Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-04-01

| distracted provinces. The r"glish are very
cprrchcnsive of the approaches OF the Russi-
aus, and the pretext OF resisting the intrigues
ofthe French in the north Of Asia, has offered
veiy convenient opportunities To send missi-
ons into Kabnl. Persia, and the countries nor
dcring oath Caspian sea. Asia is destined
| before many years pass away, 20 undS r,so reyo-
lutions ~ stupendous az any in her long and
eveutiui history.--Asa Minor, and China. wi 1
probably, before halt Il century. BE- under Eu-
rvpean subjecton,a Us Hiuduslan is now.
| Arcra.
Sasannri, March -.
The following letter was addressed to John
| Mix, esq. commander of the ship Ceres who
politely handed il Ia the Editors for nuh!ica-
ton. The source from wi,erce it comes, emit.
Ties 4 to serious consideration
| Pert as.-princs, 22d Feb.
| DEAR SiR-It may not be amss, on your ar
! rival az Savannah, To give publicty to the fol-
lowing facts which have SO recently occurred
| here and which. ifnot noticed nv ,he govern
| mcnt OF the United States, vii, be attributed
( by the HaNtians TO the want of serve. They
| openly aud boldly deny our hayin. tho reans
t" rr~nt any outrage, however atrocious it
might be-.
"On the Goth instant, James Wa,,on. an A.
mercaa sr;,in"n. accused of having killed. in
The afternoon of The preceding day, l9ih. n
black man. OH board, the American brg Ner
chant, captain Drtnham) WAS shat bv order of
am'.itary tribunal. III the presence of---Sol-
dicrs, marched out 10 witness the murdcrouS
purpose-four of them fred, AID Watson fell
dead on The spoi thc remaining two. whose
mnskcts missed tire in the first instance again
took ann, and again their mu>ke,S missed fire
disappointed and enraged. they ruslie,ir
on their victim pierced his hfe'ss. corpse utt
their t,goneis urd finally discharged the contents
81 hrir mnshstS through the head II the deceus,d
Watson died like brave man and deserved
better fate. Council was employed to defend
hm--nothiug, however, woul,i be heard i'm his
defence, nor leave allowed him to produce his
witnesses, his con .radcs of the brig Merchant.
i'etion wa pctitioned To order revision of
the sentence; his answer was,that the deceas-
cd had killed ii soldier, and mat suffer death
Nothing could save him, and in the short space
ottwehty-four hours, lie was accused, arrested 81
shot for trial he mad none.
. The circumstances which led 10 the a th
OF the Haytian are as follows -
" On the 18Th, two soldiers went on board
the brig Merchant, aud, as is customary with
them whenever they have an opportunity, com.
mitted theft. Having succeeded so well.
they returned the following dav, the 10Th
when the mate (who together with all hands
were at work in hold, tie captain being on
shore) ordered James Watson and--io ro
up aud drive away the inirudcrs --took
a ropes end with which he struck one of them;
watson took up stave, aud struck the other
on the buttochs, who, TO avoid a second blow,
". had reason to apprehend, precipitate-
iyretreated but in his haste, his foot siipped
when he fell into bis own boat alongside and
broke his neck.-This was Watson's own stare
f Trent It is plausible, and very probably the
faet bnt, true or false, he should have had a
trial fair trial, he had no trial ~ all and
was. in plain English, MURDERED. am.
Sill, your NEST obedient servant, Sc"
The following statement, from Paper
received by Captain Charles rreadwei.
may be interesting TO some Of our read
ers. 1.NaIen, On
PALERMO, Dcc.7, 1916.
MIR. Joachim Lenzitti is using every ex-
ertion IN his power 10 aid ana facilitate the
liquidation of the estate of the late part
nership OF Abraham Gibbs & Co. and
from his knowledge in the business. il is
hoped that this will be soon accomplish
ed. Public curiosity has hitherto been
engaged in trying 70 discover the causes.
which have produced the failure of so no.
ted merchant an object not so easily
0bialnch, IN consequence Of his always
having transacted his affairs of impor-
lance as privately as possible, and com
mitting the whole 10 little memoranduns
and private papers, which were unknown
TO every person but himself.
.Aparccl has lately been found amoag
other private papers, which clearly ex-
plans those memorable words. which
were discovered after Mr.. Gibbs death in
ms own hand wiring, viz: I hare been too
anf"fgent NTH those irho hare been u,,c-yatc-
f"i to me. This parcel contains several
original securities or bonds for considera-
BILE Sums, by which il appears that Mr..
q. ii. Vankempen, in the year 1872. was
indebtedto Mr.. Gibbs in no less sum than
ounces ,697 IL Ii. On the outside of
tins parcel, and precisely on deoo or pro-
missory note of ounces rs 500, dated Dec.
IL, 1912, signed by Mr.. Vankempen. Mr..
Gibbs has written III his own hand fbe
following memorandum, viz :-Dedi di
Vankempen-JIy rnia be- ny good nature.
dnd confidence an him. And TO saw the
truth, he had but too much reason TO con
SI!er MIR. Vankempen's failure as his own
rum the equivalent sums which he was
under the necessity of taking up at an
exorbitant interest, which was paid until
tie dav OF lis death, must have produced
Il delc!ency OF ounces I00 0O0, 900, which
may be attributed to Mr.. Vaukempen A.
lone.
Many other credits ofthe late Mr.. Gibbs
have also come to light, from Which but
little or nothins will be received. and NAV
be calculated at about $4,000 ounces
The greatest part of those credits oriqi
nate as far back as the year 1903, and
were only known to MIR. C;ibbs.-These
credltsa also produced IA considerable m
CUM, to replace which many sums were
procured on interest, which still more in
creased the deficiency.
1t evidently appears, that such exces-
sivc losses have caused the ruin and death
OF merchant of great consideration.
whose loss is depIorcd not only i'm this ca.
pltal but also throughout Sicily. from fine