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ON MCHULLO’S CONQUEST,
-»»is TfiUE INDEPEiOBESOE OF SOOTH-JKMyiUeA, fitC,
; New-fork, May 31,1816.
. Messrs. Editoro—*The subjoined reflections
Wve been drawn from the account of Genera
Morille’s exploits in Santa Ffe, Oirft an far as
they go, wilt perhaps throw some light apcr
the seemiqg importance of that victory. * With
out regard to the relation given by men, who
never speak the truth, it is verf strange that
the report of th» brilliant march has been de
layed twenty-eight days before its arrival at
Morflio will not have defeated in his
Guayra.
march the abends of insurgents;” he will have
seen them approach and fly: that is to say, the
inhabitants of Santa Fe, guided by their expe
rience, and incited by bis local situation, have
discovered that his want of discipline promiset
•them advantages only in apartizai. war. With
their excellent horses and exact knowledge
the country, theywill retire from their enemies,
leave them without resource, and in the ent
will conquer them, Morillo, who has been a
highwayman in the Spanish war against the
French, knows and will fear this new system o''
the Santa Feciqians: ere lone they will make
him tremble for the progress of his “victorious
army?* 'The “insurgents” only wait for a fa
vorable moment for vengeance, and it will be
’proportioned to the cruelty of their oppressors
Scarcely arrived Morillo at Santa Fe, (without
saying where are “the numerous bands o
troops,”) when he assures us that the territory
is tranquil, the inhabitants sincerely attached to
Ferdinand, and he does not believe that {he
troops are. necessary for their fidelity. What
little penetration has the assassin Morillo! . ant
what great confidence does he repose in the
persons who hung the public functionaries in
the commencement of the revolution^ who or
ganized dnd sent armies with the avowed ob
ject of conquering Caraccas and Quito; who
-have declared themselves independent of the
Spanish nation, and who have witnessed but
from a little distance the inhumanity of the
royal army in Mexico, Carthagena, ana Carac
cas.
He has ordered that a‘great part of his army
return to Venezuela, and has sent SOOQ men by
Panama to*Lima. His army has 8000, and we
see that in this division he announces Santa
Fe. to be delivered up almost upon the “fideli
ty” of its unfortunate inhabitants, who, if ’
mistake not, are long since resolved to spil
their blood a thousand times ere they will sub
unit to the sceptre of Ferdinand. W‘e may cal
culate that Morillo saw the impossibility of gar
risoning, and submitted the province to the “fi
delity” of its inhabitants, or that he has return
ed defeated ito Venezuela, or flying to that from
defeat, relates great victories to disguise his
real situation. Only in this manner can he ar
rest for a little time the explosion which threat
ens
Caraccas and Carthagena;—‘the proclama
tioas and executions of the Spanish emissaries
manifest the storm to be gathering. It is pro
bable that the royalists of Guyra nave publish
ed a false proclamation with the intention to
deceive general Bolivar, who is now actively
Engaged against that country, and who will test
to greater effect the “fidelity*’ of its inhabit
ants. ,
What road will the 2000 men sent to Lima
taker The Pacific is commanded by commo
dore Brown; and if this patriotic gentleman
does not give them a passport, they will stay
in Panama, ''it is scarcely necessary to recol
lect, that the regiments of Soria and Estrema-
dura destined to prevent the insurrection of
Tuparaara were reduced, by the climate of Pa
nama and arrived at Lima mere skeletons, be
cause it, is obvious that the liberty of Soatii-
America will«be established only by eventua
success. No; Buenos-Ayres regards with per
feet serenity such ridiculous reinforcements des
tined only to increase her, glory.
■From, the Charleston City Gazette, 15th. instant
LATEST FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
To the politeness of captain Harvey, of the
British ship Chilham Castle, arrived here yes
terday from Kingston, (Jam.) the editors of
dazette are indebted for a regular file of v
Jamaica Courant to the 22d of May inclusive.
They furnish some late and important items of
intelligence from South America, relative to the
operations of the patriot and royal armies.—
Morillo (the bloody monster who sacked Car
thagena) and Morales, two Spanish generals,
on foe 29th of April, attacked the independent
arjny and were defeated! 400 of their soldiers
deserted during the engagement, and went over
to tire patriot cause. We refer the reader to
extracts below.
