1769 Jan. Arrivals and clearances through the month. | GOVERNORS, DEPUTIES, PRESIDENTS, &C. OF
February 23, Since our last, have had a fine
thaw, warm sun and some rain by which our navi-
gation is now clear.

1690 Feb. President and Council.

Facts derived from a report to the Legislature, appointed to inquire into the election of 1817.

The number of Taxables in 1807, was 138,285, and in 1814 165,427, making an increase of 27,142 in 7 years, or 3877 per annum, at which rate the taxables for 1817 would amount to 177,058. The number of votes given at election of 1817 was therefore 51,515 less than the taxables.

Upon the same principle the taxables in 1808 would amount to 142,162. The number of votes that year was 111,564, which is 30,398 less than the taxables.

The taxables in 1800 were 112,333, and those in 1807 138,285, being an annual average increase between 1800 and 1807, of 3707-deduct two years increase, say 7754, from the taxables of 1807, and it gives 130,531 for the taxables of 1805, when the number of votes for Governor was 82,522, which is 48,009 less than the taxables of that year.

By the same process the taxables in 1799 were 108,626. At that election 69.887 votes were given,, being 38,739 less than the taxables.

In the city and county of Philadelphia, the taxables for 1814 were 19,869-and the votes at the election of 1817, were 12,064.

Votes given in the City and County of Philadelphia, at the different elections for Governor. From the Journals.

King Charles the Second's Grant of the Town of New-
Castle, and the three lower Counties, to the Dake of
York.

Charles, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting. Know ye, that we, for divers good causes and considerations us thereunto moving, have, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant unto our dearest brother James, Duke of York, his heirs and assigns, all that the town of New Castle, otherwise called Delaware, and fort therein or thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being between Maryland and New Jersey, in America, and all that tract of land lying within the compass or circle of twelve miles above the said town, situate, lying and being upon the river Delaware, and all the Islands in the said river of Delaware, and the said river and soil thereof lying north of the southermost part of the said circle of twelve miles about the said town; and all that tract of land upon Delaware river and Bay, beginning twelve miles south from the said town of New-Castle, otherwise called Delaware, and extending south to Cape Lopen; together with all the lands, islands, soils, rivers, harbours, mines, minerals, quarries, woods, marshes, waters, lakes, fishings, hawkings, huntings and fowlings, and all other royalties, privileges, profits, commodities and hereditaments, to the said town, fort, trac's of land, islands and premises, or to any or either of them belonging or appertaining, with their and every of their appurtenances, situate, lying and being in America; and all our estate, right, title, and interest, benefit advantage, claim and demand whatsoever, of, in, or to the said town, fort,

lands, or premises, or any part or parcel thereof, together with the yearly and other rents, revenues and profits of the premises, and of every part and parcel thereof; to have and to hold the said town of New-Castle, otherwise called Delaware, and fort, and all and singular the said lands and premises, with their and every of their appur tenances hereby given and granted, or herein before mentioned to be given and granted unto our said dearest brother James, Duke of York, his heirs and assigns, for ever; to be holden of us, our heirs, and successors, as of our manor of East-Greenwich, in our county of Kent, in free and common soccage, and not in capite, nor by Knight's service, yielding and rendering, and the said James, Duke of York, for himself, his heirs and assigns, doth covenant and promise, to yield and render unto us, our heirs and successors, of and for the same yearly, and every year, four Beaver skins, when the same shall be demanded, or within ninety days after such demand made. And we do further of our special grace, certain knowledge and meer motion, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto our dearest brother JAMES, Duke of York, his heirs, deputies, agents, commissioners and assigns, by these presents, full and absolute power and authority, to correct, punish, pardon, govern and rule, all such the subjects of us, our heirs and successors, or any other person or persons as shall from time to time adventure themselves into any the ports and places aforesaid, or that shall or do at any time hereafter inhabit the same, according to such laws orders, ordinances, and institutions, as by our said dearest brother, or his assigns, shall be established; and in defect thereof, in case of necessity, according to the good discre tion of his deputies, commissioners, officers, or assigns respectively, as well in cases and matters capital and criminal as civil, both marine and others, so always as the said statutes, ordinances and proceedings be not contrary, but (as near as may be) agreeable to the laws, statutes and government of this our realm of England: and saving and reserving to us, our heirs and successors, the receiving, hearing and determining of the appeal and appeals of all, or any person or persons of, in, or belonging to the town, fort, lands and premises aforesaid, or touching any judgment or sentence to be there made or given, And further, that it shall and may be lawful to and for our dearest brother, his heirs and as. signs, by these presents, from time to time, to nominate, make, constitute, ordain and confirm such laws as aforesaid, by such name or names, stile or stiles, as to him or them shall seem good; and likewise to revolve, discharge, change and alter as well all and singular governors, officers and ministers, which hereafter shall be by him or them thought fit and needful to be made or used within the aforesaid town, fort, lands and premises; and also to make, ordain and establish all manner of laws, orders, directions, instructions, forms and ceremonies of gov ernment and magistracy, fit and necessary for and con cerning the government of said town, fort, lands and premises, so always as the same be not contrary to the laws and statutes of this our realm of England, but (as near as may be) agreeably thereunto, and the same at all times hereafter to put in execution, or abrogate, revoke or change, not only within the precincts of the said town, fort, lands and premises, but also upon the seas, in going and coming to and from the same, as he or they, in their good discretion, shall think fittest for the good of the adventurers and inhabitants. And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, grant, ordain and declare, that such gov ernors, deputies, officers and ministers, as from time to time shall be authorized and appointed in manner and form aforesaid, shall and may have full power and authority within the said town, fort, lands and premises, to use and exercise martial law in case of rebellion, insurrection and mutiny, in as large and ample manner as our lieutenants in our counties within our realm of England have, or ought to have, be force of their commissions of lieutenancy, or any law or statute of this our realm. And

