/ State-House, Augusta, Dec. 22,1789. ADDRESS of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the State of GEORGIA, To THE PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES SIR, THE federal Constitution being adopted, it be came the wish of the people of this State that you Ihould be elevated to the Presidency of the Union ; and the two branches of tlieLegifla ture take the firfl. occasion of offering to your ac ceptance their congratulations on the unanimity of your election. In the great concerns of mankind success has not always been attendant ontheperforman.ee of duty ; and where it has, the famflion of public approbation has frequently been withheld ; but it was reserved for you in the midst of the molt arduous difficulties, not only to be fuccefsful, but to have been so with univei sal applause. Raised by your virtues and services to the head of !i government, pervading so many independent States, the general confidence is in favor of your justice, and, while the hiltory of nations informs that the errors of rulers have often proceeded from the want of information, we lhall not hesi tate to Hy before you such fads and opinions ref pe<sting this State, as may appear to us to be in cumbent or neceflary. In doing this, it (hall be our aim to unite plainnels with respect, and in tegrity with truth. Sir, in the course of the war which eftabliflied our independence, our citizens made proportion ate exertions withthofe of any part of the whole, and, in point of property, they fuffered the molt : the peace found the country a waste ; with many natural advantages, we flattered ourselves with a speedy recovery, when we were attacked by the Indians. On this fubjeft we wish to be delicate—much has been already said—we have aflerted, and it has been contradicted—removed at a distance from the centre, our actions have been liable to inifre prefentation ; but we trust that by this time, they are better explained—in the mean while our po pulation has been checked, and our agriculture diminished—the blood of our citizens has been spilled, our public refoufces greatly exhausted ; and our frontiers still open to frefti ravages. The failure of the late negociation for a peace with the Creek Indians, and the circumstances which attended the fame, are the best evidence of the necessity of our nieafures and a proof of the late hostile disposition of these people : but under the influence of the government and power of the Union, it is to be hoped and expected that a different condu<fl will on their part prevail : on our part, nothing /hall be wanting to promote so desirable an ellablifhment. Another circumstance of additional calamity attendant on our being the south frontier of the Union, is, the facility of our black-people cros sing the Spanish line, from whence we have never been able to reclaim them. This has already been productive of much injury to private per sons, and if not speedily retrained, may grow into an evil of national magnitude. We take this occasion of bringing this business into view, with a perfed: reliance, that you will cause such difcuflions to be made, as fliall be necef fary to bring about a remedy. We requelt you will accept our cordial wiihes for your health and happiness. and that you may long continue to enjoythat confidence which has been so eminently placed in you by the people of the United States. By order of the Senate, N. BROWNSON, President. By order of the House of Repre{e>tt<ntives, SEABORN JONES, Speaker. The President of the United States. To the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the STATE of GEORGIA. Gentlemen, THE congratulations presented to nie by the different branches of the legislature of the state of Georgia, upon my having been ele(fted with unanimity to the Presidency of the United States, afFe<stmy niind with the moftpleafing sen sations ; and demand my best acknowledgments. From the observation, that, in the great con cerns of mankind fucccfs has not always been attendant on the performance of duty, and that, where it has, the fancflion ot public appro bation has frequently been withheld ; J am na turally led to reflect on the unlimited gratitude which we owe, as a nation, to the Supreme Ar biter of human eventsfor his interposition in our favor, as well as on the lingular obligations which are due from me, as an individual, for the indul gent sentiments which my fellow-citizens have always had the goodness to entertain of my con duct. Raised, as I am, to the head of a government pervading so vast a territory—and poflelfing, as 1 flatter myfelf I do, the confidence of the people in regard to my dispositions—l afl'ure you, gen tlenicn, that nothing could be more consonant to my wishes than to be favored with such facSts and opinions refpeifting the condition of the states as may. appear proper and neceflary. ¥orl am duly ienfible that many errors which would result from want of information, may be obviated by timely and just representations. I am not ignorant how much the local fitnation of your Hate exposed its inhabitants to fuffer the diftrefles of the late war in a severe manner ; nor how manfully they exerted themselves indefence of the common cause during the struggle which established our independence.