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;U.l acconipliflied in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many diftinCt commu nities., from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude along with an humble anticipation of the future oe ings which the past seem to prcfage. * hefe reflections ariflng out of the present cri bs, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be fupprefied.— -You will join with me, I trust, in thinking, that there are none under the influence of which, the proceedings of a new and free government can moreauf picioufly commence. By the article establishing the Executive de partment, it is made the duty of the Presi dent “to recommend to vour cbnfideration, such rneafures as he (hall judge necessary and expedient.” The eircumflances under which I now meet you, will acquit me from entering into that fubjeft, farther than to refer to the gieat couftitutional charter under which you *• e allemb:ed ; and which, in defining your powers, designates the objects to which your attention is to be given. It wiii be more con fident with those circumstances, and far more congenial with the feelings which actuate me, 10 lubftitute, in place of a recommendation of particular rneafures, the tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude and the patriotism which adorn the characters fetetted to devise ana adopt them. In these honorable qualifi cations, I behold the surest pledges, that as on the one fide, no local prejudices, of at tachments ; no feperate views, no partly ani inofities, will misdirect the comprehensive afid equal eve which ought to watch over this great aflemblage of communities and interests: So, on another, that the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality ; antfr the pre-eminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can ■win the aflfe&ions of its citizens, and com-' xnand the respect of the world. I dwell on this profped with every fatisfadion which an ardent love for my country can inspire: Since there is no truth more firmly eftablifli eff, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature, an indiflbluble union be tween virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the Colid rewards of public prosperity and felicity: Since we ought to be no less persuaded, that the propitious fniiles of Heaven can never be expe&ed bn a nation that disregards the eter nal rules of order and right, which Heaven itfelf has ordained : And since the preserva tion of the sacred fire of liberty, and the def tiriy of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply perhaps as fi nally flaked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. Befidee the ordinary objects submitted to your care, it will remain with your judgment to decide, how far an exercise of the occafi obal power delegated by the sth article of the Conft«tu:ion, is rendered expedient at the present juncture by the nature of objections which have been urged against the system, or by the degree of inquietude which has given birth to them. Instead of undertaking particular recom mendations on this fubjeCt, in which I could be guided by no lights derived from oflicial opportunities, I shall again give way to my entire confidence in your difeernment and pursuit of the public good. For I allure myfelf that whilst you care fully avoid every alteration which might en danger the benefits of an united and effective government, or which ought to await the fu ture lesson of experience ; a reverence tor the charaCteriftic rights of freemen, and a. regard for the public harmony, will fufficiently in fluence your deliberations on the question, how far the former can be more impregnably fortified, or the latter be fafely and advan tageously promoted. To the preceding observations I have one to add, which will he molt properly addrefled tothe House of Representatives. It concerns myfelf, and will therefore be as brief as pof tfble. When I was firfl honored with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of •11 arduous druggie for its liberties, the light in which I contemplated my duty required Uu r . I ihould renounce every pecuniary com* w penfation. From /His refolotion T have in ho instance departed. And being still under the impressions which produce it, I must decline as inapplicable to myfelf, any /hare in the per- Tonal emoluments, which may be indispens ably included in a permanent provision for the Executive department ; and must according y pray the pecuniary estimates of the station in wic am placed, may, during my con tinuance in it, be limited to such aftual ex pendmires as the public good may be thought to require. Having thqg .imparted to you my senti ments, as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together—l (hall ta emy present leave; but not without re orting once more to ;he benign parent of the human race, in humble fupplicatjon, that hnce he has been pleased to favor the Ameri can people with opportunities for deliberating >n perfeft tranquility, and difpolitions for de ciding wi;h unparalleled unanimity on a form of government, for the security of their uni on. and the advancement of their happjnefs ; so his divine blessing may be equally conspi cuous in the enlarged views, the temperate coofultations, and the wife measures, on which the luccefs of ihis government must depend. GEORGE WASHINGTON. . His Excellency, accompanied by the Vice- Pre/ident, the Speaker of he House of Re- and both Houses of Congress, then wfcnt to St. Paul s Chapel, divine service was performed by the right reverend Dr. Provost, Bi/hop of the Episcopal church in this state, and Chaplain to Congress. . The religious foiemnity. being ended, the President was escorted to his house, and the