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Columbian Intelligence. 1 of Gen. Waffiington in the manner eJcprefied in the fird relolution. And be it further Refolved, That the Prefident be requeded to fue a proclamation, notifying to the people throughput the United States, the recommendation contained in the third refolution. Thefe refolutions palled both Houfes unani-movjly, DEC.

25. Yederday in the Houfe of Reprefentatives, the fpeaker informed the houfe, that in conformity to-the fecond refolution palled on Wednefday, Major General Lee had been appointed by the Prefident of the Senate, and the fpeaker of the Houfe of Reprefenta-tives, to prepare and deliver the Oration in honour of our late illudrious Commander in Chief, on Thurfday next, which appointment he had been pleafed to accept. A melfage was received from the Prefident of the United States, notifying the houfe thak he had agreed to the refolutions palled on Monday, in honour to the memory of General Waffiington, and depofued them among, tfye rolls and records of.the United State. OFFICIAL. AMERICAN NAVY.

FRIGATE Guns. United States, 44 Com. John Barry. Confitution 44 Capt. Silas 1 albot.

Prefident, 44. Building at Newyotk. Chef, peak, -44 Capt. Samuel Batron. Philadelphia 44 Capt.

Stephen Decatur. 36 Capt. Thomas Truxton. Congrefs, T. t- 36 James Sever, Newyork 36 Building at Jnfurgente, 1 136.

Capt. Alex. Murray, Ejfex, 32 Edward Preble. John Adams, 32 Capt. George Crofs.

Adams 32, Richard V.Morrii. GeorgelVafiington, 32 Capt. Patrick Pletcher. Bofon, i .32 CapL George Little. General Greene, 32 Capt.

Chridopher Perry. of the melancholj' tidings to the Houfe of Reprefentatives. Several refolutions wete agreed to, and committets chofen to confider and report on the mod rcfpeftful mam er of paying honour to the memory of the man, fird in war, fitd in peace, and fird in the hearts of his country. The Prefident of the United States was itiade acquainted with his death by a letter from Tobias Lear, Efq. late Secretary to the deceafed.

In ti ken of re-fpefl the bells throughout the city of Philadelphia were all muffled with black. 1 he chairs of the Prefident of the Srna'e, and ihe Speaker of the Houfe, are to be fhrouded with fable filk, and that of the former overhung with curtains of black, and the whole chamber lined in a fimilar manner, during the prefent feffion. is dilorder was an inflammatory fore throat, by phyficians dyled the croup, and by fome Cynanche Tonfillarii an alfeftion which it is faid has been very prev-alentthe lad fall. Corvin Wafhirgton. Elq.

a nephew of the late Generals, died at Bufli-field, in Virginia on the 10th ult, four days prior to the deceafe of, his uncle. lie was the only furviving brother of Judge Walh-ington. On the 26th ult. at Concord, Ms. Satrpiel Smith was execued purfuant to his fen fence for burglary.

He was born in Connecticut, and was in the 561b year of his age, and his own confefiion had been a notorious offender. Mr. John Ruffel, of Bodon, has ilTued pro-pofals for publiffiing the political legacies', of George VVaffiington confifling of feveral of his mod inteicding addreffes to Congiels, to the army, and to the United S'ates. Fron the well known typographical neatnefs and accuracy of the publifher, we doubt not the work will be elegantly executed. The price to fubferibers is one dollar neatly bound and lettered.

A fubfeription paper is fufpended at this office, to which the admirers of departed virtue, and thofe who wiffl to poflefs fo precious a relic of the deceafed patriot, aie requeded to call ai adi their names. WASHINGTON'S FUNERAL. MARYLAND. Georgetown, Dec. 20, ONJ Wcdnefday la ft, the mortal part of WASHINGTON the great the father of his country and the friend of man, was configned to the tomb, with folemn honours and funeral pomp.