—Watted as your country was at the return of peace, and exposed as your frontiers have since been to the ravages of the Indians, I cannot but flatter myfelf that you will ere long realize the bleflings which were to be expected from your natural resources, and find a compensation for your fufFerings in the be nefits of an efficient general government. It will not be expedted, I presume, on this oc casion, that I should enter into the merits of the delicate fubjedt to which you allude. It maybe (ufficient to fay, that while I regret extremely the failure of the late negociation for peace with the Creek Indians, lam fatisfied that the explanations which have been obtained through authentic chan nels will be of eminent service. lam also convin ced that nothing will be wanting on your part to concur in the accomplishment of a pacification ; and I still hope, that under the influence of the general government that desirable objecfl may be effected. With refpeift to this fubjedlin general, as well as to the other calamity which you men tion as resulting from your being the South fron tier of the Union, I requeftyou will be persuaded that I shall make such use of the powers inverted in me by the constitution as may appear to be best calculated to promote the public good. I am much pleased, gentlemen, with the frank - ness which you have manifelted in regard to my felf, and return you my hearty thanks for the good wishes you have exprefled for my health and happinrfs—with a sincere prayer that the fame bleflings may be extended to you and your con ftituents G. WASHINGTON. EOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. ALTHO the Sun rises and finds me unbleft, By those gifts which blind fortune bellows ; Altho at the eve he retires to reft, And leaves me with daiknefs and wots ; 2. Tho sickness and pain should with poverty come ; Tho worldly cares throng round my gate, Tho misfortune (hould under my roof fix her home, And men turn their backs on my (late ; 3- While blest with thy love, dear joy of my heart, (And thy love would encreafe with my pain) While from me you turn aside misery's dart, And cheer with those fmilcs your lorn swain. 4- While united we strive thro life's dreary vale, To bless those less blefs'd than ourfclves ; ' While making religion our pilot, we fail Secure amongst rocks, sands and flielves— 5- No pain, no misfortunes, no woes can remove, Or ruffle that calm peace of mind, Which I must possess, while possessing your love, And bearing good will to mankind. Salem, March p, 1790. I . A n T A T A f Cou " of the Unitcd s "'« for 'he X-J Diltrict of Massachusetts was opened iq this town. No bufi l came before the Grand Jury at this Conrt. Two actions, lor breaches of the Revenue Law, were tried before the Petit Jury, in the name of the Unued States. The bufinefc being finiflred, the Court adjourned on Thursday morning. At the opening of this Court, the Hon. Judge LOWELL gave a Charge to the Grand Jury—of which the lollowing is an extract. " AS the prevention of offences is much more ufeful to the com munity, than the detection and puniffiment of them, it canno" be improper, at the commencement of a new government, to make such observations to those whose bus.ness it is to inquiri concern! If the government lately eftaolifced, or any national govern ment, is necessary for the peace, fafety a„d happ, ne fs of the^ui- ZenS '/ America, there .s one thing which especially require, the r very fer.ous attention—l mean the REVENUE—which u r.ee fary to enable u to do juft.ee toil,creditor,, ,0 re-establish it, ere dit and to exercise the powers and functions of government in short without which it cannot ex,ft. Before the revolution in Amcnca, when the regulation of our trade was in the hands of a government m which we had no (bare, and by the operations of which whatever was taken from our citizens lessened '"he burthen of their own, the revenue laws were oonf.dered a. a grievance - and the interests and paftions of individuals running in the fame course with the general fent.ment, and the too lax morals of some o f°heir officers having left them open to corrupt Draft ices th, - r r those laws was eonfidered by some as iuftifiable and K 10 ° ° but a venial fault 1,1 habits are haVd so break tL Y TrooLd path, once entered, is apt to lead U s further astray. Have we not some reason to tear that the fem.ments so imbibed may b£w£ brought into action ? But if we consider that to defeat our reve", e l<tws will be to destroy our goverument and fh » i 5 and impede them will engraft aVfV" the neceflity of new laws to extend the source, and'mak" «n !he deficences-that new checks and penalties must be created* and the expeoce of the eollefhon wiU be thereby enormously increased —can we hefyate to declare, that it is the d'utv of „ r „j ' . rca,ec < observe and support these laws ? But when we furtJL co«<W that what we defraud our country at large of we take f k' pockets of our honest and confcientiotis neighbors and beC?" 1 k!' by that means to underlie)! them, their fortunes n'nd j g beabfolutely deftroyed-and if we ZfLZ" vafions can seldom take place, without being tinfturcd w„h falfe appeal to that BEING who knows on. I,farts an J V * certainly avenge himfelf— can we havelefs hefitatioA t A T it is the duty of every good man to .id the'S^ laws ?