PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, MARKET-SfREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA [No. 67, of Vol.-ill.] The Addrejs oj the Hebrew Congregations in the cities of Philadelphia A r ew-York t Chartcjlon, and Richmond. TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. S I R, IT is reserved for you to unite in affection for your chara&er and person, every political and religious denomination of men ; and in this will the Hebrew Congregations aforefaid yield to no class of their fellow-citizens. We have been hitherto prevented by various circumstances pe culiar to our (ituati«n, from adding our congratulation to those •which the reft of America have offered on your elevation to the -Chair of the federal government : Deign, then, illuftriousSir, to accept this our homage. The wanders which the Lord of Hods hath worked in the days »of our forefathers, have taught us to observe the greatness ot his ■wisdom and his might, throughout the events of the late glorious revolution ; and while we humble ouiielves at his footilool in thanfgiving and praise for the blefling of his deliverance, we ac knowledge you the Leader of the American Armies, as his cho sen and beloved servant. But not to your sword alon.' is our pre sent happiaefs to be ascribed: that, indeed, opened the way to the reign of freedom ; but never was it perfectly secure, till your hand gave birth to the federal constitution ; —and you renounced the joys retirement, to seal by your adminiilration in peace what you had atchieved in war. To the e'ernnl God who is thy refuge, we commit in our prayer the care of thy precious life ; and when full of years thou (halt be gathered unto the people, thy 1 ighteoufnefs shall go before thee, and we (hall remember, amidst our regret, " that the Lord hath set apart the Godly for himfelf," whilst thy name and thy virtues ■will remain an indelible memorial on our minds. MANUEL JOSEPHSON, For and in behalf and under the authority of the several Congregations aforefaid. Philadelphia, Dec, 1790. To which the Prejident was pleased to return the following dnfwer. TO THE HEBREW CONGREGATIONS, In the city of Philadelphia, New-York, Charlejlon and Richmond: Gentlemen, THE liberality of sentiment towards each other which marks everv political and religious denomination of men in this country, (lands unparalleled in the History ot Nations. The affe£tion of i'uch a people, is a treasure beyond the reach of calculation ; and the repeated proofs which my fellow-citizens have given of their attachment to me and. approbation of my do ings, form the purcft fourcoof my temporal felictty. The affec tionate expreflions of your address, again excite my gratitude, and receive my warmtft acknowledgment. The power and goodnefsof the Almighty were strongly muni fefted la -he event* of oa*- U:c glorious rewlutfon ; and his kino interposition in our behalf, has been no less visible in the eftab- Jifhment of our present equal government. In war he dire&ed the sword; and in peace he has ruled in our councils. My agency in both has been guided by the best intentions, and a sense of the duty which I owe my country. And as my exertions have hitherto been amply rewarded by the approbation of my fellow-citizens, I fha 11 endeavor to de serve a continuance ol it by my future condu&. May the fame temporal and eternal bleflings which you implore for me, reft upon your congregations. G. WASHINGTON. THE Secretary of the Treasury in his report of ways and means for paying the interest which will accrue on the State debts assumed, and ior a deficicncy in a former estimate, Dollars 21,500,000 States the amount aflumed at The annual intercll thereon - * .Estimated deficiency of the funds already ef- tablifhed for paying the interefton the ori ginal debt of the United States, - 3®» 2 9 l 4° Amount wanted, - Dols. 826,624 73 to raise which sum he proposes that Congress lay additional du ties on foreign imported spirits, f© that the amount to be imposed ■with what is already imposed by law (to take place on the Ift of January next) may make the amount of the duty proposed in the draft of a bill accompanying his report to Congress 011 the 9th of January last ; and to lay the duties proposed in said bill on spirits distilled in the United States from foreign materials,-and from materials of the United States. The probable product whereof he estimates as follows : 4,000,000 gallons,foreign imported spirits at 8 cents, 320,000 3,500,000 gallons distilled trom foreign materials in the Unittd States at 11 cents, 3,000, o®o gallons distilled in the United States