Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-08-09
FOREIGN IN'TELLTGE.vCE.
IRON rHr BEnnvDA sAzErTr, Jutr IS.

BY the Electra we derived the following parti-
eulars of the situation ofaffairs at Carthagena
since the departure of gen. Bolivar:
On gen. Bolvar's quitting the country, what
remained ofthe army, (who had suffered severe
" rom the water in the cis,erns of La Popa hav
ing been Poisoned,) were ordered down from the
heights, to the foot OLA Popa and were placed
Under the cannon of the Castle of st. Philip. with
The exception ofthe SICK and wounded and [. few
detachments, who were at the village Of Turbaco,
- niles oil. Gen. P;lacio, on whom The CON.
fnnnd OF the army devolved when Bolivar left it.
not liking the situation into which they had beei,
ordered, caeda council oFwar at II o'clock al
ngh', and without the least noise or lights re-
moved his army TO the T'egar, out Of reach of the
cannon ofthe castle, which, with The gun boats,
had gwen great annoyance
The situation of the army at this time had
daily become wore, being surrounded by enc.
mics, Of which the Carthagen ans were the great.
est and being without artillery, supplies, money,
or necessares Of any kind, so that retreatinr mi
The interior world have been rashness. Another
council OF war was therefore again called bv p,
iaeio, when all the chiefs except himself agreed
20 acknowledge the Cartharenian government. as
the only alternative left them, the army HAVING.
been two days and two nights without sustenance
Sfany kind. Before the acknowledgment how
ever took place, Palacio retired to The village
ofTurbeco. The officer who now took the com.
2nand, sent flag of truce 10 say that the remain.
ing officers and troops were ready to acknov,l
edge The Carthagen.ans, and would unite for he
common cause. Gen. Castillo ,mmed,atelv sent
Nariano Montilio aCarrsquean officer to be &C
kn0Yledged as major general oFthe army. sun
posing he would be more accertabe beng a
countryman, and one who had fought and dislin-
suished himself with the army He sent also a
supply ofprovisions. The officers and men be
lng drawn up, M1nullo was Acknowledged and
u n fiatts he C,,.tI,. Il
EuEdfed men, as a'Ixiliaries, completely armed
and clothed, under The command of Colonel
Stuart, an Englishmsn in the independent SER
vice.
81 ne troops then proceeded for the village Of
furnace, and on their ARRIVAL gen. PalAco hiv mp
HrVa'eiy made arrangements demanded of the
Garthsgenan auxiliaries to acknowledge him as
'helr commander which they refused to do--he
gave signal, arrested them, gave their arms To
= own men, and went to dispense the royalists
that I'd taken possession of the lines on the Mag
nslenai Some Of the troops deserted and went Ia
ear'h. gena, but the two principal officers Stuart
and Mon lilo were detained
On the above event being known at Cartba-
yena, Castillo Immediately arrested all The Off
GERS OF gen. B1lvar's army, that were either sick
OF on leave IN Carthagena, and threw them into
The dungeons of the old inquisition, where thev
were not only treated Ike dogs, but piunderec OF
their wearing apparel and money. The unfor.
tu1ate ok men Of BoI.var's army. who were i,
N hosplt,ls. and whose bodies were covered with
honorable scars, in defending their rights and l.;
berries, were also plundered, and treated in the
most unfeeiing and brutal manner Those off /.
GERS who had not been faithful to Bolivar. had
protection from Castillo, but his firm a.lheren,s
amongst whom were the English officers IN h /,
army, were closely confined, and were only re.
leased by the kind interc ess on OF capt James of
ms majesty's ship Tanais, who claimed them as
British sublects--Castl Ito has however Eorb a
tlem from rejoning their respective corps.
Carthagena IS m very uncertain and distr,rb
ed state, constant emigration and the general
~ santa Martha, has declared, tina. nelther EuP-
hshmen nor Their properties would be respected.
and as Bolivar, (the only man they had any an
prehension of) had now left the country. tbey
Sthe royalists) would be in Carthagena in less
than a month
Report says, that 10000 men had arrived on
on the main, and proceeded from RIO Plata. Yer.
Cruz, and Porto-bello, and that one OF Their
Inc OF Bat shipS had been blown up, and AL on
board persisted.
Genera Pslacio has driven the royalists from
VIE imes on the Magdalena, and in one instance.
when they were superior he feigned retreat.
and grew them into plan, where he had prev
'ously posted body ofeavary, who soon routed
them with great slaughter"