Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-01
SOUTH AMERICA.
ltrom late Caracas Papers.l
AFFAIR NEAR OCUMARF

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ltrom late Caracas Papersl
49, AFFAIR NEAR OCUMARE.
me following dispatch we yesterday refer
ri to, as being signed by General Paez. bu,
us from Joseph Dominique in the absenc,
OF the military chief" and dated, Militar,
oommandancy of Choron, esd November
Ai'er mentioning the return of some prison
ers ana Others from Puerto Cabello, the dis.
patch proceeds as follows.
they declared the Spanish fleet entered
.i,at port the goth current, consisting of the
iriSate Llgera, brig, brg-schooner. and a
ielucca, with three schooners as transfers.
mat the number of troops they had on board
ana not exceed 500 men ; that they debarked
tnem together with Bngadier Morales that
tnose who went against Valencia had also re-
ured and that the whole amount of the fore.
did not exceed 5000 at most, including a num.
Der OF officers, the greater number Of whom
were proceeding to the colonies, in order to
return to Europe.
Cn Sunday the 18th, the fleet made the
anu DIT Gaia and discriminating the troops
'pey proceeded to the town of Ocnmare,
where they remained that night, on account
OF their having fell in with the commandant
general Duran with his that ON the next dav
he marched upon Them i'm order to reconnOtrt.
and do them all the injury he could. Before
reaching the river he fell in with this advance,
otit retIred to his former position, on account
Oh ihe superiority of force opposed to him,
10 lhe loot OF the hill, where he sustained him
SELL uhtii night, when he placed himself at
ttie Top, determined to perish rather than be
disiodged from that point. The enemy also
ietreated, evacuated the town that very night,
ana next day re-embarled and sailed for Pm
erto CabeIlo
Inc Town was completely sacked, the can
'io', uShlounted, thrown over the precipices,
ana tfle carriages and one ammunition chest
burnt. They carried away the canoes and
boats, Employed in fishing and other necessities
Oh the inhabitants and finally they left nothing
which they could plumber in the ~ hours. that
the Tree territory was profaned with their pre-
sence.
oi our part we lost an officer and three
men IN TINS small encounter. captain and
iiVe soldiers of the enemy equally bit the dust
ana eight wounded arrived at Porto CabeIlo
Oufies on Imports and Exemptions.
Cohee, Cotton, brown and white Sugar.
Moiasses, rum, and timber for building, shall
DC exempt for ten years, from paying export
duties.
Hides, cocoa and indigo shall pay ten per
cent on the current prices.
Mules and horses, fifteen dollars ner head
All other produce, provisions, animals, CO.
'ors, precious woods. and commercial articles
Oh the country, not expressed in the preceding
articles, shall pay five per cent. on the current
prices.
Oh the last days of every month the adj
ministrators of the customs Shall fix the prices
current at the ports, signed and sworn to by
TWO merchants and three freeloIders of known
probity.
~
Goid coin shall be liable TO three per cent in
tue money on which it accrles but silver
com or bullion shall inno manner be exported
rom any port of the republic, under the pc
naity lot ComIco.I This prohibition shall sub
SYST for the term of two years.
| To obviate frauds in the collection of tbe
three per cent upon gold coin, the duty known
by the name of presumptiue export shall be
kept. rms shall accrue whenever merchan-
uize and commercial effects shall be imported
from abroad, whose value has not been regis
tered In the respective custom houses. in gold
coin. o'N
Merchandize and commercial effects shall
be free from the duty of presumptive export.
winch are proved TO have been bought in TO-
reign countries with the proceeds of produce
ana ELECTS, exported from the ports ofthe Re-
public.
Merchandise and commercial effects bought
On cred't I'D foreign countries, shall pay the dlI-
! y Oh PresumptIve export four months after
Ilie'r importation, their value in gold being
iree, when they are exported abroad.
Merchandise and commercial effects. bro't
from one port to another of Colombia. shall
be Tree from the duty of presumed export.
Foreigners who come temporarily TO our
ports with cargoes of merchandise and com
mercIal effects shall pay the duty of presumed
export, IN proportion To the capital they have
imported and sold therein, c0nlormablv with
the value of the schedule, made at the GUS
tom houses on their entry. But this shall moi
take place, when they export the value in ter
ritorial produce
The executive power is authorised DURING
the present war temporarily TO prohibit in
any one ormore ports of the Republic, where
may be Judged necessary, the expectation
OF Mules and all classes of articles of the fret
necessity for subsistence. Passed 27M Sent
1921. I''
| -, Ldw concerning Tonnage.
| The Colombian ton shall be 90 quintals
] Foreign vessels shall pay half a dollar. and
/ the national, one real per ton.
I National vessels of 90 TONS or under sball
pay no tonnage duty.
National vessels, proceeding from one port
to another of the Republic, of more than 90
tons burthen, shall pay only half real for eve
ry Ton above twenty.
The tonnage duty accrues, when a mer-
chant vessel shall have entered and finished
her unloading, or in ten days after her entry in
an authorized port, except in case of return.
and average after her first departure Passed
Laio concerning Drucbacks.
VINE, gln, brandy, beer, provisions. and ar
ucIos OF tie first necessity for subsistence,
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