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The last Chance!
And what a pity that so many should
miss of such Capital Prizes.
THIS~DAY
Positively commences framing in Bftnjhe
Philanthropic Lottery.
The Legifiature of Vermont has granted a
Lottery, for the relief of Mr. Joseph Haw
kins, a gentleman of great abilities, integrity
and science, combined with the peculiar mis
fortune of having loft his eye-fight, in the pro
secution of researches into nature, and her
work's, designed for the general benefit of his
species. No Lottery was ever calculated on
superior principles of pcrfonal advantage to the
purchaser of tickets, nor can money be loft in
blanks to answer a nobler purpose than reliev
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golden eyes. The printer of the Oracle having
received a configoment of these Philanthropic
Tickets,he therefore invites all the Citizens of N.
Hampshire to lend their aid to the unfortunate,
and assures them, that while the bigbef prize will
be drawn in this Rate, as he feels all confident,
that every blank will afford the loser, a happi- ,
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I of 5000 dollars; 1 of 3000 ; I of 1000:
700 ; 1 of 500 ; I of 300 ; 10 of 100 ; 43 of |
50; ico of 25; 200 of 10; or 4975 of 6 doll
ars ; not two blanks to a prize !
TICKETS & QUARTERS, may]
be had of Charles Peirce, at the Co
lumbian Bookstore, No. 5 Daniel-street, Ports
mouth, N. H.—Whole Ticket 3 dollars, Quar
ter Tickets, 87^ cents.
Dartmouth C. Lottery. l
The Editor of the U. S. Oracle, has receivedi
a Letter from thp Hon. Michael McClary, Efq.j
one of the manag ?rs of the Dartmouth College ,
Lottery, informing of the poftponcnent of the
Drawing of said Lottery to the sixth of March,
when it will commence and finifh in Portsmouth,
with all possible expedition, without any further
postponement ; and the prizes will be paid on
demand.—Here is a fine chance in this Lottery;
it is comprifcd of but few Tickets, and All the
money is to be paid out in the following prizes,'
fubjecl to i2|pr.cent deduction; 1 prize of 20001
dollars ; 1 of 1000; 1 of 500; 2 ot 400; 2 of!
300; 4 nf zoo: rd of too; 20 of 50; 30 of 403
40 of 30 ; 50 of 20 ; 100 of 10, and 1350 of 8
dollars.
A few Tickets and Quarters in this ;
Lottery are now for file by Charles Peirce,|
at the Columbian BookftoreNo. s,Daniel-ftreet, l
who will pa, the prizes in this and in the Phi-'
anthropic Lottery cn demand.
Columbian Phenix
For January 1800
^^ Puklifed in Boflon, is now received and for
sale or delivery to fubfaiberc at C. PEIRCE s
Cotumbian-BoGkßore,^<o. 5, Daniel-street,
Portsmouth, N.H. Ptice 25 cents
IT is embellished with a frontispiece,
representing the Boston Troops as reviewed*
on President Adams' birth day, by Lt. Gov°|
Gill, and Maj. Gen. Elliot, Asa The New
State-House, &c. The Contents are as follows : }
(CThe Editors address to the public. I
—Description of the Frontispiece.—Reflectionsl
on devotion—The Hermit, No. I.—The gener-।
ous Carib —W's communication on Prejudices—l
Description & Chara&cnftics of London ,
The Eagle—Gen. Henry Le^ Funeral Oration !
in honor of the memory of Geo. Waffiington, j
late Gen. of the armies of the U.S. — The Politi-!
calßeview, No.—l. Literary Review, No. I.—;
An Essay on Liberty Natural Hiftory The
Biography of Count Alex'r Suwarrow Rimrtik
iki.—An Irilh Petition—Anecdotes of eminent
person— Also, Poetry,—Congreffional proceed
ings,— Summary of late European News, &c.
(# Those who wife to fubferibe for the
above,and receive tbe Numbers regularly every month,
quill plcafe to fend their names to C.-Peirce's Book
fore. —gut is for the sole benefit of the unfor
tunate Mr. Hawkins, who is blind.
Cheap India Cottons.
—o—
— Coffin,
Has just Opened a quantity of
INDIA COTTONS,
Which will be Sold cheap for Cash, or
Short Credit.
