Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-10-10

Nondokos, from which her troop. ,rer.
last year driven BY Capt. Turner.
appears from these mails, that Arar,.
Governor of Taxus, the Eastern mr.
vince Of New MEXICO. has crossed ii.
Sabine Rivers which empties into .hs
Gulfof Mexico, and had encarnped viii.
in i few miles Of Natchitoches. Nateh;.
toches isa very considerable post ON The
Red river, 20 miles from the Fort Of
Adaycs. & TO from the confluence of
the Red river with the Mississirpi.
Their professed object appears 70 be. a
occupy the Tertiary between the Sab;nr
river andthe Nsndokos,. shout sin mill.
from Natchitoches.t The strength of
their detachmentis differently represen.
ted, but itmaybe presumed 10 amount
20 200 Spsniards, .with : lev Indian-re.
eruits. ; =. ~ q a. = = :, :
: There is no doubt, that the u. S,ate.,
troops are instructed to make an the Re.
.is.auee withln their power. |. consi-
dering, says Mr.. JeiFsrsonin his secret
message, that congress alone 10 consti-
tutionally invested with the power of
changing our conditions from peace %
war, / have thought Il my duty TO await
their authority for using force In any de4
gree which could be avoided. Ihave
barely instructed the officers, stationed
N the neighbourhoed ofthe aggressions,
to protect our citizens from violence, to
patrole within the borders actually deli.
vered to rs, and not to 60 out Of them.
but when necessary to ,rsbel an iaroud
or TO rescue citizen or his properly
The present Is, in fact, case precisely
analogous to the one which occurred last
year, when captain Turner compelled
these invaders to retire.--Nor can there
be any doubt that Mr.. Jefferson has long
since commissioned the governors of the
western territories TO exercise in such
caseAofemergency, the authorities con.
ferred by the law of the last congress au-
thorising detachment of the militia. -.
The suppositions are completely con.
frmed by the accounts from the west.
Col. Cushing, commandment at Natchito.
ehes. was. maneuvering his troops for
.ction. On the 2Sth of August colonel
Kingsbury was preparing to Join him
with three companies from Fort-Adams.
! situated on the east Of the Mississippi, 4
few miles above the southern boundary
Of the u. States. And Governor Clai.
borne had ordered the militia Of the ter
ritory Of Orleans to reinforce these re.
GUAR troops at Natchitoches as soon a.
Possible.-Such was the state Of affairs,
a. they are represented BY the last mails
from Knoxville and New. Orleans.
BY this time, therefore, m engage
meit may have ensned. or lis sexual
result We can entertain NO apprehensi.
ons, ifeol. Gushing had sufficient time
to receive his reinforcements from Fort.
Adams, orr detachment of The Orleans
Militia. But even IL he should have
been defeated in the first engagement, itz
would be easy TO repair the misfortune
BY additional recrpks from the Orleans
and Mississippi Territories. BY this
time therefore il may be nationally ex-
pected, that these insolsnt intruders are
once more driven with disgrace beyond
our existing Emifs. - ~
That Spain has thus mantle sted 4 most
unfriendly disposition towards Us. can.
not be donbted. That il forms q strong
Presumption either of the failure Of our
negotiation for the purchase OF the Flo
ridas, or Other actual determination to
give it such . direction, can scarcely be
a subject Of greater doubt. For what
other aspect does i bear, than that Spain