Peru.
The Times, 1824-02-03T00:00:00

Wve hare received several late numbers of the is;Ota, or Colom'.,- biarn Gazette. In that of the 23d of November, We t;nna long anVt intereating description of the public entry of Bolivar intto Lima, together wvth an account of the state ceremonies and legislatirve ceedings which followed it. This successful General, honoured i.t the title of the '" Liberator of Cloniloib," was received with the greutest joy, and treated with tbe most marled respect by all classes of t'ie inhabitants. On the Ist of September he arrived at the port of Callo, mnd " It is impossible," says the Gazetla dCel GoMerno of' nima (whence the Bogota paper qsotes the statement), " to conceive the excess of joy which the unexpected news spread in the capital. A thousand national flags were instantly seen waving in the streevs, and in a thousand manners were expressed oniversal applause, pub- lic hopes. and ardent patriolisTn. The Chief of the ltepublic and its most distinguiisthed officers fdew to meet him. The civic force and the regulartroopslined the approachies: and the people. filled with delight, flockdal from all parts to feast their eyes with the diew ofthe FEERo,rthe striking mnodel of constancy, wto has for so long a time occupied the tongue of Farme with his nante, his struggles, and lhis ictories !" The general impatie'nce which the news of his approach had excited was not allayed till toWards three in the afternoon. when tle proces- sionicame in sight. " Tlhen," says the Gazette, " there was no li- omit to the public ecstacies; and amid the firing of cannon, the ring- ing of bells, and the incessant shouts of the citizens, the Liberator of Colombia was conducted to the matsion destined for his use !" He was there waited upon by a deputation of the Sovereign Congrems, who congratulated hlim on his arrival in the name of the " wlhole Peruvian nation." The President of the Republic,'the chiefs and principal authorities, afterwards accompanied hiim to macs.s "Hfere2" adds the Gazelte, "1 in the midst of the applauses of the people, prayers were offered up for the eternal alliance of the four grand sections of the South Amnerican Continent; admiration was testified towar,ls tIme Hero of Colon3bia, love towards the chief of Peru, and execration towards otir tyrants." " Be thou (afterwards exclaims the writer of the article), be tbou the libe- rator of Pertu, as thou hast been of thy beloved Colombia. Let the world see that South Ametica has its W1rashington; and that the civic virtueg. wvlich have slept in Europe since, in the person of' William Tell, they accomplished the revolution of the Swiss can- tons, have revived'in this western hemisphere." On the 2d of September, when this scene of jubilee had ceased, the authorities proceeded to business. The Sovereign Caon- s,iruent Congress on that day pacsed a decree,-first, nppointing Bolivar to the office of terminaiing thie difficulties consequent on the existence of the government of Riva-Aguero, in a part of the republic, since June 23, and the dissolution of the national repre- sentation: and conferrirng upan himn the necessary powers, and the selection of persons of his conidence for the accomplishment of that enterprise. The preamble to tl.is clecree runs thus: " Desirous of avoiding by all the means whicil prudence dictates, the evils produced by civil discord, especially when there are foreign ene- mies to combat, and having the highest confidenice in the libe- rating Pretident of Colombia, Sinitmn Bolivar, whose protec. tion the sovereign authority has solicited as the only means of consolidating the national liberties since the last atggres- sion of the Spaniards, the Sovereign Constituent Congress has decreed as follows." A subsequert decree, with n similar pre- amble, confers upon Bolivar. under the name of "Deliverer," first, the supremeumilitarv authority Of Perit, second, directorial politicl authority has connected with the demands of wr; antI third, the ho- nours of Liberator or Deliverer iri all the territory of rhe Republic. On the 10th, the "L Liberator o1' Colontbia anti Peru" presentedi himself in the National Congress, and addressed that bh dy in a speech of thanks for their confidence, of professions of zeal tor their semvice, and of admiration at their devotednes,s and heroic resoluior. He concluded bv declaring, " that the soldiers who had come from. the Plate, frotm the Maule, the MalWalena. and the Orinoco. asthe deliverers of Per-, would not return to their native country till they were covered withi laurels-till iliey could pass umtder triutm- phil arches, nor till they colid carry off as trophies the stardards of Castile. They will conquer anii leave Peru free, or they sill die. Tt is I PROmtl sg" To this speech the President replied in .he warmest expreesions of merited compliment. " You appear," said he, " to be elected by Heaven to cover yoar countty n itt benefits, and yourself with glory. Y'ou bastened hither at the voice of suffering Peru. Your tri- utmphant sword annihilates external, and your virtues internal, ene- mies. Give to America that libertv which, majesticallv establish- ed on the book of the laws, is united with order, with peace, wvith justice, and good morals; but make her detest that other liberty whicli is the douible principle of insurrection and ty. rannv. nntl which, nourished by batredl and suspicions, is sttr- rounded with executioners and victims. Liberator, you owe much to your country, and to your name pay this public and sacred debt. Already a thousand pages of the annals of glory are filled .ith your exploits-let the pages which still remain unwritten be in. scribed in the same characters of immortality." The g-reatest enthusiasm was testified in the hall of sittings at the conclusion of these s,peeches. The journalist can scarcely find words to express his patriotic feelines, his adlmiratitn for the Hero of Co- lombia, and his confidence in the ultimate establishtnent of American freedom. PERU T