, .,.. ‘ ... . FROM THE PROVIDENCE Joumun. ‘John C. ‘Hamilton was executed in Ken- mcky gr ‘few years since, (t8l7,) for the murder of Doctor Sanderson, ofNatchez, Mississippi. A man has gecently been executed in Mobile, who confessed himself the murderer ofSand-. erson, and declared that Hamilton was inno- _ ceiit.’-——»S'oulhern paper. The annals of judicial proceedings rarely afford a report ofa trial and execution, ofa -niore extraordinary and distressing character than thi.s, and it should be universally circula- ted, that judges and jurors may be giiardeda gainst condemning supposed culprits on cir- cumstantial evidence. Young Hamilton thro’ life had supported an unblemished ‘character, and obtainedthe love, esteem and admiration of all who had tli,e pleasure bf his acquaint- ance. As is common with the young gentle- men ofKeuLttcky, he was in the habit ol_'spend- ing the winter season in the more genial clim- ate of Mississippi. On his return from a win- ter residence in that quarter, he a_ccideutal.ly fell in company with Doctor _Sand‘e.rs_on, who being in ill health, was journeying to the celebrated watering place_at Harrods- burg Spa, with hope of ‘recovering his lost health, and as he was anxious to make some- thing ont ofhis pilgrimage he took with hirii a large sum of money, with which he co_n'tein- ‘plated purchasing negrues on speculation.’-— On his way tip the country, liis-iutfirmit1estn- creased, and as he was apprehensive he might expire on the road,he committed totlie charge ofHatni.lton his treasure, having in. his short acquaintance discovered that he was worthy ofnnlimited coiifltlence. In a few days how- ever, his indisposition abated, when he pttrsu- ed his journey, and finally arrived in safety at the residence of Hamilton, in Barren county, Ky.wliere he remained during the summer, and received from his young friend every mark ofcourtesy, attention, and hospitality. In the month of October, Doctor Sanderson made arrangements to depart, antfon taking leave of his hospitable host, young Hamilton accompanied him several miles on the road, anti then took an alfcctioiiate farewell. Ten or twelve days after, as souie hunters were ranibliug through the forest, they discovered the body ofDoctor Anderson in a state ofcor- ruption, shot in several places, and mangled in the most shocking m21l1Il€|‘- AS H'rlmlll0" was last seen with liiui, and as it was known that he had from time to time, made use of sums of money, originally the property of Sanderson, suspicion fell on his head, and he was arrested. tried and executed. Previous to his arrest, he was advised to leave the couiitry, to avoid danger, but as he was conscious ofhis innocence, he disdained to take a step which would cast a cloud ofob- loqiiy and disgrace upon his character, and resolutely ieniaioed at home. As the inliab- itauts ofihe country were divided in their 0- pinions as to his guilt, the affair gradually died away ; but l-lainilton being anxious that a tri- al should take place, firmly believing that in such an event, his reputation would remain uuspotted, he solicited at the hands of justice at trial, which to his astonislinient and sorrow closed in his condemnation. The only evi- dence against him was circumstantial, viz. that near the body ofSanderson were found a bloody pairof paiitalootis, and a pistol, both bearing the naiue of Hamilton. Through the whole of the trial be manifested that fortitude and determined coolness, cliaracteristic ofin- nocence, and expired with a full conviction thattlie real murderer would ultimately be discovered. When on the scaffold he took a manly leave ofthe world, expressed not the least regret for his fate, but lamented that his misforluties would cloud the prospects ofhis family, and shed an indelibl_e disgrace on his memory. Thus through the weakness ofthe law, was an interesting young man and a wor- thy citizen hurried from the world, and dooiii- ed to expiate on the gallows, that crime, coni- iiiitted by the hands ofa villain and assassin.