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VOUVA«.V.
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New-Y ork, Oct. 2
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
By the Robert Fulton, capt
ri,i,e the editor? of the Mercantile Ad
vertiser have received Liverpool papers
to the litli, and London paper* to the e-
veninR of the 4th of September, with
Lloyd’s Lists to the same date.
The Colton Market wm extremely
dull at Liverpoel, ut the price quoted on
the first of the month.
All the last letters that we have seen,
express an apprehension that the harvest
is much injured by blight and mildew ;
and bread stuffs were consequently ad
vancing.
By the last advices received at Lon
don, it appears probable that a reconci
liation has taken place between Russia
and Turkey, the latter power it is said,
having acceded to all the terms of the ul
timatum proposed.
The Andromache frigate had arrived
in England from Lima with one million of
dollars, and having on board as passen
gers, Lady Cochrane, and the family of
the ex-viceroy. The intelligence is not
so late from Peru and Chili as has been
received here direct.
The King remained at Dublin. Ar
rangements to receive him on his return,
were making nt Portsmouth, where he
was expected about the 12th September.
The Stanmer packet from Lisbon, had
arrived in England, having on board the
Austrian, Russian and Prussian ministers
to Portugal. It is stated that they all
three li lt Lisbon in consequence of the
violence committed on the resi'h arc of
Baron Stunner, the Austrian charge d’
affaires, «lio«e windows were broken in
const quern «• of his refusing to illuminate
at the rejoicing at the time the news
was received of the King’s having sworn
to support the constitution. 'I he Cortes
has offered to punish the offenders if
they could be pointed out. The Baron
was unable to do this, and wrote to his
court fur instructions. He received or
der* to obtain some further satisfaction,
or to quit Lisbon. Why he was accom
panied by the Russian and Prussian min
isfers, is not explained, unless, being the
agents of the three powers which con
stitute the heads of the Holy Alliance,
they had made common cause.
Liverpool, Sept. 5.
Our Cotton Market continues dull, but
we expect an improvement in the de
mand ere long. The accounts of the
injury sustained by the new crop, if con
firmed, will have their effect on our mar
ket presently.
nave hurst their fetters? Grrc.ee will then
ofler you the advantages which you would
seek in vain (Vein tier ignorant and fero
cious op| iaM: rs. The ties of fraternity
ami kindness will forever unite the Grecians
and the American*—and our mutual inter
ests are such a* to strengthi n forever an al
liance founded on liberty and virtue.
Kalamata, .May Its,(June 8) itiit.
(Signed)—The rVlessenian Seiiateo/Ka-
lamata. Peter Mavromicha-
les, Commander iu Chief.
Such is the Proclamation issued from that
portion of the Morea, which has ever been
the least subjected to the Turkish Govern
ment. Tile little town of Kalamatr, stand
ing at the head of the micivnt Mrssenian
Gulf, and not far from the ruins of Messene,
is separated only by a brook tYoin the pro
vince of Mama. Of the assembly convened
at Kalamata, under the name of the Mcssen-
ian Senate, we have no satisfactory informa
tion ; the publication ofu Proclamation like
tills, and the mission of an authorised am
bassador to Paris, with hi* possession of the
confidence of the most respectable Greeks
in that city, seem to authorize us to attach
some importance to the character ol the
body in question. It may lie inferred, we
think from the Proclamation and the letter
from which we have given an extract, that
the Greeks despair of assistance from the
great Continental Powers in their neighbor
hood. We arc at a loss to undeistand that
part of the Proclamation, in which America
is said “to have sent her children to the
schools of Greere, where they had been
kindly received.” Nothing oicurs to us. to
which this can refer, unless it he the circum
stance that tile American Missionaries to Pa
lestine stopped at Scio, for the sake of ac
quiring the language of the Greeks and were
instructed by one of the ProfcssoRv iu the
Academy there.
f FROM THt BOSTON OAILV ADVERTISER, OST. 16.]
