Ulster County gazette — Kingston [N.Y.], 1800-01-04 00:00:00, page 6

tLetter. from his Royal Highness the Arch
] : . duke’ Charles. . i i
i Head Quarters,. Denaberchinger, Oct. 4.
§ “The unfortunate occurrences in Swit
jzerland being already sufficiently known,
iI shall confine myself at present merely t
giving the outlines of them, and state the e
tvents which have taken place since.
§ “On the 25th ult. the Russian carps un-|
{der the command of Lieutenant General
:Korsakoff, on the Limmar, and the colum
of Field- Marshal Lieut, Horz, on th
iLinth, near Uznach, were defeated by the
fenemy. 'The former corps retreated b
lway of Eglisan, to the right bank of th
‘Rhine, and the column of Field Marshall
iLieut. Hotze, on the z6th by St. Gall, int
ithe district of Voralberg. 3
{ < Field Marshall Prince Suwarrow, wa
at Useren: and General' Auffenberg,
{Steig; on the2sthi v 2y Al 55,
“On the .26th, Field Marshall ' Lieut
Linken defeated the enemy, and took pri
soners two battalions of 1300 men, with)
{the whole. of the Staff and'other officers,
sand two stands. of colours. On tne 28t
he advanced to Glaros; but “not bein
able to open a communication either 3
{the right or to the left, he saw himsel
under the’ necessity to ‘withdraw to th
Grison-country on the 2gth. 2o .
- “Field-Marshall Suwarrow,. and the bri-|
gade of Geseral Auffenburg having ad
tvanced as far as Switz on the 18th, arrive
;at Glarus, on-the “Ift of ‘October, but no
being able to effect a' junctiod with any
other corps, Field Marshall Suwarrow wa
{obliged‘to march to the Grison cotntry.
| “Field Marshall Suwarrow has,” howe
ver, zecarding to a circular letter which
has been received this morning, defeated
the c#emy near Glarus and taken 100
"orisonets: s At the same time, the colum
ot the Imperia) Russian: General ‘Rosen
fberg, made- teoo of the enemy prisoners
inear Mutten, and ook several piéces of
icannons . the: enemy’s loss ' in' ‘killed and
twounded-on thisioccafion, wasdikewise very
iwonfiderables (Signed) iyl
B LESC piaß Ls Ao plok e
ﬂ Vis BATEST FOREIGN. .o
Received by the British Packet Princess
a .- Charlotte, from Falmouth. _
L 1 EONDON, O&toberazo: it 1
§ The Hamburgh Mail due on Sundd
arrived ‘on ' Friday, and brings numerous
fdetails” of the actions ‘fought ‘in “Switzer
land, by which it appears’ that the French
telegraphe and other accounts “of those
ldesperate conflicts "are fallacions—the Im
fperialifts ‘instedd’ of 19,100 men, having
Bloft not muech' more’ than 3,ooo.—The 'al
dlies have defeated the French near Schaff
thausen; where the corps of Conde having
#4 joined “the Archduke his Royal-Highness
kwas on the’2nd marching to ‘suftain Suwar
drow. > ‘
# The Vienna Court-Gazette of “ the 28th
ult. relates that General Melas ‘and Kray
don the 13th defeated the French at Savigi
janu and Jano, with the lofl’ of 1600 killed,
gand \goo taken prisoners; the < AtStrian
glofing 92 killed, 582 wounded and missing.
tOn the same day the French loft 400
fmen under Gen. Thampioner, in’ an un
succeflful attack upon a divifion’cf Auftri
#an cavalry at Scalenga. :
It is Rated under the head Venice, Sept.
d2O that the ‘Neapelitﬂn troops had taken
§Ricra by florm, and marched to join Gen.
Crolich, who ‘was advancing with a strong
dgarmy from Tuscany againt Rome. Oni
dthe Igsth::Sept.” Gen. Klenan was fifteen
ymiles from Genoa. Ancona Rill held out.
dThe French, it is said, are conveying thei
gartillery from Genoa to Nice. SRR
Extract of a letter from Munich, date
September 29. e
Two thousand four hundred’ men, as a
part of the lelector’s contingent, are to
march “on thé first of next month from
the 'neighborhood of - Donawerth to join
the army of the Archduke Charles. The
plan for' forming into military corps the
inhabitants of ‘the Palatinate, is”to Have it
effect throughout the circle of Bavaria. It
is framed for 20,000 men and it is to be
commanded in Bavaria by major-genera
Durey, an officer enjoying a high militar
character. - )
I-”you, that it reached Tavence, about ten
miles short of this place, yesterday even
ing; having performed in § days a dis
tance of 116 English- miles. It was th
Field Marshal’s intention to have recoy
ered, by the length of his marches, the 3
days loft by the false alarm for the safety
of Tortona; but the allemblage of mule
which was ordered to be made at this
place not being completed, and the im
possibility of carriages proceeding an
further in‘’the Mountains, obliges him t
halt for one day.
