Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-10-30 00:00:00, page 2

44 Y-1 his royal tVajestv ha* not tail
to take on ;his important question
the scn*e of the 6tates of the empire,
and of the secret committee of the
Council of Su^e, a large majority ol
the former, and the unanimous opini
ups of the latter perfectly coincided
with his Majesty’s sentiments on this
point. His Hoyal Majesty thirties, that
by confiding the figure destinies'ol
Sweden to the prince of Ponte Corvo,
his well earn- d military fame, while or
the one si :e it secured the kidepen.
tie ce of the st:t*e, will on the othei
hi. d rvndrr it superfluous for him >c
«.ng ‘3e ’n fr e,h v.-ars ; that his strong
niind, tutored by long experience, will
maintain national tranquility and or
d r, uml 8* cure to our faithful subjects
a h'ng and undistuthed enjoyment ol
the blessings of peace ; and lastly, that
his son **• ill retir ve in future times
that uncertainty of succession to the
throne which som.' la'e lamentable e
vetrn have retv ered still more impor
ter t ,o his country.
44 F: om all these <rmcider«t:ors his
It >• ?«l M -j’-stv feelsi bilged to propose
tc the e ven.bled sta rs <‘f the En pire,
his scietie H ghrttss John Baptists J’>
linn It rr. id t’r. Piince of Pontt C r
vo, as Crown P nice of Sweden, and
h’» Hovfcl Majetty** successor \o rhe
S -dish Thn-n-.-. 11 i» rova* M tjes*
n iiH, however, expressly ■add the re
rvation, that should the said Prince
he fcht :*.n by the state? of the cm;.ire
s !itt«sor to die Swedish thione, h-.*
“ U'*u pur*uw’t to the lundam ntiri
1 of their kingdom, before he ar
■r*v s < n bv,-:d:sh -ground, adopt tlx
te.u-s o'. t!‘e pure evangelical ere- d, an<l
also fiii n a ein.il.r assurance, as d.e
s t t* r! the empire fo-med for th<
laic Crown Pnnce. l^is Royal Mu
je*t\ has now performed the du*y pre
scribed 10 him by the Cun tit .t on of
ch; R« -lm, anti now expects ti e reso
lution ol the States* jM.*y the choice
which they are about to make, secure
the glory and pTO*p r i y of our beloved
country, and thu* lulhl the most earn
(.-•i wish, whioh his Royal M tjesiy can
tur entertain.
“ CHARLF.S.n
Norfolk, O t. 24.
Iiom a London paper received at the
(i'.hc* Pu lick Ltcicer.
\W hav^BRn f»v< red wi h-the an.
re-ed copy of the -Instructions trans
n itui i.« n, Paris to general Mol lit r
and by him to the dire tors of the
cos tot? s v the Rivers Kibe, V/eser &
J )t;e. The 6th article is important
inasmuch a* it allows vessels proceed
ing to Prance, unth r licenses Iron,
that gt-ve-nment, to touch at an Eng.
iish port, and even land part of i-.s
c i£'> there, without danger of being
pro-ci uted for the same :
1 Evciyveaml mu-1 be provider
been r, bearing the nunnt r and
-eri-)N^ t! e p°r,i «ntl the number
oi die rV^RCS deliv r.d in each, sc
tic*. V „
Jst seri< «, ^Jatnbu-ph ; 2d series,
pre;n< n ; 3d sevi^r !^li“ -k.
I'o these licenscs wiXbe affixed the
tignature of tht those of
»he uiu u.te a of the inroW* and of
n ari> < ; and a!--o, th >l ol th^director
general ol the custom?, who wv1 trans
I* ii i » u urcuora oi %ie cus
l< »ir 4 ;»: the por 3 above men iotjed.
2. 1 he tliiectorol the cu t< ms at
each ot these por 8* must instantly
sti«i advicr ot the arrival of ihenc li
(f sen to hie rr«aj stv’s charges d’.dfu'r
nnd consuls in tl.t- liana? at it ci i< .
will rooty 40 the consul th-. npj. i*
catio 3 -p.ddr-s*< d to him for l*c*nscs«
Th>- cormi!* arc to fill up, in th<ir - w
band wrtti* g the 1 timbered license,th
nr»me of t< e v sail, the amount o'
tannage, ast! the number of th - ce*
the *• uu.e * t tht captain, the firm of
•tl e con.inercVd house under bond for
th vr >rl, and th* port ot destination
in Tr-rce.
