Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-10-21
SOUTH AMERICA.
COLOMBIA AND PERU.


letters and variety Of intelligence
through other channlls relative to Col
on INA and Peru-Conmrrcial news
thu. received will he found under the
head, and I'VE shall III thIs place notice
some marine and military intelligence
not devoid Of in crest
Tue ExPEDiTIoN:-A letter has
been received IA B gilmore from an
Oil .er IN the Expedition which lately
sailed from Porto Cd0elio, under con
voy of squadron commanded by
Comm)iore DANIgLs, destined 10
pass over to the PtcItic and jim Boil
var i'm Peru, from which the gentleman
who received il has politely permitted
us TO make an extract, containing III.
formation that may prove very useful
20 mlriners and to trade. 1t at the
same time shows that the intelligent
eye of BOLIVAR glances far beyond
the Immediate theatre OF his exploits,
and also that the resources and faclh-
ties communication between distant
parts of that important country, have
been but liule explored or improved
by the Spaniards -
EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED
"Ljmf 3 ~, 5h September, 1924
"Wnen he sailed from Porto Cal
vello it was pretty general understood
thst we were to debark at Chagres.
but Com DANIELS, who commands
the sq,adron, had OF course, his secre,
instructions. and on the 81 instant we
found ourselves off this Bay. which is
about ten miles eastwards of Chagres
1t is, | believe, very little il at all
known 10 mariners, and before we
could ven'ure to infer, it became neees.
sary to sound and survey he whole OF
the Bav This arduous service the
Commodore with his accustomed actl
vity had performed in two dnys, un
der his personal direction in open boats,
though it rained necessarily the whole
time The feet then entered, hav
ing found it to ne fine Buy. with good
shelter, and safe anchorage for large
fleet--Ehe surrounding country Is
wholly destitute of inhabitants, the en-
tire surface of the land clothing wit l d
forest OF cocoa trees, so thick and IN
terwoveu as % be considered lmpene
trabe, and indeed ever found to be so,
TIL the genious of Bolivar penetrated
this barrier Of nlture Though batting
in Peru MS fine military eye is every
where, and Within three months he has
had a road cut for nine miles through
this forest, broad enough Tor four men
to m ,rch abreast, and which will bring
us IN march of fifteen miles to Pa
naTd.-Tnis in itself is Il little re-
voiutionary improvement in the
COZ nuoication between the two seas
w. anchored within half mile
of the shore, commenced debarka
ton at one o'clock, AMI here again
the ACTIVITY and judiciau' arrange
mcnts OF our Commodore were such,
that by evening we were all, a
bout three thousand fire hun lred eifec.
tive men, on land We encamped for
the Night m march fJr Panama in the
morn'ug. - We are IN Ter the Gem
maud Of an excel m officer, Colonel
MANEoA who his the first battalion Of
Venezltli, and SECOND in command
no les, able officer, Lieutenant Col
onel BROOKE You've, who has the
Second Venezuela battalion niue hun
dred strong. and both as fine troops as
ever stepped Bolivar wrote for all
lhe British officers we have several
H. particularly desired that 1t. Col
You've should be sent to him, and as
YoUNG obtained the usual permission
of selecting the subaltern officers, you
may suppose he has corps not easily TO
b. discomfitcd-B Besides, we all start,
Office an men, with six months pay
inadvance. and three suits clothes-If
the l. BEsAToR should not have cut
up the SplnIards before we arrive,
We shall enable him to settle the affair
in COOL style-Tne fleet will sail to
morrow. the Commodore goes TO the
Uaited St,tes on government business,
and should Won see him he will tell
You that he makes a fine and tormida-
biz appearance, and as YoUNG says,
"D3ah or Glory is our motto.
Wuh respect to the expedition pre-
pairing at Carth4geua also destined to
reinforce Bolivar in Peru, the Carac
as Coloabian of % of September
has the following paragraph: