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LATEST FROM SPAIN.
Frjrn the Dutton Gazette, a federal paper,
Boston, September 5.
On Saturday, arrived the fast sailing ship
nArituriut, captain Main, in 48 days from St.
Si ijas.ianN. Among the passengers in this
vi’.sp. ca.nr P. K. Livings on, esq. who is the
1> in ~i several seis of dispatches fiom the i
1 i government to our own. Mr. Living
s jji re; jits, that a few days before he sailed 1
In was it R-iyonne, where a private interview
took pli.ee between the French emperor and
hi iiheii; that on taking leave he was intrusted
by the emperor with a verbal message to the
jucsident of tile United States; but which he
was not now at liberty to communicate. It is
understood, however, that the French decrees,:
against neutral commerce, were not to be rc- ’
iaxed it present; of this we have ample evi
dence in the list of condemnations received
by this arrival. No American vessels had
been released under Murat’s decree.
li. general complexion ol affairs in Spain
is said by several of the passengers, to be
highly fluteiing; that n > doubts were entertain- ‘
ed of final success of the Spanish patriots; that !
the armies were filling up with gi eat alacrity ;
that arms and ammunition were continually ar
riving, and the collccte I torce, when arranged
and supplied with military stores, would far ex
ceed any force or body of men Bonaparte
c nil'l bring against the n ; at present, the steps
of the Spamaids were precautionary, although
in every instance, where they have been brought
into action, they have succeeded in repelling or
destroying theirenemies. I’lie following sum
in try picsenis a number oi instances of their
valour and intrepidity. It was furnished by
one of the passengers in die Arcturius, and
may be relied on as containing facts :
All the provinces in Spain are in a state of
revolution, and have actually declared war
against France, except Guipuscoa, Biscay,
Aluca and Navai re—these being so near and
immediately under the power of France, have
not as yet taken up arms ; but only wait for a
favorable moment to join in the oosnmon cause
—having the same seniiinen's as the other pro
vinces respecting France. However, many of
the inhabitants had gone to Sarragosa, and all
the soldiers of two regiments, which garrison
ed that town, with some of their officers, hav e
also deserted. This desertion was winked at’
by the Spanish commander. The French
troops under general Lefcbvre, who made re
peated attacks during 30 days on Sarragosa,
were always beaten with great loss. The
Spaniards fought on those occasions with un
heard of bravery ; and feel confident of suc
cess in their just cause.
Therte is but little doubt that general Du
pont, with about 17,000 men, who passed the’
mountain of Sierra Morena. towards Seville j
and Cadiz, has been entirely defeated at Cor- j
dova and Andujar. General Monccy, who went
against Valencia, has also been defeated.
In consequence ofthe disasters of the French,
a rendezvous of 17,000 men (l Tench) had aban
doned St. Andero,-after being in possession of
that town for some weeks. I lie French con
tinued in possession of Mach id, w hen the Arc
turius sailed, as well as of Vallodolid, Burgos,
Victoria, Pampeluna and St. Sebastian’s ; but
a considerable army bom Galicia and Andalu
sia, was said to be marching towards Madrid.
The lieutenant king, prince Murat, had return
ed to B lyonnc, ar.d left general Sava y in his
stead. Ihe new created king, Joseph Bona
parte, with most ofthe Spanish Grandees, and
the delegates with the new constitution, a copy
of which has been received by the Arctui ins, had
setjnmjfoi Vadik) ; they wee at St. Sabastian’s
on the 9th July, where their reception was as
cool as it possibly could he. Not a shout nor
cry in favor ofthe new king. Nothing was
done but what the authoiities were obliged to
do. It was doubtful if he would reach Madrid
tinder such unfavorable aspects. Most ofthe
Spanish ‘grandees did not hesit-ue to declare
to their ft lends, that what they had done was
furred on them ; that they should, on the first
occasion, join the patriots with thei’’ persons
and property.
lkdafox, the commander of the Spanish
troops which took tip arms against the French,
is unmarried! about 32 years of a,;c, youngest
ol three sons of a marquis of that tunic, a fami
ly distinguished in the annals of Spain ; he
v is a brigadier in the king’s body guard, and
vent with the young king Ferdinand the 7th
to Bayonne, vvhete, foreseeing what was to
pisr, he escaped to Sarragosa in Arragon, his
native town, and put himself at their head.
