The Portland gazette., 1819-05-11
Frotn or Correspondent.
BURNos AYREs, MARCH 2

The fate of this place is truly deplor
able its trade is very much reduced in
confequence of the communication with
the interior being cut OF by wandering
hordes of indians, we'll armed and moun
ted, who traverfe the country, driving off
the cattle, and committing exceiies that
fhock humanity. All kinds of foreign
goods are nominal, and the produce OF
the country extremely fcarce and high
The credit Of the government rs very
much reduced, its paper being al 80 per
cent discount. and daily getting lower,
All the regular troops have been with
drawn from this CITY to act againft the
Montneros, or Indians. who infeit the
interior, bur they cannot do any thing
with them.--Being we'll mounted, they
always avoid regular attack. II is laid
that the defertions have been very great
from the troops feat out from here The
military duty of the city is now perform
ed by the civicos, or militia competed OF
the native population, AID ths free blacks.
"A mutiny took place on the sd ult in
ore of thefe regiments of blacks 1t
appears they were ordered to. anemble
wi'hout arms when it was intended TO
prcpofe to them to join the regular army
Which was acting againit the Montene
ros They had fufpicion thar fome at
te1.pt of this kind was 10 be made, and
appeared with arms and ammunition.
To prevent furprife they had their fen
tioels fationed at the corners of the
nei hboring itrSets. On being haran-
gucd by their officers, requefting their
confenr to march. iome few cried out
that they were willing, but the majority
dec ared they would not, for GOD Or
man, and behaved in a very riotouS and
inlulsing manner. They finally disper-
fed Of their own accord. firing their
muskets eff along the itreets, cheering
each other, AID fwesring TO defend their
equal rights with the whites Mesfures
were in nnediatrly taken by the govern
meut TO check this mutinCus ipirit
Strong guards patrolled the itreets DAY
aud nighr, to apprehend the blacks OF
this regiment and in fhort time mott
of them were lodged in prison
The u S sloop of war Ontario. has
been TO Lima, where she took on board,
on freight for Rio Janeiro, about mil
lion of doIlars--she stopped at VaIparai
SO on the z7th Dec but slipped her ha~-
ser and put to sea again three days after,
spprehending that search vas to be at.
tempted for the specie as Spanish proper
ty-it is said thai Lord Cochran advised
Lord CochrAn's squadron put TO sea
suddenly on the i4th Jan from ValPa-
raiso. in pursuit OF two Spanish frigates
thar they had information had sailed from
Lima for Panama they were also to
make dash al The harbour OF Lima
The Chilian and Bnenos Ayrean army un-
der San Martin. about $500 strong, was
10 embark for the siege OF Lima as soon
as the feet returned to transport them -
Capt Wooster, who commanded the
frigate, resigned his commission just pre-
vious to the sailing of The feet The
reason assigned for it Is this Lord
Cochran sent on board the frigate an or
der for her to be ready for sea in four
hours, 10 which Capt Wooster sent an
answer that it was impossible.--Coehran
Immediately repeated his order, adding
thar the word impossible was not in his
vocabulary. Upon which Capt. Wooster