Gazette of the United States. fHIf.AT)KI.PUIA t THURSDAY EVENING, DKCKHBEK 18'. Prices of Public Stock, PHILADELPHIA, DUCI-MUKR 18. tcr The Books for transferring funded Stuci closed yesterday witbtbe following prices Eight p« cent, (lock— 107 Six per cent. iUck 1 . 0 Navy ditto j 90a8 9 Deferred 6 per cent 875 a 88 Three percent. SS"SSt 5 l-a per went. £ 4 I-» pei 1 cent. ) none at market BANK U. States 140 a 139 p, cent ad."\ ■ Pcnnfylvjnu, 1 3311134 dit-t# ( N.America 15* ditto f iQluranceCa. Peiins'a 117 in! ditto J —Mirth America ?i|o ?* Turnpike - 150 A 160 dolls. Schuylkill Bridge - 4 Water Loan, {J 7J dolls. Land Warrants 2j a 36 dolls. 100 acres St,AuguJlinc Church Lottery'Ticketi, duilart EXCHANGE. On London at 60 days 70ajzl Jiates of Foreign Coins and Cur rencies in tie United States—per act of Cotigres for payment of Du ties* F.riglifi) pound {ldling 4 44 Irilh do do 4 10 C llu'ch "1 iin cr Oullisr o 40 f ftamburgh Mark Eaac'o o J3 1-3 J CoitßEcmi) Br Vt. M'COWNE Cbtsm.l t'.rtttf Ifo. »4S- Legiflatuke of South Carolina. Convened at Columbia. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TURSD4V. NOT »j. The following neffage was frovi the Lieutenant Governor, by the Secretary of State : To the honorable the Speaker and Members ot' the House of Hepieientatives. Gentlemen, AotißtAßi.r to the conflitotion of this Hate, it* authorities are now met at the feat of government, for the dispatch of public bufinrfs ; but the gentleman who filled the executive office at the close of your last ses sion is gone. Kutledge is no more ! With and other itlultrious personages dear to America, for * fei ies of long tried and virtuous lervicesrhe hath departed. At his manners were pleasing he has been re gretted ; at his lite was ufeful to humanity, he has been publiciy mourned, and long, very long, I tiuft will his memory be heli dear, to all who now, enjoy, or who for ages I hope will continue to pofTefs those blef lings flowing from American Independence, v hich his labours, under God's providence, a/Tided to obtain. In consequence of this unexpe&ed cala mity, the duties which he was entiufted to execute, conrtitution.illy vetted in me; and I was immediately notified by the Secretary •f the State to enter on the This i was enabled to perform, as 1 had previously qualified before you when eledled Lie«te nant Governor, and in a few days after his decease, 1 repaired to the city of Charleflon f«r that purpose. Here I found that the illnefa ef the Go vernor had unavoidably retarded public af fairs, particularly ai relating to the appaint. ment and commifliormig- of nil public officers throughout the Hate ; one ftieriff only of the new eleftLn was in coirtniitfion, and all the other officers conelted with tbe Judicia ry department, required to be without delay placed in their relpe&ive stations, or, other wile the fii ft fittings of tbe courts under the late Judiciary laws could not have taken place. My endeavours to this point were, for the most part fucreftful; and the judges of the couits of law performed their lpring Circuit, holding courts throughout the state except in Tome few inftances,where commiT fions were received too late, or some error tiiijjht have happened 111 drawing Juries. Upon the whole, however, I felicitate you ton this firft commencement under the new judiciary system } and I earnestly hope, that wiih your support, it will be the means of juftiee biing better adminil'ered, and of its being brought nearer the homes of the citizens of this state, than has heretofore been done. The courts of county through out the state tould not be organized, so as to enable the judges to commence their circuit at the timeJirft contemplated in the law, as, from applications not being made for the office of commiiTtoners in each of the courts, time was necOTary for fearcbing out suitable per'fons to accept appointments thereto ; without which, the business if the courts could n6t be performed. The court of equity, however, for the diftridls of Charleston, Colleton, and Beaufort, held their firft fittings at Charleston in May last, going through much important business; and since that time, the officers both of the Courts of law and equity, have fully enter ed on the duties of their refpeflive offices ■, evincing, that although the justice of this state may have hitherto in some refpefls been flow, it is nevertbeUfs fuie-, and that from henceforth a bright profepeft is pre sented before us, of fuiiafele dispatch in legal concerns, than which nothing is more honorable to a slate, or ntccllary for the welfare of its citizens. While beneficial consequences result from our prelent judiciary fyllem, other advan tages arising therefore are already perceived 4s enabling the people the better to know , and ftjpport governmental authority, with -all those advantages of civilisation and infcrjpajioh conrre&ed therewith. To! further this fjooti work- permit me to invite your early aUon to the education of our youth throughout the (late. For as all good governments are founded on education and pat-riotil'm, so legislative attention cannot be better betlo'ued, than by encouraging these defirabk okj:£ts. 