The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1783-11-14 00:00:00, page 2

; tc articles invariably caught the choice of both,
and they were inMantiy competitors in the contest
of bidding, (to the no imall diversion of the audi
oneer) in which, however, the gardener's wife,,ei
ther from a fpint of ambition, tor liberality, of tahe,
or opposition, constant y bore away the prize, which
so chagrined her ladylhip, that foe at length gave
vent to her feelings in a contemptuous remark, loud
enough to be heard by the whole room, " that
'twas very extraordinary the wife of a cabbage
feller fho.uld have the assurance-to cope with her in
taste and expense !" to which the other, advancing
up to her ladyfllip's breast-work, replied, " Tiue,
Madam, my bujband does fed cabbage, but be
does not Jell Islands."
PHILADELPHIA, CatberQ
We are informed that on Tuesday last the Unit
ed States in Congress afkmbled palled didollowing
refolutioD:.
Whereas there is reason to expea that the pro
viding buildings for the alternate residence of Con
gress in two places will-be productive of the most
salutary efß&s ty securing the mutual confidence
and affection of tire Rates:.
Refined, That buildings be likewise 'ere^M
for the use of Congress at or near the Lower Fairs
of Potomack on Georgetown, provided a Suitable
diftria on the banks of the rivercan b procured for
a federal town, and the right of foil ^d an exrki
fve jurifdi&ion dr loch other as Congress may di
re&, shall be veiled in the United states, and that
until the buildings to be erected on the bank. > the
Delaware and Lotomack, fhaU'be.pr-partd for the
rroption of Congtefs, ihUrriefidtnce shall be al
ternately at equal period-, of net more than one
y^r, and not less than fix months, in Ifentcm and
Annapolis: and the prdident is hereby authorized
and directed to adjourn Congress cn the twelfth
day of November next, to meet at Annapolis on
the twenty sixth of the fame month, dor the dis
patch of public bUhnefs.
Extract of a Letter from Princeton, in N^-fef~
fey, dated ^ eptemher 2.
" When I had the pleasure ria'ely to write to
you, I informed you that I had great hopes that
the Congress would fbnn pa£ such liberal resoluti
ons as might have a tendency to put a Hop to the
further violences hf the mobs and committees in
the different States • every good person and lover
of the peace was locking with the orin ft ar'xify
for the rtctfmr'l! th Populated to be made by
the treaty ; but, alas! webave veendilappfrintedri
three attempts have been -made to carry the vote for
the laid recommendation through Congress, —but
they have all failed; the queflion.wrs three tiroes '
put and debated, and as often negatived. And
row, my friend, we despair of Congress ever com
plying with that article of rhe treaty, and we dread,
the confequ<nces, left Great Britain Should also
on her part think herfdf at liberty to dispense with
any of the articles of the treaty that are difagreeab 1b
to her fubjeds, When a new war will be the result.
" It is faid,-General W dhington foteceived ah
express from Baron Steuben, informing him that
General Haldimand has refufed to deliver up the
posts in Canada, ceded by the treaty to America,
alledging that the season is too far advanced for the
inhabitants and troops to cross the lakes. What
effe& this will have, is hard to fiy. Hgrk'ee my
friend,,we had great hopes that the peltry, which
the traders had collected in the interior country, the
lait simmer, would have fallen into our hands."
By the United States in Congress
Assembled,
A PROCLAMATION.
7 HEREASin purfuante of
t / a P' er "P° ten " ar y commifli-
VW °^^ ve " ° n tke 28th day
7 7 of September, ^2, to the
Honourable Benjamin Franklin, a treaty
of amity and commerce between his Ma
jesty the King of Sweden and the United
States of America, was on the 3d day of
April, 1783, concluded by the laid Ben
jamin Franklin, wi;h a minister plenipo
tentiary, named for that purpole, by the
laid king: and whereas the la d treaty hath
been dub approved and ratified by the
United States in Congress assembled, and
a translation thereof made in the words
following, to wit:
A TREATY of amity and commerce
concluded between his Majeßy the King
of Sweden and the United States of North
America.-
The King of Sweden, of the Goths and
Vandals, &c. &c. &c. and the thirteen
United States of North America, to
wit, New-Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay,
Rode-IHand, Connecticut, New-York,
New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the counties of
-New-Cattle, Kent and Saflex on Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South-
Carolina and Georgia, desiring to esta
blish in a stable and permanent manner
the rules which oughts) be observed rela
tive to the correspondence and commerce
which the two parties have judged necef
lary to eftablifo between their relpedive
countries, dates and fubje&s; his Majesty
and the United States have thought that
they Quid not Pettier accomplish that end
th^n by taking for a bafrs of their arrange
ments the mutual interest and advantage
of both nations, thereby avoiding all thole
burthenfome preferences, which are usual
ly sources of debate, embarraffriient and
difconteot, and by leaving each party, at
liberty to make, refolding navigation and
commerce, those ihteiior regulations which
shall be mod convenient to itfelf.
