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from the port folio.
Commodore Alexander Murray was born
in Chestertown, Maryland, on llie l«th day
of July, 1755, of honest and respectable pa
rents. From early life be was devoted to
tile, watery element—and at tbe age of 18,
commanded a vessel in the European trade.
The revolution shortly after breaking out,
zealously attached to tbe cause of his coun
try, lie forsook the mercantile life, and was
appointed a lieutenant in the. first Maryland
regiment, commanded by Col. Smallwood.
He had previously received an appointment
to the same station in tbe navy, but as tve
had no frigate then in service, he entered the
army. He took an early and conspicuous
wait in the hard fought battles that ensued
ut VVhiteplains, Flatbnsh, York, foe.
His sense of hearing was much impaired
by the explosion & bursting of sundry pie
ces of cannon, on the New-York battery,
while firing at tbe enemy’s fleet, on their pas
sage up the North river. This infirmity he
labored under until bis death. At the close
of this campaign he was severely afflicted by
chronic complaints, and was compelled to
retire, soon after having been appointed to
the rank ofraptain in tbe second regiment.—
At this time two hundred effective men only
returned, out of 950 that marched to Anna-
p,,|js the rest having bean either killed or
taken, or having falleu victims to the mala
dies of the camp.
On the re-establishment of Ins health, cap
tain Murray resumed his rank in the navy.
As there were no public ships ready for ser
vice he was appointed, at various times, to
command sundry letters of marque, repeat-
edlv passing and repassing the enemy s fleet,
and seldom escaping without a battle. One
of these engagements is worthy of record —
Having hsen appointed to the command or
the Revenge, a letter of marque, carrying
13 six pounders, with a complement ot ntty
men only, lie sailed from Baltimore for Hol
land. He had the chief command of all the
Vessels then lying at that port, bound on fo
reign voyages, some of which were armed.
Meeting with the enemy’s force much supe
rior, he was compelled to return with Ins
fleet, consisting of forty vessels, and to seek
refuge in the river Patuxent. The number
afterwards increased to about filtysad the
commanders of which all agreed to fight
their way through the opposing squadron.
With tins determination they put to sea,
when a licet of privateers hove in sight. A
signal was mad., for all the unarmed vessels
to return, and for the remainder to rally
round their commander. The enemy s
fleet consisting of one ship of eighteen
irons one brig of sixteen, and three priva
teer schooner stood for the body ofthe fleet.
One brig and one senooner only obeyed
captain Murry’s signal to rally. He soon
discovered himself lying between the ship
nnd the brig, when a severe engagement, en-
Bi.rd. Capt. Murray kept up an incessant
fli-e from both broad sides, and in an hour s
time had the satisfaction to see his enemies
haul off. after having sustained much fta-
muTo. The brig and the schooner likewise,
helmed extremely well, and repelled the as-
■aultsoC their adversaries. Capt. Murray,
after this action, returned to Hampton Roads
his sails and rigging were much in-
tiired, but fortunately no lives were los -
iw only were wounded, himself among the
Humbert After Capt. Murray had repaired
his vessel, he sailed for the borrks ot New
foundland, and was unfortunately overmen
and surrounded by an English fleet oft a0
men of war and transports hound to New-
York He was pursued and captured by a
frigate. The captain and ■ lieutenant were
his intimate friends, from whom he received
every kindness and attention. He at last ar
rived at Philadelphia, where lie was regulai-
]y exchanged.