—We are now at the beginning. Public (>„, !. ° thef f us. .Each deviation will ppen a door for others w |V* W be happy then for ourfelvcs and our nation tl " 0t become highly difreputable-and if o *i^r i t s° U ' d country, (bould obtain a triumph over the meaner n/m r ° Ur nee, and its natural offspring, dishonesty ? P alr ' or > of ava. -396- MOM THE ALBAXY GAZETTE. Uarckiß QN Monday morning, thei s thiull. as Mr Van W Renffelaer, foil of Gen. Henry K. Van R eilf " felaer, and his fitter, were accompanying the r cpufins, two of the daughters of Col. John Vis fcher-, of Green Bush, to their father's, in a fleWi* the ice of the river broke in, within a few yards of the end of their journey, nearly opposite houfeof Volkert P Douw, Esq. Their cries were soon, providentially,heard by Mr. Douw's family and his negroes ran to give afliftance. When' they arrived at the place-the sleigh and the hair of Mr. lienflelaer s head were alone to be seen a board, that one of the negroes had brought was then put under Mr. R. and he was firft fnatcl/ ed from deftrudtion. Mifsßenflelaer immediate! ly emerged, near her brother, and was also f av ved. The eldest Miss VilTcher was next drawn upon the ice, but sisterly affection checked every rising fear for felf-prefervation, and as she was extending the hand of afliftance to her expiring lifter, the ice again broke, and they were both instantly abforded by the eddy, out of everv reach.---The eldest Miss Viflbher was 21 yearsof age, and was to have been married in a few days the younger was in her i6rh year.—Every ex' ertion has been made to find the bodies, but that of the eldest only has been found. The horses had fallen into the river with so great velocity that they broke the traces, plunged under the ice, and were not to be seen after the negroes ar rived.--- 1 his fatal spot has been open the whole winter, till within two days of the accident. The ice in it was only three inches thick but within a few feet round, it was eighteen. ' Reader! pa use a moment, and lay to heart this melancholy example of the uncertainty of life. Be warned by the fate of these two amia ble young ladies, that such also may be yours Life,at itslongeft extent,is short. Few live tothe evening of the day of Life. When haply one has seen the fun fink in the horizon, if he reflects how many does he recoiled to have dropped down in every hour of the day. Think of this and ' " TV hit ft thou /iv''ft, tiffe roell: " How Jhort »r longfuhm'tt to Heaven." New-York City Lottery. SCHEME of a LOTTERY, for the purpose of rajf.ng Seven Tm fdnd Five Hundred Poufifa, agreable to an ACT nf t n turf 'he State of New-Yorl, passed B[h Fe" ary^;^" 1 PRIZE of £.3000 £. 3000 I ">°° 2000 ,S s°° • '50° , 0 200 tooo % 100 a<*?° »"> 1° 1500I 500 180 J 4°® 795° 10 1800 75,5 4 3.800 3° SO 120 180 795° 8346 Prizes, > 16654 Blanks, J 2 5 00 ° Tickets, at 40s. each, f. 5 0000 THF nKVft b j/®. to , a « Je<lu Q> on of fifteen per Cent. ad™ccd r' S LOTTE f RY bei "go raife a part oftbefe TY HALL 1 .1 r P oratlon f° r repairing aß d enlarging the Cl r uu aeeommodation of CONGRESS whichdors so much honor to the Arch,.eft, as well as credil the c.ty Thc cui«« wi n ch3 y c T ™. this Lotterv wilf rr| C k° ' cf P ec,al| y as the fucctfs of be laid to leimhn r 3 tax ' wl, ' c b must otherwise oe laid to leimburfe the corporation. to rdvenw e rs S ?h IEME u calculated a manner very beneficial The ?;,,, ' n °j /'"'S 'wo blanks to a prize./ Makers 5 by t h°e Cor f ' ubfcribe ". who 'reappointed Pi*ri» °" rE " Bu R ch > Abraham Heiring, Nrv-York, *hl£ k "™ Vi ' P ' — At PUBLIC AUCTION, on of Apr. i next, (if rpu.-r- J, disposed of before, at Private Sale.) led Cf?i fs f?d d" va ' ua^'e Place formerlycal on State,i j°£ bythc namc of VAN DUZER'J, Pettiaueers so- thr t' ,C m 0 ? ount y> two good fufficient and one of the brft ft Crr J ln / IC^S ' '* * beautiful fituatian, and an excdlent Shfn ° r Taver "> °n Staten-Ifland, door B! ick F Hi' , an . ( ? Hf t rrin S within 20 yards of the is Hk'cwife j k,nd ot Flfll in their season. It e best and roost convenient Ferrv to Lorw Island. m, wre m p b o-n, of r^ r5pafc and rc P afs - h ]ic * wifhin two New York There ' h ovvs > and between 8 apd9 reilesfronj Iv Meadow I,K 30 acr " ofexceilent good Land, ch.ef- beml Very /°° d Wh " f - House, Barn and Gaiden- Countrv Seat fit f" g repa ' r " w '" wake a beautiful country Seat, fit for any gentleman. C* tnc l a,re of John Anderson, corner of tfic o*Mc(Trs ir * dKd M ' Lea »> White H»il/New-York. or bci on *h« r,rc r D EII LY ' Staten-Ifland, or of the Subfcri known 1 CS> vv^lCre the conditions of sale will be made fe H A .!? AHAM VANPUZER. William Taylor, Has for Sale, at his EAST-INDIA GOODS STORE, A , , „. No ' 4> Bu« ling-SLIP, /general Afiortment of EAST-INDIA GOODS, Rnni- wl> ich are tlle following Articles : i ziS- Hankcrchicfj.of various kinds,J| ( .|T|- ' rin n l" eS ' Seersuckers, C.ngham,, jj Bog|apores ' Wlf . V ar, «y of handsome painted MUSLINS. raan ) other Articles, which will be fold by the Pieces Package, low for cafli. £".3000 ioeo ijoo 4«e» SQO 200 100 5° £0 2500 2400 1800 31800
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