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A PROCLAMATION.
FvR .i i.'.i ti Tub tie 7 a ax r ■ ;;mtar*AiXE
AND i'A* Veit.
T|!ft Ominip t*”nt Father of the
Un-vt tie,btin”, t»J all times & through
out alt t.’rc *i n the adocab’e Ohjeift
of his Gestures i and the People of
t!iis State in the tevolving year being
under mexpreihb c obligation* to hint
lor the profulion of his bhfiings—
They are called on by every lirniu of
duty and . ratitmle, devoutly to rever
ence and worlh’p the Supreme Ma
jefty of Heaven and of Earth, peni
tently ter coofcls the r tnanilo'd fins
& iniqu ties,& humbly to implore his
pardon bis d’vine amftance, an ! the
continuance of Irs mercy and benefi
cence. Influenced by tiiefe io pref
fion% and by the laudable example,
on timilar occa tior.s, of our pious an
reftors—
l iio, fcy and with the advice and
conRnt of the Council,appoint Thurf
div tie twenty-ninth day of November
next, to be a day of public Fhinks
giving, praife and prayer, throughout
this Commonwealth—And the Min
ifters, and People therein, of every
religious denomination, are called oil
and requeued, to meet on that day,
that with one heart and voice, we,
n ay proftrate ourfeives at the throne
o heavenly grace, and prelent to our
Great Benefactor, tincere and un
feigned thanks, for his infinite good
neis and mercy towards us, from our
€irt;i to the prcicnt moment: ror
having, above ail things, ihumined
ns by the Gofpel of Jclus Cbrill, pre
fcnting to our view the happy proi
pc<ft of a blefi:d immortality—For
hiving infpired our forefathers with
civil and religious principles, which
enabled them to brave every danger,
to fubduc a lavage V» ild, a World of
itfed, and to convert it into a thrif
tiad land the lafl retort, at this event
ful period, of ineftimable liberty — For
rftabli foment of a federal and of tlate
Conftitutionf, which du!y aJminif
tered under providence, cannot fail
of making this Country the admira
tion of mantand— lor hawng from
time to time favored us with an able
jtrul patriotic National Government,
and for the happy profpe£ls we now
enjoy, under our upright, wife, and
mud federal adminiftration—For the
continuance of that great national
blefling, Peace,by which this Country
is rapidly progrefling to the highell
grade of pohticai happinefs and inde
pendence, while of late many nations
have fallen, and others are on the eve
of being alf»», victims to unavoidable
ctn;fli£ls; For the patriotic and mar
tial fpirit winch animates the MiH
tia, that great and foie palladium of
bberry, to be prepared, at this danger
ous crilis. and on all occalions for na
tional defence—For the remarkable
prevalence of health among us—For
the und:fturbed enjoyment ot our civil
and (religious rights, and for the daily
increaft*, in the #erc>fe of both, of
Hiat liberality and toleration, which
are ever the refult of vnfllom and
magnanimity—For the fupport and
fuccefs of cur Colfeges and other lit
erary eftabhfhment3, fo efientiat to
the welfare and happinefs of Society
— For the fmilcs of Providence on
our husbandmen, the great and effi
cient caufc of the plentiful fruits of
their labour and induftry—For the
happy proipe& of the return of com
merce to her wonted lucrative chan
nels—For the revival of our filheries
_For the increafe of our manufac
tures-—And for inumerable other
biefiings, which we experience every
moment of our evidence.
And contemplating the infinite'
power and wifdom of that being who
has created and preicribed unerring!
rules for the fupport & government of
the cclcftrai,thc moral, & the phfiicah
world; who has endowed us with rei-j
ion which prefenis to our view every
ft.ir that adorns the finr.anent as the
fun and center of a revolving fyftem ;:
who enables us to difeover rhat man j
and every %ea:ure, however minute,!
