The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-06

Pae W pbtOO DIV hAS6boou Will gr6at kAcrtnce
Of human life, without comprising say ultimate
object The particulars OF the fall Of this nest
OF pirates 10 interesting. The expedition sailed
from Zamboanga on the 10th February Owing
TO the effect Of strong currents and other conlre
temps, the corvettes Villa de Bilb0a and ilbaino
both grounded on coral reef to the eastward
of the island OF Pangasinan, when the former
vessel commenced making 40 feet of water an
hour. Both vessels were extricated, and on the
26th the expedition sighted Sulo0. Every pre-
paration had been made to offer most formida-
bic resistance A general order having been
iasued. announcing the plan Of attack, the dis
embarkation Of the troops commenced early on
February 28th. The shores, forts and houses
are described as crowded with natives eager to
begin the fray, and three Of them were 80 i'm
petu0us as to rush on the first column oftroops
two Of them were shot, while the third threw
himself upon sergeant, whom he slew with
lance. The frat drawing Of Spanish blood
heated the Imagination of the troops, and the
assaiiant fell amid shower of balls Save this
incident, the troops marched on, regardless OF
the fire Of the enemy their advance in regular
order, Observation-Disclosures narrowing influence
Of the gums, astonished the Suloos. In the
meantime tho three steamers and brig OF war
opened brisk and effective fire on the fortress
ses, doing much execution; the coryettes anchor.
ed on the right, and discharged bombs and gren-
ades in such parts Of the town where masses Of
nativea were seen. The success of the firing
was mainly attributable to the circumstancesof
the engineer officers seating themselves on the
masts, from whence they took the angles of the
forts, &C., and gave instructions for the cleva-
ton Of the guns with degree of accuracy and
precision not otherwise attainable. The fire d.
rected to the left ceased about midday; this d.
vision was under the personal command of the
govern0r-ge general, who made an assault on Fort
Daniel, regarded by the Suloos as the strongest
in the place. On the right the firing was kept
up until half past one.
In advancing to the assault Of Fort Daniel the
the troops barred their breasts and passed on.
The fire from the forts is said to have been in
cessant and tremendous, and the resistance
offered extremely desperate; every inch of
ground was disputed amidst cries of SWIM la
Reina," on the one hand, and the war yell on
the other All their hope Of security lay on
slaughter fearful, each in succession possessing
themselves of the place but eventually the
6uloos were expelled. The Spanish flag was
hoisted on the fortress by Father rascual'
lbanez, priest of the order of Recoletos, who
paid for his daring by being slair. The as
sailants on the right had little to overcome;
the Sultan's and other forts in that direction
had been abandoned. The Sultan, in escaping
from his fort, accompanied by his Datoos and
large force of Suloos, encountered the right d.
vision, which appears to have been panic stuck.
At all events, the officers were, and two colonies
were Immediately after battle placed in arrest,
and will be tried by court-martia for cow
ardice. Had these officers acted with decision,
the Sultan must have been either slain or made
captive, and his escape naturally vexed the in
trepid encouragement The left division
suffered loss OF 33 killed and "a wounded,
while the loss of the other division was sim
gle man.
The defenders effort Daniel fought to the, last
every one of them persisted. The whole of the
forts and part of the town were destroyed on the
same night; the captured artillery, consisting of
100 pieces of ordnance and quantity of ammu-
milton, were embarked. The number of the
defenders slain could not be ascertained, but
must have been considerable. The expedition
then sailed for Zamboanga, leaving the Spanish
flag floating over the ruins Of the deserted city
ofSuloo. Owing to the advanced period of the
monsoon, and the difficulties of following the
Sultan into the Jungle fastnessos, the governor
general did not carry out his promised extermi-
when the time is more favorable.
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REVOLUTION IN CHnI.-The Valparaiso Neigh
Dor, of the 25th of April contains the following
accounts af terrible riot and loss of life at San
lingo:
On Sunday morning, Mt 8 a. M, the battalion
Valdivia, called out by one Colonel Urrioa,
broke into open mutiny, and marched at once
on the armory and barracks of the engineers
These were carried with some loss of life. At
tack was then made on the barracks of the ar
tillery. Here the force OF the skirmish appears
to have centered. The alarm was sounded; the
militia gathered in numbers and in haste
The President the Ministers of the interior
of treasury and of justice, as well as the chief
justice of the Supreme Court were soon gathered
at the palace. President Bulnes assumed the
directions of the National Guard which had rs.
sembled to check the sedition. The munineers
had raised quasi barricadc on the Canada in
front Of the hospital. Col. Garcia was placed in
command of the troops of the line, made up OF
the battalion Chacabuco and the faitful of Vad
via. BY vigorous movements the skirmish was
fore soon brought to termination. And be-
now midday the capital was quit again.
The Santiago paper, Ia Tribunal states that
the number of the killed is between sixteen and
twenty and of the wounded upwards of so.
Col. Urriola, the leader of the insurgents, was
killed; and Col. Garcia was wounded; several
other officers on both sides lost their lives or
were badly wounded.
The decree was forthwith published by the
President, declaring the provinces of Santiago
and Valparaiso in State of siege for forty-two
days, in other words, until the first of June. At
that time Congress is to assemble, and the cleo
tons for President occur in that month CT the
State of siege public notice is giveu in the papers
of this city by the lntendente, who say "Inhn
bitants Of Valparaiso order and respect for law,
and in nothing shall you be made aware that you
are under any unusual style Of government"
THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CCNGREss-The
sixth session of this body is to be held at Albany
the present week. There will undoubtedly be
a fair attendance of delegates from various sec
tons Of the country. Many distinguished re-
formers have resolved to attend OF course, the
State of New York will be fully represented
Our city, too, will not be backward From Mil
waukie, Wis, w. X. Wilson. (who make the
ant for lnnd Limitation in the ast Wscon-