USA > Pennsylvania > The Register of Pennsylvania : devoted to the preservation of facts and documents and every other kind of useful information respecting the state of Pennsylvania, Vol. XII > Part 74
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117
A committee of twelve persons was appointed to re - ceive the subscriptions of the members.
The association then adjourned to meet at the same place on Tuesday evening, the 22d inst. to elect officers for the ensuing year.
(Signed) THOMAS P. COPE, Chairman. THOMAS C. ROCKHILL, Secretary. Philadelphia, October 16, 1833.
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
The following are the inscriptions as written by the Rev. Dr. Wilson, and placed on the tomb erected by his family, at his country seat.
Placida hic pace quiesco Jacobus P. Wilson. Per annos bis septem composui lites; Sacra exinde dogmata tractans. Quid sum, et fui, jam noscis, viator; Quid, die suprema, videbis. Brevi quid ipse futurus Nunc pectore versa. [On the other side, ) James P. Wilson, D. D. Born Feb. 21st, 1769. Died, Dec. 9th, 1830. This Monument was erected by his family.
There is now growing, on the farm of Mr. Thomas P. Lee, in Oley, Berks county, Pa. a Willow Tree, which was planted in '97, the trunk of which measures 15 feet 3 inches in circumference, and to the top 288 feet,
PITTSBURGH .- Having seen Pittsburg, in all its rapid progress and vicissitudes of trade since 1800, we have | It was a small branch, taken there as a riding switch.
256
MISCELLANEOUS.
[OCTOBER
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
During the present year, from January 1st to Septem. ber 30th, the amount of Tonnage entered at the Custom House, of vessels arriving from, and clearing to foreign ports, has been, 127,298 07 tons.
ARRIVALS.
Ist qr .
2d qr. 1 3d qr.
total.
American,
11,547
19,256 |
21,409 27
52,212 27
Foreign,
2,334
8,497
10,082 80
20,913 80
| 13,881 | 27,753 | 31,492 07 |
73,126 07
CLEARANCES,
American, Foreign,
6,891
17,189
11,359
35,439
1,474
5,563
11,696
18,733
8,365 | 22,752 | 23,055
54,172
From the reports made to the United States Treasury Department, we find that, during the year 1832, the Tonnage entered at the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans, were as fol- lows:
ARRIVALS.
Boston | N. Y'rk | Phila.
1 Balt.
N. Orls.
Amer'n. |136,369
298,127
64,245
50,936
68,637
Foreign.
21,442
102,908
17,971
20,857
56,942
|157,811 |
4.01,035
81,916 | 71,593 |125,579
CLEARANCES.
Amer'n. |125,751
218,490
46,724
48,933
88,236
Foreign,
22.427
90,900
14,131
15,648
59,620
|148,178 | 309,390 | 60,855 | 64,581 |147,856
UNITED STATES REVENUE.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA .- The Collector of this port has enabled us to furnish the following account of the duties that have accrued to the government at the port of Philadelphia, from January 1st, 1833, to Sept. 30th, inclusive.
1st quarter up to March 31st inclusive, $797,316 23
2d do.
to June 30th inclusive, 594,638 10
3d* do. to Sept. 30th inclusive,
1,003,120 00
Total,
$2,395,074 33
In 1832, for the corresponding period the receipts were,
1st quarter,
$1,332,479 93
2d do.
977,698 56
3d do.
702,456 00
Total,
$3,012,634 49
*Increase of 3d quarter in 1833 over 1832, $300,664 00.
INSPECTION OF FLOUR, &C .- Inspection of Flour, Corn Meal and Middlings, for the port of Philadelphia, for the six months ending Sept, 30th, 1833.
206,863 brls. Wheat Flour.
10,183 hf. brls do do
27,063 brls, Rye Flour.
24,546 brls. Corn Meal. 6,178 hhds. do do
1,388 brls. Middlings.
Commercial Herald.
We are indebted to Mr. Davis for the Inspections of flour and meal for the quarter ending 30th Sept.
65,002 bbls. superfine Flour
5,920 half do do do
4,617 bbls. scraped do
197 half do do do
1,150 bbls. condemned do 644 do middling do
9,284 do rye do
8,485 do Corn Meal
2,333 hhds do do.
U. S. Gaz.
FLOUR .- From the opening of the navigation to the 30th September, inclusive, the amount of Flour receiv- ed in this city, by way of the Schuylkill canal, has been 105,401 barrels.