are organized d: formed in a wonder
ful manner for preferving life, and
for the continuance of their ipecics,
and that the earth, by a like order of
Miyre, invariably produces for every
hviug thing fubfiftencc during every
JUOUU'QT of Its exigence ; contem
plating thefe and iimilar objects, may
we fall proftrate before chat infinite
.n ; lu.o.ti ci*.ilx Be'or, icai-zt
| \ - , * C''
rhnt in hi* pretence we are incompara
t biylck than ti.e ImalieSk infefks, anJ
j implore h:s pardon tor the prelump
» tion of add rt fling him, but t*ncourag
rd by t ie interteflion of a Saviour,
' may we fervently pray that he wilt
continue to vs the many bleiKngs we
enjoy—That ne wdl Ipread far and
wide ihe benign influence of the Go(
pe:, 1 hat he will enlighten, aid and
render fuccetsful the national and
flate rulers in each department of
Government, our ptcus teachers and
j the people, in the ddcharge of their
feveral duties, That our commercial
concerns, and fdhrries may be reftor
ed to their former flounthing (hue,
j That man born to be the friend,
may no iongerbe the deftroyer of his
: fpccies, That philanthropic may
every where triumph over op prt fit on;
and that War, the great Icourgc of
humanity, and its prevailing caule,
Tyranny, u;ay ceale throughout the
Globe.
And I do earneftly recommend to
the Citizens of this Commonwealth,
whillk they iationa!ly enjoy this fes
tival, to abftain from fuch labor and
recreations, as may be inconliftcm
with their duty on that day.
Given at the Council Chamber in B:f
tony this twenty-fourth day of 03.
in (he year of Our Lord one thouf- \
an I nght hundred and ten, and in
ti e thirty ffth year of the Inde
pendence of the U. Stater.
E. GERRY.
By his Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Council.
BENJAMIN HOMANS,
Secretary of the State.
God fava the Commonwealth of
Maflachuletts !
oietgu 3«tcHisencc.
LONDON, 8FPT 2
Mr. Pinkney’s delpatches from
Paris contains* no information of the
ref oration of American property
LONDON.SEPr 13
Our accounts from Spain which
are to the la ter part of Auguft, lay
that great apprcherdions cacifted at
Madrid, of a plot of the Spaniards 10
fieze King Joieph. A patriot party
was faid 10 have rulhed at one time
as far as the gates of the city. In
confeauences it is afferted Jofeph is
to return to France, and Spain to be
divided info four parts, and given
to the French Generals Sebaltiani,
Soult, Juuot, and Bclliard ; Maflciia
to have Portugal —An expedition of
3000 Spauifh ttoops failed from Ca
diz. Aug. 23 It was reported they
had been landed at Moguer.
lionaparte, by a decree dated Au
gult 28 commands, that if any vel
iel firall enter the ports of France !
with paffengers on board that have
lad come from England, fuch veffel
(hail be fubje<it to feizure and con
tifeation, as well as any cargo flic may
convey. How will this alFedt the vef
4
fels with French paff^ngers, carried
into England for examination ?
Uanijh Felly and Injitfiice•
The brig Hannah, direct from
Bolton for Riga and a market, has
been condemned bv the Danes ; the
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Prize Court pronouncing it impofii
ble to oofs the atlantic Ocean with
out a chart of the fame, and that it is
equally impoilible to crofs fai l Ocean
without the aid of a fextant. i he
brig had neither. 1 he American
Captains, at Chrillianfand, all certifi
ed, that they “ had frequently made
voyage*, from America to Europe,
without either the chart or (extant,
and were fully perfuaded, that every
lea man, with common nautical tal
ents or (kill, who has never eroded
the Atlantic Ocean, cannot ht lit ate
to fubferibe to the fame.”
—
L • ■iRPOOL, SFPT 12.
The Ruflians are f.ud to have been
recent y repull'ed by the Turks before
bchunila.
• l he Ring of Natles had colletfcd
1140 boats for troops, an.d too gun
boats, for an expedition againft oicily.
The Engiilh ha*/.: taken or Udtroycd
more than 300 of the former, and 30
of the latter.
Gen. Ca.AWFORD.it is faid, has rc
figned his command in Portugal.
2i> Sail of the French tlo'illa are
laid to have elcaped from Bouiogue
harbour, and the remainder are rea
dy for fca.
