The Gleaner from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania • 1

I 1 vf 4 4 1 A 1 1 1. 1- I i' 5e) fti'imiiifti 11 11 Whole- 108 i n' iilii'l 1 OTIMi. ill mi' tm i.ut mhi n' i 1 -To 01 rrtf sk SWZ, UFpRtniAriOPL "and To faciiTTe thk jsesVimablk blessings of ORDER, and OQVERKJMENT A 1 111 I 1, I fl IL IIITT I' Yt--TtJ1-A 1 1- -in a Wi i it' i muranri-iMiwi xi ji 'j-r iTf "i i i im niMaM a Calendar menuirf xh 6f the we vith rr i 'ia Uf aft ion a iolict i. it'. Weekly f' tMTrt rkVfifTf rf V-i'iViinlv arid.

rn nrlva nee 'the Tel'cf appoiriied from' each Houfe it appeared that Thomas MKean a majority of, rotes whereupan the faid Thomas JVKeari was declared, to he duly elccled Governor of the' faid Ccramcm wealth and, firfl takeh theOaths of Of. lice' accordirtciv. on this feventeenth dav of Ijntercife of the republican fyftem tf 5overnnienr. a Days. Stm nw Stpstptf.

Tfam ttf Tuesday dcvlfe and to fecure ro'6iir corftitbents the rhf of Iefit( onUiaHed and1 unaw'cd cli0emlnate -1 uleful ''knoWledg throup'h tfjeViDcBTdnV "Uf rf and to DcteVnber proclaimed Governor r'iereof NUW of the' powrrpnd trult to the Go V74 4 36 '9 47 4 37 11 7 23 4137 r. rr.zm 7 23 4 0 9 no. 4 38 10 Wednesday; Thursdays Saturdays render icnuft: always be Sunday, TiuoaUlndperidcrrccv and the of 1V. cirJer? t-rr'--; With an afruraace the other impor. taint naints.

of vobr likfewife, re- SUV J. vernor or this Lomnjoiiwcahh 'bv the Cotiuttun. on, a naj Iaws' granted ind cor.Eded;' end for. preventing nil 'failures in thcAdminiftratiotr; of juC the. fa Thhmai PPA'can1, have deemed it expedient to iifueHfm Piotlamation HEREBY and continuing a Appcintnnts tuade, and all Commiffioas beretoiore5 lawfully and which ivere in fen this day; for the term of three-months' o'rty of the date of thefe unlcfr the faid Appointments, and hr.

any of 'tlm, (hall be by jnc fconcr fopsreede-d and annulled. AND ail OScerS Appointmen.tsand Com. dcring' the pleaftne cf the Executive Magiftratc of lhis: are required belore the expiration of the faid term of three mcnths, jo apply for and obtsin new pod to into- new with fsfHcicnt foretics for the faititfut-etformancc of their rcf-peclive faces, in fuch cafes as the Law requires Bonds.iand Sureties to be 'given-v AND do further- r'ircCl and enjoin all the-; Public OjScers, engaged in tho fevrral departments of the Go vernmepir-, to prcceed with dUtgencc and fidelity in and execution cf thediities of their, refpecl'iyc: ftations, fo. as raoft efTeclually to promote and fecure the interclf, and fafety, of the Commonwealth. Given -under my Hand and, the Great Seal of the State, at Lancailcr, this feven-teentb day- of December, in the year of Lord, thouiand feven hundred and ninety-ninc, and of the Independence of America the twenty By the Governor.

A. J. DALLAS, Secretary of the Commonwealth cewe an early and candui permit us .10 bid you an siFrftionate farewell- -f Though: furreriderlrlg the' Execptive fo an able ami upright lucceffcirrour poblicXervl. ces.muft remembered -by your FU low.citizen? i And 'we earneftly pray, that the Vemamderofa'iife andtfioticniay be peaceful, prdrperou's, and 'e (erif ay Th Wgt was pro-Jc 1 alfb ed Go ver norof he; Iva ni.a. After takmg the datli in defence of the General Aflembly, he delivered the following concife and elegant addrefs Centjertitn Gentlemefiof To the obligations of honor, gratitude, aiid 'n-terefl, I have now added the pledge a folemn oath, for ther faithful performance of the trull which my fellow.cititens have repofed in me.

an icnfible of the difficulty, as well as of the importance of the talk that 1 have undertaken but regarding the happinefs and profperity of our crmflituerts aYmy fole objeel purfuiug the con-Aifurions anl hws of cur counrry, as my con. l'lant guide and cenfjdiner in the countenance and co-ooeririon of the Lep'flators, I "will not refift Reply, to ibc Address of the susc dnikmen tftht Hjtjlsc of Representatives, THIS very Srsfpeftfut addfftft' from the rcpre-fQtati ves of. the -people of the United States, at their fifft affciwbly. after a frefH election, uAder tbcrtrong opirjioaanj na-tioml fctife, ra this interefting arid (Inguiar irifi? affairs, hf incited fenfibilityiand receives my finccre, ind grateful acknowledge As long as we can rnaintstrt with harmony and $5Vaiori, the hoqor of our country, confiflently vkh peuce, externally and internally, while z3.4t.js utainh1e, or in war, when that becomes 7ttff? it- rl 4md fb ve rmy- ind Bppaf t.the conftitutional energies dv.nitr. ot it government we niay fee per turr iinder the fmiies of E)i vine Providence, thac efieftually promote and.

