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(]i? •r»ti v, yrdofn cf pood men
»h ' feeling* oflmmanitv i
nod excites our forrow, yet their
ar produELve
of jreat h’fufbs to mankind.
Degenerate as H'iiain is yet the
mc.noiies of John H impden
anJ \lgernon Sidney, ate fome-
rccollefted, nor hive all
their defeendmrs forgotten the
virtuous o’apnfition to an ambi
tious tyrant, for which the lives
of thole patriots were facrificed.
Rejoice, O’ Washington for
the fucoTs which attended your
glorious exertions to fare your
country. And what would have
been your fate had our enemies
tiiumphcd over us and your life
been at their dijpofal. Your
virtuous efforts would have been
rewarded with death, and cant
ing hypocrites would have in
rultcd the divine being wi.h their
imnious thanks for luccecding in
cnflaving an whole continent,
and for having the gratification
of murdering the heroes who
advocated its right*.
Let the enemies of general
Tandy flate his guilt, and what
will it amount to. That dining
the revolution of this couutry
he was the friend of the Ame
ricans, that through bis influ
ence the city of Dublin petition
ed the king remonfirating againfi
(bedding the blood of their fel
low fuhjeOs in this country, and
entreating him to liflen to, and
to redrefs the complaints of the
Ameticans. That he was always
the alfertor of the civil and na
tional rights of his countrymen,
and that ffnally finding that a
conupt pailiament, rejefted eve-1
ry meafurc which was ra'cuhtcd
to promote the interefis of Ire
land, and that hopes of amend
ment could be no longer indulg
ed, he followed the example of
a I*ranklin, a Wafhington, &c.
whole furccfs in liberating their
country from its thraldom, ex
cited the generous ardour of
emulation in his patriotic bre^fi.
If to the catalogue of its nu
merous crimes, the Britifh go
vernment is relolved to add the
murder of the heroic Tandy
his fate will not only excite the
lympatheric pity of the good
and virtuous, but it will alio
add to the hatred with which
every friend of liberty, views
the guilty confpirators who are
waging a war of extermination i
againfl the fupporrers of free-1
dom. It will alfo nerve the
arms of thofe who will yrt punifh
the criminals for all the blood
which they have filed.
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CONSTANTINOPLE,
June 10.
T he Ex-I\’cha of Egypt, Seid
Ari, who has recrjvcd two wounds
in the battle with Buonaparte,
is arrived here from Aleppo'
Having lofi the belt part of his
efbftsat Cairo, the Grand Sig
mor has not only made him va
luable prefents. but made him
alio a Pacha of three tails, and
'with iho title of Putin Genera
|of Fgypt.
PR ANKFORT, July 31.
They talk much of a confer
ence that is ro take phee at
Prague, between the emperors
of Geimany and Ruffia and
the kings of Sweden, Great-
Britain and Prufiia.
PARIS, June 22.
A terrible fire reduced to afhes
on the 19th of [une, vSt. Claude,
one of the moll populous towns
in the department of fura ; not
a (ingle houfe was left (landing.
More than 3000 inhabitants aie
reduced to the extrernell nailery
Several bookfehers of Pari?
have declared themlelvcs bank
rupts;
The Preferider being foliated
to m ike his niece a prelent of
his crown on her wedding day,
is laid to have anfwered, u if it
was a crown of rofc<, I would
give it to her; but I keep it,
becaufe it is a crown of thorns.” ;
ALBANY, Oftoher 2.
Ry a gentleman recently from
Ireland, we learn that the Orange
fa6lion, who have hitherto been
the mod violent fupporters of
the Riitifh government, and the j
bitter perfecutors of the United
frifhmen, has made overtures
for junction with the latter, for
the exprefs purpofe of refeuing
the kingdom from tyranny An
averfion to the propofed union
is the caufe of their oppofition*
The Cable is more than ever
alarmed, and has prohibited the 1
Orange meetings. It may now
be faid» that the only fupport
which Britain had in Ireland,!
among the people, is loft—gone 1
over to the fide of liberty and
Ju 11 ice. The Orange men once
enlightened, will difplay more
enthufialm and energy in lup
port of their rights, than if they
had never been led blindfolded
by the intrigues of a government,
which only wifties to make them
the inllrumcnts for crufhing
their brcthien whilft themfelve*
were to be the next obje&s of
its perfidy and tyranny.
NORFOLK. Oftoher 24.
It was yefterday reported,
that an Englifh frigate has arri
ved in Hampton Roads, in a
fiiort pallage from England,
which brought a counts that
the Dutch, reinforced by 10,000
French troops, had forced the
Englilh to retreat to the mouth
of the Texel.
PHILADELPHIA, Oftoher 26.
The fellivity and rejoicings
held in conlequenre of the elec
tion of Thomas NPKean, had
not ceafed on Friday morning,
Piocefiions of citizens with
lighted tapers, accompanied by
mufic, continued through the
llreets the who’e night. Several
parties with infimmental mufic,
lerenaded popular chaiafters.
