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f ' gallant defence, I am grieved to add,' they "were rin der the neccflity of capitulating, to a very great fu- perionty oi numVcrs. I herewith inctofe1irHjf the killed a n J wounded ? and 1 have every teafon Xo believe it correct. Lieut. Col Hely, nth Foot killed. Major Gen. Coote, wonnded. '.' Colonel Campbell, 3d Guards, wounded Major 'Donkin, 44th F6t, wounded. ' Cait Walker, Royal Artilleiy, wounded. , And near 60 rank and file killed and wounded. ... - HENR? WARDE. Capt, and Lieut. Col. 1 it Guard. 7 The affair near Oltend was not confidered in England as a difaRer, as Gen. Coote fuccceded in the entire object' of his expedition, and as theyhatfe a gfeaterluimber ofFTeiuh prifoners in England, winch they wiih to get nu of for any tiling like an cauivalent, f -: -w. X-ali evening a brig anchored in this harbour belong ing to Norfolk, lait tram Grenada, which on her .oaflage has been taken by a French privateer After fepar at irig from which, t he Americans role and re -tPfrkW-gifcli conlhung-jilprlnxipal. part of the Trc'iichmen. A few days afterwards ft!l in with the Afiiltance, Britilh fliip, and put 6 Frenchmen on board of her. One of the piivatcer's ere Hill "reJ "ifianis" 1 otierbrrgr --: , NEW-YOlU, July 1 8. INTERESTING., It is with peculiar plcafurc weprefent to our read ers the following letters. The mil's Murravs havr done. themftlves high honour by this iucereiling andT tylenoia- offeiing othe akar-of patrioti.m. r rom "the knrwri chaia&er of the Wamingtoii tioop, com ' pofed'of pcinlcmen "diftiiiguilhed not lefs for their courage and attachment to government than for theii raiskj- and fortune, the mifs Mutrays may reH allured that this rich banner will always proudly. wave in thi fuld of' honor. . Who .would not be an American fol dier, t.) he thus diiliiiguiuvd thus rewarded. Mars Las always been the favorite of Venus. The lovely harbinger of day, as. me moves in her bright ciicle, di?.n(hip and care : rhein time, tlje ,ifweet enchantrels ' lavilhes her fmilcs Slid tendcrntfs ooher proteor.- So, may the fair ever f mile on.thofe ,who;draw their . fwords in theit defence. To COLD MEL GILES. 5T" - Animated by thofe;feritimcnts' w'hjch warm the brtait of everv true American, we offer to the trooo which you have the honor to command, a ftandarct. the only teiti nony we ate permitted totgive, of our attachment to our country . Do iis the favour to ac cept it, and may your cond-idl in th? day ofbattle give it value. AiVt-nr. likewife, our bell w,ifhes for your happinef3 ; may he who rules the Unitrfe pro teft you in every danger, and may the gnifat and glo rious n'eyrnrltaWwJ Cwn principles of. honor, form an impenetrable bul wark anrainli every attack oh the dignity and inde- vrcnt'on in the ftage before us. At Trenton during dinner, he waa fe'renaded with the . Rogue's March, arid'departcdivithrthe hiltes and rarfesofahcrtrpwd -at Ikunfwickrewas fcorte4vcr4hbtidge-b a Drum and Fife playing the Taoae tuoe,amidlt the' hiiTesaud Ihouts of children and others who followed. The people gathered as he palled along to look at him. Nothing was wanting to complete the procvlfi on but the VVoikIcii Sword. This is nothing th; hon-' ours which await him, on his return to his own dillrict in Vermont." . --. .. ' -v.-'july 24.':-.