The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-31
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BRILLIANT .E3I.in .iCHIEI E.NEN1S
By TIE P.1FRiOTS
FEDERAL GAzErrE DrrIcE,

EDEE NJ tALE1IE oilItS,
Ealtimore, December 10, 1874
By the arrival of the ship Hope, Captain
a. $. DUNCAN, Ia II days from Rio Jancir"
we have files Of Rio papers To the date u
The sailng of the Hope, and also Barnos
Ayres papers Ia the 9th October, for which
We are indebted Ia the kind attention oi
Captain DUNCAN.
These papers rontan variety Of Intel
hgencr. particularly with regard 10 achieved
mcnts of the Patriot Navy under Admiral
Gnise, hlockadlng the port Of Calla", which
are brilliant and important. aud quite nrw
to IL, thong h some of them occurred 81 far
back as early in July. 1t is e,ihcnt, from
these accounts, that there have been many
exploits and sncrrssrs on the side of tn"
Pa:rlots of which we have not vel had any
account. This appears from thu fnlI'win-,
letter, " hlch alludrs IL IA brilliant action
by the Patriot Captain Addison" and al
this we never heard before. Thj, letter is
of graf interest. We translate il from Ell
.4r%os, extraordinary al i,rtnos Ayres
Erfsari ofa teiier, Goitd on hoard hc ffigate
Protector, IN The buy Of Cai'ao, J"iy lHh,
IS2t
Ny DEAR FGIENp-In my Last, infor-
med you Of the brilliant action of Captain
Addison, who, with four boats and fifty
volunteers, burnt aud sunk six vessrls in
GLIDING the Spanish frisaies Ncnganza and
Santa Rosa, and drove fourteen under the
batteries of Caliao, il being very rrmarka-
bile that he perrin med this ser,ir" with"ut
the loss of singlc man. | have now the
pleasure Ia communicate to yon that on the
night of the 18th inst. Admiral Guisc dies
patched Captain robertson accompanied
by Captain Fl,i'nrn. and LIEUT.. Sulmans,
of his vessel, with - men, To take or de
siioy IA many of the .nen1's vessels as
were in Callao.
Al his entrance he was opposed by
more than one Thousand soldiers aud ma
rne-, in the vessels, and fifteen hundred
artilelists, hU manned the batteries of the
castles, and kept up n tremendous fire nn
our men. notwithstanding this they "iltc-
ted the oh cct of the enterprise 10y destroy
ing and taking the following vessels -
The President of 20 guns, burnt Juana
Gordon, flag ship. TAKEN; Perla, formerly
of Chill, taken; hrisantDr, name IN
known, taken Il large vessel, name IN
known, hurnt.
ssThc Protector, the Congress, and the
Macedonian, were employed in dlvertlnG
the atlrniion Of thr batteries, but aln"st all
the fire at The latter - ere directed towards
the brave men charged with the destrnc'
tion nf the vessels.
" We shall not again abandon the block
AIDE or this hay, until the surrender at The
castles, ar until the ship Asia may appear
upon Which, pardon the vaniiy,) wc arc
determined 10 erect The triumphant stand
ard of our country.
When captain Roh"rt.on returned ,w'
found he had three men killed aud twelve
wounded. one Of whom since died. W.
had also one officer Killed, nanitd Thoma
Williams Il Lieutenant of harihrs, an'
the Clerk Of the Captain of the Congress
mnrtaily wounded.
/ THE greatest harmony EXISTS brtwre'
/ III. liheratof aud the Vice Admiral Gaisr
since the seizure If Colonies Bhnce AM
Reyes and his Excellency IS 50 wen sa
lisf-d Of the patriotism Of Admiral du's'
that ps he. placed under h's command IN