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ception €)t Keligion, even amongst tne
well-disposed, is that garment of sad
ness, in which people delight to suppose
her dressed; and that life of hard, pi
ning abstinence, which they pretend she
enjoins oh her disciples? And it were
well if this were only the misrepre
sentation of her declared enemies; but
unhappily, it is the too frequent mis
conception of her injudicious mends.
But such an overcharged picture is not
more unable t.3 lan it is unlike; for I
will venture to affirm, that Religion,
with all her beautiful and becoming
sanctity, imposes fewer sacrifices, not
only of rational, but of pleasurable en
joyment, than the uncontrolled domi
nion of anyone vice. Her service is
not only perfect safety, but perfect
freedom. She is not so tyranizing as
Passion, so exacting as the \Vorld, nor
so despotic as Fashion. Let us try the
case by a parallel, and examine it, not
as affecting our virtue, but our plea
sure. Does Religion forbid the cheer
ful enjoyments of life, as rigorously as
Avarice forbids them? Does she re
quire such sacrifices of our ease, as
Ambition; or such renunciations of our
quiet, as Pride? Does Devotion mur
der sleep, like Dissipation? Does she
destroy health, like Intemperance?
Does she annihilate Fortune, like Ga
ming? Does she embitter life like Dis
cord; or abridge it lifts duelling? Does
Religion impose more vigilance than
Suspicion; of half as many mortifica
tions as vanity? Vice has her martyrs;
and the most austere and ascetic (who
mistakes the Genius of Christiairfty al
most as her enemies) never tormented
himself with such cruel and causeless
severity, as that with which envy lace
rates her unhappy votaries. Wordly ho
nor obliges us to be at the trouble of re
senting injuries—but Religion spares
us that inconvenience, by commanding
us to forgive them; and by this injunc
tion, consults our happiness no less
han our virtue; for the torment of
:onstantly hating any, must be at least
:qual to the sin of it. If this estimate
me fairly made, then is the balance
■dearly on the side of Religion, even
In the article of pleasure.
1 Employment, —The wants of socie
ty rail for every man’s labor, and
Require various departments to be
Billed up—they require that some be ap
pointed to rule, others to obey—some
Bo defend society from danger, others
Bo maintain its internal order and peace
B-some to provide the conveniences of
Pfe, others to promote the improve-
Bnent of the mind—many to work, o-
Bhers to contrive and direct. In short,
Pvithin the. sphere of society, fliere is
Pmployment for every one; and in the
Bourse of these employments, many a
Pnoral and religious duty is to be per-
Bormed. No one is permitted to be a
Bnere blank in the world. No rank nor
■tation, no dignity of birth, or extent
Bt possession, exempts any man from
Bontributing his share to public utility
Bnd good j—This is the precept of God
B-this is the voice of nature.—This is
Biejust demand of the human race
Bpon one another.
Outrageous Affair!
From the Norfolk Beacon of June 4.
U. S. Frigate Congress, }
fl Hampton Road#, June 1, 1821.$
B Gentlemen, At the request of
Baptain Henley, as well as for my indi-
Bidual satisfaction, I enclose you a cor
■ect statement of the Massacre of the
Bth and loth October last, at Alanilla.
•y giving this a place in your paper,
B° u correct many errors that arose
■ om fnanner in which a former ac-
W)unt (forwarded bv lieut. Allen) was
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DARIEN A GAZETTE
ed from trees that had
J withstood fury gales for num
succeeded by a series of fine, clear,
though sultry weather. The flood im
mediately subsided, but the river still
remained swollen beyond its usual size,
and its waters continued, to flow disco
lored by particles of decomposed vege
table matter. The vapours that were
now continually rising from the dren
ched earth, combined with the free use
the poorer classes made of the river
water, soon produced disease. That
scourge of India, the Cholera Morbus,
made itsappearance among them,sprea
ding with incredible rapidity. The peo
ple became panic struck—almost every
person seized with this dreadful disor
der, died. A splendid Ball, which was
to have been giveri in honor of the new
Constitution, was, by order of the go
vernment, postponed; and a consulta
tion was called by the authorities to
decide upon the best method to check
the progress of this messenger of death.
