Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-02
ALEXANDRIA:
TYURSD3T. OCTOBER 2. lsi..

-hf,ocieS 10 his friend az .fTchH1 "hi'h
appears in iris days paper viii, Ii II oe
founded in truth. speak so unequl'"ca"i
to this country and its government tha'
jaey must IN seiE-iefcnoe lay aside az
unnecessary ceremony with SPAN. Lac
policy os taking possession OF Texas VIII
in that case. We should Imagine, be n"
longer tLought questionable. 1t three
hundred Spaniards have attacked our
troops, and killed g. ont Of SIS, Colonel
Perry and Major Gordon being amor z
he slam land so tina: letter s'a'e') Fer
dinand zad his whole posse OF knaves
and Je,ui,s ~ilI not be able to find IN all
their sabtilty, a point Of refuge, ar loop
hole through which to escape. Cohces-
sion and a,onement must be had.-At
the same time we mus. allow that oonsi-
dering the state Of the Spanish e"ioay
bordering upon our territories. aad the
temper Of the parties who are struggling,
il xsulI be rass, without full enquiry to
determine, whether the Outrage a!iSded To
was really a parpOsed &C of hostility If
the ROYAL party, authorized by TIE kias,
or stra;agem Of The Patriots to involve
the Spanish government IN 4 quarrel
with ours. We think too highly OF tse
Presidents spirit and good sense 80 sOs-
pee; HIN of slumbering aPVu the matter.
FROM THE SATcREz INTELLIeESnEh
E.rtrGcr Of a LITTER from Doctor JOIN
!Siblev to Doctor John N. RosinseH,
Of THIS city, dated .faiehiierhss, IN.
cyst %.
Since nv last, the Span:sh, intercept
ed Dispatches, taken bv some Hieten L.
dams, who killed the two Spsa..ris bear
ing them, between ST. Antonio aud L.
bcdie, have bgen more fully examined:
Thev make IT certain, ira. Perry and Lis
party we're attacked near TIE two enw
Pens in the vicinity of Lahadie, on the
morning Of the 18th Of June, By nefe
than 900 Spaniards, and the reselt vzs,
that after a desperate fghi. q Ct Per-
rvs party we're killed, ana II made pri-
soneTs. IL Of them being severely wounu-
ed and that Perry aud Gordon we're =
mung IN. killed No other names men
toned except that the SParish command
ing officer ; as severely wounded. II
appears from paragraph in letter. that
Perry .as detached 10 escort gen. bei-
nardo Guiterez. whose prss.ure in St.
AHdero and st. Louis de .Potosi Mas
greatly desired. Arrednndo, alter a
siege oil 6 or . days, took by capitulat;os
the little fort Of S-to la Marina in which
was Major Pierre, Of New-Orleans aud
the Patriot bishop Mirr. who were with
The other yr;neipal officers sent towards
M.1ica. They state, that il the fort
" ere 500 men, mostly inh-bitants, who
had Joined Nina. aud that Mia vas 9
vertaken Is leagues distant, by an army
of 5000 ravsiists /; 600 IT wbom were Ca
valrv. Mina's force was from eco 10
1909: II. received them with goat gal
isnirv. The roya! cavalry charged upon
hrs infantry, who stood fru and thew
tie cavalry into disorder, who fell back
UPON their own iu'sntsy, and confused
The whole The cavalry could not Be
rallied again. fiira PrOEted be ;heir
situation. and By lkeir Own account ne-
strcved goo e ,'.cm. They re;Teated,
and Minis pursued his route, towards
Green Lake. chsre soJne patriots are
strongly !Urti6sd, .ndsr the command of
an ex.priest. ATeGoldo was uuatle TO
pursue hiu.
NJ. D2TeG.or; CceiTeii letter
from cart. 'aIsar, written in 3;tskapas,
stating hat he had received information
from Mexico eout-salcting the accounts
brousL'ts Ne I-iif'eans hy col. Bean, and
at the oia'e Of Ms letter saws -" ! have
this moment received accounts bs per-
son i j days ON GalY-ztOwn, stating
thar gen Nina had been very successful:
ard beaten Arredondo in IVA i.npnrtan,
aattles, and that he was about setting of
fur N~s-0risaus 10 attemp: again What
be had been Just ready TO execute, when
col Bean arrived, and brought the dis
courasing sews from the vicinity Of Mex-
ico, Which ince appears not TO have Been
true" fhe new establishment abnye
Grand Ezra, called for, Salden. is aban-
d"ned. il proved uncommonlr sicllv.
Out Of los who were there in June last,
~ Of them were sick, while those at fort
Claiborne we're heahhr.