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J Lover's Lamentation.
"The following admirable burlesque of the
German Pantomim'ical tragi-comedy, is
extracted from Th- Hover*, a mock tra
gedy, published in a periodical print.
Scene a Prison. Song by Rogero iff Chain*.
Whene’er with haggard eyes I view
This dhngeoh which I’m totting in,
1 think, of those companions true,
Wl»o atuilied with roe at the U-,
Diversity of Gottingen-
Diversity of Gottingen
f i Veeps anti pvUs out’a Hue handkerchief
with ‘-which he -wipes his eyes,- gating ten
ilcrly at it he proceeds. J
Sweet ’kerchief, check’d with heavenly,
blue,
Which once my love sat knotting in'!
4las! Matilda tlieh was true,
At least 1 thought so, at the U-
Diversity of Gottingen.
' f.dt the conclusion of this Rogers clanks
his chains in concert.J
Barbs ! barbs ’- alas, how swift ye flew'.
Her neat post waggon trotting in.;.
\e bore Matilda from my View,
Forlorn I languish’d at the U
niversity in Gottingen. .
"This faded form ! this pallid hue 1
This blood -my veins is clotting in ;
My rears are many—they weretfdw
When first 1 entered at the U-
Diversity in Gottingen.
There first for thee my grew.
Sweet 1 sweet Matilda Pottingun!
Thou want the daughter of my tu
tor, law-professor at the U.
Diversity of Gottingen.
■ Son, moon, and thou vain world adieu!
The kings and pries!* are plotting In;
Here doomed to starve on water gru
el, never shall I see thee at the U
niversky of Gottingen.
Diversity, of (j/oltingen,
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V A.
The Snow Storm,
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!. v • . (concujwmi.)
•V’TU only from the beliefof the goednMt »nd wis
■4om of a Suprema Btiiijf, that our calamities eau be
. Ituiuc izi that manner waiujh becomes a mans’
Henry Mackenzie,
■y Hannah Lee Had’been a Servant for
more than six mouths—and it was jnot to
j' b« thought that yhe was not bcloVed in
her master’s family.- Soon after sbehad
left the hsuse, her master’s soir.-S’ yVflltir
' of about eighteen years, who had been
among ihe lulls, looking'after the sheep,
tame iiorne, and was disappointed to find,
• i that he.’had lost an opportunity,of accom
panying Hannah . part of the way to her
:V’ father’s cottage/ But the hour of eight
had gbnc by, and not even the company
' of young William Grieve, could induce
' the' kind heai ted daughter to ‘delay si
ting out on her journey, a few minutes
beyond the time promised to her parents.
” 1 do hot like the night,” said William
—“ there will be a fresh fall of snow soon,
or tli e witch of Glcrt Scrae in a liar, for a
snow cloud is hanging o’er the Birch-tree
‘ linn, and it may be down to the-Jilack-moss
as so 0 n as Hannah Lee.” So he called
■ his two sheep dogs, that hud taken their
place under th* long table before the
window, and set ouj, half in joy, half in
fe ir, to overtake Hannah, and see her safe
ly across the Black-moss.
The snow began to drift so fast, that be
fore he had reached the head of the Glen,
there was nothing to be seen but a little
bit of the wooden rail of the bridge a
• cross the Sauch-burn. William Grieve
was die most active shepherd in a large
pastoral parish—he had often passed the
night among the wintery hills for the sake
of a few sheep, and all the snow that ever
fell from Heaven would not have made
him turn back when Hannah Lee was be
fore him; an ’ us his terrified heart told
hi-is, in imminent clanger of being lost.
Av he advanced, he felt that it was no
longer a walk of love or friendship, for
, which he had been glad of an excuse
Heath stared him in the face, Sc his young
soul, now beginning to feel all the pas
•ions of youth, was filled with phrenzy.
