Guerrero

Vicente, a Mexican me officer; born in Tixtla, Mex., Aug. 10, 1783, At the commencement of the revolution in Mexico he took up arms against the Royalists, and never ceased to occupy a prominent position in the affairs of that country. Having been succe ful in various contests with the aristocratic party, he at length, in 1829, was elected to the presidency. The expedition of Barradas soon gave employment to the new government; and the better to enable the president to meet the exigency, be was invested with extraordinary powers; but after the victory over the Spanish troops, and when the invading expedition was destroyed, Guerrero evinced an unwillingne to relinquish the dictatorship, which became the — of another revolution; and ustamente, the vice-president, a umed the government.