, . . .. ' . . - . ... . - - . , - , . .... TW fpiBuk GrI lrU ti!l ia pr-" MinuiH t ti lly h-d i Jl v tmrms t war J -J )a a.ttWHiA, rtla mact brmaV. ,Une4. were ma W " UI witi lacm the peopl ra t ntctwa If itacan.' Ht bad r J wham abtfut 1 r goad mJA,r m l on wham Is IJ rely. ,, hid artillery ra tnflM - J won Urgtauentiue. Hif be 44 wienwer opptnnrty offered. Hie rtmt General Mootdla iu at fcio IlftHa, vriUi about 350Q men. 0 the 2Tth Mirth there Milrf from Car thagena, the Columbian Corrette Cira boboand verl 'other ve-Ti for the porpote of reinforcing the blockading inutdron off Maracaibo with troopi, Tba blockade waa err . ... an I .T,Crrd. Prratdent Bolivar .k. i aitt ti the aid of Montilla frlre hendredold troor-t thedt of the last accounts they were within, a him. and a soon as tlT could form a junction, would press topon Moralea and force him into a de- Claire oaiuc. -- , .n omniauns a handsome force of artillery. lieneral Devereaux baa arrived at " Santa Fee from Tmja, meet the Co lombian Congress, preparatory to hit de ' parture'on hn mission to Europe. - lie was expected to arrive' at Carthagena a h.Hi the end of Aoril." .The. General enjoyed the . full confidence of the Co- UUIVI I , , . . .. Messrs. Oniric and Adams were daily r ' ' . I .t r,rft.xin tmtn Santa V. i n. mlM Mr: Li itlu Swedish' Consul Genera!. " JThey would aail'ra the first Teasel for the United Stales. Jlmtr. ' From the(DJtimore) Federal (jwette.' " " SOUTH AMERICA. - T U aiiliicct of Secret tliat in some ttarM of 8outh America, where sacrifices tJ'tmd and treasure. have Jor years . i a i ... . m. t L! i!aVv Art Att mortifvW to the friends of republican Institutions and destructive to the dis semination of liberal principles, should ultr the fame of her political regeneration.- If the accounts we have seen from Chili. Peru.'&c. bo entitled to credit, al KM oenenis wbicii me jui ' - nf4 Btrnirnrlps of. the Deonle placed with- -iiUiii rsnj art about to be . compro mised by the jealousies and bickerings of a few of tbo nvolutionarjchief; who, . : !i ' - ! 1 1 ' . . .1 .t f 11 ipptrars, arc wining 10 cnuce un ii ' bertios of their countrymen to pecunia- 1 1. j v tj atrranuizemeiit. 11 is meiuiuiwM hi .y . I 1 ... I . t i. 1 .L J n.l!. A ; a leicer puDiisueu uy me -.uuur w uie A XT-.... V 1. C.AiAamaM a.t.l IaK. WrtifAH mew- 1 via OlAiVBiiiaii, tam lum VTIII.1.UI1 !- by "a gentleman of the first respecta bility,!,' who has been for some tiise on the sliore of tlie Pacific, and is inti mately acquainted with the character ' and events of the revolution, that Chili is on the eve of a civil war which arises irom uie unparaueieu wiiiiiny 01 me Supreme Director, O'Higpjins, and the . minister 'of state, lloderiques, who have been, connected in commercial transac tions with a man of the name of Arcos. The two former of these men have, ex- - "5 c fciscd their influence,, which was abso lute, to obtain, or rather in making such revenue laws as would aid the specula- tioji of the latterj and it has been ob serve J in many instances, when Arcos made larce purchases or any one article, that in a Tew days, duties were laid on v the import of such an article, as to a- jit. tnmini in MnifitKirinn f r Tko Mivar-n. - or of the province of Conception, Col. ' Freyre, w!io conleivcd himself next in ' aulhoritvto the Supreme Director, and : who, al though he robbed Capt. Pinkham, , an American, of 87000, conceived him ' . self entitled to a part of the gains of tfie ' , trio above mentioned, which they would - not relinquish", resolved to wrest it, from t ' them by the strotls hand.' as the Scotch : ay, and has actually tnarched from his - government upon the capital. :.The uruvinco uf Conuimha ha ilirlarfd fnr : i.im, and indeed there is little doubt but , that ho will overturn the government, A letter ' from au American gentle , wan at Valparaiso, dated: January 12, T.