With this view, his Majesty tire King
<>f Sweden-has nominated and appointed
for his plenipotentiary, Count Gustavus
Philip de Creutz, his ambassador extraor
dinary to his most Christian Majesty, and
knight, commander of his orders; and the
United States, on their part have fully
empowered Benjamin Franklin, their mi
nißer plenipotentiary to his most Chriftiah
Majclty: the laid plenipotentiaries, af
ter exchanging their full powers, and af
ter mature deliberation j n consequence
thereof have agreed upon, concluded and
Signed the following articles'
ARTICLE 1.
THERE shall be a firm, inviolable and
universal peace and a true and sincere
driendfh>p between the King of Sweden,
+is heirs and lutceßors, and rhe United
States of America, and the fubjeft of his
Majesty hnd those of the said. Rates, and
between the countries, tiflands, cities and
towns situated under the jurildicßion of the
king and of the laid United States, wi h
out any exception of persons or places';
and the conditions agreed to in this prefect
treaty, shall be perpetual and permanent
between the king, his heirs and fecceffurs,
# and the United States.
Art. 2. The king md the United States
engage mutually, not to grant hereafter
^ny particular favor to other nations in
refpe<R tocommerce arid navigation, which
shall not immediately become common to
tne other party, who shall enjoy the fame
favor freely, if the concession w^s freely
made, er on allowing the lame com penfa.•
tion, it the concession was conditional.
Art. 3. The ftfbje&s of the king of
Sweden shall not pay in the ports, havens^
roads, countries, iliands, cities anc towns
ot the tinned States or any efthem, any
other nor greater duties or imposts of what
nature toever they may be, than those
wnicn tne most favoured nations are or
shall be obi gated to pay; and they shall
tR J°y all the rights, liberties, privileges
immunities and exemptions in trade, navi
gation and commerce which the said nati
ons do or shall enjoy, whether in pacing
from one port to another of the United
States, ©r in going to or from the fame,
from or to any part of the world whatever.
Art. 4. The fubjeds and inhabitants
of the said United States shall not pay in
the ports, havens, roads, islands, cities
and towns under the denomination of the
king of Sweden any other or greater duties
or imposts of what nature soever they may
be, or by what name soever called, than
thole which the most favoured nations are
or shall be obliged to pay; and they shall en
joy all the rights, liberties, privileges,
immunities and exemptions in trade, na
vigation and commerce which the said na
tions do or shall enjoy, whether in passing
from one port to another of the domini
on of his laid Majesty, or in going to or
from the lame, from or to any part of the
world whatever.
Art. 5. There shall be granted a full*
perfect and entire liberty of conscience to
the inhabitants and fubjeds of each party,
and no person shall be molested on account
of his worship, provided he submits so far
as regards the public demonstration of it
to the laws of the country: Moreover li
berty shall be granted, when any of the
fubjeds or inhabitants of either party die
in the territory of the other, to bury them
in convenient and decent places, which
shall be aligned for the purpose: And the
tonw contracting parties will pr wide, each
in its jurildidion, that the fubje&s and in
habitants "refpeftively mav obtain certifi
cates of the death, in cale the delivery of
them is required.
Art. 6. The firbje&s of the contrast
ing parties in the refpedive Rates, may
freely 'difpofe of their goods and effects ei
ther by testament, donation or otherwise,.
in favour of such perfohs as they think
proper; and their heirs in whatever place
they shall reside, shall receive the succes
sion even^ inteftato either in person or by
their attorney, without having occasion to
take out letters of naturalisation. Those in
heritances as well as the capitals ahd effects,
which'the Subjects of the two parties, in
changing their abode, shall be desirous of
removing from the place of their abode, .
fhaH'be exempted from all duty, called
'' droit de detraction," on the part 'of the
'government of the two 'Rates respectively.
But it is at the fame time agreed, thkt no
thing contained in this article shall in any
manner derogate from the ordinances
published in Sweden against emigrations,
or which may hereafter be published,which
fhaft remain in full force and vigor. 'I he.
United States on their part, or any Of
them, shall be at liberty to make refpe&-
ing this matter, such laws as they think
proper.
Art. 7. All and every the fubjeds in
habitants of the kingdom of Sweden as
well as those of the United States shall be
permitted to navigate with their vessels in
^ fafety and fe dom, and without any
regard to thole to whom the merchandi-z. s
and cargoes m.iay belong, from any port
whatever, and the fdbjeCts and inhabitants
of the two Rates shall likewise be permit
ted to fail and trade with their vessels and
with the lame liberty and fafety to frequent
the places, ports and havens of powers,
•enemies to both or either ot the contracts
ing parties without being in anywise mo
leffed or troubled, and to carry on a corri
mtrce not only diredtiy from the ports of
an enemy to a neutral port, but even from
one port of an enemy, to another port of
an enemy, whether it be under the jurif
diCbon of the fame or of different princes.
And as it is acknowledged by this treaty
with respect to Ihips and merchandizes that
free sh ps shall make the merchandizes
free, and that every thing which shall be
on board of ships belonging to lubjeCts of
the one or the other of the contracting
parties, shall be considered as free, even
though the cargo or a part of it mould b&