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The Providence Journal.
TOWN AND COUNTRY ADVERTISER.
Published on WEDNESDAYS, by JOHN CARTER, JUN. Printer of the WS of the UNITED STATES for the State of RHODE-ISLAND, &c. At the NEW PRINTING-OFFICE, West Side the great Bridge, PROVIDENCE.
[ No. 55. ]
WEDNESDAY, January 15, 1800.
[ Vol. II. ]
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
The Adelphiad, No. XXX.
I DO not know that I can begin the present year, perhaps the last of my existence, better than by recommending to my young friends the study of the bible. Time has silvered my head. In the deepest moments of my distress, I have felt the support of religion, when every earthly satisfaction failed. To see many of both sexes, remarkable for beauty, sense, or personal endowments, embracing the religion of their fathers, gives joy to the heart of an old man. Cold and phlegmatic discourses on morality never can touch the feelings of youth. There must be something splendid and captivating, or youth will turn with disgust from the dictates of christianity. In the heyday of youth, when the blood pours through the veins with rapture and delight, every thing that clogs or impedes its progress, will be borne down by the strength of the torrent: I have known what these feelings are. I have felt the phrensy of the blood—but time has now in some measure deadened the sensibility of my nature. I hope, then, that my young friends will regard with seriousness and attention the counsels of one who wishes for their temporal and eternal felicity. Let a man be versed in any kind of elegant composition, he will find a model for all in the sacred writings. I entirely agree with Soame Jenyns, who asserted, that if a man could read the sacred pages without rapture, he must be as poor a critic as a christian.
To those who are fond of reading novels, I cannot but recommend the perusal of the story of Joseph. The whole life of that eminent personage forms a character worthy of imitation. The events recorded of him follow so naturally, that we see inflexible virtue triumphant and glorious at last. This is effected not by any miraculous interference, but according to the natural course of human events. If we are delighted with melancholy compositions, where shall we find more remarkable instances than in the lamentations of the plaintive Jeremiah? His writings have been often quoted by modern elegiac writers, and I have found the sublime and the sublime to be found in the story of Joseph. I have found any superior to Isaiah. We see in his Paradise Lost, the conceptions from this incomparable poet. Mr. Pope, in his verification of some of the passages of Isaiah, has contrasted them with the beauties of Virgil, and the superiority is clearly on the side of inspiration. If rhetoric can delight us, where shall we see a more affecting instance than the sermon of our Saviour on the mount, or the letters of St. Paul? In short, not only the pious man, but the man of literary talents, will find full scope for admiration in the sacred writings. It gives me much satisfaction to see the periodical writers in my country employ their time and talents in explaining and illustrating the beauties of inspiration. On this ground, I cannot withhold the tribute of respect which, in common with every good man, I owe to the productions of the LAY PREACHER. Such compositions will tend more to inspire the citizens of this country with a love of the sacred writings, than all the discourses from the desk. They show that religion does not enjoin upon us the cloister of the Monk, but that it is strictly reconcilable to all the rational enjoyments of life. They show that religion does not consist in the discussion of technical points of speculation, but in mending the heart. In fine, they show that our happiness here and hereafter depends on the observance of those principles which make us better men, and better members of society. O.
From the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field, at the eventide." At a period when the heart of this patriarch was affected by a domestic misfortune, he went out, to loathe or support his sorrows, not in the glare of sunshine, where objects gay or obtrusive would offend "the gloomy habit of his soul;" he went out, not to slay himself with fagons, or to behold Geon in the time of the vintage; but for a soberer and wiser purpose, to meditate in the field, at the eventide. As I think, with the patriarch, that eventide is the "most convenient season" for salutary contemplations, I propose to enumerate and to extol the advantages of a just improvement of the twilight hour.
At this season, as the night is extremely brief, and after days ardent and long, exhausted man must have some opportunity for repose, it would not be safe, always, to invoke the "cherub contemplation" at midnight. I have formerly written a paper, in praise of nocturnal lucubrations. But let them be the business or the sport of the wakened hours of winter. The twilight, the "eventide," of summer, may be given to the daily walk, and to the powers of reflection. He, who, after morning action, walks and thinks, has the decline of day to the hour of nine, in hotter months, may retire to rest not mean-
This beautiful essay was written in the month of June; but the pure morality, and unaffected piety, which characterize the writings of "The Lay Preacher," adapt them to all times, and all seasons.
ly satisfied with his division of time. As soon as the returning ploughman, and sloping sunbeams hint that the toils of a summer day are over, it will be useful to recollect the following lines of a vigorous poet:
"Come, Evening, once again, season of peace, Return, sweet Evening, and continue long. Methinks I see thee in the streaky west, With matron step, slow moving, while the night Treads on thy sweeping train; one hand employ'd In letting fall the curtain of repose, On bird and beast; the other charg'd for man, With sweet oblivion of the cares of day. Not sumptuously adorn'd, nor needing aid, Like homely-fair'd night, of clust'ring gems; A star or two, just twinkling on thy brow, Suffices thee; save that the moon is thine, No less than hers, not worn indeed on high, With ostentatious pageantry, but set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone, Replenish'd less, but of an ampler round. Come then, and thou shalt find thy votary
CALM; OR MAKE ME SO. COMPOSURE IS MY GIFT."
As soon as that grateful and dewy coolness, consequent from a burning day, are felt, a solitary ramble, quite unseen, "O'er the dry smooth-shaven green," will contribute, liberally, both to profit and pleasure. At that obious hour, when the "glimmering landscape fade upon the sight, and all the air a solemn stillness holds," the mind is generally docile to the lessons of reason, or alive to the impressions of fancy. Even the austerity of metaphysical morals has allowed that castle building is no vicious employment, and the aerial architects of this species of structure will discover, in their twilight walks, excellent materials for those "houses not built with hands." Evening is the nurie of thought; and whether it be lively or serious, the aid and fostering care it receives from the evening are the same. The gloom of twilight, it is avowed by an excellent judge,
"Suits well the thoughtful or unthinking mind; The mind contemplative, with fancies dim, Pregnant, or indispis'd alike to all." On confined within narrow bounds. The man of business and the philosopher, as well as the fiddler and poet, will find an hour or two after supper most propitious to their respective vocations. The absence of glaring light, the "mysterious train," bearing to rest, the "hum of the evening night's watches to his feathery dames," all facilitate the progress of contemplation.
Whatever urges us to be economical of time, is salutary; and a busy man of the world, who well knew their value, enjoins upon his pupil an attention to minutes and quarters of hours. There are certain portions of the day, which we are obliged to neglect. The time of repose is mere oblivion. In the morning, when we first awake, our minds, like our eyes, are half shut; and immediately after dinner, man inclines to stupidity and sleep, rather than action. To many persons of reflectiveness, levity, and grosser disposition, twilight is a dull and awkward interval, which they are careless to improve, and zealous to destroy. Through the dim obscurity of an evening hour, I have discerned more woeful faces, than even on rainy or fast days. Instead of greeting the Eve as a fad matron, and a gentle friend, they have viewed her as a hideous hag, whom it was lawful by any mode to destroy. Now I think I shall render some service to this class of characters, if I can persuade them that a dusky hour may be a very valuable one; that it has no lead about it; and that, if they will go out, like the patriarch, and meditate at the eventide, they will find it one of the most profitable portions of the day. The time is not so dark, but clear vision may be enjoyed of many glorious and beautiful objects. "The stars, that pave heaven's golden floor;" the softened aspect of rising moons; the gorgeously ruddy and purple clouds of the "drooping west;" the brilliant twinkling of the luminous fire-fly; the white vapour from water remote, and the "umber'd face" of every mountain and valley; these are finer sights than any in painted theatres, or a wax-work museum. Nor is the "delight of the eyes" the only gratification. Where that moonlight, so vividly described by Shakespeare, "sleeps sweetly on the bank," we may sit,----- "And let the sounds of music Creep in our ears."
Above all, we may exercise all the powers of the soul, and "think down years to moments." We may enter upon "high thoughts abstract," or roam through all the fairy scenes of imagination. We may reflect usefully on the past, and plan judiciously for the future. To this, seriously and reverently, must be added, that duty, pious gratitude, the gravity and stillness of the hour, as though a general orison was heard, and nature was on her knees, will all conspire to make our better thoughts rise to Him, to whom the duskiness of twilight, and the blaze of the noon, are equal; who kindleth and "sealeth up the stars;" who "maketh Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades;" who "discovereth deep things out of darkness;" who "sheweth faithfulness every night;" no less than "loving kindness in the morning;" who "fendeth forth light, and it goeth," and who calls it again, and "it obeyeth with fear."
