The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-01

! from fhe .,vntto1dL IRtsiGrcncrr.
THE OCCUPATION OF MOBILE,
! LApDRrssEp TO THE RDIToRs.l
Nobae, .ihrR %. 1913.
| Mobile is now in the possession Of the A.
| rneficaa government. The American fag
! Was piaccd on Enc remparts OF forS e n -
loite; Formerly fort Contlel on the 18th os
the present month. The Spanish garrison
might have held ont considerable time, but
destitute of provisions, resistance was hope
less. An ample supply of both provisions
and ammunition had been forw arded from
| PENSACOLA but Gen. Wilkinson had taken
care to stop it in the bay of Mobile. The
mode IN which he has conducted the BUSH
ness OF occupying this place has been at
| tended with the most salutary effects It was
| characterised by secrecy and efficiency: &c
| IN consequences of this, not a life has been
lost, nor an atom of property endangered.
| The Spanish soldiers were frrnishedrwtl
provisions ont of the American stores, and
| accommodated with vessels in the employ
ut the United States, set sail for Pensacola.
Detained however by contrary winds,
they were unable to get out of the baY, and
having expended their small stock OF food.
they have been obliged to return, in order
to obtain from the american general a fresh
supply:
In the transfer of government in this
town. scarcely any restraint of personal Ii
oeIty has been experienced,
One fugitive from Justice was indeed arr
rested, and a Spanish subject, whose beha
VlCur had been extremely violent and outra
geous on the eve of the change, was taken
IN o custody; sut even he on the appear
anre OF judge Ioulmin, was speedily re-
lleved OH entering into recognizance to keen
ne peace, and TO be of Oh heha,io
ms Judge. lately SO muh TIE object of
4 = . az MT .NTt
ms town troa, Illegal i0lence, was imme.
diately on the transfer Of jurisdiction Sc
lee ed, as 1t is said, by the uuan NOUS senti-
heni ot the people Of this place. to repre-
sent them in the territorial legislature.
Cen Wilkinson is hupiiy employed in Sc
curing the territory IF which he has AIKEN
possession. He proposed guarding the pa :
at the mouth of the bay by a battery, to be
erected at Mobile point, and left town on
wv ,nsst tor the purpose of examining
the pass and determine on the seize. He
likewise prop -ced stasioa;n5; n .s1lv IS
troops at the Perdido. But ,pitb all these
precautions, so extensive is the country and
so exposed are the settlements I'D the river
mat, II tie Spapiards are bent on hostiIities
and can obtain the assistance of the indians
mere Is no possibility of giving security Ia
lne 'hhabitantS, without considerable ad-
alton to the present military establishments
in this quarter. That the governor of pen
sacoia Will regard the occupation of Mobile
as an hostile act, there is every reason to-
OeheVe; and late accounts from that place
assure us that he has sent a messenper,
with dispatches into the Greek nation to In
vlte the Indians down, for the purpose of
joining INN in war against the American
people IL is also said that he has Just re-
celFed hiteen hundred barrels Of -four, with
ouE which, indeed, invitations to the. Indians
would be productive Of little effect. Etvine,
lately received reinforcement Of coIoured
troops from the UavaDna his whole force
Is SAID to amount TO 1900 though I confess
am incIined TO believe that this estimate is.
considerably exaggerated, nor am I abso-
ih'ey Certain that overtures have been
made TO the in3ians-though the manner in
winch the account comes seems to renderit
highly probable
Hitherto, Indeed, the conduct of the S,an-
iards towards Indians applying for arms and
ammunition, has, generally speaking, been
prudent and pacific. This Conduct may
nave been the result Of pacific principles Il
friendly dispositions and hope it has heen
--Dut Il may also have been the result Of me-
cesSlty, Inasmuch as they have nothing To
gIve--or 1t may have been the efFect Of NO.
hCy-os guarded caution not TO excite an.
aiarnr III the american nation Until theu
were prepared 90 meet it. "A co.siderotIa
mercantile house in Pensacola 40 rsr,a;9,,-
given the weight of its influence to n1aih.
tam pacific temper amppg the Tnd;ams
ana perseverance in those in6n,st,; ~,.s.on,i
ciNilzed habits so wisely introduced no H.
government of the u States. y 'i'~
What effect win attend the ever,;,,,,. -.
ascrlbed to the governor of Pensacnls -.
produce contrary temper, cannot easiJvbs.
anticipated The CreeG nation. - y 49,,
Pohlc' nave Certainly discovered the sfronee.
est uISposltlon TO preserve trauquiiIitv. BYt
" IS equa'Iy Griffin that maay indi. idosls
among mem IRE anxious Tor war, and po.-
sess spirit OF ImplacabIe hostility tow.fFsa
ne "hite pc nple.--EicsssEger from Tie
""'"' New re, are continually e.:ci,tnc
-Hem' and II messengers from the soutI
shoulu likewise approach them with tbc
.TWPt@u, rs Of present Bounty and future
Piuhoer, It VIII not De wonderful IL the n.n,-
ger OF hose should Increase who will vieIS
20 the impulse for that thirst for blood which
seems to DC 80 ccngenial to the Indian mind
80 vs. said that exemplary Justice has IateIv
Oien inflicted upon those Of their natio1
F''se dreadful outraces have created sn II
terror on the irntieTs Il Tennessee or.
hettucly. At lite council or court rs
jcslce held ju The Tuccabmche town T. :.
'aln thai 'he criminals were cited 70 apoeaf
aud answer for their crimes 49,
lhey dd not appear: AID after se.os,i
eVpi', 1t IS stated that the ccnrt ,o.d.red
'hem to be put TO death, and dispatched :