Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-29
CHLOE.

CHLOE.
We mentioned a few days ago that revor,
ton had taken place in this Archipelago. ANA
the following particulars of the transaction -.
eN"aG.: Bait. Gas,
FROM the Patricia Chileno Extraordinairo i,
oantsdgo, May give have just been fav,,
ed win the following despatch ard narrs,;UI
whlcn nave been addressed to US by the e.
Sernment, and from a regard to their inn. Nv
tance, we hasten TO publish them, that the psa
pie may know the Infamous maneuyres ,vt peT'
some degenerate men employ, for the nu "".en
OF sowing the seeds Of civil war in this rbb.pose
full country, and bring it again under tho ~'S '
Of despotism. ''' yoke
"Gooernnaenlo Of Valparaiso, May 27-Itis r,u
o'clock at night, and at this very hon, s aow
in the direction of.he capital, the Serpear,,' s,
jor OF the 18th, Don Geronimo Vaenzuela wa
has landed on the coast, and who came s "uo
Chloe IN the brlgLeyante, (which has not vs, ~
tered the harbor. He brings intelligence II =, ,n
battalion TO which he belongs has mn,naa '.c
consequence Of the arrival from Lima Of IN ~
Pedro Aldunate; commissioned by O'HiooiU.n
with the object Of possessing himself oS Shs
Archipelago, which he effected on the al 49,.
at two O'Clock, in the morning, having mn ' ,s-
Governor under arrest. The same Seree,n.
Major VIII inform your excellency particularly
respecting this event, which, to save time
shall not communicate 10 you in detail R.
pleased TO bring it to the knowledge Of the Su-
preme Director, and 10 receive the assurances
OF my consideration and respect.
(Signed)
FRANCISCO DE LA sAsrRA
Addressed to the Minister of State.
for the Department of The Interior
DET2ILS or THE EVENTS IN CHHOe
The Serjeant-Major Of the 4,h battalion, Co.
ronimo Jose Valehzuela, communicates the FOL-
lowing inteigence:--
"On the night between the Oath and 25tb oy
April, arrived at the port Of San Carlos. IN tho
English vessel Alexander Adams, Don Pedro
Aldunate, brother TO the Governor, Don lose
Santiago, coming from Callao. The said Don
Pedro brought from Lima a commission 70
raise the troops in the garrison in favor of Don
Bernardo O'Higgins, With particular charge
Of treating for the purpose with Don Manuel
Fuentes, Serjeant-Major of Artillery, who on
account of the absence Of the Governor, Adu.
nate, organised the militia of that province,
held the situation Of interim Governor. Fuen,es
and Don Pedro Aldunate, taking advantage Of
these circumstances, brought about an nsur
lectlon among the troops at TWO O'Clock in the
morning of the Sd Of May. To accomplish
this object on the same night, the interim Go.
vernon, Fuentes, went to the house of Valenzu.
Ella (who commanded at the time the 4th bat.
talion,) accompanied by Captain Olivares, Lieut..
koJas, and Ensign Silva, all of the same ba,tal.
ION, and party OF soldiers, and without any
communication surprised him, and took him
prisoner, confning him in his quarters in the
same house. On the following day, Captain
Amanda and Lieutenant Moren came TO Wis.
II him; and communicated to him that Cap.
tain Don Andres Olivares had taken the com.
mand OF the battalion; that Captain Don An.
tonic Henriquez executed the duties Of ser
Jcant-major in the same battalion; that the rea.
son tor this instruction was the arrival at these
islands of Don Pedro Aldunate, commissioned
by O'Higgins TO effect it; that he assured them
that Gen. Bolivar had offered to O'Higgins
1000 men 10 march upon Chile, that the latter
had not received the offer Immediately. reouir.
ing two months to form his determination: tia.
for insuring his object, O'Higgins had sent or.
ders 10 excite mutiny among the troops OF
Chile, as we'll as commissioners to the ,ownsoi
Conception, Santiago, and Coquimbo to form
partizans among the troops stationed, and to
have them ready to assist him when he should
enter Chile.
"He knew that without any opposition, the
chiefs OF the Instruction could gain over in
Chloe the 4th battalion and The company Of
artillery. The Governor Don Jose Santiago
Aldunate, arrived at the city on the said Sd Of
May, at twelve o'clock in the morning, and at
night they apprehended him and made him
prisoner, along with the brother of the depo
nent, Adjutant-Major Don Francisco Valenzue.
la The deponent knew that the intention Of
the mutineers was to send the Governor, Aldu.
nate, TO Valparaiso, in the brig Livonia, which
was in the port o. San Carlos, dischargng her
cargo to return to Valparaiso. In the night OF
May 4th, the deponent, his brother above-men
toned, and Lieut.. Don Lorenzo Diaz, embark
ed on board the national brig Levanle, which
sailed the following day TO Valparaiso. The
Commandant Of that brig pu, on shore the de-
ponent and his brother on The coast of San All
tonia on the 9th inst. at their own requests,
out OF fear that the ship should not arrive soon
enough at Valparaiso, to which they were des
tined; and they arrived on the 9th at nIgh''
Lieut.. Diaz having remained on board because