Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-05-25
DOMESTIC.

by letters recently received from VIM.
Ddris Robinson. TO a friend in this city. il
Is rendered certain that his person is at
Length released from a severe captivity of
two and half years. On Tie Odd of
March last, he arrived in safety at Glib
ralfar. whence lac wrote, and from whence
he expected 10 embark for the United
States.
His friend suggests, that extracts from
his letters, IN series from the beginning
TO The end of his captivity, would cons,i.
tute a narrative of personal suffering.
which would be not little interesting ,o
his fellow citizens, particularly for The
specimen those letters exhibit, of forth
iude and tirmness. and ability, i'm assert.
ing his rights as an American, under the
most gloomy circumstances, uudaunted
by tile granny that oppressed him.
We may probably give this narrative al IA
tniure time. mat Int.
It's with sensations of deep regret we have
Perused tue statement contained in the follow.
ing paragraphs from The New York Evening
Post of the nth instant. Not TO COPY them
would be 10 suppress the rumors which this
publication has already made sufficiently noto-
rious. We will, for the present, only express,
orr hope that the reports will prove, as the
Post supposes possible, to he " false and SLAM
deroHs," and that" the contradiction NAV Inc
as public as the charges" II will give ms sim
cere Satisfaction 10 be authorised 10 contra
uict 'he'n, and put their authors to shame. 10
From the NeW York EreRing PoI.l
Report states that AN order was recently is
sued IN Florida, by Colonel King TO put 10
instant death, withouI the DELAY or form of a
trial, any deserter that was taken Thar in
consequence, party under the command of
Lieutenant -----, Went in pursuit of man
o! this description, whom they overlook . thar
they informed the prisoner OF the nature of
their orders, and their readiness to execute
Them lie frmIy expostulated with the officer
demanded trial, Claiming his rights as a
man ana an American citizen but finding
ms eXpostulations vain, lie knelt down and
received the fatal bullet i'm his breast
LII another instance, il is reported that, i'm
tne Alabama territory, a soldier WAS condemn.
ed by his officer, az a punishment for intoxico-
ton, to he ducked which was executed mn
Inc spot, and carried 10 that excess that the
man was literally drowned. This. order was
also issued without the form of trial.
AZ Greenbay, on the western side of Lake
michigan, the military, as the same report
states, has assumed complete control over
the cIvllaHthOTity. Citizens have been taken I'm
Tor real or pretended offences, been tried by
courts martial. aud the punishment of What i,
Ga'led projecting inflicted upon them; thar is,
Dy placing the culprits on four wooden pins,
oroVe ffiniy in the ground, with the p0ints
exposed above tha ground half or quarter of
az ihch-ovcr these he is suspended by cords
,""eheh 10 the thumbs, and when he can no
longer sustain himself in the air, he must let
MS weight down on the pin.
=, As, however, we have no positive evidence
tlat the above reports are true i'm all their
enormity, we shall not, at present, make any
imrther comments on them, nor add any retle c.
hops ON Tie parties implicated. We would
nope, tor Tie honor of our country aud the re-
PntatIon OF our army, that they prove TO he
nntonnded; but we cannot refrain from say
ing IN conclusion, we have strong fore bodings
to tie contrary.
inns Is the gentleman 10 whom General Jackson
assigned The command Of Pensacola and its depende
CIes.