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e again brought tip the-sccord thrown crjien, and discovered to thciraivTa brave fe’.low* evinced a great-secure the blessings of peace. Cat be
time, w Inn similar questions were view about three hundred soldiers, contempt of death. Alter the rop with those virtuouspropensitn s in the ly discussed upon their own merits,,
put to iIn m ns before, and Similar an-with muskets loaded, bayonets fixed was round his neck, he observed Jgreater body of the American peo-|and not jumbled together like an c./a
’ “ Fellow-prisoners, we have all sul
fered much, but iny sufferings will
Cat belligerents. L'-t '' cm be sc:
suers tnadec
and arrayed in two lines on the right
The i xaminations were thin taken and left of the prison door, facing in
by the lieutenant governor and judg
es to'Caraceas, where, as was under
stood, they were laid before a niili
tai v court, assembled for the pur
pose of pronouncing judgement.
T’hev remained under their considtfr-
ation for several days, before am
thing was determined upon.
During that time the prisoners re'
mainetl in confinement, suffering al
most every deprivation, and reflect
ing upon what would be their doom
borne were entirely indifferent, and
were willing to meet death, rather
than endure their situation. Emacia
ted, sick, and obliged to endure.filth,
bad air, and unwholesome food, ma
ny wase tired of life.
Oh. the 2Qth of July, about elever
o’clock in the morning, the prison
doors were thrown oped, which pre
atntcdtoour view a large bodv of
aimed soldiers, drawn up round the
prison door with muskets armed
towards us, loaded, cocked and bay
onets fixed. All expected instant
death. HoVvcver, we were ordered
cut, and placed in a line for march
ing , me souliers on each side with
rheir muskas pointed towards us.
There was little clanger of the prison
ers escaping, being in irons, and so
weak and emaciated as to be just a-
ble to walk.
They were then ordered to marc!
forward, which they did though slow
ly, as their ancles were still in irons.
In this situation they were marched
into a yard, walked round, and or
dered upon their knees ; fronted by
the soldiers at a little distance, with
tlitir muskets still tinned at ; thcm,
and ready to fire. Every -moment
tile word fire was expected.
Shortly appeared the interpreter,
accompanied by ope or two officers,
and two or three Roman Catholic
priest's. Ihe following person be
ing called—
Francis Farqtierson, Daniel Kemp
er, Charles Johnson, John Ferris,
IUiles,L. Hall, James Gardner, I'ho-
• was Uillopo, Thomas Donohue, Gus-
tavus A» Bergud, Paul T. Georg®.
The interpreter then read to them,
from a paper which he held in his
hand, the following serftence :
“ In the morning of to-morrow,
at G o’clock, you and each of you are
sentenced Co be hung by the neck un
til dead ; after which your heads are
•to be severed from your bodies, and
placed upon poles, and distributed in
public parts of the country.”
The following, persons were then
called, and sentenced to ten years
wards, and in a position of charged soon end. I die innoceht, and relief
bayonets. jwillccme from that source, (pointing
The prisoners, after being ordcredjto Miranda’s colours,) Miranda’s
to put on what clothes, (which wercarms will rid you of your chains
nothing more than a piece of shift,'ami triumgh ever voUr^onpressors.,..
and a pair of ragged pantaloons ;| When that shall happen remember to
some had not even those articles/avenge my death.” Then without
they were lashed together bv the el-|waiting for the executioner he junin-
bows, and placed in a line, between ing from the scaffold, r.r.d ended his
the soldiers, for marching. Tin-
ten prisoners to be executed, were
then brought out, and with their
hands lashed' first before, and with
white robes on, that extended from
the lowcrparu of their necks to their
heels, and white caps upon, their
heads, were placed in front. In front
of them were placed the three Catho
lic prisoners,attended by threepriests,
carrying in their hands the holy cross,
and accompanied with attendants
carrying the sacrcmcnt, tvax candles,
and other implements of the church.
In this situation, the prisoners, with
their iron upon their feet, marched
lowly along between the lines of sol
diers, out of the watls of the castle- to
the gallows.
Castle St. Philip is situated upon
a large, level space of ground, in the
harbor of porto Cavello, and separat
ed from the town by a narrow arm
of water. The walls are- nearly a
quarter of a mile in circumference :
about fourteen feet high, and about
thirteen,feet thick forming also tin
outward walls of the prison ; mount
ed with about fifty pieces of large
metal. Outside of the walls, and
fronting the town, is a large area, for
the purpose of exercising the soldiers,
8tc. Upon this spot, the gallows
was erected, being about forty rods
from the prison.
The gallows was about twenty
feet long and fifteen feet high, and
separated in the middle by a post,
making two divisions, and two pair
ol steps, one for the Roman Catholic
prisoners, as directed by the priests,
and the other for the Presbyterians,
or heretics, as they are called
whence it appeared that they could
separate their bodies, if they could
not their souls afterwards. About
pic, our flag has been shamefully podrida, as has hitherto been loo Ire-
prostituted to the most unworthy quetuly done.
purposes by a part of the commu-j Let not our complaints against
nity “ undeserving of tl>e American.Great Britain for the murder of
name.” Pearce, the impressment of our sea*
It was long since foreseen and pre-;men, and “ th- murderous aggres-
dicted by those who seriously inves siqn on the Chesapeake frigate,!*
tigated and paid due attention to thcihe overlooked in toe diplomatic*
subject, that in a war avowedly fotjtricks ol her ministers; nor let ill ;s®4
commerce, and carried on hv both crying wrongs, those living wrongs,
belligerents with the weapons of ex- be drowned by the injuries which we
existence at once.
Mr. Donohue, after his priest had
lelt him,observed : “ Fellow prison
ers, I wish you a final adieu; (then
pointing towards the Spaniards) these
bloodhounds will pay temfold lor this
ere long.”
Every one evinced a similar firm
ness ol mind, and met their fate with
an unchanged countenance, except
Mr. George, | a young man, trid
toe last one executed-; who, instead
ot acquiring resolution, bv the exam
ple ol intrepidity, which had been set
him by his companions, was dishear
tened
was leit alter life was extinguished
He sunk under the weighty thought
of encountering an unknown eterni
ty. He fainted just as he was about
to ascend the steps. After some ex
ertion he was brought to his recol
lection, and taken immediately to the
top ol the scaffold the ropes put round
his neck, and he swung off without
saying a word.
Alter they were all hung the ex
ecutioner began at the first one, cut
the rope and let him drop to the
ground, and passed on in the same
manner through the whole. The
lull, being some distance from the
ground, broke many of their limbs,
which piercing through the flesh,
presented a shocking sight to their
surviving countrymen. Each bodt
was then taken, and laid upon a bench,
with the head upon a block. The
negro, with a chopping knife, cut the
heads from their shoulders, and tak
ing them by the hair, held them up,
bleeding, to the view of the specta
tors. The rest were served in the
same manner.
Alter the scene of blood was fin
ished, Miranda’s colours were cut
down and triumphantly carried to a
have received from France—nor the
French burnings sequestiations and
edicts, be justified by the aggressionj.
of Great Britain.—Let us inquire scu
riously, whether it is absolutely no.
