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.. -. EUKfSO.WBEKlit, T AX.VOA. . ; bewidi &"" N. paper w be continued km- nrthn Ibree months' ttVr a yMr's ' inscription be came due, and notice ib-reaf thall have been pwv Idvertixmcxu, not exceed;,' H limes, we inserted -SwioB far ont dollar i tor Wenty five cent each sub la.ient insert, " "d m Wte proport.on where there " k i cveater number of line lbn fourteen, The cwh ; mustaccompmy t!ysi from person unknown to toe ' ro MtacrijrtlM ewi m yr"fc be received vitiimit . !n,m..i.t f at least Sl-S m advance- aw iw iin,i.mcewiUio(itpymeit ol. .loptlon of the editor. - ' ", lite Tofeii lndU$cnce . . .... n.iTTi.ot r.ifit..D . 1HK7t.ll.AY, 18tS. '.- ' Gjjkwl Letter of JJi Excvllency-Don Te&ro 1 have the ereatest Hiribfactioii in noting .; - ... iiiiiH vrpi iiiir'v irini.i t tiati.. , ..iit-vr.ffT': '. . ' .; . A. 1... -I-.. ! . f.iaiMnt menlii. HHsadiW Oon Miguel V Ie & Torre writes me, from ', tiro", rillag.or " Cocede. us follows : Most Excellent Sir, I Ht St. -.Carlos this dav carlv in the morning, directing myself to tb'H position, where. 1 supposed I twU meet with the cncW. -1 W M leagues and ' arrived ntCaraoruco, where I intended to ' rrst, but the vanguard tf the rebel IVjs . that moment made bin anpcaranccVwho hav- - airuuuj jvmiru iraiyn jhjimu u Cuesto, wa? marching towards St.- Carlos. .,iA ,T...m I .nt;..o v u.ns "7V - v:: .:y "er he should oftr mc battle, which he efftV ually did at a quarter of a league -from Co- ma -nil olovpn Ipiko-ni-a tinm ?Sf. ( anna, ' m A mil rti.offt '4n lk. icrittfru ftnH itt ' l.lllUIUUB IU T ft." " J.. ?! ly first portion. IIN Imops amounted to V"; of Arance, the infantry dela Tatna, "5300 cavalry, and two battalions or infantry,', "'j 'Pf &r corps, 'Sag' with 600 to 800 inen. Tiro ground was in .ccii?sny'l . " : ' " ' "A. Mmmmsc plain. I formal my battaUons by inV the rear.: In this dispo.Uion f attacked flnti;Baciveuuiej in . most occisive manner; defeated the at the pas de charge. . Their ow .Heated asswltoon put the enemy t, Infautrr received us kneeling dnvith pre-HH and .effected total dwpeisioo. AH sented arms till we were within the' distance ' ! occaptcd by our cavalry. nflialf nistnl shot, u hen a ffcnorul fire bir:u ...u J , . i,i.tiim.. ,u: 's-r ile an exact return, I shaU liAve (lie , i. .u. !.:- i s tor'tn transmittmff it to your excellency. ... ,.r uv ,. Inv-K fttber with a notice of thaw oflicets who h; ,..n;ra rtt,. Vnniv' -.nt i,J most awmgu:9iwti thcms;'Ivi. Lord our. King.' Hie total loss of ,tho t. - bels exceeds lOOOour lofis amounts to about"1 fi. .l r Mw. Anhi,h i.ifc .J ,1... . glorious R w a iuv v 'oji vii iiimvm tvf'ao riniy-j tllVi evolution of the JSation on wh e h wo belong.": ' i . v. ' I enclose this to Your Excellency for yonr own satisfaction, as we!! asot the, royal inha r 4i.. r,...:ni . t .,t that according to the report, of their Chief TIL tUl f ia a,Li i arev itTna iiiapii . i-ita:a'f nil- rii- Htinw mi inn - n time does not allow mo to give further parti-, '"tuV-u j" - rolars of this brilliant victory, reserving the ther mdn tduals who comped the suEv' and next opportunity of ending you the exact to s? Tffm najor,JJ., Biego IWieaa'tl nrtirii!ar i.fth a liaimv 1 :iv t i nn vrniJ"'"" hiwm iito mi vauawLUVu uiu uiviuii- . (Pez) was shrit through the body,: We have(our c'rurJ ,'ur s ornuans a,yre- naa i ue mist on one oi learning inai ine orave General Don M iguel tic la Torre ivas wound- ' -ed at the beginning oft ho action," but lie