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For the FEDERAL GAZETTE.
« Died on the 20tn instant, in the City
of Washington, Uriah Tracy, a Senator of
| the United States, from the state of Con-
necticut." »
URIAH TRACY, the subject of the above
notice (taken from the National Intelligen-
cer) was bom in the staly of Connecticut,
of reputable parents,' and resided in-a little
village called Litchfield. It is understood'
that he received a liberal education, and hav-
ing studied the law, he appeared at the bar
to great advantage as a practitioner, and
afterwards as attorney-general of the state.
From this oitice, and a lucrative practice, he
•was transferred by the people to a seat in
the honse of representatives of congress,
which he continued to occupy until, several.
years since, lie was appointed by the legis-
lature of his state a senator of the United
States.
In the bouse of representatives, he soon
lecame distinguished, and his great reason-
ing powers conspicuous on every important
-question. On referring to his speeches, they
•will he found remarkable for their solidity
and point. But, whether we follow him
from the college to the bar, or from the house
of representatives to the senate, we shal1
«nd room for admiring his abilities, and per.
¦reive his abilities always increasing with the
extent of the theatre on which he had to
act.
As a companion he was instructive and
agreeable. His observations in company, on
passing events, and the political system of
the day, were always profound, and gener-
ally seasoned with lively anecdote. His
thoughts on all occasions seemed to come
from him without premeditation, and under
¦a form that alarmed no one's pride or self-
sufficiency. His humour, too, was easy and
natural; like the lightening of a summer's
evening, which flashes without thunder, it
would shew the object'without wounding
the person.
His eye and his countenance gave strong
indications of his character ; both invited to
his society, and,, at once, told what was to
be expected from it—penetration, good na-
ture, good seiise> pleasantry, candor and
.kindness.
In the hours of his best health and highest
spirits, nothing ever escaped from him to
offend morals, the decorums of society, or
the interests of religion. On the contrary,
¦with weapons of every kind to annoy, he
never wantonly attacked any one. Hi5
temper, always uniform, and his pleasantry
always well-timed, had the effect to make
even his bitterest political adversaries abate
much of their bitterness in his company.
For the last six years of his life, he had
7iot enjoyed one moments' health, and scarce-
ly in that time one whole hours* Belief from
suffering i and yet, notwithstanding .this
state of bodily infirmity, he seldom failed
to meet his duty in congress, when able, and
was never heard to detail in company the
symptoms of bis malady (a dropsy in the
iireast.)
Writing to a friend-, (January, 1807) he
s&ys, " I lament your indisposition perhaps
snore fiom a knowledge I have of the solid
evils whieh attend sickness, even in its
most favorable operations. I know what it
' is to be severely sick, to Such a degree as
riot to expect life ; not to expect any thing ;
and I know what it is to linger under a f'e-
ve'riiri debility of body and mind, which
renders life «s such a burden. During the
s^,.,c,- of six years X have not enjoyed for.
one hour, nor fbr one moment, a state of
Iie?i-h, and have scarcely been relieved in
the whole time from suffering ; yet, blessed
be God, I have been enabled to save myself
for the most part from an additional e»ib
which is a peevish, frefful and fretting dispo.
sitiou, that is, I. have not known that. I suf.
"fered in company uu.de:' the dominion of
^peevishness."
" Since it has been proper in the wise
couise of Providence, to deprive me of very
high health, which for many years I iivoy.
u-
glas, such an insult to our liberty and indc-
pehdencs, as calls lor prompt and ample
vengeance.
3d ' Resolved'unanimously-, That whate-
ver difference of opinion there may ex;st a-
mong us as to our local concerns, we are
all Americans and friends to our country and
constitution, and we will unite in support-
ing our government with our lives and for-
tunes, in such measures as the constituted
authorities may adopt, for obtaining ample
redress for the past, and security against fu-
ture insults.
4th. Resolved unanimously. That as the
conduct of the British government has for
a long time been hostile to our commerce,
and insulting towards our government, we
hope and trust, that the constituted athori-
ties of our country, in whom we have full
confidence, will a' be ;
chairman' and secretary, for their able per-
formance of their duties.
R. PINDELL, Chairman.
(Test:)
U. LAWRENCE, Sec'ry.
Translated for the PwtAJ6Et,PiUA Gazette.
