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« they have taken their station and are daily s receiving reinforcements of Militia an some Continental Troops. On the retreat ol ' our army from Fort Edward, .Major Hu Commanded the Rearguard, and being two ' miles in the rear, .was attacked by a large body of the enemy,.and after a severe con test, in which he tost thirty or forty ol his jnen, he was compelled to retreat. He re ceive I thi thinks ol Gen. Schuyler lor his brave and judicious conduct.” p. 109. The historian of this Journal, selects i the ever memorable conflict at Stony-Point in the yeir 1779, as the next instance he cites, of the bravery and military deport- i mentofthe then .Major Hill, whose gallon- i try on that occasion, at the instance of Gen. i Washington, obtained for him, promotion to I the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After de-jl scribing the fortress of Stony Point as ill “ strongly fortified post, on the west bank of the Hudson,” and as having “ by the orders of Sir Henry Clinton, been strengthened and rendered, as supposed, entirely defensible,” he states, “ that General Washington being desirous to dislodge the enemy from his po-| sition, intrusted the hazadous enterprise to Brigadier General Wayne. At the head of his detachment o! ligiit Infantry, consist-, ing of twelve hundred men, he marched about fourteen miles, reached the vicinity of the Fort at eleven o’clock, in the evening of July the 16th, and instantly prepared foti the assault. He peremptorily ordered; that every man should advance in silence, with| unloaded muskets and fixed bayonets. The pla i being alj iate.l, one hundred and fifty; volunteers, under Lieutenant Colonel Fleu ry, a French gentleman, formed the van of the right column, and 100 volunteers, under Major Stewart, composed the van of the left column, each of which was preced ed by a forlorn hope, of twenty picked men commanded bv Lieutenants Gibbon and Knox for tUe express purpose of removing the abbatis and other obstructions. At about twenty minutes after twelve, the col umns advanced to the assault, and such was the impetuosity of the troops, that iu the, face of a most tremendous and incessant! fire of musketry and cannon, loaded with! grape shot, they forced their way at the point of the bayonet, surmounted every obstacle, and both columns met in the centre of the enemy’s works, neaiTy at the same instant. Colonel Fleury first entered the Fort and struck C.eir standard with his own hand. Major Posey was the first to give the watch word, “ The Fort’s our own,” General Wayne in his letter to the Commander in Chief, extols highly the brave conduct of jus officers and men, and particularizes Lieut. Col. Fleury, Major Stewart, Colonels Butler, Hull, Meigs, and Febiger, for their . exemplary valour and intrepidity. Lieut. * Col. Hiy w;is wounded in the, thigh, while fighting with firmness in the heat of the ac tion. Gen. Wayne himself received a u;.>u-Uls.lvor supported by his Aids, he entered the Fort with the troops. The enemy lost about one hundred killed an I wounded, and the Continentals had 1 j killed and 83 wounded. The number of prisoners was five hundred and forty-three. It is remarkable, that out of the twenty men who formed th sjfotlorri tufpe, under Lieu tenant Gibbon#.jpeventeen were killed or wounded. General W to Congress, applauds the conduct the officers anil men, lie names particular offi cers, whose situation, placed them foremost in danger, which rendered their conduct more conspicuous. Lieutenants Gibbon and Knox, he observes, who commanded the advanced parties or forlorn hope, acquitted themselves as well as it was possible. With respect to General Wayne, he observes, “ That Ids conduct throughout the whole of this arduous enterprise, merits the warm est approbation of Congress-—he improved on the plan recommended by me, and exe culed ii in a manner, that does signal hon or to hisjudgment and to his bravery. In the critical moment of the assault he re ceived a flesh wound in the head, wiih a musket ball, but continued leading on his men, with unshaken firmness.” His Ex cellency informed Congress, that two flags and two standards were taken, the former belonging to the garrison, the latter to the 17th regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Hull, at the head of four hundred light infantry, displayed a noble gallantry, for which he received the thanks of General Wayne and of General Washington.”