ADDRESS To his Excellency Governor PATEJISOX. S I R, AMIDST the numerous addrefles which have been presented since your laic appointment, the Bar of New-Jersey beg leave to solicit your attention. As" friends and as brothers we address you; and if, in this testimonial of refpettand veneration tor your chara&er, we should depart from the usual stile of congratulation, we hope the feelings which occasion the departure, will plead our apology. The profeflion 111 which we labour is of lo dclicate a nature, that to preserve the chara&erof a gentleman with tellow pra&itioners and deserve the noble appellation of an honed man with the reft of mankind, requires a propriety of condutt which can be claimed by few, but which ought to be aimed at by all. Perhaps no man ever pra6lifed at the bar, who so fully arrived ai this desirable point as yourfelf ; and whilst you afford an eminent example of moral rectitude and enlightened understanding, you re pel the illiberal idea that ftiicl virtue is incompatible with the practice of the forum. Since the interest of the state calls the ex crcife oJ your abilities from the bar, we look forward with plea lure to that equal diftributicm of justice, which mull be the conse quence of your judgment and experience, when you preside as chancellor, of the state. In this point of view, fir, you are not loft to the profeflion ; and as citizens, we enjoy the profpefl ot every benefit which can result from an efficient and guarded administra tion. As no one can better uuderftand the interest? of the com munity, your own benevolence and the general affe&ion for your person, will conspire to accomplilh oui political harmony, which will at once give us weight in the national government, and influ ence the prosperity of the union. That your constant and fuccefs ful exertions in your late public character, should meet with the utmost gratitude this state could display, ought to have been ex pc&ed—but very few official appointments have, like your own, combined all ranks of people in one common bond of affection. Under vour auspices, fir, we are become a band of brothers ; every whifperof suspicion will be baqifhed : and whilst we, as a pi oleftion, bid adieu to your Excellency, as the most diltinguifh ed member of it, wc, at the fame time, embrace you as the ruler of a free enlightened people. That the cares of office may set lightly on your brow, is <»ur fmcereft wifti—Be firm ! —lor Hea ven smiles on conscious re&itude : And long may you live to go vern our interests and our hearts. At the reque/l and in behalf of the Bar of New-J erfev JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Attorney-General November 13, 1790. GENTLEMEN, YOUR address affects mc in a most sensible manner : It flows from the heart : It comes from friends and from brothers : —I receive it as such ; and asfuch, I feel it. The testimonial you present in favor of my private profeflion and public character, is exprelTcd in the most obliging terms. In return, be plea fed to accept the warm efFufions of a grateful heart : To live in your al fe£tion and esteem is qiy fervent wish, and (tall be my continual itudv. To etfeft this desirable end, my cares and efforts {hall be directed to promote the freedom and happiness of the good peo ple of this ftatr, to advance our national prosperity ; and to those numerous and diverfified objects, which result from the admini stration of a free government, it is the full purpose of my foul to a£t with firmnefs, uniformity and iec-ifion ; to make general prin ciples, and not expedients, the constitution and law of the land, and not the politics of the moment, the rule of my conduct. While thus I ast, conscious re&itude will smooth the brow of carc, and adminiftcr consolation and lupport in the most difficult and trying (late of things. Candor, liberality of sentiment, and moral re&itude, have, I well know, been always held in high estimation by the advocates of this state : These, indeed, are virtues ufeful and ornamental in every profeflion, and in none more so than that of the law : May they ever decorate the Bar of New-Jersey ! The profefTors of the law, have diflinguifhed themselves in behalf of the violated rights of mankind; have been eminently ufeful in the late revolution, and in the formation and eftablifhcd of our national government. In this point of view, they are dear to eveiy friend of freedom ; and it is not without a degree of profeilional pride, that I behold that long lift of juridical names, which illumine and adorn the pa triot roll of America. In the administration of public affairs, it is a pleating and ani mating circumstance, that in every measure which will conduce to the general interell of the state, or of the union at large, the ex ecutive can confidently rely upon the aid and cordial co-operation of the gentlemen of the law. But notwithftandiag these encou raging afTuranccs, it is not without much diffidence and anxiety, that I enter upon the execution of the important trust committed to my care. The scene is new—the task is arduous. Alas !