Of this amount there was received from the Union Canal,
64,674
From Kernsville,
378
Reading,
7,567
places below Reading,
32,782'
Total,
105,401
Commercial Herald.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR.
ELLIS LEWIS, President Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas, in the Ninth Judicial District, in the place of the Hon. Seth Chapman, resigned.
GEORGE M. DALLAS, attorney general of the common. wealth, in the place of Ellis Lewis, Esq. appointed pre- sident judge in the Ninth Judicial District .- American Sentinel.
SOUTHWARK. Commissioners-Official.
Democrats.
East.
West.
Total.
Thomas D. Grover,
690
508
1198
D. Francis Condie,
680
518
1198
John F. Stump,
672
512
1184
William H. Yhost,
674
509
1183
Richard Mackey,
669
505
1174
Independent Democrats.
Henry Flickwir,
516
430
946
John L. Ferguson,
514.
430
944
Nathaniel C. Foster,
513
422
935
William Hughes,
511
419
930
Dennis Sweeny,
493
419
912
The Commissioners of Southwark were organized Oct. 15th, by electing Thomas D. Grover, President of the Board, and John Oakford, Clerk. Mr. John Curry was appointed Captain of the watch, James Green, Lieutenant, and Henry Manderfield, Police Officer. Joseph M. Doran was appointed Solicitor to the Board, in the place of Parsey Oakford.
CANAL TOLLS .- From the Blairsville Record we learn that the tolls received at the Collector's office in that place, during the present season,have been, up to Oct. 1st, $10,191 89. During the same period last year, they were $3,677 97; making an increase this year of $6,503 92 .- Com. Herald.
CANAL TRANSPORTATION .- The Blairsville Record says :-
"A lot of goods was received at this place last week, by the "Boatman's Line," in eight days from Philadel- phia. This is the quickest passage that has ever been made by Canal Boats. Formerly goods delivered here from the city, by wagons, would take 18 to 20 days- and at a price of from $2 50 to $3 25 per hundred; now by the Canal Boats, it is only $1 25 per hundred."
COAL MINE .- Mr. Horn has recently opened a Coal Mine on Buck Mountain, a few rods south of the Turn- pike, and about four miles of this place. This is another proof of the great extent of the coal region. - Moun- taineer.
We were presented last week, with a small twig of the Indian cherry tree, bearing about thirty fine ripe cherries of the second growth, which are equal in fla- vor to those of the natural season. They grew upon the premises of Mr. ABRAHAM CULP, of this place .- Germantown Tel.
HAZARD'S
REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA.
DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY KIND OF USEFUL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STATE.
EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD.
VOI. XII .- NO. 17. PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER 26, 1933. NO. 304
RECEPTION OF GEN. WASHINTON IN 1789.
(See last Register, page 252. )
An address to the President of the United States, from the President and Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania.
SIR-
The President and Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania cheerfully embrace this interesting occa- sion to congratulate you upon the establishment of the Federal Constitution, and to felicitate ourselves and our country upon your unanimous appointment to the Presidency of the United States.
In reflecting upon the vicissitudes of the late war, in tracing its difficulties, and in contemplating its success, we are uniformly impressed with the extent and magui- tude of the services which you have rendered to your country; and by that impression, we are taught to ex- pect that the exercise of the same virtues and abilities which have been thus happily employed in obtaining the prize of liberty and independence, must be effectit- ally instrumental in securing to your fellow citizens and their posterity, the permanent blessings of a free and efficient government. And although the history of the revolution will furnish the best evidence of the invaria- ble attachment of this Commonwealth to the interests and honour of the Union, yet we cannot resist this fa- vourable opportunity of personally assuring you, that in every measure which tends to advance the national character, you may rely on the zealous co-operation of the executive authority of Pennsylvania.
In discharging the duties of your present important station, it must, sir, be a never-failing source of conso- lation and support, that the unbounded love and confi- dence of the people, will produce a favorable construc- tion of all your actions, and will contribute to the har. mony and success of your administration. For we know, that eventually your happiness must depend upon the happiness of your country, and we believe that in wish- ing an adequate execution of your intentions and de- signs, we comprehend all that is necessary to both.
