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vPhihdclphh, September 6.
STOLEN, last Sunday night, out of the pasture of
the fubfcribcr, liv ng in Upper Sochna township,
Northampton county, a dak Brown MARE, between
U and 15 hands ht ^, & yea r ß old, has a little liar in
her forehead reixad sbith brown hairs, one Hddle
m&;k the bigneh o' eleven penny bit, the mene hangs
on both sider. foe is higher behind dun before, pices
and trots. Whoever Fringe fr said Mir;,to the fob
fcrib.^r, ffiall have SIX POUNDS Reward, or for Mare
and Thief NINE POUNDS, pud By
JACOB BITTENBERNBR,
To be Sold by Public Auction,
At the Coffec-Houfe, on THURSDAY, the i 3 th inst.
September, at Noon,
The Brigantine Fanny,
English built, stout uid found, as flic now lays at Clif
ford'e whur, Utt a flag of truce, the property of fun
% G ," m n exiled from ChurHftown, South Caro
lina. The Veffci is well found in S its, Rigring, &:.
as per Inve^my, to be seen at the Place of oale.
At the fame Time will be Sold, About
Three Tons of Newcastle Coal,
on board the Lid Brig.
Philadelphia; September 4, 1781.
NO TICE is hereby given to all COL
LECTORS of PUBLIC TAXES, th t nn^fs
th^u Duplicates . e fully fettled with th. -County 7rfa
lu e by rhe fi ft day of next month, that every dAin
qu^nt wT be procreated against as the law directs, with
out reipea of perlons, or any farther notice.
By Oder of the Commissioners.
GEORGE HONEY, junuCUrk.
The Subscriber, lately appointed
a NOTARY and FABELLION PUBLIC
for the flare of I'ennl) ivania, has removed
his Office to the south fide of Market-ltreet,
the third door above L^titia-Court The
duties of this Office will not interfere with
his Practice of the 1 aw.
W. BA R TO N.
A further SA L E of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, d^e : A^ji the 29% 1780, will beheld
at the Ceffee-hcuD, on THURSDAY, the i 3 th o Sep
tember inflirt, at TE N o°c ? @ck in the forenoon. A
Plan of the Lots may be seen at the Coffe-houfe, and
at the Surveyor General's Office. The conditions the
lame as the lah files. August 31.
Deferred from his most Christian
Majeft} & regment 0! Xnntongc, 3 Muficiau, who plays
cn the clar nett ; and is cf a good figure. Whoever ap
prehends h.m, io that ne may be brought to ns regi
ment, fna 1 receive THREE GUINEAS from the C m
manning Officer.
To be fold cheap,
A L 4 ^ GE an V liirhle Aflor ment of DRUGS
fl. an < i M.tDlCUohr; nd shop tumitme, be nr the
ffock in hand ofrae :ate Dr, Vn Solingen, decafed.
I hey will he fid ah tog..taer, or in qa nthi 7 t.> firit
the purchasers, by the fubfcmoe<, at her duelling, in
Second direct near A r ~b.*re <,
SARAH VAN SOLINGEN, Executrix.
N. B If the above a-c no mid by p iva<e Lie by the
20 instant, they will b^ fold by public vendue.
Sept. 6, 1781.
TO BE SO L D,
A very likely, healthy,
Negroe AI 4\N,
About 17 years of age: H^ i@ fold k r no isur, but
want of employ. Enquire of the P inter.
VOL. X.l Published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY.—Price Six-Pence.
THURSDAYSEPTEMBER 13, 178^
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GENE RAL ADVERTISER.
L O N D O N, May 14.
1 LETTER from Amflerdam by the Flanders mail
'7 has the following article: “ It seems determined
by the Bates to fit out the largest fleet of men of war
they ever had before. They have difpatcl&ed agents to
all p?rtsto get shipwrights, and no expence is spa red to
procure the best hands. Some fe^ Luglifh are come,'
who meet with great encouragement. Ap,embaTgo is
laid est-all merchant fllips and the sailors taken out
to man the men of war as faft as they can be got ready
for sea ; so that in a fliort time we (hall have one ofthe
moB powerful fleets in Europe."
