The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-03-19
LIMA AND THE PACIFIC.


The fine brig Fhessalisn, captain
Conkling arrived here on Saturday even.
ing in the remarkably short passage IF
seuenty-ni're daystrom Lima and fvenfy-
four from in sight oitbe city of Prfnsm-
buoo. She has run tEyetUc thousand and
Sjty miles, making an average OF six and
quarter knots per hour ! lieutenant
E.lBapbitt of the u States navy, cane
passenger in the Thessalian. and is the
bearer Of dispatches % our government.
Captain Conkling states that the royal
troops under CanteraCt we're about forty
leagues from Lima in considerable force,
and fears were entertained that he would
again be In possession OF the place
Pisco, and oil ~ r--.- 40 tho southw ard,
arc sill in possess on Of the royansIs, and
from the last accounts from the Inter.
medios Valdez, the Spanish general,
was very confident of success, should he
meet the patriot forces. The royslIsts
had lately despatched brig from the
1n,ermedios TO the governor of Chloe,
with arms, money, &c. The forces un,
der Valdez are estimated at about 5000
men, and those under Canterac at about
1000, including few Indians. Since
the departure of ST. Martin, and the ba.
nishment of Mon,eaguido, many obnox-
,ous and tyrannicaI laws have been re.
pealed but still dcspotic law is the order
ofthe day. The Franklin "a, commo-
dore Stewart, sailed from Quilca, Ga port
in the Intermedios) for Valparaiso about
the fra, Of December, with two schnrs.
as tenders, the ships Canton, Suiilysn,
and Chancey, Little, and the brig Dick,
of Baltimore in company. On the night
of the 9TH Of December the Peruvian
brig Of war Belgrano, formerly the War
rem of New York, was taken possession
of by her crew, he cable cut aud the
y brig carried out TO sea. She had OF
hoard money, clothing, &c. for the pa.
triot army at the tntermedios. II was
supposed she would commit piratical de.
predatioDs on all vessels. She had on
board water and provisions for three
months The United States schooner
Dolphin, and British brig AlacIity sailed
early next morning in pursuit, but re-
turned without seeing her. On the
10Th of December an embargo was laid
on all the shipping in the harbor OF Cal
lao, the object Of which was TO select a
sufficient number of trsnsperts To take
troops to some port to the southwark
This embargo was partially raised when
the fhessaiiaD sailed.
Markets for American produce very
low. Goldfish, S3 per cwt. Flour Se
per Dbl no sale. Money scarce--papel
money 90 per cent below par.
Lieut.. Babbiu, who came passenger il
the FhesseIiaB, was passenger on boarC
the ship Panther Of Boston. On the WI
September, in lat. 81 N. long. l1J w
the ship was hove on her beam ends
lost her rudder, main and mjzen mast.
and foretopmast, and rigbted with 81 Il.
water In her mold. A part of her cargo
was dsmaged. She got up spare fore
topmast and rugged jury main-mass anc
on the 9Th experienced another violent
gale and sprung her fore topmast anc
head OF the 70 emss, and hove overheard
some Of her guns and part of her cargo
Ga the 18th December she arrived a.
Lima. A humber OF English ship.
were on the Coast Of California tor wheat
which was in great abundance. Preps,
rations were making at the different mis-
sions for large crops 10 Consequence o
the demand for the Lima market. al
upper and lower California had hoistet
The Mexican Gag.