The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1779-09-15 00:00:00, page 1

The 8/b Day of September, 1779.
NOTICE is hereby given, to the Colonels and
other officers of the several Militia Regiments
iLd Companies in this State, who have received or
recovered Fines and Forfeitures under the Milica A6t%
That they are required forthwith to pay the amount
thereof into the Public Treafur, of this Sta.e.
B, 0* tier of the House,
Peter TimothY, C. H. R.
Paragraph of ax Afl of the General Assembly of the State
@j ^Guth-Carolina, sassed the 31st Da, of August, 1779.
" And Whereas Jurors have of late Years greatly
" negleaed to appear and serve on juries, by which
" public and private foftice hath been frequently de
^ I&yc : To remedy the fame Be it Ordained, by the
" Authority aforefaid, That any Jury-man who Ihall
*' be legally summoned to appear and act as such at
' at any of the Courts of Jultice in this State, and
" ftrall Begieft or refufe to do the fame, every such
" juror, in Lieu of the former Fines, if a Grand ja
*' ror, malt forfeit and pay the sum of Five Hundred
" Pound: current Money ; and if a Petii Juror, or a
« Ju,oi i'ummoned to appear and aft at a Court of
" Common Pleas, General or Special, fha 1 forfeit the
" Sum of Two Hundred Pounds li^e Money, unless
4 * iuch Person can shew good and fufficient Cause of
" Excuse, on Oath, as hath been ufuel heretofore, to
" be pio.ed to the fatisfa&ion of any of the Judges at
" the next Si tting of the Court; to be recovered and
" apprise in die fame way and manner that Fines for
" Non Attendance of Jurors have been heretofore
" ^ ?ve ed and applied.
Published by order ofthe House of Referefatativets
Peter Timothy, C. H. Rs
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New Advertisements.
J^OR Sale, and may be entered on immediately, one of
1 the molt valuable inland rice plantations in this date,
pleafandy fnuated in the lower part of St. Bartholomew's
parilh, near Fergufon?# or Parser's Ferry, together with the
crop of rice now fit for the fickle, which from appearance
will yield upwards of three barrels per acre ; aifo the negroes
on the fame, in number about sixty, with provisions of eve
ry kind, cotton, plantation tools, tome fioc^, &c. &c. The
above Tfa& contains upwards of one thousand acres, three
hundred of which are prime swamp, with a command of
water for the whole in the dryeft fealon, which the goodness
of the present crop will evince and Efficiently recommend the
fertility oi the foil : -On the premises are a good barn,
machine, corn and negro houses, with other out-buildings,
and a tolerable dwelling, which might be made at a trifling
^xpence, very decent and fit for the accommodation of a
small family. Those who may incline to purchase the whole,
may have it on much more reasonable terms than if divid
ed, though the negroes may be had feparatt and delivered
as soon as the crop is got in.—'A. long credit will be given,
as the money is not wanted. For further particulars apply
to Richard Eolian Baker, Esq; on Aihley Rive;, or in Charles
Town to' Jomn Parker.
^0 be fold, and delivered immediately, at a place about 30
mues from Charleftown,
Between 70 and 80 Slaves.
Enquire of Nicholas Boden, at the State Printing-Office.
ty Anted to purchase, from Fifty to One Hundred and
Fifty Negroes. Apply to N. Boden, at the State House.
tyAnted to hire, a Front, a Back Room, and Cellar, situ
ate near the Exchange. Enquire of the printer.
CTolen out of the House of the fobferiber since TuCfda,
° iait, A SILVER TANKARD, that will contain two
quarts, weighs between fifty and fix, ounces, a family arms
engraved on the front, the motto shem fretio non emem,
M
with the letters I* E engraved at the bottom. Whoever will
deliver it, or give an account where the fame may be reco
vered, to Mr. John Cogdell, or the fubferiber, final! be in
titled to such reward as Dial! be deemed adequate by the
award of two gentlemen of George Town : It is likewise re
queued, that all raafters of vessels bound out, now or hereaf
ter, will be so find as to make ftri& examination on board
their veflels before they fail, as well as when they may ar
rive at their port of delivery, it being apprehended that so
large a piece of plate will not be offered for sale in this town.
