PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN Ft'.NNO, No. 69, HIGH STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA [No. 10, of Vol. lII.] The ADDRESS of the Merchants o/Chariest on To the Pre fide tit of the United States. SIR, THE merchants of Chailefton, entertaining a just sense of the high honor conferred on th s city by your presence, take the earliefl opportunity of congratulating you on your arrival. The obligations which arc due to you from every member of the republic, are acknowledged by all ;—to enter into a detail of them, would be to produce the history of your life, and to repeat ■what is re-echoed horn one end of the continent to the other. Were it poflible, Sir, tor your fellow-citizens to omit doing juf ice to your merits, the teilimouy of other nations would evince their neglect or ingratitude—the whole world concurring in the fame opiniou of you. Convinced as we are of your constant solicitude for the genera welfare, it must afford vou particular fatisfa&ion to find the pro greflive effetts of the fedei al government in this State ; and that the inhabitants are fact emerging from the heavy calamities to which they were fubjf&ed by the late war. Sensible of the numerous bleflings our country has derived from your wife and judicious adrwiniftration—we feel animated with the most lively sentiments of gratitude towards you : Suffer us, then, on the present occasion, to represent to yea the affe&ionate icnfibility with which we are im pre fled, by alluring you that we ■yield to none in fine ere refpeft and attachment to your person ; and we earncftly implore the Almighty Father of the universe, long to prefeive a Life so valuable and dear to the people over ■whom you preside. In behalf of the merchants oj Char left on. May 3, 1791. E. DARRELL, Chairman. To which the Pre fide nt returned the following answer : To the Merchants of Charleston. GENTLEMEN, YOUR congratulations on my arrival in South-Carolina, en hanced by the affe&ionate mannei in which they arc offered, are received with the most grateful sensibility. Flattered by the favorable sentiments you express of my en deavors to be ufeful to our countiy, I desire to aifure you of my constant solicitude for its welfare, and of my particular Satisfac tion in observing the advantages which accrue to the highly-de serving citizens of this State, from the operations ot the general government. I am not less indebted to your expreflions of personal attach ment and refpeft—they receive mv best thanks, and induce my most sincere wishes for your profeflional prosperity, and your individual happiness. GEORGE WASHINGTON. The ADDRESS of the Gr a nd-M a st e r of the Fra ternity o/Ancient York Ma son s, ofC harles- TON, To th: President of the United States. S I R, INDUCED by refpeft for your public and private chara&er, as well as the. relation in which you (land wilh the brethren of this society, we, the Grand-Lodge of the State of South-Caro lina Ancient York Masons, beg leave to offer our sincere congra tulations on your arrival in this State. We felicitate you upon the establishment and exercise of per manent government, whose foundation was laid, under your aus pices, by military atchievement.% upon which have been progref lively reared the pillars of the free republic over which you pre side, fupporied by wisdom, llrcngth, and beauty, unrivalled a mongst the nations ot the world. The fabric, thus laifrd and committed to your superintendence, we earncftly wifb may continue to produce ordei and harmony, to fucceedmg ages, and be the asylum of virtue to the oppressed of all parts o! the universe. When we contemplate the diflrefles of war—the in fiances of humanity, displayed by the Craft, afford some relief to the leel ing mind ; and it give*. us the moil pleasing sensations to recolle£l, that, amidst the difficulties attendant on your late military stations, you It ill associated with, and patronised, the Ancient Fraternity. D'flinguifhrd always by your virtues, more than the exalted stations in which you have moved, we exult in the opportunity you now give us of hailing you brother of our Order, and trull, from yotii knowlc dge of our institution, to merit your counte nance and support. With fervent zeal for your happiness, we pray that a life so dear to the bosom of this lociety, and to mankind in general, may be long, very long, prefcrved ; and, when you leave the tempo ral Ivmbolic lodges of this world, you may be received into the ccleftial of light and perlctl on, where the Grand-Master, Architect of the Univetfe, prefidrs. Done in behalj of the grand- lodge, Charlejion, 2 d May, 1791. To which the President