V
Wlt n mG T-0 Nf N. C.
V .'HVlifaryrow Raleigh thai 'the Legislatute
has those. lien. MonUfrt Stoke? to represent
tKisStateUxhi Senalt of the United States' in
ttkctopm 0 the Hon. Jesse Franklin, JLsq. vhost:
time will expire vn (to 34 f Matin next.
Jlamei Monr6et Esq. of Virginia ha been
nominated" and appointed MinisteryExtra
t ordidarjr and Plenipotentiary Us theCourt of
SpainTht object of this appointment it is
.presumed, is to bring the pending negocia--,
tioo between the. twq governments to a speedy
Uumination. t New-York, Paper
. : .- ' 'Trim Rivhmond, Dec.'i.
' Arrived in thjs city, on Thursday evening,
-on their return to Baltimore Mr. Jerome Bo
naparte, Lad jr and suite. ' They disembarked
" in Hampton Roads; from the French frigate
"President, we understand, inconsequence of
the indisposition of Mrs. Bonaparte and an,
' expectation of an immediate engagement
77 with the British frigate Revblutionatre. Pre'
parations for battle had been made by. both
vessels, and tbey lay within a mile of each o- .
tbvr Th4frigateaareJbota'lrench built, of
, rfcqual force 4 guns.' f "'. '
theilonourable tfieHieneral Assembly of
'theState of North-Carolina. i ;
. . Gektiembtn,- " ' ! . ;
' In fulfilling that part of the law, which re
.quires an annual report on the state of the
. 'Treasury, it becomes my duty-to inform you,
u -that the receipts at the Public Treasury of
'North-Carolina from the firstday of Novem
ber, 1 803, to the first-day .of November, i 804,
including arrearages, thepyblic taxes of every
? description and the cotton gin taxes, amount
to twenty-four thousand nine hundred pounds
six shillings and four pence -which sum,
ddd to the balance remaining in theTrea-
sacyion the firstday of November,'. 1803, viz
fahj seven thousand four hundred and twenty
-two pounds seventeen shillings and, four
pence, as reported to the last General Assem
bly, made an-aggregate amount of eighty two'
fhousaad three hundred and twenty three
pounds three shillings and eight pence,
(82,3233 8.) ! -
1 Out of this' sum disbursements have 1een
made, .within the tinac first above mentioned
(intlriding the cash burnt by the last Assem
bly) to amount of twenty-six thousand three
hundred and nine ppnds sixteen 'shillings
and sevenpence; the vouchers for which are
delivered ever to the Comptroler and deduct
ed from the aggregate amount aforesaid, leav
ing a balance of 56,013 6 0 remaining in the
Tubl'ic Treasury on the first day of Novem
ber, 1804, and yet to be accounted fur.
From the bills forming the, remainder, 1
have selected and set apart, as last year, the
sum of 2,500, being much worn and in my
opinion,' unfit for further circulation.
Thc Land Office, by which yoo willutder-
stand, the receipts at the Treasury for lands
entered and paid fori has produced from the
" first day bf November, 1803, to the first day
of November 1804, 5,218 2 9 and no more.
This itcnv however is wholly and completely
covered liy certificates and other vouchers,
and 'does therefore iu.no manner affect my
-" Rcneral accounlm regard to the balance rt-
. maining in the 1 reasuiy on tha first day of
the present month, as above, stated. (
'Incompliance with the directions of the
General Amrably of 1802, 1 caused to be
purchased, since your last session and in the
month of 'April last, two thousand dollars of
the 8 per cent, stock of the funds of the United
States, with that part of the interest and re-
iiubiirtcmeot of principal which became due
to-ili'rt ita(eon her stocks in the said funds,
in the course and up to the e.d or the year
1 803, and which had not previously. been dis-
horsed in purchases of tLeame kind : This
purchase was made in Philadelphia at the
rate of I OS 1-4 per ant ; and will, I hope be
sati fictory to you.
With 'the tntersest which become due to
the State in her storks jn the funds of the
United States, up to the end of the Septem
ber quarter of the present year, I havcjlate-.
l'T")y.Oiii'irio 7on lu 8lh No
. her in st. caused to be purchased at the same
placet to thousand other dollars of the per
cent, of the United States, at the rale of 106
1-2 per cent: -The Warrants of ironsfer
for this hut purchase, are daily expected, and
shall be placed on the books of the Loan-Office
' of the United vtaUs W.Worth-Carolina, so
soon at they shall arrive, ;whc re, together
with the purchase fr.t ahge mentioned and
her other stocks, they will -eland. to the
ci edit of this State. .
