Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-23

VAIN bS WAS IreSluthI, anu composed OF
officers ofihe highest character and stan
Ding. The sentence was approved by
JACKSON, whose humanity as well as his
valor has been often tested from which
character The energy which distinguish
es hIs conduct surely cannot deiract. If
we had known nothing of Gen. Jackson's
character before, the generous indiona-
ton lie manifested al the unwarranteu
destruction of Chehaw interposes be-
tween him and The charge OF cruelty. Ii
has been said thai General J. ought to
have awaited the decision Of the Presi-
dent on the fate of his prisoners.-On
his head, the law has placed in the hands
OF General Jackson "a discretionary now
er: and, if he believed il proper. and
II might have been necessary, perhaps TO
the safety OF his army, ii Was his duty
to carry into effect sentence intended
TO operate more ais an example, than u
punishment.
But, 1t is ~hispered, these two men
were british officers, and Britain will re-
sent their fate. To this il Is sufficient 10
reply, If they had been British officers,
they would hardly have been found wbet-
ting the ioinaiiawk, and infaming the
murderous disposition of the indians who
provided about our frontier in search of
whom they should destroy. They NAV
indeed, once have been British officers
but, paced in that situation in which,
they were found, Britain can no longerac-
knowledge them, without becoming The
patron of their crime ; a light i'm which
we do not wish TO see her, aud much less
can she consent TO view herseIf If il
should be otherwise, and she thinks il
proper 10 interfere, we can only point her
to the law ut nations, which subjects those
persons found in arms among foreign
people, Ia be classcd with them: and for
our submission TO this unquesiionea rule
OF public law, we can point her 10 the
shores al Mexico, 10 The fields of Carac-
cas-, where have fallen victims 10 their
thirst ofrenown, and ts the Spanish poll
cy, hundreds of orr gallant youth, many
of whom lately held commissions in our
army. but who, lie engaging in a foreign
cause, lost III that character The protec-
lion due 10 them as American citizens.
What ever else may arise from this trans
action il is impossible that the British
government can undertake even to COM
plain OF it.
We have, in these few remarks. endea-
vored to deprecate opinions formed on the
crude materials now before the nation.
When the official accounts are reC eiyed
we hope they will be laid before the pub
lie. We doubt not, il will then be found.
that nothing has taken place inconsistent
with the chiNalrous character we claim
for our army, nor with humanity by
which we hope ever 10 sec this people
characterised. To.
THE PEOPLE Us. ffAGERMAN.
NEw-YoRK, June l5-On Saturday
Mr.. Hagerman appeared, TO receive his
sentence fer an assault and battery COM
NIT Tod liz I,e Al
mayor without going over the tesiimo-
ny, animadvcrted, in pointed terms of
censure, on the violent manner of the
attack which he contended, without re-
ferrlng 10 the provocation, was wholly un-
Unsuitable, and i'll the defenceless siiua-
ton OF Mr.. Coleman, was barharOus in
the extreme the repetition of the blows
while still defenceless, he considered as
very cruel, though he exonerated him
from the charge of an intent to commit
murder and, finally, after severe adj
monitioD, the sentence OF the court was.
that he should pay a fine Of $50 dollars
and he costs of prosecution. In afiiXing
this fine, The court took into considera-
ton that civil suit had been commeuc-
ed by Mr.. Coleman, and that public JUS
tlce, in that suit would also be effected.
The French sloop of war Byzantine, came
up yesterday from the Watering Place, and
after anchoring in the North River, fired a sa-
lutte OF twenty one guns, which was answered
by similar number from the Port on Cover
nor's Island. IN. y Gazette.
Mr. Editor-!t has been sagely said that this
IS The age OF wonders; that it is, think none
will deny after perusing TIE following circu-
lar. 1t was received few DAYS since from
correspondent i'll st. Louis, who writes, that
the author, captain Symmes, is very respec-
table man, a man of intelligence and really
sane. III mind He also states that Symmes
is dililgentlyen2aged in forwarding his scheme,
and that upwards of twenty credible persons
have actually engaged in the expedition.
CIRCULAR.
Light gives hight, to light discouer-'ad infaity,a
81 Louis, (hlissouri Territory
North America, April 10, a. ID. 1918. {
TO ALL THE WORD!
delare the earth is hollow, and habitabIe
within containing number of solid concen.
trio spheres, one within the other. and that
il is open at the poles IL or I6 degrees I
pledge my life in support of this truth. and
am ready to explore the hollow. if the world
will support and aid me in the undertaking.
JNO. CLEVES SYMMES, of Ohio
Late Captain of Infantry.
N; t. i have ready for the press treatise
on The principles OF matter, wherein show
proofs of the above positions, account for va.
rious phenomena and disclose DIR. Darwin's
golden secret.
My terms are the patronage of this and the
new worlds. dedicate to my wife and her
ten children. select doctor s. l.. Mitchell
sir r.. Davy, and baron Alex. de Humboldt
as my protectors.
ask one hundred brave companions ,yeu
equipped, TO start from Siberia in the fall sea.
son With reindeer and Stays, on the ice OF
the frozen seal engage we find warm and
rich land stock ed with thrifty vegetables, and
animals, ifnOt men, on reaching one degree
northward of latitude 81. We will return
! the succeeding spring. les
| his eNceIlenoy gov. VIM. Clark.