A multitude of perfuns afTcmblcd, from many miles round, at Mount Vernon, the choice abode and lafl refidence.of the, illuftri-ous chief. 'I here were the groves the fpa-cious avenues, the beautiful and fublime Irenes, the noble manfion but, alas the u-gufl inhabitant was now no more. That great foul was gone. His mortal part was there in but ah how how awful the fpefhcle of fuch worth andgreatnefs, thus, to mortal eyes, fallen yes! fallen! fallen In the long and lofty Portico where oft the heio walked in all hi glory, now lay the fnrouded corpfe. The countenance (till com-pofed and lerene, feemed to exprefs the dignity of the fpirit, which lately dwelt in that lifelefs form.

There thofe who paid the lafl lad honours to the benefactor of his country took an impreflivc a farewell view. Un the ornament, at head of the coffin, was inferibed Surge ad judicium about the middle of the coffin, Gloria Deo and on the filver plate, clniral GEORGE WASHINGTON, Departed this Life, on the 14 th December 1799. JEt. 63. Between three and four o'clock, the found of artillery from a veffel in the river, firing minute guns, awoke afrrfh our folemn furrow the corpfc was removed a band of mufic ith mournful melody niched the loul into all the tendernefs of woe.

The procellion was formed and moved on in the following order Cavalry, Guard, 71 with arms reverted Infantry, I Mufic, Clergy, The Generals horfe with" his fiddle, holders, audpiflols. oloncl Simms, I eminent in fame. Ancient and modern names are diminifhed before him. Greatnefs and guilt have too often been allied but his fame is whiter than it is brilliant. The deflroyers of nations flood abafhed aMhe ma-jefly of his virtue.

It reproved the intern-' perance of their ambition and darkened the fplendor of victory Thefcene i doled, and we are no longer anxious left misfortune fhould fully his glory he has travelled bn to i the end of his journey, and carried with him anencreafing weight of honour; has he de-pofited it fafely, where mifortune cannot tar-nifh it, where malice cannot blaft it. Favoured ofHcaven, he departed without exhibiting the weaknefs of humanity magnanomous indeath, the darknefs of the grave could not obfeure his brightnefs. Such was the man whom we deplore.Thanks to God, his glory is confummatcd WASHINGTON yet lives on earth in his fpotlefs, example his fpir.t is in Heaven. Lethis countrymen confecrate the memory of the heroic General, the patriotic and the virtuous Sge Let them teach their clildren never to forget that the fruits of Ji labours, and this example are their inhen-j tance, 4 PRESIDENTS ANSWER. GENTLEMEN OK THE SENATE, I receive with the mod refpeftful and affectionate fent'tnents, in this impreffive addrefs the obliging exprefiions of your regret, for the lofs our Country has fuflained, in the death of her mod edeemed, beloved and admired Citizen.

In the miLtitude. of my thoughts attd rec-' olleftions on this melancholly event, you will permit me only to fay, that 1 have feen him in the days oi Adverluy, in fome of the feenes of his deeped didrefs and mod trying perplexities have alfo attended him in his highed elevation andmod profperous felici'y with uniform admiration of 'hi wifdom moderation and con Haney. Among all our original alfociates that Memorable League of the Continent in 1774, which fiidexpreffed the Will. of a Fice Nation in America, he. was the only one the General Government.

Although, wah a more- enfeebled thau his, at an age when he thought it to prepare for retirement, I feel myfelfa-lone, bereaved of my lad brother yet I derive a dtong convolution from unanimous dif-pofition which appearsin all ages and cla fles, to mingle their forrows with mirie, on this common calamity of the world. i The life oTour WASHINGTON cannot fuffer by a comparifon of thofe of other countries, who have been mod exalted by Fame. The attributes anu decoration, of Royalty, could.have only ferved to eciipfe the Majef-ty of thofe which made him, from being a modeft citizen, a more refplendent luminary. Misfortune, had he lived, could hereafter have fullted his glory only with tr.ofe fuperficial minds, who, believing that charaders and adions are marked by fuccefs alone rarely deferve to enjoy it. Malice could never have blajltd his honour and Envy made him a fingular exception to her univerfal rule.

