Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-19

Danish Majesty's corvette Diana, To which !;
numerous concourse of the Inhabitants was in
vited. tits to be regretted that the gentlemen
VINO gave this agreeable party were deprived
having the pleasure of the company of the
officers of the U. 5. brig Spark in conse-
quence of,ilat vessel having sailed SO unex
pectedly.
BY the several arrivals from La Guayra
since our last, we received Caracas Gazettes
To The -Ith INST. and hav Z translated from them
sucn parts OF their contents as appeared most
likely Ia interest our readers.
On the Sd October Gen. Santander took the
oath rs vice president of Colombia which was
administered IN similar manner as that To-
the president Gen. Bolivar. After having
been installed, Gen. Santander delivered IA We
ry appropriate address and was replied To i'm a
handsmoe manner, by the president of the
Congress.
The famous Andres Torrellas, clergyman
OF considerable influence in Venezuel:,, conspi-
cuous for his adhesion tn the royalist cause,
and for the esteem in which he was held by
Gems. CevaIlos, Cagigal, NIonteverdc, MoriIlo.
and La Tore, has now cspouscd the cause of
COLOMBIA, from Il conviction, as he saws in n
manifesto which he has published in the Ga
raccas Gazette, that the bonds of alliance be-
tween South America and Spain have been
rent asuuder from the moment that The soye-
sNCpuC WIS SilutCUcu from The Han0 OF
Ferdinand.
Col. Antonio Ramos was shot in the city of
Caracas on the lst Dec. last, for the crime
OF nigh treason, in pursuance to the sentence
oil amilItary court martial. Ramos was for
merly an officer in the royalist SERVICE but on
me capture of Caracas he went over TO the
Coiombians, from whom he again deserted,
and was taken prisoner ut San Juan de los
Morres, fighting in the ranks of the royasts.
The seat of the COLOMBIAN government is
to he Professionally transferred 10 the city of
30 gotta, being the most central part of the I'm
ION, until the capital, to be called g Bolivar"
snail at a future period be but, agreeable to
the fundamental law of the republic.
Considerable assertions were daily taking
place from Puerto CabelIo, to the republican
head quarters at Valencia. f
Inc COLOMBIAN Commissioners, Mr. Re-
venge. arrived at La Guyra on the 9th inst.
rom Spain, by way of Bordeaux, Mt which
place he left the other commissioners. Messrs.
Iea and Echeverria. Nothing particular had
TRANSFERRED relative to his mission lit was. how
ever, understood that things wore favorable
aspect and even Morillo had interposed in
behalf OF the ColombiaEs, and was i, public
panegyrist of Bolivar.
From Tie Mem York D,ily .9drerf;s,yl
LATE NEWS FROM ST. DOMINGO.
ment Gazette of Port au Prince, of Jan. 10th,
giving Information of the union of the Spa
nish part of st. Domingo with the rest of the
! island under President Boyer
Commodore Awy having induced the Sna-
nlsh parts of The island in the north west to
| declare themselves independent, with a view
of ITS joining the Colombian Republic, COM
munication was opened by Boyer with the
Provisional Junta Ofthe City ofSt. Domingo,
IN which the former required the latter to u
mite themselves to the Republic of Hayf,
which the latter declined. But in very short
time different parts of the north west declared
themselves in favor of this union. Santiago
sent in It's adhesion on the Esd Dec. last, which
was received on the Goth Ofthat month, and
IN ms answer To their despatch, Boyer states
That Monte Christie, San Juan, Lamattc and
other places had acceded TO his government,
ana were organizing as part of the Repub-
lie of Hayti. The military commander of
Fort au Plat, with the Junta of that place,
Sent their acts of accession on the SIst Dec
as did The other principal officers in the Eas-
.ern part OF the Spanish territory; and, at
length, the City of ST. Domingo itself sent in
ITS acts of accession and on the 10th of jan
last, President Boyer. in general order, an
! nounccs his determination 10 proceed 10 that
f'art OF the island in four days, with considc.
rabie force to secure that part of the island, TO
organize the new government, and to establish
| order and tranquility.
| As the following address comprises the in
formation from the Spanish part of ST. Do
m'nSo which may he depended on as official.
we have ca',scd il to he translated entire
Jeah P'erre Boyer, President Of HGyti, 10 the
Inhabitants Isl. Jcgo.
CITIZENS 81 have received the dispatcb
under date of 18th Dec. last, which Juan Nj
ncz, Fernando Morel, Joseph ParaI,a, and 10
| seph NJ. Salcedo, your organs have addressed
TO me IN your name, announcing the resolu-
tlon you have taken, to place yourselves un-
der the shield OF the constitution Of Hayti
rms iaudahlc conduct proves to me both vour
wisdom and your patriotism since resisting
the whirlwind Of passions, which too often
spring from political revolutions, yonr first
care has been To consult the true interests of
your countrymen, and TO make it the basis of
your conduct. You deserve my esteem, and
am happy TO manifest il Ia vou
Yes, Citizens, the proceedings at the city of
1T. Domingo are entirely opposed as you tru-
~ remark, to the prosperity Of the land you
lnllahlt but those who have set them on foot
IN wishing to do well, have been led astray
from the means in their power to effect it, Let
us hope that they will abandon their error in
truth, the emancipation Of their country. such
as they have proclaimed, would produce ONLY
the most mOurnGnl results because the mass
OF the people remains, through culpable omis-
sion condemned to bear the yoke of drbase-
ment, and TO groan under privation of their
dearest rights
lconfcss, that their proceedings, when they
reached me, sincerely afflicted my heart il
was mpossible'not to foresee the consequences !:
and if had not known for a long time. the
general sentiment of the Hayticns Of the east
--ifl had not always relied upon spontane-
Gus unou ON their parts, I should have had
to regret that the day Of their deiiyerance was
Obscured bY dcpIOrahle ealamifirs