Although the citadel of Barcelona is in pos
session ofthe French, the province of Catalonia
is mostly under arms, and have had seveial
successful skirmishes.
There appears great mortality at Madrid
among the French soldiers, as w ell as deser
tion io the Spanish side. 1 lie French officers
have on various occasions expressed their dis
like and regret to march against the Spaniards,
in so unjust a cause. Almost all the French
troops, now in Spain and Portugal, supposed
about 100.000, arc young and of the last con
scriptions, and let the issue be wliat it may,
many cannot m all calculation return, or escape
f'om si mghter. AH the French at Oporto
have, with the general who is in the casile at
Ferro], sir rendered to the ; but
general Junot was at Lisbon at the last dates.
AH the proclamations of the provides are’
sv.um and spirited, declaring that Spaniards
v-ar not against the French people, but against
the tyrant and u-ieper.
Si ne dns out from St. Sebastian’s, passed
aco ..'v of 75 sail from o*k. with 10000
imps on l)".v'd, under general W elles.y—
"as It ~r a , „1 j ,p> ed ‘hey were bound to
j ‘ n the Spat, la tis and Pmtugucse against gen.
Junut.
PvvyEi.i'NA. June 29.
AheG? ‘*e “bt 2 li ..nominees hat the
French .■ > y !U sv VMOo.en. killed, since
its -nr .re intoth.it kingdom, independem of
wounded, prisoners and deserters, J'ho
te. he of the 24th assures, that ’tachment of
200 J rnen, who were marching towards Lpila,
and who indeed entered, were so completely
destroyed that there only remained 400 who
could flee. That of the 25th relates another
famous action in Sarragosa, whose result has
been so favorable that we aie assured that gen
eral Lefcbvre can have at the most only 2,500
men of the 12,000 who marched for that place
! and Lagrone. Indeed God protects our cause,
| since the Spainiards perform miracles never
known in a people so undisciplined. A courier
from general Lefevre has been intercepted, in
which he declares ta the emperor his want of
men, but requests all the kingdoms might be
declared already reduced to obedience. Not
withstanding this news, formidable trails of ar
tillery continue to leave this city, destined ior
Arragon, as well as bombs, &c.
j A letter of the 3d July, states that n Sarra
gosa, on the 26th ult. a shell from thi F'rench
camp fell in the square of St. Doming!, which
so enraged the inhabitants, they rusliel to the
field of battle, routed the enemy, pursuiig them
; seven leagues, and became mastes of 27
peices of cannon with all their buggag.
On the 28th, ‘29th and 30'h, there ws a vio- j
‘ lent cannonading, but the result is no known. !
’ A person however who came vestei du from P. ]
assures us that general Lefcbvre, win the few j
men left him, surrendered, and that he escort !
with provisions and ammunition, destined for
his camp, had been taken by the Arragonians
with 45 baggage waggons.
Gazette Extraordinary Sarragosa, Juhi 3.
The day before yesteday, (die Ist.) at mid
night, the French camp in the neighborhood
oi this capital began tte bombardment ol ihe
city, this was continue! till the evening of the
following day, in whici they expended more
than 1400 balls and shells. They attacked
some of liie gates, but the valor of the troops
and inhabitants who giardcd them, resisting a
galling lire, destroycdall v im presented them
selves, strewing the fold with the French bo
dies. In the eveningof the same day they con
tinued die attack with their infantry and artillery,
and were again repulsed with considerable loss.
At day break yesterday they renewed their at
tack on all sides, and after suffering great loss,
and convinced of the obstinacy and valour of
our troops, they retired, having suffered from a
fire of twelve hours. The shot and shells of
the enemy have not only done little damage,
but have served to excite a greater hatred to
them and impress us with the sacred duties of
religion and our country, of our honOr and our
king. [Here folio tvs a long list of promo!ions
A great many arms have fallen into our
hands, and among the slain have been iound
some of the ornaments s'olen from the churches
and houses of individuals. We have made
| many prisoners
| In all parts the French army has been routed,
j and intrigue and deceit are the ojily resources re
maining to save them from the total extirmina
tion with which they are menaced in Spain.
By an express which left Valencia on the
30;h of June, we receive officially the agreeable
news that the French army commanded by
general Mouncy, havii g jed that city on
the 23d ot the same month,* we received by
such a dreadful fire from thr Aeries, for the
space of seven hours, that tdk.r having been
routed and their bodies the ground in
the neighborhood, they precipitately abandon
ed the field, and in the utmost confusion, with
out provisions and without force took the road
to Madrid, in which the main body of the Va
lencian army is wailing to cut off their retreat,
so that not one of those who remain can escape.
