Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-04
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FALL or PCkTO CAYELIg.
| BaLrIMoRE Ds.eiaber wv. learn ~
the fast sailing schr JOHN, capt.o briggs. %
this port. arrived at New Castle, on SSiur,sv
last, IN l6 days from Laguayra, tina, accounts
reached there on the ilth inst. of the fab uf
| Porto Cavello on the 9Th inst A letter iy
Doctor Forsyth, from Caracas, states that
Porto Caveo was taken by assault, at one
o'clock ON the mornings OF the 6ii,-ALL
| WERE NDISCKIAiiNATELY PUT TO
THE SWORD. Clasada aod Care,a f-.li in
the estocad". There were but go men more
remaining in the castle, who would Surrender
at six O'clock The assault was l.d hy Cen
eral ParZ and Bermudez. .uoyn Chron.
LATE FROM PERNAMBUCO.
New YonK, Nov. e7.--B, The arrival OF
the brig Emma. Ca?t. Fosdick, S. DAYS from
Pernambuc'. we learn that the government
at Pernhnhuco WAS in a state OF cunfuson---
The President had beru dismissed, and had
retired 10 his country seat, ard n,v unr had
been appointed in hs place The General at
! Arms, comtnandpr of the troops, had fheen
arrested and put in prison by an order from
the government.
| There had been an insurIPciiun among the
negroes In a small inland town. about xix
| leagues IN the inttri"r az P.ruanhucn, aud sp-
V"r''i al The white Inhabitants had been Killed.
| Troops had marched lruiu prrnanhuco tc
qpell them. The vessels tbat bad been capin-
red at Bana by Lord Cnchrane, had arrived
81 Pernambuco aud had sailed again for Rio
Janeiro. Several vessels had been captUr-d
ut Pernambuco for keeping the Porius1ese
lag flying, surprising the place in the hands.
| OF the Portuguese.
| WAsHfNGToN, December This is tho
| day, designated by the Constitution, for he
assemblage of the Eighteenth C0ngr.ss ai he
| United Siaies Al IL O'Clock, The Session will
open, AT the Capitol.
! In the list of Members who compose The
present Congress is eomprizrda large proper
ton of new ones, of whom thcre are in the
Senate SIX: in the House oi Representative
| more than hundred. Ofihese, how ever, seve-
raj have heretofore been Members Of Com
| gress.
| The arrival Of the Members bias been accel-
Grated by unusually flyorabl, weather Ii is
| supposed there viii! br quorum of ihr Srnate
present. aud perhaps as many ms 1a0 Members
oftho House of Representative.
! The first business in the House of Repre-
sentati,es will be the choice of Speaker or
presiding officer of that body. Tb, gentle
| men spoken of for that office are all IN The
ground, ard in excellent health some reports
10 The contrary notwithstanding.
la the Senate, Nj. GAILLARp, of South
Carolina, will take The Chair rs President pro
tempore, IN the absence of the Vice President.
The other officers of thai body are chosen dur
ing pleasure, so that, being already organized,
they VIII have no elections to make. Nat Int.
| CHARLES HAf, Esq. has, we understand,
been appointed Chief Clerk in the Office Of
the Secretary of The Navy, in place of BENZ.
HoMANs. E*q. resigned. ID.
No business We. done Yesterday. Of course.
hut the orgaoza,iDn of the two House The
Senate Officers rrm;iD unchanged. ip the
House of Representatives Henry CLAY was
chosen Speaker, on the first ballut. ID.
.Hcrico.-l}y the ship Florian, from New
! Orleans, we have received papers from that
place To the 9Th inst. inclusive, containing the
extract nj letter from American gentle
man residing in 'Pan,pco, dsled October IL,
| m which II IL stated that report had been
received there of he Mexican government bav-
ing declared war against Spaiu. GLOW true
1t IS, (continues the writrr,) few days will
determine. However, oue fact is, that the
captain of the gun schooner has orders tr cap
f turr all Spanish vessels. The Spauards hrre,
assure you. look wild they begin 90 talt. a.
bout the safety of their necks their trade, it
may hr said is now entirely ut an end ia f,l-
tnFe, think, the United States will have ii all.
Last e,ipg. vas applied 10 by several Span
Iards tn ship for them in some American man
OF var from five 10 six hundred thousand dol
lars, and expressed some desire 10 have it
shipped som. The European SpanIards in
this place have heretofore InaBifrsied a great
hatred towards the Americans, but a, present,
when they find they are not altogether safe,
they begin TO apply TO the Americans for aid.
The Colombian brig Vencrdor has not been
seen since The day she boarded You off the
port. Every day conyinccs me more that
this must De the largest place for business in
the whole empire as the trade from the inte-
rior Is so rapidly increasing. We have now
IN town three men with one hundred aud fif-
iy thousand dollars, and they have now al
ready completed their purchases" In a post
/ script, dated the 18th October, it is added,
Since writing the above, on express has Just
arrived from Mexico, with orders for every
Spanish Creole of Havana to leave this coun-
try in so days. and all European Spniards
To leave IN four months and all Spanish pro-
+ perry that may arrive after this will be seiZ-
ed. You can judge what long faces present.
themselves in the streets" We rejoice TO
hnd, by This and other corrohorati,e accounts,
that the cause of liberty is rapidly progressing
I IN Sonh hmrrics. Lrt tle despots Of Europe
send forth their hireIing legions when they
may we trust that the same spirit which ami
mated the people of the United States, and
enabled us 10 drive the invaders from our
shores, will equally animate 0urrSouth Ame-
rcan brethren, and Insure them a complete
triumph over their foes. .4drocate.
XETE The gUed having si6iy attended an sxanIa
w ton Of hool M p.cnn mar Ameli, g. IL en-,
our sincere thanks for his rolie nyalon
we experienced 20 the rapid progress which his
have made IN their studies.
Wea-o profess ourselves much pleased with The ordar
TcEuIlfyy diligence aud attention, perceptibe the
school IRE great eSerons ofMr. Tovnes and his assist
nf fInln