Gazette of the United States. ■—:o:^ Philadelphia, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER I . Froth the Aiiro'ra of this morning. Extract oj a letter from Lancaster, dated November 9, IKoo. " The two houses of the Lefiflature met agreeable to the proclamation, on Wednel day the sth inllant, hut were not duly orga nized until Thursday and Friday. Mr. J. Woods, and Mr. Weaver being chosen Speakers of the Senate and House of Repre sentatives, Mr. Matlack, clerk of the Senate and Mr. Wm. Duncan, of Philadelphia, clerk of -the Ho tile of Representatives, in the room of Mr. Bullock, who fupprefl'ed the report lall year in the cafe of the riot. " On Satujday a joint committed of both Houses waited on the Governor at 11 o'clock to inform him they were ready to receive his communication. He f*id that he was glad to Tee the committee and as time was prefftng, he woiild lose no opportunity to meet the Legislature, and would therefore attend in the Representatives Chamber that afternoon at 3 o'cloi k, which he did accordingly, and delivered the (peech wliich you will have seen. Im nelhtely after the Governor re tired, the speech w*s ordered to be entered on the journal:, and Mr. Boileau rose, and after noticing the extraordinary urgency of the business upon which they were convened, the shortness of the time for deliberation, and the public anxiety on the fubjedt, he begged leave to introduce a draft of a bill which he had prepared, and which might, if taken up" by the house, be printed in time for Mon day,, and place the business upon which the Legillature met in a plain and precise form before the House. He then moved tlie bill in form—ind it was accordingly received and ordered to be printed. The bill \yas made the order ot the d<y tor Moadiy,' the 10th inllant. After some petition? had been presented and some subordinate business gone through, the House adjourned to Monday. " In the Senate nothing of moment was done, excepting th« presentation of a memo rial and petition from the county of Chester, praying the Legislature to appoint eleftors by a joint vote. This memorial wa» appal led U|jiin tlie ground of/orm, the fubjedl uOt beingyet before the house. Monday Evening, Nov. 10. On Saturday the following bill for a joint ele&ion pasTed the House of Representatives, *nd was read this d;iy a frcond time, com mitted and amended, the ele&ors to meet the rjib inllant, in the bnrough of Inncaf ter. The Feds moved to ttrike out joint vote and insert concurrent vote. I'he votes were, ayes 21 —noes 55.' Two of tlie federal mem bers bei*g absent. The Senate who had adjourned to three this day, inftantlv adjourned again. • They are rirtKh dismayed, we (hall certainly have our vote." IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. , « Saturday, Nov. 8. An Aa to dire A on behalf of this state the manner of appointing the Ele&ors of a President ~and Vice-Prefiient of the Unit ed States. WHEREAS it is declared by the Gonfli tution of the United States, that for the purpsfe of electing a President and Vice ?refiden.t of the Uiiited States, " Each (late fliall appoint in such a manner as the Legis lature thereof may direst, a number of elec tors Iqual to the whole number of Senators and reprefentitives to which the (hte may be entitled in the Gongrefs —And where- Ut, have been heretofore appointed in Penf.l'ylvanra by a general voice of the people, but to want ot time it is not practicable to pursue the fime mode ot ap pointment f°r the purposes the ntxt enfo ■iii£ election of a Prehdeut and Vice-Presi dent of the United States To the intent therefore, That the state may not be depriv ed cf her vote in the choice of the Chief M.vgifb ate of the Uniar, but without mean ing that the provifiens of this aft fI»H here after be drawn into precedent. Section «. BE it therefore enacted by the Semite and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gene ral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted ■by tie authority of the seme, 1 hat the Elec tors to ekdt on behalf of the Rate of Penn sylvania a President and Vice-President of the United State, at the ensuing eleflian for that purpose to be hoWen, shall be appointed by a joint vote of the members of the Senate and House <crf Reprei'entatives of the Gene- ral Assembly. Sect. i. