Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-04-08

,.,risop with valsr and vigilance. It
appears, !rcm the Vera Csuz papers,
that the l.tter has transferred the COM
maud 70 Gsudaloa,,s Vittoria, who,
with some light troePs, occupied tho
fortified post of Puerto del ksy. from
ssbence he makes excursions to La An.
tisua. and on he roads lesting to the
hsrbor. Notwithstanding the weak
ness of the walls Of Vera Cruz, Eche.
varris, having DO artillery, was Obliged
70 confine his operations to q strict
blockade, prohibiting the introduction
of fresh provisions. This measure
seems however, Insufficient to bring q.
bout it's surrender, the place having
supply for four months--such was the
state of political and military affairs IN
that province. However, last night
the Spanish schooner Segunda Galiiga,
arrived in ten days from rampico, with
passengers and Pc pers from Vera Cruz
Mexico. containing the following intel.
lipence: Echevarria, in concurrence
with the officers of the army, has a-
greed to the articles of new arrange
ment,* which ] transmit to you.
In consequence of the new course he
lhas adopted. it is asserted no peaceabIy
entered Vera Cruz, and has joined
Santa Ana and Guadaioupe Vittoria,
where he waits for the determination
Of Iturbids, to whom they have sent a
deputation, the result Of the agreement
be;wesn Echevarria, his officers, and
the army. This amazing change aims
1t the restoration Of the Cortes, which
will shortly deliberate at the place they
think proper to appoint, protected by
tho above mentioned combined forces.
This must place Iturbide in disagree
able situatisa, and it is not easy to lore
see what shifts this dictator will make
on hearing news which must surprise
him beyond description.
have made the following extracts
from the papers and Proc'amations
published in Mexico. They are ace
quanted with the fight of Generals
Guerrero and Bravo the former 10 at
Fixtla. near Acapulco, with the troops
he raised, and his advanced posts ex'
tended az fas as the estate of St. Ga
briei eleven leagues from Cuernabaco }
The latter (Bravs) went over to La Mi.
astica Alta, in the province of Oaxaca,
and both had declared against Iturbide.
Besides these, several commanding
officers had deserted from Mexico with
some troops, among others, Col, Bas-
tro, with eighty men, left the city of
Guadalupe, and having taken the road
to St. Martin de fer Mula, he was join
ed by part of the regiment, who were
going down to Echevarris with artille.
ry and ammunition, SO that it seems he
was in the environs of Puebla, with al
ready thousand men. composed of
the dsserters from tho garrison of that
place, belonging to the 4.h regiment,
and the regiment under Col, Sofa.
10 Mexico, they had emitted . paper
currency. which was to amount to four
millions Of dollars: a circumstance
which has been tho occasion Of distur-
Dances Of Importance, every body hav-
ing secreted their gold, silver, and even
bullion. 1t was also reported that
Bsigadisr Barragan had rsbelied in
Queretano, but this news is at least
doubtful.
The publishing of the Vera Cruz pa.
pers was not permitted, nor any thing
relative to republican matters. Itur-
bide has issued orders to raise two re.
giments Of militia, and to recall to the
service the disbanded soldiers, both
Europeans and Americans, A tax of
six millions was decreed for the pre-.
sent year. 1928; but where is it to cone
from? Or, who are they going to rob ?
have seen a printed copy of Guada-
loupe Vittoria's proclamation, with mis-
cradle annotations annexed to itin Mexi-
CO 1t could be NO otherwise, it being
published in q place where military
grades and other insignia are still Ia.
Wished.
have neither heard nor seen sby
thing of the unfortunate Deputies and
Officers taken prisoners in August last.
A new law was passed, authorising
Iturbide to arrest, confne, and punish
The suspected individuals; a crime
which he calls high treason. The poor
Republicans concealed in Mexico. the
number Of whom 10 great, are obliged
to read the papers Of Vera Cruz in Sc
crst, espionage having reached its high
est pitch.
The above 10 all that strikes me at
present. and all we know respecting
those countries and as soon as l hear
any thing new will with pleasure com.
muniea,s it to you. Yours.
Ell DE GUAYANGARCO.