Proclamation of the Mrssenian Senate,
The following proclamation addressed by
4he Messaninn Senate at Kalamata, to the
citizens of the United States, has been sent
in the original Modern Greek and in
French translation, to a gentleman in this
town, with a request to have it published
and circulated in this country. The letter
in which the proclamation was forwarded
contains the following remarks.
“ Humanity is expecting its revival from
the New World. But, however your exam
ple may suffice to others, we in our present
•traits, need also your aid. How glorious
will it be to your country to co-operate in
the work of liberation of the Greeks, in
which the other powers have remained in
sensible to the voice of justice, piety and hu
inanity ! The glory alone of such a deed
would he an ample reward. But the Greeks
have never shown themselves ungrateful, or
wanting in the duty of acknowledgment.—
And as they formerly crowned the friendly
citirs with the crowns of gold, and honored
them with the precedence at tile assemblies
and games, so they will again honor and
crown their friends and allies.”
This letter is subscribed by P. Epitrs,
“deputy of the Grecian Generals,” and by
A.Koray, A. Bogorides, and N. Pikkolo.—
The tetter is in the hand writing of Koray—
and is written from Paris. The proclamati
on is as follows:
Citizens of the 17. States of America !
In taking the Resolution to live and die
for liberty, we feel ourselves drawn towards
you by a natural sympathy. It is among
you, that liberty has found her abode, ami
she is worshiped Ivy you as by our fathers.—
In invoking her name we invoke yours—feel
ing that in imitating you we imitate our own
ancestors, and that we shall show ourselves
worthy of them, in proportion as we resem
ble von.
Though separated from you, Americans,
by mighty oceans, we are drawn near to you
by your virtues. We feel you to be nearer
to us than the nations on our frontiers, and
we regard yon as friends, fellow-citizens and
brethren,.because you are just, benevolent
and generous. Just, fur youarefiec-—be
nevolent and generous, for your laws are the
laws of the gospel. Yonr freedom does not
rest on the slavery of other nations, nor your
happiness on their oppressions and woes.
On the contrary, free and prosperous your
selves, you wish that all men should paVtake
these blessings, and enjoy the rights which
naturp intended for all. It is yon, who first
asserted these rights, and you who have first
again recognized them, in restoring to the
oppressed Africans the character of men.—
It is your example which lias led Europe, to
ahn!i<h the shameful and cruel traffic in hu
man flesh—from you, that she learns tti
lessons of justice and 1 lie duty of refoiming
her absurd and sanguinary customs. This
glory, Americans, is exclusive^ yours, and
exalts you above all (he nations renowned
for good government and freedom.
It is now for you to perfect your glory, i
aiding us to purge Greece from the barbnri
ans, who for four centuries have polluted it
Purely, it is worthy of you to discharge the
duty of all civilized nations, in expelling ig
norance and barbarity from the native soil
of lhr arts and of freedom. You will not
imitate the culpable indifference, or rather
the long continued ingratitude of some l.u
rnpean nations. No—the country of Penn
of Franklin, and of Washington, cannot re
fuse her aid to the descendants of Phocion
-'Tirasybulus, Aratai and Philopamen.—
You have already evinced your confidence
in them, by sending yeur children to their
Schools. Vou know with what joy they
have hfen received, and the steady kindness
and attention of which they have been the
objects. If they have done this in bondage
what will not be their friendship and attach
-msnt to you, when by your aid they shall
IRELAND.
BLOODY ENGAGEMENT.
From the Limerick Ghronlcls of Aug. IB.
On Wednesday night upwards of two
hundred misguided wrelchr*, mostly
armed, many of them mounted on horse
back, and the entire dressed in white
shirts, surrounded the house of Mr.
