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J P \ R T 9, l7.
A feLprarib innn'in.
«Cfd at r r’rlnrk in e V'“run
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j Te i*th inOant, fbnt Tl cl.
" land w->< pntirrlv hr
j the RufTi’ns r pnlifh. The
3'n r orm^f r« certain.
S Pnorv nnrfr arrived vcHerdav,
7 o'clock in *be mnr^inir.
I His lady “nd brothers, who had
Ktmne to meet hir >. mifHd bun
fflhv bavinp taken a different road.
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W it ; zrn Parras to r er h m
j a« foon as his arrival wa« known.
1 Hp w#?rt th* fame dav, at 4
IrVlork, to flip dire&nry ; Vnt
jh vin£» much need of repofe
3 aft' » fn long and rapid a tourney,
I hr had a particular audience of
Sthe djrcfloiv this day.
5 The Englifb troom, finrethc
EjafTai r of the 17th Vendrmiaire,
garr 0 ut up in thrir old enfrrnrh
gments, where they are in fo
glmuch want hoth of ammunition
jaand p’nvifions, that they have
obliged to fend back the
Jpn 'oners, which they have taken.
#1 1 hey have demanded tvvenfv
|( our hours to embark, which
§requ> fl has been denied them,
pI f appears that general Prune is
to make them furrender
fbv capitulation ; one of the con
ceptions of which wiil be the re
;|flor«M*on rf the fleet that furren*
ji-d' red in the Texel. It is he-
Micvcd they cannot maintain their
Jflatirn more than three clays.
m A dveife windshave, for five days
all attempts at rm
jSbarkation, and alfo any (applies
||f cm reaching them. The mif-
Jf«r.nd( rflanding bet ween the Ruf-
flans and Enghfh encreafcs dai’y,
&which has cccaboned many du-
Hehs It is reported that the duke
|of York was for fome time a
■fiptifoner to the Ruffians; hut
Trued by the Fpghfh cavalry.
j£jSnrh are our lad accounts.
'i\f- xiraft of a letter from the llue t
m dated ('Bcher ig,
1| u Four thoufand Ruffi ns, and
sfsrjoo Erghfh, have been killed,
and 2400 Ruffians taken prifon
»J crs. 'I he municipality of Am
jj Reidam havepub ifhed this day,
| f hat the remainder of the Ruf
f I'an armv, to the number of fix
I thouland have deferred to the
i 'Tench, af:er having ki led feve
| r al EngliHi officers. A whole
h- regiment of ( oflaiks who would
jj not join them weie cut toyieces.
jj We have taken r 6 piec s of
8 “ nmn at.d a gicat quantity of
i baggage.”
fi a»e informed from An*
wer P» l hat the Ihitifh officers
«who aie pvifoners, wrote the h !-
M owing letter to citizen Lcfpi
tfle, commander of that place :
fJj we a e lurprifed, fir, that \ou
u« in the citadel, at the (ame
e that j cu allow the Kuflian
ffeers to re fide with the citizens.
U e beg yon to grant us the fame
feindulgence." '1 he commander
( 1 > ir ‘— l< ntJ< men, you com
gplain that you aie edged in the
ypCitade), and nof permitted, like
the Rullian clliccis, to rehde j
W~' -tW*' ll m fWM W tm n» ■ « jw «
v ith the citizens ; T do
th-* liopor fo inform you, that I
rrfprd the
know how to cmirape.
As prifon-rs of I frrant von
every indulgfcnre fha* - the law j
allows. Do ttp the foi
helirvp, t li af if T re*fn r o you anv
rrnmmodaf ions whirh you mav
dofirr, it is beraiife I do not
think 1 on ontifled fo fhom.
Health and fraternity,
I f, sp 1 n es s e.”
DUBLIN, September 7.
