The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-01
DOMESTIC.
,(CIRCUtAR.A
NEw-Yoax, February Ii.


city of New York, To make arrangements
respecting the intcrnicnt cf the re!icss OF A.
merican sean,cif, soldiers and citiy ems who
persisted on board the JERSEY. PRISON
ship, during the revolutionary war, now
lying ON The shores Of theAyaliabout U.ong
Island) 6cS 'eave TO submit the subject Of
their appointment to Decentralization ct the
surviving relatives and friends Of those I'M
Fortunate pcrsons In every part of the Uni
ted States, and Of acknowledgement and pat.
riotic fellow others at large.
Various attempts have been made to ac-
.compiish this important and interesting OBJ
lect. But individual cXcrtions have hither-
70 proved incompetent ; and the public sem
sibiiity. too much occupied by other consi-
dcrauons, has not as YET beeh sufficiently
excited by the appeals (tha. have been made
20 it..
This Indifference, so prevaien. 70 tic me-
Inory OF these our country's brave defenders.
who ef!victims to the unrelcnting cruelty of
her enemies, While It must fill every iugcnu-
GUS mind With regrt-, is calculated 70 FIX up
On the American naticn a charge, which,
while they abhor, they at once provoke ami
justify by their conduct
Perhaps, in the history OF nations, there is
no TRAIT OF human naturS more strongly and
clearly deiineated, than the impassioned &
devout regard which is entertained and ex-
hibited for the survivor of glorious and
wariikc enterprises, toward; the memory of
their companions in arms, who, being cnga-
ged in the same conflicts, sharing the same
dangers, animated by the same love of coun-
try, atchie>ins the same victory, or sustain
ing the same defeat with themselves, have
found an honorable grave. In some coun-
tries their bodies have been embalmed in
others, monuments have been erected in COM
memmoration Of their heroic consistency and
voicr, and theircontempt of death And in
all, tic memory of their deeds has been
perpetuated, their names have been enroll
ed in the faithful volume Of history, and
handed down to posterity, and they still live
IN their. virtnons examples, and the minor
tality of their fame.
Shall America furnish an exception 70
custom 50 firmly established, so rational, so
neritofiousf Shall it be said--Ame ricans
have already forgotten their slaughtered
oountrynen that, they behold the earth
still strewed with their bones, they can pass
calmly ard indifFerently BY, and refuse
them the tribute of sigh and the COM
mon rites OF interment; and that, in the full
enjoyment Of Independence, they can shew
the most unfe cling neglect to the toll, the trca-
sure, and the Blood Of which it is the pur-
chase.
The society by which this committee is APP
will not be the case. But that thei, exerti-
ons to rescue from oblivion, aud place on an
impsrishable Basis, the memory of large
portions of those who persisted in the revolu-
tonary contest, will meet with suitable conn-
tenance and support.
They have long induced the hope, that o.
theirs to whom the task with equal if not
greater proprietv belonged, would undertake
its execution. They have been anxious 70
avoid the appearance Of an os5entatlous dis
play before the public, and would cheerfuliy
have lent their humble aid to anv measures
which the general or their state government
insight have adopted on the occasion. Being
disappointed in their wishes, and consider
ing that the first and greatest object their
constitution is the promotion Of the interests,
the welfare and the honor of their country,
they have at length resolved 70 originate
measures on this subject.
They have accordingly appointed this com
mittec and invested them with powers to form
a plan for the interment of that portion Of
the remains Of their country men now living
CT the shores of Long island.--The commit
tee have procured from JOHN JACKSON,
Esq. on whose Farm they were deposited. and
where they now lie, deed OF a piece of
ground, conspicuorsly and advantag eously ST.
tuated, being the head of the Navy Yard,
and which viii not be affected by any reeu-
lations that may hereafter take place He
has already planted some trees of an appro-
pirate description on the spot selected, and
has given the society permission to inter the
bones in such manner and with such solemn
ties as they may think proper.
1t is considered BY the society that no fur
cher delay ought 10 take place. They have
accordingly sanctioned the plan reported
TO them, which it is intended shall be car
ried into effect as soon as the season will adj
mlt
In the mean time, the relatives and friends
OF those unfortunate persons, and also our
fellow citizens at large, are requested to for
ward Immediately, either to BENJAMIN Ro-
MAINE, Esq. Grand Sachem of Tammany
Society, JOHN JACKSON, Esq. or the Chair
man of this Committee, by mail or other
safe conveyance, such information as NAV be
IN their possession, OF knowledge of the names
places OF birth, age, rank and families of
those persons together with such circum-
stances respecting each, as may be interest
Ing, particularly such as relate to their stu
alton and sufferings on board the said shin.
This information is indiSpensably necessary.
as 1t is contemplated to erect a monument.
smblsnatical in its designs and execution,
Ind descriptive otthe events about to be COM
memora.ed. II is also important in an bisto
Tieal point OF view, and, will be useful to tbe
present generation and to postcrity.
a procession will take place, composed of
different societies, public bodies and the a.
tizens at large, and military h nors will be