from jheir own materials at 9 cents, Dedufl drawbacks and expence of collection 10 pr. cent. - Net produO, which leaves an overplus of [The ingenuity and animation of the following pa ragraphs, from Mr. Bailey's Freeman s Journal, of tajt IVednefday, mufl inspire corresponding ideas in every patriotic mind.] A PERIOD now commences, fays a correfpond ant, from which future ages /hall derive new energy given to a republican fyftem,whillt private and public property <hall be equally secur ed ; the powerofour rulers, eleifted by ourselves, enforced by due laws ; morality refpecfled, and religion revered. Already that form of govern ment, approved of on mature deliberation, by a *ast majority of the inhabitants of * re e America, is in motion. It revolves, through the atmosphere of reason, on the axis of virtue. Wealth, whe ther derived from induilry or inheritance ; indti ftry, which promises to her advocates accession ot .riches, increase of consequence, and it is hoped, Saturday, Decems£r 18, 1790. an augmentation of ,happinefsthe weakness of age and the ardor of youth, equally look forward to an sera, merited by patriotism, under the gui dance of providence. Whilst many nations, which lately were deem ed highly civilized, becaufc they exhibited the gloss of falhion, or boalted the pomp of luxury, are struggling for a recovery of those rights, which they tamely or ignorantly surrendered to one ormore tyrants : the United AmeiicanStates have eftabliftied a form of rule, which ought ra ther to be imitated, than envied, by foreign countries. France has fnlly caught the sacred flame : Spain begins to think, that men pofleft, or ought to pos sess, inherent, unalienable rights ; and every other region of the civilized world will follow the example of Independent America, (no part of which was known to Europe, or the other two quarters of the globe, 'till about three centuries ago) by lilteningto the dilates of freedom ; by recover ing, #or confrming their right* ; by revering their present or future WASHINGTONS ; and by evincing, that the world will be more worthy of liappinefs, when men shall traly acknowledge the powers of the omnipotent, whose service is perfect freedom. But Washington appears in oar great national council—his voice is heard—that voice, which gave vigor to war, gives animation to peace. He looks—and di(Tention is hu/Leil. He speaks— and harmony returns on the wings of a cherub. I Let Philadelphians, and others, who heard, felt, ■ and revered his accents, acknowledge, that, al though virtue has been fometiaies rewarded even in this world, never did (he receive purer homage, than at the St.ite-Houfe, of Philadelphia, on the eighth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and ninety. Further Particulars relative to Gen. HARMAR's £x/rediiion again ft tfie Ho ft He Indians. Extract oj a letter front the S.cretary of War to the PreftJent of the United States. " Lieutenant Denny reports verbally, that af ter he lefc Fort Washington, he saw in Kentucky several men cf the militia of that diftriift, who had beeu out with Major Whitly, under Major Hamtranck of the federal troops, who command ed a separate expedition. " The laid militia-men informed Lieut. Denny that Major Hamtramck had destroyed several of the hostile Indian town:., on the Wabafh ; and had returned to his garrison at Post Vincennes, without having met any opposition. 1 have the honor to be, With the highest refped:, SIR, Your most obedient servant, H. KNOX, Secretary of War. The President of the United States. Extract from Orders. Note. The orders ifl'ued previously to the march of the troops and militia from Fort Wafli ington, and until they arrived at the Miami Vil lage, relate to the arrangement of the troops,the order of of encampment and of battle, and the discipline neceflary to be observed, all of which are particularly detailed. GENERAL ORDERS. Camp of the Miami Village about 170 miles from Fort Washington, Otfobern, 1790. The General is highly pleased with the zeal and alacrity Ihewn by rhe army (particularly the corps which was detatched under the command of Col Hardin) to come up with the Savages, al tho it vvas impra<Sticable, as they had evacuated their favorite towns, before the light corps could possibly reach them. Leaving behind them ftich a vast quantity of corn and vegetables is a certain .''ign that they I decamped in theutmoft consternation, and dare not face the army. The army is to remain in its present position until further orders ; in the mean time, Quarte r Pratt is to have the corn brought in and deposited in one place, or in as many houses as he can find, and a guard is to be placed over it for its security. He will receive directions how it is to be difti ibuted. The ruperintendant of the horse department (Mr. Caldwell) is tobe relponfiblethat his pack faddles are repaired, and put in as good order as possible, ready for the next movement of the army. The General calls upon the commanding offi cers ofbattalions not to fuflferthe men to straggle from the encampment, otherwise they will cer tainly ltand in danger of being scalped. 