The military in Edinburg castle are ordered to hold
themselves in readiness to march, in case any landing
shall be attempted. A party of dragoons are set off
from Muffclourgh for Dunbar, where it is said that a
camp rill soon be formed, to consist of loco foot.
The French and Spaniards have taken within a short
time about thirty fail of British Blips near the channel,
fix of which are flout privateers; this is a sign that we
are not lords of the ocean.
Edinburg, May 29. A letter from Dunbar, dated
May 20, mentions, “ that at nine o'clock this mor
ning we were greatly alarmed with the appearance of
a French cutter privateer off here, in chace of a finack,
and the Thiflle privateer, both belonging to this place.
These two vessels came to an anchor close by the har
bour, for shelter, and the Frenchman crowding all the
fail possible, bore right in upon them. We made the
best appearance we could for the defence of tre town
and Dipping. The guns we had were instantly load
ed, and a party of the town volunteers were drawn
up along the pier. Our Thiflle privateer also lay
ready to give monsieur a proper reception. We did
not remain long inadive ; for the Frenchman gave us
a broad fide, which we returned ; and the firing then
commenced, which continued for, an hour and a half,
when the privateer thought proper to sheer off. Lit
tle damage was done, but the privateer is Bill in the
offing. A great many of the balls fell in the streets."
The provost of Dunbar, in consequence of the alarm
given to the town and neighbourhood by the privateer
mentioned above, sent a letter to captain M'Bride,
giving him information thereof, and begging affiftafice.
The provost proposed to employ the Thirtie privateer
belonging to that place, and just returned from an un
fuccefsful cruize, in entangling the cutter to keep her
in play.
To this letter, we are informed, captain Mrcbride
madeairfwer, in substance, that the ships in the road
were appropriated for the care of a numerous convoy,
and could not be diverted from it. But that he thought
the neighbourhood of Dunbar might do worse than en
ter volunteers aboard the privateer, when she might
try her hand with the cutter.
Thursday morning the lord provost of Edinburgh
received an express from Arbroath, with advice that
Fall had appeared off that place on Wednesday, and
sent a letter on Thore, of which the following is a lite
ral copy ;
* At Tea, May the twenti-third.
Gentlemen,
“ I fend these two words, to inform you, that I will
have you to bring to the French colour in less than a
quarter of an hour, or I set the town in fire directly ;
such is the order of my master the king of France I
am sent by; fend directly the mayor and the chiefs of
the town to make some agreement with me, or I'll
make my duty ; it is the will of your, &c.
(Signed) G. F ALL."
To monsieur mayor of the town 1
Arbrought, <fr in Lis abfencel
to the chief man after him in >
Scotland.l
^s this summons did not mention any terms, .no ex
plicit or dir/ft answer was made to it. In a short time
after, a boat with fix men came'afhore, from the cut
ter, with a second letter, which was as follows:
At Tea, eight clock in the afternoon,
May twenti three.
Gentlemen,
“ I received just now your answer, by which you
fay l aik no terms. 1 thought it was useless, since I
asked you to come on board k>r agreement, fcut here
are my t<m.s : 1 will have thirty thousand pound : Ber
ling, and fix of the chief men the town as hostage.
Be speedy, or 1 (hot your town away oiredly, and I
set fire to it. I am,
Gentlemen, your servant,
G. FAL L.
" I ft nt feme of my crew to you; but if some barm
happen to them, be fare we'll hang up the main yard
ah the prifontrs we have aboard."
