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xpr ~:o\:: t tir.cbst: / nf AfiHei J 2. Hu.!©, of ihq| t-mty of D la ware, ft Hedging ihat lie hs* invented a mode of communicating fir« trs voider under wafer, f«* ?« to create an ex pi 'Ton anj dc<lroy the veflfcl* of an enemy, t and filing (he legislative patronage, wai rend in‘he feinn; <4 this ftite on the 25!* v<t. and re'emd to the joint com mince <f ho h !mu r CB appointed on that part of hi* exe'Hrncy the governor’s speech, relative to artillery and 3 r ma. rY, Feb. tS, 1306. REPORT Ft'itft the 'Secretary es "hr Treafvpyi * Cotnint -ce, wirh G. Britain and her depen dencies. /. With (hr doyi’n’ens if G, Hr;fan: in £v- 1 rope ' Gibraltar tvttpted.) 7' ! \e annnsl report* nrc officiated at about I T 5 690.000 dollars, viz. U'uncitic Produce. Value. in dollars. Cotton, ... {'64o,©no 'Tobacco, - « 3,110,000 Provifionr, -2, j 6c.c00 Lumber, naval fto*rr & potato*, 1,510,000 AH other article* of domcffic prod. 900 000 (3,430 coo v F" r, 'V? n M orotund! fir, 1,260.000 And the armiyd imports at 17,400,000 dollars, viz. In merchandise paving duties on it* value, an 1 embracing, with inconfidarahlc excep tions, ai! the woolen, cotton, linen, silk, metal, earthen, glass and paper rmnufaftn rc*. - • - 16,060,000 All the articles paying fprclfic duties, and co-Ti Mnp, principally of iglr, fif'd, lead, nails & porter, - ' . 1,540,000 i , ——<——'l7,4oo,ooo HHance in favor of G. Britain, 11,710,000 U, With the Hi itijh Eafd Indies, The annual exports amount only 130;©©© d 'liars, viz. In articles of domestic produce, 47,000 Ip articles of foreign produce, 85,000 —-—■,130,000 And the annual imports to 3,550,000 dollar*, viz. In mcrchandife paying duties on its value, and tpnfi.ting principally of white cotton goods, ... 2.950,000 In ill other article* confiding principally oflygar, pepper and cotton, 580 00© ■■—3,530,000 The balance i« paid principally in specie. *r/. warn rar~*i nn,;v» mu\ja xrmntts sft~ America.* The annual exports coufift of the follow ir;g artclcs. ponaedic Produce. F’nt-iG m* and live flock, 550,000 Lumber, n »val ftorcs S: put alb* 90,000 Skins and fu-?, • - 160,000 AH other articles, - - 60,c00 840,000 Foreign Merchandtfc 160,000 »,000, ©co The annual imports amount to 540,000 dollars viz. In goods paying a duty ad valerem, and confuting principally of merchandise for the Indian trade, and offifh, ' 480,000 All articles paying fpecific dotie®, 60,000 ——540,000 I? . 'I ith the Hrit sh Wifi-Indus, The exports confill of the following arti cles, viz. n.Mneftlc Produce, Provillons and live (lock, 4,7?© > 000 Lusiatt, - • • 990,000 All articles, . - 340.000 6,950,000 Foreign Mcrchsndlfc, 430,000 6,480,000 Ann the imports arc as follows, viz. Spirits, - > • 2,440*00© Sugar and coff.-r, - 1,480.000 AH other articles, . 650,000 —4,57 0 ;000 Jtaper tailors from all parts ts the World. The annual value ot imports from all part* cf the world, calculated on the average of the fame three years, amount* to 75 316,000 OF which, the value imported from the do minions of G. B, amounts to 35,970,000 And that imported from all other couft- * cries is as follnwcth, viz. From the Northern powers, Pruflia and Germany, - - - 7,094,000 From the dominions cf Holland, France, Spain and Italy, . , 15.475,000 the dominions of Portugal, 1,083,000 Fftsth China, sad other native powers of Alia* »V - - • 4,856000 From all © her countries, including at. fofome article* not particularly diferimi rated, < • - - 858,0c© 39,546,000 7 3> 3' <5,000 ' • Ttoytifutiei, ts ova. Scotia, Canada and Nt&afeuK^ani. * £ ■ ff jiM:nW ' b Vv»- .v _ r/i f fve TTurQ, D imeftic Produce. Oo»fid:red xn relation to thefeveral quar tets of the Globe, and without reference to the dominions of any particular power, these exports arc diftriboted in the following runner, v'z. ' ' Exported to Europe, 22.957,000 To the Weft. Indies nnd other American colonics, ... 