Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-11
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Eassvact Of q letter from The baron de carcade-
ri, aated Mszy Orltaas, l2th September,
1896.
IN answer, sir, to your private letter OF
the 10th Of last month, will acknowledge TO
YOU that I was under the belief that the fort OF.
St Ferdinand was badly constructed, but not
3 to the degree that You point out to me. You
must, kowevera without augmenting the ex-
pences which its evacuation would render
useless, put In state to maintain yourself
there until receive new instructions from
the court. Should the court think proper, as
may very well happen, not to eyacuatc cur
posts on the Mississippi, / will dispatch a
courier to you In all haste, that you may
c,,,ange the situation of the fort, which ought
10 be done with ali diligence, and SO as that it
might be again sufficiently seatrenchedto pre-,
vent its being surprised OF attacked boeore it
is in state of defence: for this purpose I
Will send immediate and sesretorders to New
Madrid and to ST GSneyieve, that carpenters,
masons, &c. should instantly be sent to you,
and you may also count On reimbursement of
troops which Will send to you BY the gal
ley Philapa, which am causing to be re-.
built, without noise; all these disposii5ns.
repeat it to you, ought to be prompt and be
rret. expect the answer of the court in
IF his majesty, on the contrary, should
persist in it, that the evacuation OF the forts
must take place, it must be done In the most
simple mode towards the commencement Of
January. In the mean time YOU must pre-
pare the minds of the Chickasaws, and Of the
49, x>C o,,J 90 Fnr
the one or other of these events. Youought
to make the latter understand that their natu-
raj interest leading them to separate at some
day iun jour| from the Atlantic states, the oc-
cupation of our posts on the Mis- ;issiPpi by
the troops of the latter could not but be dis
astrous to them, since they would cut off all
communication between them and us, from
whom alone thev could, in that case, hope to
receive assistance.
Extract of letter from Daaiel Clark, 20 the
secretary Of STATE, dated a. Orleans. 1iarch
8, 1903.
AS proof that expectations OF assistance
from ourselves against our. own government
have been always relied on by the Spaniards,
and that they have constantly looked to oil
y,ilsion of our western states from the general
government, now forward you an order to
receive from Washington Morton, Esq. Of N
York, a sealed packet which left in his pos
5. session when set out for Europe, and which
then mentioned would shew you at my
return, not thinking at that time that circum
stances would occur so soon as to render tht
disclosure measure of immediate necessity
Among other papers of less importance il
9 this packet is small part of the correspond
ence of the baron dc Carondelet with the of
foer commanding fort st. Ferdinand at thu
Chickasaw Bluffs, in which he suffers hi
plans and views TO be clearly perceived, an'
which were solely aimed at our destruction-
the remainder areas well as recollect copi
of talks s letters to s from the Chickasaw In
t,;ans,by the baron dc Carondelet' letter to tn
of6cer, you will perceive that the fact advis
ed you of, respecting the annual pension
Ave hundred dollarsto Uguluyca5e, cannet b
disputed.