Ceorge-T^wx, Edward Davies.
Sept. 3, 1779-
tyAnted to hire by the year, or for 6 months, ten or 12
ship or house carpenter negroes, and the fame number
of sawyers and fquarers ; for which good wages will be
given, and great care taken of them. Any person having
any part of the number of hands to hire, may apply on
Charleftown Neck to Ruilel, Curley, and Co. or to
Daniel Bourdeaux.
N.B. Wanted to purchase $ yoke of good working oxen,
apply as above.
fOR sale, a lively young wench, a good cook and handy
' about a house.—A a neat light Chaise. Apply to
John Priolcau.
Who has for sale, at hi# House on the Bay, next door but
one to Mr. John Beale's, Rum, Brandy, Sugar, Coffee,
Tea, &c.
South Carolina.
In the House of Representatives.
The GA ZET T E,
OF THE
^tate of tywt|i<oM
WEDNESDAY,
CT l Aken up at the Twelve-mile House, bn the Dorcheftet.
road, two horses, one a sorrel about § or 6 years old,
about 13 hands and a half high, branded on the off buttock
WC ; the other a roan, about 7or 8 years old, branded on
the mounting shoulder A interfered with a C, and on the
off Ihoulder 74. The owners must prove their properties,
and apply at the above house.
BtßgmretamßtQiraUQ
T° be fold by private contract, as valuable a female mulatto
Slave as any in this state, about 25 years of age, is a com
plete seamstress, pafiry c:ok and house servant, and very ho
nest, her poflrffr toogreat a share of ungovernable Spirit
is the only reason of her present owner's parting with her;
Apply to the Printer.
A Gold Watch with 4 chafed Case,
a plain gold chain of oval links, to which was fixed a red
Cornelian ftal, engraved with a coat of arms and set in a
plain manner. One thousand dollars reward will be paid
to any person who will give such information of the thief,
that he may be apprehended, and five hundred Dollars to
an, person who will deliver it to the fubferiber, and no
questions uked.—Should it be offered for sale, it is requeu
ed it may be ftopt,
• William jun.
JAcob Shumbert informs m- of a black Horse, about 12
hands high, about 7 years old, a blaze in his forehead,
not branded, a trotter. The owner must prove his property
in Ninety-fix diftrift, before
Wm; Houfeal, J. P.
"„Rougfr from Edifto and Wadmalah Islands (for the
„conveoieocy of the where to get them) two horses
which were left there by the British troops, viz.
A dark mouse colour horse, 13 hands high, branded on
the off flioulo'er q-E, his right ear lately cropt. _
A black horse branded on rhe mounting shoulder tyand
on the near buttock I will; a diamond joined to a kind of
fiffi hoof, 13 hands high.
One of the mat's that was advertised in this Gazette of
the 25th of Aug-r'pfy.^^on the near buttock JN
joined, and not ^0 ^ fate N, which was a miflafc.
The owners of ilie'^m horses and mare, may have them
on proving their property, paying the charges, and applying
tn the fubferiber in Charlestown, or to Mt. George Bedon,
on Thomas Fuller Efqt's plantation, in St. Andrew's pariffi.
Benjamin Jenkins.
N. B. Mr. Jenkins will not be accountable tor the lois of
the above creatures, and Ihould they be fiolen or taken
away without liberty firft obtained, the offender may depend
on being prosecuted;
For sale a? Vendue at the Difiller, in Cbrifl Cburcb Parifb;
on luefray the 19th Da, of Okobcr next, at 10 o'Cio^k,
A M.