cessary to our national being, in tlv*
elusion and prohibition cf the pro
duce and manufactures of the coun
tries and colonies of each other, 1
without regard to the character of the
flag uuder which they were impor
ted, that the United States could not
reasonably expect for any consider-jlrit ol independent nations—ahd
able time to be suffered to carry on'whether it is practicable to resist
her usual commerce, St that in the end j the aggressions of both the bclligt-
we should he obliged to make our rents tit the same time. When \ye
choice of which belligerent we wouldjhave considered what we-pan do, un
trade with. The case and fate ofalljder all exigencies, then it is that we
neutrals was clearelv detcrmined|inav act. Let us consider the best
when in the first instance Great Bri-jmeuns of accomplishing the object,
tain declared her total contempt for Whether by active retaliation on our
by the shocking sight, which neutral rights, by her blockading or-part, or by once more withdrawing
; lt alter life was exiinirutshed. ^ ers * n Cfnmc >K the seizure of the,our commerce from the ocean, and
Danish fleet, and the conflagration [whilst we are cultivating our inox-
ot Copenhagen, and which was fol
lowed by the Beilin decree on the
part of Faance
The public is not perhaps aware
of the real circumstances in which just, may possibly render them my re
the incapacity, weakness, on incon-jharmlcss than they are at present,
sistency of the tenth and eleventh! This is a topic that claims the ,im-
congress have led us ; with all our,mediate and serious consideration of
experience before our eye* ; with all j every man in America who has the
the injuries which we had endured ; good of the country at heart.—We
with all our knowledge of the jealousvjare at this moment in a state of tin*
which our prosperity excited ; v.-ithjconditional submission, and if we.can
complete and entire knowledge of all.find any consolation in the reflection,
our efforts being ineffectual to assurejthat by submitting in the first instance
justice ; we have been led like ajto the anti-neutral orders in council
blind man to the edge of that preci- ( >f Great Britain, we are now al§o in
pice which it ought to have been ourisulimission to the other powers of
half way up the middle post, were
placed Miranda’s colours. Under-jliule distance ‘ from" the " gallows*!
neatn thciti lay the instruments of ’where were placed iti one pile, theuni-
war, taken from the schooners, toge-if orm coats& hatsof theofficers,their
thei with the militaiy coats, hats and 'commissions, arms, and implements
leathers of the officers. ol war, together with Miranda’s pro-
Bcmg ready to proceed to the ex-'clamatrons. Upon this pile the ex
ecution, the prisoners waited their lours were placed, and then set fire
fate with a composure ol mind thatto and burnt to ashes,
seemed to evince a reconciled consci-| Their heads afterwards were ta
ence. Not the least intimidated, theyiken, agreeable to the sentence, and
imprisonment, at hard labor, in tlu-discovered a firmness and resolutionidistributed to the different adjacent
Castle, of Omoa, near the bay of indicative of soldiers. public places. Three were put up
Mr. Farquarson being the first se-|at Laguira, two at Caraccas, two to
Iected to meet his fate, was led to Occoninnus, two at Valencia, and
the steps of the gallows by a negro one at Porto Cavello,—They were
1 londuras ; and after that time, to a-
Wait the king’s pleasure : t
John T. O’Sullivan, Henry Inger-
tioll, Jeremiah Powell, Thomas Gill,jslavf, who acted as the Jack-ketch of put into iron cages, prepared for that
John H. Sherman, John Edsall, Da
vid H- ckb- and Son. John Hays,
John Moore, Daniel M‘Kav John
III. Elliott, Bennett B. Vegus, Ro
bert Saunders, Peter Naulty.
The following persons were sen
tenced to the same punishment, for
the same length of time, at the Cas
tle of Porto Rico :
William W. Lippincott, Moses
Smith, John Burk, Matthew Buchan
an, Alexander Buchanan, John Par
ses, D avid Win'en, John Scottj
Stephen Burtis, Phineas Raymond,
Joseph Bonnctt, Eaton Burlingham,
James Grant, Frederick Riggus.
And the following persons were
sentenced to the same punishment, at
the Castle of Bocca Cliice, in Gar-
thagena, except their terms of servi
tvide were eight years instead of
ten.
. William Long, Benjamin Davis,
Toseph L. Heckle, Ilenrv Sperrv,
Rob ert Steavison, Benjamin Nichol
son, Samuel Price, Elery King,
the day, and for which lie was pro
mised his liberty. His irons were
then knocked off, and he led up to the
top of the scaffold, where he was seat
ed, fronting his fellow prisoners.