—Page £ll and 212. The historian adverts to one other in stance of the gallantry and noble daring of this veteran of the revolution, now Gen. Hull—in the year 1781. His language is m the following words ; “ A detachment under the command ol lieutenant colonel Hull, has returned from a successful expedition, having attacked bv surprise the royal refugee corps, under the command of the noted colonel Delancey. posted at Morrissania. Colonel Hull has for several months past, sustained the com maud of the detachment of our troops, posted in advance of our army, a situation requiring the most active vigilance and pre caution, to guard against surprise and strat agem. In this station as in many others this officer has evinced his military skill am judgment. He has executed an enterprist witli such address and gallantry, as to me rit for himself and his detachment the high est honour. He bravely forced a narrow passage to the enemy and besides a num b r being killed, he took upwards of fifti prisoners, cutaway the bridge, burnt theii huts and a considerable quantity of foragi and brought off a number of horses and cat tic. Colonel Hull possesses in a high de gree, the confidence of the commander in c chief, and for his judicious arrangements in g s he plan, and intrepidity of valor in the ex- I 1 •cation qf the enterprise, he received the “hanks of his Excellency and afterwards ol t’ Congress. Os Colonel Hull’s detachment, C me. ensign and twenty-five rank and file P vere killed ami wounded.” Page 300 and a: 30). * Thus has the disinterested Historian, N who himself took an active part in the h struggle for our freedom, borne testimony p to the military character and unshaketrfirm-. d ness of a man, wnose severely tried courage U and skill us an officer, in at least nine bat tles, between the years 1775, and 1783, es tablished for him, a reputation as a soldier, but which the detraction of modern times|b from some sordid motive, has attempted to tl I vilify and destroy. Although it is lamenta- n !hfe to witness the depravity of human na- N tore, and to behold man the prey of his fel- g low man, we cannot but pay homage to that c chivalric magnanimity, which steps forward H in defence of injured innocence and virtue, n iThe highly dignified, impartial and correct vi notice, of the memoirs of General Hull, 1 which has recently appeared in that elevat- 11 !ed and indigenous production, the “ North o American Review,” is only the precursor of that posthumous fame, which the faith- J ful Historian of posterity will record, in |testifying to the patriotism of this soldier of the ievolution. | In estimating the claims of the subject of P this notice, in establishing hjs character,! not only as a soldier of well tried and de-;*- tennined firmness and bravery, but also as t ' a military man, from the brief summary of the services he lias rendered and the trials he has sustained in the tented field, these,' o remarks, probably cannot more appropriate-| c ly close, than by extracting from General ’! Hull’s memoirs, which he has justly quoted, lß tiie opinion of the Historian Smollef, in re-jl lalioii to Lord George Sackville, who was h tried for misconduct at the battle of Min den. It would appear, that in the case of Lord George Sackville, at the battle of Min :!den, as also in toe case, of General Hull, in ilthe surrender of Detroit, that the only evi- t ; deuce to prove there was a want of firmness t , in either, was deduced from the appearance i* i or expression of countenance in each of a , these military men, supposed by certain it ! witnesses to have been indicative of fear. 1 . The remarks of Doctor Smollet are no less i striking than just. His language is - “The I candid reader will himself determine, whe- I i ther a man’s heart is to be judged by any fjehangeof his complexion : granting such a i[change to have happened, whether it is like- Jly that an officer who had been more than rjonce in actual service and behaved without ' . reproach, so as to attain an eminent rank in 1 ; the army, should exhibit symptoms of fear 1 - jor confusion, when in reality there was no i[appearance of danger. With regard to the