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C*hinoiaC«;“i-DDun—t\ Mtwler, Hancock— Mrl Abercrombie, Jh ami Joseph Bty tr*i b.9j|” b * P.lbhtcn~~r'-’\f- Win. Woods. i JpHitsburgh —'Mr* Alex- Pope. . G/luguiia—’Sh . Fraser,‘ P. M* and tlajpr F* i * jtfo- $ ah —M t* AunnUjghatn, P» M- A Jas/ter—Dt. Shorter. V ‘/N J <P : ‘Du'iiafii"* -F>rtec \>itUner, Itsip , 5 ? i he post ! Madison cositty—Hs. Long, F. M lr-1 Wilb-Uiv hv • >— i SSL ?os ! V and i;,-v, Thcunas Newton tfraosps*'-'.. Lftiic. . l Washington j iHvln*., iVarri’n's —v he Post hi a'Per. ( ; £>i>icohi‘~* ~ T,he Post .Master. Bauiett, u.sq. n ; Midway—\er- ‘K. Fraser, lian. 5/rt’ r vJuaior Clark? P. M.. ,*K y AbhsvtUe, S» Moses “Wh’ jElobbins. ‘■ i N ‘"• -- ; p :r. •• r ~««c» <E& ~’ f Without imending any disparage ment to'the h stChi and valuahlo ptrs.pmted in Augusta, MiUedgc- j •v.ile u• ir 1 cisewbeu- m this ‘Star;, w. ViH take the liberty to mention the | foilowiag cousi<ons as in degree recommending this to public ! pa ronage, and especially in the up r counties. rile Will be ier§-r, and will cnrr'c itjuently contain nht only a variety, %Uta con i.,<ecable quantity’ joi mat- Iftr—’ieketed >vi|hr.oat:«N' f ;N A'. fj |'p it vwU .he’published’ at the Sent ol‘ |thc University of this State, and fvril! derive from that circumstance some general irterest* hik) import r It will be published bn Thursday 111 etc ry week soon aiter t?k arrival the and >ar ‘thi* place, and'. Wilt conta'iu & <Jtmdeh se i »sum mary ’ of the huest and most from the JVorth ami Sbuth- k. - • - • • From* a- direct communication Ihro’ llreermiie’ S. C. It Buncombe To rermcssewVthis paper wH! prelia bly derive , the earliest from Tennessee. Kentucky, Ohio Sc <Hher Non hern wid Western States and Territories* • is Spon subjects ot a newspaper* some tUgrittl religious and scicatinc mat |Jp#, which win be carci’uliy selected and made as far as possible . subser vient to the practice of cbristianteSV end to the pursuits of common life* h ■’ - y 1 friemfe.; W. «K»h^ : jKlatl, aS who* w dhi4 HietiQi*aite thv of human fife, to favor tlicir aid, Flexes on the ous Subjects alluded to, whither on >l^M|or: well hevthunk 6Ce V m .a-- mfP IC. I:j ff (3i* 1 lit* ilpfit"’ O t*> *s’ .*>*r made the veltiqle of pr ivate ®or personal sc tit yi!Uy apd abpse. £ * pC/f* QgffitemZn }holding Subscrip tion papers fir tht Gazette* ard res pectfally requested to transmit to the Editors immediately ike niMies of sub scribers* ‘ * Oj v ’ : - ■ ■■■ , .’ * • : - ’ candidates for congress. Wjp h&vg ftucii pleasure in |i|Hng aiuhomed to state that R. 7 R wfi! be a condidate at the ensuing-election , to represent this state, iii the House of Repveseii Natives of the i4th Congress of the U ...States, / l ‘-i i * ‘w’ • r < /’ ‘* ’ . - . . • V . •,/ V Wp jare authorized to state that Dr. iOKi. .\sßptT will be a.qandiUare at the cn iwiflgtslectkift, ttnepreseiit this State, in the House Os of the Con gress of the United grates. J V W*’- arc authorised to stafe that Wilson Esq will be a candidateut the en s»imig election To represent this State in the ~Hrh Congress of the United Satis: : .Visa ire amhVrited to state that HSxm -1 jig. election torq>ve-,em ‘.this State it* the U»h Congress of the Ur.iteJ States. ; ;. : y _ *’ V T J MtSTW, Esq. is an uoft nc?a a candidate ior Congress at the next election. 1 :. ’’ , ’*■'• a ‘ ‘ ‘ ’>*. > y- ~ - •/ . j V VI& understand that our present Merti ber* of Congress of the House of Jlepresenta tives, (ivkh the exception of CoS.