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frill*. Itivaa, therefore, v ?o n lx strppose?eT
that the American army, impelled by the
iuyucitnhle laws of self defence, to pcnc-
tr;.,“ the territories of his Catholic tmjns-
tv,'.h fight his battles’and even to relieve
ft am a cruel bondage some of his own sub
jects, would have been received as allies,
hailed n« ■diverers, and every facility af-
foBdjtl th tliem, to terminate speedily and
suwVifully this savage war. Fort St.
M 'trks'could not be maintained by the Span
ish force, garrisoning it. The Indians and
negroes viewed it as an asylum if driven
from the towns, and were-preparing to oc
cupy it, in this event. It wns necessary to
anticipate their moventer)*-, independent of
the pb-ition being essential, as a-depot on
which the success of my future operations
measurably depended. In the spirit ol I
Uerti'hRve'bcetf'ri.-’leii, will be repeated.
So Inn" »,s <*i“ Indians within the territory
»fj Spam aft exposed trwtlie delusions of
false ^ophets*and puison of foreign in
trigue ; so long rs they can receive ammu
nition, inanilions of war, &,c. ‘ from pre
tended traders and Spanish commandants,
it will be impossible to restrain their out
rages. The burning of the towns, the de
stroying of their stock and provisions, will
produce but temporary embarrassments.—
Itesupplied by Spanish authorities, they
may concentrate and disperse at will, ami
keeptip a lasting predatory warfurcagaiu-t
the frontiers of the United States, rs ex
pensive to our government as harassing to
our troops. The savages, therefore, must
he made dependant upon us, and cauut
be kept at peace without being persuaded
friendship; 1, therefore, demanded its stir-1 "* ,ll * ! ce ' ta,ftf J r chastisement being Hi
re, nder to the army of the United States ! I . ,icled 0,1 tl,e commission ol the least ol-
until the close of the Seminole war. The i ,ence - 1 11 Ust ’ tht;re, ' ure ’ the meas-
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Spanish Commandant required time to vo . which have been pursued will meet
lodging or the negtoes Irotn
occupying of it with Spanish tr< flips, or de
stroying it, and delivering the negroes,
who’ miry he collected, to their lawful own-
eis,■[ shall not beulile to act until I receive
the orders ofhny captain general, and the
t, the-j is bound to preserve In peace wifi tiicciti-
zetm of the United States, not only his
own subjects, Imt all the Indian tribes re
siding within his territory When called
upon to fulfil that part of the treaty in re
lation tu a savage tribe, who have long'de
bited States’ RqJrtj
assistance neces ary to enable tne to un-1 predated with impunity on the American
dertake-the enterprise with a moral cer- frontier, incompetency is alledged, with
tainty of accomplishing the end. I am | an acknowledgment, that the sairte tribe
persuaded that the determination of the < have ucteil in open hostility to the laws,
said chief cannot be long delayed ; and, 1 and invaded the rights of ins catholic nia-
slmuld it authorize ine to act, your -excel- “jesty. As a mutual enemv, therefore, it
lencv may rest assured and persuaded, jfig expected that every lacility will beaf-
tliat'I will not lose an instant to adopting i forded by the agents of the king of Spain
I’'rnm the Report,,/ th e Bank ,
I lie committee are of t»iv; i
stead of conductin'; wit 1 - thesli’1
towar, s the state bnks. !;:tV
I increased the,
charge of havin;
notes
them
notes dn rircn'ation, by its acCC|
in those places, where it wa ai
they would not he fe<k-ein«uS
and by making theni, j,i t, le
mentioned,.the only ' w
on my part, the most efficacious measures to clia«tise these lawless and inhuman sa-: j„ ,| wt ., ar ’j .■ ,, n " - | Cir culatin»’
for cutting up, by the loot, an evil wmen • vnges. In this light is tlie pnssession ed'| anco „f.t|,„ C "' l,! . tr . v - The
is felt tu the full extent stated m your lot- j St. Marks by the American forces tube Ik vimlir-nwi .i""*" stie di
■ .i .i... .... i i . '"""lanu on tl,e sriouml .a
MgJ
, - l,e ground ol i
llie only means to induce the
whose property and tranquility it is my uu-|of Spain. Spanish rights and property ■ nwiiif.'' f'’ 1 -' " l '- *his
ter, by the iaiiabitants ul-tius province, j viewed.
who are tne subjects of my sovereign, and i i collie not c« an enemy but as the friend
ty to preserve and piutect.
