Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-19

commit any ravages, SO as he himself eS-
capped them, and further le!t them with AN
assurance that their hostility was their
greatest bulwark Of dctence, since the
more friendly the more CERTAIN their de
| struction.
Whence is derived The information thai
| gen. Jackson directed isqe Friendly warri-
ors on their return 10 destroy Phelemce's
town, We are at IA loss IT, know no such
| ihing was ever heard fin any part Of the
| army under bis command. nor did the
most distant idea exist with any officer or
soldier Of thai command iha, he would
Z, even permit il.
! The statement iha, the quota of militia
! to which Wright belonged, were detached
[ for The sole purpose of assisting In there
! duciion Of Ameiia Island. is fcandpd on
/ much The same basis What Sas the in
/ ieni'on % Yens tiaircr .S}ie,A'!lc ordered
! out these troops We i,resutic, caaase bui
/ partially known, as the gcnesid 81 nc ar
| my could be so entirely iguu Int OF mill
| lary duty as Ia COMMUNICATE otte world
ms lnltailons III regard 10 the object Of
| The campaign, or The movements OF the
army. We know gen. Gaines tn he "a; all
times remarkably cautious in eommuui
Gazing any information whatever relative
to the moveeeuls of The army, and We al
o know from facts which have transpireti
snce the commencement oltIe campaign,
am never before, that i.is was not the
sole purpose for which they were ordered
oui They were marched by general order
TO Hartford, thence 90 Forts Scott, Gads
uen, and some oltheU To ST. Marks II
Is also fact that an order was given for
f, their discharge before their term of ser
vice expired. The detachment from Sa
vannah was mustered in service at Darien
between The 20h of January and the Is,
OF February, aud an ORDER was given for
their discharge as early as the 10th of
April consequently, If Wright ever was
IN The U. y. service, lie must have been
unless officially dischargeO on the 18th
April. the date of the governors orders
and we assert positively, that between
thai date and the date of his being mus
tered INTO the service, Ohree months) the
time for which lie was commissioned had
not elapsed. Admitting Wright was not
IN The US. service, proves a greater want
ct knowledge IN the governor than we had
hitherto been willing 10 allow, though we
were satisfied before II was much too
great. Ills order extended 10 captains
| Dean, Chlds and Boutwell,, who were re-
| ally III The U. ). service, and properly be-
yond the reach of his control, and here ii
would appear. from an admission of this
TACT, thai be placed them under The com
| maud OF a man who had no commissions
whatever, as he never held one in The
state service, unless il has been given him
| Slnce the expedition.
| TIE fActa in regard to Wright are sim
| ply ihese-ile was elected TO cor1,,pYnd a
company OF drafted militia from Savan.
nah, ami specially commissioned for that
command but he was left sick at Savan-
nd - Il 4 4.
cllued The expedition. fier the conlpa-
ny had reached perhaps Fort (iodsden or
IT. Marks, under The command of his lst
lieutenant who bad been promoted TO
captain, and was recognized as such in
service, went on TO Hartford, thence TO
MIliedScvllle, and under The face of this
very commissioE, representing himself TO
be senior captain in The u. S. service, OBJ
famed from the governor under his orders
OF i4tl OF April, the command OF the ever
memorable expedition.
This infamous transaction took place
on the 2lst April, whilst Wright drew ra-
tons as an officer in,the u. S. service. and
while he was generally considered as spcb
and rs an evidence of his own opinion. he
applied afterwards TO be mustered ont of
service by the officer who mustered gen.
Giascock's command cut of service but
was refused on account of irrcgulariIv
IN his muster rolls, and as late AZ 9Th Nav
applied to the paymaster of one of there
giments for blanks.
We feel Tor the clIaracte Of our state.
ana we feel sensibly, because il is the
piace OF our natality ii is this which
makes us speak freely. TCkyen.
The following fact is probably not gen
orally known. We publish it under the
expectation Of eliciiing more information
on the subject. When WooDBINE and
NICHOLS were on their return 10 England
after the late war with that country, they
touched at Amelia Island, where thew re-
NAMED tew days. Taey were accom-
panied by the Prophet Francis, who was
recently hung at ST. Marks. During their
stay at Amelia, WOodbiDc put info the
hands OF an EngliShman (wIIo resided on
Inc island for perUsal, 1rcaty of An
ance, oHeHSire ard defensive. between his
Britannia Mai sly and the Lower Creeks.
as loyal subjects of the Z" fast anchored
Isle, certain strange privileges were to BIZ
granted 10 them, among which was free
ana uninterrupted navigation of ST. Ma
rvs and Apalacbicola. Francis was 90
ing on 10 raiify The Treaty, which WAS
slgned by himself and three other Chief
talns. Whether this act of Woodbine and
Nichols was recognized by the British Go
vernment, we are unable TO say, bat we
are strongly induced TO believe il vas.
from tile circumstance of Francis's re-,
turning with the commission of Brigadier
General IN The English service. IL.
The Prophet Francis" is doubtless
ne person referred TO IN the following pa
ragraph from British paper of Decem-
Der last-see Weekly Register, vol. xii.
page 46-
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