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1 -f -1 t buied to t!e onfteadmefs of luck. Tt will not leave us, When I artivcd at Alexandria, I was informed that the Engliih had been there, with a much ftrongeV force than ours. 1 I ventured to land in a gale, and waalmoft (hipwrecked in the attempt. When I .' :.. Cached the fanj I ihfovTmii fclf. -on the ground (a, - fignal was ju(t then given for an armed (hip, which, however, proved to be La Juftice) I cried out Vror tune'HiQuldlt thou leave me ! No ! attend me only a - few ds' longer attacked by the break" 'jf day Alexandria with 3000 : men, without .cannon or even cattridges to our guns And in 5 days was mailer of Rofetra a..d Damen bur, which declared me already ellablifhed in Egypt. In thefe five days -our. fleet ought to have been in - fafety fwn tW EttgliA j fclet Wir force again iLu he what1 it would. 13uc far from it ! They remained the whole Mcllidor, ending Juljri8, expofed. They re ceived on the lit ft Thermidor, (19th July) from Ro ' fetta a fupply -of rice for two months the Englim inc Aal theniu Ivts in ten duya with a lupenor force m thofe waters ; and on the 20th of July, our fleet ie- r 1 r'1 1- ' r- i t i ,n r V . . . . . . .. .1 I . - ii.iviiiimiuu ui. .my iiiquci wg anu chiciui but when iortune faw that her favours were die left our fleet to its own fate. . FAYET.TJS V I L L E, '. S J TURD A r::MbRNINGf k. 26, "'1 799. . : 1 Vs. .- . The Secretary of the Navy4, in 'a letter to the Chairman o-theF Comni;.ttee on the Na-L val Eftablilhrnenr, propofes that-r a ftiips of 74 guns each, be immediately procured," by purchaf'e or to be built in the L'nital States he alfo propofes to add 1 8 floods of war of 1 8 guns each. A meflae was received from the Prefiijcnt of the United .Stancs, on Tutfday the Sth mil. accompani jd.by-.fu.il J ry papers i - relative tothe ; unprefTment of American fean-.enTrom on board the Baltimore, by a v nl of war belonging to G eat-Britain in purlu urci of a lefolution of the Houfe of the 2d in ft.. nitiUge was as follows : ' . Gentlemen of ii:e- Houfe of RtprrfcntcJlives, IO SO 90 60 Tii coinpllaiite vvitli your cJeiiie, exprelkd in your resolution of the 2d of tin's month, 1 lay before you' an extract of a letter fiom George C Morton, act ing' Conful at the' Havannah, dated 1 3th -Nov. 'U, io the SeVfy of Strife,' with a copy of a hffer f. u.tu him to JL. Trefevaiit & Wiimmbns, 'cfqrs; with their -uf.ve.-s. Although your requeft extends no further, than fuch information as has been received, yet it may be a fatiifadtion to you t,o know, that as foon as this iritrlliger.ee was comrtrimicated to me, circular orders were given -by my- direction to all "the-torn-iiia-.-.dtta of 'our veflclr, of War, a copy yf which is alfo herewith tranfmitud. . 1 alfo directed this intel ligence and thefe oidas to ,be communicated to., his Britauic Majelty's Etivay Extraordinary' and Mini ilei Plcinpotcntiaiy to .the United Static, and to our Mini!' ,..-r . Pleiiipoteirtiai y 10 the Court of Great-uri- Prices Current,, Fayetteville, Jan." 26. - dolls, cents. Tobacco, per cut, - 6 Hemp, dp. '. .' - " c Wheat, per.i?. . i, FLxfced, do. t IV.ackey'd ptafej do. , Corn, do. . . r i . rone,, per D. - .12 ;Betfrdo, ;;";; ". i ..rv; : ; Flour, do. 6 ' Butter, per lb. - '"i""-' Tallow, do. . - - i o ' Lard, do. ' - - io Bees wax do. . 2 r . Dier Skins, do. ' '20 -. IUST .CiPtNED AND FOR SALE BY DANIEL WIIE AI ON, A: i State on Mr. John Bd'?Sins ivjj.rf cm v eel Cairo no; rrarJcsl .VIENN A, Oaober 21. . Letter-from -iw afiina dattd - Oi'-iH.!er4vf - ftate that a vefit.1 ii.om Alcxandrrj had-arrived there, ".with intelligence that Buonaparte's army, after a bloody battle .(in whiJi even the viVtaq'ous 4rar,loljt 12 tboufani men )t ws reduced "to. a few thoufand, and had fled to Alexandria. One account (foe which wc will not vouch ) fays Buonapaite is taker: p'rifoner.. LONDON, Oaobct 31. Advices were ytlterday received at. "the Aduiirahy. that a cutter had arrived there with intelligence of the - Sirius- frigate taken a Dutch fiigate to the northwaid of the Texel. with t.vo hundred troops on boavd. The Dutchman did not iire a fliot. The Sit iui was In purfuit o,f an other Dutch frigate and little, doubt was entertained but fhe would be able to overtake her, . -'. ; November It appears that the hollilc plans of our enemies a g a t ii It Iteland were widely extended. Emboldened by the tcmporaty fiiccefs of the firll expedition. to. Killah, the enemy ventured on. a feeend, which was inted out from Brett, the fate of which we happily rfT-"-k-tiT th"-d wn a,fcmpteAl..ti hf carried into 'efFec'ttfrom Dunkirk; hut owinjj to the vigilance ot" our cnii.ers, a brig with N.ippcr Tandy on boaid, was all that got out in the hrit indance, tho' t wo fri gates ahd tb fmallet veiTels got out lince were chafed into the ports of Holland. A fomth expedition, coniirhng of Dutch 'bips and troops, was fitted out i rom-tbe -Te xel : but bete the rt t my agai u - has met . with nothing but difa'le'r the two filiates which put to fca having: been captured by the Siiius of j 6 puns ; the firlt without firing a fnot, and the -fecond aftcra very (hort aCtiju. . . : : Among the -political rumors of the day in the-com -rneicial wotTd, is that of inakiRg. London a free port, on the original idea of the Mat quis of Lanidown. . November 6, - "Government received iuti 11,',ence yerlerday by the l ifbii mail, of 'the Frci.ch troops at Malta having rciigjKd. theJAnd, hyapituLtion, the iuh.h':tants,' For., foweime previous to this e vtnr, the -.enemy having bceir driven from every other kOiihned to the foniefs of the capital, tain, vitli i rut ruction:, to him to make the proper re prelenUUons. toahat H.cnimen-t..,up()n -thiji ful jrcl . It Ts But ufliee to lay, ifjat fits ircTuTlu'lJTu (l-diYce'' of n:iibehaviop of any oi: the Jiriiifh ofiiccrs towards ourVcfli:ls of war, that has come to irty knowledge. According to d!l the rcprefentations tbat 1 have fcen, the flag of the Unite. . State, and their oflicetV and men, have been treated Ly' the civil and mihtaiv au thoiity of the Britifti nati-di, i i Nova-$co:i,i, the. VeJl India tjlands end on the cav..v,, with iniifoi m civility politeiitfi and fiic nd fhrp,', .l.liaye ho doubt that this -iiril- ii'llaiice'of.;ailciiiduil ;:!! bl- readily corrected. ' ... : JOHN .ADAMS.. (CIRCULAR ) LARGE and gener.d ;.n"ortment of Europe- l.n.ajlii.Jj:dia CinnAn. f..!tVl rv ft-.it tm. wlwVh will he ditpofed of on Very Lw term for Fiax feed or :ncr uvo'Juoe. . ".: . : " rV-S ; . NOTITF.. '-' ' HPHE death rf To.i v s iTi n , v . Ffoti Ire. nl.lii i - -j - T the fublcriljer to bring io immediate "clofc all the bufinefs tranfacled lUHlcr tirm of Wbeaton b' Ttf- w, of Fayetteville, aad that under firm of IVbca. iTihlale fcf Co at "V.Hlmirionn Y "thVrfcl'rVa'JI uefi'"' Ions having any demand againll either of the frdd ; loufes, are reouefted to nrelVnt them immediatelv for. r , ' . auiullmeiit : snd thofe who. aie indtbtfd to either of the before menfioned houfes, are defired for ;the h(i time, to mak-.- pay tient'to m; or in mv abrei to mv i-fjl.ttat-n '.-y.