Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-11-18

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irica by Colonel Grant, came home 10
,bs Tactis, Capt. Sir j. PnllIimore
On account oil the absence OF Earl
Bathurst from town, the dispatches
were not opened. bu il appears, from
tIe statements OF private letters, that
the principal letters, that the prnncipAi
oat,le took pl ace OH i've llt'i OF July,
| when the Ashantecs, hcaded ny tlleir
King, and in numoer about 1900, mp
preached 10 attack the Caste. For
the first time our troops were enabled
TO b,ing field pieces against the enc.
ny, who suffered terribly from the
grape and can ,ter shot upon them
ID Iriog TIE ACTON IN, left wing Of the
Allied aud British force wherlcd
round, am burned two Of heir camps.
Tae loss ou our side was estimated 1t
500 killed aud Mounicd; bui lhst OF
lie Ashamees was much greater, and
their naiu boly III iull retreat On
the l2th and. i3 \, ski mi ST. took
place with some delachmenis winch
mad been left 10 cover their rear, in
which they also experienced consider
able loss. Al the time when the fhc
IS sailed, the 22d o. Jolly, no,hing 'ur
iner had bren hear Il or seen Oh them.
and II began 10 oe thought that they
we're or tner Way back IT. their toan
try. Oac ofthe results Of the battle
is said 10 have been the release Of Mr..
Williams. tn King OF Ashaotee hay
,ng consented - the rsusom
d. james Kennedy, o. The British
army, is preparing to pu5iI,h IN ac
count ofthc con, ersations and CORES
pondence held with Lord Byron dur
ing the las. SIX months of his life.
Ncvs from PEI M-We yesterday
inserted some intelligence respecting
Peru stating another battle to have
been signa!Iy victorious On this sub
ject the following letters appear IL the
Curracoa Courant. OcioJer the lo'h.
Ertract of letter from Ndracay
DO dated the l7th Sept. 1924.
"Since my last. several American
vessels had arrived, SO we are over
stocked with prov SONS OF al sorts. A
few days ago, IA brig arrived from Ii
verpool, aud two or 8 more re ex-
pected. Two ships are looked for di
rect from England, with emIgrants
for this department. who intend 10 re
main. b, the last mil from Bogo,a,
we have received Information that Gen
Bolivar had taken posse sion Of Lima,
Gallao, and several Other pieces in
Peru. and that the whole Spanish ar.
my had completely ou>ted."
Entr act Of another from The same
place, doted the Cit Sept. 1874.
The io'!owing il taken from let
ter from B,sota, written on the 22d
August last
"The tidings from p'ru are by no
means ungratliying. You have, no
douht, heard, that The spaniards have,
for some time. been very mucn divided
among themselves The battalion of
Xilia, and dher reintbrcemen,,, have
already reached their pl re Of dcsllna
ton Tire last news fIom the L'hcra
Tor, announce his mention of falling
forthwith or Cantero', and with as
sutance of victory. Sure the rece'ptof
this, We have received letters from
q ito md Gnayaqnll, by Which we
are happy to learn, that battle had
been ,ougb', aud that the whole
spanishpow erhad been defeated. We
lost the gallant Gen. Cor.iova, who
commanded tire advance Of our troops.
lie fell at the head OF his brave com
pan;ons, "a, tue p ecise moment victo
nv declared herself ia favour oil our
cause. Gen. Suree had ken repus.
session Of Lima and Cailao, which
had been deserted by the enemy. Otner
| letters confirm the above statement.
hut they likewise add, tina, Bolivar
had lost 6OOO men in the victorious
engagement.
ISLAND OF CUBA.
A letter from Maracsvbo, written in Septem-
be-. contains The ia owing info m too:
/ Intelligence was received here
, from Jamaica. that the inhabitants Of
Cuba, particularly merchants OF tla
vana. presented petition TO the King
! of Spain, or his government. begging
! to acknowledge the inlepence of South
! a merica, in order TO restore tranquil
| itv OF the Island, and to prevent all