The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-14 00:00:00

SOUTH dMEitiCA.

By letters fro;n 13arranquilia,,dated the 13th
of Septeniber last, we have the following account
of the piogres of the Patriot -cause in New
G-renalla : •

" The object of the expedition to Rio de la
/lathe (vT,. the forming a junction with Urdaneta
by the Val d'P.pari) havi:tg been found imprac-

ticable, Col. Alontilla drew back his army with
the :intention of reimbarking, when he was at-
tacked by the Spanish General Sanchez Lima,
with ;.5,00 men. The Irish Legion, 800 strong,
which constituted the:chief. part of IVfontilla's

force; notwithstanding-much previous inspbordi7:

nation, asembled in arms,' and drove the
Spaniards from th€ field. After this, the Irish,,
becoming violently mutinous, were shipped off

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:for Jamaica. 'Colonel MOntilla anti Admiral
atio.n. then procetOed to attack Savanilla, a port
oh; tfiewes.terninok inonth'.of the river Magda-

lena, - Having 'succeeded ,their enterprise,
the whole country declared for the Patriots.
'a partisan officer, then descended
the. Magdalena from Santa Fe, with a holly of
volunteers, in 8 canoes (one of them carrying n
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four-pounder), attacke4 the Spa!thh gunlhoats

Teaeritre
icy iii-ponniiers, and mannedrwith ."5() soldiers ;
and, in a few minutes,-captured or destroyed the
whole, the Commandant blowing himgelf up. By.
this means the whole' course of the Magdalena,
.fromsant.a. Fe to Savanilla, was opened to the
Pitriots, 'and C a rtliagetia altine remained: to the
Spaniards.- This town was speedily invested by
Montilla and Garcia, whose. head-quarters were ,
fixed at TUrbaco, about a league off. In the mean
time, Bolivia, at Cucuta, had concluded an ar-
mistice' of a month with La Torre., who Proposed
it on the part crf Morille, in order to prepare for
a lasting accommodation. Bojirar,however,
.dis-
tinctly stated
.that termsould be listened to,
Conn unless the Republic of Comlsia were acknow-
ledged a 5 free, sovefeign and- indePendent
state. He then Set of for Mompox,. where he
arrived on the 15th of August, and was received
with an enthusiasm which surpasses nll cOneep-
.

tion. ...Thence,he-:PrOceeded la BarranqUilht to
inspect the gun-boats, previously to an .eZpedi--
tion:deStined against Santa Ilartha. The 'army.
of Paez, with divisions of Irish under Colonels
Power and. Lyster,:remaitiettat, CalaboY.o, ready
to join-. Bolivar when occasion might require. The
armYof,the South, three thousand .strong-, with
a corps of British under:-Valdez, 'was:proceeding
for Quito, having rotited the. garrison of •PopaYan,
in an action in w«-dcli, the British, commanded by
Captain.. Mackintosh, greatly. distinguished them-
Bolivar 'received GeAeral
cordially at. BarranqUilla, and.acquitted'him of
any blame on account of. the defectien of the
; • . • • • ,• • • •
."- The expedition to Santa Martha was delayed
in consequence of a sally made- by -the garrison
of Ca.rthaena ; upon -which occasion the whole
corps of Colonel:Ayala -awl Garcia, part of . the
blockading. force, took to flight, the COlonels
foremost.. A body of .25 Irish attempted in vain
to sustain' the fight ; and Lienteuant Barnes, of
t.IIJ---Arttlery--; was killed, gallantly. defendik his
gnu, Tche sallying party succPede:l in.reachit4
Turbaco, Nvhere they maisAcred about a liamlred
inhabitants (chiefly • wo!;-,:en and• Children),
the -church, and took the chest with
abent :;000 -dollars v-about 50 Of. the blockading
party fell in the'surprise. On ;he approach of a
smai ,paity-of -the Patriot ctivalry,i4e.Spaniards
retired to.Carthageita,- w,hich noi.V. so-invested
with troops and gun.boats, that it must shortly
.nirrentler. San. .11.-tkrtilaNv as
eqcct€4.l to preueCA SOON. :;.:4 the naval force of
the Spaniards at (.7.ar.,,-.getla was destroied.. Bu
livar.had set off on i;is • return to Cucuta a fe•.-,'
hones: only before 'the sally on rurbace, hich is
supposed to have. bet dparticulariy aimed at his
Iperson i 110 T are sumises of treaLhery
". The demand for manufak;tured goo.Ts stick
as linens, cloths, haO, all tle,icriiitiOns of wearing
apparel,ofEC'erb= appointments, is ex-trekne:y
greatthro,,lgh the whole of the ineerior,-as far as
Santa , and thence to Quito. The ,:mal.l Eterk
now in hand brings a profit of 500 percent;