The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-11-25 00:00:00, page 2

L O NDO N, August 27.
lETTERSI ETTERS from St; Vincent mention, that a
^ burning mountain of prodigious extent Was
diUThvered there in the month of June last. It has
attracted the notice of some naturalists, and a more
particular account is daily expected.
The refloration of the forfeited elates in Scot
land and England, will gain many friends to the
prefenk Minifiler, at no expence, it meeting with
the universal Approbation of the House.
A political confederacy is forming at this time on
th'-Continent, which portends no good to the in
terests of this country. The Dutch, ho were
heretofore the natural allies of Great-Bi tain, are
r ^ v -Wholly detached from her interest, and fallen
wholly into the arms of the French. The Portu
gueze who were allo our allies and fall friends, are
making a connexion with the Crown of Spain,
whirls cannot fail to secure them to the House of
Bourbon, to which the King of Sardinia is now
wholly attached. The Emperor, thougli at present
Vdhccrhed in a dispute with the Dutch, is also one
of this union. England has 1611 one of her chief
limbs, and others seem dropping off apace, while
her government, whefc business it is to secure the
remaining dependencies of the empire, partial to
one, seem to forget all the rest. Time muft' open
the eyes of the people to their true interest, though
a political blinanels feetns at present to pervade all
ranks of people amongst us.
Extr&a of a letter from Paris, fitly 26.
" Vee have just received from the file of France,
on the Eaffern coast of Africa, a disagreeable piece
of news, which equally alarms the Ministry and
the merchants of this kingdom. A bankruptcy of
no less than eighteen millions has spread desolation
throughout that Colony. The King has an interest
of three millions in this failure, and the chest of
Invalides are concerned to the amount of 500,000
livres;"
The Emperor's famous mechanic in Mofavia,
who has invented machines that have rendered his
name known all over Europe, has added a new
one to the number, which is likely to come into
universal use. It is fixed under, or rather into
boats to row them, by which one man will impel
a boat along with asmucli rapidity, as twelve men
w.th common oars could do. The Emperor was
present when it was tried in the Danube, and with
such success, that he gave the firft two hundred
guineas immediately.
Extract of a letter from the Hague, Anguft 6.
" Such is the filiation of affairs at present, that
a few months will a&ually produce a material
change on the continent; every movement that the
different powers are making may be considered as
a step towards war, however their real intentions
may be disguised.
D U B L I N, Augitft 24.
Tuesday night's attempt to refeue an officer from
his arrest for debt, though attended with very se
vere and fatal consequences to several of the mis
guided assailants, is one of those unhappy events,
which is much to be lamented, but cannot be pal
liated. The immediate victims fell a just facrifice
to their violent and unjuftifiable proceedings. The
particulars of the unhappy affair seem to have been
as follows: Captain P—l—f — r, ofthe 9th dragoons,
having been that day arrested for debt, was con
duced to a Sheriff's Officer's house in Angel-alley,
in High-street. Through the advice and officiouf
hefs, it is said, of some women, a number of the
private men of that regiment were instigated, be
tween eight and nine o'clock in the evening, to
affai.lt the Bailiff's house, armed with swords and
pidols. Ihe Bailiff, from an upper window, hu
manely remonstrated with them for some fcconds,
begging them to desist, yet assuring them in the
moll firm and peremptory manner, that he would
defend his house and his prisoner, and fire on them
if they did not desist. The foldicrs appeared as
firm and peremptory to Fave their Officer, and flill
continued to act with violence. Some fay, a pistol
was fired by one of the soldiers, others not; but as
the soldiers were endeavouring to force the door
and windows of the house, the Bailiff, greatly
alarmed left they should carry their point, and en
danger the escape also of several other prisoners for
debt, who were in his custody, fired a loaded blun
derbuss. One dragoon was killed on the spot, two
others died yesterday, and, it is said, some others
of the soldiers are dangcroufly wounded.
KINGS! ON, (Jamaica) Sept. 19.
' I rivate letters from London, of a refpe&able au
tlioiity, mention, that the English ministry have
been in treaty with the Court of Spain for the fur
, render of the barren rock of Gibraltar, barren of
every thing but hard-earned laurels; in lieu of
which Spain offered the immensely valuable ifiand
or Porto-Rico, and a large furn of ready money, to
the tune of hair a million fterlmg, which, after
being nearly concluded, was suddenly defeated, as
it is thought, by the arts of the French Ambassador,
at Madrid, whose afeendancy in the Spanish cabi
net is well known all over Europe. This politi
cal interposition arose from the jealousy the Frencli
entertained of the infinite advantage such a cession
would give the English, in cutting off and seizing
the French trade at HifyaMcH, in case of a future
war.
