The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-05-10
WASHINGTON. May7.
OUR SOUTHERN FRONTIER.

We have received letters from the neigh
borhood OF Mobile to the 18th ult frog
winch the following are extracts
All the accounts which have been CT
culated throughout the Unlled States OF mi
| i'tary operations at Mobile, of Spanish re-
lniofCements, and OF tho arrivals of Bntish
| fleets IN Yves Florida have, been 10 aIly
destitute of foundation. Inueed theyisene
rally appear TO have originated at M Nat
chez, where they have not ordinarily grea
| ter opportunities of information concerning
the real stats of things at he MGie and
Pensacola. than they have At Philadelphia !;
and certainly much less than they have at
! the cay of Washing On
| Much dissatisfaction, it issaid. has
been discovered in tie settlements of West
F iorida, near the Mississippi, attte present
prospects opened ny the establishment of
the American Government 10 that quar-
ter; but there is not as yet my evidence
thata revolt is seriously interded, no does
it appear that il could be aGcorap anied
with any hope OF success. without Europe
AN aid, or which there are a present no IN
dications.
Governor Claiborne mas laid Of the
Country. claimed by the lifted States, into
parishes, as far as the bYou Battarie, but
has more recently EXCEEDED the parish of
ot Mobile aud Dog rive, few miles be
low the town oil Mobile and has thus inoiu.
ded four or five familes who were not in
Guided within the psish when the bayou
battarie vas the limt; bur whether any CT
WI jurisdiction has ictually been exercised
East OF Pearl riverwe are not informe6.-
ne revolutionary party on the Pascagola
did not appear Opposed to submit them
selves 10 The empire of law, when a pa
rith judge Was sent from Orlean. to es.
tabiish it aiming Chem but since the
heads of theiinsurrectio.. have left the
country, 1t is ssid that tranquility is re esta
blished, ~
" There i An American force stationed
at the pass ii Chris lame, which is about
half way bHween the lake POncbartrain
and the bag OF Mobile, and which promises
to afford an heaithful an eligible summer
establishments tor portion OF the troops of
the Unied States
FrGn that place Eastwar6ly there are
none a. present below the 31st degree but
the BID regiment Of Infantry consisting of
seven companies, rs stationed at Fort Stod
dertioD the Mobile, abost six miles above
the line, but there are unfortunately ye-y
few officers 10 command them. as the grea-
ter part have been called off 10 attend
court martial at Baton Rouge, on the MIS-
sissippi, between two aud three hundred
miles West of Fort Stoddert.
L he town 81 fort Of Mobile are stilI nc
cupieo oy the opaniards; nor is It known
whether any demand has vet been made
OF them under the authority of the govern
ment
"HapPily, however, the United States.
though they have il in their power to dis.
place the SPaniards frna This savorite Do
eition, may, without dOiEB this, if they deem
~ more e%pedient to avoid it, secure to
thelr citiTens every ADVANTAGE of free
trade ON the bay and river Mobile. The
Spanish authorities enforce no duties at
present but It may put it out OF their DOW
er 10 enforce them to extend the iurisdicti-
on OF the Unlled States across the bay East
wardly as far as the Perdido. and North.
wardly to the elst degree, leaving to the
opanards merely the town of Mobile and
few miles round it Tor their particular
accommodation The Eas ern channel of
the Mobile river, the mouth of which is on
the opposite side Of the bay, nine mics from
the town, IS at least as eligible for naviga
ton as the Western channel, and it would
probably BE generally preferred, did not
either business at the town or the necessity
of reporting to the Spanish officers compel
the persons concerned in the trade of that
river TO ascend the Western channel.
"a handSOne well watered bluff not far
from the mouth OF the Eastern chanRel on
the main land has often been pointed out
AS an eligible scite for a toyB, which at
some tuture day. 1T rs commended, must e.
cIipse the town Of Mobile and a military
station or that advantageous. spot would. D. |
. fully beteved, by the peIfons acquainted
with Il, completely ccmmabt aud protect