Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-09-29

'ectlons' whiie the passive citiziis oukc "a, s-,,t
were sometu'ng that did not concern th..:n i,, an
e. e oiucks were but handful III c,lupa RS ON tn
those To whom they were about TO give laws THO
people could have extirpated them whou, much ,ron
Die. But to return to my story All the suor,iin,,
9fhcers OF government are displaced, and others of
l1avaie $ choosing supply their places. Meart;m,.
Dorrego flies the country in order to rail-, h.; .n
herents and rcinstate himself in Office News come,
that he has collected hundreds of the country
nehs ana VIII soon be in Buenos Aryes. Of course
iavaiies power will fall, unless something il pronpt
~ done. With his black veterans he ross in -onest
OF Dorrego. Brown, Irislman of no tslerts or
merit, f you except that fixed resolution of all nj
rates to fight to the last is appointed to sunrem,
command by Lave during his absence. Thirteen
days alter, word arrives that in an encounter with
Dregos force the latter is entirely defeated; maay
kheu Dorrego is made prisoner, and shot by La
Vaes order IN cold blood, after giving him one hours
notice OF the fate that awaited him. This was done
without even The form of trial. Lavalle returns
victorious to Bucnos Ayrcs BY his simple authoritv
laws are made and unmade He confirms sentence
OF banishmrnt on more than $50 persons who were
hoste 10 MS cause; many of whom are the first peo
PIE or the place Some are sent to Martin Garcia;
others to the coast of Patagonia. BY the sa me an
thorlty, and for the crime, twelve persons in
Guiding Major, are publicky shot in the n,arkcs
Pioces of 8uenos Ayres at different times.--In this
state OF things remained during the months of De-
cember, January and February. Accounts now ar
rive that Santa Fe, Cordova, Entre Rios and Corr;
entes are preparing for war against Lavale and his
taction Santa Fe Is nearest at hand, and is the most
formidable. Its Governor lopez is also mill
tarJ man. Its situation is North 100 leagues from
nuenos Ayres. Lavaile and his black heroes aeein
harch. lie intends to act the same part in Santa Ns
as he had done in Buenos Ayres. Brown reassnmes
command; he too makes and unInalses laws of plea
sure. All the while, these miscreants stye them
selves republicans; the carnage and havoc thew do is
only the work of regene alton! Lavalle proceeds
North with tie ''grand army" and enters the Pro
vince of Santa Fe with 1000 men. An expedt;on %
sent by water to hs aid. He arrives rs Ieapuea from
Suenos Ayres, when he detaches part of his men to
! nm fbo IS Hi
generation IN that Province. Another mart of HE
f'rce is South quell some disturbances of the
country people and Indians, who by this time had Ia
Ken the field under Rosas, officer who had been min
.ster of war during the administration of Dorrepo
fhey fall into an ambuscade the party that Laynle
sent South, four hundred in number) and are
nearly all killed by Resas About the same
time the exiles 1.-TWO huudred) who were sent to
Martin Carols, rice on the garrison, kill the COM
nlan1cr, get possession of coasting vessels and
join their comrades in the field. These disasters
hurry Lavaie to Buenos Ayres; he leaves Santa Fe
Without being able to accomplish any thing. Lopez
with an overwhelming force follows him. They mees
leagues from Buenos Ayres Lsvalle is worsted;
loses his horses, (which in South American army
are every thing) and with the wreck of his army
takes a post within the town where eyerv house
| is fortress Martial law is proclaimed All the
avenues TO the town, are made impossible; COM
Unmcaion IL permitted with the country under pain
! OF death. All public onices are closed; no news
papers printed; every one under arms. Beef sci.
Ing from five to ten dollars per arrota les lbs;
per barrel. Nothing heard seen but arms and
armed men, Such has been the state of Buencs
Ayrcs for many days past. In the mean time the
Aiontoneros ESQ the party outside are termed0 are
not Inactive For the last two months they have
continually lowered around the city. Booty and VEN
geance is their motto. They all horsenen and
badly armed Many of them have no other weapon
than long knife made fast the end of stick with
slip of raw hide; yet they superior in numbers,
and what is Of greater Importance, have good horses
and plenty of beef Almost daily they make a dash
INTO some ofhe outskirts of the town. kill some ten
| or twenty persons then withdraw with whatever
piunder may be at hand. In these skirmishes they
come off best on account of their superior horses
lhe killed they strip and dsfgure in the manner of
the North American Indians. On one of the occa.
sons these ''Friends of Order lost eleven men, On
one day attack is made at one extremity of the
town; the next, at the other; sometimes in three
places at In short we are completely besef
AT present we are living the working bulIocks,
| which are about finishing. When they are coBsum-
ed there is other resource but the horses which
are lying about in all quarters dead and dying.
| The New York American states, that, within few
years, million Of dollars have been lost in steam
boat organizations on the Hudson river.