] Evacuation of Holland.
| No further adviggs from the Duke of
{York have been received since our last;
jbut as Col. Browning reached the Helder|
on Saturday. last, with the fmal instruc
jtions of government, it is probable a great
jpart of our troops have ere this embarked|
on their return to England. Some of thd
{Dutch loyalists are already airived. ' Six
hundred of them were brought over in
the Alkmar man of war, which arrived]
at Deal "on Tuesday, where three other
ships, full of people of the same descrip-{
ition, ‘were ‘hourly expected, having sailed
from the Texel immediately after the Allg
imaar. 'Thé convention, by which thel
' hole Russian army is to evacuate Hol
land, was signed on the 18th instant, and
is to continue in ferce for six weeks from|
that date—a circumstance which has given
rise to a supposition that the treaty em-|
braces ‘more objects than' have yet been
jpublicly - exprefled. ' If it bears relation
|merely to the evacvation of the country]
by our troops, and a general exchange of]
prisoners, the buffiness might be done in
as many days as are allowed weeks to ac-|
complifh it. - The probability therefore is
that there are involved in the armiftic
some subjects, the nature of which may
require a considerable time to adjust; but
pon this topic we shall for the present de
cline any speculation, under the hope, that
a day or two will put us in pofleffion of
the facts. ’ v .
All that is at present known for certain
is, that we have agreed to evacuate Hol
land, without injuring either the arsenal or]
ew Dien works; that all the enemy’
guns are to be restored; that the Helde
is to be left in the same condition in which|
e found it; and that the prisoners are
réciprocally given up.. It is understood
that we are also to deliver up 8000 ot 10,
000 of the French prisoners now in Eng
land ; but respectiag this point we have a
et received no satisfattory information.
Upon the whole, if we haye the confidera
ion of the humiliated situation in which
he event of the expedition has unfortu
ately placed us, we shall find but little
ause to regret the nature of the terms to
which we have thus been induced to'agree.
‘The acceding to them was on our part
dictated by the pure principle of hu
manity, and the laudable determination of
saving our brave countrymen, by mégocia
ion frem the destruftion which otherwise
cemed to await them must be considered
As paramount to every oth,{:g feeling, whe
her of mistaken honor or national pride.
| LN Rl
l THURSDAY, Dember 29. ‘
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I‘ M. Gogde»ﬁ‘b'r'n Virginia':'was k;pa'iiﬁedi
and took his seat'in the House.” " |
~.. STRASBURGH, Ear . S 0
Official Bulletin of the Gen. Siaff of the
The army of the Rhine has retaken
Manheim .and Frankfort. - The enemy]
ave loft 300 men. Ten thousand peas
lants who ros¢_im a mass have th,rowx;‘
down their arms. Among the prisoners 18]
i‘a whole company of Coflacks. We .onc-i
more are in pofleffion of the whole line o |
Mentz, Manheim and Frankfort. . . I
; PARIS, O&. 13. "o
Maffena has demanded a contribution of
800,000 liyres ofrom the town of Zurich
one half payable in 24 houts, and the oth
er in four days a contribution of 400,000
livres has” been” imposed upon St. Gall.
The inhabitants of the canton of Zurich
are required. to declare. all the money
merchandize ‘and ‘effects which' théy may
thave belonging to the Austrians and Rus
sians, - s Fry
O&. 14. Buonaparte and Berthier are
in France, at the very moment when the
ffame. of their triumps at Paris, they disd
embarked at Frejus, It appears- thatche
gwas: afraid of being taken by the English
had he attempted to land- at Toulén, and
fin consequence., preferred ;landing at Fre
¢jus, The frigate in whichiihe came 'was
fescogted by two veflels, | :
{ On reaching the shore Buonaparte and
all those who accompanied him, fell down
and kissed the land of liberty. .
Buonaparte and ‘Berthier have nos arri
ved alone from the banks of the Nile.
{They were accompanied by generals las
fles, Mormons, Murat, Andieoffie, and Citi-|
kzens Mons and Berthelot. 'They have left
ithe army in ‘Egypt in a most satisfactory|
iitate. _Moreau is at Paris. g 5
LONDON, O&ober 24.