[ ' DOVER, sept. 10, 1810.
Naval Mr.
Secretary to the American Ambafia
dor, who embarked here, for France
yciterday evening, on board the Ant%
Capt, Bartlet, is juit returned,'
as they would not let him land, ei- j
iheir at Ca* ;s or Boulogne. At Ca-j
bis the fo* j red two Ihots, and then
a boat c ) tl and warned them a
way ; . ,uicgne feveral ihots were,
fired n the bjtteries, fomc ot j
w! ; :il near the veflel ; and then
fi ne ihells were thrown, fcveral ol !
w nieh pa fled over the cutter, and fell
w sh< »t her. A3 the flag of truce;
w as not fullered to hold any com- j
munica*ion with the fhote, there is
cot Itquently no news from France.
another letter,
si ft 10.—Mr. Powell, the A
niencan Secretary cf Legation, who
failed etterday 111 a tbg of truce for
Cdus, has been cbdged to return to
this port, in confequence ofthe French
refufing to let him land After a
(hot had been £red upon the veflel
Irom Calais, the commiflary came olF,
and told Mr J ouelly tuat if the vef
lel attempted to enter the harbour,
ihe would be lunk. Mr. P. then di
rected the flag of truce to proceed to
Boulogne, which Ihe did, and made
diredliy into the harbour, but had )
nearly repented this bold mealure for ,
a heavy fire of Ih it and fhell was in
itantiy opened upon her and it v**3
only by an immediate flight :lias the
crew and vefli.1 were faved from def
inition.
LONDON, SEPT. 19.
Paris Journal!! to the 8 nave been received
—One ot these |«;.| ers hints (adnding, we
sunpose, to the mum* ritgeof the Emf>reu,J
..at theexpec a.ions of *11 r<>y»lFrenc'»im 11
.18 been blighted bv *u untoward accident
which b»d bt lel the Empress Louisa, m de
cendinglhe steps of her chariot.
South America.
We are again favoured uith an opportu
ne, s:*ys the Baltimore Federal Gazette, of
rearming to tne patrons of the Gazette
further accounts lrom Spanish America
On perusing Moniutar’s appeal to his coun
trymen, the reader will not fail to perceive
hai all the zed and eloquence of the new
vvoild are pul in requisition. CarlonMou
tufar, copying Mark Anthony, exhibits the
.do »dv robe <?f Cesar to lus indignant fellow
citizens, and cries as loud as Anthony for
vengeance But the impetuosity of the A
met ican (ii’alor would not permit him (e
ven ironically) to style those “ honorable,
dl hon irable man,’’ who slew his friend.
A terrible a term rages; what great
chief, or whether any, m*y b# found to di
rect the revolutionary launder with effect,
is yet to be discovered.
SPANISH AMERICA.
Translations from official publications by
the Government of Carthagena, received
at the office of the federal Gazette.
BY THE SUPREME JUNTA
OF SANTA FE V R BOGATA
The Supreme Junta of this capital, which
has not ceased lor a moment mingling its
tears with that of all good men, from lh,
period it had become acquainted with the
sad events of that city, and who in despair
had almost looked upon as lost, her labor?
directed chiefly totiie salvation of that peo
pie and of the victims devoted to me poig
Hard, c.nnot now help manifesting it. grit*’
to that genetous people, which paid so
dearly tor her hrst steps towaid our hber
ty. Oh ? why should such a di> ance sep
erate us from that city ! Were hey nea
us, then would those rulers ol'Qaio—ihos
usurpers of the legitimate authority of the
people, suffer for their temerity! A thou
sand patriots to-day offer to march :o th«r
city, Without pay, remuneration, or any oth
er reward than to avenge their brethrei
l«et Quilo at least in her lamentations re
ceive this comfort—that all America has ri
sen in arnii, and join one gene' al cry of ven
geance ; for, ah ! ns loss is nearly irrepara
ble. Salenai, Morales, Qjitroga, how c^i
we replace you ! The Franklins and Ifrash
ingraus of our revolution have not lived to be
hold its completion- This eternal grief will
ever steal upon the enthusiastic rapiures of
our future felicity, And when our descen
dants shall repeat the glorious events of our
revolution, alas ! the recollection of those
venerable names must embitter the exela
matinn ! QYito, one day gratelull, willerect
statues to their memory, and America con
less herself indebted to them lor her free
dom, Let the generous peo >te be careful of
their descendants, and let the gratitude of a i
country, cherish the shoots which spring
from their trunks ; cut down for you by tbc
axe of tyranny. However, in the enthusias
tic expressions of our gratitude, let not the
Supreme Junta Ire forgetful of the other il
lustrious victims of tha 12th Victims whose
names shall oc transmitted to posterity.