He had seen Hannah every day—at tlie
fireside—td work —in the kirk—on hollf
> days—at ptavers—bringing supper to his
aged parents—smiling and singing about
i the house from morning till night. ' She
». had often brought his own meal to him a
niong die hills—and he now found that
though he had never talked to her about,
love, except smilingly .and playfully, that
, iie loved her beyond father or mother or
his own soul “ 1 will gave thee Hannah,”'
he cried witli a loud sob, “ or lie down
v , b-.side lilac in the snow—and we will die ,
together in our youth.” A wild whistling
wind wont by him, and the,snow-flakes
, whirled so fiercely round his head, that
he staggered on fora while in utter blind
ness He knew the path that Hannah
must have taken, and want forward shout
ing aloud, and stopping every twenty
yards to listen, for a voice. He scut his
well trained dogs over the snow in all di
rections —repeating to them her name,
Hannah Lpe,” that the dumb animals ‘
might, in their sagacity, knovy for whom
they were searching ; and as they looked
up in his face, and set off to scour the
moor, he almost believed that they knew
- his meaning, (and it is probable they did)
•an I were eager to find in her bewilder
ment the kind maiden by whose hand they
Jwd so often been fed.—Often went they
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off into the darknßA And a* often fetnm
ed, but their lookWdiowed that every
quest had been in vain. Meanwhile
snow' was of a fearful depth, and falling
without intermission or diminution limit
the young shepheftl been thus alone.
: walking across the moor oil his ordinary
• business, it is probable that he might h.«,
' been alarmed for his own safety— nay
that in spite of alibis strength and agility,
he might have sunk down beneath the in
clemency of the night and perished But
now the passion of his soul carried him
■ with supernatural strength along, and ex
tricated him from wreath ant pitfall. Stilj
there was no trace of poor Hannah Lee—
and one of his dogs at last came, close to
his feet, worn out entirely and afraid to
1 leavs its master —while the other was
i mute, and, as the shepherd -thought, pro
bably unable to force iu way out of some
hollow or through some floundering drift
Then he all at once knew that Hannah
Lee was dead—and ■dashed himself down
in the snoW iff a fit of passion. It was the
first time thal the youth had ever been
sorely tried—all Ins hidden and unconsci
ous loyc for the fair lost girl had flow ed
up from the bottom of his heart——and at
once, the sole object which had blessed
ins life and made him the happiest of, the
happy, w.i* taken aw iy and cruelly de
stroyed—so that sullen, wrathful, baffled,
1 and despairing, there he lay, cursing his
existence, and in too great agony to think
of prayer. “ Goa,” he then thought,
has forsaken me—and why should he
think on me* when he suffers one so good
and beautiful as Hannah to be frozen to
death.” Goff thought both if bin and
Hannah—and through his ml.fete mercy,
’ forgave the sinner in his wild turbulence
of passion. William Grieve had never
gone to bed without joining in prayer—
and he revered the Saffbath-day and kept
it hoyyv Much is forgiven so the human
heart by him who so fearfully framcd.it;
and God is not slow to pardon the love
which one human being hews to another,
in bis frailty; even though that love for get
, or arraign Ids own unsleeping providence.
Mis voice has told ns to love one another
—abd William loved Hannah in simplici
ty, innocence., and truth. That she should
perish was a thought so dreadful, that in
its agony, God seemed a rulhkss being—
“ blow—blow—blow—and drift us up for
ever—we cannot fie far assundcr —O Han
nah—Hannah—think ye not that the fear
ful God has forsaken us ?”
As the boy groaned these words pas
sionately’ through his quivering lips, there
was a sudden lowness in the air, and lie
heard the barking of his absent dog, while
the one’at his feet hurried off in the- di
rection of the sound, and soon loudly
joined tlie cry. It was not a bark of sur
prize—or anger—or fear—but of recogni
tion and hive. William sprung up from
his bed in the snow, and with his heart
knocking at his bosom even to sickness,
lie rushed headlong through ,tlie. drifts,
with a giant's strength, and fed down half
dead with joy and terror beside the body
of Hannah Lee.
Hut he soon recovered ft ora that fir, and
liftirg the cold corpse in his arms, he kiss
ed herfips, and her cheeks, alnd her fire
head, and her closed eyes, till, as he kept
gazing on her face-in utter.dcspair, her
head fell back on his shoulder; and k long
de.e.p sigh,came from her inmost I
“She is-yet ajive, thank God learnt as that
expression left ids lips, for the first time
that night, ; pang* of ty.unorSe : “I
said, O God, that thou hadstforsaken us—
I am not to be aaveu; but let noi
this maiden perish for the sake of her pa
rents, Who, have no other clfild.” The
distractedWoutii prayed to Gild with the
same calmest ness as; if he had 1 been be
seeching a fellow orcatirye, in idiose hand
n Jteiw ♦he'j.o yum *le;itli. The
presence iff the Great Being, tyaj felt, by
hiufTn the (lurk and howling 'wild, and
strength was Imparled ter him as tb a.de
’ live re IV lie tjoiyj along the fair child in
his arms, even as if she had be eh a lamb.
