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TREJ2-TI’-,
, -Of ./fznintii/, 'Set:lemen: an(l»1;imz'ts,.lmtvvec.1zt/ie Uni-
ted-Stazcs of America and his Catholic‘ .-.'Majesty. 4
'1‘},e- United States of America, and his Catho-
lic Majesty, desiring to consolidate, on a perma-
nent basis,’ 1‘ll(e,.’l‘l'l-elltlslilp and good correspond-
ence which li'_apfpil’y prevails between the two par-
ties, have determined to settle and terminate all
Their differences and pretensions, by a treaty,
wliicli shall designate, with pl'6CiSl0|1s the limits
‘of their respective bordering_ territories in North
America. S i -
' With this intentionftlie President of the Uni-
ted States has ftirnislied with. their full -powers,
John Q. Adams, Secretary of State of the. said
U. States ; and his Catholic Majestyhas appoint-
ed the most Excellent Lord Don Luis de Onis
Consalez Lopez y Vara, Lord of the town of Ray-
aces, SCCK See. and his Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary near the United Slates
of America. ' ' ‘ ‘_
"And the said Plenipotentiaries," after having
exchanged their powers, have agreed upon and
‘conclutletl, the following articles :
_Article._ I. ' There shall be a firm and iniiolable
peace and sincere friendship, between the United
States, and their citizens, and his Catholic Msjes-
ty, his successors, and subjects, without excep-
tion of peisons or places. ‘ _
Art. 2. His Catholic Majesty cedes to the Um-
ted States, in full property and sovereignty, all
theterritories which belong to liim,'situated to
the eastward-of tlie'.Mississippi, known ll)’ ll“?
name of East and \Ves't Florida. The adjacent
islands, dependant on said provinces, all public
lots and squares, vacant lands. public edifices: if"-
tifications, barracks, and other buildings, which
are not private property, archives and documents,
which relate directly to the property and sove-
reignty ol‘ said provinces, are included in this air.
ticle. The said archives and documents shall be
left in tli-.-possession of the commissariesa 0!‘ 0115‘
ccrs of the United States, duly authorized to re-
ceive -I-lteill.
Art. 3, The hotinclary "line between the two
coun"tries, west of the Mississippi, shall begin on
the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the river Sa-
bins, in the sea, continuing north, along the wes-
torn bank of that river, to the 32d degree of lati-
tude ; thence by a line due north, to the degree
of latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo, of
'N.i'.chitoches, or Red River; then following the
course ofthe Rio Roxo, westward, to the degree
oflongittide. 100 west from L<s'nr.lon,.antl 23 from
Viitsllli-3g{Oll; then, crossing the said river, and
running thence, by a line due north, to the river
Arkansas; thence, following the course of the
southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source. in
latitude -12 north ; and thence, by that parallel of
latltutle, to the South Sea. The whole being
as laid down in Melislfs Map of the U. States,
juuiiiisficrl in liliilarlt-lphi-.=., improved to the lst of
Junu:-.x-y, l8l8. llut,ifthe source of the Arkan-
sas ii"er shall be lptzntl to fall north or south of
oflaiitude 42, then the -line shall run from the
said sotirctt duo S0-‘Jill or north, as the case may '
s, till it meets the s;-.id parallel of latitucle 42,
and ?.licnc:~, along :.£|_l(l parallel to the South Sea :
all the islantls in the Sabine and the said Red and
.r_\rk:.ii:;.1;.: 2-ivv::2's, throughout the course thus de-
scribed, to bclciig to the United States ;.but, the
use of the waters and the navigation of the Sa- '
hjine to the sea, and ofthe said Rivers Roxo and
Arkansas, throughout the extent ofthe said boun-
dary, or their respective banks, shall be common
to the respective in_habitants of both nations.-
The two high contracting parties agree to cede
and renounce all their rights, claims and preten-
sions to the territories described by the said line,
that is to say: The United States hereby cede
to liisj:Catholic Majesty, and renotince for ever,
all their rights, claims, and pretensions to the ter-
ritories lying west and south of the above descri-
bed line ; and in like manner, His Catholic Ma-
_jesty cedes to the said United States, all rights,
claims, and pretensions to any territories east and
north of the said line, and, for himself, his heirs,
and successors,renounces all claim to the saidter-"
ritorirs forever.