For himfelf he had lived enough, to life andto glory. For his fellow citizens, if their prayers could have been anfwered he would have been immortal. For me, his departure is at a mod unfortunate moment. Truding, however, in the wife and righteous dominion of Providence over the paflions of men, and the refults of their councils and aftions, as well as over their Lives, nothing remains for me. but humble refignation.

His example is now complete, and it will teach wildom and virtue to Magidrates, Citizens and Men, not only in the prefentage, but in future generations, as long as our Hif. tory (hall be read. If a Trajan found a Pliny, a Marcus Aurelius can never want Biographers, Eulogids or Hidorians. JOHN ADAMS. United States 23d December 1799.

-SHIPS OF WAR. Ganges, 26 Capt. J. Mullowny. Portfmouth, i 24 Capt.

Daniel Mnicll. Merrimack, 24 Capt. Moles Brown. I Connedicut, 1 24 Capt. Moles 1 ryon.

Baltimore, 20 Lieut. Cowper. Delaware, 20 Capt. homas Baker, Maryland, 20 Capt, Jolin Rogers. Lt.

Chailes; C. Ruffel. i Trumbull, ,18 Mad. Com. P.

Jewet. Btlapjco, l3 Capt. Henry Gedder. IVairen. 1 18, Mad.

Com. T.Newtop.l BRIGS. Norfolk, 18 C. Wm. Bainbridge.

Richmond, 16 Lt. Cyrus Talbot. Pinckney, 16 Lt. Samuel Heyward. Eagle, 14 Lt.

Hugh Campbell. Augufa, 14 Lt. Arch. M'Elroy. Pickering, 14 Lt.

Ilillar, Scammel, 14 Lt. Mark Fernald. SCHOONERS. Experiment 12 Lt. Maley, Enter prize, 12 Lt.

Shaw. ALLIES. i in Georgia 3 in Southcarolina -2 in North Carolina. For the Farmers Museum. Wefmonland Jan, 2, l8co.

Meffis. Thomas Thomas, When the folemn rccal of Gen. Waffiington was announced in this place, the mof lively fenlibility prevai'ed, and thecleflrical ffiock was generally On this heart rending occnfion, the principal inhapitants of this town agiced that the gentlemen ihould wear the mourning badge and the laciief, the veil, on Sunday lad, to e-vince their unfeigned grief, and in refpetl fur their departed FA THER and FRIEND. The facred defk, on faid was drcflVd in mourning when the Rev. Mr.

Pratt from thefe words, My fahttr, my father, the chariots of If ad and the hotjemen thereof." 2 Kings, ii. 12. a pertnent, confiding, and pathetic difeourfe, which was unanimoudy received, by a very numerous audience, with the highed applaufc. A number of the Je rnjalein Lodge were diefled in the malonic garb, and the crape of forrow, 'I he militia officeis appeared in uniform, and their fwoids were hiked with black. Li ffioit.

the whole allemby exhibi'ed a (i-ble hue, every on rr hirp was hung upon the ion-low every countenance gathc-ied poenr fi, the 'ear of grief bedewed eveiy rheek. The lolemniteis of the day wete dofid with the Farewell Antlum in which he bid hi numerous friends a long adieu, to join the f.ici-ety of angels, and receive the re of his labours. Extraordinary On the 28th ult, at Keene, a cow, belonging to Farmer Wells, had a calf, which weighed, immediately after the cow calved, 116 pounds Intriclling news. Who dancd with whom, and who aie like to wed, And who ii gone, and who ii brought to bed. Colonel Ramfey, Colonel Payne, Mourners, Mafonic Brethren, Citizens.

When the proceffion had arrived at the bottom of the elevated lawn, on the banks of the Potomak, where the family vault is placed, the cavalry halted, the infantry marched towards the Mount and formed the inlines- the clergy, the Mafonic brothers, and the citizens dclcended to the vault, and the funeral ferviceof the church was performed. The firing was repeated from the veffel in the riv-'er and the founds echoed from the woods and hills around. I hrec general difeharges by the infantry the cavalry and It pieces of artillery, which lined the banks of the. Potomak back of the vault, paid the lafl tribute to the entombed Commander in Chief of the armies of the U-nited States, and to the venerable departed Hero. The fun was now fitting.

