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to express his high fcnfe of the
vad drbt of gradtude which is
due to the virtues, ulcnts, and
ever memorable fervirrs of the
illuftrious deccafed, he dirc&s
that funeral honors be paid to
.him at all the military Papons,
and that the officers of the army
and of the fcveral corps of vo
lunteers wear crape on the left
arm, bv way of mourning, for
fix months. Major gen. Ha
milton will give the neceffary
orders for carrying info cfFe6l
the foregoing diredlions*
Given at the war office of the
United States, in Philadel
; ph ia, this 19th dav of De
cember, a. n, *799< anf l
in the 24th year of the in
dependence of the fald
dates*
By command of the firefident,
James M’Hen ry,
Secretary at war,
Kovv Department , Dec * 20. *99.
The prcfident wih deep af
fliAirn announces to the navy,
and to the marines, the death of
our beloved fellow citizen Geo
Wafhing'on, commander of our
armies, and late prcfident of the
United States, but rendered
more illuftrious by his eminent
virtues, and a long feries of the
mod important drviccs, than by
the honor which his grateful
country delighted to confer upon
him.
De(irons that the navy and
marines fhould express, in com
mon with every other defenption
of American citizens, the high
Unle which all feel of the lofs
our countiy has luflained in the
death of this good and gteat
man, the prcfident direfts that
the vclfels of the navy, in our
own and foreign ports, be put
in mourning for one week, bv
wearing their colors half mad
high ; and that the officers of
the navy, and of the marines,
wear ciape on the left arm, be
low the elbow, for fix months.
Benjamin Stoduert.
PH! LA DEI PH lA, D c. 25.
The fenate of the U. States
have come to an oidcr that the
members wear black during the
fi flion, and that the chair of the
prcfident befhrouded with black,
overhung with curtains of black,
and the whole chamber lined in
a fimilar manner, as a tedimony
of refpeft for the memory of
their beloved and regretted late
fellow citizen George Wafbing
lon.
In refpeft to the memory of
our dccealrd and iliudrious fel
low citizen George Wa(h;ngton,
the b.pifcopal churches in this
city (of which ire was a member)
ate to be hung in black for fe
ver al months. Ihe pulpit, or
gans, dc together with the pew
m Chnfi chuich formerly occu
pied by the general, have been
entirely fhrouded in black.
I he houlc of representatives
of congrds exhibits a plea fin <r
ihviugh mournful cuckncc of
the rrfpcfl which h felt for (be j
char 6ler of General Wafhng-j
ion and of the unfeigned regret'
which has been excited by the
melancholy event of his death.
The fpeaker's chair and table,
and the tables on each fide, a*e j
entirely fhrouded in black. The*
cafement in the rear of the fpeak-1
er's chair and the recefs are,
alfo elegantly ornamented with.
mourning emblems The prints*
prefinted to the houfe by Mr.
Trumbull arc overhung with
curtains of black. Between
thefc and the cent e of the houfe,
Mr. Pcale, proprietor of the
Mufeurn, has added a very (In
king likcnc fs of the illufbious
hero, which, befides being high
ly ornamental to the houfe, a6ls
as an intelligible and feeling in
dex to the occafion of the mourn
ing emblems which furreund it.
The THEATRE,
Lafl Monday evening joined
in the reftimnny of regret for
the lofs of Ameiica's hero The
houfe which was “ full to over
flowing," di(played a frene cal
culated toimprefs the mind with
the mmoft folemnity andforrovv.
The pillars luppoiting the boxes
were encircled with b ack crape,
the chandcbers were decorated 1
with the infignia of woe, and!
the audience, particularly the
female part, appear* d covered
with the badges of mourning. I
About 7 o'clock, the band ft ruck
up “ Wafhington's March,”
after which, a lolemn dirge was
played, when the curtain flowly
rifing, difeovered a tomb in the
centre of the ftage in the Gre
cian Bile of architecture, (up
ported by truffes. In the cen
tre of it was a portrait of the
general, erftircled by a w rath of
I oaken leaves ; under the portrait
■a (word, fhicld and helfllct, and
the colors ot the United States.
The top was in the form of a
pyramid, in the front of which
appeared ‘he American Fagle,
weeping tears of blood for the
Ms of her general, and holding
in her beak * Icrol), on whu h
was infenbed “ a nations tears'.
I he (ides of the ftage weie
decorated with black banners,
containing the names of the fe
veral dates of the union, ini
go den letters.over which mourn-1
ing trophies were lulpcnded. A
monody recited by Mi. Wignell,
accompanied wuh airs The
tradedy of the Roman F .ther,
which concluded the perfo m
ances of ihe evening, gave ge
neral latisfaftion
GEORG MOWN, Dec. 20.
On \\ ednefday 1 ft. the mor
tal part of WASHING I ON
the Gieat the father of his
country and the friend of man,
was configned to I lie tomb, with
folcmn honors of funeral pomp.