of in any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patents: witness ourself, at Westminster, the twenty-second day of March, in the thirty-fifth year of our Reign.

we do farther, by these presents, for us, our heirs and of York, in these presents is not made, or any statute, successors, grant unto our dearest brother JAMES, Duke act, ordinance, provision, proclamation or restriction of York, his heirs and assigns, in his and their discre- heretofore had, made, enacted or provided, or any other tions, from time to time; to admit such and so many per-matter, cause or thing whatsoever, to the contrary thereson and persons to trade and traffick unto and within the sa'd town, fort, lands and premises, and into every and any part and parcel thereof, and to have, possess, and enjoy any lands and hered.ta nents in the parts and places aforesaid, as they shall think fit, according to the laws, orders, constitutions and ordinances, by our said brother, his heirs, deputies, comm'ssioners and assigns, from time to time to be made and established by virtue of, and according to, the true intent and meaning of these presents, and under such conditions, reservations and agreements, as our said dearest brother. his heirs and assig is, shall set down, order, direct and appoint, and not otherwise, as aforesaid.

SANCTIFICATION OF THE SABBATH. At a large and respectable meeting composed of different religious denominations, convened on Monday the 14th inst. in the 7th Presbyterian Church for the purpose of adopting measures to promote the sanctification of the Sabbath;

Robert Ralston, Esq. was called to the chair; and Alexander Henry, Esq. and Nicholas Murray appointed Secretaries.

The object of the meeting was stated in a short and appropriate address by the Rev. Ashbel Green, D. D. The following resolution was offered by Thomas Bradford, Jr. Esq. and seconded by Dr. E. Griffiths.

Resolved, That this meeting cordially approve of the measures recently adopted by the convention of delegates of different religious denominations held in New York on the 6th of May last, for the purpose of promoting the better observance of the Christian Sabbath.

The following resolution was offered by the Rev. J. J. Janeway, D. D. and seconded by the Rev. Samuel Helfenstein.

Resolved, That it is expedient to form a State Branch, which shall be auxiliary to the General Union formed in New York, for promoting the observance of the Sabbath; and that a committee of four be appointed to prepare a form of a Constitution, and to nominate a Board of officers to be submitted to this meeting.

And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, for us, our heirs, and successors, give and grant unto our said dearest brother, his heirs and assigns, by these presents, that it shall and may be lawful to and for him, them, at all and every time and times hereafter, out of any our realms or dominions whatsoever, to take, load, carry, and transport, in and into their voyages for and towards the plantation of the said town, fort, lands and premises, all such and so many of our living subjects, or any other strangers, being not prohibited, or under restraint, that will become our living subjects, and live under our allegiance, and shall willingly accompany them in the said voyage, together with all such cloathing, implements, furniture, or other things usually transported, and not prohibited, as shall be necessary for the inhabitants of the said town, fort, lands and premises, and for their use and defence thereof, and managing and carrying on the trade with the people there, and in passing and returning to and fro; yielding and paying unto us, our heirs and successors, the customs and duties therefor due and payable, according to the laws and customs of this our realm. And we do also, for us, our heirs and successors, grant to our said dearest brother James, Duke of York, his heirs and assigns, and to all and every such governor and governor's, deputy or deputies, or their officers or ministers, as by our said brother, his heirs or assigns, shall be appointed, over the inhabitants of the said town, fort, lands and premises, that they and every of them shall, and lawfully may, from time to time, and at all times for ever hereafter, for their several defences and safety, encounter, repulse and expel, and resist, by force of arms, as well by sea as by land, and by all ways and means what-mittee. soever, all such person and persons as, without the special licence of our said dearest brother, his heirs or assigns, shall attempt to settle and inhabit within the several precincts and iimits of the said town, forts lands and premises; and also all and every such person or persons whatsoever, as shall enterprize and attempt at any time hereafter, the destruction, invasion, detriment or annoy. ance, to the parts, places, town, fort, lands and premises aforesaid, or any part thereof.