citizens retired to their homes. In the evening was exhibited, under the direction of C'ol. Bauman,, a very ingenious and splendid lhew.of file works j the various kinds of which, want of time will not permit us to particulatize. Betwixt the fort and bowling green stood conspicuous, a superb and brilliant transparent painting ; in the cen tre of which was the portrait of the Presi dent, represented under the emblem of forti tude ; on his right hand jufttce, -representing the Senate of the United States ; and on his left wisdom, rep relenting the House of Rc prefentatives. The arras of the United States, and several figures and decorations were painted >vith great taste and judgment, in the fropt of the ftrufture The Count de Mouftier's house wa3 elegantly illuminated and a variety of tranfpaicat paintings weie exhibited. His Excellency Don Diego de Gardoqui's house also displayed a great as semblage of beautiful figures, executed in the raoft maflerly and striking manner, and which attracted considerable attention from the vast multitude of citizens afienibled to view tHe various feeues of the evening. At) GU S T A+ May 30, In COUNCI L, May 26, i 7 sp. A petition from John Stith, setting forth that the Specific Tax of William Stith, fen. had not been paid in time, but not by Wilful neglett, was read. Whereupon' it is Ordered , That farther time be given generally for payment of the Specific Tax until the 10th day of June next J find that this order be pub lilhed for the information of all concerned. Extratt from the Minutes , J. MERIWETHER, 8. E. C. . ». », , , AT a meeting of the inhabitants of Sain} Paul's pari/h, on Thursday the 28th inst. for the purpose of electing Chjurch Wardens for the present year, Mr. Abraham Jones and Mr. Dalxiel Hunter were duly elected. By Order of the V*fl r y% GEO. BARNES, Chairman'. It is reported, and believed, that a patty of Indians lately came over the line upon Richland Creek, near Phillips’s Fort, and took and carried off a number of horses. Also that a man by the name of Jones was killed last week near Kemp's Fort, on Buck eye ; and aboue the fame time Come In dians had been in plundering near Ogechee, who were followed and overtaken near the Qhoopee, and three Indians killed! and the plunder recovered, I Yesterday we learn, that Government re- / ceived official account! from Col. Maxwell I of Eibtrty, informing of i party of Indiana, [ apparently about 40 or 50, Having come in and attacked Le Conte's Fort, on BuJI-tawn wamp; had taken several negroes, killed \Ztn7T mco ; aud had « ot off with loss of three or four* It I» possible that the India., wh o were in Liberty county were Seminoli a „», a „ d those upwards might have left the Nation before ' he Ta,ks .S™ "P f° 'hat it is Itill hoped the Treaty will be held. ••. ■ . ———— —- The Printer of this paper informs the pub lic, that he has enlarged the circle of his cor respondence, so as to be able in future to give to his readers fatisfatfory details of the affairs of the United States, in this interesting and splendid moment,of their politics; and a|f» to furnifti a concise /ketch <rf the general con cerns of Europe—Tube enabled to continue it m this extent, it will be necessary that he ftiould have the nulmber of his fubferibers encreafed ; which he flatters hinifelf, will be ve.y promptly done, when it is considered. that, besides the Icop'e of intelligence already afliired, it is his firft and immediate duty, faithfully to detail the uanfaflione of the state, the knowledge of which must excite the solicitude of every citizen, in this enfig of public affairs. On this ground, he has taken the liberty to nominate the following persons to receive fubferiptions, whom he earnestly requeits to uudcttske the fame; and to whom he will transmit fubfeription papers, with the Con ditions. , , In Chatham county. John Haber/ham, Efq* William Stephen, Esq. aud Alex. Watt. Esq. Ejfingham. Nathan Brownfon, Esq. and Mr. Joihua Pearce. Burke . Hon. Hugh Lawson, Esq. and Mr* Alexander Carter. Richmond . At the Printing-Office, Gen# John Twiggs, Hon. W. F. Booker, Esq. D. Elam, Esq. Col. James M‘Neil, Rhefa How ard, Esq. and Mr. Abraham Manhall. Wilkes, Hon. lames Williams, Esq Da» niel Terondet, Esq. Mr. A. jackfon, Arthutf Fort, Esq. and Mr. Thomas C. Hui Tell. Greene. Col. Henry Karr, William Dai niell, Esq. and David Gre/fiam, Esq. Franklin. Hon. M. Woods, Esq. joha Gornam, Esq. Liberty. Col. James Maxwell, and John Dollar, Esq. Glynn Hon. Christopher Hillary, Efq* and William Steven, Esq Wajbinqrton. Col. Jared Irvine, and the Hon. Joftiua Williams, Esq. Camden. Alexander Semple, Esquire. jiugufa , May 29, 1789. THE Officers of the Second State Regi ment are ordered to fend to me ar this, place the time of their appointments, as fooa as possible, that the fame may be transmitted to a Board of General Officers, who are to attend at the Treaty the 2cth of June, in order to fettle the ranks of the Officers. THOMAS MARTIN, lnfpedlor-General* roTOLEN on Sunday evening the 17th inftl 5 near Augusta, a waggon HORSE of the following defeription, viz. A yellow sorrel About 14 hands aud an inch high, branded with small letters W E on the mounting thoulder, thort bulhy tail, a small star in hia forehead, and fre/h rhod all round. TEN POUNDS reward will be given foe, the horse and thief, or FIVE POUNDS for the horse only, on the delivery of the fame to Mr. Arnafa Jackson, merchant, Au gusta, or to the fubfenber, Petersburg, at the confluence of the rivers Savannah and Broad* HARRY CALDWELL. Pelfr/burgt May 23, 1789. To be Sold For Cafli, tobacco, or P erce’s Fi nal >iettbmenrs, a valuable 1 » * House IVenchj About 26 year* of age, excellent cook, walker and ironnr. Ap ly to JOHN INGEKSOLL. May ts, 17*9*