Julin Ives, a lithe-proctor, at Inchi-
rourke, near Ashkcuton. After drag
ging him out of the house on the high
way, they proceeded to administer oaths,
prohibiting him from ever interfering
in tithe-l>usines9 ; and, while thus em
ployed, a party of Mr. Going’s Police,
consisting of seventeen sub-constables,
under the command of Thomas Doolun,
Esq. chief peace officer, approached the
house, having received private informa
lion in Ralhkeale that such proceedings
would take place during the night. On
being challenged by Mr. Doolan, and
commanded to surrender, they drew up
in regular line for battle, and immedi
ately commenced firing on the police, by
an order from their leader, in that dis
charge one of the police named Thomas
Maning was shot dead. Mr. Doolan
instantly ordered his party to fire in re
turn, which was quickly obeyed, and n
regular volley obliged the assailants to
break line, and disperse in all directions
A charge was then made by the police
who succeeded in taking three prison
ers, in full costume : two were also found
dead, similarly attired. A pursuit after
the fugitives took place, and many skir
mishes occurred, in which upwards of
sixty shots were fired by the police.
From every information that can be
collected, great numbers have been
wounded, and we are told, several dead
bodies are concealed in the neighbor
hood. Those found by the police, in the
first instance, were taken to Ralhkenle
where they were interred on Thursday
without coffins, in a large hole dug by
their companions, in a piece of waste
ground, near the guardhouse. The two
prisoners were compelled, by Mr. Go
ing, to perform all the offices at the hu
rial ; after digging the hole, they were
obliged to bear the bodies and place them
beneath, and afterwards to shake quick
lime plentifully over them. Another of
the gang died last night in a hut on the
mountain, where he had been removed
from the scene of action ; his name was
Moran, and was brother to one of th
prisoners in custody ; he was shot thro
the abdomen. Many more would hav
been ebot by the police, but after the
first volley the fellows all dismounted
and took shelter behind ther horses.—
The roads in the neighborhood of As
keaton present a most horrid appear
ance ; streams of blood in various parts
and the different gaps, across which the
wounded were borne away, are all be
smeared with blood. There were fif
teen horses brought into Rnthkenle, by
the police, upon which those wretche*
were mounted, but had deserted ; many
of them wpre dreadfully wounded,
considerable number of spits, old scythes
and some fire-arms, were brought into
Bnthkcale by the police. Mr. Doola
missed fire twice at the leader of the
gang, his pistol having got wet. He
very close to him at the time, and would
certainly have shot him deaJ, had the
pistol gone off. Before the police came
near Ives’s house, there were regul
sentinel* placed at different points, to
give the main body notice of any alarm.
When they were challenged, the,answer
was, “We arc Christians,” After the
volley fired by the police, the captain
or leader of the gang, who was attired in
a most conspicuous manner, with a white
dress, a cocked hat and feathers, endea
vored to rally his troops, but without
effect.
solicit n suspension of hostilities in con
sequence of the total rout ot his army.
There can he no doubt, that the account
given in the English papers ot the lall
of Lima, was correct. It was the natu
ral consequence of the victory achieved
by the army of Gen. San Marlin, and the
low ebb to which this event had reduced
(he affairs of the royalists.
Ministerial Extraordinary Gazette of Chili.
News from the Liberating Army ot Peru.
Santiago, H'edntsdoy, July f, IBJt.
A dispatch of Seuor Governor ol Y alpa-
raiso to the Minister of State of Home
Affairs.
It is half past four o’clock, and the
brig Catalina has just arrived. 1 he in
formation received by this vessel is as
follows :
Senor Governor—The British brig
Catharine, Robert Ramsay, master, is
now coming in ; she is from Moyendo,
in 10 days, her cargo is the same which
she took in ut Valparaiso. She brings
dispatches for the Commodore, contain
ing the intelligence that Lord Cochrane
had taken Moyendo on the 18th of June.
She carries three nnchofs, three cables,
and crew composed of 14 men.
(Signed) EGBERT VAN REUBEN.
District of Valparaiso, July 1st, 1821.
I have the honor to communicate this
to you for your information, and govern
ment, as well as that of the Supreme Di
rector,
God have you in his holy keeping,
iiC,
alparaiso. July the 1st, 1821.
(Signed) LUIS DF.LA CRUZ.
Jt.VOTfirR STATEMENT.