‘ T.ftup) will be candidates at the ensuing decttoh tb represert’ this House of Represen- ] taOvcs of _the idtii Congress of the Utmed gates', -r wir—Ji-.bu- Td fair, Alfred Curhben, Boiling Uali and Wil Him Barnett,. Enquires. C ANDID ATR,S. FOR THE ST ATE . LEG ISC A HIRE, : yj *** we authorised to state that Mar or MvrcH£i;t, will he a candidate at the ensuing election rq represent this county-in- the House, oi -ftepresemahves of the State Legislature. “ • * Ws ;v 9 authorised to lhat Major O. U r , H'AKsts win he a candidate at. the tn Action «o represent this county in ><v Ii a use of i lep te semfeti ves of the State Le?T l at are. f . t , t B> ‘"■ ‘'. iS’ v - ‘*. *•*+ ■ . : * an d V We are authorised to state, that Cap h Hayes will be a candidate at. the Ensuing elecii?rn to represent,rbiscoiiDty in the House of the {State Leglslatetfe. V We are authorised to mare, that Capt. W. Ross ever WAjli be a candidate at the ensuing election to represent this county in-, the HouS* ! of Represeutauves of die State Legi.darute. */V/s are authorised to stiite, thar Capt ‘ \V> CtARK vnU be a candidate at the ensuing olectKin to represent this county m the House S Representatives of the State jLegiatat.u e the Connecticut Gaztile , a Eeddri « S: ffy id paper, • -. w / ; RECORD OF THE ... j. KX't it JkO aftj-NA R r ATTACK Q$ STCIE. INGTQK. 1 , ’ -" r; ... ■. ■ : se'itHfwdou i August 1f *■ . Ofi Thursday the 9thdnst. at 5 p} me Ramifies 74, Pactofts 36, a Hottft sliip tfad the Dispatch a 3: gup bi%, arrived off Stonington, anti ■ a flag was sent on shohs with the fol lowing note : v-*’ V ’ ■’ 4 -. •’ ‘vvi • • fr .’ J.’ . w •• On ;k>ari( IT* M. Shif) Hamiltes, : August 9, 1 SI4; TF* THE MAGISTRATES OF STON ;.vy..,U- , : iNGTON. CE I, N'TL£MEN-*-(soe hour IS allow - ed you from, the receipt of this communication, for toe removal of the unoffendiog inhabitants. ♦ T. M* fIARDVe Iritis notiHcation was Ter.eivec! hy> two magistrates au4 lieut. Hough of the drafted tmliUa, who wettt.oiT to meet the flag. T*he officer was ed whetherflag would, not re ceived on board. He saith; nc ar rangements codl«i be made. They eif to destroy the town. i!t? ; re plied that such were his or dens from the admiral, and that it would be dw* most cSfeetaally. 1 the gcntkraeu rooolwd the tow». ? An express #r* s itsspitcLctto tvTi’cral uusliHie ai Ntw-Lond )n« A. uumbee ot volunteers h.stfucd to collect ammunition ; others tm tr> tlie bnt 4 6rv, ( which consisted o* ‘iwC.S'i -smi-tt‘a n- Inti W.'ti.l .*vi - «*IU u “» 3 1 A- Q ‘ V *WWv Xt Iv ti A v . • j . ‘ * Y ■ vitp > ~\ % VM * v -" V ~’’ , * vf* W * V ' J ’ v . drums, THURSDAY. i SEPTEMBER, 29 1814. by hand, and others placed in the gardens, lots or thrown into wells lo the. impendm* con* «%vat»on. The sixty minutes ex* pired but the dreaded moment did Rot bring the attack. Nelson’s favor *3? a [*d iriendi was- seized with compunctions of magnanimity he remembered what ancient ; Britons were y be remembered that s&me Uiing was due.to the character of’HIV ThoraaTM Hardy. Three hours in iact elapsed, when at 3 in the even ing the attack commenced bv the discharge of sh ells from the bomb ship ; several barges and launches h*a taken their fetation. ,in different pointy, irdin whence they thre,w Con-.’ grifeve rockets and carcasses. The uiode of htuck was continued ihces sentjyin*lit midnight ; and the fire occasionally from the battery as the light of the rockets gave opportunity, with any chance or stjcces. 1. he few dfailed militia which have been some time station-, there, under command of i ilough, were- placed in the best ‘di rection to give an alarm in case a lauding should be attempted. Du ring the night, the volunteers and mi lilid ,had assembled in considerable numoeu ; and the non-combatant in habitat) is had generally removed to the neighboring farm' houses, in momentary expectaton of siting their abandoned dwellings in flames. It was a night ot inexpressible an guish to many a widow and orphan, to many aged and Infirm, whose lit tle pittance they were now apparaut -1? to loose for ever: But Providence'-; directed otherwise j Bh?j compac t itUe village ofone hundred building* nad been for four hours covered with flames of fire and bomb shells, and ilot a siu &% bdikbng was consumed or a per^vV'Ofuied. A t the daw ri hi <!ay bn i fie J oth, % approach of the enemy vns an-. > noimced by a dischulge of Congreve ‘ velvets, from’ sieve raj barges and, a >tVtiiicb, vyoich had taken their station oiythe. eatet ktdeA of die town, and i out of reach of the battery* . Several volunteers. with small amis and the 4 pounder, hastened, to, the point vmposing the ehernjHvere attempt ing:** landing; Colonel Randall of the 12th regiment, who at the time, 4 >vas moving towards the battery with a detachment of inilitia, ordered them to assist the volunteers in drawing over one of the 18 to the extreme end of the point; the are of which ip a few minutci, cem i polled the barges to / .seek safety in tlight. During this time the brig was working up towards the point and soon after sunrise came to an chor, short of half a mile lrom the battery, for more correctly, the mms-t work.) Our ammunition be ing soon exhausted, the girns werq spuiedy and the’ men who fought them feeing only about fifteen or twenty,;retired, leaving them behind for waul of strength to drag them win • ■The brig now bourmied deliberate ly to pour her 32 pound shot and grape ditto*the village, without our haying the power of returning a shot for an hour, snd the bomb ketch oc casionally threw’ in shells# A fresh supply %{ am munition being obtain ed, the J 8 pounder was withdrew front thevbi east ynork,,ihd T vent dril led and the piece taken back again, when such .art animated and well* directed lire was kept up, that at 8 ohiiook the brig flipped her i cable, ami hauled off, with her pumps going having received several shots below hey w 4|er line, and con si deride dam age'to ’ \ k ‘ Wpluring the action between the t& poupder and.the brig, Mr. Frederick iknison was slightly wounded in the knee, by a fragment of a’ rock, and Mr.'John Minor ba&iy burnt in the face by discharge of to the snast, Was pierced with seven shot holes, the breastwork somewhat and six or eight of the dweilfe houses in the vicinity essen tially ;nj«ced. At this time a coosi derabl# oody of militia had arrived St brig. gen. Isham had taken the com mand J the inhabitants had i*ecover ed. lYtgtl the consternation of the first moiueuU ; and were deliberately moving off their furniture and goods, f At qi*e o’clock the Ramifies and Psc tolus had taken station* about* two and i hiit’ writes,. from the town; WhyQ resistance appeared hopeless, the magistrates as a last resort ap pheiT io f|ie gfiieral for • to atkid i»ing .impressed k With e*ik some latent Cause of ‘ a pecu liar nature to induce a comman der vho has heretofore distinguish* €d himself for tr scrupulous re gard to .the claims or hofiorsbis wa.l'-- faie, to induce him to cojmnit an act so repugnant to sound policy* so ab horrent to ftfs nature, so flagrant an outrage on general, “ftouid not sanction, not did he ab solutely proHiblt a flag? being sent. I hry therefore on their o\vn respon nihility, scot on board phi BamiJics, I-jaac Williams and William Lord, with the following letter (COPY.)