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I 1 One Hundred Bushels of fresh Timothy Seed Wanted immediately, 11 At the Grove School, in Haddonfield to JOHN CLEMENT, Esq. TURNER RISDON, JOHN THOMSON, June 8, 1814. CAUTION. rrus tees. tf (N.

lately parolci in Dartmouth and Preston, feel it a duty incumbent on them, in justice to our countrymen, to caution all those whom the fortune of war may consign to the hands of the enemy, and be permitted to parole in the said Dart since, Ten Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY, from the Subfcriber, living in Newtown Townfliip, Delaware County, on the Morning of the 15th of Augud, a yellow Negroe Lad, named WILLIAM WILLIAMS, an indented Servant, about nineteen Years of Age, five Feet feven or eight Inches high had on, when he went away, a linen Shirt, flriped linen Trowfers, coperaft coloured and white, Neats Leather Shoes, almod new, and a half worn cu tor Hat. He is very talkative, and has a down Look when fpoken to. The above Reward will be given for faid Runaway, if lodged in any Gaol in this State, arid all reafonable Charges paid, if brought home to the Subfcriber. Evan Lewis.

Augud 19th, 1814. JV. Mafters of VelTeli, and other Perfons, are forbid harbouring him, at their peril. Stray Cows. VTT AS taken up, on the premifes of the fub lcriDer, in Pine ftreet, on the bank of Schuylkill, on the id indant, TWO MILCH i uwa, one black and white, about 9 years old, '1, Philadelphia, Augud 3, J814.

TAMES RYAN. NEW LONDON, Aug. 17. Record of the extraordinary at tack on Stonington. On Tuefdav the nth inrt.

at P. For which a liberal Price will be the Ramilies 74, Paftolus 38, a bomb fhip. ning the attack was commenced by the difchargeof (hells from the bomb fhip fe viral barges and launches had taken their dations in different points, from whence they threw congreve rockets and carcaffes. This mode of attack was continued inces mouth and Preston, to be particularly fantly until midnight, and the fire wa careful of any observations made in pre turned occafionally from thc battery, as the sence of the notorious Jeremiah Clark, light of the rockets gave opportunity with now seeking refuge from justice in Dart any chance of fuccefs. The few drafted mouth, formerly.collector of York, (Mc.) militia which have been fome timedation who absconded from that place some time ed there, under command of Lieut.

Hough, for as he will, under the were placed in the belt directions to give tened acrofs the point, fuppofing the ene my were attempting a landing. Col. Ran ed the barges to feek fafety in flight. During this time the brig was working up to wards the point, and foon after fun rife came retired, leaving them behind for want of them from reporting to that place. The flrength to drag them off.

condition 'fine qua non is truly tragi fat The brig now continued deliberately to Jical. Neither. he town of Stonington, pour her 32 pound (hot and grape into the or the date of Connecticut, bad any legal village, without cur having the power of bower to comply with it, which captain returning a inot tor an hour and tne naruy weu Knew. And it btomngton m.lma, who went off to meet the flag. e.ture difcharge The officer was aflted whether a fle would Vl not be received on board.

He faid no arrangements could be made. They inquired whether commodore Hardy had deter minrd to dellroy the town. He replied that fuch were his orders from the admiral, and that it would be done mod effectually. When the gentlemen reached the (hore, a rrnan tvaifpri uith orrat fn the ui iiiv gun. iic nag wuiwu no wauvu to the mad was pierced with feven (hot holes, the bread work fomewhat injured, and 6 or 8 of the dwelling houfes in the vicinity eflentially injured.

At this time a cor.fiderable body of militia had arrived, and brig. gen. Imam had taken the com mand the inhabitants had recovered from t. 7 the conitcination news; wnicn oeing itatea, coniieroauon flew through the town. An exprefs was defpatched to General Cuihing at New London.

A number of volunteers hafteo ed to collect ammunition others ran to the battery, (which confided of two 18 pounders and a 4 pounder, on field carria 1 n. 1. w. uru wurK wjh thc Opinion muft preiied witn the opt a ne uck ana tne agca were removea wua hade; the women and children with loud 11 in.rin Cflcl wcrc fcco running in every direction, will meet with employment, by applying 0 A 7. 1 Some of the mod valuable, aruc es were hadiiy got off by hand, and others placed in the gardens and lots or thrown into wells, to fave them from impending conflagration.

The 60 minutes expired, but the dreaded moment did not bring the attack. Nclfoo's favourite hero and friend was feized with the compunctions of magnanimity; here' membered that fometbine was due to the The officers who arrived in the cartel character of Sir Thomas M. Hardy. Three ship Mary, capt. Baxter, Irom llahiax, hours in faft elapfed, when at 8 in the eve of the fir ft moments and were deliberately moving off their fur niture and goods.