-j. 1 l. . I ..1 I- ' .1 .. ! v different governments of that country, in which internal factions have been in . constant agitation ever since they have f 1 had no foreign enemy to contend with The discontent of the people has been . greatly increased, of late, by the - new ', tariif, which raises the duties to 80 per rent, on nearly an ioreirn nrn.inrn ami inanufiiCturiiVr This system was crea- -r ,-,tel by Rodriguei; tlnQ prime. Minister, - wiui tiie sancuon u iiiswins., Nu v . . . on n ' which, and the loud calls of tlie people, Gen. Frere, Governor of Conception, and much the most popular man in Chili, r put himself at the head xf live thousand f . men, and was, at the date of the letter. " on his march to St. Iago, to demand the .' rights of his people, jand to throw, out , of oflice-the otlenders, who, it is alleg ; t?d, have been governed by. their private interests, 'directly in' opposition to ihe public good. - As soon as the "news reached St. Iago hat Frere had crossed t t3ie river Mauley, tlie government took . -the alarm, aniL by doing awa wit! - somo'of the oflnaive measmej, tsndea roreJ t faclff l.i and US i ,S-J mJ ILx!iVirK frred U riga; 4 U was :H lint Frere'a dtfg - . i .1 kj(atitie of tUa orporta- ity.hl tie feeha of the pefl rer eiciud, to iwt buaelf at tlie bead of rotemment. "IT wnUr of tbt letter appos be will not rtmd Urnn pow- mr hf.m raea of dbeotttest , tad ia tbe crftpeol aleMnujs, k-r-.n. in all nruUbtlity. become aa odioas u he hai beea popuUr? The re public can aeterU rstaWifcnew on ner-hanco-t rrouoJ ar eormpoudent rhinlJ. until tlie rin of government UJ iato the hands of one in whom the con- Gdeoc and afTectons of tt people are unitMl. ta order thai party spirit auy cetse, and the attention of all be duct ed to the grind ohject ol nmun uuuer one head -Va l'd. -5 TJISAGREADL NEW8 FROM PERU. TIfoUoini;eitrf a letur iwived in this city, from Anxnctn gcniwiiuu C!Ua. it entitled to entire confidence: J ' , CullaoJFeb. 0, 1823. ' I hare this moment been informed, that a vessel; going to Panama, will sail in the course of an hour. I avail myself of the opporfunTty to nfonn vou Jut an action, was fuuglit. on the 20th of last month, at Mutiueg- na, (a town 4t league ta the north ol Ancal between tlie rovai army unuer Generals Cantarac and lkldes, and the liberating army under General Alvara do. which resulted in tha almost toUi destruction of the latter, only 7 r 800 men and oflkej-a ejeaping.- The wreck of the army arrived Here tnis morning. rhis will be the last eUort that can pos sibly be made in Peru by the liberating army. ' ...... ,1 . 1 '.The Peruvian Congress, vhich has tocn ih session at Lima some tune, I am informed will be dissolved, and the go-, vernment placed in the hands of a li liUry Chief." , . , ; This is unexpected and .unpleasant intelligence. It ia but a few months a- go since the independence of Peru was supposed to be Completely established. 11 is witnin a lew uays omy mice we re ceived a number of newspapers from that country lull or assurances to this eilect. A. int. COMMUNICATIONS. .; rviCE-PRESlDENT.' lite following communication, we presume, was written under the impres sion that Mr. Macon had not been thought of as a cairdJi.ti Cot the office of Vice-President of the United States; but we can inform " A North-Carolinian" that he has already been announ ced in the newspapers as a proper per son to fill that office and we make no doubt, when his long and faithful ser vices to his country are considered, he will receive the almost undivided sup port of his, fellow-citizens throughout the Union, v ; - FOR THE STAM. Jifcttrt, Hell Si Ixtwrencf, - As4o many candidates have been public! v announced foMhe Presidency, hope the nomination of a person fur the office of Vice-President will not be considered premature, It is n office of no secondary importance, and should be filled by a man 0 tried patriotism, experience and abilities.. Although I address you merely as an individual, am tully persuaded .that 1 Khali but meet the views and wishes of the citi zens of this state, as well as.numberless