Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-26
Extract of letter to the editors of the American
their dnt cd

the ARRIVAL oil the Thomas Gibbons with 5000 barrels;
the Rebccca, from Bahia, with 1dO0 barrels and the
George z. Stevenson with 900 barrels. ii NAV be
quoted at 20 2NOOO per Dbl and should no more
rive, 1t NJ" get up l 10 more our advices Of 18th
FEBRUARY, from England, quote it at &c 49s; con-
Scqucntiy we do not anticipate much coming for
ward There 10000 barrels in fist hands The
British Packet arrived here to-day from Bucnos Az
res, bringing dates to the 9th ut. The Government
had fitted out an expedition against Santa Fe,
sistng of 5000 troops and considerable naval force.
Should this expedition prove successful, we have
strong hope thai the government of Buenos Ayres
will become settleG;- accounts from there seem
! to be buoyed up with that hope,
Our National Assembly was convened and opened
by his imperial majesty on the I'd inst. We were led
to expect 1t was from demand having reached this
government to make good the claims of the British
Government respecting the prizes taken in the La
Plata The thirty days previously given, having eS-
pred, the English Admiral arrived off the port with
orders to make reprisas to the amount oftle claims
provided this government did not give ample sasiac
ton. This circumstance, Combined with the affair
OF the landing of the Portuguese refugees at Tece-
IA, has caused the English to be loudly complained OF
by the old Portuguese. However the emperor's
speech will shew that they wrong in their con-
! lectures.
| The Emperor is vexed with the Assembly for not
acting more promptly on the state of the bank, and
for not supplying the government with money to get
out of the labyrinth in which the war has involved
ut The Assemblyfs to prepare the natives for tax
alton. We look forward with anxiety to the ord
nary time ofupcnng the Cortes, the Sd ofnext month
when we will be able to form opinion as TO the
future state Of things 1t is the intention of row
ernment TO take the aff ms fthe bank into its own
hands and make the paper circulate all through the
Brazl!s, which will certainly have very good ten
dency although its circulation at first will not be
universal
| April 6: Arrived brig Rcbccca, via Bahia, with
400 barrels Flour"
| MEXlCO-By the ship Virginia, Collins at New
TX from Vera Cruz, the editors of the Morning He
raid have received city of Mexico papers to the 18th
Aprii inclusive. Com Porter was still at Veya Cru,
but soon to leave for the capital having been called
there by the government consult in relation TO the
Navy. He had previously asked leave of absence for
the United States but had not obtanedit The conn
try generally tranquil; the new administration
had inst commenced, and the result of their me
remains to be seen.
a Mexico paper ofthe t7th. cortains list of the
names OF 1874 Spaniards, who had been snppIied by
government with the means to enable Them 10 loo W.
the country under the act of the Goth March amount
ING TO 1850 dollars.
! postscript in the Espiratu Publco of the 10th of
April announces the resignation OF Gonzales Anguio
1s Sccretnry OF State and tieappointnent of ST. Ia
vaa Governor of Mexico, III Misplace. The duties
OF the Office were performed by St. Montezunia the
Secretary Of War, until St Zaiva could settle the af
'aIrs OF Governor. The appointment appears to give
general satisfaction
! ltaPpears that the attention of the Mexican ro-
Verhnent Is now directed TO the promotion of educa-
ton by the establishment of Schools on the iIapcas
terIan principle III the several Suites.
Treaty Of Peace bstcee,s CoIonbig nm Perm
! We received intelligence by the sch Sp,e,GiJ
which we Published on Tuesday last that peace had
been concluded between Colombia and Peru and
were yesterday obligingy fdvuurcd with Il Jamaica
paper OF the 18TH nit. containing the Convention en-
tered into by these powers on the 9th Fab last at
iron, to the basis of deinitive treaty of
peace and approved by ne Colombian General Svcye
and by the President of Peru De Iu Mar ON tho g,
fI-io- ,,fE y
are those which declare that neither poyer shall
interfere with the government of the other that the
independence OF the Bolivian Republic is ackno,yI-
edged that the Peruvian arTt.y shall evec5,sts .o coil
OF COLOMBIA within twenty days that the pleniponr
tiar!cs on both SIDES shall meet at GuayaGiil in Nav
to form detinve treaty ofsiliance onanst all fcT
egnnyasons; and lastly, that the blockade against
the Colombian ports shall cease on the dav or ob;
the commissioners shall meet at GayaGuiI TO settle
the details Of the dcfinitrye treaty
The most important part of the convention =, re
IS that which raises the blockade of the Colombian
ports and or course takes of the trammeIs now inn
posed on our commerce with these ports and as bv
arttce y, our government is to he requested to act az
q incubator, ana guarantee the dcfnitive treaty
- no "o"oC mat our intercourse with both coun-
tries VIII become more frequent and valuable
The lighting appears TO have been desperate and
INC slaughter OF The PeruvianJ very great ACCORDING
70 the Columbian account, 5000 Peruvians were heot
en- by 1000 Cojombians.
gentleman who resides st KircccIe,o Iyo.o,,.b;r,
England recently had in his stock a COW which nro3
duced twentyGnc calves, three hundred hhds OF
MIX, ana four tons OF butter, the value of which
might ne fairly estimated at $500. When killed.
the lat OF this wonderful COW weighed more than the
lean and bones altogether
,-,,o, LgxNeyoa, lBy) May l3.
IKE. Burning IF IyaosyipoTis,
painful task record the dcgIetjon ofour bca,,;fl
Lo''Se ehGe the PrcpaiUding of 1ransyvana tnvcrs-
y, Oh oanTddy night last Tke fire the third
story near the CENTRE and supposed near The ai,Uase of
ire Curia was discovered few minutes before y ocjooE
out ron inc particular location 81 It's commencement it must
nave ac considerable progress before became visible with.
out Inc surnts and professors who lodged in the third sto-
~ were ony aDe such was the rapid progress levourrg