Rich'd Evans
Has for sale at bis fore Market-flreet,
Avery great variety of Cheap
[G OO D S,
AMONG WHICH ARE
FIGURED Muslins and mus
lin Chintzes, just received— also—
One thousand pieces Nankins,
entitled to drawback.
Souchong & Bohea Teas, best
quality.
2 bales COTTON.
I pipe best Coniac Brandy.
50 feet & 25 feet boxes English
GLASS— and —
I case GLASS WARE.
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OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH IFAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS W/tSHIXGTOX S [^CSCT.
Os Gen. Wafliington. I
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From tbe fFflm)Qmmvrcial GAZETTE.
1 MR. CUTLER,
AS any thing relating to General WaJbin^ton
mill it eagerly read, art as if j, the Aft of
every one to "cap bis gifts into the tre ifyr,;' if nd
for insertion in your paper a fern mimetic of chirac- i
ter, inbieb, like delicate graces in a pißare, render at- j
tractive ivbat before was ! uly inter fling.
Fours, t?c. A.B.
—
Extras of a letter from agentirran of rrfpeaabUity 1
in Philadelphia, dated fan. 20.
"DEAR SIR,
“ I HAVE lately returned from
Mount Vernon, and having had great
opportunities of hearing true accounts
of Genual Wafnington I itoli devote
much of my paper ,o this great cha
racter. -
"The General, a little time before
his death, had begun several improve
ments on his farm. Attending to some
of these, he probably caught his death.
He had in contemplation a gravel walk
on the banks of the Potomac ; between
the walk and the river there was to be
a fifh-pond. Some trees were to be cut
down, and others preserved. On Friday
the day before he died, he spent some ;
time by the fide of the river, marking
the former. There came a fall of snow,
! which did not deter him from his pur
; ftiit, but he continued till his neck and
I hairwere quite covered with snow. He
spent the evening with Mrs. Washing
ton, reading the newspapers, which came 1
bythe mail ot that evening; went to bed
as usual about nine o 'clock, waked up I
j in the night, found himfelf extremely|
unwell, but would not allow Mrs. W.
I to get up, or the servants to be waked,
j In the morning finding himfelf very
ill, Dr. Craik of Alexandria was lent
for. Soon after his arrival, the two
consulting physicians were called in,
but all would not avail. On Saturday
evening he died. He said to Col. Lear,
a little before his death, “ bury me de
cently, and not till two days after my
Ideceafe." To Dr. Craik he said, " I die
; a very hard death, but fam not afraid
to die." Before be breathed his last, he
laid himfelf on hi; back, placed his
I hands before him, and closed his own
!mouth and eyes. ,
I "The General has kept a Journal,|
!containing a minute detail of every cir- |
)cumftance of bis public life, for thefe|
I many years past, which no doubt will|
Icontain some (ketches of the American
revolution ; but the public prints are
inaccurate when they fay be has left a
profiled, hiftory. This journal, with
all his papers, which are very volumin
ous, and his library of about 1500 vol
umes, he has left to judge Bulhrod
j Washington, his nephew. No one in
I the United States will make, I presume,
1 a more judicious disposal of the papers,
: then the judge. He is a man whose
Inatural talents are great, and acquire-
Iments astonishing. By intense study
Ihe has destroyed one eye, &is threaten
| ed with the loss of the other. To him
I alone did the General think proper to
Ileave the documents of his biography,
and from him alone ought we therefore
I to expert an accurate hiftory of his life.
He has left 10001. to a literary institu
tion in Alexandria, to which he had
annually given 501. and his 50 Potom
ac shares to a similar institution to be
founded in the Federal city. I write
you these circumftanccs on account of
- many inaccuracies which have ap
peared in the public prints concerning
him."
- ■...>.,, ■—MMMiWiI
Extras of a letter from a refpeSlable gentleman in
Georgetown, 'Maryland.
" The particular testimonies of Gen
eral Washington's remembrance to
individuals consist of four legacies
only ; One ot these is a pair of eurioufly
mounted pistols to M.dcla Fayette, who
took them, when commanding a small
detachment during tbe revolutionry
war,and presented them to tbe General.
