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CHARLESTON, October 23. jjoufe oj Rfprefentaticss, TuefJay^ OBo- her 21. , A letter from the vice conful of France, Rating, that the King his maf- tcr, underftanding that the public debt of South-Carolina amounted to 39 040 dollars, with intereft; that the go vernment had ordered payment by four inftalments, and was much fur- prifed at the little attention paid to this engagement, but was willing to im pute the delay to a deficiency in the re venue 3 he therefore direflcd his con ful to offer the legiflature an option to draw on Paris, payable in fix months ; or to pay immediately in the paper medium, with an allowance for the dif ference of exchange. Referred to a committe. WILMINGTON, November 12, Almoll every perfon, fays a corref- pondent, feems more and more con vinced of the had policy of the decifion of our convention, refpefting the fede ral conftitutiorvu If they had adopted it in the mode’that all the neighbour ing dates have done, we might liavc been reprefented in the fird congrels ; theconlcquences are evident—this date mud pay its proportion of the nation^ al debt—if we are not in union with the neighbouring dates, certainly our vedels will be confidcred as aliens, and laid under the fame redridions—per- hajis prohibited from entering tiieir ports, it is alfo evident that great pait of the produce of this- date is ex ported and fold to the neighbouring dates, from whom wx receive thegreat- ed part of our fpecie. Numberlefs other caules (hew the neceflity of ano ther convention being called as fpeedily as poflible, that we may not, with Rhode-Ifland, be confidered as the on ly two dates which are averfe to fede ral meafures. Nothing particular has tranfpired from the honourable legidaturc fince our lad, except that the hon. Alexan der Martin, Efq. is appointed Speaker of the honorable the Senate, and the hon. John Sitgreaves, Efq. Speaker of the Commons. From a Cor*'eJpondent, A rememedy for the delay of the courts,has been theobjed of legillative attention for a great while, and various fchemes of amendment have been pro- pofed. I am not going to offer any 'pbn, but think it may be worth while to remark, that the ad'embly have pro bably been midaken in their frugality on this occafion. The public pay annually for the ex ecution of judice, to the judges and attorney-general, only about 3000I. and to jurors and condables about 4000I.—and there is paid by thofc who have the misfortune to be at law, fomewhere about 53 oooL per annum for fees, wdtnefles and attendance of clients (fuppofing ah average of 200 caufes depending one way or other in each court, and 4I. a year adually ex pended on each caufe, which I believe will not be found too much) amount ing in the whole to a fum little lefs than the whole revenue of the date. Of the 53,oool. at leadj30,000 faid to be expended by rcafon of wait ing on the courts, becaufe they are not able to difpatch the bufinefs ; which extravagant expence, as well as the nu merous other caufes of complaint on this fubjed, may be avoided by the ju dicious application of two or three thoufand pounds per annum. ‘ DIED—On the 4th indant, Mrs. ELIZABETH HILL, confort of WILLIAM H. HILL, Efq. Marine Lift. ARRIVALS fince our lad. Brig Carolina,Gardner, Port Glafgow. jenny, Thompfon, Barbadoes. Ruby, Maver, Greenock. Polly, Campbell, Jamaica. Snow Maria, Wilkie, Turks-Ifland. Schooi* William, Andrews,Chaiielfon. —— Wilmington Packet, Swain, Do. Sloop Sally Littlehall, Cape-Francois. C L E A R E D. Schooner Molly, Sherman, Martinico. OHve-Branch, Durfey, Cape- Francois, vVi 1 iiam,A ndrew's,Charledon. Sloop Little Pcggy,Ballcnton, Martha- Liberty, Hatch, Georgetown, S. Carolina. Nancy and Polly, BranAy, PhL ladelphia. “ Prices Current. L UMRTR, ccnfiftin^ of \ rcantling*remainder boards oi inch and 2inchts fuperheial meafure, 8c/. to 99/". Red Oak Hbd. Aaves per M White Oak do. R. O. bll. do. W. O. do. >8 inch firmgles, 22 do. do. Tar pci barrel, 'J urpentine p r bll. of )zolbt grofs, Pitch per bll. Tobacco per 1 ool b. Rice per do. Black-eyed Peas pt-r bufltel, Bees’-Wax per lb.r. Deer Skins in Itair trim’d, per lb. Ditto Untrim’d Butter per lb. Pork per bll. of 22o!b. nt. "J allow per lb* "" Beef per bll. Corn per bufliel • Otter Skins - • Raccoon do. - Brown Sugar • • Ordinary per loolb Loaf fugar per lb. ? Jamaica p.gl. Weft-In. - N. Erg. — MoiafTes per gal. Chocolate per lb. Iron per ton Philad. Flour per bll. of 1961b Steel per lb. Iron Hollow ware per ton Fine fait per buftiel Do. by Retail Coarfe fait j er bufhel Coffee-per lb. . ^ ^ Bohea tea Green do. Ts, 8t/. to jnf, J5q/. to 16c/. 4«/. to ^of. fc/. to 100/. to \lf. 15/. to ibf, I4/6/. 16/. j8/. to zof. 56 to bof. ^cf. to 42/. if- if-to :;/6d. 2/. l/8d. f i/6d» 130 to 140/’. i4d. to i6d, 80 to 94/, 5/. to6/. - M to 30/. i/6d. to 2/. 120/. 100 to izcf, 2/8103/. 8f6d. to 9f. 7f9d. tu 8f. 6f. to 6f6d. 3f8d. to 4f. zfSd. £• 65. 70 to 8of. i8f. £■ 65 3f6' • 4f. 3f- 6 to 7f. 2of. to 24f. To be Leafed, y' From ibis date until, the i oih day cj June, 1791, ot of Land. 9 in Mr. Foomers Alley^ 58 feet Font and 54 feet deep, whereon there is a WAREHOUSE, divided in tvvo apai t- ments, which at very 'little expents may be converted into commodioui Dwelling-Houfes ; a C 0^0 P E R’s S H O P, which may alfo be convert ed into Kitchens, with three Stables, a Neceffary Houfe, and the Yardfecure- ly fenced. For terms apply to Henryf^quhart. N. B, In failure of any perfon making application before the 20th infi. it will then be put up at Vendue to the higheft bidder, at w^hich time the terms ofleafe will be made known- Wilmington, Nov. 12. 34—35 To LET, That pleafant and commodious DwellingzHoufe, Offices^ Gardens, 6cc. which the fub-* feriber now pofieffes. Who has alfo for Sale, A Wharf and Water Lot, in the town of Wilmington, fitu- ated between Mr. Peter Mallet’s Wharf and Mrs. Qiiince’s, formerly the pro perty of Mr. Flowers. For further particulars enquire of I James Fleeming. fov. 12. 34‘ Lhe Sub feriber has S A L E, Two Saw-Mills, On, Blunt’s Creek, within three quar terns of a mile of Fayette Ville. The Mills arc new and in excellent order, and on a never-failing ftream. A L S O, About 2000 acres of wcll-timbercd land, contiguous to the Mills, and fe- vcral acres of rice and meadow ground. CaA, negroes, produce, or goods, will be received in payment. For terms plcafe apply to Mr. Jo- Aua Potts, Wilmington, Mr. Alex ander Mclver, at Fayette-Ville, or the fubferiber in Chatham County. JAMES PATERSON. Nov. 12, 1788. 34—37 An EXCELLENT G U I T T A R, For SALE, Enquire of the Prlnten.
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