Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-27
From the Bait. Fed. Rep. June Is

From the Bait. Fed. Rep. June s5.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
We have been politely favored by a
fricnd with Bueros Ayrean papers to the
Goth Of April, frsm which gentleman
of this city has obligingly furnished US
with the subsequent translation:
Buenos Tyres, .april l9.
From Chil.-Friday-lt is nov four
s'cluck-the air is filled with shouts OF
jov, the roar Of canon, and the ringing Of
be!ls-We have obtained complete vic
tory in ChiIi--150O prisoners, all their
artillery, their baggage, their general Of
ticeEs, genera! called Ordonez, are in
our hsnds,-the ledge Of victory. The
miserable remnant OF an army, that few
hours since promised an early conquest
of Chill, now routed and fugitive, seeks
in vain for escape by tlight-our indeia
tigable cavalry are in pursuit. The dead
strew the field of battle The action last
ed six hours. 1t was at the point of the
bayone;,-the true weapon for the sol.
diers Of liberty, with it we have over
thrown the enemy. Our loss is inconsi-
derable compared with that Of the Spa.
riards. We can easily realize it if we
reflect that Immediately after the issue
Of the battle, the varquished experienced
the greatest reverse in finding in their
rear the rivers Maipo and Maule. How,
indeed, can We conceive that an army,
or rather The remains Of an army, il dis
order, could repass those rivers! Every
moment more circumstanta! details are
received. Il is necessary to see the
whole community in clamor and congra.
talation-the streets threnged with cit-
zens who make the air ring ~ith cries
a thousand times repeated, rira Ia pa.
tria-to witness the de!;rium Of Joy that
prevai!s--tO hear every one shouting and
repeating, eve are conquercrs !'--to
form an idea Of the general enthusiasm,
which this news has inspired. All are
eager to circulate tie glad Intelligence
thousands of rockets from every door and
terrace, announce and celebrate our Joy
AT evening, complete and spontsae-
Gus ILLUMINATION pro!ongs tie brilliant
day, which forever cOnsecrates upon an
imperjshable basis the Independence Of
South .fme,ica! Ferdinand irembles
He learns ,h,t soon Lima will di.burthen
herself Of her cppressors; and, checked
only by feeble garrison, will shake oil
the yoke Of servitude, and raise thu STAN
darl of liberty. The intrigues of imbe-
si!i'y in Europe viii be answered here
obiy W oui 10 ouGts'
A new courier this evening announces
that oil who are not slain are plisone,s--
Osorio alone has escaped, and il is Still
expected that he will be overtsken in
Gne, as the hero Of our country says in
his dispatches, the enemies of Chill
exist no more
On the 5th April, 1918, in the plains
Of Mairc, was fought this ever memora-
bic action, the consequences Of which
are incalculable.
ARTIGAs rs. BUENos AYREs.
BY the Woodrop Sims, we have re-
ccived information by letter, that the
Buencs Ayrean army, under the com
mald of colonel Be!eGSSu, had been at
tackled by the patriots, on the opposite
site OF the river, commanded by .1rtigas,
and the former defeated, with the loss Of
their artillery and baggage, and between
6 and 700 killed and wounded. 1t is
said that the government of Buenos Ay-
res endeavored to suppress the circula-
ton Of this Intelligence, in order that it
should not be generally known-notwith-
standing which, the Americans were al
advised of the true state OF the case.--
The action took place in March.
Since the above was in type, it has
been verbally corroborated by passen.
ger on board the Wocdrop Sims.
Patriot.
TO THE CURIOUS.