Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-11-23
IRON BRAZIL.
Extract se letter to a gentleman IN this city,
dated Pernambuco, Sept. %, 1874.

N 0&teQ FcTudilUutO, eSfs' 3tyF.
sA.vou b ave heard of the blockade
Of our port by Lord Cochrane, and the
r,oorons and decisive measures taken
by the Emperor to bring the rebell'ous
| province under .ubjsction to this lmPe-
rial Government of Rio Janeiro, YOU.
M Doubt feel anxious TO be made ac-
ouainted with the issue which has been
| looked forward to with much anxiety
by the inhs bitsn ts of Pernam5uco, end
which was brought to a fnal termlDa-
| ton ON the 10th inst, by the entire de.
fe. of our army and the surrendero OF
the ci y TO the Imperial troops. Onthe
arrival here Of Lord Cocbrane on the
| 81 At ME. he issued an official notice that
an foreign vessels might leave the mar
| bor until the 9Th ult. on which night
| hs said he would rage Pernambuco 10
the ground provided the government
did not surrender, and in opposition 20
which Manuel Cavslho, our Pres'dent,
laid 80 embargo, and all foreign vessels
weretconseouently prevented from ssi''
ing. At l2 O'clock on the night OF the
9th the bombardment commenced,
and continued until daylight: all the
Consreve rockets fell short, but the
caunon-balls, being eighteen FOUNDERS,
generally took effect, The damage
sustained was only by private dwellings
and warehouses. Lord COchrane land
ed his troops at MAGIC. $50 miles south
If this. and they fought their way up
within IS miles Of Perpambuso, IN nine.
teen days. when our troops threw up
strong entrenchments, and stood their
ground for some days. General Lima
finding they would not give way, Lord
Cochrane took 500 men off in boats on
the night Of the llth inst. aud landed
them the same night between our army
aud the town, and they made forcsd
marches and arrived within two miles
of PernambucO at two O'Clock; when
they were opposed by about four hun
dred volunteers and regulars who fought
brsvely for four hours, but were uli.
mately compelled to retreat toBoDavis-
Ia and then across the bridge to Saint
An.onia--two parts Of Pernambuco.-
Here they opposed the passage OF the
bridge ill night, when they retreatsd
a.ros, Saint Antonio bridge into the
Recife, aud destroyed q great part of
the bridge, and then stood .heir ground
until reinforced on the 18th with $500
men. The same day the Imperial ar.
my likewise was reinforced by 1000
men. and o severe battle commenced,
and the whole Of the feet, consisting of
s frigates and 5 smaller vessels, COM
menced bombarding the town, and the
bomoardment & fighting on both sides
continued without inter mission for four
days, with the except'oa OF three short
periods for the purpose Of receiving
aags of truce, sent by our distressed
for ., demanding ,erms of %captulation
but the terms required being a sur.
render of the President and Govern
ment, with ell the General Officers, of
| course were not complied with.
The President escaped in q jongsda,
a raft Of logs, and went on board the
English frjga,e Tweede and asked for
protection, which was e aoted him,
and on ahe night Of the 18th, tho army
| retrested to Oiinda, four miles from
town, and the firing ceased on both
sides. The same night the feet landed
500 English sailors and took posses.
| sion of the reciffs and forts, without
firing a gun; but previous to the sur.
render ofthe place, the sold'ers sacked
| the houses and destroyed the furniture
of the European Portuguese. Almost
every dry good store 10 town has been
swept of the goods, and the loss 10 i'm.
mense. Ray 4 B'ysn's house was at
tempted, and when the clerk went TO
| the window 10 tell them they we're A.
| mericans and TO desist, they said that
was exactly what they wanted, for they
we'll knew there was plenty of money,
and immediately fred two balls at the
window, one Of which passed through
the frame and the other logged in the
wall, bu, the police passing at the mo-
ment, they made off. Great deslruc.
ton has beer done to the town by the
bombardment. Some houses are com.
plstely riddled with cannon bails, and
almost all injured. My dwelling in
town received two balls, n passed thro'
the back wall and through three psrti-
ton walls, and lodged in a closet in the
front wall of the house. have the
ball in my posssssion-it weighs Is or
"a lbs.
Foreigners generally have been ,rou.