-;; ;' . ,.. , .." -: The-London- papers to. the 24th 'MayL givcthe particulars of the latr on the Flcmilh coalt. The eipedrlion fucceeded, in the def tfuclidri of the boats ol the enemy, the canal of J3 ruges, Sluices,' &c. B iit ge nefat CJSfe7W i itrall the land- forces, after being fuirouudcdj were compelled to capitulate. . - ; For the Information of ' Merchants. . ; l A Letter from Mr. Daniel Clark, inn. of New 0. rle a n 87 -d a ted o n" t h c 14 th ultlh;IsbtcD recti ve4 by the secretary of tate. communicating the 1 1 1 i o rma The Rev! Mr. Thayer, in a difcoiirfe deKvcreifce fore the, Roman, Catholic Congregation, at.' liofton, orrthe rjth of-May lalli-the-ayf-our-national faft fpeak?fg-of-Ffancefays tthat their own writerson- fefs that, by'lhe different modes of deftruAion, the guillotine, fliooting,, drowning, and thcfike, up. wards of 30,oqo peifon3 w'Cre, killed. at Lyons ; from 37,000 to 40,000 at Nantz, cliitflj by drowning, rlinl V. .r ll.a J '., . T. - 1 T 'm. f, Ko ill. .m ter of thcLo're, near whiclnlier cifyands, became putrid and was forijidden to be ' drunk. At Paris, 1 50 tliouland, arid at Lavejidec, 300,000 ; were de ft royed. ; ;te fays, ithey ownithe mfelves, that lince the begwnirit of thd evolhtion, two millions of their nation lux ye bern .facrificed, of which'iooo were ' wotnii, .ar.do.OOp children: ; and ihtt. ibis UlctilatloTrlreCTufiv-e '6iT". t ueto!dw1-5,"i who har.e pe ; rilhed ifi camp o; fallen in lbaitle,Vand i;fjunjorn in fants, who -have bten dcllroyed together with their mothers.,' --- ' Accounts have been received that Lord Fitzgeratd uaa occii iiKi;u at cutiiouic at a tcatlier merchant in pendc.ice of the Anurr ican nation. Mary & PI'an h ah Mwiit a y. Neivybrk, July 1 8, 1 708 -"T-liive recpive , -Jidiei.-y on r Jcter-oi y eftejJay vi h the Ha-.uUhl whigaJt bfftrs to the troop uiidef my commatuj It h jf pleafing talk to me to be the oran of the'grdtituoc to you, or a tellimoiiy of your attachineyt to .yefut cniihtryj and in its relation to "them fir ilatti ring. Theyegard it as a facred depo fit whWh tlie-jrnope npvt r to difhonoor. An incite ment 1" intVFcjling and affecting, fro n a fource fo amiable, cannot but aril enthiiliafm to their patqot ifm aod eneijjv to their fortitude. .. , - Witltrne refpett and reyaid, . . .1.-1 U- I - .1 . - - tion, that the ltitendant of Louiiiana has coiiknted to, permit as long as the war larts, the importation for lale in New-Qtlransaf every fpetiea of uierchaudize in .AnTen'can viTe:l8 ;fijDjgcr-oirly 'to' dqtyyjj-pf-ceiitum j and the exportation of the pouuce7of that province in Americ.aahotttitns on the payuWnt of the fame duty. He has atfo exempted runt duty all ex ports froin NewrOiJearia to the. American ktilcneuts on t he Miffiflippi and Ohio; ; Department, of State," 1 7 July 23''98- " : J : ": JCOb WAGNER, Chief Clerk. - Extraft of a letter from ti e Spanifh ter ritory of Loui fiana, dated Jane 20' h, 1798.: , " On a reprefentatidn to the lutendant of this pjoce, by Mr. DaHiel raik, jiin. who afts as copful j ror the United States, the former wi,th the confent of his tribunal, has granted, free entrance in this port of all neutial HlTels; under the fame reltiiction, only as thtcolonialhatison.payiiig Jix-1 per cenMlutyou- 4t4N,argoes'afive''aifm'i Ubertrtq'txpwrt"" tne ptodaw; or the colcitjiy undcrthe fame reftnciions. This is to the American commerce a matter of the ;;,ia" v-ijiiicijuciicc, wnic;ii oy treaty is not permit ted, ..New-Orltaris being the only depot. Nor is 4hepriilege-f--rxpt?rting pamlpt'ttdtteen-mlief yiTcJs granted by treaty. Tlie produce of 'the ceded isrriioiy is notrnng rut cotton, an