—— It may be proper for the welfare ofthe world, to pass sentence on the accused, on the au- thority ofcircuuistafitialevidence, butit would be far better by statute, to aniiul the practice; and it was the opinion of Lord Hale, that it were better to suffer ninety guilty persons to escape, than to punish one that is innocent. INDIAN WAR-The following extract ofa letter froui Major O’Fallon, U. S. Agent for Indian Affairs, dated ‘ Fort Atkinson,Ji.ily 8d,’ confirms the late intelligence of the hos- tilities ofsome ofthe Indian tribes. ‘The defeat of Gen. Ashley by the Ricka- rees, and the departure of the troops to his re- lief, had scarcely gone to you, when an ex- press arrived, aniiouncing the defeat, by the Blackfoot Indians, near the Yellow Stone riv- er, of the Missouri Fur Conipany’s Yellow Stone or Mountain Expedition, commanded bv Jones & Iinniell, both of whom, with five of their men, are amongst the slain. All of their property, to the amount of about 15,000 dollars, fell into the hands ofthe enemy. To add to Gen. Ashlcy’s catalogue of mis- fortunes, the Blackfoot Itidians have recently defeated a party of 1 l, and killed 4 of Major Henry’s int-ii, near his establishment, at the mouth ofthe Yellow Stone river. The ex- press goes on to state that many circu nistances have transpire-i to induce a strong belief that the British trad:-rs (Hudson Bay Company)sire exciting the Iridiaiis against us,to drive-us a- way,or reap with them the fruits of our labors. Imiiiell had great experience of the Indian character; but, poor fellow, with _a British passport, they at last deceived him, and he fell a victim to his own creduligy, and his scalp, with those ofhis murdered comrades, are now bleeding on their way to some ofthe Hudson €.‘~.titl)liSllll‘lelJl.3. .-')tllt)liil-Ll‘ of Gen. Asliley’s wounded men is dead, ma king 15 men killed, by the Rickarees, and -it by the Blackfoot In- dians, within the last slurs months; andl estimate the ainoutitof property actually lost in the conflicts at 320,000, besides a _ great number ofhorses. The Ottoes,Missouries, Ginalias and Panis have been to see me, and as usual profess great friendsliip, but with the rest of the ni,=.igliboring tribes, are anxiously looking and listening to know how we [the A- inericaiis] are going to get out ofthe scrape. I am at this uioniciit interrupted by the ar- rival of an express fioin the military expedi- tion, with a letter from Mr. Pitcher, whois at the bead ofthe Missouri fur compaiiy,in which he says, ‘ an express from the Mandans brings me very unpleasant news ; the flower of my business is gone. My mountaineers have been tlefeated,zind the chiefs ofthe party both slain. They were attacked by.3 or 400 Blackfoot iii- ’di-.ui's,iii a position on the Yellow Stone river. Jones and Iiuniell and live trieii. are killed.-— ] The former fought desperately—-._Ioiies killed two iiidians and in drawing his pistol to kill a third, he received two spears in his breast. Immell was in front; he killed one Indian, and was cut to pieces. We shall lose $15,800.’ Cincinnati, Ohio, flag. '9.-—We understand that Gen. Gaines, immetliatelyon hearing ‘of the attack on Gen. Ashley’: party, on the 2d June, by the Rickaree Indians, at their towns on the Missouri River, dispatched two steam boats from Louisville to Baton Rouge, for 500 regular troops to be transported to St. Louis as soon as possible, and from thence to be sent tip the Missouri, to protect the defence- less settlements. DEFEAT or-' Pl!l.ATES,01l the south side qfC’zz- bit, by this U. S. ‘ecfirs. Greyhound and Beagle. KINGSTON, Jam. July £8.--TheU.S.schrs. Greyhound and Beagle, Lietits. Kearney and Newton, ar. at Port Royal on Saturday. They left Thompson’s Island seven weeks since and on the Etlst came to auclior off Cape Cruz, and Lieut. Comd’t. Kearney went in his boat to reconnoitre the shore, when he was fired on by a party of pirates, who were concealed a- mong the bushes. A fire was also opened from several pieces of cannon, erected on a bill a short distrince off. The boat returned, and five or six others were manned from the vessels, and pushed off for the shore, but it ve- ry heavy cannonade being kept up by the pi- rates on the heights, as wellas from the beach, the boats were compelled to retreat. The two schrs. were then warped