T. ey will also inscribe on tbe li
c« n ms a mot , wish the cypher wbi. h
they h:»vr frorti the rrimst'V for for*
t?;;n ahaiis ; thin motto to be differ,
ent lor each lice fe.
3. A mir.u e ni’l be drawn up of
the dHiv.-ty ct en» b license to be «n; n
td by thr consul and the director of
•lit customs j ai d notified to the mill
t oy commandants at Hatnbu-g, Ure
mrn. and i.uheck, who v/iM r-por*
tb< rcon to von- excellency. This mi- i
r. .u, besides the de«cripti ns in the !
1. )dy of the licenses, will c» ntain a ;
Kl *f ficsiion tf thr packages cf all the j
ai urUs <.f merchandize composing the i
car^'- * 1 ihe vessel.
4 The same day that ?he vres 1
f'ts tdl, thr military commandants
#-u * apprize m- thereof, and also no- •
lily the same to your excellency. i he
military commandants will thus eon
tinu** to not fy the departure <»f evc
lv vessel sailing from any of these
P rr*.
I be destination of the v sel* will'
be tor Dunkirk, Nantes and lior-1
draux.
t 5. M|e very licence il.sre must he
paid at t^W port of depot tore, g|d to the
| treasury oi ike customs, the sum of 60
francs,-for each ton of the burthen oi
. the vessel for which the license shall
have been granted.
6. Thevess-ls provided withU'en
"aes may proceed direct to their port
of destination in France, vrit out b -
.! ing liable to be .quesioned for hiving
! been visited by Engl sh men of war
or privateers. They m y even 1 ind in
a port ot England the whoE, or such
, part as they may think proper, of their
cargo, without being questioned for
having touched in England.
7. These vessels will be admitted
into the p rts of France, either in bal
last, or with such articles of the mer.
. chandize of the North, as are usefu1
to the marine ; and also with the pro
ductions of the soil of Germany and
Poland, permitted to be imported into
France, conforming never heless to the
laws, tirils. and regulations relative
to the French customs.
8. Licensed vessels, entering the
ports o! France above mentioned mat
lload, in return, w'nea, brandie*, mer
1 chandize of Frtn h manufacture, and
all o her productions of die soil or
industry of France ; g nin and flour oi
tvery descri lion excepted.
9. Each license will be in fe'rct
only for -a single voyage, includng thr
g'.dog and re u-ning. On re- rr.val t
t/ie p«)>t of clepariLre, a French license
mn\ be ob a; ed on the same cond’
I i on «s.
10. The rn^er of any ves 1 in
clii ed to sail from -the ports < f Ham
burg, B'Circn and Rubeck, wit^a car
go ct rs'-tiog, rs; 1 isively of all other
merchandize, of timber, spars, hemp,
.nd other articles ol<the north, proper
or the service of the French marine,
may apply to the directors of the cus
toms in the por»s of France, respect
ing the disposal of his ca go.
11. The laws relative to the em
bargo must br republished, and put in
full force in the three ports befoie
mentioned.
Rostov, Oct. 15.
FROM RIVER PRATE.