returned this An fiver : To the Grand Lodge o/South-Carolina An- ctent York Masons GENTLE ME N, I AM much obliged by the refpeft which you are so good as to declaie for my public and private churafter. I recognize with pleasure my relation to the brethren of your society ; and I accept, with gratitude, your congtatulaiions on my ariival in South-Carolina. Your sentiments on tlje cftablifhment and exercise of our equal government, aie worthy of an allocation whose principles lead lo purity ol morals, and beneficence oi a£hon. The fall ic of our freedom is placed on the enduring basis of public viituc, and will, I fondly hopr, long continue to protect the profpeiityof the archite&s who raised it. I shall be happy, on every occasion, to rvince my regard for the fraternity, tor \our piolpciity individually, I offer my best wishes. G. WASHINGTON'. 1 lie Grand-Master then introduced his deputy, who had the honor of prtfenting the other attending brethren to the President. Charleston, May 10,1791. ON Saturday she 17th instant, a furaptuoos entertainment was given by the MfK chants < f this city, to the President of the Uni ted State*, in the Exchange ; at which were present '0; invitation his Excellency the Govern or, the Senators and Repreferitatives of this State in Congress ; his honor the Intendant, the Wardens with the Federal, State, and city Offi cers ; all the Members of both Houses of Allerny bly for Charleflon diftridt, who were in town'; the Clergy of every denomination, and many respeCtable strangers.— 1 hey aflembled to the number of upwards of three hundred, in the City Hall. On the President's arrival, the {hip America, of this place, (being moored off the ex change,) fired a federal salute : About half part four, the companyfat down at an elegant dinner, which was furni(hed with every delicacy which ihe country and season could afford. The wines were excellent and in great variety ; after din ner the following toails were drank. The United States of America—may they long enjoy freedom in peace. The federal conilitution, ip friends and sup porters, The Vice-President and mk'tribers of the fenat. (By the Prejident,) The commercial interest of Chailefton. The late members of both houses of Congress —may their fucceilors iuherct their wifdoin anc* patriotifni. Louis XVlth,and National Aflembly of France, a Ipeedy and fuccefsfuJ teruination of their la bours. Agriculiure and commerce—may their depen dence 011 each other be properly underflood. The navigation of the United States—piotecl ed by the ltrong arms of thefederal government, may it encreafe and flouri/h. The ufeful arts of peace. May the merchants of the United States eon tinue to merit the flattering compliment paid them by the President, at the opening of the last session of Congress. The national bank—a general diffufion of its happy effects throughout the United States. The defenders of the rights and liberties of the people throughout the world. The fair daughters of America. The secretary of ftate—iniy the important ler vices he has rendered to theiroininercial interests of his country, endear him to every merchant. The secretary of the trealWy—may his fame increase with the rising credit of his country. May the mantle of peace and friendfhip cover the world. The illustrious Prefideut of the United States, long may he live to enjoy the praif'es of a grate ful people. ! The Lady of the Prefideivt. At each of which the America fired thirteen guns. s At eight o'clock the President retired to the City Hall, from whence be liad a view of the fireworks displayed on board the ship, which was illuminated with lanthorns ; aniidft thein the letters V. W. (Vivac Waihington) were strikingly conspicuous. The walls of the Exchange were beautifully decorated with flowers, lhrubs; wreaths of laurel encircling the arches : over the Prelident's feat was exhibited an emblematical painting, repre senting commerce distributing plenty over the globe. Opposite, under the center arch,was sus pended a lhip in miniature, handsomely decorat ed, and furnilhed with lamps to the number of one hundred and thirty-fix, which, in the even ing, were lighted up ; this at once discovered a beautiful emblematical figure, and formed a irioft happy fubltitute for a brilliant chandelier ; on her fterti was painted " Commerce of Charleston," and the repeated acclamations of the company teftified their wiflies for her suc cess. M. GIST, G. M The harmony and hilarity which prevailed throughout, were strongly demonftrativc of the general gratitude and joy ; and it mult have af forded the high eft gratification to every true pa triot, to have observed the mail whom we mod venerate venerated by all. On Sunday the Preiident of the Uniied States attended divine fervjee at St. Philip's,in the fore noon ; dined, in a private manner with General Moultrie, and went to St. Michael's in the after noon : and yefterdsy morning, at 6 o'clock, set out on the con inuance of his tour to Savannah, cfcorted out of town by a number of the Cincin nati and other gentlemen. Wednesday, June i, 1791. And -when the President retired. 