the catastrephe Of Ocana--in short, fo
Tbury in the grave the remains ot liber- | y.

 To strengthen public opinionin favor of thec country iibcrticsis the object of the < Li5eral." With these liberties, it died but now that they have recover ed their empire, it is just that 1t should revive. usname, and the spirit in which the first fourteen numbers were conceiy- l ed, were uneongenial to the Goyern- ment which repressed them, or rather, incompatible with the individual securi, Ity of the writers, who refused to sup port rigorous governneent---a gopey7a- 5pent occorddnt zcith our ancient customs -in one word, a monarchy. Whatev- CT freeman dared to raise his voice in opposition to the project, had gone to mourn over his temerity in the dungeon of Carthagena, or had disappeared m- quisitorially. Now that we aresaie in speaking the truth, and informing ous fellow citizens, we are going to fulfil the noble task. We are going to dis close the wiles of the usurpers-to dc what we can for the firm and free estab- lishment of Venezuela, and to sustain her independence from the rest of what is called Colombia.

 l Thegarne paper contains 42 articles Of the Decree of Gen. Paez, providing

 for the organization of an independant

 government. The primary elections were to be held on the first eight days of ] March, for the choice Of Electors. The Electors are to meet on the lst of April,

 in their respective Provinces, for the

 choice of Deputies to the Constituent

 Congresso of Venezuela. The Congress is to meet at Valencia Oh the Sth of the E same month.

 1t has already been mentioned that

 500 men arrived at Maracaybo on the 4th of February, to garrison the town,

 and defend 1t in case of attack. We

 rely on this force,o says the Liberal,

 :. to sustain our Declaration, or rather,

 the cause of Venezuela. We rely also

 upon the half brigade of artillery be-

 longing to this place, with eight can

 non, perfectly armed and equipped; up- on the schr. Independence, which ought also to remain here; and above all, up- I on the gallant Chief whom we have at cur head, the love which all the iil..lsatbi- tants profess for him, ard the unbound ed enthusiasm of all the towns of the De- E pertinent in the cause of liberty The Editors of the Journal of Com mercc have been favored with the fol-

 lowing extract of a letter, dated , MARAcAYBo, Eco. %. i Affairs here, since you last heard from me, wear about the same aspect as they did. No decisive news from Bo. gota has yet been received, ,though a ye- " short time must inform us what turn things. are to take. For the present all communication between this and Bogo-

 ta is suspended; even the mail not al-

 lowed to go beyond the Department of ZuIia. Ofcourse the merchants, whose whole trade almost Is in that direction, , are very much concerned. l do not think that the non-intereourse with Be-

 gotta can possibly continue long. Busi- ness at present is very dull. Late from Aerico.-The regular pack ct ship Layinia, Captain Davis, arrived from Vera Cruz yesterday, bringing pa. pers of that city to the 2d inst. Mr, Butler, our ne.y Charge des Af-

 faires, was presented to the Executive

 on the 29th January.

 General Gurrero's election had been nullifed (23 to l7)by Congress.

 A custom House order has been pro-

 mulgated, directing all duties accruing

 after the Sd inst. should be paid within

 40 to 80 days.

 The brig Ant, from Liverpool, had been stranded about three leagues from IsVera Cruz. Her cargo, and that of the

 French ship Inez, were selling at auc-.

 ton. \ Vera Cruz paper expresses it's

 surprise, how they could have gone a.

 shore in fair weather--and suggests that it was a mere cloak to introduce their

 cargoes.

 The Oscar, with 340 bales of Ameri- can goods, arrived at Vera Cruz, Jan. 27. The goods being prohibited, the CConsignee lodged information against

 the same with the Coilector-by which he becomes entitle5 to moity of the proceeds; the goods, however, were or dered into deposite, to await the deci-

 sion of Congress.

 Eera Crue, March 2.-The Chamber of Commerce of this city, charged Il. per ton on Spanish vessels; ] of Il. |. tr lx