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IL, r -jcrp-^H'' - memory j
Li the pkv.i vi.ic’i ras been
Lisafoncd by his blood'. Col. |
[pfc-fto'"* was severely wounded ,
L.ijile nobly fighting a the bead !
Ls his regiment. The univer.
Ifj! fv roparhv w’r ich is exci e i bv
[the honorable misfo-tune of this
L-uLble officer, attests ihe high
feH imion which is entertained
Ls his talents as a lo'uier and his
'virtues as a man. Maj, Cum*
frjjngs, sv ith whole military me
,its aid exertions I have long
acquaivcd, me: wi h a
f, War fate, while leading to a
charge, and undi’eouraged by
the wound, continued to ad
vance, until iofs of blood o*
bliged him to re'ie. Many
platoon officer* received difa
b'ed or flight, wounds in the
honorabledtfcharge of their d i
y a report of whose nimes and
merits I have directed the L*.
vt.-l chiefs of brigade to -make
to me, in order that I may
transmit it to you. It is with
great latisfrction I acknowledge
mv war:*efl approba ion of the
gal'antiyand zeal which was
cnnftantly difpiayed tbioughout
thi? eventful day, by i>rig, Gen.
Swrrtwout, and Col. Cotes',
who commanded the detach
ment of the fitft brigade. After |
the fall of Get). Covington, Col |
Pierce, on devolved, conducted
with his characteristic coolness
and valor- In [peaking of qhe
other numerous field officers
who participated in tffis battle
Col. Gaines and Ripley* Lieut.
Col Afpinwall, and Majors
Morgan, Gialton and Gardner,
then equal claim to appiaufe,
forbids the invidious task of
&fcrimination.
1 find a pleasure likewise in ac
knowledging the eminent service
I derived from the and
activity of Adj’t Gn, Col, Wal.
b?ck, from the assistance of Insp’r
Geu. Col Johnson, and Aa’t Aj,t
t en. M sja Heebee and Chamber.*; j
tii» Liter was wounded in the hon.
otabie discharge of his dntv. In
addition to these acknowledgments
u sense of justice, as weii as per“
*Oll3 l friendship, induces me to
t ipress mv entire approbation of
th“ conduct of Lt. H -nrev
rt h.t,ng, my atd-dr-eairp who
V! t‘* ir> this instance, as he has
bien during the whole campaign,
mv ze;ilous and brave assistant.
I-t. Worth, aid-de-camp to iflaj
Geo. Lewis, led by a laudable
£ .shit ion, left the fl itilla, and v.tf
niiteered his acceptable services 10
on the field.
Pr-mit me now to :>dd, Sir,
that though the result of rhi > action I
wa* not so brilliant and deck ive as
I could have wished, asthe fir**
of it seemed to promise, ye*
when it h recollected that the
troop* had been long exposed to
lurd pLvadons and fatigues, to
tnclernent storms from which they
te dd it ive no shelter, that the en.
ry were sripG; For to us to num.
hers and gteady superior it) poe
,o 'b aa d supported hy seven ot
1r t heavy g u n boats, that the
fi'- ion being unexpected, was ne. j
'■ ‘M-dy coin nenced without I
much concet :—that we were, by ,
unavoidable circumstances, long i
depnreii B ‘ o ur arti Urv—and ilia,
•■c . v ion was Warmly and ebsti
-1 COat< f sl «d for more than S
L "~uuiing wh’( h there were
u -* w ; hort cessati-u» of mus* j
k° r\ a-id cannon ; when all these
C!t nr nstancc!S are r-colltcted,
pe naps thin day imv K* thought
to .iav<? added seme reputation to '
‘Jr Arne, |can arms—And if, on |
t .ts you shall b.litve '
*»e ti> hav- done mv duty, and .
ar °” in l>l‘ihed ar y on- of \ cur pur.
au’ * ‘‘had be sati fuil. ,
.. n , w , tu» to adjoin my regret, f
v 1 i L fe'tin common with the 1
jV. ,1H ,aaf s he severyti of)our in
otq>osi«io > deprived us of x cut
on this .occasion. The
4t J‘* Gen. has dutttcJ to
OraiAy.-p,,, , r l!ie
: WDutirlt dH id tn 3 ca.ti»itic' —aaj j
l have the honor to he Me*
I (Signed) JNO. P BOYD. I
Brig. General Commanded
” mYkTrorT”
— AUGUSIA —
Saturday Night, Jan. i.
EMBARGO.
On Monday the 2othult.
about 2 o’clock the injunc
tion of secrecy was removed
from the late confidential
proceedings of both flouffis
of Cougrefs, when it ap
peared that they had paded
an adl laying an Embargo on
all the (hips and velfeis in
the ports and harbors ot the
U: 3rates—m-grest leagth
prevents its publication this
week.
Washington City, Dec. 18.