By the arrival yesterday ot the schr
brig, Catalina, the intelligence of Ge^
neral Kicafort’s rout had been confirmed.
he news just communicated is as fol
lows :
General Ricafort was completely ben
ten near l’asco by General Arnales after
very obstinate action, in which Rica
fort lost a leg & had a thigh broken by a
cannon ball, his horse falling dead under
him. The major part of his division la
ken prisoners, the number of the dead
and wounded great, and only a few sol
diers of horse officers got safe to Lima
is Excellency Gen. San Martin had
oncluded an armistice with the Viceroy
of Lima for 20 days, it having for object
to come to an agreement touching cer
.iin proposed arrangements, the result of
hich hail not as yet been satisfactorily
known. The invitation to the armistice
emanated from the Viceroy, in conse
quence of the destruction of General
Ricalort’s division.
I have the honor to transmit to your
Excellency, these particulars, in as much
ns they have a relation to your Excellen
cy, and that of'.he Supreme Director.
God preserve you many years, &c.
Valparaiso, July 2, 1821.
(Signed) LUIS DE LA CRUZ.
To the Minister of State,
Dr. D. Joachin de Eckevarria.
[The above account is objected to in
n northern print, on the ground that the
ntelligence from Jamaica, of the defeat
of San Martin is later. Of the two ac
counts, however, we are inclined to give
credence to that which comes direct, and
in an official shape, rather than to one
from a suspicious source, and which re
cent accounts give us good ground to be
lieve totally false.]—Georgian.
The general had sent some battalions
out ubout 10 days before, to oppose the
advance of the Patriots, and the whole,
or greater part of them had joined the
Falls, ll.i whole rmtlei of both Ibo wes- to October term, ar.d Tuesday list w. s
tern and northern canals are laid out and
under contract. About 70 miles of na
vigable canal will be added the present
Patriots, and were returning in arms a- year to the middle section item Monte-
gainst the city. Pour nights bpfore 1 zumato Uuca, a distance of 80 miles,
left, the whole garrison of Cinco Pontus, A flight of live locks, at the Little Falls,
to a man, had absconded, and what ap- is represented superior to any similar
peared remarkably droll, was the display work iu America, and in point ol neat
that was made nbout two days previous, execution and durability, may challenge
with a considerable troop of cavalry, the world. J'he northern canal was corn-
well mounted and accoutred, and while pleted the season past troin Lake Lliam-
on parade excited great interest io the plain to the Hudson river; the present
beholders, who considered them as the I season the excavation will be completed
bulwark of the city. When calling them to it* junction with the western canal,
toparaJethe following morning, they near Cohoes Falls. On the outskirts ot
had every soul taken French leave in the Albany, the point of termination, opera-
iglit, and had joined their countrymen lions hare commeuced tiy this time,
i arms without the city. The general! [Ba/t. vlmemaa.]
,ul caused all, or the greater part of the
European sailors belonging to the l’or- IMPORTA.\ V DECISIO.Y.
tuguesc ships in the port to be pressed, October Id, 1 B^.-CrcmtCourt U. States;
and had them deiog garrison duty. Lonsdale vs. iirowrn-Infills rase, Judge
About the hrst of September, a nigh I Washington decided, alter argument, and
dissention had taken place among the I holding the rase for some time under ad-
members of the council; when the ge- visement, that a Bill of Exchange drawn in
neral finding matters running to so high one State of the Union upon a person or
a pitch, had tendered his resignation, persons in another stale of the Union, is a
but the Royalists insisted on lus keeping \toreign Udl of Exchange.
his office ; aud on the culling of all the rR0M ^ MP08UCAW .
troops to arms, which was accordingly Oaths.—It has become so fashionable
done, and the troops all drawn up in the I nJ 80 cotnmon a rraC | ice t0 administer
great square betore the government I ^ lh#t a great |10rl|0n of , heir sanc .
house. I his caused an instant alarm all m gnd importancc ig | ogt in the care |ess
over the town, and lhe inha 1 ant> wer ®| a nd indifferent manner in which they are
busied in locking up their Negroes and adminigtered . 0 n the tria i of many cau .