¦Sequel, cf the Siege cf Daiiizic.\\
Night of the 30fA April.—Attack of Ha-
kelsberg. The communications between the
second and third parralM were enlarged.
The enemy sent many fire pots, and kept
up a very brisk (ire of musketry.
Attack of Bischofrsberg. We worked at
a second parra'le! of 200 fathoms.
Artillery.—The enemy be:-;an at day- break
a very brisk cannonade, which lasted till 9
in the morning. The tire was kept up oh
our side with moderation, during the whole
day ;' our artillerymen pointed with precisi-
on. Almost all our bombs and howitzer
.shells fell into the works in front of the
attack.
The enemy fired very little from Biscfi&ffs-
berg. During tht' night we repaired the
embrasures and shouldering piei»ts which had
been knocked down by the enemy's fire.
A quantity of stores arrived trom Thorn
and Stettin.
We fired 1700 shots during'the whole of
the 30th.
Night cf the 1st May.—-Attack, of Bis-
choffaberg. The second parallel was im-
proved.
Artillery.—The howitzer shells ofthe re-
doubt No. 1, set fire to the town. The
enemy pointed a great number of guns
againet this redoubt. Our mortars sent a
great number of bombs into the embrasures
and upon the shouldering pieces. Many
platforms were blown up.
We fired 15C0 shots in the course of the
2d. Fresh stores arrived from Silesia and
Stettin.
Night of the 2d May:—Attack of Hakles-
berg. Captain Boizaubert cf the sappers
was killed.
The enemy kept up a very brisk fwefrf
musketry all day. We fired 1600 caanon
shots.
Marine.-—A deserter from the battalion of
Ost-Preuss, newly raised, declared that his
battalion, which arrived seventeen days ago,
had not yet been able to enter the town, and
that two vessels had arrived the day before
with troops and bread.
Night ofthe 3d May.- Peninsula—A sal-
ly of Cossacks was repelled by our out-
posts.
Artillery.- Our fire was generally superior
to that of the enemy. We fired 1400 shots.
Fresh stores arrived from Stettin.
Night of the 4th May.— -ttack of Ha-
klesberg. We prolonged the sap 5 fathoms
and made a crossway. Thrre times during
the course of the day, we tiied to continue
it ; but the few pieces which the e«« ny
kept at the angles and behind the crosswa> s,
constantly knocked dovPn the head of ilie
sap.
Artillery.—The enemy opened new em-
brasures towards the shoulder of tne right
bastion, and armed some lower b ttteries.
A part of our lire was di ected against tht-se
new embrasures. We fired 1600shots during
the course of the dav.
Nightfif the c,tb May.— Attack of Ha-
kelsherg—We prolonged the sap fiive fa-
thoms and mnrle a crosway.
Artillery.—The enemy has almostentirely
ceased his fire against our ba'teries. He
confines himself to firing against the Ttead
of the saps with a few guns.
N'ght ofthe 6th of-May.— Attack of Ha-
kelsberg.—The sap Was prolonged five la-
th >ms ; at day break it was only eight fa-
thoms from the angle ojf the covert way.
During the day our fire was so well kept
up, that the enemie's was of no avail, and
the sap was carried on the whole of the 7 th ;
so that in the evening it was only four fa-
thoms from the covert way.
The sap against the bastion continued in
like night and day. Lieut. Marcelot of the
sapper?, was wounded-
' Artillery.:—We fired 2700 shots during
the night and the day. Capt. Bion of the
artillery, was killed
Lo'ivet Vistula end Peninnila.—Marshal
Lefebvre resolved to get possession of the
island formed by the Vistula and the canal.
Gen. ©KOtjei examined the situation and
works with attention. The adjutant com-
mandant Ayme was charged with the expe..
dition with 800 men drawn from the differ.
ent corps ofthe besieging troops.
About ten o'clock in the evening, the
pontoniers launched ten barks, each capa-
ble of containing 25 men. We embarked
50 grenadiers of the Paris guard, aoo men
ofthe 2d and 12th of light infantry, 50 ar-
tillerymen, miners and sappers.
At one o'clock 12 barks advanced with
oars. The enemy's posts perceived this
movement and fired a few musket shots a-nd
two cannons loaded with grape shot. The
pontoniers pulled harder at their oars, and
in 5 or 6 minutes the landing was effected.