I hat cause, lus b.-
I 'V 111 ' e ro . s | K ' cU ' < '.- T,ie I" "P'-rty and rights he bid temporary and
i.l Sati llil.il Lilliinrt.' K ill I, I I .1 f ' v 1
-'■Reetifl
r-mi
With tnis explanation, your beforenain-1 of Spanish subjects will be 'guarantee.!■ that, at t'ie'sa"ie “j"" ex P w, « n< wB
d letter may be con -idered as fully an- them. An inventory of all public prnpet -! rciu-al of Vue bat k'Tf .V S ??'f 41
tied; it was grunted; and a negotiation j li’"i T '-.'; “I'V’*'■ swere.l, us it gives you to understand, mat, ty, munitions c,I' war, Kc. shall be made j to receive the oolesof it,!,
ensued, arid an effort was in ids to protract' , Umtw * ttates * 1!iu . y ,uve been-a- thinking as your excellency thinks, wttu j out and certified bv an officer appointed I the stat« i«nt-. i mes > 1
it to an unwarrant die length In the con-! ''"I'H pursuance of your instructions, | respect tu tne necessity ol destroying the j by each of u-, and a receipt given lor the!
versation between mv aid'd-* camp 'icut j al,tl under a. tirm conviction, tli.it they a- j negroes, tne fort of Appulacnicou, occu-j-ame, to be accounted for to Ins catholic I
Gadsden, and the Spanish commandant, cir- lo " e precalculated to insure - peace and • pied by them, was not const, ucteu uy or- majertv by the United States, The sub- i payable at all the others 'mTIH
security tu the southern liontier ol G«‘or- tier ol the Spanish gu-.ei umeiit, and inaijjrctnl w.y ijo^csmoii of the garrison ofv»|j n .r fhern \u\$ not j •
gia.” the negroes, although in put octungiug toiSt. -Marks, will be teferred to our respe-- ■theii"rcdrmt>tion, tlieff**'
th from j the inhabitants ol this province, and us > tiro governments for amicable adjustment. | plure- ' * ’ 1,1
i , of trade, became larger in n.
my master, aie deemeu uy me itisur-|are in the bay of St. .Marks, with whom I | their indemnity v;ainsl deinanrfj?
curustmees transpired, tonvincing him of a
disposition to favor the Indians, and having
taken an active part in aiding and abetting
them in this war. I hesitated, therefore,
.no longer, and, ns 1 could not be received
tn friendship, I entered the fort by violence.
Two light companies -<f tiic 7:li regiment
-of infantry, anil one of the lib, under the
Command of major Twig-1. were ordered
to advance, lower the Spanish cokes, and
boist the star spangled banner on the ram
parts of Fort St. Marks. The order was
executed promptly : no'resist ince attempt
ed on the part of the Spanish garrison.
1 lie el.q licitv of the Spanish comman
dant, in professing friendship towards the
United States, watte he was actually aiding
and supplying her savage enemies, throw
ing open the gates of her garrison to th-ir
free access, appropriating the king's store*
to their use, issuing ammunition and muni
tions of war to them, and knowingly pur
ch ising of them property plundered from
th.? citizens of the United States, is cleurh
evinced by the documents accompanying
my correspondence.