Our intelligence from the River of
Plate, into the month of August, ie mi
nute and authentic. The revolution
at Buenos Ayres, in favor of the na
tive American P rty,and iheabsolute
.independence of the Vice-rt yalti,
•vh ch began on the 20th May, by de
pri-inir the Vice-King, (Cisneros, un
der the Junta of 5. villej of his com
■ and, was com- lrted .n the 22d June,
when he, together with the late Go
vernor of Monte Video, (Ri«*dohri,)
who had been rest ling nt Bueu s Ayres
in consequence of the unpopularity oi
hi* conduct, was arres ed, put on upa’d
a < ut‘er, end sent to Spa n. The na»
tiv J im* of Buenos A res, ha:f pru
dently ado ted the measure of lower
ing the high ra-c of d -ies ; bv the
r-mov d of all office -s of uncertain zeal,
tire appointment of undoubted p: r.i
sans, and generally, by earning their
regulations into rigorous effect. A'.l
tite old European officers have been
depry d of th* ir fire a; m- and sword*,
ancldtspOPS' ss~d of •hei-offices. An
expedi te nof MOO, had been sent into
the interior of (he country, for the pur
pose, as was g-ntr dlv supposed, of as
sisting the r volutionists of Chili in
iT
|Vi)cfiuig a cnange oi ^ vemineut. tv
commisasou.-r Iras been spnt from the
capital of the Kiver of Plate, to the
court of St. James* with an a. count
of the change, for ;he purpose of f( rul
ing a cmnnttri ial arra< g men’.
At Mooie Video,on the uiner hand
the e thanges of revplnti n were op
posed by the mu' icipal authority* —
w irh liai (h<i whole coudV.ul in the
absence of th Governor of the navy
and royal arsenal ; »bough the power
d' ibis city is considered subservient
to that of B’V-iio*. Ayres the govern
or • f which takes the -itlc of vn e-king
of ihe province. The great number
! of European Spat iards in tha city of
| Monte Video, is conSirj.r«-tl t ie only'
chitf obstat le to the revol tion there
—ard an arbitrary system of cspoin
age n continually opr rating which
awes the native Spaniards into silence
and submission. Negot iations bad j
beep opened in June between the two |
citji s, but without effecting any ar- j
rangeme t or accomodation. Soon
after the revolution in Buenos Ayres
had been effected, an opportunity was
offered, which bad it bten 'tnpiovtd, i
might have enabled the inhabitants of
Mo. t- Video to have completed the
rrvolutionof the province. Col. Mo
uanda, who commanded the citadel,;
was interested in the American party i
—he was threatened by a party of Ma- I
ri-.es who besieged him, and summon- j
ed him to surrender as a traitor to
hi- country. Had he acted withpromp
tiiufb-^p iti this summers he might
ba0e the government hou*e ;
been joined by the iniliti t and declar- ,
ed htins.il dictator* Hut failing ia
' ^I* ■* #
’ ccumgp ns ns ju3;rrr.r?it, he sqF
| !e •*«•*! himself lobe dccojfVd from h’s
regiaenr, was seized, and together
wi h *oitjc oth^r officers, imprisoned—
and afterwards secretly dijpa.thcd to
Kio Janeiro.
A (ckirmish had taken place at Co
lony in taking possession of a fort, in
which the Mont« ^Videans were de
fcated by the troops from Buenos
Ayres with the loss of 8 killed a«d ma
ny wounded:
Frenchmt-n in both places were ir
confinement. JLmieis was at Cordo
va.—Gazette.
SPANISH AMERICA.
Translations from Official Publications
by the Government etCaitfugrua,
received at the office of the f ederal
Gaadkte.
B1JVESUpREME JUNTA
yr * AWT A »E 1)E BOG AT A.
TBe Supreme junta of this f apifal,
• w' ich hf-s not ceased fora ti>oue> t
mingHirg i's tears with that of all good
men, f om the period it had becorm
acqua'nted with the sad events of tha;
city, and who in despair had almost
looked upon as lost, lier labours dirt ct
td chiefly -o the salvation cf hat people
And ofthe victims devoted to the poig
n;«rd, cannot now help manifesting its
gr> f to that generous pe ple, whith
uaid 90 drady for her first steps , to
wirds our liberty. Oh ! why should
such a distance separate us from that
cm ! Were they near us, then would
those rulers of Qoito-—those usur
p, rs of the lejritim ite au'horitv ofthe
plcpie, suff-r for their temeritr ! A
thou and patriots* to-day offer 10
tra'ch to that city, without pay, re
sen in arms, and join one general cry
o ye geanc •; f< r, ah ! its loss is nmr
v irreparable.' Salenas, Morales, Qui
roga, how can we replace you! The
1' rank)ms and Washington# of our re
eoluti n have not ltvccl to behold its
completion. This eternal grief wili
• ver s'cal upon the enthusiastic rap.
tnre9 of our future friicry-• Anri
when our descendants sb dl "repeat the
glorious eveuts of our revolution, alas !
rire recollection of those venerable
names must embitter the exclamation !
