The Wilmingtonian., 1824-05-06

He was now invested by Congress witt
ample powers, the situation of the Repub
lie, from the number of internal enemies
requiring the energies of a Dictator. How
ever, on the 18th of December, 1919, ar
union between. the Republics Of Grenade
and Venezuela was solemnIy tlecreed; and
this confederation received the title of the
Republic OF Colombia, which has since
been independent, although until recently
compelled to make some struggles for the
preservation of her liberties.
Meanwhile the liberator was actively
engaged in bringing the war to close
Finally, on the 24tb June, 1921, he led his
brave soldiers to signal, illustrious, and
decisive victory, on the memorable plains
of Carabobo, where the army Of the Roy
alists was totally defeated, with the loss
Of all their artillery, baggage, and upwards
of 6000 men. Perhaps, after all. the most
signal successes of Bolavar were these ra-
pidly succeeding and illustrous victories
of Bonsa, Sogamosa, Vargas and Boyaca,
when having deluded the enemy as to his
position and movements, he left the banks
Of the Orinoco, ascended the heights Of
Candimana, broke through forests and
scaled mountains never trod by man be-
fore, and with an army of l400 soldiers
exhausted and reduced by the most acute
sulferlngs, during journey of 600 miles,
thrice defeated 5000 strong and healthy
spaniards. Here were peculiarly display
ell the resources of his exalted genius. A
popular representative government estab-
lished, Colombia, SO fruitful in resources,
so delightful in its general climate, so ad-
nirably located for the successful prose-
cution of foreign and internal commerce,
and extending from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Ocean. on one side, and from the
streams of OrinocD to the the rich and
beautiful meadows of Guayaquil. on the
other, knows and cheerfully recognises her
indebtedness to Simon Bolivar. Twice
had he been elected her President, having
heen previously to the confederation, as
often chosen to the same office, by the Con-
gress of his native province. Two millions.
over whose destinies he now presides, oc.
cuPy Venezuela, Spanish Guyana, Verag-
ma, Panama, Cundinamarca and the extern
s've and rich province Of Quito, with all
its hidden treasures. which, since Colom-
bla Is free and undisturbed. the earth will
be made to surrender, for it is presumabe,
that the mines so long neglected by rea-
son OF political convulsions, will now be
re-o' enea with perseveriug industry.
President Bolivar, according to our latest
accounts of him, was in Peru, whittier he
went by request of the Congress of Colom-
ba. to suppress faction, to arrest treason,
and to consolidate the interests of liberty.
Cheering indeed is it to every friend of
freedom and of man, to learn, that hithcr-
to he has been sminently successful. Ague-
ra, once the idol Of the people, has been de-
tected'in base schemes. and is now with his
satellites in prison. Bolivar, at the head
of a large and we'll disciplined force, has
been invested with the supreme civil and
military command, that he may speedily
terminate the war, which, without per-
adventure, he will accomplish with equal
glory to himself, and safety to the rights
of man. lie has again and again refused
the honors conferred upon him, stating
that IT was dangerous precedent for one
man to possess so much power, and tc be
so frequently elected. But his country
men. knowing their need Of him, and con-
sclous of his unsulied integrity, persist in
his elevation. He is the Washington ei
South America.
From the london Courier, March 90.
Discharge Of sannon By steam-Mr
Perkins, whose inventions in the engrav
ing of steel, and improvements in the con
struction of steam engines, are well known
has brought to perfection a branch of art
on which there may be some difference o
opinion-that Of the more speedy destruc
ton Of our speCics The fact we beliey,