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14 f 1 4 C Thursday, January 16, x8oo. Vo!. I. No. 3. State of Delaware. Secretary's Gilice, 24th Dec. *99. Affected with the livelieft fenftbility at the lofs which the people of the United States have fj'/laiued by the death of our illuftrious and beloved fellow-citizen, I,t. Gen. GEORGE WASHINGTON, the tats Pre fuient —the Governor of this ftalc Hites that all poilible refpeft fltould be paid to his memory, for the many eminent fit-vices which he has rendered to his country. Ami altho' a grateful remem brance will be ever had of thofe virtues and exalted talents which fo confpicuonfly diftinguilhed him in a long feries of pub lic duties, yet the general (intiment, on this diftrefling occalion, pointing to fome particular expreffion of the high fenfe which all feel of our lofs, and the Go vernor, uniting in the public fympathy ; It is therefore recommended to all Civil Officers of the State to wear Crape, on the left arm, below the elbow, mourning, for three months. Bv order of the Governor, ' ABRAHAM HIDGELY, Sic. of t ht State of Delaware. as State of Delaware. General Orders. V he Governor mid Commander in Chlej of th' ;s State, fee the !of s which the armies of the Unit d States have ftfained b the theatk of Gen. George Y/a(hington. whofc gallant frvices in the Field, and virtue mid wifloin in Council, hav excelled the mot! dijlinguißeed Heroes m.i Patriots of /ht ient and Modern Times _ Dirclls the Officers of the Militia of the State, to wear Crape on the left arm, below . the elbow, l'_> waf of Mourning for Three Months. By order of the Commander in C hief, JOHN STOCK I ON Dec. 24, '99. the deefeji afHittion at ■ah. Adjutant G An Apprentice Wanted To the Printing Bufinefi— Enquire at this Office. no as of as JTocctgn UntcïUgcnc?. ANGLO-R USSIAN ARMY. L ODD OX, OCT. 26 . Lieutenant Colonel C linton, aid-de camp to his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York, arrived this morning at the office of the Right H011. Henry Dundas, with difpatches of which the following are copies. Head-quarters, Schagen Brng, CSroher 20. In my laft communications I have re prefented to you the circnmftances under which 1 found it expedient to withdraw the army from its forward polition in front of Alkmaer, within that which it at prefent occupies, and which I truft will liavc appeared to his Majcfly diffident to warrant the ineafure, 1 lie feafon of the year which lias already afliimcd liere the from day to prebend that any attempt towards a profeculion of the campaign in this .country could not be at tended with decline advantages, whilll the impolfibihty of covering the troops in the narrow dittrift ot the country in our poflelfion during the winter, and the pre carious date ol (applies to be expected in that feafon, added to the conviction Kelt that the moft adviléable meafure to be piirfued was to remove the army to Eng land; an operation which, although it niight liaie expofed the army to fome lofs 111 its execution, I judged in my mind preferable to any other which could be adopted. . Under this impreffion, and confidcring the lerious lofs which might enfue from delay, I have been induced to conclude an armiltice, in conjunftion with vice admiral Mitchell, (with general Brime, commanding the r rench and Batavian ar mies, ol w hieb the conditions arc inclofed, and which, although they provide lor de- j livering up a large number of prifoners ot > war, now in our hands, yet 1 truft will ! 1 not be thought by bis majelly an inade- ! Sir, »(peel of winter, gave day, additional reafon ! cjiiate coinpcnfation for many valuable lives which iiiuft have been loft, after the object which has hitherto direftcd them no longer pro mi fed fuccefs ; and when the only means which prefented them lelvcs of lecuving a feenre retreat were thole of retorting to the deftmftive mea fure of innnndation from the fea, which, as it would have involved the inhabitants of the northern part of this province in ruin for a feries of years, mull have been highly repugnant to the feelings as well as contrary to the charaéter and practice of the Britifh nation. I reft confident that the motives which I have here detail two armies, 2. 'i he line of demarkation between the faul armies llial! he the line of their re fpeftive out polls as they now exift, 5. The continuation of all works of fenfive and defenlive (hall be fufpended on both lides, and no new ones (hall be undertaken. 4. The mounted batteries taken pof feflion of at the Hclder or at other pofi lions within the line, now occupied bv the combined Englidi and Ruffian arntv, (h: 11 be reftored in the Hate in which they were taken, or (in cafe of improvement) in their prefent Hate, and all the Dutch artillery taken therein (hall be preferveri. 5. '( he combined Engliih and Ruffian army (liall embark as foon as poflible, and (ball evacuate the territory', coalls, ifiands, and internal navigation of tiie Dutch lie j public, by the loth of November, 1799, > without committing any devaftntion, by ! innundatimis, cutting tlie dykes, or otliet ! wife injuring the fources of navigation. cd will.excufe me to bis niajeftv for hav ing a fled without writing for previous in ftruftions from home, and that I fha.ll have the fatisfadlion of knowing that my con duft, in this refpeft, lias met with his majefty's gracious approbation. 1 am, &c. (Signed) Right Hon. Henry Dundas, &c. KREDERICK. ARTICLES. Art. r. From the date of tiijs conven tion all hollilities (hall ccafe between the