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PHI I. A DEI PHI A. 7*n q.
”1 h<* following letters we r fent
to C> ngrofs bv the Prefident.
o f the United Stales on the
Bth inHant.
Gentlemen oj the /mate and
Gcnflcrtun o/ the heu/e oj nprefen
tutives %
1 A c owplifiner vnlh the requefl
in one of the refolutions of t rngrr/s
of the it // of Decnnb r laf}, J
tran/miifed a ropy of th f" re.foh
ti ns b mv fee* clary , Mr Sh:n\
v Mrs Wa/hington , a pur ng her
cj the profound refp'ft
ml ever bar to her prr/on and
chn'a er—of heir con deuce in
th> lace aplifting dilpmfntion <f
Prov>dence % and entreating her
aj/ent in ihe mtvm.nl ofthe remains
of general ’ eoge afbirg»nn,|
in the manner exprejjed in th fv ff '
re/oh: ton As thr jeniimeHs of
that vir nous lad • not le/s beloved |
by das nation that /he i- at relent !
greatly ajflifted cn mver he fo
zv ll 'Xpr'Jftf l as in her own words ;
J tranjmu to < <ngrrjs her original
letter •
It wuld be an attempt of too
mm h deticac' to nok any comments
upon it- but time can be no doubt
th t the ration at large , as well as
all the hianches f the government\
mil be hig ly gi attfied by any ar
rangement which may dimimjh he
[atrip eJhe makes oj her individual
J rin gs*
JfUIN MMMS.
United Stutes t fan. 8. i Buo.
\V?.fhingto T >*<. I otter.
M »mt Vt non, Dr .51, 1799.
Str t
V hile I feel with keereff anguifk .
the la>e difpenfati . nof flimve f> rn~
v<dmce t J cannot he wfnfibir t the
m ■urnjui tnhn'es of rejpeft and
veneration , which arc paid fo the
mnytory of m\ drardreenfed hi /hand ;
end as his hrjl ter vices and mn/}
anx!ous wofhes wie a 'ivay s devoi. ed
to (he wd t ore end hap pint (s of his
country. to In 1 w that hc\ wine ml
appreciated and g 1 afejyfly 'evum- J
t'ud affo ds 10 inconjidn able an
ft atu-n %
I aught bs the great example
w hich I have fo long ha< heforr me,
ivver t ppo't my p ivate wiJhes to
th public will •mu ft con fent to the
reqirfl mad. h ( ngref which
yon bare had the goer fiefs to tr< nf
nnt to me, and in dmg this need
not, I <ann t fay what 0 /acnfice
cj vd v dual feeling I make to a
jtvfe of public duty,
With gran ul a‘knoweltdement
and 1 fetgntd hoi ks for Ihe pr fon~
al'‘ <•!ft ai dev derces of , < ndolmce
txprrjied hy ongre/s and you feif
1 remain very 7e,pe ft fully,
61 r,
Your mo/} chc rent and
horrible i 1 vant.
MA* TilA W ASH NGTON.
The Prejiaenl of the V . S ates.
SHY K I PS’
BLANK DJFDS
ff ( O A V/• Y A NC E,
I’oi Sab- at t e Offir* of thr
Loujivillt: Gazette.
( rn 'RI,F*TOV, lan* 25*
| Departed hfo on
day evening the 23d inflant
his ' xcelhncy t 4 W A W H
;R M 1 L lq Gooernorj
md Commander in Chief or j
tht‘ ftatr #
T!ie am able * f thL
rcfpc6ted man procured him th.*
love of : 'II wbo had the felicity ,
to know him; his great qualities
entil ed him to the confidence
of his fel l w »ittzens, which he
pofTHled in an emment decree
H s benevolence was unlimited,
and his charity fiercely kn w
any other hounds ‘ha* human
imferv, and the extent of hts (
fortune. In public li'e Ids fer-j
vices h *ve been great ! y uleful to;
his country, and his lofs will be
I f* It in proportion as it will be
: diifirult to fill up the immerfc
I # r *
1 von; he leaves i (o lety ’ h<'
lu vity of his manners enabled
| him to prefen e the efteem even
1 of thole who difFe<e- from him
m the thorny path of politics
His family ami hi> fti r« s have
Inflam'd an irreparable lofs toi
no m n < v<o poflefled in a highei
d gme ‘ban he did, the talent,
of rendering h, ppy a 1 who fur
ounded hio> and enjoyed his t
belov d foci tv. i
}
f J e was indeed the ornament
of om coumrv, and he will be
lamented as long as a »aie union
of virtue and talen s (ball be
prized among men and memory
• et in her I . t It is hoped 'hat
a fketch of his life and I v\c s
wi i be prt ff nted to the publ c,
by lome p<* Ton qu. lifted c«> ren
de f this o the'ounoy,
tnd this duty to departed
wo (h.
SAVANN H % January ch> I
j w i
Revolution in France.
Thi fhip Supe b, capt Fares t
fmm ondon, bound to Wil
n ington nrth-C oolina put
1 to ha left- n 1 ft Monday 1
1 he hnngs cc< ur,ts < f another
Irlo'nge hav ng taken place in
Hhr go e nmen of the Fiench
i Republic. On the 9th of No-'
vctrbei tfie council of elders l
decreed hat he leg flauve body
fhould b tiansf tred to the c< m
n une of t (loud Ne tday
■h<*y received ale ter from the
lecretar) gen r *lo» thedired y %
Hating, that four of the direft »s
h.»d rfigned and the fifth was
placed 1 f.f \ by general Bu
onapaire. Fatgues fiat* d that
Buonap .{• h ettfeaped aflafli- j
nation in the h h r f the council |
ot fiv. hundred, nd that A ena j
had atta ked him w ith a p* matd. j
In the evening Lu ien Buona
part* u pai ed o the council of
ancimts, wi tse he related what
l ad pafled n the count'd of live
hundred ; he f ard >hat .''rena
and it vend others W’anted to
Compel h;m to put to the vote
a declaration oi outlawry agamfl
h s • tother. The c« uncil of
Id* rs, a tcr fitting a lor g w lie
of a fecet commit ec, c me .to '
I the loilowmg Uccihon: 1, ITiat •
the Ifgif] live is adjourned to
the ifl Nivofe, (December at.)
2. That there fhdl be appointed
ad interim) an executive com
million confiding of three mem-•:
bers. 3 * here (bail be appoint
ed a legiflative commiifion of
fuperintendance, to be compofed
pi 25 members Ihe council
at 7 o’clock adjourned till 9,
when they proceeded to the ap
pomrment of the citizens who;
are to comjpole the executive
and legiflative commiffions. In
his fitting the council palled a
dec ee of urgency in 16 articles:
the ifl abolifhes tit* d rc6lo.'fi»l
power, -nd expels from the na
tional »ep dentition 61 mem
| bers amo< g whom aie the dif
tingurhed jacobins, gen. our
dan, Bertrand, fdc Calvados)
Priot, B u!ay. Patty, and Mc
venotte ; the 2d provifi nally
appoints an executive confular
comm’ tee, confiding of Huon
apofc £c the ex*dire6lors !Smyes
and Rog- r > uros, which the 3d
with the plenitude of the
direQonal authont : by the
15th the councils may be extra
; ordinarily convoked for the ra
tification of peace, or in the cafe
of puolic danger
I . . .. .
LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY , F'i'uaty 4 1800*
j& ,-»3—■' '
Ale from col. Gaither,
commandant of the federal
trooos n Georgia, da ed at o t
Wilkinfon, eady in lad month,
me tion r at thr captain gene
ral of his ( atholic Majedy's
provin es. has iffued a procla
mation, o(Feting a »eward of
one thoufand pound flerlmg,
for Wiliam dugvjfus Bowies, who
(lyles hirnfidl dir; 6b r general
of Mufkogee to be paid on his
delivery at any one of rhe royal
pnfonsof laid province.
