PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS PHII , nr , [No. 76', of Vol. ll.] Of the Inhabitants of Trenton, To His Excellency WILLIAM PATERSON, Esq. GOVE tiNOR of Neiu-Jerfey, I ''HE early, decided, and peifevering patriot, whose councils and exertions have eminent ly contributed toeftsbliflx the peace, liberty and Safety as tlie public, deserves every diiHnclion •whicjj a sensible ana grateful people can bellow. Such services, and fiich principles, have placed you, Sir, in the feat of government, with out helitation or diflent: and New-Jersey nolon- S er f ee l s the wound which fhc has received by the death of a Livingston, when a Paterson supplies his place. The inhabitants of Trenton, and the vicinity, equally sensible of your merits, and equally grate ful for your past services, with the relt of :heir fellow-citizens, would do injustice to their own feelings, were they to suppress the fatisfadtion and approbation they feel upon so happy and unanimous a choice of a Chief Magistrate. should think ourselves particularly favor ed, if it might be confident with your Excellen cy s private interest and choice, to honor this place with your residence ; if not so fortunate, vre fljall be anxious to make every transient Itay agreeable. With well-founded aflurance that your future conducfl, like your past, will merit and perpetuate the love and confidence oftlie inhabitants of New- Jersey, we pray for you, all personal and domes tic felicity hire, well knowing that hereafter a sure reward awaits the benefactors of mankind. In behalf of the Inhabit ants, ISAAC SMITH, Chairman. Trenton, Nov. 24, 1 790. Gentlemen, I SCARCELY know in what manner to make my far your polite and affec tionate address. Language fails ire 1 cannot defcribethe emotions of gratitude and refpedt, which rife in niy bread but believe me, gen tlemen, I feel my heart lenfibly feels upon the occasion. The attention and hospitality, which, as a pri vate individual, I have experienced from the in habitants of Trenton, and its vicinity, I shall ever retain in grateful memory ; and I have no doubt that whenever inclination may lead, or the du ties ofoffice may call there—or whether my ftav be as a relident, or as a guest, I shall meet whii a cordial reception, and be treated with every mark of civility and politeness. That my conduct in thedifferent offices, which I have had the honor to fill, has met with the ap probation of a free and enlightened people, gives ine unfeigned pleasure ; andit is my fervent with, that I may in future demean myfelf in fucli a manner as to cherish and increase this favorable opinion. My interest as a citizen conspires with my duty as a ruler to advance the growth and prosperity of this State, and to promote the wel fare and glory of the Union at large. In this sentiment I am sure of meeting with your hearty concurrence, and that of every good and wife man in the State, As Freemen, we have but one common object ; as Citizens of the United States, our interests and our rights are now the fame. That narrow fyflem of local politics, which, for a time, diftradled our counsels, distur bed our repose, and tarnished our glory, is ciates-Judges ot the i)alh. Cts. ieveral dillri£ts, and Attorney General, 72,000 Legijlative Department. Cjmpenfations to the Members of Congress, and their Secretary, Clerks, Chaplains, McHengers,Ser jeant at Arms, and Door-K.eepers, ettimating the attendance of the whole number for fix months, 113,400 Treasury Department. Compensations to the Secretary, his Assistant, Clerks, Mclfenger and Officc-Keeper, 8,200 Comptroller and his Cle.ks, - 8,800 Trealurer, his Clerks, Meffengerand Office- Keeper, - Auditor, and his Clerks, Kegilfer, and his Cleiks, Two Office-Keepeis and Meffirngers for the Comptroller's, Auditor's and' Kegifter'i offices, _ Loan-Officers of the several Diftrifls, Department of State. Compensations to the Secretary, his Clerks, Office- Keeper and MeiTenger, Department of War. Compensations to the Secretary, Clerks, Paymaster, Commiilioner, Messenger and Office-Keeper, Comm'Jior.ers for Jettling accounts between the Uvited States and individual States. Compensations to the Commiflloners, their Clerks, Meifcnger and Office-Keeper, Government of Wejlern Territory. Compensations to the Governors, Secretaries, Judges, &c. ol the two Drftri£ts, - . Grant to Baron Steuben, His annual allowance, - Penfioiif granted by the late Government, Incidentaland coitingent expences relative to the Civil Lift. Under this head arc included fire wood, stationary, printing work, and all other contingent expences ot the two Houfesof Congress, and the other de partments, ... Total in Dollars, 299)276.53 No. 11. Contains an Estimate of expences of the Civil Lift Eftabli(Linear, for the year 1791, arising from the following objects, viz. ' Deficiency in an appropriation heretofore made for buildino and equipping ten cutters, a sum for building a large boat for each cutler, pay and rations to the Mailers and mariners of the fame, &r. ; for expences towards the fafe keeping and profecu- Uon of persons committed for offences against the United States tor thefupport, maintenance and repairs of light-houses, beaconsj piers, flakes and buoys ; for converting the beacon of Georgia in to a hght-houfe ; for printing the several descriptions of treasury and loan-office certificates prepared in pursuance of an ast making provision for the public debt ; for making 300 reams at 3J dol lars per ream ; printing 200 reams, at > 5 dollars per ream ; pay of two fupenmrndants of the paper mill ; pay offour fuperintend ants of the prefj ; binding 2000 books, at 5 0-iooths each; for a clerk employed in thetreafury department, for receiving the cer tificates from the fuperintendants, and transmitting them to the several loan-officcs, and attending to other parts of this business ; for devices and contingent expences; for expences which will attend Jurveying the tract of the Miami company, and running the lines of division of the tracts of the Ohio and Sciota compa nies, agreeably to a resolve of lath August, 1790; for the pur chale of hydrometers for the ufc of the officers of the customs and inipcclorsof the revenue : s Amounting together tc Dollars, 50,756 7 No. 111. An Estimate of Money requisite for the Department of War, for the year 1791 Stated annual Expcnces. Pay of the troops, Subfiflcnceof the troops, Forage, Cloathing for the troops, Quarter-master's depai tment, Hofpiial dcoartmenr, Four extra furgeonb' mates, Ordnance department, Contingencies of war department, Extra Expences. Expedition of General Harmar, Annual allowance to invalids, Monies due for former ferviccs, Amounting to Dollars, 39*i>99-,54 No. IV. General Estimate for the Services of the ensuing year, Civil Lift, as per No. i, Additional Expences, as per No. 2, War Department, as per No. 3, FROM THE NEIV-YORK DAILY ADVERTISER AN" ABSURDITY ! lias not a more curious circumstance A- " a PP enec l> within the compass of my recol letflion than the late resolution of the Legislature of North-Carolina, on the fubjcdi of their state debt. I his affair, fin whatever light it may be viewed exposes such anabfurdity as admits nei their of explanation, nor apology. Theftate.it seems, propose to come forward with such certi ficates as have been paid into their Treafury,and 709 4,200 10,600 11,55° 57. 000 1 3' 2 5° 6,250 6,500 11 >55° 10,000 2,500 2 .767 73 17,308 80 74.916 59»787 1 >°3- 23,772. 80 25.000 1,63,5. 20 4'73 2 * 8° 6 '3°3- 66 5,000 100,000 87,463. 60 556. 48 2 99.276- ,53 ,50.756. 7 39°. 199. 54 Total Dollars, 740,232. 14 [Whole No. 180.] ti i" t i l^ m to e afi »medbjrthe UnitedStatei he law of Congress for aifuming theltate debts acfant view, renders any such resolve a nullitv' It cannot be thrown into any shape, in which k will not contradict and destroy itfelf. Let me alk what Congress have undertaken to do ? The answer is ; they have undertaken to nfl'ume the ltate debts. But when a ltate has paid any cerii ficatesand got them into the Treasury, there no longer exists a debt relative to such redeemed certificates. A debt cannot cxift without two par ties ; a debtor and creditor. When a debt is once paid, both those relations are deftroved and the debt is ot course annihilated. The alTumption. law, m such cafe, has nothing to operate upon ; because, the fubjet r t of that law, is debts ; andthe agents who are to reeeive the payment, are cre ditors. Now when the debt has once been dis charged, there is 110 longer a debtor, and con - fequently there can be no creditor, since one cannot exifl: without the other. Adebt is a thin"- which does not admit of a refurreiftion. Its pay ment, by the person who owed it, is its final de 'trucftioii. I will put a cafe. A ifHies anumber of notes payable to difFerent persons ; and before he has discharged them all. B undertakes the payment of such demands as may lie against A.—lt is obvious, without any arguments, that the engagement is not meant to extend to those notes which A had himfelf dis charged and taken up. This plain reason may be aiiigned for it, that when the note reverts in to the hands of the giver, the demand vanilhes, andean never afi'ume a new existence. I once more repeat, that it is a contradiction in terms, to fay that an afl'umption of debts can be applied where there is 110 debt. In what character will a state come forward witli its own notes Ifit comes forward as a.dtit er. the ademption law can take cognizance of creditors only. If on the other hand, the tfate calls itfelf a creditor, it is cad out from the bene fit of che affiimption, because the state in beino a creditor ceases to be a debtor, and therefore there can be 110 debt for the afl'umption to take hold of. But it will be said, the ltate may ap pear in the capacity both of creditor and debtor. This is impoilible in the nature of things. Be cause, debtor and creditor are counterparts of such a kind, that when they meet in the fame person, they destroy each other and ftarjdfor no thing- CONSISTENCY. Jan. 11. Sacred to the Memory of the late Alderman BLAGGE, of the City of New-York. B LAGGE! Thou art gone; nor haft thou left behind A jufter being, or a nobler mind . For honor and for probity renown'd, In thee the Patriot and the Sage were found. By moderation tempering rigid law, Thou knewM poor to cheer, the rich to awe. New-York beheld thy steady, gen'rous phn, And all the world (hould blefsthe friend of ima. Patron of commerce from thy youthful years, No Tradesman left thy doors diffolv'd in tears. Favour from thee th' industrious poor teceiv'd, Their wants, when known, were generously reliev'd. Religion reign'd in thy capacious heart, And heavenly charity perform'd her part. In private life each duty well difcharg'd ; Strcngthen'd thy efforts, and thy foul enlarg'd ; The parent's, hutband's worth, by thee difplay'd, A bright example to the world convey'd. To thee, since talents, piety, were given, Earth's ornament may hope reward from Heav'n. N E W B E R N, (N. C.) December 23. , y>e Legiflaturt of this State, during their lall fefljon made the following appointments. His Excellency ALEXANDER MARTIN, Esq. Governor The Honorable SPRUCE M'COY, Esq. one of the Tud»cs of the Superior Courts. JOHN H AYW ODD, Efn. Solicitor-General. ANECDOTES A COXCOMB asked a fluttering barber's boy, in New-Haven—did you ever /have a mon key ? No Sir, said he, but if you will set down I will t-t-try. ■A FLOURISHING Coxcomb the other day came into a Soemaker's ftiop to try on a pair of boots. " These are too fliort for the Ton" said he, "tlieyfhould be long enough to cover up the Calf compleatly." " Then" said the flioe xnaker " They mud be abont five feet ten inehts."