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ATHENS GAZETTE.
Tiivrsuar , Mar l iBl 4*
Ottr latest dates from Europe re
present matters there in a light
Somewhat different from what was •
s* .ted in our last. It would seem
fcnuf the contest is still undecided and
the issue, perhaps, still dubious be
tween the French and Allied armies*.
Some important victories the French
certainly ; lined, but those vic
tories may have lost them much—
j*dr hare the arms of the Allies been
wholly unrucctssfnl. A few weeks
more will bring us .thence interest
ing results.
Various opinion-*. prevail in re
gard to an Armistice between this
country and Great Britain. - Ihe
one most general, and perhaps the
most probable, and certainly the
most desirable, that an Armisiice
tvill he early agreed upon by the ne
gotiator* for peace, and that it will
bt speedily announced to the coun+
try.
There has been just issued frota
• the YVar-OfSce at Washington in a
•mill pr :ted pamphlet, an abstract
from the proceed ngs on the trial of
Brigadier-General Hull'. A friend
bas transmitted u copy of it t,o um.—
The Court absolve Gen. Hull from
,fche charge of treason. but convict
H.ivrt of cowardice, and sentence him
to be shot to death.
The President approves the sen*
-fence, and remits the execution of it.
In consideration of Gen. Hull’s re
volutionary services, and#uis advanc
ed age, the Court earnestly recom
mended him to ni-rcv ; and it was,
<Jo doubt, upon that recom nendation
that the President pardoned hun. v
It is much to be regretted that Gen
Hull had not been tried and disgrac*
cfd sooner; It Would have hud; we f
are convinced, a salutary effect up* *
on the army in general. It would, j
for one thing, have made our officers *
dn high command more vigilant and
Circumspect;
Bui his offence was so rank and
that all sorts of indiscre
tion were veni .il compared to it ; and
•wmlst he, the exemplar of all our
military discomfitures, remained un
punished, it Would have been consi
dered. a hardship to have tried any
st!ier. The following General Gr
ader concludes th£ pampilet which
ftunounces'his conviction and pardon;
Vnginta Argus.
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Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office
i Washington, April 25, 1814
GET! LEAL GEL ITS.
The roll of the army is not to b
longer dishonored by having upon it.
’ the name of Brigadier-General Wil
liam Hull.
► The General Court Martial of
‘which Major General Dearborn is
* is hereby dissolved.
By 6rtier, :
J. 8,. W ALB ACH,
| Adj Aunt-General.
Heroin ike Albany Argus of April s6.
I Fro:i Detro^Y.
Accounts state, th »i VI tlden was a* *
► bandoned by our troops on the 21st
till, and subsequently occupied by
i the enemy, whose force is swelled.
I though we think erroneously, sdk>3
broen. It is said the enemy are
building vessels upon Lake Huron
and tfiat they are determined to pre
r yent the passage of our ships into
\ that lake till they are completed, .by
commanding the , sireights of De
troit. Harrison is represented as
► advancing to Detroit with reinforce
I tiSents. The brave Cftrogan com
mands there at present', and the„
Works are in prime order. •
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| Savannah. May 2.
L ANOTHER wreath
the Taval Laurels of our Country.
§ Arrived on Thursday last, at five
f fathom. his Britannic Majesty’s Brig
Jvpervier, prize to the U. 6. sloop of
\Var Peacock.
’ Lieut. Nicholson, of the Peacock,
if prize has politely furnish
ed us with the following particu
lars ;
On the *24th April, off Cape Ca
f.everel, the U* States sloop of war
I’eacnck* Capt. Warringtony fell in
vith and captured, after an action of
Knrty minutes; his Britannic Mujes
y s Brig Epervier, Captain lPj!c? s ,
jbounting 18 thirty-two pound car
fnnades, and a compliment of 120
I he Epervier is milch injured in
Bull, spars, and riggibg, mairi-top
imist shot awafy, the fore-on ist criA;
and at the time of capture hJtl
* % 1-2 feet water in the hold vvhiie
the Peacock little ui/ary
tliat she was Enabled to proceed on
Ojai cruize. Onboard the Lperviti
*l3 killed and 15 wounued among
latter her first iicuiciumt wno
an arm anil is, severely wounded
Qu the tiugli, he ai l ived nere in the
Rp tdgetuer With seven offers
oi) Ward UK a j
none k»!!cd and but three slightly
wounded.
“The Epervier was bound to Hali
fax, with upwards of 100.000 dollars
in specie, w/ich was taken on board
the Peacock.