A multitude of per lons affem
bled hom many miles around, j
at Mount Vernon, the choice
aboue and lafl refidence of the
Uuihious chief, 'iheie were
] the groves, the fpacious avenues,
j the beautiful and fublime. (cencs j
•the noble manfion—but, alas * j
the auguft: inhabitant was now |
no mere. 1 hat great foul was
gcnc % His mortal part was heie
j indetd ; but ah ! how afFtding !
1 how rwful the fpetlacle cf (ut h
| worth and gieatnefs. thus, to
: mo>Ulcyes i fallen !—Yes ! fallen !
fallen !
In the long and lofty portico
where oft the hero walked in all
his glory, row lay the Ihicudert
corpfe. 1 he countenance (till;
compofed and feiene, Icemed
ro exprefs the dignity of the i
fpitir, which lately dwelt in tha-'
lifelefs form. There thole who
paid the laft f d honors to (he
bencfadlor of his country* took
an impteffive—a farewell view.
Cn the ornament at the head:
of (lie coffin, was inferibed [urge
ad judicium —about the middle
of the coffin, gloria dio —and on
the (river plate,
GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON 7 ,
depaited this life on the 14th of
Dec. 1799, Aht. 68.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock, the
found of aitillerv trom a veflel •
in the river, firing minute guns, I
* n o
awoke alrefh our folernn lorrow
| —*—the corple was moved—a band
! of mufic with mournful melody
melted the foul into all the ten
demefs of woe*
I The p'ocdTion was formed
and moved on in the following
:order:
Cavalry, "]
Infantry, y With arms reverted.
Guard* J
Mufic,
Clergy.
The general's horfe with his
faddlc, holllcos and piflols.
\ Pall Bearers, | ~ Pall Bearers.
Colon la, 1 Colonels-
Simms, n,
Ramf«y, Q MarAcllcf,
Hyac, C Little.
*<
Mourners,
M Tonic Brethren,
C itizens.
When the proctffion had ar
tived at the bottom of the ele
vated lawn, on the banks of the
Potomak, where the family vault 1
; is pHced, the cavalry halted, the j
infantry marched towards the
mount* and foimed their lines —
the clergy, the mafonic brothers
and the citizens descended to
the vault and the funcr tl (eivice \
of the church was perfoimed.
The fi»ing was repeated from
the vcdel in the river and the
founds echoed from the woods
j and h lls aiound.
Three general difeharges bv
'the infantry—-he cavahy, and
1 t field p*ec< s of artillery, which
lined the banks of the Potomak
back of the v a u't, paid the iail
tribute fo the entombed com
mander in chief of the United
States and to the vendable de
puted heio.
The fun was now fetting*
I Alas! the fur oj glory was kt.
r orc-Tr. No; the name cf
j V\’ A SHIN GI OX —the aJ.
j ,:r -" and General—
!*'« 1 t'iumph over
unclouded brightnefsof his glory
u iil illuminate future ages. 1
LOUISVILLE,
iUESbAY, January i6 OO .
- — —
The account from Greene, of
nn attempt by the Indians to
kill col. Hawkins, is no more
I than what we fome time ago
I beard nf—his going to the af
fi (lance of Mr. Fllicott, when
the Srminolians brought the
l itter to a haft iri running the
fine. We know a large number
of the Cufletah and Cowctahs
! went with him—for what raufe
B g Feared went along wc will
no evett cotije£tUre.
From d-Paris paper of the 26th
Vndmiaire (1 jlh Oft.)
Ftr a.v b u rc, 2 t/i Vendemiaire.
We have juft received the
official account of a new vidory
ohta ned by Maftena over piince
Charles. '1 he official report’
jucetved by general Chabran,
| c ommandant of the divifion of
IV He, and which ha? been pub
lifhed the day before yeflerday,
is as follows:
“ Ihe Audio Ruffian army,
under the command of prince
< harles. has juft been compleat
ly beaten by gcneial Mafl-na,
on the borders of the Rhine,
and foiced anew to recrefs that
river. MafTcna has made three
thoufand prisoners killed a ge
neral, taken a great number of
cannon and fix colors.
“ The corps of Conde has
like wife been ccmplcatly de
feated at (on (lance. Ihe lofs
of the enemy in killed and
wounded u 6000 men.
“ CHaBRAN."
KFW.YORK, Dec 31.
Ext>aft oj a idler from St. Selaf
tians , dated Cft. 11 1799.
“ It appears that France is
at open war with the people of
I lambuigh, and that their envoy
at Paiis has received orders to
quit the termory of the repub-
I ”
: he
| SA V 7 AiVN A H, January 14.
It was not until Sun ay in the
afternoon on the sth infant that
the melancholy intelligence of the
death of rur late illufnous chief
was confirmed , when 16 minute
guns were feedfrom Fort Greene,
under the command of heut . D( m
'vraux. On Monday morning, the
company of Cha ham artillery were
joined by H e Revenue Cutter, and
one cf the galhes , and by ah tie
armed flips in our port , both foreign
and American , to continue a dif m
charge of artiller y as minute guns,
through the greater part of the day.
A total (ufpenjion of
having alfo taken place , and f e
colors of a I the veffeiS in the
L\ur appearing at half rr.af> JV |