'I he firlt leads to the knowledge of one'; country, hergovern ment, and to all rights incidental to her welfare ; the second. originates at aa eirly tnoment, that national arelur which leads to the mull honourable a Aims, and blinds in f\veet union the citizens of a slate together. Hence education, combined with proper political information, and formalities, make so deep an impreflion on the minds of youth, that when they grow up to manhood, tbey are ever to be relied on in times of emer gency. Foreign influence of whatever kind, will then difctiargc its fhafts of cor ruption with unavailing tendency, and when (Irangers flnll boast oi the advantage* or perfections of dillant countries, and (hall recommend alterations in our laws and cus toms conformably thereto, a laudable jea lousy will be excited, which will lead to c.iutious invefliguion, and will serve to bind us to our country the more. By this prinrij-le, the heioes ot'patt times long pre- I'erved un'.arriifhed the liberties of their refpe&ive dates; and it was not until this principle wa« difiolved, an engine ever play ed off by cVafty ambition, that their govern ments were subverted. public I'chools, then, eal'y of accels to the poorelt class of the community, are these national benefits to be derived ; to reap these advantages, the citizens of Carolina have a claim upon your attention and generality in behalf of their children, and I cannot recommend the inilitution of thele public seminaries on ; proper principles, too much to your leriou: coelideration. It is a matter of nati3nal joy to find that so valuable a fhtple as cotton it now j .added to the prodsce j>f this (late. Its in troduction as an export, has been but of late years, bat, on trial, it has been found to answer in all high land fr.itations, and, ab indigo and tobacco bee-'me in lels demand, to ensure an handforre re urn in their room to the iaduftry of our inhabitants. Under this influence the planting of cotton en encrcalo innutllt both in the lower flefling so valuable an acqutfition, it is time lome I egiflatire measures be taken to guaid against any frauds reljpefting it, and to enlure, as n uch as they be, its being sent ; to market in good order and condition ; and I recommend such conlideiation to j your particular attention. ! With great pleafnre I have also to in ! form you. that not only this slate, but the ; United States, at present enjoy an interval of less foreign interruption, than has been 1 experienced for several years pall, a calm has ensued respecting ourselves, which I hope will end in universal peace ; and although our Envoys to France have not yet, as far as we know officially complet ed the ends of their million, this much has been elfedted, that our Government in them has been refpefled and that our armed vesT Is of marque, which hereto fore were obliged to carry on commerce with foreign powers at a great rifle and rxpence, now traverse the ocean from Europe to America, unarmed, Ringing valuable cargoes, and protected alone by the American flag which they bear. Com merce will thereby be encouraged, and as the merchant now pays lels in in ranee and freight, so the planters arid farmers have a right to expe£t mo:e for the produce oi their industry. But although tjveir bieflings at present attend us, yet ( light we not by any tn.ans to be rendered thereby inattentive to thafe duties, which a prudent regard to our gene ral tranquility obviously firggeft, for, a be coming vigilance may prevent those dan gers, which an indolent feeurity may other wise invite. The militia and patrole laws will not therefore escape your attention, amendments to which iu foine refpe£ts, I am persuaded you will find neceflary to make i during your present f liion. And when I ! fliall tianfmit you a return of the military ) (lores contained in the arfeOaU and maga zines of this (lave, I trust you will take r.est- Curff to supply luch wants therein as the publia fafety may require.' By the report of the comptroller of the revenue and finances of this Hate, which I , Uiall have the honor of transmitting to you. j you will find your expectations have been | well realized, as refpeiUng the benefits j which would be derived from the eflablifh mens; of that office. A new life and vigotfr has taken place in all departments over which its influence extended, public monies have been called in to a very large amount and thereby many debts which were pre carious, or in a little time would have been loft are saved and on the firll day of October lall, a balance