not- " .withstanding continued the command of 'the trwps till he obtained the victory ,: '- ... ' Don l'edro Gonzales Villa, colonel of the : Regiment of Castile, was 'killed! j.one olUcer oftbesi-mc regiment, an officer of the infantry Den Frant isco de Faulaand sik more woiiiitI ' ed, 'among whom is Dim Manuel Ban2a, ma jor of the regiment of tlnion, vvlio received two shots, God preserf C, "4tc.; '' '"v Beat- quarters of Valencia, Uh Jllaiji 1 8 1 8. (Signed) FABLO MOK1LLO. Scnor Don JPAifBArtiSTi Pardo.' ' ' . ; Further particulars of the battle ofMaipu. ' ' ... Vfe .have been politely favored ""tiitli ort " $nal and translated copies of the official ac- -c count of tbe glorious victory, gained by T,,tlie ,w Patriots on the plains of 31aipu( on the-JUfb ...aaviM c au uixiiuy given in.onr pa- - persoflst hist.) part of the document which ' v ; Contained the principal features of the combat ,Twe nmv subjoin tho. concluding 'part, no 5 . '."fing the conduct of those ofiicets who bore ' disUnguishcd parts in the battle, which seal . td the liberty of Chill. : V." JSeacon. ' , n the meanwhile, a'most obstinate and san ! guinary fire was kept up between our left . 4 ""i uie enemy's right, which was composed . of bis best troops: they did not delay in com .' !)ig to the charge In close column, and march ;, ,nS pon the right, at the same elevation, an- . other column ofcava'ry. . The commandant Borgonio,' bad already "' ascended the rising ground with tight pieces of the artillery of Chili, which he command e4 and detached from our ,lcft, for'.the'' pur pose of enfilading tfia enemy's' fire Y ho was Jicccssful iri this movement and pounrd ir a Cre or grapo with so much rapidity, on ..the enemy's columns, that ho'siicceeded in', throw, 'ng bis ca j alry into disorder in. spite of this; nowo cr, and of the, efforts of the . command !n ?A,vacad lIartineg, who- displayed inore "'an their .usital intrefjudity our lino - besita i jtd for a moment ,. The infantry oT out cen t could do no less than' recede also. At thweritrpsd moment 1 cava orders to' CoL Quintana, to charge the enemy vith the re-j rve unaer nis cummanu. wtucu was execu ted Is; him In the most brilliant style- V The reserve was composed of tbe battalions No. i or Chili, 5 of the same, 7 of the Andes, un der their respective", commanders,, com mandants Ribera, -Lopez and . Owid. This charge, together withiltljat of- the commandant Thompson, of thejtst of Oquiiii bo, gave a new impulfjo to'.'our line the wlioloinow returned upon the enemy with nio! e determination than ever. '.- Thc squadrons of thcr Directors light horse, aqd those under th command of, (Jol. Fri xife, i lu'-tged in stut n' in- Buceessivo attacks. It js impossible to cnvey-to your PXcellency, h!S io'fcn of tlic-brilliaht and distinguished "Ac tions (i this day as well . of whale corts ,as vhWt and. particular individual-). . But, H wtiuld be difficult to sav tbat 'an attack 'moiT hrjiiavt' fapid. nnttUHler -supnur'teil, tfaa. Kei'nTrtnessrd' ; 'and, n the, other tuuid, i tqnt assure your eceiieiieji mai wvrv . ws never seen a "Wins vigarout. linn una ueicr minetl resistance,: .The constancy of our sol- dim, arid fheir .heroic cfftnts, confjucml at last,'ftrtl the imsitioa -wa .'carried . literally 'ast "u - ' ' J ,,ff ene my with the jiuinttif the bayonet. . This jfirst success wuuld, alone, havo ap iwart'd to secure us the victory j but it xvas impossible to throtV tlw cnein's columns n- 1 T"1.' "Ifir iianas anu rear i wiii xuvy mm urn- ilin-ltea theirmarrhin masses, until they reach-! VkhV Esjiehtvhoro, taking; posscssmn of helnH F, they ma.ntamed a .k-w r"""" " " -,.r --j. V". wOt .. . '. .1 . 