The injunction of secrecy has
not yet been removed from .-he
late confidential proceedings cf
the two houses of Congiefs*
! The Senate fai the whole of,
j yeflerday with elefed doors and I
adjuuined to Monday. 'l'he |
■other House fat a pan of the j
day in privare, and alfoadjour j
ned to Monday * fothai the im
portant aft which it ?. T as the
general be lei f would have been
promulgated this morning, can- !
not be made public for two or t
three days.
a
LATE FROM SPAIN.
Boston, Dec. 11.
The Swenilfi ship Meicurius,
Broudom, 3 3 days from L-r
bon, arrived at Plymouth on
Thursday ahernoon 1 u(t. Left
at Lisbon [hip King, for
Boston, ready for sea, the only
American vedel there, Sevei
«! vefl'els from the Brazils had
lately arrived; but heard of no
news by them.
Tne Meicurius brought no
papers of any kind ; but a gen
tieman, patienger in her, arri
ved in town this morning, with
whom 1 have converled, who
flares pouuvdy, that official ac' /
counts had been received in Li>‘
bon, that Lora Wellington
and his army had entered Bay
onne and that it was bis Lor-
Ihip’s intention 10 winiei (heoth
er hue of the Pyrenees.
Our iaieft news before recei
ved, was brought by the brig
Tybee, arrived at Newport
from Lisbon, whence she fail
ed on the morning of the 30th
oi October, and verbal reports
by a p»iflenger in her, were
Lord Wellington was before
Bayonne, about Bih of Ofit.
I which place it was expected
* would shortly furrender—
< therefore, taking that report into
conljderaiion, and the Mer
cuiiushavmg failed on ihe 31st.
Oct. it ts very probable the
llatcmem given by a papenger
I in t he Meicurius, wiii prove
cor cct--this is certainly the
late ft intelligence from that
quarter,
. Our latest French dates are,
[ Paris, C6t. 16. h, Bosdeaux,
Oft* fgth, and Nantz, Oft. the
1 25th— and front Eiiglanei, Oct.
» lqffi—-and f<o» Cadiz, Oft.
f t^th —ofcou 11c we could not
) huve so l?.ie news t>ouj thole
quarters*
Piime Cotton, iotoi2
j Commodore Rodgers
li a' 4 fai l in a fiCifui i< t>p in
\ d.e HriciJh Pailumenf, feme
■ »onth, Grier, thai Caiuuiodorc,
RVdgers r.ame into hat bor vih
out m-deHation, aid w’lpn
I "S t.C.\ iO T |".£ W'T'lt
j ou: again indrfKncc of the block
arling (hips of his . I
! is even In—Il« } a (t Sunday
floated down, with Utile or no
f&i'j o the mouth of \cwpon
harbor, whese he was, at about
five o’c ock, when he Ipread his
canvas, and failed out of poi t.
The wind was ligh*, and by
nine o’clock, was altr.oft calm at
Newport. By 12 o’clock a
night, a (loop that went out a
little before him, “gave infor
mation oi his failing to the Br it
ifh men of war j the villainy a
vailed nothing R«dgers was
on ids elemetu, while the invin
cibie ships of England were at
•••• snch«tr off New London, ; n i
then commanders snoring away
during a verv clear moonlight
mghi. Oh, tlie invincible navy
of the world’s last h 'pc ! Theii
fait anchored Ih ps, hkePcker
ing's “ fait anchoied Isle,” ate
no match tor the vigilant ofli
cers oi this new, and regeneia
ted world!—[Boft. Pat.
J Congress Frigate Arrived.
1
Bolton, Dec. 15.
We announce with plea*
fare the idle arrival at PorrT
mouth, N. If. of the Uni,
i ted States’ frigate Congiefs,
, Captain Smith, from a
cruise qf more than seven
months,' The following are
all the particulars which
have transpired on the fub
jedr.
A letter from a valuable
iriend, dated ii Portsmouth
Dec, 13, 1813, 5 o’clock,
P. M.” fays—The United
States frigate Congress, cap
tain Smith, has this mo
ment anchored in this har
bor, from long cruise;
during which (report lays)
the has captured only four '
merchantmen; and has not
seen a Tingle Britilh veiled
| or war fmee the parted com
pany with the President
with which frigate she fail
ed in company from Bolton
the 30th April lad.”
The mail of this e
vening brought no North
ern'papers. J
The bill laying an Em.
bargo, 6cc. being produced
in an engrolTed form, was
read the third time and pas'
fed, by Yeas and Nays, as
follow:
Yeas—Bs.
Nays—s7. ;
MARRIED, on Thurs
day evening lad, by the Rev.
j. R. Thompson, Mr. Tho
mas John Cant y ofEdge he Id
dill rid, to Miss Ann Eliza
Felly ofCharledon. Sou s h
' •• -
Carolina.
ing, by the Rev. J. Gar- |
viu, Mr. 'James Longstrcet,
of this city, to Miss Mary ‘
Ann Dent of Columbia
county.
blank Checkb. ~
For Idle at this Office
| TO THE PUEL IC.