The snow-drift blew not—the wind fell
deal—a sort of glimmer like that of the
iipbreakirig and departing storm, gathered
about him—his’dogs barked, anil jumped
and burrowed joyfully in the snow—and
the youth, strong in sudden hope, ex
claimed, “ With.tlie blessing of God, who
has'not deserted us in our sore distress,
will I carry thee. Hannah, in my arms,
and lay the'down alive in the house of
thy father,” At this moment there were
no stars in Heaven, hut she opened her
dim blue eyes upon him in whose bosom
she wag unconsciously lying, and said, as
in ,a dream, “Send the ribbon that ties
up my hair, as a keepsake to William
Grieve.” “She thinks that she is on her
death bed* and forgets not the son of
her master, it is the voice of God that
tells me she will not now die, and that
under His grace, I shall be her deliverer.”.
The short lived rage of the storm was
soon over, .and William could attend to
the beloved beifig that rested on his bo
som The warmth of his heart seemed
to infuse life into hifr’s; and as he gently
place .I her feet on the snow, till he muf
fled her up in his plaid, as well as in her
own, she made an effort to stand, and with
extreme perplexity and "bewilderment
faintly enquired, where she vyas, and what,
catastrophe had befallen them? She was,
too weak so walk: and as her young mas
ter carried her along, she murmured, “O
Willjam! what if my father be in the
moor?—For if you vrhef need care so lit
tie about me, have cmne tiither", as I supt.
pose to save my life, you may be sure,
that my father sat not within doors dur
ing the stbrm. ” As ' she spoke it was
calm below, but the wind was still alive
in the upper air, and cloud, rack, mist
and sleet, were all driving about thosky
Outshone for a mbniem, the pallid and’
ghrtstly moon through a rent in the gloom
and by that uncertain light, came stag,
gcring forward the figure, of a man.—
“father—Father,” cried Hannah—and his
grey hairs were already on her cheek.
The barking of the dogs, and the shout
ing of the young Sflepherd had struck
his ear, as the sleep of destth' was steal
ing over him; and with the last effort of
benumbed nature, he'hid roused himself
from that fatal tofpor, and preVt through
tlie snow-wreath that had separated him
from his Cliild. As yet they knew not
of the danger which each had endured;
hut each judged of the other’s sufferings
from their own, and, father and daugh
ter regarded each other as, creatures
rescued, and- hardly yet rescued from
death.
Hut a few minutes ago, and the three
Human hemps whv loved each -ether so
well, and novr Ttare.l not to cross the
Hour, in safd ss were, as they thought, bn
their death ads. Deliverance now
shone upon, t fH like a gentle fire, dis
■ , .;
peJllr.g that pleasant anJ Kl/ Srowti- b
ness; and the old man wason ahle 4 to fi
assist William Grieve in (EMf '-fttliraah )»
hrdujfh the apow. Her W and hfr t
warmth returned—and hdfier, foa so
!»p might now be called, :J**icr bean j
■ently heating against hejdfe. * Fined f
nft that heart was with grille to Go 1, *
Joy in her deliverance, loyaher falhey, >
and pure'st affection for hamster’* son; 1
never before had .the iubfeK ‘nWideti i
known what Was Uappinetiamd never i
more was she to forget it-,The night <
was now almost calm, and ji\etdrnuig
to its former beauty—whetpe party saw
the first Iwinjdmgof the (urn ouglt the. ]
low window of tfe© pottage' the Moor -*•
They soon were <at the rden gate—r
<md to relieve the heart ojhe wife and
mo.her within, they and
cheerfully—naitibjjg««ch offer familiarly,
and laughing Uwwaen* like j(6!‘Sorts who.
had known^neither dasger,KW distress.