of, the wise, the patriotic and the good throughout the Union, when I propose Nathaniel Macojj as & candidate for the office of Vice-President of the Uni ted States. I hope the serious attention of the public will be directed toward this ve tesan of . the revolution. It would be needless for me to enumerate the claims which- this gentleman has upon our country? iney are recorded tn tier an nals and identified with lientirosperitv. and cannot, assure My; fail of being re membered ana rewarded. ' I ' . A'NoaTHoCAROLINIAN. k ' JFOa THE STAR. Messrs. Editorial know that, a inong the characters "who have written on tlie subject which formed the topic of my former communication, there are respectable number who con&idcafthe 'a , 1 . m.m. m igin 01 aimospueric impurity" in cognito; yet there are others w ho hold ly assert that the. atmosphere may be come infected to such a degree by local Qause, as to impair me neaun 01 a city. wnen an evu so serious, and one which bo materially affects the happi ness of a people, exists, the mind is na turally led to the inquiry, What are the cauBcsr it is the opinion ot the ma jor part of the citizens of llaleiirh yes u is me opinion 01 several ot trie medi cal gentlemen tbemselves (som of wnoin 1 have heard express their opi nion) that the fever of last fall oriiri- oateifprincipallr from local causes. If this had not been a prevalent opinion would such peremptory measures have Decq, taten to cBect the dt3tructioi o tlie mill -ponds 'near the citv. the re. ,mo,val of heaps of cetjon accd togetlier i , . , i , it rmatnr.t Dlaeoaal kadi Dealte at CI irdt Ox rer-U or aa.; ; ' , haUn-ltre-etal.haieBt trt ;a , . 1. i : - .! , . ia anr.tr. f V.Yori. wbicni . . ' ' iika eeM n- v tM urpun - - inosi nrgi nuoacr. -iJMS. tel. iefwmsai .v.-.. title Jou!l mil rorp"' JU .ftject the is.U K ". eoUrtlj tunxeot; brt ow?red fber, r.mJ Ttm Bitlr of bkb were cat oierated. as haviag a aaore terfn fi tenet aa hnmaa aetlth. I, l ot pVetead to &-J theexU'u o . of tbo caaHi wbki kavo been enumerated at capable of prodacing dc.ei fvr aefe- rl vMn srevious to the laat: and why they ahoafii then actand oot beT, . la be a nursrion not lery eay expound. Mat it not bo owin to die etcemive in 3 J nice of an ardent sun, (Which was mtire intense last mm mer than many which preceded it,) act iwr immediate'lv upon such matter, and Ia a nrnliar iifiosvncncv of those who were sabiecb of affliction, manifested by a great ajiweptibilitj to dtscaer fur then, while exposed to the sme caoses. liviiiz intne same nu suu breatii'ing the same air, escaped unhurt. A Cili-en'' aks the queaUon. II these causes did and now exist, why. do they not give rise to disease tww? I wjuld also ai. il tnv nave not ex isted throughout the wluite winter, du ring which time their tpecijlc efl'ects were not realized? and it is known to every ona that our spring season has been very coul and pleasant; that the influence of the sun has not been so great as to cause an evaporation suffi cient to contaminate the atmosphere, and thereby injure our health and hap piness. It is a fact, which tannnt be dlnied, that the yellow feve', which lias so of ten raged in our ntrthern towns, and which has ocen cinsuiereu so mghiyi contagious, but lately only as aiu epi demic, having a local origin, speedily subsides on tlie appearance of cold wea ther. , As respects the water in the reser voirs," it is rather singular that two opi nions so diametrically opposite, should be entertained, as those- mentioned by "A Citizen" aid myself, wlvm the tact might be so easily ascertained bv ocular demonstration: for it is, to use the gen tleman's language, a " stubborn fact" that the machine is irenerallv in an im paired state, occasioned by the bursting ot some of tho pipes, or other causes which renders its "uniform renovation" and an opportunity of using the water entirely vniNissib'e. Considering what I have said to be facts incontrovertible, I deem it untie cessary to impress' more firmly on the minds of the peopltthe important idea that local causes are capable of produ ini diseases. Let us a.lhece to Yhe 'theory of " A Citizen," and reject local causes as en tirety innocent as having had no in fluence 111 ttie production of our " late distresses" and use no exertions to ef fect their removal, (lor why should thev be removed, if they are productive of no injury?) and 1 fear that, when it is too late, we wilt repent ot our lolly. ISo peraon desires the welfare ot the citizens of Raleigh more than myself, and I would be the last one to " inuire t . 