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of tbs Senate and Houi'e of Rcprefentatives of the General Aflenibly fliall meet in the cham ber of the Hoife of Reprtrentatives, at the I hour of twelve o'clock on Saturday the 15th of November instant, and then ami there appoint by a majority of ths votes of the members of the two Houses prefen*, fifteen Eleftors to eleft on behalf of this ftate'a President and Vice-Prelident of the United States at the next ensuing eleftion for that purpose to be holden. Sect. 3. And be it further enacted by tfie authority aforesaid, 1 hat the Speaker ot the Senate, or in his absence the speaker of the Ho ate of Rcprefentatives, or in the ab fcnee of both Speakers, the- Members of the two Houses fliall, as soon as they are a (tern- | bled in the Chamber of the House of Re- i pre&ntattves as aferefoid, 6hoofe by a ma jority of Totes one ot their number to! erelide, and if tie Elettors (hall not be.ap- j pointed a- aforefaid at the time preferibesi 1 for holding tlie liid meeting the Speaker or other per l'on pw;jSfiiiig Hull adjourn the lame to such * other time and place as a mijority of the Members «t' both Houses prolent lh»tl <.grCc upon, and lo from time to time until tli« appointment (hall be finally made, de clared and certified. Sec i'. 4. And be it further enacted by j the authority aforesaid : That the appoint ment of Electors (hall be conducted ?.s sol- j lows, that is to ify:—id- That bejtye tlye time of the joint meeting of the two Ho tiles of the General Alfembly above mentioned each House lhall from its nwn Members choose and appoint ane iVlle', and coinhfu niiate the naipr of the member Is clujfcn to the other Houfe:—2d. 1 hat the peifon* propoled to be appointed Eleftprs at the IVid meeting Hull be nominated in the re f|K£live Houses, and each House lhall com municate to the other, the names of the persons so nominated in the House refpeft ively at ieafl one day previously to the ap pointment :—3d That the votes of the metiers at the meeting aforel.iid (hall be given viva voce ; the Members ot the Senate Dull full vote, and then the Members of the House of Rep lentatives, in alphabetical order, and Member lhall vote foj- fif teen E'ettois :—4'.h. The name of the mem-i ber voting and the names of the persons for whom he votes fit ill he taken down ill wri? tins' by the Tellers chosen as at' irefaid, who (hall as loon oS all the votes a»-given report to the Speaker or otner perl'on presiding the number of votes refpe&ively given for each and every of the persons so voted for, and the President shall theieupon ' declare the. fifteen persons having the fjreatefl numbr.-r of votes to be duly appointed Electors to eleft 011 behalf of the State of Pennfylvac.ia a JVefident and Vice President of the Uni ted States, at the next ensuing Eledtion, for that purpose to be holcien :—sth. That the Spriker or other person preiiding f] lall in the presence of tht Members of b.oth Houses lign three several certificates of the said appointment of ele&ors, atteflai by the said Tellers, one of which cert:/i«at?s lhall be forthwith presented by tl) e said Tellers to the Governor, ouc shall be enter ed ctn the journals, and preserved among the records of the Senate, and one shall lie