The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1779-09-15 00:00:00, page 3

L ONDO N, May 24;
Machis .^n Cud &bout this Spanish negociation,
?., O h } <^^ liftot hard terms that were proposed
ic < r M&:1..-y by the Marquis D'Almodovar, and
^d that of ceding Gibraltar to Spain ;
<b&ion to this, we are assured, that the on
ly propofol was fiirply the foliowing : " That a
friction r a v mt Should take place between the for
.ir,ej Britain, France and America, in order to
cr:e on testy of general peace ; and that during
t,?< .r.^on, / be deemed an Irdepen
ccH; x ." The answer was immediate and laco
nic : '' she Ministers of his Britannic Majesty would
liHr lv enter into the proposed treaty on confident
,roo^L but th^ honour and interest of the British
)noi<e demand the dependence and allegiance of all
it. ironies, w hich cannot therefore be difyenfed with."
TS I ast Will and Testament as OLD ENGLAND.
, Old England, being in a very weak and languishing state,
g through voluptuousness and loft of blood, do make and
o' *J% this my iaft will and Testament, in the following
sharer, v ; z,
Imprimis. I do give and bequeath unto the Bi/hops of St.
A^pi and Peterborough, to be equally divided between
tb:m and all my religion.
2 I g,ve all i,y virtue and finrerit, to the worthy mem
b% vs the minority in the House of Commons.
1 '' "• '" my knowlege in politics. ,to Lord Camden
20<Lerr" Abi^don, and those other noble Lords who oppos
e I the Mibdtiy, in their late mifehievous and cursed war in
Am:ri a +
_ 4. I give to my filter Scotland, , all my pride and haughti
rcl;,''.,.
% I give mfr sister Ireland, the ode half of my poverty,
di:.:rfs and rum*
A £ give '0 the Earl of Bute and Lord North, all my
treachery and tyranny, to be equally divided between them.
7 Iy^e Lord Howe, and General Howe, all my cruel,
fr, as a ic^ml for their treatment of the American Prifo
r" ' '.
T give ^!1 my low cunning to Lord Mansfield and
1,70 George G^.m&i%e.
9. I give my Rapidity end obstinacy, to the present Mi
r\'r%\~
10, J give my power by sea and land, to the French
K W
11. Z,^~ mv integrity tothe King of Sp^ri.
12. 1 give eg trade and commerce to the States of Hol.
land.
13. f CTe 'o r e a'j'^ mortals the Tories in America,
orc < bem n , obe equally distributed am'ongft them by
Jack =c^
14 / iri^e all my right and title contained in that most
gl .ron> ^fl crild Migna Charts, to the United States of
ferneries, to e.or heirs andaffigns for ever.
15. If^ to rn, Connies in America, v'z. Canada,
F^va Sctf.^; 8 .u lit I%A Florida, -the ot^er half my pover
ty +'or:G and r- ; .-<; aid Ido appo : n< she United states of
America to be the ^^d^ns of my frid Colonies.
L'^lv, I no.hi; ?'e, cf>nfffcu% and appoint the Confit
D'Ahfiod >var, ,n..bc:.the execirMr ofthis my lal WA\ and
Tefiamea!. In w-'tfgfi whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand
and tea:, ^ the pdace of Ne^ffityghis i,th day of April,
(just foci years 'ricin thclira! de,; En which myiaft oppor
tunity was lori by the blood of America at Lexington)
Anno Dorn. 177% ^
OLD ENGLAND#
Signed, sealed, prtfriofinced and declared
to h't>e Laffl/H and Testament of the said
C>LP Englan g, in preface of us, who have
-che? fuiiy fubferibed our names#
His Holiness Pen?,
His Impudence Mahomet,
His Ignorance Pagan.
The P 'Men L the United Stated ate desired to tegidef
ths nay ..Writ jo their newfp^pers, for the benefit of thole
Legatees whorefide in America. Her last words.
O. E.
Test, by a Nova Scoria Refugee.
Charies-Towm, September i§.
WE have no Intelligence from the Southward,
the authenticity of which.we can vouch : But,
It may be prefamed, 7 hat the perfeyerance and enter
fixing genius of his excellency the Count d'Bftaing,
will frccomplilh the purpose fcf which he has appear
ed in thk Obiter, and ensure success to his next intend
ed operations, in nrbiner. It is believed feme of his
troops are in poffeffi an of Sunbury, in order to cut off
the retreat of the Bri.ifh troops from Georgia into £dt
Florida ; at the fame time Brig Ger, Mackintosh is
marching down the Country from Augusta; and we
are told, 1 hat major general Lincoln coded Savant
nah river at I beucuter jall Sundry & so that uc may
mow hourly expect intelligence cf Importance.