No voice auswer<4 Top wilh'in—no
footstep cat>e, to the mor, illicit stood o- ,
pen us when the'fathr had; left it in his
fear, and now he nought with affright
that his wife, she was, had been
unuhle to support te IcmeSness, and had
Followed hint hat Ho the night, never
to pe brought hop alive. As they bore
Hannah into the h«se, this fear gave way"
to worse, for upon the hard clay
door lay the motkr upwn her face, as if
murdered by so,nusavtge blow. She was
in the same dead/ swoon into which she
hail Fallen on hr Imbsnd’s departure
three hours befor. Ihe old man raised
her up, and hetpulse was still—so was
her heart—her face and sunken —
and her body cold us oe. “I have recov
ered adaughttr,” saidthe old man, 4% but
I have lostavrtfeff ;nd he carried her,
without a groMi, to tle bcd, oa which lie
laid her -limits* body. The sight «as too .
much for Hamah, vom out as she was,
and who bad hitherto been aVe to sup
port herself in the drightful estpectat am
of gladdening her Htbftter’a licirt by lie;
saFe arrival. She, /Qu, now mooned a
way, and, as she Wife placed flit the bed
beside her rnolheij it seerred, indeed,
that death, disappoiwdofhrsprev on the
wild moor, had seized it in the cottage,
and by the five-side, (The husband knelt
'down by the hed-sidei and hold his wife’s
icy hand in his, whie Wm. Grieve, ap
palled and awe.striften, hung over his
Hannah, and inward!’ implored God that
the night’s wildadmture might not have
so ghastly an end. (But Uannali’s young
heart soon began oige more to beat —and
soon as she came tflhcr recollection, site
rose up with a facejwhitor than ashes and
flee from all soups, aa if none had ev
er played there, ami joinfcd her father am
young master in their fcfforts to restore
her mother to life.
f ‘bit was the mercy of Goitbat hud struck
cr down to the earth, insensible to Hie
shrieking winds, and the (ears that would
otherwise have killed bet Three hours
(if that wild storm hud passed over her
head, and she heard notbng more than if
she had been asleep in a breathless night
of the summer dew. N</t even a dream
had touched her brain, an 4 when she o
'pened her eyes which, as tke thought, had
been but. a moment shut, ske Had scarcely
time to reerd to her recoUpction the im
age of her husband rushing out into the
-storm, aml-offtdavrglrerTlicrtiin lost, till
she beheld that very husband kneeling
tenderly by her bed-ride, and that very
daughter smoothing the pillow on which
her aching temples reclined. But she
knew from the wnitestcdfasi countenances
heforq'.lier that there had been tribulation
fend deliverance, and she (poked on the
beloved beings liiimsteffing by her bed, us
more fearfully dear,jtp her from ihe unim
agined dunger From wWp she felt assured
they had been ryscugtf py the arm of the
Almighty.
There isTi tL; need, to speak of return
iug recollection, wui' returning strength.
They had all now-power to weep, and
power to pray. The bihle had been lying
in its place ready for worship—;and the
father read aloud that chapter in.-which is
narrated our Saviour's act of miraculous
power, by which he saved Peter from the
sea. Soon as the solemn thoughts awa
kened by that act of mercy so similar to
that which had rescued themselves From,
death had subsided, anil they had all risen
up From prayer, they gathered themselves
in gratitude round the little table which
had stood so many hours spread—and ex
hausted nature was strengthened and res
tored by a frugal and simple meal parts,
ken of in silent thankfujaess—The wlicle
story of the night was then calmly reel,
ted—and when the mother heard how (.he
stripling had followed hep swpet Hannah
into the stenn, and borne her in his arms
through an hundred drifted h,eaps—and
then loking upon her in her pride,
so young, so innocent, aid so bcautiFul,
she knew, that were the child indeed to
become an orphan, there was one, who,
if there was either Hast in, nature, or
truth in religion, would guard and cher
ish her all.the days oflier life.
It was not nine o’clock when the storm
came down from Glen Scrae, upon the
Black moss, and now in a pause of silence
the clock struck twelve. Willi in tlv.se
three hours William and Hannah had led
a life of trouble and of joy, that had en
larged -and kindled their hearts within
them—and tlihy felt that henceforth they
were to live WhoTy for each other’s sake.
His love was (he proud and exulting love
of a deliverer, who, under Providence,
had saved from the frost and the snow
the innocence and tin; beauty of which,
his young passionate heart had been so
desperately edpmoured—tod he now
thought of his Wn Hannah Lee, ever
more moving abdit in his father’s house,
not as a servant, Wit as a vUughter— and
when soma few hrripy years had gone by,
Ids own most beautiful and most, loving
wife. The innoccu maiden still called
. him her young matter-—but was not a
slwraed of the holy' affection which she
had long felt for tha feailess youth on
Whose bosom she had thought herself dy
ing in that cold and (miserable moor.—
Her heart leaped within her when she
heard hep!parentsbfEssty!fqfo,sia name—
anff w’xm Ire tobk her hantjiinfo his be
fore the*.}, and vowed hefnfeethat Power
who had that night saved thain.lVom the
snow, that Hannah Lee shqilfl ere long
be his wedded wife—she wept and sob-'
bed as if her heart would bf«aV in a fit of
strange and insupportable happiness.