We have also received, by the Courier of to
day, information, that the remains of the army
16,000 men, who entered Andalusia under the
command of general Dupont, has retreated to
Andujar, and that it is reduced to only 6.000;
that on ihe 22d of June they were within the
distance of two leagues from the first division
of the van-guard of the Spanish army ol that
kingdom, commanded by general Campigni,
and th the clay following it would tc joined
by the second division under the command
of general CastanoS, for the purpose of attack
ing and entirely destroying Dupont.
From the Boston Chronicle , a republican firint.
By the A ctuniis, capt. Maine, arrived here
onlSatuvday, in 48 days from St. Sebastian’s, we
were favored with a Bayonne paper ot July
lltli.
It appears that H. M. Joseph I. left Bayonne
on the 9th of July, for his capital ; that the 1
emperor his brother, had accompanied him as
far as Bidarte, with a most brilliant guard, in
which town the two monarchs embraced and
took leave of each other with the greatest ten
derness ; that H. C. M. slepi that night at St.
Sebastian’s, where he was received with the
greatest demonstrations of joy and respect.
The new constitution, a copy of which we
understand is received by this vessel, was de
finitively accepted the 30th of June, and sworn
to bv 11. C. M. and the deputies; the king
having previously to his oath addressed the as
sembly, to which they returned a loyal answer.
These documents we arc in hopes to have
translated for our next Chronicle.
The oath was administered by the archbi
stvp of Burgos, dressed in his pontifical robes,
attended by other dignitaries of the clergy.
The king having placed his hands upon the ho
’ lv evangelist, pronounced the form of oath that
follows, agreeably to the constitution : l -1 swear
upon the holy evangelist to respect and cause
to be respected our religion, to observe and
cause to be observed the constitution, to pre
serve the integrity and independence of Spain
and her possessions, to respect and cause to be
respected personal liberty and property, and to
govern only with a view to the interests, felici
ty and glory of the Spanish nation.”
l'l.e oath taken bv the archbishop, and dig
nita’ ies H the church, his attendants, president,
secretaries, office’s of the palace, deputies. See
TA- w.-.-. as follows: “ I swear fidelity to the
king- to the constitution and laws.”
I'hc assembly of deputies have ordered that
several kinds of medals should be struck off to
commemorate this event.
We understand further by the passengers,
that the king had safely arrived in Madrid:
that 70,000 more French tioops had entered
Spain, to subdue the southern provinces ; that
dispatches have been brought from our Charge
d’Aft'airs, at Madrid, for our government.
We have been particular in inquiring about
any movements among the powers of the north
or south of Europe, but could not learn any
thing material.
Among a great many respectable psssen
gers that have arrived in this vessel, we have
the satisfaction to announce the arrival of Ma
dam Moreau; and of .Messrs. Richard Sulli
van, Joseph Dorr, T. Wells, Doctor Bart
lett, Bcc. ,
The opinion of an intelligent passenger is,
that the mal-contents in Spain will not be long
able to withstand the powers and excellence of
the new constitution, accompanied with the af
fable and energetic character of the new
monarch.
The following is the speech that H. C. M.
Joseph Ist, pronounced on submitting the con
j stitution of Spain, which was unanimously
S adopted by the Spanish national assembly—
“ Gentlemen deputies,
“ I have wished to come in the midst of you
before you separate. Brought together by a
series of extraordinary events to which all na
tions have been subject at more or less distant
periods, and by the dispositions of my august
brother the emperor Napoleon, you have dis
played sentiments which arc those of the age.
You will fi ri the result of them stamped in the
constitutional act, which will lie read to you.
“With it will cease the long disasters of
Spain; disasteis which the secret uneasiness
that has for a long tittle agitated this nation,
gave but too much cause to apprehend. The
effervescence which yet prevails in some pro
vinces, will cea3e when the people shall know
that their religion, their independence and the
integrity of tlieir country are guaranteed; that
their roost precious rights are
and when they, shall see in these new institu
tions, the germ of the prosperity of their coun
try—blessings which the neighbouring nations
have obtained only by dint of bloodshed and
misfoi tunes.