remained in the treal'ury for three hundred 6c two thoufandfour hundred and fift) eight dollars, 88 cents, fulrjeci to any directions you may uiipofe, When such are the advantages which you this day' polTels, I cannot but draw your attention to the oflieer who is the head of that de partment, whose iudurtry in the duties of his liation have to my knowledge been indefatigable and unceasing, and whose zeal for the public service although great, has always been guarded by the prudence and discretion, which never led him to overflep the boundaries of law, or to swerve 1 from what he imagined the true interelt of his country. With the means and opportunities you now poflefs, much may be done for the public fcrvice ; much to relieve the local inconveniences unHcr which many citizens labor at present. Various parts of the flats are so far from a market, & Par ,mmnt y*Jkfrt 430 ro 300 id ioo' par Doll,. Ch. the expenccs of carriages thereto are To great, as to discourage the efforts of a well meant industry. Hence rrnny farmers in these situations raise little more than n ceffaries for their own con sumption; they have not even an induce ment to give their lands that attendance which otherwise they wo»ld be invited to perform. As opportunities permit, to open the inland navigation, to encou rage the industry of individuals, & from the very mountains to lend down the produce of this state, an intimate con nexion with commercial advantages, is one oftliedeareft privileges of legisla tive power ; ar*d one, which I trait you will hasten to exercife,by all constitution al means within your controul. Intimately connected with this, are the eftablilbment of manufactories, which, according to the obje£ts of their institution, may either prompt the growth of articles around, which for want of demand are now raised only in fma 1 quantities, or they may encourage the growth of new articles, diredt to a better husbandry, and thus afford better opportunities of comfort to the people, should you think proper to alter our criminal code, and make it less capita!, an accession of means towards the efta blilhment of manufactories may be pro duced by enacting, that persons guilty of nferior crimes, be condemned for a certain term to labor tnerein ; thus obli ging them, by their lervices, to make some compensation to a society whom they have injured. TliWe, anu miny other ballings, may be derived from your exertions, of the op portunity! you have, be induftripnfly put l'ued. A certain portion of bulin fs, how ever, can only be perforir.cd in the iliort space of your ctirtomiry feiiion. The particular communications which by the coalVitution of this ftatc, and my public station, 1 am charged to make, (hall be transmitted you witk all pojfible dispatch. And may the Great disposer of Events, dire£t your councils, and invigorate yonr raeafurcs, promoting the pradlice of morality, and increasing the happiness and lafety of our country. Withg-cat refpedt and conlideration towards you, I have the honour to subscribe, s JOHN DRAYTON. ' South Carolina, November 24, 1800. a • 'ST*r~~.r^ mjml null > | U—a—— it *: ; —! I 200 Barrels Prime pork, For file by , THOMAS KETLAND. December i 6 diw n i Sales Poftooned. i „• x TfHE SALES ef the property of Robert 1 Morris and John Nichnlfsn, advertised by the Marflial, have been poflponed until Mon day the ijd inilanr, when they will pofirvely commence ,-.t the Merchant's Coffee House, in the city of Philadelphia, at 7 o'clock in the evening, prccifrlv JOHN HALL, Marshal. December 15. § INSURANCE COMPANY" 1 Of tbi State of Pennsylvania. Dcccmb«r 16rh, lßco. THE Stockholders ar« hsreby notified that an Ele&ion will be held at the Company's Of a fiee, on Monday the I ath day of January next, at | j- it o'clock in the forenoon, for Thirteen Directors for the frifoing year. JAMES S. COX, PmitiiKt. t dtlijany. i The Cargo Of the Sloop SALLY, CONSISTING OF " A N afTonmentof CORN MEAI., FI.OUR, 1 8 l\. and B3E AD, t . get her W'th the said SLOOP, ' ) will be dilyofsd of at a lth-ral credit, if imroedi -1 ate application be mad*. She cap fail is 3 days.— , e i A rp'y» X MOORE WHARTON, „ No: 18, Dock firect. ■ ' December 16. d4t. House to Let. i a ! TT is the third house well ward of the east lilock ' j | I ofbtdUings lately err&ed on Walnut flreet, < ! bet'vecn Sixth and Seventh ftr,in the Mediterranean to keep Rogues m awe. Should any acci dent happen to the George Wellington, in kef piffle to or imm Constantinople, the Government of the United States will be obliged to reiinlrtirfe the Dey all damages l)e may l'ult.tin thereby, or his most potent Majefly will outer his corsairs to captufe American Veilsls. Among the pre farts f~nt to the Grand Seignior were ene hundred bia«k (lives, fifty of them fern:.fes ; lyons, tygera, leopards, ostriches, Sec. &c. valued at i'everal millions of doll .rs. Precious cargo ftr an Ameri. can Government ship !