In Fort St.-Marks, as an intimate in the
-family of tl« Spanish commandant, an
Englishman by the n une of Arbatnnot w is
found. Unable satisfactorily to explain the
object of h s visiting tliis country, and there
b. nig a cominnation of circumstances to
justify a suspicion that his views were not
honest, he was ordered in close confine
ment. The c ipture of his schooner near
the mouth of Suwauey river by my aid de
lamp, lieut. Gadsden, and papers found on
board, unveiled his corrupt tr msactions, as
well as those of captain Ambn^ter, late of
the Unlish colonial marine corps, taken as
a prisoner near bowlegs’ town. 1'lit-se
individuals were tried, under my orders,
by a special court of select officers, legal
ly convicted as exciters ol this savage ami
negro war. legally condemned, and nustj
justly punished lor their iniquities. 1 lie
proceedings of the cou t martial in this
ca*>e, with the volume t testimony justi-
f. log their condemnation, prese .ts scenes
of wickedness, corruption and riaroaiity,
at which tile heart sickens, and in which,
in this enlightened a_,e, it ought scarcely
to be be tiered that achristia.i nation w ould
have participated ; and y et the liiitish go
vernment is involved in the agency, il
Arbutlinot and AmUnstbr are hot con
victed as the authorized agents id Great
lbutain, there is no room to doubt but
that government had a knowledge ol tneir
assumed character, and was well advised
of the. measures which they had adopted
The army will move on the
r "'liiU III
hence, crossing the Appalaj liicula river, I rational beings may he subjects ol toe j sSome urmcil vessels of the United States Gif trade "hi- •• ' *•’ ‘ dlf> : c ' va * >a|
dee.neo by me itisiu -
>atust the authority not I wisli to communicate.
|only of his Catholic majesty, bat .mu ol furnish me witli a small vessel lo cotivet a j on. the piviuent of t : e i> • 1
(the proprietors from whose service they j tetter, as well as some sick and tvou tilled necc-sa-ilv made in tie
at the Ocliesee Bluff, about forty miles a-, kin
bove tins. j gents or rebel
ANDREW JACKSON, inaj. gen.
lion J. C. Cal ocv, sue. war.
//. Q. uivitien uf t/ie^ south—Hrt Gaibtlcn, 25th j || ave \\itlidiawu theuiseives; some, setlut-| that are with me. A- nrir mutual
•Vir-1 have mdered a supply of prnvi-1 Ul1 - l, ' e c ± htJu “' U enemie* are coitcetitrating their
ims to be sent from -New'o, lea..', via I ‘fJ 01 ’, ‘ S 00lilj " K '’ ! ! ,mJ f " U,r °'i " ei,r °'' !’" ,! ' 1 ' ’ ’ J ' •‘''.'Min early * pnm.pt 1
Petisac ,1a. to Fort Crawford, on the Can- ^ fr,H " t.‘«r incuuatmn tu.uu on. uut i ansvyer is requested to this letter, with an !
eucllo. This route has Oeea adopted as , f «-ccllcncy mam ests a particular j hrigl.sh tran.-latio,,, as neither my-elf or
' t ill are ar.f|'j;ui»teil with the Spanish. j
eii by -Sjiaiiiaii autuority, 1 siiouia aUU* uy 'Dus will be lia?»<J*»il f«» vou b. mv a’ I*'
Vnu will I tru-t. j •i des of tin* offices were' raui-fy ,
savage
I'o rcc.
,i.„ . , adopted sss | t i cs j|. e that, ill cant? the tort wus nut uic*ct-
the most speedy une ol provisioning one] p ’
ol iny garrisons, w hich must ue iiiaiii ail)-
ed duriMg tlie present conflict against our
mutual enemies, the Seminole Indians;
and 1 cannot but express u hope that no
attempt will ue made to interrupt tlie free
passage of my transports to that post. I
am hot disposed to elite into any contro
versy witnyou on tne rights which our go
vernment may claim to tne free navigation
ol such wattr courses as head within her
limits, Out llow through the territory ol
nis Catholic majesty ; preferring to leave
these subjects to he settled by those legal
ly autiioi ized. But as it i., ue essary for
rue to make u»e of tne Es.ambia tiver in
passing up provisions to tne g..r isoii at
‘ it Crawford, f wish it to Lie uistinctlv
undeist <od, that any attempt to interrupt
tliepassage.d transports cannot be view
ed in any other iignt tnau as an hostile act
on your part, i will nut permit my sell
lor a moment o believe tnat y..u would
commit uu act so contrary to the interests
ol the king, your master. His Catholic
majesty, as well as. tlie government ol the
vvmise order it was erected, t nave ho dim
eulty in satisfyingyour curiosity by m-
lorniiiigyou, that r nave utiuersloon, ever
since mv arrival at mis place,that tne sunt
fort, and another near lac coniine.ice ol
the Ciiatahooche auu Flint rivers, ^wmcii
it appeal s no longer existsj were uui.t oy
order of the before named col. icons.
