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The Providence Journal.
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TOWN AND COUNTRY ADVERTISER.
Published on WEDNESDAYS, by JOHN CARTER, JUN. Printer of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES for the State of RHODE-ISLAND, &c. At the NEW PRINTING-OFFICE, West Side of the great Bridge, PROVIDENCE.
[ No. 53. ]
WEDNESDAY, January 1, 1800.
[ Vol. II. ]
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
The Adelphiad, No. XXIX.
CIRCUMSTANCES apparently the most unimportant, will frequently lead to an explanation of things which we before knew, or rouse the dormant faculties to action. The great philosopher Newton is said to have discovered his principle of gravitation, that principle by which the planetary system is held together, by the accidental fall of an acorn upon his head. Milton is reported to have felt the first impulses of poetical genius from perusing an Italian scrap of poetry, which a young lady fastened to his bosom when asleep. Our faculties may be set in motion by circumstances very trivial and unimportant. The world is not more indebted to Mr. Gray for his inimitable ode, entitled "The Bard," than it is to the blind Welch fiddler, who, by playing his favourite tune, warmed and animated the fancy of the poet. In private life we are often led by circumstances of the like nature to make the most important discoveries. The following story, just presented to me, will exemplify the truth of these remarks, and may be perhaps more entertaining to my readers than a bare statement without an example:
In the early settlement of this country, when the fields and meadows, nay, the populous cities which we now enjoy, were wildernesses beaten only by the foot of the savage, lived an amiable pair, whose names shall be disguised under those of William and Mary. Happiness seemed to have sheltered their cot with her wing, and plenty abounded in their stores. A smiling infant, on whom the parents doted to excess, was the pledge of their mutual loves. Their prayers ascended with the beams of morning to heaven for its preservation, and the shades of the evening witnessed the fervour of their devotion. Their lives glided peacefully on, and their happiness seemed incapable of interruption. In the solemn stillness of the night, Mary was suddenly aroused from her sleep by the sound of a light step approaching the bed. She started from her slumbers, and beheld the shadowy form of an Indian, with his tomahawk extended over the head of her sleeping husband. She caught her infant to her bosom, and with a convulsive outcry made her escape. Flying from the place, she heard the voice of her husband, in the most wringing tone of anguish, exclaiming, "Save the child! Oh, save the child!" It was in vain that the neighbours flew to the assistance of her husband; the bed was covered with blood, but no trace of him was to be found. Searches were made in every part of the country to no effect; and enquiry was rendered still more unsuccessful. With an heart bleeding at every pore, Mary retired to a remote part of the country, and indulged herself in undisturbed lamentation. Her most intimate friends knew not the place of her retirement, and the common opinion was that she was dead. When the first delirium of anguish was over, she relapsed into a composed and settled state of melancholy, which spreads over the bloom of youth the deathly paleness of despair. Her only relief was to trace in the countenance of the boy the lineaments of his father. She could contemplate with a melancholy satisfaction the proficiency of the infant, and discern the father's virtues in the blossom. While he was one day prattling in the lap of his mother, a beggar entered the room, imploring charity and assistance. Mary beheld his emaciated form, his ragged vestment, and her heart was touched with compassion. She was about to administer relief, when she beheld a portrait suspended by a golden chain from his neck. It is thus, said she, that you beggars tamper with the simplicity of women. That golden chain and portrait which you now wear, was probably pilfered by you from some person who is now lamenting its loss; to you it is of no value, to them it may be of value inestimable. At the conclusion of this speech, the stranger burst into tears and exclaimed—You do me the greatest injustice; insult the rich and the powerful, they may revenge it, but spare the miseries of the poor; the heart that is bleeding under all the arrows of misfortune is still alive to the goads and stings of reproach. This, madam, is the portrait of a wife, whom I loved dearer than life. These tears, madam, attest the sincerity of my remarks. Mary examined the picture—she fainted away, and awoke to life and transport in the arms of her husband. It is almost unnecessary to mention, that William, instead of being murdered, was merely held in bondage by the Indians; that he made his escape, and had the address to preserve this picture from the search of the savages; and that this was his only consolation until he found himself in possession of the original.
CINCINNATI.
THE brethren of the Rhode-Island State Society of Cincinnati, are requested to wear the usual badge of mourning, thirty days, from Sunday the 29th instant, as a mark of respect for their late President, Doctor ISAAC SENTER, deceased.
ROBERT ROGERS, Sec'y. Newport, December 23.
From the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES. THE LAY PREACHER.
"Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes, in comparison of it, as nothing?"
IT is an occurrence not less interesting, than extraordinary, that the departure of a single man should command the unaffected and indiscriminate lamentation of five millions of people. It is an event, the like of which the world has never witnessed, that the death of an individual should so touch a whole nation, that "the joy of the heart should cease, and the dance be turned into mourning."
The mighty monarch, whose throne is surrounded by armies numerous as the locusts of summer, and restless as the blasts of pestilence, goes down to the tomb amid the execrations of oppressed subjects; or sleeps in the grave, as unheeded as when slumbering on his bed of down. The prince, whose beneficence has whitened the plains of his country, "walks the way of nature;" and his subjects "mourn in black," but "not in blood," because they fear "an Amurath succeeds." The pomp and power of royalty may cause "mourners to go about the streets," and sorrow may so "royally appear," that thousands will "put the fashion on," and yet none "wear it in the heart."
Most eminently hath the "crown fallen from our head." Most emphatically are "the tents of Cushman in affliction." "The father to his child will make known" the mournful story. The veteran, who wrought by his side "in the heat and burden of the day" of our deliverance, will know, that "for this the heart is faint," that "for these things the eyes are dim." The extensive nation, which has received liberty from the valour, and happiness from the counsel, of him who has fallen, will feel that this is "the rod of anger and the staff of indignation."
"His deeds exceed all speech." His fame is "written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond." His counsel is "graven upon the tablet of our heart." His deeds, his fame, and his counsel, will endure, 'till "the great globe itself; yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve."
The Lay Preacher of Pennsylvania.
Late Foreign Intelligence.
By the Fanny, Captain Kemp, arrived at New York, from Portsmouth.
[OFFICIAL.]
(English Account of the Battle of Zurich.)
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Downing-street, October 19, 1799.
Dispatches, of which the following are a copy and extracts, have been received from Lieutenant Colonel Ramsay and Lieutenant Colonel H. Clinton, by the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the foreign department.
Copy of a Dispatch from Lieutenant Colonel Ramsay to Lord Grenville, dated Head-quarters Shaffhausen, Sept. 30.
MY LORD, It is with extreme concern I inform your Lordship, that an attack has been made on the allied army, the result of which has been favourable to the enemy. The combined operations of the Allies, of which your Lordship is already informed, were intended to have taken place on the 26th and 27th; and six battalions of the army, commanded by Gen. Korsakof, were detached to Uznach on the 25th, for the purpose of increasing the force destined to act in that quarter. The enemy, who was no doubt apprised of this circumstance, attacked the Russian army on the 25th, at a very early hour in the morning: a brisk attack of musketry was heard on our left, in the neighbourhood of Walishofen, accompanied by a cannonade on our right, which appeared to proceed from the neighbourhood of Baden. The attack on our left was intended merely for the purpose of drawing the attention from the true point; and the enemy passed the Limmat in great force, in the neighbourhood of Weinengen, between Zurich and Baden. By this manœuvre they broke the line in that quarter, cut off from the army the eight battalions under the command of generals Markof and Duralot, who were posted between Weinengen and the Rhine; and, after leaving a corps for the purpose of observing and attacking them, they ascended the Limmat towards Zurich. A regiment of dragoons being, in consequence of the detachments that had been sent away, and the troops that had been drawn to the left, the only force remaining in the part where the passage was effected, the enemy advanced and arrived in the neighbourhood of Zurich before they experienced any resistance of consequence; the plain in front of Zurich, between the Limmat and the heights, which running parallel to the Limmat, form a continuation of the Alps to the N. W. being occupied at the same time by a line of their infantry and cavalry, who with a very numerous train of artillery attacked with great vigour the troops in front of Zurich, and prevented their detaching to their right, the point on which the great efforts of the enemy were directed. At a late hour in the forenoon some reinforcements arrived on this side of the Limmat, but the
enemy were already masters of some of the principal heights which command the town; and notwithstanding the bravery displayed by the Russians in their repeated attacks, the superiority in point of force and position on the side of the French, rendered it impossible for them to regain that which had been lost. At sunset the French had made themselves masters of part of the Zurich Berg, and nearly surrounded the town. The attack on the position of General Hotze had terminated rather in favour of the Austrians; but Gen. Hotze was unfortunately killed at the commencement of the action, and Gen. Korsakof, who succeeded to the command of the army, having resolved, in consequence of the loss he had sustained, to avoid the attack which he expected the next morning, retreated in the night from Uznach. The situation of the Russian army was thus rendered still more critical, and it became absolutely necessary to abandon Zurich, and the position in that neighbourhood without delay. On the 26th, in the morning, the retreat took place, and the whole arrived in the course of that night in the neighbourhood of Eglisau and Schaffhausen, without experiencing any loss of consequence during their march. We have to regret the loss of between two and three thousand men killed, wounded and missing; and ten pieces of cannon have, with a part of the baggage, fallen into the hands of the enemy. A nearly equal number of French cannon were taken by the Russians, but the want of horses, which prevented them from taking away their own, was the cause of their being also obliged to leave these. The army under the command of Gen. Korsakof is at present posted with its right to Eglisau, and its left to the Lake of Constance.—By a letter just arrived from Field-Marshal Suwarrows, it appears that he has taken the Mount St. Gothard, and is at present advancing towards Altdorf Schwenz.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) JOHN RAMSAY.