It is Worthy of notice, in order to
account far the length of tiie action
that shortly after its commencement,
the British colors were shot away, the
Peacock, then astern of her enemy,
in a raking position, demanded if she
had struck, the reply vras. not yet—
and before the action could be re
newed. tbs Peacock lost this advan
tageous position
The next day after parting with
the Peacock, Lieut. Nicholson was
chased by a frigate but escaped by
.standing close in with the land,
where he was becalmed ; the frig
ate’s boats were manned, approaclied
the prize within hail and asked “ what
brig that was.” was answered u what
boats are those’* accompanied with
throwing open the ports ofthe prize,
which so alarmed the enemy, that
they made off precipitately.
Lieut. Nicholson understood from
the officers of” the Epervier, that on
the 21sc April, off the Hayarina, the
U. S. sloop of war Frolic, capt Bain
bridge. was captured by the frigate
Orp htus, his Majesty’s schooner
Shellminie in company—it was said
the Frolic had thrown her starboard
guns overboard during* the chase.
. Savannah Museum .
Saturday , May 7.
HOSTILE FLEET.
CIS OUR COA>T« ,
The enemy is near at hand ; Let
ters were received by express, on
Thursday evening last, from St. Ma
ny's- to tiie Mayor of this, city, and
the officer commanding the United
States'troops here, that a LARGE
BRITISH FORCE was off St. Ma
ry’s bar : and that an attack was mo
mently bxp c’ed. , Gitizins ; be on
the alert. iVutch -—for you know no
wien he ene nv will make his, ap
pearance among vod. A proclaim
tion issue’d by admiral Cockrane ha*
also been received in tow;i, which
tends to excite our*****^population.
It is addressed to them dated Ber
muda. 21 April 1814. An express
left town on the evemnig of Thurs
day last, to convey the above intelh
gence to the GoveVnor.
Savannah Republican .
Confirmation >f t ie above.
Arrived last night, the brig’ Dove
from St Mary’s—she left that place
on l uescUy evening The cap
tain informs that in coming do v i
the river he distinctly saw the squad
ron, consisting of the Majestic, ra
zee, the sloop.of war Morgia Vi, and
two frigates, nams not recollected.
They were laying at anchor of the
oar, with mny barges around them,
and a great nil nber of men There
had been several persons from the
Majestic, at Amelia island, xfyio bro’t
and stuck up at tha u . place the pro
clamation of admiral Cockrane allu
ded to above. The enemy made his
appearance on Sunday last. The
Dove came the inland passage, in of
der to avoid capture ; the capt. was
under apprehension of being attack
ed oy their barges. Considerable a
larm and great confusion, at .St. Ma
ry s for fear of an immediate attack
—tiie gun boats fexcept one or two
to xeep a toqk ous have bsen mov
ed up the rivey, near the. town ; and
prepara* ions were making far de
fence. v General Floyd with a large
torce Was momentarily looked for,
to meet the enemy should they at
tempt a landing. X\ > .
Tue above Intelligence has ere- !
ated some alarm in this citv ; but
has it created any preparation ?
None, that we see %( This sort of su?
pineness may in the end subject-us
to seridus disaster. .It will be too
late to cry wolf 1 * wheh the enemy >
is at the ibid. , Let thebe be some
arrangements for defence entered
imp forth With. Countrymen 1. a
rouse from your slumbers—remem
ber what our forefathera did. and
let us emulate theif x A
kind of lukewarmness* the result .of
fancied security from local situation
seems to prevail.—Our situation if j
is true, is not much exposed j tplt
it tiiig Abe rendered doubly secure
by taking proper steps. We can
not be two safe. Republican.
An express readied this place on
Sunday evening last, from St.Miry’s
to tne mayor ot our city, informing
him that a neutral vessel.had arrived
at Amelia Island on Friday last, the
captain ot which states that he- was
boarued by a British torce. who in
iormed him that they were destined
tor tne Geo gia coast, to join the
M|Uadi on now off I,ere under thecon*
maud of* admiral Cochrane - ; and
mat an attack would be made on the
sou belli pan of . the coast. We 1
also learn tagt an embargo had been
•aid a Nassau, in order that the
catoarnation ot troops lor the expe- -
diuon should remain secret- The
soutuerii mail due here to nig.it,
win us farther part.cu-
Uri t'sUuve u» tuts busmens,
farce of the enrtny off St. Mary's
bar on Tuesday last*! consisted of”
the Majestic, razee, ahci sloop of war
Morgiuna.— lbid.
Arrivals at Amelia furnish London
dates op td the ib h March. They
I state that Bhictier s-arniy appears
j to have been totally destroyed, with
the exception of 6 thousand men- w«io
cut tneir way through the Frencu
army, and retreated seventy nodes.