15,607000 To A£a, Africa & the S, Seas, 1,364,000 37.928,000 ✓ [n. c.] March 17. The following actual revelation of fe- v crets, is contained ;na letter from Mr. Sand, ford, ore of the Federal Tvcprcfentativcs from j Kentucky, to his friend in Frankfort, dated j January r 6, and is publrfhed in the PJladi um. It ccr*a;nly contain:! very interesting intorm.'it'cn ; and although it would have furnished much more plausible greand cf clamor than any thing communicated by a Souihern'Senator to a Federal House in Pe ter iVwg, yet we cannot fee any great im propriety in making a com rr.nr: cation of this kind, under the refervatirnj hcreobferved, “ A motion was made in our hoefe to clpfe the doors on 3 confi Irntial mclfagf of the Prifi Vnt on the 3d. inO. from which time until the prefect hour, vve have hum in conclave. A bill has pa fled 'his moment, and is ordered, to the Senate, with a request t!j tt they conddcr the t 3 ror. fidf,nt;al ore. The Hunting cf our dcor.s for so great a length of time, has given rife, I atn in formed, to various reports as to the ebjefla of the nation; nor can it be wondered at, j a» a rime .when ff>.ir.y of o$ expefi, from the ) tenor of '.he President's mefljgc, that tha nation may be involved in war. “ I prtTume it will not be cxpscled that I shall detail the meafureson which we have been occupied ; fufHce it to fay, that our confidential' fit! mgs hne lad an entire relation to our affairs with Spain; and (hit I hope the measures which have proceeded from those private legifUuvc proceedings, will fccure to the nation not only peace at this inferefting moment, but will place ni in such a situation as will relieve us in future 1 from just ground of misunderstanding with the Government of his Catholic Majesty, lt Daring the debates which have p.'ffed in conclave, I think I may confidently fay, that we shall disagree ta a report of a com mittee of our house, made feme time ago, in saver of building fix 74 gun fhipsi I have now every reason to helieye that there is a majority of our hnufe determined topreferve prrrre wnn every TTuropcan nation with w-hom wc have commercial relations. The fucccfus of the French on the continent, and the almost total annihilation of the combined fleets at sea, further juftify such a belief.** CHARLESTON, March 21. EAST^BAY STREET LOT TERY. THIRTEENTH Day’s DRAWING, Prizes of 30 dollars—Nos. 7608 4440 479a l > r 7- Prizes of 20dollars—Nos. 9976 4144 5044- PRizEs of 12 dollars—Ncs. 2558 624 5665 9880 4669 2632 408 3294 6394 j 40289926 458 134.5 75-34 5644 8414 8520 1227 1733 3161 9892 1617 5057 3986 3642 9840 7343 3045 1358 8041- 5195 5763 1472 6622 8991 3676 5 7128 5957 3752 45'+ 8878 6486 7099. FOURTEItTH DAY’S DRAWING. Prize of 500 dollars---N». 8714. Prize of 200 dollars.--No. 1995. Prizes of 100dollars—-Ncs. 2770 2344 Prizes of 50 dollars-.-Nes. 6084 1780 426 1049. Prizes of 40dollars—-Nos. 5942 3531. Prizes of to dollars-.,Nos. 5497 5799 7379 4583 769*8525 2447 3292. Prizes of 12 dollars-—Nos. 719? 1171 75*3 7363 597+ 7759 5934 2596 50 6224 35 1° 47* 37 02 9703 4406 4059 9264 1893 3508 5128 840 9125 2 *or 9853 830 2877 1420 9722 28347453 13622637 3 ,0 7 55*3 4544 5 22 *757 33°* 996 7693 29229114801535929088 588 5680 8548 7358 8379 7538 3465 699 54486853 7049 836* 15964235 9476 4340 3546 8691 7714 8352 0403 8491 1107 *241 6 75 1752 2509 4*77834 2199 914 2179 9825 1600 5835 2528 5200 4759 2624 4843 6451 5861 7342 7933 **3 2 55 2 4889 105062 49923 3760 5573* •; ■ FIFTEENTH DAT's DRAWING. Prizes of 100 dollars.«, Nos, 1291 2654 8857. Prize of 50 dollars—No. 7215. Prizes of 40 dollars-—Nos. 2701 cjyv 718290979435. Prizes ot ?o dollars— -Ncs. 4924 338 2755 1189 8981. Prizes »f 17, dollars—Nos. 9227 2549 7941 2647 B *4<s 6062 73165156 6806 7034 -242 5291 1375 5543 4709906 7611 .087 3277 5530 4524 1503 2474 708 4049 9960 2743 5790 1460 6276 bi 19 4136 5338 1667 2761 8034 7221 6547 4'*s 73 l % 5664 6204 9555 5439 2 995 3872 6264 4443 3555 5362481 9751 4H7 333 2 63387023 5542 63Sj. ■.... ~ s, the York Mercantile AJvtrl'/er. The editor of the Sheffield Iris, (whom we have the pleafuce of claiting aniongft our friend*) announces to us the death of the fete gallant Nelson, in a style so exquifitcly beautiful that we cannot refill the impulse we feel to give It to our leaders :— fi Intel ligence of a most glorious event, accompa nied by tidings of