The ropes* being placed round his
neck, he rose upon his feet and took
a final farewell of his companions,
wishing them a better fate. The
negro then gave him a push from
the top of the scaffold, and launched
him into eternity. Immediately the
negro let himself down upon the
ropes, and seating himself upon thejof servitude,
shoulders, with his feet hanging upon
purpose, placed upon poles, which
were erected in conspicuous places
so as to strike the attention of the
people.
This horrid scene of death and but
chery being over, after having last
ed from 5 o’clock in the morning,
till about 1 o’clolk in the afternoon,
the remainder of the prisoners, with
heavy hearts, were returned to their
respective prisons, there to remain
till the Spaniards were ready to trans
port them to their respective places
haustible internal resources, suffer
the contending powers in Europe to
exhaust themselves into a state,
which, if it does not make them mo;
utmost care to avoid. We have nowjEurope—we may take it.
made our election ! Our commerce There is, however, no reason for
is confined to Great Britain, andjdcspair, though there is reason to
wc are excluded from all the rest ofjshed tears cf shame and anguish ;
Europe.
. we possess the means of redress if
But the period has not yet arrived ' ve Vv ’^* * JUt l,se t ^ cm * A few months
when we shall have most bitterly' to!" '^ °P en the eyes ol all parties to
lament the deplorable infatuation of| our ie:i * station. It will be fo^tnd
the 10th Congress, in raising the env
bargo. Our merchants, and through
them our farmes and planters, have
vet to feel the effects of our produce
being reduced in price below the ex-
pence of raising or of freightage by
glutted markets in England. Our
banks have yet to feell the effects of
being drained of solid specie, in order
to pay G. Britain the balance that
will next year be run against the U-
nited States, for English manufac
tures, which must be at least forty
millions of dollars. Our merchants,
manufacturers, and even owners of
real estate have yet to feel the effects
of the privation ol bank accommoda
tion, which must he the consequence
of the disappearance of specie. But
if the present state of things continue
to exist lor any considerable length
ol time, the commercial part of the
community particularly will have to
endure distress and privation ol
which they cannot at present form
any distinct conception.
In a more remote degree will our
farmers, planters and mechanics, frel
the effect of the present system ; for
the prosperity of one class of the
community very materially depends
on that of the other.
that the commerce which we $ow
have will prove more injurious to
the interests than if wc had none at
all. The cotton and tobacco plan j
ters, although they may have got rich
of their last crops at good prices, to
unwise speculators will not find a
market lor the next crops, and those
articles will, in a very short time be
lower than during the embargo.
Poverty is apt to bring men to their
senses, and universal distress will ex»
cite universal sympathy—Wc -may,
it is to he hoped, look forward to the
return of that state of the public
mind which is only necessary to a-
rise in order to resuscitate this na
tion, and to make us a great and res
pected people—and that is.
HARMONT.
FROM THE MIRROR OF THE TIMES.
Mr. Starnes,
I have seen with pleasure inserted
in your useful paper, the names of
Howell Cobb, Elijah Clarke^- and j
John Forsyth, as candidates for our
next Congressional representation.
I have known these gentlemen
from early youth, and hav
. ... - no hesi
tation in declaring them (in my con-
Under the present deplorable pros-‘ te P , ' on ) not only fully competent to
•. .. . . -the duties annexed to the high stati-
pect of our situation, let us, howe
ver, not despair.—We possess morei on » ^ ut firmly, and warmly attached
tile breast, IjMtthe breath outul thei t >°“”8 ™ an , w “ * •»"!> ample resources to secure to oor-j* 0 «“rpr M e 0 t excellent Aclminfetr.
body with hit. heels ; then jumping,* Portuguese. He left a wealthy selves, prosperity, happiness, and na-' ,io “-
down, caught the body by the fee,.land miserly parent, in consequence , iona i dignite, than JJ, country un-l An Old Elector..