The young shepherd rose t( but them
farewell—“my father will 1 ink I am
lost,” said he, with a grave j nile, ‘ and
my Hannah’s mother knows what it is
to fear for a chihu” Sohothi ' was said
to detain him, and the family r ent with
him to the door. The ski smiled as
serenely as if a storm bud n 'er swept
a* '• •
before the sUrfe-the »oon va» alnkmgi .j
from her n*tridjan+n cloudless splendour,
xnd the tibllbw of the julU VV i
thatX)f heaven. Danger thhre* wak none
w»r the pMd night -scene—the happy
youth soon crossed the Black moss, now
perfectly still—and :perhaps, just as he (
was passing with a shudder of gratitude,. (
the very spot .where hia sweet Hannah
Lee had so nearly perished, she was lying
down to Sleep in her innocence, or dream .
ine of ot.e now dearer to herthaa'au on
earth but l\jt‘r parents. EKEMUS. ,
(JimONICLE.
’ I
Tri/tay jllorniiiff, June 24. 1830.
The release of the American pris-,.
. oners, slated in the correspondence be
tween Mr. Pousvtk, Minister Plenipoten
tiary of the United States at Madrid, and
Dojr tIcAM JaIIAT, the Spanish Minister
of State for Foreign Affairs is additional
evidence of that spirit of amity and good
■feeling, which w# bm heretofore look
ed upon as loading traits, net only in the
policy, but in the sincerity of the new con
stitutional government. It is an act of
clemency and, good will, Which, we have
no doubt will be properly appreciated—
With nations as with individuals, not
withstanding the cynical doctrine of po-
Utical Macb'uEval’s, we see no reason Why
acts of disinterested benevolence may nut
be as readily exercised, and as honest
ly reciprocated.
A letter has be->n received in town
from Washington, which states, that the
Spanish Messenger has brought no other
instructions, than -that the provisional
government of Spain has no authority to
act on the .subject «.f ilic I'reajy, and
they hope 1 hv* United Status will wait
until the Cortes assemble, and the govern
ment is regularly organized- The Cortes
will assemble the present month.
J}osion Fat.
KING OF SPAIN RUN OFF!
Captain Cnuncinii.,of the seb’r Jlfonree
of Portland, arrived at Pliiladelpliia on
the 9lh inst. in 13 days from Ste'Dav
tholomews, was boarded by a Spanish
sloop of war of 20 gutis, under the Cor
tes (lag, 25 days from Cadiz, who informs
him that the of Spain had tun off
I lO'France.
*, An advertisement from the London Phoe
p nix Fire Office states, that the loss occur
t ring in Savannah, by the great fire of Jan
, ury last, swept away every thing that had
been received for premiums during twelve
I years, and as much more.
CumißSToir, June 19.
j I.ATE
r From the Spanish Maine.
! By the British brig of war #"««/», w*
1 have some interesting portiouWs of the
‘ operations of the Patriots under Bouvati,
3 On the 2rth nit. a vessel arrived at
’ Kingston, from Carthagena, bringing in
■ telligence, that the Vice Hot, together
s with Col. Santa Cbuz, and several oth
er officers, had .hastily left that place iti
a sckoouciy bound t» St. .Tnigo de Cuba,
taking with theni about 20(),000 dollars
in specie. Their flight was occasioned
by the near approach of the whole Patriot
j army, which was advancing upon Caitha-
T gena and Santa Martha, in the form of a
crescent —the latter place must have fal
len into their hands before the sailing ol
the above vessel, but no official account
e of it had reached Jamaica.—Boliver had
i taken Manga, and one other important
J place in the rear of Carihagcna: in de
fence of which, the Uoyalist army suffer
' ed very severely. There was no hope
■ <tf defending Carthagena against the vie
torious army, as it was extremely desti
tute of the means of defence.