THE LAY PREACHER.
SIXTH Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, December 31.
THE engrossed bill entitled "An act to provide for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," was read a third time—the question being put, shall this bill pass? the question was put and negatived, ayes 37 to 39.
It was then moved to re-commit the bill for the special purpose of considering the 8th section; which caused a warm debate—Messrs. Smith, Marshall and Nott, spoke in favor of the motion; and Messrs. Thatcher, Dandridge, and others, against it—Upon the question, there were in the affirmative 41—negative 43. It was then the bill was passed.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Morris, their secretary, informing the House that the Senate had concurred in the resolution passed yesterday, for paying suitable honours to the memory of General WASHINGTON.
Mr. Foster, from the committee of claims, made an unfavourable report on the petition of William Donaldson; which was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Otis presented the memorial of Benjamin Bourn, praying compensation for certain lost office certificates, which he says have been either lost or destroyed. Referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. Otis called for the order of the day on the report of the committee to whom was referred the bill from the Senate for relief of persons imprisoned for debt—and the House having resolved itself into a committee on that subject, Mr. Rutledge in the chair, the bill and amendments were read, and agreed to by the committee—and having been reported, were passed by the House—Whereupon it was Ordered, That the said bill be read a third time
Mr. Seward, the House went into a committee of the whole on the bill providing for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt—which was ordered to be read a third time, and the House adjourned till tomorrow morning 11 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY, January 1.
The bill entitled "An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt," was read a third time and passed.
The engrossed bill entitled "An act providing for salvage, in cases of re-capture," was read a third time, and the question being put, shall this bill pass?
Mr. Seward said that an amendment ought to be made in the bill, which had been overlooked, to enable vessels, the property of citizens of the United States, to come within the meaning of the act—and moved for the re-commitment of the bill for that purpose.
The motion was agreed to—and the House immediately resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Morris in the chair, for the purpose of considering the amendment; which having been read, was agreed to without debate; when the committee rose, and the bill was passed.
Mr. D. Foster called for the decision of the House on the report of the committee of claims on the petition of William Donaldson; when the report having been read,
Mr. F. said, it was the desire of the petitioner himself to withdraw his papers—and thereupon moved that the House concur in the report. Agreed.
Mr. Nicholas said, that conceiving it necessary some reduction should be made in our public expenditures; and that any change contemplated of this nature should be made and considered as nearly as possible, he would take the liberty of laying the following resolution on the table. He would not now say any thing on the merits of it, but gave notice that he would some time in the course of the next week call it up for consideration.
The resolution is in the following words:
Resolved, That so much of the act passed the 26th of July, 1798, entitled "an act to augment the navy of the United States, and for other purposes," as authorizes the President of the United States to raise twelve additional regiments of Infantry, and six troops of Light Dragoons, to appoint two Major-Generals, an Adjutant General, three Brigadier-Generals, an Inspector General: and so much of the act passed the 3d of March, 1799, entitled "an act in aid of the act, entitled 'an act for the organization of the troops of the United States, and for other purposes,'" as authorizes the appointment of a Commander of the whole army, or a Quarter-Master-General—ought to be repealed.
Mr. Morris observed, that though the resolution was voted to lie on the table, and he was thereupon exempted from a discussion of its merits; yet in justice to the committee of defence, of which both that gentleman and himself were members, he considered himself called on to declare, that the committee had called upon the Secretary of War for all such information as would enable
them to digest a system relative to the military establishment; and was therefore sorry that the resolution had now been offered, as it might have an unfavourable impression, not only on the army and the public, but upon our pending negotiations with France—and though it was probable that some modification of the existing military establishment might be adopted with a view to save expense; yet he did not believe that in the actual state of things, this House would discover such a versatility of temper and system, as to disband the army by a single resolution.
Mr. Nicholas replied, that he would not be in haste to call up the resolution; and was willing to let it lie, till every information could be obtained that might be wished on the subject.
Mr. Macon presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of the Mississippi territory, residing on the Tombigby and Mobile rivers, praying for a confirmation of their title to certain lands, and for the free navigation of said rivers—which Mr. M. moved to have referred to a select committee.
Mr. Jones objected to the House legislating on this subject, on the ground that it involved a right of the state of Georgia to the jurisdiction of that territory; and that as commissioners had been appointed by act of Congress to settle all existing difficulties as to the jurisdiction of that state, it would be improper for this House to hold forth any encouragement to the petitioners—an encouragement which would only prove delusive, because this House had not the power to grant the relief prayed for—He therefore hoped the petition would be ordered to lie on the table till the claim of the state of Georgia to that territory should be settled.
Mr. Taliaferro and Mr. Nicholas advocated the opinion of Mr. Jones.
Mr. Gallatin thought this was bringing a great and important question before the House in a very indirect way. Before we decided upon this claim, a committee ought to be appointed to enquire what progress had been made by the commissioners appointed to settle the claims of Georgia; and if the question came before the House in any shape, it ought to be in the only proper one, "to whom does this territory belong?" Mr. G. was decidedly against the reference of the petition in a select committee.
Mr. Claiborne said the petition contained other objects than the right objected to by Georgia. The navigation of the Tombigby and Mobile rivers, of which they were deprived, was essentially necessary to the commerce of that part of the world, and their claim to this was certainly worthy of attention. The committee in their report might be silent as to any subject which would involve the objection urged against the reference.
Messrs. Macon, Seward and Rutledge were also in favour of the commitment. After a long debate, Mr. Macon waved his motion, so as to have the petition referred to the committee to whom was committed a similar petition on the 24th ult. which was agreed to.—Adjourned.
THURSDAY, January 2.
Another member, to wit, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Esq., from North-Carolina, appeared this day, was qualified, and took his seat.
The House, on motion of Mr. D. Foster, went into a committee of the whole, on the report of the committee of claims, on the petition of John Vaughan, Mr. Morris in the chair—when the report having been read, and a resolution passed, directing the accounting officers of the treasury to discharge the difference due him for bullion assay at the mint, the committee rose; the report was concurred in, and the committee of claims instructed to bring in a bill for that purpose.
Mr. Claiborne having called for the order of the day on the bill for the preservation of peace with the Indian tribes, the House went into a committee of the whole on said bill, Mr. Morris in the chair; when, after proceeding to the consideration of the 1st, 2d and 3d sections;
Mr. Harrison moved, that the committee rise, report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Mr. H. said, he wished to have further time to consider the subject; it was one of great importance, and on which he was not yet fully prepared to act. An hon. member from Virginia (whom he did not then see in his seat) was, to his knowledge, opposed to the principle of the bill; he hoped, therefore, his motion would prevail.
Mr. Claiborne saw no good reason why the committee should agree to this motion. It was not, he said, their fault, that one member was unprepared, and another was not to be found in his seat. The majority of the committee, he believed, were ready to discuss the subject, and until some better reason was given, he hoped the bill would be proceeded in.
The question for rising was put, and negatived.
The blanks were then filled up; the bill was agreed to, and the committee rose.
On the question being put in the House to agree to the report of the committee,
Mr. D. Foster said, he believed there were several gentlemen unprepared to meet the subject; and hoped the further consideration of it

would be postponed till Monday next. He therefore made that motion, which was agreed to by the House.
A message was received from the President of the United States, by Thomas B. Adams, Esq., in the absence of his secretary, Mr. Shaw, informing the House, that the President had approved and signed the following acts, viz: "An act for extending the privilege of franking to William Henry Harrison, a delegate from the territory N. W. of the river Ohio; and making provision for his compensation; and "An act supplemental 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."
Mr. Waln presented a petition of Absalom Jones and others, free men of colour, of the city and county of Philadelphia, praying for a revision of the laws of the United States relative to the slave trade; of the act relative to fugitives from justice; and for the adoption of such measures as shall in due course ameliorate the whole of their brethren from their present situation; which he moved to have referred to the committee appointed to enquire whether any and what alterations ought to be made in the existing law prohibiting the slave trade from the United States to any foreign place or country.
This motion produced a long debate, in which Messrs. Rutledge, Otis, Lee, J. Brown, Randolph, Christie, Harper and Hill, opposed the motion; and Messrs. Waln, Thatcher, Smilie, Dana, Bird, Edmond and Gallatin, advocated it, from an opinion that certain parts of the petition, which prayed for a revision of our laws, were entitled to attention.
