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COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
SATURDAY, MAY 23.
DIED, in this City on Saturday ree
ving i :e 1 6th instant, Mrs. Ann Ro
ein sox, about 49 years of age.
The United States sloop of war
Wasp, Captain Smith, (soys the Nor
folk Herald of the sth inst.) anchored
at Craney Island on the 2d inst. She
is from Washington, and bound to
England and France, with dispatches ;
from thence to the Mediterranean. We
understand she only waits for Mr. Pur
viance, who is to carry the Treaty back
to England.
*
Report. — It is reported, that Mr.
Madison has received letters from Eng
land, informing him, that Mr. Percival,
not the Duke of Portland , is at the head
of the present Administration of Eng
land. This Mr. Percival is the man
who made so much clamor against the
late Ministers, for the concessions
they made to this country in the late
Treaty.
(Alexander Expositor.
Report. —lt is reported that the Bri
tish minister, Mr. Erskine, has been
recalled—and that an express has been
sent to Hampton Roads to stop the
Wasp , now on its way to England.—
* This report comes by a gentleman by
the last evening’s stage from Washing
ton. By “ recalled” we presume it is
to be understood, that Mr. Erskine is
to be superceded by another minister.
But this was to have been expected up
on the late change of the ministry in
England.
Mr. Erskine’s recal would certainly
be no very favorable symptom of the
friendly disposition of the present cab
inet, towards us ; as he is married to an
American woman; is a man of liberal
sentiments,and the son ofthecelebrated
Erskine, the friend and co-adjutor to
Fox— Richmond Edquirer .
One hundred and fifty-four American
Vessels arrived at Liverpool, in Eng
land, from the first of December, 1806,
to the 21st of March, 1807. On the
14 th of February there were 137 Amei
ican vessels at Liverpool.
Char. Pap.
JYew- York, May 2.
Captain Campbell of the brig Swift,
just arrived from Leghorn, states, that
upwards of 12 American vessels are ly
ing in that port, prizes to small French
privateer boats with 1 and 2 guns—
taken coming into that port, and ex
pecting their condemnation from Paris
every hour, on the grounds of coming
from British ports either in England or
elsewhere.
May 6.
A detachment of 110 men, United '
States troops, under the command of i
Captain Clemson, commenced their
march from Philadelphia on Saturday
last for Pittsburg ; destination the Mis*
souri river.
Captain Thorp contradicts the re
port, which was in circulation here a
few days ago, that Grenada had been
burnt down. A fire had broke out
there, but no other damage had been
done than the destruction of the build
ing in which it originated.
Charleston , May 12.
Captain Taylor, of the brig William
and Mary, from Amsterdam, arrived
yesterday, informs, that reports prevail
ed there a few days before his sailing,
that the emperor of France and king of
Italy was expected at Beilin ; and that
on the Bih of March an action took place
between the French an Russians, which
was represented to have been very se
vere, 15,000 men having been left dead
on the field. It was however doubtful
Who had gained the victory. During
the action, it was asserted, that the
French had lost several general officers
and was obliged to retreat. Captain
T. left the Ttxel on the 30th March.
May 14.
By the sloop Friendship, from Pro
vidence, R. I. we have received Bos
ton papers to the 6th instant. From
these we collect the following particu
lars of the capture of Monteveido, by
the British forces. They are taken
from a Barbadoes paper of April 11.
%. The news was received at Barbadoes,
by the arrival of the Jason frigate, capt.
Cochrane, who had the account from
capt. Hazard, of the American brig
Troy, 44 days from Rio Grande, (a
place about 20 leagues to the north
ward of the River Plate) bound •to
New-Orleans- Captain Hazard re
ported :
That General Sir Samuel Auch
muty, with a reinforcement of between
4 and 5000 men, arrived at Moldanada
about the 7th January, took on board
all the troops there, proceeded up the
river towards Monteveido, landed at
Point Carta9, (about three miles from
the town) the 19th January, and imme
diately attacked and routed a body of
Spaniards, collected to oppose the de
barkation, taking from- them a 24 poun
der. The English then approached,
and took post about a mile from the
town.
On the 23d January, the Spaniards,
said to be 5000 strong, made a sortie to |
attack the British, who immediately re
treated until they had drawn the Spa
niards about three miles from the town,
when they halted. The Spaniards,
who mistook the object of the retreat,
pursued the English in the most furi
ous and disorderly manner, shouting
and huzzaing : But during the retreat,
a party of 300 British cavalry, and some
infantry, were landed between the pur
suing Spaniards and the town. The
Spaniards were then attacked, front
and rear; and after a feeble resistance,
retreated in the greatest confusion, on
ly 3400 getting back to town. The
Viceroy, with 100 men, escaped into
the country.
The Bt i.ish then invested the town,
and on the 2d February, made a feint
on the harbour (north) gates, which
drew the attention of the Spaniards to
that point:—the English army then
entered the opposite gates, and after a
great carnage, took possession of the
town;—and when capt. Hazard left Rio
Grande they were preparing to proceed
against Buenos Ayres.
