Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-02-13

an establishment would rot have fallen
through Tor want OF the raw material, rags
| an article with which the country abounS.'
| Finding this scheme was well Received
| they proposed a whale fishery. TO embrace
| the GuIph Of California and all the Me,;.
| can Cost on the Paci6c-lhis bait WAC
| also greedfy swallowed by the Mexlcan
| cornorants, and then they suggested a
pearl fishery at CslitOrna to be added 10
lit. Deep, plausible fellows, speaking The
language 6uentIy, they succeeded bv
| those gigantic seheme>, in duping Ibe %.
vernment into a belief that they possessed
an immense command OF funds and when
they had thus firmly secured a footing, and
| attached 10 themselves some degree o}
consequence they came out with a prop.
sltIoa 10 loan the government ten millions
| dollars. and drew bills on Thomas Morton
Jones, of LONDON, for that amount. 10 la
! vor of the Minister of Hacienda. (Trsasu.
IVY which were signed by Barry. For
this loan. they received in hand 1000 DOL
lars. il is believed, and the grant OF . con.
siderable tract OF land I'D the Province Of
Texas.
Having thus succeeded ia ~"raising The
wind" those .Jerry bidders Obtained
passport, that they might repair to Eurote
20 bring out settlers Tor their graRi, shG:t
the same time render such distlneuis I'd
+, services To he Mexican governmen as
they were bound in gratitude, and ior
their own honor to perform No socuvr
was this loan negotiated than a deciee
! w.s issued prohibiting the exporialion Of
specie from lbe capita! or tbe et-bosrd,
and a TIE same time the bills "ese o8-r.
ei at private saie-No purchasers n.re
found--The government next endeayored
| 10 give them +, fictitions value by obtain.
ing two merchants Vera Cruzto endorse
10 tn. amount OF two hundred lhou.anG
! dollars, and a million was advertised 10
the public papers Ivy the g%n,ernnen--
This was a complete piece OF hnes.e, and
would almost induce q belief that they had
no, been imposed upon but we're actually
parties to Barry's iraud--as.. by to- laws
of this country. the secort endorser canno.
be called upon until the first endorseT and
the drawer are declared msoi,ent and un.
| able to nav /; therefore the minister of Ha.
! cienda, on the part OF the Empire, being
the FIRST endorser, 10 The event Of the ills
b. ing returned, process must first he bal
| against him, and the government beIng
the Judge and a party concerned would
| no, acknowledge its " insolvency, bot
would grant stock certificates and thus
screen the second endOrser from all re.
| sponsibiIi'y--The mercantile part Of the
community saw The snare laid for them,
| and no purchasers for the bills appeared
BaH1ed in this attempt to swintle 'be Mex-
| lean merchants, The demand for money
| and the exigencies Of the Government be.
| coming every day more pressing and the
| discontents Of the military increasing, Ibs
| Emperor found that bis power would soon
| totter il a supply was mol obtained An
order was accordingly promulgated per.
| hitting the expectation OF specie The
.tratsgem succeeded--every q was anY;
ious TO remit bis funds TO the %sea-board--
some 10 purchase goods, others ~ pay Tor
former purchases, and others again for ex-
portati0n. ..,,
The first convoy which left Mexico for
Vera Cruz, started on The 28tb OF Septsm-
Der last. Ii had not proceeded more than
8 or 10 leagues, when il was attacked by
an armed force and captured. That this
robbery was perpetrated by the soldiery,
has been we'll ascertained ; and that twas
countenanced by the government, may
Justly be inferred, from the circumstance
that il was three days before a small lie.
tachment was ordered TO search for the
robbers.
A second convoy, amounting 10 800.
OCO dollars, lett Mexico for Vera tf"z
about the Ain of October II had proceed.
ed ss far as Per0te, a small town % he
summit OF the first ridge of CordIliria'.
about 80 leagues from Vera Cruz, wnent
was -eized by the order OF l'urbide, snd
lodged in a strong tortihcation, erected
there many years ago, as . place OF secu'
rity and deposit for all bullion aud specie
destined 10 Spain, until a safe opportunity
offered OF shipping, hen u was seh! "
Vera Cruz, and immediately embarked.
The vanguard OF the Convey, amounting
to D3OO, QUO had reached Xslapa, mere
it was also seized. In this convoy was up
wards OF D30,0O0 American property
which has since, II is repOr ed, been gwen
up to the owners ; tut il has been carries
back to Mexico, alter paying Z per cent
duty. and : per cent lreight-and such Is
the state Of The Country thai It must re-
naiu there some time, the transportation
of il 10 the sea ports beng now more ha-
z,rdous than ever, in consequence Of inc
late commotions.
Having By this arbitrary and illegal act
obtained funds, the emperor's first step
was to pay the arrears Of wages due Inc
troops /; aud when he had thus rega'ned
their confidence, AMI secured them TO hs
interest, he though, the tune bad arri'ed
when he might with impunity throw oil
the mask, and evince 10 the Mexican peo-
pie bis determination TO be "aut Cesar,
aut nmlus." Congress accordingly re-
ceived a message on the 28th OF October,
notifying them that their political e1Is-
tence was al an end, and an intination
that if they did not quietly and promptly