As an act of justice towards, the Sheriffs
throughout the State, who hsve bven employ
ed in ejecting the revenue of the last year,
I would as! leave to conclude this rrport by
Vhling. that their punctuality in ar counting
for the taxes of i!8)3,dce4tUcra much credit
vi d exr ecds alt former es impla.
With every respectful consideration,
J lnnwur M be, Geutlcmcn,
. Yuur oHedicnl serf ant.
JOHN H AY WOOD,
, , ,:, Fubtic Trteturtr.
i?uV?x'i sXJv.U. 1304. , ,.
tntii Ftitlnrr, Iff. hk artlvrd at DallU
snore, and brinjs with iim the pleasing news
.f th atlusl tranfrfc f mr ll.uk Hmk h
fngliVl. so hn claimed b? this Mate. To
Mr. PitKkuet, we are credibly a !ri?d, the
suit i roach MrWted for U' rettvery f her
.f,k.ncitW legislature will doubtless make
14ns a h44m compensation ft bis scat,
lbih:Jc. a4 perseverance eaeciscd in rro
. jbf transfer.
Judge Chase 0t appeart Dot fenerallf
known) is entitled by law to 4 per cent,1 com
mission onhe sum' recovered for fciaexer
tionsin behalf of the stateon a former occa-
sion. 1 be nett sum acxtutne to waryjaiul
after deducting Mr.Chase'a commissions wi3
moaint,to about 230,000 pounds current mo
ae. . K..JBalt$mM.(r&epA&lW'-.
. The late Indiana Gaxette : has contributed -
to remove the alarms from that portion ofUp-
per Louisiana,' which hadTbeen subjected to
the temporary government of Indiana. - On
the 2d of September , a -committee at, Geuc-'.
vie ve, declared in fa vor of an entire submissi
on to Congress, and in support of the authori
ty of Gov. Harrison. At Louis in the district
of upper Louisiana, 12 out of 17 representa
tives appointed to meet that place had as-
-serobled and had the -oath of allegiance
agreeable to a proposal, made in their assem
bly, and on' the' 1 st of October Gov. W. H.
Harrison issued his. proclamation "by which '
the districtof Louisiana is to be divided into
five districts, and bounded, the first including
all lands above the Missouri, called Charles.
"The second, called Louis, having the
Mississippi on the north, Vlatin Crerk on
the south, from its mouth to Us source,
thence on a -west line tothe fork of the '"Mer
rirnac,' -called Arenean, and down said fork to
the Merrimac-then up said Merrima'ctoAhe
upper settlement on that river, and then on
a west line to tlie western boundary of Lou-'
isiana. . .t- ; '
- The third, called St; Genevieve, owthe
north" upon the district of St. Louis, and on
the south by apple Creek, from , its junction
with the Mississippi to its source, and then
upon a west line to the -western boundary of
Louisiana;
Thefourth, between the above and that line
-which has separated the jurisdictions of Cape
Girardeau rnd New-Madrid, called the Dis
trict of Girardeau.
The fifth, all that part of the strict of
Louisiana, which lies below the district of
Cape Girardeau, to be called the district, of
New-Madrid. z.
The seats of justice are at the places from
which the districts derive their names, i
The vaper called the Boston Gazette is op
posed te the Jefiersonandi ;CCnlon electoral;
ticket. tt is' therefore 4he 'more serious that
it stated on the 1 9th ult. that the " democratic
electoral ti&et fir electors has prevailed in Jfevt
ffambshire,"; I Previous circumstances rcn-
; dered it not ifnproablefor both iiouses of
vlhe.aUte legislature, are. republican. - ;
The printing-office, of MefTrs. Hafvcell
ai"Smead and 1 he.d weJl fig houfe of t he
former, at Bennington, Vernront, were .
1 corifumed by fire on the 8itYult,' Moll of
' ., I ' , L . I ..t .l f.. -
-tne-printng-maieruisTuiaoiicnru iui
niture wtrefaved. fc 'y
Capt. Bossau ef the, ship Herman & Thu
-salla, arrived at Philadelphia informs that
when he left -Lisbon,1 (un the' 17th Oct.) they
were in hourly expectation of the confirma
tion of a war between England and Spain.
The accounts received there were uch as
made it appear inevitable. !
A Kingston.paper of the 20th October has
the following article :--i La Sagesaefrigate,
of28 guns, capt, Shiplyr arrived on Monday
from New-Frovidenci with the American
ship Andromache, frqnvTNew-Yofk,. bound
for SavaiiHah-la-Mar wkh lumber, which
had been captured'by a French privateer and
retaken by La Sagesse."
