The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-01-15

diers wss wotse than tho life Of dogs.-He
| sNid n he told tue Genersi, I would be immo-
diateIy pot 10 death, and that l hsd bertcr tsko
his advice, that by being = soidier, / should
hsve the liberty Of tho town, to go whsre L
pIessed, and that the intention Of the Gene al
vas, TO establish We Psiu,ing Office there,
end that ! was to conduct IL. told him I
was willing 10 wo'k or do sry thing 10 my
power, provided l was treated with civili,y,
but soldier ] would not be.
A few dsys si,er l wis visited again by sn-
other officer, who told me he was my friend,
and would do oil he could for u,e, ss he wac
spst,icuiar iovoriie OF the Genersl's. Ikind-
W thanked him, snd wished he would use his
interest IN my behalf. He laid an order hod
arrived from 'bs vice Kng ~ Mexico, err
fressiy TO have Tpe shot, and he wished to
know tor what reason ] vas rep,isvcd aud
scded, the General has info'msd tho vice
King The use would be TO Tho government,
'n printing all their public works. tbs, 10 the
con'ss OF a month, he should know the re.
suit, end would Immediately inform me. I
gave him many thanks for his friendship, end
he retired, leaving me to fumina,e on my sp.
prosching fate.
Oo the isrh day OF August, I was taken to
the Serysieria, IS they called IL (wri,ing uffco
govsrnmen'.) and presen,ed 10 the Geoo-
rai and his Secretary, who treated me very
politely, and rfefwards ordered mo TO set up
the Printing Office. which was in one Of the
sdiscent rooms, snJ have IL ,esdy Tor work.
ing ss soon as possible. They delivered me
TO The care OF a sergeant end corporsl, who
were to watch me bo'h day snd night, under
tho stric,est responsibility, and my allowance
was to bs IS cents per dsy. With ,h;s was
to yet along % we'll ss l, could--In tho
course otiwo or three days, I had eve,y thing
ready, snd vent 10 work, Ways honored with
gosrd. About Six months elapsed, and
onoiher ordes was cent To The GvnersI 10 have
me executed bot by this time I had acquire
cd great msoy ,espectsble friends, snd
among ,hem god Jother--for I got bontixed
and joined thor ehorch they pauicuisriy
desired | should on account Of NV critical cit.
ustion, as u would have gree, I, fleet In pre-
serving my lite II I wcre again otletsd to bs
sbot. ] agreed, cod wss sccor rdiog,y bspix.
ed previous to the arrival ot tho second order
of The vice King. ! was once mole taken to
my old prison, end kept in close confine mont
three days. aud would certainly have been ex-
ecutsd had ! not have Joined lhsir church st
tho time ! did. My friends nov used oil
their influence 10 my behalf, snd the Genersl
resolved 70 postpone my execution on his
own responsibility ss long as possible. So
that ! IVES sgsln conducted 10 the printing
Office, where I continued ssrvipg them az
their slave Tor iour years, in which time moth
ing particularly occurred. My only hopes Of
ever returning TO my ns,ivs home were, in
csse the independence should be achieved,
which fortunately took place 10 1925; when
II had H.. -.
sell st h6erfy, sod sfct remaining three yesrs
longer In the county, with some considerable
difficulty, ! succeeded 10 procuring Q psss-
port TO return to tho Uni,sd S,sles end I
iLmsdis.cly proceeded to tho port OF Ssnii.
ago, ON the Rsio Gusode, and embs ked on
board the American brig Forest, spd sher
pssssgs Of 80 dsys, had The inexprsssible
pleesute Of once more usading the lsnd Of
liberty and equality. / hardly knew whers
was, ios IL was like coming on, OF the dark
dungeons of oblivion, into heaven, II may
mako tho comparison. Indeed tho ci,izens
oI lbe United States do not iu realty know
tie LIBERTY they enjoy. .f,,. ~
As respected the opststions Of Gen. Nina
after he left Us, avn ignorant. ] only know
from wbst wss reported, that he proceeded 70
the interior Of the cououy. gathered . eonsid.
ersbls number Of troops and was going on
very prosperous Tor some time, and would f.
psily have socceeded in emaneipsiiug the
country, III had not been for ,hs jealousy of
Padre Torres, sootber Republican General.
who, not wishing 10 be sIvaIled by Nina. did
every thing in his power 10 injure bin, snd ss
lest wss the. cause oil his RUN. lie had a.
chieyed q great many br,il,snt sc,ions over
FAC superior pombess. ] wss informed by
ono OF the royal offiers, ihs, he totally destroy
cd with his Ameriesns, Two OF their hnsst
regiments in tho. cooni,y--ths regiments Of
Sl'irsdurs aud Fernando Ssp.imo. who were
ell Europesns. Nina wss iskeu ss night
while asleep st . 4 ,eDd's hoose--hs WAS on
his way to one oi his posts, accompanied only
By one Of hj, ws.sss. and in sho', time Of.
terwNds was shot. Ho died like sbrsvs man,
end bis Ioss was severely iel, by every person
who had the pleasure Of being sequsio'ed With
him. Tie was bumsne, generous snd brave
aud possessed endow meo,s seldom 10 be found
among Spsais ds. He wss Q very hsodsome
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