THE FATRIOT.
ee “BELLEFONTE, Augref 13
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Political.
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To the Democrats of
~~ Centre County,
You are requested to me in. your]
mespective townships on Saturday the;
® 3G. day of August instant, and elect
delegates; to meet at the bouse of
n Reapkin in Bellefonte, on the
pesday following, to fix on suite
persons for COUNTY OFFI
RS. Haics and Potter towships
will elect three: each 3 the rest ‘wo
each, except the Borough of DBelle-
fonte and Rush township which will
lgiect one each.
(By order of the Committee of Cor-
resfrondence.
ipl
From the Huntingdon Advocate.
yg Mr. Printer—1 am pow in the 66th
vear and feel pretty sensibly the ef:
Eons of what 1 underwent in my
youths
| © 1 hear a great noise making about
a new Governor, and for the first tume
in my life, have been somewhat at a
Joss to make up my mind who to vote
for, 1did not dike this J. A. Shulze,
| for I thought he was too young, and
for something that I might bave said
| about this, one of my neighbors went
go far as to call me a turn-cost. This]
| has hurt my feclings ; for 1 think)
‘that a man of my years, who has spent
the best of his days in assisting to
main our liberty, ought to be entitled
to a small share of gratitude from
those who are now enjoying the bigss-
ings of our Independence, which cos!
L me upwards of six years of the prime
of my life. .
I bave taken but little part in the
elections for some years past. ‘The
Jast hard work I bad in that way, was
for Snyder against Ross. In 1820 1
took no other part than to give my
vote—I voted for Joseph Hiester, 1
was not altogether satisfied with him,
but feit bound to support a fellow
* Jaborer of the revolution.—But 1
confess I am at a little loss to know
ho it would be right to vote for at
* this time.
© This John Andrew Shulze TI have
never seen, but I know a good deal
about his family I suspect, than some
| people who are making much more
"noise about them. I heard his fath-
er making a speech to some compab-
tes of militia and volunteers, near the
mouth of Mauncytauny on our way to
Germantown, a short time belore the
battle. I remember I thougbtit very
spiritual and very much to the pur
| pose, and well calculated to encourage
young men in the cause. He was
married to a sister of the Muhlen.
bergs—they bore a very high charac-
ter among the Whigs of those days
«Frederick A. Muhlenberg was
‘President of the first Congress, if
my memory serves me. His name
was familiar to the whole army ; and
Peter Muhlenberg was a very brave
officer from the beginning to the end
of the war,
From this then I know that John A
Shulze is one of the old WHIG stock.
He came of a good breed. and if he
did not come into the world soon
enough to take part in our political
struggle for Freedom it was no fault
of his,and I can find no good objection
te him on that accounts
Andrew Gregg, I first saw in the
year 1791, Ithink it was. He was
that fal] elected member of congress
from this district. The man who run
against him I (hivk was James M’-
1.2in of Conecocheague.~The bounds
of the district were shortly afterwards
altered, for he was not our member
Jonger than one term.
p—— | . 2 gue : "
=== age when independence was roclaim-ito the honor of the United Sta'ss,
[taught a school.
ed and 25 when peace was made.
I marched in ’75, and was then 17 —
there were zine in the company
younger than myself.
Resolved, That we have an exaltec
opinion of the talents and integrity ol
Jobn Andiew Shuizg, the democratic
candidate for governor, and we pledge
ourselves to use all fair and honorable
means to promote his election.
Resolved, That the proceedings of
this meeting be signed by the chair-
man and secretary, and published in
the Lycoming Gazette.
URIAH SPENCER, C/'n.|
Tuomas Dyer, Sec’ry.
Foreign.
‘FALL OF MARAYCABO.
From the Cgombiano (of Caracas)
Gazette Extraordinary, July 4th.
fn one account of his lite, written by
a friend, itis said he was born in
Cumberland county in the year 1758,
and nothing more very satistactory is
said about him til the year '89, when
they say he was appointed a teacher
of grammer in the college at Philadel
phia. But they say, that in the mean
time he went down towards Wil
mington in Deleware, aud there
Now this is the matter of all others,
which 1 want to have cleared up. 1
he took up aims in defence of his
country, where was if ? 1f ve did not,
what was the reason for not doing it ?
Washington’s speech to us was,
“ They who arenot ror us, are A:
GAINST US.
From the Commandancy and Io-
tendency of the department of Aulia,
Head Quarters, Maracabo, June 27,
1823.
Most Eicellent Sir—1 have written.
under this date to the secretary of
5tafcy despatch, Marine and War, a
But there is another matter which
lies at the hands of Mr Gregg or his
friends to have cleared up, which
though it may rot be of much con
sequence to most people, it is very
material with us «old [:llows.”