Don Rapuakz Ramirez had arrived at
Carthagena, from Havana, a short time
’ previous to the above events, with intelli
gcnce of the Constiiution of the Cories
' biiog received and adopted at Havana—
when lie was thrown into prison by the
s Vice Roy and Inquisitor General, for at
j tempting to dtHroy His Majesty’s Gov.
eminent.,
’ A Kingston Paper of the 23th tilt. Con
’ tabling all the particulars of the above
speculations, was unfortunately left cn
’ board the brig.
We learn by the fVatp, that it is very
sickly in most of the West India Islands.
( The public quiet was maintained at Ha
. vana, but private assassinations were very
, frequent; three pcisons having been thus
murdered in one night.
| Nine seamen from Georgetown, landed
’ vesterday from the Revenue Cutter, Gal
hftin, and taken up to the jail, by a dt.
taclnncnt from the City Guard. Captain
Mathews has brought with him gJ3SO
found in their possession. Tlieir names,
’ if correctly given in by themselves, are
JMichael Sommers, (sailmaker) of Haiti
i more; nomas Brush, (carpenter) of N.
Vork; David T.yte, an Englishman: Rob-
Johnson, do. Wm. Dav/suji, do. Samuel
Wright do. Hugh Dougherty , an Irishman;
John fVdson, a native of Dunkirk, and
John J\eil, (boy) of Alexandria, C.)
The Count de Menon, arrived at Wash
ingtnn on the Bth instl and was on the
subsequent day, presented by Mr. Rotb
to die Secretary of State, as Secretary of
the French Legation.-— Ckdr. Courier.
Congressional “ Composition .”—A state
ment ot tlie pi nfeasions «f the members of
tlie present Congress, made.£uu,hit a mem
ber.— 1
In Stnate —33 Lawyers; 1 Physician;
9 Planters and Farmers; and 1 -Mecha tic.
Jtt House of Representatives. —I6(J Law-,
vers; 1,1 Physicians; 63 Planters and Far/
nvers; 9 Merchants: and 2 Mechanics.
188 Representatives, 2 Delegates, 44
Senators A\ hole number of.members of
Congress, 233. From New England awl
New York, in the House of Representa
tives, 40 Lawyers. Whole number of
Representatives, from do. 68; Deduct
Lawyers, 40; other professions, 28.
_ ■ JTetiern Journtd.
•0
American Prisoner* lie- J
* leased. J
Washirotoh Citt, May I*.
It gives us great pleasure to lay before. |
our readers a . lute Correspohdei.ee he- (
iv'een Mr. Fohsvth, our Minister at Mad
rid, ami Don J.ua* Jab t, Acting Secre
tary of -State for Foreign Affairs, in rela
tion to citizens of the United States, who ,
h ive heels so long held in confinement in
different portions Os the Spanish domin
ions, for political reasons —to «liicli is udd-
I eel the translation of a Royal Decree tor
(he immediate liberation ol all these pu
soheri
Mr, Fdrsv’h, Minister Plenipotentiary' of
[''the United States at Madrid, to, Sr., Doiv
I ( Juan Jab-.it, Aating Minister of State lor
I Foreign Affairs. ■
Mauri's, March 31, 1820.
Si,i; On the 18th of May. 1819. I had
J the honor to transmit to the Marquis de
ICm Yvujo, ad interim--. Score' ary of‘State
) and-peapAtch, a representation in behalf
j of some Americans confined at Malaga.
J On the 3lsl of July, tasked the attention
j of his successor, Mr, Salmon, to
| subject. On the 2lst of September, 1
j presented to the Duke cf San FernMulo
I a statement, on the part of tVi An*ertcaa
| government, of all the person?, citizens,
J of the United States, who wore ’cnoivn to
j be in confinement in different portions of
j the Spanish dominions, with 1 a list af.it)eir
names. To this list I requested that Force
j other persons’,names might be add 'd, by
j a note ol the stl> of October. To nei
ther of those several application*, havc l
j* reifelve'd a reply. The recent and Very
| interesting events win ;i have occurred
j here lead me to hope, that a recurrence - to
j this subject may be useful. Having been
{ directed by the President of the United,
j States to use all the means in my power'
I for the restoration of the Americans con- -
I fined to their country %u<jl friends, I trust
[ that! shall be excused for bringing into
} view a subject of apparent ijy minor im
-1 jsorta.'»o. i*nave been unofficially in
{ formed, that the .Americans ;\> ho. were in
} confinement at Malaga have hocn'lllieiat'
1 cdj whether by an order ot {.his o«,«n-
I meid, o” by the spontaneous generosity
of the local, authorities, anticipating the
’•fneetkion set NfadHd,'*! kiioV not. _I per
-1 -made mvself, if His Majesty’s attention
j should, in the midfct'Ofthe Weighty con-
J cer.is that now occupy his royal mind, be
j recalled to tliis subject, that the same li-
I I hcral indulgence, vvouid be granted to all.
