Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1823-07-12
AMERICANS IN THE PACIFIC.

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AMERICANS IN The PACIFIC.
Extract of a letter from an officer. on
board the U. >. ship Franklin a.
toa gentleman in this city, dated
Valparaiso, March 10.
We are AL heartily sick Of the coast,
but Presusne we mast bear with patti
eaee, yet another year. Our first step
from here after you sailed, was 10 con
voy the ship canton To Area and Dull.
ca, which ports were in declared
state Of btOckade; tut wh,ch the Com.
modore DAD act STE proper 10 rtspeci.-
Al AREA, we witnessed fight between
The troops Oh shOre, aud the Patriot
-ehooner-the AhtIer wa. obliged 90 cut
! her cable AID starJ oil, with loss
{ From this we sailed 10 OuiIea. md
, completed the snse of the Canton. car,
go. On the ith CT July we gave din
ner, To which &C persons sat down.
| The guests consisted of The officers OF
the Canton and Il FreEch merchant
ship, lbt'"5 tue only vessels there,)
and the rest of the number were made
up by ladies aud gentlemen from Ar
Yuipa, "A c,ty 90 miles in the INTERIOR
Ana the officers, civil aud military. of
tbs pertj which, by he DYE, il nothing
more than small niche in the rock.
where g4oas can be landed, there bs.
ing not ,he least shelter for shipping.
Here we lay s,x weeka, rolling the
lower deck ports in, and, but tor the
lively Vivaeity Of the girls, who came
upon mule. from The city 10 visit us.
know not what We shoul1 have dome
HE coast presents tbs uinst rugged
and barren p ospsct ever saw; but no.
thing can exceed the fertility Of the
interior. May of the ladies V he ssmp
To Zee as had never before seen tbs a..
cean-mueh less Il vessel. But III.
grandeur OF the snip was presented IN
such Sinwing coiors, that ladies a..
n're than Sky year. of asr performed
ne J"urD-S 10 the coast, DUNG winch
II Is necessary TO pass from extreme
heat 10 extreme co.'s. heir feeling,
nj admiration aud snrpuZe eauuot be
| described. Mrs. Stewart WAS raileu
the AuSsI- Arerican lady, vino spokr
nente- 1 euuid reiais many anecdotes
vi th!s potti"h Of the country, anG say
s"methins Fl The wisdom OF tDeIr poii.
'icIans. in oppo-InS the arm, Of the
part If Peru caiteii depeuuent, Lrl
pert"p' AZ oIshi noS be interesting IN
the :. Atlon: suffice II 10 say, thai the,
'til. re $50! uiists, X the reasons iii =
SIHe ior chOosins 10 remain SO, 6rt
that iheL ueI3hUcrs WHO cult them,
selves ,ndePendent, are more o,iserGh!p
Than ,hsy are, q they Say they k no
Exchange except Or Ine better. Their
lp"l'te"e.s 10 us e1.e~tc;d any thing we
mad experienced from The tatriat,, or
eSen Anticipated from 50 savage Il race.
From this place We sailed TO Caiiau,
where we lay some mouths, thence
hack 10 QU,les with B. convoy, and
'hen To th.s Flare. GalIao is II us:ser
able place and we are much dissppuin
led III our antieipetions OF the grandeur
J Of ihuIs-save the ChuEehes, - hIci
rxret D. ~ Itchness. .piendor end III
~. any thing hsd ever witne.sed.-
we !isse beeD IN tins place abou; b
week, from luAn EsrnHBd, T., where ".
lay mouth "VerL"uli"S AID painting
NJ the above place, We had much "a
, "au.emont, hunting Gnd fishing, &c
We established 90 shore ho,pilci, Il
bakery, and huIit a schooner. All
marines and the hA1d, sail MA kcts
carpen ers, arm"urcfs, bukers, ST.. inv
: ed constan y o. .L0te, and in fact, w.
'IdOm saw innse ;:au one hundred ant
hi'y men an DVerd as a time.
We cNaumuaVigaied. ~ bnats, h.
l'iaud, amt explored il ia every airec
non, III sp!te OF cioun capped noun
'a'ns, ""d ru6Ssd prrerpIces. Dun y
our stay, we hIaied 30 buJiock', s"n.t
goats. and eau5h, 40, 900 fish. Al
shared IN tie put, aud no sccIdrnt
excrpt one mdn w,.unned by nn.ie
ball, IN an all4"k upon some wild sui :.
many ri'ks v-fc run from the ietucii,
% these sni6l"ls - hen Wounded, ana
myscii haG q narrow escape from one
whicn made ii desperate charge al o,e
after j had aouhtied him: he ran uDor
my balonet, which fortunately turned
hiGi,
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.