Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-10-10

and that the mean time his oyner salary be him
The latter essential his supports the former to the
tnent of vouchers and the al jIsinicn, OF balances"
II YOU refuse this will do the favor
modification ogtt sr as can submit, to rs consideration
ifneihc can ,une and dismissal from Office has been
decided upon already take eject at future day. If the
which operated to produce his removal operate
upon me, only the the welcome
will eve, and the fetal the public bushes
which has been committed my charge
have sedulo>ly cndcavoted setting before YOU pa
matter of fac, story, in the behalf elder
brother avoid every thing which could offensive your
feelings that was not absolutely Ii have
not succeeded IN doing twill cause regret beg YOU
to consider sir, my situation and thai effect
preventing calm, deliberate aud unbiased examination
all that have said, and of the which readily present
themselves IN favor OF proposition had intended
something ABOUT the manner aud the pursued by
OneS successor for some time past aided by the counsel
ana fellow feeling of other person cast, effect
rnoval all al which have long known But this letter
already grown tn to- great length and this
Tor another lime, or 10 be unveiled lime
Respectfully, yoa' osc,en, servant,
! The PosIyAsrra G.YGnu-
From he -Hatioani LtcjHre,,csr c(' Of. g.
The good work" goes brGycly on Yesterday
Mr.. Bcstor. another o: the most valuable Clerks il
the General Post Office, received from his Chief the
following letter:
Posr OtFrcE DrplRr>rE>r.
Wtshingt~s, OF. s. 1920.
SIR four services are no longer required in til.
, Department.. Rcspcc,i;lllv.
I Your ob't servant,
". /. BARRY.
| AIr. CHAu>cr Bfsvou.
/ For the truc Iac"nic. this rivals tho style Of Napo
leon or of lori Nelson. AIr. Bes,cr who is thu.
nncercmonlousiy shook of, Oic"r Of the ar
my during the u'c war, and has tho honor TO possess
4 esi'm1nial from Lis cuIpmaniing officer which con
ciuI"s with the following remarkable words:
Il declare, without The least intention 20 dispararc
any one wha'ave that Mr.. Bcslor the most X.
"cmpary o'tc'r have seen IL the course u uiv.en
years s--.:c..
W. copy Tic ioi.owing from the Ioa-7,l o: Cou,-
merce, OF Tuesday, second edition, , O'Clock. p ".
Alta OK on rERCETPA. AND ENTIRE De
TEAT OF DON MIGUEL 5 SQUADRON.
To Capt Bridges. the brig Sicily. and ms pas
sengcrs, arrived below this morning from ST. Micha-
cls, we indebted FOR the following particulars RI
awe 10 he operations Vi to U.oeAad.; la LgUo oil
ler,era.
Don Migucl- squadron, consisting Of one -. three
irgGtcS. two corvette. { brips. and s.yc-,i trans
ports in al / ; sail, ," lnder wav from 81. MIcha-
els on the 25,h - July, and ~ the 9th of AUGUST
made an a;tao, on the Ea,t end Of T.rcci-a: after
homoarcng Tor about Cir.t hours. they effected n
landing ii 90 men, ii two divisions OF 900 cocl
~ twenty SIN larg" boats. Tire first and second Gvi
sions We're allowed to land quietly; hut on their az
t"uPNnE me thlrd time the inie btants Of the Is
land suddenly rushed upon them out Ui the fort and
Hut the whole TO pieces, except man WHO escap.
cd by swimming Those IN Tic boats :, c,,, tho far
81 their comratcs on shore, refused To land ard
forced the Office 10 10 the ships-wh,ch hey
gladly acqulesced in The batteries ON tho sh, 70
commenced fire the boats and killed un.v. rIs
ot two hundred men OF their crews. aud nearly an
equal number on board the fleet shared the same T.
The scventytour alone lost upwards OF 100 men and
vas much damaged from the shot having received
twenty three l3 and % To- shot IN her hull The f,a,o
Diana received upwards Of ihisty shot the whole
squadron then cut their cables and Abandoned tho oh
ijcct Of their attack. Some of them bore away for
lisbon, othors for ST M;chaels aaG The .ema;adc- for
Fayal, to repair damages.
The dey on which the squadron sailed from St
hiIchae!S' Captain Russell IN company with Captain
4. 1haycr, Of the schooner Gicancr and CAPTAIN
| Champon Of the British brig Britain were golnp on
board the Gala;ca, OF New Bedford three Inusk.,q
were fired az them by the Portuguese soldiers on
board OF his ship the second officer Joseph Sa,iu.
ton, was wounded by musket ball ;hrourh hs i,yt
another ball passed through both 'hgis of cap,ai1
Cbampion-cap'ain Thayer had three ball hole
through lls coat, and two through his Dantaioons-
Captain Russell bad been shore 10 see Tic Aincri
can Consul, for th' purpose Of procuring his papcr
IN order TO proceed to Lisbon his ship AOcr helms
fired on, they made for the shore; and on the ncx
sht MI the crew remaining board ~ IN numb, v
were sent on shore and put in prison where hey re-
manned when the Sicily left. The American ConsI
having IN vain demanded their relpase, it was pre-
snned they would be- sent to LISBON in the prizes
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