THE said DISTILLERY with its four stills, and all
the materials and apparatus proper for the distilling bu
siness, and also the PLANTATION belonging to it, con
taining 800 acres or thereabouts, on which there is a large
quantity of timber for facing malts, spars and firewood ; also
a large quantity of oaks of the three different kinds. Ail
the cleared land is good patturage, and very good crops of
Indico, corn and hay Have been made upon if.
At the fomelime will be fold,
A handf,me STOCK of tame CATTL E, between
46 and 50 head, from 23 to 30 head of healthy SHEEP,
* or 3 HORSES, feme Breeding S°ws of the Guinea breed,
with a number of SHORES ard PIGS, a CHAISE fan.
dry plantation tools, CORN, HAY, PEASE and POTA
TOE SEED. Also,
Nine as complete NEGRO FELLOWS ft any in the
State, for the saw, the field or water, many of them being
such perfe& boatmen as can be got for patrons of schooners
and one as good a tight cooper and driver as any in the
State. Conditions are 12 months credit for the distillery,
paying interest with approved fccurity, the negroes and other
articles to be cash The property not to be altered till the
conditions are comply & with.
September 6, 1779-
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
.CTolen last night out of the fubferibedshoufe in Tradd
ftreet,
FOR Sale at public Vendue, on Thursday the ijd of
September, a couple of brick tenements under one roof,
with the land thereto belonging : They are in a very airy
situation, the upper end of Tradd street, bounding to the
east on Frieud^ftreet, opposite to Mr. Roupel's, and to the
weft on a vacant lot of Mr. Stobo's, having a large parcel of
open ground on the south, which renders them pleafani ha
bitations in the summer season. The breadth of the lot is
about 4.3 feet, including a passage way on the weft fide, and
its depth near 135 feet, at the end of which, on Friend-street,
are a chair-house and stable for each tenement=Thefe houfe#
being of two Hories and a Dutch roof, contain 6 rooms of
a tolerable size in each; and for the conveniency of pur
chasers will be put up one tenement at a time, but will be
fold with the incumbrance of the present tenants, whose
year's rent, viz. Mrs. Moultrie's in the eaflern tenement,
will expire on the 31st of October, and Mr. Darrel's in the
western ditto, on the 31st of December next. Continental
Loan Office Certificates, Treasury Indents, or monies of this
and the United States, will be ta^en in payment. A plan
of the ground, &c. to be seen in the hands of
Samuel Prioleau, jun.
TO be fold at private sale, a house and lot in King-street,
containing in front 25 feet, in depth 246 feet, whereon
are a very good dwelling-house, another nearly finished,
two tenements, good flables for 12 or 14 horses, with other
necessary out-buildings.--N. B. Some negro fellows to be
hired by the monthsEnquire of the printers.
SEPTEMBER 15, 1779.
PUrfuant to the last Will and Testament of Nathaniel
Broughton deceased, will be fold on thurfday the 14th ,
of October, 1779, by M^fl. Colcotk and Gibbons near the
Exchange,
"A SCOONE R,
That carries about 130 barrels of rice, with an anchor a^d
cable, Ails and rigging: She may be seen at Mr. Samuel
Prioleau's Wharf three or four days before the sale. Ona ~
year's credit will be given, paying interest and giving ie^j
curity. Catharine Broughton, Executrix.
Sept. 10. Thomas Broughton,!
iii Alexander Mazyek,] Executors.
<7*o be fold at private sale, a Plantation or Tra& of Land ;
' in th# Parish of St. John, Berkley county, about three ;
Miles above Afonck's Corner, containing 673 acres; mor^
or lefa, it joins lands of Anthony Mitchel, Efy Mr. Thomae;
Sabb, and the plantation lately Dr. Wm. Keith's. Ase, ;
A ir?.a at the Horse-shoe, containing 667 acres, more or•
less, bounding on Checheffey creek and lands of Mr. William
Maxwell, and Edward Fenwick, Esq; One or two year'®
credit wij be given, paying the interest annually,and giving
approved security. Apply to the fubferiber in Goofe-creefo
parish. iii Alex.Mazyck.