in, when they discharged several broadsides, and covered the landing of the boats. After a short time the pirates retreated to a bill that was well fortified. A small hamlet, in which the pi- rates resided, was set fire to and destroyed. Three guns, one a four pounder and two large swivels,with several pistols, cutlasses, &Lc.and eight large boats were captured. A cave 150 ft.,' deep, was discovered near where the lions- es were, and after considerable difficulty, a party ofseamen gotjto the bottom,wliere were found an immense quantity of plunder, cori- sistiiig of broadcloths, dry goods, female dres- ses, saddlery, rc. Many human bones were also in the cave, supposed to have been tin- fortunate persons who were taken and put to death. A great many of the articles were brought away, and the rest destroyed. About forty pirates escaped to the heights, btit nia- ny were supposed to have been killed from the fire of the sclir. as well as from the men who landed. The bushes were so thick that it was impossible to go after them. Several other caves arein the neiglihorliood, in which it is conjectured they occasionally take shel- ter. From their houses being burnt, and their boats taken away, it is hoped they will be obliged to retire from this place, as they will be without the means of annoying ves- sels passing by. Further parti'culm's—Erlract qf a letter from anq icerqftlie Greyhound. ‘PortRoyal,July28. ‘ \-Ve have just arrived here from a cruize, in company with the U. S. sclir. Beagle, along the coast of Cuba, passing within the reefs out falling in with any thing until our arrival at the latter place on the &’.:1d inst. where, to our great surprise, we found a very extensive establishment of Pirates, and herewith send you a hasty sketch of the same, and our suc- cess in routing them out. ‘ On the 93d inst. we came to anchor under Cape Crtiz. Capts. Kearney and Newton vis- ited the shore, to examine the place, as well as to procure some rei':eshnieiits if possible. Finding nothing at the pizice where we land- ed, we re—embarked in our small boat and proceeded up the coast towards a party of inmi, whom we took to be fisliertnen ; when, pulling along shore, an attack was made up- on ii_s from the bushes by a party armed with blunderbusses and muskets ; the fire was re- turned by the boat, but with so great a disad- vantage(froin the relative situation of both parties) it was thought prudentto return for a reinforcement to the scliooiiers, as at the time another fire was opened from a point of high rocks, with caution, bluiiderbusses and inns- kets, which, for a few minutes, was so heavy, that it is difficiilt to conceive why all in the boat were not killed or wounded. Otir retreat inspired them with courage, for in the morn- ing we found them parading along their works with an apparent coiifideuce of iiieu armed in a better cause. ‘ We landed a party to go in the rear, anti proceeded with the boats, with American co- lors, within nearly musket shot ofthe pirates, who had changed their position for one high- er and less accessable, and from which they coniinenced a fire upon us with several small cannon. Finding their position and resistance far better and greater than we imagined, we were under the necessity, that we might cover the landing ofthe boats, to haul the schrs. in, which was accordingly done, into five and a half feet water, warping them along within the shoal, under which they felt secure, and where they would have been in a great de- gree but for the light draft of water ofour vessels, which enabled us to take a position they little calculated upon. Both vessels 0- pened a fire for some minutes upon tlieni,and not until the boats set off and the party we had landed were in sight, that they retreated. »‘ The heights were not gained by our party in tiii.ie to make any prisoners except two old men, and the difiicnlty of pursuing them thro’ the windings of the rocks and impenetrable thickets, with which they were better acquain- ted, was so great that we had to content our- selves with burning their houses and boats,and taking their guns, one four pounder, and two swivels, depriving them of the means of fur- ther defence or offence. A cave, in which was found various articles of plunder, female dresses and some human bones, the history of which, could it be known, would doubtless chill one’s blood with horror.