ami pulled it towards one end of the;<*f being two severely restricted tnjder the cano'nv of Heave,,. •' '
gallows to make room for anotMer.'P^cumarv indulgence, and came to that U rrnme.n. u;. jr*;/*. ,, ~
In the same manner thev proceed- Ncw-York. After spending some ; n to irtinn u UF * nteeil Dollars lleWRI’d
ed to execute Mr. Billopp, Kemper,
liter which, they proceeded in a like' r »nda’s expedition flushed with the
manner to execute the three Roman 'dea of making a fortune at one
.. , . „ s i )enclm ff »wmc|,nto action, is to turn our hearts and
tune m a state ot idleness, and being * -
lease the public mind from foreign
trammels and influence ; to estimate
Bergud, Johnson, Hall, and Ferris ; short of money, he embarked in Mi-' • P on .°. ur own countr) to re-
Catholic prisoners, Gardner, Dono-
Hugh Smith, Daniel Newbury, Wil-jlme, and George, who were constant-
liam*Cartwright, Samuel T(.-wzier,lly attended by their priests. They
Will iam Boenside, Abraham Head,
J.unes Haytt, William Pride, Pom-
pt y Grant, George Ferguson, Ro
bert Rains.
'Those persons who were senten
ced to Omoa, were principal! v officers
and non-commissioned officers, un
der Miranda.—Those sente od d to
Porto Rico, were generally privates
nod mechanics. Those sentenced to
Bocca Chica, were generally seamen.
On the morning of the. 21st Julv.
:.boul six o’clock, the prisoners wert
xlai med hv the tied sc ot an assemble^
ol Spanish sr.klitrs at the door ol tin
were taken to the other part ol the
gallows, where they again received
the sucrement. Each one was ac
coinpanied to the top of the steps bv
his priest.
All of them, except one, had a few
words to address to their compan
ions, by the way of taking leave o
them. Bergud, a native of Poland.
POLITICAL.
* The Spaniards use two ropes i:
their manner of hanging : one some
thing smaller than the other, and ;
iVv inches shorter, which serves t
'weak the i.tvk, while the other sus
HE AURORA.
STATE OF OUR COMMERCE
That the people of the U. States
have been anxious to take no part in
the contest which has been so long
desolating Europe, and that the ex
ecutive branch of our governmet has,
it all times, csertecl all the power
•vhich they possessed to maintain :
lignified and impartial neutrality be
ween the contending powers, no per
•on we believe will be hardv enough
o deny. If this were to be qik's
ioned, it could be easily shown, hov
prison; \> uen presently the xloor war-tains the weight of the bodv.
mich even of national character, ;
ic* o* right, we have sacrificed t<
our country and our fellow citizens
who love their country, not by pre
judice, but by their virtues and thei
merits, & their capacity to serve their
country and society in their several
stations—in a word, to establish har
mony amongst ourselves, to the to
tal exclusion of any unmerited par
tiality in favor ot any foreign nation,
whatever.
In order to do this, amt while we
determine to discard all foreign in
terference in our political concerns,
let us not he so blind as to avoid look
,n S at ^ le state of our nation ;
let us keep constantly in sight the in
crests ol the country as a land mark ;
ior let us refuse to appreciate and
iiscrinrinate between the conduct
end the p'-:pos:tio;v ol each of the
Ranaway from*
the Subscriber, eg
the 11th instant, a
negro man, raniu*
:a DANIEL,
« about 25y ears old,
6.fect two or threv
nches high, yellow complected, and
remarkable thick lips. His left knee
is crooked, and a large scar on tht
left foot. He has been shot in the
right loot, from which the bones an
much injured. Whoever will deli
ver him to me, living in Twigg-'
county, or secure him in any jail,
so that I get him, shall receive th-
above reward.
Drury, W iliams
July is. as Jc.fi
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