Mr. Rutledge called for the yeas and nays, which were agreed to be taken. He wished to show by how decided a majority Congress had refused all interference in the business, and thereby allay the fears of the community, that this question would ever again be agitated in our national councils.
When the House were about to take the question, Mr. Waln withdrew his motion; and substituted another, which went to say, that certain parts of the petition should be referred, so as to obviate the most particular objection urged against a reference.
Mr. Rutledge then moved that the House adjourn, which was agreed to, 47 to 39.
FRIDAY, January 3.
The question for referring certain parts of the petition of Absalom Jones, as amended, was put and carried.
Mr. D. Foster, from the committee of claims, made an unfavourable report on the petition of Nathaniel Liben, which was read twice, and on the motion of Mr. Thatcher, the further consideration was postponed to Monday. Adjourned.
MONDAY, January 6.
Mr. Harrison called for the order of the day on the bill for reforming the Superior Court of the Territory N. W. of the river Ohio.
Mr. Davis moved that the further consideration of this bill be postponed till Monday next, and that a resolution (which would supersede the necessity of passing this bill at all) whereby the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, and the territory N. W. of the Ohio, should be erected into one district, for the purpose of establishing a Circuit Court.
Mr. Harrison spoke against the postponement, and Mr. Claiborne and Mr. Bird in favour of it, when the question was put and agreed to.
Mr. Davis then moved the following resolution, which was adopted by the House:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill to establish a Circuit Court in the States of Tennessee, Kentucky, and the territory N. W. of the Ohio.
Mr. Gallatin moved that this resolution be referred to the committee appointed to consider and report on that part of the President's Speech, made at the commencement of the present session, which relates to a revision of the Judiciary system.—Agreed.
Mr. Harper said, he had been instructed by the committee of ways and means, to move that the House do come to the following resolution, viz:
Resolved, That the committee of ways and means have leave to bring in a bill for consolidating into one act, and for amending the several acts, laying duties on spirits distilled in the United States, and on stills used within the same.
Mr. H. said, the committee had it in view to amend the whole of the laws on this subject; but that whatever alteration or amendment might be agreed upon by them would be specifically stated to the House in distinct propositions. It was only now intended by the committee to abolish the office of inspection in the several districts of the different states, and to substitute that of supervisor, wherever a superintendence may be found necessary; which alteration, it had been concieved, would facilitate the operation of the law, by enabling the Secretary of the Treasury to receive that direct information which was indispensably necessary. Another object at present contemplated, was to fix the compensation of these officers, not as at present by per centage, but by stated salaries. In some districts, Mr. H. said, the per centage allowed on the duties had been found too small, and in others much too large. He wished these officers, therefore, to have a fixed salary.
The question on agreeing to the resolution was put and carried.
TUESDAY, January 7.
Mr. Nicholas called up his resolution for retrenching the standing army, as laid on the table of Wednesday last.
The resolution having been read by the speaker, Mr. Nicholas entered into a lengthy defence of the principle, which was opposed in answer by Mr. Marshall; Mr. Nicholas made some observations in reply.
Referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. Adjourned.
Foreign Intelligence.
By the ship Liverpool Packet; Capt. Beebe, at New-York, in 47 days from Liverpool
LONDON, October 26. From the LONDON GAZETTE.
LEUTENANT-Colonel Clinton, aide-camp to his highness the Duke of York, arrived this morning office of the right honourable Henry Dundas, with dispatches which the following are copies.
Head-quarters, Schagen Brug, October 24.
SIR, In my last communications I have represented to you circumstances under which I found it expedient to withhold my army from its forward position in front of Alkmaar, without which it at present occupies, and which I trust will have led to his Majesty's sufficient to warrant the measure. Then of the year, which has already assumed here the aspect of winter, gave me from day to day additional reason to apprehend that any attempt towards a prosecution of the campaign in this way could not be attempted with decisive advantage, whilst the possibility of covering the troops in the narrow district of country in our possession, during the winter, and the precarious state of supplies to be expected in that season, added to the conviction I felt, that the most advisable measure to be adopted was to remove the army to England; an operation which, though it might have exposed the army to some loss in its retreat, I judged in my mind preferable to any other which could be adopted.
Under this impression, and considering the serious loss which might ensue from delay, I have been induced to conclude this armistice, in conjunction with vice-admiral Mitchell, with the French and Batavian armies, of which the conditions are included, and which, although they are for delivering up a large number of prisoners of war, new our hands, yet I trust will not be thought by his Majesty an adequate compensation for many valuable lives which must have been lost, after the object which has hitherto directed our no longer promised success; and when the only means left presented themselves of ensuring a secure retreat were the resorting to the destructive measure of inundation from which, as it would have involved the inhabitants of the northern part of this province in ruin for a series of years, must have been highly repugnant to the feelings, as well as contrary to the character and practice of the British nation. I rest confident that the motives which I have here detailed will excuse me to his Majesty for having acted without waiting for previous instruction from home, and that I shall have the satisfaction of knowing that my conduct in this respect, has met with his Majesty's gracious approbation. I am, &c.
(Signed) FREDERIC.
Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c.
[TRANSLATION.] ARTICLES.
Agreed upon between Major-General Knox, duly authorized by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, commander in chief of the combined English and Russian army, and citizen Molant, General of Brigade and Adjutant General, duly authorized by citizen Brune, General and commander in chief of the French and Batavian army.
Art. I. From the date of this convention, all hostilities shall cease between the two armies.
Art. II. The line of demarcation between the said armies shall be the line of their respective out-posts, as they now are.
Art. III. The continuation of all works offensive and defensive shall be suspended on both sides, and no new ones shall be undertaken.
Art. IV. The mounted batteries taken possession of at the Helder, or at other positions within the line now occupied by the combined English and Russian army, shall be restored to the state in which they were taken, or (in case of damage) to their present state, and all the Durrin and Bataavian artillery shall be preferred.
Art. V. The combined English and Russian army shall, as soon as possible, and without delay, embark for the islands and internal navigation.
Art. VI. The combined English and Russian army shall, as soon as possible, and without delay, embark for the islands and internal navigation.
Art. VII. General Brune shall be at liberty to send an officer within the lines of the Zyp and the Helder, to report to him the state of the batteries and the progress of the embarkation. His Royal Highness the Duke of York shall be equally at liberty to send an officer within the French and Batavian lines, to satisfy himself that no new works are carried on their side. An officer of rank and distinction shall be sent from each army respectively, to guarantee the execution of this convention.
Art. VIII. Eight thousand prisoners of war, French and Batavian, taken before the present campaign, and now detained in England, shall be restored, without conditions to their respective countries. The proportion and the choice of such prisoners for each, to be determined between the two republics. Major-General Knox shall remain with the French army to guarantee the execution of this article.
Art. IX. The article agreed upon between the two armies for the exchange of the prisoners taken during the present campaign, shall continue in full force till it shall be carried into complete execution; and it is further agreed that the Dutch Admiral De Winter shall be considered as exchanged.
Concluded at Alkmaar, the 18th of October, 1799, by the undersigned General officers, furnished with full powers to this effect.
(Signed) J. KNOX, Major Gen. ROSTOLLANT.
October 28.
The mails of the 4th instant, for Hamburg, sent on board his Majesty's ship La Lucine, of 32 guns, were found floating near the bank on which the ship was lost.
The following account of the late detention of General Don, is given in a letter from the Hague, of the 14th inst.—"General Don arrived at the head-quarters of Gen. Daendels at the moment of the attack on the 6th instant. The Duke of York expected that he should beat the left wing of the French on that day, which might open the road for negotiation with the Dutch. Gen. Daendels sent Gen. Don to Gen. Brune, who detained him as a prisoner of war; a summons to the Batavian government to commence negotiations with England, signed by the Duke of York, being found amongst his papers."
October 30.
The accounts from Italy state, that Suza has been retaken, and that Championnet has gained an advantage near Genoa. The victories in Switzerland have produced the effect of preventing the retreat of the French in Italy, and Genoa remains in the possession of the French. Rome has presented an unexpected scene. The French, few in number, and incapable of resisting the Neapolitans, who were advancing, began to retreat to Civita Vecchia. The people immediately requested not to be abandoned, and to be armed. A strong force was soon collected, the Neapolitan entrenched camp of 12,000 men at Nepesina was formed, 900 killed, and 1800 made prisoners, with the commander in chief, and the military chief.