“ Would to Heaven that all the Spaniards
were together here. One sole interest binds
them, and then they would have but one senti
ment. We should not see out selves under the
cruel necessity of losing any of those who, se
duced by foreign incitements, must see them
selves reduced by the force of arms!
“ The enemy of the continent hopes and ex
pects to deprive us of our colonies, by taking
advantage of the troubles which it excites in
Spam. For tins reason every good Spaniard
should open his eyes and cling round the throne.
We bring the act which establishes the recipro
cal rights and duties of the king ar.d the people.
If they are disposed to make the same sacrifi
ces that we are, Spain will before long be tran
quil and as happy in its interior as it will be
just and povveriul in its exterior.
“ We accept w ith the highest confidence this
contract at die feet ofthe Deity, who reads in
the innermost recesses of the hearts of men,
who disposes of thorn at his will, and who never
forsakes the man who loves his country and has
no other fear than that of his conscience.”
This speech being finished, his majesty de
livered the constitution to the president, who
handed it to one of the secretaries, and he hav
ing read it in an intelligible voice from the be
ginning to the end, the president put the ques
tion to the assembly, whether they accepted the
constitution, and all the members answered in
dividually, that they accepted of it; and then
the president answered the speech of his ma
jesty.
MILAN DECREE ENFORCED.
We have received by the Arcturius, three of
the first condemnations by the council of prizes
at Paris, of American vessels and cargoes, tak
en under the Milan decree ofthe 17Tt Decem
ber. The first on the Bth of June, (the first
sitting) is the brig George of Newburyport,
captain Bray, (late captain Hale) from Labra
dor to Bilboa, with fish and some oil, papers
endorsed by the British, and being far north,
and in want of previsions and water, put into
Falmouth for suplies; where the British go
vernment, seeing the unjustness of the en
’ dorsement, granted a pass for the original des
j dilation, and from further detention by the
British ships No duties were required or
j paid at Falmouth. A few miles from the en
j trance of Bilboa harbor, was taken by a French
i armed boat of Bayonne, and sent into St. Se
bastian’s, in Spain.
i The second is the brig Vengeance, of Salem,
, captain Ward Chipman, owned hy William
Giay, esq. condemned on the 15th June, (se
cond sitting) bound with a cargo of tobacco
from Norfolk, (from whence she sailed on the
4th of December) for Bilboa, was endorsed on
the 30th ofthe same month, by the Iris frigate,
; captain Tower. On the same night escaped,
and bore away for Bilboa. On the 6th Janu
j ary, came to an anchor, at St. Antonia ; lost an
‘ anchor, and run for Bilboa, and w [ as taken by
the same boat off the pot t of Bilboa on the 7th,
and sent into Passage, in Spain. The cargo
was w orth 180.000 dollars, at the time of con
• demnaticn—her cargo, consisting of about 180
bogheads of tobacco, would have brought one
dollar per pound.
The third is the ship Mars, of New-York,
Charles Henry, master, condemned on the 15th
of June, bound from Savannah, (from w hence
she sailed on the the 4th of January) for Lon
don, laden with rice and cotton. On the 4th
February, about lat. 49. 16. N. 11. W. was cap
tured by a French privateer of Rochelle, and
sent to Passage, in Spain. Captain 11. had not
his papers endorsed, nor did he see or speak
with any English or other vessel.
Captains Henry and Chipman came passen
gers in the Arcturius.
All the foregoing are facts, and may be de
pended upon.
It appears that after the date of the Milan
decree, and perhaps at the time of Mr. Chttrf.-
‘pagny’s letter to Mr. Armstrong, an order r.s
given to the council of prizes, not to proceed
on American cases—but soon after the ar
rival ofthe Osage, a counter order was given ;
and the three cited vessels were condemned,
with many others, at the first and second sit
tings ; being every Thursday, weekly. Most
of the valuable vessels condemned on those
days.
It was rumored that a suspension took plage
in the council of prizes ; but two gentlemen,
passengers in the Arcturius, saw a letter from
Paris the day before their sailing, to a French
gentleman at St. Sebastian’s, saying, that al
though it was supposed that the council would
not condemn anymore, yet since the 15th of
June, six more American vessels and cargoes
had been condemned.