1. ilOII- to- iVC. :al)ivr WK W 'Crmwnccm.nt of , tj.e ononaign tue;cliir. 1)f. Attention f tho-wrwfty 4vtvt-d Mjwn hi in f 1 ouciot. tne engineer iuaoie ft-as aiso my ams v , ' t ' , - - " J w warewr, ut Tcntcno, and of my private secretary tti- 1 have only to regret my inability to recom. t mcna m teniis atieqaatc to tiieir, mcriis, an 1 1 i. . i 1 i ..... . . i . . t,,duraVC nieht to Wlio.s6 exrtios and valour MirV- ' - -rT- - I ! . 1 beseech yonr excellency to insert thc -accounts "of the different chiefs who .havta hud the glory of taking purlin .thitf campaign, as arduous as it has bcWgi ji-ious. 1 know that I trespass on the modesty of the supreme di rector of this state D. Bernard. O'lliggftrt but I cannot refrain from" stating1 to J-oui ex cellency that although severely wounded; that ho arrived on the field towadit tliecoiichtsion of the battle, and I regrcrto say considera bly nggravatcd his wound In' consequence." s God preserve yon many years' . ' lcad-(Httrlcr$,iTi Santiago Jlpril 9th 18 $i ' , JOSE i)ti AW, MAH I iN.. : .MostJExcellent Sen. . - t . fc. The Supreme Director of the. - - ?, ; United Powci s of tha South. 1 i' , ;N..B.. Tlie action cornmPrtred at noon day, and terminated at 6. P. M. the Koyhlists 5,300 inch strong; (lie Patr ivdsV 4 900, ' ' TUOM THp BOSTON DAIIT ADVURTtSKU .j-. " We have .extracted t ti e fnliowTn from th Jiianml de" Paris. . Besides FtrrtrKTiinc an iitte- rettiM' narrative, it may trve'a a.tiilut'irr catitiim to those who" have" oecaiioir 1 ehip eonibiiHtible materials, and' more aspcojally a gain't live 'concealment of. tnch ,'ari(cIiM('.on board ithint, for tbe nurpcoe of avoiding a hiah- er fateorfreizhl or insurance. . ' , ' Extract: 'f a tetter, dated., Rio Janeiro,' &ep r"'t, temberj3t tatr. . ; "The Count d'AnieryaJ, haying lost hi pro perty in the eourto of, the fevoliiiiou, turned lm attention to commerce ', to re-es(alih his fortune. V lo tbe month of May, last," ha deter mined: to make an imporiant eknedition into the eolnnies aiid (n eonsequ'ence, on he 27lh. of tnat innntn, he armed anu equipped tha bri? ;anti:ie Young' Sophia, which tailed rfbr . the isle of France Under the' command .'of captain Uereaux. ' The vessel hud on board, the Cotinl d'Araerval,' the twher,',Birteisn pamneert.-'.dl whom two were femaiW, and a eomnliment. (Of roortcjo mea. . i-, - vj. ,; I ' '"' : fX ' Tbo Toy"Bge',wa, very awtatito n'til tho ath of Aue-usl.' On that da v the eaiitain orderrfd the hatehway of the ntiddle deek-i to be opened, to take out tome brandy for the use f the crew. Scarcely were tbe hatchet opened, uiiiiuv u(' uuu miMiitiin-u our risu:, when a yfllowwh flame darted out, wbieb .su- fled the tailor. Convinced that there was a urv uuom, nio sapiaio wkq great pretense ui tuitowiDg remarK,;wuicu (a, our ppiqian re mind ordeitod all the hatchet to be eaulked with tber ieodf to eou&rm their euilt than to excul- me mairaa.es or me pagteogern, mis. mea. inre wooldarreit the prosrett of the flame by' uirrcepiiaj me supply 01 t-xternai air. " , : t By the imell of the fire the eaptaio wat toon eonviaced tint the vetael wat eooiuminsr by oil of vitrolaraqua forfit. On aautulting bit bill of ladiig, he had no doubt that the thip- meat ol so flange rout an article bad beeo too cealedby libelling the easei which eontaiaed it, by the name of prepared p Aarmaey., , . Atl , the jmsiengert occupied . themtelvet without resxa(ta in throwing water opon Hie eel ; but the fir noiwithttanding, made a ftigliiFal projre. The heat wa becoming iuaopporlttbla, aad one could hardly brar the hand upot tit tide of the ship. From the rreknniijj nf tle eaptaio, -they found they were ti'eu tm,jiMegref 25 InMtes 6f toli'tli faiitiide, iiiKraft digree's6 niiitatet wf longitnde wutt from XUe eridiau- if. Paris. - The unbnppy pipli to avoixi a death which seemed iuevi table, tiusht the aret land. ' The island of Trjiiiditd wai that wtioit they, hoped to renchj! aud .after a painful Vuyage nf three days, they dincovered lbit o much desired island.-Ne-j verthetetSr the eonnt d Amerval aud the cap tain were persuaded Unit . in apptoaabing thi inure, tocy tnouia unve in entounier me tern ble ithxueeef dying liy lit mine, orof being de - voured by wild beuitB, and determined to leave it to tho ere w to steer for - Rio Janeiro. But the rapid progrgt'iif tbe firtr .did not. permit tliem tu carry. tliis rwi'ltiiioii into execution. The wmoke streamed out profusely from all it teams between the plan!., od they every mo ment eipeeted tha'. an txplotuM? would take place. v i '"' in i hi desperate condition they again di reeled their courts toward tbe inland, of Tri-nid-id, vhich they had already lost sight' of.' 1 ho vessel was open and, filled with water top to the middle deet, when they approached this island on the tenia of August, at four o'cloi-k in the afterrioon. , Thcifcveath, and twef.h were employed in lauding iioui the vessel the small quantity of proviiioiis,. which the water or the li.-'e had pot desUsycd..-. This operation was hardly onropk-ud when, ' tha brigautiue WbS entirely. broken in pieeel'by the wave. Nevertheless, by the MtrOat exertion ef the captain and he owner, alt persons on board were, b avcu. , ,. . u -u4 , r. V!ic;f 'l were landed, they built some tents at the foil ut the rocks, and they took every possible pii-cAUiion to avpid being attacked by witti bi.-ft.iu-, fcjx dAy were thn pasted but the daustets ueie still the same ; and the Count u'Aincrval contrived mau to save hi com pauion fram the death wbieb termed inevita ble, eountifg for nuthiiig the danger whtch he would iiave to braveto accompUh their: deli veranee. v-t- p- --T fT-- -H"- jnthe moniiog of (he ,lSth of August,- be gave od.'H to ttte pa plain to prepare the long boat, and euibrlied ,.uilh him and fire f the most resolute fAdors fur Rio Janeiro, having promised tu their eonpanioo in inifortHne not in abandon thtnl,. After three days toieably prosperous sailisg, ,thry felt, in with an Eri giih uhip lioiinto. tho Isle of France, from hieh iLfy .i)4taiiel. water and bread, "and cdutinued their wur.e , with more eoufidphee. . I he weather bcs'anie bad,; and. their - progress was iutcrruptetj ; indjliry set-med le ft 4! the sad alternative cither of tU-atl. .by lamineV or ofbuing swuilow;dup by Jihe -waves f hut final ly, n ilie 31s,tt.fr AuguM, wjieu lhtif provi sions viere almttt entirely eilneiliiicd, tbey ar rived a if oy a sniraele at ilia Janeiro, w - - 'ihey lauded at tho fortress 6f St.'.Cnotx, were tbey wei received , wilh great . kindness by the Uorernoriho invited them to dine with him.-Mr. Mfiltet, the French Coiinsul, intc restrd hiuiRfelfin carrying eohaoiatiou and suc cour to tinir eompaui-in. . He, recomnwnded io the King ho immediately - gave order to have a esel prepared to save those who re mained at the island of Trinidad.' V." W'! rtiiu deplorable event should icjrve a a eau. tiun.to ' merc'hsnt and ship owners, to avoid shtppini; .sobstanettr daiiaeruu.