entered on the journals, and preserved among, the records of the Representatives. Sect. j. And be it further et.acted by the authority aforesaid, That th». Gover nor lhall canl'e a notification of t/ ieir elect ion to be delivered in writing ti» each aixl every of the eledlors, appointed ' s afoiel'aid on or before the day ot' November ■iiiflant, the expences whereof, (hall be de frayed and paid on a warrau-. or warrants drawn by him on the State Tceafarer ; and the said eledlors (hall aflemb le on the firll Wedneftliy in December next at twelve o'clock, in the Court House, in the borough of Lancafler, afid shall the/1 and their per« form the duties enjoined ujpon them by the conflitution and laws of the United Stsftei. Sfct. 6. And be it further enacted by the culboriiy aforesaid, I hat each of the laid eleftors (ball receive three dollars daily wages when travelling (.0, and remaining at and returning from the place of meeting afort said, tlie fame to Vie paid by the Trea surer of the State, or the Tirafurer u! the O'Ut'ty. in which t"fie fa id eleilors re fpeiSively reside, on a warrant or warrant, finned by the Prelident of f^id ileflors, if any they (hall choof- - , or by a majority of such eleflorsexcluftie of the petfor in whose favour thf warrant is drawn, and all fomj pniias aforefaid, by the Treasurer of any CJotjnty within this (late fliill be allowed to him on behalf of laid Cotfmy, in the little ment of accounts with the lUte Tieafuier. [How often havs the J.:cohijis told us, »nd sworn to it.tba; General Wafttington was on their frde ! Read the following, ye dupes, and »(k yourselves, who the Gen- ieral wean't by the curse of the couutry and the cause of its expenct.] Extract of a letter from General Washington to Charles Carroll, of Carrolton aated id. August, 1798. " Although I highly approve of the raea* fures taken by government to place this country in a poflure of defence, and *ven wHh they had been more energettf, and dull oe ready to obey its caii, under the reservation I have made, whenever it is made ; yet I am not without hope, mad and intoxicaVed as the French are, that they -%ill paule.be fore they take the lalt That they have been deceived in their calculations on .the division of the people, and thepoweiful sup port they expected from their party, it re duced to a certainty ; though it is somewhat equivocal (till, whether that party, who have been the curse of this country, and the source of the expences we have to en- Counter, may not be able to continue their delnfion—|C7" What a pity it is thiiexpence could not be taxed upon them." Madeira Wine, In pipes hhds and quarter casks, For sale by the Subscriber, GIDEON HILL WELLS, No-. 135 Market Street. November is. eodtf I Employment Wanted. A PERSON, who ha? been many years c»n verfant in- Trade and 3o;i-Keeping, will be glad of fuller employment wit* the fen ; ei ther in polling books, flatrng accounts, or Iran fcribing other writings. Any huffnefs of this description, thit may he done at the applicant's own feotife, will suit his prelent circumstances best. A rot's directed to A. B. and iett U the Oifi' e of this Gazette, by any gentleman want ing such affiilance, will be rcfpeiWully attend ed to. November is. jaw aw. , Prices of Public Stocky Philadelphia, November 13. Eighr percent (lock —108 x-4 Six pet cent, and 89 a $$ 1-4 Navy ditto ! " a a 9° Deferred 6 per cent 87 %•}<* Three percent. 54 1-1 a SS S l*l per eeut. > 41 -1 per cent. S ndnc at mar,!el: BANK ,U. States, 37§ " 38 p. cent ad.-) Pcnnfjlvania, 131 ditto ( 4<JO N. America 1510154 ditto f . Inl'aranceCa Fenns'a noai ii ditto J North America 85 10 Turnpike ' - is*& <* dolls. 3°o Sch#ylkiU Bridge - par «o W»ter Loan, 87 J dolls. 100 Land Warrants aj a 30 doll*. 