The United States’ frigate Trumbull, of
nuns, commanded by his gallant friend
and relation, the late capt. Nicholson, w«*
then ready for service. Tins officer had be
fore distinguished himself in a very severe
engagement off New-York, with a British
of war called the Wyatt. She was
?n ,lined with a picked crew and sent express
ly to take the Trumbull. Tile action conti
nued Yhr two hours—both sides received
n ti, tniurv and a dreadful carnage ensu-
Tlie British ship hauled off, nod was
towed into NeW-York. The captain being
asked the name of the Trumbull’s command
er replied that ho must he either l aut Jones
Devil—for never was a slop fought
before with such frantic desperation. Capt
P 1 ' 1 . . i » « .xnt into nort
lire a complement of men and guns, he I giving by them to the principal Inhabitants
took a cargo of tobacco, and went on an in-1 of that place. . ,,
tended voyage to St. Croix. When he sail- Captain Murray received orders from He
ed from Hampton Roads, lie had only five vana to return to America. Meeting with
six pounders on bmird, fo the creiv amount- strong and heavy gales, and a ice cuirent,
ed to no more than twenty-five men. A the shin sustained much injury, unit it was
privateer of 14 guns and tOO men, came u- with die greatest difluulty that she was
long side, by superior sailing, and lay fast brought into Baltimore 5 thus terminating a
upon his quarter. The five guns were bro’t cruize of nine months, never longer than a
to hear, and the privateer was repelled.— weak in one port, mid his slop almost ie-
Perceiving captain Murray’s weakness, the I ducedto a wreck- the. tip! s am >
attack was renewed with redoubled fury, ing from her ilecksand b'dcs in eveiyg .
while his own guns were perpetually shifted Scarcely had lie time to a • i ,
from side to side, as occasion demanded.-1 Norfolk c0inm0( |‘ o ,. e
In attempting to hoard, the privateer was a-’| command of the , ,,
gain driven back, hut succeeded in carrying Truxtun having been irasnferr.d to the 1 e-
away the mast, leaving nut a stick of timber sident. His first cruise was lor the Li ew aid
Having refitted at this place, he captured ] the Windward Elands and on his passage
a British packet by stratagem, in the Gulf encountered a dieadful gait, whe t he. na
of Florida, without Hi ing a gun, and brought nearly foundered, and was on i ^
his prize into the Havana. An embargo cutting away his m s, whtn the .torm^
was laid at this port in consequence of an ex- hated, lie proceed ' -
nedition then fitting out against the Bahama Guadeloupe, and fell m with the
Fslands, in which he obtained a command. | grate Magnanimie of forty-tour guns
lE^S’a'forl' ^ wVK I edtTem insLmlly to their qu-j-j without
was immediately done, and the Spanish flag | reserve. It rcqidro-‘ b “* “jg
waved triumphantly on the ramparts ancy to o)«erTr by he I'KM * u.e, iau ^
The governor and his aid (since the not-1 lantei ns this hill g I • j il( -
ed gen. Miranda) who both sailed on l.cmlmir then full, exprissive
mense city. There is more liberty en
joyed in it than at Petersburg, where the
court necessarily exercises great t.dlu-
euce. The groat nobility settled ut
Moscow who were not ambitious of
place's—but they proved their patriotism
by munificent gills to the stale, either tor
public establishments during pence, or ns
aids during the war. The colossal for
tunes of the great liusHian nobility are
employed in making collections of all
kinds, and in enterpriz.es of which the
Arabian Nights have given the models—
these fortunes are also frequently lost by
the unbridled passions of their possessors.
Wtien l arrived at Moscow, nothing was
talked of but the sacrifices that were
niudo on account of the war. A young
Count de Momonotf ruised a regiment for
the state, and would only serve in it us a
sub-lieutenant ; a Countess Orlnff, amia
ble and wealthy in the A-iutic style,gave
the fourth of her income. As 1 was pas
sing before these palaces, surrounded by
gardens, where space was thrown away,
in a city as elsewhere in the middle ot
the country, 1 was told that the possessor
of this supurb residence had given a
thousand peasants to the state : 1 hud
some difficulty in accommodating myself
to the expression, ot giving men, hut the
peasants themselves ollercd their ser
vices with ardor, and their lords were in
this war, only their interpreters.
As soon as a Russian becomes a sol
dier, las beard is cut off, and from that
moment lie is free. A desire w,ts lelt
that all those who might have served in
the militia should also he consideied .is
free : hut in that case the nation would
have been entirely so, for it rose almost
his empire, with a view to fix by study
the impatient spirit ofthe Russians.
Florida" affairs.