Let those chi- fly he re me inhered who
were w ien defenceless Kud in prison, saci i
ti:ed by those cowardly assasuis, who weie
m*i ashamed to perpetrate tlie horrid deed.
Three days sole inn mourning the 5. Junta
lecrces as a poo.* demonstration of their
grief. A subset iption shall be opened lor
.lie widow and orphans, iu.de so uy the se
c /nd of Aagu>t ; which shall ever after be an
an livei sary, on wh.ch to express our grief.
Flic chur u snail by solemn rile* purif\
teir remains, including those who fell at
Quintal Soccoro, and,on the plains. God
preserve your excellency.
bam a Fe, September 5. 1810.
DN. JOSE MIGUEL FEY, vice pre.
[Tresia-ni, M. J. C. Judge-ad Re
gidor of the city\>f Quit».
TJhj above is a copy ot tliat rcceiitd from
Santa he.
Catha^enu, Sept. 15, 1810.
It appears by the JiLrxuig that the Fufun
had via cited :
Extract uf a later sddresaed to the Lii
I
‘(or <if the Atactica® Daiiy Advertiser, da»
led,
Carthageva, Sep*. 15
I !)«*»•'• to mention that a drestful s ene
of hlo<<l bs$ taken place at Qjwto. This'
pi oviftce, being much oppressed, tried last
* nrw i5t Luiccgs «fleeted in the pre*« nt
but the neghbouring provinces not being
ripe yet to join them, they »re induced a
gdn to acknowledge (be avnTp>rity of the
vice king of Santa Fe, who htd »•>* only
promised them to forget their oppoftlihn,
but at>othat they should return a provincial
junta. But the vice king, again reinstated,
kept no piomise, had them all imprisoned
and many condemned to death. On the ‘M
August some of the ptisoners ruse against
their gua; d* ; a bloody conflict ensued—
a baUalliou of troops from Lan*, which had
'been at Quito since lust year, w as let loose
upon the people, and they have murdered,
of men, women and children, about four
thousand, and plundered the store of the
Quitanian merchants. Outlie 5ih Septem
ber, i-ne thousand armed volunteers sot oil
for tl*e assistance of Quuo, and an iqual
number had gone from the mtei mediate
provinces between Santa Fe and Quito, viz ;
Pop ay an and Pastor. Three da\a of public
mourning weie observed at Santa be,and
the same will t*ke place here, for their
brethren destroyed at Qniio. 1 he Vice
King of Santa Fe, and several of his Coun
cil are at present here in prison. N<» blood
has been st.ed either here or at Santa fe.
I). CARLOS MONTUFAR. j
TO THE TEOPLE OF QUITO.
Inhabitants vj Quito J
The fatal moment, so often dreaded by
h. just and upright, bath at length at rived,
in which the unbridled rarje ofyour iniantous
t\ rams w hs to tear the entrails ol an iuao
cent people.
The victims sacrificed to the fury of a
bru-al soldiery too well display the wounds
of a bleedmg count! y—and >he. s^as ..nations
ofyour citizens, will be the blood) mantle,
t arried through the provinces, to arouse a
country to vengeance
Terror and Death have been the measures
resorted to by a t tuel and d; stroying gov
ernment—let Terror and Death be too our
device. Chaim and Dungcot.s have been the
means the} have used to stifle the groan*
ot humanity, crying for redress ; let Chains
and Dungeons then be the fate ol our op
pressors !