November 7.
Genoa remains in possession of the French and Championnet, whose force is stated at 40,000 men, has his head-quarters still at Finale.
FRANKFORT, October 12.
The horrors of war are re-commencing on the Rhine. Last night the French crossed the Rhine and the Mayn in considerable force, near Kehlheim and Grossefner, and repulsed the small Austrian force in the territory of Darmstadt. The peasants, who had again advanced, are likewise retreating. It is thought that the French are meditating another excursion on Mannheim and Heilbronn, to weaken the Archduke's army in Switzerland.
Our city is blocked up from all sides, and we are in danger of all communication being cut off. The latest letters from Vienna have not yet arrived.
On the 9th, Major-General Sacken sent a detachment of Sackler hussars, who laid an embargo on all the vessels in the river, and arrested the archbishop to our city, Mr. Hess, and carried him off, as well as the timber for repairing the bridge of boats at Neidhardt.
HAMBURGH, October 30.
We are glad to understand that the Lusine frigate had at most only 300,001. sterling on board, and that the remainder of the million permitted to be exported is coming by various conveyances, and may be daily expected to arrive.
On the 8th inst. one of the first houses at Augsburg, under the firm of Schwartz, failed for a million of florins. Switzerland, and the northern part of Germany, are greatly interested in it.
FELDKIRCH, October 14.
Field-Marshal Suwarrows arrived here yesterday with 27,000 Russians; and his further march seems to be towards the Lake of Constance, to effect a junction with the armies of the Archduke and that of Gen. Korfakoff. The French increase very much in the Rhinthal.
ZURICH, October 16.
Messena, commander in chief, to the Minister at war of the Helvetic Republic.
CITIZEN MINISTER.
The last accounts I have had of Suwarrows state, that he had been sick for three days preceding at Mayenfeld; that his army was reduced to about 5,000 men, most of whom are destitute of arms and shoes, and in a deplorable situation, on their march to Feldkirch, which induces me to suppose that he is endeavouring to effect his junction with the remains of the army of Korfakoff. What gives greater probability to this junction, is that the Russians who were upon the Rhine have all been relieved by the Austrians, and are marching towards Bregenz.
My movement into the Grisons will take place on the 18th or 19th.
(Signed) MASSENA.
PARIS, October 19.
Bonaparte, whose proceedings always form a part of the news of the day, did not depart from his apartments on the day of his arrival, though the race for invention assured us that he had passed the whole night at the Luxembourg. He was yesterday received there by the Directory, in a private audience, at one o'clock. Before his arrival, the passages were crowded with citizens, wishing to see a man whose name brought to mind so many great events. He seemed sensible of this desire. He kissed his hand to several of the soldiers who had served with him in Italy, and who now departed, enchanted with having seen him.
Domestic Articles.
PHILADELPHIA, January 8.
At a stated meeting of the American Philosophical Society, held at their hall on the 3d of January, 1800, for the purpose of electing officers for the current year, agreeably to the act of incorporation of the Society, the following persons were duly elected, viz:
President—Thomas Jefferson. Vice-Presidents—Calper Wilson, Robert Patterson, Benjamin Russell. Secretaries—Adam Seybert, Joseph Clay, Samuel H. Smith, Thomas P. Smith. Counselors for three years—Jonathan Williams, Andrew Ellicott, Tench Coxe, Samuel Magaw. Counselor for two years—Henry B. Latrobe. Treasurer—John Vaughan. Curators—Charles W. Peale, Benjamin S. Barton, George Turner.
NEW-YORK, January 8.
In an important declaration made by the Emperor of Russia, his majesty openly declares it to be his desire to restore royalty to France, without dismembering her territories; to establish the ancient government of Holland, and of the Swiss Cantons, and to preserve the integrity of the German Empire.
Suwarrows has issued a proclamation to his general officers, exhorting them to persevere to that famous General—He informs them that he will be with them in the course of this month, for every purpose of giving them fresh orders.
The Grand Duke Constantine, who has been in the Council of Ministers, has been dismissed from the department of the war, and is now in one of the departments of the civil service.
Another minister observed, that it was no longer the assembly of a few robbers—it is an organized civil war; bands of royalists, provided with artillery and cavalry, who give battle, besiege and take towns.
A Paris article of Oct. 24, mentions that Generals Laroche and Legrand were then before a council of war; the former for having surrendered Mannheim, and the latter for having evacuated Auenheim.
It is also stated in a late Paris paper, that an English corvette, which was bringing to La Vendee 300 emigrants, was met opposite the south of the Lower Loire by a French frigate, which sunk it. No emigrant would surrender, and they all perished; the crew were saved, and are at Nantes.
On the 27th of October, his serene highness Prince William of Orange arrived at his father's house in Conduit-street, London, from the army in Holland.
By the capture of the two Spanish prizes, Lord Bridport receives an addition to his income of £12,500. And Captain Gore, Digby, Young and Pierrepont, receive £6,000 each.
Capt. Adams, in the ship Ann, of this port, arrived in 38 days from Gibraltar, informs, that previous to his leaving that place, four ships of the line and two frigates were dispatched to blockade the port of Cadiz; and that two ships were resitting with all possible expedition to join them.
That previous to his leaving Malaga, war against Russia had been proclaimed through that city, as Russia had declared war against Spain. It was expected by many in Spain, that the Grand Signior would soon take an active part in the war against Spain, and compel the Day of Algiers, Tripoli, Tunis, and the Emperor of Morocco, to join him.
NEWPORT, January 7.
The funeral honours directed to be paid to the late illustrious Commander in Chief of the American army, at all the military stations, were yesterday performed in this town, agreeably to the ceremonial required by the General Orders of Major-General Hamilton—under the superintendence of Major Daniel Jackson, commandant of this district.
At day-break 16 guns were fired in quick succession, 8 at Fort-Wolcott, and 8 at Fort-Adams, and one gun at each half-hour till 10 o'clock. Capt. John Henry, commanding at Fort-Adams, acted as officer of the day, and made the necessary arrangements in forming the line, and order of the parade.—At noon, the bier was received on the funeral parade, before the State-House, by the troops in open order, and arms presented, the officers, drums and colours saluting; after which the procession formed, and moved to Trinity Church in the following order:—
Military—guns firing at Fort Adams and Wolcott, till the completion of the ceremonial: Captain Spooner's Company of Newport Guards, marching by platoons, in inverted order, with arms reversed, and standard in mourning. Captain Malbone's Company of Artillery, marching by platoons, in inverted order, with arms reversed, and standard in mourning. Music, Playing a dead march. Drums muffled. Captain John Henry's Company of Artillerists and Engineers, marching by platoons, in inverted order, with arms reversed. Captain Amos Stoddard's Company of Artillerists and Engineers, marching by platoons, in inverted order, with arms reversed. Officers of the Army. Officers of the Navy. Militia Officers. Custom-House Officers. The Orator of the Day. Society of Cincinnati. The Clergy.
THE BIER, borne by four serjeants.
Pall-bearers—Col. Rogers, Col. Sheldon, Col. Crary, Channing, Esq. Col. Tew, Col. Sherburne—with white scarfs tied in a bow, on the left shoulder—in the centre of the bow, a rose of black ribbon, with a badge of the Society of Cincinnati.
Masonic Society. Marine Society. Town-Council. Mechanic Society. Citizens.
On the arrival of the bier at Trinity-Church, the procession halted—The troops in front of the bier formed in line, and opening their ranks, made an avenue, through which the bier and the remainder of the procession passed, the troops leaning on their arms, reversed—when the procession had entered the Church, after a prayer by the Rev. Theodore D. D. Mason, a funeral anthem was sung, and an Oration was delivered by DANIEL LYMAN, Esq. The procession then formed anew, and the bier was borne to the place of interment, and deposited, amid solemn martial music, and three volleys of musketry.—After which the troops, forming again in line, with drums un-muted, returned to their respective parades, in proper order.
The flags, at Forts Wolcott and Adams, were displayed in a mourning position; a vast concourse of citizens, from this and the neighbouring towns, attended the ceremonial; the stores and shops were shut, and all business was suspended for the day.
WARREN, January 11.
An Insurance Company has been formed in this town, by the name of the WARREN INSURANCE COMPANY—and to meet losses, have established a fund of Forty Thousand Dollars.