What took him down to Delaware,
« during the time that tried men’s
souls 2” for of all other parts of A-
merica that part of the country har
bored the most clirsed nest of tories
It was in that very _meighborhnod
where the tories mixed lime in the
four sent to the American Army
There was no worse country, for aj co oo
young man to go to. In no part of}
the war did the tories shew a more;
blood thirsty disposition-—not even atiunde: the order of captain Alexander]
the massacre in the valley of Wyom-iy, fawnches
ing.
I wish you would ask the quest
for two or three weeks tn your paper:
Did Andrew Gregg ever should®r af
musket in the revolution, and if $0, SRST 00
at what time and at what place ? 14
he did, take my word I will vate for
him, if he was out even fora day in
the glorious cause—If not, I will vote
for John Andrew Shu'ze, who I know
to be the son ofas good a whig as in
America A’T6LER.
letter of which the following 1s a
copy. Since my last communication,
dated at Gibraltar, I proceeded to the.
poriof Corono, where there were a hun-
dred of the enemy's infantry, destined
to prevent any landing which I might’
make with the givision, and to collect!
cattle and send to this place for pro-|
As soon as I arrived of that!
I landed 100 men of Oronoco!
nlace, !
mca, profecied by thre
.
in canadron, which defeated the!
sata
compiciv
yO
oO ‘4
Cis
1y ly—taking some pris
d wounding a great number
of them, when they took to the moun=
tains, whither they were closely purr
sued by our troops for upwards of,
We tock possession
three leagues.
of their camp, and a number of cat
tle.
(The hour was so late when we
received the dispatchyand the dispatch
itself is so long, that we must coufine
ourselves to an abstract of the resi-
due of it.)
The dispatch ther proceeds to state,
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From the Lycoming Gazette.
Democratic Meeting,
At a general convention of the dem-
ocratic republican delegates, held at
the house of John S. Allens, Tioga
township, in Tioga County, on Satur.
day the 28th day of June, A. D.:1823,
according to public notice, for the nat the squadron proceeded to the
purpose of forming a democratic tick-/
et to be supported*in said county, at
the ensuing general election,
URIAH SPENCER, IX5q. was ca
ed to the chair, and
port of Altagracia, where they dis-
covered the various boats of the en-
ul
i {emy, transporting the wounded to the
fort of San Carlos, some of whom
ry Watts, of the battalion of Caracas,!zun shot.
ro Carillo, of the battalion of Oronoco
—the first d angerously.
attention of the governinent.
‘days previously to the attack, where
‘marched that morning on the point of
:
During the absence of the royalists,
the town had been greatly injured,
and Juan Francisco Echeto and Ped:
| Many of the best buildings had been
The Patriot commander speaks burnt,and the houses completely sack-
highly of the good conduct and 1tre-
pidity of his troops, and recommends
his officers and men generally to the
ed.
This letter farther states that « the
army of Ric-de-la-Hacha has dispers=
ed in the Indian territory, and irom
The last news from the enemy, left
them about two days march from
Maracaybo ; and should they return
deserters, who come in daily; we
learn that these troops will endeavor
to retrace thelr steps to Rio-de-la«
Hacha. We are credibly informed
that the encmy’s vessels are full of
sick, wounded, and women, and short
of powder aud provisions.
(0 attack the place, with a view to
re capture it, with a superior force,
it is the intention of the Patriot com-
mander, {Marinquy) to embark im-
mediately, and continue to blockade
Fifteen
vessels, well armed,are at the castle
the place. of San Carlos, commanded by Mons
Should tlie Royalists attack the
sicur Pierre Lamison, waiting the ara
town, they will be compelled to aban-ir, ya) ot aumiral Laborde fo attack the
i sition leave a {ree :
don their position, and enemy. We, have picked up more
than 1000 shot, 12’s 187s 2474
pobis since we entered the town. The
wp of Sinamanea, anc Eri d——| 2
the town of 3 Dif A= nuns convent hus 106 shot holes in it;
though no communication bas Jately
I
: to the divisions of the Patri
passage Sint
ot troops, which are stated to be near
rs
19
very house wear the water side id
-—
ivedd from the Patriot offi . :
been receiv re in completely ruined. The loss ot ths
to whom Marinque has written
Maracaybo in different direc-
cers 3 i i i
; Colombians is not known; but it must
he considerable.”
I'he letter from Aruba, July 1}
gives an account somewhat different,
from
ions.
Generdl
oO
Castille; with his largest vessels, twa
Morales had retired to
but si}! correspording in tts general
features with that of colonel Mdbrique,
hg expec
with
ted to be joined by Larborde
Col. Calzada had
so far as to show that it relates to the
same transaction. We give this lets
ter entire. :
his forces.
Exract from a letter, dated Aruba,
July 1, 1823
“ On the 15th of Jupe Padilla drew
id attention of the Spaniards towards
Perija, witha seeming intention of ef-
tceting a landing in that quarter.