The Rev. Messrs. Janeway, Helfenstein, Dagg and
T. Bradford, Jr. were appointed that committee.
The following resolution was offered by the Rev. J.
L. Dagg, and seconded by the Rev. James Patterson.

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to have the proceedings of this meeting, signed by the chairman and secretaries, published in the daily papers; and also, to have them published in a pamphlet form, together with the address of the General Union, and distributed as extensively as possible; and also, to raise funds to carry this resolution into effect.

The Rev. G. R. Livingston, Rev. J. L. Dagg and Thomas Bradford, Jun. Esq. were appointed that com

The following resolution was offered by the Rev. G. R. Livingston, and seconded by Mr. F. Erringer.

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to ascertain whether any of the steam boats running on the regular lines between New York and Baltimore, will desist running at all on the Sabbath.

Messrs. Ralston, Henry and Murray were appointed that committee.

The following Constitution and Board of officers were reported by the committee to the meeting, and unanimously adopted.

The following resolution was offered by Mr. John And lastly, our will and pleasure is, and we do here- M'Mullin, and seconded by Mr. Joseph Montgomery. by declare and grant, that these our letters patents, or Resolved, That the clergy of the different denomina. the enrolments thereof, shall be good and effectual in tions of the city and vicinity, be, and they hereby are law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, notwith-respectfully requested as soon as convenient, to deliver standing the not well or true reciting or mentioning of appropriate discourses to their congregations on the obthe premises, or any part thereof, or the limits or bounds servance of the Holy Sabbath. thereof, or of any former or other letters patents or grants whatsoever, made or granted of the premises, or of any part thereof, by us, or any of our progenitors, unto any person or persons whatsoever, bodies politick or corporate, or any other law or cther restraint;* in certainty or imperfection whatsoever to the contrary in any wise rotwithstanding, although express mention of the true yearly value or certainty of the premises, or any of them, or of any other gift or gants by us, or by any of our progenitors henceforth made to the said James, Duke

*Perhaps it ought to be Incertainty.

CONSTITUTION.

ART I. This Society shall be called the Pennsylvania Branch, auxiliary to the General Union formed in New York city in 1828, for promoting the observance of the Christian Sabbath.

ART II. It shall consist indiscriminately of the friends of mo ality and religion of all denominations, who may choose to combine their influence for the promotion of this interesting object.

ART III. As the weapons of the Christian warfare are not carnal but spiritual, the means employed by this Society for effecting their design shall be exclusively the influence of personal example, of moral suasion, with arguments drawn from the oracles of God, from the existing laws of our country, and appeals to the consciences and hearts of men.

being a Papist, and even of a priest and Jesuit in disguise. And it had been commonly reported that Dr. Tillotson had given into the same opinion, and reported it to his prejudice. Upon which Mr. Penn wrote to him thus: Worthy Friend,

Being often told that Dr. Tillotson should suspect me, ART IV. This Branch shall hold its annual meeting at and so report me a Papist, I think a Jesuit, and being such time and place, as the directors may determine, closely pressed, I take the liberty to ask thee, if any when a Board consisting of a President, Vice Presidents, such reflection fell from thee If it did, I am sorry one Recording and Corresponding Secretaries, a Treasurer I esteemed ever the first of his robe, should so undeservand twenty-four Directors shall be chosen to conductedly stain me, for so I call it: And if the story be false, the business of the Society; three of whom shall consti- I am sorry they should abuse Dr. Tillotson, as well as tute a quorum. In case of the failure of an annual myself, without a cause. I add no more, but that I abelection, the existing officers shall continue till a new hor two principles in religion, and pity them who own election. them: The first is, Obedience upon authority without conviction; and the other, Destroying them that differ from me for God's sake. Such a religion is without judgment, though not without teeth. Union is best, if right, else charity. And as Hooker said, "The time will come, when a few words spoken with meekness, and humility, and love, shall be more acceptable than volumes of controversies, which commonly destroy charity, the very best part of true religion." I mean not a charity that can change with all, but can bear all, as I can Dr. Tillotson, in what he dissents from me; and in this reflection too, if said, which is not yet believed by Thy true Christian Friend,

ART V. It shall be the duty of the Board to meet, at the call of the President, as often as shall be necessary for the transaction of business, to fill their own vacancies; to adopt energetic measures to accomplish the object of the General Union; and to make to this Branch an annual report of their proceedings.

