Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-05-28

From ColOmbia.--ws learn r..
New York Evening Post liz, .
before the sailing Of the al t-0
Splendid from Porto CsbeIlo, inf
ton had been received by exprss.
Bogota that a general action had ~
place between The Colombian ana \
ruvian forces, in which the forms,
NAMED masters of the field. A.
mistice had been agreed 10 bets
the two powers, and il is said tbat;r \
mean time the differences bstv.
the m are to be referred 10 the attn
ton ofthe United States.
Bolivar has issued proclama,io,
Popaysn, offering pardon and amp.,'
TO all persons engaged in the insutts.
ton under Col. 0Vsndo, who within
days from the date of the procIamaf'
would surrender their arms, and ~
the oath of fidelity to the existing y
yernment. Those who are rsfrae,os
or who after taking the oath, are fon,
ia arms against the government, are
be shot on the spot where they are n.
Bolivar has issued proclamation
encourage the working of the mines
exempts from military duty all perso.
engaged in mining, or in any occup,,
tion necessary to mining operations.
No government can be free wheI
the right of opinion is denied. We Dol !
this truth to be seltevident. Can ils
the despotism of the Presidents min,
ters be justified by people who profss
to be Republicans Let US look csDl
didly at this for moment
Here is a man holding sore incool
siderable office under the General Co
vRrEment-he is honest, faithful and
capable. A time Of great political esl
citement arrives the whole nation \
sgitated. Exercising the privileges q
freeman. but without making himself
violent partizan, be goes to the Dol,
and votes for the man OF his choice =
That choice is not the choice of The "a.
ton. Is it not monstrous, tyrapncal.
and ubiquitous, that this officer shouli
be proscribed-should be set out upou
the wide world without occupations
should have his wife aud children beg.
gared--his fortunes ruined, ard h,
hopes marred, for thus using righ
granted to him by the Constitution, Oh
tanned by the blood of bis fathers TAN
OF Freedom, and Republication. 4,
well may they talk of it ia Turkey,
| PRESCRIPTION LIST, No. XVII.
I<'OEsOih his hsad-- So much for Buckingham.
BAviD FirzRAND uLru. Postmaster a
New BRUNSWICK, n. J Yemoved, Il
make way for Wa MEER, Jockso
| Editor.
IHs recent Earthquakes IN Spain =
The Gibratsr Chronicle of the 18th a
April. containsthe following paragrapl
relative to the recent earthquakes i
Spain.
In q Decree of tbe Eth inst 80 MIA
adverting to the disastrous occurreas
Of the EAST ult. 10 the Districts OF OR
huela and Mureia, by which was sud
denly converted into a desert, "a trad
of fruitful country ia which stood be
fore 20 buildings consecrated 10 IN
public worship, and upwards of fou
thousand houses, and fabrics of vagi
ous descriptions, under the ruins d
which are now buried numbers oil thel
late tenants, together with their crops
their cattle and oil their wealth. Hi
Catholic Majesty makes it known, tia
he and his Queen have, out of thei
private purses, made a donation @
rs 900 dollars for the relief OF the sur
viving Sufferers, besides his orderin
40 GOO ianegas of wheat to be apple
TO the same purpose, out OF the tithes
the Crown; and further eahorts, 10 Ii
most urgent manner, the corporation
grandees, prelates, and mobiles of b
kingdom, the opulent and in short ever
class of his subjects, TO come TO the q
sistance of their unfortunate brethtel
II was stated at the Greek meeting c
Friday evening, that Chancellor Kent
Commentaries were about to be transl
ted into Modern Greek, to serve as
basis for judicial proceedings in the lar
OF Scion and Lycurgus. Webster
Address atthe laying of the corner stor
OF the Bunker's Hill Monument, has a
ready been published and extensiveI
circulated in that interesting country.
$50 ~ Y Jour-
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