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sale
V QUANTITY OF THE ISt QTALITY
Stone Lime.
And an Elegant tflbriment of
PAPER HANGINGS-.
Also Ladies, Gentleirent Boys
Negroe Shoes ; A few gentlemens
Hais—with an Assortment ot"
GROCERIES, &c.
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CASH or COTTON.
ISAAC F. VV ATE BO US.
March 27, ISO 9. it
The Subscriber
Offtrt for sale in the Brick building
opposite L'ho's Cumming esq.
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
Dry Goods & Groceries
ALSO
700 Bushels Allum Salt,
100 Casks Stone Lime,
5o Barrels Irish Potatoes,
30 Barrels of Cider,
10 Boxes Cotton 8t wool Cards,
10 Trunks Gentlemen & Ladies
Shoes assorted,
2 Trunks Ladies Chip Bonnets.
JOSEPH HAWES.
Augusta, Ft b. 20i ts
Ten Dollars Reward.
T) UNAVVAY
' ihk i ' n
|jfrom Abbeville S.
Carolina, a dark
negro wo.
~ —man, named Abbe.
about 30 years of age, and ra
ther delicately shaped.
Captain Kaac Wellborn of
whom the fublcriber purchased
her, found her in the*Augu(la
jail in J uly lalt, after an ablence
from her owner of 13 months.
Her husband I am told belongs
to Mrs. Walker who 1 elides in,
or near Augusta.
ELI S. DAVIS.
Oft. 31.
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March G. ( 3 )
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std,
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mands, to present them properly
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ROBERT LAZENBY,)
TIMOTHY PITMAN, J Ad’mr.
April 3.
Blanks of every defeription
executed at ihe fhorteß notice,
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this Ofiice*
“ HOLD TH * mikror up to nature.”— Shakespeare.
WEST END OF BROAD STREET,
LATE AND IMPORTANT.
London Gazette Extraordinary*
Downing Street, Jan. 24.
The lion. cant. Gordon arrived
Ute last night, with a dispatch
from lieutenant-general sir David
Paird to lord viscount Cattle,
reagh, one ot his majesty’s prtnei
pal secretaries of state, of which
the following is a copy :
His majesty's ship Ville de Paris, \
at sea, J an. 18.
Lord—By the much lamrn.
tod deatn of lieutenant-general sir
John Moore, who fell in the action
with the en-.tm, on the IG h inst.
It has become my duty to acquaint
your lordship, that the Fren.h ar
my attacked the British troops in
the position they occupied in front
of Corunna, at 2 o’clock in the af
ternoon of that day.
A severe wound which compell
ed me to quit the field a short time
previous to the fall of sir John
Moore, obliged me to refer your
lordship for the particulars of the
action, which was long and obsti
nately contested, to toe enclosed
report of lieut. general Hope, who
succeeded to the command of the
army, and to whose ability and ex
ertions, in direction of the ardent
zeal and unconquerable valor of
hia rotjesty’a troops, is to be at
tributed under Providence, the
success of the day, which termina
ted in the complete and entire re
pulse and defeat of the enemy at
every poiui of attack.
Ihe hon. captain Gordon, my
aid-dc-Camp, will have the honor
of delivering this dispatch, and will
be able to give your lordihip any
further information winch may be
required. 1 have the honor to b;,
&c. L). tiAiju), Lieut. Gen.
Lion . lord viscount Lustlcreagti.
His majesty's ship Audacious , off
Carunna , Jan. 18.
Sir —ln compliance with the
desire contained in your commu
nication of yesterday, I avail mv
seif of the first moment I have
been able to command, to detail to
you the occurrences of the action
which took place in front of Co
runna on the I6ih inst.
It will be in your recollection,
that about one in the afternoon of
that day, the enemy who had in the
morning received ruufoi cements,
and who had placed some guns in
front of the right and leffof his
line, was observed to be moving
troops towards his left flunk, and
forming various columns of attack
at the extremity of the strong and I
commanding position, which on
the morning ot the 15th he had ta
ken in our immediate frout.
1 his indication of his intention
was immediately succeded by the
rapid and determined attack which
he m.tde upon your devisiou which
occupied the rigot of our position,
i he events which occurred during
that period of the action you are
fuliy acquainted with. The first
effort of the enemy Was rwct by
the commander of th* forces a°d
by yourself at the head of the 12th
regiment, and the brigade under
major general lord YVm. iientick.
Ihe village on your right be
came an object of obstinate contest.
I lament to say, that soon after
the severe wound which deprived
the army of'ybur set vices, lieut.
general sir John Moore, who had
just directed the most able dispo
sitions, fell by a camion shot. Ihe
troop*, though not unacquainted
with the irreparable loss they had
sustained, were not dismayed, but
by the most determined bravery*
not only repulsed every attempt ol
the enemy to gain ground, but ac
tually forced him to retire, altno’
he had brought up fresh troops in
.support of those originally csga
gCvl.
The enemy finding himself foil
ed in every attempt to force the
right of the position endeavored
by numbers to ruin it. A j.ulici
ous and well timed movement
"'lnch was made by major general
f*3g f, r, with the reserve, which
corps had mored out of its canton
mt nt* to support the right of the
armv by a vigorous attack, defea
ted this intention. The major
general having pushed forward the
95th rifle corps, and firt battalion
?2d regiment, drove the enemy
before him, and in his rapid and
judicious advance, threatened tlia
left of the enemy’s position. These
circumstances with the position of
ntuu gcneial Fraser’s division,
(calculated to give still further se
curity to the right of the line) in
duced the enemy to relax his ef
forts in that q mrter.