1 1 . . r us cnaracter aoroaa." My only liiten tion in making any remarks 011 the sub ject, was to encourage tne, measures taken by tlie Commissioners: and I sin cerely hope that, by their vigilance and attention, they may have the pleasure 01 seeiug weir onjest limy accomplish ed. . AMICUS. FltlDAY MOHNIKfl. MV Q 1R9.1. iwr Jer-rOn Saturday last, a Co roner'a inquest f as held, near Rogers's Cross Roads, about 11 miles northof this city, on the bou'v .of Hiaton Pugh, a schoolmaster of that neighborhood, who, in an affray with Lemuel and OH- f ' ver Lewis, brothers, on the day prece ding, was tfabbed with a large knife, and expired a .few minutes after. Ver dict of tlie jury,- IVilful Murder. The said ..brothers, and a woman,' by the name of --"Scott,' were appre-, hended, and committed to the prison of lb is place, to await their trial at ouj next October superior Court tor -this inhuman act.' We deem it improper to give the vaiovsyoports that are in cir culation relativo to this unfortunate transaction, as they might have a ten dency to prejudice the public inind a gainst' the accused . pi-evioua to tfitiir trial. . '.;,.The Norfblk Herald, a few days since, announced" the' arrival of the schooner Rebecca F4 wards, at that port from Halifax, N. C. through Albe. marlo Sound and the Dismal Swamp Canal, with acargo-of 59 bales of cot ton, 49 barrels of flour, and 59 thds. of tobacco. It 1 A fi "' aa!. 1 wioaicauon oj iurbtde.n appears, from the following, paragraphs, taken from Havana papers received at Savan nah, t(iat the Lmpcror Iturbide.has ab dinted Uie Ihfons of Mexico, and in - aw Uiuui Butt. Ua futart Bskog . borne. fk CJUinr articles were read in th .Mexican Congress, by reqet of tut Imperial Majesty Don Augusts I torUde, at aa extraordinary asreUag held in Mexico on tba 1VU Marca. l. 'Conoresf naving rtcornied and , approved the proceeding and acts of, due filata, thetauses 01 my reiaioinr fortes in tba vicinity .of the capiuU havtceaed to exist; and as my only h atnAkin and nrotcct tUt body ' the division heretofore existing! on myacconnt, is tnertiore at an rnu. 1 2. I accepted the crown with great reluctance, and only acquiesced through a desire tf serve my country, llut from the moment I perceived that to retain itwould err as an excuse r retcxl fir an intestinl war, I determined to ab dicate it. I did not conclude upon this course before, because there was not a body to represent tlie nation generally recognized; and 1 considered that any step taken by tne, unless there was, would have been both useless and inju rious to the country there now exists one, and I accordingly absolutely abdi cate. 3. My presence in this country would Ways be a pretext for disturbances; and projects of which "have never thought, might be attributed to nie. m In order, theretorc, to avoid tne most re mote suspicion, I will leave this country and direct my ttps to a foreign one. 4. lenor tuteen days will be suui cient to regulate my domestic affairs, and take the necessary measures to con duct mv family and mvscif away. ' 5. 1 wilr only request ot Uongress to pay from the national funds, those debts which I have contracted with some par ticular Iriends, which are not of great consideration, although Congress left to my option to make use or such lunus as 1 thought proper; but 1 could not ap- propriate funds to my private use, when the necessities of the army and other public functionaries reached my heart. 