lived enough, to life and glory. For his
fellow citizens, could their prayers have
been answered, he would have been im
moral. For me his departure is a most
unfortunate moment. Trusting, how
ever, in the wise and righteous domin
ions of Providence over passions of men
and the results of their counsils and
actions as well as over their live, noth
ing remains for me but humble resigna
tion.
His example is now complete, and it
will teach wisdom and virtue to Magis
trates, Citiezns and men, not only in
the present age, but in future genera
tions, as long as our History shall be
read. If a Trajan found a Pliny, a Mar
cus Arelius can never want Biographers.
Eulogists or Historians.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States,
Dec. 22, 1799.
WASHINGTON ENTOMBED.
George Town. Dec. 20.
On Wednesday last the mortal part of
WASHINGTON the Great—the Father
of his country and the Friend of man,
was consigned to the tomb with solemn
honors and funeral pomp.
A multiude of persons assembled
from many miles around, at Mount Ver
non, the choice abode and last residence
of the illustrious chief. There were the
groves—the spacious avenues, the beau
tiful and sublime scenes, the noble man
sion—but, alas! the august inhabitant
was not no more. That great soul was
gone. His mortal part was there in
deed; but ah! how affecting! how awful
the spectacle of such worth and great
ness, thus, to mortal eyes, fallen!—Yes,
fallen! fallen!
In the long and lofty Portico where
oft the Hero walked in all his glory,
now lay the shrouded corpse. The coun
tenance still composed and service seem
ed to depress the dignity of the spirit,
which lately dwelt in that lifeless form.
There those who paid the last sad honor
to the benefactor of his country, took
an impressive—a farewell view.
On the ornament at the head of the
coffin, was inscribed Surge ad Judicum
—about the middle of the coffin, Gloria
Dec—and on the silver plate,
GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Departed this life, on the 14th Decem
ber, 1799, Aet 68.
Between three and four o’clock, the
sound of artillery from a vessel in the
river firing minute guns, awoke afresh
our solomn sorrow—the corps was re
moved—a band of music with mournful
rpelody melted the soul into all the ten
derness of woe.
The procession was formed & moved
on in the following order:
Cavalry,
Infantry, With Arms Reversed.
Guard,
Music,
Clergy,
The General’s horse with his saddle,
holsters and pistols.
Pall Bearers Pall Bearers
Cols. Simms Cols. Gilpin
“ Ramsay CORPSE “ Marsteller
“ Payne “ Little
Mourners,
Masonic Brethren,
Citizens.
When the procession had arrived at
the bottom of the elevated lawn, on the
banks of the Potomac, where the fam
ily vault is placed, the cavalry halted,
the infantry marched towards the Mount
and formed their lines—the Clergy, the
Masonic Brothers and the Citizens, des
cended to the Vault, and the funeral
service of the Church was preached—
The firing was repeated from the vessel
in the river, and the sounds echoed from
the woods and hills around.
Three general discharges by the infan
try—the cavalry, and 11 pieces of artil
lery. which lined the banks of the Poto
mac back of the Vault, paid the last
tribute to the entombed Commander in
Chief of the Armies of the United
States and to the departed Hero.
The sun was now setting. Alas! the
Son of Glory was set forever. No—the
name of WASHINGTON—the American
President and general—will triumph
over Death! The unclouded brightness
of his Glory will illuminate the future
ages!
LATEST FOREIGN
Received by the British Packet Princess
Charlotte, from Falmouth.
STRASBURGS, Oct. 9.
Official Bulletin of the Gen. Staff of the
Army.
The army of the Rhine has re-taken
Manheim and Frankfort. The enemy
have lost 300 men. Ten thousand peas
ants who rose in a mass have thrown
their arms. Among the prisoners is a
whole company of Cossacks. We once
more are in possession of the whole line
of Mentz, Manheim and Frankfort.
LONDON, October 20.
The Hamburg mail due on Sunday ar
rived on Friday, and brings numerous
details of the actions fought in Switzer
land by which it appears that the
French telegraphe and other acounts
of those desperate conflicts are fallac
ious—the imperialists instead of 19,100
men, having lost not more than 3,000,
The Allies have defeated the French
near Shaffhausen, where the corps of
Conde having joined the Archduke His
Royal Highness was on the 2nd march
ing to sustain Suwarrow.
