Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-07-08

lorious day Tor Colombia. favibg gain
ed an ofling, | made signal 10 iuiin To.
line and steered towards Point Tonoaque
with hope OF falling IN with The Corvette
Bolivar The enemy having the adVan
tage OF being to wIndward and Of sute-
rior sailing, compelled NE to engage soon
er than wished bad previously gwen
orders, that should one OF The larger YES
sells succeed in laying herself aboard The
irigate, The s,nail vessels should 80 range
themselves as TO board the ioImer, and by
that means reach the deck OF The irlgate-
the large vessel which would have laid a
board the frigate TO serve 10 THIS way as
bridge to the small ones made signal
to prepare Tor boarding, and saw with
modification that the small vessels paId no
attention to the signal, but fed without
firing gun.
The engagement commenced about as
minutes after O'Clock III the afternoon,
as nearly as can recolect. The brig In
depenaenria, Com. Belucbe, was enga-
ged nearly three quarters Of an hour, and
then made sal, and departed. As he had
sustained for considerable time the hre
OF the Spanish corvette, have no doubt
that be suffered severely, and that this a
lone Caused him 10 leave Us. by hrs de-
par,ure and that Of the small vessels, the
coryettes Carsbobo and Maria Francesca
were lett alone to sustain The whole tire
OF the Spanish ships, which they ola until
DO minutes after SIX O'Clock, whrn our
vessels being so much injured both ~
their hulis and rigging, as to De totally
manageable, was Obliged to strike to
HE superior force with which | was enga-
ged, anG which asCeiianed consisted oil
tie ir,gate Constitution Of As guns, mount
ing long "a on her gun deck, and mau-
ned with l5o meD; the corvette teres,
carrying % long lbs and one " elye
FOUNDER on a pivot, and 800 men they
were from Havana, bound 10 Porto Ca.
ye!o, to which place | was taken with
my officers and men; the two ca ,tured
vessels being tOwed in by the boats OF the
port on the third and fourth 1T is not ne.
cessary hat should make statement 10
your exceiIency, OF the force and arma-
mpnt OF the corvettes CarabobO and Ma
ria Francisco, as they are well known to
your exce,lenCy.
Our oss in he two corvettes amounted
to 81 killed and II wounded. among
which are Mr.. Mscay OF The Carabobo,
and Mr.. Benning OF the Maria Francis.
ca. The enemy have suffered greatly |
both in the hudls and rigging OF their yes
sells; have not been able TO ascertain
the exact number Of their killed and |
wounded, but, from what have heard,
the number must De very considerable.
should fail IN The duty which owe to |
my officers and men, ii | passed over in |
silence their conduct on this occasion !; |
ut cannot name any IN particular with
out doing injustice 10 the others there |
fore take the liberty OF recommending
all TO the favorable notice OF your excel |
Iency beng persuaded, that although in |
tots unequal combat We have uot gather
ed the laurels OF victory, the high repuia-
ton OF the flag o Colombia has not been |
injured.
1t is also my duty to make known to |
your excellenCy, the generous manner in !
which we have been treated by Com
mandant La Borde, and all the other Off. |
GERS OF the trigate Constitution, as also by !
the captain and officers of the corvette Ce- |
res. Col. Carrera, the Governor of Puer.
TO Caveio and hs officers, have also paid |
Us the greatest aiteRtion.
Ea,ract ofa letter from an officer on bourd !
The u. 5 ship Franklin, ~, dated
VALPARAISO, March lO;h, 1893 We |
are all heartily sick OF The coast, but pre-
sumo we must bear with patience, yet "a
mother year. Our first step nom here at.
ter you sailed, was % convoy the shin |
Canton to AREA. and Quilca, which ports
were'In deciared state OF blockade bat
which the commodore did not see proper
to respect At africa, We witnessed
fight between the troops on shore, and a
Patriot schooner the latter was Obliged |
to cut her cable, and stand off, With loss
From this we sailed to Qu,lca, and com.
pletea the sale OF The Cantoo's cargo On
the 4th OF July We gave dinner, 10 which
seventy persons sat down. The guests
consisted of the officers OF The Canton and
a French merchant ship, (beiug the only
vessels there, y and the rest OF The number
was made up by ladies and gentlemen
rom Arequipa; Ia city 80 miles in the TO-
teIisr,) aud the officers, civil and military,
OF he port winch, by The bye is nothing
more than small niche in the rocks,
Where goods can be landed there being
not The least shelter tor shipping. Here
we lay 8 weeks. rolling the low deck ports
IN, aud, but tor the lively vivacIty OF the
girls, who came upon muies from the city
ts i Us know not wat We should
have done
fhe prestn The most rugged and
barren pro-p c. ev saw but nothing
can exceed the fertility OF the INFERIOR
Many OF the ladies who came to SEE US
had never before seen the ocean-much
less vessel. But the grandeur OF the
snip was represented in such glowing CO.
lors, that ladies' OF more than sixty years
O. age, performed The journey to the coast,
u Ing WHICH II Is necessary 10 pass from
extreme heat TO extreme cod Their feel