4 Yellow Jessamine Fl&wers prisonous. t)n Sunday the 20th April, a small child of Mr. James Jjrovshton. of this County, aged about two years; after eating a number oi lellow Jessamine lowers, (lied in the space ot hall an hour. In a minute or two after eatin them, she became perfectly blind, au expired in the time above stated. ' bum. uazelte. New OrlemSi Jlpril 8. " Fire at NUchitochr.g.Yii'G learn fi-om capt. Beckwithj otthe steam boat Mag- net, that a fire broke out in the Catholic church in Natchitoches 011 Saturday the 30th ult. which conbumed that edifice, with about 40 dwelling houses and store!, before the flames were subdued, The' most commercial part of the town, we understand, is destroyed. On Sunday night last, the prisoners confined in this town, broke jail, and made their escape. Among them there were no less than six for capital offences, two of whom were already convicted and under sentence of death,. vizTur ner and , Birdwell. Turner, we' were told, did not attempt to go away,' but voluntarily returned to the prisons Several others have been taken , Huntsville Sep. We have received a note, dated Phil adelphia, April 2r, of which the follow ing is an extract: " a Uuel was tought in the State of NewiJersey, on Monday pight last, about 11 o'clock. It wtls fought with small swords. The parties were T. W. H. of Philadelphia. aTld a Spaniard named Treda- Doroas,' jf New Orleans-!". W. H. slightly wounded tlie Spaniard, but fell by a wound in the sine,- A dn -fm was 4ound on the shore where there was also much blood." ; ' V Dimo. Press TI)Lrnrt ftf A lttlP frnm a fisnl'am.n in New-tTrleans, to his frientf in New- lork, dated March 28:-" There has been a duel here this morning, between two young men, Jelix de Armas and a Mr. Jackson, from New-York; which terminated in the death of the I after. Quarrels have been running very hidi between the French ' and Americans in this place? the. former, belongs to the French, the lattertd the Arpencan par-, ty.. I havehowever, never heard ef Felix de Armas being a party man. The quarrel originated in a piece 4nat was published in the Louisiana Adver tiser, of March 26, signed "an Enemy to Corruption;?', and reflecting on a bro ther of De Armis, who was.' making in terest for the, office of judge, which the Senate Jiad 'contemplated to add to the former number of judges, v Tlicse two young men quarrelled yesterday, and met thin morning Jackson waa shotthe first fire. This is a melanrhol v nffiiin both the, young men were highly. re spected. I am told Jackson has a mV tlierin New-Yorki"1 - . - li witl be recollected', that some time suite, such was the hostility in Ohin . gainst the -United States'. Eank; that I ujjjireciors wiuidrevr thtfr office of COM. POUTER'S SQUADRON. Extract of a lemrr to thm tAtton ef 0 9u Iror, from aa occr ia lit L'aiir4 ut . lS'ay, dated . . Sf OmM, Mat mm nia, Jfirii lt;-. I send joa a brief aketcu f U2r" reratioaa since I wrote yo froa K,t GainchwM The little expeditiua d . i patched Ima Key Connies, cimtit "f .1 .1 - tt:u I n of the tvhooner U'ild Cat and Be.-' and th boaU of tho Peacock, joined mtm wuk a f. k ithoat ing or heannj of a p.n ,f.flr watenag we proceeded toThutrp. aon't Island to land and lecure atorcs. and arrange our forces for fatqt op?ratiotis, leaving at Alataniai l1. Wild Cat and Beagle to give convo f. our trade every Sunday, aa far aY, a a w a 1 f a owa . Uiiubi 1 leaded onoi Keys. 1 ius tr- raninrmcnt was made. by the Lemma. dore in consequence of the numerous piracies-lhat bad beep committed off (! port, and ft was considered so danr ous to go out, that no vessel would lure lor nca ly three week previous. " On reaching lhoinpson'o IIani the Peacock and Decoy were L"d d and their crewf-'taken to m.i tJe bai!a the stores -from Hi e dii,i fnt vessels that had brought them out.l- . '. ed, jyid iwo houses built to put them la -fc-the small schooners, as fast as they tr. rived, were got in readiuess forca,ani' 011 the 