Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-05-05
From tie Freewaa's Journal.
--latest from south America.

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The most horrid scenes Of harbarity
src committed at Venezuela since the
fierce monster, Bslivlr, joining a band OF
assassips and thieves, has forced some
people of color and creoles 10 follow his
hammers, and carry plunder. blocdshed,
devastation and terr,r, throughoat that
unhappy region. He Signed a csnven-
ton sith BriceDo, another monster, even
more fefocious, IL possible, than MIN
self, VINO commands like band OF TO-
reign rahbIc AID banditti Il the banks OF
MagialeBa, and was intending to come
into VenezueEa, and oppose there the
Spanish troops. viii give here the
pr ncipal articles of this coayention' as
proposed by Bricene and his officers.
i. Allcreoles and foreigaers are ale
lowed 10 embark in the expedition, tue
object Of wbich is to put an emu TO the
oppressors o! our country.
AS this. war is designed to pat 10
death, and extnpate forever, The exc
Grated race Of European Spahiards, to-
vstser with thst Of CasarIan Islanders,
SO they are all excluded from sharing III
the exneaition. however honest an! pa
,rioiic they nay be; for it is understood
tha,snat oas OF them must escape our
vengeance, and feinsin alive. British
officers are likewise iothidden from sery,
is< aader our benners sioce they are
allies ol the Spaniards, unless II should
he hor.!,t convenient 10 admit some OF
them With the previous agreement OF tho
chiefs and officers of cur unian.
3. rhe propertyof all European Spa
piards, IL the whole extentof the anien,
shsll be conRscated and divided among
the officers * soldiers OF the expedition
and the state.
4. Every soldier shall be entitled TO
promotion in the army, as follows: ne
who shall presen, % heads ef Spaniards
{ killed by himself, shall be promoted to
: the grade Of ensign he who shall pre-
: sent 50, to the grade OF lieutenant; ard
whoever shall present 50, to the grade
ofcaptain.
Bolivar, nevertheless, and Castillo,
the TWO chiefs Of bandiiti, WHO bae come
dosu from Ssnta Fe to disturb and de-
soiate Vcnezuala, did not agree with
b iceao IN the 2d.articie oftae conSen-
tin, though they admitted all the others,
aud he'll themselves responsible tor
their full execution. But Bricenc, with.
out any regacd TO this, entered the VIII
lave of San Christoval. and having met
therein u1h two European Spaniards
caased both to be Immediately shot. and
SEM 10 Castillo the bloody head of one
Of them, together with letter, whose
arst lines ne wrote with the blood or that
innocent victim. II has been impossible
for Castillo to look but with horror upon
such barbarous cruelty. He returned
I to Blicsno the head with which that Wild
beast presented him; and moving to
Carthsg ana abandoned the expedition.
A few. days after, Bricene fell into the
hands Of the Spanish troops. * was shot,
under legal conviction Of bis epermpas
and abonnable crimes. Bolivar was
lately debated, and become an object
OF general execration in all Venezuela.
In tie mean time, il was asserted that
santa &c had surrendered to the Spanish
arny watch, after good order and tran.
o,iIi,s wsre established there, had
soeediiy descended to Santa Martha, s
bes,eged Carthassaa with very strong
force,