an awful calamnity (like ths Angels of Mercy and Affliftion travel, ling together) has arrived on cur {bores, and awakened the public mind from the agony of despot dencc to a tumult of mingled trao. tions—forrow and jay, mourning and tri umph. Oa the ztft oflaft month (Otflobo) while the cowatdiy and incapable Mack v was fiirrendcring himfcU aliveituo the bands ■ of Bonaparte, the noble and lamented Lord Nelson once more and for the Lift tint', fought and icrtd the united foes of his country, but be HI in t!ic meridian of viflto. ry—and in one moment became immortal in both worlds! His career of services had been long : but ir was only in the midst of the hit war tha' - heboid upon the eye of the public as a luminary of the firft magnitude. At the battle of Ahonkir, he rose like the fun in the east ; ard like the for* too, after a fuinmci's day of glory, he set in the weft, at the battle of Trafalgar, leaving the ocean in a blaze as he went down, and in darkntfs when !se had defeendtd. In ages to come, when the ttranger who vifus cur iilard (hall enquire for the monument of Nelson, the answer will hr—-<* Behold kis country, which be Caved J” We have great f«iJsfi»ftlon in ccramunica ling to the public the follow ing plrsfing in formation, insfmuch as it completely purges tha government of all criminal connivance at, hr participation in the late my (tenors expedition under Miranda A letter is received in town from General Dearbor, Secretary at War, in which he peremptorily dfdurcs that neither the adminiftrarion, nor any of the. heads of departments individually, h ive any knowledge of tht destination of the Leancicr j that on this fubjeft neither Mr. Jtffcrfon or Mr. Madison ever had any conferences or communications with Gtn, Miranda ; that it was not until after Ihc hid failed, that they were advised of her being destined on a hofljle voyage; ard that on receiving this advice, fuita were immediately instituted ngninft the parties ceortceired, and that too, before any repre fentatiers were made to them by any foreign mmiftcr or agent, Fhil. paper. LETTER From thtoFecretary of the c Trea/ury % trans netting the annual Jiatement of the diflnll tw.cgc of the United States, on the 31 Jl day oj December 1804.; together nuith an explanatory letter from the Regijier of tl>e c treafxry thereon. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 20, I Sc 6. SjR, I hare the honor to tianfmit the annual statement of the diftrki tonnage of the United Smtes, on the 31st Dec. 1804, together with an explanatory letter of the Rcgifter of the T reafu ry. It appears from these documents that the aflaal tonnage of the United, States on the 3*lft December, 1804, might h* e.ttimated at about 983,100 tons, viz, RegiAered tonnage, 672,500 Enrolled do, 252,800 Filhrbg do. 57, 800 . " 983**00 McKTEVIOEO, taken hy the Sritijh. Advice is received at the Island of Cuba, by a Packet from Old Spain, that Monte video, on the River La Plata, is taken pof fcftbn of by the British, and that their force amounted to 18,000 troops.--the comman ding officer on this expedition was not named at Cuba, when our informant re- i esived this iniciligenc?.-— •Najkupaper. A letter dated Bordeaux, the 30th of December, from the raoft refpeftable source, has been received in this city, which states that the differences between France and Pruflt.i, had ken fettled and that the latter had given permilfion to the former, to march their troops through the Pruflian dominions, with the view, it is presumed, of attacking ll>e EngUfn National Intelligencer. In the course of the last twelve months; there have emigrated from the (ingle fcttle ment of Williamfburgh, in this date, one himdred-and twenty-tour white inhabitants, and three hundred and thirty blacks ; rhey have gone chiefly to form new fcttlements on the Tcnneffee river and in the Mifliflippi territory.-.-— City Gazette. Our reads, s will rr colleft the story of the ill-fared Arnold, who flagged the little girl (deify Van Amburgh) to death in New- York stare j and will alfj remember that I he was arrested, tried, convidcd, and * sentenced to he hung; and that !