Qoitf\, one day grateful w.ll er^ct sta
tues to their memory, and America
confess herself indebted to them for
her freedom. JLet the generous peo
ple be careful of their dvcendanr,
and let the gratitude of a cofin- y,
cherish the shoots which spring 'r.
I’ their trunks ; cut down for you by »he
axe of tyranny. However, in th:- en
thusiastic expressions of our gr rtitu ie,
let not the Supreme Junta b>; forget
ful df\$& other illustrious victims of
ths |^|h-. Victims wh *e names shall
be trim nulled to p gteiitv. JLet tho-,e
chiefly he remembered who w re when
defenceless and in prt on, sacrificed;
I by those cowardly assassins, who were
loot ashamed to perpetrate the horrid
deed.
Three days solemn mourning the S.
Junta decrees as a poor demonstration !
of their gsief. A subscription shall!
j be opened for the widows and orphans, I
i made so by the second of August;
[which shall ever after be an anmveri
| sarv, on which to express our g irf.
■ ru. _U _U~11 e., j_:-:
j fy their remains, including those who
ft tl at Quto, at S »ccoro, and on the
[ plain:-.—God preserve your excellen
cy
San-n Fee, 5tl» S-pt. 1810.
DON JOSE MIGUEL PEY,
Vice-President.
rStjjsent.S. S. M. J. C. Judge and
Repjuor of the City of Q 'ito.J
The above is a copy ot that recciv
! <;d from Santa l?e.
Carthagtna, S'-pt. 15, 1910.
Rtvolioy
PhinereSy 8‘tretaries.
’ , i
* It appears t y the following that
the Volunteers hid marched ;
Extract of a letter addressed to the E
(ii'ur of .he American Daily Adver
tiser, dated,
4‘ Carth^gena S-pt. H.
I have to mention that a dreadful
scene of iilood has tak~o place at Qji
to. -sMis province, b-ing much op*
pressed.»!*i«d last year what Carrac
cas (rn the present, hut the
neighboring provinces noc being ripe
yet to join them, they were indtu
ced again to acknowledge the author*
iiy of the vice king ot Santa Fe, who
had not only promised them to for
get their oppisirion, but also that they
should re ain a provincial j tut. H 11
the vjCP king again reinstated, kepi
no promise, h id then* all imprisoned
and mady condemned to death. On
the 2d ^August tome of the prisoners
rose against th-ir guards; a blood}
conflict ensued—a bat'alioa ol troops
from Lima, which had been at Quito
since last year, was let loose upon the ,
pcopb*, cn^ jili.’Y T.-rve m"rdcred, of
> ..i ir, ’.vomtii and children, about four
! thousand. nod plundered th stores ol
I the Quitai »ao Merchants. On the J:h
Septembe , one 'thousand armed vol
unteers set off lor the assistance of
Quito, and an equal number had gone
lio n the intermedia'e provinces be
t vren Santa Fe and Qui o, viz ; Po
»pa y.tn and Pas,© . Three days of
Public mourning were o1 is rved atSn.
ta Fe, and the same will *ke place
hete, lor their B ethrrn dest Oi* dat
Quito. The Vice King of Sants Fe
a- (1 several o! hiH Council .-.re at pre
sent he.e 10 prison. No blood has
been 6hed eitner here or at Santa Fe.”
C ARLOS MONTUFAR
TO THE PEOPLE Of qUITO.
Enhsbitams of (fro *
The f.tal monte it so often dreaded
by the jo t and up'ight has ai le g h
rrive '. i:i which toe unbridled rage of
your inl.imous tyr uts was *o tear the
entrails of an innocent people.
The vi tims sacrificed to the fury of
a br <ud soldiery too we'l display the
wounds ot a bleeding count!y—ard
rhe assassi a’ions of your citizens,
will he the bloody mautle, carried’thro’
the provinces, to arouse a country to
vemreance.
