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mmm.. <ot- ** * a fcp.x»waziya.j aw ! 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