Mr. Henry fackfon, who is
a prifouer in Kilmainham gaol,
has, after an application of feve
ral months, obtained leave to go
to America : it is underffond
that he obtained this permiffon
through the American amhafla*
C*
dot. It feerrs to be a matter of
favor for a -nan, fufpefted of
detTiocratjc p’inciples, robe al
lowed to refide in America,
Mr. far kfon*s extenfive pro
perty in this city and its vicinity,
is all difpnfed of, with the ex
cept >n of the feundery on St.
|ohn’s quay.
Lord I>. it is generally imagi
ned, does not intend to refide
in this country, as he difoofed
of his property previous to his
departure.
Lord D. it is faid, means to
fell his cflates, and retire to the
continent.
Great numbers of the nobili
ty and gentry, it is expefted,
will leave this country, fhould
an union take place. Leland
will then become a mere nuifery
for foldiers and Teamen.
Mr; Jackfon, fmentioned in
the above paragraphs) and his
family, came palhengets in the
Martha Bland, arrived at Lor
folk iaft week f orn Dublin.
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NEW-YORK, Jamm y 1.
Funeral ProceJficn %
Yeflerday was a general day
•of nr urning It exhibited cne
of the molt folemn and fublime
(pedtacles peihaps ever w’tnelß d
•—tliatof an united and a grate
ful people paving the laM tribute
of relpc6l to the memory of the
lather of his country —the great
and good general afliington.
A conimi'tee of arrangement
having been appointed (confin
ing of general Hughes, general
| Stevens, colonel Morton, ai d
majors Famle and Stagg, jun )
and previous notice having !»et n
givr n in the pipers l.om all the
public bodies, teliitying their
pntcntion of joining with their
fellow citizens on the mournful
occafion, about ( ne o’clock the i
line of proalfion was formed j
oppolite the h Ims-houfe at the
Inad of Broadway. [l Vanin/
loom prevent* iu being pulhjhed at
l ngth.\
PIIILADf.LI 111 A, Dec. 27.
Yeflcrday was ohlei ved in this
nty as a day of mourning for j
I the Ids of the father of cur 1
rouiV'V. Bufincfs was iuiprnd
ed, flip clnz' ns appealed in the
habbiment* of grief—and the
tones of the deep muffled hells!
iafrended on high ; while Phi la
jdelpbia paid a merited tribute
|of refpcfl to our beloved Wafh-
by pompous funeral
honors —and genuine giit-f.
At the dawn of fixieen
guns were frred ip quick fuccef
fmn, and one gun at each half
hour til* fon'et. At noon, the
bier was received by the troops
formed in line, prefenting their
arms and the officer;,, drums and
ro!o s fainting, after which the
proceffion formed and moved to
the German I utheran Church,
Minute guns filing at difiance.
In the Hou r eot Repre r entatiVcs,
on Monday laR, the fpeaker
lead to the lioufe the follow
ing letters :
Philadelphia , Dec. 27, 1799,
Dear Sir,
Theinclofcd resolution, which
unanimonfly pa (Fed the houfe
of reprclfntatives this day, w ill
make known to you how highly
they have been gratified with
the mann r in which you have
peiformed the fcrvice afiigned
to you, in preparing and de‘i
veting a funeral oration on‘the
cjcalh of general Wafhington
1 Thai our condiment* may par
|ticip.vc in the gratifications we
1 have received, fiom yc.ur having
fb weil e s me lied the fentiments
of icfpefl for the charabler, of
% 1
gratitude for the fcrvice, and of
grief lor the death of that iiluf
trious personage ; I flatter my
fclf you will not hefilale (ocom
ply with the lequefl of the hculc,
by fuimfhing a copy of ycui
oration to be taken iur pub ;ca
ti n. A1 cw me, while peifottil
ing this pleafing talk ot official
duty, in communicating an abl
•of the reprclentatives of lire
pt »|de lo jufl to rcu, and fo
honorable 10 thcmfelves, to em
hracc the oppo tunity to declare
that I atn perfonally with great
1 efteem and ftncerc ugaid, dear
|dir, your fntud and obedient
) fervant,
Theodore Sidgwick.
