Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-30

return To tell the st"TF. H4us"
brave, intelligent man, Of little education,
but of sound, solid j,dsme =; ad'red by
hi army and the people OF his province
and believe the only true republican IN
he country. lie is new struss'Ins win
all hi, force against the combined etfrts
# the Portuguese ard This government
How NUT republican feel when ne $ es
and hears a people cryiqg cut for lib rty
and down.sith al! royalty, and at TIE
same mont assisting crowned head n
establishing its tyt annic dominion over
free ppoplei Is it rOnsisteat' Is 1t Gre
dibie But such is e case, and leave
you to form your opinion. They may call
Artigas brute, savage, monster. Let him
he so he is at the head of his nation, by
the upanimou. desire of the people-and
the Portuguese arr invaders OF his terri
tIry, assisted by the government as much
as tleI dare and as ouch as they can.
From the Bali. american, March %.
LATEST AND INTERESTING INTELLI-
eENcE FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
The srhurn Patrio', Captain ! homp-
sou, arrived re Yesterday, in "a da, s
no /, Buer os Ayres A gentleman who
has beer for SINE time paSt resident at
hat pIacr, and who came passenger in
the Patlio,, a. politely Furnished us with
files ol tha Bneuos Nyrean " Crrsor,"
from the 4th Decor b,r to the Sth Janua-
~, inc ive-wIth Buenos Ayrean Ga
1pttes" from the 4th Oct. to the eSd Ia
nuary in,lu,ive-with the provisional
Constitu'ion Of the South American Con-
cre>s and sundry miscellaneous papers.
hey have all been placed in the hands
If translator.
He has also furnished US with the fol.
lowing highly interesting sketch OF the
situation Of thHt country
81 hand you a few numbers Of the
Censor and Gazette, of RuenoS A,res,
down to the Esd of January asst, in
which, il YOU think there are any artI-
clos worth extracting for publication, be
good enough to insert them in your pa1er.
The detail, given in them relative t" the
operations of the armies, are in many
espec's but partially described.
The country vas in a stare of tranquil
ity at the time OF my leaving there
Some arprehenSions existed a short tine
previous Of a Spanish expedition, aided
by a Russian auxiliary 70 &C, was Coming
mt to 'rs'ore Ferdinand's authority
gu. the alarm had entirely subsidized.
Hos;ilties had commenced between
tie government of Buenos Ayres and
the Patriots of the Banda Oriental, or
east side of the river La Piatc--and in
consequence of the representations made
TO the former, that part Of the army un
der General A,tcgas, had rev"ited from
his command aud solicited their a->iS
lance, a division of troops was sent over
tn cooperate with them in eEpe'Iing lin
fran the gcvernment-bnt owing to the
vigor and promptitude OF General Arte
gas on the occasion, report says the ex-
petition was entirely defeated, and -ear-
" all either killed or made pri.oDcrs.-
Nothing further Rad been attempted by
either side after this event. Several Off
GERS, however, who had deserted the
cause CT General Ar,egas and joined the
enemy, on being taken were immediately
shot.
TalcuhnaD THE only town in possession
Of the Rovalists in Chilli still held out
for the Rpyali>ts, An attempt had re-
Gently been made by the Patriots to take
it by stOrm-but after taking partial pos
session of the works, were compelled to
retreat with considerable loss. 1t was
stated that an additional reiEtor' emeEt
had lately arrived TO the assistance OF
the beseiged--and intelligence had like
wise been obtained that an expedition
was preparing to sail from Lima for the
INVASION of Chili--in consequence OF
which the most active preparations were
making To repei the eheby I'LL case TIC
should. attempt toland.
by !ette, from ST Jago, it was stated
that all the troops stationed in the capital
had marched for the coast, under the
command Of General San Martin-who,
by the last accounts, was encamped in
The neigbbothood Of Valparaiso, with 5
to six hundred men under him. The
same letters mentioned that very ge-
neral spirit OF patriotism prevailed a.
mong tn. people, attended by firm re-
solution to MAINTAIN, at all hazards the IN
dependence Of their cOsntry.-Measures,
however, had been taken fori the preser.
va,inn oi property both III the capital and
on the coa.; in case of its Invasion by its