Art. 4. To fix this line with more precision,
and to place the landmarks which shall designate,
exactly, the limits of both nations, each of the
contracting parties shall appoint a commissioner
and a surveyor, who shall meet before the termi-
nation of one year from the date of the ratifica-
tion of this treaty, at Natchitoches, on the Red
river. -and proceed to run and mark the said line,
from‘ the mouth of the Sabine to the Red River
and from the Red River to the‘ river Arkansas,
and to ascertain the latitude and source of the
saitl river .-\rk-.:ns::s, in conformity to what is a-
bove ;‘-grec-'~.d upon and stipulated, and the line of
latitude 4-2, to the South Sea: they shall make
"out plan.-:, keep journals of their proceedings, and
the result agreed upon by them shall be consi_d-
ered as part of this treaty, and shall have the
same force as ifit were inserted therein. The
two governments will arnicably agree respecting
the necessary articles robe furnished to those
persons, and also to their respective escorts,
should such be deemed necessary. ' ,
Art. 5. The inhabitants -of the ceded territo-
ries shall be secured in the free exercise of their
religion, ‘without any restriction, and all those
who may desire to remove to the Spanish domin-
ions shall be permitted to sell or export their ef-
fects at any time whatever, without being subject,
in either case, to duties. ‘ ,
Art.‘6. The inhabitants of the territories which"
His Catholic Majesty cedesto the United States,
by this treaty, shall.be incorporated in the Union
of the United States, as soon as may be consistent
with the principles of the Federal Constitution,
and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privile-
ges, rights, and immunities of the citizens" of the
United States.- . — .
Art. 7. The officers and troops of his Catholic
M.tjesty, in the territories hereby ceclcd by him
‘to the United States, shall be withdrawn, and pos-
session ofthe placesocctipietl by them shall be
given, within six months after the exchange of
qratifications of this treaty, or sooner, ‘if possible,
by the officers of his Catholic ‘Majesty, to the
commissioners or oflicers of the United States,
duly: appointed to receive them; ancl’the‘United
States’ shall furnish the transports and"escortne-
cessary to convey the Spanish officers and troops,‘
and their baggage to thel-lavana. ' ‘
Art.‘ 8.’ All the grants of -land made before the
24th oflanuary, l8}8', by his Catholic,‘\Majes‘ty,
I
.or by his lawful authorities, in the said;territ‘ories
ceded by his rriajestyto the United 'States,',shall-
be ratified and confirmed to 'the.persons~_ inpos-V
l session of the lands. to the same extentithat the
had remained under the dominion of his Catholic
Majesty. But the owners in possession.of"such
lands, who, by reason of the recent circumstan-
ces -of the Spanish nation, and the..i.*evo_lutio_ns in
Europe, have been prevented from ful_filling.all
the conditions of their ‘grants, shall c’o‘mp‘l,ete
them within the terms limited in.tbe‘same,'-re-
spectively, from the date of this treaty ;_in de-
fault of which, the said grants shall be null and
void. All grants made since‘ the said 24th Janu-
_ary, 1818, when the first proposal on the part'of
his Catholic_ Majesty, for the cession of tl_ie:Flor-
idas, was made, are hereby declared and agreed
to be null and void. ‘ _ ,
Art. 9. The two high contracting parties, ani-
matedwith t_li'e‘most earnest desire of conciliation
and with the object of putting an end to alltthe
differences which have existed between them,
and of confirming the good _understanding which
they wish to be for ever maintained between
them, récipr_ocally renounce all claims for ,darn‘a-,3,
gas or injuries which they themselves, aswell as
their respective citizens and subjects, may have
suffered, until the time ofgsjgning this treaty. -. '
I. The reiiunciatlon of the United Stateswill ex-
tend to all the injuries mentioned in the
vention ofthe llth of August, 1302’. i V.
