Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-09-14


dred deserters, have joined from New-Or
leans, the independents of Mexico, b,
whom they have been received with grea
lioy. These officers, who have quilted
France IN consequence of the destruction
OF Bonaparte) are all brave men, we'll vers
ed IN the art Of war. 1t is easy to cou.
celve what consequences To the mother
country may result from the accession OF
such auxillares in those distant countries y
:" They are looking with great impa-
tience al Cadiz for the arrival Of two iri-
gates with GOLD and silver, and some mil
lions Of piasters from Vera Cruz. Some
begins to be entertained on their
account"
Other letters of the same date say, the
government has not received for a long
time any direct intelligence from South A.
merica, which gives cause for great aneasi-
ness. A new expedition was talked of as
being soon to set sail from Cadiz with a
large body OF troops, but it seems to be
bow out OF the question The Spanish
marine is in \ deplorabIe condition: and
the government deprived of its chief re-
sources, has no meanssof re-establishing it,
in the midst of the numerous embarrass-
ments by which it is surrounded.
CAD1z, June 90.
On the eth inst. at small distance
from our port, fur vessels coming from
Vera Cruz aud the. Havannah to our mer-
chants, were captured by TWO armed gal
lies bearing the ilag of the independent
provinces of Montevitleo, and which lave
Infested our seas for nearly two months.
All mat has been published oy the English
and French Journals as To the measures
said to have been taken by cur. government
70 destroy these pirates is false. Hitherto
not SINCE armed vessel has been sent a
gainst them., ~
fae iour captured vessels had on board
4OO, OG0 dollars and colonial produce. This
event has thrown CONSERVATION into all the
commercial establishments of Andalusia
Those unfortunate colonists who were es-
Gaping from a country devoted to the hor-
rors of anarchy are thus stripped of the
ilt!le which they could carry with them at
the moment OF setting foot on their native
shore. The crews hive been landed
ALcHEn1, (Sardiuia,) July 9.
Some pirates nave had the holiness to
approach our coasts, and land about 81, i,l
order TO advance into the interior to make
prisoners. The recollection of past Gala
mites filled the inhabitants with desire
of resistance. They assembled in little
wood through which the pirates had 20
pass; the city guard collected from every
side at the sound of The alarm bell. and the
ships OF the barbarians were seized before
they could quito sea. The men who guar
ded them, seeing their comrades return,
thought they bought prisoners, and renal
ming quiet, were attacked with impetuosi-
y ard made prisoners. There were II
vessels taken. The Sandman troops as
sembled on this occasion consisted of or
400 peasants, armed with whatever wea-
pOas they could procure. The prisoners
viii be sent to Cagliari as soon as an e. cort
arrives. This success has considerably
encouraged our inhabitants, and all along
the coast little expeditions would be fitted
| out unless our government had wisely for
oidden them. However useful these par
tial combats may be, more elIectual means
must be taken to destroy these pirates,
who return like the waves of the sea. This
success has been celebrated in the church
OF st. Peter. 1t shows what courage alone
can do against barbarians for these pea.
| srnts had no idea of military tactics.