‘ It enters at the base of a perpendicular cliff, directly under the position the pirates occupied, running in at horizontal direction about 150 feet, from 6 to 8 feet high, and about the same bre:idth,so intensely dark within that we were obliged to light several candles before we could discern objects in the deep recesses and windings of the rocks. A large tree oflignumvitie grows at the entrance, casting a deep shade around, adding a still greater gloom to the appearance of this rouiautic spot. . ‘ Several other caves are near the same place, one of which enters on the top of the cliffs, which we descended into by ropes to -the perpendicular distance of fifty or sixty feet, and finding room below capable ofcon- having been occupied. ‘In some caves, arti- cles of clothing were found, supposed to have been thrown in by the pirates in tlieir retreat. ‘ Iiinumerable quantities of land crabs in- habit these caves, and which have the power of crawling along the sides andlroof with the ease of the fly. They retreated before us, Collected at the extremity of the caves in such quantities as to fill up large fisures in the rocks. BALTPMORE, August 18. The sclir. Trader, Craig, master, was cap- sized in the GulfStream in March last; the captain and crew were taken off by a brig wliit':li landed them ‘at one of the Cape de Verds,wlicre the crew shipped on board a ves- sel bound to Gibraltar. Captain Craig took passage on board the brig Oswego, Weight- iiian, master, ofBaltimore, (one ofthe Liberia packets, bound to Mesurado, coast of Africa,) llkllopes ofgetting passage on board the U. S. ship Cyaiie, which sailed 4 days before her ar- rival, for borne‘; he then went down in one of the government sclirs. to Sierm Leone,in hopes ofgettiug passage to England in it ship botiiid to London, but said ship sailed a few days be- fore he reached there. A brig(Englisli) bound to Barbadoes, touched there, in which he took passage, and arrived at Barbadoes ; from thence he took passage in the sclir. Mary, of Alexandria, Captain A. Hodgkinson, bound to Baltimore, where he arrived on the 4th Au- gust-, safe and in good health, from whence he sailed for home on the fith, having learnt from a friend that his family and connections, sup- posing liiiii dead, had disposed ofhis proper- ty, &Lc. and at the same time, he reports him- self, Captain Vlleiglituian and ii boat’s crew belonging to the brig Oswc-go, had nearly all been drowned ; the second mate of the brig Oswego,was drowned at the time by the boat’s being capsized in the surf at Cape Mesurado. HAv'rI.—-The editor of the National Ga- zette has received a few numbers ofa Haytien Journal, lately established, and edited by sev- eral distiuguislied Haytiens. The substance and style is creditable to the Haytien charac- ter ; the politics of Europe are ably discussed ; essays on agriculture are ioserted,witli the de- sign of teaching the inhabitants the value of that science; and it is stated that 40 or 50‘ iiiilliotis of dollars may be annually drawn from the soil, which is of unequalled fertility. One number contains the law of S. Caroli- na respecting the iiitroductioii of free blacks into the state. The editors preface it thus : ‘ ‘Va consign to the indignation of all those who aspire to be cliristians or civilized men, the following extracts of a law, l‘sLc. Is it a- mong a people of British origin, tipontlie soil ofFrauklin and Penn, where flourishes the morality of the Quakers and the Bible that laws of this character are promulgated in the face of the sun of the 19th century, or rather is it among the inhabitants of New Zealand, or the waiideriug hordes of the desert of S3.- hara, &Lc.’ Greatindignatiou is expressed at the suspicion, that the government and people ofHayti have tampered, or do tamper, with anti keys, and touching at the different places, the negro slaves in any part of the world.