Among other remarkable cases, one is wor
thy to be noticed. A Salem brig, the Hipsy Sc
Jane, was endorsed off the Cordovan on the 3d
December, escaped the vigilance of the Eng
lish, and run into Bayonne on the s:h, unload*
ded, and the captain went to Bordeaux, to con
sult, and sell his cargo. On the 25th of the
same month, the government seized vessel and
cargo under the Milan decree, ot the lsih De
cember, twelve days after the arrival of the
vessel in port, and will no doubt condemn her
valued at 60,000 dollars.— Boston Gazette.
Letter from Mr. Armstrong , to capts. Bray
and Chipman.
Paris, June 29.
Gentlemen —lt gives me much pain to in
form you, in answer to your letters of the 6th
instant, that on recurring to the proceedings*of
the council of prizes, I find your vessels and
cargoes have both been condemned—the .
on the Bth. and the other on the 15th inst.” one
reasons assigned for condemning the George,
are, “because having been stopped by a British,
cruizer, she was carried into Falmouth, from
which place she sailed with a king’s licence.”
For condemning the Vengeance, “ because she
had been visited by British ciuizers ”
It is the duty of the agent of prize causes, to
give you all necessary information on ibis sub
ject. Permit me therefore to refer you to him.
I am, gentlemen,, your obedient humble ser
vant, John Armstrong.
A gentleman who came passenger in the
Arcturius, in a letter to his friend in Philadel
phia, has copied the following address, deliv
ered by Napoleon Bonaparte to his Spanish jun
ta on leaving Bayonne.— United States Gazette.
“ I now intrust tri you your sovereign, and de
pend upon your exertions in the different pro
vinces to bring back the nation to their dutv.
Le peuple est un monstre qu’il fuut mus'eler.
[ The people is a monster that must be muzzled A
The means are in your hands. My armies and
treasures are at your service. Should I not
hear, before you reach Madrid, that tranquility
i3 restored, I will no longer temporize, but will
reduce you to subjugation, and treat you as a
conquered country.”
New -Oule ans, June 17.
A letter from Pensacola, directed by a weil
informed person to a gentleman ia this city,,
announces, that M. de St. S.mon, lieutenant
general in the service of Spain, has arrived, at
the Havanna in a felucca from Cadiz; he is
appointed viceroy of Mexico,
Already, (says the Lexington Kentucky Re
porter) has the embargo, or the injustice of
those which produced it, given such a spur to
domestic manufactures in the other states S3
well as in this, as will ensure to our farmers a
constant, demand for all the flax and hemp they
can grow. We have not as yet, made so great
a noise upon this subject, as some of the other
states in the union ; but we believe it to be a fact,
that in the course of three months, fourteen
manufactories for spinning and weaving hemp,
flax, and cotton, will be in operation in this
town ; which manifests a spirit of industry and
enterprize worthy of imitation. To the embar
go are we indebted in the highest degree, for
this growing prosperity, which is of more real
and permanent service, than millions expended
in foreign commerce.
Notice
To Defaulters of Tt:tx Returns for the
year, 1808.
Alexander Roe, esq. having deposited in
vnyOffice, the DIGEST for 1808 ; those who
have peglected to make their Returns to him
will please come forward as early as possible
Job T. Bolles, c. i. c. c. c.
July 21—86.
Five dollars reward
For apprehending Betty.
Ran-Away about the 25th ult. a negro WO
MAN called Bet tv. Site has very stout limbs ;
much pitted with the small pox ; complexion,
very black ; very thick bps, shews her under
teeth when she speaks, is* very talkative and
plausible ; about the common size ; a native of
Maryland, and about 30 years old. She majr
attempt to get to Augusta, as she has a husband
employed on board of one of the Augusta borits.
1 he above reward will be given for appre
hending Betty and delivering her to me, or se
curing her in any goal, so that I may get her.
Thomas Flint,
September C —t_t—lo6
Twenty Dollars Reward,
Will be paid for apprehending and*lodging
■n the jail of Savannah, Liberty Countv, or
Darien, the subscriber’s Mulatto Man, JOHN,
who left his place InMTntcsh County, on the
night of the 9th id*.—he is about 28 years of
age, 5 teet 6 incite . high, has two fore teeth
out. is intelligible and talks very fast—he is too
well known in Savannah, Coositwhatchie ar.d
C* **t'in, to n lengthy description ne
ce 9 : and one of the above places, it is pro •
babh-, he ‘ ill make for, or endeavor to get from
Suv t nil ah in some v. ,sel. Masters of vessels
are cautioned agains. harboring or siting hiru.
off.
James Pelot,
September 1a—163.