Generals Marshall and Smith were ap
pointed to wait on the President to. know
t what time it would be convenient to re
ceive the house. "~ v: ek
Generals Marshall ‘and Smith having
waited on'the President with the first reso
lution, reported, that the . President would
be ready ‘to receive them at 1 o’clock this
day. The house accordingly waited on
him, * - iR g o
The Speaker addressed th‘ec,:.E'r'eﬁ_c‘.ent in
the following words : o 2 o
;:'5{11,: ook ~30 34 ( }
The House of Representatives,’ penetrated
with a sense of the irreparable loss sustain
ed By ‘the .nation, by thg wdeath, of thay
great and good man, the illustrious anc
heloved Washington, wait on y:ou, fire e
in obdience to the weneral iyoice of his
ountry, calling, on -Him ito preside over.a
great people, we have, secn him once more
quit the retirement he loved, and in a seas
son more stormy and tempefluous than war,
iself ‘with calm and wise determination
bursue the true intercts of the nation and
tontribute, more than any. other could cond
ribute to the eftdblishment;of -that system
of policy which will, I trust, yet préserve
our -peace, our honor, and our ‘iggdepend.{
nce. . Having been . twice unanimoudly
thosen the- Chiic:f“,Malgl'ﬂr;é‘tq,af a - frec;
reople, we see him at-a time ywhen his re-d
sleétion with, the universal suffrase coul:
lot have been doubted affording the worldi
vrare instance df\{xod&:atisn, by withdraw-1
g from his high station to the peacefuls
walks of private life, i el e et ‘
- However public confidence may change]
'7a the pubiic affe¢tons fluGtuate with red
ipect to others, yet with respect to him
they have, in wara din peace; in public|
wd in private life, been as steady: as his}
»wn firm mind, and as constant as his gwn!
exalted virtues, YRR |
Let us then, Mr. Speaker, pay the last]
ribute of respe& and affeftion te cer de
parted friend. Let the grand council of
he nation .display those sentiments which]
he narion feels. :
For this purpose, I hold in my hand:
some resolutions which I will ‘take the lib
erty to offer to the house.
““Resolved, That this House will wait on
the President of the United States, in con
dolence of this mournful event. -
“Resolved That the Speaker’s chair be
shrouded with black, and: that the Mem
bers and Officers of the House wear black
during the session. =
“Resolved, That a committee; in con
junétion with one from the Senate, be ap
pointed to confider on the.moft suitable
manner of paying honor to the memory of
¢ man; first in war, first in. peace, and
rst in the hearts of his country.”
Resolved, That this House when it ad
journs, do adjourn to Monday.: .. -
These resolutions were unanimously a
greed to. Sixteen members were appoint:
ed on the third resohution. .. .
. More than any other individual and a
much as. to one individual .was! poss:ble,
has he contributed to found this our wide
spreading empire, ‘and to give: to the Wes
ern world its independence iand: its. free
dom, ~Haying affected:the great ohje& for
which he was iplaced 7at; the head of our
armies, we bave; seenthim: convert the
sword ‘inte the plough share and volunta
rily fink the soldier in the citizen:: =~ -
- When the debility,of our, fedéral system
lhad become manifeft and the'bonds whic
connected the .parts-of this vast continent
were diflolving, we have seen him the chief’
of those Patriots who formed for us a Con:
{litution,, which, by preserving the union
will, I . trust, - substantiate and - perpetuate
those bleflings our revolution had promiseds
to bestow. ;
Mr. Marshal with deep sorrow on his
ountenance, and in a low, pathetic tone
of voice, rose and addressed the House a
follows : o e
Tr,e melancholy event which was yester
day announced without donbt, has been
jrendered but. too certain, -Our Washing
ton is no more ! - The hero, the sage, and
ithe patriot of ‘America—the man on whom
{in times of danger, every ‘eye was turned)
jand all hopes were placed; lives now only,
fin his own great a&ions, and in the hearts|
of an affli¢ted people. b
If, fir, it had not been-usual;;fopenly to
testityi - respect -forsthe memory “of ‘those
iwhom heaven has: selected as its instru
ments - for’ dispensing:-good to:man ; yet
such has been the uneommon' worth; and
fsuch | the extraordinarybincidents - which
{have marked :the life of him: whose foss
iwe all, deplore, that the-whole American
nation impelled by the .same feclings,
iwould: call with one wvaice for a .publig
manifeftation’ of -thatTsorrow - which - is- sos
deep and universal. 11 oo |
PRESIDENT'S ANSWER.
