The Arkansas advocate., 1831-06-15

(ot0nl62d.-Ail the fears ot those who best understood the state of things in Colombia pfiorto the death of Bolivar, and who considered him the greatest benef;letor, if not the only hope, of people unworthy to befree,aFe fast com ing to be realized; insomueh that one cannot look upon the scenes of anarchy and hloodshed which are daily witness ed .in that country, without mingled emotions of pity and horror.
 It is now seen by the eve,at, that the. Liberator, instead, of being, as was al legged by some. the author of all the mis- cries that afflicted Colombia, (for even. HE was unable togive perfect tranquill- ty to a Republic composed of such com bustiBleanl heterogeneous elements, was infact the key stone of the arch which bound the Nation together. By the fa- yor of correspondent, NC have later intelligence (yia the West Indies) than was brought by the Medina; which re- presents the country to be in state Of. greaterconfusion thaneger. Carthagena still held out. but the ultimate success of the insurgents was considered no longer doubtful. Mompox had declared in ! their favor.
 Correspondence efthe Journal q Commerce.
 -, April r, 1891. Intelligence has reached this city ef the garrison of .AIompox having declar- ed in favor of the insurgents, and com. pelled hecRilauthorities 10 do the same. A sort of "Acta" was accordingly got. npi which they declare Mompox inde- pendent of all other Provinces, after the. example of Santa Martha, and as is re ported, of Rio IIacha also. Col Juan Antonio PinereZ has been invested by this Junta with "omnipotent'' powers. to enable him to raise contributions and recruits, and to dispense with all legal forms, in shooting ard expelling from the Republic those whom he may regard as suspicious persons. The cause of Lib ertF is made the pretext for these out rages. Thus the department of Mazda lena has been converted into three sove- reign and independent States; and civil war is raging in each.
 Earthagena, under General Montilla. still holds ont; though since the fall of Mompox, his chances Of eventual sue cess have beon greatly diminished. He contends for honoronly, which would be sacrificed by basely delivering up a city entrusted to his loyalty, as long as he is able to defend ii. Five times within three years, he has in vain petitioned the National Government to be permit ted to retire 10 private life, and now, in return, he is exposed to fall victim to his obedience. He is the only manin fColombia who was appointed to his post by the Congress of Cucuta in fS2l.- He may be looked upon as the last of 1 the Romans: and with him will perish every prospect of future tranquility for the Department of Magdalena, hithcr- to the haFpiest and most moral of the whole Republic.
 Gen. Muguerza who has arrived at fCarthagena, states that it was It. Col. Bustamente and i1;fll;;sttto captain by the name of Mactieslo, and not the Buy tfagas as at first reported, who ,betray- ed their country and joined the stand ard of the murderers of Sncre. On the contrary, Obanda, after occupying the patriotic city of Cali, shot onc of the Buytragas, and three other Captains. called Juan Reyes, 0laya, and Quinte- ra, for refusingto join him. He subse- quently retired to Popayan, to defend that. cit5e against Gen. Lewis Urdaneta. who after receiving the declarations of the whole South from Iumbez to Pasto in favor of the unity of the Republic. wasmarchingt to inhict punishment up- onthe murdercrs ofSuere. Gen. Flores. it was confidently believed, would sur render to Urdaneta, rather than enter into any terms with these men. who still infested with their banditti Patia and Popayan, and consequently intercepteG his retreat from Urdancta.
 The Panama Gazette publishes an oificiai account of a squadron of Hus- sars under General Flores in the South. having risen against him on the 10th Jan. and "lanced'' the battalion Quito which refused to join them. This will give you an idea of the terrible state of crime to which this country is reduced. In fact, every social, moral, and polite al tie is dissolved. The reaction in file sseHth has hitherto tf'iuInplied. in the ex- pectation Of its enabling the liberator to restore order andunion. But as soon as the infefliennce of his Heath arrisroc