securing their houses last shut. All ae8i no ma tter how trifling they may be,
then appeared hushed for a few hours, the Mme oath lg used> & the gaine imliffer
when lowarwds night the council broke I, jg ob8er vable. The taking of an
up, having displaced the most obnoxious oa , h „ golemn ftnd a „, fu | act . it „ cal .
ot the Europeans, and tilled their places , n the Qmmpotent God, to witness
with native members the governor L be truth of the declarations which are
kept his place and the troops wereorder- abo(Jt to be made . and it is iatended to
ed to their quarters, an• so endec t e I | >reven ^ 4| ie person who swears from ut-
revolution ofthat day without bloodshed. L ering what , |e know| to be false . |,
There were strong bodies oftroops pat- thig u Ule ob : ecti , hen , et , he mode of
rolling every night, and the night betore admm j g t er j n g be more solemn and im-
1 sailed, they were dragging cannon pregs j ve>
through the streets as our firemen do We Ca ‘ nnot (ha{ we ar<} (ia , t0
their Engines, but with greater noise , I j be practice of swearing oaths. Honest
and on my going ashore the following men wjil te „ (he lrutb> .. lhe whoIe tr()lhi
morning, 1 found they had planted sever- and nathlng fcUe b(ll the trulb> .. wilhotl ,
al heavy pieces of brass ordnance at each , he forrnaUty of .. k ; gsing tho book;”
of the bridges, to guard the passing and rogues are indifferent whether they
thereof. 1 here were rcin.orcements | are gworu or n0 ( t whilst (he careless
of troops hourly expected from Lisbon,
and were they once arrived, they might
help to keep the spirit of revolt at a dis
tance some time longer. But, at any
rate, it seems the people are determined
SOUTH AMERICA.
LATEST FROM LIMA.
Nr.w-YoRK, Oct. 1G.
We are indebted to the Editor of the
American, says the Advertiser, for a copy
of the Extraordinary Gazette of Chili,
from which we have translated the par
ticulars of an engagement betwixt the pa
triots and royalists, in which the latter
sustained a complete defeat. The en-
LVTEST FROM PERNAMBUCO.
We have been favored by Capt. Fox
with the follow ing interesting particulars
of events and transactions in and about
Pernambuco, at the latest dales. We
prefer his own narration to any mode
which we cynld present the intelligenc
ourselves.—Bait, rat
I.iuac Monroe, Esq. Editor Baltimore Patriot
Sir—Herewith you have the report
of the schooner Telegraph, direct from
Pernambuco, after a middling passage of
G days to land, and, a few hasty remarks
on the slate of the country while there,
and at the time of my leaving it.
1 sailed from thence on Sunday, 1 Gtli
September. While onshore that morning,
every thing appeared in confusion about
the town. Fear and dismay appeared
depicted on every countenance from the
anticipated effects of that day, arising
from the situation of the Patriot army
(only nine miles off) and their threats the
day before, in which they announced
their determination of hearing Mass that
day (Sunday) in the city, and to encour
age their troops to this exploit, had pro
mised them three days of uninterrupted
plunder and a chance of outrage on all
the European women in the place.—
This will remind you of “Booty and
Beauty" at New-Orleans. After all, 1
much doubt if the attempt was made.—
Every body knows what a heartless set
of wretches the Portuguese are in gene-
ral,.nnd how much more so a raw coun
try rabble, or in other word* the mobili
ty of the country ! However, should they
have made an attack, it would require
by far the greateet part of the Governor’s
disposable force to keep the city in awe,
and in case of an action, should he once
appear in public, there is oo doubt but
be with all his principal adherents would
be shot instantly. Then, indeed,
scene of carnage would ensue, cutting of
throats, slabbing, plunder, and rapine in
the highest degree.
During 28 days stay in the country, I
observed the people to have but little
confidence in each other; doubts and
mistrust appeared to be the ruling pas
sions, and even in almost every family
there appeared to be a division of poli
tical sentiments. One party being much
inclined to abide by the Liberal Consli
tution framed and adopted by the Cortes
and people of Portugal, yet the other
and by far the greatest part, are for a
free and independent self-government
or a government of their own choice.-
j Desertion to the enemy by the native
manner of administering oaths tends to
increase that indifference.
Wearo not fond of innovations, but we
would beg leave to suggest the following,
. . , as a better mode of coming at the truth
not to be governed by Europeans, ari4 ^ J than the one now in vogue. Let the
submit to be transported to Europe, to I swearing of oaths be abolished, and let
take their trial in the courts of t ortugal I j avvg wb ; cb are now ; n existence »•
and indeed it must go down very hard I ga j nf j perjuries, be changed into laws a-
with men of sensibility, as it did with our j |n8t Lot tbe , lar be pllnM hed
own forefathers, not to have the nrivi-1 w ^ b j| (e U ( mog ( severity ; and when a
lege of being tried in their own country, I wlloeg3 approaches the bar, let him be
and by a jury of their own countrymen. t0 , d to remember tke /„*, „ nd | et him f u |.
Soon after my arrival, there was be-lj y un d era t an( i what he has to expect in
tween 20 and 30 of the most respectable cage of being coavlcted 0 f f a u e hood.
citizens embarked in irons for Lisbon, I VVc make these suggestions, for the
there to be tried for their Jives, on ac- purpose 0 f drawing the attention of the
count of their republican sentiments. public to an important but much neglect-
But to keep the people quiet and pre-1 e( j gu bj ec t t it is our determination to
vent a reacue, ther* were large bodies recur t0 , t 8pce i]Uv. We shall attempt
of troop, patrolling the streets till the t0 prove, that it is better to enact and eu-
prisoner, were fairly shipped. ^ force several laws against liars, than to
Governor is most generally disliked, and I depr j ve oaths of their sanctity by admi-
indeed despised. He was a general 0 * nisteriog them carelessly, to persons up-
some celebrity under Lord Welhng/on, I on w h 0 m the present fashionable mode
and the European troops, oae and all, of do , it hag n0 effcc4-
are most firmly attached to him ; but he I __
has governed with such an iron sway,I IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT,
that the natives will never be at rest till j This practice has been condemned by two
he is cut off, root and branch. A few very different but equally eminent men.—
days before i arrived at Pernambuco, he I Dr. Johnson disapproved of it, k. Mr. Home
was shot one evening in the groin while Took* 1 declared that “ it operated as an illu-
passing one of the bridges, though n«tf°7 u 8at i s . fact j. ()n t0 ,h « injured.contributed
1 . J7 , . mi ’ if l . | to the rum of innocence as well as the tri-
mortally wounded. The man who shot I . of ^ an( , wag bencflrial tB none
him jumped over the bridge and waa j ^ jifarshals, Turnkeys, and Attorneys.”
drowned, and was found in a day or two
after. He was placed in an arm-chair i ^ RAT FERRETED OUT
by the side of the principal church, and I „ r . f . .. . . . !. .
J si l la j pa j • I We are informed, that owing to the cir
was there exhibited for two days in or- cum3lance of | elterg c „ ntain inE money hav
der that some person might lay claim to J ; n g bcPn of late frequently missed between
the corpse, but there was none to be this place and Raleigh—Mr. Shore, our Post-
found that would recognize it, I master, in order to And out the purloiner has
Let the scale turn as it will, the Bra- been induced to make some experiments up-
zils will be in an unsettled state for some <>" the honesty of certain of the offices in the
.. A | .l. I line—the last of which has been atlended
time to come ; and should the Patriots I wiJh the most com p lfte success. The office
gam their point in 1 ernambuco, the re- J a t Louisburg, N. C. managed by a young
volution w ill spread all over the conn- mi , n 0 f ( be name of Harwell, (a person of
try, from Maranbam to the River Plate, very respectable standing, a man of proper-
The brig Nymph, of Philadelphia, cap- ty, and a merchant) is proved to he the place
tain Wm. Philips, a very fast sailing ves-1 of those mishaps. Mr. Shore has been as
sel, had arrived in a short passage from P' r a » Louisburgh in P™. and has made
n a 1 ” , 4 - important discoveries, which he will make
Bahia, bringing reports that a revolution kn ' own to the public „ p arlicu | ar ma nner,
was on the point of breaking out in tnat r through the. medium of our next. Ilaswell
place. He will in all probability arrive S(lon after the developement, precipitately
in a very few days in Philadelphia, and quitted Louisburg—but has been traced ns
by him you may expect to hear whether far as Fayetteville—-Mr.fFox,one of the mail
the much expected grand entry took I contractors, entertained strong hopes of o-
place or not in Pernambuco, with other verta k ,n 5 bun. 1 etersburg Intel.