Capt. Avy, aid-de camp to gen. Drouet,
marched with the 50 grenadiers of the Pa-
ris guard against the first redoubt, and car-
ried it without a shot.
The adjutant commander Ayme march-
ed against the redoubt of the left, and the
chief of the battalions armed against the m-
trencrrments of the points ©f the itland.;—
The Russians who defended this extremity
of the island, kept up an ill directed lire in
the middle of tht .night, and fell back.
Our heads of columns drove them into
the principal redoubt, and answered their
screames by a cry of long-Lve the Eintifor !
The rest of the Russians continued to
retreat alsng their retrenchments, when the
troops of general Gardanne, who,, at the
first signal cf the landing, had passed into
thi i , ¦ d, by crossing the cai»L.. gut eft all
retreat from the Russians, Tlwse who. es-
caped (fie"bayonet weie made prisoners.
The suce.e*s was complete on the left as
soon asthe second cSvtsiun of Baden tro; ps
*i of the north had effected
hi i>itrencinnent£ which
il ' pi Kalkschamz uere
.,;.d eighty private set
nean ; schr'9. H-soda, Gardner, J.
Industiy, Livingston, St. Vincent ; Rich-
mond, Chase, Cunacoa.
The ship Arthur, Townsend, 1ms at
at Providence, from Canton. A letter of the,
22d March, received In're, meati 1, ¦ the ar-
rival of the ships' Reaper, and IX laware,
both from Philadelphia.
The brig Cleopatra, Lesbon, has arrived
at New London from Point-Petre—Letters
by her are to July 2.
diers and 4 offiears were made prisoners and Sasan. and Betsy, Van D;
3 pieces of cannon taken.
In the mean time, capt. Avy drove the
enemy from the last red ubt which served
him as a tete.de pont on setting out from
the canal. Thenceforth we became masters
of-the whole of the island.
We took 30O men from the enemy in
this engagement, three-fourths of whom are
Russians, *o officers,' and 17 pieces of can-
non- The enemy left 300 killed, in the in-
trenchments., amongst wliom is the Russi-
ans Major who had the command ofthe is-
land. Our loss has been but trifling, 38
wounded, 9 killed, one oi whom is the
French captain of the 2d light infantry.
At 6 in the morning a floating bridge
was already thrown ovei the canal. Work-
men are now employed at that of the Vistula.
Marshal'Lefebvre bestows high commen-
dation on the courage of those employed ia
this expedition ; amongst many others who
distinguished themselves was a light horse-
man of the 12th regiment, who having out-
stretched his comrades suddenly found
himself admidst a column of Russians who'
cried .out. '.' Do not fire, we are French-
men ;" on being threatened that he should
be killed if he spoke,- he cried ! " Fire, fire,
captain, they are Russians !"
Night of the -4th May. HakeUbci^.—
The sap being within 4 fathoms of uie pa-
lisade, it-was resolved to crown the covert
way. Col. Lacoste, of the engineers, took
the necessary measures.
The chief of battalion Bertrand, ofthe
19th regiment of the infantry of the lire,
caused two companies of the 19th to advance,
in order to drive out tlie enemy from the
two branches of the road covered by tlie
half moon. Some of our sharp shooters
penetra'ed even into the ¦places d'armes ren-r
trantes, fired behind the palisades-and made
sonle prisoners.
During this time the sappers and work-
men of the 19th crowned the creie ofthe
covert way 011 the saliant ofthe half moon,
whilst other sappers cut off several palisades,
and a Serjeant with four miners went down
into the covert way in order to find out the
mines which might have been made.
Sergeant Chapot discoved the well of a
gallery of mines, trom which he took thirty
two miners. They declare that this mine
was the only one on which they had worked,
that they had begun it about a week before ;
that the well was 24 feet deep ; that from
thence it was intended to direct two galle-
ries to a distance of 50 feet, but that they
had not got yet further than 25 feet.
The troops displayed great vigor in this
operation which rendered us masters of the
enemy's galleries, dislodged him from the
coverlway of the half moon, and furnhrned
us a scite for throwing Up two impoitant
batteries. The enemy kept up a very heavy
fire of rnusquetry and grape shot,
In the course of the,day tlie enemy eva-
cuated the covert way and kept no sharp
shooters but in the blockhouses.
Lower Vistula arid Psninsula. The Lu-
nette of Kalekshauts was opened, and the
redoubts of 'he island set m complete order
to act again'St tire place.