- v s afterwords pardoned, or respited, by Gov.. | Lewis, Tiic Houle of Assembly of New. ’ York* conceiving the clemency of the gov, improperly extended ro Arnold, have paf frd a law for hh execution, to take place • on th; left Friday in Mi y next. AUGUSTA, Aprils. SINCE the date of the 23d January, w e hare no news from Europe—The next (hort arrival from that quarter will, no doubt," put us in pofffflion of a great roafs of impor* tant Intelligence—a new rniniftry in Eny_ land—the proceedings of the Brifith parlis. inent —the movements of Bonaparte on-the continent—the new organization .of nc*v kingdoms—all will be highly imerttttng—. the next mails will probably bring us all this, ON Tuefiay wcek-Ufl, John London, Senator from Effingham, was (hot dead by fomc pcifun unknown—with the particular we arc as yet unacquainted. A planter form Elbert informs us rhst theheflian fly has made its appearance in that County, of done great damage t® the wheat, ■ The Small pox has made its appearance ia th‘s and the neighboring flare—Thofe who wish :o preserve their lives fbouid lose no time to he •vceFvnatrd. | On the 17 th infl. Mr. Nich«lfon’':, in excluflon toall other icfuluiicns, was takers j up in Congress, and rgreed to, 87 to 33. The purport of this refoluticn is, that after a certain day, certain articles cf Britifhna,, nufaftures will be prohibited—such as thefo made of tin cr brafs—-of hemp or fi.’kt—-fire woolen cloths—woolen hoifiery of all kind:—-all manufafUircs of g*aft-—fiU ver and plated waxes—paper of ever deferip tion—Nails and spikes—Hats—Clothing ready made—Miliinary of all kinds—play* ing cards—all malt liquors—pictures, prints Sec. Sec. We an.lerftand chat general Meriwether, and Jofcph Bryan efqr, are returned to this flare, from Congress. • , Good Cotton fold this week in Augyfta, at, from to 16 cents. vs iLLXAM Duane, Editor of the Aurora, is elefltd Lieutenant-Colerel cf the 25th Regiment of the Pcnnfylvaniit Militia. MARRIED, On Thursday evening by the Revd. Mr. Garvin, Mr. John How ard, Merchant, to Miss 1 ouisa, Em. MELiMA, Matilda Stoner, all of this City, yrrYP" —— e* 1■ " *y— ■— *r M - li' ".''JJj CHARITY. A poor Widow, totally blind, for fix years past, now throws hcrfelf on the charity of the public, and more pairicojarly on that of her own sex, .who are always the moll tremblingly alive to the misfortunes of oth ers—The froaUeft contributions they may be pleafid to grant in this Case (ter the love - of God) will help to alleviate the miferiei and misfortunes of infirmity, blindness and old age. Such as feel themselves dsfpcfed to do this work of charity, will please to enquire at the Chronicle Office. April Fifty Dollars Reward. - ABSCONDED from the Sub fc iber, on the night of Tucfday the isl inst, the following Negroes, viz. HARRY, about thirty-two year* of age, five feet ele ven inches high, flout made ; EASTHER, his wife, about twenty- seven years cf age, junky made, and flutters when she talks SALLY, the daughter ,of the above two Degrots, about eight years old :—PHILL/ twenty eighjt year* old, five feet seven in. ches high, and well made-NELLY, his wife, about twenty-one yesrs of age. t? 1 ! and very likely, and DAVY, fen of PliilJ and Nelly, about two yean old. And as i have good rcafon to fufpefl that the said negroes have been enticed away by a white person, I will give one hundred dollars in i addition to the above reward, to any one ! who will tfnkc faek adifeovery thereof, as will enable me to ptcfocute the villain to conviftion. A. M MILL AN, April »806. (t f ) Corn and Floury FOR SALE, By the Subferiber toco tfufhelsof corn. 30 Bursts prime up country Flour. 4 doz.' Spades and Shovels. 2 doz. Hatchets. L. CANTELOU. April $. {tj)_ SHERIFF’S SALE. O> J theJirfi Tucfday in May next, at ColuK* big. Court House , between the usual hours , WILL BE SOLD 1090 acres of land in Columbia county, on the waters of tlic Uchec creek, adjoining lands of Locklia and Giriener. ALSO, Four negroes; viz. Davy, Sam, Daniel ami N-mcy. Executed at the prop erty of Hanrtf* Spiert, to firiafy an exetu* ♦“ioo In favor of John Berrcsmi.— Condi • iTai cash, Wm FLEMING lb If, April y.