The same accounts add, that gener
al Beresford was still a prisoner, about
ten leagues from Buenos Ayres, and
the English prisoners (scici lo be about
300 deficient) were dispersed about the ,
country. j
The vessel which brought the news
to Rio Grande was dispatched thereby
the conquerors of Monteveido for pro
visions, from which circumstance it was
inferred that the British had not been .
able to extend their power far into the
campaign country ; or that the Spani
ards had taken the precaution to drive
off or destroy the cattle previous to the
fall of Monteveido. Some private let
ters mention, that the place sustained a
close seige of six days, and was at length
carried by storm.
Pendleton, (s. c.) May 8.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman tvho
lives in the upper part of Pendleton
District , to his friend at the Court-
House dated May sth, 1807.
Dear Sir,
Yesterday I got home from Charles
ton, which I left on Friday morning at
10 o’clock, cotton was then from 19 to
21 cents according to quality, very rea
dy sale, and it was thought would not
fall this season, as there was very little
■j in market. Beef ten pence half-penny
per lb. A man from Spartenburg of
my acquaintance, got for three midd
ling beeves, two hundred and forty dol
lars ; other meats equally dear; corn
ss. 10d. in town, on the road none at
I all to be had ; the oldest settlers say,
such a scarcity was never known. The
night the frost fell (2d inst.) I lay at
Seigler’s, from there up the cotton is
universally killed, and in Edgefield it
was thought the wheat was injured ;
the farther down, I believe the more
severe the frost. In the Fork of Edis
to it is said, many persons have had no
bread for 4 and 5 weeks past; those
who can are moving with their fami
lies to Beech Island, the only place
. | where there is any : At Grandby and
Columbia it sells at ss. lOd. per bushel.
Buckstown, [A/c*s.] March 26.
Distressing.— On Monday thv 16th
inst. a Mrs. Pearson, a daughter of
Capt. Rowe, of Edington plantation,
with her infant a few months old, called
on her neighbour, the wife of Joseph
Eddy, of that place, who had a sick
child. Mr. Eddy was from home
Mrs. Eddy leaving her sick child in the
care of Mrs. Pearson, directed her lit
tle daughter a fire in another
■ room, and /.vent to a neighbor’s on an
errand so;/ the benefit of her child that
vvassic'x. Soon after she was gone, the
roojji in which the fire had recently
byen made, was discovered to be on fire.
i I’he house being dry,the flame immedi
ately spread through it, and although
, Mr. Eddy and Capt. Rowe, with some
. other men, were very soon there, it
i was impossible to extinguish the flames.
; Mrs. Pearson, at the first discovery of
i the fire, ran out of the house, but im
■ mediately returned after her own in
' flint, and the one in the cradle, but the
fire and smoke bewildered her so much,
that she was unable to get out—and she
with the two children in her arms, were
consumed in the flames. Mrs. Rowe,
(mother to Mrs. Pearson) arrived at the
house afttr all possibility ofjsaving the
unfortunate victims was past ; and the
scene was rendered doubly distressing,
as it was with the greatest difficulty that
Mrs. Rowe and Mr. Eddy were prevent
ed from rushing into the flames, and
sacrificing themselves to save their ex
piring children.
Thg; following paragraphs are ex
tracted from a London-paper of the 23d
of March:—
I It seems at length settled that we are
to have a new administration ; and that
the duke oi Portland has made great
progress in, if not completely conclud
ed, the new ministerial arrangement.
The dispatches which government re
ceived from Ireland on Saturday last,
are stated to be of a very Unfavorable
nature : the counties in the north are in
a state of awful discontent. Never in
deed, did the country require a more
delicate management. And we must
add, the duke of Bedford, who is about
to be recalled, is stated to be as gene
rally beloved as his eager attention to
public affairs, and his exertions in the
cause of Ireland so well merit.
One hundred and forty-seven stu
dents of Harvard University have form
ed the resolution of retiring, on account,
as they represent the case, of ill usage;
particularly in their being supplied with
bad and unwholesome victuals, cooked
in a nauseous and disgusting manner.
Ah. York Pafi.
It was a saying of John Milton’s (the
author of Paradise Lost, &c.)“That
the trappings of a monarchy were suffi
cient to support an ordinary common
wealth.” Os the truth of this obstrva
, tion there is no doubt. The annual in
; come of the King and Royal family of
Britain at this da/ is between three and
four millions of dollars, V'hich would go
far of itself towards defraying the ordi
nary expences of the American com
monwealth.— Irenton True American,
AUGUSTA PRICE CURREAT.
Cotton ----17 i to 18£ cents.
Salt * 75
Tobacco jgs to 5 25
NOTICE.