1 will not assure you ue Ult! it unuer au-
tuority from liis g iverhment, hut 1 can
say, lie proceeded to place artuleiy, mu
nitions and provisions in it by the anaoge-
meiit ol vue admiral -ilaicolm, and i.mt
vvnen col. .'<ic..lls, and tiie troops of ms
detachment, after tne conclusion ol me
expedition against Louisiana, withdrew
nmu that point, he left outers v.’Uli tne ne
groes totally Conti ary to the llicuhtesliule
rightul sovereignly, which lire king, niv
muster, exercises, Irom tue line ol bi uc-
jgieeof iiortii latitude, to me seam. .Mv
piedecessors in tue government nave gi."
I en an account ol an loose actions to cut
j aut.iunt.es uu wiiom they depended, tiiai
ile-canip, lieutenant James Gadsden,
vv .otn ail answer is expected.
I hav e, &r.
bv
Wli tl-*,\\ J XC.’KSOV, m j gen.com’:
Ti.e coniimimi.iig officer at St. ' nn-ks.
Cmted states, ure alike imetes etl in chas-! llle ,Jl| sI.‘ctioii w huh tue v luialion requn -
tising a savage loc, vvim has ton mug war-! L *' u,l " l,t 00 deinaiuleu by Uuse on unom
red vvltll impunity ugimst nis subjects, a
tlie citizens ot tliis republic ; and
l.iis duty devolve
well as tlie citizens ol this repuude : and I I 1 « answered your excellen-
1 feel persuaded that every aid wi.i. it you ! s lel ^ er satislactorily , ami in terms may
can grve to promote tins ouject will tie! luave a Uivivijt ot tne sincerity ol my
clieeifully temie ed- ; mtentlov.s in lavur ut the common cause
Oou JuSli disor, go
A \ Oita. vV JACK SO
maj. jcn.
ol the American and ispanisn in i
ciiiacoia.
* ta.J
J auu tlut in> |ircsent JuacCiOii doe'* liotpiu-
TH .NaLATLD COl’V. Ct*eU II 0111 d NVU.Jt oi itlCllllatUWJ.
.l/osf c-i’cctlcnf sri-—Oh the 24tll of tlie' 1 likewise Hatter myseif, tiiat, until my
present nioutn, captain Ameluiig, of the . ua|Kain general derides, no steps will b*e
1st United States’ regiment, put mio my - taken oy the goveriiiucni ot toe Unitcu
hands your excellency's letter, dated at I states ur liy your oxcelieucy, winch m..y
Washington, Alississippi territory, on the ! prejudicial tu the sove. eighty of toe
g.td of Apt if last; m wnicii, aiter ajipris- j king, my master, in toe dlstnu. oi Appa-
ing me tnat your government h.nl given it I lachicola, winch is a dependency ot tins
m chaige to you to inform me tout me foi 11 government, And Imaliy i concame, hv
of the tiegroev,er&cted (luringthe last war 1 assuring your excellency, that it will ui-
witli Great Britain, near tile junction ui | luril me particui.tr sulislactiun, to nave
the (Jliattaliuuclie and Flint uvers, had "Pl ,ul dumties ot evincing my desire, nut
been reinlor.ed,and was now occupied bv | °“ly to cuatrihuie, so l.r as depends oil
more than two hundieu and lifty negroes; j ‘tie, to me ceuieuting of die goon umlet-
to excite the negroes and Indians in Last I many- of whom vveie seduced from tne I standing which subsists between our res
Florida to war against the United States.! sei vice of their masters, ^whu aie citizens pet live governments, but, also to piuve to
I hope the execution of these two uuprm-|ot the United States) and mat ad of tueiiU. VUU1 excellency tlie li gn opinP o i enter
cililcd villains, will prove an awful exam-1 are well amiedrprovisioned and uisciplin-
pie to the world, and convince the govern-1 ed—y uu make many wise reflection- w do
in cut of Great Britain, as well as liei suo-j respect to Hie seiious i ijuries vvntcli may
jects.thatcertain.il slow, retribution a-! result Irom tolerating such an eslabtisn-
waits those unchristiai vvi etches, w no, by I meiit, u tinny t • t..o-e in tlie i mine mute
false promises,delude and excite an in-1 neignooriiniul ol u, out imewise to the
[ra.i -v-l.iTvn t-o.-r.]