03“ Thole ge tlemen who
have not yet made a return of j
the luhfi nption papers for the
National Maga/.i e, will be io
.obliging as to f rwa d tl'tm to
the fdi or of the Lc uifville
Gaze te, as earlv poflible
that he may be able to lend a
j
fill of the lublcrihi r names to
the cirhor.
reparted tats l le, on Friday
evening To, alter a lew daysj
mdifpofition. R O • LAN I)
S l G N E, Elquire. latelecre-j
1 tary to the i governor much la
mented by the Irsends of 1 uma
j nity. tie has left a dil oniolatc
wk’ow to bemoan h:s untimely
end. U is faid htsde-.th was
occafioned by g uf, on a count
of hisdilmifl d trotn that rclpt 61-
ful office, by the low in Imita
tions ol a cruel rdat'cm : though
deleited by his lelauon wh<n in
dtlictfs and want, yet the bu
rn ne nd genrr us lent him
their f.kndly dd His co pi
was at ended to the grave b> the \
• rdpccubk citizens of this town,
* »
The-arrr able and Tiendly Jol in .
foil, read the funeral cerenv ny
over his deceafed brother o(Tir f ,.
aher which he enumerated hii
| virtues :—He had (fays he) h s
fables, and who is there amoro
us that is without tbem-h< had
nis virtues, they were good nd
great—his heart was libe al, hi s .
priifc was always open to the
afTliSed and difttefled—hhmind
was fulceptible of the fined
touches oyenGbility. Hecou'd
fay no more, the lympathizing
(cat was ready to Ran down Hi’s
manly cheek, as well as o( many
of his dilconfolate friends.
J
For the Loui/vilL Gazette.
Mr, Day,
; By your giving a place in your
paper, to the follow ng re
marks, you will oblige
A Country Corre/fondmt.
IT is with anxiety, I have
heard the lalt egiflarure cen air
ed lor having inercafed their
pay rom two to thiec dollar a
dav ; mal goffups who plume
themfelves on Ipeakixtg their
minds, arc unchaiitablein their
reflexions on this hon table
tody : they fay it w s urfremly
lO' the rjffembly to advance their
rewards, and thus to mcafuiethe
wonh of their labors by the
grols ftandard of their own con.
fciences: thele bountiful piy
mafters cc tinned they might
with equal propriety have voted
themftlves five or n dot art
per day ; when if they thought
two dollars too little for tfre
lervice ; in decency they ought
to have famed the law to oper
ate in future Bv obfcrvati ns
of this fiat, thefe carpors have
got a number of recruits, fi'ly
perfons who create themfehes
uneafineis about what for the
prefent can >nly incrcafe the tax
a mere mite, and what mud
hereafter afford a whol lome
guide. As fuch refleXion* m y
diminifl) the public regard to r
our faithful liberal repreUma
tives, I cannot but t-ffer a word
in jollification—could heartily
wifh how ver, that any other
more able would take iht wea
pon out of my hand, as I feel
ow inadequate the utmoM of
my power and exertion will be
to the glorious tafk >f vindicat
ing the lovereignty of our Hate.
A otwithftandmg, I hope at lead
it will be in mv power to defend
the pals, until fome more wor
thy champion aufe to repe the
enemy. Who art thou nian
that lephethagainft he Supume
Power, who can do no wrong
Had they cot the holy advice of
a number of ghoftly fathers, who
would tell them it was wile to
make thenPelves friends of the
unrighteous mammon ? Io be
lure, thcie could b<* no fit sr
leafon to augment the pa 1 t he
abundance and wealth of “ e
country, fluded with money*
then the high price of corton
•and tobacco. Admit it would
have been more delicate to ha^e