Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-08-24
From 9as .Mssoari GaSe.te, J@7y e.
NEWS FROM MEXICO.

Joseph Philibert, an industrious inha-!
|b:tant Of St. Louis, arrived here Oh SUM-
day last from the Spanish villages. nearl
Santa Fee. He left this place on the sd|
April, 1917, with Barge and eighteenI
men, TO trade with tie Arapahew patton
|af Enaians, who reside on TIE heads of
the Arkansas, Platte, and Otter rivers,
land had fixed bis hunting camp about A
Leagues north Ct the place where captain
Pike was taken By the Snaniards. He
had despatched on the 10Th September,
two OF his men in search Of aeayer DAMS,
wao the day after fell in with 20 Spatsi-
,ards, catcaing Wild horses; they were
taken prisoners to the next village, and
from thence to Santa Fee, and aftera y-
ANIMATION by tie commandant CT that
lalace. 251 men were sent 60 phliiiberts $
lcaMp, where he and his ,aea were made
prisoners eff War. aid conducted to his
Trading camp on the Arkansas. where
the spaniar,is made him shay where his
t;aesciandizc aud beaver was deposited,
(which they took possessions Ct, and Goa
lveyed it, as we'll as himself, and all bis
I,nen, to Santa Fee. GA his arrival, he,
twas we'll treated, and mad the liberty Of
the town. After 50 days detention, he
! sas remanded to The frontier village, OF:
ithe road to their former huatine camp
|Dm'ipg this period. the governor wrote
| 10 the commanding general at Durango,
for instructions; and h. was finally Or
idered to pay the cypenee ct his capture
land subsistence during his captivity. and
inc ha,, to re.inquish his merchandise TO
lmeet tie demand after which ne was IL
Iberared. Upon the Whole, it was rain-
| Gus business.
On his leaving Santa Fec, he, v'as IN
formed that he must, be conveyed to
tile American territory !; but owing
| TO Che inclemencv of the weather he
Twas suffered to remain at the little
lYiliage OF laos, on the Rio del Nord. un-
It'll the spring, tlast February.) from
,waence be made the best of his way to
this place With his broken fortune.
While he remained at Santa Fee, he
Heard from certain Mr.. yillanneva,
Ithat teere were eight Americans and six
tAmerlcan French,nen, that were liberia
ted from prison al Chiguagna, and had
the liberty Of the town. Philbert asked
lYil!anQeva the names OF those people
land as-iniormed that one of them who
lspoke French was of the name OF Cham
Ebers. At the period when king Ferdinand
amounted che throne, they had liberty to
tgo where they pleased, and had set out
ito the United States, BY way of st. An
tonic that these 8 Americans & six A.
}merican Frenchmen were, Messrs. Knight
land Boards party, and Mr.. Manual
Ilsa's men, captured some time ago.
Mr.. i.isa's men, Lafarguc. Yesina, Gre
ln;e and eei. entered Santa Fee as pri-
Esoners two days after Messrs Midnight.
BEARD, Rarm, M'Donoush. sc. It APP
Ipears they are all well. and may be ex-
Injected soon. The royalists were in much
CONSERVATION in consequence of the re-
scent successes Of the independent party
l;phe seat OF government was removed
from Chiguasua TO Durango, IN conse.
iauence of the treason of the Vice Roy
tand wren MIR. r. was about 20 dapart, the
royal Spanish commandant informed N"
Thar the rebels were within two days
march of Durongo; that they were yer,
brave. only firing one round when they
tcharred with sword and bayonat. Ina
Ithe French general Humbert and Dr
i tRob;eson were in command in the army
, of the independents.