Capt. Deakins, arrived -at Norfolk, in 43 '
days from Lisbon, reports that on account of ,
the plague raging at Malaga, the inhabitants
.intended setting"fire to the town. -
A letter from Gibraltar, dated 23d Sept.
TCteived at Philadelphia, informs that the
'Pestilence at Malaga continues to rage with -mostdestructive.violence,
Jrom.2 toOO fal
ling victims to:it daily. t. At Gibraltar the ,
mortality was confined to strangers. The
troops on that station, amounting to 4006 en
joyed perfect health, and were 'in excellent
order. . - ' '
The Land to the'Oemidgee obtained H '-.
T.HJS . highly gratifying- intelligence "is (
communicated in the following extract of a A
letter from Boiling JIalL Esq. dated, Louis- i
mm V - - -, -
me, November 12. ' ; 1
"' I take the first opportunity of informing '
you of tbe pleasinglnformation .which hss
this day been laid before us We are infor- i
med by a letteraddessed to hiaExceHency by j
Colonel Hawkins, that he has ..concluded a
treaty with the'Creek Indians, by which he !
has acquired the land lying between the pre- I
ent temporary boundary of this State and the
Ocmulgee River ;-runing up said river to
the three forks and thenoe to the High Shoals
. on the Appelachie." - "GoViia pp.
A letter from Washington confirms the
account of Commodore Preble' attack on
-Tripoli, - with the -fallowing additional cir
cumstances t
u The attacks were rifade by six gun boats,
the frigates not being able to enter the har
bour. They were opposed by. 14 gun-boats.
In the first attack three of the enemv's gun- '
boats were sunk ; in the second attack, made
uncUr caver of the night, a Polacre, and three' ;
gun-oat$, each 'carrying 24 pourders, we
taken. The Americans lost 3 officers and
20 seamen, killed ; and 20 seamen wounded.
The enemy' loss in killed and wounded was
.not ascertained. '.. .
' By arrivals at Philadelphia from Point Pe-
4re, we learn that it has been sickly amongst
thehipping, that the supercargo of ithe sch'r
Widowson, and capt. Wilson, of the sch't
Minerva, both of Philadelphia,withj, several .
othersljelonging to differeut vessels, .bad 'di
ed at Point Petre.
Appointment bj the President .of the Unite j
States.
Dominic A. Hall, Judge of the District of
Orleans.
Mahlone Dickerton, Attorney for the said
District.
Fphraira Kirby, Jdhn B Provost, Judges
of the territory of Orleans.
James Brown of Kcntuckey, Secretary for
the territory of Orleans.
1. 1 Ie Breton D'ogenoir, Marshall for the
Districtof Orleans.
- -Members (the Ltrtitative'CnnteiL'"'
Julieu Poydras, Ben. Morgan, Bellcchosse,
John Watkins, M. Bore, Robert Dow, Mi
chasl Cantrclle, Daniet Clark, J. Romain,
of Atarspaa, Evan Jones, GaspaHl Dubuys,
NVm. Kenner, Mr. WickolT, of Appalouse.
Mrf Bore and Mr. Jones have reused the ap
point menh v . -
Appjintmt'ntt bj the President, with the odtici
, end foment tf the Senate
.George W. Erving, of Massachusetts. Se
cretary of Itf-gstion s the court of Madrid.
VYiUiam Brown, late of Columbia, CoUcc
torof New Orleans.
William Lyman, of Massachusetts, Sur
veyor and Inspector of New-Ortesns.
The Prtsidcntliss nominated James Bow.
dn'm, of Massachusetts, Minister Plcnipotco
tif iy to (he Court of Madrid J and we under
stand that the Seaatc Late confirmed the fc
rainaiivn. Nor. lfcrald.
Chilitothe. tie.
At an e1ectin held In this town n Sslur
day last, for Scioto township for (he choice
of three electors ef President and Vice-Pre
sident, and one representative he the state 1e
gislaturcithc MkswW votes wcrs taken t
ltlcror.
R'puUiton liiet.
, Kathsmel Masste III
William Goftmh 114
1 lsmst Pritcltard 101
ftitinl TuUt.
I natslfcUVella t
Jn Cat lisle
ll Joha Hdrr 1
'By accounts from Gaudjloupr, we learn
that a French frigate from TFrancejwas
lately captured and fent into Barbadoes.
