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HALIFAX, JV. 0. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1824.
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THE "FREE PRESS,"
ZJ: George Howard,
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FOREIGN.
IMPORTANT!
From Peru: By an arrival
at Baltimore, Jamaica papers to
the 9th ult. have been received,
which furnish the following im
portant intelligence from Peru:
VICTORY OF BOLIVAR.
From the Extraordinary Gaccta del
Isthma, of 7th Sept.
The following official com
munication was received by the
General Commandant, it having
been brought by the Colombian
schooner Gucnchaco, which an
chored at this port (Panama) in
17 days from Gucnchaco.
Republic of Peru, Truxillo, Aug.
18, 1824 To the Intendant and
general commanding the depart
ment of the Isthmus of Panama :
Sir: It is with feelings of the
highest satisfaction that I have
the honor of'enclosing you the
Gazette of this city, containing
the official accounts of the bril
liant affair at Junin; the particu
lars of which were received
here last night. This first suc
cess opens the door to expecta
tions, as brilliant as they are
well founded, and presages a
speedy and felicitous termina
tion of that war which has deso
lated this rich country, Peru.
The battalion of Zulia, and
the squadrons of horsc and dra
goons of t ho gjard, joined the
head quarters of the Liberator
(Bolivar) the day after the ac
tion of Junin. Although official
accounts transmitted by the Se
cretary General are very well
detailed, I must take the liberty
of addressing you a few partic
ulars, which have been extract
ed from private letters received
here from the officers of the ar
my, and which render this bril
liant victory more glorious.
More than a tnousand ot the
enemy's cavalry advantageously
posted, have been destroyed by
only 400 of our horse. Cante-
rac. in nerson, commanded the
enemy's cavalry, as did the Li
berator (Bolivar) ours. Cante
rac fled before the liberator hav
ing experienced his irresistible
power. The cavalry of the en
emy was the flower of the royal
army, composed of its oldesi
veterans, and the greater part
Spaniards. The shock was ter
rific and our cavalry signalized
themselves byprodigics of valor.
Cantcrac displayed all his skill
and valor; but he was compelled
to make a shameful flight from
a few brave patriots, who were
in number hardly equal to one
third of those whom he com
manded. The Liberator, as u
sual, exposed himself in the most
dangerous situations; but his
presence (which is well worth
an army) soon compelled the
disappearance of Cantcrac and
his old veteran troops. This
town has received the gratify-:
intelligence with inexpres
iblp filings of delight. All
are enlivened by the pure breath
of liberty, that they with reason
hope to see consolidated by the
extraordinary genius of him who
has undertaken to give them a
country with peace and happi
ness. . I am, &c.
. Jose Gabriel Perez.
Peru. Jamaica papers to the
2Sth September, (says the Ncw
York Evening Post) contain ad
vices from Carthagena of the 3d
of that month, announcing "a
victory of importance over Can
tcrac, who is represented as kill
ed, with Sucre on our side
wounded, and another General
killed. The battle was not de
cisive, but was equally bloody
and destructive."
Colombia. The Colombian
government has ordered the
construction of 50 gun-boats, in
such pojts of the Republic as are
best provided with the means cf
building them. The Congress
has appointed the sum of $300,
000 for the repair of the fortifi
cations on the coast, and to the
construction of such other forts
as may be deemed necessary.
JSTexico. The- latest papers
from Mexico state that the Con
gress was engaged in regenera
ting the Judiciary department.
Generals Bravo and Victoria
had received the highist num
ber of votes for President and
Vice President. Throughout the
whole republic newspapers were
multiplying, which advocated
liberal principles. The legisla
ture of Vera Cruz had passed a
vote of thanks to that of Tamaul
ipas for its firm conduct in or
dering Iturbide to be shot, and
decreed that the names of its
members should be inscribed-in
letters of gold in the legislative
hall of Vera Cruz In conse
quence of the murder of Seth
Hayden, a native of the United
States, on the 20th August, a re
ward of S2009 was offered for
the apprehension of the assassin,
who was unknown, a fid the Su
preme Executive government
issued a proclamation, reproba
ting the crime in the strongest
terms, and declaring all stran
gers resident in the republic to
be under the special protection
of the laws.
Russia. Alexander had set
out on a tour through his south
ern provinces. Previous to his
departure, an ukase was issued
ordering all the Jews in the em
pire, who were not physicians
or established merchants, to re
nounce before the ensuing year,
the petty commerce and trades
they had carried on, and to de
vote themselves to the tillage of
the ground. This arbitrary
mcasure had, as was to be ex
pected, occasioned great con
sternation among the numerous
Jews of Russia and Poland.
