Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-05-14

Grenada, Destroyer dt l"c S'.
brusry, the only force that could De sent
sga;nst II of 400 men, !rsn Santa Fee, at
= Mace called Sugamozo. 80 leagues
from the said capital OF the kingdom ;
only 70 out OF the whole escaPed-ln
consequence Of this, revolution against
the roraIists was unfortunately discover
ed only q hours previous, to the time flx-
ed on for its accomplishment; ana on
the 9Th Of MarH' ult. As individuals wee
shot by the order of Samlsns' TIE new
vice.rcv, in the square Of the aforesaid
city. The patriots have since aavs"cea
from Sagamrzo to q place called Caqu'
sa, only IA leagues from SantN Fee upon
which they wee marching, and lneVna'
bly il has fallen ere this, as the vIce.roy
and his gidores are on their WY Tor Gar
thasena, from whence T'rrc., the gn'er'
nor, is about to dispatch so or 40 OF the
indllto persons for Spain, although Fer
dinand by the same pardon, had pretend
ed TO exempt them iroe, any future crl-
misal D ocess. Thus much ct the faith
Of the STUPID Ferdinand and his unPr'nc''
pied satellites.
LIMA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
By the arrival of a man VI war, from
Porto B,llo, q or days since, we aseer-
tain by the passengers, &c. that the C'l
LOG de Lima, had, for a length OF time,
been blockaded by the Patriots. with a
naval force of 97 vessels Of war; which,
they state, must uaquestionably have
surrendered. as the gallant Generals San
Martin and BeIg ano, we're in the vIc'n-
ity with formidable army. TIE Pacl-
fic Ocean is covered with the lndpper-
dent cruizers, and Panama itself block
AIDED. lie who may wish 10 doubt thi'
news, CAD no longer do SO, when he is IN
formed, that not single bale OF mer-
chandize hos been exported from thence
for many months and where there are
now upwards Of $4,000 packages OF goods
in store: two vessels, however, few
weeks since, were lOsd.t at SAID port
with 5000 bales each, TO proceed I"
San Bias; one of them was captured IN
sight Of Panama, and Of the other, no
thing has been heard. And, it is fact,
that merchandise is now selling their to-
its principal cost in this leland. from
whence it has been purchased. The man
Of war has only brought $500, 900, where
as some 8 or 10 months prior to this,
81. 100000 and S1,sOo,00O, was the
common quantity shipped on board such
vessels every convoy, TO be emPlo, ed
here, and afterwards forwarded to the
different ports in the Pacific. The
600 600 now received, are not to be ex-
pended for the purchase of merchandise.
but to pay in part the merchants who
have been accustomed to give credit to
Spaliards engaged in that commerce
hitherto; and, that | presume to say, that
a million and an half would not l'quidate
the accounts of the different mercantile
houses in this city, and the Spanish es'
Enlistment in Panama, Lima, &c. The
commerce Of this place with the Pacific,
has now become entirely extinct.
And is it possible. that the Republican
Go, ernment of the United States, my ma
tive and happy country, Gas l have SAID
upon a former o,casion) aware OF what
has occurred, and is still passing On the
grand tragical theatre Of South America
should have behcld. until the present cr'.
sis, with such Indifference, the sacred
cause of the independence of her Bre.
thren; who 'tracted by that star oil Tree
dom which they had seen to glisten with
such splendor in that OF the liberal 60
vernlnent Of North America, became cleo
trifed by the some spark Of liberty, and
they, in imitation Of the United States,
resolved to perish for the same, although
it should cost them an ocean OF blood
Yet, alas though their native soil has
actually been drenched in blood, and
their plains strewed with the dry bones
and skulls of the first Of her sons, aEd
bleached BY the scorching rays Of trop'-
cal sun, they have not been so fortunate
as were the North Americans, to enjoy,
as the reward Of their most lamentao'e
sacrifices, the sweets of freedom. Ana
who knows but what The fate OF Norm
America wOuld have been as disastrous as
that, until the present time, OF South 20
lumbia. il F snce had not, withher squad
rons and Troops, aided her 3 or'ous reso
luton, and Holland with her treasures
opened, poured into lap herali those re
sources, which result from such honorable
tokens Of friendship and justices Why
then his NOT the government Of the UNI |
ted States Teen actuated by the same Gi-- |
Rified sentiments OF consideration tor her
brethren of South America. ss were thu
most distant nations OF Europe towards
them. when struggling for a cause equal
ly as just, and no more 50 than that wh Oh