Uniting, with our sister states, in the admiration of those motives, which at this interesting era of our affairs, have induced you again to relinquish the enjoy- ment of domestic peace, for a conspicuous and laborious participation in the cares and toils of public life, we fervently pray for the preservation of your health, and we confidently hope that the consummation of a patriot's wishes-the glory and felicity of your country, will crown the period of a long and illustrious existence, and prepare you for the enjoyment of an everlasting reward. THOMAS MIFFLIN.
Council Chamber.
To which the President of the United States was pleased to return the following answer:
To the President and Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania.
GENTLEMEN,
I receive with great satisfaction, the affectionate con- gratulations of the president and supreme executive council of Pennsylvania on my appointment to the Pre- sidency of the United States.
If under favour of the Divine Providence, and with ) VOL. XII. 33
the assistance of my fellow citizens, it was my fortune to have been in any degree instrumental in vindicating the liberty and confirming the independence of my country, I now find a full compensation for my services in a belief that those blessings will be permanently se- cured by the establishment of a free and efficient go- vernment. And you will permit me to say, on this oc- casion, that as nothing could add to the evidence I have formerly received of the invariable attachment of your commonwealth to the interests and honor of the union, so nothing could have been more agreeable to me at this time than the assurances you have given me of the zealous co-operation of its executive authority in facilita- ting the accomplishment of the great objects which are committed to my charge.
While I feel my sensibil ty strongly excited by the expressions of affection and promise of support, which I every where meet with from my countrymen, I en- tertain a consolatory hope, that the purity of my inten- tions, and the perseverance of my endeavours to promote the happiness of my country, will atone for any of the slightest defects which may be discovered in my ad- ministration. For, whatever may be the issue of our public measures, or however I may err in opinion, I trust it will be believed, that I could not have been ac- tuated by any interests separate from those of my coun- try.
Suffer me, gentlemen, to conclude by assuring you that I am well pleased with the justice you have done to the motives from which I have acted, and by thank- ing you for the tender concern you have been pleased to manifest for my personal felicity.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The address of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, in Com- mon Council assembled.
To His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States of America ..
SER,
We, the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Council of the city of Philadelphia. have assembled, to present you our sincere congratulations on your' ap- pointment to the station of President of the United States of America.
We rejoice, sir, that the citizens of America, so long' accustomed to claim your services in every hour of pub- lic difficulty, have again given the most affectionate and honorable testimony to your distinguished worth, by calling you, with united suffrage, to take the highest seat of power amongst freemen.
When the gloom which overcast the cause of liberty at the opening of the late war, occasioned by the alarm a mighty nation, armed, to suppress the voice of free- dom in this infant land, for a moment sunk the spirit of its sons-You, sir, arose! instantaneous confidence pos- sessed the minds of your fellow citizens,-under your auspices-they fought-they bled-and, through unpar- alelled distress of war-you led them to freedom, the choicest gift of Heaven.
Scarce had that solemn scene passed over, when a triumphant victor returned his sword to the hands of the civil rulers of his country.
Scarce had you retired to the calm'retreat of domes-
258
RECEPTION OF GENERAL WASHINGTON, 1789.
[OCTOBER
tic peace, when the civil rule, which we had suddenly established amidst the busy tumult of war, proved un- equal to secure the blessings to be derived from a well digested constitution, you, sir, were again called forth, and, presiding over our wisest councils, have handed to your country a system of civil policy, happily uniting civil liberty with effective government.
What then remained undone-is now accomplished: -And you are called to preside in dispensing the bles- sings of that government, in the forming of which you took so distinguished a part.
May your administration derive blessings to your country, and honor and happiness to yourself.
In the name of the citizens of Philadelphia, we bid you welcome; and assure you, that we, and those we represent, have the warmest personal attachment to you, and shall always rejoice to meet you singly, or connected with the august body over whom you are going to preside.
Signed by order of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city uf Philadelphia, in Common Council assembled, this twentith day of April, Anno Domini, 1789.
ALEX. WILCOCKS, Recorder.
HIS EXCELLENCY'S ANSWER.
To the Mayor, Recorder, Allermen and Common Coun- cil of the City of Philadelphia.
I consider myself particularly obliged to you, gentle- men, for your congratulatory address on my appoint- ment to the station of President of the United States.
Accustomed as I have been to pay a respectful regard to the opinion of my countrymen, I did not think my- self at liberty to decline the acceptance of the high office, to which I had been called by their united suf- frage.