Artillery. The enemy fired very little in
the course of the day on. the front of the
attack, and appeared to direct his attenti-
on towards the Vistula.
Embrasures have been pieiccd to fire from,
at the Cavalier of the place, at which the e-
nemy is at work.
The 34-pounders which have been direct-
ed against the blockhouses, have-almost des-
troyed one and much damaged the others,
The batteries have begun to tweak the pali-
sadoes of the fosses.
BY THIS DAY'S MAILS.
" BOSTON, July St.
We have a report from N. York, that in
London, the evening ofthe 26th May,an of-
f.cial account was received of a considerable
victory having 'been obtained by the- Fiench
near Dantric. French.papers have been re-
ceived at Salem to ilay 26. and a recent ar-
rival at this port from, Gottenburg, sailed on
22d May ; but they furnish no intelligence
similar to the foregoing.
Arrivt-d, Ship Wilmington, Childs, of
Wilmington, 25 days from Grenada. Spoke
July 5, hit. 35, 18: long. 68, S3,-.sehr. Sally,
Murphy, of BattiAicre 6 da)S out.
Ship Monsoon, White, Africa,'48-days.
July 6, hit. 30, 10, long.62, schr Adventure,
M'K-night, 12 days from Alexandria for Bar-
bados.
Ship Moses, Letnan, of Wiscasset, 25
days from Grenada.
Brig Mary Jane, P4'Cobb, of Georgetown,
25 days from Demasara. Leeward of'Msr-
tinico was boarded by British ship of war A-
Krb, treated politely.
PHILADELPHIA, July 24.
Arrived, ship America, Lelar, Batavia ; .
Orleans,-Toby, New-Orleans.
Arrived at the Lazaretto.
Ship Coromandel, Davy, Calcutta, 130
days ; brig Casimer, Pitaer, Senegal, d" ;
sch'r Hazard, Cormeil, Lagnira, 15; Sally,.
Bnidy, Havana, 9 ; Danish sch'r Wary,
Conner, do. do. ; sloop Polly, Stewart, St.
Marys.
. Cleared, ship Fair American, Ha
N. York ; sch'r Adventure, Town, Nor-
folk ; Union, Miller, N. Carolina.
Tlie brig Casnner, from Senegal, waa
sent in by a British cruizer, examined and
dismissed.
Letters received in this city, by an arri-
val at Salem, from Canton, as late as (he
24th of March, states, that the ddVerch'.e
between the Chinese and -British had not
been accommodated—that the vicc-roy ad-
hered to his demand cf reparation, to whicli
the English commandant would nct'a<
That the chief of the British fe
determined to send the ships to England
with that part of their' cargoes, which was
then on board, and which was not more
than would ballast them.
. That the business in Amenc-m and conn-
try ships, went on as usual ; and that this
Americans were considered i 11 the B)b?t fa-
vored iighi by the Chinese.
" Li2,AKJETTO, July 23.
N Yesterday aftetn on arrived the Da-
nish schooner Mary, Conner, i> d:-y.s from
Havana. The brig Rnlh and Mary, was
to sail the next day ; the Smilax, in 7 days :
.iud Eliza, Bray, in 2 d;i\s for Iv-:w-v'0i!t ;
brig Osprey, to sail the 13th inst. The
brig Aicha.ngle, from iSehvOjieahs, p'ur.
in in distress and was to sail the 14th
inst. the United States ketch Vesuvius was
to sail the 12th inst. fur the city of VV:,.-,-;-
ington. Off the Matar.zss spoke the
Mississippi, 20 days from Nc.vO^eai:.-',
bound to New York, withtaa«s«:igeK»
A CAMP MEETING,
Was licl'd in Salem county, (N. J.) from
the 1 Kill to the 22d June, pttdar the direc-
tion ofthe Methodists, which was attended,
by 11 travelling, and 17 loe„! preachers, i-j
exporters, and by about 6 or 7 thousand
people—particu-ariy on the Sabbath. Dur-
"ing the course of the exercises, an awf
lemnity pievaded the assembly, and (hft
power of the lord was eminently displayed
in the awaking, cmvictmg and con-i
of nearly 200souls. The meeting was con-
ducted v. ith great regularity and decent:',',
and the people in general merit much ¦
fe-r their serious attention anddeeouib beha-
viour.
