The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-28
AFFAIRS NEW GRANADA.
The Anniversary Of the Nations Indepen
dence-Liberation of Prisoners, &c.

The following interesting particulars are
gathered from the New York Hsraid's Bogota
correspondent, of August 2o:-
The GROWING circumstance of the war, the
great event OF the declaration of indepen-
dence, was on the 10Th of July; for General
Mos ,ner;t was understood TO have promised
the suffering prisoners and the scarcely less
suffering liberals of this city that the said
anniversary should merit new commemora-
tion by their being set free Oh that day.
w hen he alta 7Iied this same cry in la5t he
was at the head of eleven thousand troops,
tae city being near,y abandoned by It's inhab-
.ants, in conseq quence of the violence en-
pIoy by the usurper Melo 10 obtain recruits
and funds. Now he had not above half that
number, and the streets, though not so
thronged rs usual, still showed a considerable
population, Of which the tyrannicai authori
ties made a Tree use TO increase their forces
up 10 the last moment. For some days Gen
Mosquera had fixed his headquarters at Il
hrZ3blspo 2 small stream w hich crosses the
northern suburb of the city and the cen tralis
army was posted 1T th1 s%t tremity OF the town,
at san Diego, their position being formed by
the convent of that name, some enclosures
belonging TO the same, the high walls of which
they had Ioopholcd, 1t paripet made by the
troops up the slope OF the foot of the noun
tain, called Monserrate, and n similar one
across the road leading iowa DIS the north,
hat is TO Nosquera's position The Pueuta del
fomun, Cepaquira, &G. The uplnion TO MED
by many was that the said pos. ION was much
too extensive for the few trooj The govern
ment had left 10 GeIfniit. Dung the night
OF tbs 17th Gen. Mosquera M Ge All his ar
rangements and before daYbI ak on the 18th
his forces were duly al their pus
The General determined to attack the en-
trtnchTnents OF the enemy, AZ to be certain
Of the triumph there before the other divi-
SONS should enter tbs city. /. least the bat
tie RACED around San Diego from early morn
ing till past noon, when the attacking forces
mad completely gained the day, ana those
whi1a had been posted to the South entered
- rlr Il ftpr ti,a
change of Il few shots. Some troops stationed
bn the Western suburbs made an uncondi-
uOnai surrender, and the Attorney General,
who had taken ulon himself TO govern upon
the expiring Of Usiiua's term, the General
in Chief ana others sought asylum ut the
British Legation, where Gen. Mosquera made
"a call shortly after to assure the Charge d
AHalIeS that tbair lives We're in 10 danger.
In the meantime, those who had taken The
public square, close 10 which is the entrance
10 the common Jail, lost no time in setting
free the innocent victims whom the fallen
Govern mtnt mad CCoDed Up there, Here,
again, 1t is q pleasant duty to record the mo-
deratioa OF these suffering individuals. No
sooner did IL become evident that the attack
ing force must gain the day, than the hume
rOuS guard, Wll;Cl WAS constantly kept mixed
up with the prisoners, at the order of their
comma ndeT, delivered their arms TO Mr. Bra
dilia, the legitimate President Of San ttudeT
as the person most proper to assume authority
over the prisoners, mostly frCm his State
The most influential Of these gentlemen
CANNED and restrained one single Iudi yittual
ot their nun Der, WHO, eXaSptratFi st the long
series of insults and i'll treatment ne mad
ceired at the hands Of the wretch whom the
t;-iian Govern IneIit had m;td,s itior u 20 with
standing, OF lrrnaps the rather. than he WAS
= con GFicteG murderer, wished 10 retaiiate.
IN the pubic square the firing soon ceased,
and immediately aIter the bells of the tttt fer
cut churches began a merry peat to announce
The ciCse Of the reign Of terror, and the he
ginning Oh a new era OF I12te, liberty, and
prosperity.
OI course all the prisoners were set at lib
erty, and Were cordially received by those
friends who had done what they cOuld 10 al
ieviate then suffering ugs-suteriuLs AZ Era v:lted
by unnecessary acts Of tyranny, such as eat
tIng to pieces the small rolls OF bread, acd
even the potatoes, sent them at their meals.
under preteuse OF looking Tor letters. iil-s, Ac.
The streets were full or people, all wishing
one another JOY OF their deliveTence and
thea IL was tnat the impotence OF the con-
servatlye party became evident, although
there were certainly none among the crowd
but they were LuL missed. Il was apparent
that & ridicusousiy small minority had been
disposlng Of the lives ana property OF their
fellow citizens.