ART VI. Any person may become a member of this Branch by subscribing the Constitution and signing the following pledge, viz.

W. PENN. Charing-cross, 28th of the 11th month, 1685–6.

We, whose names are undersigned, do hereby acknowledge our obligation to keep the Sabbath according to the Scriptures; and we pledge ourselves to cach other, and to the Christian public, to refrain from all secular employments on that day, from travelling in steam boats, stages, canal boats, or otherwise, except in cases of necessity or mercy, and to aim at discharging the duties of that sacred day; and also that we will, as cir-swer: cumstances admit, encourage and give a preference to those lines of conveyances whose owners do not employ them on the Sabbath.

ART VII. This Constitution shall not be altered, except at an annual meeting, and by a vote of two thirds of the members present.

OFFICERS.

Robert Ralston, President.
Alexander Henry

Rev. G. R. Livingston Vice Presidents.
Nicholas Murray, Recording Secretary.
Thomas Bradford, jr. esq. Cor. Sec'ry.
Frederick Erringer, Treasurer.

James Moore

Dr. Griffiths

J. L.. Inglis

MANAGERS.

Joseph P Engles
Rev. James Patterson
G. W. Mentz
Nicholas Murray
Joseph Montgomery
Rev. John Chambers
Isaac Wampole
J. B. Mitchell

A. G. Claxton
Duncan George
Robert Wallace
Rev. J. L. Dagg
Rev. S. Helffenstein
Rev. M. Force
Dr. B. R. Rhees
Rev. W. T. Brantly
John M'Mullin
Rev. Peter Wolle
Ambrosa White
Cornelius Stevenson
James Peters.
Interesting and appropriate addresses were delivered
by the Rev. Dr. Green, Thomas Bradford, jr. esq. Rev.
Dr. Janeway, Rev. Mr. Dagg, Rev. Mr. Patterson, Rev.
Mr. Livingston, and others. A spirit of harmony and
exertion pervaded the meeting, which, it is hoped, will
extend itself through every part of Pennsylvania, and
do much to rescue the Christian Sabbath from profana-
tion.

WM. PENN AND ARCHBISHOP TILLOTSON. William Penn, for his strict attachment to king James II. and the extraordinary favours received by him from that prince, had drawn upon himself the imputation of

To which Dr. Tillotson returned the following an

January 26, 1685. Honoured Sir-The demand of your letter is very just and reasonable, and the manner of it very kind; therefore, in answer to it be pleased to take the following account. The last time you did the favour to see me at my house, I did, according to the freedom I always use, where I profess my friendship, acquaint you with something I had heard of a correspondence you held with some at Rome, and particularly with some of the Jesuits there. At which time you seemed a little surprised; and after some general discourse about it, you said you would call upon me some other time, and speak farther of it. Since that time I never saw you but by accident and in passsge, where I thought you always declined me; particularly at Sir William Jones's chamber, which was the last time I think I saw you. Upon which occasion I took notice to him of your strangeness to me, and told him what I thought might be the reason of it and that I was sorry for it, because I had a particular esteem of your parts and temper.

The same, I believe, I have said to others; but to whom I do not so particularly remember. Since your going to Pennsylvania, I never thought of it, till lately being in some company, one of them pressed to declare, whether I had not heard something of you, which had satisfied me that you were a Papist. I answered, No, by no means. I told him what I had heard, and what I said to you, and of the strangeness that ensued upon it; but that this never went farther with me, than to make me suspect there was more in that report, which I have heard, than I was at first willing to believe; and if any made of it I should look upon them as very injurious both to Mr. Peen and myself. This is the truth of that matter; and whenever you will please to satisfy me that my suspicion of the truth of that report I had heard, was groundless, I will heartily beg your pardon for it. I do fully concur with you in the abhorrence of the two principles you mention, and your approbation of that excellent saying of Mr. Hooker's, for which I shall very highly esteem him. I have endeavoured to make it one of the governing principles of my life, never to abate any ence from me in opinion; and particularly to those of thing of humanity or charity to any man, for his diffiryour persuasion, as several of them have had experience.

I have been ready on all oocasions, to do all offices of kindness, being truly sorry to see them so hardly used; and, though I thought them mistaken, yet, in the main, I believed them to be very honest. I thank yon for your letter, and have a just esteem of the temper of it, and rest

Your faithful friend,

JOHN TILLOTSON.