Extract of a Dispatch from Lieutenant Colonel Ramsay, to Lord Grenville, dated Head-quarters, Schaffhausen, September 30.
Your lordship has already, no doubt, received accounts, through France, of the calamities which have befallen us in this country, in which our losses have most probably been exaggerated to a great degree. Aware of this, I would if possible have sent your Lordship an earlier account; but it was impossible for me to give a correct statement of the real state of things, which was much worse to appearance when the army first arrived here than at present.
Gen. Petrasch has retreated from the different positions between Uznach and Ruemach, where it is supposed he has already secured the Rhine, and this part of Switzerland may be considered as evacuated for the present; it is the more unfortunate, as the successes of Field Marshal Suwarrows would have rendered the success of the projected operation most certain, if we had fortunately been able to retain our position. At present the Field Marshal's situation will be rendered very critical, if timely notice has not been received by him of the retreat of the armies. I am sorry to inform your Lordship, that from the reports I have received, there is reason to apprehend that the Swiss regiments of Bachman and Rovore have suffered considerably. I have as yet had no exact accounts, and I will defer therefore making any report to your Lordship till another opportunity occurs, as I am in hopes their loss has been occasioned by dispersion, in which case it will probably every day diminish.
Extract of a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Henry Clinton, to Lord Grenville, dated Bellenzona, September 16, 1799.
Having been directed by Lord Mullengrave to attend Field Marshal Suwarrows on his march to Switzerland, and transmit to your Lordship accounts of the proceedings of this army, I have the honour to inform you, that it reached Tavenne, about ten miles short of this place, yesterday evening; having performed in 5 days a distance of 116 English miles. It was the Field Marshal's intention to have recovered, by the length of his marches, the 3 days lost by the false alarm for the safety of Tortona; but the assemblage of mules which was ordered to be made at this place not being completed, and the impossibility of carriages proceeding any further in the mountains, obliged him to halt for one day.
SIXTH Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, December 18.
MR. Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing an estimate of the appropriations necessary to be made for the service of the year 1800—and a statement of the expenditures from the 1st of November, 1798, to the 1st of November, 1799. The bill entitled "An act supplementary to the act entitled an act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves, within the United States," was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Speaker said, he had received a letter, addressed to him, in the French language (of which he had procured a translation) from six French officers, confined in jail at Burlington, in the state of New-Jersey, which was read and referred to the Secretary of the Navy.
The letter stated that they had been in imprisonment six months; that their usage was contrary to that of enemy's officers in the power of the French Republic, who allowed them to depart either for their own or a neutral country; and that American officers were not detained in France as prisoners of war—Wherefore they pray to be allowed to depart for their own or for a neutral country.
Mr. Holmes presented a petition of a number of the inhabitants of Augusta and Ann-Arundel counties, Virginia, which was read and referred to the committee on post-offices and post-roads.
On motion of Mr. Elmendorf, the petitions of sundry inhabitants of the town of Woodstock, in the county of Ulster, and of the town of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess, state of New-York, presented at the last session, and undecided upon, were referred to the committee on post-offices and post-roads.
Mr. Marshall, in a voice that bespoke the anguish of his mind, and a countenance expressive of the deepest regret, rose, and delivered himself as follows:
MR. SPEAKER,
Information has just been received, that our illustrious fellow-citizen, the COMMANDER IN CHIEF of the AMERICAN ARMY, and the late President of the United States, is no more.
Though this distressing intelligence is not certain, there is too much reason to believe its truth. After receiving information of this national calamity, so heavy and so afflictive, the House of Representatives can be but ill fitted for public business. I move you, therefore, they adjourn.
The motion was unanimously agreed to; and then the House adjourned till to-morrow morning, 11 o'clock.
THURSDAY, December 19.
Mr. Marshall addressed the Chair as follows:
MR. SPEAKER,
The melancholy event which was yesterday announced with doubt, has been rendered but too certain. Our WASHINGTON is no more! The hero, the sage, and the patriot of America; the man on whom in times of danger every eye was turned, and all hopes were placed, lives now only in his own great actions, and in the hearts of an affectionate and afflicted people.
If, Sir, it had even not been usual openly to testify respect for the memory of those whom Heaven had selected as its instruments for dispensing good to man, yet such has been the uncommon worth, and such the extraordinary incidents which have marked the life of him whose loss we all deplore, that the whole American nation, impelled by the same feelings, would call with one voice for a public manifestation of that sorrow which is so deep and so universal.
More than any other individual, and as much as to one individual was possible, has he contributed to found this our wide spreading empire, and to give to the western world its independence and its freedom.
Having effected the great object for which he was placed at the head of our armies, we have seen him converting the sword into the ploughshare, and voluntarily sinking the soldier in the citizen.
When the debility of our federal system had become manifest, and the bonds which connected the parts of this vast continent were dissolving, we have seen him the chief of those patriots who formed for us a constitution, which, by preserving the union, will, I trust, substantiate and perpetuate those blessings our revolution had promised to bestow.
In obedience to the general voice of his country, calling on him to preside over a great people, we have seen him once more quit the retirement he loved, and in a season more stormy and tempestuous than war itself, with calm and wise determination, pursue the true interests of the nation, and contribute, more than any other could contribute, to the establishment of that system of policy, which will, I trust, yet preserve our peace, our honour and our independence.
Having been twice unanimously chosen the Chief Magistrate of a free people, we see him, at a time when his re-election with the universal suffrage could not have been doubted, affording to the world a rare instance of moderation, by withdrawing from his high station, to the peaceful walks of private life.
However the public confidence may change, and the public affections fluctuate with respect to others, yet with respect to him, they have, in war and in peace, in public and in private life, been as steady as his own firm mind, and as constant as his own exalted virtues.
Let us, then, Mr. Speaker, pay the last tribute of respect and affection to our departed friend;

let the grand council of the nation display those sentiments which the nation feels.
For this purpose I hold in my hand some resolutions, which I take the liberty to offer to the House.
Mr. Marshall having handed them in at the table, they were read, and unanimously agreed to by the House, in the words following, to wit:
Resolved , That this House will wait on the President of the United States, in condolence of this mournful event.
Resolved , That the Speaker's chair be shrouded with black, and that the members and officers of the House wear black during the session.
Resolved , That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honour to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
Resolved , That this House, when it adjourns, do adjourn to Monday.
Messrs. Marshall and Smith were appointed a committee to wait on the President, to know at what time he would be ready to receive the House, to express their condolence on the melancholy event: and having returned, reported, that the President had appointed one o'clock for that purpose.
A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Shaw, his Secretary, and read, in the words following, to wit:
Gentlemen of the Senate, and
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
The letter herewith transmitted will inform you, that it has pleased Divine Providence to remove from this life our excellent fellow-citizen, GEORGE WASHINGTON, by the purity of his character, and a long series of services to his country, rendered illustrious through the world. It remains for an affectionate and grateful people, in whose hearts he can never die, to pay suitable honour to his memory.