-- They wilt learn, not without. regret, that one such" impru deuec has caused the ruin of a respectable man, who had exiiennVU nearly . 300,000 Jraoces in riiipping and loading the, brigantine Young fcaphia j other- mereMant nuti also ireiglited nierciiandilfe loHh "amount of 300,000 fraues, makiog a total loss of about 500,000 francs.'";' , , IVotk. Wt have not learned the fate of the thirteen passengers Jeff at Trinidad but it is almost certain, that they are Saved, for one of them ha iiiformvd bis family of hi arrival a Rio Janeiro.. ,; t.' 's . . . ft 1 - BALTIMORE, JUtT 10. -i Stormins"of Pensacola.-i On tb subject the Qttebee Gazette,-of the 9lh June, offer the following angry , renarax?j-r".,Xi lew niontns wil thow to what length the- government of the United State, will go - in America, .with ont exciting the jealousy and resistaoee of the Kuropean ffovernmeni.; Jl teem tq us that the seizure of Amelia, liland i a parallelon a smaller theatre, to tho entry- of lionaparte's troop .Jill. JBw, umici ticicui;i, vt ii.vriiiu. division. The aeiasore, on '.neutral territory, atad execution of Arburtbaot a&d.Atnbritter, i full a justifiable; tulhe teizuro and execution of thef Duko ei-Kngbein j and the trmag of Fensaeoia, is at leatt equatiy as atrociou v ibe masacres or jtiaarid.'," Sl A- Naasau (N. P.) paper, after giving the aeeount of the. trial and execution of axiuth wot and AMaaisTfa, jo Florida a it.j.ppear ed i the,Hruaah,Relpullieaiu iiubjoiB tb ..J fiuch ft the rude account, whiph" an Amw. riean editor givet of a tranaetion which mutt be viewftjl witti horror b; all civilized .nation perpetrated .within the. territory of neutral power, who bad oof at the time and, place the- meant of protecting Itielf,, or the.',lranger. who wat within it gatet.., Mr, Arbuthnot wata, British merchant, inany year a fetident here, and only went to Florida eince- 'the peace, fur; ' ' the purpose of tradu.g with the Indians, under tlU santion of thB.$panisk government, 9.a,i bad which he received fclcint and corn, a , eoatider-i , able quantity ofwbicb;.to,tb8,moont of 4000 pound tterhntt. he had at tome of the JLudiaii ' t01m,anl HLiebJiaa- bett-dcitref bv th force under O'eueral Jicklon The SeminoJe having foorid hia tiktaf and; honett , in his dealing With (hem pld much onfideme jB' him, and he had eeaionaily writlf u letter for their chief to the Brituh'. Ambatsudor, eom' plainins: of the depredation , and robberiei committed on tlicm by --the tieorgian tbtte were the crime 'of which' lie .was euilty lo- ward the United aioles audit aitizen.. ' 5- Cook, who "is laid to be the only evideiiee against Mr. A.:; (ived, hjtre ,a$ ja eolleetor.of veudue ceounta with acemlcmao in that line of business j converted to hi bwa ,usa a eea tiderable turn which tie bad cullected, and wa ' in, eonsequeacB jliibrg,ed,.MrrArbal.n!it ': being in want of a youni man toaisisi in .bit store in Florida., . eoutideriug that at this wat hi first offenee he might be reclaimed, he look'-1' , Cook into bis eniiploy but finding oon after' hi arrival that Jip , eoiuioeneed. hi ( for met: tricks, be delivered bim-over to 'the trinaniah elommandant at St. Mark to be dealt, with e eordine to law.' ; Such the Iwitnes whieh General Jackson produced at tbe. trial, as it it , called.. . ( V ,i i -j'V, , - ; ',V " A to the first chargeit . W well know o here that Mr, A. never- look . any arm with