CHARLESTON, jjdy 13.
On Friday evening last, the
capt.Whiihy, of the Leahder, and captain
Humphries of the'Leorard, were burnt be-
fore the court house, in this C'ty amidst th*
acclamations of the people.
Arrived, schr. Eliza S'hn. RhsscI, Haiti*
more, 20 days ; schr. Ih-lf, 'Jones, do. 10.
Cleared, ,schr.
vic-.'c.
Ploufjb-iy,
tiaitk.
NEW-YOflK, July 23.
Arrived, ship Missisippi, Lombard, 89
days from New-Orleans, and 18 from the
Balize. Sailed in co. sfaip AfgQ, Hunt, of
Boston, fbr Bordeaux ; s'.ip Thomas Wil-
son, of Philadelphia, ior Antwerp; brig
Bellisarius, for Bordeaux ; brig Minerva, of
New Oi leans, for Europe. Ihe brig At-
kinson, Jones, sailed some clays before for
New-York, and put into Kavaniia in distress. I
The keich Mount Vesuvius, commodore [
Shaw, from New-Orieai,s for Wellington, |
1 put into Hkivanna in distress. The ship^
1 Fame, Slcate, of Baltimore, just arrived at
j the Balize, in 80 days from Barcelona.
The ship John and Adam, Knight, in 8
I days from Portland. On Tuesday, about 7
f*. t.%. capt. ,K. saw 2 ships and 4 brigs
standing for Sandy-Hook.
The. brig- Vigilant, Christie, 12 days from
1 CurrrftCOa. Left, brh< Ja;.t-, Morris, of N.
I York : Mary-Ann, Bowers, in 8 days for
' do. ; Resolution, Brown, in 6 days ; schr.
¦—~, Lake, in .10 ; schr.--------, Nelson,
ci i'hi) :<:e!phia, a pii-ie to the Fortuna, to
sail in 4 days for Jamaica ; hi ig Patty, Ing-
, to sail fbr New-York, in 12 days.
ha-d, ships Victory, Hopkins, Cher-
I bousa; ; Isabella, Moore',. Cork : brigs The-
' Us, i*u£birhj$j JUmutiea j Lio;,, CuHitnui, do.
NORFOLK, July 21.
On Saturday a public dinner was given fry
the Mayor and a number oi the citizens oi"
Norfolk, to the officers and soldiers s,
in the infantry and cavalry horn Richmond
t;nd Petersburg.
Never did we witness a scene so inte-
resting as was exhibited on this occasion.
To convey a ju;'t idea of it in appropriate
language, is beyond our powars, aii.that we
can do is to rnak-e the.attempt.
Inthe morning emly, lite fifty fourth re-
giment, with the volunteer corps attached
thereto, was paraded, (with tlie excv
of captain Tavlor's cavalry detached on duty)
in order to receive the Petersburg & liichaWJi t
tooops stationed at Portsmouth. SJhfl
ment moved to the foot of the bridgo,
was there formed in two iinev, wkh a
for the troops from Portsmouth to pass be-
tween. • At 11 o'clock they arrived ; ilia
Richmond light infantry Blues, under cant,
Ricjiardson, in front, followed by captain
Boiling Robertson's Republican.Blues, then.
a detachment of the Petersburg Miiiti;
rear ,was brought up by captain Randolph's
Richmond Republican Blues. In this or-
der they passed through the lines, receiving
salutes fiom the officers the colors and tl;s-
regiment with presented arms. The regi-
ment-being again formed, the whole of the
troops then proceeded to the parade, where
they were dismissed.
At three o'clock the company, consisting
of 700 persons,, sat down to a hand:
dinner, at which the mayor presided, and
col. sharp acted as, vice president.—Altet
which the following toasts were, drank.
1st. The paople.of the United States—•
Unanimity of sentiment and friendship oi ac-
ta n will ever crown their efforts with sus>
cess—3 guns, 3 cheea;.
2d. The president of the United States—¦
The measures .his wisdom has.resolveti ag-
on, it is our duty to execute with.iidelity
---3 guns, 3 cheers.
3d. The governor of Virgina—:Hhi -dk^.
dence, promptness and viirilance to -prefect
his country, merit and receive.the tribute of
of sincere approbation of his .telleW eiti-
aens.— a guns, 3 cheers.
.4th. Thecutijjres of tl -; United Uty&
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