2. To all claimsioii account of prizes made by‘
French privateers, and condemned by French
Consuls, within the territory aiid,jurisdi_ction of
Spain. , _ '
. To all claims of indemnities on account ofthe
suspension of the right of deposit, at New-On
loans, in 1802.
. To all claims of citizens of the United Stated‘
upon tliegovernment of Spain, arising from
the unlawful seizures at sea and in the ports
and territories of Spain or the Spanish colo-
nies. ,
. To all claims of citizensof the U. States upon
the Spanish government, statements of which,
soliciting the interposition of the government
of the U.States, have been presented to the De‘-
partment of State, or to the Minister of the-Q5"
States, in Spain, since the date ofthe Convjeini
tion of l802,and until the signature oftliis tréa-'
ty. __ A ‘ '
The renunciation of his Catholic.,M§_ilZ§lsy‘-;e:x-
tends t j "
1. To all the injuries mentioned in the Conven:-,
tion ofthe 11th of August, 1802. .
2. To the sums which his Catholic i\Iajes'ty ad-
vanced for the return of Capt. Pike »from_1the
Provincias Internas. i Q
3. To all claims of Spanish subjects upon the
Government of the United States, arising from
unlawful seizures atsea, or within the ports
territorial jurisdiction of the United.Statcs_.i .
Finally, to all the claims of subjects "(if his Cath-
olic Majesty upon the Government of"-the Uni-
ted States, in which the interposition of'l§i§
Catholic Majesty’s government has been 5
cited, before the date of this treaty, and si
the date of the Convention .of 1802, or whi: ;l‘li.i
may have been made to the Depat'tn’it:nt-"GT
Foreign Affairs of his ‘Majesty, or to his M.‘.=n.-
ister in the United States. V
And the high contracting parties respectively
renounce all claimto indeinnities for any of the
recent events or transactions of their respectiaie
commanders and oflicers iiiitlie Floridas. T‘
The United States will cause satisfaction to be
made for the injuries, if'any, which, by process
of law, shall be established to have been sulferetl
by the Spanish officers and individual Spanish id-
habitants, by the late operations of the American
army in Florida. ‘ ffi
Art. 10. The Convention entered into between
the two governments on the l lth of August,l802,
the ratifications of which were exchanged the
‘Zlst Dec. |8l8,.is annulled. V . : -
Art. H. The United States, exonerating Spaigi
from all demands in future, on account of the
‘ claims of their citizens, to which the renunciations
herein contained extend, and considering them
entirely cancelled, undertake to make satisfaction
for the. same, to an ‘amount not exceeding five
millions of dollars. To ascertain the full amount;
and validity of those claims, a commission, to con-
sist of three commissioners, citizens of the Uni-5
ted States, shall be appointed by the President, by‘-
and with the advice and consent of the Senate:
which commission shall meet at the cityof VVash-
ingtnn, and, within the space of three years from_
the time of their first meeting, shall receive, ex;-_'
amine and decide upon the amount and validity‘
of all the claims included within the descriptions‘.
abovementioned. The said commissioners shall
take an oath or affirmation, to be entered on the’
record of their proceedings, for the faithful and
diligent discharge of their duties ; and in case of
the death, sickness, or necessary absence, ofany.
such commissioner, his place may be supplied by:
the appointment, as aforesaid, or by the‘Presideoi'.
ofthe U. States, during the "recess of the senate,
of another. commissioner in‘ his stead. The said»
.commissioners shall be authorized to hear and
examine, on oath, every question relative to the
said claims, and to receive all suitable authentic
testimony concerning the same‘. And the Span-
ish government shall furnish all such documents
andelucidations as may be in their possession, for’
the adjustment of the said claims, according to
the principles of justice, the laws ofnations, and
tliestipulations of the treaty between the two
parties, of the 27th October, l795 »; the said doc-
uments to be specified, when demanded, at the
instance of the said commissioners. . . "j
The payment of such claims as may be admit-‘Z
ted and adjusted by the said commissioners, or the
major part of them, to an amount not exceeding
five millions of dollars, shall be made by tlie"U.