When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for the reception of a gene- al government, and in conciliating the good will of the people of America towards one another after its adop- tion; I feel myself oppressed, and almost overwhelmed with a sense of the Divine munificence. I feel that no- thing is due to my personal agency in all these compli- cated and wonderful events, except what can simply be attributed to the exertions of an honest zeal for the good of my country.
If I have distressing apprehensions, that I shall not be able to justify the too exalted expectations of my countrymen, I am supported under the pressure of such uneasy reflections by a confidence, that the most gra- cious Being, who hath hitherto watched over the inter- ests and averted the perils of the United States, will never suffer so fair an inheritance to become a prey to anarchy, despotism, or any other species of oppression.
I thank you sincerely for your kind wishes, that my administration may be honorable and happy to myself and country.
I pray you, gentlemen, will accept, on your own behalf, as well as on that of the citizens you represent, my heartfelt acknowledgments for the polite welcome I have received upon my arrival in your city. In ten- dering these acknowledgments, I must also desire it may be fully understood, that I entertain the same re- ciprocal sensations of attachment for the good people of Philadelphia, which they have on all occasions evinced in my favor.
G. WASHINGTON.
To His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq. President and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.
Sın,
We, the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania, do most heartily congratulate your accession to the high and important office of President of the United States of America.
God, for the great deliverance he hath wrought for us by your Excellency, when General and Commander in Chief of the armies of our country, and for having in- spired the people with the wisdom of appointing you, by an unanimous suffrage, to the chair of the First Ma- gistrate over them.
The tender regard which heretofore you always paid to the laws and liberties of these states, when you pos- sessed almost dictatorial power, gives us a certain pros- pect of a mild, legal and upright government. We are duly impressed with the mercies of God in preserving you hitherto, in so many public and private dangers to which your person hath been exposed; and we hope and pray the same Providence will carry you through the great work (which seems reserved for you) of es- tablishing justice, insuring tranquillity, promoting the general welfare, and securing the blessings of liberty and independence to the good people of your native country, and in the latest posterity.
We want words to express our satisfaction on this occasion, and beg leave to assure you of our affectionate attachment to your person, and our best endeavours to render your admin stration happy and glorious.
THO. M'KEAN, C. J. WILLIAM A. ATLEE, JACOB RUSH, GEO. BRYAN.
Philadelphia, April the 20th, 1789.
HIS EXCELLENCY'S ANSWER.
To the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. GENTLEMEN,
It affords me the most sensible pleasure to be inform- ed, that my accession to the Chief Magistracy of the United States has met the approbation of my fellow citizens in general, and particularly that of the judges of the supreme court of Pennsylvania.
Your recapitulation of the deliverance, in which Al- mighty God hath been pleased, in some sort, to make use of me as his instrument, ought only to awaken my deepest gratitude for his mercies in the time past, and an humble reliance on them for the time to come.
Feeling how greatly I shall stand in need of the pa- triotic assistance of every good citizen of America, the confidence they continue to express in the rectitude of my dispositions will always be as it ever has been, an unfailing source of consolation to me, in every hour of difficulty or distress. While the whole course of my past conduct will be a better security for my future transactions, than any verbal assurances I can give, I will only say, that I should find myself singularly hap- py in contributing to realize the glorious work, which your partiality for me has been indulgent enough to anticipate, of establishing justice, insuring tranquillity, promoting the general welfare, and insuring the bles- sings of liberty and independence to the good people of our native country, and their latest posterity.
I entreat you to be persuaded, gentlemen, that, al- though it was with the utmost difficulty I could prevail upon myself to enter again on the stage of public life, yet, since I have done it, the unequivocal encourage- ment of support, given by the most respectable citizens and magistrates, will tend very much to remove my em- barrassments, and, I hope, to open the way for a pros- perous administration.
G. WASHINGTON.
To His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq. L.L.D, President of the United States of America, Comman- der in Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, &c.
The Address of the 'Trustees and Faculty of the Univer- sity of the State of Pennsylvania.
Permit, sir, the University of the State of Pennsylvania to join in the general joy, occasioned by your accession to the first office in the Federal Empire. It is by this honor, (the highest that America can bestow) that a grateful
We are deeply sensible of what we owe to Almighty people express the affection which your eminent ser-
259
RECEPTION OF GENERAL WASHINGTON, 1789.
