The Arkansas advocate., 1831-12-07
SOUTH AMERICA.

~ SOUTH AMERICA.
 Col0mbsa. There has been anobEr Iilisnffeetiofary movement at Cartila sss..ss Ina. General Obando, the assassin oi Gen. Suere, had seized and contiseated S200,g00 belonging to q Nlr. Mcclure, Ia British merchant. The british nil.- lister, al Bogota, had without effect de manded tie restitution of the property |Obando marched upon the capital, q battle ensued between the government troops, and q corps commanded by Slo- reno. another chief like Oba4do. Mo reno was successful, and murdered the prisoners in ceid blood. 4 general amnesty was iormed, and the constitu- ton of 1890 declared as the law of tue Hand, but Obando no sooner took pos session of the capital than he violated |the convention. Gen Urdaneta, who has been at the head of the govern |menf since the death of Bolivar, was arrested, and, together with his officers. sent out of the country. Several Eng lishmen and English merchants were banisned. The greater part of the gar rison were thrown into dungeons and the rest baaished. The British Con- sal, air. Watts, was grossly ntsulted.
 i'he sshmus of Panama had declar- ed itself Independent of Colombia, and t'anama was n the hands of the insar. sents.
 English and American merchants are advised to make no shipments du- ring the present state of affairs.
 NEW ioRk, Oct. %.
 Ifoas Cofopa6aa.--' he brig Madira 4as brought advices from Cartfageua up to the lst of October. That part Of the republic of Colombia. called the lsthmns, has been redueed,by the expe- dltion against 1t, headed by Gen. Isu. iiies. e4ltY-one individuals who fell Into his power have been shot for re. bellion. Among these were the lead CTS, Alznra aud ITrdaneta. Col. Hand. an Englisliman by birth, and command e} of the Castle and port of Cfagres. IS expected ta share the same fate.- The e-President, Caicedo. still ex. ercises the supreme scommand al Boge- ta. 3y degreewf the 27th of Au gust, he had annulied the acts of the administFationof Urdaneta. and reyok- ed his appointments ta office.
 
 Pdrtlcuiars of thc lote L4sarrectson n Peraanabuco. The schooner Rreakwa- ter has arrived at Stonington, Con-. from pernambueo, whence she sailed on the .27th September. The Stonington pha- nix,on the authority of passengers, thus describes the disturbance:
 "Three battallions of regular troops mutinied and took possession of the ei- fy, plnnderlng 1t for three days. and slaughtering numbers of the inhabitants 1t is supposed that the operations of the military were instigated by one of the numerous political parties which HOW .distracl the country. Being without leaders or any regular organization. the brutal soldlery were quelled by for |eign residents and the citizens. Those wlio escaped the fire were arrested and put on board vessels, to the number of a. bout TOO. The amount of property plundered was estimated at two and a half millions Of dollars. It is supposed that foreign merchants will be the prin- cipal sufferers. The country being in such distracted state, and all conf |dence destroyed. Mr. Mansfield. the A. meriean Consul, issaid to have despatch led orders torthe immediate approach ol avessel ot war 10 protect our commerce. Inc English Consul also had sent for two iflgates. One of our iisfornar.ts. who was on guard at the Consul's office durlng the atlray. states asa fact. that several shots were fired through the American flag, and into the building