General Morales forthwith reinforced
he garrison there with 600 men.
I'he patriot chief then landed at the
city of Maracaybo, but on the appear-
ance of colohel Prieto re-embarked
again. On the 16th, however, he
again landed the troops commanded
bv colonel Manrique in the said cityy
where a division of 300 Spaniar 's
was put to flisht, headed by Calzada.
All this took piace while Morales was
at Garabulla, ascertaining whether or
ans, under colonel Manrique, during inot Gomez’ troops had fallen back.
the absence of Morales, with the[fhe republicans held possession
restest gait The Masagay so for three days, the 16th, *
a 7th and 18h, during which time
despatch of colonel Manrique, con. they plundered and carried away eves
ry thing, namely ammunition of every
ohservation that had been assigned 10}
Col Don Jayme Preto, and
Lieutenant Colonel Narvas command-
ed the Royalists in the engagement
him.
MARACAYBO REOCCUPIED BY
MORALES AND THE
ROYALISTS.
Office of the Commercial Advertiser
Saturday, July 26, 1823.
We yesterday published from a
handbiil, issued at Caraccas on the 4th
of July inst, an account of the cap
ture of Maracaybo, by the Colombi-
of hig forces.
\
veying this gratifying intelligence,
THOMAS DYER, appointed sec-
retary.
The object of the meeting being:
4 : ; t the enemy had concentrat-
made known from the chair, the fol- jearut that: the enemy
1
lowing resolutions were adopted.
were made prisoners, by whom they
led his forces at Sinamanca, and Peri-
Having viewed with concern, the ja, in order to intercept the divisions
divisions that the democratic party was: <1 were marching on both flanks,
threatened with last winters The i ;
great number of candidates mentioned, and that they bad only left a garrison
of 500 men,together with a few of
served to increase the dilemma, and
distract the people ; every section of Tadizns
the state having its favorite candidate,
Amongst the candidates, Mr. George
Bryan stood the highestin the west
ern counties; The tederalis's were
the most ready in promoting Mr. Bry-
an. Were they serious! No. They’ army. After making several assaults
had succeeded in raising the cry ofl
corruption against the worthy Find-|
lays; and had they succeeded in gull-isucceeded in carryin
ing the people so far as to have plac-'g g.clock in the evening, when the
ed Mr, Bryan in nomination, they]
: 3 v completely routed anc
would have come out with all enemy were Comp )
the;
charges of corruption that was reiter. driven to the mountains, where it was
ated against Wm. Findlay, and would!impossible to pursue them on accoun!
have appealed to the people and said, : f .
Pp peo; ‘of the night being dark and rainy
that in 1820 we succeeded in our oN
tempts to put down the democratic/The fruit of this glorious day to the
party, and now they have put io nor: | my of Colombia, has been that they
ination George Bryan, late Auditor) :
General, who served under Snyder's have conquered the cnemy with an 10-
the raw country pcopie and
at Maracaibo. He determined to at.
tack the place and occupy ity in or,
ul
der to protect the movements of the
and experiencing several repulses, he
g the place at
1 remember there was a great hue!
and cry about his vote mn favor off
Jay's Treaty—~but the thing was but:
Jittle understood by the most part of
us in this part of the country at thatnot guilty of the charges that was bro’t
time. The country was then new and{against him, and therefore George
We seldom ever saw)
thinly settled.
a newspaper ; or knew what was do:
jog in Congress. The last time J saw
and conversed with him, was in a
store in Lewistown ; I understood he
was the owner or concerned in the
store,
But what T am most at a loss to
know, is this. Where was Mr
Gregg and what was he doing during
the revolution? I have looked over
all the newspapers I could get my
hands on, and have scen the proceed-
jnes and resolutions of a number of]
public meeings. In seme of them he
# called an « experienced Patriot,”
put T can fina nothing now said about
a revolutionary hero. In ont account
he is made out 655and in others 72
years of age—1 dont care much
which. When I caw bim in Lewis
"town, I thought him several years old-
er than/me, and that account 1 bad
and Fiodlay’s administration, and if ferior force, and taken possession ofa
Mr. Findlay was corrupt, when treas- .
py Ph > iplace which was deemed Jmpregna:
uver, is pot Mr. Bryan mare corrupt ?|
We believe that William Findlay was/ble.
