Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 10, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 November 1819 — Page 1

c Western Sim

1 GENERAL ABVERTI

By Stout 8c Osbors. VIXCEXX IS, ( IXD ) SATURDAY .YOVEMBER 2j, 1819. Vol. 10. Ao. 47 j

From the American Vatchman. 1 he following is the docuti .nt allude 1 fo in the hist Watchman, under t!ie head of Spain. PROCLAM ATION OF COL. MLLCHOR. ( Translated from a firinted coiu ) Spwiards ! All men who respect virtue and venerate justice cannot Tail clearlv to know lhat Ferdinand V i i instead of acting as a father to us Spaniards, who saved him from a voluntary captivity in sted of putting down the spirit of party which, at :.is return prevailed throughout the nation and instead of forming the Spanish people, who might have idolized him, into one family, has conducted himself as a tyrant, worse than ft Caligula or a DberiUs who under such circumstances as those in which Ferdinand was placed, would no doubt have been less ungrateful and less inhuman than this tyger, thirsting after human blood, as if those torrents which have been shed in is ( uisc were not sufficient to satisfy his furious appetite. As self preservation and that of our country i the supi n iw of nature and inspired into mun by (il himself, the Spanish p o i i ild be wanting to their own most sac ed fights, to their honor, ta th ir fame and heroism if t iey allow Fer linand de Bourbon to complete the work d extirpation, ind suffertl is fierce usurp r any Ion ;v to abuse that ex Cess of patience with which lie has hitherto been tolerated. The disdain with which he has beheld all the reverent petitions which, from within and without Spain hav e been a Idrsse 1 to him, the barefaced manner in Which he tramples on our property and fives; that i isolence, in short, with which he sells to foreigners constde ble portions of the great Sna p h nation, have goo.1 on building i a harrier of brass b 'tween him i d ' c people t at some her.ic peon'e who through the medium of their R present tires w re plesasedto acknowledge turn a Con8 t itional King, bu n t as an absolute M march and soce he himself has b ok n our oaths as well as the bonds wh ich United him to the nation, it is elear that he has dethroned hims If, Spaniards ! In the face of fod and the whole universe we proclaims that F m' Imand is a tvrant and an usurper. Y iU are therefore relieved from your obedience, to him, by every law, human and divine, In order to save our country , it is indespcnsuble that you should, immediatelv, since he has forfeited his own word, assemble geneal and eKtraordinarv Cortes, in conformity to tho constitution. All the brave military, faithful to their oaths, will aid in the noble steps you take to redeem the just and rational libe-tv of rtMS Spanish peopleMany of then

have already joined my Cnotitutional Division and the banners of tiieii country, abandoning those of a tyrant, in Port t. Mary's, and prcfering rather to fight for the re-cstublish-ment of the Constitution in their awn country, than to stain thier swords m ith the blood of their companions and brethern in America. We declare to be a traitor to his country every Spaniard, of whatsoever class or condition he may be who, by words, Writing or armed force, nay attempt to impede the election and assembly of the Cortes. If in ten or twelve points of the Peninsula as many conventional champoins like myself phould rise op. lor the purpose of re-establish:!- the laws of our ancestors, which a thankless kin.;- has perfidiously trampled to the ground) do notdoubl it pain will be saved from all the horrors of anarchy, and will recover forever her august Cortes, and her holy Constitution In the name of our country is granted the rank of officer to every sei i mt w lio may enlist under our banners, or Under tlios of any other of the Constitutional (viampoins of the Peninsula ; and two additional grades tothe officers (from Brigadiers downwards) who may fly to the succor of their coutry in the divisions of the co..stutional troops Spaniards ! Where s the man who does not prefer honor . 1 1 liberty t the infamous voke that w ighs d wn with ignominy the slaves of i erdhu.nd ? Valor union and constjnev, in time of difficulty make you invini')ie, and crowned your heroic heads With triumph, when fighting against t he armi s of the most proud of do iqtierrora t .c same- w ;ose feet tin (Teminate captive of Valance cowardly kissed Valor union and constancy, will again make the e moire of law and the cause reedo n . ;;ar t'iuma i tut inthe w mle of the t xtcr.!. d regions of the Spanish monarchy. Ca rtp of Liberty, on the banks of the Qua di ana. July 18 !819. MELCHOR, A Constufional Chamfioin.

HUR UCANfi AT ST. BAR IS. An obliging friend l as favored us with the following melancholy narrative of the late Rclf Gaz. On the 20th Sep. at 8. P M the weather appeared threatening, and about !2o' clock the wind shift-d to not h and increased from that marter till ten the next morning, when it hauled more to the west, its voilence st i ! increasing. At this ti -, l o' cock, T. l. the 22d, we are shut up with candles burning. The last opportunity of observing the harbor) there were but two vessels afloat. The Barometer continus to fall, 3 P. M All nature appears at war

with man ; we cannot see the distinct of 20 yards We can scaice hear each other speak in the house. I e gale has certainty reached its utmost heights The rain oi scud reset). I; es aivcdblaze of lightning. It t tie w hole world were on fire the scene could not be more aw fully subimc thai at present. 1 he torrents fr m the hills are like rivers. God only knows where it will end, should the flow continue every house most '.e washed away. The wretched inhabit ants re seeking safety in flight. 9 P. M. Little did I think, when I penned the foregoing, that we should so soon share the fate of these poor wretches. The violence of the storm f reed us to remove The fu st p'acc of security we fixed upon was the jail I was nominated to obtain postessin and have the doors opened to re eive the family. In attempting to reach it. I w;is thrown down twice, and canied as far as the Chapel. IIowecr a momentary lull fortunately enabled me to gain the place, with no (her damage than the loss of hat and coat. In this place the tremendous fun of the w ind had worked a perfect c: struction of every door and window in this noble ctiifi . i . On returning to the family I fund th m in the utmost t onsternai 'on i very moment expecting the dinii y room which overhangs, the house to fall in tuins. To gain the celler wrs our n ilj k sort, and after much difficulty fifteen souls were collected the e Sept 23d. f tc scene that presented i'seii".r morning -as tie:, kwml All the shipping Ibrmed o . e mass of ruins at the bead or tlie bay r distinguish evei remnants v a-.d be imp is;' 'c, 1 cauonlj , all are destroy d.

Fu lone half of the town

p'.t u ly demoli ed

yesterday hui-tings were stajKJitj, are now a bat en a-'c There i scarce y a dwelling thai escaped destru utioi 01 damage. Thus fare 1 r.a write with some coniparative con postu ;;iit to witness wl atfoHi,v s is aeonibine in the

hai il of iJcath 'as

many a poor we h ar 1 1 'v

r i s nne . .n

s to n to pec ics, a d fotin tne hutidn 1

yards from the roo a li re il formi . y stood. His lovely diughter was killed. Several bodies have been found so lacerated as not to he known, i-tioses and families !,a.o been swept away toj;c ther. At the comtnc cement of the ale. there werethirt) sail of vesseH afloat, chiefly Americans. The largest v sscl inthe harbor, a Portuguese is not to be seen. , The Governor has issued prt amation offcrii. relief to Lhe distrjcaaetl and destitute.

P a es,

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w ere

extreme. T shorteiK il the ? sufferer. L' tale of ho: v i t' t count i the av t ';s

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