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Rh of these orders, and may make use of armed force to preserve order.

The Governor enforces these orders with additions. People must turn in at nine o'clock, or give an account of themselves—must give up all their guns, carbines, &c., to the alcalde, under a heavy penalty; and none, excepting military men, may go on horseback, from five in the evening until six in the morning, during five days.

General Valencia makes a pathetic address to his soldiers, and foretells that henceforth all mothers, wives, and old men, will point them out as they pass, saying, "there go our deliverers!" and adds—"I grow proud in speaking to you." "Inhabitants of this beautiful Capital!" he says again, "the aurora of the 15th of July was very different from that of the 27th; that prognosticated destruction, this rises announcing happiness. Never again will you hear the crash of cannon, but to celebrate the triumphs of your country, or to solemnize your civic functions. May your words be prophetic, and especially may you yourself assist in their accomplishment.

29th.—Our guests have left us, all but Monsieur, who, although recovered, cannot yet be moved. All money, plate, and jewels in our charge, are restored to their rightful owners; and the Spanish colors, which have never been hoisted, return to their former obscurity. I re-open the piano, uncover and tune the harp, and as we have been almost entirely shut up during thirteen days of heavenly weather, feel rejoiced at the prospect of getting out again. As yet, I have not seen the state of things in the city,