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vices have excited in their bosom. It is this that has Society of the Cincinnati embrace this opportunity of given them but one voice in their delegation of this im-waiting on your Excellency with their congratulations 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 at a free people, 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 country:-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.

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

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-wanting in our endeavours to contribute all in our powed patronage in the calm of peace.

We devoutly play 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 established 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 Pennsylvania, uron my appointment 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 anticipate too many and too great advantages from the appointment. 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 secure the liberty, and promote the happiness, of the American people.

perity and glory of your government.
er to your personal comfort and honor, and the pros-

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 faithful 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.

Heaven alone can foretell whether any, or what ad vantages are to be derived by my countrymen from my holding the office, which they have done me the honor of conferring upon me, not only without my solicitations, but even contrary to my inclinations.

I promise nothing but an unremitted attention to the duties of the office. If by that attention I may be so fortunate as still to continue to possess the affectionate regard of my fellow citizens, and particularly of that body of which you are the representatives, it will be no small addition to my happiness The support which they and you have promised cannot fail, under the smiles of Providence, to contribute largely to the ac I am not a little flattered by being considered by the complishment of my wishes, by promoting the prosperi patrons of literature as one of their number. Fully ap-ty of our common country. In the mean time I thank prised of the influence which sound learning has on you, gentlemen, for the interest you so kindly take in religion and manners, on government, liberty and laws, my personal comfort and honor, as well as in the prosI shall only lament my want of ability to make it still perity and glory of the general government. more extensive. I conceive hopes, however, that we are at the eve of a very enlightened era. The same unremitting exertions, which, under all the blasting storms of war, caused the arts and sciences to flourish in America, 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 intercession at the Throne of Grace, for my felicity both here and hereafter. May you also, gentl 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.
Sin: the standing Committee of the Pennsylvania State

G WASHINGTON.

THE RAIL ROAD-A few days ago, we visited sections Nos. three and four of the Railway between this and Lancaster. About a mile and a half out of the four and the spirited contractors (Messrs. Flynn & McGinley) only await the arrival of the bolts and wedges, (which are daily expec'ed) to complete the distance. They are fast laying the blocks on the remainder.

embraced in the two sections, are ready for the rails,

immediately west of Lancaster is finished.

We understand that a mile and a half of the section

They have commenced digging trenches on section 2-and in front of our borough and on the inclined plane, they are engaged in the same work.

The Engineer confidently assures us that we shall have an opportunity of visiting Lancaster this season, by the rail-road.-Columbia Spy.

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STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION.

The undersigned Committee appointed at a meeting of the citizens of Harrisburg, Pa., report the following

ADDRESS

TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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to such increased importations, as go to swell the receipt at the Treasury to still greater amounts. In such a condition of national prosperity as we now find ourselves, what direction does common sense say shall be given to our surplus funds? What course does public opinion point out? It is plain and unerring. It has been evinced upon every occasion, where the voice of the people has been Acting under the instructions of a meeting of the citi- heard. It has by legislative action, become part of the zens of Harrisburg, at which the undersigned were de- law of the land. To the construction of works of Interputed for the purpose, we respectfully ask your atten-nal Improvement. If the bonds cemented by the blood tion to a few remarks, upon a work of great national of our fathers, have become relaxed by the effects of importance. The construction of a sloop and steam-sectional prosperity or sectional adversity-the true poboat navigation from the Ocean to the Lakes by way of licy of every lover of his country will be to aid in every the Susquehanna. We have reached an important cri- measure which tends to equalize the advantages which sis in our national history. The United States are free from debt; an immense and increasing revenue is at our disposal. It is useless to say, that this revenue will be lessened by reductions in the Tariff; experience has shown that reduction in rates of duties on imports lead

lead to the former,and neutralize the disadvantages which grow out of the latter. The only way to do this effectually, is to bring remote sections together-to give an impulse to the great arteries of our political system, by which the general health may be preserved and main