Spain and Portugal.--Oi-diz
papers to the 27th August
are filled with decrees against
the Constitutionalists, who, if
possible, arc treated every
where with greater rigor than
before the late affair at Tariffa.
A letter, dated Lisbon, Sept. I,
represents the affairs of Portu
gal as in a worse condition than
ever. 4 'From present appear
ances (says the writer) nothing
cin save Spain and Portugal
from another reyolution'
DEATH OF LOUIS XVIII.
France. His majesty Louis
XVIII. rendered up his last
breath this morning, September
16th, at 4 o'clock precisely.
From his numerous infirmities
life itself had become a burden
to Louis, and we know of . no
evil his death is likely to, bring
on France; yet, when anticipat
ing his decease, the French
Journalists, as in duty bound,
represented it as a national ca
lamity, mixing up their lamen
tations, however, with a few
compliments to his successor.
The reflections indulged in by
some of them on the crisis' then
impending, are of a truly singu
lar nature. "How glorious,"
says one of them, "how holy is
the a.siony of the most Christian
King! Monarchs.of the earth,
come and learn how to die!
Sorrow is spread among the
people; the father of the family
is dying weep all weep! A
new reign approaches; the no
ble .Son ot r-ranee, the model of
honor and loyalty, is called to j
the throne! Frenchmen, let us
console ousrchcsP9 According
to private accounts, the ivecping
part of the advice was not much
attended to: but Xhzconsolota
ry was quite to the taste of the
public.
Charles Philip,- Count D
Artois, who succeeds his bro
ther Louis XVIII. under the ti
tle of Charles X. comes to the
throne at the mature age of 67.
He was always a bijrot, as well
in politics as religion; and dur
ing the French Revolution, he
nn- i Hillll 11V.VUIU11UII, IIUI"' Hit, 1 fill iluU3l CUIilXl III, llc
was unwavering in his support! statement that the Greek go
j of the kingly, prerogative, lle'vernment had sent an cxpedi-
occame notorious lor nis cnssipa-! won against tne i urKisu Meet,
ted habits when a young man jTho Ipsariots had "made Ipsara
and in the common course of! a complete desert, carried away
nature his reign cannot be a part of their cannon, spiked o
Iong one. thers, confided their wives and
A party is said to exist in children to the Hydriots and
France who prefer the Duke of; Spezziots, with an affecting re-
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uneuns lor meir sovereign io
'any ol the direct line "because
they look to him not only as an
enlightened liberal man, but be
cause his ascending the throne,
if by their will, would bring
them nearer to the principles of
the revolution, and farther from
the fact of having a king forced
upon, them by foreign bayonets.
But there is yet another aspi
rant, said to be still dearer to
them the son of napoleon!
Letters from Paris speak of
the intention of the French go
vernment to discontinue the
present mode of conducting the
commercial intercoursewith this
country, and to return to the
discriminating system.
Hayli. The French brig!
Cosmopolite arrived at Port-au-
Prince on the 5th ultimo, with
the Haytien Commissioners, on
their return from an unsuccess
ful mission to France. The
failure of their attempt at nego-
ciation produced a sensation at
Port-au-Prince, and a general
spirit of animosity against the
French residents, who it was
believed, would be obliged to
flee from the place.
Greece. Extract of a Letter
fmm T.ocrhnrn. dated 1st Spnt.
;
"Thprr arrived here a vp;p1 ;
fmm SJ.nlnnioa. the Cantnin nfitivppn tlio Srnniard.s of Santa
which deposed at the Office of j
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Health, that more than 4000
Greeks made a descent on E
panomy with more than 40
boats, end beat completely the
Turks who wee there. The
Pacha having heard of this de
feat, flew to their assistance with
2000 men, cavalry and infantry,
and four pieces of cannon, but
he was also beaten and lost more
than 200 men, with his cannon,
and was obliged to retire to Sa
lonica. The 2d of August, the
Turks returned to attack the
Greeks, but were again repuls
ed. After this combat, the
Greeks, embarked and went to
Salinis, which is still nearer Sa
lonica, where they were again
attacked by the Turks on the 3d
and 4th of Aug. but these lat
ter were once more repulsed.
The Greeks then left Salinis,
and landed at Catcrina; but the
result of their movement is not
known, as the vessel sailed be
fore any thing further had taken
place."