States, either immediatelyat their Treasury, or
by the creation of stock bearing aninterest of six
per cent per annum, payable from the proceeds
of sales of publiclands with_in the territories here-
by ceded to the United States, or in such other
manner as the Congress of the United States
may prescribe by law. , ‘ ‘
The records of theproceedings of j the said
comtnissioners, together with the vouchers and
documents produced before them, relative_fto the
claims to be adjusted and decided upon by them,-»
shall, after theclose of their ii'ans_actions, be de-
posited in the departinentof state of theU. States__;
and copies of them, or any part of them, shall be,
**3‘_’«\ffllI6.._iIémandfoftlie Spani'sb.‘ininister-itfiihe Usi-
samev grants would beivalid if ‘the territories‘
‘:l_
, ‘x
gted States. _ , , - , , ._ . _
Art. 12. The treaty of limits angl'n'avigation'of’
.l795_, _rem,ains_confirmed»' in _all andfeacli one of’
"2133 articles. excepting.,t;h.,e' 2d,_,3d‘,_4th, and 21st,
ingibejeri» altered”. by this -treaty, or having receiv-
ed their entii'.e'execu't,io'n, ‘are’-,no longer valid._
VVith respect to {the l5_th article ofvthe same
treaty of ffiendship,-limits and navigation of 1795,,
in whichit is —st_ipulatcd that the flagi'shall__cot'er
ihe ‘l3"0PeI'lY, the two\high c,ontrac_ti'ng piii'ties a-
to those powers who recognize this -pi:iiic_i'pli_,~';7g"
but if either of thetwo cont_racli'ng.}i2irtiés"shalIf
beat war with a third party, ‘and tlie.other‘"neu-§
tral, the flag of the neutral shall cover the proper-
ty.of enemies, whose government‘acknowledge
this principle, and not of others. A ' _ i ’
Art_._l_§3. Both contractingjparties, wishing to
faV<_>3‘;, l-Qliéit tmutual ‘commerce, by affording in
their-';1io,r_tfs every necessary assistance to their re-
_-spective merchant vessels, haveagreed, that the
sailors who shall desert. from their vessels in the’
portsof the other, shall be arrested and "delivered
up, at the instance oftlie consul; who shall prove,»
nevertheless, that the deserters belonged to the
vessel that claimed them,-,ex-liibiting ‘tho docu-
ment that is customary in their nation ; that is to
-‘say: The American consul, in a~Spanisli port,
shall exhibit the document known by/the name,
of articles ; and the Spanish consul, in American
ports, the roll of the vessels ; and if the name of
the deserter or deserters, who are claimeel, "shall
appear in the one or other, they shall be arrested,’
held in custody, and tlclivercd to the vessel to
which they shall belong. -' ‘
‘ Art. 14. The United States hereby certify, that
they have not received any compensation from
France for the injuries they suffered from her
privateers, consuls and tribunals on the coasts and
in the ports of Spain, for the satisfaction ofwhich,
‘provision is made by this treaty; and they will
present; an authentic statement of the prizes
made, and oftheir true yalue, that Spain may a-
vail lierselfof the same”-,'.-"'iti such 'manner'as she
may deem just and proper. T . .
Art. 15. The U. States, to give his Catholic ma-.
jesty a proof of their desire to cement the rela-
tions of amity-subsisting between the two nations,
and.'toi,fav9rjthe subjects of his'Catholic Majesty,
agree that" Spanish vessels, coming laden only
with productionsof Spanish growth or manufac-
tures, directly from the ports of _Spain or of her.
colonies, shall be admitted, for the term of twelve
years, to the ports of Pensacola and St. Augus-
tine, in the Floridas, without paying other or
higher, tduyties on their cargoes or of tonnage,
than will be paid by the vessels of the‘ U. States.
