The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-28 00:00:00

111 F. NATIONAL lIEGISTIiIt

lie Indians, nude prisoner:: by the -United States mill.-
ti t, oat sispivivn of uere on their.roaci to
gra overtaken by republic4nt of Clio Alt:barna
territory, who. taking it ;s: to tblir to " es.
-a•peratel" against the It:,11e::1, savagely Inurtlerei.theln
in cold blood. Were they Loa spicy, or instii;ators of
6erainoie warfare ,

-New Orleans Papers have arrived to the €24th 'July.
—They state that the Indians bad recce tly committed
many murders on the Whiteinbabitonts of the environs
.of Peo=acolit: and the alarm 'was such, that many fa-
milks hail averted their houses. People were• even
leaving the town, •wbere..provisions had attained a very
high lkius, and no business was acing. According to
the lost advicessfront St. Louis, the Indians who inhabit
the banks of the River Phut, and those resident be-
' tween Missouri and Aritinaaws, Ivere at .war witlreach
otllcr. A party of the Pawnees,-efmsiaelns of 400, had
.net a party of Osage! in .the plains, within 50 or 60.
-n': es of Arlansaws. The advanced gui:rd of.thelPew-
sees made .a running fight,• drawing after thou the
-oSagt4 into nn ambuscade, formed by the innia,body of
the Pawnees. The affair is said to hove terminated in
the entire defeat and destruction of the ()sages, only
one having escaped out of 441 warriors. The Pawnees
are also at war with tke Spaniards of Santa Fe. They
lately defeated and Lined seven Spaniards out of a hunt-
ing party they met with:a the limits .ef the United
States. Among the baggage of the Spaniards, they
found, .conceal,d, a boy, about ten years of age, whom
they intended to -sacrifice " to the Great Star."—One
thousand slum are stated to have arrived in the harbour
of the lii•vannah on the Ist ofJune: the cargo of one
vessel consisted of 745 Negroes, estimated at 10,000
dollars in cash!

Letters from Rio le Janeiro, dated the 13th of Jule,
state, that eecotues heil been received there, that the
markets of Chili were quite open to the British trade.
Some revoletionary meveineats arc expected at Lima,
us soon as the result of the battle •of Maipo shall be
known there. Art iges is said not to have been success-
fhl of late in bis miiitary enterprises; but he is a man
of such activity, and such extraordinary resources, that
he is not tniiikely to re-appear shortly in the field,
equally to the aneoyance of the Buenos Ayreens and
the rereugnese. The Royal Treasury at the Rio is in
a very exhausted statee•enl era;.'; 'demands .upon it
have been rejected &fee want of funds.
The fullewing letter from Buenos Ayres, dated June
6, temununieates the latest and most important intel-
ligence from that part of South America :—" For the
last three or four weeks we have had but little news of
any kind, mid what there was, not very favourable :
yesterday, however, Government received dispatches,
which announce that the Patriots in Chili have gained
a new victory over a considerable body .ef Royalists,
who had ussienbled themselves under General St. Jago,
and were advancing in aid of those,_ who, I informed
von some time ago, were utterly defeated at Maipo.—
k Jagu's • force exceeded 1500 men, but they were'fll
armed and equipped, and apparently did not expect
that they should. be so soon fallen in with and inter-
cepted. The army of the Patriots consie ed of inferior
numbers, but of superior 'discipline, and better accou-
tred : the contest was long, considering the feebleness
of the enemy ; and to do them justice, it seems they
fought bravely : how many were killed and wounded
do not know, for the dispatches have not yet been pub-
lished; but it is said, that our loss is comparatively
trifling, and that General St. Jago was taken, in en-
deavouring to make his escape: and of this we are cer-
tain, that the victory was on our side. As to the pre-
sent state of things here, little is to be sail, there have
been such changes in the tranegement of public affairs,
caused by the envy and jealousy of some f the Mem-
bers of the • Government, but none •of them of much
importance. A little time ago there was a slight pub-
lic commotion in this pace, in consequence of some
oirence taken by the peoele, at an order regulating the
sale of- provisions, i'nt it was soon allayed ; and thee
mercy shewn to tiJiile• cf :he ringleaders had a good ef-
fect; only two were eeecuted, and three floggutl. I
just heir that the news above given is somewhat more
favourable than I imagined; but nothing•bas been yet
pubhrlied from authority. The Government here is
using great exertions to support General San Martin,
and are embodying with activity a considerable force to
aid him in his further attempts."
By a re: cut regulation in the naval service during
piece, all sea-going skips, at home and abroad, arc to
be paid off at the expirat:iin of every third year, therehy
discontinuing the services of Commissioned and Warrant
Officers thee, in employment, mid !rising an opening
thr o:hets in their respective ranks tie: the practice of
their naval tactics. :Ships are relieved as their date of
service may expire under this regulation • they are paid
off on their arrival in -Eogland, and if, on survey,
finnel fit fir service, ere neetanauseionett, wsthout the
tretibie expense eat dienamling, and returning their
naval envie. There is scarcely a ship of war now at
line ;Ara !yes not nedereone this regulation foe the
•heeteift of :level ulcers, mei at -se:sieve...l3'4e.

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Tharrdar a Cotr:t of .;triton Council ma geld
at -Guaitn, ,for t 1,3 purpte of elmting a Courlon
Ploadtr-(Counsol) far the City, vf.cout by the. death of
tl,e luta William %Viatum, Esq.: and fur the cliszw.siou.
4of other ulisuellaocotts basin s.

'l:ie Lozd 'Mayor declared a vacancy in the of! cc of
Sword-issuer, by the deccts3. of the late William Cut.
terell, Esq. ; and after sonic t:iscussion, env:Teri:ll corn.
mitten was appointel to iriquire into Vac nature and
duties of that office, and to.repart the saint: to the Coarc.