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.From the Natioiitj Jotelilgencer, July 1. Tire late arrivals from La Plate, Uiroijgh tbe medium ofuritrtfr] .ipA of ^he^gazettea _ , ^/ furnlsWl jiot only mucU iStoi liiSSir^f public events, and the state and j > rosp ec&' iikewiffe, mack inftght into the con dition of society, ami the characters of the men who conductpublic affairs s ou that vast theatre, >*?Ehe light thus stied on a quarter so interesting, we periSive every, day making its way fo the community through our rummer ous channels of intelligence $ and this* with the information which will hereafter . -flow from a more active intercourse, cticou raged audjiromo ted by increased protection, and from the Multiplied visits of intelligent jnen led thither by business or by curiosity, will render our know-, ledge - of that portion v . of tiie globe,** fUtti its conccrns, infinitely more extensive and more -accurate ihan ha* been heretofore. We a$e rnablecTfo day to contribute consid perr _7. iEe from the letters of a highly Jre6- \ ^ i felloj^citizeti residing tem-. Hello\KTatizeti residing tern rvtu CfflR, S>ne who4eopp6?* ^f viewing men and thipgs faVored the formation ^unions concerning^ one of r:pteresliug portions of South ' of the affairs of which, remote situation, on the ithe Pacific Ocean, we have rbeen less frequently and less perfect ly advised. / "St. Jago de Chili, Feb. 9. 1818. " I arrived at Valjiaraiso on the $5th ult. and soon afte* proceeded to ibis city, about 9J miles distant from the coast. On my way h?#fe*,l called on, ban Martin, the command er of the armv, who receiveiPKme M cordia%. He ( Jnip w wadpf the iB^d^oMnw,^ (the ?Ontarm,B^aptain Biddle) and," without <euquirgrjRs to" the objcct of ray visit, furiiisrted mc with letters tc^|be supreme Director, and other itiefmbirs of thejrovernment, request ing every att<jpi|K to me during my Btayv ludcecRRIc sentiment does not,' appear to be confined to bin} : it per vades the great portion of society ; they fool the notice which has been . taken jif them by qtifc government, and tlwmendly acbttttpes made by iiy aim indication offlKerest in their revolution; and profess the strongest desire to be on tlie,$aost intimate foot ing Witli Qur counti^. 1 had no idea of ihejHieDt of our commerce in this ocean. Independently of the tiuinber captured, of y^hich I nto as yet ig norant, upwards of twenty vessels have entered the, port of Valparaiso within the last twelve months, of [Here wuiafy six in port, with i -exceeding kg value one mil-' f dollar^ the ac\joiuhig portjc^Coq a i mhfe"mny have also arrived '^itbin ine same time, five of \vhicti are still there, ~ These vessels, bl^fore the arrival eltbe Ontario, ly Sfg AVithout protection, and liable to 1m cut, ox burnt by o^e of the Spanish ships of war ft$m Liitil, cruizing off the port, and affecting to hoM the Entire coast under a blockade ; a fleet destructive only to unarmed ship*, \ upon which they commit outrages in defiance of every principle of the law of nations, and even of the modern doctrine of blockade. They seize and confiscate, without previous no tice, both vessel and cargo, and de tain in irons the officers and crew, treating them with the utmost inhu manity* Latterly, they have extended their captures to vessels bound to the north-west coast, and appear deter mined to annihilate our commerce in this ocean. ' The Beaver, of New York, aud.tbe Canton, of Boston, are instances which have occurred within a short time past. " There is Another branch of our commerce, which is Hufferin^ mater inlly t 1 allude to the vessels eni^.i p;ed in collecting wperiu.ieeti oil.? There nve nearly 1'J i V.??n N?\nlucket and NewBedfbrd constantly ployed in this hjL?ftrdous ami irksome Sir, ami thiey never approach the* coast trot from necessity ; jtt, whei^ they do 8t^ iie liable to detention, *?> seizure and configaition, ami al^ ays to indignities^To check acts f hostility sa destructive to the in terests of the United States our Ex ecutive would do well to order an ad ^ditional ship ah this station. l^^^No alterations have yet been w lade m the commercial code of this country ; the merchant still groans umier most of the difficulties hereto -fore subsisting 1 am, however, assured, tha t if is in contemplation to change the whole system, and to aT" dopt one more liberal and equal. ? The duties remain the same, ami are 011 import^ hirty three per cent.? On lm portSioos, iiowever, it is iu some measure nominal, inasmuch as-] they are not charged on the invoice price, hot upon the value of thejirti xle at this place, which value_ is de termined