— gentlemen—l fear—that I shall often regret my acceptance of the honorable officejwhich I now occupy—and wifli—that I had con tinued with you a fellow-prattitioner at the Bar. There I form ed my friendfhips—there I pasTed the prime ot my life, and ex pc£ted to pass the evening of my days : There—l have often seen and experienced your candour and politeness—your generosity of i'eutiment and elevation ot foul. Memory will frequently to my view those social hours, in which we lived as brothers, and in which we mingled the " feaft of reaion and the flow of foul —hours, which I shall muse upon with pleasing melancholy ! and fwceteft luxury of thought ! Go, geinlemen, and be happy— 30. and flill continue to exer cise those virtues and talents, the display of which has rendered you conspicuous, and merited the esteem and confidence of vour fellow citizens :—go, and may you long live an ornament to'the profef fion in which you labour, ana a blefling to the society in which you live. WILLIAM PATERSOX. LONDON, Sept. 2. IN the year I 762, when success attended the Bri tifli arms in exery quarter of tine globe, this country derived near ten millions sterling of spe cie from the different captures made by the fleet and army. Such an influx of wealth, invigorated commerce and encouraged indultry, while it rai led the fpiric of the nation to a pitch of enthufi afin, that rendered our men invincible again ft any superiority of numbers. Tuesday a meeting of the privy conncil was held at the cockpit, futnmoned forthepurpofeof taking into consideration a report of Sir Joseph Banks, on the general question of admitting wheat, the produce of the United States of Ame rica, detained at the ports of Liverpool, &c. It was not fuflicient for the French to be free, but they mult l>e forward ; " they would not be good, but they mud be too good."—Having ob tained all the liberty a nation (hould wish or want, they pervert the very fir It powers of it, by the annihilation of rank and title, to the very ruin and deftrudlion of honour, the great aflertor of freedom, and the very thing which emancipated that kingdom ; for now, since it is uijiverlally al lowed that " Order i> Heaven's tirft law ; and llus wJiifcb'd. Some aip and must be grcatei llu>" the felt , . Flattery will bow its head to money and to office ; Placemen and monicd men will bear ail tic «") > and the great badge of superiority, h 0111' ie * K . e . forth will not be ingenious merit, but diJatoria ■ power. . . c Sept. 14. The Spanifti AmbaUador, it is ai fcrted, is in hourly expeiftation of receiving 1- patches, wkich were to determine whether he is to abide longer with us, or bid adieu to acountiy which, from long residence, and habit of jntima cy with moit of our nobility and gentiy, lie is particularly attached to. His excellency lias been heard more than once to declare to his friends, during the present dispute, that he ed lie (hould not be under the painful necelnty ofleaving them dire<ftly. The lall letters from Spain contradict the ac counts of the emperor of Morocco's aflaffination —though his cruelties and caprices every day fubjeift hi in to such an accident. He is, however, represented as a warm friend (if such a man can be called a friend) to the Englifli, whose cause he espouses upon every occasion. Considerable quantities of Amercan pot-ashes having been condemned by the Aflaymalters,peo ple Ikilled in that manufacture, have been led to make several experiments to discover the causes of its defe&s and impurity. The great evil which injures the sale, and very much reduces the value of some of the American pot-ash, ari ses from foreign matters, such as common fait and earth, being accidentally or* designedly mix ed with it. People vending or dealing in this article may save thenifelves the trouble and dis grace of fending an adulterated or faulty kind to market, if they will only Iprevioufly observe the following method for trying its quality.—Take some pot-ash and diflolve it in water : Let there be as much pot-alh as the water will diflolve. Then plunge a piece of fifver coin, or any thin plate of silver into the solution. If the pot-alh contains any inflammable or improper mixtures, it will change the silver to a dark or black colour, in the fame manner as if it had been over the lteani of burning sulphur—is the pot-ash is pure tiie silver will remain bright.—Upon the experi ment being made ihould it be discovered to be bad, the evil can be remedied only by diflolving the whole quantity in pure water, and boiling it down, and fluxing it a second time ; or it may be made into pearl-sflies, by calcination, with little expence. An eminent physician, whose name we are not at liberty to mention, has obliged us with a lift of Epidemic disorders now raging in England : among|which are the following.—Sore Throat. —This, he observes, although apparently infec tious is peculiar only to certain inhabitants of the street called Old-Baily, and frequently proves fa tal to fix or eight at a time, —N. B. It never af fects the patient but once, and always ends in fuffocation. Oflate,phyficians have recommend ed long sea voyages, to persons so bad as to be in danger of this difteinper—but it is always bet ter to prevent than to cure—and very ufeful di rections for prevention may be found by applying to the Philanthropic Society, or the Sunday schools. Gaming is a fever, or teveiifhed affection of the chronickind—very rarely proving/&</« fatal but if the patient has once caught. it, seldom leaves him, Ihould he live ever so lono-. The paroxysms of the distemper resemble thofeof the ague, that is, are cold and hot fits—the discharge of yellow matter, leaves the patient very low, and frequently a delirium conies 011, ending in sud den death. In some patients he has observed a 11 Umbei of black and red spots, which he considers as very unfavourable symptoms.