The following gentlemen were elected, at a meeting held on the 11th inst. by the Stockholders, Directors of said Company for the year ensuing, viz:
John Child, James Maxwell, William Carr, Charles Wheaton, Sylvester Child, jun. Levee Maxwell, John T. Child, Ebenezer Cole, Dunkin Kelly. And, at a meeting of the Directors, Charles Wheaton was elected President, and Nathaniel Phillips Secretary.
Providence,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8.
The recent arrival at New-York furnishes late and interesting European intelligence, the most prominent articles of which will be found in this day's paper.
It is not yet ascertained at Paris in what quarter the Directory intend to sport Bonaparte; but report affirms him two employments well worthy of him—the first, to recover Italy, and march to Vienna; the second, to repair to Berlin, and there conclude a peace.—The Russian Gen. Rosenberg has attacked the French near Schwitz, and defeated them, with the loss of several thousand men, and a general. The general of division, Lecourbe, was made prisoner, and seven pieces of cannon taken.—10,000 Russians have marched from the neighbourhood of Schaffhausen, to join General Suwarrows.
Proposals having been made to procure subscribers for the purpose of establishing a capital insurance stock, to consist of One Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars, in shares of 50 dollars each, and the amount promptly subscribed, a meeting of the Stockholders was held on Friday evening last, when having elected the Hon. DAVID HOWELL, Esq. Chairman, they proceeded to form an Association, under the title of "THE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY IN PROVIDENCE."—The following persons were then appointed Directors for the ensuing year—viz:
Messrs. RICHARD JACKSON, jun. JABEZ BULLOCK, AMOS THROOP, JOSEPH TILLINGHAST, THOMAS JACKSON, GRINDAL REYNOLDS, EBENEZER MACOMBER, GEORGE BENSON, WHEELER MARTIN, SAMUEL ADAM, jun. ASHER DAGGETT, CHARLES SHELTON, GEORGE JACKSON.
At a subsequent meeting of the Directors, Mr. RICHARD JACKSON, jun. was elected President, and Mr. GEORGE BENSON, Secretary, for the ensuing year.
THE CHIEF OBJECT of the new Insurance Company in Providence, is to insure the house of Dr. Amos Throop, a few doors northward of the Market-house; the subscribers to the institution, and all who are proprietors of shares by transfers, are requested to apply at the office, and leave the names of the persons they propose as indorsers to their notes, for the payment of the respective instalments, on or before Friday next.
By order of the Board of Directors, GEORGE BENSON, Sec'y.
January 15, 1800.
At the annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Bank of Rhode-Island, at the State-House in Newport, on the 6th inst. the following gentlemen were re-elected Directors for the present year:—
Christopher Champlin, Feleg Clarke, George Gibbs, Caleb Gardner, George Champlin, James Robinson, Thomas Dennis, Walter Channing, Simeon Martin.
And, at a meeting of the Directors, Christopher Champlin was re-appointed President of said Bank.
The Hamburgers, in consequence of having delivered up Napper Tandy and his associates to the English government, have drawn on themselves the vengeance of the French Directory, who, on the 9th of October, decreed as follows:
Art. I. The crime committed by the government of Hamburg, shall be denounced to every allied and neutral government by the ministers of the Republic resident at those governments. II. The consular and diplomatic agents resident with the Senate of Hamburg, shall immediately quit the city and its territory. III. Every agent of the government of Hamburg shall receive orders to quit his residence in twenty-four hours, and the territory of France in eight days. IV. A general embargo shall be laid on all the ships and vessels carrying the flag of Hamburg, and now in the ports of the Republic.
The ministers of the Marine, Police, and Foreign Affairs, are charged with the execution of this present decree. (Signed) COHIER, President. LAGARDE, Sec. General.
Mr. CARTER, AS there has been no direct answer to the Hermit's queries published in your paper of the 23th of last month, I request you to publish the following, in addition to the aforesaid queries:
Has there been no other order granted on the Treasury, by the Legislature, than that of John Reynolds, that has been refused payment?—and how did the State's demand against Reynolds originate?
Did it not originate from a bond, given into John Watson's office, by Gideon Freeborn, for duties?—and was not that bond defaced, previous to Freeborn's death?
Does not the law permit Reynolds to defend any action that can be brought against him by the State, or any individual, and is the Treasurer the tribunal by which such action is to be tried?
Did not the State exhibit all these demands against Reynolds at the time of settlement, and has any debt since accrued against him in favour of the State?
If the debt said to be due to the State was from John Reynolds and Co. why is the State left without remedy, if the rest of the concerns remain in the State?—and was not the order preferred and rejected long before Reynolds removed? An OBSERVER.
A letter from Capt. Perry, of the 19th ultimo, mentions commodore Talbot's having joined the General Greene and Boston frigates off Cape Francois. The same letter mentions, that three French frigates were hourly expected at the Cape from France.

Sacred to Washington.
"Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow, Which scatters millions with a single fall!"
Deeply and sincerely affected at the irreparable loss of their great and beloved Commander in Chief, the illustrious WASHINGTON , and wishing to express a public and solemn testimony of their sorrow, the officers of the several independent companies, together with the officers of the first regiment of militia in the county of Providence, met at the coffee-house on the 2d inst. for the purpose above mentioned.
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM ALLEN , Moderator. Col. GEORGE R. BURRILL , Clerk.
At this meeting the following vote was unanimously adopted, viz.
Voted, That Col. Nathan Fisher, Col. Henry Smith, Major Robert Taylor, and Major Amos Maine Atwell, be a committee to arrange and prepare a system of solemnizing the death of General GEORGE WASHINGTON .
On the day succeeding this meeting, the town were called together on this mournful occasion, when it was voted and resolved unanimously, that Tuesday the 7th inst. be set apart for humiliation and mourning, on account of the death of the late Gen. GEORGE WASHINGTON .
Voted, That Col. Nathan Fisher, Col. Henry Smith, Major Robert Taylor, Major Amos Maine Atwell, Cols. Jeremiah Olney, John Whipple, Christopher Olney, Charles Lippitt, Esq.; and Mr. Jeremiah F. Jenkins, be a Committee of Arrangements.
Voted, That it be recommended to the inhabitants to shut up their shops, and abstain from their secular affairs on said day, and that they also wear a badge of mourning on the left arm until the 22d day of February next.
Agreeably to the foregoing resolutions, and according to arrangements previously made by the joint committee, at 10 o'clock, A. M. on Tuesday last, a procession was formed in Broad-street in the following order:
Col. SMITH'S LIGHT DRAGOONS , With Standard and Music in mourning. Col. HOWELL'S INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEERS ,
With Standard in mourning. Col. BURRILL'S CADETS , With Standard in mourning.
MUSIC, in mourning. Col. FISHER'S ARTILLERY , With Standard in mourning.
The OFFICERS OF MILITIA , In complete uniform with side arms in mourning.
Brigadier-General of Militia, for the County of Providence.
Officers of the Continental Army and Navy. FIVE CLERGYMEN , With Scarfs, decorated with bows of black ribbon.
The BIER , Supported by four Serjeants.
Pall-Bearers. Col. J. Olney, Col. J. Spurr, Col. W. Allen, Col. C. Olney, Col. J. S. Dexter.
A WHITE HORSE , His head dressed with black and white plumes, covered with black, with saddle, holsters and pistols, boots in the stirrups revealed, led by a servant in livery, with the badges of mourning.
Officers of the General Staff. District Judge, District Marshal, and District Attorney.
High Sheriff of the County of Providence. Members of the General Assembly, two and two. Justices of the Peace. Town-Council, Town-Treasurer, and Town-Clerk.
Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court, and Court of Common Pleas.
Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers, Bearing the emblems appropriate to their Society.—A Standard, with a display of the mechanic Powers; and a spread Eagle. Six Wardens, with Wands in mourning.
MARINE SOCIETY ,
Each member with mourning crape on the left arm, and the soul Anchor (on which was inscribed "HOPE") attached to the left side of the hat. The instruments of their profession in mourning. Marching, members two and two. One member bearing a globe. One bearing a ship's and one an astrolabe compass, one bearing a ship full-rigged, yards peaked, sails half-mast. Two boys, one on each side of the ship, with lead and line. Two members, bearing each a Hadley's quadrant. Two bearing trumpets, one bearing a log-line and reel, two bearing each a time-glass. Secretary, bearing a log-book and charts, displaying the river Potomack. Treasurer, bearing a large key. Vice-President, bearing a sextant. President, bearing a telescope.
SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI , In their appropriate badges of mourning.
MASONIC LODGES , Mount-Vernon Lodge, St. John's Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter.
Each member wearing his jewels; emblems and standards bore the badges of sorrow appropriate to the Craft. To the memory of their beloved Brother, the GRAND MASTER of the United States, was exhibited a striking and affecting emblem of his dissolution. Four Children, sons of a Mason, dressed in white surplices, with white helmet caps and plumes, the initials G. W. in front, bore a small Bier, covered with a white pall, edged with black, on which was placed an Urn, covered and festooned in black, with waving black plumes on the top. On the pedestal was inscribed, "Sacred to the Memory of our beloved Brother, GEORGE WASHINGTON." Over it was extended a band-
some Arch, with this inscription in front: " Holiness to the Lord ;" on the reverse, " Temple of Virtue, Seat of Masonry ." The Arch was supported by two Knights Templars, and proceeded by the Standard of that order.—Two Standards of white, trimmed with black, were displayed, on which were written the cardinal virtues of Masonry, " Faith, Hope, Charity ," also the characterisitics of Masonry, " Wisdom, Strength, Beauty ."
Corporation and Officers of College. Secretary of the State and Attorney-General. His Excellency the GOVERNOR, and Suite. CITIZENS.
The solemn day was announced at sunrise by the discharge of 16 cannon, in quick succession, from Col. Fisher's artillery. The muffled bells tolled a solemn knell. At 11, the procession proceeded from Broad-street to the house of Col. Jeremiah Olney, where the Bier was taken up, when it moved, in slow march, to solemn music, to the Baptist meeting-house. The military in front halted, and opened to the right and left, with arms reversed, and leaning on their arms. The procession moved through, the music playing a dead march.—The whole having entered the house, and the audience composed, a funeral anthem was sung, after which the Throne of Grace was addressed by the Rev. Stephen Gano, in a style at once impressive and affecting. An elegant and pertinent Oration was then pronounced by Col. George R. Burrill. An affecting farewell anthem, sung by the united choirs of the several religious societies, solemnized the heart to all the tenderness of woe. The meeting-house exhibited such affecting testimonials of affliction, as were highly calculated to impress the mind with seriousness and solemn veneration. The pulpit was entirely covered with black, with the addition of a mourning-piece in front, representing a pedestal and urn, with three angels over it, as guarding the richest daff of America ; the pedestal inscribed with this motto, " Sacred to the Memory of the illustrious WASHINGTON ;" under it the following lines: "Glory with all her lamps shall burn, And watch the Warrior's sleeping clay; Till the last trumpet rouse his urn, To aid the triumphs of the day."
The canopy over the pulpit was shrouded and the curtains at the windows were overhung with black. The chandelier was also elegantly ornamented with the habiliments of mourning. On the galleries and urns were likewise exhibited the emblems of sorrow. On the south side of the pulpit a stage was erected, covered with black, for the accommodation of the four little masters who accompanied the procession, who surrounded the urn placed thereon. Their deportment during the solemnization was highly becoming, and much beyond their years. The design, which was highly emblematic, greatly increased the solemnity of the scene."
On no occasion do we recollect observing so crowded and attentive an audience. The solemnity of the scene pervaded every heart. The procession, being formed, proceeded to the church-yard. A solemn funeral dirge was played on the organ as the Bier was set down. The Rev. Abraham L. Clarke then pronounced the following service: "My respected Friends and Fellow-Citizens,
"We have now paid the last deserved respects to the memory of one of the greatest and best of men.—The father and saviour of our country, WASHINGTON , the great and good, is no more. His body now sleeps in the silent bed of death. O death, thou hast indeed robbed the world: thou hast defaced the dignity of human nature, darkened an eminent light in Israel, and wounded all our glory. But blessed be God, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation, the holy Jesus, the Saviour and the friend of man, has sanctified the bed of death: he once lodged in the grave, and hath opened to us the door of the resurrection. "Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be lifted up, ye everlasting doors," that this heir of glory may enter in.
"If piety and virtue, if patriotism and benevolence, entitle a Christian to angels' joys, and the Paradise of God, then the soul of WASHINGTON , long ere this, has been welcomed by the gratulations of Patriarchs, Prophets and Apostles, into the regions of felicity, the peaceful mansions of the virtuous and worthy.
"There dwell thy sacred spirit, till the sound of the archangel's trump shall animate thy slumbering dust, and raise from the ruins of the grave thy mortal part, that it may be "clothed upon," and made like to Christ's own glorified body . But though dead, WASHINGTON still lives, and will forever live—his fame shall survive the wreck of ages—possession shall bless his name—his virtues shall decorate the page of history, and his piety shall be engraven in every heart. Let us, then, while we mourn the death of so great and so good a man, learn to copy his most amiable example, to go and do as he has done. May the Lord, "the rock of ages, and the stay of nations," bless us and keep us; may the Lord defend us from all evil, and assist us in all good; and may the light of his countenance shine upon us evermore.—Amen."
A detachment of the troops concluded the last funeral honours, by firing three volleys. The Bier then passed under the Masonic Arch, and was deposited under the church. The procession returned to Col. Olney's, to the tune of the President's march, with drums unmuffled. The whole were then dismissed. The Masons returned to Mason's Hall, and deposited the Urn, as a monument to their deceased Brother. Minute-guns were discharged during the march of the procession, and half hour guns until sunset. The bells tolled their solemn peals until nine at night. The colours of the shipping in the harbour, and the large Standard at the bridge, were hoisted half-mast.
The transactions of the day were conducted with the utmost order and regularity. They were evincive of the grateful remembrance of him, "who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
Col. J. Whipple receives the thanks of the Committee, for his exertions and attention during the ceremonial.
The same mournful occasion was observed with becoming solemnity at Bristol, on Monday the 6th inst. A Procession, composed of the Independent Companies of Artillery and Bristol Grenadiers, commanded by Col. Wardwell and Capt. J. W. Bourn, and of the inhabitants of the town, was formed about one o'clock, P. M. and proceeded through the principal streets. The bells of the churches were muffled and tolled, and discharges of artillery commenced at sunrise, and with proper intervals continued until sunset. The youth of both sexes, from the different schools and academies, amounting to nearly 200, joined in the procession, preceded by their respective instructors. The young ladies of Miss Cady's academy were all dressed in white, with the insignia of mourning, and added much to the solemnity of the scene. The procession proceeded to the Congregational Church, where an excellent Oration was pronounced by Mr. Benjamin Bourn, jun. The Oration was preceded by part of the Episcopal Burial Service, adapted to the occasion, which was read by the Rev. Mr. Usher, and by a pertinent prayer from the Rev. Mr. Wight. Several pieces of music were introduced and sung with great propriety during the solemnity. The whole scene was quite impressive, and the profound attention bestowed by the audience, and universal melancholy which overspread every countenance, strongly witnessed the grief and illustrious Chief.
Thursday last was entirely devoted, by the unanimous consent of the citizens of Boston, to a public exhibition of sorrow for the death of the late General WASHINGTON .
A correspondent begs leave to remark, that the large and elegant Urn which now decorates the pulpit of the Baptist Meeting-house, and which added so much to the gloom and solemnity of the occasion, on Tuesday the 7th inst., was devised and executed by Miss SUSAN PITMAN , of this town. The propriety of the lines inscribed upon it, and indeed the whole device and execution, shew an uncommon correctness of taste and genius. The public must always feel themselves indebted to the patriotic fair, for such noble specimens of genius, during such universal lamentation.
COMMUNICATION:
An observer of the solemn scene on Tuesday the 7th inst., was sensibly affected by anovel and striking exhibition, which he since finds had the same effect on the feelings of all who beheld it, and will be gratified by some observations upon it, through the channel of your paper.
Four little masters, habited in robes white and pure as the innocence of childhood, bore a black urn, as the repository of the ashes of him whose funeral rites were then solemnizing. Under the Masonic arch of highest order, the chebic appearance of those innocents, the inscription of " Holiness to the Lord ," on the arch, and the whole scene of emblems here collected to a public exhibition, reflected much credit to the projector. The steady and manly deportment of the children, both in the procession and during the delivery of the oration, reflects much credit on them, and honour on their parents, whose early care in training them to order and virtue we doubt not will be compensated by their future good conduct, when years shall have matured all the good impressions and habits of education into fixed and permanent character.