Foreign Intelligence.
American Intelligence.
PHILADELP II lA, OA. 28.
Extract of a letter from Charleston, South-Carolina,
dated Sept. 28.
BY a Gentleman latclyarrived from New-Provi
dence, we learn, that the People called Loya
lists, who have lately quitted East-Florida, and
taken refuge in New-Providence, have given proof
of their loyalty in the following manner: On Sun
day, the 22cl of August last, being in a house op
polite the church, the leaders of them had a drum
beating and life playing during the afternoon fer
vicc, to the great diflurbance of the congregation :
and in the evening they got poffchion ofthe church;
and kept ringing the bells at intervals till near mid
night.—On the Friday following they wentup, in
number about 12 or 13, on horseback, to the east
ward, where they paraded through the high roads,
and in the afternoon came down in an Indian file
with drums beating, and preceded by two Negroes
carrying hatchets on their shoulders, two boats be
longing to the Porcupine sloop of war keeping wily
With them, fully manned. In this manner they
proceeded along the Brand, headed by the Captain
ofthe said man of war, with his cutlass drawn, and
a pistol by his fide. When the court met at the
end of the month, two of them went into the court,
abused the bench, denied the authority of the Go
vernor and of the court, and at last so far gained
their ends, as to have the courts adjourned to the
next term. They have formed themselves into a
Committee, appointed a Chairman and Secretary,
and arc endeavouring to overturn the constitution
ofthe government, and to ere& on the ruins there
of their favourite banner of anarchy and confu
fion.
“ It is rumoured that the refugees intendto make
a defeent from the Bahama illands upon some part
of the Spanish main, and by force to fettle them
selves where they please."
CARLISLE, (Pennsylvania) Oft. 15.
In consequence of the meeting of the Trustees of
Dickinson college last month, a teacher of mathe
matics lias been added to the college, lo that now
those necessary branches of learning are taught in
our infant seminary. The Latin and Greek lan
guages are taught as usual with accuracy and care
by Profeffor Ross. In the faring it is expe&cd,
upon the arrival of Dr. Nefbit, that profefforfhips
of natural and moral philosophy, logic, metaphy
sics, &c. will be filled up, and education rendered
as complete and extensive here, as in any of the
colleges in America.
@ In the mean while young gentlemen may be pre
pared for thole higher branches of literature by the
present teachers of the languages and mathematics.
Board may be had in reputable families, in the vil
lage of Carlifle, for sixty up to eighty dollars per
year.
We have the pleasure to inform the public, that
a foundation has already been laid for a library in
our college. His Excellency the President of the
State has presented the college with the principal
part of the library ofthe late Isaac Norris, Esq; con
fiding of about 1500 volumes, upon the most im
portant fubje&s. Besides this collection, the col
lege has received contributions in books from
Grenville Sharp, Esq; of London, and from several
Gentlemen in the city of Philadelphia.
CHARLESTO N,
NOVEMBER 25, 1784.
ExtraEl of a letter from Cannock, (Scotland) dated
May 19.
THE following extraordinary piece of intelli
gence you may depend upon as a fad: I,aft
week about 40 men, women and children, passed
through this place. They set off from Irvine on a
pilgrimage to Jerusalem, or some other place un
known—they represent themselves as the spiritual
offspring of a Mrs. Buchan, from Glasgow her
firft-born is a Mr. Whyte, who lately was Minister
of the Relief congregation at Irvine—she profefles
to communicate the Holy Ghost by breathing and
laying on her hands—her disciples believe t°hem
felvcs to be filled with the Holy Ghost, and that
they neither have nor can commit fin—they believe
themselves to be immortal—they believe thatChrift
is now about to make his appearance on earth, and
to reign one thousand years, and that they are to
be the principal members of his kingdom—they
believe that their spiritual mother, as they call Mrs.
Buchan, has brought forth children without the
knowledge of man, by the supernatural agency of
the Holy Spirit. When they are asked wher : they
^ going, they ar.fwer, they arc followin the
We learn by the English papers, that the consi
deration of the quantum of intercourse to be allow
ed between the United States of America and the
British Vv est-India illands, was deferred 011 a mo
tion of Mr. Pitt's, the 27th of July lad, in the
House of Commons, until the next Session of Par
liament, wheudtwill come under the mod delibe
rate inveftightion of she legislature; and it is sup
posed from Something which escaped the Chanccl
loi or the Exchequer, about a middle way, in the
courie or the converiation which took place on this
fubjed, that liberty will be granted to small Ame
rican vessels, not exceeding a certain stated tonnage,
to supply the Weft-India illands witlr lumber and
provisions only.
Benjamin Guerard
Christopher Gadsden
John Mathews
John Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Hugh Rutledge
Charles C. Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney, fen.