- froni Cape Antonio up to Cape Cruz, with- The proclamation of President Boyer of the 90th March last, which forbids Haytien ves- scls to anchor or touch at any of the neighbor- ing islands, is ascribed to his wish to remove the disquietudes of friendly governments. Fnoiu Mexico.-——\Ve learn by the Nancy, Capt. Matthews, 2% days from Tampico, it was reported that St. Anna, who revolted a- gainst the government had surrendered to the forces sent against him at San Luis Potosi, before which place he had eucaniped his ar- my. Previous to his surrender, he had seiz- ed Spanish property to a considerable amount on the road to Tatiipico. His army, which amounted to about 3 or 4000 men, had made the roads between San Luis de Potosi very ‘unsafe, particularly for the conveyance of Spanish property.--——JlIerc. ./Mu. Great ./1rri'i2al.——Letters from Laguira, re- ceived via Philadelpliia, announce the safe arrival of the Dutch ship Goode Hoepe of 15200 tons, and 31. guns, (914 long 9.4 pounders and 10 carronades,) and laden with military clothing, stores, arms and ammunitions of all kinds, for the Colombian government, the whole valued at upwards ofone million ofdol- lars. This arrival is not only a fortunate cir- cumstance for the Colombians, but is a sub- ject of congratulation here and at other ports ofthe United States, upwards of3400,000 be- ing iusured upon the cargo in this country. [Jllercantile fldvcrlieer. From C'oloinbi'a'..-—Lctters from Carraccas to the 9.d inst. are received. Our Minister, Mr.Anderson, was on the eve of departing fronitliat place for Bogota, the capital of Co- lombia. The letters coiiiinuiiicate the inter- esting intelligence, that Mr. Top, otir Charge des Affairs at Bogota, has prevailed on the government to modify their revenue laws, by abolishing the extra five per cent duty liitlier- to paid on imports from the United States, more than was paid on imports from Europe. The‘ same letters assert, that the Colombian Government has ratified the Loan contracted in England by Mr. Z1-:.t.—./lIercunti'le .ddv. A Caracas paper of July 30 states that two -French frigates of44 guns and 300 men each, have arrived oli‘ Laguayra and are crnizing for the avowed object qfcapfuring the Spanish. fleet, and all the mcrcliaiitmen they can fall in -with. The editor says “Gen. Morales has now two enemies to contend with, instead of one, and nothing is at present wanting, for the destriictioii of the enemies of Colombia, but the, capture of his squadron.” This, says the editor of theNationalGazette, forms a striking contrast with the declarations ofthe French cabinet in Europe. They have refused to grant letters of marque, and affect- ed to be at war, only with the Constitutional- ists on land and in Spain. At the same time they pledged themselves to aid Ferdinand in the attempt to recover his colonies. Though we believe them to be capable of any kitid of duplicity and peifidy, we. apprehend their er- rand was not to weakcti Morales, or retider any service to the cause ofthe Colombian iti- dependence. They landed at La; Guayra a French naturalist, for scientific researclies— we cannot but recollect that the French phy- sicians who were sent to Barcelona, ostensibly to investigate the nature and origin of the Yellow Fever, and attend the sick, were po- litical agents, whose principal objects were to give countenance by their reports to the arti- fice» of the Cordon Saiiitziirc. taining nearly 100 persons : all have tiiaces of ‘ 1 , _ N cw-Yortx, Augiisl: 19. FROM FRANCE.—Tlie packet shipCad- mus, Capt. Whitlock, arrived yesterday from Hilvre, whence she sailed on the lst.o'fJuly. lVe are favored with Paris papers to the 80th of J one inclusive. They fursish as usual,says the Amerian, little authentic intelligence of the war in Spain,.but abundant and long offi- cial reports, which sometimes terminate with leaving Mina on the brink of destruction,froni which, however, he always manages to escape; and sometimes detail at length the brilliant successes of affairs in which five men in all are wounded. ~The tenor of these‘ Bobadil bulletins is really amusing, and forms a strik- ing contrast to those which first naturalized the word bulletin, in its warlike sense, in otir language. Mina, the