Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-08-31

dwellings are daily multiplying, many oil
which would do credit to any OF Inc nor
therp cities. [Darisn Gazette.
Philadelphia, .aug. II.
COLOMBIAN BEPUBLlC.
The brig Valona, captain Baker, ARR
we'd here yesterday, in ~ days ron La,
Guira, but the Endymion, which arrived
at New York, brings intelligence from
the same quarter two days later in date.
A letter received by an officer 10 this
city from an officer of high rank at Cara
cas-. contains some Interesting particulars,
which he has permitted US 10 transcribe,
hut we shall FIRST insert the subjoined,
which appears in he N Y American
"Lagu:ra. Aug l, 1922.
Our army has raised the seige OF Puerto
Cavello, owing to the sickly season hay.
ing commenced.
f'Despatches had been received from
Gen. Soublette, dated Coro, July 18th,
stating that be had entered that place the
day before.
"a ship and brig Of war, formerly the
Saphine and Mosquito Of his British Ma
jesty's service, were hourly expected from
London; completely armed and equipped
for the service of Colombia-and trigate
Of "a guns was also expected from the
same place in few months"
We presume the following extract from
the letter alluded to above is more correct
in its statements as it is from an official
sOurce:-
Caracas Aug ].
4 Il nspr
to you the entire evacuation OF the Pro-
vince OF Coro by the enemy Morales
with 1900 men arrived at Curacao on
the 9Th ult.-the letter describes his
force as being zen muy Nal estado"--in
a wretched plight--Soublette entered the
town of Coro on the 26tb.--lt being prob
able that Morales may mediate descent
upon some pait of this coast, the necessa-
ry instructions have beengiven. land should
he come, be assured he will meet a svarm
reception, but scarcely think he will at
tempt it. He has the frigate anG orig
with him--Paez intends retiring his troops
to Valencia during the rainy season, leav
ing nothing but corps OF observation IN
from, of Puerto Cabello--fhis is all that
will be necessary till we can assemble our
newly acquired naval force--rwo briggs
of war, purchased by Mendez, have arri
we'd at Carihagena from Europe--ZEA has
also purchased two, the Mosquito brig OF
l8 guns and the Saphira corvette OF 20
which are 10 be here ia month. With
this force, added to what you are aware
we expect from another quarter the. block
ade of Puerto Cabelo will be eifectual and
then IL must surrender
Some of the New York papers state on
the authority OF private letters, that the be-
segers as well as the besieged 4 Puerto
CabeIlo, mad been losing $50 men daily
by sickness. This we should suppose TO
be incorrect; there is no allusion wbatev-
er TO such circumstance in The letter
from which we have been favored with
the preceding extract, and indeed were
the report true the Royalist garrison must
have ceased 10 eIist, as, during The alb
sence of Morales at Coro, ten days sick
ness of the effect stated, would not have
lett soldier alive in the fortress.
The glut of all kinds of foreign goods
and provisions in the markets OF Laguay
"a and Caracas is again noticed in the ac-
counts by the Volona and Endymion.
We find bv Mexican advices, that DR..
SsrUande Mier, so we'll known by his
sacrifices to Mexican freedom, and by
his sufferings in the inquisition and o.
Their prisons, has taken his seat IN the
Mexican Congress. That venerable
and unconquerable man, who is ma.
tive of Mexico and descendant of the
family of Montezuma. went to Eng
land to obtain assistance for the eman-
cipation of his country. He has pub.
|; he'd work in which his affairs there
are described. but are foreign to our
present purpose There he saw the gall
liant Gen. Nina, and having satisfied
gen. Nina that it was by South Ameri-
can Independence alone that Spain
could be secured in freedom and indie.
pendence. and that the happiness Of all
would be promoted by doing equal jus.
ticet to the rights Of human nature, he
succeeded in engaging gen. Nina to un-
dertake an enterprise for which his
gallant spirit. his personal virtues and
his experience had rendered him par.
ticularly we'll adapted, The history of
that expedition is familiar in the work
published by MIR. w. d Robinson.
The supplies and means afforded to
MIA by me generosity of few emi-
nent men in England, were far short of
that. which was necessary; it was in
the United States that he found the re-
sources which enabled him to enter
upon operations, which the elements a.
lone had blasted; but which after re-
peated impediments, most disastrous
and affecting, the spirit and constancy