A mixture of alcohol, laudanum and
gratis to the poor inhabitants, from the
shops of the apothecaries and houses
of persons pointed out for that pur
pose; this was accordingly done indis
criminately to all those who chose to
call for it: the people flocked with their
phials and cups to the appointed p!f b
ces; the medicine was delivered to
them, but not a question asked as it re
garded the age, constitution or disor
der of the patieiit. An infant, two days
old, with a complaint incidental to the
early Stage.of infancy,, would receive
the same dose of physic as would be
delivered for an adult lying on the
point of death with the cholera mor
bus. Those who fancied they had the
disorder, or wished to guard against it,
would procure and swallow the same
quantity and sort of medicing as those
dangerously ill.——Beneficial effects
were, no doubt felt from this in some
instances; but in others it was produc
tive of the most fatal consequences;
and upon the whole, I candidly believe,
occasioned much more harm than
good.
During this trying period, many of
the foreign gentlemen, that commer
ciaLand other pursuits had drawn to
this country, actuated by motives of
humanity, visited the sick, distributed
at their own expense, medicines pro
per to counteract the fatal tendency of
the disease, and in many instances, sa
ved whole families from its baneful ef
fects.
Taking advantage of the terror and
desperation of the moment, evil dispo
sed persons circulated among the poor
and ignorant inhabitants, reports, that
barrels of poison had been found in the
‘river; that the strangers had poisbned
the water—that every evening they
scattered venomous powder# in the air
—that the very atmosphere they brea
thed was poisoned—that the foreigners
were not affected themselves, as they <
possessed antidotes. These, and a
thousand other reports equally idle,
but of a like tendency, were firmly and
easily credited by the colored people
of Manilla, and its environs. An un- ;
fortunate event that transpired on the
morning of the 9th, served but too
strongly to confirm them in their opi
nions. A young French surgeon,
Mons. Godefoi, (who had rendered
himself very conspicuous by his li'u
mane attendance and visitation of the :
sick) had left a quantity of medicine
DARIEN, (Georgia,) SATURDAY, JUNE 23. (821.
happy to say, was win ..
The news of this atrociou*act soon
spread among the foreigners,-but the
person of the sufferer Vas not correctly
reported. It was generally believed
that I wa3 the unfortunate person.—
Captain Nichols, on hearing this, star
ted immediately to my assistance, lea
ving a short note to capt. Warrington,
and Mr, Wilson, informing tbemoi
the occurrence, and requesting Them
to follow him to St. Miguel’s. . Those
gentlemen received this soon , after,
when they proceeded towards the place
where I resided.’ In front of the apo
thecary’s shop in the Escalta, they -met
with the American consul (Mr. Stew
art) and cajSt. Ballston, of the English’
country ship Edward Stettrel; they in
formed him that Niches had fallen in
with Godefoi, the naturalist, who had
informed him of the attack on his bro -
ther; that both those gentlemen had
gone to the palace to demand protec
tion and assistance from the
while they were conversing, the two
gentlemen returned; they had seen the
governor, and all the. satisfaction they
could get from him was a promise that
he would “consider of it.”
The whole company (with the ex
ception of Stewart and Ballston) now
started to visit the wounded Godefoi.
A few moments after, Warrington
was called back by Stewart, and strong
ly advised not to proceed, but he had
determined; jumping into his ba
rouche, he ordered the coachman to
hurry forward and overtake his com
panions, (who were walking,) this he
was unable to do, for by the time he
was abreast the church of St. Gruz,
the mob, (that was momentarily in
creasing, and becoming more outrage
ous,) made several attempts to drag
him from the carriage; the driVer a
larmed, turned back, and before War
rington was aware of it, had re-crossed
the small bridge, stopping again at
the apothecaries, where he re-joined
Stewart and Ballston; in a few minutes
after the mob turned, coming'toward
them, shouting and making a great
noise; they could distinctly see Ni
chols, Wilson and Godefoi, whom they
were bringing along with them prison
ers; to escape themselves was now the
only resource; Stewart entered the
house of a Spanish merchant, where
he concealed himself; Warrington and
Ballston a house occupied by some
Persian merchants, who put them in
a back room.—They had scarcely en
tered, when they heard the Persees ex
claim, “they have cut poor Wilson in
the neck, and have murdered him.”—
Now, (exclaimed they) “they have
stabbed Nichols -in the back;” and a
moment after, “die Frenchman is
down, they are cutting him to pieces,
dragging him about like a dog.”
p This transaction took plate in front
of Mons. Guiilot’s house, (which stood
opposite that of the Persees,) they im
mediately attacked it. Guillot was at
the window; he was fired at by a ser
geant of the Spanish regulars, froqi
the street, and either killed or woun
ded; the house was immediately for
ced and plundered, Guillot cut to pie
ces, and his body dragged about the
streets. An Armenian gentleman, Mr.
