Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-11-24


states for this District, the sentences OF The
,,,v we're pronounced hv Judge Peters on the
Several persons convicted ut this Court. OF
crimes against the United States. The deli
Yer, OF these sentences was accompanied by
very pertinent and fercibie admenitions ana
explanations TO the prisoners, 10y TIE learned
Judge who theu proceeded 10 deliver their
sentences, as follows, TO wit:
William Wood, convicted of procuring, AID.
ing and advising ia the late well known Mail
Robbery, 10 be Imprisoned AT marc LABOR TOT
William Scott, convicted of forgcries on the
yapar of the bank of the United States, TO be
Imprisoned At hard labor for five years on each
OF the four bills, on which he was indicted, anu
of course for twenty years altogethsr
Walker Harding, convicted OF a iorrefy on
the paper Of tile bank Of the United States, 10
be Imprisoned at hard labor for seven years.
Elisha Cemmings, convicted OF larceny al
sea, TO he publicly whipped. by having not ex
cecding thirty lashes we'll laid on his back on
Saturday the 18th inst. Fha. Fr- Caz.
VENEZUELA.
Extract from Mdrgdriia. I'D OCTOBER, ISIS.
The establishment OF tile court OF vice adj
miralty i'm this island has had already an happy
effect, i'm giving direction To commercial ad'
venture aud as a depot for the accomnOda-
ton of our public vessels, as well AS merchant
ships: a greatnumber of prizes have already
entered the porter La Gaiera, with produce
ofevery kind, and many merchants from the
Antilles and from London, have already esta-
bshed houses AT that place. Those merchants
have brought with them those articles in great
abundance which are most in demand in state
of war, and no funds appear TO he dcicieHt.in
their transactions. The duties here are very
moderate, and the court of admiralty is cou-
stituted OF the most experienced and respecta.
BILE characters of the country.
1.-The Courts composed of president aud
members, one OF whom acts as secretary one
assessor who Ia the consulting law officer; and
a fiscal
- f~se, i;
and 10 whom Venezuela is SO much Indebted
for his tirmness and virtne at the period when
CarihageDs was evacuated, aud who with no
other resources for defence than % muskets,
had the resolution to resist and the merited
glory to defeat and expel general Morillo an
act of heroic constancy, which had the effect
of eiectrIsing The troops under Cedeno, Saraza,
PaeZ, and others, and 10 whom the salvation of
Venezuela at that period may be Justly aitribut.
ed thiseXcellent man is presidentof the court.
Don Manuel Pdiaci0s is another-he was
member OF the congress of Caracas, and went
in 1912, to the United States, as minister frOBi
New Grenada, and passed thence, in the same
character to France Don Nicholas Deguisara,
the present intendant OF the island, who was
member OF The executive al the time of the
congress OF Caracas. and had been the com
lnandant of artillery, is another OF this men,
hers i; Don Francis Morales Brito, another re.
Spectable man, is another member. Don Lous
itiouIs a member and secretary; he was CO.
lionel OF artillery OF New Grenada, aud much
Marcan0, AN eminent civilian and Don De.
sningo Alzur, another eminent lawyer, who
was "a member of the congress of eneZuela, is
the fiscal or attorney general.
- regulation has been established already,
that II is necessary to the condemnation OF
prize vessel bi ought before this court, that the
commanding officer of the captured ship should
>be'present this you will see is TO guard against
abuses, and to conduct judicial investigation in
the presence of both parties; many other regu-
latioRs In the liberal spirit etsthe age. are esta-
blished The port OF t3alera which has been
Selected for the admiralty court, is OH the north
side of the island and to the leeward of the
Capo Del lsla, aud south of the harbor and
town OF the Punta del NOrte; the navigatiouis
allround free from difficulties deep water and
q hold shore, and may be entered without pilot
without any hazard, and good anchorage i'm 6
orr fathoms water, half mile from the shore.
The land is well marked by lofty peak near
the town.
81" There are now in the port of La Galera
merchantncn engaged i'll commerce, and seve.
Tai-prlles, "a vessels of large size and the
island rs III the best state of fence there are
excellent tooops and well armed and they have
SUD- Ruskets with an equal proportion of clio.
1hing in reserve
Colonel aiontiiLa arrived few days ago,
and Gen. Bermudez this day with the naval
hotilla. winch had been cO-operatn. in,the
siege ofCumana, We learn that Doctor Roscio,
so generally esteemed, has arrive AT Augostura
from The u. States. Every thing appears most
prosperous here ,aswelI as throughout Veuezue.
La. ann bears tue happiest aspect; aud the union
OF all The chiefs SO long desired, is happily
accomplished. General CeoIeno is engaged in
the siege of Cumana (; and Murine approa ches
10 ms support: aud IL is expected the supreme
Ghief VIII cooperate in the same direction.
Paez,, SarasSa, and others are acting in the
west" i,roro