Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-01-01
HONDURAS:

The editor Of the Boston Daily Advertiser
has received files Of Honduras papers 10 the
2Sth October.
The Legislative Assembly on the Sd of July
last, passed a law for the encouragement Of the
trade of the settlement TO take effect from the
lst Of August, requiring that all vessels ar
irving in that settlement with cargoes or parts
of cargoes belonging to foreigners, to receive
and carry away a full and complete cargo of
mahogany or dyewood, the produce of the set
Element, tortoise shell, sarsaparilla, indigo,
cochineal or hides, purchased therein, under a
penalty Of IS per cent. on the net proceeds of
the cargo inward If the capacity Of the YES
sci is not sufficient TO carry away the above
articles of produce 10 the amount of two thirds
Of the inward cargo, a penalty Of S per cent is
demanded on the difference.
The magistrates Of the settlement have gil
ven notice that a census Of the population will
be taken the present year, and required the in
habitants to make a return Of their families and
slaves.
The imports from Great Britain to Honduras
in the year 1924, amounted to i~Ss2,664 insva-
lue.
The Honduras Gazette Of Oct %, contains
the following intelligence from Guatemala.
"By our lates, advicrs from Guatemala, we
learn that ci,izen Barrundia, the Gefe de Esia-
do, (Which situation gives him the command
of the militia, or some military power) des-
patched a body of troops from the capital, for
the purpose Of opposing the execution OF GER
tain orders Of the supreme government, Upon
which the President ofthe Republic placed the
said Chief, Barrundia, in confinement. This
affair has produced strong sensation Guatema-
la, for although no actual collision of parties
took place, and consequently no blood was shed,
still such divisions tended 10 weaken the state,
destroy confidence and paradise commerce"
A young gentleman Of Montreal, now in Lii
ma, writes as follows under date Of August g..
"This country is a mixture o. all kinds, & more
despotic than that of Russia-lhough every re-
public has its president, as Peru, Chill, Colum-
bia, sc. yet Bolivar is at the head OF all; they
call him their L.iberator, and if he says such
a man must die, nothing can save him. A
prea, number have been shot at Lima for
treason and other crimes; twenty-five were
arrested in Lima a few days ago, most Of
them officers Of high rank, for endeavor-
,ng TO excite a new revolurion-lhey are
mostly Peruvians, and their plea for so doing is,
that the Colombian officers are placed over
them. Bolivar and his army, who are both CO.
lomhians, are in this place. II is true The Co
lombians assisted them in gaining their indie.
pendence, but as the enemy has gone out ofthe
country, the Peruvians think The Coiombians
have no longepsany right 10 meddle with, or TO
govern them: IN fact, every one wants 10 rule,
and no one is capaole-thry are all Spaniards
still They have no rule to carry On business,
neither have they the sense or stability; and /
- L.. .L-s al $500. I'll ..t..
vene, before the country is completely settled.
Some of the papers which make systematic
and unappeasable war Oh the Administrator a,
Washington, still baudy the subject Of the Bib
lard Table purchased for the Presidents man
sion. 1t is a miserable theme Of hostiiity-so
| miserable that We know not how il can BE- deem
ed likely TO produce that effect on the people,
which is ! intended. The questions, OF the West
India Trade, The Congress of Panama, the
scheme of appointments to Office, the history
and mode Of The Presidential elections, the COM
~parative general merits Of candidates, Sc, pos
SIS a certain degree Of consequence and plausi-
bility, and may 5e addressed IL the understand
ing s. 10 the higher feelings s. interests: but the
Other, just mentioned, appeals only 10 tn il
rir of sordidness and littleness, and Can BE- DEEM
ed worthy OF that class OF pc lticians alone, who
prefer to work on mean pre- JUDGES and gross in
credulily. Opposition, tho earnest, implacable
or factious, can yet, by a polite choice oil topics
manner, retain some dignity, and keep, at leas,
apparently, the level of serious and enlighten-
ed patriotism The apti-ministerialists al Wash.
ing,on tn, msplves know how much was lost.
or how little, comparatively, was gained, by the
intemperance Of a few leaders last winter
Loud complaint and endless obloquy in relation
to paitry objects, must prove, in the present
circumstances and dispositions Of the People,
as disadvantageous as furious invective from
those who
s'Swear that their country has been bcaght and sold,
And damn the market where they get no gold"
Philadelphia Nat. Gazette.
NEW MARINE RAILWAY.
The following is extracted from a Providence
paper. The ingenuity of our mechanics is enc
/ SIS: