Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-15

Ter and the Uaiied States, I cld 10, he
Atate to .declale to you thar Iscoa.:der-
ed this uaeaiure, as flowing foley tom
The miitaken zeal Of The lntehdan. o!
LouIiiana, without the appreciation, ard
even without The lsnowleageof my Court.
| well knew the lincere deliIe Of The 4 ug,
my mater, TO live in peace and good !sar-
mony with The United States as aho
knew well the lcrupulous good faith With
which the ST aniih government fulfss
the engagements which it forms, rasti.
cularly when they are founded en- the TO-
lcsrnity OF 9 Treaty.
| havenow the fatisfattion of inform
ing you that my fri opinion has b en- We
l,hed. and Of declaring in the mott po1i-
tive terms, that the proclamation Of the
Intendant is an aa purely Perlonal, win
out the ianttien and even without the
knowledge Of his Catholic Msjefy. In
reality, if the faid proclamation had
appeared here in an entire fate, no doubt
could base taken place as 10 the fource
of this proceeding But the operative.
part thereof alone has circulated through
the United States, the preamble intro
dlcing ii, having teen probably with
op, deilgn, omitted.
l have therefore the honor TO COM
nunicale herein az entire and correct
copy ofthe aEorefaid proclamation and
by the exprr.Iiors which have Under
hired, i, viii be clearly leen that the ar
rangement is abiolu,ely periona, and has
originated in The faculties which the In
tendans fyppois 70 be incident TO lis TIA
ton.
Ibis agertion is not founded merely
on the obvious inference tom tho.c ex-
preGons The Intendant him!elf de.
cares il TO me in the moa direct terms
in letter of January 18th, which
have iult rec iyed from him; and the
Govcrnor Of the Province confirms the
fame thing with the fame iolelanity in
another letter of the fine dase. Mel
Their III. one. nor .he other dnpute the
riehr of The citizens OF the NVeitsrn
States to place of depoht on tie Spa
NTH barks of The Miailippi but the
Intenaaat thinks that the term of three
years allowed for the pufpofe at New
Orleans, having expired, and! much pre-
judice TO the royal interefs being ex-
perienced from It's continuance 10 that
city, it was incumbent on him to iufptnd
the depoGt there, without venturing to
take on himfelf, the Alignment another
equivalent place not becaae he doubted
the right of the inhabitants OF the United
States thereto but becaufe Il appeared
TO him TO be an ACT exceeding. his autho
rity, and which he ought to leave to the
royal determination OF our Sovereign. -
The governor of Louiianna faw tie fab-
jet under point OF view more correct II
my judgment, aud more favorable to the
Inhabitants OF the United States.
From the whole it relults that the
iuipenfon Of the-depoiit not being an act
Of my couri, and no perlon even difpasing
the right of the American Citizens in the
cafe, | fhall now take upon myielf TO
adopt meafures which mutt enfure to the
United States, the enjoyment OF all the.
rights ifipulated in the 22d article of he
Treaty, on the arrival at New. Orleans
of the difpa,ches which will be forward
e. urdsE this date. :.
From Neau-1ork paper.e March 81.
Lat< .t,0m Gibraltar.
LaA evening arrived at this port the
,hip American Hero, captain Matters,
in 50 days from Gibraltar. Captain M.
informs US, that on the 18th January.
three days previous TO his failing, infor-
nation was received there from Cadiz
.hatall American veiels had been ordered
by the Spanilh Government TO depart
Immediately from Cadlz, & that no more
,yo.,ld he nern,itted 10 enter he cauie