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CEXTf.YEL OFFICE ,
3 rdJune, 1809.
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AUGUSTA, GKORGIA.
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Attention!
THE Subscribers, had the misfor
tune of being swindled, out of a
quantity of Cotton, some time ago, at
a store in the city of Charleston, which
was made public in South-Caroiina and
Georgia, by aclvei tisenicnts, in differen-
Newspapcrs. They have had the great
er misfortune, in their anxiety and zeal
to discover the swindler, unjustly, and
rashly, to form a suspicion, that Doc
tor George A. Brown, of Wrightsbo
rougli, in Columbia county, and State
of Georgia, was the person, who com
mitted the fraud ; and at a religious
congregation of citizens, at the house
ot Wm. Halbert, Esq. in Pendleton
Distiict, S. C. publicly charged him
with the act.
Dr. Brown, like a man of honor and
integrity, fully convinced us of our
great mistake, and error, and in con
sideration of our being poor men, that
we had been actuated by mistake, and
not malevolent motives, has charitably
and generously forgiven us. While
we acknowledge, that Dr. Brown has
it in his power to ruin every individual
of us, and distress our famines; we vo
luntarily come forward and do solemn
ly declare in open Court, at Pendleton
Court-house, and to all the world, our
mistaken and erroneous conduct, to
wards the said Dr. George A. Brown.
We testify his innocence, we thank him
for his honorable and gentlemanly con
; duct, and we declare our regret and sor
! row, for the injuries his feelings may
j have sustained ; we are fully satisfied,
j that Doctor George A. Brown, is a
man of the first respectability ‘of an
excellent character, and that his con
duct in life trom childhood has been ir
reproachable. We can ntither say or
do, too much to redre<,s the feeling of
Dr. Brown, or to vindicate his’name and
character. We never will forget his
honor and generosity in forgiving us
for the wrong we have inadvertantly
done him, which we believe arose from
the similarity of features, between the
person who swindled and cheated us
out of our property, and the features of
the said Dr. George A. Brown.
We desire that this declaration may
be made public in the Newspapers of
Charleston, S. C. and Augusta, in
Georgia, at our expence, for the space
of three months ; and recorded in the
Clerks Office, in Pendleton District,
S. C. and Columbia county, in the State
of Georgia.
Given under our hands and seals this
31st March, 1809.
his
JohnX Crump,
mark
Wm. Mitchell,
George Mitchell,
Wm Dodson.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in the
presence of
William Browin,
John B. Dempsy,
William Harris,
Daniel Massengale.
April 22. 92
»!■ WaM—■W—B— I
Late Foreign Intelligence.
Collections from the bulletins of the Aus
trian campaign in 1809, extracted
from the official Journal of Paris :
FIRST BULLETIN.
Head-Quarters at Ratisbon ,
April 2±th. 1809.
The Austrian army passed the Inn
on the 9th of April, by wliich she be
gan hostilities, and Austria declared an
implacable war against France, her al
lies, and the Confederation of the Rhine.
The positions of the French and al
lies were as follows:
The corps of the Duke of Auerstadt,
at Ratisbon.
The Duke of Rivoli’s at Ulm.
Gen. Oudinot’s at Augsburgh.
Heinl-Quarters at Strasburgh.
The three Bavarian divisions, under
the orders of the Duke of Damzic; the
first plactd at Munich,/commanded by
the Prince Royal, the second at Land
shut, commanded by General Deroi;
and the third by General DeVrede, at
Strubing.
The Wurtemburg division at Iley
denheim. The Saxon troops were en
camped under the walls of Dresden.—
The corps of the Dutch, of Varsovie,
commanded by Prince Ponistowsky, at
Varsovie.
On the 10th the Austrians invested
Passau, into which a Bavarian battalion
Lad entered at the same, time. They
invested Kuffrien, where likewise a Ba
varian battalion shut itself up; this
movement took place without firing a
musket.
The Austrians published in Tyrol,
the enclo; jtd proclamation. The Courts
of Bavaria quitted Munich, to repair to
Diliingen. The Bavarian Divisions at
Landshut, marched to Adtorf, on the
left side of the Iser.
The Divisions commanded by Gen.
de Vrede marched for Neustadt.
The Duke of Rivoli departed from
Ulm and went to Augsburg.
Front the 10th to the 15th the enemy
advanced from the Inn to the Iser, par
ties of cavalry met, and had several
charges, in which the Bavarians had the
advantage; and on the 16th, at Psof
fenhoven, the 2d and 3d regiments of
Bavarian light horse, overthrew the hus
sars of Shipschitz and the dragoons of
Rosenl)trg.
At the same moment the enemy pre
sented himself in force near Landshut.
The bridge was broken down, and the
Bavarian divisions commanded by Gen.
Deroi, made a lively opposition to this
movement, but threatened by several
columns that had passed the Iser, at
Nlourbuigh and Freysing, this division
retired in good order to that of Gen. de
Vrede, and the Bavarian army entered
at Neustadt.
t
Departure of the Jtmfieror from Paris,
on the 13 th April.