THAT after the expiration of nine
months, application will be made
to the honorable the justices of the In
ferior court of Burke county, for leave
to sell a part of the real estate of Wil*
liam Scruggs, deceased ; it being half
of an undivided tract of two hundred
and forty acres, adjoining lands of John
Whitehead, William Urquhart, and
Daniel R. Elliot—the same being for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of
said deceased.
Gross Scruggs, Adm Jr.
Waynesborough, May 23. 3m 43
Just Received For Sale ,
3000 lbs.
Prime Coffee,
jtt Bags and Barrels, for Cash or Pro
duce. BARRETT & SIMS.
April 18. 39
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For Sale.
'"f "HAT well known tract of LAND,
JL whereon the subscriber now lives,
containing four hundred and sixty a
cres, more or less, lying and being in
Columbia county, twenty-nine miles
from AUgusta, within one mile of the
main 'road leading to Washington, in
Wilkes coSntjr, three miles from Mays
ville on both sides of Cane Creek,
whereon is a new Grist Mill, double
geared, a good dwelling house with
other out houses, Apple and Peach
orchards, with several other kind of
Fruit trees, and about fifty or sixty
acres cleared and in tolerable good re
pair.—For terms apply to
Thomas H. Flint.
May 9. 4.2
FOR SALE.
THREE Hundred and Seven
ty Seven AcresofLAND, laying on Sa
vannah river, near the mouth of Little
river in South-Carolina—tor particulars
apply to Colhoun cs* Wilson in Augus
ta, or to Jamee Colhoun, jr. in Vienna.
April 4. 73
The Subscriber
EXPECTS to be absent from
Augusta, until the Ist of Sep‘.em er
next, and requests thosfc indebted to
him to discharge their respective dues
before that time, as he is determined
to place all notes unpaid on that day,
in the hands of an Attorney for collec
tion—Those wishing to avail them
selves of this request, will please call
at my Compting House, where they
will be duly attended to.
THOMAS BURDELL.
May 9. 3t 42
NOTICE.
THAT the Copartnership of the
subscribers, trading under the
firm of Bedford and William Jit own is
this day dissolved by mutual consent,
and that BEDFORD BROWN is ful
ly authorized to settle the business of
the said firm.
BEDFORD BROWN,
WILLIAM BROWN.
Watkinsville, April 25, 1807. 40
BROUGHT to Jail on Satur
day the 9th instant, a Negro Fellow,
who says his name is Jack, about 40
years of age—suys lie belongs to Mr.
John Moore of Augusta. The owner
is requested to come forward, pay
charges and take him away.
S. Jones.
Waynesborough, May 16, 1807.
~~ NOTICE.
PERSONS in arrears for PEW
RENI in St. Paul’s Church, are
requested to discharge the same, by
the first clay of June next, after which,
their notes will be placed in the hands
of a Magistrate for collection.
THOMAS BARRETT.
May 9. 42
Better Late than Never.
Life of IVashington ♦
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having now come to hand, the subscri
bers to this valuable work are earnestly
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volumes without delay.
Those who fail in complying with this
notice must blame themselves, if tin y
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be closed finally in a short time.
In justice to Mr. Wayne who has
incurred a very heavy expense and loss
by printing, binding and shipping a
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that prompt remuneration will be af
forded him, by which alone- he can
be saved from serious and extensive
injury*
A few sets of tills work may be had
by non-subsuibers, at Twenty live
Dollars .
JOHN MURRAY.
Augusta, 25th April, 180 T, e ow3t
Scriven County Superior Court,
March Term , 18( 7.
Present his Honor Judge Jones.
James Sharbcr , 1
vs. i Rule A r isi.
The heirs of William David. J
ON the petition of James Sharber,
stating, during the late war, the
loss of certain deeds of lease and re
lease from William David, to the peti
tioner for a tract of two hundred acres
of land near the old Savannah road, ad
joining lands of L. M k Gilllvray and
others, originally granted to Neal Da
vid, in St. George’s Parish, now county
of Scriven ; and that he had filed in the
clerk’s office copies of said deeds, with
evidence to substantiate the same:—
And on motion of Mr. S. Jones, attor
ney for the petitioner, It is Ordered ,
That the heirs of said William Da
vid do shew cause, if any they have, on
the first day of the next term, why the
copy deeds so filed, should not be estab
lished in lieu of the original, in conform
ity to the act in such cases provided.
It is further ordered that this rule or
order be published once a month for
, six months, in one of the public ga
zettes of this state.
Extract from the Minutes 24 th
' March , 18U7.
JAMES CASWELL, c. s. c. s. c.
. NOTICE.
THAT after the expiration of nine
months from the date hereof, ap
plication will be made to the honorable
. the inferior court for the county of
. Burke, for leave to sell all the real es
.; tate of Thomas Godlcy, late of said
j! county, deceased, for the benefit of the
_ heirs and creditors.
. John Godlcy. dchn'r.
March 14, 1807. ’ S 4