37 [Whole No. 2 i B.] // Savannah, (Georgia) May 19. JjITAVING announced in our 1a ft patier the ex * A pecfted arrival of the Prefidenc of the Unit ed States, we /hall now lay before the public ail account of liis reception in this city. On Thursday morning the President arrived at Puryfburgh, wheie he was received by the Com mittee who had been deputed by a number of pie citizens of Savannah and its vicinity for thac jpurpofe, and to conducft him to the city in a which had been equipped and neatly ornament-, ed for the occasion. The President, with the Committee, his Secretary Major Jackson, Major Butler, Gen. Wayne, and Mr. Baillie, embarked at Purylburgbetween 10 and it o'clock, and was rowed down the river by nine American Cap tains, viz. Capts. Putnam, Courter, Rice, b'iflier, Huntingdon, Kerfhaw, Swaine, M'lntire, and Morrifon, who Were drefled in light blue ii!k jackets, black fattin breeches, white silk (lock ings, and round hats with black ribbons having the words " LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" in lettersof gold. Within ten miles of the city they were met by a nninber of gentlemen in fc veral boats, and as the President pafled by them, a band ofinufic played the celebrated song, " He comes, the Hero comes," accompanied with leveral voices. On his approach to the city, the con course on the Bluff, and the crowds which had prefled into the vellels, evinced the general jov which had been inspired by the visit of this molt beloved of men, and the ardent desire of all ranks and conditions of people to be gratified by his presence. Upon arriving at the upper part of the harbor he was fainted from the wharves and by the shipping, and particularly by the ihipTlio tnas Wilson, Capt. Whire, which was beautifully decorated with the colours of various nations. At the foot of the flairs where the President land ed he was received by Col. Gunn and Gen. Jack son, who introduced to him the Mayor and rtldei" menof the city. The Artillery company saluted him with 26 discharges from their field pieces, and he was then conducted to a house prepared by" the Corporation for his accommodation, in St. James's Square, in the following order of pro cellion : Light Infantry Company. Field Offi cers and other Officers of the Militia. Marshal of the City. Treasurer and Cleric. Recorder. Aldermen. Mayor. Prefidenc and Suite. Com mittee of citizens. Members of the Cincinnati. Citizens two and two. Artillery Company. The President and Suite were conducted to Brown's CofFee-houfe by the Mayor of the city and President of the Cincinnati, and dined with ihe Corporation at fix o'clock the fame day. The following gentlemen were invited to partake of the entertainment prepared : The Judges of the Superior Courts of the state and Inferior Courts of this county, Clergy, Members of the Legisla ture, Members of the Cincinnati, Field Officers of the Miltia, President of the Union Society, the Recorder and Treasurer of city ; when the fol lowing toalts were drank, each succeeded by dif cliarges from the field pieces of the Artillery Com pany : j. The United States. 2. The State of* Georgia ; may flie increase in population and wealth, [By the President.] 3. The happy Oc casion. 4. The Governor of the Hate. 5. The Vice Prehdent. 6. Louis XVlth. 7. The Na tional Aiieinbly. 8. The Congress of the United States, 9. Agriculture and Commerce. 10. Arts and Sciences. 11. The fair Daughters of Ame rica. 12. The Sons of Freedom in every pai t of the globe. 13. The Marquis de la Fayette. 14. The Memory of Gen. Greene. 15. The Me mory of rhofe btave Men who fell in defence of American Liberty. The President then retired, and a 16th toatt was given, viz. The President ofthe United States. ]n the eveningthe city was beautifully illuminated, and the ihip Thomas Wilson, with a great number ot lantliorns with lights made a fine appearance. (Account to ie continued.J ANECDOTE. WHEN King John was shewn where a noble man, that had rebellioufly borne arms against hiin, lay very honorably entombed, and was ndvifed to defacc the monumcnr, he said— " No, no ; but I would all the reft of mine cne i.iies were as honorably baried."
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