This produced the following letter from Mr. Penn.
Worthy Friend,

In pursuance of a resolution adopted at a very numerous and respectable meeting of Merchants and Traders, held at Clement's Hotel, on the evenning of the 27th ult. a general meeting of merchants and others was convened at the District Court room on the evening of the 7th inst. at 8 o'clock.

THOMAS C. ROCKHILL was called to the Chair, and MATTHEW NEWKIRK and DAVID ELLMAKER were appointed Secretaries. The following resolutions were submitted by the committee chosen at the former meeting, and unanimously approved off:

Having a much less opinion of my own memory than of Dr. Tillotson's truth, I will allow the fact, though not the jealousy: for besides that I cannot look strange where I am well used, I have ever treated the name of Dr. Tillotson with another regard: I might be grave and full of my own business: I was also then disappointed by the doctor's; but my nature is not harsh, my education less, and my principles least of all. It was the opinion I had of the doctor's moderation, simplicity and integrity, rather than his parts or post, that always made me set a value upon his friendship; of which, perhaps, I am a better judge, leaving the latter to men of deep talents. I blame him nothing, but leave it to his better thoughts, if, in my affair, his jealousy was not too nimble 1st. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meetfor his charity. If he can believe me, I should hardlying, the existing system of sales by auction is a prevail with myself, to endure the same thought of Dr. great and increasing evil, and highly injurious to Tillotson on the like occasion, and less to speak of it. the interests of every class of citizens throughout For the Roman ccrrespondence I will freely come to the Union. confession. I have not only no such thing with any Jesuit at Rome (though Protestants may have without of fence) but I hold noue with any Jesuit, priest, or regular, in the world, of that communion. And that the doctor may see what a novice I am in that business, I know not one any where. And when all is said, I am a Catholic though not a Roman. I have bowels for mankind, and dare not deny others what I crave for myself, I mean liberty, for the exercise of my religion; thinking faith, piety, and providence, a better security than force; and that if truth cannot prevail with her own weapons, all others will fail her. Now, though I am not obliged to this defence, and that it can be no temporising now (in 1686] to make it; yet, that Dr. Tillotson may see how much I value his good opinion, and dare own the truth and myself at all times, let him be confident I am no Roman Catholic; but a Christian whose creed is the Scripture; of the truth of which I hold a nobler evidence, than the best church authority in this world; and yet I refuse not to believe the Porter, though I cannot leave the sense to his discretion; and when I should, if he offends against those plain methods of understanding God hath made us to know things by, and which are inseparable from us, I must beg his pardon, as I do the Doctor's for this length, upon the assurance he hath given me of his doing the like upon better information; which that he may fully have, I recommend to him my Address to Protestants, from page 133 to the end; and to the four first chapters of my No Cross no Crown; to say nothing of our most unceremonious and unwordly way of worship, and their pompous cult: where, at this time, I shall leave the business, with all due and sensible acknowledgements to thy friendly temper, and assurances of the sincere wishes and respects of

W. PENN.

Thy affectionate and real friend, Charing-cross, 29th of the 11th month, 1686.

Robert Earp,

2d. Resolved, That a committee, consisting of the following persons, be appointed on behalf of the citizens of Philadelphia, to co-operate with our fellow citizens elsewhere, in their exertions to correct the evils of auctions, and to pursue such measures as they may deem advisable for the accomplishment of this object, with power to supply any va, cancies in their own body, viz: Manuel Eyre, Matthew L. Bevan, Ambrose White, Matthew Newkirk, Jeremiah Brown, Joshua Haven, B. M'Credy, A. Tessiere, Joseph Cabot, Richard Price, Caleb Cope, Townsend Sharpless, J. M. Chapron,

Furman Leaming,
Robert Toland,
David Ellmaker,
R. M. Whitney,
J. J. Borie, Jr.
Aaron Kille,
William Wurts,
William Rogers,
James Fassitt,

J. M. Vanharlingen,
Thos. C. Rockhill.

3d. Resolved, that a committee of three persons be appointed to prepare a memorial on this important subject to be presented to Congress at their ensuing session. Whereupon Joseph H. Dulles, J. J. Borie and Furman Leaming were appointed on said committee, who having withdrawn for a short time, reported a memorial, which was read and unanimously adopted.

4th. Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the newspapers of this city, after which the meeting adjourned.

T. C. ROCKHILL, Chairman.
MATTHEW NEWKIRK, Secretaries.
DAVID ELLMAKER,

To the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress

assembled.