S', M l-k--, r.h Ap».|, 1«18.
Most excellent sir,—living mude to un-
ilersta.ni, although with the greatest dif
ficulty, the contents of the letter with
which you honored me ye»tcrduv evenin..-.
deliv red to me by your aid-tk'-camp, ,la'.-
Giidsden, l will declare to your excellen
cy the satisfaction the know hdge of the
result of y-i.ur expedit on against Mieku-
soolfj- has ail n tied e. Tnat such w-nutd
oe the event could not he doubted, on con
sidering the superior talents and skilful
conduct of your excellency, and to the-e
mu-t fie a-ttributed the success, on which
I ten.ter you my most cordial cuogiatu-
mtions.
M; chief, tlie governor of -Pensacola.'
had, in truth, reason to mention to vuip
captains Gordon and Call, whatyunr ex
cellency states to me, and tu entertain
iears tar the late of this fort, menaced b ,
lmitaiis and negroes for some months past.
and particuia ly since they have been dis
appointed in their expectations of obtain
ing powder and ball, which they have sn
repeatedly’ solicited, mil to which they
tnoiigli, 1 tuemselves entitled, from the prac
tice Woirli existed, of supplying them an
nually t..erevvith. tins prove- how eo-
tirelv uiilou.ided is t 1
1,1 *' p '"trs of (il
i .-fitiilion- ; anil (Inis it was one J
It 1 :* -II.-I t ot the oi l sv-teia tu ;J
the ileht- of the -late In f, t g,J
ol tile bunk of the Unit-! Sfatrjfri
'ihiri*-. T ip demands of the bull
s-ilirri'd toacelrtiiulatei-nninDtrlrlJ
-I' bcintr a.-.,dually ml. MI 3
otjuireH at other »ni-csaimiiD«3|
titles tout would not have been fell f
redticlien was not insisted upons
,v earl y : and. when 'the bank I
a- 1 for specie, its demands were s_
Mderahle ns no* only to e-posc tbrl
oanks. hut the citizens in tirifM
genera!I v to very severe nrrssare.
Bv s u 1 js t i t u i i 11 g t h e r red it of imliil
for the payment of the sectniil iiwtil
which will he presently stated,it
cair, or notes of state hanks (lie j
the United ktute-ina great ineasil
I'rivi'il itself of (! e enrlv anil
rlierk which the |v.s-e- : „ii of tlttiVI
would have aftkrilrd. to the moreT
-ivr? incre.-is- of local paper. |J
1817, the debts hie froiTnthe dikT
are reduced to S '.'jrj.t tA, v.hilethJ
of the hank of the U. S j. ( cirtill
amounted to gl,f Jditjno, hv wliichiM
have been subjected to e iibarnistiiJ
rising from the calls of the Mi]
’ions. The committee tliiiik it ei|
Irooi this result, that the bank did a
ercise, with sufiteieid energy, the
which it p-*c- : es«i-l, iind might barn
cd. but rather afforded iinlgci-tnenlsl
-tale hanks to extend ti.e mnauntiif
cireulating notes, and thus ir.rrcist
ot the evils it was intended tocurtf
But i:i respect to the directors,th
miitee consider their rmiducf intis
connected with t' c. general tnaaai
of the concerns uf the bank : .uifl
. , . . itsic’i tiou ol tlie a sense of the duty devolved om
.v.ia t|, 0 duel L nenubbce, tl„r the lo- itvev state, that manv of the dirndl
ui.ms leave been .supplied vvitTi
since l was adv
h.ui, be supptiui vviui monitionsI well those appointed hr the ruwi
11 UU " "V;’ lu f ' I »K- as those elected hv the sWkhohM
termined to maintain tne mo.t M,. t nen- pear tu have been the mmt font*
An one can better remove from j the most active in trafliring io
The mere purchasing shares with I
teiition to retain them, would noti
dian tribe to all the horrid deeds ul ,-av-
Previous to my leaving Fort Gadsden,
I hail occasion to address a communication
to tint governor of Pensacola, on the sub