aticle which can not load a vtflel, on account of its bu Hi and lightnefs, without an amizing quantity of ballalr. This evil is remedied by this circu n''.atice, which peimits them to "load with the Spaniih articles of logwood, ptl tries, &c." Dublin, and confined a trifoncr in the cafUr. He Itabfegd; wt h a dajSrrrftoaTfoiaj? ired-Mrr Swan and Capt, Ryan, who with a party wf (cjjdiirs were fent to arielt hi.ii. FAYETTEVILLEi August YU - rayettevilU uSuji 10. -; v ! .' N&w Tork, July iiT Ytflei-day morfn'ng, aboui 3 o'clock, Mr. (Jai'die went to his wife's bed, and, with a knife; ftabbed her to the heart ! Her fcreeches awoke licr fou,. about 10 years old he-got up, and, before he had time to leave the room, he faw Mr, Gardie plunge tht time feruie into his ownbtHy J -Thcr bot h cxpTrd on the -fpot ! They weie at. io'dgmirs a't the noted French bdarding-holife, the corner of Pearl and Broad-ftrettB. iTie rune tor ttus very, tlrcadiul cataltrophy is at tribured 'tai exticme penury,' and her refufing to ac company him' to Francel whither he was going fiioiu '; ly, having taken his palfage. This rtfulal. crta'id jcalotify ; tho' there is no Trourdb for the ft vcion. , N O T 1 C E. Wlblafa paffed at Kal igh, in 179c,' and txttnJt d in t797,. the lubferiber was ktfl county comt appcituid Treafurer aud, Supermtetfdant ef Pubfic Luilditig?,. in Cumberland county... , The former Commiflioncr's arid other nprfinc Jiiw in monicFiTTThcir hands.. wliiZlrfiiioht t1.. i-, u,at . O w ij 1 . v u mi. iti.b duu nnprovements ot the puhix bii.id mgs for thc;-d'itria of r Favcttevi!lcwi!l tike no-' tice, that unhfs they come forward, and frttVihcir refpeftive accounts with me, previous to the frit d 1 y of October ncxtt t.Hat tk-y will be proceeded againit ' agreeably to the direction of the above reeiced acts of AlTanbiy. , .S. MUilLEV, Trearurer Public Building 1 nrhe Election clofed tieTrclaft-eiitrigrairdhe- following perfons were duly eltdted to reprcfent the tow"n-andHCounty-,-- ' Wr" y'" " ' ThoiTias Davi, Town Member. , ,-V. " SaiMul b. Purviai.ce, 7 r"T'"r: ; rr r: VT 1 . u Lommoners. , Neil Smith, j - Daniel M ' Lean,' Senator. ;--.-yf .- , "' , , N O T, i C E. THE fublcribvr. intending- to have the (late frr fume months'; rtqutlU all thofe'who n.a have buhnefs wiili;4im dui;hig'' his abfence,.. to-applyTo Mr." Cavfti .Jllvesy i.. bliOw-Hill," on Li'tle Rtver, near Hillfborouoh. r J vMliS HOGG. 1 Yotirvery obedient and humbhT" fervsnT, - v ' ' ': ' ' A. GILES, Corr.mandini? the Xyafningtnn Troop v of Liht Dragoons, ; APPOiy FMENT . ; . - Of Comnftffincrs under the aS 46 provide for the valuati on of lands, and houfes, and for the enumeration of Jjjvesfor the flute of North-Carolina. . .-'-:- lit. divifion, John Skinner, . l 1 ,. Spyres Sioglcon, 3 Jofcpli John Williams, 4 Abfalora Tatem, 5 Tliomas Hendcrfon, 6 Wallace Alexander, . 7 . " Jofeph Dion. NEGROES, FURNACE, MILL, &c. &c. . " FOR SALti.-'- PHILADELPHIA,-July 25, ; L'on, wh'ifi endtaoiiis.'like thofe of his allbciaie aiid. fcllow laborer Livingion, tended to excite. mobs and rjots for the jvjrrthrnw ot the government , and conllitiition, has become himfclf the objeft-of popii' hi contempt. On hi arrival at Trenton, animmenfe 1 conco urfe 4.f. people z 1 1 e nded liim w it h their Com pi i rpent.s, audjjic fpi .Lftil FIBg fo'ynd .of fundryTaltling "' brunts, to the tup;eof the " Rogoe's March'reviv. ,td the. grateful recollection of his warlike exploits at thc-voo(ieii fword redoubt, on Oniorv