Bapusl, who had long been a resident,
and was married in the country, twen
ty years before, escaped from the
house badly wounded.
Soon after this horrid affair, the go
vernnor arrived in the Escalta, where
the mangled and still Heeding corpses
of the unfortunate sufferers lay expo
sed to his view; when, instead of using
efficient measures, to check the pro-
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grew of the assassins, he -qnjy expostu-|.
late*.with them on me wickedness of
their proceeding*?, raade\iem still
to on J by Ae con-
It would have been supposed that the
massacre of these innocent men would
have satisfied the savage disposition of
the populace, but on the contrary, that
innate principle, that thirst for blood
and rapine, wphfoh a Laconian posses
sesfrom his cradle, was roused and gui-
the constitutional cowardice
they draw in their infancy from the
breasts of their mothers; thev rushed
on to murder the and glut
their Ferocious appetites with new
scenes of horror and atrocity.
The Persian merchants expecting
an attack on their house to follow that
of Guiilot’s, Warrington and Ballston
-were obliged to descend into the com
mon sewer, where they remained in all
mapner pf filth till night. They after
wards escaped in a close carriage to
the city.
The hotel for foreigners, kept by
Bernard JRaptleman, a German, who
held a commission as lieutenant in the
Spanish marine, was next; attacked
The mob, which had greatly increased,
filled the street on Which it- fronted.—
Hantleman went to the door in full uni
form, thinking they would respect him
as a Spanish officer; but he was de-
cut him down, left him
for dead and rushed over his body into
the house. At this Hime, fortunately,
there were only four gentlemen, (of
the numerous boarders,) at home, viz:
Foulon, Gautrin, Vose and Duperat.
Vose irpmediately leapt from a back
window into the yard of a Spaniard,
and concealed himself under a plat
form, between which, and the mud be
neath it, he could just force himself—
heye he lay till night, when, disguised
as an Indian, he ehtered the city. Du
perat was instantly butchered, his grey
’ hairs could not excite the pity of the
bloodhounds of Manilla; Foulon and
Gautrin were in the Same room, they
took leave of each other, the former
concealed himself under the bed, the
the latter covered himself with a mat.
The mob rushed into the room, disco
vered Foulon, and killed him by a
thousand wounds; but they did not per
ceive Gautrin. Shortly after they left
the room—all, except one villain, again
disappeared—this fellow, in searching
for any thing that might be left behind
worth taking, saw Gautrin, who imme
diately, (being a stout, powerful man)
knocked him down, though not before
he had given the alarm; the mob re
turned, when, with his fists only, this
gallant Frenchman fought his way
through the crowdj receiving, at every
step, dreadful wounds from the pikes,
knives and clubs of the assassins. Just
as he cleared the mob that were close
in pursuit, his sight failed, when he was
seized by a Spanish officer, who tied
hi? hands behind his back, led him to
the guard-house, where, shameful to
relate, he was put in irons by the Spa
nish officers, and the soldiery wished to
finish the work, but too dreadfully com
menced. He demanded a confessor,
while they sent out for one, Mr. Olere,
an officer of rank came in and humane
ly sent him to the hospital, and saved his
life from the brutality of the soldiery.
Eveiy article in the hotel was plunder
ed or destroyed—even the horses,
dogs, and other animals belonging to,
or in the service of foreigners, were
cut to pieces by these brave Luconians.
A simultaneous attack now com
menced on all the houses where fo
reigners were known to reside. The
house of Mons. Pasquet, in San Ga
briel’s, was immediately forced—here
Mons. Debar, was cut to pieces—Pas
quet escaped to a Spanish house ad
joining, and concealed himself. The
plunder of this house was immense,
of which g 26,000 was in specie, and
more than that amount of Indigo anfl
Nankins was thrown into the river, or
burnt in the streets.
At the house occupied by Messrs.