JOHN ADAMS.
Mount-Vernon, Dec. 15, 1799.
SIR,
IT is with inexpressible grief, that I have to announce to you the death of the great and good General Washington. He died last evening, between 10 and 11 o'clock, after a short illness of about twenty-four hours. His disorder was an inflammatory sore throat, which proceeded from a cold, of which he made but little complaint on Friday. On Saturday morning about 3 o'clock he became ill. Dr. Craick attended him in the morning, and Dr. Dick, of Alexandria, and Dr. Brown, of Port-Tobacco, were soon after called in. Every medical assistance was offered, but without the desired effect. His last scene corresponded with the whole tenor of his life. Not a groan nor a complaint escaped him, though in extreme distress. With perfect resignation, and a full possession of his reason, he closed his well spent life, I have the honour to be, &c.
TOBIAS LEAR.
The President of the United States.
On motion of Mr. Otis, the message of the President, and letter accompanying it, were referred to the joint committee appointed this day, in pursuance of the third resolution moved by Mr. Marshall.
The hour having arrived which the President had appointed, the House proceeded to wait on him; and having returned, Mr. Speaker read the following address of the House, and the President's reply thereto:
SIR,
The House of Representatives, penetrated with a sense of the irreparable loss sustained by the nation, by the death of that great and good man, the illustrious and beloved WASHINGTON, wait on you, Sir, to express their condolence on this melancholy and distressing event.
To which the President made the following Reply: Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
I receive with great respect and affection the condolence of the House of Representatives, on the melancholy and affliction event, in the death of the most illustrious and beloved personage, which this country ever produced. I sympathize with you, with the nation, and with good men through the world, in this irreparable loss, sustained by us all.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States, Dec. 19, 1799.
A message from the Senate announced their concurrence to the resolution appointing a joint committee, passed this day, and that seven members were appointed on their part.
Sixteen were appointed on the part of this House.
And then the House adjourned till Monday morning, 11 o'clock.
MONDAY, December 23.
Three other members, to wit: Mr. Dennis, from Maryland; Mr. Davis, from Kentucky; and Mr. R. Williams, from N. Carolina, appeared this day, were qualified, and took their seats.
Mr. Marshall, from the joint committee appointed to report what testimony of respect ought to be paid to the memory of the Man first in War, first in Peace, and first in the Hearts of his Countrymen, made a report in part , which he delivered in at the table, where it was twice read, and unanimously agreed to in the words following, to wit:
Resolved , By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a Marble Monument be erected by the United States, in the Capitol, in the city of Washington, and that the family of General Washington be requested to permit his body to be deposited under it; and that the monument be so designed as to commemorate the great events of his military and political life.
And be it further resolved , That there be a funeral procession from Congress Hall to the German Lutheran Church, in Honour of the Memory of Gen. George Washington, on Thursday the 26th inst. and that an Oration be prepared, at the request of Congress, to be delivered before both Houses on that day, and that the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be desired to request one of the members of Congress to prepare and deliver the same.
And be it further resolved , That it be recommended to the people of the United States to wear crape on the left arm, as mourning, for thirty days.
And be it further resolved , That the President of the United States be requested to direct a copy of these resolutions to be transmitted to Mrs. Washington, assuring her of the profound respect Congress will ever bear to her person and character: of their condolence on the late affliction dispensation of Providence; and entreating her assent to the interment of the remains of General George Washington, in the manner expressed in the first resolution.
And be it further resolved , That the President of the United States be requested to issue a Proclamation, notifying to the people throughout the United States, the recommendation contained in the third Resolution.
Mr. Otis, from the select committee to whom were referred the bill from the Senate, for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt, reported the bill with sundry amendments, which were committed to a committee of the whole House, for Friday.
Mr. Rutledge presented a petition of Nicholas I. Roosevelt, on behalf of himself and associates, praying for an act of incorporation for the purpose of continuing and facilitating the works of Schuyler's Copper Mine, in New-Jersey; and that the company may enjoy the exclusive privilege of working all Copper Mines within the United States—which was read and referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
The House then adjourned till to-morrow 11 o'clock.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
By an Arrival at Baltimore.
LONDON, October 21.
AT a late hour last night, Paris papers were received, in a regular series, to the 19th inst. the contents of which we have not time to detail, and can only say in general, that they confirm the former accounts, stated in several papers of the 8th, that SUWARROW had been defeated, with the loss of 10,000 prisoners, and 2000 wounded. The number of slain is not ascertained.—He is said to have retreated, with the remainder of his army, into the Grison country.
A rumour was also prevalent, that the Archduke CHARLES had been defeated with considerable loss.
We have already mentioned that the King of Naples had granted the title of Duke of Brontii to Lord Nelson, with an estate of the value of 3000. a year, in reward for the services he had performed. His Majesty likewise presented him with a sword, superbly ornamented with brilliants, of the value of 60000 ducats, and her Majesty the Queen was pleased to present her portrait, magnificently set in diamonds, and other precious stones, to the Lady of the British Ambassador, with a medalion, on which is inscribed, "Friendship, Gratitude, and Remembrance."
A military man writes from Alexandria to his friend in Paris, that Sir Sidney Smith was nearly taken prisoner by some French dragoons, and only saved himself by flight.
October 22.
During the few minutes that Suwarrow remained at Alton, he received the curate's benediction, and then bestowed it himself on the people. He harangued the citizens, inviting them to take arms for their religion. He stiled himself the deliverer of Switzerland, and kept shaking, during his address, a kind of lash which he held in his hand, emblematical of the liberty he intended them. However persuasive his eloquence might prove, no one took arms.
Evacuation of Holland.
LONDON, OCT. 24.
No further advices from the Duke of York have been received since our last: but as Col. Brownrigg reached the Helder on Saturday last, with the final instructions of government, it is probable a great part of our troops have ere this embarked, on their return to England. Some of the Dutch Loyalists are arrived. Six hundred of them were brought over in the Alkmaar man of war, which arrived at Deal on Tuesday, where three other ships, full of people of the same description, were hourly expected, having failed from the Texel immediately after the Alkmaar.—The Convention, by virtue of which the Anglo-Russian army is to evacuate Holland, was signed on the 18th inst. and is to continue in force for six weeks from that date—a circumstance which has given rise to a supposition that the treaty embraces more subjects than have yet been expressed. If it bears relation merely to the evacuation of the country by our troops, and a general exchange of prisoners, the business might be done in as many days as there are allowed weeks to accomplish it. The probability therefore is, that there are involved in the armistice some subjects, the nature of which may require a considerable time to adjust; but upon this topic we shall for the present decline any speculation, under the hope, that a day or two will put us in possession of the fact. All that is at present known for certain is, that we have agreed to evacuate Holland, without injuring either the arsenal or New Diep works; that all the enemy's guns are to be restored; that the
Helder is to be left in the same condition in which we found it; and that the prisoners are reciprocally to be given up. It is understood that we are also to deliver up 8 or 10,000 of the French prisoners now in England; but respecting this point we have as yet received no satisfactory information. Upon the whole, if we waive the consideration of the humiliated situation in which the event of the expedition has unfortunately placed us, we shall find but little cause 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 principles of humanity; and the laudable determination of saving our brave countrymen, by negotiation, from the destruction which otherwise seemed to await them, must be considered as paramount to every other feeling, whether of mistaken honour or national pride.
Domestic Articles.
BALTIMORE, December 23.
Capt. Chase, who came passenger in the ship Perseverance, informs, that on the 28th of October spoke the ship Union, Porter, of Baltimore, from Hamburg to Surinam; left Hamburg on the 20th. Capt. Porter informed, that the day before he failed, official accounts were received and read to the populace, that the Duke of York had been severely and completely beaten, that all the Anglo-Russians in his army had laid down their arms, and surrendered themselves prisoners of war. Capt. Porter did not learn whether the Duke himself was taken prisoner, but gave Capt. C. positive assurances that the above information was correct.
PHILADELPHIA, December 24.
[OFFICIAL.]
Capt. Murray writes, from the West-Indies, that he has, at the moment of dispatching his letter, re-captured an English brig of 14 guns, which had been captured the day before by a French privateer.—That the Adams was in sight, chasing a French schooner, and gaining fast upon her.
NEWPORT, December 24.
Last Friday morning, at 9 o'clock, departed this life, after a long and painful indisposition, which he bore with great firmness and resignation, Doctor ISAAC SENTER, in the 46th year of his age.
As a man and citizen, his claim to respect and admiration will be allowed by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.
In his profession, his distinguished talents, joined to an acute penetration, found judgment, and prompt decision, in very extensive practice, have long been the theme of universal approbation.—Indefatigable in doing good, his attentions were not confined to any particular class of his fellow-citizens; and where the healing art required the aid of benevolence, he was always ready to afford relief.—As a husband and father, his tenderness and affection are highly worthy of imitation; and as a friend and companion, he was excelled by none.—The town of Newport and its vicinity, while they mourn so irreparable a loss, can only console themselves by a recollection of his virtues.
Providence, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1.
TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, TO THE MEMORY OF WASHINGTON!
PHILADELPHIA, December 20.
ON SATURDAY, THE 14th INSTANT, DIED SUDDENLY, At his seat in Virginia, General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of America; MATURE IN YEARS, COVERED WITH GLORY, AND RICH IN THE AFFECTIONS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
When men of common character are swept from the theatre of life, they die without the tribute of public notice or concern, as they had lived without a claim to public esteem. When personages of more exalted worth are summoned from the scenes of sublunary existence, their death calls forth a burst of general regret, and invigorates the flame of public gratitude. In obedience to the wishes and to the voice of their country, the orator, the poet and the historian, combine to do justice to the virtues of their character, while the labours of the painter, the sculptor, and the statuary, in perpetuating their likenesses, do homage to their memory.
But when, in compliance with heaven's high mandate, the HERO OF THE AGE lies numbered with the dead—when the revered sage, the august statesman, the father of his country, has resigned his breath—when the Idol of an Empire, the envy and admiration of distant nations, and the brightest ornament of human nature—when WASHINGTON is NO MORE, let a sense of the general loss be testified by the badges of a general mourning: but let not the voice of eulogy be heard, lest the weakness of talents, and the deficiency of language, do injustice to the lustre and fame of the deceased.
From Vernon's Mount behold the HERO rise! Resplendent forms attend him through the skies! The shades of war-worn veterans round him throng, And lead, enrapt, their honour'd Chief along! A laurel wreath th' immortal WARREN bears, An arch triumphal MERCER's hand prepares; Young LAURENS, erst th' avenging bolt of war, With port majestic guides the glittering car; MONTGOMERY's godlike form directs the way, And GREENE unfolds the gates of endless day! While angels, "trumpet-tongued," proclaim through air, "Due honours for the First of Men prepare."
December 21.
Major General Hamilton has received, through the Secretary of War, the following order from the President of the United States:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
The President, with deep regret, announces to the army, the death of its beloved Chief, General George Washington. Sharing in the grief which every heart must feel for so heavy and affliction a public loss, and desirous to express his high sense of the vast debt of gratitude which is due to the virtues, talents, and ever memorable services of the illustrious deceased, he directs that funeral honours be paid to him at all the military stations; and that the officers of the army, and of the several corps of volunteers, wear crape on the left arm, by way of mourning, for six months. Major General Hamilton will give the necessary orders for carrying into effect the foregoing directions.
The impressive terms in which this great national calamity is announced by the President, could receive no new force from any thing that might be added. The voice of praise would in vain endeavour to exalt a character, unrivalled on the list of true glory. Words would in vain attempt to give utterance to that profound and reverential grief, which will penetrate every American bosom, and engage the sympathy of an admiring world. If the sad privilege of preeminence in sorrow may justly be claimed by the companions in arms of our lamented chief, their affections will spontaneously perform the dear, though painful duty. 'Tis only for me to mingle my tears with those of my fellow-soldiers, cherishing with them the precious recollection, that while others are paying a merited tribute to "THE MAN OF THE AGE," we in particular, allied as we were to him by a chosen tie, are called to mourn the irreparable loss of a kind and venerable patron and father!
In obedience to the directions of the President, the following funeral honours will be paid at the several stations of the army.
At day break sixteen guns will be fired in quick succession, and one gun at the distance of each half hour till sunset.
During the procession of the troops to the place representing that of the interment, and until the conclusion of the ceremonial, minute guns will be fired.
The bier will be received by the troops formed in line, presenting their arms, and the officers, drums and colours, saluting; after this the procession will begin; the troops marching by platoons in inverted order, and with arms reversed, to the place of interment; the drums muffled, and the music playing a dead march.
The bier, carried by four serjeants and attended by six pall bearers, where there is cavalry, will be preceded by the cavalry, and will be followed by the troops on foot. Where there is no cavalry, a detachment of infantry will precede the bier, which itself will in every case be preceded by such of the clergy as may be present. The officers of the general staff will immediately succeed the bier.
Where a numerous body of citizens shall be united with the military in the procession, the whole of the troops will precede the bier, which will then be followed by the citizens.
When arrived near the place of interment, the procession will halt. The troops in front of the bier will form in line, and opening their ranks, will face inwards, to admit the passage of the bier, which will then pass through the ranks, the troops leaning on their arms reversed, while the bier passes. When the bier shall have passed, the troops will resume their position in line, and reversing their arms, will remain leaning upon them until the ceremonial shall be closed.
The music will now perform a solemn air, after which the introductory part of this order will be read.
At the end of this a detachment of infantry appointed for the purpose will advance and fire three volleys over the bier. The troops will then return; the music playing the President's march, the drums previously unmuffled.
The uniform companies of militia are invited to join in arms the volunteer corps.
The commanders at particular stations, conforming generally to this plan, will make such exceptions as will accommodate it to situation. At places where processions of unnamed citizens shall take place, it is the wish of the Major-General that the military ceremonial should be united. And the particular commanders at those places are authorized to vary the plan, so as to adapt it to circumstances.
Brigadier-General Macpherson is charged to superintend the ceremonial in the city of Philadelphia. Major Toussard will attend to Fort Mifflin, and will co-operate with him.
The day of performing the ceremonial at each station is left to the particular commander.
Major-General Pineckney will make such further arrangements within his district as he shall deem expedient.
PHILIP CHURCH, Aid-de-Camp.
In consequence of the affliction intelligence of the death of General WASHINGTON, Mrs. Adams' drawing-room is deferred to Friday the 27th; when the ladies are respectfully requested to wear white, trimmed with black ribbon, black gloves and fans, as a token of respect to the memory of the late President of the United States:—The ladies of the officers of the general government will please to wear black.
December 25.
Yesterday, in the House of Representatives, the Speaker informed the House, that in conformity to the second resolution passed on Wednesday, Major-General Lee had been appointed by the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to prepare and deliver the Oration in honour of our late illustrious Commander in Chief, on Thursday next, which appointment he had been pleased to accept.

A message was received from the President of the United States, notifying the House that he had agreed to the resolutions passed on Monday, in honour to the memory of Lieutenant General Washington, and deposited them among the rolls and records of the United States.
From the BALTIMORE TELEGRAPHER.
I AM not about to exhibit the character of GEORGE WASHINGTON, in the manner in which Maro and Horace flatter the vanity of imperial Cæsar:
I bid not the constellations of heaven to contract their forms, that he, as a star of the first magnitude, may blaze in the firmament, and command the admiration of mortals. Such sentiments our hearts would justly despise; such language our hero would have trampled beneath his feet. But for the ingenuity and elegance with which such ideas are, by the masters of Roman poetry, conveyed, they had ages ago perished in the flames. But while flattery is banished to the shades, honest truth may raise its awful, its immortal column. Many of us, from our cradles, have been taught to love the name of Him whom heaven ordained to lead the States of America to liberty, to happiness, to immortal fame; nor, as years increase, can we better gratify our feelings, than by appearing as friends of a man so amiable, a general so martial, a politician so firm and intelligent. In domestic life kind and faithful, in the circles of friendship communicative and engaging, in the midst of councils wise and decisive, "in peace the gale of spring, in war the mountain storm," his valour, his integrity, his experience, and his amiable qualities, determined America to select him as her general, when about to crush foreign tyranny, and to assert her independence. With vigour he executed what with diffidence he undertook. Master of the passions of his own bosom, he was prepared to make victorious Americans masters of the immunities which bountiful heaven bid the oppressed enjoy. With troops disciplined with wisdom, and armed with conscious justice, he travelled to inextinguishable glory.
