The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-08
ROBERT SAUNDERS.
CARrHAGEN1A, FEE. 7th 1907.

CARTHAGENIA, FEB. 7th 1907.
al embrace the opportunity of C0pt. Parker 5
GO return, who was captured fome- time ince IN
4" the SoG.h Sea on whaling voyage going 70
&c the u. s. 10 acqnaint you aud my friends,
&c with my prefent dep!orl5.e and calamitous
80 !ituation not with the expectation that you
a. or they can relieve me, but merely to con-
- vince you how improper it is to take the al
q vice OF any ons, let thcm he ever 10 near re-
9. lated, when their own irterch is concernec.
" have found Cot Smiths honor and prob;
Is to be chains and degradation. have been
f" thrown into cell of horror-!nrrounded By
Is every poionous inft q the country aftorcs--
:" ftrved out twice Day with boiled Yam and
s' Yaker roots about half done, mixed wi h a
4" little rice, and feveral of my companions N
" milery have died from confinement & want.
There, he bitterly accuies Col. SmHb as the
caufe of his msfortunes, and attributes to RnfiO
King, S. G. Ogden and +. Idams motives q
hoftiity TO the administration of Js9.Cf1n. |
I'VE have forwarded memorial TO the &c.
" vcrnment of the United States, through
whole interference alone expe6l 10 be en-.
" arge6 it ulfoids circumnantial detail Ct
" the authors and views of the expedition.
How long niall remain here i cannot tell.
IS lam defined for Omoa in the province #
Mexico. In the mean time | am preparing
ga long account Of this kidnapping eXPediti-
" on. and will tranfnit it As cary as poGibe
" to pnnter in the UDited States"
II am, sc.
ROBERT SAUNDERS"
In Cores General Advertiser cf the 10Th
March, there are ~ velltls advrrtif-d for d.l,i-
ent ports, ca Of whi-h ars American.
The following letters appear in .he late ME-
fhipp papers as having paAtd bstwi%t Col.
Burr and Governor Williams:
mo 4ate.)
SIR,
The vindiStve temper and unrrnripe:i
condn6t of Judge Rodney, have induced me To
Withdraw for the prrient from public view.
nevertheless continue in the dfpofi'ion
which has been uniformly manifeneI. of lun.
hitting to civil authority, 70 lnag a. can he
aGurcd, that it will be ,xtrcifrd towards ne
within the limits ptof,rited for other ciiizeps.
II is proper, however, before again ll,rren
tering. that he Informed of the caufr or cbarge,
if any, for which it is pnrpoled to srrcft m, !:
whether bail will be received-ihr tenor OF re-.
tognizlrcc, and TIE nim la which fecuri;y will
te required : ak further, your aIuranct,
that no attemptto irnd me out of the Territo-y
will be ccuJtenarCed or permitted, and thai
my perfon iha!l not he futjectcd - any military
srreG.
have the honor to he. 81.
a. BURR.
Ills ExreLrny Goa W1HiamJ.
SIR,
l have fcen your proclamation ]. was ua-
worthy of you TO lend your fanetlon to fali.-
ioJd.-Jre recogrizrnce on which [ WIS
boun3, was on condition that fhould aope,r
III eajr on h.!ifmenf NOuiI Ge jonnd ngai0R ne,
srd not o;hcfyYiie. This fpecial form was /.
Freed on hy Judge Rodney, after nearly half
~ hours d,iCuihon between him, Mr.. Il riding
aud n.yGeif drawn up at lis fequeR by Mr..
Harding, and fgned by the JJjge in our PIE.
fence, aud IN that o! Col. C.nu0, aud will oe
found III the han]wr'fng ~ Mr.. IIirJing, ~
fgnsd, unlefF, for fraudulent purpoics, the
JUDGE mall have dcfroyrd til nc HAL dely
thefr facls, he Nun 81 ~ Ion to fhAme a. to
ptircirlt--!t he iatI adpit them, or thrv nan
be o,herwiie ,64hu,hrd to your fatisfaciun, it
!: hoped thai you vii gcci it to be yonr d,fy
Iva pU'liC m4Udcho, to cancel your prn,ia-
nation, and ?" ack owieGge the en0r on which
IL has been founded.
4. BURR,
His ExefLcag Coz. H7Aiam5.
SIR,
Your two n0'ee, the one without date Tie
ether under thar ot ygaerdly, have this 10.
ment receive d Without an,madvertiog oulshe