Alas! th fun of glory was fet forever. No the name of WASHINGTON the American Prefident and General will triumph over death the unclouded brightnefs of his Glory will future ages. new jrrsey. Elizabethtown, 54, Extrad of a letter from Philadelphia, dated December 2 1. A committee of both houfes of Congrefs, of which Mr.

Dayton is chairman appointed to confider and report the meafures proper to be adopted on this afllitting occafion, have named one of the members from Virginia, viz. Gen. Harry Lee. to prepare and deliver a funeral oration on Thurfday They have alfo determined that a marble monument be e-refted at the city of Waffiington, and to recommend to the citizens throughout the United States to wear mourning for 30 dy.cj and to fet apart one day in every year, viz. 22d February this year (his birth day) and the 14th December in every fucceeding, to affem-ble together pubhckly to tedify their grief by fuiuble eulogies, orations, diicourfes, or pub-lick papers.

MARRIED. AtSalrm, Mr. Benjamin Crombie to Mrs. Eetfey At Bodon, Marlin Burr, to Mifs Kunis Turner. At Scituate, Mr.

Naihaoicl Ells, to Mifs. Abigail Turner. YURTHER RESPECTFUL TESTIMONIES, Lif of Letters remaining in the Pojl Office at Charlejlown Jan. 1. 1800.

SAMUEL BURR, "Rockingham, Vt. o-thara Britton two, Springfield, Vt. Wed Bonny, Charlrf-town. Robert Blair, Becket, Vt. Ifaac Btdwell, Wc hem-field, Vt.

William Divol, Charlestown, N. If. John W. Hall, do Samuel Hunt, Jr. Efq.

do. Elihu Lyman, do. MefiVs. MFarlin and Moor, Epaplnas Matfim, Charledown. Abner Mourton do, Col.

Peter Pjrc do. lofeph Rayment, Acworth. Robert Anct, or John Arikmi, Charledown. Jofiah Rich, Jr. Claicmont.

John Willard Efq. SACRED TO GORGE WASHINGTON. DKCBASBD. NATIONAL TRIBUTE. C-Y The fill fcqurnt Letter of Condolence to The Prefi.

dent of the United States, by the Senate, on the death of hm whom every heart laments, for fublime elocution and pure lufccptibility could be equalled only ly the An. -v ol the illullviaus Pet lonage which follow it. They Ivnh aie monuments of Republican Gratitude, Scnfibility a id I'aniotilm: a I a Philadelphia. Dec. 24.

he bfnate cf the United States, yederday Hut the follow ing letter of condolence to The lri Ldent, by a Cymmiitee of it Members, to which he returned the annexed anfwer, To the PR ESI DEN I of the U. STATES. I He Senate of the United States refpellful-lv take leave, Sir, to exprefs to you their deep regret for the lofs their country fudnins in 'lie death of GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON. jhis event, fo didrefiingto all our fellew citizen, mud be pcculiaily heavy to you, who have long been alloc ated with him in deeds pairiotilm. Permit us, Sir, to mingle our tears with yours on this occafion it is manly weep, To loo lb fucli a man at fuch a crifu is no common calamity to the world Our country mourns her father.

The Almighty tfr.iTer of human events has taken from ui ir gieatcd benefatlor and ornament. It becomes us to fnbmit with leverence to him, who maketh. a 1 knefs his Pavillion, it Pamot'c pride we review the life of our WASHINTON, and compaie him with thole cf Ollior countries who. have been pre- Yederday in the Houfe of Reprefentatives, Mr. Marffial made a report in part, from the joint cornmiitee appointed to confider a datable mode of commemorating the Death of Gen.