tained. The chain of immense inland seas, upon our northern frontier, which undoubtedly will become at on very distant day, the nucleus of a population even superior in numbers to the fairest portion of modern Europe, having unfortunately no outlet within our borders, must of necessity, first claim the attention of the nation. The immense importance of a sloop and steamboat connexion with the Atlantic, is seen at a glance. By the silent but rapid steps of a rival power, in the improvement of the noble outlet of the St. Lawrence, England having the entire control thereof, may, at the approach of another war, suddenly concentrate the smaller vessels of her navy, in such numbers, as to throw into the Lakes a force sufficient to sweep the stripes and stars from Ontario to Superior. It is, perhaps, not generally known that by means of the Rideau and Welland canals, the St. Lawrence furnishes a ready communication between the chain of Lakes and the Ocean. Ships of the larger class can approach as far as Montreal; from thence a canal seventy feet wide and within ten feet of water, for the special conveyance of steamboats and sloops, in conjunction with a slack water navigation entirely within the Canadian territory, leads directly to Lake Ontario. Our transportation upon the Lakes will ere long be chiefly performed, by means of the splendid steamboats which are already fast supplanting every other mode of conveyance; with nothing to defend these but an occasional revenue cutter, they will become the easy prey of a sudden invasion and furnishing transports for the armies of an enemy, move them with rapidity, from point to point, and thus easily subjugate the country. Does not the want of such a communication with the Ocean within our own territory, invite aggression? Does it not become our statesmen to look to it? How could there be imagined a firmer safeguard than an immediate and direct steamboat communication with

Hampton roads, a central harbor so nobly fortified-the naval establishments at Gosport-at Washington, and (through the Delaware and Chesapeake canal,) with that at Philadelphia. A communication so direct and safe, that considering the infancy of steam power, and the improvements making every day, it is quite probable, that sloops, men, and munitions of war, could be safely conveyed from the Ocean to the Lakes in two or three days. But it is not for warlike uses that the greatest benefits will flow from this important work-whether the Canadas remain as now, the provinces of a rival power, or form a part of our great confederacy, the advantage of a connexion with the southern states, and a southern outlet to the trade of the lakes are so great as to be incalculable. The alluvial formation of Virginia. the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, is so favorable to the construction of rail roads and canals, that such communications are already projected, as will permanently unite and connect every principal point of the Atlantic division of those states; a connexion of these improvements, with the Attamatox, Nausemond, and Elizabeth; southern extension of James river, or with works connecting therewith, will form a bond of internal communication from one extremity of the Union to the other, so firm and beneficial in its nature, that one universal flow of prosperity will hush forever the crimes of disunion and secession. But it is not alone the states of the Atlantic frontier, that will be benefitted by this great national work: by connecting the waters of the Illinois with the southern extremity of Lake Michigan, a work already laid out by the hand of nature, new avenues will be opened to the trade of the young and rising states of the Mississippi and Missouri, which will tend materially to the general weal.

Congress the means at its disposal? The treasury is overflowing-absolutely overflowing. Is not the work practicable? What currents in the Susquehanna can compare with the Long Sault, or with the most insigni. ficant rapid of the Uttiwas, that have been overcome by the Rideau canal before alluded to?

The Susquehanna has been professionally examined, and in two instances the improvement thereof pronounc ed to be within the means and power of the operations of a single state. The surplus revenue of the general government, for a single year, will, it is supposed, be amply sufficient for the construction of this great national work. The money expended in the conveyance of troops, ordinance, &c. to the lakes, during the late conflict with Great Britain, would have completed it. It is needless, fellow citizens, to waste words upon this subject. We conceive that its importance must strike every patriot and friend of his country, and his country's interest, with peculiar force; we wish to rouse the general attention of the citizens of the United States and exoite a general action. There is not a city nor a hamlet-a county nor a township, within the wide ranges of the waters of the northern lakes; upon the extensive and various ramifications of the branches of the Susquehanna and the Delaware-the Potomac and the Chesapeake, but would have most substantial reasons to bless the day, when this great work was accom. plished. We earnestly desire every one to speak out-to memorialize Congress upon this subject, urging the immediate commencememt of the work, by an order for surveys and estimates. There is no time to be lost-let the people speak-they must be heard, and in a country and under a government like ours, their will obeyed, Valentine Hummel, Joel Bailey, Henry K. Strong, Henry Buehler, Geo. W. Harris, Henry Walters, Frederick Kelker, David Krause, Frederick Heisely, Jacob M. Haldeman, Daniel Stine,

