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  creditors, 
  bj 
  procuring 
  further 
  indulgence 
  at 
  times 
  when 
  

   the 
  embarrassments 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  had 
  become 
  

   general, 
  and 
  the 
  consequence 
  of 
  some 
  transient 
  cause 
  ; 
  

   but 
  in 
  these 
  cases 
  an 
  inventory 
  of 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  

   debtor 
  was 
  furnished 
  on 
  oath, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  regarded, 
  as 
  

   pledged 
  for 
  the 
  debts. 
  It 
  had 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  a 
  judgment, 
  

   and 
  the 
  property 
  was 
  subject 
  to 
  sale 
  on 
  failure 
  to 
  meet 
  

   the 
  debt 
  at 
  the 
  stipulated 
  time. 
  

  

  In 
  October, 
  1785, 
  Don 
  Francis 
  Bouligny 
  came 
  as 
  com- 
  

   mandant 
  to 
  Natchez; 
  he 
  was 
  succeeded, 
  in 
  the 
  March 
  

   following 
  (1786), 
  by 
  Don 
  Carlos 
  de 
  Grand 
  Pre, 
  who 
  re- 
  

   turned 
  again 
  to 
  resume 
  that 
  office 
  which 
  he 
  henceforth 
  

   filled 
  until 
  1792, 
  six 
  years. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  census 
  taken 
  in 
  1785, 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  

   population 
  had 
  greatly 
  increased, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  

   Natchez 
  amounting 
  to 
  fifteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  persons. 
  

   A 
  garrison 
  of 
  sixty 
  soldiers 
  was 
  maintained 
  at 
  Fort 
  

   Panmure, 
  at 
  an 
  annual 
  expense 
  to 
  the 
  Spanish 
  crown 
  of 
  

   six 
  thousand 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars. 
  

  

  This 
  year 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  Jamaica 
  merchants 
  

   came 
  to 
  collect 
  the 
  debts 
  due 
  them. 
  Governor 
  Miro 
  

   found 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  interpose 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  

   debtors, 
  and 
  he 
  allowed 
  a 
  resort 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  extremity 
  

   only 
  against 
  those 
  who 
  acted 
  fraudulently 
  or 
  with 
  bad 
  

   faith. 
  He 
  also 
  extended 
  the 
  time 
  allowed 
  for 
  British 
  

   subjects 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  and 
  dispose 
  of 
  their 
  

   property. 
  This 
  indulgence 
  was 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  King 
  

   of 
  Spain, 
  who 
  further 
  directed 
  that 
  such 
  persons 
  should 
  

   be 
  permitted 
  to 
  remain 
  permanently 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  upon 
  

   taking 
  the 
  customary 
  oath 
  of 
  allegiance 
  and 
  fidelity. 
  

  

  To 
  render 
  the 
  priests 
  more 
  acceptable 
  to 
  the 
  people, 
  

   Irish 
  clergymen 
  were 
  procured 
  who 
  spoke 
  the 
  English 
  

   language, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  induce 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  and 
  families 
  

   to 
  embrace 
  the 
  Catholic 
  faith. 
  

  

  