His books and papers to judge Wash
ington—a most valuable gift ; and to
Dr. Craik, a whimsically Shaped me
chanical writing delk. I must not emit
here a circumstance, which places in
an eminent point of view, the beautiful
propriety of his characteristics! pru
dence by which he often disentangled
himfelf from filiations truly embarrass
ing. Some years since, the present earl
of Buchan Sent to the General a curi
ous oaken box, mede out of the tree
which concealed Sir James Wallace,
with this request Subjoined, " that he
would at his death leave it to the man
he thought most worthy." The Gene
ral with great wisdom has desired the
box to be returned to his Lordship, with
this answer, " that it is not for General
Washington to point out the worthiest
citizen of the United States," One
firiking Angularity of his will is an ela
bofa:? collection of arguments annexed
toevery item, wherein ne demonstrates,
the propriety of the management and
disposal of this effects and wealth,
which is estimated at a million of dol
brs."
IGEN^ WASHINGTON'S WILL.
A letter from Virginia, to a gentle-
Iman1 man of the firft refpe&abilitv, in this
I city, makes the following mention of
I the General's will.
" W.flington made his will in July,
I '99 ;he devises all his f e> real and
.personal, to his wife so. dife at her
deatli he manumits all his slaves, and
their encreafe, creating a fund for the
maintenance of the young, aged and in
firm, which assigns the reason of the In
termixture of the dower and his own
slaves. He devises the shares in the
Potomac and James river companies,
to two colleges. He devises hisman
uferipts, books and papers, Mount
Vernon, with 4000 acres of land, and
one third ofa 23d part in the residuum
to Bufiirod Washington. He then
imakes a feltedul< ot the residuum,
which, at his low valuation, is 530,000
dollars, which he divided into 23 shares,
and devises these shares amongst the
Cuftis family. He leaves L' Fayette,
a pair of pistols, taken in the revolu
'tionary war : trifling legacies to David
; Stewerd and Dr, Craig ; but the
§ names of John Adams, Alexander
I Hamilton, or Henry Lee, are not rnen
| tioned. The will is a lengthy and mas
terly cotnpofition, and is all in the gen
eral's own hand writing ; who leaves
one branch of all his relatives, his wife
and G. W. Cuflis, his executors.
" Mrs. Washington has announced,
that after this year all the negroes are
to be emancipated According to the
General's wishes, the spirit of freedom
has progressed, is progressing, and will
progress.”
NEW-YORK, JAN. 20*
FIRE at BRUNSWICK.
A gentleman, who arrived last evening by
the stage informs us, that yesterday morning at
half past four, a fire broke out at Brunfwfck
(N. J.) in the (hop of Mr. Haffert, coach-mak
!er near the market-house ; and notwithstanding
I the greatest efforts ofthe inhabitants, 6 dwell
!ing-houfes were entirely consumed, besides fev
lera! out houses. Among the fufferers are Mr.
IDavid Voorheefe,(who it is said, hayloft all his
'property) and rhe Rev. Mr. Clark. The house
of Col. Neilfon was preserved by very great
exertion. It was a fortunate circumstance, that
the weather was perfectly calm, otherwise the
whole street would inevitably have been de.
ftroj ed.
Yesterday agreeably to the Sentence
of a General Court Martial, James,
(alias Parker) Hofmer, and John Dur
rah, were drummed out of the United
States army, with a halter about their
necks after receiving ninety nine laches
each, and having half their heads and
one Eyebrow Ihaved off, and declared
unfit ever after to serve in the Army
of the United States.—•—The crimes of
which they were convifted, and for
which they fuffered, were repeated de
sertions, and enlisting under different
names.—The recruiting officers are
cautioned against enlisting them—and
the Printers are requeued to publish the
above, for the good of the public. *
DANIEL JACKSON, Major.
The merchants of Baltimore have exported
the last year to the amount of 17 millions of
dollars, ft is apprehended in that city that the
European Commercial Embarrassments will
extend their effe& thither. In consequence of
this fear, there has been a meeting of the prin
cipal merchants, who have agreed to establish
a fund for the relief of such oftheirhoneft bre
thren, as may be affected. Money is to be dis
counted on Public Stock, and Certain fpecified
merchandize.}
BOSTON, TEB. 10.