John C. Bucher, Henry Crangle, Dr. A. S. Dean, John Geiger, Samuel Pool. Peter Brua, Obed Fahnestock, William Duck, Charles C. Rawn, Mordecai M'Kinney,

of the citizens of Harrisburg, Pa. to draft a petition to The undersigned committee, appointed at a meeting Congress, on the subject of a steamboat navigation from the Atlantic to the Lakes; report the following

MEMORIAL.

To the Hon. the Senate and House of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States.

The petition of the subscribers, citizens of Pennsyl vania, respectfully represents:

That the various internal improvements, which have been constructed, and which are in the course of execution, in many sections of our country, have naturally directed the attention of the public to this important means of improving the condition of the citizens of this Union. The canals and rail roads, and improvements by slack water, which have already been constructed, have in most instances, conferred important benefits upon the community, within the sphere of their influ ence. The advantages resulting from them, have excited a desire in many of our fellow citizens, that a portion of the funds of the general government, should be applied to similar objects. The extinguishment of the public debt will soon leave a large amount of money at the disposal of Congress. It cannot be desirable that the immense revenue of the government shall remain in the treasury, but rather that it should be expended, as arises in a manner most conducive to the public good. Believing that the interest of the public generally requires the application of a portion of this revenue, to internal improvements, we submit to the consideration

What argument can be used against the immediate commencement, by government, of the construction of a sloop and steamboat navigation from the head of the tide on the Susquehanna to Sodus bay? Does not Con-it gress possess the power to grant appropriations for the purposes of internal improvement? It has been decided in hundreds of instances in the affirmative. Has not

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of Congress, two projects, which we consider to bel and speedy conveyance to market, and for receiving, in deeply interesting to a large portion of the Union; and return, the various productions of our own and of foreminently entitled to be considered as national improve-eign lands. The commerce of our western states will These improvements are the construction of a have a passage to market, entirely within the territory Steamboat Navigation, between the seaboard and the of their sister states; and the productions of the great lakes, from the Chesapeake bay, up the Susquehanna west will be secured to our atlantic cities, instead of river, and through the Seneca Lake, and Oswego river passing into the dominions of our rival. The extensive to lake Ontario; and a similar connexion between deposits of anthracite coal, which have as yet been disMichigan lake and the Illinois river. The construction covered only within the limits of Pennsylvania, and of these improvements affect a circle of inland steam- which exist in immense quantities, along the Susque boat navigation, of several thousand miles in extent. hanna render the Eastern improvement of great imThey would be highly beneficial to many of the states, portance, to at least one half of the states of the Union. and of immense national importance. The completion This advantage cannot be obtained by effecting the conof the Rideau canal and slack-water navigation, extend-nexion, between the ocean and the lake, through the ing about 270 miles, from Kingston to Montreal, a com- North River. That river moreover is not so central to munication navigable for steamboats and sloops-and of the Union, as the Susquehanna, and the point of conthe Welland canal around the Falls of Niagara, have nexion, with the St. Lawrence, would be greatly exnot only diverted from our own seaboard, the produc posed to the enemy. The Rideau and Welland canals, tions of our own territory, but have peculiarly exposed constructed by our Canadian neighbors, are about 300 our Northern frontiers, in the event of a war with Great miles in length. The state of Pennsylvania alone has Britain. Through these improvements, that power will expended, upon her improvements, money in all prohave the means of concentrating a large naval force bability, sufficient to execute the improvements, now upon the lakes. Some counteracting improvement projected. To the general government, our citizens should be executed, which will enable our own govern- confidently look, for the improvement of the great ment to meet the enemy, in the event of a war; and channels of intercourse, the cost of which is too con. which will also retain the trade of our western states. siderable for the means of the state individually, or The expense of erecting a sufficient number of vessels, which are important to several states; or to the nation necessary in the emergency of war, upon the lakes, generally. Deeming the improvements, now petitioned will be very considerable; and they will be of little use for, as works of a national character, we pray for their in a state of peace. The Susquehanna river affords the execution, with the funds of the nation; and ask that means of effecting such a communication, at an expense, Congress will immediately make an appropriation for by no means considerable, when compared with the im- the purpose; or have such surveys or estimates made mense resources of the general government. Of the as will enable your honorable bodies to act definitively, practicability of the improvement of the Susquehanna, in relation to them, at the next session,