100 acres St.AuguJiint Church Lottery TicUts, ) £ I loUars EXCHANGE, On London at 60 days 7»£ a 75 On AmUenlam, do 30 a4O cent-) [per.-Elbnn > On Hamburgh do 36 a 37 cents \ [per Mark Bauco Rater of Foreign Coins and Curren remits in tie United Slates—per act of Centres for payment of Du ties, Dolls. Ch. Hrig'ifli pound ftetling 4 44 Iriih do do 4 10 ( Dutch Pbrin or Guilder o 40 f Hambwgh Mirk liar.co o 1-3J The fubftriUer having frequently hfjrd complaints o l the want of accuracy in tie price current of public stock, has conclud ed to fiirnftfi the Gazette of the United States, .occasionally (if called for) with what may U> his opinion beconfid-red the Market Prices ot Stock, and the Rates of Exchange. M. M^CONNELL, Cbetnut street,, Wo. 143. Robert Smith & Co. No. 58, ScVTH I~S9 NT-Si It CEf, Have JuJi Received, Per the AiAivr, Captain M'Dougall, from London, A few b»ks of white and Russia Sheetings Also, c "cneral assortment of Goobs, Suitable Or tfic (eafon. November >1 dtot Take Notice. THR Sobicibcr leivinj the Un'ted M»te« (i>lf in December. Therefore ill pvlor> fch.i arc :yJebted are req<ie'*eJ t> nuke immeMuu nivmcnt, inil :hsl( wy df- IMtili to i<;narr tiitir account*, I> r Ic ikiMt. JOHN MOUGAN. N»t J. Seutb' Frwt Srtei. Nov. leodto Saw Manufactory. FRANCIS MASON, No. 10, Couth Filth ftretc, MANOFACrURW zr.ifi, uof.tat f* pit! b<N, i«i #"»r* (gmy (ftr up^nrtril; which bt IVifc old ale at tW folk,»mtfri«-— 6 tect millfa«tj i-a dol lar 4»cb ; «rctf*-cu( d» ja cecti jcr foot; f itt do. 60 mum per tMit. Woul-C'atrcr* c»6 fleet r»*t,*od t-nrj itbfr boti.maic to ms p»r:lcoUr 4irc<SiDD. , T• Philadelphia Academy. 0- Mr. Francis Galuet, AN experienced aHd approved Inftru&or, has undertaken to teach the FRENCH LAI&* GVAOS in t!n# Seminary, to luch of the Young Gcnflcnvn as may cheofe to place thenrfilves un der hi* care gy Pare ts and Guardians are rcq«eited to make immediate appliwtion, that all the fchokrs may begin at one J. Samuel Mapaw 7 Directors of James Abercrotnbie j fbe Academy. O&ober ai. jtawtf. zo Dollars Reward. Deserted ia.fi evening, parkin sow, private in the murine corps of the United States, he was botn in Ireland, ,i» about 17 years old. 5 feet 6 and a half' inches high, dark eyei. black F.ai-, and fallow complexion. Also, JEREMIAH CLABKSON, botn in Eng'and, town of Stockport, it 39 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, grey eyes, light brown hair, florid complexion and by trade a Hatter ; from the ap pearance of his face the mod evident wark* of at tachment to drit-k may be traced, they have both served in the Weilem Army, and now deserted in full unitrrm. The above amount will be paid with charge* to apprehend them ; or 1 en Dollar for either by applying to FRANKLIN WHARTON, Captain Commanding. Philadelphia, Marir.« Barracks, Not- 8. "'NOTICE, WHERKAS Duncan M'lwns did on the thir tieth daj of April lad, make at) aSgnmeot of his property ior tlae benefit of his creditors— luch creditors are rcqueOeJ t > present their ac counts to th» subscriber ; and all persons indebt ed to th« said Duncan M'lnnes, are requeHed to pay the fame without delay, to JQHN CLARK, No. SJ, "> Aai\ north Water street f Philadelphia, november 6 lawjvr Nurse Child ■ WANTED. AHgALTriY niarri-'l Woman, with a frcfh Bread o Milk, would talco a child, for a ftw months, to suckle. App'Y on thc foutb fide of tenth, near Fourth flrixt, to short< •d6t nevembcr 3 Thomas Wotherspoon, No. 56, Sourv Front Sr-tßsr, Has received by the late arrivals from L,on. don, Liverpool, Hull and Glasgow, a ' general assortment of DRY-GOODS; Par amcuH of a foare Suitable for the season among which are Superfine and fecand cloths, Do. plain and ribb'd Ca (Tuners D:j. iafhionable Sa-anl'downs Cv»tii>gs and Bicki'ng Baizes Flannals and Plains Plaid and ribb'd Calimancoes