Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-03-25

! Your labours at no distant day, there will
not be- acknowledged To have been laid
by YOU hesieepest foundations of the ma
tional prosperity. That you may long
continue TO live, 20 witness and to parti-
cipa,e IN that prosperity; and that you
may experience, on your return 10 your
respective homes. every-besslug OF whicf,
our nature is susceptible, is The arden,
wish OF one who, wherever he may be,
VIII never cease to cherish, OF all OF you,
The most agreeable and atieciiona,e re-
collections.
II remained for him only to announce
That The House stood adjourned sine die.
NcJoK, March 10.
The following Petition, addressed 10 the
President of tn United States, by Il A
nerlcaiis, now confined in the Spanish
Prisons n ". .Iago de Cuta, was handed
To MS by Gentleman who had arrived
here from that Island about lOdavs since.
with request that we would publish, q
then transmit il 10 the President. Not
knowing the gentleman who was The bear
er of the letter, and having no evidence of
the authenticity ofihc document, indu-
ced us to delay IFS publication until we
could satisfy ourselves on these points.
Having received such assurances touch
ing lis genuine character as we required,
and having the statement whichii CON
tains verified by subsequent arrival
from the same quarter, we give it inser-
ton with pleasure, forwarding the oriei-
nal, as directed, TO the Department o.
State, where, we doubt not, it viii receive
that attention 20 which it is entitled.
Beacon.
To TIE PRESIDENT OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
Petition IT fourteen A,nc,fcans. nor confined
uithe PRISON cf st. Jogo- de Cuba.
Honored Sir.
We take the liberty TO inform
you ofour sad misfortunes, confned in
Cuba Prison, attheinhuman mercy offhe
cruel Standards. first misforiunes
are as follow Our vessels being sold
for the purposes OF prvateering, we were
obliged 70 take passage in the schr. Mar
garetta, Peter Anchor, commander, bound
toJamaica. To our sorrow, after being on
our passage two days, the Captain bro'f
up his Carthagenian Commission, and
said he was b. und or a cruize. Finding.
ourselves taken in in this shameful man
ner, we concerted with each other 10 leave
her the first opportunity. On the 2d
September, we captured the schooner So
y. IL l.
maca, with cattle on board ON the Sd
of the same month, captured Spanish
brig from the Coast, with $50 negroes on
board-the captain and owner reasoned
the brig, &c. for $1,000: we allowed the
boat to take the captain on shore at Gu
ia, undera promise that he would return
with the money; the unjust agreement of
the Spaniards, in place of the money.
sent out Kings schooner, of superior
force, and captured us AT the time of the
capture, four of the men got clear in the
boat. -IionoredSir, now began the inhu-
man usage of the cruel Spaniards-cut
and nangied IN pieces with cutlasses.
bound back to back till the blood run
from under our finger nails, we are at
present IN Cuba jail, on the allowance of
this savage nation, on half pint OF rice |
and beans. half cooked, for 70 content
the sons of Columbiaf or24 hours, without
clothing, orany shelter, 10 hide our naked |
ness, IN IRON strong, &c. no friends allowed |
to see us.
Honored Sir-we, the unhappy petition
ers, do humbly beg for the mercies Of a |
free country, for which we have fought. |
and valiantly conquered our enemies.
john III. Buckley, Nantucket,
Demard IoilaSand, Norfolk,
1HOmaS Reed, ". Yo,k,
Be,g. Bre,oa, do.
john Daoiss, Neryo,f,
YIN. Hraay, ~ Carolina,
George lYiLson, ". York,
James Jiosyess, Boston,
John Beaaet, Philadelphia,
Jcha Jackson, do.
Jotn anderson, Orleans,
Jodn Do,kin, Ne,c- York.
John Charles, Neo- Orleaus,
Francis Barber, de.