(Warrington, Nichols and Wilson, they
found no blood to shed, the servants
and a lad belonging to the Addison,
had escaped to adjoining houses; so
furious were they at this, that not an
article did they leave undestroyed—
even the ceiling and window frames
were hacked to pieces. Among the
papers destroyed in this house, were
the registers and other vouchers of the
ships Addison and Merope. “
Mr. Dunsfeldt’s house was assailed
about 2, p. m. That gentleman had un
fortunately invited .several friends to
Sv Sonie of them were in the house,
:ther with several. Frenchmen, who
Wt an adjoining house and entered
this forv safety. The dopr of this house
was very- strong, and resisted the ef
forts of thcNpob three hours. About
3, P, M. the yrovem’or don Mariana
Fernandez Folcfueras, M&nandez de
Godan, Fernand Reguero, Va
tea Florez , knight of several orders,
~(I write his name at large, to as
sjsti .far as lie% in my power? in han
di% it down to the infamy he deserves)
arrived With ;a guard of infantry, be
sides his usual tfckly guard of cavalry,
in front of this house, fie begged the
I populace to desist and tfrtire to their
homes, but he was hooted at,* and soifie
of the .mob even threatened him with
their pines. When, instead of order
ing his troops to disperse the assailants,
which one discharge of small arms
would have done effectually, he snea
ked off, leaving the unfortunate gentle
men to their fates. This pusillanimous
conduct of the old wretch, can neither
be excused nor palliated in the least
point, as it is a notorious fact, that at
this time there were frpm 4 to 5,000
regular troops quartered witnin a ttw
furlongs distance, that might have been
brought forward to his assistance in 15
minutes, and yet it was near two, hours
after this, before the mob were enabled
to force the door with large pieces of
timber, brought from some distance
for the purpose. Every person in the
house was immediately massacred—
their bodies cut and mangled in such a
manner as not to be distinguished, were
thrown from the windows, dragged
through the streets, the mob piercing
and jumping on them, till they lost all
appearance of their ever having been
human beings. The headofShaffalitzki
was cut off and kicked about the street.
—ln this house, A. Shaffalitzki, T.
Dunsfieldt, Mons. Estoup, Mons. Ar
naud, Monsieur* Martin and Justin, a
French lad, belonging to V. Alexan
dre, and a French cook, Joseph, were
murdered.
Thus perished eight persons, whose
lives, with those of the unfortunate
Nichols and his companions, might
have been easily preserved by the go
vernor o! Manilla, whose duty it was
to protect them, but who on the con
trary left them to swell the catalogue
of the murders of this day of blood.—
On the head of this man must rest the
blood of these unfortunate men, every*?
drop of which rises in-testimony against
him, and cries aloud for retribution on
the wretch who suffered it to be shed,
either through Cowardice or Inclina
tion. •
.The house of the Russian consul
general, P. Dobell, esq. was attacked
at i, P. M. by a detachment of the
mob from the Escalta, after the but
chery of Nichols & Cos. Fortunately
the consul and his family were at Ma
coa, with the exception of his nephew
Mr. James Bennett: at this house I re
sided. Several of the police officers
of this Pueblo, (San Myguel) came to
the door, and advised Mr. B. to open it,
promising to protect him; this was ac
cordingly done, the mob rushing in
with the officers, but from the room
we were in, they succeeded for a short
time in keeping them, but from tame
to time, several of them entered. The
officers rallied round Bennett, and I
was driven from the windows of the
second story,; at the point of their
knives; from the yard I had immedi
ately to swim the river, amid a shower
of stones and clubs—landing at the
gate of a large distillery on the oppo
site side, which was shut. I had to
.scale a wail 15 or 20 feet high; no
sooner had I shewn myself on the top
of which, when I was attacked by the
workman of the distillery, and knock
ed s>ff the wail by clubs—fell into the
yard and was made prisoner. Previous
to the opening of the door to the mob,
Mr. B. and myself had stripped to our
flannels, to swim the river, intending to
ask advice of'an Armenian merchant
who lived on the opposite bank, but al
tered our minds. I had no opportunity
to dress myself, and consequently had
a flannel shirt on when taken.—
My arms were lashed behind me with
cords, drawn so tight as to complete
ly stop the circulation of the blood,
and soon became excessively painful.
They now put me into a canoe, and re
crossed the river. As I passed the
house, I saw my property had been
thrown from the windows, and what
the mob could not carry away, lay hi a
pile in the street, loi'cther with the
poor major-domo of the house, (whoip
the assassins had driven from the win*
M. 34.