Alexander Moultrie
William H. Gibbes
Thomas Hayward
David Ramsay
Henry Pendleton
BE. Burke
J. F. Grimke
Henry Peronneau
Richard Hutfon
Alexander Gillon
John Budd
Daniel Stevens
John Baddley
Benjamin Cudworth
Richard Beresford
Peter Bocquet
Joseph Bee
Pierce Butler
Daniel De Saussure
Isaac Holmes
General Moultrie
William Logan
Isaac Motte
William Johnson
Thus by a number of good mens names being
published together, the voters will be enabled to
recoiled those persons, who they would wish to re
present them in the next Assembly: For be assured,
my countrymen, it is a matter of the utmost conse
quence.
An AMERICAN,
MARINE LI S T.
ENTERED INWA RD S.
Nov. 22. Schooner Assurance, J. Devereux,
Wilmington,
ENTERED OUTWARDS.
22. Brigantine Jett, S. Little, Virginia.
CLEARED OUTWAR DS.
22. Brig. Hawke, J. Judd, Bermuda.
23. Sloop Liberty, J. Smith, Sunbury.
Sloop Dove, J. Phillips, Rhode-Ifland.
Sloop Wilhng Maid, T. Johnston,
Augustine.
Schooner Wilmington Packet, Dickinson,
Wilmington.
Mrs. TIMOTHY,
AS the Election will begin on Monday next
the 29th instant, you will be so obliging as
hc undermentioned names a place in your
ufeful Gazette; which will give the citizens an
opportunity of choosing out of them or other good
men thirty persons proper to fill such an important
Lamb they do not pray for any thing, hecaufe
t.icy look upon (led as bound to give them all
things they need without asking—their ordinary du
ties are reading the New-Testament, and praising;
tins they go at times on the road as they are travel
ing—pt is said they object to the CAI Testament,
is certai n they reject all other bo&s—their
flight from Irvine was so precipitate, that they Kft
their houses with their goods in them—one had a
washing upon the green, which she did not Bay to
dry up, neither did she Bay to fettle any other" bu
°"c ° f them named H—, was by warrant
carried bacl< from Machline, to fettle his affairs
and his wife Baid some nights in this place fcve
performs here converted with her, in order to
ddcover her principles, and some perlons endea
voured to perluade her to go back, but in vain—
fhe is now gone to join her spiritual mother, and
tiie other members of their fraternity. Mr. Whyte
preaches often as he goes along the high way, but
will receive no money from the people. Upon the
whole they f e cm to me to be a set of blinded peo
ple, led by the fpmt of enthusiasm—no person need
argue wrth them f or they ftil] maintain themselves
to be led by the spirit—that is they it only 'who
\ h °w the right sense of the scripture— ha: the spi
rit within.them shews it in its 'true sense—that all
others are in a Bate of nature, and cannot know the
meaning of the scriptures— they allow they were in
the fame Bate, until they were convinced of late,
and pity the rest ofthe world as blind tinners.
^ rcfid ° in 2 w °° d near Dumfries,
where Mr. W hyte preaches to them."
„ Last We dnefd a y week, at a meeting ofthe Hon.
I J° hn Erncft royas, Efa. was elected
a M alter of the customs for the port of Charleston,
rn the room of Mr. John Sanfum, deccaf^d.
T , e Q,,y arrived here the sloop Diana, Captain
John Hull, f rom Rhode-Ifland, after a tedious paf
lage of three weeks, with whom came paffenger<
Mr. Stephen Mazyek and Mrs. Mazyek, fames
Sharp, Esq; Mr. Adams, and others.
Thursday last was married at Goose-creek Mr.
Scott of this city, to Miss Frances Daniell,
only child of the decealed Adam Daniell, Esq.
DIED—At Bermuda, the nth of last month,
where, e went for the recovery of her health,
MBs Elizabeth Cordes, eldest daughter of Samuel
Cordes Esq; of St. John's Farifh—And last Mon
day night, Mr. John Harriot, of this city, Wine
Cooper.'
J. L. Jervais
John Blake
Thomas Hughes
Michael Kalteifen
Edward Darrell
Josiah Smith
William Lee
Stephen Lee
J. S. Cripps
Edward North
C. F. May
Anthony Toomer
John E. Poyas
John Edwards, fen,
Thomas Waring
Bernard Beckman
Thomas Savage
Thomas Gadsden
Thomas Eveleigh
James Neilfon
John Lloyd
John Gibbons
Joseph Ball
John Huger
Sims White
Will iam Hort
Daniel Cannon
George Flagg
Job Colcocle
Samuel Prioleau, jun.
Richard Lufhington.