May thy successor possess thy excellencies, and thy renown. In the field of battle, and in the councils of peace, may happy America never want a WASHINGTON.
"So near perfection, that he stood Upon the bound'ry line Of infinite from finite good, Of human from divine."
From the CENTINEL.
Mr. RUSSELL,
At a time like the present, when every lover of his country wishes to pay respect to the memory of that great and good man, GEORGE WASHINGTON, the opinion of one of the ablest statesmen in Europe (the Hon. Charles J. Fox) respecting him, as delivered in the British House of Commons, in the year 1794, may be pleasing to some of your readers. A. C.
"ILLUSTRIOUS MAN! deriving honour less from the splendour of his situation, than from the dignity of his mind—before whom all borrowed greatness sinks into insignificance!—I cannot, indeed (added Mr. Fox) help admiring the wisdom and the fortune of this Great Man;—not that by the phrase fortune I mean to derogate from his merit; but notwithstanding his extraordinary talents and exalted integrity, it must be considered as singularly fortunate, that he should have experienced a lot which so seldom falls to the portion of humanity; and have passed through such a variety of scenes, without stain, and without reproach. It must indeed create astonishment, that placed in circumstances so critical, and filling for a series of time a station so conspicuous, his character should never once have been called in question;—that he should in no one instance have been accused either of improper intolence, or of mean submission, in his transactions with foreign nations. It has been reserved for him to run the race of glory, without experiencing the smallest interruption to the brilliancy of his career. The breath of censure has not dared to impeach the purity of his conduct; nor the eye of envy to raise its malignant glance to the elevation of his virtues. Such has been the transcendant merit and the unparalleled fate of this Illustrious Man."
From J. Russell's Commercial Gazette.
Mr. RUSSELL,
YOU are requested to publish the following, as a specimen of the lively share which Harvard University takes in the public feelings excited by the death of GENERAL WASHINGTON. It is a hasty tribute of respect to the deceased, incorporated with a discourse on the natural proofs of a future state, delivered to the Students by their theological professor, on the 24th instant. The strong marks of respect for the memory, and of grief for the loss of our common Father, with which this appendix was heard, and the wish expressed for its publication, shew that it is but a faint representation of the feelings of that society on this interesting occasion.
I CANNOT take leave of this subject, without adding, that the foregoing proofs of a future state receive an affecting illustration from the life and death of that GREAT and GOOD MAN, whom America, yea, the world, has delighted to honour. When we view his excellent character in his personal, domestic and public capacities; especially his uncommon services and anxieties as our military and political head; can we believe that death has reduced him to a level with a Nero, a Caligula, a Robespierre, and other execrable monsters of ancient and modern times? can we think that a spirit so noble and virtuous as his, is suddenly and forever extinguished by its wife and bene-
volent creator; that a soul so eminently devoted, and so singularly useful to God's rational family, is lost in the same gulph of annihilation and oblivion with those, who were the refuse and the plagues of mankind? Shall not that disinterested philanthropy, which generously sacrificed private ease and emolument in this world, find rest and recompense in a future? Will not our righteous and beneficent Judge award to this his favourite minister, in some happier state, a lot suitably adjusted to his virtues and labours in the present? Do not the reason and moral sense, the gratitude and admiration of millions, claim for this their beloved benefactor and father, a blessed and glorious immortality? Yea, do not the ingratitude and calumny which were aimed at his reputation and feelings, by human weakness or malignity, seem to require his public vindication and reward, from a future, more equal, and important tribunal?
Blessed be God, that the divine religion which our departed Hero professed and exemplified, confirms and enlarges those wishes and hopes, which our feeble reason, gratitude and friendship, suggest. With the eye of christian faith, we behold him ascending from his beloved Vernon to the Heavenly Zion, and there participating in the society and enjoyments of those enlightened and benevolent spirits, who, like him, have blessed their countries, and adorned the history of mankind.
While, therefore, we deeply lament the wide, and perhaps irreparable breach, which his death has opened in our country; while every true American weeps over him in the language of David over Saul and Jonathan,—"The beauty of our Israel is fled; how is the mighty fallen! Tell it not in modern Gath; publish it not in the streets of Paris; lest the sons and daughters of Philistia triumph;" while we thus mourn our common loss, let praise and exultation mingle with our tears, and the recollection of the useful and glorious life, and in the assurance of the present distinguished reward of our great deceased patriot. Let us praise God for the eminent honour which such a character has reflected upon his country, upon human nature, upon the military, the political, and the christian professions. Let us offer our fervent thanks for the long series of important benefits which America, for nearly 40 years, has derived from this her chosen son; especially for his conspicuous agency in accomplishing our glorious revolution, in establishing our national sovereignty, in forming and successfully administering our excellent federal constitution, in protecting our public honour and peace, both by the prudence and firmness of his political measures, and by his magnanimous acceptance and execution of that high military command, which closed the career of his life. Let us ever cherish in our own bosoms, and carefully transmit to posterity, the grateful remembrance and studious imitation of his private and public virtues. Though his bodily presence be now withdrawn from us; though you can no longer celebrate him with patriotic toasts and illuminations, yet be ambitious to honour him still, and to perpetuate his salutary influence, by catching and propagating his excellent spirit; by copying, in some good measure, his integrity and patriotism, his diligence and economy, his compassion and disinterestedness, his modesty and piety. In a word, let the sudden death of this illustrious person, teach us all the vanity of human life and greatness, of earthly dependencies and prospects. If high station, exalted virtue, unrivalled popularity and glory, cannot ensure the life, or perpetuate the usefulness and happiness of their possessor; how vain is it for common mortals to expect solid felicity here! How strongly does the event before us enforce the admonitions of scripture—"Set your affections on things above, not on things in the earth; put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help; for his breath goeth forth; he returneth to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." Since the Providence of God concurs with the subject of this discourse, in teaching us that we are mortal and immortal beings; let us, by the aid of divine grace, call off our hearts and pursuits from the fleeting shadows of time, and consecrate them to the momentous realities of eternity; and thus be ripening for the future company, employment and bliss, of all the wise and good in the kingdom of Heaven.
GEORGE-TOWN, December 20. On Wednesday last, the mortal part of WASHINGTON THE GREAT—the father of his country and the friend of man, was consigned to the tomb, with solemn honours and funeral pomp.
A multitude of persons assembled, from many miles around, at Mount-Vernon, the chosen abode and last residence of the illustrious chief. There were the groves, the spacious avenues, the beautiful and sublime scenes, the noble mansion—but, alas! the august inhabitant was now no more! That great soul was gone. His mortal part was there indeed; but ah! how affecting! how awful the spectacle of such worth and greatness, thus, to mortal eyes, fallen!—Yes! fallen! fallen!
In the long and lofty Portico, where oft the hero walked in all his glory, now lay the shrouded corpse. The countenance still composed and serene, seemed to express the dignity of the spirit, which lately dwelt in that lifeless form. There those who paid the last sad honours to the benefactor of his country, took an impressive—a farewell view.
On the ornament, at the head of the coffin, was inscribed SURE AND JUDICIUM—about the middle of the coffin, GLORIA DEO—and on the silver plate,
GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, Departed this life, on the 14th Dec. 1799. Aæ. 68.
Between three and four o'clock, the sound of artillery from a vessel in the river, firing minute guns, awoke afresh our solemn sorrow—the corpse was moved—a band of music with mournful melody melted the soul into all the tenderness of woe.
The procession was formed and moved on in the following order:
  Cavalry,  With arms reversed.     Infantry,     Guard,     Music,     Clergy,     The General's horse, with his saddle, holsters and pistols.     Cols.  CORPSE.  Cols.    Simms,  Gilpin,    Ramsey,  Markell,    Payne.  Little.    Mourners,     Masonic Brethren,     Citizens.   
When the procession had arrived at the bottom of the elevated lawn, on the banks of the Potomack, where the family vault is placed, the cavalry halted, the infantry marched towards the mount, and formed their lines—the clergy, the masonic brothers, and the citizens, descended to the vault, and the funeral service of the church was performed. The firing was repeated from the vessel in the river, and the sounds echoed from the woods and hills around.
