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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 BLANK DLKDS ELKO A N'T I Y PRINTED, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE