Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-11-10

SoSe VIE anu tnTC8 OCiior Cnlluren remain at
home, and she declares she does not know where he
rs The first discovery Of his having absconded was
made by MI Josen, young gentleman who lodged
IN his house. whom he had induced TO discount bills
for him to the amount of 4oCDi., being almost the
whole of the young mans property. Bills ccn,nu-
ing TO tall due, the whole of his frauds were discover
ed Mr. !os!en has since sued out commission of
Bankruptcy and 1t is intended to proceed to outlaw
ry 1t is not expected that the will nroduce
shilling in the pound --SunGny paper.
LONDON, Sept. 10.
CIL3RGE OF PIRACY
few days since the Lord Snietd transport arriv-
ed in the River from Africa. having The crew of a
pra'lcal schooner prisoners board. They are eich
teen IN number, anonst whom are two Irsiin1en one
Engl'slindn, t'Ho men of colour, four Frcnchn,cn
ana the remainder Spaniurds. They are 4 draA
perate looking set Of men, but are wretchedy clad
and appear 10 be III drporable condition. The on
y witness who has yet arrived is a man of colour II
appears that Commodore Owen. of his EIa5csys shin
Eden at present on the African station, received in
formation in February, 1928, that piratica cor
vcttc under French colours, was on the coast plun
iering vessels of all nations, and had ronc so far s
10 condemn seven vessels at Sierra Leone under the
prctence that she had caught them slave dealiu0
The Commodore, therefore, dispatched his tende1
the Cornelius, in search ofe corvette and the crew
succeeded in boarding the corvette while she was w.
ing OFT the coast OF Calabar. She had French col
ours flying at her mast head. She carried eiobt chr
rage and two long guns, and was we'll adapted for
quick sailing. She styled the Ycnus AT the
time Of the capture the Captain, who was an Eng
lshman, with his chief officers, and alb ,,t thirty of
MS crew. were ashore and upon hearing of the can-
ture, they escaped into the ntesior There were
thirty five board, some of whom had cutInsse,
ana small arms they said the whole ipartv ashore
were armed with muskets and small arms of all kinds
they were on an expedition the nature of which
the prisoners could not explain. The vessel was !,
ballast. and great abundance of ammunition nnf
provisions were found. The prisoners were cenfin
Gu some time i'll The gaol at Fernando Pc, and the
On Nat fa ftc-,,,
Some of the prisoners escaped others died and about
twenty wce put on board the Su6ield to be BROUGHT
to England for trial, but two of them died on The
passage.
The man of color states that he was in n rncrcban;
ship, which was' plundered by the corvette on the
coast of Guinea: she bore down upon them in June
1898, with French colors flying, and having fred two
guns came up and took possession and sold the sh q
and cargo at Sierra Leone. He volunteered on board
her, as he understood some of the men To saw tbav
were bound for St. Bartholomew, or st Y'homass:
he d!d not participate i'll any of their acts.
The prisoners charge the man Of color with havipn
trunped up the charge from motives of REVENGE, and
they say they were justified in making the Seizures
they did, as they were Portuguese vessels engaged in
slave-trading.
1t is expected that they will be examined next week
at the Thames Police Office.
m TROUBLES IN COLOMBIA.-Jhe schooner
ihadueuS, capt. Dayton, in 25 days from Cartbnrana
arrived at New York on Wednesday, bringing Car
gen" PdpeIS 10 the 9th OF October, inclusive
The New York Post says that some considerable no
t!ca disturbances had taken place in Colombia. and
capt Dayton reports that CartlcpcDa was in .,,to
OF great confusion and uproar when he sniled The
oIcd1ion OF TINS was the news of the instruction
which General Gordova had excited in Antionnia Tho
capital OF Cauca, and the intelligence Of which had
Just arrived from Bogota. a handful published M
Carhegena on the 5th of October announcing his
says that the Secretary ofwar anticipates
rom ths event no other consequences than the eviIs
Which the temerity ofits author will brine mon +b
province which has been the theatre of THU
non The same paper affirms that Cordova's marty
III Ahoqua' consisted only of about forty or lfiy per
sons, mat he had been Joined by no mAn of Influence
rlches or note, and that alarm was felt at Boootn
Oh account OF what had taken place.
from another paper of the 9th il apDcars flat ~
attempt had been made by Col. Francisco Urdaneta.
NJ the order Of the War Department. to arrest Cen
CoraoVa, his brother Salvador Cordova and HE
otbeF IN law, tire Governor oftiIc province three
principal leaders of he rebellion Urdaneta withon
L s"slo 9od'Gr ana without any other than his
own activity, had collected party for the purpose of
making the arrest, but his plan bcnr discovered hv
Cordova, he found himself OBLIGED TO hasten IL 90
cuticn lie sent twenty with an officer TO Rio Nc
gro TO Seize CoTdova but the latter OH his guard
ina the plan was frustrated Cordova then rnnIched
Upon the hcden and Urdaneta came out In meet him
out the principle mon of the ncighborlood and the
Hvll authorities lnterfeTed between the coubaf,nt
'nu prevented an engagement. Cordoya agreed to .
guarantee the lives and property of those who had
opposed him. and Urdaneta found himself otired IN
cave the province. lie rcpo.ted that OH his wov
hropgh the province he found the people every where
nendly to the Libcrator ''-'-'
General Cordova had with him his veterans. l;s
~ dc-cdmps, and his brother. lie had collected G,,,,
Militia OF Rio Negro and although these did not OK.
'eed % III number, they were enough to prevent on
1tenpt OF the unarmcd inhabitants against him IL
iaa sent detachment Of 10 men TO occupy Mare.
'olnt on the Magdalcna. where river of tbot r,,
PIes INTO IT. and where Urdancta had stationed him
el ID order TO dispense them ON their arrival TTrdo
eta' IN dispatch to the Secretary of War. siofesl
nut Cordoya had sent bis proclamations to divers
~ @oh9 10 Cuca' and others 20 Bogota, that how
oung men Of Rio Negro that the Inhabitants of,bot
lace had sent to him besecc'iug bis rc,u,n. and
hat with 200 mon ha roclI re9 tic I..o,.',co ~