Joel Baily,
Henry Buehler,
Henry K. Strong,
Geo. W. Harris,
Henry Walters,
Frederick Kelker,
David Kruse,
Frederick Heiseley,
Jacob M. Haldeman,
Daniel Stine,

And we will ever pray, &c.
John C. Bucher,
Henry Crangle,
Dr. A. S. Dean,
John Geiger,
Samuel Pool,
Peter Brua,
Obed Fahnestock,
William Duck,
Charles C. Rawn,
Mordecai McKinney.

for steamboat navigation, no question exists. The explorations of engineers, under the authority of Penn- Valentine Hummel, sylvania and Maryland, establish such practicability, at a moderate expense, when considered in reference to the magnitude of the improvement. The Susquehanna affords a sufficiency of water, as far North, as the New York line-the distance thence to tide-water, is about three hundred miles. The fall, in this distance, is between 7 and 800 feet-about 200 of which is between tide-water and the head of the Conewago Falls, a dis tance of about 57 miles. The Welland canal overcomes a rise of about 360 feet, in 38 miles. If a slack-water navigation cannot be made at a reasonable expense along the whole distance between Middletown and tide, of which however, little doubt exists, a steamboat canal can readily be made, at such points, as may be neces stry. No obstacles to improvement by slack water, exists between the Conewago Falls and the New York Friday evening, October 8, 1833. line. The Seneca lake and the Oswego river, afford The following communication from the Treasurer the means of communication with lake Ontario,--or if of the Girard Trust, was received and laid on the

From the Philadelphia Gazette.
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCILS.

Treasurer's office of the Girard Trust.

it be considered important, that the improvement should table: be effected entirely within our own territory, a steamboat | canal may probably be constructed, direct from Geneva to Buffaloe, or the Erie canal enlarged, to answer the To the President and Members of the Select Council. purpose. And as to the Western improvement, but little difficulty exists--the summit level between Michigan lake and the Illinois river, being but 12 feet high, presen's but an inconsiderable obstacle to the execution of that part of the project.

Gentlemen, I herewith present to Councils, an account of receipts and payments of the Girard Trust, for the quarter ending on the 30th of September, 1833-by which you will find that $64,858 44 cents, have been received for interest and dividends, on loans and stock, The extent of country interested in these two im- that $15,018 32 cents, have been received for rents of provements, embraces probably more than half of the real estates, during the quarter, and that $29,239 15 Union. No other improvements within our country can cents, has been paid towards the construction of the be projected, which will be so extensively useful. As Girard College; $1650 for annuities; $1279 77 cents a bond of union between the East and the West, the for incidental expenses, including salaries for the offiNorth and the South, they will be of the utmost impor-cers of the Trust; and $12 100 56 cents, for repairs tance. The extensive internal trade, which will float and taxes on real estates during the same period of upon them, will tend to bind together the remote sec- time. The amount of rent due on the last quarter, tions of our country, by the tie of common interest. (from the 1st of April to the 1st of July, is $153 10 In time of war, they will afford the opportunity of con- cents.

centrating the national force wherever required; they! It is with much pleasure I inform Councils, that under will ameliorate, and in a great degree tend to equalize the very judicious agency, of the real estate, all the the condition of the people in the different sections of houses, vacant lots, and farms, in the city and county of our country, by affording to all, the means of a cheap Philadelphia, belonging to this estate, are rented to

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