6th inst, Capt. Cassin, of Peacock, sailed with the Jackall mj Fox, and the barges Gallinipper ami Musquito, to examine the coast from I ILvana as far as Trinidada. A.ttn' days after, the schooners Grey Hound and Wtazel weft, sent. off Havana give convoy to the Doiib'e Headed Shot K.";ys every Saturday, arid in conjunc tion with those stationed at Mataazas, afford complete protection to all the in tervening coast. On Sunday last, the Com mml. re shifted his pendant to this . vessel, and on tlie same day sai!ed with the barges Midge, Gnat, Sandfly and olie 01 me cutters 01 , tne reacock; we. ap ! rived here the following dam' and re ctived the pleasinar intellisence af the- capture of the schooner Pilot, formerly of Norfolk. - This vessel had been cay tured by Cie celebrated Domingo,, about the time we arrived on this pan of the coast, and being a very fast sailor was immediately armed and converted.ftts a cruizer; she had been chased tor sey- ral hours within lours within gun shot by the 'Wild Cat and Beagle, but escaped by run ning in among the breakers at night; t bout two'hours, after she was boarded and carried in very handsome stilt br Lt.Stribling in the bjirgeb of Cajiuix ' Cassin's division--all on board of hct wera. killed except three, one of whom was taken; no one on our side matud. 1 1 consider this one of the most import captures that? has been made in tba i quarter; the vessel was a remarkaW i fast sailor, commanded bv one of u most desperate and successful of all the gang, ine same person wno commanuei when Allen was killed, and might have , done immense injury.- Unfortunately ho is one of those who escaped. ' . ( ''The '' day before yesterday, " the . barges of this division, under Lt. Cassis 1 of the Peacock, were , sent to examiW Signapabay.'kbout thirty miles tovv. j' , ward of tlus,a favorite and much' Int;. quented haunt of the pirates '' As f have informationof several of their ves sels having been there very lately, a! , are quite sanguine of the result, W shall follow tlie barges in a day ortwo, ...Kll. ....... 1 I and after giving the bay and .tadjafentf ', Keys a critical .overliauling, ' coast it I do wnaa far as Cape Antonio? by .wliicfc J time u is expecteajtur provisions wuiiw , bo nearly exhausted as to makt ifjjKv. ' cessary to rctujn Jto thb, isfand. trK lava finvA nnf Ivoon rrlf unatft u , f " -v. i t t mj uvi, wv aa ai ( in ITlrflLinc-hntilrPQ fnr nrif nrif nf tlie I detachments . .which were sent off fi om . Aguadilla was. more forfpnate than our selves, we ' have the l) 6atisTactionta know that it, has not been 'from any 1 waht of exertion tthjour par.4 Piiac).' existed in fujl force and "vigour off.ifhi'.', place and Havana fo the hour of our ar-; ' rival buf we know of no Iri'sfanoe of it ' since. , iiy theju.d1c.10u9 arrarTgemeni wnicn the commotrore has made oiw " force under his - com nand an d ft'T whole of it at present is not equal, t. that of a frigate---conipiete proteclio", has been given toHhe trade t this is' , land, as well -ub tli-'tqi' the Gulph ; Mexico and" two formidable dctadi mcnts employed to ferret therii" but fr()Dl' ! break, up, or change their ground, anflt j think I may v'enturehe opinion that pi- 1 racy, has been suppressed on this pvti the coast, for the present at least, die or two instances have jocCurrcd lately v. on the south side of Cuba, but tliey.will . -be attended to 'promptly, and I have no' ; doubt of a similar result. ' ''.' :" ' '. " It must not be expected lha't piracy , is to be put down at oncel ' Bo -.tuany fiersons have been engaged in it direct-' y and indirectly, thatit must.be a v;0' of time, and much patient: apd, liaru , service to accomplish' it! rOur country , men will be disappointed if they expect v many captures, or ,'any brilliant fw . from us; the service is ex-trcmely UB" . pleasant and harraHsing, particularly to those ' who are in the. baizes and boaal but all have enteitl cheerfully on :e cxpbdition, and no one is heard to com1 . t i