• —
From the Charleston Courier 20th in si :
GOV. COPPINUElt S PROTEST.
The following is the Statement fo la
test of Gov. Coitinger, on the subject
of the lute proceedings ut St. Augustine.
Colonel Joseph Coppinger, of the
Spanish anny, late Gove.nor of East
Florida, and commissioned by his go
vernment to deliver up the province to
the U. States in conformity to The trea
ty concluded at Washington on the ‘22d
sheriff went out, and in a very short time
capt. Bell, with Mr. Gay, came in and
made similar representations, producing
a paper which they said contained the
order of general Jackson, to proceed in
thatmanner, on Which this deponent re
ferred them to what he had already stat
ed ; and repeated that lie protested a-
gainst the utternpts which already ap
peared to have been begun : this pro
test was made in the presence of the A-
merirnn Gen. John Geddes, his son Ma
jor John Geddes, und a resident 'of this
town Don Joseph Mariano Hermaml. z,
who ut this time were in his house, and
that after various altercations w hi< ti were
* t0 }reciprocally made between the parties,
gratify the public expectation upon the ,,, fe execution of the order of General
fact of his having been forcibly deprived j. lc | u ’ on br j ng insisted on, by one party,
ofthe government archives, which were If b y tb(s deponent the injustice and
under his charge, together with his pri- v j 0 j eI1CB , v hich would he committed by
vale papers, and the archives ofthe Es- ( , )e performance thereof; he maintain-
cribano, which last, according to the sli- m)J [ llwi ,y 9 that by force atone, should
pulations entered into with Col. Robert L he re u<iired archives lie taken away ;
Butler, Commissioner on the part of the they tbpn wcnt ( 0 where the office ff*t,
U. S. remained subject to the.future and )n( j finding the door locked with the ki y,
conventional decision of the two cabin- | (b( ,y f orce d it open and without any par-
cts, would wish td fhnkn known, that he
will not be permitted, by the short stay
he intends to make in this city, to lay
before the world a statement of tacts in
his own justification, supported by pro-
ticipation on his part, proceeded to take
awav all the papers anil documents there
in, carrying them out of his aforesaid
house in botes, which had been placed
the said office for the purpose of hav-
A controversy with Miranda ensued, which I This silent interchange of
ended in a formal challenge on the part of sensations, moreeloqncnt, ho we*. ; than all
Cant Murray. That officer believing, with the powers of language, Ustei0 I r som
P - “ *'■ the better part of valor was time. Not n word was spoken-all was a -
tention and dumb resentment, fnise oln
i s at length to their astonishment and de
Fulstttff, that - .
discretion,” refused to answer the call
hoard the Alliance frigate, as first liontanant, I to n urn .htBaMcw, Aafuilbradnde. A
navy, ions frequently wounded, andaflcn Ink- i m.i . . b( ,i.
’ ’ . which was the only thing that e-1 peace had been signed bet ween 'la twa. ni.
en prisoner, _ „ ■ ■
ver withdrew him from active and honorable
engagement in the service.
During the administration of President A
dams, at the commencement of our hostili
lies with Fiance, the name of capt. Murray
was found amongst the officers appointed in
the navy. He repaired In Baltimore and
took the command of the United States’ ship
ii go rents; and falling in with admiral Duck
worth, tliese tidings were confirmed. Ai
ming off Point Pelre, he sent a flag of truce
to tha French commissioner, by whom tie
was invited on shore and was received wuli
■very testimonial of respect. Feiixdejoie
were fired from, the forts as lie passed, and
during the two days of his residence at that
Mont evil ma of 24 guns—cruised for eight | place, all was hilarity and mirth. He com-
inonthsalong the whole range of Wesl-Indiu 1 municated the pacific commanders
Islands, andwnvoyed nearly 100 sail to the whom he fed in, and taking a convoy, si
different oorts of the U. Stales, without the for Philadelphia. .
mss of a Be vessel. Returning, he arriv- The act of Congress reducing the navy
...i it the Delaware, received the public was now passed, and the eontiundoie .i
thanks ofthe President, and was ordered In one ofthe 13 still retained ml ie] sm'•
e command of the Insurgent. With a He received “^*7*. t0 T^Vican comrnorco
ired on board of this rancan, to protect the American
in that quarter from the ravages ot tue l ri-
cruizrrs
Cape
w Ui,lllant friend, the present Comoro
Ing liiy,R " c tiAntcnanta on hoard
S 1 *”Dale, one of the lieutenant, on boa
Kkewise In the midst of a violent gale,«
5X „ ed by thunder anil igl.tnnia-. .