—The disorder is not hereditary, nor communicable without coming in contacftwith those black and red spots. It has been known to leave the patient for seve ral years, and afterwards return. When this is the cafe, lie observes that it is always fatal, a mortification enfu'tng. In younger patients av'lor ttfication properly treated and followed up by bit ters, has made a cure, but theutmoft care.in this cafe inuft be taken to prevent a relapse. DUBLIN, August jr The fhortnefi of the turns in a finall and ill laid out-courfe, occasioned accidents to liorfes and joekies during the races at Athlone. Three of the joekies lie dangerously 311, and three of the running |liorfes are incapacitated from ever ap pearing on the turf in future. From the vast con course ot people, ni any accidents happened to the 1 peculators, [anionlt whom was a (lay-maker, who on Tuesday was killed by a horseman having i n full speed overturned him with such violence that his ribs were all broke. On Monday a curious canfe came on to be tried at Alderman Emerson's police-office : " A Liber ty weaver fold his Cara Spofa to a friend for a guinea and a flailing, and marched her home to the residence of her purchaser. The mornino following, the lady not liking the attentions of her new Lord returned to her former lover, and refufed to ratify his bargin with the purchaser who in confequence applied to the police-ofßce in 646 in order to re-obtain his parcbafe money.—Abow 200 weavers attended the difciwfion. Several of the Weavers-square Ciceros harangued on theoc cafion ; but the plantiffwasnon-fuited. M O N T E G O-B A Y, Oc't. 2 Our late lieutenant-governor general Clarke, accompanied by Major M'Mordo, failed from Portsmouth the 10th of August, in the Thynne facket-boat, for Quebec, being appointed lieu tenant-governor ot that province. The inhabitants of Honduras,haviiigfijrniounL ed the fear of any prefentdifturbance, have again employed their negroes in their usual occupation of falling wood and preparing it formarket. PITTSBURGH, November 6. No authentic accounts have yet been received fro in the troops out on the expedition, but there are a <neat many different reports through the country ; these are entirely without foundation, and mult be the fabrication of some persons who have little else to do. Asfoon as we receive any account that may be depended on, we fliall un doubtedly publifli it for the information of our readers. Extrafl of a letter from Andieiu Elicott, Efquirt, ft his frierid in this loivii, dated Prefqut Jfti, OCluber ii, 179°- " I yesterday coinpleated the survey of the territory annexed to the State of Pennsylvania, after much difficulty and liardlhip. The land contained in this survey is generally good, and from its peculiar fttuation an important object to the State. The Indians did not appear to be well disposed towards the execution of our business, but after a treaty and receiving foine small pre lents, accompanied with ruin and tobacco, per mitted us to go on." RICHMOND, (Virg.) Nov. n. Thelaft accounts from Kentucky, fay, an ad vanced party of our troops came up with a num ber of Indians on the banks of the Ohio, killed ij, and took 25 prisoners—aster theprifoners were examined, 15 were found to be white ineu, and are now iu Fayette jail, Lexington. Yesterday the general .Afl'embly of this Com monwealth proceeded to eletft a Senator of the United States, in the room of the Honorable WIL LIAM GRAYSON, Esq. deceased, and a majori ty of votes was found in favor of JAMES MON ROE, Esq. BALTIMORE, Nov.- 12 Samuel Sterett, William Pinkncy, JoJhua Seney, William Vans Murray, Philip Key, and Upton She re dine, Ei'q'rs. are eledled federal representatives of the (late of Maryland. ' The Hon. George Dent, Esq. liath been unani* moujly chof'en Speaker of the House of Delegates, now fitting, in the General Aflembly of this State, at Annapolis. WILMINGTON, Nov. 13 On Monday, the Bth inft. commenced the elec tion for a representative in Congress from thii state, when the Hon. John Fining, Esq. was re eledted in New-Castle and Kent counties, by a very large majority. BURLINGTON, November 10. At a meeting of the Burlington Society, for tht promotion of Agriculture and DomeJlic Manufactures, on Saturday the 6tli of November, 1790. Refilved, That notice be given to the candi dates tor the premium offered by this society in their resolution of the 3d day of April last, for the belt quantity of cheese, not lei's than 300 weight to be made in this country, that a room is provided at the house of Mr. Alexander M'Cregor, hatter, next door to the house of Bowes Reed, Esq. in Burlington, for the reception of fucli parcels of cheese as may be delivered prior to the thefirft Saturday in January next, on which day the premium will be adjudged. N E W-Y O R K, Nov. 5 We hear from Connecticut that Picrpoint Ed wards, Esq. who was lately chosen one of the re presentatives from that fiate inCongrefs, has de clined serving. Died 011 Saturday, Mrs. Butler, the amiable and much refperted consort of the Hon. Pierce Butler, Esq. senator of the United States from the state of South Carolina. Extract of a letter from Briflol, Sep*. " The famous Herfchell is about to publifli some new oblervations upon the planetary lyftem. \\ ith respect to those already made on the moon, if his glalles have not inifled him, the deductions will give us a good deal of insight into the real nature of that planet.—From the information o. his teleicope, several burningmountains, com monly called Volcanoes, do there exist ; and if such an element as fire does there exist ; there muit be certainly such a fluid as air ro support it; and from hence we may count upon the reality of an atmosphere, about our attendant Satellite. By a peculiar lucid whiteness always plainly dif
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