Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-05


tons off Havana. aud scarcely vessel
arrived which had not been plundered
and ill-used by them
Baltimore, October 3.
A passenger in the ship Chesapeake, arrived
here on Sunday in the very short passage
Of IA days from Valparaiso, has politely
furnished Us with the following statement.
y4merican
The lates, accounts from Lima were re
eeivsd by Fl. B. NJ. trigare Owen Glendow-
er, arrived at Valparaiso in ten days from
Lims-She left in Callao y. S. friga,e Con-
stellation, all well on board, and an Amerl-
can ship either from New York or Phiadel-
phia, loaded with -four, whose captain had
slipped in during the night. An armistice
which bad been conclud in May last still
continued, and it was confidently asserted
that Lima could not possibly hold out
month longer.
Sir Thomas Hardy had confined the
| blockade to those por:s, viz. from Pisco 10
Ancon-and ordered the release Of all the
detained English vessels then in port
There was some difficulty at first started to
his demands, but he was determined either
to condne the blockade to the above men
toned ports or allow none at all. As he had
suthcieney Of encouragement at his con-
maad there was no demurring
proclama ion was published Immediately
after the arrival of the Superb from Rio. an.
milling the former blockade AND placing the
new one.
Chill itself begins 10 exhibit symptoms OF
disagreeable nature-In March last pa.
per appeared under The title Of the Indepen.
dent. pointing out The want Of a code OF laws,
and the NAL administration of the few alrea.
dy in force az also begging of the Director
convocalion Of The Congress which he had
promised in The beginning OF bis Director.
ship.
| The author was Immediately put into pri-
son, notwithstanding ne had quoted Gin his
Papersa an article from the Constitution pro-
visoria del Estado de Chilli. allowing the IL
berty of the Press. In the course of nine
months afierw ards the public was thunder
struck by the arrest of Gen. Blanco and two
OF his officers Of the Guard of Honor. The
only circumstance which came TO light to de-
relope the mystery OF this proceeding, was
the preceding day the Director had ordered
the release ola Col. Formas OF the artillery
who had been arrested by Blanco on account
II some misunderstanding which had taken
place between them. Blanco refused 10 re-
lease him and was himself arrested Tor DISC
bedience Of the orders of the Director and
| Senate
Notwithstanding this explanation number
felt conscious that something else was the
cause as certainty B'anco could have been
punished for mere disobedience of orders.
without arresling and combining in diaeren,
| garrisons his wife's two brothers, who both
happened TO be on guard that night Whe
ther the Independent was intended by wav
of feeling The peoples pulse or not, no one
has pretended to say-aithough some hints
have been thrown cut TO warrant a concIu.
sion of that kind.
| IT Is as some suspect, there is new party
raising ia Chill, this is added 10 the
one already existing Chat of tie Carreras.
1t is to be feared that much evil dissention
and perhaps blood shed may be the conse.
quence OF not checking it at once. He
would be truly an enemy TO lis country rho
could tor moment think OF embroiiDc the
Ch'IiasS in civil war, as they are mild
docile, and hospiable people. This charac.
ter, however, cannot be attributed 10 one Of
the pub ic officers. For example, Don Lou
10 de Ia Cruz, Governor SC &c. of Valparai
so. was passing the door Of the American
coffee house where two young Americans
where standing in convere-as they did rot
no ice him, he Immediately stopped in the
middle OF the street and says uio are "ue2"
Tho are ye! we s'r. are so and so-your
hyat' We oent resc !, AXE off you hats-
to whom was the reply ~ stake off Jour
hafs"-"Here' said he, turning to a soldier
who always attended on him TO guard his
person take these raseais 10 the prison"
here was no remedy, they had either to
AXE OFT their hats or go to prison-and God
help poor fellow who once gets into the
clutches Of this Republican Governor Of |
FREE CITY. But this is Tar from the cbarsc- |
ter of the people,
Mr.. Hogan and family arrived few DAYS
before We sailed. and from his general char