The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-17 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

By letters from Barranquilla, dated the 18th of
September lust, we have the fallowing account
of the progress of the Patriot cause in New

Granada :

The.object of the expedition to Rio de la Hacbc
(viz., the forming a junction with Urdanetu by the
Val d.Upari) having been found impracticable col.,
Montillo drew back his army, with the intention of
re-embatking, when he was attacked by the Spanish
General Sanchez Lima, witk 2,500 men: the Irish
Legion, 800 strong, which constituted the chief
part of Montilla's force, notwithstanding much pre-
vious insubordination, assembled in anus, and drove
the Spaniards from the field. After this, the Irish,
becoming violently mutinous, were shipped off for
Jamaica. Col. Montilla and Admiral Brion then
proceeded to attack Savanilla, a port on the western-
most mouth of the river Magdalena. Having suc-
ceeded in their enterprise, • the whole country
declared for the Patriots. Massa, a partisan officer,
then descended the Magdalena from Santa Fe, with
a body of volunteers, in eight canoes, one of them
carrying a four-pounder, attacked the Spanish gun-
boats at Teneriffe, 14 in number, some of them
mounting 14 pounders, and manned with 250
soldiers; and, in a few minutes captured or de-
stroyed the whole, the commandant blowing himself
up. By this means the whole course of the Mag-
dalena, from Santa Fe to Savanilla, was opened
tc the Patriots, and Ctrthagena alone remained
in the Spaniards. This town was speedily in-
vested by Montilla and Garcia, whose 'head-
quarters were fixed at Turbaco, about a league
.off.
In the mean time, Bolivar, at Cucuta, had concluded
an armistice of a month with La Torre, who pro-
posed it on the part of Moral°, in order to prepare
tint a lasting accommodation. Bolivar, however,
dtsffiletly stated that 'ho terms %sr-mid be listened to,
unless the republic of Columbia were acknowledged
as a free, sovereign, and independent state. Ile then
set off fbr Mompox, where be arrived on the 15th of
August, and was received with an enthusiasm which
surpasses all conception. Thence he proceeded to
Baranquilla to inspect the gun boats, previously to
an attack destined against Santa Martha. The army
of Paez, with divisions of Irish under Colonels
Power and Lyster, remained at Calabozo, ready to
join Bolivar when occasion might require. Time
army of the South, J,OOO strong, with u corps of
British under Valdez, was proceeding for Quito,
having routed the garrison of Popayan, in an action •
in which the British, commanded by Captain Mack-
intosh, greatly distinguished themselves. Bolivar
received General D'Evereux cordially at Barran-
quilla, and acquitted him of any blame on account of
the defection of the Irish.
The expedition to Santha Martha was delayed in
consequence of a sully made by the garrison of Cur-
tbugenu ; upon tvhich occasion the whole corps of
Colonels Ayla and Garcia, and part of the block-
ading force, took to flight, the Colonels foremost.
A body of twenty-five Irish attempted in vain to
sustain the fight ; and Lieutenant Barnes of the
artillery was killed, gallantly defending his gun.
The sallying party succeeded in reaching Turbaco,
where they massacred about hundred inhabitants
(chi, fly women and children) collected in the church
—and took the chest with about 3,000 dollasr ;
about fifty of the blockading party fell in the sur-
prise, On the approach of a small pasty of the
Patriot cavalry, the Spaniards retired to Cartimovna,
which is now so infested with troops and gun-Coats,
that it must shortly surrender. The expedition to
Santa Martha was expected to proceed us soon as
the naval force of the Spaniards at Carthage:la was
destroyed. Bolivar had set off on his return to
Cucuta a few hours only before the sully on 'fur-
baco, which is supposed to hove been particularly
aimed at his person ; nor ere surmises of treachery
tvan ting.
The demand for inalinfacttocd rods, such as
linens, cloths, bats, all descriptions of wearing ap-
parel, officers' appointutent, &c., is extremely great
through the whole of the interior, as tar as Sant::
Fe, and thence to Quito. The wall stuck now
in hand brings a profit of 500 per cent. Glass,
china, and all kind:: of furniture, will alvo soon:be in
great request. Lvery thing of the lied is ma-
t