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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 |