Kingston,(|am.Y May 15
We have derived the following information
by.the arrival of the schooner Minorca, from
Rio de la Hache:— t£ On {he 9th inst. a vessel ar
rived at Rio de la Hache, from Santa Martha,
the crew of which stated that official accounts
had been received there on the 1st, of "generals
Morillo and Morales haying attacked the inde
pendent'army, under Urdanetta-and Torrices,
near Gcanno, on the 29th of April, when after "
severe conflict, the king’s troops were com
pletely defeated, and Morillo was compelled-to
foil back upon Mompox. About 400 men: Had
deserted during the engagement and joined the
independents, whose force, it is said, amounts
to 8000 men.
“A mail boat, with despatches from Banta
Martha, touched at Rio de la Hache, and after
communicating with the commandant, proceed
ed for Laguira, but after being ont five wiays,
she returned, in consequence, it was s&ift, of
her having learned that general Bolivar had
landed nearTjaguira and had obtained posses
sion of that pace.”
May 18.
His grace the governor has been pleased to
dissolve by proclamation, the present general
Assembly, which stood prorogued to the 18th
of June, and writs for a new election have been
ordered to be issued.
May 21,
Extract of a letter dated CUrroeoa, May 11.
“There is a report in circulation herey and is
generally believed to be correct, that Bolivar
ha« landed at at Margaritta with 1000 men.”
schooner a
prehehded. They bfve ac
and no doubt will meet
ihent. Sykes, the brown
board the Sarah,
He was thrown into
oners, named Nav
rera.”
;te of Jama {eg, have
to be taken .from the
the sea
beep ap-
the fact,
pupish-
was on
who
re as an evidence,
y one of the pris-
thef • , THE WAlt ON THE OCEAN.
From various tables of battles and captures,
daring the late war, published in Niles'
of the 6th, we extract the follow:
ritish national vessels captured by as,
British merchant men of aljnorts, 1610.
fe ether is called Car-
A set of Buccan
cruising between
Bahama Isfeuids, am
depredations along
’sels bound to tife West
rived in the ports
have, Mr some time been
Mexico and; the
tely extended their
ide. Several ves-
:s, and several ar-
of the United States, have
been boarded, plundered, apd - extremely ill
treated by these pirates. Thfe government must
look iOitkfMThe utmost vigilance should I
exerted by^Wirerpisers, in capturing and bring
ing in all vessels of a suspicious character.—
Enquiry should be made as to the legality, or
(as we may" with propriety %sfe the term) the
legitimacy of the flags assumed by vessels, de
nominating themselves Spaniards, Patriots, Car-
thagenians. .i
We do most cordially hopfe for the emanci
pation of South America. To the Carthageni-
an privateer, when cruising agaiitet the vessels
.of tne tyrant Ferdinand, we- Wish the amplest
success—-we would—.without interfering with
the concerns of either theroyalist-or »-evolution-
ary party in Spanish America—suffer every
honorable facility to be thrown in the way of
the?latter. But let not'the/-modern, like the
ancient Carthagenians, attempt to puf upon Us
their jmm’ca fules——
“To tamper with us in a double sense.’*
Let them unite, boldly, and systematically,
to liberate themselves from their bigotted and
cruei oppressors—but let them also see that the
Patriot nag cover no abuses; let them refrain,
as they consult their own salvation—from com
mitting depredations upon our citizens—lest
the American eagle souse down upon their petty
flotilla, and annihilate it
“At one fell swoop.”
Charleston Southern Patriot.
The latter class estimitated to carry
guns. ' -
In national vessels, whose actual
are ascertained, the British fought
• 615
The Americans', ‘ 562
Odds in favdr of England; 53
In national vessels, Britain bad killed, 625;
wounded 1,032; prisoners 2,919; total 4,367.
America had killed,, 274; wounded 562;
soners 1,111; fetal 1,749. Different*; 351
led, 470 Wbuhded, 1,818 prisoners.
As we brought in but few of the captured pri
soners, our bays arid ports having been blockad
ed, we omitthe estimate, which is very uncertain.
ri
al
COBBETT’S NfcW-YORK REGISTER.
We have looked over the three first numbers
of this interesting and able publication,
much pleasure. It is easy to perceive that |Mr.
Cpbbett adheres to many of his old English
prepossessions and prejudices, and allowsJtoo
much importance fe the influence and pouqr of
England in delation to the permanent interests
ana liberties of other nations; but his political
views in the general are so just and clear; 1 his
style and manner of treating his subjects! so
plain and yet. so attractive and amusing; his
impartiality fend candor of motive and argun ent
so obvious and so much greater than any 01 her
British politician; his attention to the affairs
and interests of this country so unremitting and
zealous, that every American may derive much
instruction and delight from a perusal of the
New-York Register. As the copy right to
this work has been very properly secured; by
Mr. Cobbett, we cannot transplant any ©fl its
productions info our
its merits impels us
paper; but our sense
to recommend it to
The English and Austrian troops were about
to evacuate the territory of Naples, and garri
son the fortresses and villages of the Papal do
minions along the Adriatic and Mediterranean.
This measure is to be adopted on account of the
insufficiency of the Papal treasury to keep up a
military force sufficient for the safety of the
country and the coasts. After the foreign
troops have left the Neapolitan territories, a
national militia will be raised to defend the
coast against the attacks of the Barbary powers.
—New-York Columbian, 5th instant.
FAVORITISM.
The Journal du Commerce, pf April 5,* states',
that “an ordinance of the Mayor of Toulouse,
dated the 28th of March, prohibits foe killing
of hogs, and foe sale of them for food from foe
more mercy is
1st of April.”’’Mt seems that
shown to the swine, than ta the people. This
may be retaliation; the revolutionists having
after Louis’ first restoration, offered a “fat hog
for one Napoleon.”—ib.
From the London Gazette, April 16.
War-Office, April 16.
His royal highness the prince regent has been
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his
majesty, to approve of the 41st regiment, being
permitted to bear on its color, and appointments,
in addition to any other badge's qrdevices which
may have been heretofore granted to the regi
ment, the words Detroit, Queenstown and Mia
mi, in consideration of the distinguished gallan
try displayed by that regiment ih the capture of
Fort Detroit, on the 16th August, 1812; in the
defeat of the Americans at Queenstown, on the
13th October, 1812; and in foe action near the
foot of the rapids of foe Miami River, on the 5th
May, 1813.
Sarcastic thursts at John Bull.
Such is the warmth of attachment felt in Eng-,
land-towards this country; that it is a fact that
the dry goods shops and crockery ware-houses of
Philadelphia, are full of calicoebv and china of
English manufacture, stamped with the victo
ries of America over England daring the la^e
“immoral, unnatural, disgraceful and pernicious
conflict.”—Democratic Press.
patronage and approbation of the American
public.—Baft. Patriot.
MRS. JEROME BONAPARTE.
of
the
Under the foreign head it is stated, that Mr.
Patterson’s daughter is at Paris, for the pur
pose of attempting to recover by legal process
part of her former husband’s estates. We have
great doubts as to the correctness of the lajtter
part of the account. Mrs. Patterson, as shb is
now called, obtained, as ouri-fceaders may j re
member, from the legislature of Maryland, an
act of divorce from Jerome. Under the reign
of Napoleon the marriage was declared null ac
cording to the constitution of the empire. Fi
nally, foe husband acquiesced in this decision,
by espousing the queen of Westphalia. Hence,
yiM imagine, that any attempt on the part of his
first wife, (who had voluntarily sought a de-
vprce,J to recover any part of his property,
pecially as he is still living to assert his
rijght, must be utterly futile; and we do not
lieve she has undertaken it. We presume tthe
true objects of her journey were recreation and
the indulgence of a laudable curiosity.—Raleigh
Star.
JrW otder, the aid,
SUta’ara,,,
- wWtems of
F«iy destructive fire broke out in i..
I Vermont, on Sunday monting, 5th n il^ € -
k consumed three laW knolL ~? !*»*
huge bouses ^ fi ,
DCi'Si
the,
themsel
ties
ble lord
Lt»s estimated at ten thousand ddf
Byron, it appears from |fo e Ens>lkk 8 ’
e, at las tv separated fee in his
separated feejn his wife**:
nt' editors m T.r.ndnn I
London are a musin
F and the public relative to all t] 1e
ed in foe domestic again; 0 f thV^' .
A® Offidljl Order, issued by authority f ron] ^
secretary of war, and published in foe \ at ;
.a ,u„ „ —national
IntelBgencfrof the 8 th inst. after stefo* ^
vacancies in foe United SthteS’ irrav, as
was known; making mention of some tiw~!
selection of oncers, by £
of officers; an$ _
president, to flll vacancies; concludes fo tt * 8 .
“Commanding; officers will report the
of all who do noi forthwith repair to thei r < t SS
tions. The army, is too small to tolerate idle * I
and they will he dismissed thd service ’
Charleston Evening Post.