<7*o be fold, by Thomas Thomson at Indian Land, or
by Zephaniah Kingsley in Charleftown, The House ar.fe
Store in which Mr. Thomson lives, with a smoke house:
kitchen, wash house, flables, sheds, & c . all in good repair;
there is a good garden well fenced, and twenty acres of land
belonging to it 0f the purchaser chufes he may have the
£:'%=^^ afo new drav a car t.:
The situation is well known to be dry and healthy, with
extraordinary fine water, and as good for trade as any in.
that part.———-Mr. Thomson has likewise for file, a horfe^
and two negroes, one of which is a good carpenter, and the*
other a cooper.
Notice is hereby given,
To all perfon# who may be indebted to the partnership of
Thomson and Kingsley, that unless the fame is immediately
difeharged, their accounts will be put into the hands of
an attorney at law.
N # B. Zeph. Kingsley has for sale three horses, a good!
patroon, a grapnal and main-fail, fit for a boat that will
carry about ion barrels; likewise a set of new books which
cost in London ten Guineas. vi
THE Fubferiber requests all persons he is indebted to, b,
bond, note, or book account, will call on him for pay
ment; he also requests those who are indebted to him to calf
and fettle before the firft day of November next, a# all ac
counts then Unsettled will be put into the hands es Johr
Troup, Esq; to be recovered.
Abraham Petree, Cabinet ^akr.
N. B. He has a few articles of houfliold furniture, for prt'
vate sale, at his shop in Broad street, the property of a gentled
mn who resides in the country ; as also a pair of elegants
looking glasses in gilt frames.
vOund on the Goofecreek road, a Man's Coat,, with a,'
Pocket Bock, containing a large sum of money, the per'
son who met with the left, on describing the articles, will
have them restored, by applying to the printer and paying foQ
this advertisement.
NOW in my pasture near Dorchefler, two Cows, the onl'
a red, with both ears cropt; branded PC; the other 7
brown, marked with a crop in one ear, and an upper kee
in the other, branded WG, each of the cows ha# a calf
The owners muff prove their properties before a msgiftrate.
Joseph Waring.
TO be fold at public Sale, on Wednesday the 20th of Sep
tember, at the fubferiber'shoufe in Mazyek fteeet, hi
houlhold furniture, confining of chairs, tables, a handfom
bureau, beds, mattraffes, wine glasses, decanters, plates, Jie
a few articles of kitchen furniture, and a box or two of Cab
tile soap — -At the fame time and place will be fold th|
above house and lot, which lot has the advantage of having
every building on it new, and ver, convenient for a family,
with a well of exceeding good water.—Peffeffion of thi
house may be had from the day of sale. Also a few negroes,
amongst them as good a cook, washer and ironer as any in
the Rate, will be warranted fuch,—lhe is addi&ed to no bad
practices.——Likewise a few head of horses, amongst there
two mares of the English breed, in foal from ai good $
horse as any in the state.
The conditions pf the files are cash, the property not bs
altered until the terms are complied with.
Also, a very bandfome Guitar of the hteft conftruaion.
iii James Perry
THE Copartnership of CHOLLET, MASSON, & Comp.
having beeri ditfolved the il linftant, September, the
Business of that Hetife will in future be continued under
the firm of MASSON, CHAUVEAU, & Company.
A Likely young negro fellow, about 1% years of age, who
fays he is free, secreted himfelf some time in November
last, on board the brig Medley, then laying in the Port of
the Havana, and was brought here in the said vefiel, and put
in the work house by the captain : He is very bhef, 4 feet
it inches high, fayshis name is Joe, and that his father and
mother both live in the town of Havana. Any person to
whom the said negro belongs, may have him again, on pro
ducing a fu fficient proof of their property, paying the ex
penses, and applying in Charleftown to
John Cripps and Mey.
N. B; If the said negro is not claimed by theist of Janu%
ary next, he will be fold to pay the charges.
[No. 2145.]