Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-10
F<om iS- " y .To11rnGi OF q .inme, &c of J0n.
LATEST EROM COLOMBIA.

LATEST FROM COLOMBIA.
BY tho brig NJ dina Capt II tive have reee'v-
cd complete file of C0rihagena papers from ths
- O. Oc' 10 Dec. 7,h, BngOta papers 10 Nov 23'h'
and he Gazcta de Panema 10 Oct 10Th.
Among the passengers IN The Medina. rs Jorquin
N"squern, late President of Colombia.
Of the . oo0, 900 acres of Wild lands placed at the
disposition of the government in 1895 for the coioni
2Rron OF foreign cmgronts the greater part remains
st,l uuapproprratcd. BN late decree they arc or
dcrcd be Sold and the avas applied to the payment
of The domestic debt.
decree Of the government. dated BoCo'a, Oct.
i9;h, and signed BY Gen Rafael Urdauc'a, Gene
r3j-in-Cheif Of the ARMIES oi Colombia, in tho cNer-
Use # Executive Power-aftcr promising that the
Constitution agreed only the late Constituent Con-
g-"ss of Iogota Is acknowledged BY the Departments
7rd Provinces which adhere 10 the Government. as
ac proper standard BIZ winch IL should be- regulated,
that Congress is not III 10 decide upon such
do not naturally fall within the province
Cf the ExHrutve--that in the absence oil such au-
IN rty, the national will is best ascerancd BY re-
ference Ia existing laws, nne OF which, VIZ that Of
Go h Jnv, IN The llth year at Colombian jnderen-
dcnce, specifies the powers which the Executive may
exercise IN circumstances less urgen, and difficult
than the rresent-and lastly that on account III the
Gsi. of places l. necessary for the government
~ delegate these powers To its subordinatcs winch
are the arms given II bv the Constitution for the
exercise OF IFS tun,tons and the execution OF the
laws
DECLARES
That the government shall exercise the powers
winch we're granted 10 tho Executive by the above
b. corvcnrd:-,hat the Protects of Departments sha
have power % iii up by en'i1rments tho regiments
OF the line. II the Commanding Generals shall desire
it:--nsn to receive contribution in anticipation of
rorular tine Of payment ard If hcSc lot suaici-
en-, TO contract loans the credit of the govern
me0':-aSo to cxpr from the country disnffhcted
persons. whose opinions. acts, and conduct hitherto
may be cons dorrd perjndcia to the rnbIc tran
uuiiily also to call ont militia. and bring them into
hctuei service. If the C-mnanjng Generals desire
ito a1op' such measures rs they may Judge en-
~ len ior the preservation Of good order md
dismiss from [iCe suspected persons, of whom there
- reason to fear hat they will make &C the nlu
ence which their ofiices give them, to disturb the
public arder
\ general order dated Bogota. 14th Oct. strikes
from the nj tarv roll the names of Coils. Jose Ma
ria Gavron and Thomas Murrv. The assign
cd is that they have gone Popavan, to ''under
th" igromnious and bloody fac Of the assassns of
Gen Sucre'
4 Rrgstro Extraordinary Of Nov. 18th states
thu on The Goth Oct so men. officers and 80
mrske;4 belonging the "factiorss'' IN tho Canton
Of Velez (Soc"rro) captured BY de achlnen,
of gov rnment troops On 'hc Goth n treaty was
signed, By virtue ofwhch the said Canton acknow-
lodged tho poramoun: authority n" tho IIbera.or and
Of Gen. Urdane'a a. the acting Executive until Boil
var should take the command. Accounts from the
Department of Canca State that two cnmuanies nf
the Vargas battalion. who then at In<a under
tho Gonna nd Of Manuel Vargas, had declared IN
favor of The lib"rat"r. except three officers who
Immediately proceeded 10 Popayan.
The Departmental Assembly of Cauca. on the 80
Nov. pa Sod resolutions proclaming ssimon Bolivar
President of Colnmtia with the powers necessary
10 re-organze he Rcoublc and to free 1t from the
OWLS in which it is sunk observing the Constitution
md laws far ia absolutely -csnsstent With
thai object Unt!thp Lberator can take tho CON-
mand, they confEr Vt upon Gen. Urdaneta, who is
already in the e>crrise ofexccutive power.
On the receipt this Intelligence Gen Urdsneta
addressed a communication To Gen rvar dated
Bornta. 2ist November, of which the following is an
extract.
Permit me to uEge Excelleucy anew 10 ac-
cepl The trust which six Departments constituting an
undonh,"d majority of the r public (Which vour Ex-
celicncv whiting for haze already conferred
upon you. They have declared in your favor both
by accanation and bv written acts. and from Won
thev cxpect the reorganization Of Columbia its vel
fare happiness and prosperity.
from me NJ. y. Commercial .9dro,-iiser of jan G.