Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-28

the modest title Of President, to dominate o'e'
both with the rod OF a despot. -.
From the time of the PRONUNCIATION OF inc
Constitution. when the intentions and designs
of Bolivar, were made manifest, the Puo.e
mind was in a continued ferment. Inc Paui
otic and meritorious citizens, saw win regrei,
that those principles for which they mao SO
long con,ended. and for which many OF tnem
baa sacrificed their fortunes, were about 20 NC
,rn;h;la,.d-and all their exertions and sacri
Gee, rendered null. They found themselves
,,,bont any resourcc-wiih foreign bayone's at
their breasts, they could only submit IN sienee
i and patiently wait events. YET ho'wi'"s.aoo
ing the apparent submission oi the feru,iun''
10 those Of US who knew the actuai slate 0 y -
public mind, it was very evident 'ha' a"
| sion must soon take place, OUT II ea"e
quarter least expected.
IN m. NIGHT of the 26th Of January, 1927,
The commanders in chief Of theColombian Tor
ces Generals Lara and Sands; and all the ooro
nels and 1t. Colonies who were suspected ORA
yorinp the views of Bolivar, were arrested oy q
suhal,ern officer and about so Colombian Sol
d;ers-early the next morning they were saieiy
LODGED in the castle of Callaa, and about weeh
FER sen, down to Buena Ventura in the prov
;nce of Choco. The city Of Lima was thrown
into GREAT commotion-no one was aware OIL
the chico, of this arrest-of its authors, nor
where il would end-every one dreaded the e@-
cesses Of a soldiery apparently without ehieis-
all was mystery-but ia the course OF !he ua}S
a Colombian officer (BustamentD In oehaiI Vi
himself and coadjutors issued a prociama'io"
informing the people that the late movement
was dictated by a regard for the interests ., .,
their country, and that the citizens OF Lima hao
anorahepd This was followed Og
another in which Bustamenti and his compan-
ions stated shat being entirely submissive 10
! the laws and constitution OF Colombia they are,
determined 10 support them at every FISK
"tbat frightened. at the ominous situation IN
which that republic is placed, by the criminal
proceedings of Gen. Paez and the municiPaii-
lies of Guayaauil, Cuenca, Quito, Carthagena
and Panama, against the Constitution and actu-
al Government in favor Of a dictator and an un-
known code, j.. was impossible without being
guilty of,reason 10 Colombia for them 10 re.
main Indifferent in an affair which concerned
!, the welfare Of all; and that they had offered theiI
services to their government 10 support IL a
| gainst the pretensions Of any innovators. AZ
the same time they declared to the Peruvians
that they would not interfere with any form Of
government they might wish to adopt.
i@~SA--Aanasxnrnrise.o of the people or
10 their wishes, by those whom they had Ions
looked upon as their oppressors, was great in
the extreme. The principal inhabitants Of Ii
, ma Immediately assembled: Peru was declared
10 be an independent nation, and not the patri-
mony Of any man Of family; the Bolivian Con-
s~,i,ution was abolished, and it was resolved
new representatives should be chosen for a &c.
neral Congress, to meet as soon as possible.
A deputation was sent TO Gen. Santa Cruz
then at Chorillos, with the other members of
UNCONDITIONAL cro % 10 ~ N - nua hIc a~ra~t
ance of the Presidency, until the new Congress
could assemble, and couriers were despatched
to the different provinces with the happy lid
ings. The ministers Of state and of the interi.
or resigned their posts, and others were ap-
pointed in their stead. The minister Of war and
marine, Herex, formerly secretary to BOLIVIA ar
and one Of his principal agents inPeru mot think.
ing himself safe at Chorilios, took refuge on
board the French brig Of war Cesne, whence he
went to Guayaquil.
What is very remarkable, the revolution was
effected without any bloodshed, and within 48
hours all was quiet. The true sentiments of
the Limenos were strongly manifested by their
mutual congratulations and by there demonstra-
lions Of joy-all we're pleased and happy in the
change. Up to the LIST of March, intelligence
from the provinces states that the late event in
the capital had met with a correspondent feeling
eNo "PPio'SuV CiCNu0n
OF representatives for the congress was going
on rapidly, and it was expected the new Con.
gress would assemble in Lima in the beginning
Of April.
The movement Of the troops was generally
thought to have originated with Bustamenti &
his friends, influenced by patriotic motives alone
and without the sanction Of any superior author
ity; but subsequent events induce III belief that
the Vice President Of Colombia was the secret
mover of the whole. The Joy he publicly man
Tested when the intelligence reached Bogota
and his official approval and commendation of the
act. are strong grounds for this belief.
From The Albany Daily adteytiser.
DR.. JOHNSON, AND HIS DICTIONARY.
The notices which we have recently seen pub
lished Of the progress of Mr.. Noah Webster's
Dictionary, have recalled some Of the circum.
stances, OF which we remember to have read,
connected with the c0mpjlpu anil DuhI;r.r;n.