At 1 o'clock the Ramilies and Pactolus had taken dations about two and an half miles from the town when, refinance appearing hopelefs, the magif trates as a Iaft refort applied to the general exid fome latent caufe of a peculiar nature tuinduce a commander, who had heretofore diftinguiihed himfelf for a fcrupuluus re gard to the claims of honourable warfare, to induce him to commit an aft fo repug nant to found policy, fo abhorrent to his nature, fo flagrant an outrage on humanity. The general, we underdand, would not fanction, nor did he abfolutcly prohi bit a flg being fent. They, therefore on their own refponfibility, fent on board the Ramilies, lfaac Williams, and William Lord, Efquires, with the following letter. COPY. Stonington, Auguji 10, 1814.

TO SIR THOMAS HARDY. Sir Agreeably to notice received from you uno ing anxious about the fate of their village, are defirous to know from you your determination refpecting it. Yours, AMOS DENISON, Burgefs. WM. LORD, Magidrate.

The deputation proceeded on board ht Ramihei, and lhortly after an officer in 7 lnrmH thi nnatnn rhir rh.u mmhi mfnrn serrations from the prisoners, which be tempted. During the night the volunteers 7 "r7 's 'YL a ua r.j ui. to the fhore, as the gentlemen would be in and militia had affembled in confiderable ing reported to certain authorities Ha lifax may curtail their liberties, and sub numbers, and the non combatant inhabit ject them to severe confinement within ents had generally removed to the neigh the restricted boundary of Melville walls, bouring farm houfes, in the momentary ex CT Printers throughout the U. States pcatipn oi leemg their aoandoned dwell to insert this caution. In was a night of incxpres are requested re requested Salem, August 9, 1814.

nbie angunn to many a widow and orphan, to many aged and infirm, whofe little pittance they were apparently to lofe forever. But Providence directed otherwife. This compact little village of 100 buildings had been for four hours covered with flames of fiie and bombdiells, and not a fingle building was confumed, or a perfon injured. At the dawn of day on the 10th, the approach of the enemy was announced by a difcharge of congreve rockets from feveral barges and a launch, which had taken their dation on the ead.fideof the town, and out of reach of the battery. Several volunteers, with fmall arms and the four pounder, haf landed in a boat from the fhip; and that capt.

Hardy had declared that no further hodilities would be committed againd the town. After remaining on board an hour or more, the deputation were conveyed in a flag from the fhip, which was met by one from the fhore. They brought with them a very Angular and extraordinary communication. An exact copy cannot at prefent be obtained, as official etiquette will not permit it: but having read it when it was received on fhore, as far as memory will ferve us, it was as follows: On hoard H. M.

Jbip Ramilies off Stonington, Aug, 1 8 1 4. Gentlemen, You have given aflurancei that no Torpedoes have been fitted out from Stonington and you have engaged to ex ert your influence to prevent any from be ing fitted out, or receiving any aid from your town: if you fend on board this fhip by to morrow morning at 8 o'clock, Mrs. 1 0 i j.n of wuc or james oicwari, siq. late coving t0wd. tbf battery with detach COnIful and their Den of ordered them to affift thf n0.

volunteer, in drawing o.r one of the 18 U'L otherwife I fljH proceed todeftror ittffec The fire of which in few minute. tVc tU fot PurPofe 1 Pffef' minutes compell means. .1 1 1 PHILADELPHIA PRINTED AND PUBLISHED (WEEKLY) BY HALL PIERIE, Noi 51, 'MAIlkET STREET. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1814. NO.

4367. given. Apply to Isaac Smedley, Co. NO. 91, Market street.

Philadelphia, 8th Mo. 24th, 1814. Offelsby BARTLETT'S PASSMORE'S GARRETT'S SILSBY'S 's Sickles, 1 Grass 1 Scythes AND Garret Com Scythes, OF EXCELLENT QUALITY, With a General Anaortment of DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN Hardwares FOR SALF.y George M. Coates, NO. 49, Market street, Joseph P.

Hornory NO. 47, Market street. Philad. March 23, 1814. lot A Teacher wanted anrt the Defn fifrh a ft Ann krin orr veA Ijo mb Ketch occauooally threw in 1 6 V.

off Stonington, and a flag was Cent lent with the following Note on more or ammunition ocing odiiid ed, the 18 pounder was withdrawn from the bread work. thi vnt drilled, ana the niece On Board his Majejlfs Jbip Ramilies, off taken back again, when fuch an animated Stonington, Aug. 9, 1814. i anfJ wcll directed fire was kept up. that at to tub magistrates or stonington 8 o'clock the brig flipped her cable and Gentlemen One hour is allowed you hauled off, with her pumps going, having from the receipt of this communication for received fcveral (hots below her water line, the removal of the unoffending inhabitants, aD( confiderable damage in her fpirs, T.M.HARDY, During this action between the 18 pounder and the brig, Mr.

Frederick Dennifon was This notification was ytw0 flightly mounded in the knee by a fragment roagidrates, and heut. Hough of the draff K. 9Atu lliellt. point, with its rocky foundation, had been ample T. M.

HARDY, Capt. This letter was received indignantly. tn (hrtrt rsf li.lf iU f. tm rtVir 9mA 1 1 .1 iw ujue iiuui iiic A'" auiwci WBS CIVCo. ll was tact WCU ZSftSSg.

er the eaft known, that no Torpedoe. have been fitted ttrt.M.. 'Onr ammunition being foon cxhaufled. at Stoninpton. and that the inhabitant! are L.

m.mmm. Uik.J I 1 1 I 1 mm lucrum ipik.su, uuu mc men wnu uomcnuiy to tne lyitem out neitner inai fought thea, being only about 15 or 20, viduals cor the town have power to prevent in danger of being blown up, fcarcely a voice would have been raifed to have faved it upon fuch disgraceful terms. The fird: duty of a citizen we are taught, in Connecticut, is to obey the ljwi. Mrs. Stew art is under the protection of the government of the United States, and the petition of her hufband for a permiffion for her departure is in the hands of the proper authority, who will undoubtedly decide cor reclly in the cafe.

Our countrymen at a didance, from the importance capt. Hardy has attached to tho circumdances of Mrs; Stewart's being fent off to the Britilh fquadron, may poffibTy apprehend that (he has received infult, or fig nified fome fears for the perfdnal fafety of berfelf and children. So far from this being the fact, no lady ever experienced greater civilities from the citizens as no one bias better deferved them. And her feel tngs daring the proceedings at Stoningtoxa demanded the fy pithy of her friends. By the terms offered by capt.

Hardy, it was iropoffible to difcover whether he was mod doubtful of his 'ability to accomplilh the dedrultion of the town, or defirous of a pretext to fave it. He allured the gentlemen who accompanied the flag, that this was the rood unpleafant expedition he had ever undertaken. The truce on the part of the enemy having expired at 8 o'clock on Thurfday morn ing, a flag was foon after obferved at the battery to be coming on fhore, and there not being fufficient time to give information of the fact at head quarters and receive ioftruclioni, it was determined by the officer then commanding, to fend a boat off to receive the communication. Mr. Faxon, of dtonington, took charge of the boar, met the flag, and offered to'convey the de fpatch agreeable to its directions.

The Britifli officer, lieot. Claxton, quedioned hit authority to receive it inquired whether Mrs. Stewart would be fent off and faid he fbould go on fhore. Mr. Faxon replied, that be knew nothing of Mrs.

Stewart, and that if he atteniDted to nroceed far the (bora ederday, this town is now cleared of he would be undoubtedy fired on. He con )lfending inhabitants," and they feel t'mueA hj, C0Uffc whfQ a feminel was di reeled to fire, forward of the boat, but the ball paHed through the after fail. They immediately put about and fleered for the fhip, the lieutenant fwearing revenge for what he termed an infult to a flag. An explanation of the circumdance was immediately transmitted by gen. Ifham to capt.

Hardy, which he received as fatisfac tory. At this moment a flag had darted for the Ramilies from the civil authority of tfhe town which was received on board By which conveyance was fent the following letter. Stonington Borough, Aug. 14, 18 14. To Ths.

M. Hardy, Efq. Com. of H.B.M. fhip Ramilies.

Sir, Since the flag went into New London for Mrs. Stewart and family, gen. Coming, who commands at New London, has written, we are informed, to thefecre tary at war on the and it is our pinion that the requeft will be complied with. But whatever may be the refult of the communication from gen. Cuihing, you will be fatisfied it is not in our power to enter into any arrangement with you re fpetting her.

From yours, Ifaac Williams, Wm. Lord, Alex. G. Smith, Magidrates. Jofeph Smith, Warden.

Geo. Hubbard, Amos Dcnifon, Bur gefles. 1 To this letter capt. Hardy replied, verbally, that he fhould allow till 12 o'clock for Mrs. Stewart to be brought on board.

At this time the principal part of 3 regtt. of militia had arrived, and the town was perfectly feenre againd a landing. At 3 o'clock the bomb fhip recommenced throwing fhells into the town and being cu of reach. of our cannon, the general withdrew the militiaexcepting a guard of 56 Den, who were ordered to patrole tho Turn to tie fwrib JPage..