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Winchester Gazette
Winchester, Virginia
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Mexican Congress decree dated April 5 exiles Don Augustin de Iturbide with pension and title; updates national coat of arms and flag by removing crown from eagle.
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MEXICO.
A Decree of the Congress, dated 5th of April, says:---
"The executive supreme power shall hasten the departure of Don Augustin de Iturbide from the territory of this nation.
"And that this shall be accomplished at one of the ports of the Gulf of Mexico, in a neutral vessel, procured at the expense of the State, for conveying him with his family to the place he may choose.
"That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, payable in this capital, be annually assigned to Don Augustin de Iturbide during his life, on the condition, that he may establish his residence in any part of Italy. And that after his death, his family shall receive eight thousand dollars, the rules established for the pensions of the military fund.
Don Augustin de Iturbide shall hold the compellation of Excellency."
The Congress had decreed the following changes in the Coat of Arms and National Flag:
"1. That the shield must be the Mexican Eagle, standing on the left foot upon a nopal, or cochineal fig-tree, which may grow from a rock among the waters of the lake and with the right foot grasping a snake and holding it in a posture for tearing it to pieces with the beak; and that this blazon must be bordered with two branches, the one laurel, and the other of oak, according to the design adopted by the first defenders of the independence.
2d. In respect to the National Flag, it is decreed that it shall be the same as heretofore, with the only exception of placing the Eagle without a crown, which is also to be the case in the shield."
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Mexico
Event Date
5th Of April
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iturbide exiled to italy with annual pension of 25,000 dollars for life and 8,000 dollars for family after death; retains title of excellency; national coat of arms and flag updated to remove crown from eagle.
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Mexican Congress decree orders swift departure of Don Augustin de Iturbide via neutral vessel from Gulf of Mexico port to chosen destination in Italy; assigns lifetime pension payable in capital; family pension post-death per military fund rules; retains Excellency title. Decrees changes to coat of arms (eagle on nopal with snake, bordered by laurel and oak) and flag (same as before but eagle without crown).