The names of the young masters are, George Gibbs , Jeremiah Fones , Lewis , and William Minton , sons of Mr. Jeremiah F. Jenkins , of this town, and are from 8 to 12 years of age.
Died:
At Newark, in the State of New-Jersey, Mr. AARON PAXINGTON , one of the editors of the Centinel of Freedom , late 29th year of his age. At New-York, of the palsy, in the 32d year of his age, Mr. JOHN BUAL , of that city, printer.
For SALE, by
THOMAS JONES,
SIXTY-Eight Hogheads of good retailing MOLASSES , at a low price, on which no day's credit will be given.
Barrels of good brown SUGAR ,
Boxes of Window GLASS ,
20 casks of POWDER , and an assortment of SHOT ,
RAISINS of the first quality, in casks and boxes.
Real Spanish SEGARS , in boxes of 1000.
Ten-plate iron STOVES , and close ditto.
A quantity of 3 thread Holland Seine TWINE , of the first quality.
CASH GIVEN FOR
Clover, Herds-Grass and Bent HAY-SEED ; also, for good OATS and RYE .
Any of the above Goods will be exchanged for good Butter, Cheese, Hogs-Lard, Oats, Rye, Barley or Tallow.
January 15.
THE subscriber respectfully informs
his customers and the public, that he carries on the business of Saddler, Chaise-trimmer, Harness-maker and Upholsterer, in the shop under the dwelling-house of Mrs. Mary Young, in Water-street, nearly opposite the store of John Brown, Esq. where those who may please to call on him for any thing in his line of business, may depend upon being served with punctuality and dispatch, and the smallest favours gratefully acknowledged, by their humble servant.
NEHEMIAH BECKFORD.
Wanted, as an Apprentice to the above branches, a smart active LAD , to whom good encouragement will be given.
January 15.
DRY GOODS,
For sale, very low, at No. 1, Cheapside, near the Market, by
Bowers and Bucklin.
—Such as— FINE and superfine Broadcloths, Ladies Cloths, Cassimeres, Coatings, Baizes, English and home manufactured Flannel, Lustrings, Ladies patent Veils, Laced Muslins, Tambour'd ditto, Jaconett and Book ditto, Russells, plain and striped, Moreens, Durants, Gentlemen's Hats of all kinds, An excellent feather Bed, Ginger by the cask, Rose Blankets, and
A number of other articles, which they will dispose of on such terms, as will convince the purchasers that goods are sold as low in this place, as in Boston or New-York.
January 15.
For CHARLESTON,
The sloop HIRAM,
will sail on Sunday next, wind and weather permitting. For freight or passage, apply to Capt. WILLIAM EARLE , South end.
January 15.
OFFICIAL.
To the Consul of his Catholic Majesty for the State of Rhode-Island, &c.
COMMERCIAL INFORMATION.
DON JOSEPH IGNATIUS DE VIAR , his Catholic Majesty's Consul-General, has received, from the intendant at the Havanna, the following list of articles, now prohibited at that port:—
Vermilion Mens' Caps—Silk, Thread, and Cotton Stocking-web patterns (worsted) Coarse Shirts Sieves Brass Locks and Nails Coverlets (wool and cotton) Dimities (thread and cotton) Oil-Cloth (flowered and plain) Paper Hangings Esterlings Tinsel Laces Sealing Wax Stockings (worsted and cotton) Marseilles Quilting Handkerchiefs (linen) Hats (castor excepted) Shoes, calicoes and printing linens Plain and ornamented dresses for both sexes
Further information from the intendant at the Havanna.
All shippers of goods or merchandise from the United States to the above port, shall be qualified before a notary public respecting the property specified in the invoices; the same shall be attested by his Majesty's Consul-General; or by some one of his Majesty's Consuls or Vice-Consuls, otherwise such goods will not be admitted to entry.
Whereas it has long been found that numbers of merchants and others, trading from the United States to the Havanna, regardless of the foregoing publication inserted some time since in several papers of the Union, have prosecuted their voyages without soliciting the attestation mentioned therein, and on arrival there have alleged ignorance respecting the same: Now, therefore, his Catholic Majesty's Consul-General, in compliance with his instructions received lately on this head, doth hereby make known, to all whom it may concern, that from and after the publication hereof, any vessel or vessels trading to the above port or ports in the Island of Cuba, shall be provided with the aforementioned attestation, otherwise they will not be admitted to entry.
Newport, January 10.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, January 8, 1799.
THE Creditors of WILLIAM INMAN , of Gloucester, in the county of Providence, Cordwainer, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be held at Providence on the last Monday in February next; then and there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of the act entitled "an Act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted.
SAMUEL EDD, Secretary.
CINCINNATI.
At a meeting of the Standing committee of the Rhode-Island S. Society of the Cincinnati, January 6, 1800.—The committee, penetrated with the deepest sorrow for the irreparable loss the nation, and humanity in general, have sustained, in the death of that true Patriot, Father and Saviour of his country, General GEORGE WASHINGTON —
Resolved unanimously, That it be recommended to the members of the said Society, to wear black crape or ribbon on the left arm, below the elbow, until the 30th day of June next, as a tribute of honour and esteem due to the memory of the late venerated President-General of the Cincinnati. And that the above be published in the Newport and Providence Papers.
A true copy from the Minutes,
DANIEL S. DEXTER.
January 15.

Selected Poetry.
From the CONNECTICUT COURANT.
The DEATH of GENERAL WASHINGTON having filled the hearts of all the virtuous people in the United States with the sincerest affliction, we presume our Readers will pardon us for presenting them, instead of the common New-Year's Address, with the following tribute to the memory of that GREAT AND ILLUSTRIOUS FRIEND AND FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.
FAR, far from hence be Satire's aspect rude, No more let Laughter's frolic-face intrude, But every heart be fill'd with deepest gloom, Each form be clad in vestments of the tomb. From VERNON's SACRED HILL dark sorrows flow, Spread o'er the land, and shroud the world in woe. From Mississippi's proud, majestic flood, To where St. Croix meanders thro' the wood, Let business cease, let vain amusements fly, Let parties mingle, and let Faction die; The Realm perform, by warm affection led, Funereal honours to the MIGHTY DEAD. Where shall the heart for consolation turn, Where ends its grief, or how forsook to mourn? Beyond these clouds appears no cheering ray, No morning Star proclaims the approach of day. Ask hoary Age from whence his sorrows come, His voice is silent, and his sorrow dumb; Enquire of Infancy who drops his head, The prattler lips--"great WASHINGTON is dead." Why bend yon Statesmen o'er their task severe? Why drops yon Chief the unavailing tear? What fallen grief hangs o'er you Martial Band? What deep distress pervades the extended land? In sad response sounds from shore to shore-- "Our FRIEND, our GUIDE, our FATHER is no more." Let fond Remembrance turn her aching sight, Survey the past, dispel Oblivion's night, By glory led pursue the many road, Which leads the traveller to her high abode; There view that great, that venerated NAME, Inscribed in sun-beams on the roll of Fame. No lapse of years shall foil the sacred spot, No future age its memory shall blot; Millions unborn shall mark its sacred fire, And latest Time behold it, and admire. O widow'd Country! what protecting Form, Shall o'er thy pathway thro' the gathering storm! What mighty hand thy trembling barque shall guide Thro' Faction's rough and overwhelming tide! The hour is past--thy WASHINGTON no more Defences, with Angel-ken, the peaceful shore. Freed from the terrors of his awful eye, No more fell Treason seeks a midnight sky; But, crawling forth on midnight mischief bent, Rears her black front, and toils with curst intent. Behold! array'd in long, and black array, Prepar'd for conflict, thirsting for their prey, Our foes advance--nor force nor danger dread, Their fears all vanish'd when his spirit fled. Oft when our bosoms, fill'd with dire dismay, Saw mischievous gather round our country's way; When furious discord seiz'd her flaming brand, And threaten'd ruin to our infant land; And when destruction at the bliss of life; When war with bloody hand her fury unfulf'd, And her loud trump alarm'd the Western World; His awful voice bade all contention cease, At his command the storms were hush'd to peace. But who can speak, what accents can relate, The solemn scenes which mark'd the GREAT MAN's fate! Ye ancient Sages, who so loudly claim The highest station on the list of Fame, At his approach with diffidence retire, His higher worth acknowledge, and admire. When keenest anguish rack'd his mighty mind, And a fond heart the joys of life resign'd, No guile, nor terror stretch'd its hard controul, No doubt obscur'd the sunshine of the Soul. Prepar'd for death, his calm and steady eye Look'd fearless upward to a peaceful sky; While wondering Angels point the airy road, Which leads the CHRISTIAN to the THRONE of GOD. Hartford, January 1, 1800.
