sanfunri '
About three weeks pak died at Wilmington, in
North-Carolina, Mr. John Banks; late of this City.
Merchant."
JAMES MILLIGAN,
Having taken the
CITY-TAVERN,
THAT excellent and convenient house
so well known for public business, purposes
to accommodate all Gentlemen Who may
favour him with their cuflom 111 the best manneA
—Tie is determined to purchase no liquors but
tlrofe of the firk quality,„„and by his care in procur
ing proper attendance, hopes' to merit universal
aprobation.—The many spacious and convenient
apartments 111 liis house, will enable him to receive
clubs and other meetings of Gentlemen, with pe
culiar fatisfa&ion and convenience.—lhe apart
ment where the dancing akemblies were held last
winter, he wishes to appropriate to the fame use the
ensuing one, arid in addition to the convenience
of the room, will add every degree of attention to
render the plcafure of the entertainment as agree
able as poffiblc.
October 18, 1784. 2w.iw.
For Private Sale,
A great Bargain, for 3 or 4 Years Credit,
TH E Subferiber's valuable PLANTATION",
whereon he now lives, in Prince William's Pa
rifli, Indian Land, containing 1000 acres, upwards
c tf 3°° °f which 'is prime rice land, and 120 under
good dams and fence. On the premises are a good
two flory dwelling-hoife, with every other nectary
and convenient out-building, al! in good repair; also,
an extraordinary good barn, 40 feet by 60, built of
trie best Cypress, to which is annexed a water-mill for
pounaing rice, almaft new :, this machine is so con
flrufled, that with a small expence, a whip-saw might
be creeled, and likewise nfed for grinding of corn (oe
cafionally) by water, having a mos excellent leadjroni
a number of branches.—The back swamp is well ftu
ated for three dams, (on which there is one already
made for working ihe above described machine) which
would contain water fufleient for the whole of
the rice land, and much more if required. Upon the
whole, this plantation, with aflrength of hands, from
the extraordinary convenience of water, could be made
equal to any river faamp for producing of crops. For
further particulars apply to the fabfcriber living on the
premises, or to Cudworth & Waller, Auctioneers, in
Charleston.
James Smith.
October 18, 1784.
A few Kegs of excellent Butter,
Just arrived,
And to be Sold by Keg or Retail, at No. 80,
Tradd-ftreet.
Just Arrived,
A few excellent double and single Glou
cester CHEESE, to be fold at No. 80.
Tradd-ftreet.