particulars, as capt. Philips, besides be- RalrioMN. C.) October 26.
mg fluent in tbe Portuguese language, is MML ROBBERY.—Thomas Haswell,
a man of very extensive information. I Deputy or assistant Post-Master, mid mcr-
This, 6ir, is all 1 have to observe, and chant of Louisburg, was committed to the
you will make what use of it you deem Jail of this city on Monday last, on a charge
proper. 1 am with respect, yours, &c. J of robbing the United States’ Mail. It ap-
RICHARD F. FOX.
gagement took place near l’asro, and im
mediately led to an armistice with the ...... ._ _ J
Viceroy of Lima, who was induced to I troops of the city, had taiken place daily
pears several packages, of letters have mis
carried between Petersburg and Raleigh
within a few months, and by a plan concert
ed by Mr. Shore, Post-Master at Petersburg,
and Mr. Smith, P M. at this place, each of
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. j the intermediate Post-Offices were tested.
The rapid advances now making bv 11 would, perhaps, he improper to go into a
the great state of New-York to complete H**" 1 of all the circumstances until after the
iu • ^ * a. : i« i r A I trial, which will probably take place lhe 12th
the important & useful internal improve- l f ^ mon , h- l Mr . H ; swe |,' was arn , sted
ment which must lor ages to come secure in Fayetteville, by Lark Fox. Esq. Mail Con-
to her citizens the greatest advantages, tractor, assisted by John McRae, Esq. Post-
are an example worthy the imitation of j Master at Fayetteville, who may truly be
her sisters of tbe Union. A notice of said to be a terror to Mail Robbers, as he
the works now under prosecution in that! ' la » arrested lour or five in the course of a
state enables us to present the following I years
statement for the information of our rea-.
ders, who will be surprised to learn, that I Amherst, (N. H.) Oct. 13.
upward* of nine thousand men have been I TRIAL FOR MURDER,
employed the greater part of the season,! On Tuesday last, Daniel Davis Far-
and are now stretching along the lines 1 mer was arraigned at the bar of the Su-
of the western and northern canals, viz : I perior Court sitting in this town, for his
about 5000 between Utica and Sche- trial on an indictment of the Grand In-
nectady ; 3500 beyond the Seneca river quest of this county, found against him
and 1500 od the northern canal. Tbe at the term of the Court nt Hopkin-
line of the western canal is principally ton in April last, for the murder of widow
excavated from twenty miles west of the Anna Ayer, of Goffstown—to which in-
Genesee river to the City of Schenecta- dictment the prisoner then plead not guil-
dy. Besides working parties on the line I ty, and put himself upon the country for
towards Albany, by the routes of Cohoes trial. His trial was at that lime put over
assigned by the court fur lus unsigr.-
meut. But on the opening of the court
it being found that a very material mt-
ness on the part ol the prisoner w«s ab
sent, and at a distance not possible Ibr
him to be present to give his evidence
on that day, the court postponed the trial
to the next day, to tbe disappointment of
a vast concourse of people wito had as
sembled to hear it.
On Wednesday morning, the court wai
opened ut 8 o’clock, in the meeting
house, which was immediately filled with
persons of all classes, ages, and sexes Y
This being the first trial for life, ever 1
occuring in this county, and the extraor
dinary atrocious circumstances of the
murder, had drawn many people and
from a great distance to attend it—and
it was computed by some that front 2 to
3000 persons were present through the
day. The prisoner was put to the bar
aud the trial commenced.