ject of permitting supplies to pass up me
Escambia river to Fort Crawford. This
letter, with another from M. .Marks on
, the subject of some United States cloatu-
ing. shipped in a vessel in the employ oi
tin* Spanish government, to that post, i
now enclose, with Ids reply. The govern
or of Pensacola's refusal of my demand
cannot but be viewed as evincing an inis-
f^e feeling on his part, particularly in cou-
De.cti.rn with some circumstances report
ed to me from the must unquestionable
authority. It has been stated, that the In
dians, at war with the United State-, have
free access into Pensacola ; that they ai e
kept advised, from that quarter, ol all nut
movements : that they are supplied Irom
there with ammunition and munitions of
war; and that they are now collecting in
a large body, to the amount of -J nr 60U
warriors, in that city. That inroads from
thence have been lately made on the Ala
bama ; in one of w hich 18 settlers fell by
the tomahawk. The-e statements compel
Die to make a movement to the west ol
the Appaluchicola, and, should they prove
correct, Pensacola must be occupied with
an American force—the governor treated
according to nis desert-, or as policy may
dictate. 1 shall leave strong garrisons to
"Forts eft. Milrks, Gadsden and Scott, and
in Pensacola, s multi it become necesstry
to possess it. It becomes my duty to state
it, as my confirmed opinion,* that, so lung
as Spain iia-not the power or will to en
force the treaties by which she is solemn
ly bound to pi eserve the Indians, w-.tlmi
her territoiy, at peace with tlie United
State*, no security can be given to out
suuyheiu frontier, without occupying a
chain of posts alnug the sea shine. The
moment the American army gctires from
Florida ttiV war hatchet will be again rai
ded, and the same scenes of unliseriiiiiri-
|t« OkiSdact^ with wbisb out ji-ouiicr sei-
gooo U'.derstaiiUing union imppiiy exists
between our respective governments.—
V ou enter into un investigation, to shew
wnat tne ftpainsn authorities oug.it tj uo
lo put an euil to an evil ot so serious a
nature, in a mode prescribed by .nose
prm. iplcs of good laitn wmeu are tue
tounbution ol titetnlly ncigiio rhoud a-
mong nations. You distinctly state what
tnis go .'err.incut ougul immediately to do ;
in tailure ot vvliicn, youi government will
be obligeu to cln it, to ins’j. e the safety ol
the inhabitants' of the United Mate,
Ills cxcelkil-
... IJ. Llivia.o
tain ol your vu tues aud military talents.
Gob preserve your excellency main
years.
MAU'iUCIO UK ZL'.NIG.V.
I'ei.-iieou., eUtii ...ay, 1810
V. Jatiiso.v.
ji tne Snaiii— beturc St. Murks
Apr.! o, 1
>8’<r,— I’u cliaslise a savage foe, wim,
eon.blued vvitn a lawless band ol oe-ro
brigands, nave I'm sometime past been
carry tog oil u cruel and 'biiprov.»..ea war
against tne citizens ol tlie Liiiteu States,
uas compelieil tne President to direct me
to march my army Into Fionda. f have
penetrated to tne .Hickusny towns ami ie*
bared luem lo ashes.
i loose towns i louud many indications
ul a hostile spirit. Uu a red pole in toe
irality.
your excellency's mind, any Unfavorable
impression you may lifive formed on tin*
subject than the bearer, \\ iiham llanihlv,
as i.e lias at various times interpreted to
me the solicitations ol tlie seveial Indian
duels, in my iieighborii >od, and he ca..
also iiitorm you ol toe advice I alvvuv ...m
tneiu, to av. id tiie destruction wl'.ieii = li.i-
ovei taken them, ami which I Ion-saw from
the beginning.