The following HYMN was sung at Hartford, at the close of the mournful ceremonies in that city in honour of the memory of WASHINGTON.
WHAT solemn sounds the air invade! What wraps the land in sorrow's shade! From Heaven the awful mandate flies-- The FATHER of his COUNTRY DIES. Let every heart be fill'd with woe, Let every eye with tears o'erflow, Each form oppress'd with deepest gloom, Be clad in vestments of the tomb. Behold that venerable band! The Rulers of our mourning land, With grief proclaim from shore to shore-- "Our GUIDE our WASHINGTON is no more." Where shall our country turn its eye! What help remains beneath the sky! Our FRIEND, PROTECTOR, STRENGTH and TRUST, Lies low, and mouldering in the dust. ALMIGHTY GOD, to thee we fly-- Before thy Throne above the sky, In deep prostration humbly bow, And pour the penitential vow. HEAR, O MOST HIGH! our earnest prayer-- "Our Country take beneath thy care; When dangers press, and foes draw near, May future WASHINGTONS appear."
NEW-YORK, January 1. Funeral Procession.
YESTERDAY was a day of general mourning. It exhibited one of the most solemn and sublime spectacles perhaps ever witnessed--that of an united and a grateful people paying the last sad tribute of respect to the memory of the father of his country--the great and good General WASHINGTON. A committee of arrangement having been appointed (consisting of General Hughes, General Stevens, Colonel Morton, and Majors Fair-
lie and Stagg, jun.) and previous notice having been given in the papers from all the public bodies, testifying their intention of joining with their fellow-citizens on the mournful occasion, about one o'clock the line of procession was formed opposite the Almshouse, at the head of Broadway, and moved on in the following order:--
Officer and eight Dragoons. Sixth Regiment, in Platoons, by the left. Eight pieces of Field Artillery. Cavalry. Rifle Company. Militia Officers. Officers of the Navy of the United States. Officers of the Army of the United States. Major-General Hamilton and Suite. Citizens. The Various Societies. Civil Officers of the city. Civil Officers of the State. Lieutenant-Governor. Civil Officers of the United States Government. His Catholic Majesty's Consul, and Gentlemen of that nation. His Britanic Majesty's Consul, and Gentlemen of that nation. Musique. Anacreontic and Philharmonique Societies. Clergy. Twenty-four Girls, in White Robes. BIER. Cincinnati as Chief Mourners, and other Officers of the late war. Corporation of the city. Eight Dragoons. Officers. All the procession marched four deep, except the military.
The procession moved by the left in front of the Almshouse to the head of Beekman-street, down Beekman-street to Pearl-street, along Pearl-street to Wall-street, up Wall-street to the city hall; down Broad-street to Beaver-street, through Beaver-street to the Bowling-green--round the Bowling-green in front of the Government-house, and up Broad-way to St. Paul's Church. When arrived in front of the Church, at a signal given, the whole halted and opened to the right and left; when the Bier, preceded by the music, Anacreontic and Philharmonique Societies, the clergy and girls in white robes, passed through the procession into the church, the remainder moving after in reversed order. On entering the church, the minute guns (which had been fired from the Battery during the movement) ceased firing, and the muffled bells ceased tolling.
The ceremonies in the church were opened with prayer by the Rev. Bishop Provost, which was succeeded by sacred music, voca and instrumental. When the music had ceased, Governor MORRIS, Esq. rose, and delivered an Oration, in which the talents, the virtues and the eminent services of the illustrious deceased were portrayed in language the most pathetic and nervous. The audience felt it; they "listened even to ecstasy." The orator concluded, and an inimitable burst of applause ensued. Sacred music again broke upon the ear. The Urn was conveyed into the cemetery, and three volleys, fired by the troops under arms over the Urn, closed the ceremonies of the day.
During the procession the most profound silence was observed by the immense multitude who witnessed it; the houses and stores were shut up, all public business ceased; and our citizens, amidst the solemnities of the scene, evinced that they had
"That within which passeth shew;" and that, "in the hearts of a grateful people," the remembrance of General WASHINGTON "can never die."
Kent, sc. State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. WHEREAS Henrietta Babcock, of Warwick, in the county of Kent, wife of Henry Babcock, a transient person, has filed her petition in the clerk's office of the Supreme Judicial Court for said county, praying, for divers causes therein set forth, that said Court would pass a decree of divorce, rendering null and void the bands of marriage subsisting between her and her said husband:--NOTICE is therefore hereby given to all persons concerned, to appear (if they shall think fit) at the Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at East-Greenwich, within and for said county of Kent, on the second Monday of April next, to show cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. A. BOYD, Clerk. East-Greenwich, Jan. 1.
ELISHA DYER, Has this day received A further supply of Fresh Winter GOODS, Part of which are-- SUPERFINE, common, and low priced BROADCLOTHS, Cassimeres, Swandown and Marceilles Vesting, Flannels, Baizes, Hosiery, milled Mitts, Caps and Gloves, Polish Caps, furred Gloves, India Cottons, Mullins, Mullinets, Dimities, Marceilles Quilting, Shawls, Handkerchiefs, Modes, Satins, 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 Hosiery, Bonnets, Bands, and one box of artificial Flowers and Wreaths; Russia, Irish and cotton Sheetings; Linens, Checks and Osnapurges; one trunk of white Cotton Hosiery; marble'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 Prime Beef and Pork Tar, Pitch and Rosin, per barrel 1000 wt. of best round Pimento. Jan.
To be Sold, At PUBLIC AUCTION, At eleven o'clock in the forenoon, on the second Monday in February next, A HOUSE and LOT, situated on Eddy's Point, being the estate of SAMUEL INGRAHAM. For further particulars, apply to RICHARD ANTHONY. January 8.
For SALE, by Greene and Barker, A Quantity of Pepper and Pimento (first quality) Havanna 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 hogsheads. Rock Salt, and sundry other articles. January 1.
For SALE, by Amos Maine Atwell, CONNECTICUT Salted Provisions of the best Qualities, and in excellent shipping order, viz. Prime Beef, Prime Pork, Mess 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, 7000 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. October 30. (t. f.)
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 Susquehanna, when completed, 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-spots, 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 100 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.
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 BITTERSTAFF, Philom. Containing, besides the usual astronomical calculations and tables (which are very accurate) a variety of useful and entertaining matter.--The author, in his preface, gives a concise account of the old and new titles, reasons for abolishing the old title, and why there cannot be another Leap-Year till 1804.
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 300 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.
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.
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. January 1. EDWARD LONG.
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 serges; forest cloth, lamb-skin and coating, very cheap; swandown, nankens, florentines, fergedemens, crimson, scarlet and green baizes; blankets, black, yellow, red and white English flannels; moreens, ruffles, plain and striped cambracs, durants, shaloon, plain and striped wildbores, bengals, crapes, dimities, muslins, India cottons, a great variety of muslins, lappets, Irish linen, sheeting ditto, cowcloths, bedticking, yellow canvas, cambricks, lawns, a large assortment of camel-hair, silk and chintz shawls; black Barcelona and bandana handkerchiefs; a variety of fancy patches, chintzes and calicoes; English and India stuffings of various colours; English and India stuffings of various widths; grey, Persian, 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 assortment 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, sadirons, bellows, coffee mills, looking glasses, glass, China, Liverpool and Delft ware; cotton and wool cards. Hyson and bohea tea, by the dozen, warranted; pepper, cinnamon, nutmegs, ginger, mustard, Spanish float and French Indigo, warranted; long and short pipes, per gross, salt petre by the pound or dozen. Molasses, sugar, coffee, best Boston chocolate and shells, raisins, flour, cod fish, with many other articles, very cheap for cash only. Nov. 13. 10 w.
Cooley's genuine Pills, Prepared by Samuel Cooley, of Bolton, 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 most certain remedy for the Jaundice, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, Gravel, Piles, Scurvy, Dizziness 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 contagious air, remove obstructions of any kind, by dissolving and discharging the morbid matter, help digestion, restore a lost appetite, a sure relief 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 themselves made weaker, as is common to other physic. They are to be taken twice in a day, two in the morning and one at night, more or less, so as to cause one or two movements of the body 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 FORB, Providence. August 21. (t. f.)