Kbu !:.a ,, ffi^r*viS',hem
* , r m »fh close on board an English fri
*■ 111 hands were, nevertheless, called
gate. All nanus areadful action en
to ^.r qba'^s, and d ^ fire
r Cd - t slacken it was discovered that
began t . Unirms were extiuguisli-
most (led from their sta-
?' S " d Asecond English ship was laid along
tions. r»Trumbull, which poured in
thn .tern o "umlaujh ^ ^ (o
her raking o oflhc lioute „ an ts, with Iteuti
* Cl, r Murray " ere severely wounded—and
nant M in’ 7 if . w eithRr killed or dtsa-
i The Trumbull was-be next day tow-
r d ’t New-York, without a mast standing
ed into Ne T '. ’ ports beaten into one
and several ot liergmi K 1 __ J fror
crew of3-i0 men he repair
ship, and sailed under a roving commission. ] m llial
Understanding that the French frigate Am- polilun -
I.usrade was in the neighborhood ofthe He was once becalmed, when c was
West-India Islands, lie cruised there for se- tacked by all the Tripoline gun • >
veral weeks, and put into the port of Lisbon | the contest was maintained for an
to recruit his provisions.
lie next proceeded in company with the
rilisli frigate Phaeton, on hoard of which
ere Lord F.lgin and suite, in quest of two
ench frigates, reported to he cruizing oil
St. Vincent, with whom h
ailed until
her arrival at the. Straits of Gibraltar.
He then blockaded two largo French cur
ettes in the hay of Cadiz: hot hearing that
_ number of American vessels were watched
by French privateers at Algesiras, he repair
ed to Gib altar for information. Here admi
ral Duckworth was anchored with a fleet oi
several ships of the line, from whom he re
ceived every testimony of civility & kindness,
lie next cruized off Madeira and the Cana
ry Isles : hut never obtained sight of the e-
nemy, the two corvettes excepted. Receiv-
ing information that the I 1 rp.nch frigate Y o-
Iunleer, of 44 guns, was cruizing off Cayenne,
lie arrived at that port, where he under
stood she had sailed for Guadeloupe. At
length lie discovered this frigate, of which
he had been so long in chare, irt. Point l e-
iiei o he blockaded her until all ins pro
visions were consumed, and repaired to St.
Christopher's to recruit. On returning to re
new the blockade, he fell in company with
th e Constellation, and learnt from th« l^‘l-
nt TlUXton that tli’rs frigate was lhe Ven
geance. The particulars of that memorable
frtlllc are too well known to requite a epe-
ific detail. . .ii,.
The Constellation then m a crippled state,
and (he Insurgent sailed in company to J a
maica. for the purpose of refilling, where tin-
two American officers experienced every
kindness and courtesy from sir Hyde Parker,
who commanded on that station.
While sailing in quest of the French fri
gate Vengeance, after the action with com
modore Truxtun, he received information
of her capture by the English, lie was al-
lenvards relieved by captain Si vier, in tile
frigate Congress, and sent on his return ti.
Delaware. Passing through the Bahama
straits, lie stopped at the Havanna to convoy
some American vessels, and was introduced
to the. vice roy of Mexico £i his lady, on their
and
A
.iglit breeze springing u’p, he brought hi*
guns to hear, and distributed 'among them
such showers of grape that they never an
noyed himafterwards.
lie remained for a period in the bosom ol
domestic retirement, from whence Jie was
summoned to take command of the Adams,
ti cruise, off the American coast, which was
then infested by French privateers, lie j Europe
cruised for some, time along the coasts ol
Carolina and Georgia in a tumultuous season
ofthe year, until his ship was almost a wreck,
whcn|hc returned to Washington, where she
was laid up. ■ i r
During the late war and to the period nl
his life lie was employed as commanding
officer on the Philadelphia station. .
