The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-10-12 00:00:00, page 2

words. Theit intention in this wil
ful perversion of language, cannot
be mistaken. Ifthey can fucceedin
their plan of dividing the public opin
ion, they will then take care to give
such a definition of the term Republi
can, and the term Democrat, as will
best suit heir party views.
During the administration of Mr.
Adams the word Republican could
Seldom find a place in a Federal pa
per untefs it were to be ridiculed or
reprobated, but finding the people
are not to be bullied or cheated out
of their principles, the Federalists
are constrained to change their tone,
and to affeft Republicanism in order
to recommend themselves to popular
favour. Still however they join it to
their favourite federalifm, in order
that they may the easier drop the mask
and resume their proper federal sea,
tures when they find it convenient.
Defeatedin all their Rhemes of am
bition; —in all their attempts to con
found and mislead the public, they
have tibt yet relinquished their hopes !
of success. They still flatter them-|
selves that the people are a mob; a
swinish multitude ; and that by per
- fevering in the arts of deception they
Shall finally gain the point they aim
at. Although the people have bad a
pretty severe specimen of Federal
Republicanism ; altho' their Sedition
Laws, their Stamp Ads, their Land
Tax, and their high toned party lan-j
guage are still frefh in the minds of
the public, the simple federalifts still
flatter themselves with the vain hope
that they will be allowed to a& their
tragic comic farce a second time.
Were it possible for them to realize;
their expectations, we Should soon;
fee what kind of Republicanism they
mean when they call themselves Fed
eral Republicans. Vexed and galled
by the remembrance of their late
overthrow, we Should soon find them
taking the most effectual measures to
guard against a similar disgrace. The
People, whom they have always
despised might at firft be “ allowed
an essential (hare in the Government,"
then a small share, and lastly, noj
share at all; and this, they would in-/
fift upon as being true, genuine Re
publicanism. This is the kind of
Republicanism which our Federalists
are endeavouring to introduce and
establish, keeping it, at present, as
much as possible out of fight, while
they are seriously engaged in the ri-!
diculous attempt of drawing a line of|
separation between Republicans andi
Democrats. If Federalism and Re
publicanism are one and the fame,
(as they pretend) what is the reason
that all the oldforfa without exception
have ranged themselves under the
banners of Federalism, tho'it is well
known that they are in principle and
pra&ice opposed to Republicanism ?
what is the reason, that all who are
in favour of monarchy and nobility
prefer Federal Republicanism to any
other kind of Republicanism?
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT
IN SPAIN-
Cut:
Madrid, May io.
THE following is an extraft
/of a letter written from the city
of Lorca, by one of its inhabi
tants, to his friend in this city,
in which he gives an account of
the dreadful accident which be
fel that city from the breaking a
bank or mound, which was con
ftru6ted a few years ago to con
tain the rain water for the pur
pose of watering the fields in the
neighborhood of that city. The
number drowned by this misfor
tune amounted to 6000.
2 1 make known to you. Sir,
that on the last day of April
(which will be memorable for
ages to come) at half past three
o'clock in the afternoon a youth
ran into my hoefe and gave me
the lamentable information that ;
the bank had given way ; he ac
companied these expressions with;
Io many tears and such fobbing;
that he could scarcely articulate
or I understand him. Ori re
ceiving this fatal notice I ran
with great precipitation into the
street, where I found a general
commotion amongst the people,
who were leaving their dwellings
to put themselves into a place of
fafety. I returned to my house,
and by my cries colle&ed my;
wife, children and family ; they 1
saw my trouble ; we all rQ pre
cipitately to Calvario to ^Scape
the great danger which^reat-
I ened. We there fouriin con.
Ifiderable number of peo,e, fill
ed with trouble and dread, call
ing upon God and begging for
mercy with loud cries and la
mentations. 1 then saw vast
quantities of water defending
from the hills, which directed
itfelf with the greatest fury im
-laginable towards San Diego,
Ipreading itfelf over alithe fields,
having its general direction tow.
ards the olive trees. I left my
family at Calvario, and went; to
.the street de lat Caya, from
whence I law the water breaking
down the convent of Mercy ; ar
riving at the gate of Bordetra,
the market no longer appeared ;
1 I passed to the house de Miralles;
they there told me that houses,
families, and every thing else,
had been swept away, from the
Botica to the Quaitel, on both
sides. The water covered the
ihills and carried away the whole
population on the right of the
fountain. Our corrigitor was
in the palace directing assistance
to be given ; he was lurrourided
by many people ; the general was
beat, and every thing was done
for the tranquillity of the people,
At this time news was received
that at the mill of Buena-Vista
they had found the lord counsel
lor who had been drowned ; im
mediately orders were given to
the people to bring his body ;
at 12 o'clock at night it was
brought to Castillo. 1 repaired
to the gate of St. Gines ; I there
saw that the steeple of the con
vent of St. Mercy was threaten
ed with ruin. I repaired to the
gate es don John Antonio Albu
querque, where at this Season
his wife and family reside ; they
had fled on horses. Monjui was
commissioned to colled the dead
bodies in the Ovala.