To this conscientious demand, answer was made by
the magidrates, that they were determined to defend
the town: and indeed had the whole place been de
hroyed, provided the inhabitants were fafe, the da-
O R, THE
We have been favoured with the following particulars
relative to Hi de^ Ally, from a gentleman, who,
by having twice visited his dominions, had opportu
nities of receiving information refpe&ing the charac
ter of this extraordinary man, who has now broken
in upon the Carnatic, and threatens to overturn the
English power in that quarter of India.
" HYDER ALLY is now near fifty-nine years
of age, of a robust and vigorous frame of body, form
ed to endure fatigue, and long enured to toil and
danger, he is lingular in many refpefts. He wears
neither mouflachios or beard; never fmckes the hook
er, as is cu Bomary all over tee east; and though
in private exceedingly addicted to strong liquors, of
which he can bear an incredible quantity, is never
Teen to be intoxicated, or incapacitated for public bu
siness..
" No prince or minister, in any age, ever procured,
better intelligence, or had fwifter couriers from any
part of his dominions. 1 his article alone costs him
annually five lac of rupees, or more than 60,0001.
Throughout all the country there are choquys or
guards, stationed at the distance of one or two leagues,
where persons are ready to carry the nabob's dispatch
es at every hour of the day or night. The least
failure or negligence in this refped, would be attended
with certain death.
" The eiftern world has produced no man, since the
death of Nadir Kouli Khan, who has so justly merited
the name of Great. From an inconsiderable military
flation, (though he never was a hacque or corporal, as
reported by the English) he is now become so ereign
of the Mysore and Bednoor countries, and indApma
bly the most powerful nabob in the Peninsula of India.
He has maintained during the greater part of his reign,
a long and unequal contest with the Milirattas : though
often defeated, and his whole country laid waste with
fire and (word, yet bis great abilities, military and
political, have Bill preserved him from a total subjec
tion. In theaflion of the 9th of March, 1771, when
he received a figiial defeat from the Mahrattas, during
the tumult of the rout, he fled unattended and alone ;
but being taken by a party of horsemen, and on the
point of being conduced to their leader, he contrived
to effect his escape, by giving them two bangles, or
bracelets of diamonds, from his arms, worth near two
lac of rupees. In the year 1772, the war continuing,
he was reduced to the utmoftdiftrefs ; and from the
rav?ges committed in his dominions by the Mahrattas,
his annual revenues were diminished from three crore
(or three hundred He) cf rupees, to only about seven
ty lac. His genius, however, and intrepidity, rose
in proportion to his misfortunes, and finally extricated
him from the war.
" His artillery is admirable, and perfeHly well serv
ed; his engineers are many of them Europeans, and
principally French. He has always felt and avowed
his predilection for, and attachment to, that nation. He
is the irreconcilable enemy of the nabob of Arcot, and
of the English. We have every thing to dread from
his ability, experience, and vicinity to the Carnatic.
His cavalry are fine, and well disciplined. We have
frequently experienced their force in former wars. He
now menaces the proficiency of M.dra^, after having
penetrated into the heart of the Carnatic."
Sr. J O H N's (An igua) July 17.
Last night the schooner Don Quixote, bound for
Barbados, with 50 hoglheads of rum and other articles
on board, was carried off from Five Islands, (in the ab
fence,of the captain) by some of the m miners belong
ing to her, who it is fem^d have before this got fafe in
to Gaula loupe. There remains a hope, however, that
the liberality of fentimeut by which the French go
vernors have formerly been actuated on similar occafi
-003, will induce them to reflore this ill-gotten booty,
and furrenchr the villains, concerned in the robbery, to
the puniihment they so richly deserve.
mage would not have amounted to near the ranfoni
demanded. About half after eight the cutter began
to fire upon the town, which was continued pretty
briskly till eleven. About ten next morning another
threatening letter was sent on shore by some people
who were passengers in the vessels he had taken, to
which no other answer was given then by hoisting a
flag of defiance. Another firing took place, which
continued about two hours, when at twelve o'clock:
tue cutter weighed anchor and flood out to sea.
An Account of the celebrated
Hyder Ally.
[NUMB. 784