Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-23

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the Congress, Joined him and gave him the predomi
nancy. The Congress was dissolved; Z few indivi
daals put in prison, some others baGished. o,he
ministers appointed, and peace restored. This oc.
| cuirence may induce the government to adopt NOR
5vjgorous measures"
Extract Of u letter dated, Santiago de Chi
22d October.
"We had some disturbances here lately, tn,
| object OF which was to remove the Director
Freyere from his place; and, it il said, 10 pu
OHisgins at the head OF the government. These
plans have been frustrated however; Freyert
has all the power in his hands, the troops.as vel
as the greater part of Chill being on his side A,
hrst the disturbances appeateI 10 become very
serious; however, all is settled without blood she'd
ding, and it is now perfectly quiet. Some of the
ring LEADERS have been sent out OF the country.
| The silver mine lately discovered in the neigh
borhood OF Coquimbo, is not by far as rich as was
| FIRST expected
| SANTIAGO. Nov. 22.--Callao is still in the
hands OF the Spaniards. An expedition il now
h''inS out against this port Valparaiso, and will
| leave there in few days.
The Spanish commander of Chloe, published in
August proclamation 10 the inhabitants OF the
district, calling for endorsements sustain the
fortress until December, hoping for the arrival of
ships from SPAIN II disappointed at that time the
Spanards intended declare for the republic, as
many OF them and the nhabi,anss of the islands
were much IN favor ofthe new government. FIeyere
was then on his way to that country with an expe-
| dii'on, and had published a proclamation TO the
inhaoi'ams, promising soon TO elieve them from
| the Spaniardse zeess
BuENos AYREs, Nov. 90 The prvateer
s,u'oeT'Ho mad taken i've prizes--one ship from
Oporto one brig, two smacks, and one small coaster
IRON Rio Grand.. The Brazilian Corvette Maria
DE .1ioria has recap,ured the brig and smack
Their money, however, is saie on board the Gull
lermo.
We are authorised to state, that after the De-
ciaralion OF War by the Emperor OF Brazil against
the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata which
occurred on the 10th December last, the ports of
the United Provinces were by decree of the l7th
december, declared to be in Estate of blockade,
ana Official information of this decree has. been
transmitted to foreign agents. Bali inner.
La GUAYRA.
The schooner Abarills, captain Edwards. came
up last evening, from La Guayra and by this ar
rival we have the melancholy intelligence of the
death OF Robert X. Lowry, Esq. U. s. Consul AZ
that port. He died on the 22d ult on his way to
La Hnayra nom the copper mines near Porto
Cabelo rn
CEARA.
Capt. Davis, from Rio Janeiro, states, that the
brazilian ship of the line Don Pedro Com Jewett
mad arrived at Rio from Ceara, at which place she
TOOK on board 769 Passengers, who LETT on account
Oh the famine, out of which 100 died an the pas
sage, quo were sickw when Capt. d. sailed.
b91 We have received from correspondent the
following communication, which furnisbe, an ex
PLANTATION OF the foregoing article of news and pre-
SCENTS picture Of human suffering and degradation.
seldom it ever equalled.
Passengers in the Don Pedro.-The ascoun,
OF the arrival of this ship at Rio Janeiro. fromCe
ara, brings to mind the circumstances under which
those emigrnnts took passage Previous 10 the
sailing OF Commodore JEWEJ-T from Rio ia
NERO, the President of the province of Ceara of
tered 10 the Emperor of Brazil 1000 recruits for
soldiers, 1t hesvould take them from his Province
where the want OF rain for three mas dried
the livers, and changed The once fertile soil into
sandy desert, on which at present nothing can
grow Tor the susienance OF man or beast On the
receipt OF this advice at Rio, the Government
chartered the Bremen ship Grafznzendorf, and.
loaded her with farnha, which sent as present
TO the soldiers and starving inhabitants OF Cears.
his present was soon follow ed by the Don Pedro,
whose arrival caused more alarm to the inhabi,au
than an Algerre coIsar would TO an unasmed
merchantmen. The day after her arrival, the SOL
ders OF Ceara (na;ive Braziiiians, 200 in number,
were divided into squads of six men, and sent in
pursuit oil recruits. with orders catch and convey
20 prison every free man able 10 bear arms, and
ooys over ten years of age. These ignorant in
human wretches received their orders with pleasure
anu promptly executed them whilst some were
pa'roiins the streets, others were searching the
houses OF their neighbours, and dragging from home
both !ather and son, disregardng all in,reaties.-
otheTs went many miles from town TO oyeriake
wealthy farmers, residents of the interior who hal
oeen 10 market with hides aud were returning with
me proceeds, and took them, sans CEREMONY Ieay-
Ing their slaves 10 to their families VIII the
agreeable intelligence that their masters are them
selves slaves. when any were asked why they
suffered themselves 10 be kidnapped by their own
countrymen, without making any resistance, their
only reply was, q" if the King wants men we must
go, there Is no remedy" When they had collected
IZOO, and chartered Two vessels besides the Don
fedro Tor their conveyance, they were escorted TO
the beach IN divisions of $50, by the soldiers ac
companied by as many disconsoate females. mourn
Ing the loss of their dearest friends, on whom their
existence depended. Many mothers followed their
children from home TO the Jail and beach, solicit,
Ing their release, but without effect instead of anv
satisfactory excuse, they would receive few
blows the head from the swords of those who
were exultnS in the misery they inflicted. Thus
these cowardly, henhearted, soul-less idiots yyer
driven from the place OF their nativity, leaving
mothers and sisters, wives and children, unpro-
tected, to mourn their fate then beg, starve and
die A few weeks after these vessels sailed the
ship Caroco, Capt Pinto, arrived for the same
purpose, and in six days eeded in stealing 400
more, who took their farewell leave of home in the
same African style. This is a " plain unyarnisbed
tale' of ncom rovertible facts, to v hich compar-
isons are imposs ible, exageeraton impracticable,
and comment unnecessary, Salem Reg
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
PHLADELrH1A, Feb. 20.-We are indebted 10
Mr. Sanderson of the Merchants Coffee House