Vainly hath an angel of peace, borne on
the wings of desire from Europe, poured
balsam into jour wounds. Tyrants, al
ways haughty, always insensible, ate grati
fied with a cowardly triumph. They call
themselves peaceable ; they are peaceable
as the lyger, with talons still dripping wall
the blood of your brethren. Unhappy peo
ple ! your misfortunes have aroused the
mild nature of Americans, St the consuming
fire of vengeance now circulates in their
veins. Raise your humbled heads -t
throw off your Saciolh tuid Ashes ; behold
the first heroes of our liberty extended in
the dust ; victims to tne ferocious monster
whom hell hag disgorged for our destruc
tion ! Behold the street* ! they are covered
with tha carcasses of jour iriends ; y\ ur
wives disgrac ed ; your childtcn hutebeted !
Behold with shame the Prostrated digni
ties of the man whom you invested w ith so
many honors the last year. A whole coun
try flies to your aid 1* burns witn the fire
ol liberty. Heroes spring up in our streets,
and already a tyrant exists not in the nor h
of our continent The bloody manes ot a
M j ales, a Quiroga, and a Salinas, point to
heir wounds Sc “ cry aloud for vengeance !”
Let us avenge ourselves. May the pollut
ed blood of those who lrave precipitated
hem to the toiub, glut the soil, stained
vvidt their cruelties and crimes !
Tine copy of a letter from Don Carlos
Montufar, front Popuyon, of the 20th Aug
ust.
TORRES, Secretary.
(A copy of the same received from Santa
Fe.)
Carth/.gena, 15:h September, 1810
FINN2RES,
REVrOLLO, Secretaries
in consequence oi tne said ccuumurncauons
the Supreme Junta assure that of St Fe,
hat they correspond with them in senti
ments, and w:it afford them every assist
ance to exterminate th<i barbarous author*
>f so many attrocities. To the troops in
to and the neighbouring provinces they
nd invitation to withdraw their obedience
to the tyrant:; of that unhappy soil, and that
for the repose of the touts of the illustrious
victim?, who have been sacrificed to ticspo
turn, solemn Mass be celebrated, and a
funeral, at which this junta*shall assist, ah
the members wearing deep mourning for
the space of three da» s. The Junta pledges
itself to t ke whatever steps they may judge
most suitable to foster and sustain the holy
cause, common to all the provinces ofotii
New Kingdom
C irthagena, 15th Sept 1810.
yese Mat ti Gtacia dc 'l‘oledo%
m President,
lievoilo, Pinneres, Secretares.
Right* of Man —The democratic
printers, who stem to understand their
master’s whisile,as so many spaniels,
j have found out a new way o palliate
Bonapartes immense depiedations on
American property. They say that
10,000 American seamen [u thum
per !] are in the British service o im
pressment; these men they \,,oe.r
S30U0 each—amounting in all to a
sum nearly equal to the property lately
condemned in French ports ! 'I .ti
lt would stem, that so long as these
Gallic tools can make up an eomnme
ol British aggression, equal in amount
to French robbery, they at e willing to
balance lire account and rest satisfied
Can the honour of a nation be safe in
tne keeping of such men ! If 10,000
Anglican seamen, (or a tenth part oi
the number) arc foicihly detained in
the sc. vice of Great Britain, the pre
sen. administration i-, culpably iirgli
gent oi l * duty. Wiul I aTfcr ha%in^
the hole coi..roul oi the resources
t of the nation for tin vans, <
; n.ui now acini? that trn tfans*#ft
' ol our citizens irmatn in bondtip; !-L~
jNay-dothtyofitr that dicuin*«.iH.t
(»f in itself inexeuwbiej ;.ii excuse
lor suffering France to n 5 and plund •
us ? Such an admin*, ration would 1
«
an embargo on f.oncit patiiotism, ar r m
prohibit the entrance ot uny tiotu.r^j * •
tcniimeiit into ilte besoms 01 the peo
ple.— TaUu.ec.
r t
u 1 he 11^te'ralists,’>
Say the democratic papets, 4i are
displeased that France has extended to
us the 1 ight hand ol fellow ship.? How
disgraceful to human nattier, that any
should be so in love with falsehood !