-a t AlUhi4B44B T -w tt Ui w n e -m n-R t4 fuits on every bond, note or account, will be inlli- XainjQniaMy...:4lkl..,b 1,: Jtnuury io. , DANIEL WHEATON. To the commanders of aruud veiUib in ine ferv':e(Tf the United Mates, givt i at the Navy Dipartmeiit', """Dec. 2(;th, i"f)S. : - Cumberland County, January 22, '90. THE lalt Will and TcH.unent of Colonel Robert Rowan, latclv deceaftd. h'avin'ir at the lull tfr,' if this county court, been duly admitted to ptobaje, nd the- fubfc fiber-haviua bten-dulv Qualified as cr.rix of faid Will, and uken on hcrfelf iolelv the execution thttcof.' . ' ' fhe hereby recniirss all dci fens who havp anv dp. . ' . . j - najids-airaink the eltate of-the fditl Robt-rr. ta n'ukc knowu.the lame within the times liinited by law. She-alio 1 touch's lliofc indebted to the eif it'e nfli? r t e . I aTDTT-pj-CTlrlTargh4 SUSANNA ROWAN. 01 ., were c pait, where they became fo diilirfTed, from the want of provifions, that they 'wrte at - length forced to offer terms of capitulation, which, after fome.' hefitation, were accepted by the people,' who. were 111 fafei and quiet poiilfiion of' the ifiand, when thefe-auvicts came i.vay -the whole cf the troops being made prifoncrs" of war. "ThTs inttHig'ence, tho not received from a . qi-aiter unmcdiotely ofHcial, is not doubted by mint-. iLrs. A -omrininicaiion to the above effect was. at 'thj fun'e time received by theJDuke of York, and b.y IT is the pofitivi; command of the. -Prtfidcnt,- that prt no pretence whatever, .-you permit the public vtf;, fel of war under yoiiV conimaiid to" be defrtrd-ttr fearch'edj nor any of the )fHccrs r;r men beldiigl'iig to her, tobe taken from .her by the fliips or vcffcls of any forei'.,,n nation,- fo long m you fire in a canacjtv to repel fuch outrag'e on I lie honor of the American flag.' If force --mould be -ex-el ted to comptLyour iubmdhori, you are to refill that force to the ulmoll c.fjour pow tr, and when overpowered by foperior force, . on are to (L ike your fl.ig, and thus; yield. yoTir-..ve!ft.l a.s- we'l asyoilr men ; but "never Vout men without your vef. fel . . ' - - , - 'Ytid.will remrmber, however-, that vour demeaior b relpectfiii-and friendly to tw"V(.ifth arid"p"eople.fijf all nations in amrty w:tii.tue.J.niten Mates.; ana that y.'u' avoid a v carefully tlic C-jniniiilion of, ,a3 tlie-fob-miffion tO' inlult olr injury y- . '-- i 1 have the honor to be, ,.r , . ." Sir, your obedient 'Servant, , . BEN f VM Lvi S TODDLRT. - ! ENTERTAINMENT. . rT""HE fubfc! iLcr refotcilully informs, the puMic, JL -that he hits lately removed to tliat wtil ki.ir.Cv a" d weH!i:g hcuie in Lu ndA-t r.::, bt 1 1 y in tl c pnfl"cfiii ot Lreoige Mooie, -tiq. -vsiierc lu intends to ooen a houfe of cntertaiiiineiit for travellers and others wLo may be kind enough, to fivour him viih their cbmoa ny. auo a rew genteet uoarotis may oe accommo dated. NOAJi 1TTTMAN. Lnmbertnn, jfanutiry 2 2". '93 " A :Itrs:Uoyil HTgie'fsaue-'i-iow-ii-'-ta-thc-Jvrh.g atlS r. . Ihmes s. - , . . The Hamburg mail of tlie-2.6th.ult. due on'Wed 'nefday, arrived jhitc laft evening ; the mott impoitaijt articled of its contents," are. -detailed' in i letter from;' Vienna. dated the Yy fhj which ftates (he txi(i.c'.ce of rtport"gtritrnlly received in that city, that the T;.irk ilh minilter had received and communicated lo haron , Thuguet accounts) ;:thii.tBupliapa'rt with hi,; army had furiende"fed by capitulation; -The letter adds iLthat-t he -i m -m rdt a t ed e pa r t u r e o f tlie-po 1L p 1 c vested, the writer entering into particulars. Tiiis Itatcmtut, Lbwevtr probabk, requires cohhrinatiou. TJie.news of the iQVefy.qf Malta'. from the Ft'enc.h. reached Lord St. A'iricenf from Madrid, in letters dated the 'yth )lob'r. . . - :."' Ain Edinburgh paperP' .Jed'tit fJay lair, cqn raids: .j,Iie following, article .YVtlerdlyl's '.'-nfI..M'ftigl,-t: tlthea following article, da t-a -OSer ; -A igenleinaii 'whn'-carfie here 'orr Saturday. mor;iiij froin; Waterford fays, that on Tiimfday bit a veflel Ind-arrivd there foom Havre 1 The Captain reports, tint 'a counter revolution had taken place in Fraiic?-, Van.d that the ropl rfandard was jljtwj'.jltfjtc, ''and In, loroftgTyfr .,.."" -r ' --- .-. American NavdLSu: A Utter has been 'received from captain Seward of riVie 'rmed Imp Camillus of Bolton, belonging to Mr j Ebt'ii Paribus! 'informing that on his outward paffige 4-44e-.wa-t-ekeftAywtaaecffl ter an acTTon he bc?.t off,- aiid rtfeued from thenv r - rr 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 T n roi'tni'iie v-nei wnicn tney naa laKen.. nis men Itood to their guns with, ptrfeft refolution, and ex erertfed them in the moll acllve manner. , This isano thc.r proof the expedieucy of arming. Several be- 1 tictits rc'fuit from the Ulue-ot-this engagemeirtrwhicl ' ail hoiielt Americans muft exult in : a valuable Hup," cargo, and a number or brave fellows are preferved to their country, and piracy difappointed of its piey. " ,."... . . IN.. J. Paper.-! i 3 ti i 'w ;. -SHERIFF'S SALE.' . Will be fold 011- Wtdiiefday the 6th of March nest. t at the, court-lioule in Fayetteville, the following A IjANDS, , (riot giyeh- in) - or fo niuch-thereof as may be necelfary to fatify-the taxes due thereon ' for the year .1 797, vizT .""" '.""'. "T' " ' , 150 Acres 'of land rear rweed Side,on the call lide of Cape Fear river;' owned by John Camp v bell. - ; :-' " -. . . 640 acres near the" land' of Elijah , Fiilier, on tlie .call fide of Cape Fear river, owned by Mifs M'Ni- cholas. . ..J- u;.;.. ...:.,:.:.: .. .;............,..::...: 87,72 acres lying indifferent part of the county, fuppofed to be )pert y, of -John iGray .Blount. mffdtuary 2$. D 'f ' -V Lilt of'Letters ia tlie -Potr Office Fayetteville -January ill, 1709. ; . ..' -'s Doctor Alexander, vicinity ut Fayetteville." Walter Bell, care of Dillon-jprdanV Fayetteville ; Rachrl Branton, Fayetteville ; . Jame5 Beggs, lo. Malcolm Buie, near Fayetteville ; Francis Biice,.near ditto ; Daniel .Bethunc, Cumberland counJ.y. . . , Gen. Jofeph Dickfon, Lincoln county. ' . Francis-K'tnloclu efq'r. jo remain' in Fayetteville till called for; .William Kellen, near' Fayetteville ; A n are w.-JH ur pnyv-. fayett-eyille S '1' n t-ii Ki .1 n ' TO BE SOLD, : V N. Friday the i tth Feb. next, the whole .of the i EftatC; of Law rence Melony, dec. that has come f into the hands of the fubferihers : confiding of W ell IhjAiA k Country Produce ' olfu a fe.w D'ry. Gbods, Sec ST"x months cc.wiU will be allowed on all funis above , fi ve pnu::dG, thedrchafcr. givii.g bond with approved rJfecui:ft"y7'rFhe- fobferibers ilf(, requeft thofc pcrfons ! that have property in their' h'andsj beloliging .to -faid cdaie, to- give, immediate information -thereof, to ! t .ii linn ...Vr it " t I , . . ;j6HN ECiLES, j Ad(n rs: F.iyctffQile, Jan. 2 b. .. . . 2 .49 ' -; ' ' . . . . i 4-' I ' i r 1 -1 - SamuelM'Cliiltie, Noith Carolina. . Henry Man field,' Duplin county. f . . Parlaud. M'Farlanc, "Cumberluid col!t)ty,r2 '.--. lohn. M'Kcrali, Fayetteville f-..' ! '. ." Donald ;M,Ga'chanit.i,addlctrfri;Norttj" Caroliria. 4hz: Nicolfon, taddler, Cumbeiland county. ' ' Gi.rrgc Ogg, Fayetteville. ' r" .. , ' William St3rbuckGuiUord;cpurity ; Wjliiarn'Ste.T phens, near Smithfield, North Carolina ; General ThpnaS Sumter',, to be "left at Fayetteville Po.ft Of. ' fice, till called for, 2 ; Pctet ttanfell, Cumberland county ; John $:nith, do, J .' . Henry Thimasi' near Fayetteville.' . , ; ;. v 1 - v ,..4.; 1 1,
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