HAVING phfctvc-1 a late adcrrrifemfr.t
I I t'D HM-HIS, riming ' u ,
{ lc .tiorr.-.y f. r P- E:«,i! U» ,uy. „nd ••
• Intiu -dvcrtifing to be rented • ut,: hr land*
’ J" K to the Si!»e- B’ufV cunccrii, on
i tlu- wtorui S .norday in Janu. vntt', 1 think
I* P r ‘ ptt* to firwaru ill per ion* from icot.
mg the ta iti land* of him.
A.I ikiion» who are air*.id) become ten
ants and whom leafen will eii in mtl.elirft
of January re it, arul who wilh n renew
then ham., wdl apply to the fnl (either at
l.iit place who will, oo the pa*t »r. the as.
ftpnrt. i l the eflate ai-.d elites of Major
Chatit»Uoodnin, renew the fame for ot.e
year.
.-»ll perfon* concerned, will therefore
t. ke due notice ol thu puhlit.it ion, »s all
who hold over, or become teiantu to any
other person, without the c;ml'*-nt of the
f.tid aflignec* will be proceeded agaiutl accor
ding to law.
James K; g^s.
Peter* Pmd, Barnwell Diiiticl,?
30th December, lSld. $
"lost
A Bear Skin Apron to a
Stt'key— between chii place and Be 'ford.
A Hbrr.l reward will b» paid to the finder,
by leaving it at thij otlice.
Jam ary 1.
I N o T I c E.
IWSLLatfeud on the 10th Jan
navy, at the Cry Hoicl, Cap:.
Glfitcock'n compat)). in mder io
receive the I axes for the y-ar
1813 —and on the mi-, at the
Globe Tavern, Capt. Marshall**
c in par. y—and on th<j \ ac
Jolm Hill’s, Captain Mi "a Venn*
pair—-And on Mie ao.li of tii«
name montt), at the Cuy Hotel, &
on the 2 | t at the Globe Tiv.ru,
and ou tin at John Hill*, lor
'.he sa ; d purposes.
Antclm Bugg, CoUetfor,
January 1*
N 0 T1 C E.
'VJiNE months from ibt* (!a'e
1* hereof, application will be
made to the honorable the inferior
ourt of Coh mbia county, for
leave to -ell all rhe real cs-me of
rne late John Patrick, dec. comU.
t:ng of th 2 follotng tracts or par*,
cels of land, viz—one tract
containing 140 acres, i Q Columbia
and Richmond counties, known by
the name of the Quaker Spring
tract, bounded by Clanton and
others—one tract containing 2(ji
1 2 acres, in the 19. h di,*;?ct *>f
Baldwin county, nnrbtr 203
202 I*2 acfvS nl i tnd io the p.h
district of Wilkinson coun y, jv 0 .
156— 202 J 2 a:re» of land in the
6th district of Baldwin county, No,
I 142 lOO acres 0 < land in Colum*
|hi a county, adjoining Coc e a, l( i
I others, on |he waters of Keo’s
i Creek, 95 acres of land in 9a j \
county, adj ».liing the above tract
Henderson and C’ockc, 12
ere of laud in said co.iuty, adjoin,
mg Whitcomb*, C’oke and Water
man, 50 acres of land in ijid eoun.
ty, adjoining Cocke, Hell & Stal
lings—to be sold for the benefit of
be heirs and creditors of said dec.
aad at the r q eat o t the heirs,
Hugh Patrick, adm’or.
iv 29 m 9 n
To the Honorable the Superitr
Court for the county of
Warren.
The petition of John
McCoy, (liewct h
** B ' vas ii» possession of
JL a note of hand, executed to
him by Jesse Jordan, for ti*u sum
of eighty doilura, a copv of which
i s,i *o note is hereby annex'd with
( the affidavit of the said John Me*
• Coy i»j ttic same ; nod your peti
, B°her states, that he ha* lost or
mislaid the same, and praj a tlia.a
copy thereof may be established,
in terms of toe law, and, tire rules
of court, in such cases mad* aui
provided
» On fnation of Asaph Wright,
attorney for politico ?r, it is truer,
ed, That the «a:d Jeu-se Joidan
I st-ew cause (if any tunas; at the
/ u;Xk tore. of i/ie Bjperu»r Couit to
| he held in and tor this bounty, why
i said copy «l cnid u./fe afo,: said
s'.ould net be established agreea*
1 ble io law and tliA rule* of court,
i and that ttm rul- be pubused t u
one of the public Gazette s of the
city of ugusi% once a month fer
six months prtvioui to tine vsiab.
lishmtQt of**;i note.
/ nadin —26 J
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