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Thursday, January 16, x8oo.
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No. 3.
State of Delaware.
Secretary's Gilice, 24th Dec. *99.
Affected with the livelieft fenftbility at
the lofs which the people of the United
States have fj'/laiued by the death of our
illuftrious and beloved fellow-citizen, I,t.
Gen. GEORGE WASHINGTON, the
tats Pre fuient —the Governor of this ftalc
Hites that all poilible refpeft fltould be
paid to his memory, for the many eminent
fit-vices which he has rendered to his
country. Ami altho' a grateful remem
brance will be ever had of thofe virtues
and exalted talents which fo confpicuonfly
diftinguilhed him in a long feries of pub
lic duties, yet the general (intiment, on
this diftrefling occalion, pointing to fome
particular expreffion of the high fenfe
which all feel of our lofs, and the Go
vernor, uniting in the public fympathy ;
It is therefore recommended to all
Civil Officers of the State to wear Crape,
on the left arm, below the elbow,
as
mourning, for three months.
Bv order of the Governor,
' ABRAHAM HIDGELY,
Sic. of t ht State of Delaware.
State of Delaware.
General Orders.
V he Governor mid Commander in Chlej
the deefeji afHittion at
of th' ;s State, fee
the !of s which the armies of the Unit d States
have ftfained b the theatk of Gen. George
Y/a(hington. whofc gallant frvices in the
Field, and virtue mid wifloin in Council,
hav excelled the mot! dijlinguißeed Heroes
m.i Patriots of /ht ient and Modern Times
_ Dirclls the Officers of the Militia of the
State, to wear Crape on the left arm, below
. the elbow, l'_> waf of Mourning for Three
Months.
By order of the Commander in C hief,
JOHN STOCK I ON
■ah.
Adjutant G
Dec. 24, '99.
An Apprentice Wanted
To the Printing Bufinefi—
Enquire at this Office.
JTocctgn UntcïUgcnc?.
ANGLO-R USSIAN ARMY.
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L ODD OX, OCT. 26 .
Lieutenant Colonel C linton, aid-de
camp to his Royal Highnefs the Duke of
as
York, arrived this morning at the office
of
of the Right H011. Henry Dundas, with
difpatches of which the following are
copies.
as
Head-quarters, Schagen Brng,
CSroher 20.
Sir,
In my laft communications I have re
prefented to you the circnmftances under
which 1 found it expedient to withdraw
the army from its forward polition in
front of Alkmaer, within that which it at
prefent occupies, and which I truft will
liavc appeared to his Majcfly diffident to
warrant the ineafure, 1 lie feafon of the
year which lias already afliimcd liere the
»(peel of winter, gave
from day to
day, additional reafon !
prebend that
any attempt towards a profeculion of the
campaign in this .country could not be at
tended with decline advantages, whilll
the impolfibihty of covering the troops in
the narrow dittrift ot the country in our
poflelfion during the winter, and the pre
carious date ol (applies to be expected in
that feafon, added to the conviction Kelt
that the moft adviléable meafure to be
piirfued was to remove the army to Eng
land; an operation which, although it
niight liaie expofed the army to fome lofs
111 its execution, I judged in my mind
preferable to any other which could be
adopted. .
Under this impreffion, and confidcring
the lerious lofs which might enfue from
delay, I have been induced to conclude
an armiltice, in conjunftion with vice
admiral Mitchell, (with general Brime,
commanding the r rench and Batavian ar
mies, ol w hieb the conditions arc inclofed,
and which, although they provide lor de- j
livering up a large number of prifoners ot >
war, now in our hands, yet 1 truft will !
1 not be thought by bis majelly an inade- !
cjiiate coinpcnfation for many valuable
lives which iiiuft have been loft, after the
object which has hitherto direftcd them
no longer pro mi fed fuccefs ; and when
the only means which prefented them
lelvcs of lecuving a feenre retreat were
thole of retorting to the deftmftive mea
fure of innnndation from the fea, which,
as it would have involved the inhabitants
of the northern part of this province in
ruin for a feries of years, mull have been
highly repugnant to the feelings as well
as contrary to the charaéter and practice
of the Britifh nation. I reft confident
that the motives which I have here detail
cd will.excufe me to bis niajeftv for hav
ing a fled without writing for previous in
ftruftions from home, and that I fha.ll have
the fatisfadlion of knowing that my con
duft, in this refpeft, lias met with his
majefty's gracious approbation.
1 am, &c.
(Signed)
KREDERICK.
Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c.
ARTICLES.
Art. r. From the date of tiijs conven
tion all hollilities (hall ccafe between the
two armies,
2. 'i he line of demarkation between the
faul armies llial! he the line of their re
fpeftive out polls as they now exift,
5. The continuation of all works of
fenfive and defenlive (hall be fufpended
on both lides, and no new ones (hall be
undertaken.
4. The mounted batteries taken pof
feflion of at the Hclder or at other pofi
lions within the line, now occupied bv
the combined Englidi and Ruffian arntv,
(h: 11 be reftored in the Hate in which they
were taken, or (in cafe of improvement)
in their prefent Hate, and all the Dutch
artillery taken therein (hall be preferveri.
5. '( he combined Engliih and Ruffian
army (liall embark as foon as poflible, and
(ball evacuate the territory', coalls, ifiands,
and internal navigation of tiie Dutch lie
j public, by the loth of November, 1799,
> without committing any devaftntion, by
! innundatimis, cutting tlie dykes, or otliet
! wife injuring the fources of navigation.