This being ifcaii/.ed,
mil tin
yentie ut tne council house ol Ken
tavvti, more than lit ty liesii scalps, ui '.ui
ages, irom the inlant to the aged matron,
auu
you cunc.u e oy requesting tue to state, in
my answer to vour lectci, wnetlier t e
said to. t had becu.consiruclcd ov the &oao-.
i-h government, and whether tiie negroes " LU uu “ suspenue .
who composed Us gamsot. were deemed , *" 10 lau ’ “P'vards ol tnree
subjects ol Ins Uu.hoiic majesty, and if! , ! uu “ re, ‘ w ‘ l >wl )“’ Vere ,oU,,d 1,1 l “*
tue foil was nut uuilt by Spams., antl.o.,-1"" 1 A" •'/ the diUereut Gne.s settled
ty, to state by whose authority, and 0 .. l) “ k«uo.y pond. Inose buroan-
vvhoseorilerit vvasbu.lt ' J ,aus who escaped death- have lied, f.o.n
In answer to your excellence, I w.ll dom.numeated by tne govern-
state, with the veracity that comports w . ‘ or 01 1 c,,iaCttU 1 tuo ° '«> ^pta.i.s,
the character ol an Imnoraole otticer, in I ai ' a 1 >.K.uceM to oei.ev e
wi.ich clas, l rank myself, that having ar- • ll ‘“' lk " l " st ] Mal tkS P'»t«-’ct.on.
rived at tlie place nearly at tire close of ^ ® liVe, “ 0 ‘; sUU ' 1 “ ,al ll ‘ e 1 “ a ‘ a “ s aml
the month of Marti, preceding, .,nd being I “f» luc . 3 ,ut ‘ **• la, o e »«!*•
informed of what your excellency lias
cumiiiuhicated to me, with this difference,! . ,, - -
session ol vour fit tre-s. fie further ex-
that the fort, instead of being where you
place it, is tube found on the eastern bank i; r ‘f«‘-’ d a " apprehei.siou, that from you.
'defenceless slate, they were already
of the Appalaciiicola, at about fifteen miles
t. om its mouth ur entrance into tiie sea, 1
lost no time in proposing to my captain
general the measures that appeared to me
proper,as well for securing tiie inhabitants
ol the country under my command, from
the damage;loss and injuries vvliicn they
have suffered, and still suffer* from tins
establishment, us to prevent the American
citizens, and the liieiidly Indians of the
neighborhood, from continuing to expea-
euce them. 1 have hitherto recei.ed vio
answer, and, consequently, your excel
lency, who knows how limited aie the pow
ers of a subordinate officer, cannot be sur-
prised that 1 should make known to you,
that, although my mode of thinking ev
possess!.ui oi St. -Maiks. Tiie wife ol
Aiienuooy, a noted chief, now a prisonei
in my cum)., mforined me, that tne hos
tile Indians and negioes obtained tlieu
supply ul ammunition truiu St. -Marks.
i u prevent a recurrence uf so gross a
violation of neutrality, and to excluue oui
savage enemy from so strong a fort as St.
Muik-, 1 deem it expedient to garrison
that fortress with American troops, unto
tne close of the present war. This mea
sure is ju-tiliabie on the immutable princi
ple of self-defence, and cannot but be sa
tisfactory, under the existing circumstan
ces, to his catholic majesty tlie king of
Spain. Under existing treaties between
actly corresponds with your*; as to the Ut|- our two goveruwent-y the king of .Spain
now no motive to tear any insult til the
Inrt tr om these birbm tans and the nf'ro.s.
1 beg permi—.ion of your excellency t
call your attention totliodillkullv tshnini
invi-lve myself in with my govei uinent, n
1 were presently to assent tu vv hat you:
excellency proposes to me, to garrison
tins tort with the trmif- of the United
.’suites, without iiist receiving its orners,
Surii f wdlsiiltcitimmediitely an oppoiiu
mty oilers, and 1 do net lor a moment
doubt that thfy will he-i veil tome; so
zealous is my governmeni lo comply witi,
live stipulations between i;er anu Hie Ui.it-
ed states. In tiie urerin. f hope jour
excellency will desist lion your intention,
and fie firmly persuaded of the go. d fait)
■ ltd I.arm my which will icign between
tins g.irrisoii and whatever troops von
may think fit to leave iri tbi- vieinilv, vvno
nay assist me in defeuce ol this | u it o,.
any untoresecn event.
