Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-06-03

rate. i.an example OF cruelty, which. although
not without parallel, cannot be the less hide
Gus aud detestabie. Fortunately, the United
States offer to misfortune and prosecuted vir
tue the best and most consoIatory protection
and IT, i'm this instance, the liberty of a per
son has been invaded and violated on our own
shor res, by "A foreign government which has en-
ceeded its faculties, and by Il British subject
moved by a criminal ambition. we hope that
henceforward the country of WASHlNGTON
will be viewed with that reverence aud res
pect to which, from tic excellence OF its cou-
stitution, and the equity of its laws, il is so
Justly entitled.
Captain Garnock pursued his oh;rct with
more prudence than the government oflSuenos
Ayres, i'm not divnging his mis- ion. He made
no use Of the before mentioned letter, he, how
ever, delivered copy of it 10 the gentlemen
under his care. These, persuaded they had
right TO prosecute him for the part he assumed
i'm the violence they suffered, determined to
bringsln action against him at Savannah and
having to this effect consulted gentleman of
the bar, he gave it as his decided opinion that
the captain was responsible for 1t but they
were deferred from farther pursuing the sub
jccthy tile apprehension of long suit aud a
delay. the Inconvenience of which they could
not we'll suffer.
IL may by some be considered surprising,
that the government OF Buenos Ayres adopted
such violent measures exclusively on account
of differences in political opinions. To US,
however, these prOceedingsarc not mysterious.
We perceive that the Portuguese had been
ces otihe River Plate, by ahandful oiwretches,
ipsensibe 10 tue glory of the country; that
these traitors were in the administration and
the congress, and by magnifyng the dangers
THE revolution, which they had stained with
blood they intended imprudently, though al
ways under the mask of patriots, TO corrode
and destroy public opinion ;that they had Sc
cret understandings with the Portuguese a
gents, who scattered amongthes vcnal souls,
the gold of Brazil that the persons who sign
ed a petition to the cOut of Rio Janciro, invi-
ting them to the invasion OF the territory nf
River Plate, were the same that possessed the
greatestinfluence in BuenOs Ayres and thatthe
government there, Which in reality was no
thing bnt the instrument OF Prince John. found
n pleasure i'll prosecuting those whe abhorred
his dominion, and were able to awaken the peO-
pie. These interences we draw from the ma
nifesto issued by fhc government of BuenOs
Ayres, in its justification of the violent D,ea-
sures taken against the eight gentlemen before
mentioned. Resides, the vague arguments
made use ofby that gov ernnent to defend it,
self against the charge Of Indifference, with
which ii has witnessed the invasion of the
Portuguese, account for the motives of its VIC =
lent proceedings so much so, that amongst the
the prescribed we observe the editor Of the
Cronica Argentina" who with manly Il tru-
~ free spirit, eXcites, in his last numbers. his
compatriots to resist the foreign dominion
with which they are tire atened. All tiesememo-
rabe injuries, will he of mo av all to that go
yernment We understand that tile number
of those who are firmly attached 10 the liberty
Of the nation, is infinite. That People, altho'
they NAV slumber for few moments in the
arms of deception, are the most Jealous of their
honor and rights. These tyrannical proceed
ings wiilrOuse them, and they will again APP
the independent flag, & leave in confusion and
shame the vile d-seriers of the glorious
cause of that part of America. BaH. Pal.
FRoMTHE COLUMBUS GAZETTE.
Extract of letter from gentleman to has
Al D IL. W.
Ten. April 5, 1917.
Dear Brother,
"Through tie blessing of Providence,
am once more enabled to inform you that
am in the land of the living. Won have, no
doubt. been much surprise at not hearing from
me long ere this but must inform you that
Immediately after wrote to you from this
state last May, joined company OF horse
nlen for the purpose of ATTACHING ourselves
TO the patriot service in East Florida we
marched immediately to st. Augustine, and
there learned that there was no main body of
PATRIOTS existing, they had all dispersed !; a
few had gone 10 st. Antonio to Join General
Toledo, who il was said had left New-Orleans,
tor that place. Our LITTLE party, consisting of
about forty five, agreed 10 follow their eXanl-
pie, and in our way ihither we fell III with a.
bout two hundred royalists who were seoul
ring the country. We were soon surrounded
and forced to fight or surrender we imnIedi-
ately engaged and after having Twenty-Five OF
our party killed, the rest OF us being every
man wounded, were riiSheu upon, seizeu ana
hound fast, aud carried to the governor, who
without hesitation sentenced us Ia the mines
for life. The mines in the FiorIdas were SO
full Of Americans, that our party, then roduc-
ell tosixteen, (fOur having died OF their wounds,
vas ordered with about fifty more to be sent
80 the Kings mines in Souih America. In
crossing the Isthmus, however, four otus es-
capped by swimming to the British brig Sy-
lI,ax, whose captain very generously treated
us until we fell in with a patriot privateer,
which went On board of and remained I'M
I'll the 4th of March, when landed at Savan-
nah and came immediately to this state.
s. y. GARDINER.
J.B. GARDINER"