During the said term. no other nation shall enjoy
the same privileges, within the ceded territories;
— The twelve years shall commence three months
after the exchange of the ratiiiijttiions of this trea-
ty.
Art. 16. The present treaty shall be ratified in,
due form‘, by théf.fcontracting parties, and the rat-
ifications shall»-be eiphanged in six months from
.this tim_e, _or"s“oo6_iie'r,"if possible. i_ C
In wi£f'l$¥*£i-wherecf,'i-ie the ‘underi,vi‘-i'tteniplenipo-
tentiariesof the United States of America, and
of his .Catholic Majesty, have signed, by virtue
of our powers, the present treaty of amity, set-.
tlement, and limits, and have tliereunto aliixed
our seals, respectively.
Done at Washington, this twenty-second day of
February, 1819. _ '
[Seal.] JOHN QUlNCY ADAMS.
3, [Seal.] LUIS DE ONIS.
J -r--It-tit-8%-:1:-Q-—-—
CONGRESS.
l-lousn or REPRESENTATIVES.
Dec. 10.—A great number of petitions were
presented and referred.
Mr. Starr: of N ew-York presented a resolution
. for the appointment of a committee, to inquire
and report to this I-louse, whether any of the pub-
lic monies appropriated by Congress for the pay
and subsistence of the regular army of the Uni-
ted States, since the 4th of March, l8l5, have
been applied to the support of any army or de-
tacliment of troops, raised without the authority
of ‘Congress. [This resolution is probably in-
tended to ascertain whether Gen. Jackson did ob-
-tain volunteers to assist in the Seminole war, with-
out proper authority.]
’n.»‘c'; 1S.—-Many petitions were presented; a-
mong wliic'h were several for the further encour-
agement of Manufactures, and for the establish--
ment of an uniform systemof Bankruptcy.
Oinimotion of Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, itwas
Resolved,That inall cases where petitions were
presented at-the lastisession of Congress to this
House, and r_el'erred,'b'ut not finally acted upon,
both by the Committees and the House, the said
petitions should be considered as again referred
to the same committe_es respectively, without
"special order to that effect ; and that it should be
‘the duty of said committees respectively, upon
application in behalf of any petitioner, whose pe-
tition was presented, and i'eferred.as aforesaid, to
A’-consider and report thereon, in the-‘same manner
‘as if it were referred to such committee by spe-
cial order of the House. ' t. .
,Dec. l4.——M r. Wz'Ilz'ams, of North Carolina; of-
fered for consideration the following resolution :
IR-'e.<.~,o,l-oed, That the Piesiclent of the U. States
be requested to cause‘-to be laid before this house
"any iiiformation he may possess, respecting cer-
tain executions or otherpunishments which may
haveibeen inflicted on.the,army of the U. States,
since the year 1815, contrary to the laws and reg-
ulations provided for the government of the
same. f
In of’fering this resolution, Mr. VV. took occa-
sion to refer to the reports in general circulation,
among which, was one to this effect : Col. King,
who was left by Gen. Jackson in command of Pen"-
sacola, issued an order, thatif any soldier desert-
ied, and was overtaken or apprehended, he should
be put to instant death. One soldier, who had
deserted, was overtaken, ‘and so put to death.