Terror £jr D tffAhave been the mea
sures r sorted to by a cruel and destroy.
ng jv v mmen ■ let TERROR and
DEATH re too our de\sc?. Chains
and dungeons have hetn the means they
have Used to s'iflr the groans of hu.n -
nity crying to»- rrdress ; let CHAINS
:&1U' GEONS then be ihe late o'
«§JJI rvandio *
Vainly hath an angel of peace, borne
on me wings of cies re from Eur- pe,
pouted balsam rnro yocr wound*. Ty
rants, always haugh** , always insensi
ble,are gratifi d with a cowardly tri
umph. They call themselve s peaceable
—they are peaceable as the tjfger, wi;h
talons still dripping with the Hood of
your brethTiti. Unhappy p ople ! your
misfortunes have aroused the mild oa
fure of Americans, aud the consum
ing fire-of vengeance wow cite lates in
ihr r vnr,s, R .;se y«<ur humbled
heads; throw off your Sackcloth and
Ashen; he hold the fir-1 heroes of c.r
iibeny xtended in the dust ; victims
to the ferocious monsters whom hell
has disgorged f -r our destruction ! be
hold the tree«s ! they are covered
with the carcases of y ur friends ; you •
wives disgr .ced ; your children butch
ered / Beh.il with tha e (he pros
trat d diguitits of the man whom you
*(’v<y ®d with so man'- h< nor a the las-,
tear. A whole country fliv* to your
aid. lit bu-ns with the fire of liber y.
lirraks spring up in our streets, and
alrea^ a tyrant exists not in the nor h
of our con vinest- The bloody manes
or a Morales, a Qtiroga, and a S ilinas,
point to their wounds end •* cry aloud
lor vengeance !” Let us avenge our
selves. M :y the polluted blood of
those who ha-, e precipitated them to
ihe tomb, glue the soil, stained with
their cruelties and crimes !
True copy of a lett r from Don Car
los MoiuuUr, from Poyan, of the 20.h
August.
TORRES, Secretary.
(A copy of the same received from
St. Fe.)
Carthaacna, 15 h .S’-pt. lMO.
m PINNERE.y,
REVOLLO, Secretaries
In consequence ot the said conomic
nications the Supreme Junta assure that
of St. Fe, hat they correspond with
them in sentiments, and will aflF rd
them erery assistance to exterminate
the barbarous authors of so many at
trdkiAes. To the troors in Q utn and
the! aiighbouring provinces they'send
nvljati'ms to withdraw their obedi
enrt 10 the tyrants of ihar unhappy
soil, aid that for the repose of the
‘.ouls of the illustrious victims, who
have been sacriti ud to despotism, so
lemn Mis'* be celebrated, and a fune
ral, at which this Junta shall a^siit, all
the members wearing deep mourning
for the space of three days# The Jun
ta pledges itself to take whatever steps
they may judge mo t suitable 10 foster
and sus'.am the ho y cause, common to
all the provinces of our New king
dr “
thaae^a, 1 ifb, Se 15? 10.
j fosc Maria Garcia dc Fol?do%
President.
RcvollOy Pinnrrrty Secretaries.
WEST FLORIDA
DECLARED INDEPENDENT.
From the Natchez Wet lcly Chlo
ride.
WEST FLORIDA;
We yesterday received by exorras
from our correspondent in \Vr*t|
Florida, the following highly mie- i
resting communications, which wrej
lose no time in laying before oui j
readers*
ym
a
quarter.r1 Fort of Uato i Rouge, gj
September 2-i, 1810.
