The Rhode Island Republican

FEMALE INTREPIDITY.

To the Editor of the Kingston Chronicle.

SIR--The following instance of female heroism, which occurred in December last, is worthy of record, and as it happened in a country where the press is enslaved, I am of opinion it will be buried in oblivion if not rescued by you :-

In the interior of provinces of New-Grenada, a number of parties-of Patriots have sprung up in formidable bodies, who had penetrated to the out-skirts of the capital of Santa Fe de Bogota. The Royalists discovered and seized a number of emissaries or spies, who communicated with the Patriots, and among them a woman named Poli carpio Selabarrier, born in the town of Gus.chas, by means of what plans and instructions to invade the capital were transmitted to the Patriots. In spite of all the threats and tortures which were inflicted on her, to make her reveal the authors of these documents, found in her possession, she persisted in secrecy to the last, and this heroic woman died with the greatest fortitude, exclaiming to the moment of her execution, "You shall not bear it from my mouth: I will die--and mey those live who can trace the conspiracy!"