Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-10-03


without any particular accuracy.
This day arrived in camp our captain
and heutenants, prisoners to Don Fe.ipi
de la Cares, and captain Castro, who
routed party of forty ot the enemy, kill
ing captain 81 several Americans bring
lng "a various prisoners with Others taken
IN the vicinity of the Fort, having already
thirty with The rogues OF The country who
have been imprisoned. Tn the 18th the
captain commandaai of artillery and ano-
tller oil iuslleers presented themselves for
pardon. . .
A pretty constant fire has been kept up
on ourpari aud tlicy have answeredit. To-
day, 18th, The enemy's fire has been very
reRiss, and now at 10 O'clock at night
they have hired Two cannon shot, for they
might have perceived that we are erecting
a battery within musket shot. to open
upon them tomorrow TO force tins fort
10 surrender, which contains the greatest
villains Of the party of Nina. An I'M
mense qgantiy of hOrnet. cattle, horses
and mules, has been taken from them,
winch they fed under The Fort, by lieutc-
nant co.'s. Sarda and Cara aud captain
Li1nesabai Daicos and many other ofi-
GERS who even quaneil d among them
selves, which shall go out against the en-
envy.
.jime 25;h, at 10 o'ciock.-By dispatch
eS from the General dated 10Th instant,
IN his head quarters at Solo La Marina, il
appears that he entered the fort which ihe
rebels had erected, and which was sur
rendered by them the remaining prison
ers at discretion, together with the olsen
Granted Bishop. Father Mier, that h. found
IN the tort great quantity of arms, am
mInItlAn ~ ri Of, h:.,l,
ry was to be made.
June 24h.-By express from San Luis
Poios we are officially informed, that the
colonel of the regiment of ;Istramadura
Arminan overlook Nina i'll the field of
San Jose, near the Haironda of Peoiilas,
not far from Malaguala, and although
the latter drew up in order, and was de-
termlned To die combaiting-alte bat
tie OF three hours and an half he was
completely routed, and if the cavalry of
lilo Vendes had not fallen into disorder,
and tying back, broke the infantry, they
would probably have exierminated the
rabble. winch the troops Of Surragoda,
iaianeigO and New Biscay were siilI pur-
suing from which IL is believed that Nil
ma Is gong 10 unite with the rebels of Ba-
RIO Lagos, who are under the discretion
OF the CITRATE Torres and Moreno.
Further account of the capture of tie Re
publican fort at Sota Ia Iiarina, and
Tie battle betweea A,lpiman aud Wtna.
After three or four days cannonading
on both sides, and the consumption on
our pari OF an immense quantity of am
munitlon, so that we has but five or sin
rounds lett, and that for this reason we
we're resolved 10 assault the fort, the be-
siegcd demanded parley, and surren-
dered, M number about two hundred, and
among them Pierre, (said 10 be late
Major III the 44ih u. S. Inlaniry,) and
Father Mier, on condition that their lives
should be spared, aud in Other respects at
the discretion Of the Vice Roy, To whom
the principal prisoners have been sent, by
the NAY of AtiamiBa, escorted by CAPT.
Don Felix CevallOs. They had about
ten or twelve killed, besides the wound
ed. The commandment of artillery, an
other captain and a subaltern, conlribu-
led very much In the reduction of the
place; having already joined our side,
they manGuvrtd in il with skill, and et
fecied what they had promised These
officers joined us in the following man
ner: 1t. col. Don Philip De la Garga
took captain prisoner: as he was about
TO be executed, he entreated tie general
to permit him 10 write TO the two above
nanled-that if they did not come over,
he wonld submit to be shot bat that if
they came he should be pardoned, and il
WaS done.
The plumber is very great; twelve
pieces OF artillery, two mortars, more than
two hundred barrels powder, more than
two thousand stand of arms, pistols,
swords, so that they declare that a thou
sand mules would not be sufficient TO
transport them. But Nina had already
separated from them, ard fed; but the
regiment OF Estramadura overlook him,
as You Will see by the annexed report Of lis
colonel, Amman. 1t appears TO have
been the same day, about eleven
do not know if there is any Thing
new this afternoon. had forgotten TO
mention the result of the action ON The
part Of onr army. 1t is said there were
killed two of the regulars, two of the
corps ofFerdinand the 9TH, one Of the ca
valry, and upwards of sixty wounded, and
among them five officers, 10 wit: 1t. col.
Blonia and Don Philip De la Garga. by a
grape III the face, and L. col. Mameio with
a hail also, MADEIRA, shot through badly,
and Don Manuel Bargas, the Youngest
son of Lady Mayora, slightly on the ear
yet something more is presumed, and the
wounded are dying of. Nothing is said
OF the army; when it will retire, nor
whittier. II is nov six in The evening.
UGARTE.
06cial ,epml Of A,minan, ColOmeI of tie
regiment IF EStrumadayd.
After having marched very yearly 10