Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-10-02

Alcaioc's office, and had been traced into
the house of Col. Callava, that those pa
pers he would have, and it Callaya
thought fit to resist his process he must
abide by the consequences. He told
them to inform Col Callava, that those
papers must be sent to him by nine
O'Clock in the evening. Gov. Jackson
then adjourned the court, and went to
supper--Souza still remained in casto-
dy.
The court was opened again after sup
per. Nine o'clock soon arrived, but no
Callava, and no papers came. The gov
ernor then appointed a commission, con-
sisting of Judge Breckenridge, Col. But
Ter, and Dr.. Bronaugh, to proceed to
Callava's house with a military guard,
under the command of Lieut.. Mountz,
pcremptorily to demand the papers, and
in case of denial of them, to bring Cal
lava and his zaayordomo, Fularat, forth
with before mn. Admittan =, to the
house was refused to the commission
crs--.nevertheless they entered, and in
an interior room found the Ex-oommsn-
dant, who, protesting against this vio-
lence, positively refused to comply with
the order, and, ON being told OF the alter
native, sworc that he would never quit
the house alive and in custody. He was
surrounded by number oil the Spanish
officers remaining here, on farlough, who
were in full dress, with side arms In
consequence of this defiance the officer
OF the guard ordered his men to prime
and load This operation, performed in
Callava's presence, wrought a sudden
change in his resolutions, and he and his
officers ungirdiog their swords quietly
submitted.
Callava and his mayordomo, the Spa
nish officers accompanying, were soon
brought into the presence Of governor
Jackson. lnterroga,ories were then pro-
posed 70 Callava, but instead OF answer
ing to them, he began to ob,est and pro-
test before God and men, against the out
rage committed in his person, against the
laws of nations, the privileges of dipio-
macy, and he dignity of the king his
master. Gov. Jackson told him ne.
should hear none OF his protests that he
insisted upon direct answer to the ques.
tons put 70 him, that sitting there in a
Judicial oapscity, enforcing the execu-
ton of the Spanish laws, protecting the
interests of ,rinovs, and vindicating the
rights of the ceded citizens Of these pro-
vinccs, he knew bu, one distinction, tina,
between the innocent and the guilty, and
10 privileges whatever-that If Col. CAL
lava chose to reside here, after his sunc-
tons as Governor and Commissioner had
ceased, he would ENJOY the protection OF
the avs SO long as ne yielded obedience
to them, and tina, by resisting them he
would most certainly draw upon himself
their animadversion. Callaya reiera-
ting his protest, refused TO answer any in
quiries. Fularat was then examined,
acknowledged that he had received the
papers that day from Souza, and said
that they were deposited in chest in
Callava's house. 1t being thus fully es-
tablished that the papers were IN Gala
vas possession, he was again called up
on to give them up. Vain, however,
was every endeavour to induce him to
surrender them. He offered, indeed, on
condition receipt for them 10 him, as
Commissioner and late Governor, were
given by General Jackson, to put them
into his hands. Governor Jackson re-
piled, that as Commiss he did not
recognize him, and that as late Governor
more shame was it for him to be fnrtive-
ly carrying off the evidences Of the pri-
vate property ofhis late subjects. After
La long and fruitless alteration, Governor
Jackson required defiaitive and catego-
rical answer to the demand for the de-
livery of the papers called for--to which
demand Callava gave direct and de-
cidcd negation. Gov. Jackson then COM
manded the officer of the day, to take
Callava, Souza and Foularat into custo-
| ay, and commit them to the caiabozo.-
They were accordingly marched off un-
der guard, and continue in confinement
to this moment. A guard was also
placed in Callava's house to prevent the
deportation Of the contested papers.
This morning Gov. ia kson again took
his seat in court, and appointed com.
mission of FIVE members to proceed to
Callava's house, and make search for the
secreted documents. They found them
in chest which had been sealed up, and
after sealing it anew with their seals, and
replacing it where found, brought the
identical papers into court. The clerks
in alcaide's office had, in the mean time,
been summoned to depose, as to their
knowledge Of the facts attending the alb
straction of these records from that de-
pository, and to other matters relating to