Sir,
In obedience to the order of thefl
convention bearing date the 22d in-o.fl
l directed major Johnson to assemble*
ueb of the cavalry as might be ready ■
■<- band and march immediately for ihe I
Fort of Baton Rouge ; I then proceed- 1
ed to S ringfield where I found forty- ]
four of the grenadier company com- ]
maided by Col. Ballenger, waiting
the orders of the convention; at one
o’clock in the morning of the 23d, we
joined major Johnson and capt. Grif
fith, with 21 of the Bayou Sera caval
»V, and five or six other patriotic gen
ti men joi ed us on our march : at
four o’clock the same morning, we
r ade the attack. My orders were w-t
to fire till w" received a shot from the
garrison, and to i ry out in French and
English, ^‘ground voar arms a id you
shall not be hurt/* this order was
strictly attended to by the volunteers
t.li we received a discharge of mus
ketry from the guard house where the
governor was, which was briskly re
turned bv the volunteers ; we received
no damage on our p«»t; of the gover
nor’s troops, lieu\ JLouii Grand Pre
was mortally wounded, lieut. J. B.
7.. goes, co-ncrandant of ar'iUe^y,
was also wounded, one private was
-ibid nrj four ba h» ^vo nded; we
tookgrfwcntv-one prisoners, among
whoitfo colonel pda?sus,* the rest of
:h#‘j^rrisf. n escap’d by flight. The
magazines, s ores, See. found in tfc
garrison ; vc been reported to you by
Jamf s Nfiison, •. sq. who was appoint
.yj. f i t.i t piirpvjsc*
The vrrioua «nd complicated dudes
devolving oc me from the pressing cir
cum ti.xis of the moment forbid a
more mi -uie detail.
The firmness and moderation of the
volunteers who made the attack was
fully tqud to the best disciplined
|tr<»op3. Whole companies ar^ daily
flocking to our standard, and the har
mony and patriotism prevailing in the
j garrison must he highly gratifying 10
every tr’L-rd of his courtrv.
^\cc pt for yourstlf and your body,
^‘Afances ol my high esteem and re
cloned)
j# PHILEMON THOMAS.
Commander m Chief of the Fort of
H aon Honge & i s dependencies.
Th- ho-*. J« hn Rhea,
President of the Convention of ,
West Florida; ;
Certified to be a ’rue copy of the y*
criginal i 1 my olSce.
(Signed)
Andrew Steele, Sec.
By the Representatives of the People of
West-Flo
A DECLARATION,
nown to thflrfvrorld with how
j roudl j pvr>p!e of this
C^friUi v h »ve jj/&fessed and maintain
: d allegiance/o their legitimate sove
i reign wbii^rSnv hopq remained of re.
Ictuving trom Dim protection for their
j property and lives. Without making
j any unnecessary innovation in the e*.
■ tnbl.shed principles offhe government,
we h-,d voluntarily adopted certain re
gulations in concert with our first ma
gistrate for the express purpose of
preserving th’-s territory and shewing
our attachment to the government
which had heretofore protected u?.
I ilia compact, which was entered into
with good faith on our part, will fore
ver remain :tn honorable testimnnu
our upright intentions and inviolable
udsldv to our ki- g and parent count/y,
whiOwo much a3 a shadow of lrg.ti*
ut*n™ authority remained to he exer
cised over us. Wo sought only a
sp' cdy remedy for such evil* as seem
’d to endanger our existence and pros
perity, and were encouraged by our
governor with solemn promists of as
sistance and co-operation. But those
measures which were intended for our
preservation, he b.'.s endeavored to
pervert into an engine of des ruction
by encouraging, in the most perfidious
manner the yiolati -n of ordinances
sanctioned and estnblished by himsuf
as the law ol tf e laud.
Being thus lrft Without any hope of
protccti m from the mother country,
by being betrayed by a magistrate
wh'ise duty it was »obave provided for
th/saffety and tranquility of the peo
ple and government committed to hi*
charge, and-exposed to all the evils of
;i anarchy, which we hove so
Ion Endeavored to avert j it becomes
our mf t:» provide for our own seen- J
rity as a free end independent state,. 1
absolved Irorn all allegiance to a go. j
vern nent which no longer protects us, A
Wc, therefore, the repress stives 1
afores id, appalmg to the l^ircme '
ruler of the world for the rectitude of
our intentions, do solemnly puhiiih &
declare the iev< rn» district* composing
this territory of West Florida to be *
free and independent state, and that
they h tve a i ight to institute for th cm-,
sclyes such form of govern ip y .t as.