Three general discharges by the infantry, the cavalry, and 11 pieces of artillery, which lined the banks of the Potomack back of the vault, paid the last tribute to the entombed Command-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States, and to the venerable departed Hero.
The sun was now setting. Alas! the sun of glory was set forever. No, the name of WASHINGTON—the American President and General—will triumph over death—the unclouded brightness of his glory will illuminate future ages.
The different churches in this town were on Sunday last hung with the insignia of mourning, as a testimony of respect to the memory of the departed WASHINGTON. Other arrangements, we learn, are making, for paying every proper mark of esteem and veneration to the shade of this great man.
The President of the United States has directed, "that the vessels of the navy, in our own and foreign ports, be put in mourning for one week, by wearing their colours half-mast high; and that the officers of the navy, and of the marines, wear crape on the left arm, below the elbow, for six months."
The important command of the Army devolves on General Hamilton, who is at present in Philadelphia.
The Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, have resolved to wear crape on the left arm, in honour to the memory of General WASHINGTON.
The Legislature of Maryland, now in session, have resolved, that the governor and members of each House of the Assembly do wear mourning during the sitting, as an external mark of their unfeigned grief, on the irreparable loss of the ILLUSTRIOUS WASHINGTON.
On Friday last the anniversary festival of St. John the Evangelist was celebrated here by St. John's Lodge. The brethren dined together at Mr. Ammidon's inn, and throughout the day conducted with a seriousness of deportment highly evincive of the deep regret they felt for the loss which their country and mankind have sustained in the death of the great WASHINGTON. The initials G. W. were handsomely displayed, decorated with the emblems of the order, and this motto annexed—"Whose lot is Paradise."
Capt. Norman, arrived at Baltimore, in 57 days from London, informs, that the Lutine frigate, on her passage to Hamburgh, with money for the relief of the Hamburgh merchants, was cast away on the coast of Holland, and every soul but seven perished. Spoke the Union, of Baltimore, captain Porter, in the British Channel, who informed that the Duke of York had offered to the Gallo-Batavians to evacuate Holland with his army, and as an exchange, to send over 3000 French prisoners from England. The Russians, he further said, shewed great treachery in the last engagement; two regiments having grounded their arms.
Arrived at Newport the ship Hope, from Batavia. Sailed from thence the last of August. Francis Malbone, Esq. who went out supercargo, has returned in good health. The ship Russell, of Newport, mounting 12 guns, was captured within about 50 miles of Batavia, while at anchor, by a French picaroon of two guns and 25 men; being the same vessel which took the Au-
rora, of Philadelphia. While the men of the Russell were engaged in handing the sails, the privateer, apparently coming to anchor, dropped along side, and made prize of the ship!
By order of the Most Worshipful PAUL CLARKE, Grand-Master of the State of Rhode-Island.
ALL brethren, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, are required to wear a black scarf on the left arm, for nine days, as a token of regret for the loss of our late illustrious brother GEORGE WASHINGTON. By Order, JOHN HANDY, Grand Sec'y.
The communication from the General Treasurer, in answer to the Queries of "The Hermit," in the last Journal, was handed too late for this day's paper. It shall be inserted in our next.
Married.
By the Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, Mr. JONATHAN P. HITCHCOCK, to the amiable Miss ELIZA DONNISON, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Donnison.
Died.
On the 10th ult. at Bushfield, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, CORBIN WASHINGTON, Esq. of Fairfax county, who was the only surviving brother of Judge Washington, and nephew of the late ILLUSTRIOUS PATRIOT OF MOUNT VERNON.
Marshall's Sales OF INDIA GOODS.
By virtue of an order of the honourable the District Court of the United States, for the New-York district, to me directed and delivered, I will, on Wednesday the 8th day of January next, at ten o'clock in the morning, at the store of Isaac Moses and Sons, No. 111, Greenwich-street, commence the sale of the following Goods, imported in the ship America, from Calcutta, viz:
 236 bales of piece Goods  600 bales of Bombay Cotton  1488 bags of Sugar, first quality. 
The sales to continue daily until the whole are sold. And, on Monday the 13th of January, at 12 o'clock, at the Tontine Coffee-House, that very valuable and faithful built
SHIP THE AMELIA, as she came from India—about five years old, near four hundred tons burthen, coppered up to the bends, mounting fourteen carriage guns; well found in every respect, and may at a small expence be fitted for another voyage to India. She was built in this city—her inventory may be seen at this office. A. GILES, Marshal.
Marshal's Office, New-York, Dec. 20.
ELISHA DYER,
Has this day received A further supply of Fresh Winter GOOD S,
Part of which are— SUPERFINE, common, and low priced BROADCLOTHS, Cassimeres, Swandown and Marcellus Vesting, Flannels, Baizes, Hosiery, milled Mitts, Caps and Gloves; Polish Caps, Furred Gloves, India Cottons, Muslins, Muslinets, Dimities, Marcellus Quilting, Shawls, Handkerchiefs, Modes, Sattins, elegant Plumes; Crapes, Gauzes, nice and common Edgings, Ladies best kid and Morocco Slippers, extra long white, silk and kid Gloves; white fancy Crape, Bugles, Ladies Hats, Bonnets, Bands, and one box of artificial Flowers and Wreaths; Russia, Irish and Canton Sheetings; Linens, Checks and Osnaburgs; one trunk of white Cotton Hosiery; carbide'd and walnut-fram'd Looking-Glasses.
Also on hand,
 A few pipes of excellent Brandy  Good retailing Molasses, per hoghead  A few barrels of the first quality of brown Sugar  Prime Beef and Pork  Tar, Pitch and Rosin, per barrel  1000 wt. of best round Pimento. 
January 1.
For Sale,
 At the Store of the Subscriber,  200 Barrels of Beef  20 ditto of Pork  50 Pipes of excellent Geneva, warranted equal to any imported  500 Casks of ditto  3 Tons of Ship Bread. 
The above articles will be sold in large or small quantities, as will best suit the purchasers—for cash or approved notes, payable at the Bank. JOHN BROWN. January 1.
For SALE, by
Greene and Barker,
 A Quantity of Pepper and Pimento (first quality)  Havana and Cape Molasses  Antigua Rum, 3d and 4th proof (well flavoured)  French Brandy  Cod-Fish, Beef, Pork, Butter; Lard and Cheese  Bohea Tea in Chests  Spermaceti Candles  Right Whale Oil  Tobacco in hogheads.  Rock Salt, and sundry other articles. 
January 1.
FOR SALE,
By the Subscriber, ONE hundred acres of LAND, pleasantly situated in a town called Buttonwood, on the Susquehanna river; containing plenty of black and white oak, white ash and sugar maple. Said farm is well watered, and has a mill-stream which runs through the middle of it. For further particulars, enquire at the old goal, in Providence, or at the rendezvous at Oxford, in Massachusetts, in the company of Capt. GEORGE TILLINGHAST. EDWARD LONG. January 1.

Original Poetry.
On the Death of WASHINGTON.
METHINKS I hear one vast united cry In tones of piercing anguish rend the sky! Friendship in silent sorrow friendship meets, And melancholy seems to walk the streets. The smiling infant and the hoary head Proclaim aloud that WASHINGTON is DEAD! Vernon, when fancy to thy shades retires, What solemn thought the patriot mind inspires! Yon trees, which now the sighing zephyrs fan, Wav'd o'er the head of this ILLUSTRIOUS MAN; When, deep embosom'd in the shady wood, He thought and ponder'd for his country's good; Or let the heart-felt tear of pity flow, In pensive silence, for his country's woe: Your lofty branches now in sorrow wave, And from unhallow'd footsteps guard his grave. With pious prayers we strowe awhile t' avert This fatal arrow from Columbia's heart--- 'Twas all in vain, which ever way we turn--- We look for WASHINGTON, and find his- URN.
From the Gazette of the United States.
The Lay Preacher.
"Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter; but marry her to a man of understanding."
THE perusal of what are denominated the Apocryphal Books , is a source whence may be derived much rich instruction and pleasing entertainment. The sententious apothegms of the Book of Ecclesiasticus will be read with delight and utility by those who seek for correct ideas upon life and manners. In this book is found the text which forms our present theme of discourse, and the importance of the precept it contains will warrant a deviation from the Canonical Books.