The retreat is/id nutted by Bonaparte
a very masterly one. An ac*
j lion also had taken place, between
j the armv commanded by Prince
swurtzenborg*. and the French, armv
under the vEmpsrbtv Napoleon, v in
which the Allies claim a victory, 1
and the loss of the French stated at
* ti;ree thousand ni ,
— 1 ; ‘ *.v-v > j
VVe understand tnai col. Patrick
Jack, with the United States troops
undtr his cornsoi,and, are on r heir
march down do this place from the
upper parts of this states—they will
be with us very'soon .—/Aid.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT \
The following is an extract of a
letter fiom New London, dated 22d
ultimo, addressed to a gentleman in ;
Elizabethtown, (New Jersey.^
. ,A I open my letter hastily to in*
form you that the British frigate
Narcissus has been captured by the
United Statss’ frigate Essex, Captain
Porter- and has arrived in Boston
harbor/*
. [Since the above was put in tpye
we have seen it stated as a mere fab*
rication.] ’
i i
From- the Buffaloi Gazette»
; We learn by a gentleman, directly
from Erie, that 4 Sail of our schoon
ers recently sailed from Erie, on a
secret expedition, having on board <
about 400 regulars and militia, un
der .VI ij. Me rl \n. v .
Two others small vessels have
sailed for Detroit.
We learn, further, that Com. El
ujjftt shortly expects 400 sailors, to
m in the large brigs and ships which
nave been repaired.
; • ; Baltimo.t k, April 29.
Seventeen sail of the flotilla under
the command of com Barney have
left this pbrt an a cimze $$ low as
the Potomac,
, . • Frcdevicfobit*ff Mi; ‘ l%
IC7* An ex pres from Washington
passed* hr oug;i this town ooM ) »day
last, to the President of toe AJ..S. at
his seat in Orange county, Mope*
are entertained that something favor#
able is in embryo. It is currently ■
reported that the enemy . are slowiy
advancing up the* Potdmac-ia consid
erable force*
Baltimore, May 3.
An express is said to have been
sent off from Washingtoiv, on Sa- :
turday evening, to the; President.
This has been occasioned, we may
presume, by information of -some
sort brought by Gen. Winder, .who
reached the seat of the general go- y
vernment after Mr. Madison had left
it. • »
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Washington City j.iz<lte—Extra.
TUESBAY AF T KRNOOJf > April 2s.
* important, :
We . have < received information
from unquestionable et&tfQrity, tnat
arrangements, have certainly been
entered into, on the? subject of an
armispee, and that it is .true.
This “armistice -either has been or
shortly will ;• be (Completed, The
British a have retired from
the bay and hostilities to be suspend
ed both by land and:sea within the
maritime jurisdiction of the. United
States. - No further particulars have “
beeii received.
Tlte following is from The Charles
ton City Gazette of the'4th inst.
ARMISTICE CONCLUDED.
By a passenger, of great respect
ability in the norahera stage yester
day jruorni ng, we learn that .ain
ARMISTICE has. beeen conddded j
.by our com m .Astoaers ; witif - those t
of EpgUnd | that the same, has j
been noticed at Iljdifax. by the short |
acxivßl -ojf a packet From England.
We believe this co/recu 0? we sildud
not give it'; we deferoft our and tef
give it, in o'CeT 10 prevent specula
tions. \/t -i
Baltimore, April 27*
Brigadier General. Winder
Lately a prisoner of war at Quebec,
has been exchanged ; :hd arrived ini
this .city early , this flao'ming.
From him we learn tiiatr an ex
change has been .effected of
pro portion of officers. and privates
who” were prisoners? only a few of
the hostages being retained iu Can
ada. lie has no official dispatches
relating to an armistice as has been
reported, lie understood that th>
British'commander Was disposed to
make one. if our gaveniK-mt were
so inclined, but that his power ex
tended no Lriher than a cessation
of in land*
l ‘7 ■ V'* ‘H/P VX .* - ‘ a
ftT* Wk beg leave to invite the
particular attention of to
t* e extract from Boguc’s Essays,
published in this and ty*s paper, flic
subject is exceedingly interesting—
the ch-u’acter of Jesus Christ* ictus
Christ 1 the most astonishing parso
nage m the Urn verse 1 ami one who
Sustains the. most interesting rela
ys to the human family.. * All the
rational jcomforts am) joys which
bless the world flow through him as
their channel. All the spiritual af
fection and moral excellence found
.on earthy as well as all assured anti
cipations of a glorious immortality
beyond tne grave, ar* the fruits of
nis atonement—the purchase of his
blood. .In him will be eternally un
folded with joy unutterable and in
conceivable to all in the upper
world, the brightest displays of the
love and glorj of the Divine Charac
ter. The very mentioning of him
should a kindle aflame of grateful
affection in .every human breast—
and the account given cif him by the
Evangelists should excite our admi
ration, our trust ami obedience.
