Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-05-08


cate war, but look upon it as neces.a.
ry, and tending to put an end to the
Vaccinations by which their enemies
have created internal dissentions among
themselves, to eDdanger the liberties
of Spain and overthrow the const!iu.
tional system.
PERPIGNAN, March l2--Extracs
from our private CORES pondence The
officers of.he different corps Of the di.
vision Of Count Curiai. received to day
their bounty 'or the campaign. The
same corps delivered to the division Of
the Baron d'Eroles all tire old great
coats from the regimental stores. The
following is the numerical s,a'e OF The
different cantonments forming part Of
the Baron d'Eroies' command At
Bangals des Apres SIS; Bages $50;
BroUlla 45S Oetaffa 402, and others
amounting to ETA, who, united to the
cantonment Of St Laurent de Ia Sa.
lanque. will swell the force Of that di.
vision to 5O55.
MARCH i3.-Monseo. Anton arrived to.
day at l2 o'clock. He lett hi. dlvs,ona at
CampIedon; j! was posted 10 the little vii.
lage OF Arbouissas, a, the foot Ut the
mountains of Mouseing. This village IS
surrounded by rocks and precipces, 1900
Constiiutionalisls occupied Oot; 300
Ripoi, and 1900 yallorgana Monsen
An,on's position was very critical when
Col arrange, who was at Cslslla, held a
parley with hun and offered him tbe oeue,
fit OF the amnesty granted by the Cores,
whose decree he sent hun Monsen Anton
sent him back in exchange thu diHrren!
prucIamations OF the regency, aud he
unconstitutional writings printed IN
France Arrange pressed tor an Answer,
Monsen Anton asked Ten days tor reaeC.
ton, which beng denied, he decided on
making his retreat, which he effscred 18th
hi. command OF 1900 men by scramtrng
over The mountains; and Came to pre-.
sent himself to the Baron d'Eroles, 10 in
form him OF The miserable condition of the
different bands n Catalonia; that the pop,
ulatIon was rising in mass against :heu;
that the Somalens attacked them on all
sides; and that this evaporation Of the in
h,bi:anis arises from The depr. dations and
bT'gdndoges OF the chiefs OF Tie bands of
the faith. The Spanish refugees who are
forming toto corps are also disconlehSed,
and declare thai they will mol be coDmau-
ded by a Frencbman: that if they are, the
first shot shall be a, him, and that they will
gu over 10 the Const;utioralIsts. TIE Bar
on d'Eroles arrived here tins evening F"
Constitutional.
PARIS, March 10 AT the very lime
when the violent pariisans Of war pro.
claimed the triumph OF Bessieres, that ad.
venturer was flying IN confusion, before
| the Constitutional armies. lie has been
bea'en, his bands dispersed, and bis eype-
d.iion from which so much was expected
has only rendered more evident the weak.
ness OF the anii-TevOlutionary party in
Spain. This expedition may be consider.
ed in very momentous point Of view, we
may view il as decisive experiment On
the opinions Of the Spanish people. It is
evident that il they were as ioDdiy wed.
dec 10 the delights Of absolute power and
the iDqulsitlon, a, our fanatics suppose,
there would have been general rising in
favor OF Bessieres. and that he would have
Hdu Out " SHON Of6IlulU
| existing government.
The same experiment has been already
made by the Regency of Urgel. under
circumstances the most favorable to their
! designs. Their armies occupied iorlresses
considered impregnable. The Leaders OF
| The InsurrecIoD must have been well ac-
quainted with the country and The DISPOSE.
tions OF It's inhabitants, the Spanish gov.
eminent was taken ty surprise, aud bad
but lew battaIOns TO oppose the Insur.
gents. Had Spain been anti. revolutions.
~, the Regency would bave triumpbed
without opposition, and the whole popuis-
ton would have hailed with reclamation
the progress Of Err les and Quesada !,
was thus that Instruction spread rapidly
from Province TO Province, wBen The Isle
OF Leon offered point OF support TO COR
stltu,ionai predictions.
But il was not 60 when NJ. Nata Florida
and the Archbishop oil Tarrssona brought
their forces into the field. Isolated in the
mouutains!oi Navarro and Catalonia, they
found support in no quarter. Nina bad
full time to form bis armies. HE attacked
bis opponents; beat them in every encoun-
ter, druve them from the mountains were
the advantages OF defence we're SO great.
and finally expelled them the Spanish ter
rIiovy. We recall these facts 10 the hope
OF dispelling the illusions Of our ministers
with respect TO the nature Of the war a.
bout 10 be undertaken They proclaim 10
their journals this. war presents no difhcrl'
ties, because The population vi The pen
insula will rally at once around the siand-
ards OF the Trappist and d'ErollIc In
! doing thi, but one OF two constructions
can be put upon their conduct. t'her
they are themselves deceived or they wish
To deceive the KING and nation. We are
willing TO adopt the first hypothesis ana
we yet hope that il is not too late 10 reine'
| dy faults that may soon be irreparable'
and 10 save Eraucs md EurQpe from an.