Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-10-02
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

By the s|oop Packet, arrived or Tuesday
from Havana, we received tile OF Jamaica
papers to the l6 h uIt. inclusive from which
we extract the following South American in
telligence: .Veao York Gnx.
Kingston, jamaica, Aug. 9.
| By the Esperanza. which arrived on Mon
day evening from Porto BeiIo, accounts
were received from Panama 10 the Goth ult.
| respecting the contest Prru. lntelIg nee
II Appeals had been brought by the schooner
Guadaioupe, IN ten days from fayta, 1.-THE
latter pi CT is about ~ days sail from Lima
! winch we hear Is Of the utmost Inpor.
| lance.
The Cbilan commander San Martin hav-
my lett behind him a garrison OF 600 nVa-
| lids, embarked at QJa,ho with 1000 men,
who we're Landed at The Chorllias, situate
| within iwu leagues OF Lima.
Inc ruyaIst army immediately attacked
the troops OF can Marlin with great in'lepi-
dlty, whom they routed with Immense
| slauguter-upwards vi 1900 OF the ChiiIan
hoops having ueen lett dead Oh the held oI
| ballle. San hlartin, with The remains oi h's
corps, favored by the approach Of night, lieu
with the utmost precipitation. ard escaped
| on board The vessels whence they had dlsem
barked. IneT destination was INK own.
pul II was supposed that he had gone back
| 10 Cnili, 30 that The cause Of the RoyalIsts
appears now TO wear very favorable aspect
10 that quarter, and we tTus may be the
| means of Tevving the lIade OF this city, mh'ch
has been SO long interrupted by the prev lous
position Of afans IN the Pacific.
The Governor of Iruylilo, the Marquis OF
Torretgale, Is stated to have manifested a
disposition TO put himself on the defensive ;
division OF troops however had Leen sent
against HIM from Lima. The captain OF a
British ship, employed in the whale fishery
winch had touched at Payta, shortly before
the departure OF the GuadalouPe, reported
that he had spoken Spanish brig of war, IN
company with sbip OF the line, and irI'
gate OF the same nation directing thrlr Course
| 10 the port OF Ca!ao.
The innabiau Of Guayaquii, We hear,
| have been recently overwhelmed with the
greatest .tiiIcton aud despair, in cons' Guence
| ol the arrival OF an expedition from Choco,
aud the heavy contribution levied OIL them
| by these exPeditionary troops.
The E.peranza vas boarded on her pas.
! sage b. one OF commodore Aur. 5 cruisers,
the captain OF winch endorsed her register in
! the name OF the RepuulIc OF Colombia; VAIN
| M, al The same iIme, The master OF the Els
peranZa, that If he should have any commu.
nca,iOn with the places occupied by the
Roy allsls, the condemnation oi the vessel d
Cargo WOULD be the result.
BY the Pc severance we learn that small
priyaieer schooner, fitted out at MaraCa,bO
with small arms, and COMMANDED by a
frenchman, with a crew of about 90 men
rs annoy ing the coasting trade between ST.
Jago de Cuba, and the leeward ports OF this
island, having taken three vessels. principal
ly loaded with -four, which were ransomed.
august Ia.
His Excelency Lieutenant Gen Sir Henry
Ward, K. c. B he newly appointed Cover
nor OF Barbados and military commander ii
chief of the Windward Islands, arrived a
! that colony on the e5,h ut. in his Majesty.