Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-08
CoMMoDORE TAYLOR's CASE.

10 the Editor Of Tie Baltimore Pairiot
Sif-lt Is always difficult TO give account
OF Judicial p; oce edings pending the investiea.
ton ci the case in question, without commune.
caiinS an undue bias 10 Tie pubic mind. Thus,
IN the progress OF Sie pending Trial of Commo
dore iuyior, statements which have been Civ.
en-. win Tie best motives, are yet calculated
10 create an impression which the evidence in
tne case, as lar as 1t has gone. does not warrant
You say, Tor example, III yonr paper of Satur.
day, that " several witnesses have been examin-
ed proving the capture by him ofNseveral
Spanish vessels, and one American vessel
Laden with Spanish property"
row as the bare mention of the capture of
" an Ansericdn reSsel is of Itself calculated TO
sNcite prejudice against the prisoner under tri-
al for his ii;e il is bnt fair that the attendant
circumstances, so fai as NE Was concerned
sboUicl be known
what were theyS
CAPTAIN PICXLE--the master of the 8neri-
can vessel, the GaZella testified that being i'm
dead calm, near Spanish port in the West
Indies he was boarded by bUat from paylor's
briE--taken OH board-srcceeded in satisfying
h'm that The vessel was not subject 10 capture
by ciulZers ar war with Spain-v ereupon iay
sf,ertreai-s him with the greatest possible
poiiteness and respect Released kiS resSei, and
toid HIM he might proceed, wiich he did until
the se,rt dag. That Taylor requested him to sell
him some small articles OF rsii eshlnenf which
ne Voluntarily did, and received for them
liberal price. In word. lie testified that he
cOpld not have received more liberia and ho
norahie treatment from an Anne rcan ship"
IL was ,sle merit day, on his way INFO port HAT
the conmander of Merican priUateer, by
which lie had occasion TO pass very nearly in
order TO make the harbour discovering his
Spanish supercarg0 on board, w HON this Mex
ican captain happened 10 know, boarded cap
tam Pickles yessel-toOk the aupercargo on
board his priyateer and by personal violence
and threats, eXjOried from the supeTcargo his
secret aud concealed papers. disclosing the
real character of III aryo TO be Spanish. Ii
"a ftstt hat y,ciI
board Taylors brig. when the Spanish part
of the cargo and not the ship were ransomcd, as
captain Pickle testified for less than three
fourths OF its cost-Captain Pickle was then
required to pay back the money for the articles
which he had sold
SUCH was the testimony of captain Pickle,
wh0se evidence was given with all possible
consistency and intelligence-athongii he had
Deea dragged from Philadelphia ont o. a bed
or DEATH, to use his own words. to give eyi.
dence for the prescott on-the court being en-
iirely Ignorant OF his particular predicame MT.
should have thought it improper TO have
given tins sketch, were II not to place in fair
hght, what has already been partially given to
the public on this subject The trial is alto
gether one OF the most extraordinary charae-
ter that ever took place i'll this Republican
land-and iciU bed fruitful source Of reflection
ind comment for the historian and Patriot
VERITAS.
NoTE-suppose in the of this trial it ere TO
be proyedll this RESET uaS bona e Spanish how
linen could Frayor arrest all the prejudice when had
been created against him by premature statement
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.-On Saturday last
spectacle was exhibited in our city, the like
If which we hope il will never again he our
painful Office to record. unfortunate man
having been sentenced before the District
Court Of the United States, after being march
ed round the jail square, was publicly whipped
IN m sixth st. opposite the Washington Square
The cOncourse that assembled, of ''biack
white aud grey" OF old and Young, and their
tumutuOus conduct, we understand, was truly
disgusting. -Punishments OF the kind have
happily long ago been stricken from the Penal
code OF PENNSYLVANIA; and il is much to be
regretted in the present case, that the purpo-
ses OF justice could not have been effected i'm a
way iess ievoliing 10 humasify aud decency.
I(.n-cfIe