Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-09-10

shot Of the castles. The port is rigo'
rously hlockaded by the CHILEAN, Peru
Wan and Colombian squadrons under
Admiral Blanco. Admiral Guise ar
rived here about'2O days since by land
from Guayaquil under an arrest, and is
now in close con6nement-no one
knows the charges that are preferred
against him.
The United States schooner Dolphin,
Lieut. Com. Percival, sailed from Val
paraisGpn the goth ult. for the purpose
of ascertaining the true latitude and
longitude of a shoal supposed to be a.
bout so miles south Of Valparaiso, be-
. ing the same on which the ship O'Cain
of Boston was recently lost. The Unit
ed States sloop Of war Peacock, Lieut..
Com. Kennon is here, giving all posi-
bic protection and assistance to our
commerce. -
GUATEMALA.
We find in the last New Orleans pa
pers the following particulars in rela-
ton to the disturbances which existed
in Guatemala in April and May. A YES
sci has arrived at this port, which left
Nicaragua on the 5th OF July. At that
period, we learn, the political commo-
tons had ceased, and every thing was
quiet. Neac- Fork Aer. .Adyer.
Merico, June ll.-By the last mail
we have received news from Guatema-
Ia. From the gazettcs we have made
some extracts for our paper. Private
letters say, that the disturbances at Nj
caragua have been renewed; that the
garrison which remained in Leon, the
capital of that state, were attacked by
the ~populace, and though the soldiers
found means to protect themselves in
their quarters, about twenty-five ofthem
were assassinated before they could
shelter themselves there. The curatc
Mercado, who has either made him.
self, or has been made by the govern
ment of San Salvador, Bishop Of that
state, has taken possession of his chair
in spite Of the Supreme Government Of
the Union, Of The Archbishop and
all. The Curates Of his new diocese
have resisted him;-many ofthem have
been obliged to go away, and others
have been carried prisoners to the Ca
pital. In the District of Tapalucha,
which Of right belongs to the state Of
Chiapas, but has been separated from
that, and joined to Guatemala, the Gu
rates having sworn to the Mexican con-
stitution have refused to sweac TO that
of Guatemala; the authorities not dar-
ing to expratriate them, as il would
have been necessary to do so with all
ofthem. To bring them 10 subsection,
Col. Pearson. Gan emigrant from Porto
Rico, who has been in Mexico, and has
entered into the service of Guatemala,)
has been appointed Commandant in
that quarter. The Bishop Of Nicara-
qua who resides in Guatemala, has
made a declaration before Cascaras,
the Commandant Of that capital, stat
ing that two Commissioners had gone
TO Mexico, to solicit a union Of that
state with our republic. All these dis
turbances induced the President to So
licit the Congress that all the national
militia should be placed under The or
ders Of the federal authorities, and that
other should be placed It
their d~isposal;-all which was refused,
but subsequently they have been autho
rised to make a torci6@ loan, to be re-
imbursed by the FIRST funds received on
account Of the loan contracted in Eng
land, and also to raise a force of Cdribes
to be employed in Nicaragua, with 9TH
er incidental measures.
The Chiapas not only remain tran
quill, but they go on organizing their
government and projecting useful
works, such as the opening a road to
'robasco, in order to give a vent BY
Yilla-hermoso to the rich products Of
that state. Gen. Anaya had &c, yet ar
rived there, having been detained in
Oajaca, by a difficulty in procuring ira
Yelling beasts.
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