Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-09-16
LATEST FROM COLOMBIA.

BALTIMORE, Sept l4-The schooner
Pearl, capt. Durkee, has arrived below
from La Guayra, whence she sailed on the
9th uit. To the polleness Of Mr.. T. G..
Reyburn, who came passenger IN her, and
reached the city last night in the steamboat
froD Annapolis, the editors OF the Ameri-
can are indebted tor Caracas papers TO
the 25ih ult. inclusiye.
The Colombian government were pay
ing OF their Uaies by bills on England. and
had ordered that 20 more should be issued.
All claims against the government were
nor paid in cash as soon as adjusted.
The accounts trom Peru were favors.
bic the general opinion was, that The
war would be at an end before the troops
recently embarked from Porto Caveilo
would arrive, as the Royal troops were
said 20 be much divided.
Lord CochraDe had gone to take COM
anan9 of the Chllian navy and cooperate
with Bolivar, with a view to intercept the
man OF war Asia and other vessels lately
sent from Spain.
Markets at La Guayra were bad, and
produce scarce and high as usual Prices
NJ Caracas-Coffee p9 per quDIsl; Cocoa
D23a per tsnega; Indigo 10 reals per Id.
Cotton D.. per quintal. Hides Dlls per
auintai.
The Pearl came into the Capes on the
morning of the 10th inst She left at La
Guayra the scbr Abariils. Edwards. for
Baltimore, on the 10th September; the
schr. AIisaoDa, Southconb, just arrived
snd di,charging; br,gs Velocipede, Kirk
land, for New York, 10 2 days; Patriot,
from do, discharglng; Victory, Wise, for
Boston, uncertain; -, Bangs, for Phjla
deIphia, do; schooner Isaac M'Kim, from
do. bound to Maracalbo; the brig James
Coulter, for Philadelphia, sailed 4 days
before.
Passed in the Bay, ship Dumfries, from
Bremen.
The Caracas papers by the schooner
Pearl, received al the office OF the Balti-
more American, state that the number OF
aroops concentrated at Porto Cavello. des-
tined TO aid Bolivar in Peru, amounted TO
near four thousand. Az equal number
were to join them al Carthagena, under The
command OF General VALERo.
II is currently stated (says the Colom-
biano OF the 25th ult J that Lord Coch>
rsne has obtained the consent of the En-.
peror OF Brazil, to his assuming once more
the command of the CHILEAN Navy. aud
that be is now in cooperation withsthe LII
berator, with view of intercepting the
Spanish man of war Asia, and other yes
sells lately from Spain. When Lord
Cocbrane accepted the oVertusss Of his
Brazilian Majesty. and assumed the con-
mand of bis Navy, it was under the ex
press condition that he should be allowed
to return to Chill, whenever his services
might be required.
The celebrated pedestrian traveller
captain J. D. CochraRe OF the British Ma
Wy, had arrived at La Guayra This j:
she same gentleman who has travelled or
loot tbro' The greatest part Asistic nus
STA. Bent upon further discoveries, ne IN
tended to explore the yet untravelled par:
, OF South America, including visit to the
Andes.
The vsllies OF Aragoa and MsracaJ
were said to be unusually sickly-owing
il IS supposed, TO the failure of last year.:
crops OF corn, and the present high price
Of that article, by which The inhabilant:
were compelled to have recourse 10 uD.
who esome innutritious substitutes for tbeil
support
A freebooter by the name of Cisnero.
was committing depredations in the val
lies of Tuy--nis torse was sufficient te