imputation ot cowardice levelled at Lord ■ George, by the unthinking multitude, and i circulated with such industry and clamour, I we. ought to consider it as a mob accusation, f which the bravest of men, even the Duke of . Marlborough himself could not escape, j i We ought to view it, as a dangerous suspi- , - cion, which strikes at the root of character > r and mav blast lhat honour in a moment, 1 > which the soldier has acquired in a long | i course of painful services, and at the cou - tinual hazard of his file. We ought tndis t trust it, as a malignant charge, altogether - t inconsistent with toe former conduct ot the I person accused.” i 1 Fatal Enoagkv (iNr. —We learn by the i shooner Florida, Captain Johnson, arrived , at this port yesterday, from the Florida f! Reef, that the Colombian armed schooner - Centella, Captain Bartlet, was blown up on 1 the coast of Cuba, on the 7di inst. and the crew lost. The only particulars we have • been able to learn are, that when otf the i Moro, she discovered a Spanish corvette, -! (Vom which it was impossible to escape, uh :i less by running in or risking an action.— s The latter took place, and at the. second - broadside, the fatal event occurred. The s CeuMla has been frequently in this port, rj where most of her officers are well acquain e ted. 1, The Trench ship Point Peter, with cotton , from New Orleans lor Bordeaux wasjoston e Florida Reef on the 7th instant. The crew e'and part of the cargo were saved. 1 Sav. Georgian. The Centella. — We have made some if further inquiry as to this vessel, it appears i. that the report of the engagement and sub sjsequent destruction ot the Centella, was I brought to Key West by one of the Ameri iljcan squadron, on the 9lh instant, and was n generally current there. Bv the arrival ol v the Magnolio, however, which left Havana c on the 13th instant, we learn that nothing r, at that date was known there as to the cir s cumstance. [lbid, The Charleston I heatre has been engaged >, by the City Council ot Charleston, for tne n contemplated ball to Lafayetie. Might no i- our Theatre be prepared for the same purt ;- use ? The Committee of Arrangements of -5,1 Raleigh, N. C. announce that the General d! has intimated his intention of being in that ,e city early in tht ensuing month. [lbid. —9©t( — i- 'Fhe new notes of me Planters’ Bank of w I this city, which they now issue, are of the i-1 most beau til u I description. For elegance y of execution, and delicacy of touch, we do ir not know their superior. Those of the de ;e nomination of five, twenty and fifty dollars, t are particularly admirable, and really ap i- pear to be sufficient to set the art of th f ;ountert’eiter at nought. The plate is en graved by Fainnan, Underwood, & Go. ot Philadelphia. [ lbid, .Murderer Apprehended. —A reward ot wo hundred and fifty dollars was ottered by governor Thoup, for the apprehension of Petek A. Early, accused of committing an iggravated murder on the body ofZ.ion on ih Harliv, of Greene County in this state. We understand that Early has been appre tended in Limestone, Alabama, a ter a des perate resistance,in which he killed one in lividual and mortally wounded another, be bre he was secured. [lbid. 11 a##" 1 Naval Buttle. —A gentleman arrived at Norfolk from Curacoa, states that the Colom >ian sclir. General Santtnder, Capt. Nor hrup, fell in on the 16th Dec. last, off Cu nana, with the Spanish government brig Marie Santa, Capt. Jose* Andoycs, of 22 guns, said to be from Madrid, laden with Cochineal and jewelry, Value estimated at S 15,000. After an action in which the Gene ral Santander had 7 killed and 16 slightly wounded, and the Marie Santa 16 killed and 19 wounded, the latter struck to the Patriot Hag, and was immediately taken possession as by the General Santander. Appointments by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Semite. Joseph Hill Clark, of Massachusetts, to be Consul ot the United Stales, tor the port of Lubcc. Daniel W. Smith to be Consul of the United Slates at Refugio, Mexico, Rio Grande. - [CVtas. Patriot. It is rumored that the knowing-ones had certain intelligence, by half past eight o’- clock on Thursday evening, of the result of the election,and, that, by keepingthem selves, they turned it to excellent account. Due man is said to have lost twenty two thousand