t he sick your exceilenev sent me are
lodgerl iu the rnval hospijd, and i have
afforded lliem every aid vn«ch ciicumst Hi
ves admit. 1 hope your <xi ellency • will
give me other oppoi tunititsof ev in- ing foe
desire 1 have to suti-fv you
I trust your excellency will pardon mv
not answering you as soon as requested,
lor reasons which have heeii given you by
your aid-de-camp. I do ini accompany
this witu an English tian-htion as youi
exctilency desires, becaui* there is no
one in the fort capable Hereof : Out tile
before named Wm. 11 nniulj proposes ti
translate it to your excelletuy iu the best
manner he can-
May our Lord preserve viur exceilenev
many years. Bu. h is my pmyer.
Must excellent sir, I ki-s > our excellen
cy’s hands. Your most devoted and obe
dient servant,
FilA.VCISCO CA-OV LUKNGO.
The must excellent And .r.vv J.vtus.iv,
general in chief ol'the li .ops jfthe L'.
States before -t. ■ 1 url.s.
ef Tu be cuntinueti J
proper, even in a director, if mult
out any view to intended future i
t ing ot the Imaril of w lilrli lie vi js i
ber; but the practice of puriiu'sntp
[ lime wlien -lock was low & selling*
j itlier, alter its price had beets cull
j :>y tlie measures adopted bv the dij
-ceidainlv tf,fair Slid rutisurable.
being 'he perver-ion of a public atiJ Ml!
Git. ivtiAMljA
r KA! ’ T. 11 s his proies.ional &. rviecs to the
eiliseils of Put.-..lm e.unity. 11is residence is
Uie farm formerly occupied by J etui,Oil Wright,
i iitvil v «• r»*a*Lr Jwn IS. ‘I ta'
on Kooty-crecK,
L\u. lo 4
) *
tru-t. to the purposes of self 3»tu
metit. and place* the directors in *
finn w here their own interc-t aff.rdl
temptation to the al.ti-e i-f that
Mill more re| rehcn-ili'c is the '
ot those directors wi n mr.tlectsitu
the purchase of stock th-livnablcat
able, at u future peried. at a Itiwrir
luring the iiitenneiliate time, r J
’Wn official art-, raised the price
-touk to its hig?ie*t jrnir.t. I he cod
do not dee u it rercssary hi repeal
tails, w hi h w ill he lourcl in the ex
atmus ol I he d i icc If rs a nil otlieersr
w itli subnntt d. marked I.H. bV*
By comparing those extn’imi™
the prices of smek lirtein beturc I
to. the 11.’rise will be enabled to J
w liicli • f the dirert rs I ave partitip
tins business. Wfith respect fcTfh®
officers, rc sptui-iblc to the F l ' rr
iinl subject to the coortitutiena! f
n.is II .use. the committee det 10 If
duty to state, t!\at the I’ro-itlent, »'
Jones, Esq. nod Geerge Biliiai®*i
appear Irom tlieir ow n drcbriritw 1
from the testimony t.f a nu nb* 1 '
ue-scs, t - * have been deeply c**
:n those speculations, Mr. Jooe**
to have purchased l.a.ii -hares ■
rate, and to have sold a largeF
at a lo-s. He -fates, that i” l l *
uf 1817. lie purchased-.! contract ’
-hares, at 102 dollars per share,J *
4e 2d January 1818, and soon • f
liter contract fur lnuusliareK
in November f llmring, at l-’j"" '
-lure, from w hicli two co** r **^ 1
appear, he realized : ; o.(lOddc>llsr**
< — much ambiguity in du 'yt t
tions, ari-i. Irom tiie HiC ,,l,l P- i ' 1
metils of Mr. Jope*. (“xj®
urns, Mr. 1). A. feSbifh, »»d ^
MTullucli. I l'.e lattergenth' 11 ' 1 **?
to speak of f same contract'
chase:. but give’s accounts "• 1
what va: ianf from that eif Mr. ..
ticularlv. Dennis A. .Sinim aua ”
M’C’uliocIi speak of nueof. thw*
or of some other, as living been
to Mr. Jones gratuifnu-lyi * ,
had riben, and it was obvious tt«r
would be i aiizeii, ’ ' -
makes no ineutioii. J