A
W r e are glad td learn that the steel-di e9 0 f '
Mr, Pferkins, are t* be put in requisition by the
national govern merit, for impressing tlleir ne »
enussiera of bills. The admirably invention of
diis great mechanical genius, is foe only oiie <r P
believe, that has triumphed ove» the art* oti
whole host of counterfeiters.—Boston Gazette
The whole charge of keeping Napoleon Bi
naparte at St. Helena is stated at 300,0001 ster
ling per annum, (SI,333,333,SI.)
The ministers from France, Bavaria, Hoi
,a “ d ’ ^ SSe - 8 1 P ™^ ia Portugal, have beei J
jM-fesented with diplomatic snuff boxes, whic »
cost the British nation only 15,310/. 11s earn*
to 868,041, National Advocate q
particulars from New-Orleans, state ‘
that the sloop of war Louisa,,was to be sunk ia
foe centre ot the breech, siyiported by piles of
fifteen inches Square; that the
1
. * „ . * c . — governor had
placed all workmen m reqaisition; that the inha--
bitants, under foe dread of an epidemic, which P
from toe deposit of mud and consequent exha-'
lations, was considered inevitable, were seekinc '
places of retreat and refuge during foe summer.'
—Norfolk Beacon, 7th inst.
Steam &oat.—lhe Subscription for one half
, , f 'shares of a steam boat, the machinery of
which is now making at Philadelphia, was in
stantly filled up on Wednesday morning
soon as, the books were
Courier, 14th, inst.
as
opened.—Charleston
Oil Sattrday night last, the officers of our
customs detected several persons in the act of
es-
qwn
be-
A STONE IS LAID.
Mr. Custis, of Arlington, and a party of gen
tlemen, returning from Smith’s Island, havevis-
ited Pope’s Creek, in the county ofWestriuire-
land, ;ver memorable, as the birthplace of our
Washington, and have placed a stone upon jthe
remains of the old mansion-house, in which the
hero first saw the light. '1 he stone is a. plain
freestone slab, and bears this simple inscription
HERE,
On the Ilf A of February, 1732,
WASHINGTON
smuggling coffee, which they secured; but on
Sunday night, the smugglers tuiving increased !
their strength by numbers, confined the officers, •
re-gained and bore away foe coffee. However,
most of the smugglers were eventually caught,
and lodged in prison for trial.—.V. F.' Gazette, .!
June 6.
Yesterday morning at 7 o’clock, a human %
body was thrown upon a common cart, and, un- H
covered, carried through our streets to the alms fl
house!! It is said the poor wretch sucked rum gj
from a cask lying on foe whip-f, and died of in- E
toxication. It matters not—at was worse than »
savage thus to expose a human body where so- 3
4ety is certainly in a civilizjed state.—ib.
WAS BORIC.
The report of cannon from the vessel, awaken
ed.the echoes of the place, and told, that Ame
rleans were paying affectionate tribute to {he
mory of their thief. Westmoreland, 4th Juke,
1816.
A salute was fij-cd at 1 o’clock this afternoon
oii board foe Peacock, on receiving a visit from we . ha / e 0l , f P rei ^ news : J° ^ s , ure the / lS
AA- n -ii -x.-_ . . . i- not ot uiuch importance, m the usual acceptation
of the word; yet are they of great importance, in
— 7 —— -
Mr. Gall atin, preparatory to his departureLin
her for Europe—N. Y. Columbian, 5th inst.
It is well known that parliament was not in
session when Mr. speaker Abbott delivered h«i
speech at Antwerp on American Affairs. Of a proper understanding between the literary atu
course foe right honorable gentleman, had not his
official wig on at the time; where fore it neces
sary follows, that, what he said Was out of or
der.—ib —
If thatlittle fellow in the big wig, as Jack Ful
er, in his plaee in the commons house, called
the right honorable Mr. speaker Abbcfft, will
condescend to extend his trips from Europe to
America, he may see large quantities ofpockfet
lamlkerchiefs and queensware mugs, manufac-
factured in England,for sale jtu tire United States,
with representations on them of the recent victo
ries of this country over that country, coverdH
with such devices as “don’t give up foe ship,”
“free trade and sailors rights,” .“we have met
the enemy and they are our’s,” &c. These tro-
ihies ot Great Britain are.now for sale extremely
cheap.-—ib.
