Daily gazette and comet., 1860-09-26
THE s,sT or SEPTEMBER.

sion Of This section Of country. Upon re-
ceivips information n the declaration Of
war by Spain against Great Britain, The
Spanish Governor ,galves then In com
maud Of the Province Of bouisisps, eollse-
ted force Of about fourteen hundred men
In New Orleans, and along the coast, cap
tured Fort Butte. situated at the entrance
Of bayou Msnehac, and Immediately
~ stehed upon Baton Rouge. Col Dick
son was In command Of the Fort, having
about -four hundred regulars aud one hun
drsd militia men, q large number Of them
however, we're on the sick list. and unable
30 bear arms. The fort, which was sstook
ade was in ruins. On the 20tb.. aalvss
eneampsd just below where the State
House now stands. Dickson made sot-
tie, and after q slight skirrnisb, In which
few were killed and wounded ON both
sides. the British retired within the Fort
which Calves proceeded TO invest, ny the
erection Of batteries upon which he
mounted his heavy ordinance. In two
hours and a half after the oannoBade be-
gan. on the glst ssptsrnbsr, Dickson pro-
posed a eapitulatlons which wss immedi-
slaly agreed 10. The articles we're drawn
up in the French language, because there
was no Spanish interpreter present. The
honots Of war we're accorded 10 The pstri-
son. Fort fsnmute, at hatcher (OlJ Fort
Hosslie) aud some smaller British posts In
we., Fiorids. were included in the Capt
tulstion.
A period Of eighteen months was grant
oil 20 British subjects, TO sell their proper
ted. aud settle up their business Affairs
with ptoviso, that all persons bo would
take the oath Of allegiance TO the Spanish
Government. and embrace the Catholic re-
ligion might remain. or these conditions
many availed themselves, aud became
Spanish subjects. Carlos DE afandprs q
native of Louisiana. aud Of French descent
was left In command Of tho Fort and Dis
trict Of Baton Rouge, position he con
tinued TO hold, with honor TO himself, aud
satisfaction TO the greater portion Of the
inhabitants under his Jurisdiction, during
the space Of about thirty years. About the
year 1908 -p-Gensrsl Miranda, a native Of
Caracas, and the pioneer hlibustsr In the
cause Of South American Independence
visited Baton Rouge. This visit was duly
reported, and Gov. gfsndpfs ordered 10
Havana, whence he never returned. For
all We known, he may have shared the
fate OF Gov. Miranda, who having oapitu-
lated To the Spanish General Montsverde,
in violation Of the articles Of surrender
1910. was treated "a = prisoner, sent 70
Spain, aud confined In the dungeons Of
the iuquiaition st Csdis, where he died
after four years imprisonment tho Monks
caused his body TO be thrown out without
burial.
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prisoner in those loatbsome dungeons Of
the inquisition OF Cadis, native OF New
Orleans, Captain william Walker, broth.
OF of the late Governor Of Louisiana, Jo-
seph Walker. when tho oes.ion took
place In leo5. he was an officer ofthe corps
Of Engineers In the Spanish service, and
had assisted Ellicott in running the boun-
Diary line between the United States and
the Floridss. The Spanish Government
were anxious 10 retaiu him, and offered
him the command Of the Military Aoade-
my at Chihsubau, with promise Of promo
tiou in tho army.
when Capt. Afterwards General Zebulon
Pike, was taken prisoner by tho spaniards
In 1907, upon tho head waters Of tho Ar
kansas aud Rod River, he was quRrtsrod at
the house Of Captain Walker, because Of
his familiarity with tho English language.
After tho departure Of Pike, Walker be-
came an object OF suspioion TO tho jealous
spaniards was ordered to tho city Of Msr.
ioo-conhnod In tho Castle Of Psrote, and
thence transferred to tho dungeons Of Ca
dix, whore be dragged out n miserable OK
is,snce Of nearly twonty years duration.
During all tho period OF his horrible incar-
oeration, his brother annually transmitted
funds to him through tho medium Of the
Spanish Consul at New Orleans, but
whether those funds woro over received by
tho unhappy prisoner or not, was never
known. IIis death Ia supposed to have
taken place about tho year 1926.
The second memorable ovent in tho his
tory Of our Capital, took place just fifty
years ago on tho 29d Of September 1910.
Carlos Default Dolasus, n French rofu-
gee, loft his country at tho breaking out Of
the French revolution, and entered tho
service Of Spain with tho rank Of Col. Ho