The friends of Mr. Kofs weie
• To confident * f hi* election, that
1 Ttcr the clofe of the po*l at
| Pirtfburgli» they rhcerrrl him
:in triumph through that town.
Five hundred foldicrs of the
: (landing army, we are told,
i were introduced at Pittfbuigh,
and voted for Mr. Rofs.
LE XIN OTO N T , ( Ken, ) Sept. \9.
The following is a copy of
the inflru&ions given to the
corhmandants of polls in Loui
fiana, for their government in
the admiffion of fettlcrs from a
foreign country ; copied from
inflnftions polled up at New
Mad- id—
Injlrutlions uhich piall he ohferved
by the commandants of the pofts
of this province J or the admiffion !
of netb feltlers, \
1. If the new feifler comes j
from another pofl of the pro-;
vincc where he h \s obtained a
Ipodeflion of land, no o her fhall
be granted him ; and if he in- *
tends to fettle, he mufl purchafe
jorfhew a particular permiffion
from me, vi i (the governor gen.)
for the new conceffion ; and in |
order to afeertain if he has ob
tained land before or not, the
commandant of the pofl from
whence he came (hall expiefs it
' in the piflport.
! 2. If the new fetter be a
foreigner—and not a farmer, or
a married man, nor has any
property in negroes or meichan
dife, nor money to purcha r e|
them, he fhall have no right to
obtain a concdlion of land until
after four years of good beha
viour in forne honorable and
ufeful employment,
3. Tradefmen (hall be effec
tually protefted, but no land
fhall be granted them until they
1 have acquired property, and
lived three years in the fervice
ol their trade or profcllion.
4. 1 ands fhall not be granted
to any emigrant being a batche
lor, who has no Hade, until after
four years ; he making it then
appear that he has been employ
ed without intenuption and
with credit in the cultivation ol
land, without which Ipecial cir
cumllance he (ball have no right
to a grant.
5 If, however, any of thofe
mentioned in the foreg<yng ar
ticle. after having lived two
years in the country, piefcnts a
recommendation from fomc ref
pe£l ible farmer, who fhall have
given him his daughter in mar
riage, in confequence of finding
him induflrious and flcady, (the
rairriage in due fonn being au
thenticated) he fhall have a right
to obtain land in conformity to
the conditions exprtHed in thefe
infliu£lioi;s,
6. The privilege of enjoying
the libeity of conlcience, mull
not be undcrflood but in regard
to the prefent generation ; for
their children mufl ablolutcly'
be Catholics ; and he who will
not confoim to thefe conditions
fhall not be admitted, and 111 all
be obliged to retire immediately,
although foe be a rriun of
proper y,
7. At Illinois, none fc u t Ca,
th'dics, of the ciades of fd-uieij
and tradelmen, (hall he admitted
and peifons of prop a ?ty who
dial! not have (erved in any
public rapacity in the foreign
country from whence they catnc.
The emigrants, not Catholics,
who are already leltled, fhall be
made acquainted with the con
tents f f the preceding articles
fin Older that they may obferve
them ; for inch has been hi 3
m ijefty's oiders fiom the begin
ning.
£. The commandants with
the greatefl flriftncfs are towalch
that no proteftant preachers, or
preachers of any other feft, not
Catholics, introduce themfelves;
; for tl ley fhall be made fcvcrclv
refponlible for the lead negle6f
; in this refpeft.
9. 'f o every emigrant of the
: deferiptu n to be admitted, (be
ing a tnarri d man) there fhall
be granted two hundied acics
of land, adding fifty acics tncrc
for every child he fhall bring
with him.
10. To every emigrant of
property, who fhall come to this
comntfy with an intention of
fettling himfelf therein, bcin<r
• °j
in the circumflances which have
been mentioned, there fhall be
two hundred acres of land grant
ed him, and befides, twenty
acres for every negro he fha!l
bring with him ; in fuc h a man
ner, nevertheless, that the ceflion
to any (ingle proprietor fhall ne
ver exceed eight hundred acres.
LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY, November 26, 1799.
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Lrgiflature of the State of Georgia ,
Begun and held at Louifville,
on the fiifl Monday in
November, 1799.
House of Repb
Monday , November 25.
The houfc met puifuantto
adjournment.
Mr Caldwell from the com
mittee appointed, reported a bill
to be entitled “ an aft to amend
an aft, entitled an aft, to con
firm and make valid all titles to
certain lots fold by the comniif-
of the town of Louif
ville," which was received and
read the firfl time.
Mr* 1 ove agreeably to notice
given, moved for a committee
to be appointed to prepa»c and
report a bill, to be entitle*
•• an aft for the relief of deH< V 5
confined in the relpeftive g* ols
of this flate,” and a committee
was appointed of Meflrs. Lo\f»
Pitman and Walker.
On motion by Mr. Bryan—
Rcfolved, that the clerk n ° w
inform the fenate, that this fo f ’ Ui '
is ready to proceed to the e.e<
tion of a tieafuicr, fecrcrary 0