This isTaidtobeone of the -htec that
failed with troops for Martinique ; one oi
which got faie into Trinity,. (Mart.) and
'hasTince pot into Port Royal; and one o
ther (ihe Prefident) afier landing the troopi,
at Gaudalotipe, arrived at Annapolis, with
the French Minifler to theXJ. Slates.
By the JConneclicui, capt. Allen, arri
veil at Philadelphia from Gonaivcs, we
learn, that a French privateer brig ot 16
Tgiim frn Gauda'oupe, had been captured
.alter an a&ionof 8 hours, off the Platform
by a Briiilh f h'r privattcr of 14 guns,
and fen into -ltingflon, im.
TheTCingorSweden, (itlssaidin a Lon
don paper) has .made overtures for an alii
liancc, offensive and defensive with Great-
Britain, with an offer to augment his
.army with twenty.'-new regiments, and 'his
naval force in the same proportion.
.. Ne&-Yor, Dec. I.
- "Capt. Prentice arrived at Boston on Sun
day in 25 days from Martinique, informs that
none of the pcrts in that island "had been
blockaded for a considerable time back and
that during the late appearance of Several
British ships of war cnT the principal ports,
American vessels were suflctrd to pass and
repass withtut any manner t.f interruptioa
whatever. 1 ney rcmamea mere oui aicw
days, and retumed to their former station.
Ufcemoer.
A.Ietter, it 4s repotted, is received in town
from the Mediterranean, announcing a second
cntarcraent with the Tnpohtans by the A
TDcrican Reet under Commodore Preble, in
which Lieut. Decatur -is said to have bcea
Villed.
CapUFatrchild, of the brig Ann, svritcsto
his owner that on the 19th October, in Uu 36,
43, long. 68 48, he saw a wreck to wind ward,
and hauled up for her. On coming alongside
ht found hr to be a schooner of about 60or70
tons, with a whitebottom, yellow sides, full
of water, both masts gone, bowsprit standing.
and havinor no rxrvoa on bosrd. The wind
'blowing fresh, and considerable sea run-
ning he couta not exactly oetennine cr
name, which was chafed fcppartntHr by a yawl
over her st erst but st nearly as he could
make h out, it was Vclighi 0 Charleston."
In addition to the damages done by (he
Tarthqnake atlJsbon, as atsted In yester-
day's Gsrette, taken iromtae rsMioia tie-
taRthe Public Ledgtr adds - iei im tut
efringt Ui4ntdf fresh vater."
A declaration of war, It is said in the Char
lton Courier, rus been Issued against Spain
by Hlslmperisl Majesty the Emperor of
Tlsvil.
We undrrstsnd sn Insurrection of the Ne
grots in Charleston and its vicinity, ts re
cetitlv been planned, by which the horrors of
St. Domingo would hsve hern tape rienced In
those placet,' had It not been bt a wise
fortunate sad sessonable detection. ' The
particulate, &f this will doubtkts Wsoon re
ceived. --'
v A London, pdet currcntcf ipt$i't siptr
that Carolina, tit ; acid uctionon He,
20thf 37s. 164, to 44a ,',Gi oi cui Cottti:
quoted mat Is. d. to 2s. 64. - - V . - -
- - -' s ' - - - - -" t
Copies of Bohaparte's aiiswer to the ultima-
-tem of tbe tEmperor of Russia, are tiow cir
culating on the Continent c Europe.1 We
fchave not yet received a complete cop -of thitv
. document, which is couched in terms of the
greatest, Insolence and most unqualified w'a
lignity. The followingouUitie oi"ila entente
will enable any person to form a pretty cor
rect4deaofthivnroductionr 1 " 1
After stating that France willnotiw dictnt
ed to by any ppwer.upon earth, Ikiontporfe
asks why. if the Emperor be desiroits of war,.
he does not at once openly declare his enii
ments ? why he does not commence and ji:.s
- tify hostilities in some manly wty rather tliun
have recourse to the flimsy artificepL. de
manding satisfaction for the violation of the f
neutrality of Germany, by the seizure, and the
pretended assassination of the Duke d'Ei:g- -heim.
The answer then proceeds jo justify
these flaitioiisnd aboniable principles, and
aflerwarV-inM'1151 asks, whether the Em
peror of Russia would pot have acted in the
same manner under simijar circumstances I
It concludes with a remark, irrfpertinent
tmprinclpled, that it could not be supposed
that a Monarch, who felt such a lively inter
est on this occasion, would hot', If the murder
ers of his father (the Emperor Paul) were
within his reach, Use every ' effort' to
-bring them to justice ; We hope soon to be '
able to lay a full Copy of this document before
our reauu.
