PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH.STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA [No. 5, of Vol. lII.] [Concluded from our MR. FENNO, AS to the tendency of the bank to make im mense profits for the itock-holders and offer ino- such vast emolument to the adventurers in it time will (hew what these will be ; the ex perience of banking as yet in America, has not exhibited such advantages—and certainly it is not likely the profits will encreafe with the com petition, which is growing in this country : Pru dent men will therefore look before they leap ; they have time enough for any of the immense preparations spoken os—since they have two years to turn themselves in before they complete their payment of subscriptions to the bank—and years are eternally offering something new—it is but about ten since the bank of North-Ame rica was founded by Congress—and had we at that time, Mr. Fenno, been favored with your Gazette, doubtless it would have applauded as highly the favorite of the day—who tho now be come less fafhionable, still retains the mod un deniable right to the grateful affecftions of this country —atid will continue I hope to deserve them, till perhaps by the lapse of a few more years (he may again return like other falhions in to vogue On the present occasion the bank of North imerica has certainly atfled the part of a mod lutiful child to the union—perfectly lilent and [uiefcent while the bill for a new bank was pen lant before Congress, they now also are the re ervoir where its treasures are to be accumulated ind its subscriptions opened—exhibiting to the »orld the very lingular f'peiftacle of one bank tiding another in its eftablilhnient—tho for pur poses calculated to avert the very sources of emo lument from it ; so great and dilinterefted is the attachment of the bank of North-America for that of the United States that it seems to forget what is due to itfelf in the care of the interests of the rising inftitution—ungrateful will this be formed if it attempts to injure its foftering parent, or is unmindful as the magnanimous and dilinterefted conduct, to which perhaps its ex istence is to be so greatly ascribed—to the union of the two, some constitutional obstacles indeed oppose, and fortunately there are interests con cerned in preventing it—but from this amieable beginning we are to suppose the new bank will treat her elder lifter, with at least fonie returns for the hospitality and kindness (hewn her, and be anxious in future to preserve the house where her existence had been nurtured and commenced. Newbern, (N. C.) April 23 THE President of the United States and Major William Jackson, liis Secretary, escorted by the rite Ligln-Horfe, under the command of Captain Simpfon, eroded Welt's Ferry, and were met at the landing by a number of the most refpedlable inhabitants of this town, headed by Judge Sit gveaves, and the Craven Light-Horse, under the command of Capt. Williams, on Wednesday at one o'clock, P. M. The Newbern volunteers, commanded by Capt. Edward Palteur, received him at the entrance of the town. Alighting at his lodgings, he was sa luted by a discharge of fifteen guns from Captain Tinker's company of Artillery, and fifteen vol lies and a feu de joys from the Volunteers. In the evening the town was elegantly iilumi nated. The next day the President walked around the town, and at four o'clock fat down to a public dinner at the Palace, and continued at table un til a number of toasts were drank, each of which were announced by a discharge of cannon. A committee of St. John's Lodge, No. 2, head ed by the Matter, waited on the President and handed him the following address. To GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq. President of the United Statu. Sir, WE, the Matter, Officei s and Members of St. John's Lodge of Newbern, No. 2, beg leave to hail yon welcome by the myttic numbers. We approach you, not with the language of adulation, but lmcere fraternal affection, your vvofks having proved you to be " the true and faithful brother, the fkilful and expert craftfman, the j u ft and upright man." But the powers of eloquence are too weak to exprefswiih fufficient energy the cordial warmth >vitli which our bosoms glow towards you. Saturday, May 14, 1791. We therefore most fervent!/ wish, most ardent ly and most devoutly that the Providence of the Most High may llrengthen, establish and protetft you, in your walk through this life, and when you are called from your terrestrial labors, by command of our divine Grand Master, and your operations sealed with the mark of his ap probation, may your foul beeverlaftingly trefrelh ed with the streams of living water which flow at the right hand of God. And when the supreme Architect of all worlds (hall colled; his most precious jewels as ornaments of the celestial Jerufalein, may yoi everlastingly Ihine among those of the brightest lustre. Signed by order of the Lodge, ISAAC GUION, Majler. SAMUEL CHAPMAN, S.IV. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, J. W. St. John's Lodge, N0,2, April 21 ft, 5791. To which the President returned the following To the Majler, Officers and Members of St. John's Lodge of JVe-wberii,No. 2 Gentlemen, I RECEIVE the cordial wslcome which you are pleased to give me with fiicere gratitude. My best ambition having ev;r aimed at the un biafTed r.pprobation of my felow-citizens, it is peculiarly pleasing to find ny conduct so affec tionately approved by a frate inity whose aflocia tion is founded in justice andbenevolence. In reciprocating the kind viflies contained in your address, be allured tha. I offer a sincere prayer for your present and fiture liappinefs. In the evening there was a ball at the Palace, which the President attended—and on Friday morning he left town for Wilmington under a dis charge of cannon. The inhabitants of the town, and Light-Horse, escorted him a few miles on his journey. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. TO ELLA. ! vainly Ella, do I hear Thy lute complain, in notes so clear, As would fcduce an angel's ear ; That bids me check, the song of praise, And give to other themes, my lays. To fierce disease and grief a prey, In pain I pass the lingering day. No more I raifethe sprightly {train. Or warble the melodious song, That fill'd the breast with envied pain y And could the joys of life prolong. Now, when the glowing erb of day, Hath funk, beneath the western wave ; With melancholy heart I stray To hear the ftrean>his border lave. Or like Come pilgrim press the yielding grass. And wet my sandals with the nightly dew, A sprig of laurel breaking as I pass. To thee I fay the honoring branch is due. My dangerous course along the vale I take, Beneath the hanging rock, that seems to (hake Withev'rv blast, and threatens oo my head Its crushing weight to roll But my undaunted foul. Enjoys the scene, nor feels the chill of terror spread Now, near a cavern dark, and wild, With folded arms I stand, Like melancholy's gloomy child ; I heave the swelling sigh ; Upon the palling gale ; While from my ever-ftrec.ming eye ; Adown my cheeks, so wan and pj'e, The tears incessant drop upon my hand. There I hear the moping owl, His dismal whoopings roll, Upon the heavy ear of night, In founds that would thy foul affright. But Oh ! my bursting heart! So tortur'd by the fang of grief, In other scenes would feck relief 1 On fancy's rapid wing I'd dait Where horror with his ftanng eye, And upright hair, Sits gazing on the fiery sky, When sulphurous lightnings fly, And {well the foul to wild despair. Where the vex'd wave with mad'ning roar, Rolls thundering on the craggy shore, And aims with ev'ry dreadful (hock, To burst apart the flinty rock; When fti II like wretched man! invaia He strives his purpole to obtain ; Mad to despair, he flics again And clamours to his parent main. 17 Answer. GEORGE WASHINGTON E I R T H A. [Whole No. 215.] Bennington, (Vermont) May 2. IN out* last: we inferred a paragraph under the Pennsylvania head, which mentioned, that jooolb. of hemp were raised the last season, by Col. Wood, 011 the memorable heights ofCharleltown. Acor refpondenc remarks, that the blood of the Ame rican heroes, shed on those heights, in the unpa rallelled action of Bunker's hill, &c. was in no wiie spilt in vain. From those rich libations at the sacred Ihrine of freedom, Colombia's inde pendence took its date, and the blefling is once more realized, by an extraordinary production of so stable a commodity for manufacture—that grand palladium of national greatness, on which the happinefsof America eflentially depends. Thus tho the honored heroes reft in peace, Their beneficial influence doth not cease, That blood which freefy flow'd at freedom's call, Wafts federal stripes around this spacious ball; In distant realmrf, Columbia's flag unfurl'd, Displays their worth to an admiring world ; While from the forehead of a brightening sky, They view their country's farms with Europe's vie. With pleasure we inform our readers,that faith ful posts are once more appointed, to ride regu larly from Bennington to Windsor. Any com munications may be made with fafety, and the demand for services will be reasonable. Rider 3 are likewise established from Bennington to On ion river, and the rout in a few weeks, will be extended to the northern extremity of theftate ; which eftabli(hment, if duly encouraged, will no doubt be extensively ufeful—more especially as a regular communication with the filter States is now permanently established. 'Tisby Intelligence Republic's live? And a free service, not a ftavilh give j Stop but the streams of knowledge, and you'll find, The laws oppos'd, the people fa&ious—blind. Return of EXPORTS from the Dijlrift of Bermu da Hundred or City-Point, from theifi of January to the 31 fl of March, I 791. BREAD, ship, 18 barrels. Pilot, 4 barrels. Butter, 9 firkins. Corn Indian, I9i7bulhcls. Flour fuperfine, 223 barrels. Fine, 319 barrels. Common, 426 barrels. Filh Cod, 6 quintals. Iron Pig, 88 tons. Indigo, 8 barrels. Lard Hog's, barrels, Oats, 446 bushels. Pork, 94 barrels. Pease, 36 barrels. Rum, Bt6o gallons. Skins Deer, 600 pound's. Tobacco, 5040 hogsheads. —Manufactured, 1 barrel. « f Hogfliead Staves, 69,975 hhds, b ■ Barrel do. 33,929. s 7 Pipe do. 1952. I- 11 dozen. Wheat, 8238 i bushels. Total value 203,886 dollars 73 cents. Net value of every species of merchandise en tered in the diftricft within the fame period,— £.2426 4 Stl.—equal to 10,772 dollars 32 cents. Salem y fMaJfachufettsJ april 26. The following extrafl of a letter from London, andalfo that publijkcd in our lajl*, were taken Jrom a series of letters; in which the writer appears to be greatly interejled in the happiness and prosperity of the people of this country, and solicitous that they may be guarded againfi precipitation in forming their Commercial System. The sentiments are thought to be deserving of public attention. London, Jan. 179*. DEAR SIR, " V NOWING you to be a friend to commercial regulations, X\. upon the belief that they may prove favorable to your na tional interests, I ventured in my letter of the 21ft ult. to quote to you the opinions of some refle&ing people upon the tendency o\ all reftri&ive systems. You need not be told that here mercan tile men and manufa£iurers generally entertain sentiments quite op posite to those I recited, and that a man who should be bold enough to aflert seriously the advantages of freedom in trade and industry, would find no strength of realoning nor purity of mo tives fufficient to shield him from calumny and suspicion : I hope it is not so bad in your country, and that candid difcuflions will establish right id**as—indeed it seems peculiarly eflential to your general and permanent welfare, that just sentiments on such fubjetts ftiould prevail among your people, because your govern ment, more than any other, is diretted in its movements by the present public opinion, let that opinion be well or ///-founded— and it cannot be a matter of future indifference what Heps they shall now take on this ground. I with they may take none but such as (hall be clearly di£lated by the soundest policy—and I call that policy found which, propofmg for its objett the most extensive public good, has justice for its support and truth for its light. I fufpett every mealure that is defe6hve in these as useless ar best, and often pernicious. Although I am a native of this island, yet you well know that ray heart, with its best feelings, is wholly with you— your country has become and alresd/ * See Ns. 210 of this Gazette.
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