Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-05-20

boats. waited for them, but the wea-
Their did no. permit them TO come up.
l then opened fire upon the enemy,
and compelled him to bear away. / also
bore away, and then the action COM
menced. This corvette, the "Twenty-
fifth of May" was compelled to sustain,
singly, very heavy fire from the three
corvettes of the enemy for about an hour
the National Congress, Argentine Re-
public, Belgrano, and schooner Sarand,
being to leeward, and could not there
fore take part in the engagement.
Seeing that the united fire OF the ene-
my was directed against this vessel, l
ordered her to join the rest of our squad
ron, for the purpose OF repairing the da-
IMAGES which we had already sustained.
In this succeeded, but the slow pro-
gress of the gun boats, and my anxiety
to preserve them, brought on another
engagement, which commenced at S p.
NJ. On this occasion | was aided by
the National Congress, because as pass
ed her complained of her recent con-
duct.
"Our loss consists of one man killed,
four wounded, and some injury done to
vessel and rigging. But the circum-
stance most regret is, my not being
able 10 take some OF the enemy's vessels,
which was prevented through want of
cooperation on the part OF my squadron.
:" highly commend the commander and
officers of this vessel, the officers of re a.
rines, the surgeons, and also the entire
crew. May God preserve your Excel
lency, &c. On board the flag ship
+" Twenty fifth May" February 9, 1926,
past 8, p. M.
w. BROWN.
A paragraph in tho Mercantl states,
that "the Brazilian corvette Liberal and
brig Cabocio, suffered much damage in
the engagement. II is impossible to as
certain the killed and wounded, but it
must be considerable, because we have
been assured that Commodore Browns
ship fired twice to the enemy's once"
The following note from The COM
mander of one oil the Buepos Ayrean ves-
sells Of war appears in one OF the papers,
two days after the actions detailed above
To the Public Whereas the official
despatch OF Admiral Brown detailing the
late engagement with The Drszilians,
tends to prejudice the public mind
az ainst the officers of the vessels OF war
under his command, and being by them
judged to have an impolitic and immoral
tendency, the public are respectfully So
licited to suspend their opinion until the
sentence of the Cour, of Inquiry, about
TO be instituted, be pronounced
VIM II. MASON.
Cong the brig Congreso Censtitnyente.
Under date OF February 18th, i, is
stated that an American brig from BALI
II ore was spoken on the preceding Tues
day, near the Point OF Santiago. She
was seen afterwards gong down the RI
yer, and il was supposed she was order
ed off by the blockading squadron. A
French frigate was near the Chica Bank
on the l7.h February, hound to Buenos
Ayres. 1t was reported that the Bra
lillian post at the Island Of Martin Gar
cia, mouth Of the Uruguay, had been
englhened by fresh troops.
A letter from Monte Video, under
date of Feb. 4, announced the arrival
there of 400 ragged Brazilian soldiers,
many oil whom were fishermen from ST.
Catalina, who had been brought away by
force. Gen. Lecour had received orders
to give up his command to Gen, Magesse,
and return to Rio. This order was com.
piled with in the presence Of about 1000
This letter says, that revolu-
ton must take place at Monte Video,
If Gen. Magesse exercises his authority
with 100 much rlgor. The whole Bra
lillian force in Monte Video amounts to
about $500 men.
BUENos AYREs, FEB. Is.
BY The French brig Faune, from Monte
Video, we learn that the Braz lians sus-
tanned considerable loss in the late &C.
ton particularly the Liberal, which
was much cot up. II appears that VIVA,
A dmiral Lobbo most regretted was the
loss OF the commander OF the brig " 29tb
August"
Another letter from Monte Video, un.
der date of Feb. II, says" The day be-
fore yesterday there was an action at the
foot Of the mountain, in sight ofthis town.
The Brazilans had % killed and | 8
wounded. The ORIGINALS lost men.
General Lecor is to embark on the 5lh
inst"
Senior Riyadayia has been elected Pre-.
sident of the Buenos Ayrean Republic.