The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-15
From the Panama Star, April I'd. 7
NEW ERENA

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THIRTY SOLDIERS Persisted IN THE FLAMEs-sR
HoYEs AMONG THE DEAD-GREAT LOSS ON both
siDEs-DEPARTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT YsSELs OF
| On the morning of March 26th, at G A. M. the
town OF Buenaventura was attacked by party of
between four and five hundred Liberals under the
command of Col. Penrosa. The fight lasted until
| 3 z. NJ. The Government forces were NOT more
than one hundred strong OF these, TWENTY-FIVE
retreated on board the Government vessels Clio
ana Salamandra, in the bay, and opened fire on
Tue town, Killing and wounding many innocent res
ldents OF the place.
retreated to the Quartet, which was well fortified
Delng put up with large wooden logs to the second
oor the upper part being faced by plates of boiler
IRON ported 10 the building Here they took stand
set on lire by Congreve rockets, las some saw or
| by order OF Sr. Hoyes, who commanded the be-
sleget troops, Gas others assert,) those who at
tenpteu 10 escape from the flames were shot down,
| ana the remainder from 30 to 35 men, incluainG
Sr: Hoyes, persisted in the burning ruins.
When Captain Ritchie of the Saranac, landed
on the 18th, two days after the encounter he ga w
iour heaps OF charred and half-burned bodies. and
10 use his own words, 81 think they must have
| chung together and persisted in that way'
After the burning of the cuarte and the victory
OF the Liberals, the Clio and Salamanca went to
sea- ana when last seen by the Saranac on the goth,
We're standing IN the direction of Tumaco
we are glad to learn that foreign propertv was
| respected, and we have heard of no outrage hav-
Ing been committed. When the Saranac sailed On
the 18TH the town W as held by about $50 of the
ioeral troops, all the business houses were closed
and but very few of the inhabitants remained in
town, the majority having fed during the conflict.
| we lurtner learn that the Liberals under Perez
ana Sarchez, with 200 men, were defeated before
Pasto. by the Government forces.
MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON, U. S.A.
ms oifcer, who now occupies the important and
trying position of Commander of Fort Sumter, is
native of Kentucky, and was born September lSO5
On the first day of July, 1921, he entered the Mill
tary ACADEMY at West Point, where he graduated
July the hrst 1873, taking high position in a
large class composed of such as Alexander Dali
las Bache, COL Benjam Huger, Col Francis Tay-
lor, Col. Charles F. Smith, and others, who have
been distinguished as we'll in civil life as in the line
of their profession. His first position was that Of
Brevet Second Lieutenant of the Second ARTILLERY,
July LIST, 1875, and he was subsequently promoted to
Second Lieutenant in the Sd Regiment dated from
the same day.
From May to October, 1882, he was acting In.
sspector General of the Illinois Volunteers in the
Black Hawk war; and it is here worthy of note
that President Lincoln was one of the CAPTAINS
OF those troops. In June, 1888 he was promoted Ist
Lieutenant, and between 1885 and 1887 was AS.
slstant Instructor and Inspector at the United
States Academy. In 1888 he became Aid-de-Camn
to Major General Scott; in the following wear pub
Ished instruction for Field Artillery, Horse and
Foot arranged for the Service of the United States
For gallantry and successful conduct against the
Florida Indians" he received the breyet of Can
tam, bearing date April 2, 1888. July T, 1885, be
became Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank
OF Captain, which he relinqushed subsequent to
being promoted to his capacity, in his regiment,
October, 1S41
In March, 1S47, he was with the Third Regiment
OF Artillery, in the Army of General Scott, and
took part In the siege of Vera Cruz-being one of
the officers to whom intrusted, BY General
Bankhead, the command of the batteries This
duty he performed with signal skill and gallantrv,
ana ne continued with the army until its triumph
fha nitv Of
ioNowlng. During the operation in the valley OF
Mexico, he was attached to the brigade of Gen,
Garland, which formed part of Worth's division.
In the attack in Ell Moline del Rev, on the 8th al
september, where he was wounded severely, his
conduct was the theme of especial praise on the
part of his superior officers. Captain Burke his
immediate commander, in his despatch of Septem
per y, says captain Robert Anderson (attending
held ofhcerl behaved with great heroism on this
| occasion. Even after he had received severe and
painful wound he stood at the head of the column
regardless of pain and selfpreservation, and set
ing handsome example before his men, of cecil
ness, energy and courage"
General Garland speaks of him as being, with
some few Others the very first to enter the strong
position of Ell Molino," and adds that "Breyet Ma,
Tor Buchanan, Fourth Infantry, Captain Anderson,
inira Artillery, and Lieut.. Sedgwck, Second Ar
tlllery, appeared to have been particularly distn
guished for their gallant defence of the captured
| WORKS. In addition to this testimony to his bear
Ing on thisoccasion, we have that of Gen. Worth.
VINO particularly directed the attedtion of the Com
| mander-ln-Chlet to the part he had taken in the
| acton "For gallant and meritorious conduct in
the battle of Molino del Rev." he was promoted 10
| the brevet rank of Major, dating from September
., lo4i. october D, 1857, he was promoted to the
position of the First Artillery, which he now holds
.Io THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. The Boston Jour
nat OF yesterday has done us the honor to whine
about our appeal to the people of America.
Inc summer sun of the departed year did not
snlne upon country so happy, prosperous, so
lree as massachusetts,. No one now invades our
oorders, our property is protected our persons are
ree; put the direst calamity which Providence per
mlts to ahlict the human race has fallen unon ne
ana we are to suffer from the horrors of civil war
| ms Is the bitter bread of Repubcanism The
| journal and its party have led on mad furious
crusade against the South because they hold slaves.
IL TOOK various forms; sometimes as the freesoil
Party-sometimes the form of the Chicago platform;
put III was always the same unreasoninp ilnreason
aole aoStraction-oppostion to the South because
| they held slaves.
1t began in the cant and hypocrisy that the peo-
PIE OF tne North were holier than the planters of
the South, and had the right in their immaculate
purity to lecture them from the pulpit the lyceum.
the political stump and the party press upon their
| sins against humanity.
1t is ending in the madness which is now plung-
| ing us into civil war. But enough.-Boston Cou-
| rier, april Is.
THE New PLANET AND A CoMEr.-Mr Bond, of
the Cambridge Observatory, makes the following
| additional announcement as to the new planet and
a comet:
"The planet discovered at this Observatory, on
the morning of the 10th instant, by Mr.. Tuttle,
was observed again last evening. In the interval
of 20 hours, it had diminished its right ascension
by SO seconds, and moved North, in declination,
minutes.
u, IL received this morning, from Mr. Albert E.
thatcher, of New York, an announcement of the
o,se.pvery OF comet, in the constellation Draco,
| on the evening of the 4th inst
Deoie tne receipt Of Mr.. Thatcher's letter.
ass,sd 10 tne New York Herald of the 9th bad sug-
udics. IA of the quarter of the heavens
.h s The comet was found last evening and
1ns following position obtained, with the micro
April 10th, l1h., 3lm, 42s
comets Right Ascension, l7h, I'm. 40 7es
Defamation, S<599, 3O/, 1857.
ob,srvatorv Of G P, l,oND.
April, llth. 1861.
SpFF.R1Nas OF THE PILGRIMS TO THE WHITE Housr.
The ashington States and Union saws. sTbe
distress prevailing among this unfortunate class is
truly lamentabe. A number who came here with
bright anticipations, find themselves, after two
weeks soJourn, out of money and without friends.