dollars by betting. [ Phila. Gazette. A PROCLAMATION IN obedience to a Resolution ol the Ci ty Council of Augusta, I hereby request the inhabitant'- of the City to assemble on SATURDAY next, at foui o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of adop mg sui table arrangements fur the reception of Gen. La Fayette. Done this 24th Feb. 1825. R. H. IIEli), Mayor of the City of Augusta. By the Mayor, Geo. M. Walker, Clerk of the Council. A quorum of the A. F. Company, not having convened on the day last appoin ted, a meeting "ill be held on MONDAY next, half after 7 P. M. at the City Hotel. WM. CUM MING, Captain A. F, C. February, 23 It Augusta Auxiliary Bible Society ■£s ; K seventh Vnmv«r«ary of this Society will i. do c l Prated m ! o Baptist Church i tVKDNESDAY KVhNI.-Q next, tlie it Ma,r! ii 7 o’clock I .—Tile Anniver-ary Address will b delivered by the Vice President, the report < i ihe Hoard of Managers presented, ami Ho- offi cers and managers elected f r the ensuing yen (li friends ofthe Institution and the public ge nerally, are invited to attend. Wm. Bustwick, Sec’ry. F-bripirv 25 ?> 70 RICHMOND HUSSARS! I i\T OTICK is hereby given, that a meeting ofthi 111 Hl' til V!ONI) IIUSS A US, will be lield at tht Eagle Tavern on SATURDtY EVENING next at hall past seven o’clock, to transact business o mV'ortance, and for the admission of members. Gentlemen wishing to partake of the honor ot —sc r ing Genera! I.a Fa if k ite, as members o tlie Richmond tins ars, will please make applies tion on that evening. liy order, C ifit. Hoisclair, E. Bugg, Ist. Serg't. February 25 It 70 « Have Ute City Council of Au guata constitutional an horny to hue or impn on.” The debate on this question will be condu ded in the Moot Chib THIS EVENING. F brnarv 25 G • ~ ' Y*»r VAiuv\es\cm, The Steam It at AUG JBTA, Cipl. Ghee:;, i now loading and will have quick’dispatch. F • Freight or Passage apply on board, or to Egan & MTaugblin. February 25 7f 1 Yor rra\e ov Wive, A Negro Woman, a good Cook, Washer an ■ la. Ironer. Fur part'ti'a. - ao| ly to William Mackic. I February 2“! if 69 f WILL BE SOLD, y At the .Market House on Tuesday Ist day ji of March next, a All the NEGROLS, belonging - to the estate of Gkusiiam Seeleck; deceaS'nl, viz : I’eter, Tlinmton, Hob, Sam, Henry, l-uoy, Pell) " ami Mary Ann, (three of which ate good Sad dle! s. —also— - A Tract of LAND in Early, the 26tb District, - No. 273. And a I r-ct in Greene County. I'ei'Uis »' Sale. Jiy ovder of the .ddminislrutor. t ' Bugs & -Savage, Auctioneers. February ?5 ; WfiHa>lD!£o 5 This Morning at 10 o'clock, will be Sold, ; By B. FICQUET. ■2D BOXES SOAR, f 2U lings Coffee 1 9 tlhds. Macon t 12 Half barrels Beef , 6 Barrels Sugar With a quantity of GROCERIES. TK.IIMS AT SHE. February 25 It 70 IB M S&ILISSL e To-iugiA, at stiWAi O’clock, THU be Sold, e By B. PIC(|U ET. i 71VIIF. remaining stock o HOOKS, consisting H. of a handsome cuihction—a new case not ft opened c mtaining Valuable works, will be . nil un up m the shelves during the day. • Feb nary 25 It 79 f LOST!! LOST! ! \NO 1 K itr..wn by Messrs. A. Mocbell 8i S. Clarke, payable sixty days after dale, Janna' g ry 21-t 1(,25, to our ord.r, for live hundred and ighty four d ill.es, 43 centi, and endorsed by us. Th- public is cautioned against trading for th -am r, and the drawers of said note against pm ment to any otheis than the snb-crilx rs. .). W. L. Simmons & Co. - Fob 25. !■ 70 ; THIS DAY OPENED t . AT THE AUGUSTA 1 SlOlt, NEARLY OTPOMTE THE CITY-HOTEL, And for Sale by A FRESH SUPPLY OF I A DIES’ and Gentlemen’s CLOAKS, 4 Min ■ and H ack DRESS COATS, {■'ROCK COA TS ofthe must fashionable co lours, COATEES, A large assortment PANTALOONS, New Siyle VEST’S, LINEN SHIRTS, CU WAT'S, DRAWERS and SUSPENDERS, Al 1 unusually cheap for ready Cash. II February 15 6l 6 7 THE ttUBSCRiHER, CONTINUES IHK. lAtAILBEU. YACTOIVAUE AND COMMISSION B USINE SS, At his old stand in Savannah, near the Fort, and is prepared to make suitable advances upon all produce placed in Ins hands for sale. John Evcringliam, jr. February 22 1 Ot” 69 dMMBSSIfiVS^ • Yvom .Vo. 3 U) O i- c 2t, tiobbinett Lace A'eils, AND 3. P ase Super Canton Crapes, JUST RECEIVED AT THE FANCY DRY GOODS STORE. F. Dupont. F' brnarv 15 3t 67 I, GEORGIA FENCIBLES. r regtnar tjuarterly meeting of t lie Com I pany