gallant, indefatigable, ane skillful Mina, still keeps the fields, the mountains, and the vallies, the cities and vil- lages ofCata_lonia, alive by his iibiqtiity and darinv. Though constantlysaid to be cutoff, and losing columns ofhis troopsin_every pass and defile. he as constantly re-appears with apparently undimiiiished forces, and uiidauiit- ed and undauntable courage. ‘In vain (says the Constitutionel) does the Treasuryjournal present to usits glowing'pic- titres of approaching peace. A thick cloud is gathering over them. Daily does it repeat, the war is finished, and yet daily communi- cates the result ofsome fresh combat-the war is said to be over, and yet we see Gen. Train- nieliii embarking on the Rhone with troops, in order more rapidly to reach Catalonia- the war is said to be ovér, and yet Marsli‘al Lauriston is going into Navarre with a fresh corps—-the war is said to be over and yet the garrisons of Hostalrich and St. Sebastians are attacking our troops-the war is said tobe 0- ver, and yet sieges are just about to be under- taken ;.and Ballasteros, whose army was scat- tered, re-appears with 10,000 men—finally, the war is said to be over at the very moment when the two parties in Spain are declaring deadly hostility against eacii other, and the Regency of Madrid proscribes the Regency of Cadiz ; sequesters all the property of the members ofthe Cortes, and that ofall the mi- litia at Seville, and condemns them, in mass, to deatli—and all this under the eyes ofour troops at Madrid.’ A letter dated ‘Perpignan, June 92.1, says— ‘ Much constancy, and the greatest resolution arenecessary in the sort of war which Mina has undertaken for the defence of Catalonia. Its difficulties are scarcely to be conceived.- He who undertakes to conduct such a war, should possess great intelligence,in order to be able to comprehend at a glance thedifficnlties around biiii-—great circunispection, united to great during in his plans-—great iutrepidity in action, and presence of mind amid daiigei‘s— to keep the field with a small body of troops, watch his adversary, harrnss him in all his movements, rout him, or at least embarrass him very much, cause him to change his plans, ctit off his supplies, know how in all cases to supply by stratagems the want of force, mis- lead the enemy,perplex and wear him out with marclies and counter-marches: these are the characteristics oftliis war, which are little un- derstood by other officers, however great their merit. Vile must not, therefore, be surprised at what the papers have said of Mina and his operatioiis—at one time the Baron d’Eroles had him in his power, at another the sword of General Doiinadieu was driving him amongst preeipices, whence escape was impossible ; whilst, in fact, Mina, whatever was his posi- tion, was always the master of his own move- ments and plans. His aim is well known ; it is to harrass, fatigue, and finally route the French army, and put an end to its operations in Catalonia. From the day when he first lured to Besalu and Portella the first division ofthe French army, commanded by the Mar- shall in person, he has never ceased an instant to perplex, and give ftill occupation to the greater part of that force. Now at Olot, then at Gironelle, to-day before Manreza, to-mor- row before Vich ; at one tiiiiiute in front of General Doniiadien, and then again upon his rear ; he has for two months dragged the bar- on d’Erole.-: over the lofty mountains of’Cata- lonia, making him run to Solsona when he was at Palao, to Ripoll when he. was at Tor- tella, to Olot and Tortella, when, by means of the high mountains which separate Cata- lonia, he was marching over into Cerdagne, thus obliging Eroles to return upon Olot,Rip- oll,Ribas,&L Col de Tosas,ou otir own frontier. ‘ Such is the result ofthe knowledge oflo- calities, which nobody possesses in a higher degree than Mina ; who marches himself at the head of his troops with a musket on his shoulder and is the first to sound the defiles filled tip with snow. . The Regency have published a decree, con- fiscating the estates of all the Cortes, and the volunteers of Madrid and Seville who accom- panied them, and denotincing all the mem- bcrs of that body who voted for the late reso- lution tleclaringrtlie King incapable, as guilty ofliigh treason, and liable, of cotirse, to capi- tal ptinishtiieiit: all, however, who will desert the cause, are to find pardon and reward.