These arc some ofthe prominent facts in
the life of a man who was lately the oldest
officer in the Ameriean navy, lie has emir.-
ed every opportunity to prove Ins devotion
to his country, by shedding his blood m her
service. He has proved his fidelity to her
bv dungeons and wounds, by seeking her
foes in every stormy sea, and by puisuing
danger and death in all the shapes in wlneh
they were presented.
lledied on the Glh October, tSill
d several o.u-s- v .. covere d from lo the viceroy aim ex. ■» ~ mere B Ii;xxxla, in Hi
^oundThe’^P’’' 1 ^^ 0 B “ ltin 2 0 ^’ b ^ er * wUU*?v^y B ™»rk y o?SoiSiaV'wpect.parti 11 Have you seen the
, was furnished ewub uimble lu JI o-1 cipaUnfi in all the splendid entertainments' and Europe are fo-
MOSCOW.
From the “ Ten Years F.xilc," of Me. de Slael
Gilded cupolas announced Moscow
from afar ; however, as the surround
ing country is only ujplain, as well us the
whole of Russia, you may arrive in that
great city without being struck with its
exlent. It lius been well said hy some
one, that Moscow was rather a province
than a city. In fart you there see huts,
houses, palaces, a bazar ns in the East,
churches, public buildings, pieces ot
water, woods and parks.
The variely ot manners, and ofthe na
tions of which Russia is composed, are
all exhibited in this immense residence.
Will you, 1 was asked, buy some Cash-
mere shawls, in the 1 artar quarter ?
Chinese town ? Asia
found united in this im
en masse. Let us hope that this so much
desired emancipation may ho effected
without violence : but in the meantime I
would wish to have the beards preserv
ed, so much strength and dignity do they
add to the physiognomy T the Russians
with long beards never pass a church
without making the sign ol the cross, and
their confidence in the visible images ol
religion is very affecting. 1 heir church
es bear the mark of that taste for luxury
which they have from Asia : you see in
them ornaments of gold, and silver, and
rubies. 1 was told that u Russian had pro
posed to form an alphabet with precious
stones, and to write a bilde in that man
ner. He knew the best manner ot in
teresting the imaginations of the Russians
in what they read. This imagination
however has not as yet manifested itseli
either in the tine arts or in poetry.
They reach a certain point in all tilings
very quickly, and do not go beyond
that, v Impulse makes them take the first
step : but the second belongs to re
flection, and those Russians, who have
nothing in common with the people of
the North, are as yet very little capable
of meditation.
Several of the palaces of Moscow are
of wood, in order that they may be built
quicker, and that the natural inconstancy
ofthe nation, in every thing unconnect
ed with country or religion, may be sa
tisfied by an easy change of residence.—
Several of lhe“e fine edifices have been
constructed for an entertainment ; they
were destined to add to the eclat of a
day, and the rich manner in which they
were decorated has made llicrn last up
to this period of universal desliuctiou.—
A great number of houses are green, yel
low, or rose colour, and tire sculptured
in detail like dc*ert ornaments.
The citadel of the Kremlin, in which
the emperors of Russia defended them
selves against the Tartars, is surrounded
by a high wall, embattled and flanked
with turrets, which, by their odd shapes,
remind one of a 1 ut kish minaret rather
than a foi tress like those of the west ol
Hut although the external char
acter ofthe buildings of the ci*v be ori
ental, the impression of Christianity was
found in that multitude of churches so
much venerated, ami which sittracted
your notice at every step, line was re
minded cf Rome in seeing Moscow : cer
tainly not from the monuments being ot
the same style, hut because the mixture
of solitary country and magnificent pal i-
ces, the grandeur of the c ity and Hie in
finite number of its churches give the A-
siatic Rome some points ot resemblance
to the European Rome.