Durmits and Joans Spinnings Black kulTels and Bombazetts Plain and striped Wildbores Cloak Cambletts Velvets, Thickfetts and Fancy Cords Check'd and ilriped Ginghams White and brown Platillas Checks and Bed-ticks Purple and Chintz Shawls Printed Pocket Handkerchiefs Black and col'd Barceloqa do. White and col'd Satins, Peelongv and Perlians. Twilled black Sattia Florentines Wide rich stripe do. (.Juren's Grey Lutestrings Stitching Thread: and Scarf Twifl Dimities and Marfellois Quiltings Black and white Thread Lacss and Edgings Rich wide patent.Law Veils An a{Tirtment of Ribbons Carpets and Carpeting Tapes, quality and Ihoe Bindings Shirt Weires and Moulds Plain and Fancy Buttons Plain and ribb Cotton Stockings Fancy Handkerchiefs and Cotton B.indannoes. TahJe-clWis-and cotton Counterpanes Thread, Leaders, Ferretts and Galloons Britiih Muslins of every description Ounce Thread in hosts Coloured do. in da. ALSO, Suitable for Wett-India Market, A few b.iwt of Mudrafs Handkerchie.s. .1 few do. Fancy Muilius, a few do. Ginghams, entitled to drawback. Oflober 16 d2ot Robert Smith & Co. No. 58, South Front Street, HAVE RECEIVED, By 'he late arrivals from London, Liverpool, Hull and Glasgow, A general aflortment of GOODS, Suitable for the season—-among wbich are SUPERFINE and second cloths Forefl cloths and plains A variety of plain, ribb'd and emVolTcd cafli meret of every colour • A vjaicty of faftiionable fwanfdown Kendal cottons locking and Colchcfter baize of every color '74 to 11 4 rose blankets lit an 4 3 do VVhiu serges suitable for fadl«r« Ribbed and plain calimancoes Rattinets and ihallooos Durarit* joant and bombazeens Bombazetts, itriped and plain, Wildbores Velverets, tkickfett« and fancy cords Check'd'and striped ginghams 7-8, 4-4. l«-« cotton checks Bed ticks Scotch fhirtiag Brovyu linens and cotton bagging Plain and tambor'd jaconut and book maiflinc and handkerchiefs Coloured tambor'd ditto Olive, load and blue muslins Cambricks and lawns Lawn,and printed linen handkerchiefs Black and colored Barcelona ditto Black love ditto Worded, yarn and cotton hosiery White and coloured threads Tapes, quality and shoe binding An assortment of ribbons Sewing silk and twist Ivory arid horn combs Shirt Wires and moulds Plain and fancy battons Knives and forks, penknives, fciflore, needles, pins, &c. They have also on hacid, an assortment of CHINA fc? INDIA G.OODS, mwf fa Coloured and black Lutellringi, Senchaws and Sattins—Garrsihs, San as, Baftas, Ouzvenaa; &c> J oßoler 15 aim Loft this morning, A BOUT V=n o'clock, in Walnut street, or in r\ Fourth near Walnut street, seven Bank Notes, together, to One Hundred and Forty Dollars. Any person that may have found the fame is requnfled to deliver them to the owner, at No. I ir, ftuth Front street, and shall be rewarded for his troulile if required. November 10. Imported In the ship Difpatcb, Jacob Btnner mafler, from DAT AVI A, Coffee, Sugar and Pepper, Of the firtt quality, FOR SALE BY William Sanfoni, James C. bijher, Jo/eJ>b S. Lewis. November i« < ' IW vt t. diw. Pofl: Office, Philadelphia, Nov. i, 1800. THE for the Post Office* on the Mate Line, between mi New York, wilUn future be closed every day, (Sunday except ed) at 8 o'clock, A. M. and the Mails for Pofl Offices branching from them will be clofad on the ul'ual days, at 8 o'clock in the morning. The Mail for New York, and the Post Offices eaflward ot it, will consinu? ta be closed at the usual hour, o'clock, noon, 1 d»w IVantcd to chatterfor Madeira, Sfijjkt A good Veflel, Of I coo or 1,100 barrels APPLY TO WHARTON & LEWIS. Ho. 115, South Front Street, november.io § For Sale, THE BRIGAKTINE Mi ENTERPRIZE, VmfeSli&She is built of the beat feafaned white oak and was salted on tha ftocks— will carry a'lout ijooJbarreU of flour, and maybe sent to sea at a small cxpence. For terms aoply to WHARTON Sc LEWIS, No. 115, South Front Street. November 10 ?