We are aftmed, That exclulive ts draughts, the mi.
litia turn out volunteers, in all patts of the state, with
such spirit and alacrity, that the ferty men at the seve
ral rivers cannot carry the men across fall enough.
By the last accounts from Cound d'Eftaing's fleet, fe#
ven British vessels had fallen into their hanus, amongst
them a large ship from Glasgow, wi:h 8 Scotch mer
chants on board (refugees from N.Carolina and Virgin
,mia) with valuable cargoes,intended to purchare conquers
L^efta^s in tbisStafe and Georgia. One cf the prizes,
Wie Brig Polly from New-Providence for Quebec, arriv
ed here ltft Friday: and as she came in, the Amazon
French friya.e was seen off this bar, in chace of a ship,
fappofed to be the Ariel Bri.ilh man of war of twenty
gun, which she came up with, engaged half an hour,
and then carried off.
It is said, '1 hat the King of Spain has presented
tgcoo pieces of good b anketing to the United Stater,
for the use of their troops ; and that part of them are
already arrived at Bottom.
It is reported, That the Hon. Lord Cornwallis took
the command of the British army in North America, on
theist of August, and that Sir Henry Clinton and two
other general officers are called home, to England.
Lad Monday Capt. Vardey and Lieutenant Camp
bell, of tea 71st British regiment, were brought to
Extracts from
^n Aa for the more tyeflual Defence of this State.
Paffrd September 11, 1779.
Publifhnd by Oder of His Excellency the Governor.
BE it therefore Ene&ed, &c. That from and immediately
after th; patting cf this a&, antil the firft Day of Ja
nuary next, every able bo Ji<d Main, who fhdl voluntarily
inlift as a private, to serve in either of the Regiments of this
State, on Continental Establishment, for the space of it
Months, fiidll receive, at the lime of such Inliftment, a
Boony of Five Hundred Dollars paid 'in Hand, and
the further 8 runty of Two Thousand Dollars, payable
at theend of their faithful Services; lor security ofwhich >hey
shall obtain an.lndent from the Commiffiontrs of the Trea
sury, carrying io per Cent. Interest, payable Half yearly ,
which Indent Ihall not be transferrable. And in Case fuck
Soldier mail be killed, or Ihali happen to die in the Service,
such Indent, and the Money due thereon, flrall go to his le
gal ReprefentativeSr And ev^ry such Person so inlifting,
shall be further entitled, at the Expiration of the said at
Months, to 100 Acres of Land in this State ; provided the
fame be not run cut between the For^s of Tuguloo and
Keowee, referred by an Act of Assembly p.ffed the 2&th
Lay of Match, 17,8 tor such Soldiers as shall feive in the
said Regiments to tne Expiration of the prefect War. And
in Case such Soldier so inlilting for 21 Months; shall die or
be killed in tl6 feivice, tire said 100 Acres of Land shall,
in like Manner, go to his lawful Heirs; but that such fol
cier shall have no right to convey or alien his Claim or Title
io the said Land, before it shall be actually located and grant
ed to him. And every Person so inlifting, shall be further
intake! to all the Advantages of Pay, Cioathing and Rati
ons, and be fubfc&perthe fame Articles of War, as other
Soldiers are,Jn,the Continental Regiments of tbis State.
And be it further enabled, &c. That His Excellency the
Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time being, is
hereby directed to order the several Regiments of Militia,
throughout the State, to be called out within one Month
from the passing of thii Ad, at such convenient Places as he
Ihail think most proper ; and there to caule the above men
tioned bounties to be offered to every able bodied man, who
shall voluntarily inlift in either of the said regiments as aforc
faid, for the ^erm of 21 Months.
And be it further ena&ed, &c. That the commanding Of
ficers of the Regiments of Militia; shall cause the Recruits
from their refpe&ive Regiments, as soon as may be after the
Receipt of their Bounty, to be delivered to any Continental
Officer, as shall be there to receive them ; or in Case no Of
ficer attends, to be marched to the Head Quarters of the Ar
my, wherever it may be, within this State or Georgia#
And be it further enaded, &c. That no Person shall in
future be allowed to appoint a Substitute in either of the
Continental Regiments of this State, in order to excuse
him from doing Duty in the Regiment of Militia to which
he belongs, or to exempt him or them from serving in any
Continental Battalion for any Offences against the Militia
Laws of this State.