Other accounts state, that
ConstantineBotsaris, with 3000 !
Greeks had descended at the
Messinian Gulf; and that two
other bodies of 3000 each, had
landed under different generals,
the one at Gastorina, and the
other near Parties, to besiege
that place. It is added, that "as
soon as the Greek government
heard that the Egyptian fleet had
quitted Alexandria, it sent part
of its fleet to attack it, and to
watch its motions, and very fa
vorable results were expected
since the troops who composed
that expedition were an assem-
j blage of Arabs, Negroes, and xl
banians.
Letters from Constantinople
of the 17th August confirm the
, commenuaiion, ana men ail gone
on board their fire-ships, writh
the fixed resolution either to
burn the Turkish fleet, or perish
in the attempt." LordStrang
f'ord had not left Constantinople
as formeily reported. Serious
misunderstandings, which had
arisen between the government
and the Janissaries, fomented it
was believed by foreign intrigue
are assigned as the causes of the
British minister protracting his
stay. The re-taking of Jpsara
had occasionrd considerable a
larm in the capital, and several
Greeks had been , murdered.
The Asiatics at Serla Nuova,
were also understood to have re
vol ted, and that the Sultan had
ordered 20000 men to mnrrh
and subdue the insurrection. It
is again stated that the Viceroy
will carry into execution, for his
own advantage, the project of
removing the Greeks to Egypt,
and the Egyptians to the Mo
rea. Nothing more is said of
the evacuation of Moldavia and
Wallachia.
Western Indians. The Mis
souri Intelligencer cf the 2oth
ultimo, says, that through the"
politeness of Major O'Fallon,
who arrived from Cotinci 1 Bluffs
I on Tuesday last, we learn that a
" - vv..j juoi,
trp?itv Iwl h&fn rnnnlnded he
Fe and that province, and the;
n . ! PT.K, TM
Pawnee tribe of Indians. This
nation consists of about 20001
warriors, well provided with I
arms: and for bravery, enter-
prize and industry, greatly excel
any nation known in the west.
They have-long been the terror
of the Spaniards; robbing them
of their horses, mules and prop
erty, travelling the greatest dis
tance, and undergoing the most
severe hardships to make war,
in which they have been unusu
ally victorious. Major O'Fal
Ion lias established peace be
tween the belligerents, and this
plundering warfare is no longer
to be carried on. The Span
iards were highly delighted at
the attention paid by our gov
ernment to the request of their
governor, and left Council
Bluffs (26 in number) on the
11th ultimo for their native
home. They can now make
this long pilgrimage without
fear of molestation.
Choctaw Deputation. A
deputation of Choctaws, nine in
number, arrived in Washington
a few days past, on business
wiih the Government On their
way, and when at. Maysvilie, in
Kentucky, Puclishec-?iiibhee, a
principal Chief, and aged about
85 years, stepped from a preci
pice, in a fog which hid the
chasm from his view, and frac
tured his skull, which killed
him. It is gratifying to witness,
in these deputations of latter
times, young men of education
and virtue, with talents io con
duct the business of their nation,
and manners suited, in all re
spects, to the polished improveT
mcnts of their white brothers.
There are two of this descrip
tion attached to this deputation.
Col. Folsom, well known as the
friend of the school system a
mong his people, and for the
distinguished excellence of his
character, and James L. JP
Donald, who was educated
chiefly by the Rev. Mr. Carna
han, now President of Princeton
College, at his classical school
in Georgetown; and subsequent
ly read law, in Ohio, with the
present Postmaster General,
where he was admitted to its
practice,. Mr. M'Donald being
on a visit to his , mother, after
many years separation, was in
cluded, by the Council of the
nation, in the deputation.
Sun. Spots on the Sun have
been observed at Boston; two of
which are said to be so larc
that they may be easily seen
with a common spy glass; with
a powerful telescope nearly
twenty are visible. On account
of the Sun's rotation on its axis,
they will probably disappear iu
seven or eight days.
A Dangerous Device. One
of the laborers in a factory at
Philadelphia, missing his liquor
which he secreted, determined
to set a trap to catch the thief,
he accordingly filled his bottle
with aqua fortis. One of the
hands, suddenly taken sick, was
advised to take a dram from the
bottle. He swallowed but n email
quantity before the mistake was
discovered, else the draught
would have proved fatal. Ilk
mouth and tongue were much
blistered.
Snow. While we are put
ting our paper to press, says the
New-York Commercial Adver
tiser of the 30th ultimo, the
snow is falling in? a scattering
shower.