The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-30

as Il Is, we i,dte ~ such consolation. Our
numbers gradually lessen by sickness, by
assassiuatons, by slight skIrmishrs and
whether that II Is considered impolitir, or
uampnrtant, Ne have 10 hone thai our
name will find lis way Into Bulletin. -
fhe Spanards hive not forgotten thai up-
wards of five hundrrd Thousand French
nen crossed the Pyrruers, n1drr the eagle
oi France, aud oflhose who returned, low
"a" could relate correctly when aud how
t1elr ut" companions fl, The guerilla
warfare We dread-tor me laNe M point L,
IN deadly biow at. Jfne dispense Il
art! and capture ar Kill their leader I'll
II pass, we If sure ct meeting Il more
nftnaate successor AT tnr nrxt.
The Ddl>r lis remarked. cnntrmnates
moving upon Seville. rs point offering
greater facilities of dclencr. Bat | AN
mote inclined 10 think his main object Is.
L. be in possession of facilities Ia commn-
neate with the Baron dIldmrlin, off Ca
dz, in case things press hard. II is de
i5htll to hope now, with a certainty ex-
cfediag that which we were able 10 in
dulge when you left MS, that our constfn.
lioaal system trW triumph. 1t was only
when a total destruction Of II was threat
eaed that we were the better able To esti-
mate the benefit already derived from il,
and the lncalcnlable advantage that it posi-
lively promised. Already our cities and
towns were cleared OF the INDECENT aud
needy and all who were able Ia obtain
livelihood by filling the earth, were fur
nlshed with a suitable proportion Of land
idr that purpose. Our schools, on the
Lancastcrian plan were fast disseminating
their usefulness, and superstition aud bi-
sotry were drawing their last gasp-when
the Holy Alilaaee ca,nt. Ii Ms an insult
against common sense 10 say, that the con
s0tdtlon was mol secure, and that power
To uphold it existed only IN the hayonets
Of the military. 1t was rooted in the
hearts of the best, and by far the most M
msrous of Spaniards. With what purity
i visited then, aud with what stability il
will be nurtured and protected, a short
time now will manifest To the world I'll
an allowed to indulge spirit of prophe-
~, ! will close by asserling--that Spain
has become the theatre of Il deep and
interesting tragedy, aud that the plot will
developc itself in the destruction Of the last
hope of the last Bourbon.p
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PLYMoUTn, Aug. &, l823.--By the Roy
a Georg" steam packet, on board OF which
IS Sir John Doylc, five days from CorunDa,
Ne have been able 10 collect the following
intelligence of the present state of affairs IN
Spain. The French have possession of the
heights around the town, and can com.
mand it with muskrt shot. The brave
General Quiroga, and the Ex-Governor
General of Pamptluna have left the place
In lis fate the former being nov at the
Royal Hotel, aud the latter at the Kings
Arms, in this town. The diff rent inns are
filled with Spaailrds and Fren h officers
who have left The country, it is said, with i
view of returning by way of England IL
Cadiz, where they report a GuiIotne is
erected for the purpose of executing THE
KING AND Ali THE ROYAL FAM
lily, should the French make an attack
likely to succeed IN carrying il 1t is also
reported that the mild Government of I'D
Louis has gwen positive orders, in case
Of captp,e TO HANG ALL THE
FRENCIhEN FOUND IN CORUN-
IA, Immediately on entering the place,
without even the form of trial. Sir Robert
Wilson, it is said, is gone To Cadiz. The
active, gallant and patriotic Nina was too
fardistant from the. above scene to obtain
any intelligence from HIM. There were
1000 men in garrison at Corunna when the
Royal George sailed, aud about the same
number Of besiegers.