Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-09-07
Extract of letter to the Edit, ofthe Bcs.
tob Daily Advertiser, dated g.
Trinidad, 20h Mly, 1919.

Trinidod, 2oh July, 1919.
Since the date Of my last letter nothing
very material has transpired in that quarer,
excepting victory gained by the usited
forces under Generals Marine, Sarsza and
Bermudes. over body OF the royalisis un-
der General Arana, on the plains OF Cuma-
ma. The royaIists were completed routed.
The army of Gen. Morllo after receiving
innumerable defeats, in the skrmishes that
happened with that under Bolivar, have
retired as far back as Calabosa. General
Bolivar has penetrated with part of his ar
my as far as Santa Fee and made a junction
with Gen. Santander. The other part OF
his army is left under the command OF the
undaunted Psez. The city OF Cumana is
Under blockade by the British forces under
the command of Colonel English and Ge-
neral Urdaneta by land, and that of Ad-
miral Brions squa iron by sea, If the
siege is persisted in for few weeks loug-
er, it must inevitably fall, however strong
ly fortified it may be. The success Of the
Independents is glorious and important in
this quarter. The establishment of good
and sa!utary form of government is what is
requisite at present. But how can so small
a number of men, form, IN the midst Of
disorder, confusion and troubles, SUBJ
stantia governmental is absolutely ne
cessary that they should be countensnced
by some foreign nation-it is essentia! that
their flag should be acknowledged by
friendly power. On viewing the history of
the American revolution, can any one as
sert that that glorious revolution would
have terminated So fortunately and SO
quickly, had they not received the gene
rous aid Of France and Spain? Certainly,
there can be no doubt but that the people
OF the o. States, even had they been un-
assisted by the generosity OF foreign ma
tons, would have ultimately succeeded d;
but the struggle would have been long and
bloody.
The United States possessed many ad-
vantases over the unfortunate people of the
South. They knew the meaning and Va
lue of liberty-they were in the ample en-
joyment of that pure liberty OF conscience
and independe zee of property, which
were bequeathed to them by their ioreia-
Tiers.
These unfortunate provinces, on he con.
trary, do not possess any advantage -
doomed BY tyrannic Spain TO waIlow in the
mre Of ignorance, superstition and intel.
lectual darkness for more than three centu-
ries-they were always unacQuainted with
liberty, although the revolution common
ced in some degree fortunately, yet anar-
Chy, division and murder was soon the Or.
der Of the dsy-Their struggle has been
long and bloody.
The bill that is now under discussion in |
parliament e. Foreign Enlistment BiIi'') if !
carried will materially affect the patriotic
cause. They have jusl begun 10 be sue
cess!ul--they have just b, gun to have ma
tiona chlTacter-to establish a salulary |
govelnnent--to nave knowledge of the
importance Of discipline and order-to be |
in fac; free and ;ndependent.-At this i'm
portant crisis the English government is
DESTROYS to Withdraw her aid. or at least
her neutrality. -
Extract OF letter from London, dated Ju-
~ II,
Frelghts are very scarce. Passengers !
are not SO plentiful as they were, bar are
likely to be more numerous in a short |
time, as It Is reported that several parishes
IN the vicinity of London, are about ma
king arrangements 0 ship ut' all the Pau.
fERs that are willing TO emigrate. am
extremely sorry to say that all mercantile
business IS very dull here, and am pretty |
Confident that The city vi London never
experienced more gloomy times than the
present, but We all hope that they will be
OF Short duration. Several very important
failures in the American trace have taken !
place within these tew days.
Extract of a letter from Messrs. Monte.os
and De la Iuelliere, dated Madeira,
March =, 1873, 10 gentleman in Bos-
ton.
son the Cd of this month We felt mis-
fortune from fire that burnt great part
of our stores of wines but, thank God,
fortunately for us, the most considerable