Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-05-09

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OF the National Intelligencer.
MISSISSIPPI TERRlroAY,
March 10, 1911.
SIR,
have noticed that numerous
|, misrepresentation and falsehoods in
Nregard to things done in this part of
the country have made their appear
ance in the public prints. These have
a pernicious tendency in misleading
the public mind and ought to BE- cor
rected. OF this character is the let.
ter OF col. ]. Caller, Cdated Jan. IS,
1911 to his excsllency gov. Holmes.
This letter has already made its APP
pearance in several newspapers in this
part of the country, and will probably
have very general circulation in the
United States, especially as he pro-
fesses;o give To- the Governor an ac-
count of his official conduct as CON-
mander of the militia, which were by
wonderful construction Of orders
. called into service. In such an ac-
count the most scrupulous detail of
. facts might reasonably have been ex-
pected, yet it is known to every per-
son here at the time, that he has
strangely mistaken or mistated facts
and through the medium of your pa.
per beg leave to presentto the pub
lie with correction of the misre.
presentations in that very extraordi-
nary letter.
The concluding sentence is in the,
following words:
g The moment / arrived, forward
ed Proclamation otthe Presidents
TO Pascagou4a unsjcr the control Of
Maj. DupreA who Immediately on
his arrival theJ hoisted the Amer.
'can colors both -at the Old SIP .nish
Fort and eAt his camp, I also sent
one to Col. Kemper,~ who was in the
neighborhood Of Mobile, whose men
Immediately came up and joiued our
volunteers Notwithstanding the Span
iards were committing depreda ions
against some of the citizens just below
the line, burning & DESTROYING the pro.
perry OF thoe who were attached to
American principls and residing in
the territory declared by the Presi.
dents Proclamation to belong to the
&. S."
Col. kemper was arrested Dec. 9Th
Col. Caller arrived with the Presi.
dents Proclamation, from the Match
ez, Dec. 18th, the last day of the ex-
animation of Ksnpe5and others,
before Judge Toalmi& On thar day
he was bailed. and ~. Caller became
security for col. &mper and his bro
} shsr col. John sCalher. How then
could col. c. r6ssibly'have tte effron.
terry to infoy6 the Goverpors that the
moment he arrived he selisthe Presi.
den''s Proclamation to col. Kemper.
who was in the neighborhood of Mo-
bile, &c. when he had been present at
his examination, and became his SC.
curity on the very day of his arrival
here from the Na'ctez
On the 10th Dec. Maj. Hargraves,
with his party at Saw.mill creek, were
defeated and totally dispersed. Capt.
GANGS departed for Mobile with
small detachment Of troops, on the
night of the 2lst December, and on
the 9th the orders Of col. Sparks for
calling out the militia is dated. This
waS the order under which col. Caller
acted. Where then were his volun-
teers, which, he saws Kemper's mrn
from the neighborhood of Mobile
joir:d :
= Col. Caller seems very anxious to
impress the Governor with belief
that the men who had engaged with
Gel. Kempcr were pure American
patriots, though they mostly declared
that they had expstriated themselves,
aud were citizens under the Florida
convention. Col. Kemper declared,
after his examination, that TIE faC
OF the Convention should be H,ing at
Mobile before that the United States,
accordingly considerable number of
men were assembled few miles be-
low this place, with an intention as is
generally believed, of surprising and
destroying the town of Mobile. Col.
X. sod MAJ. Buford joined the party
on the 2ist. The plan was discover