And be it further ena&ed, &c. That the whole of the Mi
litia of this State shall be divided into three Classes ; one of
which shall always be required to hold themselves in readi
ness to march to such Place as they shall be ordered, to do
Duty for too Months from the Time of their joining Head-
Quarters, or arriving at the Place of their Destination ; at
the Expiration of which time, they shall be punaually reliev
ed by another Class, who shall also do Duty for two Months;
and at the Expiration of their Time, they shall be relieved
by the third Class, who shall serve for the like Term ; and
they again shall be relieved by the firft, and thus eve
ry Class -shall do equal Duty, in Rotation ; Rut that it
town, prisoners. They were taken, with 4 privates
and ten negroes, on the §th inst. coming through Slull
Creek, in General Prevoft's barge, with dispatches from
the General at Savannah, to Col. Maitland at Beaufort,
said to be orders to the Col.to remove his whole force to
Savannah, to the defence of which all the troops at
but^pofts had bwpffeM^d in.
By a vessel just arrived from Philadelphia, we learn,
That M^jor Lee, with 300 Virginians, under the com
mand of Major Clark, a id t vc companies ofMa<yland
and M'Clean'sdifmounted dragoons, had, in the night
of the 19th past, effected a complete futprife of the'ene
my's very firing post at Powles's Hoo^, oppefite to
New-York, made a good retreat of 80 miles in 3 days,
and feat about 160 prisoners to Philadelphia. That
the expedition under Brigadier-general Lovell, against
the enemy at Penobfeot, was in a promising way ; as
he had puffeffed himfelf of an island in the harbour,
which commanded the mouth of it, with a battery of
four pieces of cannon, also another battery of three
guns near their main fort, and was within too roods of
their principal fortrefs, garifoned by about goo High
landers, besides sailors and tones, at ha'f allowance ;
his own force confiding of upwards of 1200 men, be
sides fa lore —That Sir ^ames Wallace arrived at New-
York on the 20th ult . //nd that Admiral Arbuthnot
had also got in there, with about 4000 recruits Britilti
and foreigners (chiefly the latter) but had loft several
very valuable vessels of his convoy, taken ; amongst
them, a ship with 66 pieces of cannon on board, from
a to iz-pounders, all the neceffa y stores belonging to
them, and a vast value in dry goods, fafely carried in
to the river Delaware.
The following is part of an ixtzact of a letter, fa id to
be from a gentleman of the Jirft Diftinfiion in Georgia,
dated Savannah, ,uy 27, ! 779- — Published tn one of
the New York ROYAL Gazettes of the iStb of
^ngoft.
“ Col. Maitland now commands at Beaufort
with abcu 1^:0 men ; the rest of the arniy is he e with
General /revolt. We have force enough to defend the
p^rt of the country that we are in peffeffion of, until
the season will admit operations in the field, for the
weather is now so exceffire hot, that nothing material
con'd be at present attempted Oar reinforcements, ve
doubt not, will be with us early enough, t 3 complete the
quark we have so happy begun ia these Southern pro
viders —Oar worthy governor, Sir James Weight,was
much cif ppoined, on finding a defeent had been
made upon Carolina, which it was hoped, in Eng
land, would have been deferred, 'ill the arrival of the
augmentation of our land forces t. at are otdired bitber—F
P. S. just as thr pAner h^d gohe to Pref-, An Ac
count came, t':at a B dy o' Troops of H^s most
C!ilftian M j.4y, cur G, eatard good /Illy, were land
ed In Gc^°e la' Sunday Nig'tt ; frat Mfjor Ge
reral Lincoln tva^ approaching 'aft to Savannah, to co
ope ate with t em ; a^d that G ne- 1 Count ?Jasii
hrd already aln a Picket ofth~ F..em,; so that -th
p obable, by the Close ofthi; Wrc4 t' e Fa:e of Geor
gia, and of G^er I Prevoft's A^ y rr. ybr decided,
in a manner ve y Wide of the Expect tcns of the re
turned &6^m, and t.:eir infatuated ✓icher,:.
^ra^v^^av^^j^?^^^
fl?eto ^duertffemen^.
Navy. Board, Charleftown, 16th Srpt. 1779.
A LL Persons having ary Demands against the Cem
m.ffioners cf the Navy, are - efired to deliver in
their Accounts properly attuned by the sth Dry cf
October rext. William Burt.
Clerk of she Navy Board.
THE cominiffijLcr- cf tne Treasury of South Caro
lina, give public Notice, That they row receive
Money on* Loan' to the S^e, on intefeft of Ten per
cent, per annum, and are prepared to iffae Indents
for the fame.
