Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-17


lays bottom up, in about 6 feet water; i
black schooner, of about 80 tons, with
flush deck, having the name !" Margaret
Of Georgetoun' on ner stern; her masts
have aoat ashore near Cape Charles,
and part Of her broadside on Smiths Is
land. Every soul on board is supposed
to nave persisted, as no information has
been received Of any Of her crew. d.
From the Charleston City Gcz. Feb. 9.
DEATH OF GENERAL NINA.
Ii any doubt has heretofore existed re-
spectins the fate of the Patriot general
Nina, the question is now put at resi- by
the sabjoined documents, translated rom
our late Spanish papers.
Translated Tor the City Gazette, from
the Havana Commercial Daily Adver-
, tiser OF the Gath of January.
Mexico, Dec Is.
Punishment Of the traitor Xarier Nina.
Official report, b. Don Pascual De Linan,
field ma shall
.N01 Excellent SIR Il have the homer
to forward to YOU exce!ency the decu.
inents proving the execution, AID the IN
quest held by person OF the faculty, on
the body Of the traitor Xavier Nina
which took place on the 18th instant.
pursuant to The order issued by Your ex-
cellency on the Sd, afie' having perform
ed your instruction therein received, re-
latiye to drawing from him answers 10
all the questions put by your exccilcrcy,
and after he received the Christian as
sistance.
In conjunction with all the officers M
der NY command, j tender you our sin
cere acknowledgements for The thanks
that your exceliency has been pleased to
give US, in the name Of the king sur lord,
for the capture of the rebel.
May Gnd preserve your exceliency
many years.
General quarters, on the Hill OF Bel
laco, l7th of Nov. 1877.
PASCi Al. DE Imam.
To IT, most excellent Vice Roy,
Don John Ruiz De ApodaCa.
We, Don Francis Romero, lieut.. col.
commanding the regiment of the lire i'll
fautrv of New Spain: lion Joseph Mar
tin, commanding the 1st American bat
talon; Don Joseph P"llcdo Lsrerzana,
Of The same rank and corps as also,
Don Iosquin Sanchez Badajez, Don Jo-
seph Maria Quintero, commanding the
Isl battalion o, Zaragcza and Dcn Jo-
seph Ferna,:iez Cobos, and Don Joaquin
Gaia, both b,evet captains. belonging to
the line infantry regiment of Ferdinand
VII; do certify. that OF the ! lth Nov
instant, at 4 O'Clock. P. NJ. the traitor
Xavier Nina was saOt on the top OF the
Till Bellaco, whe, e the general quarters
of the division under the command OF
Don Pascual De Linan, field marshal.
are actually stationed, in obedience to
the superior order of the Sd instant, is
sued by his exeellency Don John Ruiz
lie Apodaca, vice roy; and having been
directed by said order to witness the per-
s,rmance, we did SO and in order that
it may so appear, We hereunto set our
signatures, at the same spot OF Bellaco,
On the l4th November, 1917.
Francis Romero,
Joseph Martin.
Joserh Maria Quintero Castro,
Joaquin Sanchez Bada lhz,
Joseph Polledo y Lorenzapa,
Joseph Fernandez y Cobds,
Joaquin Gats'
I Don Manuel Falcon, surgeon Of the
lat American battalion, d. certify, that
at 6 o'clock, P. NJ. Of this day., was call
ed upon to inspect the corpse OF the tra'-
tor Xsvie- Nina, which had been shot
two hours before; wherein tennd
wound sufficiently large in the head, at
tue occ,prai bone, which VAS entirely
fractured, as the balls which made said
breach went out throush The mouth. de-
s,roying both jaws; also, another aouud
in the shoulder, inflicted by the sane
weapons, whereby the breast was perto-