788,333 33 385,000 170,000 975>000 97'5°° Dols. 877,500 50,875 17 cents. 673 Ukso [Whole No. 171.] The guards are to be extremely vigilant, to which the field officer of the day is to pay the mod pointed attention. A detachment under the command of Lr, Commandant Trotter, consisting of Federal Troops Major Fontaine's light horse Active riflemen are to march to-morrow early. Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Trotter will receive his orders from the General. JOS. HARMAR, Brig. Gen. (To be continued.) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. August jth, 1790. M. Barrere in behalf of the committee of do maines, on the motion of M. Marfanne Fonjuli- tfmc. Yoar committee of domaines has been inftrudl ed to present to you their opinion on the sup pression of the Droit d' Aubaine. This tax origi nated at a time when there was no communica tion among people ; it belonged to the King, to the revenue, to the nation, who succeeded to the foreigner not naturalized, to the foreigner na turalized when he died inteitate, and to the na tive, who in quitting France, had abandoned hi 9 country. In considering this tax with relation to the conltitution and to legislation, your prin ciples and your decrees have already determined, under the report of fifcality, that it did not pre sent great advantages, as its produce amounted not quite to 40,000 livres. The committee have charged me to present to you the following pro ietfl of a decree.— The National Assembly, after having heard their committee of domaines, conceive that the Droit d'Auba'tne is contrary to those principles of brotherly love which ihould connedt all men of whatever country or government ; that this tax, cftablifhed in times of barbarity, ought to be a bolished by a people, who have founded their constitution agreeable to the rights of man and of the citizen ; and that France, being free, fhotild open its bosom to all the people of the earth, by inviting them to enjoy under a free go vernment, the sacred and unalienable rights of humanity; has decreed, and does hereby decree as follows.— ift. The Droit d'Aubaine and that of Detrafiisn are aboliflied forever. 2d. All proceedings, prosecutions and inquisi tions which have these taxes for their object, are quashed. This project of a decree was unanimously a dopted and without discussion. St[>t. 26. Only 50s Members were present, not nearly half of these who compose the Aflembly. M. Emmery was elected President. He then informed the Aflembly, that M. Cernon, in the name of the Committee, of Finance wished to make his report on the Exigencies of the state. He was, consequently, introduced, and deliver ed an account of the atilualftate of the Treasury. M. Freteau wiilied to know what was become of the money which was coined laftyear, and of the patriotic donations ? This question induced M. Mirabeau, to make a long harangue on the defects, and abuses which fbamefully exist in this momentary fyftein. Heaffirmed, that they were so dangerous to the public prosperity, that their crowns and louis are sure to be sweated on ac count of the enormous profit which is the conse quence. He put the Aflembly in mind of an af lertion which he had made on a former occasion, that every piece of plate sent to the Mint, was to be considered as an ingot sent to London. Ordered, that the Caifle d'Efcompte furnifh I ihe Treasury with 10 millions ot livres. BOSTON, Dec. 4. The demand for the produce of our country is rapidly increasing. To fliew, in part, the extent of this great source of national Wealth, we men tion, it as a fad, that one house in an adjacent town, has exported and fold, the late season, 2000 barrels Pot and Pearl-Afhes—2ooo barrels Beef— 500 barrels Pork— 70,000 weigh: of Butter— tsoo burtiels Peas and Beans, besides other produce. The quantity of beef annually, exported from this State, is upwards of 45,000 barrels—of which Jonathan Winship, Esq. of Little-Cambridge, (whose beef is so highly valued in foreign pares) [annually puts up 5000 barrels. Col. AO 230 Total 300
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