By aletter from Robert Ritchie, Esq.
consul from the, United States, at Port
Republican, dated the 11th ult, it ap
pears that general Touiflaint continues
Ito profefs a friendly disposition to the
commerce of American citizens ; and
that he had recently manifefted that
disposition, by pronouncing a decree in
favour of a citizen of the United States,
recommended tohim by the said consul.
The recent intelligence from Lisbon
Rates, that the most serious apprehen
sions are entertained by the inhabitants
of that city, left another earthquake as
violent as that which happened in 1755;
should take place. Two shocks were
lately felt there in one night with the
interval of ten minutes between them.
The firft shock caused great alarm, and
disturbed most of the ^habitants.
A Paris paper mentions that the son
of La Fayette fought in the advanced
guard in Batavia, under general Brune,
against the Anglo-Ruffian,
Late Foreign News
Britilh Expedition to Holland.
LeNBON, NOV. 25.
I rimHE London Gazette of Sat-
I tirday, contains the official ac
counts of the complete evacuation of
Holland—^as also the account of the
Armistice between the Duke of York &
Gen. Brune. Thefirft letter is dated at
Schagenbrug, Od. 15, in which his R.
H. appoints Maj. Gen. Knox, to com
municate to Gen. Brune, the propofi
tians in his letter of the famedty. The
third letter is from Gen. Brune to his
Royal Highness, communicated by
Gen. Knox, dated at Alkmaar, O&.
15, which covered the following ex
planatory letter :—
H.^ Alkmaar, O&, 15, 1799 — Bth year
of tbe French Republic.
The Duke of York, Commander in
Chief of the English army, proposes
that a CeiTation of Hostilities shall take
place, in consequence of the approach
es the inclement season. He promises
to withdraw from the Batavian terri
tory, between the present period and
the end of Nov. next, the whole army
under his command : and consents that
no damage shall be committed, no Unices
opened or dykes broken up on condition
of his retreat not being molested by the
French or Batavian army.
These motives would not have been
brought forward by the Duke of York,
if he had considered himfelf possessed of
means fufficient for advancing into the
country-Mor in that case, he would have
had the facility of extending his quar
ters, of precuring subsistence, and, ih
short, of placing himfelf beyond the
reach of the inconveniences arising from
the unfavourable season. We ought
consequently to look to advantages in
an arrangement, proportionate to the
inefficiency of the forces under his com
mand.
The terms proposed by the Duke of
York contain nothing but what would
be the necessary refine of a cessation of
hotlines. It can fiercely be fappofed
that the Duke of York will cause the
Dykes to be destroyed, the Country to
be inundated, ,and the villages to be
burnt, for the mere purpose of commit
ing such ads of violence—as such con
duct would be contrary to the laws of
war, and must draw upon him the re
probation of all Europe, and of his own
nation. It appears therefore evident,
that the Duke of York would confine
himfelf to such measures as might be
ufeful to his own army, or detrimental
to ours ; but we look upon such acci
den ts as inseparable from a state of war.
No objed of advantage to us appears
therefore to result from the proposals
which have been made.
Since, however, the fufferings of hu<
manity come under the confideratiot
of the Duke of York, General Brune
is ready to meet this honorable feeling,
and, in doing so, declares that the fol
lowing stipulations on which he offers
to consent to a fufpenfiot of hostilities
are so obviously just that he cannot de
part from them.
[Then follow tbe articles which are afterwards re
cited literally and commented upon. It is unneceffar,
therefore to infer? them here. J
H. ^ Sebagen-brug, O^, 1,, 1,9,.
" GENERAL,
66 I fend back Major-General Knox,
with my answers to the Explanatory
Note which he has delivered to me in
your name. He is fully authorifed to
-conclude on my part upon every point
which relates to the fubjeft of his milli
on.
(Signed) FREDERICK. &c.
;"To Gen. Brune, &c."
H. ^ Sebagen-brug, OS?. 17, 1799.
HIS Royal Highness, the Duke of
York, &c. proposed to Gen. Brune,
an arrangement equally to the advan
tage of both parties, originating in his
desire to prevent the farther effufion of
blood, and to preserve this country from
the terrible effeds of an inundation, as
also from the deftrudion of the best of
its ports, involving the total ruin of the
principal channels of its interior navi
gation and commerce.
