And be it further resolved, that the president be requested to issue a proclamation, notifying to the people throughout the United States, the recommendation contained in the third resolution.

THESE resolutions passed both houses unanimously.

DECEMBER 24.

THIS day, in the house of representatives, the speaker informed the house, that in conformity to the second resolution passed on Monday, Major-General LEE had been appointed, by the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives, to prepare and deliver the oration in honour of our late illustrious commander in chief, on Thursday next, which appointment he had been pleased to accept,

A MESSAGE was received from the presi dent of the United States, notifying the house that he had agreed to the resolutions passed on Monday, in honour to the memory of GENERAL WASHINGTON, and depos ited them among the rolls and records of the United States.

FUNERAL ORATION,

ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL WASHINGTON, PRONOUNCED BEFORE BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, ON THE 26th DECEMBER.

BY MAJOR-GENERAL Henry Lee.

IN obedience to your will, I rise your humble organ, with the hope of executing a part of the system of public mourning which you have bean pleased to adopt, commemorative of the death of the most illustrious and most beloved personage this coun try has ever produced; and which, while it transmits to posterity your sense of the aw-, ful event, faintly represents your knowledge of the consummate excellence you so cordially honour.

DESPARATE indeed is any attempt on earth to meet correspondently this dispensation of heaven; for, while with pious resignation we submit to the will of an all-gra cious providence, we can never cease lamenting, in our finite view of omnipotent wisdom, the heart-rending privation for which our nation weeps. When the civilized world shakes to its centre; when every mo

all in defence of her violated rights, he was elevated by the unanimous voice of Congress to the command of her armies: will you follow him to the high grounds of Boston, where to an undisciplined, courageous, and virtuous yeomanry, his presence gave the stability of system, and infused the invincibility of love of country; or shall I carry you to the painful scenes of Long-Island, York-Island and New-Jersey, when, combating superior and gallant armies, aided by powerful fleets, and led by chiefs high in the roll of fame, he stood the bulwark of our safety; undismayed by disaster; unchanged by change of fortune. Or will you view him in the precarious fields of Trenton, where deep gloom unnerving every arm, reigned triumphant through our thinned, worn down, unaided ranks; himself unmoved.-Dreadful was the night. It was about this time of winter-the storm ragedthe Delaware, rolling furiously with floating ice, forbad the approach of man. WASHINGTON, self collected,viewed the tremendous scene-his country called; unappalled by surrounding dangers, he passed to the hostile shore; he fought; he conquered. The morning sun cheered the American world.

Our country rose on the event; and her dauntless chief, pursuing his blow, completed in the lawns of Princeton, what his vast soul had conceived on the shores of Delaware.

THENCE to the strong grounds of Morristown he led his small but gallant band; and through an eventful winter, by the high ef forts of his genius, whose matchless force was measurable only by the growth of difficulties, he held in check formidable hostile legions, conducted by a chief experienced in the art of war, and famed for his valour on the ever memorable heights of Abraham, where fell WOLFE, MONTCALM, and since, our much lamented MONTGOMERY-all covered with glory. In this fortunate interval,produced by his masterly conduct, our fathers, ourselves, animated by his resistless example, rallied around our country's standard, and continued to follow follow her beloved chief through the various and trying scenes to which the destinies of our union led.

WHO is there that has forgotten the vales of Brandywine-the fields of Germantown -or the plains of Monmouth? every where present, wants of every kind obstructing,

numerous and valiant armies encountering, himself a host, he assuaged our sufferings, limited our privations, and upheld our tottering republic. Shall I display to you the spread of the fire of his soul, by rehearsing the praises of the hero of Saratoga, and his much loved compeer of the Carolinas? no; our WASHINGTON wears not borrowed glory to GATES—to GREENE, he gave without reserve the applause due to their eminent merit; and long may the chiefs of Saratoga, and of Eutaws, receive the grateful respect of a grateful people.

MOVING in his own orbit, he imparted heat and light to his most distant satellites; and combining the physical and moral force of all within his sphere, with irresistible weight he took his course, commiserating folly, disdaining vice, dismaying treason, and checking despondency; until the auspicious hour arrived, when, united with the intrepid forces of a potent and magnanimous ally, he brought to submission the since conqueror of India; thus finishing his long career of military glory with a lustre corresponding to his great name, and in this his