extend our n.i;ional incerelh and happinefs. 'Vhs applaufe of the Senate and Hauffc of Re juftly beftowed upon the voiun rvind militia, for their zealoust and aaive co with the judicial power, which has re-ibred order and luhmiflion tpie liws, as is conies with peculiar weight and propriety from the Legiflature, cannot fail to have-an-exienfive and permanent eiFeft, tor the fup port of govern --cent, upon all thofe ingenuous minds, who receive delight frxni the approving and animating voice of their country. United Stares Dec. jo, 1799- Jns-joer of the Hoxtte of Represcntatlver to the dress of the late Governor the hope cf Which prompts and animates I r.ie on tne cccanon Under this impreflion, Gentlemen, permit ine to befpeak a continuance of 'that harmony which hnrvrnlv fnhfifpfl lfwn the Liepiflative and Ex A moll unnatural Murder. On the 3d inft- a fhocking murder was perpetrated near Elizabeth frlaeer's) Town, by r.

ecutive Deparinjer.ts during the admimrtration of my patriotic prcdecefior. the preient cnus. tzr Dutch binder, near 50 years of arc. is fuppolcd he mult have nad tne inhuman action contemplation fome time previous to its accom On liie morning of the.above mcnti- oned day he deOred his wife to go out and cur foms fmall for-the ilovc and whilft (he-was'thus employed, he planted himfmlt at the-door with a ro.mahawk in his r.ftcr taklx- Qation he called to his wjfe uV come in to the chil--dren In confprmityVd. tba requefl fliecame tn? but jwll'as fhe got inHde the doorr near -to', he knocked hrr lovn, feveral times repeating his blows, thinking, as it is fuppofed, was human evidently demanus tne exercue oi wifdom, moderation, and fortitude, from all who are employed in the buflnefs of government, tetus ihen, according to the province and the capacity allotted to us, cordially unite in exercifing thofe attributes for fupporting the government of the Union, for asserting the rights of the State, for encouraging virtue, knowledge, and induftry, and for prelervTng focial order; confidence and con cord, fo that our public labours may be juftly crowned with the applaufe of our conftituents, and the bleflings of Heaven.

In the Name and by the Authority of the Common- To-THOMAS Governor of the Common wealth ef Pennsylvania. SIR, '(;" IN the aJdrefs which youliave delivered the opening of the prelent Scfljon, the Koufe of Re. prefentative? recognile an additional proof of your rgilance, fidelity, and difcernment in eKecuting tbe duties of an arduous ofice. While again deploring the calamity citv of Philadelphia and iif. fn'jurbs, vre derive pjreat confclation from ths.

iveatth of Pcnntyivama. Bv THOMAS M'KEAN, GevERNon of the said Commonwealth- cocn sharenxent in its. mortality, diureis firn l-Kpt-il'es as well as from a reafoaable rTt fhe.dan'er of its. return will be dead; after which he went to his four children, gave ther- four each, and then to crown, the bloody own throat from, car to car, with a razor haying, cal gentlemen Were called tlu! Ja ft mentioned infirnment cf death In one hand ancj- a large dub in the other, which he had r-afped fo fait a the, time of ying, it was with much diCicuhy forced from his hand; The wUe aud two elder children recovered in fome mcafurc but there are no hopes eiirertained of. their lU'es bemg prefcrved for'ny length of Tie floor pre fen ted hbrrtd" fpeftacle covered with brains and.

blood and the'raatigled bodies of the dead in a dying fituation -The qaufe of this cendyft in thef did nan, has not as yet been accounted for but We expeft on the reception: -of the-next Elizabeth Tovn paper, to be enabled to give mere precifeaccount of thit afF-lr, fo terxibfe to ihz nature A PR A A I N- WHEREAS of the Senate, and tbe Speaker and iMeroWrs the Houfe of Reprefentatives, of the general rAlTeni. blv of the faid Gommonwealth' of Penrtfylvama, duly certified, -tha the: faid. Speaker of the Senate did, on the twelfth day of December m. flant, in the Chamber of the Houfe of Reprc feni tativ: in the' BorouVh of Lancafter, open and Wr.j by th- experience, fkill, nd diligence of wii.vJi;' uv l's important or.tW'pubMc police. i th" to) 'u of information Contained ia ji- AddneiV." we; particularly regret that the ItprsVprcpcfntons, tor an a-micable termisation Wvoming controveffy, have not vet been acccptrd by the Connecticut Settlers.

Though hnU; the hope of fucceis 111 ihpfi ei.ncdiatttry efforts be allured, Sir, that, in alUuMuture deliberations on the fiibjec, we will endeavour to evince a juft regard for the and. the tranquility of the publifh the Returns 6f the late JEleaion of a Go. vernor ot tnc aia v.uhiuiucihu, fence of both Hotiie cf the Eeglflartjre, 'confor rhibly to the ConftitUtiou of ther tatd Common Among the cbje, which ycu have Kcom.Uh; and upoa counting the vM by a.