—Ctpcain B.iinbridge was obliged to hoiil the Standard of Algiers at hi* m.iin-top-galhnt-mall head, instead ot the American Pendant ! The George Wc.skingtcn failed on tfis 19th of Oftober, upon, her nau voyage, and may return to this country possibly in July nest. She had carried out to the Al gerine Government large supplies of Skorfg, which were received on account of the an nual ftipul.ited payments from the United States. The English had offered a frigate: for this purpose, but the Dey did not like to trust them, for fear they would secure the treafore to thernfelves, as there had been a fcrioiis mifurrdrrfUnding with them. Several D;nifn vessels were forcibly taken into po!Ti ffi in,- and ordered for the Isle of Rhodes upon a similar business with the Walliingt.m. The ijagljlli Co-nful was at firft refufed ari ( eptt;:n at As rs, but was finally per milted to remain there. Notwithßanding the treatment Capt. iViinbridge received from the Dev, the A meritcn Coi.i'nl, and Flag, is more rrlpe&ed there than any ot' the European naions'. The Algerines observed to Captain Bain oridge thlt he ought to consider it a great mark of the Dey's favour, to go on hii Maj elty's fpecia]. bulinrls to the Grand Signior —adding, that it *..« an honour he Mould conter oil very k'w otlxrs. There arc about 2300 European Slaves in Algiers—feme of them from the firii families 111 Europe. The place appears very ftrong,but 6 or 8 Seventy. Fours could batter it to pieus. The Poli cy of the Engl.fti Government is againrta. measure so important to the commercial world A petty LXipot of a Piratical State, with a fwail marine force, commands homage and refpeel from all the Christian world,. 0 tempera ! 0 more* ! Mr. O'briicn had wikten home to the American Govirnment, icqoefting that a nocher Consul might be sent out to fuper cede hiir,. NEW-YORK, D;c. i 7. Hamburg Papers hi the German language, to the -24 th October, inclusive, were re ceived yelteiday .it tbe office of the Mercan tile Advei tifrr by the brig Thames. Tliey detail a number of interelling articles, of which the following are the outlines. On the 15th O£lober a plot was discover ed at Paris for letting lire to the opera-house ; and about the fame time an unfaccelsUiL attempt was made to fire tl>e powder maga zines. On the 9th O&ober, the First Confui re ceived an intimation that a,plot was in agi tation -to alTalUnaie htm in the evening as he quitted tlie Oprra-Huule that eleven co'nlpiVators haii pledged thcmiVlves to each other lor the jx rformance of the deed ; and that it would he prudent in the Confui to decline fining thither.— " I wilt go,'' laid Bonaparte ; and haviug made the necefiury arrangement?, and named Moreau as bis successor in the Coufulate, he went to the i Opera, in his accustomed manner, unattend ed. The confpintors bsiu? known, the of ficer* of polite took fui:able precautions, and of the printipals, whocon ! frfled their criminal intention, a*id difcover jed their accomplices, among it wiiem were ! Barrere, DtlHem, and L .unique. Diligent search was making for the remainder. The person to whole fner.dlhip the Confu! is in- " debted for the difcovety ol th** plot is said to be an emigrant who lwd received penvif ! fion from the government to return to his j native country. Geneial La Fayette, a name highly dillin guifhed in the annals of our independence, lis talked of as Minifler Plenipotentiary from the French Republic to the United States. One of his daughters, it is added, is on the point of marriage with Lucien Bonaparte* An embargo, which it was imagined would be of Ihort duration, has been laid on all French velTcts at Bourdeaux ; the cause not made public. In the convention of amity lately conclu ded with this country, it is fetid to be flip uh.ted, an indemnity for I'jjoliamore, &c. to the amount of 20 millions of livrc-s, fiulljhe paid by Fiance to America, at a period »nd in a manne-r, hereafter to be fixed ; and that for the ensuing four years, no treaty (hall be concluded between the latter and Great Britain until the conditions of it are made known to the French Government, and re ceive its.approbation. The French aenvies in Germany are pro grefling, though llowly, into the heart ol the Empire ; and the utmost exei;trons are em ployed on the part of the Emperor to make a defpente and effectual refinance wheßever circumflancss ftull render it necefiary to em ploy the whole energies cf Austria. The Englifn dill maintain the blockade of Cadiz, and threaten t:> set fire to the town The Governor and 30,000 cfthe inhabitants, have fled into th<* country, to avoid the pest:- ler.ee which had carried off 10,000 people, 11.000 wrri then lying lick, ai'd 26,000 had recovered. A litter from 'Frankfort, *nder date of October fays, '■ i-ii the right' o£ tlx