Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-07-12
From the NJ r. Columbian.
BoLWAR,s EXPEDITION.

II OfQers W joth ~ ~
and thousands from all
narts vii! volunteer in the cause OF IN
dependence. ).
Wher the details Of general Bollyar's
,nerations come to hand, they will pre-
eat TO US most Interesting picture
TIE royalists, who murdered their oppo.
,ep 5 without mercy, g even sacrificed
foreign merchants to thei. fury, have, we
sast, been Justly requitted for such
deeds the liberals have been released
ron the 6 reign of terror" end enough
lone to insure The freedom Of Venezuela
Who could have foresecn, some years
ro. that few regiments of the West
adia tree negroes should CO operate in
u ING liberty to the whites and blacks OIL
he southern continent ?-Their sers ice
probably on condition Of emancipatlns
blacks; or the following may explain
he fact.
The reader may remember, that when
Gen. Bolivar was checke.i in his brilliant
victories over the rova!ists in 1913, by
want of arms alone, G n. Monteverde
yained the ascendant by llhcrating the
<layes Of the patriot party. Then had
hey tn enigrate. men, women 4 children
frn,n the beautiful province of Venezuela
10 the West India islands.
SCENES IN GUIANA.
Humbolt. in the.. Personal Narrative
Of ,rraves to Che equinoctial reg ons #
the New Continent, is particular in de
scribiag every thing round the city of
'umana, tnuw in possession of general
8ol,var and the patriots > the geology Of
It's vicinity; rs climate. trees. tortresses.
&c. We extract the following descrip
ion of practices and customs which will
be thought remarkable enough.
The castle OF st. Antonio is built at
The eastern extremity of the hill, but not
on TIE most elevated point, being com
landed Oil the east By an unfortiGed
summit. The tunala is considered both
aere and every where in the Spanish
colonies as a very important means to
military defence: and when earher
works are raised, the engineers are eager
to propagate the thorny opuntia, and pro-
mote its growth. as they are careful to
keen crocodles i'll the bitches of fortified
aIaces. Undera climate where organic
I'd nature is SO powerful and active, man
,ummons as aaxiliaries in his defence
he carniyorous reptile and the plart
18th its armour Or formidable ihorns."
-:s The banks of the Manzanare.
ire very pleasant, and Swallowed by mi
nosa. erythrinas, ceibas and other trees
of gigantic growth. A river, The tempe
allure os which.in TIE season of the foods
lescends as low as 90 degrees. when toe
4ir is at 50 and SO degreesls an estnia-
lie benefit, in a country where the heats
lrc excessive during the whole year, and
there it is so agreeable to battle several
lines in the day. The children pass. as
I were, part Of their lives III the water:
he waole OF the inhabitants, even the
7omen of the most opulcnt families,
inog how to swim and in a country
there man IS 50 near the state Of nature.
lne Of the first questions asked at first
meeting in the morning Is, whether thc
4,ater is caaler than the proceeding e.
senipg. The mode of bathing is various
enough. We every evening visited .
gcry respectable socisty in the suburb Of
me 0uavauetias Indian iphabltants.) In
4 fue nosu light night, chairs were plac-
Cd in the water the men aud wnmcn
we're lightly clothed. as in some baths ct
he north OF Europe, aa6 the family and
strangers. assembled in the river, passed
same hours in smoking segars, and in
talking according TO the custom of the
country, of the extreme dryness OF the
season. OF The abundant rains in the
..eishhorine districts. and particularly Of
ihe Injuries, OF which the ladies OF Ca
naua accuse those of the Caracas G the
.iavanna. The company were under nc
from the bavas or small
c goodies. which are now extremely
scarce and which approach men without
them.-1 hese animals are three
II fou feet long. We never met with
t',em in the Manzanares. but with great
number Of dolphlns. which sometimes
ascend the river in the night. and brighten
the batbers BY spouting water.
Port Of Cumaaa--'. !'he port of Cuma-
ma is road capable of receiving all the
natives Of Europe. The whole Of the gulf
Of Cariaco, which is SIS miles long and
IS broad, affords excellent anchorage
she great ocean is not more calm and
pacific on the coasts of Peru than the
,ea Of the Antilles from Porto Cabelle,
and especially from Cape Candera the
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