A Quarterly Meeting
Of the SOUTH CAb OLINA Society,
W! LL be held at Strickland's Tavern, on Tuesday Even
ing the ,th of Oflober next, where the Members are
desired to attend precisely at 6 o'clccL
By 0 der of she Society,
JOHN M'CALL, jun. Clerk.
To be Sold,
Two exceeding good Milch Cows.
Enquire of the Printers.
=^~Ps~4Rtt_c„_rattet=.^^^.. CT rirt f- 1L.T.1.J
Y^OR private Salt, a very lively Negro Lad about 18
r Yeais cf Age, remarkably handy about a Hore
and sick Persons, can attend a GenJeman, and t<ke
cere of Horses ; warranted sober and honest, and fld
for this Fault only, viz. he is not fond of Horses. A's,
Wanted to purchase, one with the fame Qualifica
tions, without the Fau't, and if younger would be
preferred. Equire of the P inters.
MR. Benjamin Waring, in St. George's Panfil,
tolls a Bay Herfe abrut 14 Hands high, with
a while Face, the off fore foot and the near hind fooc
white, branded on the off buttock like 1 C.
Also a black and /white Steer about four Years old,
#ith a Crop in one Ear and an under Keel in the other,
no Brand can be perceived. The Owners must prove
gheir Properties before John Troup; J.P.
RUN away on the 12th of September inst. a Negro Boy
named November, he had on when he went away, Of-
Dabrugs jacket, shirt, and breeches, is supposed to be har
boured by his father, at Mr. Cartel's plantation, in St. An
drew's parifli, where the boy lived about two months ago,
and was purchased in Charleftown; he Hole and carried off
with him three blankets, one pair cf meets, one counterpane,
and some napkins, aprons and ftoclings. Whoever takes
up said boy and delivers him to me, or to the Warden of the
WorAouie, in Charleftown, shall receive Fifty Founds Re
ward and all reasonable Charges.
Richard Mancreef.
- —so
THE Xabferiber intending to furnish private entertains
ment for country gentlemen, as also stabling for their
horses, will be much obliged to those who are pleased to far
vour him with their curtom
Charles M'Donald.
N. B. He has two good horse carts with gears for iale,
may be seen at hit house the corner of Hohbeck's Alley,
near the White Meeting.
TOb, fold the 28th Day of September inst. at th#
High-Hills cf Santee, All the Personal Estate of
Thomas Cempton deceased, confifling of the Houfo
hold Furniture, 9 Negroes, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
poultry, &G > &c.
Anm Cqmptqm, 4feisi,rori#.
shall and may be lawful for the commanding Officer^^
Case he shall have particular Occasion for their Services,
detain any such Class Ten-Days over ard above their tty
Months, and no longer in any Case whatsoever.■
Provided always, and be it further ena&ed, That all licenc]
ed Clergymen, and all Schoolmasters having 1 5 Children
Scholars under their immediate Tuition, shall not tereaftcl
be draughted to serve ; and that such of iheir Scholars as arl
under 18 Years of Age, be in like Manner exempted; exl
cept in Case this State ffiould ba a&ually invaded, in tha.
Part thereof which may be so invaded, they shall not be exl
empted from being draughted to do Duty in the Militia
for rhe Defence thereof.l
And be it also enaded, &c. That no Person owning any]
Ferry in this State, shall hereafter be exempted from Mili-|
tia duty, unlels he shall constantly ref,de at such Ferry ; and
that no Person owning any Grist-mill or Mills in this State,
shall hereafter be exempted from Militia Duty, urdefs such
Person or Persons, so owning the faldGriftmih or Mills, firft
obtain a Certificate from the Field Officers, or a Majority of
them, io their refpeaive Difirias, of his having Permission
to attend such Mill or Mills, and will aaual y attend ac
cordingly for the Benefit cf the Public.
And be it further Enacted, &c. That for thehircr ac
commodation of the Militia, and for the more regular
and exaa Payment of such as may be aauaily on Se^ ce,
a Pay mister be appointed to each Regiment of Militia,
and one to the Charleftown Battalion of Artillery, to ba
cbofen by the refpe&ive Officers, &e.
And that a Quarter- Master be also appointed to each of
the Regiments, and to the said Battalion, &c.
Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall ex
tend, to prevent any private Man in the Militia, who may
be draughted to go out on Duty, to exchange bis Tour of
Duty with any able bodied Man in the said Troop or
Company of the Militia, in Any of the other Two Ciaffes,
to go out in his Stead.