The Patriot forces took possession
f all the vessels in the port, the artil-
tice in his office, at all events, in any lery, a large quantity of the munitions
hi aim: ir. Findl: E
thing appertaining to, Mr, Findlay.| ¢ war, and clothing, cattle and pro
There are many men in the democrat-| :
ic ranks that are worthy of the high| visions. The principal prisoners ar
office of Governor, but we cannot re- Col. Pedro Guewero, four captains
al ul ny! !
frain from giving our applause fo the and several subalterns, and a number
members of the Harrisburg Conven-| : :
tion for putting in nomination John of soldiers, Tbe
Andrew Shulze, who had no part in'states, that a pumber of the officers
the former or present administration! fipe Royalists have already propos:
a man of integrity and ability, one 3 y :
whom the democrats can challenge 4 to join the Patriot service. Among]
the federalists ‘to bring a charge a-'the enemy,s killed were Col. Jamye
gainst worthy of answer. Ve can-ipreyo, the second officer of Artillery.
not refrain from observing the cryof | :
the present party in power & 10 farty, Captain Alexander Lavaria, a numbe;
no party,” and at the same time ad-lof officers, and about 80 privates
hering to a pusilanimous administra-infore than 200 wounded were left i:
tion, and would, if pessible induce us Cle .
to support Andrew Gregg—a man! their precipitate flight, upon the field
that never was possessed of a strong] The loss on the side of -he Patriot:
mind, an in his dotage—a ma . :
» and sow in his - dotag NM consisted of 90 killed and 130 wound
Bryan could not be guilty of malprac- [©
dispatch furthe
kind, dry goods, provisions, the print=
ing establishment, with tbe printer in-
to the bargain; in fact every thing
but the houses, some of which were
set on fire. On the 19th the patriot
roops ‘ascertaining that Morales was
on his march from Garahulla towards
the city, got again on board of their
vessels, On the satae night, a port
of his army, called la Guardia del
General, fell in 'with and opened 1s
fire on Cal!zada’s division, which was
returned, these friends taking each
o'her for an enemy. Padilla 1s at an-
shor at the Isle de Burros, mm fol
command of the Lagoon; and has on
board most all the female part of
Maracaybo, who cheerfully went over
to him, with cries of capitulate or die.
Lorenzo by the way of Las gritas, are
rived at Maracaybo,”
—— re
From the Boston Palladium. July, 25,
PIRACY AND MURDER.
A lew days before captain Pclham,
of the brig Helen, lett Copenhagen,
icconmts were received of a most
shocking piracy and murder; ommit-
ed off Wingo Beacon, by a Swedish
ishiug boat. “They boarded a small
vessel, and after murdering all hands,
hey robbed the vessel, lashed the
wim, and left her. In this situation
she drifted nto Gottenburg, with the
blood running out of her scuppers
Phe perpetrators were discovered by
thelr bloody clothes, were apprehend
ed, and will no doubt be execoted =
they proved to be fishermen living in
the neighborhood of Gottenburg., It
was thought the pirates were frightens
ed by 1he near approach of some oth-
cr vessel, and left her before they had
completed their design of sinking or
running her on slhiore, as many valua-
ble articles were left on board, and
every thing indicated their leaving
. i the vessel in a great hurry, It is
en, Commandant Prieto was bad hoped the bad success attending he
ly wounded in the affair, which so first atlemipt to rival their West Io-
disheartened his men that they retir.|0 2 2rothers will deter others from fole
ed with the loss of 14 killed. Prieto lowing the example. |
—
that night. On the 10th the
; Accounts form New Orleans have
General Morales arrived at Palmeroja been received down to the 12th mst,
By these we learn that the revenue &
cutter Louisiana, has taken possession
off the Balize of the schooner Liglhih
of January, suspected of having com-
mitied piracies The cotter and her
bears the date of June 27, 1823; bui
[in this there must be some mistake,
las will be seen from what follows :
We have this afternoon received the
Curracoa Courant of the 5th of July.
containing a letter from Maracaybo ro
of the 25th of June, and another from
Aruba, near by, of the 1st of July,!
giving a detail of the events which
transpired at the former pace up to
the date of said letter.
From the first of these letters it ap
pears that on the 9th of June, the
Colombian squadren came to anchor
within pistol shot of the city, and open-
Mo-
rales was absent at the time, at Mo.
jan, about seven leagues distant, with
the main army of the royalists. Only
150 men were left mn the garrison,
ed a tremendous fire upon it.
and these held out until evening,
when the Colombians entered, the in-
habitants and troops re'iring to a
place called Vigia, two miles back.
At the Vigia, the
met by four companies of the regi
ment of Cassadores del General, who,
royalists wer
being joined by the men who retired
from Maracaybo, were gailantly led
against their invaders by their com-
mandant Prieto, and at the point of!
the bayonet entered the town at 9
o'clock P. M. They found the ene.
my 10 the greatest confusion, and kill-
ed and wounded upwards of 200 of |
died
with the main body of the army, and
on the 17th, having been joined by
two other divisions, entered Mara ; y-
bo without resistance, the Colombians
from his ewn mouth counter a ced my,
that was opposed to the democratic
aa 188 a0 anes yasied ; among the latter are—Captair
< N
prize were standing i fof Mobite on © |
having retired to their vessels, w
rN ie h 5th "