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London, England, 1825-09-03 00:00:00

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Extract of a Vitale letter from Lima, dated March 16
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" General Bolivar, or, as he is always called, the bleator '
42. about 5 feet 7 inches, and slender in his person, sad, as it:
• Hero of the Equator,' which the Americans call him, might
supposed to be rather dark in his complexion. His eountetas ,
always of a serious cast, yet, notwithstanding the mustachio Is%
his upper lip, not ferocious as many represent hint ; his eyes ilaws
hazel, are expressive and penetrating. In earl life he trarerk
through Burn pe for his pleasure; he reads En lab, but 6343 rat
, speak more than a few words ; French he epee s fluently, thew,
not correctly. Apologizing one day for my imperfect knowle4
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of Irene' and Spanish, he said, • 0, no matter, never leve t ,
your own fire idiom is the only one worth speakirg, all tack;
liberal-all that is noble, is to Cm found in that. It is the languv,
of liberty.' He talks a great deal, and with apparent frankness,
and without premeditation. Ile seems tond of social life, am
never baulk,' a party by going away prematurely. On two orb.
*ion* I hare been with him in large parties—one at a ball am
supper, where he Iptaid from eight in the evening till live in the
Morning, taked the whole time, at supper gave toasts and sane
speeches, and after slipper danced a waltz with a handsome gtd.
At a breakfast, on • Washington's birth-day, the day he selerma
for Ills visit to the ttigate United States, which lasted from
eleven to three, he gave several touts and speeches, in one or
which he exalted the United States,' as infinitely surpassing e,„,
nation of ancient and modern times, in knowing how to unite the
most .entire liberty with the most perfect order, intelligence, hber.
ality, kc. •
" His ambition appears to be of mlofty and fine deseriptios. ge
wishes to go down as the muerter and founder of South America
Independence. and, satisfied with an ample fortune, disdains all ac.
cession of wealth. He refused with some contempt the vote of th.,,
Peruvian Congress, granting him a million of dollars, haring ejAde
lit his pelili from the beginning 'hat he would not carry sway even
a grain of sand from Peru. His favourite projects are a mac
Across the Isthmus, and the establishment of &Congress at Panama,
to consist of a grand federative Council, to decide on all dispute,
between the different states, to have an army which they will cs'a
out when either of the states or any foreign) power commits is
aggression. . The ides, however, seems visionary, but it is la
favourite scheme. After settling the affairs of thew countries and
'establishing their peaeleand independerc!, it is his wish to truer
through the United-States and Lngland, for both which countries
hashes a high admiration. His enmity aga:ust the Spaniares,
.doilrished in lire bloody was of Venezuela, is irreconcilable. Au
his cmrnexions per° murdered by them, except an uncle Whom t,,,
haein Spain. ' ' 4 • .
•."Ilhorigh eierything has depended on hie energy and taint,
yet many able men have been formed under him. Sucre. was
gained the memorable battle of Ayacucho. one of the most cot.
elusive that ever was fought, disconered, as the Spanish office!
' admit, and as General iWounet told me, the highest degree of
Iskill and promptitude. His previous dispositions were admirable.
The enemy were nearly double, but he seized the critical moment
' for attack, ' and,' said Motive to me, ' we lost Pens in half an
I hour.' General Salom, who commands the besieging army before
Callao. about 3,500 men, is ti man of great merit. I have sem
none whose manners please me more. A little over thirty, he looks
sixty, from fatigue of betty and mind, but of Incessant activity.
The castles were fully invested on the Ist inst. They are eats.
blishing heavy batteries, but it is probable they will only be take&
by mutiny or famine. Ruda has placed himself in a 'Mutton
where his ruin seems inevitable. General Bolivar toasted him on
board the frigate, praising his valour and perseverance to take a
course in which his destruction was inevitable, but ending with i
sarcasm, that he was like Pizarro in the island-of Gorgone, who
thought with his thirteen followers he should conquer the Corti.
nent, and concluded with • may he speedily join Pisarro, and give
him an account of his labours.'