1 hey were however more forci.
bly directed towards the centre,
where they were again successful
ly resisted by the brigade under
major general Manningham, form
ing the left of your division, and
pan of that under major genraal
Lc.tii, forming the right of the
division under uw orders. Upon
the lelt, the enemy content#UL>»m
sdi with attacking our picXetes,
which however, in general, main
tained their ground. Finding,
however hm efforts unavailing on
the right and centre, he teemed
determined to render the attack
»»l>ou the left more seriout, and
1 . a»cceeded in obtaining pos
sesion of the village through which
me great road to Madrid passes,
and which was situated in front of
that part of the hue. p fom
post, however, he wa s soon cxpelL
ed, with considerable lots by a gal
.aut attack of some companies of
the 2d battalion 14th regiment, un
der lieut. colonel Nichols ; before
five in the evening we hah not only
successfully repelled evefy attack
uiude upon the position, but had
gained ground | n almost all points
and occupied a more forward line,
than at the commencement of the
action, whilst the enemy confined
Ins operations to a cannonade, and
the fire of his light troops, with a
view to draw off other corps. At
six the firing entirely ceased' The
different brigades were reassem
bled on tile ground they occupied
in the morning and picquets and all
advanced post* resumed their ori
ginal stations.
Notwithstanding the decided and
marked superiority which, at this
moment, the gallantry of ilie troops
tiad given them over an enemy,
who front his numbers and the
commanding advantages of his po
sition, no doubt expected an easy
victory, l did not, on reviewing
al ciicu instances, conceive tliat l
should be warranted in departing
from what I know was the fixed
and previous deiermination of the
Lt*: commander of the forces to
withdraw the army on the evening
of the 16th, for the purpose of em
kmkation, the previous arrange.,
ments for which had a ready been
made by his order, and were in
tact far advanced at the commence
ment of the action. The troops
qui lt ed their position about ten
o’clock at niglu, with a degree of
order that did them credit. The
whole of the artillery that remain
ed utiembarked, having been with
drawn, the troops followed in the
order prescribed, and marched to
their respective points ot embarka
tion in the town aud neighborhood
of Corunna. The picquets remain
ed at their position utuii s•< o’clock
on the morning of the 17th, when
they were also withdrawn with si
milar orders, and without the ene
my ilaving discovered the move" ;
ment.
By the unremitted exertions of
captains, the hon. 11. Curson, Gas
selin, Boys, Rainier, Serrel, Haw
kins, Digby, Carden and Macken
zie, of the royal navy, who, in
pursuance of the orders of roar* i
admiral de Couwy, noere entrus- j
tc-l with ihc service of .marking!
th« »'my } and iu consequence ot |
[No. XXVII. ]
MONDAY, April 17, 1809-
I the arrangem-nts made bv com
missary Bowen, captains Bowen
and Shepherd, &. the other agent*
for transports, the whole of the ar
my wa# embarked with ar. expedi
tion which has seldom been equal
led. With the exception of the
I brigades under major-generals Hill
I and Bcresford, which were desti
| ned to remain on shore, until the
movements of tlir enemy became
i manifested, the whole was afloat
before daylight.
The brigade of major general
Beresford which was alternately
to lorm our rear gua*d, occupied
the land in f;ont of the town of
Corunna ; that under major gen
eral Hill was stationed in reserve
on the promontaty in the rear of
the town.
The enemy pushed his light
troops towards the town soon af
ter eight o’clock in tile morning
of the irth, and shortly after oc
cupied the heights of Yu Lucie,
which command the hm bur. tiut
notwithstanding this circumstance,
and the manifold detects of the
place, there being no apprehension
that the rear guard couid be for
ced, and the disposition of t| )e
Spaniards appearing to be good,
the embarkation of major g< ueral
Hib s brigade was commenced and
completed by three in the after
noon.
Major gen. Bedford, with the
zeal and ability which is so well
known to yourself and the whole
armv, having fully explained to the
satislactioo of the Spanish gover
nor, the nature of our movement*
and having made every previous
arrangement, withdrew his corps
fi om ihe land front of the town
soon after dark and was with all
the wounded that had not been
previously moved, embarked be
fore one this morning.
Circumstances foibid us to in
dulge the hope, that ihe victory
nith which it has pleased Provi
dence to crown the cfTon* of the
army, can be attended with any
very brilliam consequences to G.
Britain. It is clouded bv the lo«s
of one of her btat soldiers. It has
been achieved at the termination
of a long and harassing service.
1 he superior number, and advan
tageous positions of the enemy
not less than the actual situation
of this army, did not admit of any
advantage being reaped from
success. It must bs, however, to
you, to the army, and to our coun
try, the sweetest reflection that
the lustre of the Britisn aims has
been maintained amidst many dis
advantageous circumstances. The
army which had entered Spaia
*n>>d*t the iaiiest prospects, had*
oo sooner completed its junction,
than owing to the multiplied
disasters that dispersed the native
armies around us, it was left to
? Wn The advanca
of the British corps from the Due
ro, afforded the b«»t hope that
Jhc £outh of Spain might be re-
Bcved, but this generous effort
to save the unfortunate people,
also afforded the enemy the op
portunity of directing every effort
of his- numerous troops and con
centrating all his principal resour*'
ces for the destruction of the oniy
regular force in the north of
Spain.
You are well aware what de
ligcnce the system has been pursu
ed.
These circumstance# produced
Ihe necessity of rapid and harra- *
sing marches, which h*d dimin.
i*ht*d thu numbers, exbaustvd the
strenght and impaired the equip
ment oi the army. Notwithstan
ding all these disadvantages, and
those attached to a definitive, po
sition, which the imperious ne
cessity of covering the harbor
of Corunna, fora time had ren
dered indispensable to assume the
native and undaunted valor of
British troops was never more
conspicious, and must have wc
cecdeU what even your own expel*