Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-20

Augustine Eas Ci"Iih sSotisl rs .l;s,.
meat 10 The amount oi several h,pt,. E
dollars. In ttis INVASION the aroT /,
columns pcpuli' vas ne, a, all cpos,. +
ed; yet, had hey pleased 10 Jon !,
cause, they wCuIa have been received
Amelia wa, taken, as remarked. To f..
nish convenient harbcr to uepef, !.
pr.meval cause. and Low they nav &, II
rem, uidi, et kabsmuS
General M'Ggegor, possessing q, 4
share of knowledge allowed hin, cMq y
with his force, have had no intentop
besiesi < Augustine. All wte aie +, 4
quainted with that town know, il it ~, /
| IN proper order, properly manned N
prOvir ed. tn. heavy force aud IOr,
siege would be requisite to effect il r.
ductIOn.
But suppose that port blockade.
and that the invaders hold Possession { |
Amelia harbor, in the present distress
condition Of the Spanish nation, sec.ut.i
from her mines in South America, viii
her soldiers and officers unpaid for the5
sc! vices in the late war on The PeIirsuh
and depressed 10 spnits, relief in dix [
quarter could not BE reasonably expecs
In tbs sage OF his nation'; Affairs, o..
vernon CoppiLser, With tie munitci,
men ard means. IN lis c"rGmand, caarc.
n,ane long aid OBSTINATE reslslsrCe.>
His calling in the inhabitants TO teeLt
tie town UTsrss celebrates the suuends,
OF the iortiess. The greater his iuC:
the sooner viii his scant supplies becon,
exhaus I'd, and, no That part Of the ctus.
try in his possession Is 10" poor 70 keep
him in provision, lie must, in short line
l:or necessity, capi,ulate. The me.
called in on an emeigent moment, when
al attack was considered TO be near q
hand, were discharged To their honss.-
A bat.!s al Amelia Is now daily cxpec'a
70 ,nsde: il is laid that governor Lcr
pinser wrote to Havana Tor permiS.a
, to attack FerDandiua, and that il ha
been gsanied; Dut, as their force viii b.
chiefly und!sciplined negroes, wllhGs
ARTILLERY, they will undcub Ell, ezper.
ence Il severe defeat. The present n,s
oion u East Florida is not So unpopu!g
amO gi;s inhabitants as II IS ier! eseLtet
to be ID sumo of our pa, ei5. All thai cal,
with ruth, be said IS, that not knowing
tie ability OF general M.Greeor to m4il'
tain Ills post On Amelia, the Inhabitants
d,d nol jQin him, lest he might be CON-
pe!led 10 withdraw, and they should b.
Icts 10 the cowarcly Jury OF Spanish To-
digua'ion. The present cause nay be
unpopular, both in tins vicinity aud IN
FluHua, with two descriptions Of men-
II Is Unpopular with the disappointed IT,
,tsalors Of the late insurrecl,on IN thai
province, principally, l presume, iIga
motives OF jealousy, dreading that
stranger should accomplish an enterprla
the a.lempt Of which has witnessed tLei
cbagrin, and they and their satellites e..
dta,or, by writing against it, to destg
its reputation. Disspprobatlun is sa
Conspicuous in those inhabitants who Ind
an asy lam in Florida, . here they are ey.
empt tom the Punishment due to h:
crimes they committed in thls country,
They think this incursion will PROBABLY
induce the Spanish governmen mt TO make
Il esdy cession OF that province to Ii:
Unle states, and ioos On any thing ths.
viii again place them under the dOmlGiCa
Of our laws with envy aud abhOrrence.-
These very men in the last insurrectICl
supplied Augustine with provision, and.
few of them have joined the new stand.
aid: thee have souls Termed tor treach>
e y, aid seldom let an opportunity d
gratifying tat dIabOlical propensity e''
cape then-they have been tralleIs 10
.he United States, 10 The Spanish govern.
ment, aud would, for small IetunllV
advantage, betray this cause Ii is 10 be
hoped.ihat very few in our country con.
slider patriot, hero and Liberty teludlDs
epi,hets, PERHAPS our author esteemlNs
them as such, takes care to incur neither
Of the first two te ms. whereby he would
be fitted to secure the latter. Whether
the primitive intentions OF gen. M'GresG
were good OF not, the primitive cause Wa
individually good. and any thing it boz
rowed from enthusiastic inebrIety" Hs'
certainly super tluous-~it can Withstand
unhurt The sarcastic writings ard the al
tack in a.ms OF The ins!duuus advocates
Of despotisIn, nor want, to accomplish rs
object, the Concurrence Ct fanatic ccI;Or''
"Geneia! MacGresor tas rsslg1ed'i'
coRmauu at Amelia, to colonel lrvre,
whose soldiers gave him three cheers, and
pledged themselves 10 die by his side, 70
man, III defence Vi the city and ys:-
.terday ninety-fOur men arrived at III,
rl,.. IN Z. chm t,np, n vnrk ard wei.