Trade must have been obtained something the
Upper hand of national pride, when a vanquish
ed people manufacture memorials of their de
feats for sale to their vjctors. This is rising the
wind with a witness tb it! Quere; will it ever
hare the effect of raising the water?—ib.
YFhat a shame it is feexcite ill blood between
turn countries so inseparably, nearly and dearly
united as the United States and ureat Britain!
We disclaim all such designs, with at least as
much sincerity as loqrd Castlereagh. But the.
inglish wind having suddenly chopped round
from a piercing northwester to the softest south
ern breeze that ever bore distemper oil its balmy
wings, we hope to be excused for expressing etfr
His excellency, Mr. Pederson, envoy extra
ordinary from the government of Denmark; to
the United Blares, has, among his other import
ant functions, interested himself in establishing
scientific characters of the two countries', jin
.New-! ork, the honorable efforts of this gentle
man have been aided by James B. Murray, esq.
Dr. Mitchell, and Mr. Hammeken; the consu
general. A ship which lately sailed for Elm
aeur and Copenhagen carried with her consign-
ed to the particular £are of the captain, the des
patches destined to open this amicable inter
course. They are more particularly addressee
to the royal academy of sciences, and to foe
royal society of medicine, patronized
Danish majesty.-—ib.
by his
The federalists of Boston have got up a stroke
cavalcade and procession, to escort in triumph
foe new federal governor of Massachusetts into
the capitol. The insignificance and depravity
this political show arealike conspicuous.—
Governor Brooks —--- 1 » r
was elected
bly reduced and lean majority of about t
sand votes; yet this Contemptible vicfefv is
be celebrated by a paltry monkey exhibition}
a military # nd civil p^cession;^ foe ^
taTW^ an<l n t! L- rin S in § «fbella-—a«4 ty, L
toxicated exultation is to be displayed too ov
a rival caiididate who is now no.more, in fob
presence of his mourning family, who»* sens
Iities are to be doubly and cruelly ex.
merely to gratify foe folly and malifc*
spirit! Oh federalism! thou wouldsv rfiat-
thou wouldst
every magnanimOtts feelbig of theh
thou wouldst compass earth and oc
trate th# ^tical^dve^rie^^d
Niles states in his Register, that the cultiva
tion of the cane has been successfully underta
ken upon tlie banks of the Red river, in Louisi
ana, where there are vast bodies of public iand
suitable for its growth. At Natchitoches, it
yields from 2500 to S000 pounds of sugar per
arpent—one acre of caue being equal in value
to three acres of cotton,
cultivation. It is believ
come the grand staple of
—Albany Argus.
nd less expense in
that sugar will be-
t Red river country
eaner.
Frthn the Glee
We give our readers fois week what details i
e have of foreign news. * To be sure they arc j
the opinion of every philanthropist, as they show
that Europe, so lately convulsed and tom by tfce
most sanguinary contests, at length reposes ia
the arms of peace.. Instead of tootles—we have
now accounts of balls: ib place ot fighting-' ^
have statements of feasts; and in the room of.JJC fl
melancholy murder of millions—^we read of mac- ™
uificient marriages. The duke of Berri to a
princes? of Naples; pribce' George Leopold to
foe princess Charlotte:—The king of foe Nether
lands to a Russian princess, &£. &c. That lit
tle rascal Cupid, it seems, has kicked his father.
Mars, out of doqrs, and assumed the reigns of
empire himself.
love rules the court, the camp, the grove;- .
All Baeth below, and Heaven above,
For love is Heaven, and Heaven is Love—
At least Walter Scott says so:
In short, the great folks of Europe, haring
been doing all they cc ild to depopulate Europe^
for the last twenty-fiv; years, are now seriously
setting about the rnosl effectual means to restore
its numbers. But pit asant as all this may be to
us as mJn, it cannot 1# concealed that to us as
printers, it is the v
fig for the papers,
now-a-days gives
good truth, Bonap
was worth fifty poum
pocket.. He was
news. We have be.
past, to rescue him
him back to Frejus,
pot be immediately
present content on.
pie fare as peace t
.- r aoned cccasio ’
te pros. iities. iftbe
these means, w]
must break up
devil. No man cares a
le very sight of a Gazette
a fit of the gapes. In
t, with all our abuse of him, (
year in every printer’s J
.workman at forging/
le vising a plan, the week
St. Helena, and sen<j
as this happy event can
ipected, we must for
res with such plain,
world will afford;
a rasher of domestic
, f the type can’t livj
an old friend saysy ’
»S and eofo^'-or to!
it. * V
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