The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-05-20
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| sAtANSAA. May I.-oae os or Ha
ANA papers, THE Goth inst.) contains m,
ollowins article under the head If NV
>pain BY which II sili be perceived. tina
Yinrhide has laid down the Imperial pow.
er, and has determined To leave The en-.
pne OF Mexico-probably for the lnitee
States.
Inc following articles were real in III.
Mexican Congress, byrequcst ofhis Impe.
flai Majesty Don An.;istin Yturblde, at al
extraordinary meetlnS held in MeAlao on
the l9th March l8e5.
I l. Congress having recognised and an.
proved The proceedings and acts of Casa
:uafa, the causes of my retaining forces
IN the vicinity of the capital, have ceased
teeA'st anu as my only view was Ia slls-
t"ln and protest that body, the division
heretofore existing onmy account. is there
for at an end.
Z accepted the crown with great re-
luctanee, and only acquiesced through A
ueslrt In serve my country. But from the
momeot perceived that 10 retain it, would
serve as an excuse or pretcxt for an intcs-
Tue war, determined 10 abdieate it. did
not conclude this course before because
there was not body To represent the
nation generally recognized and | consi.
de'ed that any step taken by me unless
there was, would have been both usele s.
and injurious L. the country-there now
exists one, and accordingly absolutely alb
dIcate.
3. My presence in this country would
always be pretcXt for disturbances aud
projects of which have never Thought.
might be attributed 10 me In order,
therefore, To avoid The most remote sllspi.
con, will leave this country and direct my
steps to foreign one.
/ q. Tn or fifteen DAYS will be sufficient
to regulate my domestic alI.irs, and take
the necessary measures 10 conduct my IA
mlly and myself away.
| ;. | will only request Of Congress to pass
/ from the national funds, those debts which
| have contracted with some particular
! friends, which are not Of great considcra-
( ton, although congress left ii To my OPP
ton To make use OF such funds as | tho't
! proper; but | could not appropriate funds
Of my private use when the necessities of
her army aud other public functonaries
reached my heart
Thus makes his crit the first American
Emperor.
CHARLESTON, May 2.--By the Prori-
deace we have received regular files of ia
malca papers to the l3th ut. They con.
tain the particulars of the two late actions
on the coast Of Cuba between the British
vessels and some pirates, the summary Of
which has already been published !; they
are now given from official sources.
Commodore Owen, with the principal
part of his squadron was at Kingston Oh the
18th April,
| One of the Jamaica papers says that the
Se1ngdpdtdm aud ner consorts under the
command of Capt. Warren, which had
been reported AS again ordered from Eng
for Havana had been detained at home
for the purpose of cruising in the Channel.
.Hercmy
The noted pirate, William smith, who
| plundercd and burnt, last year, the brig
I .Nerunder, of Glasgow, aud murdered
Captain Ferguson, her commander, has
been recognized at Havana. He was cxa-
mined aud committed 10 prison and would
be delivered over TO British ship of war.
From the .jamaico Cotoaat, .4prd T.
His Majesty cutter Grecian, Lieut.. Cav
ley, came to anchor at Port Royal late on
| Friday afternoon, from the Coast of Cuba,
where She fell in with aud destroyed, after
desperate conflict, four pratical vessels.
The following are the particulars we have
obtained of this gallant engagement
On the 20th March, at 9, 80, A. NJ. OBJ
| G. al, al, -, a.
trance of the river st. John, Bay OF PhiIli-
! pima, of Cuba, at which we made all sail in
chase and at =. VI. being about two
miles from her, She hoisred a red hag for
ward. aud white dag. having the bust of
a de.tt.s head, With marrow bones, at the
main, AID instantly commenced i acayy
IRE on as from Two Ions 10 al rcsa-
/ ders Oh piyol5, aud SIS sG0,
all brought over oil one sid s.4.
number of musEetr y. - - - =
/ Gfeclan commenced asN a.# .."H >
and grape shot al /, - Il. =..#=# IL
the ground IN two latboms .,aat
half musket shot from the pirat which
moment the latter bic" mp with lremcn-
dous explosion. The Greciaa's boats at
this time being manned, f1r tie purpose II
! o,'"' V'to' instantly, P't On, III piid"'H u
king 10 Their boats for the shore, distant
half cables length, aud mad but a few
moments to form, when our boats reached
the spot; desperate conflict here took
place for shor, time when the pirates
flew in all directions, having about 80 kill
ed and wounded five prisoners were TIA
ken, two OF whom have since died Of Their
wounds. From the information OF the
prisoners on board, itapp"ars thatth schr's
name was La Gata, of 80 tons, command
ed by person named Joseph Sablna, a
notorious pirate, with a complement of so
men i; she also had a felucca, with four
carriage guns and p stand ofarms, and two
o.1.r boats, with mounted swivel III