7VVhen apprehended, he exclaimed that, as an A-_
ing to the laws of his country, and claimed his
‘rights as such. But, with cruelty’ and precipit-
ance, his request was refused, and hewas put‘ to
"‘mst'ant death. Mr. VV. hoped, he said, that there‘
{would be a thorough examination into the case,
that, if the officer in question had’a_c_ted as report-
tumtstgti._t,¢I,tii2;,spspist. gom«ii:iiieui,fttfrequirgti, j;,j§gps,t
‘and the 2d clause_oflf‘.the 228' arjticle, which, hav- 1 “
:,merican citizen, he was entitled to a trial accord- ‘
..‘t:“
..t,
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I
‘liestatcxit§nt3st§da}I§1--lie,at§pg¢ve<i,. ,
- > Niel‘:.¢0li5id¢l‘8l5lta"'dtiliat§g.themotion.was at
iti-iiitvilvtt .l-I.‘ti'i’.t,=:.ti‘,t_tiiiv‘_*,3':-.-S.-'.lt,ie:. to Col. king, that
Iiéli lg ibci.‘ éflppiiinttf-‘ti’: Io, L lay} ‘the’; same before the"
:Pretident~ ; n .- ..
Restjflitllilidizj Sla'ofc1fy.;..Mr.‘ ".Ta:yIor,. of. New.
,York, said he a rose to[..invite t’he.5ttemiqh lof iho"
"‘°“5°--~“> a"S"l?ie?ct.vl'~vi=rv*i;r¢at rnomentf "l‘.hc
‘question pt. slavery _in-tglie:.territories of the Uni--
‘°’d- 5ia“?5’ ‘V1’-:3‘ .0f; the Mis'sissippi, it was well
fknowni,‘ had at the last session of (gangyes, exci,
“id feeliilgféi 11.915 in.‘-lille’ house and out of it-,' the
.- .-
gree, that this shallbejso'updeystootl"with t,'e‘sp_<_:,t;,t,;,;,,-:.'.-'et":ei.ifi~reii’t:,¢:_ of,-v_w§lsi"(:i'l1:heisinjcerel deprecated __
.l.:Q‘_l¢:<>3!,l.l‘ __C!>u,Ii“l't'y, -and consider. the union
8|‘l{' Of its safety, ever
VWW “'lth»d€€P -I‘¢gl?et_ sectionalinterests agita.
ting our niationpal councils.’ Mr; T. ‘said he could
"Of -himself: 00l'.‘WO_uld he ask others, to make ‘a
V: .S8Cri_.fiC¢.0f principles to expediency; Hecoold.
never sanction the existence of slavery where it
could be excluded consistently with the constitu-
tion and public faith. But it ought notto be for-
gotton that the American familyis composed of
man)’ members ; if their interests are various‘,
they mutually must be respected--if theirpreju-
dices are strong. they must be treatedwith for-’
‘bearance. He did not know whlethvericonciliagion
were practicable,_buthe considered its attainment
wot‘t'hy',af an;effort..;.~_lie'_was desirous that the
q_ue'stio_n sho'u',ld- -be se,tt',letl'-viii‘: t_bat;' "spiri-t. oflamity ;
and brotherly love which cart‘-;ie_d ,ti_s3-through"-_.th¢
_of our Federal constitut'ion‘.- lftlie-resolution he
was about to introduce, should be sanctioned by
the house, it was his purpose to move a .pos‘tpon'e-..
_m°m 0i_ the Mipsouri bill to a future day, that this
interesting subject, in relation to the whole w,es- »
“if” ‘°"'“°TYa may be submitted to the consider-
ationof a_ committee. Mr. T. then introduced
the following resolution :. i j _
.‘l_?e.9.ol‘Uc*d, That a committee be appointed-‘to in.
‘l““'_° "H0 the expediency of prohibiting‘ by law
.the introduction of slaves into the territories of
the United_States west of the Mississippi. .
[T0 give-time for reflection on it, the motion
was ordered to lie on the table till to-morrow‘.] 4
- . . Dce. 15. , _ .
Revolutionary Pension la-w..—The following res.
lulion, of’fered by Mr. Rich, o_f.Vt. was agreed to_.:»
Resolved, That the committee on Revolutiona-
ry Pensions be instructed to inquire into.,tli‘e5man‘-
tier in which the act of the 18th of March‘,"l,8.l8,i
has been executed ; ascertaining as far as rrfay be
practicable, the class or classes of cases which it
has been construed to embrace, and such_ as have
been excluded from its provisions ; whether the
objects contemplated by its passage have been,
or probably will be, efl'ect.e,d by the operations of
the law ; and if not, whether it be susceptible of
such amendments as will insure the accomplish.-A
ment of those objects; that in case it shall be as— '
certained that, from fraudulent practices under-
the law, for which no effectual remedy can be
applied, or from any other cause, the objects of
to the expediency of its repeal. * . , l
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Tay.- -.
