Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-28

W the soutn"aFu OF Lne spot new 1llet
by square No. 2, between North Bonle
ward and Convention street. There stoo<
then, at that place, 40 Indian mound
which has been nearly washed away. I
can however still be ssen in diminutiyt
proportions in The yard Of the beer sa
loon, On corner Of Boulevard and Re
pentanes street. AS sk:Iful Genera
who takes advantage Of the ground OF
which he is to offer battle, GAlyEz pitch
ed his tent behind the hillock, and max
ing 1T answer as a breastwork. he erecte6
Ibis batteries % its brow.
On the 231 of September, l77a, BIZ
arst gun Was fred. That was q sigma
for general attack. GALyEz Lin1seI
touched off the first gun. The match
which he used on the occasion, il nov
in possession of the author precioua
relic Of the past, it has come down to
poster'ty to testify to the heroic deeds oi
other days. At. the given .ignal, GAL.
vEz's batteries opened on the fo,t, and
moment after, the hill was enveIoped
in smoke. The guns Of the efort replied,
however, in a. voice of thunder, and kept
up brisk cannonade, which had yery
little effect, scarcely iujuring the spani-
ards, who under cover of their mound,
directed their balls with safety, andsbat~
tered tho unprotected walls of the fort.
Altar vigorous resistance, seeing tha.
he could hold cut Nc longer, Col. Dl1oN.
lowered the coIors Of England, and ask
ed for capitulssion. It was granted On
condition that eYerai other forts in the
province should also be evacuated by
their Englisl, garrisons, after which the
vanquisled left the fort uilh the honore
of war, and abandoned the whole PROV ~.
ince 10 Spain. 4
The battle Of Baton Rouge was q de-
cis'Te blow to the power Of England in
Louisiana; 1T forever drove the British
out of the province. We can call II a
revolutionary battle, for it was fought 10
The cause of the United provinces BY
their allies, and against their enemy
GAIvEz appointed Don PEpao FAyRor
,olnmandant of the fort, and returned
o New Orleans, from thence to march
% the conquest Of Florida, which he
'oon after accomplished.
In the year 1795, Spain. BY a treaty
With the United States, recognized the
way Of Congress over all the Territory
Cast Of the Mississippi, which had bsen.
:eded BY France 70 England; keeping
lowaTer, to herself the FIoridas, and The
,rant she had received from France. But
n 1901, she gave up 70 BonArAarE The
territory Of Louisiana as she had re-
eivsd It from France. The grea, En-
,eror sold it to The United States, knows
ng that under the protection Of that
nfant Republic alone, it could prosper
nd deyelop its resources. Through The
ell Of the future, bis piercing eve areas
red the immensity Of grandeur which
nder the sun of liberty awaited that
and. 4', s'%7 ~.
However after these different concss-
ions, Spain still remained in possession
f the Floridas, Pensacola, Mobile and
'aton Rouge acknowledged her sway
Vest Florida extended West as far as
ae river Mississippi, but there it formed
nly small strip Of land, bounded on
1e South by the river lberville, or Man I
hac Bayou, and on the Nortl, BY the |
lst degree Of North latitude, which !
ow forms The boundary Hne betweed ,
se States Of Louisiaua and Mississippi. {
hat portion of West Florida which {
ordered on the Mississippi, was govern ,
/ by Don cAnLos GRAsDraE, lieut-col. t
i. the service Of bis Catholic Majesty. !
,e seat Of government being ths fsrt Of
atom Rouge. Nj. GRAsDpRE having, {
1908, gone to Cuba, where be died, +
,e chief command Of the place was Iaft 4
!, Mr. DEbAsuzE. j Spanish officer. J
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