The commercial establishments at Mos
cow had quite an Asiatic character; men
in turbans, and others dressed in the dil-
ferenkcostunies of all the people of the
East, exhibited the rarest merebundiz.e :
the furs of Liberia & the muslins ol India
there oflered all the enjoyments of luxury
to those great noblemen whose imagina
tion is equally pleased with the sables of
the Samoicdes and with the rubies ofthe
Persians. Here, the gardens and the
palace Razoumowski contained the most
beautiful collection of plants and miner
als ; there, was the fine library of the
Count de Douterlin, which he had spent
thirty years of his life in collecting : a-
moug the hooks lie possessed, there
were several which contained manu
script notices in the hand w riting of Peter
1. Tins great man never imagined that
the same European civilization, of which
he w as so jealous, w ould come lo destroy
the cstablis! meats for public instruction
which lie had founded in the middle of
per documents, which should convince j nj r them carried to the Havana when hie
all men ofthe outrage committed by the | romcnifw>ion should be completely folfill-
iumediute orders ol the Secretary, act- That after it had become dusk, ho
ing as Gov. of St. Augustine, W.G. L. , vt , n ( flown from the upper floor, whera
Won/HiNUTON, and which orders, as he | )G bm ] rein ained, to the office, arrom-
was informed, emanate from Gen. Jack- j ptxniod* by the aforesaid Gen. Geddes,
son. This exposition, or manifesto, lie ar|( j b j 9fon) Don Joseph Hernandez and
designs lo make, as soon as lie reaches otber persons,-mid found the door forced
the point for which he will shortly set 1 the lock, nnd’H.e papers carried a-
out ; and in the interim, in order that . un ,| this deponent further alledges,
some idea may be formed of the above I that at the same time that this outrage
mentioned occurrence, lie publishes the I w:l9 committed in his house, he was in-
solemn protest which he made on the ] fo rmc d by ])„„ Joan de Entrulgo that
pot, hoping that it any doubts should lbc y ] lll( | t-emuved from his in the same
still he entertained hy those unacquaint
ed with the particulars, they will he
learcif up and removed when his mani
festo shall appear.
(COPY.)
United btates of America,
City of St. Augustine,
anner by order of the government, tha
archives, his own property, »nd amongst
which were those of particular indvidu-
:,ls of East-Florida, the same being rt<**
nominated the Notary’s archives, which
had been left subject as is before stat-il
to the mutual decision of both govern-
P>y this public instrument of declara- j men Is ; whereby the contract has been
tion and protest, Be it known that on this violated which was made between Cry
second day of Oet’r, in the year of our lonel Butler und this deponent. And he
Lord one thousand eight hundred and further saith that, without prejudice te
twenty one, before me,Thomas 11. Penn, the protest which the said Don Juan de
of St. Augustine, Notary Public, per-1 Entrulgo has made, this deponent like-
gonullv came and appeared, the Spanish wise declares, in discharge of his respon-
Col. Don Joseph Coppinger, Coinmis- sibility, that he reserve# to himself the
sioner on the part of his Government right of representing against each one
for the delivery of the Province of E. land ull the persons who are and ought to
Florida to the United States of America,] lie responsible for the violence coinmit-
conformable to the treaty of cession con- ted by the seizure of both archives, that
eluded upon between both nations, who, they may be adjudged conformable to the
being duly sworn on the holy evangelists Constitution of the United States of A-
of Almighty God, did depose nnd say, I merica, and other laws, protecting pri-
that this day at 4 o’clock P. M. there vale property and the lights of dwelling*
presented themselves nt his dwelling from being forcibly entered into, bro-
liouse, the Mayor'’Colonel Forbes, tbe ken, or any violence committed there-
Attorney General Joliu G. Bird, and the m or upon the persons inhabiting the
Sheriff John Hanlnim, who madea de- same, they living under the immediate
maud ofthe archives &, papers, which re- protection of the Americao government,
mained in his possession, they being, as either as persons who, in a public char-
tho.y stated, commissioned by their Go-’Lctcr, enjoy privileges, or as private in-
vernmcnl; &: they were answered that in Jividuals.