- They have re-established the Jesuits, and ex- ercise a vigilant censorship over the press. The Spanish privateers are vigorously and successfully depredating tlieFreiich commerce. It was known inParis that tlieFrench troops occupied San Lucar and Rota. Bourdesoult, (say the papers) would be at Port St. Marys on the 20th of June, and then have posses- sion of every place that could delay the cap- ture of Cadiz. The Gazette de France, ofJune 30, asserts that the Ambassadors of Portugal and the U. States, [we had no minister in Spain] had followed the example of Sir Wm. A’Coiint, in refusing to go to Seville. The same pa- per gives the names of six regiments, and a detachmentofmilitary equipage, which were to arrive at Bordeaux in all the month ofJtt- l , on their way to Spain. From Bilhoa, June laid, it is said a number of Constitutional troops had arrived there from Santana,liaving deserted in consequence of the had treatment they had received.- Tlie province of St. Antler has declared a- gainst the Constitution. ‘ _ . A corps of Spanish Royalists, consisting of 5000 infantry, and 800 cavalry ha-d forced the constitutionalists to shut themselves tip in Ba- dajos, whence they could not retire. Thus, says the paper, is Estreinadura nearly libera- ted froin the yoke. of the Cortes, and all the Provinces nianifest the like eiitliusiam in fa- vor oftlie good cause. About 632» Spanish prisoners, including 40 ofiicers, taken in French Cerdgne, arrived at Perpiguan on the 20th. Among them wasCol. Correa, of the reg’t of Coruniia. ' Another do-: tachiiient of prisoners arrived on the °23d. Puyccrda, J uric £8.-Yesterday2000Frencli, and the battallion of Resmagossfa left this place for the Sen, with 3000 others who were at Beloer, under Baron D’Eroles, rlestined for the blockade and siegeof that place. It is said that Manco, coininander of‘the‘coristi‘tti“~ tional troops of Taragona, has voluntarily giv- en himself up to the French. I . Mina left the Sen on the 19th at 4 in the morning, with about 1,000 men, the most of whom belonged to the garrison, which had been made tip from the regiments ofLaredo and Majorca, and some volunteers of Murica, the soldiers comprising this garrison are most- ly invalids and not capable of performing hard duty. Mina has directed his course to- wards the Congree de Tre_mp, and has with him 150 miquelets, (a sort of Spanish soldiers) under Aulen_Eroles. . ./11:, Jimc 9.4.—--‘ On the evening of the17th, 600 Constitiitionalists left Balaguer, joined I000 troops of the garrison of Larida, and made an attack at Tamarita on the division of Navarre, of 2000 men. The latter did not: at first shew more than half their forces, and stationed 800 in a large church. By this strat- agem, they placedtlie Coiistitiitioiialists b'e.1 tween two fires, killed‘ 600 men, took all their. ammunition, a mule loaded with silver, 50 horses, and 2 pieces of cannon. ‘ Yesterday niorning, 2000 French arrived at Alas, aboug an honr’s march from the Sen ; ' at 10, a division ofthe royalist Spaniards pos- ‘ted at the heights at Calvignac; another di. vision repaired to Euserailla,wliicli command; the Pass ofUndorre, and at noon, a consider- able force ofinfantry and 2000 horse occupi- ed le niarsd’Eroles, near Utadela. The block- ade is thus .well established. In the evening, a caunonading from the forts was lieard.—- This military operation has taken place very opportunely to prevent the neighboring villa- gas from furnishing the grain and money re- quired by the garrison. A ‘ It is said that Mina, who was on his way to Conca,_ has been driven back upon Oniliana. It is reported that he has been seen in that neighborhood, that his troops are in a deplo- rable state, and that t ey are encuinberetl wltli the escort of many Constitutional fami- lies, composed of women and children. It’ is believed he has been interrupted in his Royalist Chief.’ ‘ St. Sebaslians, June 20.