Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-08-22

DONnu To 4 rance. lie GeteIat mas "a
vowed his determination of not suffering
any property TO be condemned, captured
under II nsntrai flag. We understand that
Mr.. HeGth abandoned Mac Grcgor's cause
III consequence of the latter taking upon
himself TO rerise or REVERSE his DEGREES,
whilst Judge of the Admiralty.
II Is stated by an evening paper, that
brig, formerly the Lerwick, of this port,
| Was fitting al Amelia, and taking in wa
| Ter aud provisions and ii was supposed
kil,ai the General would soon eyacu,te his
newly conquered territory.
"A brig Is SAID Ia have rived recently
from New York at Amelia, by which in
teiiisencc has been received, that GIoc
Cresor's long-expected feet had sailed. -
Tins we think doubtful.
There were two Independent privatecrs
at Amelia, the Republican aud Joseph
The commander of one ofthcm had aDan-
doned the cause III disgust, and left the
Island.
BosroN, August IL
The following is brief summary of the I,rin-
cirai contents of our BuenuS Ayres papers 10
Maya. The articles here noticed are hardly
important enough tn be translated ut length.
AUXILIARY Army OF PERI.
Bulletin No. 10, dated at the II. Q. in Free
man, Apriio, gives an account ofihe operations
trcm March 20, TO the date. The royasts IN
jOal remain closely besiesea. Their troops
dare not seta,oot beyond their entertainments,
their communications with the interior are SO
Insecure that strong couvoyS are necessary -
heN lose men, arms ana beasts every day. On
the 21th OF March, there arrived al II. q. AZ
deserters and prisoners, and TO day 81, besidos
81 on their way. March %, the Royasts enter
ed the town of Oran, where they plundercd
houses and churches, and lost 50 men and so
horses. Ky the different parties Of gue.iias,
so men nave been Killed ani more than 800 an-
lnalS taken. Parties under Lieut., Col. Tore,
Communicates GorrItti and Corie, and Majors
Saravia, Zerda, Maurin aud others, carry on
hosiiiItlcS with great tirnness and success, and
not day passes hut they kill some, and bring
IN de,et,erS and prisoners.
Bulletin No. %. is dated April3o, and gives
n narrative OF operations from the 10th to the
date. On the 18th, the royaSi Gen. Serna,
by rapid aud boid movement, took possession
ct the town OF Salta. His army, however, has
been constantly harrasscd by the parties under
Indifferent partisan chicis, n sustain constant
losses.
Bulletin No. 81, dated May l. gives an &C
count OF tile capture of the town of Fariia, by
a party OF the republican troops under Col.
Madrid, III uhich he took 26i prisoners, 400
muskets aud e considerable quantity OF murI-
tons ofwar.
subsequentpa contains dispatch from
Manuel Belgrano, General the Auxiliary ar
my OF Peru, dated al Iucnmau, MAY 3, which
states ttat the enemy have not derived the adj
sion OF Salta; that they have carried on hostil-
ltieS with great activity and fury, sacrificing
Their men, and that they lose many by deser-
ton. This dispatch is accompanied b. nun-
Der of letters from Don Martin Guenies, Gov
ernor and Comnandant of the province of Saita
IN one OF these, he estimates the enemy's force
which entered Saita AT $500 men, and those re-
malnlng at !ajui AT 600, besides or 500, en-
pioyed i'll conveying baggage, &c. lie gives
the details of numerous tritiing advantages
gained by him, but il is apparent, that on tie
whole, the army of Peru had for the last month
been rather losing than gaining ground.
III Chlii, the royaiIst power seems to be less
Formidable. On the 18th of April, a party of
or 700 rOyaiiStS attacked the republican advau-
ced posts at Carapaligue, but were icpulsed
with the loss OF 10 men killed and 10 made pri.
soners and deSerters. The republican, loss
was killed and wounded. On the bod of
April, bng Gen. Seisnior Don Bernado d ii--
gins, had left Col. Don Hilaria de Ia Ouintana
IN command otSt jago, and proceeded as far
as Ialca with soc men, 10 drive out the remain.
der of the royaiists from the province OF Con
ception.
april I4-San Martin, Captain General of
the Army of the Andes, who was then al Sue
nos Ayres, addressed to the Supreme Director
oi state, letter, giving particular notice of
the oincers who distinguished themselves in
the great battle Of Charabuco, on the 18th OF
FEBRUARY.
april iJ.-An order was issued by Pueyrre.
don, the Supreme Director ofstaie. comforting
certain hOnors on San Martini ' TO whose ude-
fatigabe zeal and military skill the country
owes the greater part OF the glory of that day"
and ON the officers aud men Of the army.
The Gazette of April % contains a list of
about eighty distinguished citizens iChili who
had been confined as prisoners at the Island of
Juan Fernandez, but who in consequence of
the late successes OF the republicans had been
released and restored to their friends.