Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-13
LATEST FROM CURACOA.

New York, Nov. Eve are indebted TO
our Boston Correspondent for the following
intelligence, which was handed to Capt. Col
Inns, (arrived there from Curacoa, by the
editor of the COurant at the moment of his
departure.
CURACAO, Oct. lO.-This morning about
O'Clock, the Spanish prvateer Centcla, of six
guns and $50 men, entered this port from
Aruba, forthe purpose of obtaining supplies,
and to land the second officer of !, Patriot
privateer, who was wounded in an engage
ment a few days previous with the Centella,
and IN which the Patriot was captured, after
smart action Of three hours. The circum-
stance of these Spanish privatecrs having of
late committed considerable depredations on
the commerce ofthis Colony, being several in
number, which nfest this Coast who had al
ready taken two Dutch schooners from Aruba
for this port, and sent for Porto Cavello-
The privateer Centea had no sooner entered
than the Governor laid an arrest upon her :;
and on an investigation taking place. it was
found she had many Dutch subjects on board
IN irons, which had been taken out of the
captured vessels. This is generally consider
ed mere as an act ofjustice in favor of those
merchants whose property has suffered by
inaraiIders and we have every ..xnactation
from the energetic measures that our Go
vernon will now adopt that this act of retalia-
ton will be the means Of these vessels being
restored, which have been sent on to Porto
Cayeilo. The arrival of the Spanish General
Morales you will SEE announced i'm the C,ma-
Goa Courant herewith sent The inhabitants
being generally favorable TO the Indcpendent
cause, on Sunday last a plan was laid, it is
believed, for the purpose Of massacreing him.
Several persons, supposed To be colored, en-
tered has house, and after committing consider
able outrage on his person, he was obliged to
send for the assistance of a guard from the
Fort, who ultimately dispersed them.
it IS supposed that his object of raising a
sum of $4,000 cash, to carry on the war ON
the hlain, will not be realised, the Spanish
bere having lost all confidence in the cause
indeed, we may say il is almost hopeless, the
falriots now having possession of such large
cXte1t OF territory on the Main.
capt Collins states, that the Patriot pri-
NatecF mentioned above was lying of and on
the port when he left-that she was a small
schooner, with no topsails, and not half the
size Of the Centella.
Every thing was in very confused state at
CnFacoa when Capt C.. left. Gazette.
FROM MEXICO.
CHARLESTON, Nov. I've have seen n
regular lille OF Havana papers to the 2Ist in
slant, rom which we collect, that the adjust
mcnt concluded between Gen. O'Donoiu. the
fice-ftoy lately arrived from Spain, and Itur-
bIde, the imperial leader, had been rejected
by General Novella, who had been called to
me vlce-regal power by the army and inha-
bltants of the Mexican metropolis. In conse-
qucnce of this, hostilitics had recommended
and It was said that, in battle fought in tie
negnng of September, the imperialists were
defeated, with the loss of 5000 men and 10
pieces of artillery.
UPon, the whole, it would appear, that a
dreadful civil war was prevailing IN that fair
country, and that the exertions of O'Donoiu
ana other friends of humanity, TO pnt stop
10 It's dreadful rayages, had been Ruthless and
of no avail. fCouy;er