Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-05-11
SOUTH AMERICA,
Port Of Spain, (7iinidadl Mnrch q.

| NV j"uIH'y W ldHu heretofore was iOur
days: went on board, and in two hours
| ana a nail we had assed The passage of
The Dragons mouth, and mighi have ar
| rived al Tolag0 in 10 or 20 hours The
| boat going with perfect ease from six TO
| seVen miles an hour, and will perform the
voyage To Angusiura and back in five
DAYS. lie government AT Angosicsa has
gwen great encouragement 10 this under
| taking, ana The vessel will depart in "A lew
| days for thai place. This vessel has siow
| age for % oxen, and forage, so that we
| shalt be abundanily supplied thence with
fresh meat IN future no duties are levied
on The imports or exports in this vessel,
! al AngDsiura.
The affairs of the patriots on The main.
brighten every hour; in January last, a
grand coup de Suerre was executed by
| their general Paez, he suddenly abandon
| ed ST. Ferdinando d'Apure, and no one
could account for his precipitate retreat
soon after, Morilo's lorce took possess
sion of this deserted post, and pursued
Paez across the Aruare il was now soon
perceived why Tie Patriot general had
| retired and that he had completely o.
vercome The caution of the wiiy royalist,
| who paid dearly for the want OF his usual
discretion. The cavalry of Paez was so
disposed as 10 permit the passage of The
ROYAL troops uuti! they had reached
poIhl iront+Nltch They could be ehectu
ally lntercepiedS andtljs bring Siitctyd.
| The detached corps OF Morllio, success
slvely fell into bush, or were cut of
| from Their main body; while the means
| OF subsistence were every where in
| tercepied il was now that Morllo first
| discovered the snare that had been laid
for linn /; and with great decision imme-
dIalciy recon menced his retreat, i'm which
lac was necessarily harTassed by the pat
| riot cavalry.
General ST. Ander had been previously
| posted al CaSSanare, with respectable
| force from New Grenada; and Colonel
| SonaIO Perez, who was ia command of
! the upper Apure, acting in CO cooperation
with the troops, which attacked several
| OF the advanced posts of the ROY Waists,
| and cut them off. as well as the supplies
| OF cattle and Other Subsistence that had
| been drawn by the route OF Cucuta. on
| the southern border Of Mdrocaibo. About
| the close of February, General Bolivar
| left Aug0slnra with 1000 men, destined
10 JOIN Paez Gil the Apure about 500
| European troops of different nations, en-
| bodied at AngoStura, were about 10 pur
| sue the same route. About 1000 men
were hourly expected 10 join the patriots
| from Europe ; who we're destined Ia toll
low the preceding. Four transports with
! about zoo troops hive arrived al Marea-
mia, and several more are expected A
large expedition Is In preparation al thar
| Island, probably against Cumana and
Barcelona, under General Urdaneia, and
other officers, English and South Ameri-
| can. The patriots haVc organized an
| army OF reserve, composed Of HE divisi-
| oEs oil Cumana, barcelona, ana lauos
| OF Caracas they iave also a great sup
| ply OF arms, ammunition, clothing, &c.
from Europe, and The naval force under
| admiral Blion, l. very respectable at this
time, and well supplied. There is rea-
| son 10 believe that with such means as
| The patriots now possess, the final expul-
sion oiihe royaIisis from The main is near
! at hand.
A great change has evidently taken
! place IN the pubic administration OF the
affairs OF Venezuela. In October last, an
| excellent measure was taken for the SEES
| sion OF the congress OF Venezuela, ~ bich
was 1" be assembled al Angosiura Onthe
hrsi OF JANUARY OF this year, but the
situation OF the country prevented the
| appearance oit~o thirds of the delegates ;
III consequence of which, those who as
semlfed adjourned 10 meet again on the
10Th Feb. There are mauy able aud bo
nesi men III that government at this mo-
nleni ana many very mOmeniouS ques-
| nous are under their dciiberatlon the
! union OF New Grenada and Venezuela.
! particularly attracts a deep attention: the
| financial concerns also obtain that CON
! siderdiion which in these times is so i'm
| dlspensable matter of policy. II has
| been suggested for rNan,plr, that parfl-
| GUAR appropriation Of The duiies on im-
! ports, SHALL BE- employed for tie double
| purpose OF tie service of the state. and
| Tie circulation ~ eXCiiaugcs-lhc amount
OF dulles accrung 10 each north. To he
| distributed nio three periods OF pay mrnt.
| ~ one month each, on tue part Of tie
| importer, whu must give such securities
| as VIII guarantee Tie pay meuiS niih pune.
| tuality at each several period thean,ouui
Of each instalment, TO be formed into
| drafts of the treasury drawn upou The
importer or consIgnee, aud those drafts
to be accepted by The importer or CON
| signce, countersigmed at tie public irea-
sury, and put INTO circulation both for
| disbursements and receipts for the pub.
| nc service and secured by the public taul
without deialcatlou thus the ariIfices ol
| the custom houses and fiscal officers are
all at once controlled
II has been suggested, also, that TO es.
tablish public credit at home and abroad
two thirds of the amount of tle sale.
of public lands, and other seuuestratrc
property OF every KIND, shall be exclusive
~ appropriated 10 the payment of an,
debts already contracted or hereafter tc
BE- contracted for tic public service anc
also third OF lie amount Of lhe reyetru,
on tobacco, which Is 90 undergo q apPcia
regulation cOuiOrmable 10 The nature O
IhS, ne" institutions part Of these funds