no wise could the aforesaid deliver! (be uc- Wherefore the said Don Joseph Cop-
ceded to, because the archives remain- (linger declared to protest, and l the said
ing in his charge were those containing Notary aforesaid, at his special instance
the correspondence with his Govern- and request,'have protested, und by these
ment, which li«d been enrried on by him- presents do most solemnly protest a-
sclfand the preceding Governors, rela gainst ull the consequences, damage# and
live to the employs tilled by the respec- prejudices, which have or may occur from
live functionaries and persons ; that he the foregoing proceedings, and against all
bad no documents which had any rela- persons concerned therein, Si against all
lion directly or indirectly, n ith the pro- losses that may he sustained for or by rea-
perty and sovereignty of the nation ; and son or means of the aforesaid proceedings
one word, that the said archives were orotherwise relating thereto. All which
particular property which he was
bound to deliver to his Capt. General,
and positively excluded by lhe Treaty ;
that there were also nome of hiv own pa
pers amongst them ; thersfore lie re
peated, that in no wise could he deliver
the said archive# j that the archives of
the Notary remained subject to the res
pective decision of both Governments,
as had been stipulated with the Ameri
can Commissioner Col. Butler, as ap
pears by the correspondence mid the a-
j,i cement which both made, and most po-
siiively expressed in the acknowledg
ment of the delivery, for which reason
lie ought lo continue in the satno capa
city lie now holds, until the conclusion
of the aforesaid determination ; and that
lliP aforesaid Colonel Follies insisted up
on the delivery ofthe archives, as lie had
positive oiders which he must inflexibly
fulfil. The deponent again repeated,
that he w ould not in any w ise do so vol
untarily—and if the American Govern
ment, contrary to the rights of nation#,
against the inviolability ol his house, and
the particular property of his nation and
of himself, should lake by force, by which
mode alone could they obtain them, that
he protested solemnly against such au at
tempt, contrary to the laws of nations,
'the protection of individual security and
property, nnd more especially in the
present case, wherein the aggression
was directed against the rights of his
person, in which he represented his Go
vernment, by virtue of his office, as
commissioner for the cession, which was
not yet even concluded—and upon his
persisting in this refusal and firm deter
mination, notwithstanding all the argu
ments which were ur^ed to him, the
m liters k tilings were declared, alledged
and affirmed, as before i9 set forth in
the presence of the said Notary ; and
therefore I have hereunto subscribed
uiy name and affixed my notarial seal,
being requested to testify and certify the
premises. , *
Thus done and protested at St. Augustine
uforesaid, the day IE year above written.
[L. S.] (Signed) THOS. II. PF.NN,
JYutary Public for the City of St. Au
gustine and County of St. Johns
I do hereby certify that the annexed, con
taining two sheets, is a true copy of a pro*
let made, before me on the 2d of October.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name, and affixed
[L. S.] my notariat seal, this fourth day of
October, 1821. *
THOS. H. PENN,
.Notary Publicfor the City of St. Au
gustine and County of St. Johns.
United States of America. )
Citu of St. Augustine, y Y ‘
John Geiffles, senr. John Geddes, Junr.
and Joseph Mariano Hernandez, named in
the foregoing protest, being severally and
duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of
Almighty God, do severally make oath and
say, that the circumstances therein stated as
having taken place in their presence, are to
tne best of their knowledge and belief, in
substance, correct.
JOHN GEDDES.
(Signed) JOHN GEDDES. junr.
JOSEPH M. HERNANDEZ.
Sworn by all the said deponents, this 5th
day of October, 1821, before me,
(Signed) THOS H. PENN,
Notary Public for the\City of St. Auguiu
tine and County of St. Johns.
I do hereby certify, that the above i* ft
copy of an affidavit made before me on tha
5th October, 1821.
THOS. H. PENN,
Notary Public for the City of St. Alt*
gystln* and County <f St. Johut.
tur of