“ At break of day the follow
ing morning we heard nothing
but lamentations, some looking
for their parents, others for
their children, women seeking
for their husbands, and all try
ing to unite their families. At
the gate called St. Gines we can
no longer fee the fcites where
the houses stood; every thing is
desolation from the convent of
Mercy to the Hospital ®f Wo
men ; the houses carried away
in the barrier alone are reckoned
:at 400, and what are left, are
;greatly injured as the water was
in all the second stories. The
sacred vessels of the convent of
;Mercy were found at two leagues
;diftance ; the church of San
I Chriftoval is not much injured,
I though the water was up to the
I cornices ; San Diego isabandon
;ed—the faints are removed ; the
fame is the case in La Merced,
because mud and trash are left in
them two yards deep. Every
thing is taken from the tower of
La Merced, as it threatened to
fall to ruin. Trenches are dug
without the town, where they
are going to bury the dead with
-lout diftindion of persons, and
Iwhere they are now collecting
t'Aem in carriages. All the fields
arid gardens, from the Garden
dQGraces to the road which
panes this, have been a river.
No habitations are left ; people,
animals, olive trees, gardens,
all have perished and are ruined.
It is fortunate the whole city
did not luffed the fame fate : this
would have been the case if the
bank had not given way where
it did, and the water had not ta
ken a direction to the left of San
Diego. The lord counfellor
might have been saved, as was
the son of his assistant and his
servant, but he confided in his
mules, and perished with them
and his coachman. People are
fent.to Velez to grind grain ; we
have no longer any mills ; of
thirteen which we had only that
of Buena Vista remains, and that
is injured; of oil mills not one
is left; of the greatest part of
Santa Quiteria only the founda-;
tions are left. The rivulets and
groves are full of timber and fur
niture. The books and accounts
of Roman Garces were found at
the farm houle of Sufullena, and
about 34>000 reals belonging to
him also. As yet I have neither
eat nor slept ; ail is confufion
and dismay; all are weeping over
the dreadful accident, At pref
ent I can fend you no further
particulars on this fubjed, but
i will venture to fay, that the
damage will be much greater
when the waters have passed
twenty leagues, which is the
distance from hence to the lea,
and when they have encounter
ed Murcia, Orihenla, and other
places in their way."
American Affairs.
Hudson, Sept. 21.
We are very sorry to have it in
our turn to add one to the num
ber of melancholy accidents
which have occurred from light
ning the present season ; The
city of Hudlon, supposed to be
secured from the violence of the
" fulphurous blast" by its con
tiguity to Catskill mountains and|
the neighboring hills, had not
experienced a stroke from light
ning since its firft settlement.
On Tuefday last, however, be
tween 4 and 5 o'clock, P. M.
the clouds collected in our vicini
ty, and a terrible and violent
thunder storm succeeded. A
house in Front street was struck,
° and Mrs. Betsey Guest, wife of
Mr. Edward Guest, killed, and (
her only child, an infant of 6'
months old which she had in her
arms, very much hurt, besides
several other persons considera
bly injured in the houle. The
lightning struck the chimney
firft, and came down to the
hearth of the fourth story, then
darted a foot or two from the
chimney, and went through the
floor in the third story where Mr.
Guest was standing, then went
through to the second story to
a clock, some parts of which it
melted, splitting and shivering
the case—then down to the
ground floor and into the earth.
Mrs. Guest's grandmother was
in the room with her at the time,
but was no other way injured
than almost fuffocated by the
smoke and fulphureous stench.
In the room where the clock
I stood, a'n old gentleman, Col.
Worthington, and his wife,
were much affe&ed. A bird in
, this room was unhurt, though
! its cage was broken to pieces.
A second squall, about an
j hour from the firft, came over
I and threatened equal violence,
'but fortunately did no damage.
In this storm, we learn, a barn
belonging to a widow Curtis, in
Chatham, full of grain and hay,
was struck and consumed
A house was blown down in
Albany in the above gale, and a
man killed and several others
wounded under it. And we have
heard of several barns being burnt
by the lightning and blown
down by the wind, in theneigh-„
! borhood of this city, but have
no correa particulars. Be^
The Speech of “ Red Jack
et," a speech laid to have been
; deliverd by an Indian Chief, re
proaching the present Govern
'ment of the United States, proves
to be an entire federal fabrication
for political purposes.
. Salem Regifter.'
Trenton, Sept. 17.
The EleHion in the State of
Delaware, for Members of the
State Legislature, and for a
Representative to Congress, takes
place on Tuefday the sth of Oa.
next, —Letters from that State
assure us, that there is no doubt
of the election to Congress of
Ca/ar .d. Rodney, the Republi
can Candidate, by a handlome
majority. His eledion will give
an important accession of talents
and information to the Republi
can party in the house of Repre
sentatives. —He will take his Seat
on the 4th of March next, at
which time Mr. Bayard's term
expires.
The Eleaion throughout the,
IState of Pennsylvania for Gov
ernor, Members of the Legisla
ture, and Seventeen Reprelenta- 1
tives to Congress, occurs on
Tuefday the 12th of Odober
next. —Republicanism has noth
ing to fear from the result of this
ele&ion.
Sun of Federalism Jetting in
I Conneaicut—As far as informa-