The Enquirer

Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the Mississippi Territory, to his friend in the town of Chillicothe, dated June 25.

"The inhabitants of West Florida, as it respects government, are completely in a state of anarchy. From the situation of political affairs in Old Spain, their system of laws appears to be entirely disorganized and without that authority that is necessary to make them binding upon individuals: the greatest number of inhabitants in this part of the Spanish dominions, are Americans, who are extremely anxious to come under the government of the United States. There are so many partisans, and so much disorder in this country, that I expect there will shortly be a dissolution of all government among them. A few days ago the French, at and near Baton Rouge, made a ball, without asking any of the Spaniards, at which they drank high toasts to Bonaparte. The Spaniards feeling themselves insulted, made another ball, without inviting a single Frenchman, as a retaliation, and drank some warm toasts to Ferdinand. After this, they went to such lengths, in their opposition to each other, that all the French, except two or three in office, received peremptory orders to leave the dominions of his Catholic majesty within three days, or to prepare for consequences. What has been the result, I have not yet been able to learn. Several other circumstances have lately transpired among them, all verging to the same point."
—Scioto Gazette.