him Powder in small quauiilies bo might; , have had and how iaan Indian' to, hunt or.' even exist without it ? '.'Admitting that he had aupplied ' munition of war" he was poler m? 1 inally liable to tbe .United, B'.atc for to, dpug;-, nor could, tba. second, charge make him pj which, however we believe to bo a groundit as tbe firt J-and respecting the third bow could a British ulject who wa in, a neutial garfisoa, attacked by a, laaleet.foree, be cousi. ' dered.a,apy. ' 'iA , Mr. Ambristef wa a Jngb -spirited yonng . man, au nis purtunt tromiy were tut . of a . mercantile nature he had served along wt h tb adiAa under eoI;Nieollt in the luto war, : aad bore aommiwipa in, th JCoyal Coloaial Martnes. Having tlftcn cootracted a;frieadlup lor taeinoiau, h is JtKeiy lie may bave-. been ., along with 00e of, the.Jicmiuole chiefs,', and being Ukeu with iem beeamo taerifice to tbe revenge-., vf the Ameii'"au Ueneral j ratdhng whose exploits, a -mentiojed -in the newupa- . per of tieorgia, tho motJ proOiinent are the destroying of Indian towns, aad taking prison. ertkay women d ud children.' ! - ' f1 1 The deeojiogof Fratiei (Ueli'sadjj'-bn board of tb American gun boot by hoistfi,g the Briti!( flag, and afterwards hanging him, . is another trait in the glorious career of Gene- v rat Jacksou in the territory of pain.; - y - i iieiuiruer ooservation or mis inveterate . id seurrilou Editor are too vasno tn bn" 1 eot'dfd 'with by the liberal Dart of hit own '! country then, wwHi ill be viewed in tteir trn.r- igitt by alt holiest rttfntr. ; 1 bit altroeious apt, ' vo trust,' will not He overlooked by bv"bur i'oveB-,. ment and the perheifatr brought to that just', punishment wniel ' 'serves.. It will be re. J collected what . . ...ation . wa ereated in merica a few years ao by the accidental death of one of iw citizens, and that every posV. ibl? inquiry and .reparation w a made; but ' we could askl what comparison , there is be. ; tween that unfortuoaia eirenmitanco and the present deed.- Justice ought to- prevail -be- - tween nation a wen a tnoiviauais, and may-., be looked forward to in tbe present insianceA; fJlVanslated from tho French, for tbe City of,. . j -W ashingtonOazctte. -. ,. .'...,',.. ; FBENCJI COLONY NE.AR MEXICO Extract of a letter from a French settler; Whtch . wat communicated jar , me June jvfof. the ,." v VAhtille .itncricaiue, ,1, ' .. ,:' Ym We are established at tlis mouth of the . River Trinity, on the Occoquinsas bluff, twen. ty. Diet above the level of the river at high wa- tcr upon this is a fine wood cavered witli trees j?' adjoining to this is the Grand Prairie. 'f or Prairie of Talcasitas, whjch is, at least, - fifteen miles troin .North to Sooth, and which' extends eastward to a gap that communicates I. with Lake Sabino the land is of the first ; quality, -easily cultivated ; we have around us , a'n immense tract, which promises the richest productions to those willing to labor, a little r The game course the country in flocks ; there f is abundance of cow, of bulls, and wild horw es may be got trHh case;' The waters are ful of fish ;. and nur mhabitants" , who have su -- Teycd east of the river say, the couutry is aul ;r. superfor 'j it is intersjiersed, with' most- beaut iful lakes, watering tne most magnibcicnt niiis, where there are also; many: , animal particu' larly wild goats : all this land is in sngar, cot ; ton and indigo.. - , We have already seen the chiefs of the Iq i r " . .1
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