Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-09


sive manner which is nasur;l 10 him, and there
was certainly enough to rouse the indignation
OF an honest man To witness quibbliDg which
would have disgraced Il pcttifogger, for the
purpose of evading the exposure of 4 transac-
ton of the most infamous kind.
Col. Callava states that his papers and those
OF his government were abandoned without
any inventory being taken of them He was
repeatedly told that the papers specified IN the
last, were all that were wanted, and his noticing
his private papers and those of his government,
eyinces the same piiiful article and want of
candor, which has marked the whole of his
conduct He has not yet ascertaned, il seems,
whether he has been robbed of any of these,
but as TO the money, he is happy to say, moth
ing is wanting No doubt greatly to his sur
prise, for had the case been reversed we should
have had very poor account. A strong guard
was placed at the house, and the official report
proves that on the return of Calava every
thing was found as il had been left, excepting
the box which had contained the papers, and
had been covered by Col. Callava with {" eigh-
teen seals of his government"
He tells us of the habeas corpus issued Try
Judge Fromentin, at whose instance he does
not specify. But II does not appear that any
such writ was issued in behalf of Sousa or
Fullarat ! The governor had made no dis
tinction between them, and surely if any one
offhem was entitled to release, the others
were also. Had Col. Callaya been naagnanf-
nous enough, he would have released them
himself, for when ne was before the governor,
he was told that ifhe would acknowledge the
papers to be in his possession, his servants as
he called them, should be set at liberty, but lie
would neither say one thing nor the othersA-
As To the appeal he makes to the Americans
ON the subject o I his administration, il may be
well TO remind him of the case of Peters, who
was thrown into the Calaboose for proposing
TO open scrivener's Office shortly before The
change OF flags, of Mr.. Reynolds, who was t,vu
years in prison without trial, and was let out
by stealth on the morning of the Surrender Of
the government-the case of the brig jack
son, of the Creola and others, which shvw
that whatever Col. Caliava may BIZ in compar-
lson with other governors who preceded him,
ne lndS SttH Spatish gorerno:, and during
his administration transactions of the most in-
famous Character were suffered, if not sane
toned
Having now, l think, satisfactorily shcwn
that no confidence whatever is to be piacedin
the statement of Col Callava, leave tie de-
cision to an impartial public.
j. c. BRONAUCH.
PENSACOLA, October 15.-By a late arrival 4
we learn, that during the gale, the soop Mont
gomery, Dreamer, was lost of Dauphim ISL
ana. The crew and passengers, fifteen in
number, all persisted. In addition to this dis
tressing Intelligence, we lament the loss of
property TO one of our most enterprsing and
valuable townsmen, captain Thomas Shields
who had on board the Montgomery very
extensive and costly steam saw-ml establish
nent, SIC. Sc. intended for this neghborhood
Any loss to such Individual but more palG-
tculariy the one recited, is IA public calamity.
GENERAL JACKSON
The state Of New York is about 10 engage the hest
artists TO execute in the finest marble, the statue OF
ms western hero. IL IS 10 be placed New Orleans
tie scene OF one of Ills greatest victories Ler (as
The above is going the rounds in tie south
ern ana western papers, yet we apprehend
there must be some mistake. We have seen
1t In none of the eastern papers-Moreovcr,
IT Is scarcely TO be PRESUMED, that had New
DIRK come TO such determination, and made
such appropriation, she would have located
her otunyicem Testimonial, TO the merits of the
great western warrior, at any point out Of her
own boundary. We doubt neither the gene.
rosity nor rnagnanimity of the great state in
question, but under the circumstances, wc feel
authorised TO doubt the published statement.
Our Gouern0r.-We announced his depar.
ture last week, with the understanding that
some official duties would detain him several
days after his family But we have it to state,
that the anticipated difficulties and detention
did nnt arise, and he set out with his family,
on Monday last We have heard from the
parry since at Claiborne, AabaIna--all well.
tFYoyidtdR.
We feel towards General ackson all the res
Pect and gratitude which his great aud eminent
services deserve and, without the least dispo-
sIhon to cavil or find fault, we cannot approve
OF his proclamation any more than with the
proceedings as TO Col. Call;,va. IT is true, the
treaty stIpuIates that the Spanish troops and
officers shall be "tciHdrawn :" but that stipu-
lauon merely relates TO the transfer of the ter.
rltory from Spain TO the United States and,
IL binding with troops which we arc rather
inclined to believe is the case, il could not OK
tend to officers iG other words, the Treaty
never could have contemplated to Danish the
officers OF "a friendly power, Immediately upon
the surrender the territory. The idea is not
consistent with civilization and hospitality
capituation of conquered province might
embrace clause requiring troopsto Withdraw.
and retire TO their native country but tho
'transfer Of a territory, anicably ceded, could
not include the Punishment of the former pro-
pnetors. The section literally means, that the
Spanish troops shall withdraw" 70 give place
to the American troops and nothing more.
what then, has been the conduct Of these
officers They have published defence Oh
their former commander, Col. CailaYa and an
der a government, and in a territory, where
the freedom of the press and of speech pre-
walls and for this they are prescribed order
ed to quit the territory and if found in Florida
after the third Of October, they are to be seizA
ed and brought before the American "Captain
General Of Cuba" and i" to be dealt with ne
cordlng to lac" We don't understand thi5
new system OfgOvernment and cannot coh>
10 IN, al.