veil be held st their room, (City Hall) |on SA I UUDAY the 20’li mat. at 7 o'clock, P. M. ie Members will come prepared to pay their quar ie tferly dues, and be punctual-in tin. ir attendance, t as the election of non Commissioned officers, wih P take place on that night. liy order (if Lieut. PIiiSROW, •t K. B. Clayton, Sec'ry. (*, F. ’t February 18 3 68 % 'JR PARKER’S Picture of DANAE, is now * it I ready for exhibition, in one ot the fiont -• rooms, in the second story of the City Hall, u Augo-'a February 18 68 _ ~ V/JD-yJD, MRS. TUl.tii). FA VOLI.E, lias the honor to irilorm her friends and the public of Au gusta, that her intention is to teacii the Piano Forie and Spanish Guitar—also, the art of Sing i gin ihe newest style. Mrs. F. will attend at pi ovate houses, .nr give lessons at ti-r own resi 'ence. Fur terms and further part iculars apply ,1 lower tenement Bridge Hank. eb'iiai’’ 8 65 ,!r A CARD. MRS. ORR (late Mis« Cooper from’London,) «nd Miss \FlilS, inform the public that h \ ait engaged in ilie Millinery business, inclu dug Dress and Cur-et maki g ITiey occupy a h ni-t nn Houston rlreet. at the lower end of J udg- Rkiu’s lot, and not far from the Hospital. ni ' N. H. Straw —Chip and Leghorn Runnels pres sed, altered, dyed and cleaned at the shortest no tice and on the must reasonable terms, February 8 65 CIRCUS. ' Performance every Evening. —— (9 LAST TWO NIGHTS OF Master HUNT S Riding vvithon Saddle or Bridle! Friday and Saturday Evenings, February 2 5th and 26th. TO COMMENCE WITH A ®isiigf3D iaaif&iaa running” Faulting, By the IVhole Troop. HORSEMANSHIP, liy .Muster /ft T .\ I\ without Sttid/e or JJridle, During which he will perform a variety of inter estinj* feats, leaping through Hoops, over Gar ters, &c. Sic. And conclude with a surprising Leap over A SURFACE OF CANVAS NINE FEE i' WIDE! ! The Morse going at full speed. BUIS. WILLIAMS, CThe Intrepid Equestrian,J will gu through her Elegant Acts <«t Equestrianism, and c include with the Six Divisions of the liroad-Sword—the Horse in full speed. STILL VAULTING, By the whole Troop, viz ; Messrs, lllvth, Asten, Hunt, Hughes, Whitta-. ker, Sets fold, U'Coon.—Chatter-Dux Gabble joke, (the Clown) WILLIAMS, \\ ot s vawuav h\\\ By Master, WHITTAKER. HORSEMANSHIP By Mr. BLYTH, On two beauinul Hones, who will perform the itduous feat of carrying M ster Whittakui at arms length—the ll'T-es gob g a t ( u j; „poed. Stlcß. llauvift muV Combat, TO CONCLUDE WITH THE RUINS OF TROV ; OK, A nimat eiV eebaaia »\\ , BY THE WHOLE TiIOOP. By Master Wiiittakeb. r l'lie beautiful Mare Fanny, Will go thr nigh her astonishing performances. MR. MAXCY, IVill perform on the Patent Kent Buqlt. The Evening’s Fei'oru.a. c s to conctodo with THE HUNTED TAYLOR, OR, Mr. Button’s Journey to Brentford. JMy Hutton, .... Mr. Itl.V tH, Clown, Mr. WILLIAMS. dj” Admittance to the Luxes One Dollar, FIT Fifty Cents. Children under ten rears of age, admitted inllic lloxes and Fit at half price. f+f Doors t)()en at half past six, and Perform ance to commence at a quarter past sever o’clock. f H Tickets may ho procured at the Circus and at the t.lobc-Tavei o during the day. §)§ -Vo smoking allowed within the Doors of :he Circus. • V February 22- 69 sir it fas PA XJi VEJL WM. IE TURPIN, Agent for Dr, Swaim, HAS JUST RECEIVED SIX Dozen Mottles of tills new and valuable MEDICINE —Price reduced to gd 50 per Houle. —at.so— A fresh and extensive supply of wVLcvUcimi, Paints. Oil, Window Glass, Futty, Lamp Oil, &c. Sic. Ike. February 11 3t* r 66 ©D®l) UUSIIELS Liverpool Ground aiYMl’s, FOfi SALE AT I'/iE STEAM HOAT WHARF, A. R. Gordon. February 4 6t 64 A". - ~ I WMiSHii i ' fir* !■ r Tbia ftavaimab Lu\e of STAGES. HAVING discontinued running on the South' Carolina side, W'll leave this place every ’ Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 4 o’clock, A, ■ M. on Hie Georgia side, by the way of Cullo’t ' Mdlhaven and Fearer's. For scats, apply at the City Hotel. Joseph I. Thompson, Proprietor . February 2d, 1825. 69 vy RI I TEN PROPOHALS. WILL be received by any of the undersign, ed, ’ml Saturday next, for keeping in 1 good order ’till the first of April 1826, that part ,if all the Streets within the corporate limits, which is not under the Care of the street-officer, B. 11. W arren, • \V. C. Dillon, .lames Harper* February 22 S?t 69