) ( A generous (prget-fulnCks- of past differen
- j bus of opinion among Spaniards has been
i j proclaimed and warmly recommended.
- J I should feel the heartfelt satisfac
sJ tion"if the sathe ‘ magnanimous policy
f 1 should be extended to my suffering coun
} trymen, without disci imination, Tlvose
] who are innocent would receive it grate
. J fully, since the culpable would partake of
. j its benefits,. I forbear to dilate on this
. j subject, referring you to what has .been
i J previously addressed to your produces
e sors, contenting myself with repeating,
| that speh an stet would produce the hap-
J piest effects on the future relations ol
-I. Spain ard the United States, two nations
j who have many common, fey' opposite in-
J teresis, and who Mve, at this moment, ir
j, the similarity and liberality of their in
stitutions, stronger inducements to draw
• near to each other, than aoy other twe
e | powers on the globe,.
1 I renew to you, Sir, the offering of my
t most sincere respect and perfect consider
-1 alien,
r _ JOHN FORSYTH
n, { Translation or a letter of Don Juan Jabat,
| Acting Minister of State for Foreign
s J Affairs, at Madrid, to the Minister Plea
1 I ipr.teivtjary of the United States.
• | Sip 1 have the satisfaction hi comma
l' j nicate to you, for the information of yout
a government, that the King of the Spains,
I- desirous to give to the United Slates ol
'f I America continued proofs of his friend
-1 ship for them, and of his wish to evince it
j more strongly, at a period, when, by the
f I principles of their respective govern
j ments, both people have more nearlv ap
’• J proximatedtoeaeh other, has resolved tc
e j set at liberty all the Americans, of the
J United States, made Prisoners within the
■ | Dominions of Spain, for having taken
part in the disturbances of His American
t | Colonies.
e His Majesty, in commanding me to
• make you this communication, has further
s charged me to express his hope that this
■ generous proceeding will be duly appre-
E elated by your governmentj and the ra
' ther, when the injuries resulting to Spain,
• from a conduct so unjustifiable, are taken
into consideration ; and that it will, in fa
• litre, exert its whole authority and influ.
2 ence to suppress every hostile or piratical
1 act derogatory to those’ principle's of
sound morality, which should form the
rule of conduct of all nations governed,
• as in the case of Spain and the United
States, by a constitution founded on wis
dom and justice.
• I hereupon rerew to-on .tjig assurance
of-my-lffghTrespeevVaud I pray God long
to preserve you.
• Madrid, 12th 1820. '• "
JUAN JA&AT,
(tRAXSLATIC.V.)
Copy of the Decree issued by His Majes
> tv for the liberation of such Americans,
of the United States, as have been made
prisoners for taking part with the Jn
■ surgcr.ts in America.
’• Most excellent Sir: The King having
been pleased to issue an act of pardon
| and oblivion, is dtairous of giving imme
diate effect tout by setting at liberty all
such Americans, of the United States, ns
have been made prisoners within his,do-,
minions fop having borne arms with the
insurgents • for having acted a* spies ; for
having been arrested without the requis
ite passports; i rdiaving aided and abetted,
directly or indirectly, the existing re nth
lion in his American possessions; and, in
fine, all suoh as hove not edmniifted the
crime* of robbery and assassination, or
who are confided forjust debts. Oircu-,
lar>‘letters to this effect are to be imme
diately despatched to all competent offi
,cers in America, in Spain, and in the gar
. risons abroad.
All which I communicate by Royal Or
der, for your information, and to serve the
needful purposes.
God preserve you many years.
■ i-„ • - , JUAN JABAT;
Palace, 13th April, 1820,
Mr. Fortyth to Senior Don Juan Jabat?
■ ' • ■ " MABHin, APRII. 12, 1820.