The principal witness, as to positive
facts against the prisoner, was Anna
Ayer, the daughter of the deceased, mur
dered woman, aged 14 years the first day
of April last. She testified that Farmer
came to their house on the night of the
4th April last, about 9 o’clock, and after
staying and talking with her mother some
time, and drinking rum with her, which
he had brought with him, he asked her
to go out at the door with him—that they
botli went out, and were gone out about
9 or 10 minutes, when .they both came
in together—that F. had a club in hi*
hand w hen he last came in, but not when
he first came in. The club was as large
a* a chuirpost, which he stood up against
the fire place, and than sat down and
talked with her mother. This conver
sation however, was not related by the
girl, nor is any thing known of what took
place while they were out doors. She
testifies that F. staid some time after
they came in—that she saw him put on
a pair of blue and white striped mittens
that he rose up from the chair, took the
club and said to her mother, “ I am go
ing to kill you, and then you may kill
me,” and instantly struck her with the
club on her head, and knocked her down
upon the floor—upon which the girl
screamed that he was killing her mother,,
and was making for the door, when he
also struck her with the club, and felled
her to the floor ; after which she knew
nothing of what transpired until her com
ing too—when the first thing she recol
lects was, seeing coals of fire about the
floor—Farmei not gone ; laid still ; saw
him throw the fire about—saw a pock
et-handkerchief and some clothes about
the floor were on fire—she was lying on
the floor not far from the bed and her
mother also on the floor, very near the
bed—both iu a different place from that
where they were knocked down. Far
mer staid but a few minutes after she
came too—heard him go out. After ha
was gone about long enough to have tra
velled half a mile, she crawled to the
door and fastened it with a nail, which
she drove in with an axe that stood be
hind the door, which Farmer did not
see. She then put out llie fire, with a
pot of beer—says there was water in the
pail and in a tub over night which was
emptied out. The first motion she saw
in her mother was her moving towards
tbe bed on her hands and feet; mother
got her hands on the bed, and she helped
her on. Saw no more of F. that night,
nor heard any person trying to get in-
found the door in the morning as she had
fastened it with the nail. When F,
came in, she and her mother were sew
ing—F. appeared good natured nnd so
ciable. Said he meant to go offifhe could
not settle with her. Drank rum three
times with her mother—never brought
any before—Had but a pint.
Although the girl knew nothing (being
insensible from the first blow) how tha
many wounds which were inflicted on
the head of her mother and on her own
head came, (both which were most bar
barously cut, bruised nnd mangled, and
to a degree that renders it wonderful that
either of them should have survived)—-
yet her testimony is positive as to the
facts against the prisoner thus far, and rs
fully corroborated and his guilt estab
lished by the most unequivocal circum
stantial evidence. Other witnesses tes
tified, that on going to the house of the
deceased, the morning after the attack,
they found her on the bed—moved the
clothes from her—she had a deep wound
on the right side of her head, 3 or 4 in
ches long, and one inch wide through the
skull bone, which was raised from the
membrane nearly an inch, and broken
uff about 3 inches in width. Her head
was cut in every direction on the bade
of it, and appeared as if there had been
ten wounds. Attending physicians be
lieved the wounds to be necessarily mor
tal—and that they were the cause of the
death of the woman.
It was testified that on approaching the
house, a stoue was found near the door,
with blood and hair on it; and appearan
ces of a person having been dragged
out—the hair on the stone comparing
with the girl’s hair—the door sill, cas
ing, and floor were bloody. The floor
had coals strewed on it, and was burned
in several places—in one so as to be a-
ble to see through into the cellar. That
there was found in the house a blut>
and white mitten, which was somewhat
scorched with embers, and had blood in
two or three places on it—which mitten
was afterwards tried on the hand of the
prisoner and it was found to fit him. It
was also proved that he confessed the
mitten to be Iris. That also a small iron
lire.-shovel was found on the floor, bent
and bloody—and a pair of tongs, broke,
with hair on the broken part—and a club
of maple wood, in four pieces, 2 1-2 feet
long, 1 1-2 inch thick. This is the sub
stance of the evidence es given by the.
witnesses on the part of the prosecution.
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