' lor, respecting sla,very,.canie up for consideratio5ii,_,. .
ands committee of _seve__n .members._w.ere, then-_:
orderecl to"beiapp"oiiiiE:d'." ’ i . , ,
Mr. Taylor then moved to postpone, until the
first Monday in Feb. next, the order of the day’
on the bill authorizing the people of Missouri-to“,
form a constitution and state government. .
Several gentlemen spoke on this motion. l\'lr,'.'
Livermore thought that as it was a subject like-
ly to excite irritation, it ought to be postponed to
a late day of the session. Mr.Scott,delcgate from.
Missouri, opposed the delay and urged a speedy
decision. It was needful for the people of the.
territory to know the result, that they might pro-"
ceed to organize a state government ‘ which he
was convinced they would do, -iuz't/zout wvaruirzg a.
gain to a/i/zly. to Congress for men: means 0f0rgan-
izatiaiz.’ Mr. Taylor said it appeared to‘ him that
the time stated would be soon enough to con:-,
mencc what he feared would be an unprofitable
discussion ;, and that if the people of -Missouri
were resolved 10,, form a state government «willi-
out the consent of Congress, they would learn the
result in time enough to do it.- A motion for
postponement till the 2d Monday in Jan.- was fi-
nally carried. ~
’ --Q5--2::--5-— A
ST. THOMAS, Nov. 19’.
VVe learn from Aux Cayes, that about the first
September, M’Gregor sailed from that port with
250 men for Rio de la Hac/zc, which place they at-
tacked and captured about the 10th. M’Gre'gor
did not go onshore until the place was taken.—-
After having been in possession of Rio,de laliacht:
five days, the Spaniards (joined by a body of In-
dians) returned in considerable force, and iutheir ‘
turn attackedthe town, which was obstinately de-
fended. M’Gregor, as he did before at Porto
Bello, immediately repaired on board one of his
vessels and made off. ~ 'l‘he.»utrfor't_uuatejand delu- ”‘
finding it useless to makeany further defence a-
’g:inst such a superior force, and knowing what
, old be their fate“ if taken, resolved-to blow‘-
themselves up in the fort, which they ‘according-
fly did. , _ _ _
[A Kingston (Jam._) paper, confirms the above '
account, and says only 27 persons were saved out
of the whole three,‘ and these by throwing them-
selves into the sea, and swimming to M’Uregor’s
vessel, in which they hadarrivcd ofl?7tsLime Key,
all badly wounded. V The remainder» wereL:-citlier
blown up in the batteries or killed by the Span- .
iards and lndians. M»’C-regor, is is said, took no
care of the wounded, many of whom might have
been saved.] » .~ I ‘ '_ - -
Catmalties.--On Sunday morning, ‘,12th inst.
the sloop Hope, Capt. .VVil_tsie, from New-—York
for F ishkill, was upset near VV est Point by a sud-
den flaw of wind, and a Mrs. Duhois, her dangli-
ter, and a colored woman, were drowned. A num-
ber of passengers were saved by cutting; 'a hole '
in the side of the vesselgaiid they were taken
from the wreck by a Poughkeepsie vessel.
A sloop from Barnstable was wrecked oil‘ Prov- ’
incetown on the night of the, 3d inst. audiall on
-board (eight in number) supposed’ to have pel-
ished, ' _,. _. _ V g
' Two boys were latelyltilled at AS£ig'_‘4Hi3i'b.°l'a L-
—I.'b'y*the upsetting _of acart, in which__the.y vverc
ed, he might be exemplarily punished}: and the
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