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f ■ VOL. VII. No. 313 j 'Three dollars per tymum.J PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL HAMMOND, NOR TH BROAD-STREET, f Half in advance 'new arrangement. cextikel office , 29;/i Alay, 1309. WITH a deep sense of the encou ragement and liberal patronage that this paper has received since us first appearance, the subscriber hew returns his since rest thanks tothe public for their support. He is proud hi the recollec tion that at least he has endeavored to merit it. He henceforth declines all concern in this paper.... l he property in which and tf)e printing business of this office he has transferred to Mr. Samui-.i. Ham mond, junior. He respectfully solicits from his friends the continuance oi that patron age in his support, not doubting but that he will make Independence his object, Truth his guide, and Decency his com panion. ' lie cannot close without congratulat ing his country men at large ou tile pre sent prospect in the political a flairs of the United. States, and the succeeding editor m particular, on the phasing du ty’he *vili have, in bearing testimony to the revived growth and re mi v ate d pros perity of this land of freedom, agricul-, ture and commerce, under the auspices j of an administration, that in its first step evinces a spirit of moderation, free from disiugenuousness, and a wisdom, that appearing to despise the cob-web arts of diplomacy, at once has met a frank atonement and a fair proposition, with an honest face and a cordial desire for reconcilement by honorable negotia tion. GEO: F. RANDOLPH. CEXTf.YEL OFFICE , 3 rdJune, 1809. THE undersigned ts kes the liberty of requesting the future patronage and support of the public in conducting this paper. He will essay to deserve their good opinion ->/ a steady adherence in politics to principles purely American ; in private disputes to forbearance and decency, and in business, to correctness and dispatch. These sheets have never yet been stained with any thing that honor could blush at, or virtue disap prove of. He pledges himself in these respects, that they shall still uphold that character. P.emote as lie is from the great scenes of politics and commerce, he lcels his duties not the less essential, although in a limited sphere. To amuse, inform & l protect, shall be his pleasure and his care. The seat of our general govern- I ment is not alone iliat of power nor of science. These independent states, confederated for external defence and internal peace, and m all other regards though unequal in size, numbers and wealth, yet co-equal in rights, must preserve within themselves those means t>f integral existence, necessary to give them due weight in the sovereignty of the nation. They must (acting from their own centre) each guard against the infringments of their sister states, and the encroachments of federal power, in order to effect a benign and social combination of the wh01e.... Amongst the means by which enslaved states have become free, and free ones -have been preserved, the Liberty of the Press stands pre-eminent.... Where vaunting, the scourge of popular tyranny, or the sword of despotism have ever prtvailed. The state of Georgia has shone conspi cuous in the ranks of freedom. She has often felt the pang of adversity.... and she has triumphed in the smiles of victory- She has been agitated by the collision of parties ; but she has grown from infancy to manhood, unimpaired by their convulsions. She has with otheis pined in the period of interdicted activity....she has risen superior to all these. The editor hails the present time, and repeats cordially the preced ing congratulations without the dread that they will be found irksome. Tile measures then that lie shall support, unequivocally will be those that tend to harmonize the general and stah; gov ernments. He views the latter as sub stantial parts of the constitutional fab- AUGUSTA, GKORGIA. lies, and the former as their cement and ornament. On public men and measures he shall freely comment, and whilst official public virtue received his aid, official public vice shall meet his animadversions. The open violator of our rights shall be corrected, and the insidious traitor detected, whenever the one affords the occasion, or the other an opening. In private controversies, his duty will compel him to be the ve hicle for public appeal; but he will strive to mollify. In tilt transaction of his business lit will vie with his co-tem poraries in obtaining and preserving a just proportion of the confidence of his fellow citizens, on the same terms his predecessor has done. The Columbian Cextikel will conti tie to be sent to present subscri- ■ bers as heretofore, unless otherwise directed. SAMUEL HAMMOND, Jun’r. 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 ;