Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-10-26


house, and part detached TO the rear when il was dis
covered hat the back door was onen and several
Spanish officers with Mr.. lnnerariiy who is one OF
Your cal''co were on the porcll--Wc enuuircd for
Col CIava tn which were ansA "a cd they did mo-,
Know where he was-'ights were procured and the
rooms searched when Col. Calava WAS found in his
bed Invested of his Coat-Dcmaasl WAS then made of
the documents agrecahly to his promise and TO our
as'onshnent they were still refused, aud several at
tempis made on his part show thai he was not anne
n;ue To The laws; To which he was answered that the
.pNcrnor was IN the execution nj the laws bound To
uenand the papers they appearance, To the rights
and property of individuals sdent in Pensacola, and
hat in.;d complaint had been made that they were
improperly withheld. and that the Governor knew no
distinction between Col. Callava and any other man
under his government--we then proposed that Col
CaIlava would deliver the papers and he should have
osriecc'pt ior Them, which also refused: we then
AGAIN uenihnded them reiterating sentiments that
ms refusal would be viewed opc'. net of mu,iny
10 ''e civil authority exercised IN the Ford,s, and
.'hat ne must expect the consequences he persisted
Ia refuse and the officer of the guard was ordered "a,
take hlm and Fnara, his steward into custody and
bring them before your Excelency, which is now
done We would add in conclusion that Col. Calaya
repeatedly asserted that he would be taken ont of
his house alive, but lie seemed 10 act withou, much
dihcui,y when the guard Oh dered To prime and
load-A corporal and three were detached to remain
ana guard the house OF Col Callaya and TO prevent
the removal OF the boxes which had contained the do
cumenis, and which MIR. Breckenridge recognised in
ms bed roonl.-From the relation in which MIR Inner
army stands IN this business together with the interest
Time exercising the functions of ono of the Cabildo
oil Tins city, we deem it indispensable duty TO re-
commend lint your EHceency will fill his place in
the Council with u character who will manifest n pro.
per respect for the dignity OF the laws and Won their
executive.
We have the honor to he, &c Sc &c
ROBERT BUTLER,
Col. u. S. .Arn,y
- J. G. BRONAUGH.
To His Excccncy,
ANDREW JACKSON
Gore7Wor oft f1oridls
true copy from the prisina. ON file in nv Office
GEO WALTON,
=, Secretary Of w. Florida.
day been demanded OF col. Jose Ca,laya ny,rcab,y
to the order OF his eNcclcncy, major general Andrew
Jackson, governor of the Foridas, and which OIL the
usmind OF col robert Butler, and }. c. Bronaush,
| accompanied 10y Ii. NJ. breckenridge, Col Callava
promised deliver TO col. Butler, ii they shoul, he
found in the boxes delivered 10 linn by Domingo
SuIsh.
L. The papers relating to the estate of Iosc Mari,
Vidal ~ "
:, 3 Proceedings in the of Carlos dc Vile, and
Eugene Sierra.
j. Proceedings in the case of Manuel Bombay and
Carlos ,!e Vile.
L. Documents in the case OF Peter Guilkes and
Tomas Filascca
Inc whole oiiI'e above papers having relation to
the rights OF property in West Florida and in which
private individuals Interested
III. NJ. BRECKENRIDGE Alcaldc.
Pensacola, A,g. 23d, 1921
GEO. WALrON, Sec w Florida
VIII proceed to call the public attention 10
| those passages i'll col. Ca!Iavas statement.
w.ncl refer to occurrences where was person
ally concerned. The part commented upon is
10 DC fo'tnd ia second paragraphs Esd line, conf
MenctnG 'r7Lt The cords I" but before the din
ncr," Sc and ending, he paid some attention
to my representation"
In" reader may Judge, what reliance is to
he IS informed that no conversation whatever
took place between col. Butler and myself,
with col. Callava, at the house Of col. Brooke,
on mat day, or at any other time Col. But
icr AND myself, in the execution of our com
mission, accompanied by the acallc, about
ii'c o'clock In The evening, proceeded 10 the
'ouse al col. Callava, which is situated short
distance from that of col. Brooke. On cnqui-
TinS III MS gate, we We're informed, that he
was dining with the gentleman Just mentioned
from uhWlnSEess To execute our commas
SION al That particular moment, we continued
10 walk the street for about half an hour; sup
posing That by this time the company might
nave separated, and feeling some dissatsiac.
Ton with ourselves, for having suffered any
circumstance to Interfere with the discharge of
me important dnties assigned us, more cspe-
ciahy as thr governor was sitting in his Judi
cal capacity and expecting our report--We
returned To- the house Of col. CaIiaya and
were informed that he had not yet come home.
Ii was then concluded to request the acal,le
to so to col. DrOoke's and inform col. Caliaya
nat we wished TO see him at his house on bu-
slness OF Importance. This he accordingly
ana, While we walked towards the gate, which
Is about thirty yards from the house, and re-
manned there until the alcalde returned, which
was NOT more than ten minutes, AMI reported
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WIN our request, that he bad spoken on the
subject OF the papers of his accord, talked of
me law ol nations and declared that nc was not
aincnaDle as private individual. After
snort consultation, we advanced towards the
mouse, ana about half way met col. TaIlava
ana several Spanish officers in full uniform.
VIII ihclr side arms, some Spanish gentlemen.
ali OF whom appeared to be retiring from the
dinner party. We followed col. CaIIava al
most immediately 10 his own house, where. we
iounu MN III the porch surrounded by those
gentlemen. Col. Butler, who had no prc,-
Gus acquaintance, WAS introduced, and after
Soh's general conversation the object of our
commission was fully explained to him, thro' the
aicade IN the presence of his intcrpreierhis Sc
cretary and Mr. Inncrarity, all of whom were
wen acquainted with the Spanish and English
languages, andwho occasionally assistcdin the
interpretation. A demlnd was then made of
me document as set forth in our report. The
utmost temperance and delicacy was observed
On our part towards col. CalIava. but on his
part great yehemence of gesture and apparent
~ Jana as we have since understood more vi
Oicnce OF expression, than was interpreted TO
VS. Inc conversation occupied at least AN
hour-evcry circumstance in rela lion to the
Go dI0!,cuincnts, was repeatedly stated to him
he nrst part Our commission containing a
list OF the documents, &c. was read and ex-
planned TO him by the alcnlde. The conduct
Oh Sousa IN delivering them at col. Callaya's
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