* *?• Stoningtcn,• Ahg&ft 10, !Si4. To Sir 7 nomas M. ilutdy. Sib.-~Agreeable to Police received fro?n ? you yesterday phis town is now cleared of “ •unoffeiidmg inhabitants,” > my 1. cling aftSiuos about thi late of village, are desirous ‘to know ..from you, yourdetermimaion respects ing it. Yours. &c. Amos Di*:nisox, Burgess*; •->■.- _ Wu.liam Loup, Magistrate. J he deputation jkoeeetfed Aboard ibe BamUies and shortly after an Os ; ficer informed the boatmen that they might return to *hore& men would be landed*fti a boat Irdm’ the ship ; and that captain Hardy had declared that jlo further hbatilirieir would ’ye committed agumst the town. Alter remaining on board an hour, or nunV, the deputation were conveved lna ilag from the ship, which w u & niet by one from thp shore. They, brought with them a very singular 4ind extraordinary communication. An cannot at present he obtained, as official etiquette VfU not permit: ft/ biuihaving read It when .it was received, on siiorc, as far as memory wiH serve us it was us fol lows : ■.. , ; vm. On hard his Bnitcnnic inujestfs ship Rdmiltii ? off Stoning ion, August lop 1314. i Len ttKji ex—*\ ou haye given as j sdrance that.no torpedoes have: been fitted out at Stonington; and you } to exert your inffutnee ; iq prevent any from being htted .out, or receiving aid from your town’. li f you Send on board this ship by to- I morrow morhjng- at 8 o’clock, Mrs. Utewii.t the Wife oi Janus Stewart, esq. (ate his majesty’s consul ai New | London, and their children, I engage i that no further hostiiSfe, shall be \ committed on Stonington ; otherwise A shall proceed to destroy it effectu ally—for which purpose l posses ample means. . .* T* M. Har«t, captain.; This letter was received indigodnt ly v No‘answer was given. It was a (act weJK known that no torpedoes nave been’ fitted at Stomngton, anT that the inhabitants are unfriendly to the system i but neither individuals nor tire town have power to prevent their i t sorting that place. , The condition sine qua aorij is tru- Tv iragt-farcicat, Neither the town of Stonington ridr the state of Con necticut, had any legal power to comply with it, which captain Hardy well knew. And if Sumington Point with its rocky tojmdatrons had been in danger of being blown, up, scarce* ly a voice would have b£en raised to havd saved it upon such disgraceful terms, The first duty of a citizen, • we>fe taught Is to obey the laws. Mrs, Stewart Is Under the protection, of the government of the- United States, and the petition ofher hus band for x permission for her clepaT-. ture, is in the hands of the proper au-*. thorny* who will undoubtedly decide correctly in the case. Our countrymen at a distance, * ‘ ’ # AUI |J]«I t corning oft shore* and there no£ be*’ sufficient time trf%stve uifot mu tton oi the fact at Head quarter:; a?