Wafhington. lie reported the following refolutions Rcjolved by the senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States cf Amtricain Con grefs ajfcmbhd, That a Marble Monument be retied by the United Slates in the capital of the City of Wadrington, and that the family of General WASHING I ON be requeded to permit his body to be difpofed under it, and that the monument be lo deligned as to commemorate the gteat events of his military and political life. And be it further Refolved, That there be a funeral proceffion from Congrefs Hall, to the German Lutheran Church in memory of General GEORGE WASHINGTON, on Thurf-dy, the 26th inft. and that an Oration be prepared at the requed of Congrefs to be delivered before both Houfes that day 1 and that the Prefident of the Senate, and Speaker of the Houfe of Reprefentatives be defired to requed one of, the members of Congrefs to prepare and deliver the fame. And be it further Rfolvtd That it be rec-ommendeef, the people of the United States, to wear crape on their left arm as mourning for thiity days.

And be it further Rfolvcj, That the Prefident be requeded todiretta copy of thefe refolutions to be tranfmitted to Mrs. Washington, alluring her of the profound iclpett, Congrefs will ever bear to her perfon. anc charafter, of their condolence on the late af-Aifling difpenfation of Providence, and entreating her alfcnt to tho interment of the remains WALPOLE, December 30. SUMMARY. travel and expatiate, as the bee flower to (lower, fo we from land to land manners, cudoms, policy of all, contribution to the (lore we glean fuck iNTELLtciNCS in every clime I fpread the honey of our deep refcarch, ur return, a rich repaft for you.

Incidents Abroad, accounts from all parts of the Union of ith of Gen. Waffiington, and which we tious to detail at large in our Gazette, des the poffibility of. publiffiing the of foreign incidents. French, ir datement of the lofs of theRuf-at the battle of Zurich, have extrav-v exaggerated, as we before obferved, lumber of the killed wounded ifoners. Thev were fatd by the Prul-icounts to amount to 19,700.

By other v.s on which more reliance may be they are ellimatcd at fcarcely 3000, Incidsnts AT Home. a' intelligence refpefling the death n. Waffiington appears to have excited, ffiout the United States, the mod lively ins of grief. The papers in the of the Union, on announcing to iblic, are generally bordered -with blaut. nnorary fufpenfion was put upon a.

I bufmefs, for feveral days fubfequent to if of Letters remaining in the Rol Uffice at Walpole January tff, 1800. TT ALTER BROCK, Elq. Bainett, Vt. VV Nathan Bundy. J.ur.

Walpole, Nh. J)hn Lnic-, do. 2. Henry Foltrr, do. Jones Fan bank, -do.

ogcr Fenton, do. Jofeph Gilman, do. lofiah GrT- old, do, Jofeph Heaton, do. John Living, Ion, Jim Stephen Mellilh, do. Samuel Monftm, do.

Snls ewcomb, do. Jofiah Paiks, do. 1. tja 1 age, hlliam Page. Efq.

Bellow Falls, Walpole, 4. Socrau wift. do. Wed W. Sampfon, do.

Abed nego Bell, New Nh. Luke Cafi, Richmond, Nh. Chailrs LmrrrF, 'edmoreland, Nh. 2. Jofeph Dorr, Widmorcland, do.

eorge Dorr, do. Mofes Dorr, Efq. do, Al pheu. (oor.Efq. do.

John Robins do. Experience Morrs. 0. Solomon Davi. Chedrrfield.

ln, do ofwell vShirtliff, do. Amos k.mb.11, CHelkr, ames Rogers, do. Luihcr Oliver, Alftead, h. dward Waldo, and Jolhua Gilman, do. Wm.

no. Rockingham, Vt. Capt. David Sandets, o. 1 am Tubbs, Mallow.

Nh. Walter Ward, Lcmder, Nh. Alexander Thomas, 1 M. JuJt received and for fait at the. Walpole Book-jhre, piice jo.

Cents. CUR IIS's Pocket almarack for the year Soo to winch is added a rrgiderot' Kcwhamplbire, coniaining a I OlTieeu, executive, tfgillaiive, and Judiciary in the Icrvicc of the United Slates, with many other rommumca- i'p this dnr both ufcful and enuiriaining..