To parents our discourse is addressed, upon an interesting point. Ye, who have been conversant with the pulsations of the parental heart, well know, that the formation of the matrimonial union by your children, is indeed "a weighty matter." Ye know, that it is incumbent upon the parent to be ever vigilant, lest the happiness of his child be forever blighted. Ye know with what jealousy parental advice and interference, upon this subject, are ever regarded. Ye also well know, that, in the "hey-day of the blood," reason is rarely consulted as a guide, that passion is the chief impulse of the soul, and that the considerations which should be most impressive, are reserved for a late repentance. Ye know, that this connexion may give your children happiness and honour, or may doom them to misery and degradation. Knowing these things, ye will readily assent to my doctrine, that this is "a weighty matter." Thus it must be viewed by the considerate and observing, though it be quite otherwise regarded by the beardless youth, who is impelled by a blind infatuation to enter the back door of the Temple of Hymen, and the romantic miss, who ventures upon a trip to Gretna Green for happiness.
The Apocryphal writer directs—"Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter; but marry her to a man of understanding." Is it supposable that he, who "takes thought" for the happiness of his daughter, would marry her to any, "save a man of understanding?" Yes; there are those, and "they are many," who regard not the worthlessness of the statue, if covered by a splendid gilding; and who are satisfied with a sumptuous exterior, though unaccompanied by substantial worth. There are those who, from birth and fortune, claim pre-eminence, with whom understanding is nought, and to whom the productions of genius are as "pearls cast before swine." There are those, who know neither how to discriminate, nor how to value, the "man of understanding." There are those, among the high ones of the earth, who would sooner marry a daughter to the frothy coxcomb, who is a standing specimen of the fripperies which degrade, and the vices which disgrace our species, than to the man who possesses talents to enlarge the boundaries of science, or energy to save a falling state. There are those, who would court an alliance with the "popinjay," who shines with lustre in the graces of the drawing-room and the gallantries of the dance; but would spurn, with bitter scorn, from such a connection, the man who has no wealth but genius, and no pride but that which flows from conscious virtue. This is a canker of the mind, which will not be cured by moral admonition, and nought but experience will teach such parents the true distinction between the "man of understanding" and the "golden fool."
I must here remark, and I will do it with honest frankness, that the fair themselves afford too sparing a countenance to the man of understanding. The unpolished deportment, which is almost inseparable from those habits of seclusion which lead to greatness, is a hardy obstacle to female favour. The limping beau, who is confessedly the most contemptible being in God's creation, will be found a favourite in the splendid circles of gaiety and fashion; whilst the portion of the modest "man of understanding" is the contumely of the proud, and the chilling scorn of fancied greatness. But, let it be remarked, that, though the "man of understanding" do not "caper nimble to the pleasing of a lute," though he have no eye to see the polished teeth, the painted cheeks, and pencilled brows of beauty; though he have no tongue, that can mechanically run the round of falsehood; nature has placed him on an eminence, which peers high o'er the pampered sons of wealth and grandeur.
If opulence could secure from misery, or noble blood produce unmarred bliss, the precept in the text should stand, "marry thy daughter to
the wealthy, or the great." But, he whose views are wistly directed to the happiness of his child, will seek, "as for hid treasure," for a "man of understanding." When thou hast allied thy daughter to such an one, thou hast, indeed, "performed a weighty matter." Experience will demonstrate thy wisdom. If opulence be his, he knows how to use the boon of Providence. If the storms of adversity assail him, there will remain to him a possession, which is nature's richest gift. But the parent, who seeks for an alliance with wealth or grandeur, without regard to understanding and integrity, is stupidly mean, and ignominiously sordid. It may be said in a single word, that, for the gratification of the meanest of all pride, such an one sells his own blood to a "legal prostitution."
I conclude by enforcing the precept in my text;—"Marry thy daughter, so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter." But be not seduced to marry her to a "man void of understanding," even though "the dishes of luxury cover his table, the voice of harmony lull him in his bowers, he breathe the fragrance of the groves of Java, and sleep on the down of the cygnets of the Ganges."
The Lay Preacher of Pennsylvania.
Valuable LANDS for Sale.
FOR Sale, in lots of 100, 200, 300 and 400 acres, a body of very valuable LANDS, equal in point of soil, situation and advantages of water carriage, to any lands in the United States. The soil has been proved, and is found, on cultivation, to be very fertile in wheat, rye, indian corn, potatoes, and other essential vegetables. The lands are situated in the county of Luzerne, and state of Pennsylvania, within 7 miles of a river which is navigable to the sea for boats of considerable burthen; and large rafts of timber, from settlements on the same river many miles above these lands, are in the proper season of the year sent to Baltimore, Havre-de-Grace, and other places. The lands are about 170 miles north of Philadelphia, 60 miles west of Poughkeepsie, on the North River, and about 240 on a direct west course from Providence. The canal from the mouth of the Susquehannah, which it is expected will soon be accomplished, will afford a direct water carriage from the landings near this tract to Philadelphia.
The lands are surrounded by settlements on all sides; those of Chenango are about 30 miles to the northward. Several families from this state purchased and moved on to a part of these lands the last spring. The subscribers have erected a grist-mill on the premises, for the accommodation of settlers. The whole tract is well wooded throughout, having little or no underbrush. There is a sufficiency of the sugar maple, and of white ash, to afford a permanent supply of sugar and fencing. The land is not stony, rocky or mountainous, nor is it flat or level, but diversified with hills and valleys, just sufficient to ensure its salubrity.
The inhabitants who have been settled in its neighbourhood for several years, have experienced the climate to be very healthy, and the winters moderate. The lands are well watered, having several good mill-feats, and a considerable quantity of natural meadow, sufficient, in the opinion of good judges, to support 100 head of cattle winter and summer. The whole tract has been surveyed, and divided into lots of 200 acres, but will be sold in such quantities as will best suit the purchasers; or some of it will be leased, if desired.
Real estate in Providence or its vicinity will be received in exchange for a part of it, on reasonable terms. The title is clear and indisputable, and deeds with warranty will be executed unto the purchasers by the subscribers; by enquiring of whom, it will be found that the lands now offered for sale are really inviting to all desirous of settling in a fertile and healthy country, and that the terms, both with respect to credit and price, are very moderate.
Persons desirous of purchasing, are requested to apply soon, as the tract for sale is not large, containing only about twelve thousand acres. BENJAMIN BOURN, in Bristol, BROWN and IVES, in Providence. December 25.
John Mason and Sons
Offer for sale, for cash or credit, very low, 12 Hhds. of Old St. Croix RUM 16 Hhds of Barbados Sugar, of a superior quality.
They are in want of a quantity of 12 feet oak joist, 1 inch oak boards, and half inch chestnut boards, for which cash will be given. December 25.
GEORGE THOMAS and JACOB CHRISTOPHER,
Ladies and Gentlemen's attentive Hair-Dressers, INFORM the Public, that they continue business at their usual stand, next door south of Mr. AMMISON's Golden-Ball Inn.
Maugre that Messrs. Thomas and Christopher are not indoctrinated in the turgid and bombastical phraseology of certain travelled Peruquiers, or versed in that efflorescent, decorated verbosity, and those brilliant rhetorical je-ne-sai-quoi's wherewith some do affect to retail out the sweets of ancient and modern literature; yet in all the various modes and forms of shaving, hair-dressing, wig-making, perfuming, &c. &c. &c. they deign not to resign the palm to any human essence or existence, either on this terrequeous ball, or throughout the whole illimitable, undeterminable immensity of space.
Ladies and Gentlemen waited upon at their own houses, with exulting pleasure, however distant, and all the arcana of tonfuring exhibited in a style truly enchanting. December 25.
A Carpenter and a Sail-Maker, WANTED for the frigate Congress, JAMES SEVER, Esq. commander, now lying in the harbour of Newport. Apply to GIBBS and CHANNING. Newport, December 21.
WANTED, A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR. One who understands his business will receive good wages. Likewise wanted, A LAD, about 13 or 14 years of age, as an Apprentice to the Tailoring business.— Apply to JOSEPH TABER. Dec. 18.