——Two desertcrs have come into our camp and cotifirni our previous accounts ofthe discontent of the gar- rison, and ofthe"-scarcity of water. One par- ty wished to surrender, and the other to hold‘ out to the last. O’Donrrel had been obliged to confine some soldiers. We hiiticipate the place will not hold otit long. Jlfaclrid, June 9.3.—The news of the trans- actions at Seville, has excited the inhabitants been coinpelle"d to use force to prevent them from deinolisliing the houses of the members ofthe Cortes‘, and of the military command- ers who were at the Isle of Leon. Environs of the Sim, June £23.—The French and Royalist troops have this moment arrived near us. All is confusion. The Miquilcts and militia have dispersed. Baron D’Eroles has taken his position with 3,000 infantry,‘200, horse, and the French division also. The Pass ofPailas is now tlieonly one that is free. BULLETIN, Jlladrid June Qt’.--A dispatch from Count Molitor, announces that the rear guard of his army, under Gen. Beonemains, came up with the rear guard of Ballasteros, at Algeniesi on the 16th, ‘routed it, and arrived at 8 next morning at Alcria, on the Jucar.-- On his approacli, the enemy concentrated 10,000 at Cavagente, anti placed 1800 choice troops, with 500 cavalry, for the defence ofA'l- cira. Gen. Bennevains placed some compa- nies ofVoltiguers in the houses in front ofthe enemy. After about four hours fighting, the Voltiguers made a sortie and attempted to succeeded in making good their retreat by raising the draw. The enemy’s loss in this affair was great ; we have only five wounded.’ The bulletin proceeds—B-iillaste ms was pur- sued, and on the 18th, was at Higuera.—- ‘Since he entered Valencia, we have taken from him l09.,brass carinon,_ and many ofiron, besidesa great qtiantity of aniniuiiition, iii- ciuding 1500 lbs. of powder, which they had not time to throw into the river. . One day later from Spain, by an air. at Boston. A bulletin issued from Madrid, dated June 25, states that in consequence of the'mo've- ments ofthe French troops commanded by Count Bourdesoult, the Spanish generals Lo- pez Banos and Villa Campa had been pre- vented from executing their project ol'rcacli- iiig Cadiz with a large body of troops which they had collected, and that thereupon all the troops of Villa Catnpa revolted and joined the French !* An action took place between the troops of Lopez Banos and the French army when the former were defeated and fled : the" French took 350 prisoners, 9.9. of whom were officers, among them one Brigadier General, 400 horses 8:. 40 baggage waggons ! The Span- iards threw themselves into the mountains. All accounts agree that Cadiz as well as the Isle de Leon is destitute of the means of subsistence, and that the-greatest confusion reigns among the remains of the revolution‘- ry army, which have escaped to the number- of7 or 8000 men, and that no preparatioii is made for defence. ‘ ' The Count Bourdcsoult informshis Royal Highness that all parts of the coniitry which he has traversed are animated witli the sum. enthusiasm with the rest of Spain ; and that deputies from the inbtiritziins of Ronda have come to him. to declare that they will imme- diately recognize“ the authority of the king, and that the inhabitants will take up arms to drive the enemy from all those parts. [*'l‘bose who will take the trouble to com- pare this with the following statementwill be able to judge ofthe veracity of the French of- ficial reports. Villa Campa here spoken of, is the traitor who betrayed his country, gave tip an important Pass, and finally declared for the Royalists.] . . From the Mercaiitile Advertiser. Encouragiiig view of .S'pain.—An intelli- gent gentlenian, who arrived here in the New Priscilla, from Gibraltar, has furnished us with the following iiiforinatioii ofthe state of Spain, which, altliougli of no later date than hitherto received, discloses some circuuistances of iii- terest not before known, and will serve to raise march by the corps of Cainalo and anotliei" hereto that degree, that the Regency i].'lS_ storm the bridge, when the enemy retired, and, I 3 "xi.
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