The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-04
Intclligcnce from Curac0a-The Landing 81
Gen. Paes-AHAfrs Of vencuuela.

IUeelllgcnCf from COraDOa-Tme AoDm02 81
Gen. P~es-AHAirs Of vencsaela.
CvRAcoA, Sept IA, 1913.
On the 18th ult, l wrote you that we could ex-
pect General Paex here In few days, from 81
Thomss and on the 9th Inst, we had, at daylight
a signal made for steamer to the eastward. which
coming down. and when abou, three miles to
windward OF this port, we made out to be the Au-
gusta, OF New Orleans, from 81. Thomas. At 9
A. M. she entered the harbor, when, repairing on
board, / met ard was introduced to General Paez
and sute-among the latter, General Fernandez
and Colonel Castijon. This arrival created great
sensation, and the General was at once waited
upon by all the respectable portion of the Venezue
lanos, who escorted him in body to the house
prepared for hum by his family. Hardly had he
got there, ere the Governor of this island sent an
officer, and offered HIM guard of honor and an
ordnance officer; this the General saw fit to de-
cline now learned that on he following day we
might expect the return of the constitutional feet,
orders having been sent to them from the General,
at st. Thomas, TO repair and meet him al Curacao,
where he would communicate with tnem The
next day, at A. NJ, signal was made tor fleet
of seven schoopers and one corvette, to the east
ward At 81 A. NJ they hove to to windward,
(about mile from this port,) and communicated
by signal. Al this time, observed the Governors
punk, with an officer in it, going Tor General Paez,
who, at 10 O'Clock, accompanied by his suite and
a large number of Venezueanos, paid his respects
in person at Government House. Hete he was
most courteously received, and the Governor (Es-
seD paid him marked attention, stating that he re-
GREETED that the present state OF affairs IN VeneZue
la prevented him paying those courtesies due to
the rank OF so distinguished person, &c &c.
This was going as tar as circumstances admitted.
After a halt hour the General r,tur2ed; and at
10 80 the pilot came In, accompanied by boat
from the corvette, on board of which were three
officers, who, after communicating with the Co
vernon, went TO report to the General. AT ii A.
NJ, second boat entered, bringing in the Hon.
HemeneJlldo Garcia, who was at the time an in
valid. but who has since recovered. Crowds ga
thered around the crews of the boats, IN order to
obtain information, but none waste be had from
them. At II 30 (uews having been communicat
TO the fleet of General Paez's arrivaD the Cells,
Qate the Constitutlon,) was seen approaching the
harbor, the very entrance of whce she came in
gallant style, colors flying and rounding to, Il
who was in person giving the command,) and fired
salute. This was followed up by the whole
fleet, all most gayly deckcd with colors, &C., and
the handling of which vessels evlnced the spirit
| edness of those on board. They were all crowded
with men; and now for their cruise.
1t appears that at RIO Caribe they received on
board Commandant Pena and fifteen men. who
came there from the mountains of Paria, to effect
their embarkation. Here and at Carupano, Gul
ria, and Margarta they received volunteers to the
number of upwards of four hundred men. On the
Sd INST, at A. M. they anchored at &C Juan Gre
CO." port on the north side of the island of Mar
garta, and about three leagues from the capital
Asuncion-which they inendeded attacking. At ii
o'clock they had $50 men ashore; when to leeward,
the government fleet was slgnallsed beating up.
They therefore abandoned their plan and embarked
those they had landed, and in line of battle they
stood on wind to the eastward. The next morn
ing at daylight they met off Los Sestgos," to
northward and eastward of Margarita. There,
agree to the orders of General Paez, they did
not give battle nor did they avoid it but held their
own the vessels of General Paez, consisting OF
seven schooners and one corvette-mounting all
told twenty -oDe guns, and having so many men on
board (about 1000) that General Paez had thought
best to issue such orders from St. Thomas. The
fleet of General Monagas consisted of SIX briggs
and four schooners, and mounting fortythree guns.
A few shots were fired by the COmmodores YES
sci of the latter upon the ;malest of the schooners
(Ses of Febrero) of the other squadron, which,
with her one gun, returned shot tor shot. At night
the constitutional squadron stood to the northw
and then to the westward, and on the morning of
the 5Ih at A. M they again met the others at the
| RoquIs, but no fighting ensued. $50 much for
| Commodore Bernard having been placed in oom-
mand OF the latter) At nj chit they again stood to
| the northward and westward, and appeared as
above stated on the 9th, off this island when at
PIP. M. the bark or corvette fired national sa-
lutte of II guns, hauled down their colors, and at
night set sail for Maracaibo.
On the 10Th ult General Carabano was shot dead
at the head of his men, when about to enter Carl
AGO. The person who fired the ball is not known,
but friend at Caracas says In letter to me, that
1t IS supposed by the government to have been the
work of some of the Rendon party; 10y the by,
this Rendon one of the candidates for the Vice
Presidency at the meeting of electors in October
next, of which latter body, and senator, he now
is) This is serious blow for them, and will
! have its effect.
About the 18th ut, the garrison at Los Puertos,
fronting Maracaibo, went over to the castle. OF
San Carlos-they consisted of 35 men, cavalry.
Colonel Andrada had sent from San Carlos de-
tachment of 60 men to Carabuya, and surprised
the garrison there, consisting OF 30 men, AZ of
whom he captured, ltwo escaped0 and also %
Colonel CastellI, on the 9Th inst, was still In
command OF Maracaybo He had just discovered
a conspiracy against him among his own officers,
viz:-frst Commandment Aguado and six others. He
put the former in prison, and II is supposed he has,
| ere this, been shot. The other SIX were sent of
by water, to be tired at Merida, and were captured
on the way by the lake squadron. Desertons are
daily taking place, and the next account will be
the, fall of the town, and happy will it be for all
| those residing there, native as well as foreign
the former of whom are daily undergoing persecu
| tons in the way OF lmprlsonments, until such
| forced sums as Castell, In his WISDOM may have
affixed against them, are paid and the latter 10
every way In which II can suggest Itself to Caselli
| Throughout the country prosecutions continue.
| On the 2lst ult, foreign merchant, from Mara
| calbo, was about to embark at La Guayra. for St
! Thomas. when he was arrested; letters, of which
he the bearer, opened and he is to be tired for
conspiracy against the government It will fall
to the ground, as there is nothing to convict him
| of sucn. While In Caracas, last month, servant
| OF one OF the hotels was arrested and imprisoned
for some days.-Charge, conspiracy, which con-
! sisted In making some trfng remarks of General
| Paez. A few days after at Puerto Cabello, a Ger
man merchant, alluded to in my last as having
been fined one hundred dollars for tearing the dec
| Grafton from his door the occasion OF the en-
trance into that city of General Monagas, was
similarly charged. This consisted in his having
been accused OF asking government employee niue
dollars hundred for iron, If wanted for individual
use, and hundred and nine dollars, iffor govern
ment He wac arrested and imprisoned for some
| days, one Of which was in dark dungeon, exclu-
In hin, NJ ahout Gy. doIla f,v