Charleston, Nov, 30.
. - COMMUNICATION."
The effecl , produced by. the September
"igsne, on the vegitation-in the vicinity of the
city, is somewhat urprising. "Shortly alter
tmostof the trees budded out, and presented
the appearance of a second spring. This wa
particularly the case with fruit trees; and we
were yesterday gratified with a taste of seine
ripe Mulberries, get be red from a tree a short
distance from town. ... 4.
Dec. 4.
WAR BETWEEN GREAT-BRITAIN V
' SPAIN. . ;'
BY recent accounts from 'Havarna,.-the .
';pvcbability of a"w ar between these two nations
.gains strengtih. On the 12th ult. the British
.frigate Mermaid, Captain Hollies, arrived at -at
Havanna from Jamaica, with dibj-atches 10
the Governor, rclitie to the ctnduct of
Frenrh privateers', towards British "eisels
taken intoihc pens cf CiAa- Two days lif
ter, a British Gcvernmtnt brig arrivtd .at
Havanna in 8 days from Kingston she hud
arrived at Kitrgstrr. in 32 days from England--of
course must have brought as late,
probably later accounts, than tliobc received
at this port4yAhe Isabella. This vessel was
sent from Kingston immediately on .her ar
rival, with, dbpatches from the Admiral to
ihe commander of the Mertnati, tbe contents
- of which were kept secret. , Invitations had
been' given to all the principal officers at the
- Havanna to attend a ball whk4i was to Lave
been given on board the Mermaid txi the even
ing of the 15th ult. but the arrival of this brig
frustrated the wide -thecocnmatKler of the
frigate, receiving these drspatds, weiglv
ed anchor and stood out to sea; where he
continued lying nff and on, tiH tbe whole of
the British merchant ships an the harbour
(one only txccptrt, which had rot ballast on
board) joined Iriro some of these vessels
were part'y, loaded; others had purchsbrd
' cargoes, hut net taken, thrro onboard jsucb -"
however, w as the import of these dispatches, -that
they immediately left the port, and sailed
tmder convoy Of the frigate The brig re .'.
turned to Jamaica. The gentleman whe
communicatea these pwlkulars, rnforms us
that he conversed with the oflicers of the fri
gate, who Informed hhn (hat such were the
nature of the dispatches, Chat prices would un
doubtedly be made of ny Spanish vessels
thty might fall in with. The brig-did not '
enter the port of Havanna, hut sent in' her ;
boat ; the midshipman who was bearer of the
disralchcsto Captain HoIbVs, was immediate ;
Ay shut up in a stateroom himself, that ne
ere might have anopportuaity to intcrrogsu
linu on the subject of their contents.
D!fB-OatMy 14 Mr.Ctsiss Ivaua,
S tA SoU
LmY ki New-Terk, Wr.Jase Csav, lmM.
CVH ! sWs MWB. Hit toft SSiyS4Ulf Vfrf4,
k S nalrtoi4 talifl ma. 4 ewiet
W OiMidUn latsUwva s qlrt4 tM (Stan il
II b kmm kirn. , . -
Wtw-Yoik
Chatleflon
Gn
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do.
PORT GF 1FILMINCT0N,
KHTtatb ,
SUp Enierph Conar,
SclS Tolly. Nelfcn,
J are, Boftwick,
Sloop Ifcary. Robinfon,
cLtaata
Brig Advcnore, Bainey,
Vo'Ir. Oliver,
Sloop SiBy Wirner, Pennorer d04
Capt. raflrWgo of ir.e Vcli'i Caroline,,
wno STIlveo nere on in .n i-n, ifr.
St. CrolK on the uthr,0f f,v, Enlini,
Twyciooi. to faillr, 0 itJt . kh'i Sally,
Picice, 10 fall ln5f4ayf - Hot. aoth, m
iai. jo, iori,M, co, ipoaeuiip 1 wo
Brotheii, from PUladelphia, bound to Ja
maicJ, 14 day cut si I well.
Lois efJ SaBj tNrwlern
Cart. Holder In forms, that U tailed frena
Jamaica t the Sitix Septtmber, ladeo with.
Rum, bound to Kcw-Yorkt that on the 30ihj
hcmad CapeCorintiua) st4r. x. asths,
sed by t smstl priviteer, which con'tiavci tr
log till dsrk, when le lost her by 'shlfUov hla
course. On the Sd October was. wpsxt U