1833.]
vices have excited in their bosom. It is this that has given them but one voice in their delegation of this im- portant trust, and that unites the homage of the heart with the duty of the citizen. 'To be the first magistrate of a great empire, is a station that many have attained: but to acquire it by the unanimous voice of a free peo- ple, is an event in the history of the world, as rare as those illustrious virtues, of which it is the just reward. We rejoice in an event so auspicious to our coun- try :- and we confidently hope, that your endeavors to extend the blessings of good government will be crown- ed with a success as brilliant as that which distinguished your exertions in defence of our freedom.
As guardians of this University, (which boasts the honor of enrolling the name of your Excellency among those of her sons) we anticipate the encouragement which such institutions will receive under your adminis. tration. The influence of sound learning on religion and manners, on government, liberty and laws, will make it a favorite object in every civilized society :- and the sciences having experienced your protection amidst the convulsions of war, reasonably expect a distinguish- ed patronage in the calm of peace.
We devoutly pray the Almighty Ruler of the Uni- verse, that you may long enjoy the felicity of that coun. try which you have rescued from tyranny, and establish- ed in the blessings of freedom and independence: and that finally you may meet the reward which awaits his good and faithful servants.
THOMAS M'KEAN, President.
Philadelphia, April 20, 1789.
To which His Excellency was pleased to make the following answer:
To the Trustees and Faculty of the University of the State of Pennsylvania.
GENTLEMEN,
I accept - with peculiar pleasure the address of the University of the State of l'ennsylvania, upon my ap- pointment to the first office in the union.
Notwithstanding I had most seriously determined never more to take any part in transactions of a public nature, yet a conviction of duty would not suffer me, on the present occasion, to refuse a compliance with the unanimous call of my country.
Nor could I remain insensible to the honor that was conferred upon me by this fresh and distinguished proof of its approbation. Probably my fellow citizens antici- pate too many and too great advantages from the ap- pointment. It will, however, be an object indeed near to my heart, to verify, as far as may be in my power, those favorable presentiments, by endeavouring to se- cure the liberty, and promote the happiness, of the American people.
I am not a little flattered by being considered by the patrons of literature as one of their number. Fully ap- prised of the influence which sound learning has on religion and manners, on government, liberty and laws, I shall only lament my want of ability to make it still more extensive. I conceive hopes, however, that we are at the eve of a very enlightened era. The same un- remitting exertions, which, under all the blasting storms of war, caused the arts and sciences to flourish in Amer- ica, will doubtless bring them nearer to maturity, when they shall have been sufficiently invigorated by the milder rays of peace.
I return you my hearty thanks for your devout inter- cession at the Throne of Grace, for my felicity both here and hereafter. May you also, gentle men, after having been the happy instruments of diffusing the blessings of literature, and the comforts of religion, receive the just compensation for your virtuous deeds.
G. WASHINGTON.
To His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq. Presi- dent and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States of America, &c. &c.
Society of the Cincinnati embrace this opportunity of waiting on your Excellency with their congratulations on your unanimous appointment, by the People, to the office of first magistrate of this great empire,it being the strongest evidence of your unrivalled merit, and of their exalted wisdom. Permit us to express our peculiar joy and pride upon the occasion, that our beloved General, and the President General of our Society, has received the free suffrage of each of our fellow citizens of these States. We have now the most perfect assurance, that the inestimable rights and liberties of human nature, for which we have toiled, fought and bled, under your command, will be preserved inviolate; and we felicitate our country, that their national safety and dignity are secure, and that they have the best grounded prospects of all that happiness, which a good constitution, under a wise and virtuous administration, can afford. As we have the fullest confidence that our Society, whose ba- sis is friendship and charity, will, equally with others, enjoy these blessings, and partake of your regard, so we beg leave to assure you, that we shall never be wanting in our endeavours to contribute all in our pow- er to your personal comfort and honor, and the pros- perity and glory of your government.
Signed by order of the Committee.
THOMAS M'KEAN, Vice President. Philadelphia, April 20, 1789.
HIS EXCELLENCY'S ANSWER.
To the State Society of the Cincinnati in Pennsylvania.
GENTLEMEN,
The congratulations of my fellow soldiers and faith- ful followers in the military line of this state, on my election to the ch ef magistracy of the Union, cannot but be exceedingly flattering and pleasing to me, for my mind has been so deeply affected with a grateful sense of the attachment and aid I have experienced from them, during the course of our arduous struggle for liberty, that the impression will never be effaced.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.