Married? on the 28th instant, by
‘l. H. Miller, esq Col. Laurpnce
A of the L. States’ army,
to M iss Martha Ashlet, of Cam
den county. > r - ~
* : MAKKihO *
*\ At Washington. Ken. Mr. SamC
el Januaht to Miss liamkla Jan-
Cahy— \A c.'td maif/i / »» Voider ,y*tl
—N car Georgetown* Ky. Mr. i.hptn
as Dinwiddle, aged 68, te Mrs. Ma
ry tiiford, aged-57.
. y".:. DIED,
On the 27th ult. in the county of
Madison. Mrs. Martha Caruth aged
62 years. Her idiiess, shori and se* *
vert,, was supported with Christian
fortitude. t ,Her loss is smetreiy de
plored by aged consort and a nu
me ous .train of relations and ac
quaintance. In her the, virtues of
benevolence, and charity were con
spicuous. . But it is believed that
wnat is a loss to the society in which
she lived is a gain to hei«—t lat now
in the enjoyment of that rest which
awaits the people of God, Jhe is
ing those joys which will assuredly i
reward the sincerely, pious.
... .—■ I ,
|C7* .1 he t ;M jlledreville I/dait”- of
to-day finishes the following inte
resting particulars'which we extract
from the Georgia Journal.
•” •*’ - » .* • ‘,J i . . i* * U .%• *y*
■ Informttion to the 7tn ,has been
received oy the Executive from the *
sea-board. The enemy still conti
nue orT our coast. By an arrival from ’
Naasau -it isi .repor ed* that “/* ‘
dr-ed ***** troops werccmbarkig in
English transpO's—taeir destination
unknown, but supposed to be intend
ei for.this .Toe Spaniards I
who have b;en, virtually, at war with
us, forborne time past, are, fortifying
Fernanditu, on Amelia Island, with
great industry. [ The.old works nave
been demolished, ; and new ones are
erecting, on.a much larger. .scalp* ;
Our government will Jook to it. It
is, pur.duty to demand an explana- !
tion of such conduct. v < Jf their-views
be, pacific, why prepare for war ? If
peaceably , inclined, why strengthen *
theft posts immediately on our fron
tier ? ) ,; li, „* ~t / j ;. ,} l fcj’
c : No>doubt is entertained but.the
enemy meditate a Serious attack on
some part:of our..coast.. ..Measures f
have ibeen accordingly taken by the <
Executive .to expel. themTrora our
territory, .should, th.ey attempt to
land. In addition to.the instructions
which have been given to Gen.; Mc-
Intosh, to call out.the whole*of his
Division if .necessaryorders were
yesterday issued for the first class of
militia in the Brigades.of. Generals
SctAt, Blacksheaiq, 4 Lee* » Byne, i
Brown, and W aiker, to be r held .in
readiness to .march at ,a v moulenTs :
warning.. .for this purpose, they are ‘
to be Convened with the least possi
ole delay at the court houses # of the
counties in watch they respectively
and wheq so convened, are
to be organised and prepared for the
field in such .manner ; as the Adju
tant General m iv prpscrioe*
- A detachment of regulars, about
•450) lately, employed . against the
Creek Indians, passed through this
place the day before yesterday on
their to the seaboard.
* **
VOLUNIEERS !
i The enemy are upon our coast,. Sc
must be driven off*. As live, law autho
rizing a regiment of . Volunteers *to
be raised in this state has been lost
in the Senate of tne U. S. I now in
vite Volunteers [cued/ riflemen]
from to a-thousand, to
coini forward, and throjgh tneir
oificers maxe a tender of tneir servi
ces to march to .the sea board, and
aid the classed militia and regular
troops to .drive jtoe eneifi / iro u >;u*. ‘
coast, and, if necessary, from Flori
da.
DANIEL NEvVNAIs.