>;l receive it was d'eics; min, edby the ofßccfs then bomrotuM-ms to Send a boat to receive the Commu nication Mr. Faxon, of S&Sc took charge of the,boat met ‘rhefhu and offered to convey the despn/t-h agreeable- to ih directions, ftip wmgk questioned his authority to receive it-—enquired Aether jCirs. Stekart - wrVuid be suit offhand said he-should’ b ? > short. M.. .F&xon veplir :1* that he knew nothing of Mfihtfresv* r ert, and thar. if he attempted i.n p> u~ cted for the shore, he would unu uiv edly oe; fired on. lit’ COBtfcued h-isy course, when a ceVtimal was directed"*’ to five forward of the’ boat, but hi--*, bad passed through the a’her sail.. J hey itnmc<liately put about and steered tor thci ship, thej Jietilehant; swearing reven.iv for w hat - he ter med an insult to tfcjc Sag.? V* s ? ytaVn ekpfa nation of. the , circbm- s d dnc £ Was i aimed lately b and by general fshtom to captain Hardy which he received as satUfiictory, At the moment the flag had \syar- ‘ ted for the families from the, civil authority of the tewiv. which was ts. * Cfcived on board, By which was the f&Bowing letter ; Stoniifgiojt diigust 14, I£ 1 -J. To ‘lhomas JJ Hardy, txq, ; ter of jiis skip tfanutfu. ’. IR thedag went into New-. Londortj ipr Mry. Htewart andiaindy, general Cnahdr.g who.Opm'ma'nda NetV.>• Louden, has wbten, we were mCorqied to the secretary of war the sub ject, and it is our opinion that, the r«- quCst will be cofop lied with. Jv.it, whatever may be the result of Ore’ .’ commimication Jrom'general Cushing you will he ‘.satisfied it is no? ’in one v poWevio enter into any arrangements with you respecting her. From yom% fax. Isaac Williams, 1 . . VVkv Lohd, i ? Ai.kx G, Smith J Josxpii Smith' warded* <*• : ;;v’ ‘•« f Geo. d > * ‘f ‘ Amos $ Ritfg’t* 1 * ,>T° this;letter, rcpli-, cd verbaiiy, that he should cMhy tiH l * o dockfvr-Xrs* stpvbart tM'kbrought J on board* At this time the prbitipaL. part of three regiments of militia hud arrived, and the town was’ perfectly secare ft landing. At S’,o’clock the bomb -vlitp re-com* me need throwing %’iiells into the town; and bejpg but of teach ofptgr carmen,’ the general withdrew the militia, ex cept ag'uard of men who were or dered to iparcie the Streets for the ex* tinguiabment of fire, shouiclanynap- y pen. The bombardment continued 1 till evening* On Friday fnotning, the bomb ship renewed ,her operations m little before suh-i%, while the Ramities and Pactolus were warping in. At S c/ciock the frigate opened her fire, and was soon -followed by the iWml ies. At this time the carmon werd , ordered to be moved to the north end hi the towft. where they would have been sewiceaplt if an attempt had been’ made to land'under cover of the* ships.: i bis was a very hazardous service, as the battery would be en tirely exposed to the fire of the ene my; Volunteers in sufficient hum beri ihstaiitly h fie red tbek” Vertices ;■* amobg them Were upwards of iwentv* of the Norwich artillery; v The com mand Os the party v/Hs emrusted to lieutenant Lartbrop, of that turps. They marched to* the battery ams brought off thfe pneces without ‘Hit smallest accident j ejthibttmg all the stcadinees which chliractthists vcier ao soldiers; {L *’ . This tremthdobs cantferiade and combardment continued till dearly noon, .when it ceased j and iiboiit 4 o'clock, the ships hauled Off to iheit* former aftchorige. ! { tight a large force was kept on gUard, hi tlie expectation and hope that 4 landing would be . auempud. The m iuiii during this allhc./ng scene > .'cV td vei y» best disposition, k \\xxt eager to take r*vef»ge\on the enemy or 10 sacrifice their lives itf'the con test. ; : Hi ,v c i-k■ • may be considered ‘ 7. that during the several aldtfcfct, v. a ie* sc maiiy mere expmfcd 10 tu.k tern* ble and protracieO dinedc and ; carmutnuie, tot a pa soil was kdieu, bur 5 or 6 Wounded, add ino»e Auttob|’ i*s tieut. iioygo ot clr died ikun, : ‘ s ; On hdM of : p| tijtjkky NO. XIKIL