The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-18 00:00:00

A NIF.IIICAN PAPERS.

'W Asti Isar ox Jt• I: 14.-The following abstract of info?...
entition. Ivry lately received, verbally and by letter, from prr.ot,s
a the highest respectability, in Angustura and the %Vest. India
Islands. Is entitled to implicit credit. It is fermi:bed solely fir
the grwitication or citizen: interested in the cause of South
American indepzialence, more es serially in that of Venezuela.
Two brilliant affair: have lately taken place between detach:
mews from the revcctive armies in the neighbourhood of the
Aranca riser, in the pmvince of Barinas; both of which tenni.
na•cd in favour of the Independents. In the first. Col. Pigott. •
foreign officer of merit. greatly distinguished himself, having had
two horses killed ander hon. Suffice tt to say, that the Itoyali.ts
were driven from their position. The hater cnrcrptise is one of
the nio,t extraordinary recorded in the annals of modern or
ancient warfare.

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Gem. Peer. commander .ef the cavalry composed of the free
people of colour, and blacks of the plains, called "boleros. had
repeatedly solicited permission from Gen. Bolivar to attack the
enemy's camp, with a selected band of volunteers, btu was as
oitea refused. The attack appeared too hazardous and partial to
justify approbation; and that o9icer. instructed by experience,
resolved not to hazard the reduction of his force by detachment.—
The Fabian, or aVashidztonitin Istein, in short, was adopted;
and the President of the Republic -reined inflexible in maintain.
ins it. He rooted not risk a decisift hattle with half his army ;
but await the co-operation of the expedition train Nlargaretta.—
Nevertheless. he yielded to the importunities of Parr. and al-
lowed hint for once to indulge in his chivalrou . projects. Thus
iiceLsed, that officer required 150 volunteers, his own guard of
honor included. It is unnecessav to state, that the stunmons
was received with acclamations: 4 t'olonels and I.ictit.-Colonels..
and ;0 Captains immediately jMned their leader. lleing disin-
mothered of all unnecessary accoutrements, the demclunent
instantly crossed the river in front of ittorillo's main army. Who
wire doubtless .surpiiratl at temerity so unexampled. Pacz ap-
proachml within speaking -distance. (or as a sailor weuld say,
within bail), and challenged his antarnist to conic and take him
with his little party. lir had brottoht no inc.,: lest he should
them: but hoped that Morillo would not be intimidated
by a handfal of lancers. who had left a river in their rear, and
now had an army bolero them. Provoked by this bantering
detisnc,!. alorilbr ordered large detachments to defile from richt
and left, in order to surround the enemy and cut off his retreat.
This was the very movement which Part awaited ; on its eze •
entice he calculated his success. Prompt at the moment, there-
tore. he ;ace laconic ureters to his little column, who, with lance
in relit, rushed dirietly on the Sputish lire. Opening their pas-
cage 14 the rear, they wheeled about, and penetrated again to the
front, with prodigious slaughter. The enemy's, ranks were
thrown into confssion and dismay by several and terrible sepc-
litions of these daring charges; and .Seal of their number acre
either killed or wounded. Pace himsek'is reported to hare laneed
nine with hiaown band; Capt. Grant (a Scotch Officer) killed
tire, and other. distiaguishest thmselves moistly in the work of
Carilikg,!.. With the low of three or four of his gallant corps, the
imnzirtal PAZZ tenanted the ATMI/IC4, and rejained the army in
cioniph. MI wove eleorilied with admiration. or petrified with
astonishment, at this achievement. The names of every
dual appear in the bulletin. and each was presentod with tire
badge of the order of I,;berta,hr ti 4 t'envt..Oi—dibl honour wiudr
many of them had attained alre.uly.
Cumana was said to be in a state of starvation. We msght to
have mentioned in its proper place. that in the defeat of Gen.
l.utorre's division. by the Patriots an interesting correspondence
with Morillo was taken by the vi.aors. From this it fliptalrS
that an expedition from *Lima maimed New Grenada. One
an-aunt states, that an invading army had actually enteasal it.
that the Spaniards wen: flying in all diteetions.