Miilcdgeviik,’
■ GEORGIA, 5 ‘
F*t ii U i A 4i’ \ y
Z/trMHin* Loj ir FeiRUA/ir Tf.a*,
IBM.
the petition of Hudson Mo*s
Stating to. tie. court tha* sometime
ago, he wa* Disseise > o: a receipt,
given t > tyi a *>y tl. TivK uon
for th * sum of fwo Hu idred i> >ll,tr a ,
which wan in disv v »a.rge cf a note
fvhici he had executed to,said fhur
tuon , and which vr $ payable op t«us
25th of December* 1801 which- re
ceipt he has- or , mislaid so r'U.vt
ii cannot be tonad. A copy of »\ %ica
as well as he call ryoj’ect is in tue
word* and figure* following—
* > ■ , » 7 ‘‘7 7
April 17th, 180 K t
. Then receive'! of Huclsdfi Moss
-Two Hu tided D diars in payment
for a certain, ikkc that the *anl M >ss
gave to me—l say received t>v m.-,
««*■n JaMES I’HUUM.jN.
Teat-—Garhuui Lane * f
W HEREUPON I't IS QrtDKttEDj
by the Court, tpat the toiegoi igto
py pf receipt .be e>Uoh*ied tn Ku
ot tjie and ,igm.nl,uuks> cause bes uwn
to the contrary vvitnm the tune pre
. scribed by the statute in such
made and provided. ; ,
A true cdpy taken frdm the minutes •
t'RED, BEALL , C. L C,
May 5 / /i, J 8 111 .__. . Ji..
sf<J ‘I'lLEt .
.. IVILL BE SQLD , ..
At the CiiteuH >ust An Jacks xn county
agreeable to an order of the Inferior
t u'-t of said cir./ntft ... -
n SEVEN TV-FI vE acres of land,’
more oi lps,, jou) ng, tne town of
Jefferson. being part of she. iym.es
tate o i John 1 Clark, dece »«ed—
tne benefit oi the heirs and creditors
of said deceased. •.■
•JpHN .LAUK, Administrator,
Jffav S •/- —I 8 l i-.
NOTicJ ~
JPEHSONS, having demands a*
gainst Lie estate of Garrett vV. iVrivsJ’
deceased, are ..requested, to exh hit
them within the ~iinie.prescribed by
law, properly » adtu.ciiticatsu \nd
those wnp are. indebted to saicj, estate
are requested to triage immediate
settlement, * • *; -
JOHN ESPY,. .
j-JNKS t . s
‘-r ■ r > ‘ Admans, rat ors.
May 12th, 1814.
. , Sro ric'E.
:; Nimf months. t; e I 4.ite ap jJica
tion will be made to tpe Honorable
Court of .Orcjfnary of M adison, coun
ty, for leave to sell one tract of-laWd*
containing one hundred and forty.#?
eres, more or less, lying in the couna
ty .of Qglothorpej on. the waters of
Cloud’s ireek, adjoining Job
diseased, Lewis Letter arvd otne”s 4 ’
and lot, No. 211, twelfth district of
Baldwin* ikjW Jasper—v>id for the*
benefit pi the he\rs and Jjrf
Hardy San lers, deceased, *
WILLI AM. %\
V’ ■ ‘ i v 1 * Guardian .
March 17, 1814.
- ;nr 61 geor ; 1 4.
T. *. ‘-in • •:• ,
HE annual Cbtnmencernrent tjx
this institution .wijl pe held on Wed
nesday the 27th of July next,
wa» ■ a—as mss~< sssssa
f FOR SALE
: A most excellent JEN'JY-En-
tne 1
|’ -T- -- IT
.> t ia*. WATNED ‘
v,>.At this Oifice, some neat . plain
homespun, either white* striped or
colored. > Subsciibers to,the Gazette
who live sufficiently near, attd who
Will avail themselves of th'is,qppor
tunitT of making tlieir first payment*
will by so doing confer art.po&gation.
|C7* Cash will be giveii for a few
well tanned or dressed deer or sheep
skins.-- ■ ’
mwmbmmMv mmnk rntm*mamm ■»****— m> i—- mmmmm^rn
l --
GEORGIA, Madison G uniy
Whereas Nathan >anc| Jeptha V#
Willifotd appliy for Jeters of admi
nistration on the estau* of Absalom
L. --Williford, late df so: J county, <le
ce&sed*
are therefor to cite arid”
admonish all and/-singular the km
dt’ed and creditor?, of said deceased*
to file their objections in my o ic ty
if any they ha>ve, within the i me
prescribed by law or said letters will
be granted. ;•
Given under my hand at olTicu
this 16th dhy of April, 1814;
WlLt IrVVI SANDERS, €• C 0 •
Not luE*
i Lhose having demands against
the estate of William ilarvie de
ceas'd will pie went them propcly
authentic ate cl within the time pre
scribed by law—and all who arc m-
to the estate are requested IQi
make ifi.medi .te .payments to
i ioRM G. wt'rui.a*
’ O-K.
J.AMKS A1 KU Wf. IU *.H ,