Wanted, by the Subscriber, AS an apprentice to the dry goods business, a smart, active LAD, of good family, 14 or 16 years of age. WILLIAM BLODGET, jun. December 25.
Prince G. Wright,
Ladies and Gentlemen's fashionable Hair-Dresser. THE Subscriber, in manner the most profoundly respectful, informs the ladies and gentlemen of Providence, and its vi- cinity, that he still continues business at the old stand, a few doors south of Messrs. Joseph Healy and Co. opposite Mr. Nathan Angell's. By a happy natural talent, and unrivalled attentive application, he has highly improved upon the be- fore masterly style of hair-dressing.
Appearances being the criterion by which most opinions are formed, Mr. W. is su- premely happy in announcing his complete ab- ility of transforming, by his all skillful hand, the unpolished to pleasing, mediocrity to desirable, and the agreeable to all that's bewitchingly fas- cinating. In obtaining the necessary auxiliaries of dress, especial care is taken to procure only those of kinds and flavour exquisitely superior. The sweets of every ancient and modern work of note have been culled, to enable Mr. W. agreeably to amuse his customers, while under the operations of dress—a happy selection, ad- ded to a natural fascinating laconic manner of relation, places Mr. W. at the summit of excel- lence. The eye also may be agreeably and in- structively amused, by a rare and valuable collec- tion of prints, at a vast expence procured, from the hands of those celebrated masters of antiqui- ty, Reubens, Raphael and Hogarth, on subjects religious, demirepale, hieroglyphical, pastoral, caricatural and fancy pieces. Jocular converse frequently giving rise to remarks satirical, which by a second communicated, often causing disas- trous circumstances, Mr. W. is resolved to con- tinue deserving the credit given him for his ta- lented, and carefully in his own breast to se- pulchre the knowledge of every information of this nature. All these circumstances united, dressing under the hands of Mr. W. must be sought and esteemed a pleasing pastime rather than a toil.
Ladies and gentlemen waited upon at their own houses—wigs made for either, in the newest and best manner, and at moderate prices. Mr. W.'s European correspondence continued as usual, and the earliest information obtained of every fashionable change.
Recently arrived, a variety of TASTY AL- TERATIONS. The public's devoted PRINCE G. WRIGHT, L. G. F. H. D. December 11.
Benjamin Thurber
Has just received a handsome assortment of GOODS,
Suitable to the season, which are now for Sale, at his Store, at the Sign of the Bunch of Grapes. Please to call and see them.
AMONG THEM ARE, SCARLET, crimson, blue and London brown broadcloths; London brown, blue and green ferges; forest cloth, lamb- skin and coating, very cheap; fswandown, nankeens, florentines, fergedenims, crim- son, scarlet and green baizes; blankets, black, yellow, red and white English flan- nels; moreens, russels, plain and striped cal- imancoes, durants, thaloons, plain and striped wildbores, bengals, crapes, dimities, mouselins, India cottons, a great variety of mouselins, lappets, Irish linen, sheeting ditto, towcloth, bed ticking, yellow canvas, cam- bricks, lawns, a large assortment of camels hair, silk and chintz shawls; black Barcel- ona and bandana handkerchiefs; a variety of fancy patches, chintzes and calicoes; En- glish and India lustrings of various colours; English and India sattins of all widths, modes and many other silks for bonnets, sil- ver grey, Persians, long and short silk gloves, a great variety of black and white laces, fashionable ribbons, white and coloured kid gloves, mens and ladies hose, a fresh assort- ment of womens Morocco and florentine shoes, mens womens and boys fur hats, muffs, fur trimmings, house paper, writing ditto.
Brass kettles, warming pans, candlesticks, London and Bristol pewter, knives and forks, shovels and tongs, metal tea pots, patent lamps, elastic needles, fadrons, bel- lows, coffee mills, looking glasses, glass, China, Liverpool and Delft ware; cotton and wool cards.
Hyson and bohea tea, by the dozen, war- ranted; pepper, cinnamon, nutmegs, gin- ger, mustard, Spanish float and French In- digo, warranted; long and short pipes, per groce, salt petre by the pound or dozen.
Molasses, sugar, coffee, best Boston cho- colate and shells, raisins, flour, cod fish, with many other articles, very cheap for cash only. Nov. 13. 10 w.
For SALE by Pitts and Chedel, At their store, opposite the store of Amos Atwell, Esq. GOOD Surinam Molasses, by the hoghead Sugar, by the hoghead and barrel Bohea Tea, by the chest Hyson and Souchong, by the dozen or smaller quantity A few hogheads of good Rum. October 23. (t. f.)
For SALE, by Wanton Steer, Opposite the Long Wharf. THE best kind of MOLASSES, SU- GAR and COFFEE, from Cape-Francois, in hogheads, barrels and bags, on the lowest terms for cash or short credit. December 11.
For SALE, by Amos Maine Atwell, CONNECTICUT Salted Provisions of the best Qualities, and in excellent shipping order, viz. Prime Beef, Prime Pork, Mese Pork, and one Hog pork.—Also, 20 Firkins of Butter, 7000 feet 1-4 inch seasoned hard Pine Boards, 2000 feet 2 inch Pine Plank, 700 feet 1 inch cherry-tree Boards, Two thousand Clapboards. The above Goods are offered for sale on terms highly favourable to the purchaser.
ALSO, 15 Puncheons Jamaica Spirits, of the first flavour and quality, which will reduce 33 1-3 per centum. (t. f.) October 20.
ALL persons having any demands against the estate of EBENEZER JENCKES, late of Providence, merchant, deceased, rep- resented insolvent, are hereby notified to exhibit the same for allowance, within six months from the date hereof, to the subscribers, who are du- ly appointed commissioners to receive and ex- amine the same. JOHN ROGERS, RICHARD JACKSON, jun. YOUNG SEAMANS.
All persons indebted to said estate, are re- quested to make payment to DAVID LEONARD BARNES, Adm'r. Prov. Dec. 2.
Just Published, And for sale by J. CARTER, at the Printing- Office opposite the Market, wholesale and retail,
The NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK, OR
Lady's and Gentleman's DIARY, for the Year of our Lord 1800. By ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, Philom. Containing, besides the usual astronomical calcu- lations and tables (which are very accurate) a variety of useful and entertaining matter.— The author, in his preface, gives a concise ac- count of the old and new titles, reasons for abolishing the old title, and why there cannot be another Leap-Year till 1804.
Cooley's genuine Pills, Prepared by Samuel Cooley, of Bol- ton, State of Connecticut, And secured to him by letters patent, signed by the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, and dated at Philadelphia, the 26th day of June, A. D. 1798, agreeable to an act of Congress.
THEY are justly esteemed for their easy operation and good effects; they are a most certain remedy for the Jaundice, Rheu- matism, Erysipelas, Gravel, Piles, Scurvy, Diz- ziness of the Head, Pain in the Stomach and Bowels; they are an antidote against infectious diseases; and are, taking two or three early in the morning, a great preservative against con- tagious air, remove obstructions of any kind, by dissolving and discharging the morbid matter, help digestion, restore a lost appetite, a sure re- lief for costive habits; decayed constitutions are removed by a thorough use of the above Pills.
They are found by experience to be the most safe and easy physic of any composition yet known: Persons under weak circumstances may take them with safety and not find them- selves made weaker, as is common to other phy- sic. They are to be taken twice a day, two in the morning and one at night, more or less, so as to cause one or two movements of the bo- dy more than usual; let the patient fast one hour, then eat, drink and exercise as he pleases. N. B. There is no Mercury in the above Pills.
Sold by JOHN POPE, Providence. August 21. (t. f.)
Forty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED on the night of the 20th ult. from the ship Tyre, Samuel Brown, master, a seaman named BENJAMIN BUTLER, about six feet high, dark complex- ion, pitted with the small-pox; and a man by the name of ISAAC LEWIS, who said that he was from Connecticut, about five feet ten inches in height.—He was dressed in a brown short jacket, and green striped trowsers—they took with them some of their comrades' clothes, and the ship's yawl, and are supposed to have gone towards Boston. A reward of forty dollars, and all necessary charges, will be paid by the sub- scribers to any person who will secure them both in Providence gaol, or twenty dollars for either of them. SAMUEL G. ARNOLD and Co.