i he truth »s, end it !:«*> c\cr Jxcn so
expressed by the federal papers, that
w hen any hand shall be extended to us
in friendship and sincerity, by France
or any other power, the federalists will
most couth »y rtcipiocate the valuta
lion : but when a tiger’* paw is Steadi
ed towards us, under a plausible pre
tence, to be sure, 111 teality with the dt
! sign to seize our property, and lacer
j ate our bodies, we see no reason to he
pleased with the friendship or humani
ty manifested by the act, and fell pre
servation dictates to avoid the embrace,
and seek safety for our* Ives by keep
ing at a secute distance. It would also
be well to know the real intentions of
the beast) by some overt act, before
we are very loud in his praises.
[ Troy Gazette ]
” Priest-Ridcn Connecticut I5t
The following exit-act from the Report of
tho Treasury of tins State, made to the Gen
ef al Assembly at in present session, pre
sents a very favourable view of the financial ‘
concerns of the State— [<?«,«. Csurant.
-“ The sum divided to School Socie
ties on the first day of the present month
(October, 1810) was g 37,201 18 exceeding
tl <t dividend m .de m-a October g 12,19 l
4o, and that the cash in the Treasury appro
bated to Civil List expence*, the 30lh
September, this year, < xceedcd that of tl e
Ust the sum of g 10, 173 91. On the 300*.
day of a dd September, there was nothing eve
frvtn any tuun or sher if to the State, fur taxes
or on any other account, on the huols of the
Treasury,
-■■■-* r ir
M Cct money, honestly if you can—hut get mon
ey.'*
A few days since there died in a neigh
boring State a lalu&ble merino—an artful
fellow obtained possession of the skin, and
after preparing cue of our common sheen
for the purpose, neatly sewed it on—ard
then sold it tor fifty dollars—The cheat,
however, was soon discovered, and the in
genious maker of tnerirus cmdacted to hts
winter lodgings fr ee ut'expence.—Bait pap.
Raleigh, (A. C.J Oct. 4.
Fatal Accident.
On Thursday last as Mrs. Newsorf
a respectable woman, was on Her way
to this place, accompanied by her
daughter in the chair with herself, and
sow on horseback the animal she was
driving took fright; the daughter jump
ed from the chair without injury, but in
a like attempt Mrs. Nearson’s foot
caught between the seat and the shaft.
In this condition she was dragged near-*
lv half a mile, Iter head sometimes un
der and sometimes by the side of the
wheel. The horse was stopped at the
house of Mr. SimmV, about 5 miles
north of this place, when the lady waS
found to be quite dead, having both her
legs and arms broke and her head
shockingly bruised.
I^ortiano,
i Monday, November 5, ISIS).
f * i >*’ ■ * j;'. . - * *
Kurvpean /’iUelligence.
London dates have been received
during the last week, to September the
21st, but they afford Do information of
much importance. Reinforcements
continue to be sent from England and
Ireland to Portugal ; but the English
papers do not mention any thing res
pecting the situation of affairs in that
country of a later date than has already
been published.
Secret Expeditions ere prcpaiingin
England cf considerable force ; conjec
ture says their destination is the lh.itic,
and that an attack will be made either
upon the Swedish or Russian nary.
Bonaparte’s king Murat has oban*
cloned the attack on Sicily and return
ed to Naples.
"" The English papers slate that the
citation of Bemadotte as Crown Pance
of Sweden, had excited a strong sen
's ’ion in Russia, as the whole power oi
» Sweden will in future be wholly.at the.
1 disposal of tlie Emperor of France.
August the 30th, Orders were given
at 1 omungen for the seizure of all A
merican vessels found there.
Letters from London state, that V
Pinkney IVels in5ire confidence, thai
the Berlin and Milan French Otcn
are declared to be revoked on the 1
November, tac British Oidas u
Council will immediately le de'-hutd
to be null and void.
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FROM TREJMA'D.
Accounts from Iieland to Sept. 1 ■<
mention that the public ym:d v *:> u*uv*