by an appraiser, whose judgement is miis^. swayed in favor of t?e importer, {gr tlte application of a secret ami iriesistable influence alway^wijhin las po\ycr. The ar .0 . export consist of copper, .'Jcftlr; ;iw:aml Ticmp, alj of the best Hmer is princi [ pallyTK TCfiiji'a, and. the two latter be with advantage to ] Chili arenowata ^ before ? leave this, the fate of the oouj^iry Svill most probably be decided aa^wfth it, I think that of fern. TJiewhole effective force -of Spain, intended for the defence of Peru, amounting to three thousand and some hundred men, have been jent by the victoiy to Takahnra, pie Wy tne port int which those seizures wefro made, above one^unchred and sixty-leagues distant frqm r this city, to which, it is said, they are now advancing. They may calculate upon some accession from the disaf fected as well as from flie Americans Ipfljorigines) who araji&iehdly to tlte , ,>UB cause. The^kuginenlatM^j, i hotPfiver, will not, exceed fifteen hundred at tlie uttermost, and those a.c'fss wholly without order and discipline, and whose system of war fare is merely predatory.: - 4 . " The Republicans, on the other hand, have an army of ten tliousand strong including as fine cavalry as L over saw j th^ whole well accoutred and well disciplined? Three thou sand five" hundred wider the com mand of general 0?Riggin?v a name celebrated in 4he History of ^h? coun try, are stationed at Talca, on this side utjhe river Alaulo, to arrest 41 - j ?f the enemy < at fbat them battle. ' The ^j^eareinlwB neighborhood, and from ? that ~^o(ly which I-vistted on my way, ander tlie command of San Martin, a naifr* ?f the district of Buenos Ayre*/a gallant and experienced soldier, S.i^HCWus, enterprising and prompt. He served tlwonjliout the whole of the war in Sjiaitv upon Ins re turn to his native land, formed and executed a march without parallel in history. He traversed * distance <if one hundredfnd twenty leaguesyover tfte awful and siopendous Andes, with an army^of three thousand men, encountering difficulties "MlfclrlM' to which the Afitffc audita (;?rsi e^^pwsage ofAe Alps wew arrived at Chacabnco on this side of the Andea, before the enemy had no tice oif bis approach. - - t'1^ " The whole of. the population of< the country, may be estimated it 800,000 souls ; there are however no positive data upon which to form the estimate. Of this, nearly one thucl are Spaniards ami Creole*, and the other two* thirds native Chili k ails. Tkie Spaniards are . extremely limited in number, and without inftu I ence or energy^ and ?eoerally un 1 friendly to the revolution , thr oflher two classes I think \\\ \y Iki relied u|hiu tu H'.ipiMwi tin* i:ii?iu$e of gov mi nc. t It IVurn atnou? the Chilians thafSan Martin has organ isedan irmt, they are habitualjy ^excellent horsemen, inured to fatigue, 'aad possens considerable physical energy. Tliey are nut in^nsifett -to their forroet de^daiic^ ajxd X ram persnaded will meet ai^y danger in defence of the country while they hare a. head to If ad, to combine ptf to cantrol. r The Cfeoless partake of H& character assigned to the Cre oles of the other p$rts of the globe ? frank, benevolent and hospiUble? anient, but indolent and defiant iu that energy of mind which is niecCssa 1 1 j to gi ve stability, Tbeir, snpereti ^ tfons and tkeiL pre^udicev have checked the progress of mental growth, but they are changing ; what was at first an impulse communicated by the animating example of their neighbors of Buenos Ayres is now a conviction, the result nf. reflerti'Mi. Their intercourse with foreigners, the advantages of commerce, and the prevailing confidence in the talents of San Alartin, give strength daily to the cause of emancipation. There are instaiites of patriotism and devo tion to country, which would have done honor to Home in her best days." - . - ftr - ^ * jV - u February 13, 1818. -y - Since t had the honor of ad dressing you last, the independence of Chili has l>een proclaimed with great pomp, in the presence of an innumerable concourse of citizens. It had been delayed this loug, in or dcr ttyqpnnect it witlu the uijy on which the battle of Chacabuco took place, cyf which yesterday was the anniversary. The rejoicings con tinued until midnight, and are now recommencing with a zeal and glow that evince much sentiment. ? Every house in thirty exhibited some token of approboBi, by flags, emblems or inscription^ome of which were ve ry appropriate. I have endeavored to mix as much as possible with the inhabitants, so as to enable me to ?determine whether the view 1 (bad ta~ ken was correct; and I am sure that I liaye not exaggerated in saying that the sentiment of emancipation pervades generally the two plasseA designated in tny la&t " General San MaitittSto town, iluiing Hie niglit for Talcn, from whence; it is concluded that the p.