liver. On re-ftiTnTrg'hw4"fflT- mt lie ilage, the admirityg populace, " i' h loiid atclasfattonP,"' ffiil-Tolfo'd'lh'ectoJfbTeti" "'ht "nd the dyiirivv ftiH rattling to the acuftomcd lo'indj cheerily afinig life gentle patriot along, fail-. ly drurtirned him out or tOw-n; I he tunes and hpt- ings of the crowd, were loud and. umVeifal. At Kntt.fvick the fame honours awaited our " renowned heVo, this pirik of chivalry, gentility and kriiihthood."' " Extra?! of a letter from NeiuTork, July 1l Sowed on citizen Lyon of -Spitting Mtnioiy.- He ; - Jppointinents by Authority Hrriry Grairt of South Carolina, -Conful for the port of Leith in Scotland. ' " ohn pence Welt, Marfhal for the North Carol naDifttia. By capt.rBuffington arrived at Salem, the. 1 6th ult. in 1 7 days from Martcniquei information is brought of the arrival of a velTel thtre in 20 days from London, bringing he .intelligence of a complete defeat of the French in an attempt to efFcd a defcent on England. A confiderable number of troops having landed they -were 'all cut off to a man, aiid4CLgun boats having on board 1 6rocO men, vere.f purely deftroyed by Ad miral Nelfon and Sir Sydney Smith. The French failed from Breil. . ;.. , . v . ;--,N GAi,LANTJSXPiQlTt. The' brig Fly, tJrice, from Philadelphia fot Cowes, Wit capture OTherjpagr Tltctrew were takeu out extept the. captain and mate, and io Ftfccch'men put-on board i Capt Brice feized an opportunity when three of the Frenchmen were below, andjthe other feven colledled about the' after hatch waysrto affault them with his mate (both TiaTmetf)raml''''aTte ecurcdithCiJ-citLUn velh;f. ' ,.'.. ' " v.--: '', ;' r. TO. BE SOLD on TiuirfJay the azd day of November next, to the higl.ell bidder for ready money, .in Stokes coiintyi on Dan River, at the mouth of Miow-Creek i feveraLhkely N EG ROE among vvhich is a likely young Fellow, an excellent Collier of a good charader-and feyeral VVomtn'and Boys j four or five Featherjkds and fumi'tare, and ot her houfe holdgoods hree AV aggo ns and Tea ms Alfo will be. fold the fame dav. coo acres of n-ood U,ANfi pn W.n fro.mr the mouth, ot the faid bviow-Cr'ek, up the faid Dhi Ri ver above the Red-Shoal-Ford, known by the name of Clayton's Traft there is about iod acres cleared land on it, chiefly low-ground, equal 'ia gu ility to any unu irom nretw?rr-S river - there is a dwclltni? houfe on it. three rccus below ftaiis, a -brick chimney and one fire phit up flairs, a kitchen .&c a good ; ap pie ci t ha rd, pea is, cherries,' &c. and one tia& of bud joii.nigXolotiel James Martin, on the faid. cnek, al. ut fix trih s a. bove the mouth, containing 300 acres, abnut 80 acres cleared, a good dwelling houfe and kitclun, a gr-od feach orchard on iti -The above tracts of land will be fold one half for ,realy money the other half in twelve months? " TheTe will ht " often d fc r fale" f h e lame day,' a new and well. built Furnace, Foig- and Gvili Mill, on the fiid cfeek ; a good plantation from the Furnace dowiQlie ortk to the river and ,5 bco acres of well timbered, fand- -"lVrms,' part raadyTfirto?-; ncy, and the othct 6art:'ereuir'-ariirarteTi'i-rFerd tO'on thajfday.. -Thereas a Very good let of patteins and flailis fot calling. r ' "'S' . Any perfon inclining to purchafe, vyill be . fhewrt the lands by applying to Nicholas Perkins, jun. at the Iron works. PETER PERKINS. -Nj5-r-J-f LtheFujef , jfo Land is not fold on that dayTit Vl be rented. ' 4 V 4
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