Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-03

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thank for his Jealous cooperation and
| ctivI'y IN landing two OF his guns, and
gallanily offering 10 lag his vessel before
TIE water battery, III the event of SioT-
mug the upper works /; his officers and
crew deserve his confidence. The ge-
nr'al assigns 10 colonel King the govern
ment of Pensacola and lis DEF .rndcncies,
and that paii.oi tbc 9Th department, lay
my west at the Apalachicola u Claiahou-
CHE rivers, until otherwise ordered by
Gen. Games. The Colonel viii take
measures, 10 have the volunteers now al
Pensacola, relieved, preparatory 10 their
| return march. .he Tennessee vo!un-
! teers viii be raiioned for i've DAYS, aud
viii forthwith move for Fort Montgome-
ry. where they will receive further orders.
The General in taking leave of Col.
| King, and his command, tenders 10 Tie
officers and soldiers, AN aHectonate fare
well. By order.
(Signed) ROBERT BUTLER,
Adjufaht General.
a gentleman recently from the cas-, i'll
forms us, that Tor some months Governor
M Nllnn has been devoiiEg himself 10 In
dian AFFAIRS, and to expedite lie business
he has found II necessary 10 he much oi
the time III the Cherokee nation. HIS OBJ
jec, Is To keep the spirit Tor moving up
with the Indians-he has been Jealous in
urging. and quite successful in convin-
eng the natives that il is 10 their inter
'si, and the Interest of the whites that
they should migrate TO the west of the
Mississippi. Our informant was al talk
IN the nation, responsive 10 that of The
governor, from the principal chief of the
nation, who warmly seconded the argu.
mems he had given. On The 2sih inst.
no rOtf l,ni 81 ~
directly after which he will leave the ma
ton, and come on 10 Murreesborougi,.
Clarion.
From vt. AUsUstiRe.-BN the schr. AAce ar
rived yesterday trom ST. Augustine, we learn
that the Inhabitants were III daily expectation
OF a visit from GeueralJ ACKsoN aud the troops
were preparing 10 defend The place as well as
they could. There are about 400 men in The
Fort, and they but badl, supplied with pruvi
s'ons We also learn trom an Officer OF the
army, that the American troops at Pensacola
aud Amelia Island v - shorty embark for the
above rout by water, when il will undoubted.
~ fall. Charleston City Ga=
Two Agents from the Spanish Government
arrived al Amelia-isiand on The 18Th instant,
tor the purpose of taking session of The lands
Ia Florida, some time since granted by said
Government TO the Duke Of Aancon. Cib.
Extract 10 the senior editor of the Republican,.
Our army is nov in Pensacola. Au-
CUISINE and IN fact every inch Of the Flo
ridas VIII be IN our possession in a few
weeks. Gen Jackson's movements would
have been quicker had it no, been for The
defalcations of the contractors"
[SaraHRdh ReyuJ.
General Pmnam.-The following letter from
Inc venerable President ADAMS, Wiii. saws the
Boston Centinel, lead TO cOnImnnicati ions which
VIII indicate the fame of the veteran General
PUTNAM from the ohloquy lately attempted TO
be cast over IL aud may furnish innortant
facts III the history of the revolution, of great
Quincy, June 10, 1918.
DEAR SIR have received YOUR letter Of
the 10Th. My letter TO Colonel Daniel Pnt,Iam
OF me 5th, IS a. his and yonr disposal You nav
discretion.
wish the young gentlemen of The are would
nn"erlake an ANALYTICAL investigation Of the
const Iiution of the army at Cam bridge and of
me detachment from il AT Buuker's HiIi and
Breed tiii en- the 10Th and i7tl of June
he army AT Cambridge was not a Nat.ona,
army, Tor there was no Nation. 1t WAS Tot a
Cmied States army. for there was lao United
SiateS. IL was not an army OF United Colo
MES, Tor Il it could be sail in any sense thai
the colonies were united, the centre of their
union, the congress at Philadelphia h I'D not
adopted nor acknowledged tie army at Cam
bridge. 1t was not a y cw England army; Tor
New England had not associated NeN Enw.
land hai no legal legislature, nor any common
executive authority, even upon the principles
of original authority, or even of original power
i'll the people.
Massachusetts had her army. Connecticut
her army, New Hampshire her AZ N.Y. and Rhode
island her army. These four armies met at
Cambridge, and imprisoned the British army
in Boston. But who was the sovereign of this
united or rather congregated army, aud who
lis commander in chief IL had none. Putnam,
Poor and Green we're az independent of Ward
as Ward was of them. None of them hut
Ward was subject TO the orders OF the Massa.
cIusetiS Provincial Congress. | desire 10
know from whom Putnam received his COM
mission, and from whom Poor received his
commission And pray lei the commits sions
of Ward, Putnam, Poor and Green be all pro-
dnced.
Where are the orders for taking possession
Of the heights of CbariestowY? Who gave
these orders The Massachusetts Provincial
COugresSi No They could give no orders
but TO General Ward, who could give no or.
ders 10 Pntnam, Poor, or Green. Were those
orders given by committee of the MaSsacfrI-
Nfis Provincial Congress? But what authority
had that committee ? The whole enterprise in
Chariestown must have been volunteer en-.
ierprise, as the army at Cambridge WAS yo-
iuHteer army.
Who was the first officer Of Massachusetts on
Bunkers Hill or Breeds Hin? have always
understood he was Colonel Pomeroy, or Gen
eral Pomeroy. Colonel Prescott might be the
most determined pcrseveTing, and effiCd cious
officer Of Massachusetts but POmeroy was
certainly his superior IN command.
Bnt what authority had Putnam to command
Pomeroy or PRESCOTT am confident the result
WiH be 10 the honor Of Putnam as a statesman as
UeI as wdrriOr. SHOULD be glad to know by
what authority Gerrish was caShiered? Was
il by the Provincial Congress that he was pro.
secuted, tried and condemnedi General Wash
ington could not order his trial, for he had 10
authority over him. But, sir, must suppress
thousand questions, and conclude your hum
Dle servant,
(Sisned) JOHN ADAMS.
George Brinley, Esq.