In answer to which Gen. Brune ob
serves, that he cannot imagine His Roy
al Highness will recur to measures not
less revolting to humanity, than repug
nant to the character of the British na
tion, and to the general feeling of all
Europe.
Devastation or deftruftion is certain
ly incompatible with the character and
with the uniform conduct of the Eng
lish nation ; and as little do either ac
cord with the disposition of His, Royal
Highness the Commander in Chief;
but there are Duties peremptorily pre*
scribed by the nature of particular situ
ations, the odium of which must fall,
not on those who execute, but on such
as render the measures necefiry by re
jefting the conditions of a just and hon*
orable agreement.
Deeply impressed with what is due
to his country, on the one hand and to
the claims of humanity on the other ;
perfuaded,likewife,that Gen.Bruneise
qually, guided by these sentiments, His
Royal Highness has taken his proposals
into conlidcration, and consents to a
bide by the agreement as it Hands io
the At:fWers annexed to the different
Articles.'
Major General Knox, who is charg
ed therewith, is authorifed to Ggn and
conclude this agreement, as well as to
arrange any pdintsof detail which ma,
• arise out of it.
It being the duty of every officer
commanding His Britannic Majesty's
troops to make an exa& report of
whatever relates to his command, Hit
Royol Highness the Duke of York will
' ofconrfe lay, before the British llovern
raent every communication which has
taken place between his Royal High
ness and Gen. Brune.
ARTICLES proposed in the Explanatory Nolt
from General Brune.
Article 1. The Batavian Fleet %vh:ch
was surrendered to Admiral Mitchell,
by Admiral Story, shall be restored to
the Batavian Republic, with its Stores
and Crews. In case the Duke ci Y ork
shall not be veiled with fhiHeieru power
to comply with this Article, His Royal
Highness shall engage to obtain from
his Court an equivalent compenfadon.
Atrfwer. — His Royal Highness will on
no account treat upon this Article, the
execution of which, it mutt be evident
to both parties, is impoflib'e.
Art 2. Fifteen thousand Prisoners of
War French and Batavians, detained
in England shall be unconditionally re
leased and sent home. The mode of fe
ledion, and the proportion for each
country, to be fettled between the Gov
ernments of the two Republics. The
Batavian Admiral de Winter shall ba
considered as exchanged— I his Arcicla
shall in no degree prejudice e r interfere
with the Cartel of Exchange at prefers
established.
Ans. r This demand appears to red
upon a supposed loss the Combined
Army mull futtain, should its Embark
ation be resolved upon. It is by no
means admitted that such would be
the result ; but as in the event of the
Armies carrying on the Campaign
during the Winter, the loss of a certain
number of men must naturally be ex
peded ; His Royal Highness influenced
by this confederation, agrees to promise
in the name of the British Government,
, that five thousand French and Batavi
an Pr ifoners, the proportion of each to bo
regulated according to the terms of the
Article, shall be unconditionally releas
ed and sent home. Nothing further
in, this Article can be agreed to.
Art, 3 The Batteries and Fort of
the Helder shall be restored in the con
dition in which they were found at the
period of the invasion of the English
and Ruffian Army. An Officer of Ar
; tillery shall be sent to the Helder by
General Brune to fee that this Article
is complied with.
Ans. —The Fort and Batteries of
the Helder will be left, generally con
fidmred in an improved date.
None of the Dutch Artillery shall be
carried away.
Art. 4. The Army under the com
mand of the Duke of York shall within
forty-eight hours evacuate the portion
of the &,. Its advanced Polls shall
be withdrawn to the height of Gallants
Oog. The French and Batavian Ar
my ' shall preserve the portions it occu
pies at present, taking up however its ad
vanced Posts at Petten, Crabendam Scha
gen-Brug and Cotbon. It shall have
merely a Vidette at the Height of Gal
lants-Oog.
Bns. —On no account will it be con
sented that the Army shall be with
drawn from the position of the Zujft
until every preparation requisite to ren
der, its embarkation easy and complete
can be arranged at the Heller. It mud
be evident that it cannot be definable
that any delay should take place in this
respect. No addition shall be made to
the works at the Zuyp, and persons pro
perly authorized shall be admitted
from time to time to afeertain and re
port upon this point for the fatistact^on
of General Brune ; but no a^med de
tachment will be permitted to approach
er to take port nearer, than they already
ate to our position.