The Emperor was informed by the
Tclegraphe, in the eveningof the 12th,
of the passage of the Inn by the Aus
trians, and departed from Paris a mo
ment after. He arrived at Louisburgh
on the 16th, at three in the morning,
and in the evening of the same day, at
Billigen, where he saw the King of
Bavaria, passed half an hour with that
Prince, and promised him to re-conduct
him to his Gapitol, within 15 days, and
to avenge the affront done to his house,
by making him greater than any of his
ancestors ever had been. On the 17th
inst. at two o’clock in the morning, he
arrived at Donawerth, where the head
quarters were established, and gave di
rectly the necessary orders. On the
18th, head-quarters were transported to
Ingolstadt.
Buttle of Pfaffenhaven t the 19 th April
The 19th General Oudinot departed
from Augsburg, arrived at Pfaffenha
ven on the break of the day, met there
3 or 4000 Austrians, which he attacked
and dispersed, and made 300 prisoners.
The Duke of Rivoli, with his corps of
the army, arrived the following day at
Pfaffenllaven.
i
SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1809.
The same day the Duke of Auerstad
left Ratisbon, to march towards Neu
stadt, in order to approach Ingolstadt;
it was evident, then, that the Emperor's
project was to fall upon the tm my, who
had left Landstat, and to attack him at
the same moment when he marched to
Ratisbon, believing that he was before
hand.
Battle at Tann , the 19/Zt April.
The 19th at break of day, the Duke
of Auerstadt put himself to march - in
two columns. The divisions of Morarid
and Gudin formed Ins right, and those
of St. Hillaire and Friunt his kft. The
division of St. Hillaire being arrived at
the village of Peissing, met there with
the enemy, strong in numbers but much
inferior in bravery, and there the cam
paign opened by a glorious battle for
our arms. General St. Hillaire, suc
cored by General Triant, overthrew
every thing before him, deprived the
enemy of his position, killed a great
number of men, and made 6 or 700 pri
soners. The 72d regiment distinguish
ed itself on this journey, and the 57th
maintained its ancient reputation. Six
teen years ago this regiment had been
called in Italy,, the Terrible, and it has
perfectly justified iis name in this af
fair, where alone it has assaulted and
successively defeated six Austrian ic
gimeiits.
On the left side, at 2 o’clock, P. M.
General Moiand fell likewise in with
an Austrian divison, which he attacked
in front, whilst the Duke of Dantzic,
with a Bavarian corps, deponing from
Abensberg,took it in the n ar. This
divison was soon driven from its posi
tion, and left some hundreds dead, and
prisoners; the whole regiment ofdra
goons of Levtnher, was destroyed by
the Bavarian light horse, and its Colo
nel was killed.
At the end of the- d v. the corns < f the
Duke of Dantzic, m u .junction with
that of the Duke of Aucrstadi.
In all these affairs, the generals St.
Hillaire and Friant, have distinguished
themselves in a particular manner.
These unhappy Austrian troops,
which were conducted from Vienna, by
the notes of songs and fil franc! who
were made to believe, that there were
no more French troops in Germany,
■ and that I hey would only have to deal
with 'Bavarians and Wurtembe.rgers,
■ showed all the resentment which they
had conceived against thtir chiefs for
the errors in which they had been con
firmed and their terrors wt re 'inly
stronger at the sight of those old bands
which they were accustomed to consi
der as their masteis.
In all these battles, our loss was ve
ry trifling, compared with ihat of the
enemy, who lost a great many officers,
and generals, who were obliged to
place themselves at the head to bring
on the troops. The Prince of Lichen
stein, General Lutigtian, and several
others were wounded. The loss of the
Austrians m Colonels, and officers of
less rank, is extremely considerable.
Battle of Abensburg the 20:h oj April.
Ihe Emperor resolved to beat and
destroy the corps of the Aithduke
Lewis and of Gen. Hillaire, wliich were
60,000 strong. On the 20th his Mu
- jesty took his depaiture from Abens
burg, and gave orders to the Duke of
Auerstadt, to hold the corps of Hohen
zolien in check, and, likewise those of
Rosenburg and Litchtenstein, while
with the two Bavarian and Wurtem
burg divisions ofMorland and Gudin,
he should attack the front of the arm}
ol the Achduke Lewis and of general
Hillaire, and that by the Duke of
Rivoli he should cut offithe communi
, cations of the enemy, making the said
Duke go to Freying, and from thence
come in the rear oftheAustrian arm).
The divisons of Molrand and Gudin
formed the I< ft, and manoeuvered un
-1 der orders of Duke ol Montebollo ; and
the Emperor, dtcididg this day to fight
1 at the head of the Bavarians -
r-1 tembergers, he assembled the officers
'i of the two armies around him and
1 | spoke to them a long time. The Royal
Prince of Bavaiia interpreted, in Cer
| man, what he was buying in French ;