• " A Novel, a Poem, a Drama, which reprefcot* Virtue in lively colours, models the reader on the variom charailers, who aft without hisper lieving it; they become interesting, and the au thor inculcates morality withsut fetmiag ta mention it." L« Maacis*. Jufl Publijhed, BY JOHN CONRAD is* CO. (Sutctffors to the late R. Campbell)—No. 30, Chefnut ftrcet, The Beggar Girl, And her BenefaHrefs BY MRS. BENNET, Author of the Welfti Heiref>, ]»venile Indifcfe tions, Agnes de Co jrti, and F.llen, Gountefs of CalUe H jwell. In 3 volumes—tbret dollars. November 7 diw Education FOR YOU NG LADIES. COLUMBIA HOUSE, BOARDING DAY-SCHOOL, lE-COMMENCED For-tie,winter feafott, on Monday, Oftober 6th, Walnut, between Foarth and Fifth-flretts. i MRS. GROOMRRIDGE refpe<VfuHy *c knowlertges the liberal encouragement (he has experienced, for more thin seven years n Philadelphia, an<j, as the mod expreflive proof of gratitude, will ba a continuance of the unre mitting attention, already pa-d to her pupils ; flatters hrrfelf, it will be the best recommenda tion to future pitrrnape. The following brai»che« (or any of them fep» arately) may he engaged for, as mod agreeabfe, the English. French, and Italian languages grammatically ; wriiing. arrithmetic, geogr»- phy, use of the globes, history, music, vocal • atul mftrumenial, drawing and danci'-g. Plain marking, embroi.-irry and tam bour 10 gold, silver or roloort, ftllagree, artiS cial flowers, fancy bafkett, netting, hair, print . cloth, and muslin work of every kind. (Ml. Ij. dawawti. FOR SALE, Tlk following Real EiHte ; the property j£ Anthony Francis Haldimand, Esquire, of London, 552 and an half /Veres Patented Land SITUATE on Vinvytrd Qrfck.in the township and county of Huntingdon, i* the ftatc of Pennfylvach, on a p*fclic road about 5 miles from the town of Huntingdon, which it situated o9 a boatable river—there ar« cn the premises a water Grift Mill and Saw Mill—ftveral Log dwelling HouiVs—one of which is occupied as a Tavern, with » Distillery (applied by a powerful spring of cfcellent water—a quantity ot 1 iaio» Uiy Meadqw fit for the fey the, and ftveral acres of ara*)c Land already ckarcd-—T-histraA will admit of being divided into thre- farms, with a dee proportion of meadow and arable land iu each. At present in tOiiufe of Adam Hall, Esq. John Hick«*, and others. . 187 and aii half acres on Trough Creek, in | Union towr.fhip.a Hoarilhing fettlemcnt, firft rate ; land, with a small improvement. 173 and 3 quarters atres adjoining the aboVe I and the fame quality —as thpfe last mentioned tra£s are adjoining surveys they would make one i valuable farm. In Bedford county, 374 acres situate on Dunning* Creekj sis ft rate laid, on a public road to Bedford. 364 and 3 quarters acres adjoining the above, anil of rtie fame quality. 388 acres called the Springs, fame quafcty as above , 198 and 3 quarters acres on halt way run, a good improvement and now in tenure of Jacob Moses. Terms of fa!e,a» f<ilows viz—One fourth part of the confidential, mud he paid in hand, and the refi4»e divided into four or five annual in ftalmenn.as may suit the p .rchafers—to be fea red by mortgage. Apply to John Cadwalladcr, Esq. Councilor at Law. in the .town,of Huntingdon, or to the fub fcribtrs in the city »f Phil delphia Willings Es? Francis. lawßw OdbM 14 { take notice, Th at Wli fcave applied to the Honorable lu'jrcsef lb* Court of Common Picas of Burlington County, (or rcHdas.nlolvcut Arf**.. and l'ai Court h»i I jtb day of Do (£m,er next, tohea' us and our Creditor. »t Ac Co,rt Herein TER.KMIAH B(LL, ADAM REEVED, WU.LIAMJOHNSTO* November 10.
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