\ nrmy i ? advancing into the interi _ ? ?f - . -tor ? _ -.r*" !>$ protracted to an indefinite period ; if^uocessful, it will be at an end, and J?etu >vill ftfil imoiedjiatety. In my letter of "the Otti 1 did not attempt to give airastimate of the vfevtaues ; set few wcitoompeteHt to answer ujy euquHttft ithat 1 couUl not obtain sutttcient aata upon which to^azurd a commiiniAition. lam u^w ena bled to approach the truth and *8r> venture to state two mil lions of del- ? Urs as the ordinary annual ttceipt^. the principal sout*?sof which rathe dafattipon Ijtapw^tho dutie* upon exjfflfc and tm fifth cm the produce of tWmine&*ln the manner (if as sessing tW however, daes more than %n.< >i i?. yielded W tte ^ioPiNi^noppoii wine and otlier pro< nature of excise, out return, '^auumnt .nay Appear grqftt fcf ^ population and state of t, yet it is insufllcient %r tjie cits of the moment, and to supply the deficiency, recourse is had to contributions under the name of DonaUvas, destructive dt . confi donee and extremely partial. An individnal possessing a largo estate, or supposed to have amassed a consi derable sum, is liable 'to be, sailed upon for any amount within Ae dis cretion of the Oabiklfe It is to be regretted that they have not '.adopted some equal and permanent system of taxation on real property, a measure which policy dictate from the pecu liar situation 6f tlieir lands. % Upoti the conquest, immense grants were made to the concjuercrs aqft ly the great families in Spain, vrtiusc de scendants stilt hold under diosr grants, and are; more gratified hy the _ .extent of the domain thaiffcytke im: pcovement moderate tax would relieve the govern jner.t, and ai t6t* same lime soften t^jride so ^JestrtK five ta cuHjLvationfrynd induce of>uch portions pf the uncultivated grouuds as would enable t\ie poorer and lab^ario^d^ UHtec^dtoe pro Yi^tenby;npon m|#isit % of compliment to the sufireme direc tor upon the day, be touched upon the subject oi' ourrelationS) Amd &au\ -they *ero extremely anxious 'tfc ob tain the confidence of the President and to maim in the closest illations, with (be United State^ as tbeUuily po wer jmon wlione friendships far could rely ; ttat they had* weeivwl considerable p^tectkip front *f?ryil Britain, but would hare *^cf?rcc} ' it much ftom us, I answ&red Jraa that ?uch were exactly our ;4Mitq^and that the people x>fjkiie Utiiietl states took the moat lively ^in^rest ia the revolution* but by l^lJTOHsieua^M^ party disseotieiis they had not inspi v red that confidence. in thempmaftn ept separation, which would justify the United States In laking step* which might involve them in a war ; thatfor a momtmt they. ought to be satisfied .with the advautatfea derived from the commerce by which alone they obtained the supplies m for their defence. He rcplii we were light* that they W-nww torn asunder by divisions, but that they had all ceased, and he hoj*ed we sbeu Id-soon become one great Amer ican family.?*. i*:* > A i ( The remainder qf the Utters in our next.) - Boston, ?u\y& ^?&4ttestfrom 2?>^qbf4t+. [* The ^ucciwbuiy jacket, arrived at Halifax, June 18, and brought London paper* to May 88. Ac couuU, exceptm^Hbe nntnoe 'P&*t jpsAm ty Jnti'restiiig,-rjM>f.,1,iPi>ieaty UiJ a....v ? ?? " ^ ? * the Queen ofEugfand, had then se ri?uslyhidisposisU, and;, though r?? covering ftojpher. immediate >tlues*| was thought to txtinsp prec#ripus a State, is tp wuscaj brought forward (j? 1 Lords, concerning flip "CaaMy of _am?. aqd was. expected; tp,follpw ypmedl-'i ately, having complet<4|g$, mf m m ms; <a , octw eeii jtasaia i po?ple| Pftkee A t*vej - sftua Cam-_ iM* ? 'V', i flpM *tii s %. . ninrfev of match of#* * Iron !' 1 JHWiP 1 1 J&Ote* ta A ' , , v' */ f 84 waa bit.mou', ?ae?w?tt;afl^,f<inny." . A dear leiu.?Wm. Andrew* waa last week fined *)?. by TkjMJoon ec and fP,?jjHudson*, . ~~J. t^r-. * Jwf} m-^tUjHi, for rudely kissing in th? atreet, a servant-maid, in Mk middle of th% d%y* 1 J&vmihi gvijKtr. AH OrignslJtoral Talf. In a certain town tlerp Hved a jonng man whose name was Daniel; he was an. easy well disposed good natural man andw^lked . uprightly. In that MHDetowu there lived many poor persons, whose-, fathers and gr*n<l (Miters toy cheap living and .good eponomy had heen rk>h ; but 'they themselves ? had tacame poor# some by misfortunes, hot more hycx* travapuicc. ? Dmii.'l as 1 snid was; soIkj, honest, and <){>ri^lit ; and I, ad l?,l?a- hc^iif 4tS*f