Gentlemen of the Senate, b f
I receive with the most respectful and
ffectionate_sentiments, in this impressive
ddrefl, the obliging expressions of your
egret, for the loss our Country has sus
ained in the death of her most esteemed,
eloved'and admired Citizen. £
In the multitude of my thoughts and
ecollections, on this melancholy event, you
vill permit me only to say, that I have
seen him in the days of Adversity, in some
f the scenes of his deepest and most ‘try=
ing perplexities ; I have also attended him
n ene highest elevation and most prospe=
rous felicity ; with unifofm admiration of
his wisdom moderation and constancy. .-
Among all our original associates, in:the
memorable League of the Continent in:
1774, which, first expressed the sovereign
will of a Free Nation in America, he was
the only one remaining in the General Go
vernment. . Although:.with, a constitution
more enfeebled ‘than his, at/an age when
e thought ‘it necefary.. to..prepare for, -re:
tirement, I.feel myself alone, bereaved of«
my. last brother; yet I derive strong consa
latior from the~ Unanimous dispositiore
which appears, in all ages and.cluSses) t
-ngle their sorrows with ‘ming, cofr this;
¢common calamity to:the syorldy: a 0
. The life of our WASHINGTON cannot]
uffer -by comparison ‘with thoeseiof other
countries, who have -been. most «oclebrated
and exalted by Fame. 'The attributessand
dec?rations of Royalty, . could only . have
| - With Patrioti¢ p-*le we review: the:life
lof. our;Washington, and compare him:with
{thost; of other countries whe iﬁwe’vb‘
ipre-eminent in fame. Ancient and mod
jfames are diminished before him.:; :Great
mess and guilt have too often becn"aﬂlicd.i
jbut. hiy fame is whiter than it is brilligne;
| The. ge%stroyexgs of nations stood abaslied. at
the, majesty. of hiswirtue, .. Tt jgpzoyed “the
ttemperance. ok their ars\ition, andﬂa?ke;ned
f(.hc SF'»Cl'\'&‘O( Jfﬁfi‘omry‘;‘ /The scenes ¢loseds;
jind ‘e 'are no longer anxious lest misfor
tune should sully his glory ; he has tray
clled on to the end of his journey, and car
ried with him an increasing weight! of hon
pur s he has deposited it safely; where misc
fortune cannot tarnish © it—where malice
cannot blast it. Favored of heaven, he
departed without exhibiting the weakness
gos humanity ; magnanimous in death, the
darkness of the grave could not ‘obscure
his brightness.’ PR ,
; Such was' the man whom ‘we deplore.—
‘Thanks to God, his glory is consummated.
‘Washington yec lives upon-earth in his spat
iess example—his spirit is in Heaven,
- Let his countrymen conscerate the me
mory of the heroic General, the patriotic
Statesman, . and the virtuous Sage; let
them teack their children never to forget
that the fruits of his labours, and his ex<
ample are their inheritance. R ¢
. 1
(To the. PRESIDENT of the UNITED
b M ATRES,” s
. THE Senate of the United ‘States res
pectfully take leave, fir, to express to 'you
their deep regret for the loss .their ' country
has sustainec% in the death ~of General
George Washington.—This event, so dis
tressing to all our fellow eitizens, must be
peculiarly ~heavy tor you, who' hayve long
beeg associated with him in/deeds®f patri
otismi | Permit us, firy 'to mingle our tears
with yours:. en this ocasion it is manly to
weeps. ,To lose such a man’ at. such a cri
sis, is no eommon calamity to: the world:
our-country mourns her;Father.vThe Al
mighty disposer.of human events has tak
en from us our. greatest Benefactor and or
nament, It becomes us to submit with:
reveren-e to him, who ¢ maketh darkness
his Pavilion.? 5 - i s
express their condolence on this melanchoiy
nd distressing event. 9
‘To which the President made the fol
owing Answer : s ;
Gentlemen of the Housé of Representatives.
1 zeceive with great respect and affe@ion
the condolence of the House of Represen
tatives on the melancholy -and affliéting e
rent in”the death of the most illustrious
iand beloved personage which. this country
ever produced. I sympathize with you—
with the nation, and with good men thro’
the world, in this irreparable - loss sustained
tby us all, “-i0 't JOHN -ADAMS.
tnforming.the House that they had agreed
- A message was received from the Senate
to the appointment of a joint committee, to
onfider a suitable’ manner of paying honor
to the ‘memory of the man first in ‘war,
first in peace, and first’in the hearts of his
country, and . that they had appointed
seven members to join .a ‘committee for
jthat purpose... . - Ad’d till Monday.