The Vienna Court Gazette of the 28th
ult. relates that Generals Melas and
Kray on the 13th defeated the French
at Saviginu and Jano, with the loss of
1.000 killed and 900 taken prisoners; the
Austrians losing 92 killed, 582 wounded
and missing. On the same day the
French lost 400 men under Gen. Tham
pioner, in an unsuccessful attack upon a
division of the Austrian cavalry at Sca
lenga.
It is stated under the head Venice,
Sept. 20, that the Nepolitan troops, had
taken Rivera by storm, and marched to
join Gen. Crorich, who was advancing
with a strong army from Tuscany
against Rome. On the 15th Sept. Gen.
Klenan was fifteen miles from Genoa.
Ancono still held out. The French, it
is said, are conveying their artillery
from Genoa to Nice.
KINGSTON, January 4, 1800.
The limits of our paper are too nar
row this week, for the great variety of
foreign news received by the last mails
—We shall however, lay before our
readers short but comprehensive Sum
mary.
French official accounts under the
Bernbeard of October 8, state than on
the 4th, the Austro-Russianos were de
feated with the loss of several thousand
killed, wounded and taken.
On the 5th the Austro-Russians were
defeated at Glatus, with the loss of 1,200
prisoners, besides a great number of
killed.
At this place there were 1,100 Rus
sians wounded, and 600 at Muden.
The French army of the Rhine, about
the 8th of October defeated the Aus
For the Ulster County Gazette.
ON THE DEATH' OF
GENERAL WASHINGTON
(BY A YOUNG LADY.)
w {AT means that solemn dirge that strikes my ear? I
What means those mournful sounds—why shines the tears?
Why loll the bells the awful knell of fate?
Ah! wry those sighs that do my fancy state!
Where’er I turn the general gloom appears,
Those mourning badges fill my sold with tears;
Hark!—Yonder rueful noise!—’tis done!—’tis done!—
The silent tomb invades our WASHINGTON!—
Must virtues exalted, yield their breath?
Must bright perfection find relief in death?
Must mortal greatness fall?—a glorious name!—
What then is riches, honor and true fame?
The august chief, the father and the friend,
The generous patriot—Let the must commend;
Columbia’s glory, and Mount Vernon’s pride.
There lies enshrin’d with numbers at his side!
There let the sign respond from the breast,
Heave in rich numbers!—let the glowing zest,
Of tears refulgent beam with grateful love;
And the sable mourning our affliction prove.
Weep!—kindred mortals—weep!—no more you’ll find,
A man so just, so pure, so firm in mind;
Rejoicing Angels, hail the heavenly sage!
Celestial Spirits greet the wonder of the age!
trians with the loss of 3,000 killed and
wounded.—Their loss, 1,000.
Two Spanish frigates bound from the
Slovonna, having on board upward of
three million and a half of dollars, be
sides Merchandise, were taken on the
16th of October, by four British frigates,
and safely carried into Plymouth.
The British frigate Lutine, of 39 guns,
was lost on the 9th of October on the
banks of the outer Fly Island Passage;
she had on board nearly half a million.
200,0001, was insured and was bound
for the Texai S. was to have proceeded
to Hamburg, to clear the commercial
failures in that city.—The crew perished
except two.
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Saugertiesi (Kingston precinct) Nov.
18, 1799.
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December 21, 1799.
D Y order of the Hon. James Kent,
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notice is hereby given to all the credi
tors of Benjamin Howland, an insolvent
debtor, to show cause, if any they have,
before the said Judge, at his dwelling
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on the fifteenth day of January next, at
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of the State of New York, entitled, “An
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vency,” passed the 21st day of March,
1788.
BENJAMIN HOWLAND.
Shubael Haskins, one of the petition
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NOTICE
C AME to the subscriber, A young
Heifer, about one year old last spring,
marked with a piece cut off the right
ear, a star in her forehead and white
under the belly. The owner by paying
charges is desired to take her away.
SETH MOSIER.
Kingston, January 4, 1800.