The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-10-15
CHARLESTON. September %.


Yeherdav morning, at half paft one O'Clock,
departed this life, in the 10th year of his age,
that venerable and ancient folder and patriot of
South-Carolina MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM
MOULTRIE..
The following is fhort ketch of his If. -
Devoted from the early period of his manhood
to the honorable fervices of his country, whene.
yer her fafety and rights called her citizens TO
the field, he, above forty years ago, was vo.
lunteer with many refpeaable countrymen, in
the Cherokee war, under the command of the
then Britifh governor, WIN. Henry Lyttleton.
He afterwards went on another expedition A.
gainft thofe Indians, under the command of the
then colonel Montgomery, who commanded on
that location the Britifh forces.
Some years after that, he was captain of a
Hank company of provincial regiment of regu-
lars, RATED under the command of colonel Tho
mas Middleton, lieut.. colonel Henry Laurens,
and major John Moultrie, afterwards lieutenant
governor of Eaf-Florida) and which regiment
acted in conjunction with the Britifh forces in
another expedition againR that nation, and this
flank company and Britifh flank company,
with number of Mohawk, Chickafaw and Ca
tawba Indians, forming the advanced guard of
the army. In this expedition, the Cherokee
nation, then very powerful, were, after ferries
Of long and arduous fervice againft them, fevere.
" fcourged, and brought to peace honorable
to this country.
At the beginning of the American revolution
It's well known our general commanded, as COL
onel, the brave fecond regiment of this fate,
which, on the 2sth of June, l776, at Sullivan's
Hand, immortaized the honor of the American
character; and gained that fgnal victory over
the Britifh f1eet, commanded by Sir Peter Pa ker,
which was one of the harbingers of our glorious
independence.
In 1879, with detachment of Charlcfton yo-
lunteers, and detachment Of our Ancient Bat
talon of Charlefton Artillery, at the head of
| thefe teIloaV citizens he routed and gained a
complete victory over at lealt an equal number
of chofen Britih ligh. troors and artillery in an
open field fight near Beaufort.
His retreat this year, from Puryfburgh, (where
gen. Lincoln remained with the ref of the army
| to cover the country with chofen band ofcon-
tinentals, to throw them into the garrifon of
Charleftop TO fave it, and when the Britiff ar
my under Provoft was making rapid marches TO
attack and fubdue it, and the fuccefs with which
they got into town in time, and with which gen.
Provoit was disappointed and was obliged to
| make rapid retreat to Stono, forms no unin-
| terefing hftory of our generals fame.
In l7sohe was fecond in command in Charlef-
| ton during the fcge; he had the command
there of the lines and all the forts and battaries
| and, after our city surrendered, he was one of
thofe fent to Philadelphia by the Britifh.
In 1852, he returned to this city with his
| countrymen, and was often after chofen to the
honorable ftaton of governor of this ftate, by the
generous fuffrages of his couptrymen. But of
late, after all the warfare of this world, and a
life devoted to his countys fervice, the infirmi-
| ties Of age compelled him to feek the more
peaceful retreat of domefic life. Finding him
felf alfo approaching that boundary which we
all NUT pats, and from whence no traveller re-
turns, he reaed in patient hope of that repofe
which is TO be found in the bofom of bis Father
and his God.
AS a folder, he was emiaently brave--as
patriot, he was firm and iincere-and, as citi-
zen, he was focial and benevolent.
Hoao Reep tie brape ! H'bo fink TO reR
"Wffb all their eoaa.yy'S aOjGss 6isR." ..
Go, aged hero, and repofe thy head,
In peaceful Plumbers with the honor'd dead,
Go, gentle fpirit, and Attend above,
Go, dwell with Saints in everlaRing love-
Thy tolls now DER, thy debt of nature paid,
Receive this tribute TO thy facred made
Receive thy counry's honors and applaufe,
Thou patren of her rights Of freedoms eaufe.
| Go, join with kindred honors, kindred worth,
Departed worthless Of thy couutry's birth;
Go, reap with them everlafing crown,
Fair Heavens reward to virtue and renown.