The 1 notable major
genual Lee.
Frcnklm Ccirt , Dec 28, 'O9.
Otai Sir,
I owe to the gnodnefs of the
houfe of representatives, the
1 honor which their resolutions
corfer on my humble efforts to
execute their w ifh.
I can n< ver dill hev their w ill,
and therefore will furnifha cony
of the oration delivered on the
;lite afflibling occasion, much as 1
: I h d flattc red uiyfelf w ith a
dilFerent (bfpofi ion of it.
Sincerely lecipio* ating the,
perfonal confidc?atio T s with
which ym honor me. I am veiy
refpeblfulh’, fn, your fiiend and
obedient let vant,
Henry Lef,
I The Speaker of the 1 loufe
: of Rcpreleutatives.
CfM RI/ STON t Jan, 4.
At n meeting of the citizens held I
\f/l'rrinv, operable to adjournment,%
in the e tv ha J, to adop f fome method 2
0/ exfyrfjjmg thiir grief for thelofs 2
of an- late beloved commander in 1
drr/ % General George VVafhing- 1
ton : '
Hi\ honor the Intendant was%
cal ed to fhe chair.
A motion was made by General J
Gadjd- n, that the citizens put on J
mourning for thirty d iys % a
7 his motion was feconded bv Dr g
Davit Fr m/av; who moved by zuay*k
of amendment, the foil wing refo-%.
Intion, uhich was unanmcvfly
d p'ed : ' 98
Kelolved, That to exprefs ourga
grateful fmfe of the exalted merit %
and dfjhr.gui/hcd patriotifm of the 1
'late Gunge Wafhington, whom
has hen our (word in war, our fun%
and Jii Id in peace and who !or%
25 1 cars pajl in fundry public cha-%
rade.'s f the fir [I importance , has'*i
rtn 1} 1 d iheje L u ted Slates a feries 4
of fuck important. magnanimous,%
ana difinterefhd ft j vices, as hove I
never been fur puffed by any hero or |
flatc/ma \ of any age or nation, and j
to tcjlijy our f nee e refpeft and ve- $
1 nei at inn for his memory, we will go
into mourning fer thirty da)S, by ]
. wearing a crape on the left arm. ff
A fir the prjfng of this re flu -'l
twn, the rev Dr. Gallagher ro[e, *
. and ajter a vmfl eloquent and per-' 1
: fpiau us [pecch, moved the following
r re/ohition t
> >
; Kefolved, 7 hat a fuhfcripticn
[ be opened to raife a fum of money
F for the purp J: of erefting a flatue j
. to the memory of the late general *
■ Geo’ge Wtifiiington, either pe - •
• deflrian in marble, or equefinan in 1
, bronze; that a ccnmiVee for that
purfefe be appointed; who , after
■ hainng afccrtoined the amount of the ■
.1 fuhfcripticn , be authc nzed to call a ■
I meeting of the citizens, in order to J
t * appoint a fpecial committee for the 2
; pnrpvfe of*carrying the reflation |
) into ejfeft. fl
7 his reflation was unaniwovfy ’]
) adopted, and his In nor the Intcndant
4 J
: rrqucjl d to appoint a gentleman ]
■ from each of the wards of th city \
: to colli ft the voluntary contf ibutiuns J
ot th citizens.
A motion was then made and \
fgr cd to. th it Flit ay next It let
opart as a day <f mourning; that
0 t at day thereJhould be a cffallen \
of all labor and bujine/s; and that |
ih chzens afj< mite, and walk in \
\prOt ffivii to lime public place, where |
an u alien [kitalic to the me ancholy $
cccofn n will it di Lvercd by Doftor
Dand Ram [ay. ||
o a-,.uel Puolean, efq. col. Mdch- fi
ell, Rev, Dr. Gallagher, Doftor 4
M Cau’ey, and cap! . iheves, were £
apponied a committee to arrange
the pro 1 effen and oth.r meafures of $
the day. r||
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