Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-11-17

impulse Of the mement. The news from
Detroit will have direful influence, and
j, is not improbable that the whole from.
tier, from Tennessee to the Bay Of Mo. 1
bile, will within three msnths be in
aame. The Greeks are to have a grand /
council on the 22a Of October, and they
have invited the Choctaws, the Chicka.
saws and the Casrokees. II is puss.bIs
| that the citation produced by Indian sue.
| cesse. in the north may vanquish tn.
wavering and arm the cowsrdly with
momentary courage: II so, the times
will be dreadful TO the settlements on
the waters of the Mobile, which lie IN.
| .ulated in the midst Of all extensive vii.
derness, between Georgia and the Mis-.
sissippi, and between Florida and the
state of Tennessee. The Seminolsss
"a tribe attached to the Greek confede.
racy aid residing on the borders Of East
Florida) or at least part Of them, are az.
ready at war with the white people in
East Florida, where they have killed 8
or ten persons, and captured 40 or 81
negroes. They have also murdered one
| bow and wounded another on the Geor.
| eia side Of tho. St. Mary's. A deputa!
! ton of chiefs was sent from the Greek
nation TO restrain them. The comman.
dant at St. Marks "a small Spanish es,a.
blishment on the river of that name,
east of the AppaIachicola, and near the
b.ur AIRY between East and West Flo.
| rida) told the head of the dsputatisn--
eve are at war. ! expect the British
| soon at St. Augustine, Pensacola and ST.
Marks. expect soon to receive guns,
knives, ha:chets and ammunition for the
red people, and when it arrives you may
have it if you will. The red people are
our friends-it will be here for them.
and they may have it if they will"
| News from Pensacola speaks t same
general language. Eumors exist there
| of the expectation CT British forces
But whether those rumors originate in
specific intelligence or in general re.
lance on the result of British connsx.
ions. it is not easy to determine.
That England should avail herself Of
one of the best harbors OF the Gulf OF
Mexico, is certainly not improbable,
and we can hardly expect that a naval
station, so desirable to her In any pro.
jects which she may contemplate against
the southern and western parts at Uni
Ted America, should be denyed to her
by favorite ally, when her exclusion
would not be demanded even by the
principles of d cold neutrality,
On the night Of the 18th OF Septem-
Der. great illumination took place in
| the town of Pensacola, on account OF the
publication of the new Spanish coRstitu-
ton. Such parts Of it as related to the
provinces of Spain, were read with loud
reclamation. The Joy Of the people
continued througi, the night, and it was
expected to continue tws days longer.
Much music, much discharge of artiile-
w, much splcndor, pomp and ceremony
we're introduced to elevate the hearts Of
Spaniards
Previously to this event, 100 black
troops had arrived from Huvanna and
about the time al which it took place,
l6 more arrived, and were destined &C.
cording to report, for the town. Of Mo-
billie, in The Mississippi territory Of the
Y States. The British were bringing
in their prizes. The Spanish aulheri-
ties it is said, offered the same asylum
to Americans. O,her forces were ex-
pected from HAVANA, and several gun
boats were promised to afford them ma
val protection.
Similar ceremonies with regard to the
new Spanish constitution. have taken
place in the town of Mobile, which, by
an act of the Congress Of the U. States,
passed on the Goth MAY last, is declar.
ed to be a part Of the Mississippi Terri.
tory, to be governed by the laws there
OF, and by the laws and ordinances Of the
y. 5. relating thereto. There, in that
American town, the new constitution Of
the C0rtes was ANNOUNCED on the 18th Of
September, at O'Clock in the afternoon,
in the public square. On the next day,
Sunday, it was again read in the church
and all the inhaetants who, by procla-
nation from the Governor Of the Mis-.
sisslppi Territory. dated on the FIRST Of
August last. were declared to be enli-
tied to all md singular the jurisdiction,
rights, privileges and inmunilies that
respectively appertain to those Of the
Mississippi Territory, were sworn to &c
true TO Ferdinand The 9TH, and to this
ne" constitution The solemnilies IF
religion were introduced to give it eff
cacy--hish mass was performed
cannon OF the Fort were fred-ana i'm
pressions were thus created on the minds
OF the people, that i: was time to aban.
don the expectation that the country
woald actually fall under the jurisdiction
OF the y. States.
The appearance Of an Engliah boat
with an officer, who visited the comman.
dant, and viewed he rl.cc, terdcd to
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