Six 1 have had ilia honor to receive
a »- •,
jnymg tpe
ike Spains bad detern.,^, ’H,
the Americana, pvi»„ lcr! ,1,
ilomi.iiuni, for S*
disturbances will) jj*
hasten ‘ to transmit tW 1
gence to the government of
who Will find in it ,n (f i
vent all violations of Una „ V<, H
confine itself at the ci«J
those disturbances.. Ui 3
pleasupel, shall peffcvnj't,.-* I ')*
well know jhis, act 6 f p, I 1
ty will be highly
American goionunam,
as the passage bf £
tween Spam nd the lh.it
evidence of the spirit of ttJ**
ship which is hereafter tLni
gulote the iniei-cmfree Letwcej a
rejrtir.e that the policy audth,
ces of his government h»fi
ifldulgewue of His Majesty’*
disposition towards my iu ff crm ?*
men. -
1. rime veto your Rtccll en „a
once ol my high sofjjecl and I
lion.' '
' , JOIINPOksp,
Mr. Forsyth to the Consuls ( ,f a.
Slates on the Sledi*imi*an,i ll j
MAOHlp.^iljV
Sir—l have' the
you, that the King of the Jai,,, a
ted all '■ he Amei icans. J
ent parts of the Spanish'iion,inil|
ing intermeddled in the distmbtJ
the Americans, to he liberuteA
you this information, tlmt y OQ ,
the earliest opportunity to
the Americans . who may be i,
ment inyour ncighborKood. At]
time, you are hereby anthorisedti
them, that the espensesof theij
: from the place of confinement to
Staffs, jviil f advanccddfiitta
the American government. Fori
pose, any adranceyou may mj,
repaid to yotj out ot the comina
of this Legation, or at the dept)
State in Washington,' at vonre
, J6ll\ FOB
If we TOly .Jwjge rvomthedti*
F-uglish Hmjse of Lord-, Y Si „
more Morning
sign is enti-rlained of j-eiaxii’g i
1 of their prohibitory system olp(
[ extract a passage from the spe
! Uarq-qia ofAausduwne, bearingi
' point;—
; «Another touched tips
! of great importhnD? r that which
to the commercial interests trfthe
‘ and he was plcasei.
. thing of a relaxation ju the pi
system was intended. In reguLt
£ was proposed on this jnrUfilit
some partial or indiviugil intom
f must unavoidably be cticolutetj
3 , should not be plated ih coiijni
n the general good, in the .co.- ltt(
tem of the country. Hehcji
. be oh an improved and penoi
J| dation. To effect this, heiiiy
,p courage and firmness wonlilbtn
9 - n cncpunteringtheotherdidini
country’, firmness, liowe«r,f(
n ty, he hopey, wouldnot hewn
legislatdire; and he (Loril
,v pledged himself, whenever lui
q a relaxation of cortunercial ffi
a gteat relaxation—was bre; •
he would lend it his utmostn
.. (Hear.)
The noble Xfar/piio U»<'*
Liverpool, who, it will bf k®«
- one of the ministry. On the
t the prohibitory duties, the nil
n ’ expresses himself;—
). “The noble pttdrquishadma
sion to the state ofoitr con|iM
i- speetto sonip prohilniorv lwt
V a considerable lime had beens
and which at present fortned
if our commcpcidi fiw; On this
I- great deal more might die
it would be consistent with 'he
e of that evening. He did ‘wl
k intend to enter’npon it. %
i. present, he would absuii J
o could assure their lordships
c matter in which he was by «>®
e. posed to enter on a proper«
n was one to which he anil ctli
n Majesty’s ministers had gb™
siderable degree of attentior
-0 “His own opinions upon it
r known to many mbst resprttso
s’ uals in the city, ami he s™
•- pared to declsre them 10
i- ships whenever u fit " c( *
i, ed. At ; the same tipnet he
n guard their loldship* and IS II
mediately concerned from *
. on five subject. As
il, good or more evil resulte '
f. -erktion of the'present system,,
f not now say; but, iP sr^ s ' , ’L
tbri gui-iCfaFp+inople? r«p,
1 did not differ front the wj
i- - tlsocgh they might not a§-
fior detail. Not<hatby ;
e convey that something ral K‘ l
r atid some alterations " l: S !l ,
■ but their lordships
was a subject which stiou
ed cboly'ond c!-.spafcit> na 1>
much should not be e*P
. first agitation-”
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DREADFUL COhTII
N*s uvrfjj,»
There i# * rer.oft in to«A =
been brought by: the Post
civil war is raging among
Indians—the report is rth
stantially as to entitle it to •
especially when connected * ‘
“which were previously » flo< ,
stated, that sometimea?o an
woman guspectad by * ,ine
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